Yeah, that's the site, Beck.

Actually, I'm sure that shielding cables will have an effect, because there's some legitimate and sensical reason for doing it. But if you read the review of Shakti Stones, it doesn't make sense. They send the guy two kits with "just four" 'on-line stabilizers,' (at $100 a pop) and some unknown number of stones (for sake of argument, lets say one stone per kit ($200 each).)

Of course, this doesn't work for the reviewer. He talks to the rep, and the rep comes by with "boxes and boxes" of them. In the end, he does notice a difference, but he ends up with "eleven Stones and thirty-six On-Lines"!! Quick calculation, and we're up to $5800!

By the way, you can buy 1939 6 foot shielded audio cables from Radio Shack for that price. That's 2.2 miles of shielded cable (not even buying in bulk) for the cost of 'stoning' your living room (haha.)

Oh, and because you were asking, Beck, I found where Randi explained the double-blind test of the communication with dead relatives when he was on Larry King with Sylvia Browne. Essentially, they get 10 people who believe that Sylvia can communicate with the dead and have lost a loved one in the past year. They submit their age, gender, and name. Then they pick a random person from the list of 10, give her the biographical information of the person (the living person, that it) and get her to do a non-interactive reading (i.e. no probing questions.)

They get the person who did the reading to score it out of 10. Then they get the nine people who didn't get the reading to look at a transcript or audio tape and (I presume comparing to their own loved one's experience) score it out of 10. If eight out of the nine present a score lower than that of the one doing the reading, Sylvia Browne wins the million dollars. She agreed to the conditions.

And he's still waiting...

website... almost... done. essay... still not... done. tired. must not sleep. final exam tonight, don't forget to study... argh...

hmm... I never actually read the information within the contained links for those "shakti stones", and especially after reading the link you posted, Beck, I wonder how much product testing goes into that stuff.

Then again, though I'd like to say it's a scam... you never know. The shakti stones, if they DO block EMI as they so claim would actually be really useful. As for that hallograph thing that looks like a coat-rack, I'm far more skeptical. That thing looks ridiculous. But again... you never know. Ridiculous-looking egg-carton shaped foam on your walls deadens the sound of a room, stupid-looking large carpeted pillars kills unwanted resonance, and slats of wood on the far wall decrease unwanted audio reflections. These things are all clearly retarded-looking and yet I've had enough experience with sound rooms to know they work. So although those stupid-ass coathangers look improbable, I wouldn't actually be able to say with any confidence whether or not it's a scam. Although obviously the scientific principles utilized in describing them is clearly off the mark.

Shit.
I'm getting tired.
Gotta finish this essay.
Gotta start this webpage.

Hey Tay,

You should check this out, I think this may be where Par got those Shakti stones thing from but I'm not sure.
http://www.randi.org/jr/120304youve.html#6
It's about half way down and covers more audiophile "equipment"

Just die? Pfft. That's all?

Tonight I'm gonna fuckin die and as soon as they put me 6 feet down Ima gonna rape me some deaders at knifepoint while dessecrating their own 15 year old graves and then come back to life because the dead don't want me. That's how brutal my night's going to be. I gotta finish off my 2-week late essay, create an entire comprehensive website from scratch (by noon tomorrow) and somehow find time to study for the final exam which is for the same class my late essay is due. Did I mention I haven't been to that class in 4 weeks?

Did I mention I haven't done any of the readings?

As my "new favourite band" would say: "You're better off dead than makin a mess of me!!!" 10 points to whoever figures out which awesome song by which awesome band that's from. Hint: it's awesome.

i'll put in my two cents worth on Ecoterrorism after i'm done my paper on Lethal and Non-Lethal weapons. possibly the last Soc thing i do. eerie
but tonight, as "my new favourite band" the Hives would say, I'm gonna DIE, ALRIGHT!

Courtney Love on Scott Stapp:

"I played him [my song] mono on the phone once and he said, 'can you help my 16 year old sister be a rock star?' and I'm like NO, but I can help you ditch your dumb songs!"


haha.

BUG REPORT FOR PARAS:

How come when I search this page for "breasts" and "boobs" all I get is 2 lousy posts from Alison? I think your search function is prone to one of two possible errors, paras:

1. It's broke.
2. It sucks fat asses.


Fix that shit. I want boobs NOW!

hmmmm normally my horniess is considered a hindrance because it impairs the normal function of my brain but perhaps if i could only focus that energy in the right way i would be unstoppable....

yes taylor i apologize my friend... to me proper grammatical structure is a nuisance and i also noticed a few typos on a quick scan such as flount instead of flout..... ah well cest la vie as they say