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I've done similar to 8-bit , or 'chip music' as it's also known, by putting a riff/melody etc into a cellphone, then putting it through a big speaker, then processing the sound further. Is there an easier way to compose stuff in 8-bit style?
This is probably some atom based answer involving molecules and yes I am aware that if you treat wood carefully you can get it to bend. But in general if I pick up a spoon I can bend it, if I pick up a pencil, it gets snapped in half. Why is...
While it doesn't take much investment to send out massive amounts of emails, the potential for being fined for sending spam seems like it should be some sort of deterrent for an act which, as near as I can tell, has little benefit to it. I can...
My house has what is referred to around here as a "daylight basement", which, in case that's a regional term, means the basement isn't actually sunken very far into the ground (maybe 3 feet), and as a result can (and does) have large windows at...
It was quiet in the canteen today, but a lot of food was waiting to be served. What happens to canteen food if it is not served that day?
I've just received this in my email box, and I was hoping one of you might be able to explain the thinking behind it. Dear CJOKUSAP, Your video crap footage of nazi rally in manchester might be eligible for the YouTube Partnership Program,...
Because I would estimate that it is less than half the number the average Hindu God has. Does anyone here know anything about Indian religion? I always found the trope of multi-armed depictions of all their various Gods interesting, but I don't...
Why do most brick walls have rows of half-length bricks? They're usually there every five or six rows -- instead of normal-length bricks, they're half as long. I was thinking they might be a way to use up ends of bricks left over from cutting them...
There'a a bit of a flutter on the web about this weird signal that is being transmitted from somewhere in Russia, and I was hoping the voices of reason on here might take a stab at what's going on. Listen here It's only 2mins+, if you can put...
So cats just cough up hairballs, right? I mean, my cat gets all hocky and chokey and looks a little like he is possessed but eventually he's going to hock the thing up right? My wife gets worried that he's going to choke to death and my opinion is...
You may have seen this police dash-cam video of a meteor landing somewhere around Edmonton, Canada, which seems to show the meteor "burning up" more as it gets closer to the ground. I was under the impression that most of the friction and burning...
I'm not being sexist or mom hating. I'm being serious here. What is it about becoming a mother that suddenly pushes women into being passive aggressive? Is it some cultural thing wherein they feel powerless and this is the only way they can...
I was crossing the street today, and my kid had to of course push the button for the "Walk" signal. If I'm alone, I normally wouldn't bother, cause I just cross when the light is green. So I was wondering, is there any info the walk signal gives...
This question was inspired by a recent Neatorama post on Toy Story trivia. (15 years :o ) There you can read the following about Buzz Lightyear: NASA likes him, too – on May 31, 2008, a Buzz accompanied the real-life astronauts of the space...
I want to make a simple website, some photos and some links, I have some experience with HTML but would like a WYSIWYG editor.
Related question: what is the blacklight-fluorescingest blacklight-fluorescent material? Hippies and partygoers, please advise? Caveat: this information is intended for a Halloween decoration project, so any recommended material or product...
We need an "idle questions" forum because I know no one's gonna give me a satisfactory answer to this. But why when you turn a fan on, is the first click for "High" and then next "Medium" and last "low"? Is there some plausible reason for them...
One of the reasons given why all the Hollywood starlets are so thin is because the Camera adds 10lbs so, although looking thin IRL, they actually look normal on the screen. How does the Camera add 10lbs and how long has it been like this?
* OtakuLoki thinks that household radon kits are the biggest rip off since phrenology. I was wondering why Loki said that about the Radon kits. Specifically I was wondering if he thought they don't do the job or if the danger is over-rated? ...
All of a sudden, when I'm typing on my home computer and hit the "space" bar, either I get no space at all, or about five spaces. Happens in every program. It's annoying the heck out of me. Same...
I know a lot of the more crazy strains of Christianity are big on the reconstruction of the Temple, and so if some pseudo-Jewish group like Jews for Jesus is trying, it doesn't count. Are there any Jews seeking to rebuild the Temple and, then,...
Just that, I posted something about it in chat just now and have no good clue what it actually meant or was in reference to. Anyone know? BTW: Silly answers and debate is fine by me on this one.
Ok, so the idea is that a person is say pulled over by the cops and has no ID on them, and refuses to give a name. The cops would of course take the person into custody and fingerprint them, but say the person had never been arrested before, had...
Hi. I bought a new computer, it came with various programs pre-installed, including Microsoft Works. When I open Microsoft Works it asks me for the product key, which it says I should be able to find on the CD case, or among the download...
