soundian

Anything that puts off picking up that bloody paintbrush for 5 more minutes is entirely my pleasure.

"Despite what most consumers believe, it is technically illegal for UK consumers to make copies of their own CDs." BPI prepared to discuss ripping CDs | The Register "For millions of people it is now the only way to enjoy their fix of Arctic Monkeys, Razorlight or even Girls Aloud. Pop a CD into a computer, "rip" the contents, and then play it back on their iPod. It is also illegal, and is claimed to cost the music industry hundreds of millions of pounds." Call to exempt iPod 'rippers' from prosecution - Crime, UK - The Independent "Giving people a legal private right to copy would allow them to copy their own CDs and DVDs onto their home computers, laptops or phones without breaking the law." Influential think tank says 'legalise it' on CD-ripping - iPod/iPhone - Macworld UK "Copying music without permission from the copyright holder is illegal in the UK. BBC - Newsbeat - Technology - CD ripping 'widespread' Is that enough evidence for you?

"seemingly"*sigh!*

If you don't believe me, look at the copyright notice on any CD or DVD you've bought or search for some more sources although I think you're just pretending not to understand to wind me up now.

My insurance (house and contents) is about a tenner a month iirc.

No quotation marks but gratuitous use of the word supposedly. I'm afraid it's fact. Just because no-one can point to a prosecution it doesn't change the fact that it is illegal. Personally I think it's highly unlikely anyone will be prosecuted because the majority of people think there's nothing wrong with it (and we live in a democracy, allegedly).

Every time you use the word "illegal" instead of illegal.

Not selective quoting at all, I pointed out the position as it is at the moment to Bigsby who seems to believe different. I agree that it will not have an impact on your average person, any company trying to sue someone for ripping music for personal use will quickly find itself subject to public scorn and ridicule so I don't think any of them want to be the first to try. The only way I can see them using this is for a "double-whammy" on file sharers, doing them for illegal distribution AND copying, just in case the distribution case falls apart.

"In the United Kingdom, making a private copy of copyrighted media without the copyright owner's consent is illegal as of January 2008: this includes ripping music from a CD to a computer or digital music player." Ripping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I think you're confused. Bedford Road is too far away to even consider parking there, it would be just as easy to park on George Street. The back gardens are fenced in with big spikey metal things so any junkies fancying an easy target would have a hard time.Maybe you're thinking of Bedford/Powis?

I've lived on the corner of Elmbank Terrace and Froghall Avenue for over 5 years. I've never had any real problems, in fact the major thing that disturbs my tranquility at the moment are these fucking Mormons that keep coming round. I've never even had a wing mirror knocked out of position as far as cars go. I've also lived in Bedford/Powis and Ferriers/Sandilands before and this area is definitely better, although that's maybe not too much of a recommendation.

For you a car is obviously a necessity but for most urban dwellers (which is most people in the UK) I would argue that it is a luxury. The tax hasn't risen so how can it be any less fair than it was 2 years ago? My fuel bills tell me the burden is being spread. How about using the extra 6bn to alleviate domestic bills instead, then everyone would get a break.

Ah, so it is.Cheers Frosty.

Stripey said that, although I have to agree as well. I use open backed headphones mostly to set up a basic mix; it's easier to hear little coughs, rustling paper etc and the stereo imaging is more accurate (how many drumkits have I heard that seem to be 30 feet wide, ugh). I'll check my final mix with my open phones as well because if it doesn't sound good on them as well I've done something wrong.

I had a bit of a search to see if I could find the answer to the instant coffee scalding question (it's amazing how interesting some things become when there's a roof that needs painting). I've seen various reasons for putting milk/a small amount of water in first. The most convincing to me was someone who said there were volatile chemicals that are lost when boiling water is used. This could be true, according to this Coffee Brewing - CoffeeResearch.org it seems like the best temperature for coffee is between 90 and 96C. Someone else also suggested that putting in the milk first stopped the high temperatures denaturing the proteins in the milk. This also seems to be borne out by investigation BBC NEWS | UK | How to make a perfect cuppa

I miss "find today's posts". "new posts" is great if I haven't been on in a while but it does exactly what it says on the tin, making it difficult to check back on recently viewed threads without going to the specific forum, which leads neatly on to the second comment... I hardly used the forums menu item when we had "find today's posts" but now I have to I'm not enjoying having to visit the forums homepage every time I want to find a specific post. Dropdown menu perhaps?

Closed-back headphones are meant for monitoring only so I'm confused as to why people are wearing them for extended periods. Once the actual (mic) recording is done you should be using monitors or, if noise is an issue, open-backed headphones.

I don't know, are they? Maybe that should've been the first question.. But then again there's a lot of people posted here, and I know a lot more, who listen to, enjoy and maybe even idolise these bands/artists so I think he has a point.

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I think you're misunderstanding the question. He's not asking about lineage etc, he's asking why these artists, who were relevant 40 odd years ago, are still popular with young people today.

They push out nothing like 4KW each, you'd need a 5000 series for that, those are 2402's With 4 cabs and 2 amps he'll be running them dual mono into mono 4 ohm cabs( the SVT's are 4 ohm mono anyway, I assume the 18"'s are as well) which gives you max continuous of 800W per stack, 3.2KW in total (and that's maxed out).

I have a small freezer I no longer need-free to anyone who can pick it up (near Mounthooly). H54,W55,D60cm If anyone wants it, reply here.

*cough*condenser*cough*

I think most people end up going their own way with musical taste, but if, for example, 30% of people who grow up listening to dylan, the stones etc continue to like them into adulthood that's still a lot of people considering the amount of albums they've sold.

Although I'm wondering how you can afford a place in Aberdeen and not have it leased out I have to empathise with your council tax problems. A few months ago they claimed I was due them thousands (which I wasn't, I'd paid them exactly what they'd asked for) and two weeks later they ended up giving me 500. I have no idea why but, not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, didn't want to ask.