tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post4952894581005547671..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Tilting the Cosmic Pinball MachineGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6673588545866925152011-01-09T09:18:24.994-08:002011-01-09T09:18:24.994-08:00Through this world of toil and snares,
If I falter...<i>Through this world of toil and snares,<br />If I falter, Lord, who cares? </i>SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88795237575772399802011-01-08T16:20:11.190-08:002011-01-08T16:20:11.190-08:00Wow! Thank you, FO - that's a huge improvement...Wow! Thank you, FO - that's a huge improvement!juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67278197161707858512011-01-08T16:14:22.589-08:002011-01-08T16:14:22.589-08:00As Anon capably explained, you can do a fair amoun...As Anon capably explained, you can do a fair amount to clean up vinyl, but as Bob observes there are limits to what you can expect.<br /><br />Now, if you're sick of the unnatural "digital sheen" of CDs, you can go the other direction and make your CDs <a href="http://izotope-vinyl.software.informer.com/" rel="nofollow">sound like vinyl</a>.<br /><br />(Don't take that tool too seriously)Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30047452581224329482011-01-08T15:39:53.904-08:002011-01-08T15:39:53.904-08:00Julie, regarding the noise on your recording it is...Julie, regarding the noise on your recording it is easily fixed in an audio editor like Adobe Audition. Essentially, you take a noise fingerprint of a small section of the recording before the actual music starts, the program then analyses the sonic signature of the noise and subtracts it from the rest of the track. I downloaded the audio from your website, processed it and emailed it back to you. Check your inbox. I emailed it to the address on your website (The sound is a bit better but still not great) Regards, FOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14120162153692722792011-01-08T12:02:27.704-08:002011-01-08T12:02:27.704-08:00I don't know anything about the state of the r...I don't know anything about the state of the record, unfortunately, except that nobody had been able to listen to it. Could have been just that they didn't have record players, but I think there was some other problem.<br /><br />***<br /><br />In other news, it seems callous not to say anything, especially since it's in my state. I hope Rep. Giffords pulls through, and prayers go out for the families of the dead and wounded. How awful.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36073935040593097792011-01-08T11:55:36.601-08:002011-01-08T11:55:36.601-08:00If it was copied from a record there are machines ...If it was copied from a record there are machines for cleaning vinyl. Otherwise, all you can do is turn down the treble. <br /><br />There are also "no noise" techniques of remastering, but it's difficult for them to remove bad high frequencies without removing good ones, so most audiophiles prefer the unvarnished truth.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51541954104761615882011-01-08T11:32:09.549-08:002011-01-08T11:32:09.549-08:00Given that it's Saturday, I wonder if any of y...Given that it's Saturday, I wonder if any of you music/ tech types can help me out? We have <a href="http://juliecork.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/something-wonderful-the-lords-prayer/" rel="nofollow">a recording</a> from a very old record, which has a lot of scratchiness to it. Anyone know if it's possible to clean it up a bit?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59371430445664360742011-01-08T10:21:02.345-08:002011-01-08T10:21:02.345-08:00With respect to the idea of Karma, I just think of...With respect to the idea of Karma, I just think of it as energy that is stamped by me, so to speak.<br /><br />Since I stamped it when I sent it out into the world, it's going to find it's way back to me, now or later.<br /><br />Because I'm a gravity well for my own energy. Regardless of the length of time, it's still in my orbit and will eventually crash back into me.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67917723970105558362011-01-08T10:18:24.968-08:002011-01-08T10:18:24.968-08:00Magnus says:
""the long or indefinite d...Magnus says:<br /><br />""the long or indefinite delay of [reactions] is a sign that one has strayed too far from the truth to be able to atone for wrongs in this life."<br /><br />That is one of the most disturbing quotes I have seen."<br /><br />This is the entire theme of the computer game Planescape: Torment.<br /><br />People like this have "one foot in the grave, and the other in hell" so to speak.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76005012620883808032011-01-08T10:02:11.401-08:002011-01-08T10:02:11.401-08:00Dr. Zero's new habitat.Dr. Zero's <a href="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=41017" rel="nofollow">new habitat</a>.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13098613213191565422011-01-08T08:21:53.574-08:002011-01-08T08:21:53.574-08:00And now there's only one left...
