Apple has some lossless format that compresses music to about half its uncompressed size. Standard CDs are not compressed, but the audio in DVDs is. DVDs use mp3s for audio, I think.

cda is the file format for cd's. Uncompressed, 16 bit 44.1 kHz sample rate. Computers are not supposed to be able to view the files, but can play them. Although Mac automatically converts them to aiff on the desktop.

mp3 is a propietory compression method with variable sample rates. It eliminates the portions of audio "you won't hear" to save space. Any device/software that can create/rip mp3's pay royalties to some German guy/company.

AAC uses m4a (open) or m4p (protected) formats. They do not store data in the zero areas, and can reduce file size by about half.

It would be interesting to do a listening party with the same track in the different file formats. Depending on the audio content of the song, the artifacts will have different results. This show is using all flavors. Full wav, aiff, m4a, mp3. Some tracks are quite brittle in the high frequencies. Some boomy in the mids. And some missing a lot of bass.

Ok, that was over simplified version. On iPhone and supposed to be working. Hence simple explanation.

It's not *tight*; just fitted, which I'm not used to,

yes, but I suspect that it looks awesome. You have great curves.

bleck. Having no luck placing my cat. Does anyone know of a no-kill shelter in the Los Angeles area that won't turn around and give my cat to a kill shelter?

Laga, I'm pretty sure we can find someone to foster your kitty so you don't have to put her in a shelter.

It's possibly temporary, right? Like you'll want her back when you move out of your sister's house?

Given Hagrid's recent experience...which is made up of so much love...I recommend a facebook campaign for your kitty laga.

I'm going to have to mount one soon myself, for a friend who is renovating her house and no-longer wants her three cats. (yeah, I know)

One of them will be a very easy sell. The other two are going to be really, really hard. The girls are old and non-cute. The boy is adorable and very friendly.

I hate that she is giving them up, but I'm of the mind that it's the right thing for the cats.

Shit I Didn't Say: Your sense of entitlement is astonishing. Now move your car from in front of my mailbox before I take nail polish remover to it.

What I did say: "Hey, neighbor-person? Could you ask your friend to move their car from in front of the mailboxes? Because it's getting to be postal delivery time."

Neighbor turned to their friend and said "See? I told you not to park in front of mailboxes!" Neighbor's friend gave me a pissy, pissy look and said "Actually, I'm leaving right now".

I smiled and said "Great! Thanks so much!" in as chirpy a voice as I could. I still would have rather taken nail polish remover to his car.

Like you'll want her back when you move out of your sister's house?

In a perfect world I would love to have her back. She's my first kitty of my very own and I love her very much. But I don't know how long it's going to take me to get my own place and I don't think it's fair to let someone else fall in love with her and then make them give her up.

I guess my thinking was that there might be someone out there who can take her for a time but not permanently.