Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon.

Angel ,'Not Fade Away'


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Gudanov - Jul 03, 2008 9:13:44 am PDT #6881 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

I had a similar reaction to a radio I looked at that sounded interesting at first glance. It was a CD-less Clarion radio that played from a SD card, did the Bluetooth thing, and had auxiliary input. Then I realized that it didn't support SD cards with more than 2GB and only had FM radio, no AM radio.

How do you not have an AM receiver? I mean a kid can make one basically with a wire, a capacitor, and a diode right? It's gotta cost like a few cents a unit.


Tom Scola - Jul 03, 2008 9:15:14 am PDT #6882 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

How do you not have an AM receiver?

If AM radio went away, how long would it be before you noticed?


Pix - Jul 03, 2008 9:16:40 am PDT #6883 of 25501
The status is NOT quo.

In LA? The first day. AM 1070 is our local traffic/weather source, and I listen to them to and from work for at least a few minutes..


Gudanov - Jul 03, 2008 9:22:20 am PDT #6884 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

Pretty quick, it's the source of local news and pretty much all sports scores and games.


NoiseDesign - Jul 03, 2008 9:23:08 am PDT #6885 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

Huh. My reaction is still, "What were they thinking?"

Reviews of the first in car CD players said the same things. I remember my first home CD player in 1983, you could make the thing skip by walking heavily near it.


Ginger - Jul 03, 2008 11:02:38 am PDT #6886 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

My clock radio wakes me to AM750, so I'd also notice pretty fast. Without AM, I wouldn't have the city's best news, best traffic reporting and best meteorologist. I have to go elsewhere during parts of the day, when the right-wing talk shows are on, but I know the schedule well enough that I can click back for the news, weather and traffic with minimum impact on my blood pressure.


le nubian - Jul 03, 2008 1:38:30 pm PDT #6887 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Jon B. - Jul 03, 2008 4:59:33 pm PDT #6888 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

SYCTYD? Do they use computers?


le nubian - Jul 03, 2008 5:02:06 pm PDT #6889 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

oh dammit.

clearly a bad post.


§ ita § - Jul 03, 2008 5:22:51 pm PDT #6890 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

In Photoshop CS2, is there a way to make a menu option a button, or at least a keyboard shortcut so I don't have to navigate the menus to do the same damned thing every time? I mean, it's nice it came with the macro already recorded, but it's crimping my style going and finding it every time.