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Joey Millison

10-12-2000, 12:45 PM

Lex,
Haven't bought it yet, but I will use that when I do :) Does that help the HTGuide? If so I will start buying all of my DVDs with that, as I shop specifically at Amazon for all of my DVDs (unless I'm going to Best Buy because I want it that day, which is ALWAYS a mistake).

New Best Buy story,
Man, what a bunch of loonies! I call up and ask if they had Jurassic Park and Lost World DTS. And he looks around for a bit and tells me they do. Then he asks if I want just the single DTS VHS tapes or the double pack of VHS DTS tapes. I just hung up at that point and quietly muttered to myself, "THAT's what I get for calling them...I KNOW better than to engage in conversation with a Best Buy employee for ANY reason..."
So I drive over there. I found Jurassic Park DTS DVD, but not Lost World. So I look around, but cannot find it. I sigh to myself as I realize I'm going to have to ask. Realize that mandi's in the car this whole time, and not feeling well, I told her I'd just run it, get them, and run out. That was the intention anyway...
So I stand there trying my best to look confused as I search for an employee. There weren't any to be found, and it felt all too familiar. So I ask a guy who works in electronics as he tries to scurry past me without getting eye contact. "I don't suppose anyone from the DVD section is working today?" I ask with a smirk.
"I'll go find someone," he promises, and runs off to the back.
10 minutes pass, and I'm ready to kill someone. I stop another guy and ask if I can be helped, he tells me to hang on and leaves. Another 5 minutes pass, and I can almost hear Mandi out in the car using my name colorfully with every swear word imaginable. Yes sir, I knew it was going to be a LONG ride home...Compliments of the jokers at Best Buy.
So the manager walks by and asks me if I've found everything okay, and I just stare at him and laugh. "Are you serious? You think for a second that anyone can find anything here unless they know specifically where it is? This place is a joke!" I tell him how long I've been waiting and ALL I want is one DVD, and then I'll be out of their hair so they can go back to not having anything to do.
So I finally get this little 17 year old kid come up and ask me what it is I needed. I tell him, "I am looking for Jurassic Park: Lost World, in DTS *I pointed to the DTS logo on the top of the DVD, and was very tempted to do sign language while I asked him this, as he started to get a blank stare* do you have it?"
So, as they always do, he goes and looks exactly where I had. This wastes another 30 seconds of my time, though it's funny to see him pick up each copy and look on the back. "This one says Dolby Digital, is that what you're looking for?". At this point I almost ask for an application so I can stay in the building and work there, because the second I left I was going to have hell to pay in the car.
He turns around and tells me they don't have it, and I walk off quietly, go pay for the one I did find, and go back to the car. I open the door, and even though I wasn't too pissed at this point (I kind of expected them to be dumb) I acted as though I were fuming. "Damnit, I hate them!!! Why do I bother!!! God they waste my time...I'm, like, PISSED or something!!!" You could tell that Mandi was about to throw a fit, but by seeing me "mad" she realized it wasn't the time, and let me vent. Had she known it was all an act to avoid a fight I'd probably be in big trouble ;) But as far as I see it, I deserve another point for my time for creatively avoiding an argument ;)
Anyhow, that's my story, and you're all better people now having read it ;)

Joey Millison

10-12-2000, 12:47 PM

Paul!!! Check it out!!!
We have been SAVED!!! Now we just gotta start SAVING ;)

Jeff Kowerchuk

10-12-2000, 02:54 PM

Hey Guys;

Can I add a couple to Joey's game....

2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
9. Halloween 3 (not sure about this one)

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Andrew Pratt

10-12-2000, 03:01 PM

hey Jeff welcome to the TTP glad you finally posted. Don't worry Jeff i won't tell anyone that we know each other and only live a few blocks away from each other...might give people the wrong impression about you...oops did I type that out loud?

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RickS

10-12-2000, 05:14 PM

Lex,

I took the batteries out, put new ones in, and then ...........threw it at the wall!!!! ;)

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Joey Millison

10-12-2000, 05:29 PM

01) Sleepy Hollow
02) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
03) Heathers
04) Black Hole
05) Edward Scissorshands
06)
07) Black Cauldron
08) Dogma
09)
10)
11) SLC Punk
12) Flatliners
13) Natural Born Killers
14) Love Stinks
15)
16) Walking with Dinosaurs
17) Young Guns 2
18) Fun and Fancy Free
19) Cirque Du Soleil - Alegria
20) Avia - Guide to Home Theater

Nice one Jeff! Welcome to the TTP by the way :) You were right on Roger Rabbit :) Was wondering when someone would guess that one ;) Someone HAS to guess #9! ;)
Remember, to win you must have ALL 20 titles in one email, and the Amazon GC is yours! :)

Paul Wu

10-12-2000, 05:59 PM

Just too damn busy.

Nice flip Lex. :F

Joey, cool, I've got another link with an aibo kicking around I'll have to look for it somewhere in my email folders. Here's a couple of more guesses.

06) Army of Darkness ?
09) Return to Oz?

And off to another meeting.

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Joey Millison

10-12-2000, 06:05 PM

Way to go Mr. Wu, both of those were correct, leaving us with only TWO movies to guess...

Anyone?

01) Sleepy Hollow
02) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
03) Heathers
04) Black Hole
05) Edward Scissorshands
06) Army of Darkness
07) Black Cauldron
08) Dogma
09) Return to Oz
10)
11) SLC Punk
12) Flatliners
13) Natural Born Killers
14) Love Stinks
15)
16) Walking with Dinosaurs
17) Young Guns 2
18) Fun and Fancy Free
19) Cirque Du Soleil - Alegria
20) Avia - Guide to Home Theater

Joey Millison

10-12-2000, 06:07 PM

Do you guys want hints or more screen shots from those last two movies?

Greg Stone

10-12-2000, 06:18 PM

#15 - Mary Poppins??

Pat

10-12-2000, 06:20 PM

Lex, way to make up for the pre-mature flip:B

Yes we need more hints Joey.

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Andrew Pratt

10-12-2000, 06:25 PM

01) Sleepy Hollow
02) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
03) Heathers
04) Black Hole
05) Edward Scissorshands
06) Army of Darkness
07) Black Cauldron
08) Dogma
09) Return to Oz
10) ladyhawke
11) SLC Punk
12) Flatliners
13) Natural Born Killers
14) Love Stinks
15) The Music Man
16) Walking with Dinosaurs
17) Young Guns 2
18) Fun and Fancy Free
19) Cirque Du Soleil - Alegria
20) Avia - Guide to Home Theater

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Jehan

10-12-2000, 09:04 PM

10) LadyHawke?

Hmm..

Paul Wu

10-12-2000, 09:09 PM

15) Anne of Green Gables?

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Little Bruce

10-12-2000, 09:33 PM

To tired to guess at movies....
isp too slow to bring up snapshots....
Lonnnnng day.....

Whats up yall?
Is Lex in better mood today, yall? :B

Hey Rick..... try a full extension drop kick on that remote... [snicker]

this weather is playing hell on my sinus's..:(

Joey,
checked out your ht setup tonight....looks good man!!
Rack one up for best buy !!!

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Patrick Sun

10-12-2000, 09:58 PM

Jehan, I'm pretty sure #10 is Ladyhawke as well.

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Kevin P

10-12-2000, 10:14 PM

We've got bass! Repeat... we've got BASS! :B

My co-worker HT nut came over to my house and we unboxed and hooked up the SVS. After calibrating it we tried out some DVDs and CDs. The sub is performing admirably despite a nasty 40-50Hz peak in my room which made calibration tricky--depending on the "pitch" of the test tones the sound would be so loud I would end up calibrating the sub too low and lose a lot of the deep bass impact. My first attempt I had the sub set to -15db on my receiver! I did it a second time and it's at -7 now so I have a bit more punch, but ultimately I might have to stick in a parametric EQ or something to get the response flattened out in the 40-60hz range and then I can really let 'er rip.

Some things we demoed: Antz (the sneaker scene), The Matrix (Trinity jumping near the beginning, the lobby shootout, and the rescue/helicopter crash), T2 (beginning and the chase scenes) and the Titanic soundtrack CD (Never an Absolution and Southampton--loads of bass in those tracks!). After I recalibrated I threw in The Iron Giant, where I've gotten the best deep bass impact I've heard so far, near the end of the movie.

One time my friend asked me to place a piece of cardboard (I used a VHS sleeve) on top of the sub to see if it got "blown off" by the air coming out of the port. It vibrated a tiny bit, but due to my room the sub didn't really have to push much air to get lots of bass in my room. The SVS is overkill for my room I guess. I'm curious as to how it'll do with The Haunting. :)

So far so great! :) Tomorrow night will be the first time we watch an entire movie with the sub. I can hardly wait. :)

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Joey Millison

10-12-2000, 11:58 PM

Well well well, Mr. Pratt ;) It looks like we have a winner! Ladyhawke and the Music Man were absolutely correct!

Andrew wins a $25 GC from Amazon! Congratz, though congratz to all of you who guessed some of those really tough ones as well! Everyone did awesome!

Wanna play again for another GC? We'll do it this way. When you win one you get one point. First person to get three points wins, cool? That should make it more fun, and last a little longer! :) I'll make some of them harder and some easier. Who wants to play? I'll organize it better this time. Do you wanna do it for a GC or for a free DVD? (free DVD would be easier for me, heh, but GC works too!) Lemme know and we'll start tomorrow.

Congratz Andrew!

Congratz on your BOOM Kevin! :) Glad you finally got it!!!

Little Bruce

10-12-2000, 11:59 PM

Congrats Kevin...
Glad to hear your booming now......:)

Everybody is quiet tonight....must be sitting back and waiting for that perfect flip....or
watching the premier of "ER"....:B

Is there a winner yet for the movie trivia?

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Little Bruce

10-13-2000, 12:05 AM

I guess i am going blind.....
some how missed that last thread....duhhhhhhh

Congrats... Mr. Postmaster :B

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Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 12:14 AM

thanks joey for running that contest it was a blast:)

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Joey Millison

10-13-2000, 12:20 AM

Andrew, can you ICQ me if you're still on?

