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"It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If 'is' means 'is and never has been' that's one thing - if it means 'there is none', that was a completely true statement," he said.

Self-referential irony alert!

Audio recording | Hear the difference | The Economist But in the hands of experts, the best analogue and digital systems are virtually indistinguishable. Warmth can be dialed into digital circuitry. Clarity, spaciousness and purity of tone can be produced by top-end analogue amplifiers. Stuck with equipment that’s less than ideal, it’s no surprise that the vast majority of purists on either side of the tube-versus-transistor divide have their prejudices confirmed. And so the religious audio wars rage on. Heresy? Check out the comments. I liked this one. I have never listened to a valve amplifier. It's a peculiarly American high end hangup in my opinion.

Happy Birthday Billy. "BA CHAM! waWawA!"

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How long before iMame appears?

Just a little fun. As you rightly point out the human race has done much in its past to be less than proud of. I'm always a little suspicious when people use the phrase "tradition", when harking back to a mythical golden age. I chose the above examples to illustrate previous societal norms, which are now, hopefully / thankfully, no longer the case. People tend to quote selectively with regard to tradition, and for good reason. I also find the idea of tradition, for such a historically young country, amusing in and of itself. Patriotism is often invoked as a divisive measure, to separate the "us" from the "them". A pissing match then ensues as to who is the "more" patriotic, and who is the "Real" American. I though the only "Real Americans" were on reservations. Was there a question? More an observation. As an outsider, its interesting to see how political rhetoric breaks down under analysis, when assumptions aren't shared, and some givens aren't. Implied values often mean "My" values and not "Your" values. America is a glorious political experiment, that started as a break with tradition. The founding fathers having suffered injustice at the hands of the British, wanted to ensure that those injustices would not be repeated, and understood the frailties of human nature and the corrupting effect of power. I am impressed by the design. The implementation, at times, could be improved.

And which values would those be? Slavery? Denying women the vote? Genocide of the indigenous population? A pledge of allegiance without the recent insertion of the word "God" to allow differentiation from the "Godless communists"? To misquote Bill Hicks on patriotism. Last Time I checked the world was round. Whats so special about where your parents fucked anyway?

In the UK its famous for being Cement. Blue Circle Cement UK : Lafarge Cement

Looks like much fun was had by all, and you even managed to fit in some headphone listening! The concentration displayed in the Rock Band shots is impressive, especially given the state of the participants. How can you tease us by only showing the "after" shot of the brownies platter, without the corresponding "before" shot? How am I supposed to know exactly how jealous to feel, for not being there, now?

Now that is a steal!, almost half (full) price.

They are being strangely quiet aren't they? No wi-fi in the holding cell, perhaps?

Shhhhhh!, don't ruin the magic!

Earphones thought to be the most expensive in the world have gone on sale for

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YGPM In addition, the UK shows had plenty of regional, and period detail. Interesting as you like the NY vibe, as the original US adaptation was set in LA, but was reshot. For various reasons.

and lots and lots of Coffee

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I like mine, the small, all in one, form factor works well. The ability to get internet radio, via squeezenetwork, means you don't have to have any PC's running sqeezecenter (slimserver, as was) powered up, as long as you have wireless, or wired access out to the internet. Has a line in (actualy it is an ADC), which mates well with the sansa clip, or laptop headphone out, if you just want to use it as powered speakers. It's a big step up from the integrated speakers in my laptop, and made it fun to watch the http://www.head-case.org/forums/miscellaneous/4766-story-mullard-blackburn-factory.html video . As you'll remember. The headphone/sub output (from its own dedicated dac) can be used to drive headphones, or an active sub - in sub mode, another software low pass x-over comes in to play for the sub. People have suggested getting a craiglist sub to fill out the real low end. Doesn't go as loud, or as low, as my floorstanders - but for low/medium volume, I think it is pretty good - for its intended purpose. Voltron, and others, heard it at the recent Marin Meet. Al described it as "not as sweet" as his Harbeths. Understandable given the physics and price differential. Best advice if undecided, is get one direct from slimdevices/logitech -as they have a 30 day money back guarantee. Amazon and mwave are showing lower direct prices, if you have already decided.