Re: Ixiepost
On 12 January 2012 07:25, Paul Willis <flymo748@googlemail.com> wrote:> =A0Druid <fastdruid@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Anyone able to sort out ixiepost of a one piece set of leathers
>> between Byson leathers and either Birmingham or Coventry way?
>
> What sort of timeframe?
No rush really, probably not going to do a trackday this year,
although if I do it'll be Cadwell so by August...
Druid
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A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a
top for it.
Jerry Seinfeld
Re: Saved some money there - thanks, Apple
On 12 Jan 2012, at 10:56, Ben Darthjoy <ben.darthjoy@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/01/2012 09:06, lee on google wrote:
>> I heard a massive difference between the dacMagic and my Cyrus cd player a=
nd my m-audio sound card
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> Which equally surprises me. I'm not familiar with their soundcards, but I k=
now they make some decent speakers.
It's a great soundcard but the dacMagic does one job and does it really well=
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> The reason separate DAC boxes exist is because the typical DAC built into P=
Cs is rubbish. The MacBook Pro one is apparently very good. I'm surprised th=
e M-audio one isn't too.
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As above
Plus my Cyrus cd player DAC is also good but the direct sound isn't as good a=
s the digital output into the dacMagic
Re: Saved some money there - thanks, Apple
On 12/01/2012 09:06, lee on google wrote:> I heard a massive difference between the dacMagic and my Cyrus cd player and my m-audio sound card
Which equally surprises me. I'm not familiar with their soundcards, but
I know they make some decent speakers.
The reason separate DAC boxes exist is because the typical DAC built
into PCs is rubbish. The MacBook Pro one is apparently very good. I'm
surprised the M-audio one isn't too.
Having done a little googling, the quality of the MacBook Pro one does
make sense. Jobs insisted on high-quality components throughout, and had
a particular obsession with music, of course.
Ben
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Re: Saved some money there - thanks, Apple
On 12 Jan 2012, at 10:34, Roger Collier <roger.collier@oracle.com> wrote:
> On 12/01/2012 09:06, lee on google wrote:
>> Surprised
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>> Maybe your ears are rubbish :-)
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>> I heard a massive difference between the dacMagic and my Cyrus cd player a=
nd my m-audio sound card
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> That would be because it's louder.
> Try a level matched double blind abx test and the differences vanish.
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> Roger.
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Err no they don't and no it's not louder
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Re: When the cloud fails..
On 12 Jan 2012, at 10:29, mike <mylovelyhorse@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12 January 2012 10:27, lee on google <lmorley.mobile@googlemail.com> wr=
ote:
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>> Yes agreed it does, I was more commenting that the problem for businesses=
>> isn't new as it has been around since companies first outsourced systems
> Good point. How dare you make sense?
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> mike
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> ... a state of suspended disaster ...
Sorry normal service will be resumed ASAP=20=
Re: Saved some money there - thanks, Apple
On 12/01/2012 09:06, lee on google wrote:> Surprised
>
> Maybe your ears are rubbish :-)
>
> I heard a massive difference between the dacMagic and my Cyrus cd player and my m-audio sound card
That would be because it's louder.
Try a level matched double blind abx test and the differences vanish.
Roger.
Re: When the cloud fails..
On 12 January 2012 10:27, lee on google <lmorley.mobile@googlemail.com> wrote:> Yes agreed it does, I was more commenting that the problem for businesses
> isn't new as it has been around since companies first outsourced systems
Good point. How dare you make sense?
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mike
... a state of suspended disaster ...
Re: When the cloud fails..
On 12 Jan 2012, at 10:17, mike <mylovelyhorse@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12 January 2012 09:20, lee on google <lmorley.mobile@googlemail.com> wr=
ote:
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>> It's been an interesting thread though as in my view the issue
>> originally raised by mike wasn't a comment in cloud but on network
>> provision and outsourcing solutions have had that issue for years
> Interesting. Yes, to a degree you are correct. What actually prompted
> the subject was the general internet unavailability at my digs, but
> coloured with thinking about iCloud, iTunes Match as well as general
> network unavailability. The 'logic' was that having done the Itunes
> Match thing and the Gmail thing, my email; and my music are available
> via 'the cloud'. Except the lack of an internet connection and a very
> slow 2G connection on my iPad (and virtually nothing on my phone), the
> cloud was somewhat inaccessible.
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> As the cloud concept is basically completely reliant on good network
> connectivity - and as many of the companies I for one have worked for
> have networks that frequently have, er, network reliability issues,
> doesn't that blur the line for problems over cloud unavailability?
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> mike
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> ... a state of suspended=20
Yes agreed it does, I was more commenting that the problem for businesses is=
n't new as it has been around since companies first outsourced systems=
Re: possible ixiepost - Lancaster
On 11 Jan 2012, at 22:09, Ian Ellison wrote:>> It's amazing what one can buy an Ebay these days... Anyone got an
>> HBoL for
>> it...?
>
> I bought an HBoL for the Titanic t'other day...
You going to get yours back on the road?
:)
David
Re: When the cloud fails..
On 12 Jan 2012, at 15:29, Paul Willis <flymo748@googlemail.com> wrote:
> mike <mylovelyhorse@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> It is very fashionable to have everything stored 'in the cloud' these day=
s.
>> It seems to be entirely based on 100% good quality Internet connectivity
>> though - and that is taken for granted by many of us.
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>> Today at the digs there is no connectivity and my iPad only gets a 2G
>> signal here. It is like being back in the 1990s :-/
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> And by coincidence, yesterday, a letter landed on my desk from the
> Dutch Central Bank warning of the dangers of regulated firms using the
> Cloud for storage and services. There is a checklist of required
> controls. The risks are being taken very seriously indeed...
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> Most importantly in my mind is that you can get your own data back
> when the contact ends! ;-)
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Would be nice to be sure that nobody has had access to it in the interim.
Even with military grade encryption I'd still be extremely cautious