Pat

10-13-2000, 12:26 AM

Nice Job Andrew...bet you're happy I got the Cirque Du Soleil filled in :) since it seem like Joey and I are the only ones who know what and who they are:B

Kevin...glad the SVS showed up none the worse for wear. Try Fight Club...the beginning of Chap. 8 and 9.

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Pat

10-13-2000, 12:28 AM

Deleted - double post:(

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Little Bruce

10-13-2000, 12:44 AM

hmmmmmm.....

moving in for the kill.......

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Little Bruce

10-13-2000, 12:46 AM

Ready to pounce........

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Little Bruce

10-13-2000, 12:47 AM

*******************************************

FLIP

*******************************************

:B

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Joey Millison

10-13-2000, 12:48 AM

Doh! :B

Little Bruce

10-13-2000, 01:18 AM

Great flip, huh?

I believe it was beginners luck, yall.......
[grin] :B

Bed time for me.....full schedule of broken cars for me tommorrow.....

And to all a good night..

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Paul Wu

10-13-2000, 01:33 AM

Little Bruce, nice try but looks like you're going to have to try again tomorrow.

Joey, good flip. Best Buy, to expect more would be futile. Nice deflection, gee I hope she doesn't read this thread. :)

Andrew, congrats on the win. I thought the last two were pretty tough.

RickS, sorry to hear that the remote decided to die on you. Does the Denon let you save you config on PC like the Pronto? If not then that really hurts.

Kevin, Glad to hear, or should I say, glad you can now feel the bass. So which movie will you watch tomorrow?

Paul

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Trevor Schell

10-13-2000, 03:32 AM

Just in time to miss the flip,,Bruce you were so close but Joey sniped you bigtime.

Joey,, thanks for the screen shot puzzle. Its a great idea,,even Tracey was playing it.How do you think I got my answers.:)

Glad you got your Sub Kevin. Your HT will never be the same..Remember you can never have too much BASS.:D

Rick,,Hows the amps in the 5800?? How would they compare to the Cinepro..Any idea what the Damping Factor and High Current ratings are on the Denon.?
Thanks.

Jeff,,welcome to the TTP
Have a Good night everybody.

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Greg Stone

10-13-2000, 07:56 AM

Good Morning TTP'ers, it's FRIDAY THE 13th!!!

Hope everyone has a great day...

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Little Bruce

10-13-2000, 08:16 AM

Good morning yall !!

Damn, I still dont understand the flip thing.
How do you "flip" to the next page? Does it do it automatically after the 35th thread?

I guess I tried.... hey everybody, have a good day !! :B

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Pat

10-13-2000, 08:33 AM

Nice try LB...if you reply to the 35th post that becomes the first post on the next page.

I see Mats has made is very easy by numbering the posts:B

Joey...NICE!...way to steal LB's thunder.

I was thinking about buying a new(used) amp but I think ThomasW has talked me out of it. I will just have to keep saving.

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Chris White

10-13-2000, 09:55 AM

Good morning from the right coast. Who's interested in kicking a little terrorist butt this morning?!

Kevin: Congrats on the new sub. If you have DTS Demo #4, play the cut from The Haunting. It's a real sub buster.

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Lexman

10-13-2000, 11:08 AM

haha from page 44, you know who you are. Thanks for the flip complements, # 44 was well orchestrated. You smucks played right into my hands, haha.

Turns out Fri 13th is my lucky day. Just found out today that the BAD X that I had working 2 floors beneath me, transfered to another building, yippeee! Now, 13 will be caressed as my lucky number. Here I always thought it was badluck! :?

Lex

Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 11:13 AM

yes I couldn't have won without you pat:) That "the music man" one was the hardest i saw that movie a long time ago but it seemed like the only one that fit given the list of movies joey owns.

Nice flip joey, way to snipe LB:)

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Paul Wu

10-13-2000, 11:21 AM

Morning people, I just heard that movie ticket prices are going up in our area. So far it is only the big SilverCity's that are raising prices, from $11 to $12.25! :E I think the regular theaters are still around $9.

Paul

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Gregg Loewen

10-13-2000, 11:25 AM

Hi everybody!!

Whats planned for the weekend?

RickS

10-13-2000, 11:35 AM

Good Morning!

LB,

So, flippin close! I know how you feel.

After the full extension drop kick and the reset button inside the RC-8000......No luck. :(

Joey,

Nice Flip!!!!

I like the point's idea for the next round. :)
Also, very nice side step in the car.http://smilecwm.tripod.com/net7/biggthumpup.gif

KJP,

Glad your enjoying the new sub. If you do have the "Haunting" be careful. It will bottom the driver on the sub very hard.

Paul,

Denon has not released the software for the remote yet. So, I've wasted about 25 hr of manual set up time. :( But, the manager at A&B has a new one for me to pick up today. :)
By the time you finish a movie these days you could buy 2 disks for the HT.

Trevor,

I did try the 5800 on its own for a couple of days. But, after hooking up the Cinepro 3k6II I must say that we are really talking about two different leagues here. I am only using the two BSC's from the 5800. I don't know the ratings on the 5800 but, my 4 ohm speakers did get the fans to come on. The Cinepro hardly gets warm.

Andrew,

Congrat's on the win!

Chris,

Take it easy on those "Snow Birds". ;)

Have a good day everyone!

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Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 12:50 PM

rick you need only a few more posts and you'll join the ranks as a full member. As a full member you can stand up proud and look people in the eye instead of your feet. No longer will you feel limp and unwanted but you'll feel a surge of love and blood pounding in your veins. You will no longer fear ridicule as most of us (sorry lex) will go to great lenghts to protect you with the strenght of a trojan. So come out, you will soon no longer be a bobit but true full member.

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Paul Wu

10-13-2000, 01:02 PM

I'm checking out a trailer for Driven (http://movies.warnerbros.com/driven/cmp/video-fr.html) Slated to be in theaters in Spring of 2001.

Kind of tough when I have no sound and can only watch a few frames at a time, but over at another list a couple of technical points that don't help; paddle shifting, only in F1, engine revs too high, again like F1. So it sounds like, pun intended, the sound guy got his samples from F1 cars rather than CART cars. But me being a racing fan and a DVD fan, I'm hoping for a nice DVD. :B I hope there's a good ratio of track time verus 'acting' time. ;) Oh, I can just see it, a DD and DTS release, and if the movie is a bomb, the DVD will be out by the summer. :)

Oh also, I find it hilarious that they would even attempt to drive these on the road like in the clip.

I'll add more comments when I can more fully disect the trailer.

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RickS

10-13-2000, 01:38 PM

Andrew,

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I'll be there soon!

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Paul Wu

10-13-2000, 02:15 PM

Okay I had a chance to at least listen to the trailer. The car sounds are that of an F1 engine. This is a big difference to us audioautophiles. Plus I'm not particularly fond of the music track, and I can just picture race footage with this music in the background to pump up the scene. Me no like. Plus all the crash scenes in the trailer. As a race fan, crashes happen, but that's not why we like racing, but guess what makes it to the evening news sports coverage. I guess I'll have to see how the movie unfolds next year. Maybe on the DVD there will be an effects only track.

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RickS

10-13-2000, 02:21 PM

Paul,

I'm also a big race fan but, this one doesn't look like Super Speedway type sound. :) It would make a nice street car for about 25 minutes. ;)

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RickS

10-13-2000, 02:24 PM

I think I'm there now with this one. :B

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Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 02:32 PM

congrat rick

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Paul Wu

10-13-2000, 02:33 PM

Oh yeah Rick, that's the way to do it. Your now at Full Member status!

I agree, Super Speedway is the best!

Paul

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RickS

10-13-2000, 02:37 PM

Thanks guy's!!!

Now if I could only flip a page. :)

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Patrick Sun

10-13-2000, 02:49 PM

Hey, I'm a senior member now! Where's my Senion Citizen discount on HT gear?

Hope everyone is surviving Friday the 13th!

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Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 03:13 PM

rick here's one just for you Full Member (http://www.geocities.com/sonosub) scroll down the page and there should be a small happy face click on that...and not its not mine:)

I tried to do a direct link like this one here (http://www.geocities.com/sonosub/SingingP.MPG) but it doesn't seem to want to work all the time.

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Joey Millison

10-13-2000, 03:30 PM

Pl@,
At least now you can take advantange of those great senior deals at Denny's ;) You old fart you! :B

Paul, have you see the newest Aibo-wannabe? This one's REALLY close to an Aibo, though it needs a remote to do stuff, which is kind of lame. It's called the I-Cybie. It looks like what would happen if the Taco Bell Dog and Muffet frrom Battlestar Gallactica had sex... I need an Aibo though, now more than ever. My goal is to have one by December! Muhahaha! And everyone knows when I want a new toy I wind up getting it ;) But I will NOT use any form of credit to acquire my Aibo! :)

Pat,
Since you and I are the only ones who know what Cirque Du Soleil is, and because everyone could benefit from seeing them, and it's our job to educate them, I have an idea! The next contest will be for a Quidam DVD! Though if you win you get to pick any DVD of the same value from Amazon.Com. But I think everyone would enjoy it! :) So I'll develope some more rules and what-not and get it going this weekend.

Rick,
Congratz on your full membership-hood!

Tomorrow the day! I received my AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) certificate and can now legally fly my NEW plane! So I have lessons tomorrow with "Fred Damm" at the Clifton Airfield, a place where I will be spending my saturdays now, just relaxing! :) I'm really excited to finally get the chance to fly the Quaker! I can't wait! I'll take pictures and what-not if you guys want :)

Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 04:22 PM

I'd love to see the bird in flight joey so please take some photos...or have someone else take them if your hands are busy:)

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Paul Wu

10-13-2000, 04:22 PM

Andrew, Yikes! that smiley could get me into trouble. Seems like you have a one track mind today.

