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[MKader17 332]

Foobar and mp3tag is what I use here as well. Still missing a ton of album art though which sucks considering I have NOTHING that has been downloaded, but all ripped from original CD's.

On my W505 a couple of my legit cds have no information. Another CD that I burnt with various artist has all the correct tags

[MKader17 332]

Just got my wisdom teeth out today. Things are going pretty good now that I got my hydrocodone.

In other news. Got some pics to post of our ANFO Sparkler Bomb from new years.

Yes thats me in the pic below and yes I look goofy. Got caught a little off guard for the pic The bomb is made of 12 packs of sparklers wrapped in 3 to 4 rolls of electrical tape and some duct tape. The top of the bomb was wrapped a lot more in order to create a wedge that fits into the ANFO container. For those who don't know ANFO is a mix of ammonium nitrate (found in instant cold packs) and a bit of diesel. Supposedly it takes a blasting cap to cause it to detonate, we used a sparkler bomb.

Below I have a pic of the bomb and a video of the explosion.... Enjoy

http://s821.photobucket.com/albums/zz135/MK17Mobile/?action=view&current=1488703387314_18937.mp4

[MKader17 332]

also provided 2 still shots I pulled from the vid

[nem 2,019]

Looks fun!

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

A 1998 study in the Lancet medical journal claiming a link between vaccines and autism was retracted last year for being scientifically unsound. But a new investigation claims the study wasn't just wrong—it was also an "elaborate fraud."

The background: In 1998, Andrew Wakefield, then a licensed surgeon and researcher, published a paper in the highly-regarded British medical journal Lancet. The paper, written with 12 co-authors, alleged a connection between the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, autism, and inflammatory bowel disease; despite the fact that no other doctors were able to reproduce the finding, the alleged connection received widespread media attention, and more or less helped kickstart the anti-vaccination craze later championed by actress Jenny McCarthy (pictured) and various other nincompoops.

Since then, Wakefield's been stricken from the United Kingdom's medical rolls and Lancet has retracted the study. And now, in a several-part investigation by reporter Brian Deer in the medical journal BMJ, Wakefield is being accused of fraud—that is, a deliberate attempt to mislead people, and just plain old "being wrong." From CNN:

The series of articles launched Wednesday are investigative journalism, not results of a clinical study. The writer, Brian Deer, said Wakefield "chiseled" the data before him, "falsifying medical histories of children and essentially concocting a picture, which was the picture he was contracted to find by lawyers hoping to sue vaccine manufacturers and to create a vaccine scare."

According to BMJ, Wakefield received more than 435,000 pounds ($674,000) from the lawyers. Godlee said the study shows that of the 12 cases Wakefield examined in his paper, five showed developmental problems before receiving the MMR vaccine and three never had autism.

"It's always hard to explain fraud and where it affects people to lie in science," Godlee said. "But it does seem a financial motive was underlying this, both in terms of payments by lawyers and through legal aid grants that he received but also through financial schemes that he hoped would benefit him through diagnostic and other tests for autism and MMR-related issues."

Now STFU and vaccinate your fucking children already

[MKader17 332]

Isn't hydrocodone supposed to make me all loopy. I felt a little buzzed but not loopy or anything.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

depends on the person

[lithium 358]

didnt really do shit to me.. wisdom teeth sucked for me. i got pretty swollen. my bro who is 1 year younger then me healed up probably a week before i did. he didnt have as much swelling either.

[lithium 358]

Foobar and mp3tag is what I use here as well. Still missing a ton of album art though which sucks considering I have NOTHING that has been downloaded, but all ripped from original CD's.

On my W505 a couple of my legit cds have no information. Another CD that I burnt with various artist has all the correct tags

same with some of my shit. my cd player wont recognized album or track info but if i rip it and burn to a new disc it will..

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

In Germany, BBS has filed for restructuring (Similar to the US Chapter 11) and at the same time they have a LOI with Ronal to buy the BBS plant in Herbolzheim. (Herbolzheim is the production facility for standard OEM high volume production.)

The intent of BBS is to re-focus on our core business in Schiltach; Motorsports, OES business (Ferrari, Porsche, etc... and including our US based programs with Ford, Toyota, etc.), High-end aftermarket and Technology development. (Schiltach is the BBS headquarters responsible for all engineering, development, high-end and specialty production, etc.)

