Text 4877, 215 rader
Skriven 2012-11-18 17:54:13 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
     Kommentar till en text av Richard Webb (1:116/901.0)
Ärende: Food for thought
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 On 01 Jan 70 00:00, Richard Webb wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW>> My area of audio is capture more than the macho guys with the big
 RW>> stereo.  What technique to use to capture the chamber orchestra, or
 RW>> the rock drummer's kit, etc.

 Roy>> How about the Mexican music called ata, etc...not my cup of tea.

 RW> iF it's supposed to cbe captured, and I'm being paid, yup.

Well, what sounds like a machine generated (aka PC) music with some
hispanic singing over it, is already captured, so to speak...Follows is a
link to the Mexican Institute of Music, with 185 examples of what it is.
These are all playable by adding them to a play-list or just pressing a
'down arrow' and choosing 'play song now'...

http://grooveshark.com/#!/mexican_institute_of_sound

 RW> But that also means I've learned quite a bit on room
 RW> acoustics.  You wouldn't believe the problems encountered in
 RW> designing those small broadcast booths your talk radio guys work in
 RW> to not badly color the sound picked up by their microphones <grin>.

Like feedback, which is why they're wearing head phones?

 RW>> they don't want me driving you Maserati or your Camaro anyway
 RW>> <grin>.

 Roy>> You would probably fair much better than some of the 'blind'
 Roy>> drivers around here. Most of them, California-Imported no doubt.
 Roy>> Texas driver's are well equipped with polite driving manners and
 Roy>> that rubs off on the older generation of CA imports.

 RW> Yeah know that feeling.  around here they're just stupid,
 RW> NEw Orleans, they'll just push and shove.  IF the vehicle
 RW> fits put it there, just don't run over the tourists <grin..

California driver's are as rude as they come. Cutting in and out of
traffic, no signaling (a sign of weakness), cutting in and suddenly
hitting the brakes because they misjudged the speed of the car in front of
you, never mind paying attention to the rest of the cars on the road. In
California, it was usually young women drivers who did that, but here it's
young men and women. Too much of a hurry to get nowhere, as my dad would
say. He'd usually honk and wave as he came up on those people who wasted
fuel and took their chances with the traffic police, just to get a
minute head start to the next traffic light...

 Roy>>> But, the Mayans had a lot longer time to do 'something' and that
 Roy>>> was to study the natural phenomina in their environment. Which
 Roy>>> included such things as a study of the stars, how the sun and moon
 Roy>>> affect certain things in their lives and to even make a calendar
 Roy>>> that is more accurate than the calendars we use today. Based in
 Roy>>> scientific knowledge instead of religion...

 RW>> YEah they did, but they missed on the 2012 part,

 Roy>> Not yet they haven't. 12-21-2012 About the beginning of the solar
 Roy>> winter cycle...

 RW> This is true as well.

BTW, this seems to be building up steam at the moment.

 RW> <snip again>

 Roy>> I could go there. Of course, I'd miss Fidonet, Rush on Radio and
 Roy>> NASCAR on TV, but somehow, I think I could get over that.

 RW> I'd miss the FIdonet anyway, or a good baseball game, or ham radio of
 RW> course, as well as a lot of audio work <grin>. But, I can play a real
 RW> guitar or real piano, no electronics needed <grin>.

Come to think of it, my shotgun would get more excercise too. Game birds
will still be flying without a problem...

 RW>> Have done a bunch of reading on emp, both from this solar cycle and
 RW>> others, and possibly manmade, such as a nuke.

 Roy>> Read the Amateur Radio Newsline article posted in LS-ARRL, HAM and
 Roy>> the internet on EMP drones, to catch up.

 RW> YEah saw that after i posted that reply to you, next morning iirc.  I
 RW> figured all along we were developing emp weapons other than nuclear
 RW> blasts.

I knew that was in development while still living in San Diego. A fellow
HAM was also in the Coast Guard and reflected on some work he had done
with satelite to satelite destructive weaponry. Apparently some Russkie
sats were victims of testing those weapons.

 RW> Take out c3 first before you start with ballistics and incendiary
 RW> devices. For the uninitiated 3c is command control and
 RW> communications.  Take out the electronic nerve center the battlefield
 RW> is yours. Btw agree with yours, and Ward's comments on Faraday cages.

If you read the part of that discussion where I provided a LORAN antenna
system to an aircraft transporting company, that is when I realized that
RF shielding actually exists, experiencing it 1st hand.

 Roy>> It should get real interesting in about a month, if they have
 Roy>> predicted things right.