Joey, first I've heard of another Aibo wanna be. Ah, Muffet, boing, boing, boing. Battlestar Galactica, what a cool movie a big space battle scene to begin the movie and a big space battle scene at the end. What more could you want in a Sci-Fi movie? A Hollywood Square question asked during the Survior appearance. Question to survivour winner Rich Hatch, Who played Apollo in the movie Battlestar Galactica? Rich answers "Why Richard Hatch!" contestant "I disagree!" BUZZ, wrong! Anyway, have fun on your first flight.

This is off another list, I've tried it and it's funny. Should only take about a minute.

National Discount Brokers
1. dial 1-800-888-3999 (it's free)
2. LISTEN to all of the options
3. after hearing #7, hit 7

I'll post what #7 is a bit later. But let's just say it would fit in perfectly for Andrew at work.

Paul

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Joey Millison

10-13-2000, 04:47 PM

Had to do that one on speaker phone, that was hilarious ;) A lot of people who overheard it yelled out to me, "What the hell was that?!" ;)

Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 04:51 PM

funny 1800 number...I don't have a one track mind...I'm british its my humour I can't help it:)

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RickS

10-13-2000, 05:55 PM

Andrew,

Yep! ..........with ADSL lines here at work I had to shut down that performance. :B

Picked up the new RC-8000. Hope it lasts longer than the first one.

Joey,

Please send pictures of the bird in flight!

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Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 06:26 PM

looks like I'm getting near the 600th post

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Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 06:27 PM

ta da 600 posts already..how time flies

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Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 06:28 PM

so whats everyone got planned for the weekend?

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Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 06:29 PM

I will have my monoblock to play with tonight and tomorrow I'm helpping Jeremy Santos build two monster sonosubs.

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Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 06:30 PM

nearly ready for a flip

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Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 06:30 PM

a flip of jurassic proportions

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RickS

10-13-2000, 06:45 PM

Nice flip!

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Paul Wu

10-13-2000, 06:45 PM

Good one Andrew, I'm off to have a late lunch. I hope to have JP this weekend.

For those that didn't want to call the 800 number on the previous page. Here's what happens, it's a voice mail with various options, 1-7, but when you get to option 7 you hear the following:

"If you would like to hear a duck quack press 7", *hit 7* "Quack, quack"

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Chris White

10-13-2000, 07:12 PM

I just heard that movie ticket prices are going up in our area. So far it is only the big SilverCity's that are raising prices, from $11 to $12.25!

How much is that in dollars Paul? $4.00? $4.50? :)

Gregg & Andrew: I can't speak for anyone else, but it looks like WORK is what I've got planned this weekend.

What are the cutoffs for membership categories? I'm guessing 50 for Full Member, 200 for Senior Member, 1000 for Obnoxious Member.

PatMan: Congratulations on your senior status!

Notice how I spoke up for the old fellow? :D

Joey: I saw an article in today's paper about the new Aibo. Apparently its ears move now.

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Pat

10-13-2000, 07:39 PM

Nice flip Andrew.

Chris...good one on Pl@..eh speak up sonny:B

Joey...cool idea...my wife wants to get another Cirque disc...is Alegria the only other DVD?
You better watch it...you are going to be senior soon.

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Paul Wu

10-13-2000, 08:14 PM

Chris, very funny. Those are real dollars. But for those down south that works out to about US$8. Your greenback isn't that strong, yet. ;)

40 for Full Member, 200 for Senior and who knows how many for Insane.

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Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 08:30 PM

I think insane is an acronym for Moderator;)

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Paul Wu

10-13-2000, 08:58 PM

It's Friday! Time to go home, but I haven't even left yet.

So is it a sickness when you buy a DVD and just take off the shrink wrap and put it in your software rack, with no idea when you'll actually be able to watch it? I have about 20 dvds that I have, but haven't even watched. At least I can say only 2 are ones that I have never seen at all.

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Little Bruce

10-13-2000, 09:31 PM

Howdy yall........

Friday the 13th...full moon too...... Any of yall barking at the moon tonight? :W

Its abroller time tonight.... fun fun fun....
I wish I could say I will be spending the weekend working on my diy but I have a transmission to overhaul, a head gasket to change and a clutch to change, and all due by Monday evening....
anybody good at turning wrenches ????
Note: I dont pay very well......:B

Anybody like football around here?
I got my parlor card today......
yall help me pick some..............

georgia tech vs. wake forest +24
South Carolina vs. Arkansas +7
Texas A&M vs. Baylor +24
Iowa St. vs. Oklahoma St. +7
Colorado vs. Texas +3

N.Y. Giants vs. DALLAS Cowboys +3
Denver vs. Cleveland +14
New England vs. N.Y. Jets +3

(A few of these teams should be local favorites of yalls....... also included is some really odd points spreads)

GO GIBBS RACING..........Congrats to Bobby Labonte for the points championship and team mate Tony Stewart for kicking major butt with five dominating wins !!!!!!!!!!! :B

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Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 09:32 PM

paul i'd be happy to break in those DVD's for you if you want?

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Paul Wu

10-13-2000, 09:32 PM

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Andrew Pratt

10-13-2000, 09:55 PM

is that a no paul?

he looks like Mr.Bean dancing;)

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Greg Stone

10-13-2000, 10:08 PM

BCDII - I would take Baylor, Texas and Dallas, all with the points of course. But I also had to quit gambling because of a little problem I developed.... losing. :(

Very nice flip postmaster. I must have been busy at work, didn't see it coming. :)

Have fun with the plane Joey!

Paul, I will also help you out on the DVD watching! Then I could even cancel Netflix! ;)

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Little Bruce

10-13-2000, 10:21 PM

Greg......

A Dallas fan I hope? Despite there crappy start this year I still have hope for them.. :B

My dad graduated from T A&M .....
Matter of fact, all his family is from Texas....
and even more of a matter of facts... he is there now...lucky dog. Not to much to do in South Crapolina.......

Hey Paul....

To much viagra for the little dude? :B
Cute though.....
Whatcha going to do with him? lol
Need his girlfriend to stand next to him.....
or would that be to politically incorrect? :?

Still no takers for some weekend help?? :W

I am determined to score a successful flip here soon.

I need a killer icon on my sig. something unique.
any ideas?

Love the oversized smiliey face.... my son even laughed at that one (he's three)

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Joey Millison

10-13-2000, 11:14 PM

Pat,
Unfortunately the only two Cirque Du Soleil discs that I've ever been able to spot are Quidam and Alegria. Though I hope they'll make some more, they're awesome! I was listening to the Quidam soundtrack most of today, great music!

Chris,
Yeah, it's kind of weird though. They made the knew one look like a cat...and yet it still barks...heh, kind of creepy! Can't wait til they make robotic Goldfish ;)

Well, Mandi got me a gift tonight, a really nice digital camera! It's a sony, and does 1600X1200 2.1 Megapixel shots. Not too shabby :) And it has a 32 Meg flash card in it, so we'll have a TON of pictures without having to use the one at work where you have to switch out diskettes! It's a Sony Cybershot DSC-S50. Pretty good resolution and clarity on it! And it does the MPG movies, long ones too, so I'll hopefully have a ton of fottage (gotta teach Mandi to use it though, heh).

NEW GAME!!!
I will be posting a series of sets of 10 DVD screenshots, this time some of them will be my roommate's. So it'll be a total mystery! You get ONE point for guessing all 10 right first...
The first person to 5 points wins a DVD copy of Quidam (anamorphic, DD 5.1 track). If Pat wins, or anyone else who owns Quidam already for that matter, you will win Alegria. If you have both already, you win a DVD of your choice (any DVD same price as Quidam or Alegria, I can't afford to hand out James Bond box sets, heh).
Cool?
I will start tonight, even though some people may not be around...

Gimme a few!

J6P

Greg Stone

10-13-2000, 11:21 PM

BCDII - yes, a life long Cowboy fan, and my dad went to Univ. of Texas, so I've always rooted for the 'Horns even though I never went to school there. BTW, I have a son who is 3 as well. :)

J6P - let the games begin!! :)

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Joey Millison

10-14-2000, 12:25 AM

ROUND 1
Alright, game begins now...
Same rules apply...in order to win your post here on the TTP MUST contain all 10 titles correctly...you can basically build off each others' guesses, but the person to post the critical last post wins!
You must win FIVE rounds to win, and the winner will receive a free copy of Cirque Du Soleil's Quidam from Amazon.Com! It's a great film for the entire family family to watch (even if some of my screenshots aren't, heh)!
So good luck, and get guessing!!!

Go HERE to play!

Paul Wu

10-14-2000, 12:33 AM

Hee, Hee, I was just goofing around before leaving and ran across that gif off of Phil I's sig at HTF. A shameless steal, so I must give credit where it's due.

Joey, so where do we go for the game?

1) Terminator 2
2) Saving Private Ryan
3) Beauty and the Beast
4) Ronin
5) Eraser
6) Jaws
7) Scream 2
8) Usual Suspects
9) Top Gun
10) Mission Impossible

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Pat

10-14-2000, 12:33 AM

1. The Rescuers
8. Dark Crystal

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Trevor Schell

10-14-2000, 12:37 AM

TGIF

Those screen shots look pretty tough Joey,,Don't think I seen any of those movies..Here are some guess's though.
1)Rescuers Down Under
3)Close Encounters of the Third Kind
10)Das Boot

Hope everyone has a great Weekend!!

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10-14-2000, 12:45 AM

I guess that's a 0/10 on the first guess. But still not too bad for not even looking at the screen shots. :) Here are my guesses after I've seen the pics.

1) An American Tail
2)
3)
4)
5) Wallace and Gromit
6) Fifth Element
7)
8) Dark Crystal
9) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
10) Das Boot

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Joey Millison

10-14-2000, 12:46 AM

Current Answers guessed correctly:

01) Rescuers Down Under
02)
03)
04)
05) Wallace and Gromit (which one?)
06) Fifth Element
07)
08) Dark Crystal
09)
10) Das Boot

Great guesses guys (try saying that 3 times fast!)

