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Admiral Gloval  Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20238 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 
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Pusholine - Slang term for gasoline or petrol.  
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W-K 666  Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19048 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 
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rob smith    Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22189 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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With both Bluestar and Wiggo buying in Rocky's remember drinks on Wiggo and full blown meals on Bluestar. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
 ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20265 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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CD Marketing and Pre-emphasis... The shape and feel and look and playing-time of the CD was very much shaped by Marketing... Also, my suspicions were that pre-emphasis was included, despite digital not suffering anything of the noise that such as vinyl or tape suffered, as some sort of gimmick to make the CDs sound 'special'. The effect of pre-emphasis is that the music sounds 'sharper' and 'brighter'. However, without suitable bass, that can also sound distractingly 'tinny'. Works well for "Boom boxes"?... However, see these explanations: hydrogenaudio - Pre-emphasis Archimago's Musings - HOW-TO: CD Pre-Emphasis & Using SoX De-Emphasis. (And the decline of physical media with vinyl revenue > CD now.) So really? 'Just' an 'innocent' feature to overcome the limitations of the decode circuitry in early CD players?... ... Possibly so... However, I remember that the early CDs that I bought very much featured showing off their higher dynamic range and 'clarity'... Sometimes far too far... Enjoy! See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20238 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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Ivan “Ironman” Stewart Baja racer.
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20265 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Rincewind and The Luggage Enjoy! See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20265 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Just one very good way to ditch the old proprietary office: Collabora Enjoy! See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20238 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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An ornithopter (from Greek ornis, ornith- 'bird' and pteron 'wing') is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings.
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22189 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Yet again the use of a hyphen by the admiral gets us all fed and watered on his account. Carbon 14 or carbon-14 does not have the number part spelled. I reiterate, if you want to refer to carbon 14 (or similar names) then you a choice of two words "carbon" and "fourteen", either of which is acceptable. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20238 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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If I posted this 14C. Would it be okay?
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22189 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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14C is not a short form for carbon 14, but is one of the short forms of "14 Celsius", thus you would have some explaining to do trying to link a temperature with radioactive decay and the like. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20265 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Terry Pratchett - Equal Rites Enjoy! See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20238 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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One last try. I wish you could use superscript in a post. Just how can one use one these in a post? Just read the first part of the first paragraph please. Carbon-14
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20265 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Carbon14 See: Use BBCode tags to format your text But... What?... No[sub]subscripting[/sub]?... Enjoy! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22189 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Two things, I prefer my somewhat battered due to use copy of the IUPAC nomenclature rules (a somewhat weighty volume) over Wikipedia when it comes to the correct naming of elements and compounds. Second, you didn't look very hard for the superscript tag, it works pretty well. Remember, the nomenclature relies on case and subscript & subscript to work, and numbers are written as Latin numerals, and do not have the same meaning as "the same" number spelled out, or written as Roman numerals - all great fun. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20265 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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... And then there is the deep dive into LaTeX formatting!!!  Fantastic stuff! And yet not beaten since all these decades... Enjoy! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Gary Charpentier  Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30639 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22189 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380
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Brilliant connection there Gary. Take a hyphenated phrase, loose one word, and post the remaining word to leave the rest of us scratching our heads where the link is :-) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20238 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0
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I think I am starting to feel like I am getting it.
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Carlos  Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29818 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157
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Brilliant connection there Gary. I made the connection immediately. But I worked a couple of blocks from that building back when I was a law clerk. |
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