I've been coaching baseball now for 24 years (holy shit, that's a long time) and I'm always happy to impart some info to people who are looking to pick my brains. So ask away! Here's a freebie: You see a lot of pros these days hitting with their...
I'm not so computer savvy, so bear with me. I have several avatars I would like to put in rotation, but Mellophant tells me they are too big and that I have to manually downsize them. I'm on a MacBook. I have no idea how to downsize them. Can anyone...
Just what the title says list your add-ons, what browser and why you like it.
Like many other men in their twenties without a proper job I own exactly one dark gray suit for weddings, funerals and everything else that might require one. Now it is almost a defining characteristic of a 'nice' suit that you can't wash it in...
I'm sure everybody has heard of the plane crash in Russia that killed a staggering number of Polish officials. You frequently hear about policies stating that certain members of governments or royal families aren't allowed to travel together -...
Or, more precisely, the computer shrunk itself sometime overnight. I have a HP Laptop someone gave me, no instruction manual with it. When I shut down last night before bed, everything was just fine. This morning, I booted it up and EVERYTHING on...
I'm working on a story that involves two species of the same genus that can interbreed, but it is rare and difficult. The Panthera hybrids are similar to what I'm thinking about, particularly the way in which imprinted genes lead to ligers being...
I'd done a thread like this back before this become Mellophant and I thought I'd start a new one for the Ask the Expert forum. I know I'm not the only trans* person on the board, though, so I figured I'd keep the focus on this one less on me and...
The other night I heard what must be the most depressing song about masturbation ever, The Carpenters' "Solitaire", while looking for cheap sunglasses in Rite-Aid. Which got me to wondering why grocery stores play sad songs. Is it just me? Are...
About 5 yrs ago, when I used to cycle along a particular route regularly, it came to my attention that the sun used to set directly at the end of a certain road. Fast forward to the present, and the sun is setting at the end of a different road....
I don't really know much about philosophy except for the usual bits and pieces that you pick up inevitably. Now I would like know more about it. Of course I realize that it would take many years to gain actual in-depth knowledge. Depth isn't all...
This had briefly come up in chat, but we didn't discuss it much, alas. I was thinking about inventions and innovations that started out in the civilian sector, but ended up being picked up by the military. One example that immediately comes to...
Well, huh, yeah, why not????? We're not evil people here, well most of us aren't. Start posting and thread starting you shower. :sci:
It's bound to take your life.There's a bad moon on the rise. What are moors? Currently I'm reading a book which takes place in Yorkshire. The characters are all walking along the moors. Or driving across the moors to other villages. In...
I know very little about how this works, so bear with me here. This is going to be hyper over simplified, but... The Fed lends money to certain banks that, in turn, lend money to other banks and people and businesses...and whomever needs ...
Since normally, vitamin D is supposed to be generated by solar exposure on the skin, I wonder if the local tanning salon could be used to make up the exposure that those of us here in Rochester don't really get? I'd be really reluctant to use...
Out of nowhere, the formatting has been altered on my word documents. Normally, single spaced lines look as they should. Now, a single spaced line document is double- or at least 1.5 spaces. It's maddening. I've poked through every menu and can NOT...
Say the entire known universe could be enclosed in a box the equivalent of 100 cubic sections long, by 60 deep, and 60 high - which of these "cubes" would the Milky Way galaxy be in??
For reasons that should be obvious, I can't reveal the names of authors whose work I've ghosted. Other than that, ask away!
I'm interested in finding some words where the US meaning is generally not understood outside the US. One example is "biscuit". English speakers generally understand what "cookies" and "crackers" are, and they use "biscuits" to refer to them...
I'm thinking that it either never happens to the Afghani's working with the allied forces, or they don't get reported because they are worth less than British or American soldiers.
Has there been any drop-off in passengers since the events of that day, either Stateside or worldwide? Or, on a slightly related slant - has there been any lessening in the popularity of high-rise office space? Dagnabbit! This should have...
AIB this thread, and the Olympics, of course. It's a commonly held stereotype that male figure skaters are gay, but does flamboyance on the ice necessarily mean flamboyance off of it? I don't think so, but my WAG is that there's a higher...
I don’t claim to be a firearms expert, as this is a subject that can attract the most detail obsessed people on earth, of which I am not one, but I do consider myself to have a pretty decent working knowledge of many aspects of the firearms world. ...
Other than groups of friends that is, have you ever seen a group of strangers partake in a dance off?
I have this impression that at one point in history your license used to say if you wore glasses -- I suppose so the cops could ticket someone for failing to wear them. I know they don't put that on drivers' licenses anymore, at least not in...
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