An American Tail? I'm almost insulted ;) You think I'd allow that in my house :B If it ain't Disney, it ain't in my collection...

Paul's disqualified ;)
(totally just kidding...heh)

Joey Millison

10-14-2000, 12:53 AM

PS: I made a link to Quidam in my other post above, please be sure to read the reviews on that page of it! :)

Joey Millison

10-14-2000, 12:56 AM

200'th post! :) I'm an old fart now! :B

Greg Stone

10-14-2000, 12:59 AM

Congrats on Senior Status J6P! Just wait till those Social Security checks roll in next month!

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Greg Stone

10-14-2000, 01:04 AM

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Paul Wu

10-14-2000, 01:05 AM

Here's the A&B ad about those expensive speakers that I mentioned a couple of pages ago.

----
Attention Music Lovers

The World's Best Speakers?

Dynaudio Evidence $139,000 a Pair

blah blah..featuring Dynaudio's Evidene Speaker System..with Sim Audio Moon W10 Mono-block amp, Moon PS pre-amp,and the Moon Eclipse CD Player. This is likely to be the most spectacular high end audio experience you will ever have the opportunity to attend. Don't miss it.
-----
Yeah right.

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Paul Wu

10-14-2000, 01:12 AM

Somewhere out there,
beneath the pale moonlight,
someone's thinking of me,
Somewhere blah blah
:B

In case you missed it, I changed my guess for #9 to:

9)Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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Joey Millison

10-14-2000, 01:16 AM

Sorry Fivel, didn't see it ;)

01) Rescuers Down Under
02)
03)
04)
05) Wallace and Gromit (which one?)
06) Fifth Element
07)
08) Dark Crystal
09) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
10) Das Boot

Trevor Schell

10-14-2000, 01:25 AM

Joey,,I'm ready for some giveaway clues now.:) Bring them on!

Paul,,Is this display just in Vancouver or is it going across the country and possibly making a stop in Toon Town??

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Paul Wu

10-14-2000, 01:27 AM

Congrats on becoming a senior member.

That's a nice gift from Mandi.

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Paul Wu

10-14-2000, 01:34 AM

Trev, don't know if they will be travelling. They are doing the demo Oct 13-15. Does one of your A&B's have a high end specialty section? Out here, the highend stuff is all at the downtown store. They carry/reps for:

Adcom, California Audio Labs, Celeste, Citation, Dynaudio, Faroudja, Gallo, Gershman Golden Tube, Golden Theatre, Harmonic Technology Cable, Inouye, Joseph Audio Kimber Kable, Kimber Select, Lovan, Luxman, Magnum Dynalab, Sim Audio Moon.

That was all from their ad, commas are where they placed them, some names I recognize and dropped cause they really aint high end. I think there should be a comma separating Joseph Audio and Kimber Kable.

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Jehan

10-14-2000, 01:35 AM

I'll say! congrats on the gift indeed.

Work for me this weekend :(, a little behind and have to catch up on stuff.

Hopefully I can finish Lost World tonight so my backlog of unwatched DVDs doesn't build up to a point in which I can never catch up :).

Have a good one folks!

Jehan

10-14-2000, 01:36 AM

Ok while I'm here I'm gonna attempt to flip this sucker :). Unless someone gets me at the line...

Jehan

10-14-2000, 01:37 AM

3...2...1

Jehan

10-14-2000, 01:37 AM

* FLIPPED *

Paul Wu

10-14-2000, 01:46 AM

Nice flip Jehan. So much for me secretly going for the flip. :) Maybe next time.

Yeah, try and get those movies watched, don't become like me with 20+ unwatched titles. And that doesn't even included unwatched commentaries or extras.

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Trevor Schell

10-14-2000, 01:49 AM

No Paul,,they don't carry those lines in our Location. Too bad though,,I am sure Bing would do most of his shopping their if they did.:)

Good Night everybody...Nice Flip Jehan.

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10-14-2000, 02:17 AM

Nice flip Jehan, I was actualy logging back on to see if it was almost flipped yet so I could snipe away, but you beat me to it, you ninja you ;)

Andrew Pratt

10-14-2000, 02:29 AM

congrats on the 200th post joey. The new contest looks hard I quickly scanned the pics and new some of them...the ones the other guys got right a way:)

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Jeff Kowerchuk

10-14-2000, 02:38 AM

Some more interesting shots in Joey's latest contest....

#2 is Four Rooms
#7 is Amadeus

and I wonder if #3 is A Clockwork Orange.

Oh well, good night.

____
Jeff

Joey Millison

10-14-2000, 03:21 AM

Damn Jeff, knocked those out quick enough ;) It's a good thing this is going to last a few rounds :B Good guesses!
Anyone know number 4? Remember you gotta name all ten titles in one single post to win the round :) Does anyone know which Wallace and Gromit short that is?

01) Rescuers Down Under
02) Four Rooms
03) A Clockwork Orange
04)
05) Wallace and Gromit (which one?)
06) Fifth Element
07) Amadeus
08) Dark Crystal
09) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
10) Das Boot

Joey Millison

10-14-2000, 03:23 AM

Gotta gum up the works, TTP style:

Here's my airplane tonight, charging up...may be the last time you ever see it all in one single piece ;) 8:15 hours til take off and counting...

Pat

10-14-2000, 08:26 AM

Joey you old fart, good luck on your maiden flight.

01) Rescuers Down Under
02) Four Rooms
03) A Clockwork Orange
04) SLC Punk?
05) Wallace and Gromit (which one?)
06) Fifth Element
07) Amadeus
08) Dark Crystal
09) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
10) Das Boot

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Daniel Brecher

10-14-2000, 09:01 AM

God, miss TTP for a while, come back and you've excelled 1 billion pages forward since I last dropped in damn it!

I got American Beauty and The Patriot on DVD yesterday. Patriot I got to send Steven Simon off the HTF since I owe him, and he'd kinda like this advance copy.

Steve allowed me to spin the disc though, to test if the new RCE (Region Code Enhancement) thing Sony encoded onto the disc to stop it working on modified multi-region players like mine actually works, and er, it doesn't, mwuahahaha! Never been so happy to see the Columbia DVD intro!

Anyway, to my pure shock I ENJOYED The Patriot, deeming it no more of a factual f*ck up then Braveheart is.

It's an amazing DVD actually, some long drawn out menus, but there is a ton of stuff on it I doubt I will have time to go over before sending the disc to Steve (I WILL be buying my own copy) but still, the image transfers is super and the 5.1, oooooooooh the 5.1 people! Ooooooooh! Lovely mix, astonishing sound!

I've only had a short time to go over American Beauty, but have since watched it in DTS, played the commentary and watched the insightful featurette. Dreamworks have done good again!

Dinosaur FINALLY opened in the UK yesterday, I saw that too at a DLP screening in London and enjoyed the movie, very willing to buy the DVD come Jan 30th. Lacked a lot of plot, was perhaps a little too Land Before Time-esque, but I could not help but be overwheled by some of the visuals...

Dan (UK)

PS: Wallace and Gromit? Wrong Trousers is my fave... :)

Paul Wu

10-14-2000, 09:14 AM

Yawn, still too early for me, couldn't sleep, woke up a while ago with a bit of a stomach/intestinal pain.

Hiya Dan, you just need one more post for full member status and Andrew can tell you what that really means.

I'm getting tired so I think I'll head off to bed now.

Paul

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Greg Stone

10-14-2000, 11:27 AM

Paul - hope you get feeling better.

Jehan - Nice flip!

Joey - great looking plane, let us know how the flying goes today!

Dan - long time no hear!

My 5 year old son has a fall carnival at his kindergarten today, will be heading up there in a bit. I'm afraid they think it will be another version of the State Fair of Texas, which it obviously will not. My boys keep telling me they want to ride the big ferris wheel again, and I doubt there are any rides up there. We'll see.

Hope everyone has a great weekend! I have almost got enough points from Freeride so my Toy Story Toybox will be paid with a GC! Should get the rest of the points I need today or tomorrow. :)

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Bing Fung

10-14-2000, 01:14 PM

Morning All!

Rewired the system last evening, what statisfaction to have that done. Since I started mucking around with different components, the back area was getting kinda rag-tagged.

Got my sub in a usable state, I 'm quite happy with it. No longer does the Lost in Space title flyin cause popping from the low bass region :B

I'll measure it tonight to determine it's response, it sure is a different bass, not a loud but lots more lower stuff. I think basically it's not as boomy as I'm use to. it seems more subtile now. You should sse the box, it looks like a bank safe with all the screws, about 1 every 3-4 inches :) It's hilarious!

Anyway, gotta go, I'm patching and painting Katherine's room....

Bing

Joey Millison

10-14-2000, 03:15 PM

Really tired, was up early this morning flying my plane. Go to my website and click on the RCPlanes section to see a few picures and some movies. Sorry the movies are a little fuzzy, gotta set my camera to do it right next time.
I'll be bacl later to give a review of this morng after I get a power nap ;)

Pat

10-14-2000, 04:06 PM

Nice movies Joey...looks like you had a great day to go flying.

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Kevin P

10-14-2000, 06:11 PM

Hi guys! How's your Saturday going? Mine's going fine. My wife has been out so I did some raking and also some HT fine tuning. :) I finally ran a permanent wire for the center surround speaker so I don't have to drag a wire across the floor to hook it up when watching movies. I also tried out the sub with a few CDs and DVDs--including The Haunting DTS (wow, what bass! Knocked me out of the chair! :)) So, the system is looking and sounding good.

How'd the flight go Joey? That plane doesn't look like the plane you had pictures of before. Wasn't the first plane one with just a wing and a propeller? The new picture looks more like a regular plane.

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Andrew Pratt

10-14-2000, 06:12 PM

hope the flying went well joey.

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RickS

10-14-2000, 06:43 PM

Good Day!

Jehan,
Nice flip!

Joey,

The flying looks like fun!