Funny - the ...And now there's only one left...<br /><br />Funny - the info there is a little sparse, so I clicked the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books&field-author=Robert%20Bolton" rel="nofollow">author name</a>. They had it linked to a few people, and the first was a self help doc. Had me going for a moment there.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57889493803083221142011-01-08T07:32:43.457-08:002011-01-08T07:32:43.457-08:00Well, what do you know: Foundations of Free Will,...Well, what do you know: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1597310999?ie=UTF8&tag=onecosmos-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1597310999" rel="nofollow">Foundations of Free Will</a>, by Robert Bolton. Just ordered me a copy.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91174610595171096032011-01-08T03:20:57.054-08:002011-01-08T03:20:57.054-08:00Came across a notion of Uncle Steiner's that s...Came across a notion of Uncle Steiner's that struck me: <br />"The arising of consciousness, together with illusion, serves the forces that destroy life. If we did not bear in ourselves all that leads to physical death, we could certainly live in a physical body but we could not develop consciousness. The connection between death forces and consciousness remains hidden for ordinary consciousness..."<br /><br />p. 166 THE SECRET STREAM Christian Rosenkreutz and Rosicrucianism<br /><br />[now that's a fine howdy-do]gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7977513167501795592011-01-07T15:53:53.952-08:002011-01-07T15:53:53.952-08:00Going completely off the rails, just imagine readi...Going completely off the rails, <a href="http://thehairpin.com/2011/01/short-lived-70s-groupie-magazine-star-now-online/" rel="nofollow">just imagine reading this aloud in a Barry White sort of voice</a>:<br /><br />"This is the man who will put a little more glide in your stride, and let you fall out to a happening in your sizzle pants with a few extra dips in your hips."<br /><br />Jiminy Christmas, those must have been some serious drugs...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76072253849096231142011-01-07T14:37:48.891-08:002011-01-07T14:37:48.891-08:00You may have good point, Tig. I say that myself a...You may have good point, Tig. I say that myself all the time. "Eyes in front, predator; eyes to the side, prey." (Birds are exceptions somewhat.) <br /><br />Prey animals have a tremendous range of vision, close to 360, but they see only in black-and-white. They are good at picking up movement, but they have no depth to their vision. It's easy to stand still with something to break up your outline and fool them. <br /><br />My brother Coyote is not so easily fooled. <br /><br />Raccoons, of course, have eyes in front.<br /><br />I don't know about the old soldier's wisdom -- personally I never trust a man whose eyes are too close together. My dad always said, "Not enough room for brains" -- like the little guy (Terry Maroon?) who does "Nightline" now -- looks positively cyclopean, as Lovecraft might say.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62136910731799291872011-01-07T13:28:09.085-08:002011-01-07T13:28:09.085-08:00For myself, as a human being, this seems a good ex...For myself, as a human being, this seems a good expression of the law of Karma:<br /><i>"As one is so one acts; as one acts so one becomes."</i><br /><br />Regarded as cosmic Law, it indicates determinism. But assuming <i>other</i> indications Bob has brought to Light, about varying degrees (or levels) of being (↓↑) and the spiraling complements thingy (<----->), it <i>also</i> guarantees the possibility of freedom. I mean, part of the law of Karma explains what is required for freedom from that law.<br /><br />Regarding that line from Bolton:<br /><i>"By keeping increasingly free from certain states of mind for long enough, one may exhaust the negative reactions from the world which would need to connect with such corresponding inner states in order to be manifest."</i><br /><br />I was speaking one day with a client who seemed familiar with such ideas, and the conversation got around to karma. I said, "As I understand it, karma needs something to attach to. If a person can shed their delusions, then karma no longer sticks to them. Is that correct?" He simply said, "That's the idea." Again, a recognition of both the good and bad news aspects of the law.walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74372938889824087142011-01-07T11:10:31.068-08:002011-01-07T11:10:31.068-08:00You've been gone so long, you stop getting mes...You've been gone so long, you stop getting messages from Om...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19843135388893338162011-01-07T11:03:53.811-08:002011-01-07T11:03:53.811-08:00Scary, isn't it? It is like being completely ...Scary, isn't it? It is like being completely out of orbit from the moral universe -- or like a dream from which one cannot awaken.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62537082344353096122011-01-07T11:02:30.168-08:002011-01-07T11:02:30.168-08:00"the long or indefinite delay of [reactions] ..."the long or indefinite delay of [reactions] is a sign that one has strayed too far from the truth to be able to atone for wrongs in this life."<br /><br />That is one of the most disturbing quotes I have seen.<br /><br />wv:diestuc Even wv agrees.Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18482716471879943572011-01-07T10:55:54.616-08:002011-01-07T10:55:54.616-08:00This just reminded me of what I didn't get aro...This just reminded me of what I didn't get around to saying yesterday,<br /><br />"I know that Bob hates to sound like some kind of hippy-dippy liberal, even though, in the final urinalysis, that is precisely what he is. No one is more surprised than he is over the fascinnoying spectacle of his supposedly liberal generational cohort becoming the leading edge of left-wing psychic conformity, state control, and spiritual materialism."<br /><br />Outstanding punsterizing the few couple days, even for this place. Nothing gets through the gates like fully loaded trojan horse.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41778185360070447282011-01-07T10:51:06.382-08:002011-01-07T10:51:06.382-08:00How often I thought
I got clean away
But my paym...How often I thought <br />I got clean away <br />But my payment due<br />still, merely delayed<br />drawing compounded <br />interest day by day<br /><br /><br />wv says it's <i>sonal</i> -- I'll take that as a compliment.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9448406665121326582011-01-07T10:34:09.273-08:002011-01-07T10:34:09.273-08:00Constitution? Don't be ridiculous! Fascist.Constitution? Don't be ridiculous! Fascist.Barneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42231499243244780872011-01-07T10:21:52.907-08:002011-01-07T10:21:52.907-08:00This FABULOUS new bill will change EVERYTHING!
Wh...This FABULOUS new bill will change EVERYTHING!<br /><br />What? Of <i>Course</i> I don't know what's <i>in</i> it. But once it's passed we can open it up, and rainbows and unicorn farts will burst forth. Pinky swear.Nancynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71951127347250732512011-01-07T10:19:38.891-08:002011-01-07T10:19:38.891-08:00For the liberal, liberalism is simply whatever the...For the liberal, liberalism is simply whatever the liberal happens to believe at the moment, irrespective of how illiberal. The main point is that they know better how to run your life. Details to follow.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22057155789693831812011-01-07T10:08:35.373-08:002011-01-07T10:08:35.373-08:00No one is more surprised than he is over the fasci...<i>No one is more surprised than he is over the fascinnoying spectacle of his supposedly liberal generational cohort becoming the leading edge of left-wing psychic conformity, state control, and spiritual materialism.</i><br /><br />Amen. I never cared for authority even with I agreed with it. They just didn't like the fact that they weren't getting to set the cadence for the universal goosestep.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.com