“The superior man contains the means in his own person. He bides his time and then acts. Why then should not everything go well? He acts and is free. Therefore all he has to do is to go forth, and he takes his quarry. This is how a man fares who acts after he has ready the means.”
“kindergarchy n. Rule or domination by children; the belief that children’s needs and preferences take precedence over those of their parents or other adults.”
“As in 2007, the average U.S. worker has 14 vacation days this year. Just across the Canadian border, our counterparts get an average of 17 vacation days annually. But if you want a real “vacation envy” complex, consider the vacation banks of European workers. France tops the list with an average of 37 days, followed by Italy (33 days), Spain (31), the Netherlands and Austria (28), Germany (27) and Great Britain (26). “
You’re not alone, but it’s not so much a limitation of MP3s (you can always throw bitrate at them; somewhere around 200 kbps they become acoustically equivalent to CDs; somewhere around 350 kbps they become nearly equivalent to master tapes) as of either storage space or expectations.
Also, the codec is the least notable part of the medium, and easily swapped. Apple seamlessly juggles AIFF, Apple Lossless, MP3, AAC and more within iTunes; other programs do even more.
Byrne’s entry is a little odd in that it understands the problem (typical MP3 encoding rates make for noticeable sound deterioration) without understanding the fundamental problem (bitrates rather than the nature of the format, or even the medium).
You can scroll right easily by holding down the SHIFT key and using your scroll wheel. (Firefox users trying this will end up jumping to old Web pages until a) Firefox releases a fix, b) they change their settings like so.)