Just got back from travelling four hours to a snowmobile grass drag. 500ft track / 350ft shut down area! Way too dangerous to stop from 100 MPH in 350ft feet on grass. So, we turned around and drove home. Oh, Well! Better safe than sorry! Still have time to go out and get a disk for tonight.

Talk to ya later!
Have a nice weekend.

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Trevor Schell

10-14-2000, 11:21 PM

Hi everybody!!

Joey,,Did Pat win the Contest?

Here's a good blonde joke...

The Blonde In The Library
--------------------------------------------------------------------
A blonde walked up to the front desk of the library and said, "I borrowed a book last week, but it was the most boring I've ever read. There was no story whatsoever, and there were far too many characters!"

The librarian replied, "Oh, you must be the person who took our phone book."

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10-14-2000, 11:23 PM

I had my hands wrapped around the new Toy Story 1 and 2 DVD package today :)...but can not buy it until Tuesday.

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Little Bruce

10-14-2000, 11:26 PM

Howdy yall....

tired as hell tonight..... especially since nobody offered to help :(

to tired to type so I will hollor at yall tommorrow....

May the force be with yall.....:B

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Patrick Sun

10-15-2000, 12:16 AM

01) Rescuers Down Under
02) Four Rooms
03) A Clockwork Orange
04) Run Lola Run
05) Wallace and Gromit
06) Fifth Element
07) Amadeus
08) Dark Crystal
09) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
10) Das Boot

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Patrick Sun

10-15-2000, 12:17 AM

I got to see a sneak showing of "Pay It Forward" today and I must conclude that it's the best film that I've seen in 2000, and I've seen quite a few films this year.

I won't give out details about it (lest I ruin it for some of you), but rest assured, it's one of the best films I've seen in quite some time. I urge you to go see this film at the theaters, it's a worthwhile experience.

Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt both give very good Oscar-worthy performances, but it's Haley Joel Osment who should get his 2nd second Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination in a row. The kid is the real deal.

The story is gripping, the characters are human and they develop along with the story. Mimi Leder does a nice job directing this film.

I urge you to see this movie, especially with someone you love.

Yes, it get a 4 star (out of 4 stars) rating from me.

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Joey Millison

10-15-2000, 05:27 AM

Pl@ got it, the last one was Run Lola Run. So Pl@ has one point!

God I am tired! Went to a football game tonight, I'll post some cool stuff about it tomorrow, as well as round two of The Game.

Got a lot of web stuff done today though...Trevor, I added those TTP links to your page as well :)

Night kids!
J6P

Jehan

10-15-2000, 05:49 AM

Joey: those MPGs in particular were pretty cool.. nice landing!. Looks like a fun time.

Pat: thanks for the review, I'll try check that one out.. been a little thin this week with Ladies Man and Lost Souls, both of which I don't really want to see, particularly in light of the recent reviews :).

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10-15-2000, 11:54 AM

I didn't think Joey would use the same movie 2 times in a row but it was just a guess...I had to try:)

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Trevor Schell

10-15-2000, 02:04 PM

Good morning to all.

Joey thanks for updating the links,,I noticed that last night. Looks excellent!!

Way to go Patman!!!..I actually new that I had seen that screen shot before but could not remember the movie it was from..I watched Run Lola Run way back in the early summer.

Have a great day guys!!

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10-15-2000, 02:24 PM

Jehan, don't waste your time on Lost Cause (should have been titled "Lost Cause"). If you like politcal movies, The Contender wasn't too bad.

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Bing Fung

10-15-2000, 09:32 PM

Hey Gang! Just finished painting one coat of Katherine's room, one more tomorrow!

Measured my sub, and it looks pretty good, except I sure miss that over boosted signal of my energy sub. Seeing all my speakers are now powered by the same type of monoblock amp as the sub (which really sounds clean and clear now), I don't seem to have as much slam in the 30 - 40 Hz range.

Here are the measured numbers:

Reference 85dB, 1 octave Pink noise centered @ 125 Hz Uncorrected

8 Hz 80 dB
16 Hz 90 dB
20 Hz 95 dB
25 Hz 95 dB
32 Hz 95 dB
40 Hz 98 dB
50 Hz 101 dB
65 Hz 97 dB
125 Hz 80 dB

Reference 85dB, 1 octave Pink noise centered @ 125 Hz corrected

8 Hz 100 dB
16 Hz 101.5 dB
20 Hz 100 dB
25 Hz 100 dB
32 Hz 98 dB
40 Hz 100.5 dB
50 Hz 102.5 dB
65 Hz 98.5 dB
125 Hz 81.5 dB

Please, anybody, comment on this and offer suggestions if you see wonky plots, or measurements.

Bing

Patrick Sun

10-15-2000, 09:43 PM

Bing, I wouldn't trust that 8Hz reading. How far away is the SPL meter from the sub? Are these numbers measured 1m away? The numbers looks pretty flat, but I'm having some problems with at 8Hz reading. :D I can't imagine any sub that's that flat down to 8Hz. Hee hee.

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Bing Fung

10-15-2000, 11:24 PM

Yeah, those are my thoughts as well, that's why I question the corrected value thing....

The measurement was 1 meter away, on plane to the middle of the driver cone. It was frightening at the 16 Hz and 20 Hz measurement. I thought the pictures were going to fall off the wall and that the ceiling was going to collapse, I swear, all walls were shaking, double :E :E

So then Pat, Have I been listening to over emphasized bass, and this is now the real Mcoy?

Bing

Andrew Pratt

10-15-2000, 11:28 PM

Bing I'm with the others on this there is something wrong with those measurements. I'd love to believe that the sub was flat to 8hz but its simply not possible:(

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Andrew Pratt

10-15-2000, 11:31 PM

Isn't solid bass nice though. When I was testing the SonoSub V2 it was interesting to see the meter pegged at 16 hz and not hear a thing...walls, pictures and everything in the building was shaking but you can't hear anything:O

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Andrew Pratt

10-15-2000, 11:33 PM

Bing here are the correction values I use RS SPL Meter corrections (http://members.tripod.com/~terryctheater/shivaphotoalbum/page11.html)

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10-15-2000, 11:33 PM

hmm getting near another page...

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10-15-2000, 11:34 PM

flip

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Bing Fung

10-15-2000, 11:38 PM

Well the 8 Hz uncorrected was 80 dB, so it's the correction factor of 20 that is making it look flat. At 8 Hz, the driver was moving in and out to (most likely) maximum excursion at this really slow rate.

At 16 Hz, It was like you said Andrew, not really a sound except for the frame work of the house vibrating and shaking, that was pretty satisfying :B but scary!

Bing

Bing Fung

10-15-2000, 11:42 PM

Ohh, ohh "Flip" Dooh!

Damn that Pratttinator! missed it by that much :W

Andrew, those are the same correction values I'm using. Based on that, I should be happy then?

Bing

Trevor Schell

10-16-2000, 02:14 AM

Hi Guys,,

Good to hear the sub is up and running Bing,,,Is this the final product,,If so then I guess its on to building sub #2.:)

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10-16-2000, 02:54 AM

Howdy guys,

Nice flip there Andrew.

Bing, those figures seem pretty incredible. One of these days I'd like to experience the sensation of low freq.

I bought JP and LW on the weekend, guess where, Superstore. Not sure how far east these guys go, but they are part of the Weston's empire, who also own, Loblaws, basically it's a big supermarket. I picked it up in the demo section, hoping to get it for $14.77, but no luck so I settled for $18.98. :) The demo only mean that the case was used for display only, but I asked to inspect the disc. This is about where I had a heart attack. The counter person, takes off the anti-theft case and pops open the case. Okay so far. The case looked like the ususal amary case, but the centre spindal was differnt, it was one I've never seen before. It was bascially like an enlarged version of the cd case centre spindals. Well the counter person proceeds to lift up on one edge the dvd and starts to bend it! :E I quickly yell, "Stop, Don't do that!" And take the matters into my own hands. She had the nerve to tell me, "That's the way you're supposed to take them out." Yeah right, well I eventually get them out to inspect for scratches. Everything A OK. So I'll be putting these into my rack. :)

Paul

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Daniel Brecher

10-16-2000, 08:30 AM

Been playing with Napster, downloading music from various rides based at the Disney theme parks. Kinda kewl, a conversation with Joey kinda sparked me off doing this. Got some Haunted Mansion mp3s, some space mountain and star tours ones too. hehe

Dan (UK)

Pat

10-16-2000, 08:41 AM

Bing, glad to hear you have a working sub again:)
You might miss the "boomyness" of your old sub for a little while, but then you will grow to love the effortless low end that a good sub can reproduce. After that you will cringe when you hear "bloated bass"...because you know it isn't supposed to sound like that.

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Chris White

10-16-2000, 09:28 AM

Good morning from the right coast. Only watched one movie this weekend - Strange Days with Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett - better than expected, definitely worth a rental - 3 stars.

Joey: Would you post a link to your screen shots please?

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Andrew Pratt

10-16-2000, 11:10 AM

Thanks for checking in Chris we miss ya 'round these parts ye know:)

Bing Pats right about missing the bloated sub sound...you'll soon come to love the subtle sound your new sub gives you and hate the one note boom that most subs give you. Ideally your bass should sound like the sound you get from two speakers that image really well. By that I mean when speakers are imaging well you hear the sound coming from the front in a deep wide soundstage not the two front speakers. Proper bass is like that as well in that it should be all around you and not just coming from the black box in the corner. When everything is tuned properly it should be a seemless match with music enveloping you and not a few point sources blaring noise at you:)

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10-16-2000, 11:17 AM

Guys we need you to all enter the Lotto Contests so Lex will draw the winner. Lotto Contest (http://www.htguide.com/CFBoards/index.cfm?fuseaction=Threads.viewthread&CFB=1&TID=4322&DoOnePage=Yes&RequestTimeout=500)

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RickS

10-16-2000, 11:26 AM

Good Morning!