BBS began life as a "Racing wheel" company (in Schiltach) over 40 years ago, several years later they began producing aftermarket wheels and a few years later they were producing "Specialty" OE wheels (OES).

BBS is just returning to its core business.

[MKader17 332]

Okay, I need to make a completely subjective decision.... Do I want my MP3 music in CBR 320 or VBR 256 or something else.

Keep in mind this will be played through my ipod to my truck speakers. While I am very proud of my setup, it is in a car audio environment so I don't want to waste space if I don't have to.

All that being said I have 80GB to play with and I came from 6GB and mixed bit rate and I finally started being annoyed by the lack of room a couple years ago.

[MKader17 332]

80GB = 10,000 4min songs @ 256kbps AAC

Assuming AAC = MP3 for file size... (from my research AAC is actually bigger)

10,000*256=2,560,000kbps

2,560,000/320 = 8000 (4min songs)

8000 * 4min * 1hr/60min * 1day/24hr = 22.2 days of music

Considering I have only 17.5 days of music on my Ipod I think I'll be fine....

Does that math make sense to yall?

[MKader17 332]

Anyone ever played around with auto volume leveling? The program has the ability to prevent clipping but it seems like something not worth it.

[///M5 2,833]

Foobar and mp3tag is what I use here as well. Still missing a ton of album art though which sucks considering I have NOTHING that has been downloaded, but all ripped from original CD's.

On my W505 a couple of my legit cds have no information. Another CD that I burnt with various artist has all the correct tags

same with some of my shit. my cd player wont recognized album or track info but if i rip it and burn to a new disc it will..

Mine are all older than album art and have none, but all new ripping software grabs them automatically pretty much. I ripped everything with EAC to FLAC before the new shit was available.

[///M5 2,833]

Anyone ever played around with auto volume leveling? The program has the ability to prevent clipping but it seems like something not worth it.

*pukes*

You mean it knocks down all dynamics.

I am not at all familiar with it so my assumption may be poor, but I don't see how/why that would be of any benefit. Of course I also intrinsically believe that any compression algorithm does not alter amplitude with gain, but again am only going from a gut feel.

[///M5 2,833]

Okay, I need to make a completely subjective decision.... Do I want my MP3 music in CBR 320 or VBR 256 or something else.

Keep in mind this will be played through my ipod to my truck speakers. While I am very proud of my setup, it is in a car audio environment so I don't want to waste space if I don't have to.

All that being said I have 80GB to play with and I came from 6GB and mixed bit rate and I finally started being annoyed by the lack of room a couple years ago.

Make it objective, do a blind listen test on a few songs.

Rip the song both ways. Keep them in separated folders. Re-rip the song back to full wav or whatever so they are the same size. Give the two folders to one of your friends. Have them keep track of what order they put the songs on the cd (256 320) and alternate randomly which one is first. Then he gives the disk to you and you guess. Take your time, use your stereo, your headphones, your truck and see. I think it will be enlightening.

[lithium 358]

i use itunes and rip to lossless, ussually ill just burn a copy cd to use in the car and not worry about scratches, etc. i got a thumbdrive for xmas (16 gig) and it wouldnt read the lossless music... so i re ripped to AAC (i think i used 256 or 320)

[Tirefryr 1,742]

didnt really do shit to me.. wisdom teeth sucked for me. i got pretty swollen. my bro who is 1 year younger then me healed up probably a week before i did. he didnt have as much swelling either.

I had bleeding for one day. No swelling, no pain, nothing but the blood.

[Tirefryr 1,742]

In Germany, BBS has filed for restructuring (Similar to the US Chapter 11) and at the same time they have a LOI with Ronal to buy the BBS plant in Herbolzheim. (Herbolzheim is the production facility for standard OEM high volume production.)

The intent of BBS is to re-focus on our core business in Schiltach; Motorsports, OES business (Ferrari, Porsche, etc... and including our US based programs with Ford, Toyota, etc.), High-end aftermarket and Technology development. (Schiltach is the BBS headquarters responsible for all engineering, development, high-end and specialty production, etc.)

