From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V19 #24 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Friday, March 4 2011 Volume 19 : Number 024 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: /* sob */ [Jeremy Osner ] 1-800-FEG-HELP [lep ] Re: /* sob */ [lep ] Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP [Rex Broome ] Re: /* sob */ ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP [Sebastian Hagedorn ] Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP [lep ] Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP ["John B. Jones" ] Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP [Rex Broome ] More Robyn Hitchcock Dates Announced [ART ROCK POSTER ] happy birthday [Jill Brand ] Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP ["Stewart C. Russell" ] Re: happy birthday [FS Thomas ] Re: /* sob */ [ross ] Re: fegmaniax-digest V19 #23 ["Eddie Tews" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 15:48:34 -0500 From: Jeremy Osner Subject: Re: /* sob */ Would you care for a lump of steak? 2011/3/3 lep : > I'm going to weep if our birthday boy doesn't get a few wishes on the > fegList to-day. > > Perhaps we all need to attach avatars with our e-mails? Are we > allowed to do that or will MIME stop us in our tracks? > > xo > lauren > > -- > "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 15:57:34 -0500 From: lep Subject: 1-800-FEG-HELP Hi fegList (tech division), What program do you use to burn your mp3s, and what bit rate do you burn? Show your work. xo lauren P.S. I'm not going to mention what I've been using for years, as it might be a Bad Idea, and I've gotten rid of a fair amount of CDs. I will confess to burning at 192 unit1s per unit2 (bps? i forget). I haven't been using VBR. - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 16:00:49 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: /* sob */ Jeremy Osner wrote: > Would you care for a lump of steak? I think I'll just bake some land under creamy skies. xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 13:01:57 -0800 From: Rex Broome Subject: Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP I just use iTunes and burn everything at 320. Lossless was too huge and time-consuming when I ripped my whole library, so I settled for the best that mp3 had to offer. Also as well in addition to that as an aside by the way, happy birthday to Uncle Bobby; your gift is on the way. Rx On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:57 PM, lep wrote: > Hi fegList (tech division), > > What program do you use to burn your mp3s, and what bit rate do you burn? > > Show your work. > > xo > lauren > > P.S. I'm not going to mention what I've been using for years, as it > might be a Bad Idea, and I've gotten rid of a fair amount of CDs. I > will confess to burning at 192 unit1s per unit2 (bps? i forget). I > haven't been using VBR. > > -- > "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 16:11:37 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: /* sob */ > Happies, Robyn ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 16:13:21 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP If you're on a Mac, there is only XLD. All others are a waste. And yes, 192 is fine. Stewart On 2011-03-03, at 15:57, lep wrote: > Hi fegList (tech division), > > What program do you use to burn your mp3s, and what bit rate do you burn? > > Show your work. > > xo > lauren > > P.S. I'm not going to mention what I've been using for years, as it > might be a Bad Idea, and I've gotten rid of a fair amount of CDs. I > will confess to burning at 192 unit1s per unit2 (bps? i forget). I > haven't been using VBR. > > -- > "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:29:56 +0100 From: Sebastian Hagedorn Subject: Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP - -- lep is rumored to have mumbled on 3. Mdrz 2011 15:57:34 -0500 regarding 1-800-FEG-HELP: > What program do you use to burn your mp3s, and what bit rate do you burn? I use iTunes and Apple's current default, which is iTunes Plus (256 kbps AAC). AAC is also a standard, so I don't get why people would still use MP3. Are there actually still players that can't handle AAC? Everyone agrees that AAC is the superior code, right? - -- Sebastian Hagedorn Am alten Stellwerk 22, 50733 Kvln, Germany http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0620/ "Being just contaminates the void" - Robyn Hitchcock ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 16:46:21 -0500 From: lep Subject: Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP Sebastian Hagedorn says: > -- lep is rumored to have mumbled on 3. Mdrz 2011 > 15:57:34 -0500 regarding 1-800-FEG-HELP: > >> What program do you use to burn your mp3s, and what bit rate do you burn? > > I use iTunes and Apple's current default, which is iTunes Plus (256 kbps > AAC). AAC is also a standard, so I don't get why people would still use MP3. > Are there actually still players that can't handle AAC? Everyone agrees that > AAC is the superior code, right? hmm...more reading to do. it's good "the missing manual" has only 4000 pages and my mac will probably be switched to Lion in the summer? anyway (this is more than I've known about an operating system in years. i guess it helps when the underlying system makes some sort of damn sense.) one thing (miles?) is that my honda plays mp3 discs, and i