Nice flip oh "FLIPMASTER". :B

Bing,
Nice to hear that you have your sub working! Strap down the breakables. ;)

Paul,

I didn't even know that Superstore sold DVD's, I'll have to check it out.

Well, another Denon RC-8000 remote bites the dust. :M It seem's that when you go into the function menu of this remote to learn keys from other remotes, then move buttons to other screens it locks up and theres no way to reset. I guess I'll have to get Denon to send me a Pronto. ;) That should go over really well. Glad that I still have the MK2000 MKII.

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10-16-2000, 12:26 PM

Mornin' kids,
VERY TIRED today, heh. And I have a GIGANTIC test tonight for math that will make up a LARGE portion of my grade. So I gotta finish up my studying. I gotta ace this one! Last test I got a 'C' on, and including tonight's test there are only two left for the semester. So I hope I do well.

Chris,
I'll post the new round of screenshots very soon, trying to get round 2 made up! :) Mr. Sun won the first round, so he's leading with 1 point. We shall see who wins the whole enchalada though! ;)

Well, off to study...

Andrew Pratt

10-16-2000, 12:48 PM

joey did you get my email re the amp?

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Joey Millison

10-16-2000, 12:58 PM

Andrew,
Yup, just let me know which you guys decide and I'm cool with it :) Whatever's easier for the both of you, I'm flexible :) The way I see it, I'll have the cash for it next month either way, I just gotta know who to send it to ;)

Did you get your Amazon GC yet btw?

Patrick Sun

10-16-2000, 01:01 PM

Bing, welcome to true Bass Nirvana. You'll never go back to a commercial bass unit again.

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Joey Millison

10-16-2000, 01:39 PM

Bing,
Sorry to hear you scrapped the carboard box sub idea ;)

Kevin P

10-16-2000, 01:50 PM

Howdy all! Just got back from my lunch break (and getting soaked in the process). I went to the local music gear store (Daddy's) and picked up a new toy... a Behringer Feedback Destroyer Pro, the gadget some folks have been using as a subwoofer parametric EQ to tame room peaks. Once I hitch this baby up and tweak the heck out of it I hope to get a reasonably flat response from my SVS taking into account the acoustics of my room. In other words, no more 45 hz boom boom. :)

So how's everyone else doing today?

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Paul Wu

10-16-2000, 01:59 PM

Meeting in 10 minutes. Do these things ever end? The more you move up the more meetings you go to.

Anyway, if you all don't regularly check your visa balances either online or over the phone, you should. I just caught a double billing, bastards charged me twice for the same course! :M So not only do you cover yourself incase of fraud, but you save yourself embarassment before your card gets declined. I let my wife know so that she knows to use the other card, but it's still a hassle.

Gotta go.

Paul

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Andrew Pratt

10-16-2000, 02:23 PM

Joey got the GC thanks. Talk with Thomas about which way he'd rather go. in the mean time I'll send the mono to you in the next week.

Kevin cool toy one day when I have a room worthy of tweaking I'll seriously consider picking up one of those eqs for the sub.

Paul you bet your ass I keep an eye on all my accounts on the web esp our VISA's I've caught a few errand charges that shouldn't have been there. I can't believe people don't watch their statements at least.

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Joey Millison

10-16-2000, 03:00 PM

Aibo may be a reality...or at least I really hope it will be...thank god my girlfriend is going to school for an accounting. I need to make a loan payment, pay someone else some cash, and all of that, but I might be able to get an order in for Aibo on the 12th! :) :) :) :) :)
I'm going to be about $100 short...but I can try to dig up some web design work, which might bring me up the the mark...man I hope this works...

Patrick Sun

10-16-2000, 03:28 PM

J6P, How do you order an Aibo? Are they expensive?

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Joey Millison

10-16-2000, 03:57 PM

Pl@,
So you want to learn the ways of the Aibo, eh? ;)

There are going to be two ways to order an Aibo. One way is to order directly through Sony on the Aibo Website, the other is to locate a 'Sharper Image' store nearby (you can search for one on the Aibo site as well). They go on sale November 12th...and will sell out quickly. Last batch of Aibo robots sold out within 20 minutes flat. I'm going to call about 10 minutes before the Sharper Image store in Denver calls, and let it ring until they open ;) And even then, they won't be actually in the store until December 5th. You can bet your but I'm going to be down there before the store opens that day. Then I have one hour of torture to endure, as the store is an hour away. I gotta drive back, with Aibo in car, and not be able to play with it. Man, it's going to be hell, heh.
At Sharper Image the Aibo goes for $1590.00, plus tax. I think it goes for an even $1,500 at the web site, but I'm not sure what the delivery date is...I'm going to call and find out.

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Paul Wu

10-16-2000, 04:11 PM

Cool news about the Aibo. But one question, shouldn't you be studying instead of putting up a countdown page?

Paul

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Joey Millison

10-16-2000, 04:20 PM

Paul,
I just realized what time it was, and I only have HALF my studying done...gotta get back to hitting the books ;) I just got all excited when I found out it might be a possibility...
Gotta get back to it ;)

Andrew Pratt

10-16-2000, 05:43 PM

$1500 for a robot dog? Cool as they maybe I couldn't ever spend that amount of money....then again some people say the same about my toys too :)

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Joey Millison

10-16-2000, 05:50 PM

It's no ordinary robot dog. THIS is an ordinary robot dog (retailing for under $30)...Aibo, on the other hand, is a way of life ;)

Patrick Sun

10-16-2000, 06:32 PM

That is a lot of money for a robot doggie. Does this get you off-track of your debt reduction plan? Wow! $1,500! Maybe if they made a robot kitty kat...

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Andrew Pratt

10-16-2000, 06:35 PM

Sorry joey don't take that as a slight against you...you're just talking to a life long dog lover. I've always owned dogs and love them dearly. One of the main reasons we want a house in the worst way is that as soon as we move we get out dog back from my inlaws. She's starting to give my father in law allergies too so the pressure's on us to move as soon as we can.

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Joey Millison

10-16-2000, 06:50 PM

Well, as it turns out, my company owes me $665 total in retro pay, which I have yet to collect from them. I put in my paperwork though, and should see it sometime next month hopefully, that'll knock a big chunk out of that.
Pl@, since I have the consolidation loan I have more money per month. I have enough to make double the minimum payment amount still, so it's no biggie :) Everything will be just groovy! :)
PS, the new Aibo model actually looks more like a cat ;)

Andrew, no offense taken at all :F ;)
I'm pretty thick skulled anyhow, heh heh.

Paul Wu

10-16-2000, 06:58 PM

Joey, you know, I think getting that Aibo should be dependent on your grades. If you get good grades, okay, if not, you send that puppy up to me for punishment. ;)

Paul

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Joey Millison

10-16-2000, 07:54 PM

Paul,
Funny you should say that. My english teacher sent me email after I called her earlier today asking about my grade. This paper is worth 1/3 of my grade, and here's what she said about it:

Hi, Joey! I'm sorry; I did have your paper graded. You received an A on it.

Regards,
Bonnie

This makes me happy, as I was worried about this paper. We're graded on two of three papers, this is one of them. We'll be able to drop whichever paper we want though, and be graded on the two we choose. This means I have two chances to get one more 'A', and if I do, I'll have an 'A' as my final grade :)

Re:Aibo
I may need a dogsitter though ;) When I come up to Canada (sorry, now it's an issue of getting time away from school, soon though, I promise to visit) I'll bring it with me ;)

Paul Wu

10-16-2000, 08:14 PM

That's pretty good on the English side. Now how about those math marks. :) So what are you still doing posting?
Shouldn't you be studying?
So whats the pythagarean theorom?
The quadradic equation?
If I have 3 times the number of dvds that Bing has and he has half of what Andrew has, how many left do I have to watch in order for me to equal the number of pixels in a 40" widescreen set?

Paul

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Paul Wu

10-16-2000, 08:14 PM

Can I do it?

Paul

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Paul Wu

10-16-2000, 08:15 PM

It's been so long.

Paul

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Paul Wu

10-16-2000, 08:16 PM

Almost there.

Paul

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Paul Wu

10-16-2000, 08:16 PM

FLIP! :)

Paul

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RickS

10-16-2000, 08:45 PM

Paul,

Nice running Flip!

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Joey Millison

10-16-2000, 09:04 PM

Nice Flip Mr. Wu!

So whats the pythagarean theorom?
The quadradic equation?
If I have 3 times the number of dvds that Bing has and he has half of what Andrew has, how many left do I have to watch in order for me to equal the number of pixels in a 40" widescreen set?

Ouch, you made my head hurt ;)

I finished studying, and am fairly certain I will ace this test. And what theories/formulas I didn't memorize I stored in my calculator ;) We can't use our notes or books, but she told me in confidence that if we were smart enough to store everything in our calculator without help then we could use that. heh heh, so I have permission even ;)

Joey Millison

10-16-2000, 09:08 PM

Oh, and thank god for the vertical line test when it comes to determing whether something is a function or a relation, that's going to save my butt, as it's REALLY easy to remember!

I really hope I do good! Send a few negative thoughts my way in about an hour or so if you will :) Just a silent "good luck!" in your head will work for me! :)

PS, I was going to register ttp.com today for us but it was already taken :(

Paul Wu

10-16-2000, 09:17 PM

Why I remember in my day we didn't use no calculators. We had to use pen a paper and memorize our times tables and like it!

Actually I had one of those graphing calcs during my first year at college. So I could actually store a couple of forumlas, but unfortunately it didn't hold that much. :( Not like kids these days with megs of storage. Hey, this Palm Pilot is my calc, see the numbers. :) Damn, you might as well bring in one of the Win CE platforms. Yeah, this is my calc, a Compaq.

I'll send some absolute positive thoughts. Would you like the natural log or would base 10 be okay?

ttp.com = The Tech-Knowledgy People - what a lame use of initials.

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Bing Fung

10-16-2000, 10:25 PM

Hey Guys, thanks for all the words of encouragment for my sub, certainly does hurt the ears while testing.

