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Amazon VP of Global Marketing on Net Neutrality

Ars Technica has a great interview with Amazon.com’s VP of Global Marketing about why Net Neutrality is essentially necessary, namely due to the lack of choice in broadband providers.

Ars Technica has a great interview with Amazon.com’s VP of Global Marketing about why Net Neutrality is essentially necessary, namely due to the lack of choice in broadband providers. Great Read.

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Simulate Full Audio Experience Without Disturbing Others

Connect headphones to headphone jack and raise volume to desired level.B.(PC Only) Prerequisites: Audio Card, Headphone jack that can be enabled simultaneously with external speakers1. Put headphones back in.*You can get even more control by adjusting the headphone volume (usually system volume).**For best results, disable all system sounds.C.(Platform Independent) Prerequisites: Airport Express (with firmware V6.3 or higher), headphone jack1.

So, living in a house with other people can sometimes be hard when you like to enjoy your music on the louder side but it is late a night. To compensate for this inconvenience, I’d like to share a few ways to enjoy full music whilst not bothering the others.
If you use headphones and have external speakers (preferably 5.1 or higher) playing the music simultaneously and synced, you can simulate hearing very full music without sacrificing quality or disturbing others. Over the past few years, have learned 3 ways to accomplish this task.

Universal Prerequisites: a computer, iTunes (latest version), external speakers, headphones

A.
(Platform Independent) Prerequisites: iPod*, iPod Dock
*This known working with the following iPods: 3G iPod (4 buttons), 4G iPod (click wheel), iPod mini. Not tested with iPod 5G (with video).

1. Connect the external speakers to the line out port of the iPod dock.
2. Place iPod in dock.
3. Play song and adjust external volume (as desired) using external volume controls (i.e. remote control, volume pad)
4. Lower iPod volume using wheel.
5. Connect headphones to headphone jack and raise volume to desired level.

B.

(PC Only) Prerequisites: Audio Card, Headphone jack that can be enabled simultaneously with external speakers

1. Lower external speaker volume using external controls.
2. Connect headphones and increase volume to desired level.
3. Remove headphones from ears and adjust external volume to a low level (as desired).
4. Put headphones back in.
*You can get even more control by adjusting the headphone volume (usually system volume).
**For best results, disable all system sounds.

C.
(Platform Independent) Prerequisites: Airport Express (with firmware V6.3 or higher), headphone jack
1. Enable “Multiple Speakers” in the Airport Express selector.

2. Make sure ‘Computer’ and you external speakers are selected.

3. Lower external speakers & iTunes volume and play a track.
4. Raise iTunes volume to desired headphone level.
5. Raise external speakers volume to desired level.
6. Put headphones back in.
*You can get even more control by adjusting the headphone volume (usually system volume).
**For best results, disable all system sounds.

This unique method of listening to music gives you the ability to experience the fullness of music you enjoy while maintaining the sound clarity and not disturbing others.

7th Heaven Dies TONIGHT!

What, in my opinion, is one of the worst shows on television (I don’t even know how it is still on the air) is finally coming to an end. WB’s ‘7th Heaven’ will air its finale episode tonight and the world will be rid of the Camden family!

FINALLY. What, in my opinion, is one of the worst shows on television (I don’t even know how it is still on the air) is finally coming to an end. WB’s ‘7th Heaven’ will air its finale episode tonight and the world will be rid of the Camden family! Hoary!

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EPA MPG Ratings? Yeah right…

Gerald Ford was president and disco was king.And under these guidelines by the Environmental Protection Agency, car-makers are allowed to test miles per gallon by running the vehicle not on the road, but on what’s essentially a treadmill for cars.During an EPA spot check, the car ran with no air conditioning, no inclines or hills, no wind resistance and at speeds no greater than 60 mph.On a good note, Michelle contacted the EPA’s director of transportation Margo Oge to find out why this is okay,Why is this allowed?

The government has been keeping secrets from the public for the past 30 years. Ever wonder why your cars mileage isn’t even close to what the EPA rating on the sticker says? Reporter Michelle Meredith recently teamed up with Consumer Reports (the defacto authority on vehicles) to discover why there is a discrepancy. Here’s what she found:

First, Meredith took a look at how car-makers come up with these numbers because you could be in for a big surprise. The guidelines for the tests were set by the federal government decades ago, in the late 1970s. Gerald Ford was president and disco was king.

And under these guidelines by the Environmental Protection Agency, car-makers are allowed to test miles per gallon by running the vehicle not on the road, but on what’s essentially a treadmill for cars.

During an EPA spot check, the car ran with no air conditioning, no inclines or hills, no wind resistance and at speeds no greater than 60 mph.

On a good note, Michelle contacted the EPA’s director of transportation Margo Oge to find out why this is okay,

Why is this allowed? Meredith asked the EPA’s director of transportation.

“We cannot have a perfect test,” said Margo Oge.

Oge said for so long, nobody really complained. Meanwhile, everything has changed.

“All the cars today have air conditioning, which was not the case in the mid-80s, and we drive at higher speeds because we are allowed to drive a higher speeds. And technology has changed,” Oge said.

via Yahoo! News