believe its "limit" is 192. which is, of course, stupid. i haven't tried any other formats (except regular CDs) so i would have to check on AAC, of course, now that i have an actual ipod and not just an iphone (to annoy me by ringing when it's supposed to be playing music), i could just get a port installed in the honda. hmmm, i wonder when that might happen (BTW, my super-cool cousin has the EXACT same honda except it's a 2-door instead of a 4-door, and hers came with a port. i guess she's all racy, and i'm all 4-door old-fogy.) thanks for the responses so far. xo - -- "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 14:01:59 -0800 From: "John B. Jones" Subject: Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP Let me cast a vote for XLD as well. I love that I can transcode into WAV, AIFF, and even LAME mp3 without junking up my iTunes library. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Stewart C. Russell wrote: > If you're on a Mac, there is only XLD. All others are a waste. > > And yes, 192 is fine. > > Stewart > > On 2011-03-03, at 15:57, lep wrote: > > > Hi fegList (tech division), > > > > What program do you use to burn your mp3s, and what bit rate do you burn? > > > > Show your work. > > > > xo > > lauren > > > > P.S. I'm not going to mention what I've been using for years, as it > > might be a Bad Idea, and I've gotten rid of a fair amount of CDs. I > > will confess to burning at 192 unit1s per unit2 (bps? i forget). I > > haven't been using VBR. > > > > -- > > "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the > buddha ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 15:09:57 -0800 From: Rex Broome Subject: Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Sebastian Hagedorn < Hagedorn@spinfo.uni-koeln.de> wrote: > -- lep is rumored to have mumbled on 3. Mdrz 2011 > 15:57:34 -0500 regarding 1-800-FEG-HELP: > > > What program do you use to burn your mp3s, and what bit rate do you burn? >> > > I use iTunes and Apple's current default, which is iTunes Plus (256 kbps > AAC). AAC is also a standard, so I don't get why people would still use MP3. > Are there actually still players that can't handle AAC? Everyone agrees that > AAC is the superior code, right? > For me, it was just plain "critical mass"... AAC used to give plenty of players problems, and that was the time when I ripped most of my CDs. Which was a fuckload. So when I sold all my CDs, I had some to re-rip to 320 mp3s, but if I'd gone for another format, it wouldn't have gotten done, and my kids wouldn't have gone to camp, or indeed anywhere, that summer. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 20:08:14 -0500 From: ART ROCK POSTER Subject: More Robyn Hitchcock Dates Announced http://www.robynhitchcock.com/tourdates/ More Robyn Hitchcock Dates Announced March 26, 2011 - Tucson, AZ at Barrio Festival (solo with Peter, Scott, Linda & Steve who are also performing as The Baseball Project) June 5, 2011 - Spiegeltent, UK at Bath Fringe Festival (Robyn plays solo acoustic and then performs the Clear Spot show with The Imaginary Band) June 30, 2011 - Egersund Festival, Norway (Robyn and Joe Boyd perform Live & Direct from 1967) July 2, 2011 - Egersund Festival, Norway (Robyn and The Imaginary Band) August 19, 2011 - Green Man Festival, South Wales (Robyn and band play psyche melange) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 21:01:48 -0500 (EST) From: Jill Brand Subject: happy birthday Robyn, wherever you are and whatever you're doing, I hope you are having a grand time. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:19:47 -0500 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: 1-800-FEG-HELP On 11-03-03 16:46 , lep wrote: > > of course, now that i have an actual ipod and not just an iphone (to > annoy me by ringing when it's supposed to be playing music), i could > just get a port installed in the honda. We got the cheapest Kenwood USB capable radio installed in the old Civic in December. It turned out to be $10 more than a iPod-only port (which wouldn't work with my Touch, anyway) for the existing unit. It was awesome for the long drive south over fegsmas. Great sound quality, easy control, and the ability to be really annoying by channeling iPod Touch game noises at top volume. Stewart ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 21:53:02 -0500 From: FS Thomas Subject: Re: happy birthday On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Jill Brand wrote: > Robyn, wherever you are and whatever you're doing, I hope you are having a > grand time. > Same here. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:46:31 -0500 From: ross Subject: Re: /* sob */ On 11-03-03 03:37 PM, lep wrote: > I'm going to weep if our birthday boy doesn't get a few wishes on the > fegList to-day. > > Happies to Robyn! Wait til you get older than this And then turn around and tell me I was young for my age Yeah ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:32:30 -1000 From: "Eddie Tews" Subject: Re: fegmaniax-digest V19 #23 oh, man; sounds awesome! marco, are you familiar with... >> Gabe Sullivan & Taraf de Tucson << ...? i really love the taraf de haidouks. am guessing these cats' sound is similar? turns out the mother of one of my co-farmers was born on the same day (i mean, date *and* year)! ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V19 #24 *******************************