Trev, you'll have to come over to check it out and tell me what i need to do. It doesn't come near the 2 servos, but I think it's better than the Energy :B

Go Here For Pictures Of My Sub

Thought you guys may want to see this as well...
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Kevin, way to go! A FBD! I want one of those too, let me know what you think?

I gotta go paint the room again, I'll be back latter...

Bing

Andrew Pratt

10-16-2000, 11:32 PM

I really hope I do good! Might want to study English a little more joey:) Just pulling you're leg congrats on that 'A' you deserve it. I sent your amp tonight via Canada Post Ground insured so hopefully some time next millenium it will arrive. Its boxed really well though so when it does it should be in one piece:)

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Andrew Pratt

10-16-2000, 11:36 PM

Bing those two M3's look really really sweet. How are you going to finish the sub? The first sub I built looked a lot like that monster..but on a smaller scale. I used pine wainscotting to cover it since it was easy, moldings were easy to find to cover up nails and the pine was easy to stain. IMO it looked really sharp when it was finished

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Bing Fung

10-17-2000, 01:16 AM

Thanks Andrew, those M3's sure rock the house! Now I only need a THX preamp or a Panmax power conditioner to turn them on and off :B

I'm going to finish it with an oak veneer in black with a clear satin urethane finish. Tell me a bit more about this wanescotting.... Is it like a hard wood floor plank?

Trev, I barely got this design by Christine, and I can see it in her eyes everytime she looks at it..."How did I let him getaway with this?" LOL
So, It's going to be a long time before she lets me have another one in the room, But no harm in collecting the next pieces huh? :W

Bing

Lexman

10-17-2000, 01:35 AM

Bing, great looking rack there! Who made that jewel?

I haven't been to see the sub yet, but that shouldn't take to long with 900 mhz power now, hehe. Take that postmaster, lol. That had to hurt. :B

Lex

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Joey Millison

10-17-2000, 01:57 AM

Need your guys' help...going to make a TTP Online site, but I need help deciding on an address. ttp.com, ttp.net, and ttp.org are taken. So I was thinking about something like ttponline.com or something like that. What's a good name that everyone likes?
(let the sarcasm fly, heh heh)
Serious though, what's a good address for a central ttp site? I'll have a ton of cool stuff there...free voice chat (NO MORE LONG DISTANCE, WHOO HOO, heh heh), free web site hosting, etc...
Anyone? :)

Bing Fung

10-17-2000, 02:37 AM

Thanks Lex, It's a Vantage Euro series. It has available add on shelfing, which I'm looking into now so I have more room for expansion.

The sub is not much to look at right now, but once it's finished... It still may not be much to look at :W

Joey, that will be a much needed site, you mean I can upload pictures and stuff to the site for TTP display, use and abuse? Coool!

I like the "TTP GANG" or "HTG TTP"!

Bing

Jehan

10-17-2000, 03:14 AM

Hello there all.. wow another page goes by - nice job on that one Paul :).

Bing nice job!... those amps do look great. You might want to hold off on the preamp for a while till things settle down however (or at least till something with DPL II is out - or just buy a Lex :)).

After a few problems with my new Scream 2 disc from the box set I managed to get it to play after some tinkering.. nice to see a new transfer for the film but alas leaving #1 the same was a crime!. Oh well. Going to fire off that Leon DVD to buy tommorrow (Pat did they send you a return label link btw?) and hope they send me a new one. No Ultimate Toy Box for me yet - DVD express still has it on 'Backorder'.. yikes! I ordered that thing in June.

Good night!

Greg Stone

10-17-2000, 07:50 AM

Jehan - congrats on 100 posts! No UTB for me either, stills show "waiting to ship" :(

Bing, beautiful picture of your rack system! :) Congrats on the progress of the sub.

Joey - I also like TTPGANG, TTPONLINE or something like that...

Paul - great running start on that flip!

Watched True Lies this weekend from Netflix, about 3/4 of the way through heavy pixelation on a certain scene. Went back and started the chapter over, same spot, same thing. Took disc out, and there was a nice scratch that I didn't see when I put it in in semi-darkness. That is almost as bad as VHS getting off track back in the day.

Sunday it rained almost an inch here, very nice! Forgot what that stuff looked like! ;)

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!

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10-17-2000, 08:38 AM

What about "TheTTP", "TTPWorld", "TTPage", "T-T-P" or "TTPfriends".
Just some random thoughts...

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Kevin P

10-17-2000, 09:27 AM

Hi all from Cold Hampshire... we had the woodstove going last night. It's too soon!! I'm still waiting for summer to arrive... :(

I hooked up the BFD last night, what a cool toy. It meets the qualifications of a cool toy--lots of buttons, digital displays, and lights! :) And an owners manual translated from German--a computer geek's dream. :) Heck, it even has MIDI jacks on back--not that I'll have any use for that, but I could control it from my PC that way. :) I spent most of the evening tweaking the thing, and managed to level off a big 50hz hump in my room, and a smaller one at around 45hz, though it still needs some work. The sub sounds great now that it isn't being drowned out by room resonances at 50hz.

For those who don't know what a BFD does, think of it as a 12-band parametric equalizer for $160. What a deal. Plus it's all digital, so you can store multiple presets in it and bring one up with a spin of the dial. I was lucky to find one in stock so close by.

It was fascinating watching the Avia frequency sweeps on the SPL meter--as the frequency dropped down toward 20 hz I could barely hear a thing but the meter stayed around 75-78 db. I guess the sub has a flatter response than my ears. :)

The Aibo sounds like a neat toy, not that I'd spend $1500 for a robotic dog. I bet the price will drop in 6 months. I wonder what my three cats would think of it. :)

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Chris White

10-17-2000, 09:30 AM

Good morning from the sunny right coast where today's high will be in the mid-80s. Ahhhhhh.

Joey: Congrats on those English grades - way to go!! Now get after that math!!

Paul: I assume that "in your day," you also walked to school, barefoot, uphill (both ways), 10 miles, in the snow. I know I certainly did. I laughed just thinking about those programmable calculators. All those operations management and statistics classes would have been a lot tougher without my trusty HP19B.

Bing: Two M3s. Sweet!

Question for the group:

You are standing in the middle of an endless plane (i.e., the ground is flat - you know, like Kansas). You have a bullet in one hand and a handgun in the other. Holding the gun perfectly horizontal, you drop the bullet and fire the gun at the exact same time. Which bullet will strike the ground first?

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Gregg Loewen

10-17-2000, 09:45 AM

Good morning everybody!

Chris: is that a trick question? The bullet dropped travels at 9.81 mps to the ground. So my next question would be: what is the exiting velocity of the bullet? Then figure rate of deceleration ???? Or is it more like, if absolutely flat, then gravity effect and the bullet will go on forever???

I did some serious shopping yesterday. I bought a Pronto (AGAIN). They are down to $239! I also bought another home computer. Andrew convinced me to get a Dell. It is a refurb. It is a p3 750, 10 GIG hd, 128 RAM, cd ROM, cdrw, 16 MG of video, SB 64 audio, 17" monitor and a "free" printer. All for $1229. Not sure if I got a great deal, but at least it is well warrantied. My last computer (a laptop) had many problems during the 2 years that I owned it. The Dell included onsite repair.

Have a great day!

Gregg

Kevin P

10-17-2000, 10:06 AM

You are standing in the middle of an endless plane (i.e., the ground is flat - you know, like Kansas). You have a bullet in one hand and a handgun in the other. Holding the gun perfectly horizontal, you drop the bullet and fire the gun at the exact same time. Which bullet will strike the ground first?The dropped bullet will strike the ground first. Why?? The dropped bullet starts falling immediately. The fired bullet won't start dropping until it exits the gun barrel, a fraction of a second later.

And you thought they'd both hit the ground at exactly the same time! Also, the airflow over the fired bullet might slow down its rate of descent a tad (unless this experiment is performed in a vacuum). :)

Nice PC there Gregg. At first I was wondering about the deal you got, but when I saw it included the monitor, that's a pretty good deal. I got a brand new Micron P3/800 for $1300 at Best Buy a couple of months ago, but with a 30 GB hard drive and without a monitor (since I already had one).

How come you bought another Pronto? "His" and "Hers" Prontos?? :)

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Andrew Pratt

10-17-2000, 11:08 AM

damn kevin beat me to it:) I agree with his answer if we assume its a vacuum the bullets would land at the same time...factor in air resistance etc then the dropped bullet will hit first.

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Joey Millison

10-17-2000, 11:52 AM

Damnit, http://www.ttponline.com/ is taken... *sigh* So ttpgang.com was mentioned twice, how does everyone feel about that name?

Patrick Sun

10-17-2000, 12:04 PM

The bullets would hit the ground at the same time.

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Paul Wu

10-17-2000, 12:17 PM

How about testingpage.com?

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RickS

10-17-2000, 12:21 PM

Edited!

Bing,

Nice setup!!!

Greg LLL,

What's the going price for the new pronto with the extra memory?

Andrew,

I use Dell desktops and laptops, they do cost a little more but, they don't cause me any grief. I just got a promo fax from Dell.

-PIII 800
-17" monitor
-16 Mb ATI Rage 128 Graphics
-48X CD
-64 MB SD Ram
-10 GB HD
-10/100 Ethernet Card and Audio
-MS windows Millennium
-Works Suite 2000
-3 year warranty

$1399 Cdn $930 USD

This looks like a good deal if your in Canada.

Kevin,

I also have some very interesting dips in my room and you have sparked my interst in the EQ. Let me know how the tweaking goes.

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10-17-2000, 12:55 PM

Paul,

Is this to far away to make a running flip? :B :B

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Patrick Sun

10-17-2000, 01:03 PM

Rick, dips are hard to compensate for unless you buy some expensive esoteric gear using DSP that will do real time analyzation and create the "anti-transfer functions" that will fill in the gaps. But humps are easier to tame.

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RickS

10-17-2000, 01:33 PM

Thanks, Pl@!

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Lexman

10-17-2000, 01:35 PM

cut.