BBS began life as a "Racing wheel" company (in Schiltach) over 40 years ago, several years later they began producing aftermarket wheels and a few years later they were producing "Specialty" OE wheels (OES).

BBS is just returning to its core business.

How is that any different from what they are currently doing?

[MKader17 332]

Okay, I need to make a completely subjective decision.... Do I want my MP3 music in CBR 320 or VBR 256 or something else.

Keep in mind this will be played through my ipod to my truck speakers. While I am very proud of my setup, it is in a car audio environment so I don't want to waste space if I don't have to.

All that being said I have 80GB to play with and I came from 6GB and mixed bit rate and I finally started being annoyed by the lack of room a couple years ago.

Make it objective, do a blind listen test on a few songs.

Rip the song both ways. Keep them in separated folders. Re-rip the song back to full wav or whatever so they are the same size. Give the two folders to one of your friends. Have them keep track of what order they put the songs on the cd (256 320) and alternate randomly which one is first. Then he gives the disk to you and you guess. Take your time, use your stereo, your headphones, your truck and see. I think it will be enlightening.

I probably should do this because one of the things I want to do now is get better at tuning.

Problem is I would never be able to decide what song I would use.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

80GB = 10,000 4min songs @ 256kbps AAC

Assuming AAC = MP3 for file size... (from my research AAC is actually bigger)

10,000*256=2,560,000kbps

2,560,000/320 = 8000 (4min songs)

8000 * 4min * 1hr/60min * 1day/24hr = 22.2 days of music

Considering I have only 17.5 days of music on my Ipod I think I'll be fine....

Does that math make sense to yall?

At an average bit rate of 234 kbps, 04:03 per song, and 6.79 MB per file, my collection would be around 11,000 tracks per 74GB (you never get the full 80GB due to formatting), so you're pretty close

[MKader17 332]

Definitely digging media monkey. Got all my music organized today. Something that I've been wanting to do forever. The auto convert to the ipod works well (a bit slow because of the bit rate I chose) but I can definitely live with it considering the amount of time and space it takes to do that album by album.

[thor02 2]

The Cobra track is supposedly the ticket around here. 1.352"

Put a cobra on the F6 this year to replace the 1" stock track. Works really well on the trail.

You running studs as well or just the track?

If no, did you get the rain and if so how do you like how it turns compared to the stocker?

Non-studded because the main trail i ride doesn't allow studs

We didn't get the rain here so the snow is still ok. Really shines and stands out in loose powder on and off the trail compared to the stock, but is about the same on the harder packed groomed trails.

[Adrian_D 520]

Okay, I need to make a completely subjective decision.... Do I want my MP3 music in CBR 320 or VBR 256 or something else.

Keep in mind this will be played through my ipod to my truck speakers. While I am very proud of my setup, it is in a car audio environment so I don't want to waste space if I don't have to.

All that being said I have 80GB to play with and I came from 6GB and mixed bit rate and I finally started being annoyed by the lack of room a couple years ago.

Make it objective, do a blind listen test on a few songs.

Rip the song both ways. Keep them in separated folders. Re-rip the song back to full wav or whatever so they are the same size. Give the two folders to one of your friends. Have them keep track of what order they put the songs on the cd (256 320) and alternate randomly which one is first. Then he gives the disk to you and you guess. Take your time, use your stereo, your headphones, your truck and see. I think it will be enlightening.

I probably should do this because one of the things I want to do now is get better at tuning.

Problem is I would never be able to decide what song I would use.

For tuning I start with some technical tracks (IE Autosound 2000 cd 102 I think). Has some percussion tracks which are perfect for midbass - sub integration and some tracks with very clearly defined center, far left and far right which are very good for getting the stage right.

I set crossover points and independent speaker levels by listening to music I'm very familiar with and know how the tonality should be.

[Julian 641]

didnt really do shit to me.. wisdom teeth sucked for me. i got pretty swollen. my bro who is 1 year younger then me healed up probably a week before i did. he didnt have as much swelling either.

I had bleeding for one day. No swelling, no pain, nothing but the blood.

same for me, i was given aprox 60 vicodin.. never used one.

I was eating solid food within 8-9 hours.