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upper 60s (F).

We have a definite cool Fall day. Crisp, clear air - but not frigid. And we are at 30 deg. north latitude. You are a bit farther north than that.

Ah, bonfires. In south Louisiana on Christmas Eve, the Cajuns have a custom of building a bonfire to light the way for Papa Noel to find his way to all the little Cajun girls and boys. Sometimes the bonfires are simple wooden pyramids from 15 to 20 feet tall. Sometimes they are more...

The precision available in the control system makes this an incredible demonstration. I had an uncle who used to argue with me about the computers of the middle-20th century (he died in 1974, I think). This video would have blown him away. This kind of bot and the availability of power-boost...

Both effects, actually. Coefficient of solubility depends on the composition of the solvent AND is affected by temperature. (The chemist in me suddenly rises to the top.) Adding cream affects the chemical composition of the solvent and lowers temperature, so adding cream first is a double...

Sort of in line with the titular topic, even if only tangentially so: a lot of the sequencer controls automate the process of "orchestration changes" (where one complete set of voices is replaced by another). In other words, a limited example of AI assisting in playing a complex piece with lots...

When I was still employed, coffee was necessary to my ability to handle work problems. I had my systems all set up to be self-maintaining in terms of cleanup, monitoring and reporting tasks, backups, ... just about any software maintenance except patching. They sent me e-mails summarizing the...

Because some of the controls interact with each other, that is true. You can have only one rhythm at a time, only one "Solo" instrument at a time, one "Percussion" instrument at a time, one "Brass/Woodwind" at a time, one "Voice Preset" at a time... that sort of thing. Out of 200 controls...

When I was still in the situation where taking notes was an issue, I didn't have a mechanical method. HAD to use longhand. So I have no comparison.

Another example from the late Jim Harris.

This is what one sounds like when you know what to do with it.

If it is in good shape, it is a positive STEAL. Other than the fact that the damned thing weighs in the 250-300 pound range so isn't portable, I could imagine rock groups that would KILL to have such an instrument. AND it has jacks so you could direct-feed either 2-channel or 3-channel audio...

They can be intimidating. The Technics F5 has seven voicing "channels" that can be routed to either of two keyboards. With full MIDI compliance (and maybe a little more), it has over 100 different voices (sound component profiles). Except for the "Solo" channel which is monophonic, everything...

It would appear that you are not the only person having issues with Amazon. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ebay-going-war-amazon-over-095905769.html

Time to have a lawyer send them an official letter of inquiry, with hints of "to be followed by more forceful legal action."

In theory, if you are close enough to the sockets, you might feel a tingle. Depends on whether the ground wires are any good. Most modern USA house wiring has the ability to detect what are called "ground faults" (i.e. the ground wire suddenly isn't working right). The circuit breakers would...

My biggest problem is crastination. When I retired, I turned pro at that.

I distrust clouds, having been part of one of the U.S. Navy's "cloud" data centers. There is also the impersonal nature of the cloud staff. That is good but bad at the same time. And besides, post-disaster, that cloud might not be accessible. People talk about the cloud as though it is some...

Which of course derives from the human aversion to sudden change.

I have trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time. Touch typing and accurate mousing would probably be out of the question for me.