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| Re: Paris on XP - High CPU Usage [message #84808 is a reply to message #84785] |
Sat, 19 May 2007 07:25   |
Rohde
 Messages: 9 Registered: October 2008 Location: Westminster, CO
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was a really
> old 3-speed Mercedes, held about 20. I never drove slow, but there was
> always some idiot that would tailgate me. I would just slow down to
> about 15-20 for a few seconds, then put it in 3rd gear and floor the
> accelerator. This would result in the tailgater being buried in a thick,
> smelly black cloud of diesel fumes. Now that was fun. My passengers
> always enjoyed that one, too.
>
> S
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> "DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote in message news:46734733$1@linux...
>>I almost got into a physical brawl with some asshole today who was ****'in
>>with me out on the highway on my way home. It's been a really
>>hard/stressful week and I haven't had nearly enough sleep. The guy was
>>driving down the highway (70MHP speed limit) going about 40 and I passed
>>him on the shoulder to get around him because he wouldn't move over. When
>>he saw that I was going to be passing him he floored his car to try to
>>keep me from passing. When this didn't work he got pissed and ran right up
>>on my bumper and started honkin his horn. I just pulled over and I musta'
>>looked like some insane maniac when I jumped out of the car and started
>>walking back to his car because he rolled up the window 3/4 of the way and
>>started whining and bitchin' about how what I had done was illegal. I told
>>him that if he had a problem with my driving to call the damn cops (I
>>didn't say "fuckin" cops because he had a couple of kids in the car whose
>>eyes were as big around as saucers) and that he'd better stay off my ass.
>>We didn't part as friends. I was so mad I was literally shaking when I
>>drove away.
>>
>> I need to get more sleep. I'm wayyyy too old to be losin' my temper and
>> swellin up like an old toady frog. I'm old and not a big, badass by an
>> stretch and the guy probably could have whupped my ass on any given day.
>>
>> I'm going over to the hot springs across the street, soak up some lithium
>> and go to bed.
>>
>> G'nite....
>>
>> ;o)
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>my partner was supposed to go out on tour with her as her monitor
mixer.
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| Re: Paris on XP - High CPU Usage [message #84812 is a reply to message #84808] |
Sat, 19 May 2007 10:36  |
Deej [4]
 Messages: 1292 Registered: January 2007
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m of
>> great amp sounds IMHO.
>>
>> I could not use my Tonelab straight into the board. It does not breath
>> for me.
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>> Jamie K wrote:
>>>
>>> DC wrote:
>>>> One more thing. I offered to let one of the modeler companies use my
>>>> 1968 HIWATT as a reference to make an emulation, and they admitted
>>>> that they really couldn't get it all that close.
>>>
>>> Which modeler company?
>>>
>>>
>>>> They are fine unless you
>>>> are building the whole song around the guitar.
>>>
>>> Unless you create a sound using a modeler that makes the song, which
>>> is entirely possible IMO.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Which of course is why AC/DC don't use 'em...
>>>
>>> We should all use only SGs through Marshalls then. Or whatever they
>>> use. And wear English schoolboy pants. The rest is BLASPHEMY! ;^)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> -Jamie
>>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> heh
>>>>
>>>> DC
>>>>
>>>> "DC" <dc@spammersinhell.com> wrote:
>>>>> I have a Digitech I like. One caveat though:
>>>>>
>>>>> If your music is built around guitar parts and if you want a
>>>>> signature tone that people will quickly recognize, then
>>>>> emulations are not for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> No one has ever done a real-sounding HIWATT emulation
>>>>> either...
>>>>>
>>>>> DC
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "chuck duffy" <c@c.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I have no problem with amp emulations. Back in 1999 when I
>>>>>> unloaded all
>>>>> my
>>>>>> gear for money for my house re-hab, the only things I kept were my
>>>>>> sans
>>>>> amp
>>>>>> psa 1 and peavey vmp2 pre. Chuck
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> LOL. Get a room, you two!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I dig those guitars through a good amp, too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Remember when using an electric guitar and a guitar amp was
>>>>>>> heresy? They
>>>>>>> booed Bob Dylan off the stage. USE A REAL GUITAR!! Heh.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Flash forward and now that stuff is traditional
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I bet you would both dig my variax setup if you heard it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And Chuck, I bet you would even like what I do with amp
>>>>>>> emulations, once
>>>>>>> you hear some of my custom setups (which stand up to comparison
>>>>>>> with my
>>>>>>> tube rig).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chee
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