Alison, most of the land that is now occupied by that city called Edmonton was originally farmland. The land were your house was, where my parent's house is, and where most of the people we know live was once very fertile (yes, as fertile land as that land in the north east) farmland. If you're upset that farmland is being bought up and turned into housing for people like you and me (and I'm guessing that there will be people living in those subdivisions) then perhaps you should look at where you yourself live?

Oh...and I know I may be disagreeing with you here, but I believe that there are always peaceful alternatives that will result in greater positive action than would from violent ones. There is always something else to do, no matter how frustrated you are. Now I know you said you don't condone ecoterrorism, but it sure as heck sounded like you do. And there is always another alternative to that kind of action.

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And the $200 for a stylized EMF sheild (sic) with, some might consider, a blasphemous name? Is that also legit?

BTW- I'm listening to the new Esthero as I'm working at the university here and I must say... it's INCREDIBLE!!!!

I get to write a final instead of go to that show. GREAT. Well, at least there's the Saturday show.

Alison, EMI is "electro-magnetic-interference". EMF is "electro-magnetic-field". EMP is "electro-magnetic-pulse" (like they used in the Matrix). Remember when you posted that picture of flourescent bulbs being lit up by the overhead electric cables? It was the EMF of the cables that produced EMI in the bulbs which resulted in chemical fluorescence.

And Paras, those "shakti stones" as they are called actually work. Hardcore audiophiles use them a lot... I think Hugo's dad might've even had some on his old set up. And though the science behind them SOUNDS dubious, it's actually legitimate. To put it more clearly than that ad did, these stones are basically just "shields" against EMI. Like how guitarists need "shielded" cables to get a clean sound (ie: so that you don't pick up FM radio frequencies like Jere currently does), these stones sheild the electronic components of your stereo from one another. When an electric signal passes through a wire it produces a surrounding EMF. This is simple physics 30 material. This EMF interferes with the current of other electronic components and results in an audible increase of distortion in the audio signal. This is why professional recording studios tape down all of the wires to the floor so that the wires ONLY intersect at right angles. If 2 wires ran parallel to each other, they'd be subjecting each other to EMI all through the length of the cord... which is not good when you're looking for hi fidelity audio.

Which brings me to my
stereo/home-theatre set-up tip of the day: use the shortest necessary length of cabling to wire your system together, and never allow 2 cables to run parallel to each other. If you have the money, buy sheilded cables. Your speakers will thank you. (as a side note: I don't follow my own advice... I've been meaning to, but I'm lazy and I don't want to have to rewire 4 speakers and subwoofer, though I swear this winter I'll get around to it.)

emmy's show! i can't even go everyone is going to kill me!18 sleeps till xmas

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alison brings up an excellent point and it reminded me about a research paper i did for one of my english classes, which i will here post in its entirety for ur reading pleasure..... bear in mind i wrote this the night before as is my usual practice so i dont know how many errors are in it, but i got an a- on it..... there are some formatting issues but dont let them distract u....plus all my sources are straight off the net, fairly impressive for such an intricate topic.... u would all do well to read it and feel free to post any feedback u may have, not that i honestly give a shit about any of ur opinions

(Par: I moved it to text and am hosting it, Tom) Linky

I thought EMI was a record company. could I be enlightened on the other meaning? or is the intent merely to block out all EMI artists' music while listening to your iPod? That could prove interesting...

If a Canadian says he had to "deke out of a meeting," it means he avoided the meeting.

Can I "deke" out of having to read hackneyed Canadian-isms? Fuck. If I ever use that phrase, please, pause for a moment, get a heavy object and beat me with it.

Hey, Tay, maybe all you need to appreciate the iPod is some Shakti Stones. The review says "The effect of the first few Shakti products was not as apparent as when the effect became compounded. Each built on the others' ability to eliminate EMI in the component on or under which it was placed. Music became more relaxed, with greater clarity. Space and ambience increased."

How do they work, you ask? "By addressing the problems of electromagnetic interference (EMI), the Shakti Stone uses ferrous and non-ferrous materials and quartz crystal oscillators in combination with a low-level magnetic field to absorb EMI energy and dissipate that energy as heat." (Never mind that the sentence makes no scientific sense, it's a non sequitur to boot!) And only $199.99 USD.