Scott!

There is a moogerfooger footswitch' date=' and they seem to do most things under the sun, so I wouldn't be surprised. The manual's here so you can check.

Omfg Dear God, your reasoning is breathtakingly poor. Ok... here I go, point for point. 1. Internet Explorer 1.0 came out in August 1995. Firefox 1.0, which was not the first publically available version of the program, came out on November 9, 2004. You don't need a degree in IT to know that over those 9 years the amount of people, and thus crackers, using the internet has increased exponentially. If everybody had been using Mosaic for ten years and IE was just coming out now, it would be getting loads of serious attacks too, simply because of how many people are using the product. 2. Define "problems". If you mean patches, that's because it's open source and can be patched anytime unlike Microsoft with its horrifying monthly patch day scheme. If anything, loads of patches increases my confidence in a product simply because it shows that somebody somewhere is actually putting in the time and effort to fix problems in the software. I would be willing to bet that the amount of "problems" that you refer to that actually have the potential to cause damage are far smaller in Firefox than in IE. 3. You can't just arbitrarily decompile something to a high level language like C. Using GDB on my Linux box I can easily check out the assembly code constituting any program, and there are programs for Windows that do this too. But nobody actually programs in assembly language because it's mind-blowingly difficult and impossible to port to other platforms. Assembly is just a easier shorthand for the native opcodes that the processor runs, except with mnemonics and things to make it easier for a human programmer. There's a huge difference between seeing the assembly code that makes something run and being able to understand how to exploit that. But let me get this straight: it is impossible, in the sense you mean, to decompile something. Once Microsoft compiles the C code written by its programmers into binary, there is nothing anyone with just the binary can do to derive the source code. Please, for the sake of everybody reading this post, take a course in IT or something so you actually know your stuff before bothering us with your half-thought out blether. I would never tell a drummer that their kit is crap because I know nothing about drums. Clearly, you know nothing about computing, so stop telling us how bad our programs are when you know nothing about them whatsoever.

I have a cheap Zoom thing, and it's rubbish- even if you turn the gain on the distortion patch all the way down, it still murders your tone and fuzzes it out to the point where it's completely unusable even alone. Any chords other than just a root and fifth get drowned out in dissonant harmonics, and it sounds stoopid. Definitely a bad idea.

Thanks! I'm not primarily looking to sound like The Edge or anything; I'm wanting to do Mogwai/Godspeed-esque drones and maybe a little bit of slapback echo too, so that sounds perfect for that sort of thing.

I'm looking around for an analog delay, but can't decide between the EH Deluxe Memory Man or Ibanez AD9 reissue. Does anybody here have any experience with either and if so have one to recommend? Thanks! Scott

Then print it, for god's sake

Linux is the most popular OS for web servers, is open source, and there hasn't been a single virus outbreak for Linux since, if I recall correctly, 2001. The vulnerabilities are being fixed before they become an issue. Also, phishing is not directed at browsers. Phishing is directed at idiots who think that Paypal needs their password to do system maintenance. Even if they had IE or Opera, they would still be idiots.

I'm sorry, you're completely wrong. Because it's open source, Mozilla doesn't need more software engineers- anybody who wants to can patch it. That means Mozilla's pool of engineers is much, much larger than Microsoft's, especially because Microsoft is content to let IE sit on the back burner and hardly ever update it. Also, the fundamental premise of your argument is flawed; Firefox itself is not what is insecure, it's an extension for Firefox. That's like blaming Microsoft for a fault in the Google Toolbar; they're completely unrelated. The key difference between Greasemonkey and ActiveX is that Greasemonkey needs to be installed by the user, while ActiveX is on by default. As soon as anyone sees the security advisory they can easily turn it off or uninstall it, which is impossible with ActiveX. They're two completely different beasts and comparing them makes no sense whatsoever. PS: A firewall prevents against spyware and virii the same way a raincoat prevents against drowning: not at all. The firewall only blocks remote access requests. Since spyware installs itself covertly because of the user's doing something legitimately, the firewall only sees your computer requesting to do something, and thus sees no issue with the spyware's being downloaded. Check the facts.

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Best: Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd) - emotional, clear, and at the same time, totally rawking. Matt Bellamy (Muse) - incredible range. I was trying to sing along to Plug-in Baby and my mum came in and asked if there was something wrong with the computer because of that weird noise Bono (U2) - Say what you like, but he's unbelievable passionate-sounding. Thom Yorke (Radiohead) - sounds like he's feeling everything he's singing about. Paul McCartney (Beatles) - Oh! Darling is brilliant. Worst: Morrisey - just kill yourself and for god's sake, shut up. Serj Tankian (System of a Down) - I know he's technically talented, but I just find his vocals intensely grating The guy from the Bravery - trying and failing to sound exactly like Morrisey. Ian Brown - seems to have got his post in the Roses purely for his charisma Axl Rose - see above (strange coincidence!)

The nut's not glued in, and even so all the slots are the same width.

1. Chris Wolstenholme (sp?) from Muse is totally underrated; on loads of songs he's carrying the rhythm and melody while Matt Bellamy sings. 2. John Entwistle is a god. Full stop. 3. Colin Greenwood's not very "up front" in the band, but some of his bits (Exit Music springs to mind) is brilliant. Carlos Dengler is definitely a close runner up.

There aren't actually any distinguishing features between lefty and righty, so I'd imagine that if you really wanted a classical, you could just flip the bridge around and restring it lefty-style.

I have a 2001 Fender Strat Standard in the lovely, now discontinued Midnight Blue. Mmmm. I've also got 2 classical guitars, a '98 La Patrie which I'm selling (in classifieds right now! ) and a sweet Raimundo, which is Spanish-made, sounds incredible and reportedly should be worth over twice what I paid for it new. For ampage, I have a rubbish Peavey 15 watt solid state thing that sounds rubbish because it's on a 110-240V converter, which makes it feed back. Fortunately, tomorrow I'm getting a dead sexy Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. Mmm!

It's nice to know someone else in Aberdeen loves Efrim Menuck and his nutty screwdrivering antics.

What kind of stuff do you mean? Unfortunately, the word "alternative" is used for loads of stuff- any genre label that refers to both U2 and A Silver Mount Zion is basically meaningless as they're about as different as bands could possibly be. If you mean something post-rockish like, say, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, that'd be ace and I'd definitely be interested in that.

Anybody interested in buying a 1998 La Patrie classical guitar? It was hand-built (or so it says on the label) in La Patrie, Qubec, Canada, and has a solid cedar top and laminated mahogany sides and back. I bought it in Canada, and I'm not sure if La Patries are sold in the UK, but it's made by the same company that makes Seagull acoustics. I've got it listed around for 120, but it sounds way, way better than any guitars I've heard anywhere near that price level. Cosmetically, it's in good shape other than a small crack in the back, which was repaired before I owned the guitar. Anybody interested can PM me; I have pictures, or you could just pop over to check it out. Cheers! Scott