Paul Wu

10-17-2000, 01:36 PM

Ricks, it's never too far to start on a running flip. ;)

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Kevin P

10-17-2000, 02:38 PM

I agree with his answer if we assume its a vacuum the bullets would land at the same time...Read my answer again... even in a vacuum the dropped bullet would land first. Here it is again so you don't have to scroll:The dropped bullet will strike the ground first. Why?? The dropped bullet starts falling immediately. The fired bullet won't start dropping until it exits the gun barrel, a fraction of a second later. So, the dropped bullet will always land first. :)

Small dips should be just as easy to tame as humps. Large dips could cause clipping or driver bottoming though if you attempt to boost them.

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Andrew Pratt

10-17-2000, 03:02 PM

okay I can live with that kevin.

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Andrew Pratt

10-17-2000, 03:08 PM

of course assuming that its a riffle that shot the bullet and its got a 1 meter barrel...the dropped bullet will only be 1/1000 of a second ahead of the shot bullet...thats a tad less them a single millimeter according to my quick math:)

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Andrew Pratt

10-17-2000, 03:09 PM

ah I see its just that close to a flip I have to do it

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Andrew Pratt

10-17-2000, 03:09 PM

Two...

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10-17-2000, 03:10 PM

one more...

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Andrew Pratt

10-17-2000, 03:10 PM

And welcome to the 50th page !

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Lexman

10-17-2000, 03:14 PM

test

Lexman

10-17-2000, 03:16 PM

damn, missed it by 1. lol.

Lex

Joey Millison

10-17-2000, 03:19 PM

You bastard, I was watching all day, waiting to flip...and I get up for TWO minutes to grab a bite to eat, and you snipe me ;)

Just you wait, Mr. Pratt...you'll get yours ;)

Andrew Pratt

10-17-2000, 04:33 PM

Now now boys play nicely:)

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Joey Millison

10-17-2000, 04:53 PM

tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow: 1Z38EW250283690423

Kevin P

10-17-2000, 05:53 PM

Nothing new to say, just updated my profile (gear list) and sig. I came up with this saying a few months ago and keep it up on my cube wall, so I made it my sig for now.

Maybe tomorrow if time permits I'll burn the "DKC-86 Compilation Volume 2". I've pretty much worn out the bits on Volume 1 at this point. :)

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Andrew Pratt

10-17-2000, 06:26 PM

Well I'm pissed again at Unbelievealbe Pacel Screwups...I called them days ago and told them to hold the package at the distribution centre and I'd send my wife to pick them up since there's no one home during the day...well they tried to deliver the package today which ment when Glenda drove across town to pick them up they weren't there. Add to that a nice $100 cdn fee for the privalege of dealing with UPS and I'm a little upset at the momement. I was all set to demo them tonight since I was home alone tonight with nothing else planned. Likely won't get the speakers until Thursday now since Glenda's busy tomorrow....

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Paul Wu

10-17-2000, 08:32 PM

Great flip there Andrew, I too was waiting to do the deed. Too bad about the missed shipment. I take it those are the Maggies you've been waiting for.

Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey. Just felt like chanting.

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Bing Fung

10-17-2000, 08:54 PM

Wouldn't it also depend on how tall the person was that was holding the Gun?

Andrew, sorry to hear about the toy delay :( Speaking of, Doesn't the Toy box get released today? Must not have other wise i would have heard somebody saying they got theirs...

Thanks for all your comments on my sub and rack (equipment :B ) guys! Now if I can swing one of those Behringer units....

Greg, I hope you dragged out the rain barrel to collect for a rai.. dry day? :W

Serious Questions:

What are all the discrete positions in a 7.1 system?

Why do I want to wait for DPL 2?

Bing

Paul Wu

10-17-2000, 08:57 PM

Bing, yes the Ultimate Toy Box was supposed to be out today, but most Canadian places won't be getting it unitl later this week. The 2 disc movie only version should be available.

Paul

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Andrew Pratt

10-17-2000, 09:10 PM

The 3 disc toy story set and the 2 disc set were released today. It appears though that us canucks have to wait for the 3 disc set until later this week or early next. The 2 disc set is available everywhere.

7.1 is two additional speakers on the sides like Lexicons 7.1. 6.1 adds one or two rear centre channel speakers. Pro logic II takes a 2 channel mix like pro logic encoded material and tries to emulate a 5.1 mix ie with stereo surrounds. From all accounts it some how manages to do this very well. Since most TV, LD. VCR and satalite etc is all pro logic PLII has a lot of material to work with.

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Greg Stone

10-17-2000, 10:18 PM

Got the confirmation email this morning, the Toy Story DVD's are on the way, shipped yesterday. Why pre-order when I could pick them up today at the local B&M?? Oh well, still can't wait for Buzz and Woody to arrive at the Stone household! :)

Nice flip postmaster!

Bing - yep, I enjoyed the rain while it lasted, and it spooked my dog into hiding in her house for a bit. :)

Joey - test results yet??

Lex - soooo close! :D

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Bing Fung

10-17-2000, 10:33 PM

So then a 7.1 doesn't have a center surround?

It's funny how clueless us HT guys are... I walk into my local Family Video (was in the area) and look around. No Toy Story even though they have a Big display "Coming Oct 17th". I ask, "was not Toy Story 2 release today?" "Yes" he sez, "we have lots of copies right there" as he points toward the VHS's...doohhh! How soon we forget :) "Don't you have it on DVD?" I ask, "Naw, I don't think it was released yet on DVD" he states....
Buhbye....

Bing

Lexman

10-17-2000, 10:38 PM

Bing, go read a reply to your post in the Chalet, or as Andrew calls it, the "Chapel", lol. (kidding) private joke.

Well, in my opinion, DPL 2 is just something to entertain the entry level receiver folks with their stinkin VCRs. I mean, I got my choice of DD, DTS, and DPL2, um yeah, gimme the new one, that DPL2 stuff, lol.

Sorry, in a 5.1 DVD world, I am missing the point, except for DPL television broadcasts. Big deal, right?

900 mhz Lex

Andrew Pratt

10-17-2000, 11:24 PM

I don't agree with that lex. Unfortunatly its going to be a long time before 5.1 digital sources are more common then just DVD and the odd station on the dish. For not most sources are in pro logic esp for the average joey so I can see a huge demand for PLII. I know I'd love to have it on my receiver.

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Little Bruce

10-17-2000, 11:34 PM

Howdy yall.....

Been gone this weekend working (like there is something else to do)... is anybodies car not broken out there? Damn..... cant catch a break..

anyway, have to put diy on hold temporary, helped tear out 2nd floor of an abondoned building being converted to an auto shop....salvaged floor assy's to use to build new deck in the back of our house....
spent tonight digging holes with post hole diggers... TIRED :B

maybe will attempt some pics soon.....

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10-17-2000, 11:38 PM

SAF will be much higher if at least posts sticking out of ground showing 3 year old project has started before 3 week old diy project starts....... :B :B :B :B :B

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Little Bruce

10-17-2000, 11:44 PM

Polling a political question.....

Gore or Bush :?

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Trevor Schell

10-18-2000, 01:09 AM

Good evening Gentlemen.

Good to be me today!.:)

Anyways,,,Bing you can get the Toybox at Wal-Mart,thats the 2 Disc set. Picked mine up today.

Andrew,,Can't really see the Prologic II being that great,,I bet my NAD E.A.R.S. sounds better,,Bad luck with your speakers,,really hate when things like that happen. PS..Thanks for the heads up E-mail on the amp.

Gregg,,Dell is the way to go..I have had my PII 266 for 3 years now and it's still running great.Fast enough to load up the TTP thread really quick,,even when things are gummed up. BTW,,if you can upgrade the monitor to the 21", I would highly recommend it.

Bing ,I will have to check out your sub..That rack looks identical to mine,,Harvey sell it to you?

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10-18-2000, 01:26 AM

Greg,
Hopefully I get my test results back tomorrow fir my math test. I'm hoping I did good. Gotta have an 'A'!

Gotta get some sleep...extremely tired...
Should have round 2 of the Screenshot game by Friday if anyone still wants to play? :)

Night kids!

J6P

Jehan

10-18-2000, 02:08 AM

30 miles of driving and 3 Best Buys later :)

Sorry to folks who haven't got it yet but I must share :D Oh and I think I'm gumming up the works so it should be ok.

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Greg Stone

10-18-2000, 07:44 AM

Very nice picture Jehan!

Little Bruce - I'm not sure political talk is allowed here, I know it's not on HTF. Sometimes it can get a little heated. Postmaster - need a ruling...

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Chris White

10-18-2000, 09:47 AM

Good morning from the sunny right coast - today's high - 85.

I'll have to give you guys credit - you're smarter than the average bear! :)

The answer I was looking for: the bullets will strike the ground at the same time. Although Kevin is technically correct that there will be a delay introduced due to the time the bullet takes to exit the gun, that time is so short it is virtually undetectable. Gregg, the bullet's exit velocity is irrelevant. The key scientific principal here is that gravity and horizontal velocity are totally independent. Aerodynamics are similarly irrelevant because the impact of any aerodynamic flow will be the same for both bullets.

Here's another one:

A B1 bomber is flying due north at exactly 600 miles per hour. It drops a bomb. Assume the bomb has no independent source of velocity. Also, for simplicity, ignore any aerodynamic properties of the bomb. Question: Relative to the bomb, where will be plane be when the bomb hits the ground?

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10-18-2000, 10:33 AM

Ignoring aerodynamic properties of the bomb, the plane will be directly over the bomb when it hits. Both the bomb and the plane are traveling at 600 mph and the bomb's inertia will keep it traveling forward at 600 mph until it hits the ground.

Of course, that assumes that the plane doesn't change direction or velocity after it releases the bomb.

In reality, the bomb will be behind the plane since aerodynamic drag would slow the bomb's forward momentum down.

I bet it's tricky aiming a bomb at a target while flying over it at 600 mph. :)

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