n_maher

Dexter I Love This Show

On that point again we disagree. I think he's been allowed to skate on so much it makes me ill. If you haven't read the anecdotes he likes to add to bills when he signs them into law you should. The degree to which he believes he is above the law and should be able to mold it to suit his ends is insane.

I'm sorry you find the responses sanctimonious but I think it's laughable that the president with the lowest approval rating in history (19%, twice), who's only moment of real approval was immediately-post 911 (when he could have told us all to adopt donkeys and we would have cheered) and who currently enjoys about a 75% disapproval rating would somehow be kindly judged by history. Political views aside the man has presided over one of the worst (if not the worst) periods in US history. Do I think that either of the two people he partially defeated in elections could have done better? Hell if I know but he sucked, period.

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaha. Sorry, we differ on this topic, I think if anything history will be less kind to G-dub than the present has been. I could site examples and I'm sure you'd site counter examples and we could banter about for another 200 posts or so on that topic but really, neither of us will play a role in that ultimate decision. All I know is that from where I sit it looks a lot worse than it did 8 years ago and I think the rest of the world (at least according to the polls) agrees with me.

Only if the stands go on sale too!

Ian knows downloads, fear not.

The acting and group cohesion has certainly gotten better. It's not a perfect show by any means but few are early on.

I love individual statements, taken completely out of their context as a whole, stitched together on You Tube and then presented as a unified argument. Did Obama make conflicting statements during his campaign and life, of course, who doesn't? Which one of you can say that every opinion you've formed during your years has stayed exactly the same, without fail? And that you've never done something wrong, learned a lesson from it and been made the better for it? I really wish that we'd stop holding politicians to an unreasonable standard, they're just people and as such prone to making mistakes. Once and a while it'd be refreshing to hear one of them allowed to admit a mistake, explain what happened and what they'd do in the future when presented with similar circumstances. Instead, the minute one of them contradicts or hints that they may have altered their stance we call it flip-flopping or some other catchy phrase and go nuts. We, the people, are a bunch of morons.

Yup, I'm kind of a fan of a flat tax, 0 deductions kind of policy. If for no other reason that paying taxes to enforce paying taxes (the IRS) doesn't sit well with me. In 2005, the last fiscal year available, it cost the IRS approximately 10 billion dollars to collect our taxes. I'd like to think that that money could be put to a lot better use and that a simplified tax code could go a long way to reducing that number. Of course a substantial reduction of the IRS will probably never happen but I hope to live to see it.

That's the beauty of the livewires, 30day money back so all I'll really be out is the cost of the impressions ($20) and the shipping. Definitely worth it as a proof-of-concept experiment and as soon as the refund is processed I'll be ordering a set of the Hearyourself C2's. They're a lot less sensitive than the LW's which should help with the hiss issues.

I'm bound by a non-disclosure agreement so all I can say is that I do not perceive any steps when I adjust the volume. Nope, and I won't have a chance to do so either. No one local to me has one to borrow and I don't have ~$500 kicking around to pick one up used. My time with the Livewires is going to be short since in addition to the hiss issues the right ear piece doesn't fit quite right and causes pain after 1/2hr or more.

Interesting that it's in Chicago. Wonder if someone will pony up the dough for it?

I've been enjoying it a lot and certainly feel that it's worth sticking with and letting develop.

I'm going to try running it off the Hertsens tonight since I'm sure the Touch isn't the quietest thing out there. To be fair to The Project the hiss is so low that I have to plug/unplug the headphones to tell that it's there and I'm probably significantly more picky about noise floor than most. Considering the prototype nature of The Project it's performance is pretty stellar. I'm sure once it has a proper PCB, power supplies and so on it'll be every bit as good as the Pico from a technical standpoint. The Project is awesome. The degree to which you can vary the volume while maintaining perfect channel matching is insane.

So the livewires experiment has continued. I managed to secure a mini3 from my penguin homeboy, configued with a gain of two knowing that amplification is not the issue here. Booo, hiss say the Livewires. 1. If you were using a LOD like one Mr. Samuels is fond of recommending now you'd be screwed. I get damn near 0 volume adjustment with the Touch's volume control maxed out (LOD simulation mode) so I give a big , and to all the folks on head-fi who said the cure for my pain was an amp. 2. The hiss is still there even without a source attached and with a source attached the hiss gets worse. I've talked with some folks 'in the know' and a mini3 configured as mine is should be about as quiet an amp as you can find. Now I have in fact found a livable situation with the Livewires but only in the hypothetical sense. It involves an amp that I can only legally refer to as The Project and officially it doesn't even exist. The first rule of the project is we do not talk about the project, but I must. This amp has 100% matched attenuation down to below audible levels with the Live wires, and that's saying something. It also has more nail polish covered secrets than you can shake a stick at. Resistor Ray would be proud. So you custom IEM freaks might want to be on the lookout, you ain't seen nothing like it.

Eh, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, no interest in reading the graphic novel.

/me prepares adoption papers for the BH or KGSS.

In my opinion it'd be worse to ship it again without knowing what's moving around or potentially getting loose. Odds are it's just a nut, but better safe than sorry.

Greg, I don't think you can hurt it by just taking the cover off. It's in a normal Par Metals chassis, right? If so you should be able to get the top off by taking out 6 or 8 screws (depending on the style of box).

highly unlikely.

I just think the tax-free status should be revoked.

I figured as much. Honestly, I don't know what to think about the whole situation in Chicago. There's just way to much damn drama there considering that it's headphones we're talking about here. And I just looked at 07's Chiunify and attendance wasn't that much higher. Some how I had it in my head that it was in the 50 to 75 range.

deepak, it's unclear what you think is complete bullshit.

I believe that it's largely an issue of semantics. The religious folks feel unhappy that their term "marriage" is being used to sanction an event that clearly has nothing to do with the church and those who don't qualify (that seems like wrong word) for a traditional marriage don't want have to call it something else like a "civil union" as they believe they are entitled to equal rights as a couple. Now I can't think of one legal reason why two people shouldn't be able to make their union legally binding regardless of the genders involved but I can also see what about it might offend certain religious groups. So maybe a compromise is the best solution, eliminate the use of the word marriage in the legal sense and call any non-religious event a "legal union" or something like that. Of course when you really start to debate this topic you open the huge can of worms that is why does the state have anything to do with it in the first place and fun things like polygamy which gets a whole different group up in arms.

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