Gah, the myspace vortex demands my allegiance. The urge to drop bombs is rising....

shit, I tried to listen to that .ogg file you e-mailed Ngz... but it was totally corrupted. I even installed the newest version of the codec, AND I re-downloaded the file and it was still fucked. So... I deleted the message containing the .ogg attachments so Clark and Jere don't get any rude surprises when they try and open it.

I'm not sure why it didn't work? Did the .ogg file play on your computer fine? If it did, maybe it's a mac compatibility issue (though I doubt it), or maybe it has something to do with the fact that we were using the LE version of cubase...? Or maybe it just got corrupted upon e-mailing it. I have no idea.

1. Yeah, that would mean we don't need preamps... we just need some XLR converters and/or cables.
2. Gmail slow? That's strange, I find it a LOT faster than hotmail to be honest...
3. Myspace sends you an e-mail everytime somebody messages you or leaves a comment on your page. I can probably turn that option off if you want, but I find it kinda handy.
4. Thanks for the prize, Al! That thing is fuckin HILARIOUS!!!

Get that hipster costume ready for Halloween.

the ...return? of the Rentals....?

also gmail is slow for me. and myspace sure sends you a lot of messages when you sign up a new account

The FIREPOD is a complete 24-bit/96k recording studio combining eight high-quality PreSonus microphone preamplifiers.
so that means if we buy the XLR cables for our mics we should be able to line in on the front without having to run them through preamps beforehand correct?

Is it bad when your theory gets compared to a Monty Python sketch?
The Python:

Q. You say you have a new theory about the brontosaurus.
A. Can I just say here, Chris, for one moment, that I have a new theory about the brontosaurus.
Q. Exactly. Well, what is it? …
A: Oh, what is my theory?
Q: Yes.
A: Oh, what is my theory, that it is. Well, Chris, you may well ask me what is my theory.
Q: I am asking.
A: Good for you. My word, yes. Well, Chris, what is it that it is—this theory of mine. Well, this is what it is—my theory that I have, that is to say, which is mine, is mine.
Q: Yes, I know it's yours. What is it?
A: Where? Oh, what is my theory? This is it. My theory that belongs to me is as follows. This is how it goes. The next thing I'm going to say is my theory. Ready?
Q: Yes.
A: … This theory goes as follows and begins now. All brontosauruses are thin at one end; much, much thicker in the middle; and then thin again at the far end.

Q: Please describe the mechanism that intelligent design proposes for how complex biological structures arose.
A: Well, the word "mechanism" can be used in many ways. … When I was referring to intelligent design, I meant that we can perceive that in the process by which a complex biological structure arose, we can infer that intelligence was involved. …
Q: What is the mechanism that intelligent design proposes?
A: And I wonder, could—am I permitted to know what I replied to your question the first time?
Q: I don't think I got a reply, so I'm asking you. You've made this claim here (reading): "Intelligent design theory focuses exclusively on the proposed mechanism of how complex biological structures arose." And I want to know, what is the mechanism that intelligent design proposes for how complex biological structures arose?
A: Again, it does not propose a mechanism in the sense of a step-by-step description of how those structures arose. But it can infer that in the mechanism, in the process by which these structures arose, an intelligent cause was involved.

Oh Tay, Ng has your prize. He should be giving it to you tonight. If he doesn't just remind him.

Extreme Thinking:

The natural sciences have a reputation for posing special challenges to the way we think and learn: they are a form of “extreme thinking”. In this essay physicist Michael A. Nielsen discusses some of the challenges facing researchers in the natural sciences, and how those challenges shed light on other tough learning situations.