 RW> YEah, is already piquing the interest of hams who like 10
 RW> and 6 meters.

Friend Andrew told me about receiving a HDTV signal out of Waco this
morning (UHF channel 26) ... Waco is over 200 miles north of here. He
didn't seem too interested in how atmospheric disturbances caused by the
sun spots could do that.

 Roy>>> There was a spectacular aurora event caused by a CME in 1859 that
 Roy>>> could be seen from latitudes further south than normal, worldwide.
 Roy>>> If 2012 is expected to be even worse than the major solar event of
 Roy>>> 1859, just think of the affects it will have on an electronic age
 Roy>>> world. It could bring down communications, disable satellites,
 Roy>>> ground aircraft and even fry chips and circuits if it is severe
 Roy>>> enough.

 RW>> YEs, the Carrington event iirc.  Read a bunch on it.  A
 RW>> couple years back MIke LUther posted some facts about that
 RW>> one in the muffin echo, which were reprinted in fidogazette
 RW>> iirc.

 Roy>> Mike may be onto to something...

 RW> I believe he truly is.

 Roy>>> You can see as an example what that would do to the world, by
 Roy>>> observing the situation in New Jersey and New York after Sandy, as
 Roy>>> residents there complain about having to live without the modern
 Roy>>> conveniences of no gasoline (pumps), no electricity, no running
 Roy>>> water or cold water if they're lucky and the contamination of
 Roy>>> stagnant sewer water that keeps them in an unhealthy environment
 Roy>>> 24/7...

 RW> YEp, kinda reminds me of my week on "hospital island" after
 RW> Katrina.

Worse yet, they're also freezing their butts off in the process...

 RW>> YEp, and like you say we'll have some warning, but all that
 RW>> infrastructure's still gonna crump.  Glad i've got ham
 RW>> radio, and can unplug until after the big one then run
 RW>> sparingly on batteries.

 Roy>> You'll have to do more than unplug if you want to survive the EMP
 Roy>> predicted for next month.

 RW> Yep, store the gear in its boxes with foil shielding or
 RW> something they say.

A tin shed will do the trick, or a metal trash can with the gear on blocks
of wood at the bottom. The older electronics under the hood of your car
should do the same, but I wouldn't count on it.

 Roy>>> As a final note on this, it should be noted that some scientists
 Roy>>> are connecting the sun's solar activity with tectonic and
 Roy>>> geothermal activity ... that is to say, volcanoes, earthquakes and
 Roy>>> (consequently) tsunamis and changes in the weather patterns.

 RW>> Have read on that too.  Quite a wealth of material if
 RW>> anybody's interested.

 Roy>> That makes more sense to me than somebody claiming that mankind can
 Roy>> is the cause of climate change...i.e. CO2 happens naturally and the
 Roy>> more the better, according to some of these guys.

 RW> SEquestering it for gradual release as do plants, etc.  I
 RW> can see some of their arguments too though, too much of
 RW> anything is bad for you ya know.  Thing is, there's enough
 RW> actual science behind some of this that I'm not really in
 RW> the skeptics camp.  i'm still in information gathering mode
 RW> on the subject actually,  there's enough good data
 RW> collection happened, and happening that I'm not totally
 RW> writing that one off.  YOu must remember, we've come a long
 RW> way in just a couple centuries, both in amount of people
 RW> occupying the planet, and our technological sophistication.
 RW> I can't say with a straight face that we haven't done some
 RW> things to upset some natural cycles and balances.

Like they say here in Texas, don't drink down stream from the herd or in
hunting camps over the years, don't piss in the river.

 Roy>>> If these causalities are valid, the global changes that so many
 Roy>>> have predicted may be ushered in by nothing more than our
 Roy>>> friendly, or not so friendly, sun. Certainly, man can do nothing
 Roy>>> to change that.

 RW>> Indeed this is true.

 Roy>>> Having your own energy devices is a good start on survival with
 Roy>>> the scenario I've just painted, but you'll also need a means of
 Roy>>> feeding your lady and yourself as well...not to mention the dog...
 Roy>>> 8^)

 RW>> OH yeah there's that, but you can always trade <grin>.

 Roy>> Depends(tm) on what you have to trade. Dollars, meaning any
 Roy>> currency, won't be worth the paper it's printed on, precious metal
 Roy>> will be almost worthless in the face of 'there's nothing I'd trade
 Roy>> for your gold' that can keep my stomach from growling.

 RW> True enough, but barter labor for food, my skills, etc.

Yeah, that should work...or lemmee fill your locker with game that I've
collected while hunting.

            R\%/itt


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