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D.D.D. wrote:

avrame wrote:Haha, woooo!

The only person to vote computer hardware

Can't stand it when people defend products or hardware with faulty logic.

"Mac books cost most because they are more high tech"
"I only use Monster cables for my system, everything else to clearly inferior"
"I need Lossless audio, because 256kbit/s sounds like trash, I can tell the difference with my stock iPod headphones BTW"

I literally LOL'd.

Lossless audio beats the crap out of 256. Sounds like night and day to me. There were actually studies done that compressed audio actually has an affect on people subconsciously. Sample rates we can't even hear have been found to effect enjoyment in listening to music. </snob>

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When I was younger I used to be snobby about car modification, especially with boost pressures, suspension setups and wheel offsets/tire fitment. People boosting 1.8 BAR with stock internals on a turbine designed for 0.8 BAR. Then they wonder why their car is on a flatbed instead of in their driveway. Also, people who buy BOVs just for the sound with no knowledge of its true purpose.

I let off on most of that as I got older.

fvgazi wrote:Lossless audio beats the crap out of 256. Sounds like night and day to me. There were actually studies done that compressed audio actually has an affect on people subconsciously. Sample rates we can't even hear have been found to effect enjoyment in listening to music. </snob>

The standard audio compression algorithms we all use 99% of the time render music with the exact same temporal sampling as the uncompressed source.</snob>

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christoph wrote:honestly it would be an understatement to say this pizza is amazing, make it and you will not be disappointed

Thanks dude!

The freshness and quality of what I can get here is the only thing I'm concerned about. But I'll give it a whirl this weekend.

Limewater wrote:

fvgazi wrote:Lossless audio beats the crap out of 256. Sounds like night and day to me. There were actually studies done that compressed audio actually has an affect on people subconsciously. Sample rates we can't even hear have been found to effect enjoyment in listening to music. </snob>

The standard audio compression algorithms we all use 99% of the time render music with the exact same temporal sampling as the uncompressed source.</snob>

Those algorithms are only as good as the programmer + listener. They guess what the listener is picking up on and sort out the rest. Each encoder is different.

http://www.stereophile.com/features/308mp3cd/

What it boils down to is if you are using lossless, you need high quality hardware. If you don't have the right equipment, no bother in going for higher sound quality.

Hatta wrote:Matters of right and wrong on the other hand should be based in logic. If you think (for instance) that a lump of totipotent cells should be treated the same by the law as a child, or that imprisonment is an appropriate way to deal with people who enjoy themselves in a way you don't approve of, then you're either stupid or evil. Either you can't figure out the right answer, or you choose not to. Either one is something I can't respect.

*waits for MrPopo*

As for me, I picked music. I try not be a music snob, but I just don't give a shit about Rock 'n' Roll in the 80s and onwards with a few exceptions. I feel like I'm wasting my time with it. All that Hard Rock ever makes me want to do is listen to Judas Priest and Grunge, ugh, fuck Grunge. I also hate a lot of Pop Music that isn't Michael Jackson.

D.D.D. wrote:

YoshiEgg25 wrote:And for video games...I just hate Call of Duty and Halo. And I've lost a Facebook friend over it. Still don't care, he deserved to be yelled at for skipping class to play Black Ops.

Was this person a real human that you knew as a real friend whom you happened to be friends with on Facebook or just someone that was "a Facebook friend"? If it's the latter, I can't see how it could possibly matter.

Yes, no, and yes. Basically we only sorta got along.

Limewater wrote:

YoshiEgg25 wrote:I am very snobby about Windows vs. Macs. Meaning that I constantly tell people that Macs suck.

I'm almost pretentious enough to follow this with my opinion in the vi/emacs war.

Almost.

I work in IT. Macs are basically the most ridiculous things to troubleshoot ever. They don't have many problems, but when they do, you haven't got the foggiest clue what the issue is.

That and they're not user-friendly at all for anyone who's used Windows previously for more than a year.

fvgazi wrote:#1 Music. Even though I love gaming, music is the reason I get up everyday. When I'm not gaming or actually playing music, I'm downloading, or visiting record stores and markets to get "obscure" music or just beef up my listening. "Obscure" is quoted because there really isn't anything obscure when you're an eclectic music lover.

you heard Mr. Bungle? (probably)... how bout Sleepytime Gorilla Museum? (maybe)... or Unexpect? ...Radiation 4, Melt Banana, Dog Fashion Disco (and affiliated acts Polkadot Cadaver and The Alter Boys and Knives Out!), Made Out of Babies (and affiliated act Battle of Mice), Battles, Camille, Car Bomb, Cursive, Mike Patton (huge, FUCKING HUGE and diverse career), Gogol Bordello, The Jesus Lizard, Mindless Self Indulgence, The Mars Volta (their first album mostly, Deloused in the Comatorium), MGMT, Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Secret Chiefs 3, The Receiving End of Sirens (mainly their second album The Earth Sings Fi Ma Fi), 65daysofstatic, The Sound of Animals Fighting (avoid their second one Lover, The Lord Has Left us, it was a big mess compared to their first and second), Stolen Babies, Ugly Casanova (side project of Modest Mouse singer)... just to name a few. I always get excited when talking about eclectic music. Not being a douche to "see if you know all the COOL bands I DO" ... just spreading the word.