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Grahame

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  1. Dollar Day races at golden gate fields with some neighbors as a cheap afternoon out! They forgot to mention the $1 Ice Cream Bars! Joanne described it as $1 for fizzy water (well it was Bud Light ) Great Weather, Nice location, and Joanne and I managed to leave with $7.60 intact from our original $20 stake after betting $2 each on nine races. Can't retire just yet.
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  3. Evil, I like the way you think. Why not just go straight for or
  4. Maybe a Sink The Bismarktinigate? or a Tactical Nuclear Penguintinigate?
  5. Grahame

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    Globally, that may be a minority viewpoint. The World Cup was first televised in 1954 and is now the most widely-viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games. The cumulative audience of all matches of the 2006 World Cup is estimated to be 26.29 billion.[1] 715.1 million individuals watched the final match of this tournament (a ninth of the entire population of the planet). The 2006 World Cup draw, which decided the distribution of teams into groups, was watched by 300 million viewers.[37] FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2010 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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    Canjam 2010.

    I was using google maps to check out the dining options nearby (i.e. within walking distance) and they all seem to be a bit "expense account airport hotel restaurant" As for a little escape, is the W xyz bar trendy enough for you at the the local Aloft ? (think of a W airport hotel) Chicago O'Hare Airport Hotel - Aloft Chicago O'Hare
  7. Don't forget the terminator! 10BASE2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  8. This ones Free! Free App Store Applications - dealnews.com http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/trololo-sounds/id364599978?mt=8
  9. This keeps coming up on the slim devices forum. Anyway I see two main reasons for the inferiority of AES/EBU. 1. XLRs are horrible RF connectors. In order to send a square wave fairly faithfully the interface must support a bandwidth many times higher than the frequency of the square wave. For the signals in question that is getting well up into the RF spectrum where the XLRs are terrible. The impedance varies radically with frequency which will cause all kinds of bizarre reflections. The choice of XLR was a very poor choice. 2. Output voltage. The S/PDIF electrical spec is 0.5V into 75ohms, but the AES/EBU is 3-5V into 110 ohms. Think about that for a second, what happens when you put 5volts across 110 ohms? You get almost 50mA of current flowing. This means the driver sitting in the source box has to be able to dump between 30-50ma into the cable. That causes huge current spikes in the power and ground pins of the driver chip which is going to cause big noise spikes in the power and ground planes of the board. If you are not extremely careful that is going to cause significant jitter in the output signal. All modern high speed interfaces use less than 0.5V signal. As far as I can tell the XLRs were chosen because studios had lots of microphone cables and wanted to use them. Because they are such lousy RF transmission lines they had to go with high voltages to make sure there was some signal left at the end. Maybe Tyll can tell us whats in this paper? AES E-Library: Is the AES/EBU/SPDIF Digital Audio Interface Flawed?
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    slow forum

    http://xkcd.com/730/
  11. Beware! Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  12. How about this approach ? USB over Ethernet - share USB device over Ethernet : USB to Ethernet Connector
  13. Grahame

    Canjam 2010.

    Maybe one of the High rollers ( or someone else who took advantage of the Hyatt Gold Passportâ„¢/Platinum membership offer) could sign up for the $49 extra per night for eStandby Upgrade
  14. Mine arrived Friday.
  15. Delivered!
  16. F'narr, F'narr Finbarr Saunders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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    slow forum

    ^ Look what cats had to put up with before the iPad! , oh!, the humeownity
  18. Grahame

    Canjam 2010.

    Joannes vacation Time Booked; Check My Vacation Time Booked; Check Hotel Booking (Online) Thursday - Monday Checkout, Confirmed (with possible free Regency Club Upgrade) - Check Yay! Flights to be confirmed. Plan is to spend Monday-Saturday, Staying downtown, Playing tourists, fly back Saturday. What's not to like Any additional "What to do when playing tourist in Chicago" idea's welcome
  19. Revision3 > Unboxing Porn Oh, Baby
  20. Grahame

    Deals

    Worked Here 930-000090 Squeezebox Touch 1 USD 224.99 Subtotal: USD 224.99 Tax: USD 20.25 Shipping: USD 0.00 Total Price: USD 245.24
  21. Indeed
  22. Thats because it isn't a release candidate yet, and all the Beta Testers had to sign an NDA allegedly
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    slow forum

    Video of Newest Sniper Targets: Robots On Segways! | Singularity Hub
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