Unutterably Silly So what are you doing RIGHT NOW?

[dreams]

I'm glad everyone is safe and dry. I checked out the link and it looked to be a nasty storm moving through the area.

Originally Posted by phenomshel

We're home from the concert, (obviously, since I'm posting), and I only have one word: AMAZING! If anyone has not bought the new Night Castle album yet, I highly recommend it.
The only fault I could even remotely find with the show is that it's way too hard to know where to look. There were people in the back, people in the aisles, people on the stage, and lights, lasers, and flames everywhere. Simply wonderful!

Shel, I would have loved to have been at a concert just to be in the middle of the sound! I have bought a couple of the CD's because I wanted the full sound on my system. Downloads just don't sound the same.

Have you seen using their music?

Also, they have a pdf book with the Night Castle story on their site (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)

And for others who want to surf music samples also

[phenomshel]

Thanks, Dreams - I was way too tired last night to track down those links for posting. I came home, posted that, got on the couch and promptly went to sleep. I was on music overload!

Zelda, think Christmas carols on steroids - except for the Night Castle album, which is classical on steroids. Even had Hall of the Mountain King in there, and that's my all time favorite.

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Zelda, think Christmas carols on steroids - except for the Night Castle album, which is classical on steroids. Even had Hall of the Mountain King in there, and that's my all time favorite.

See also this one, that was very popular over here a couple of years ago.



The chap who did it had the local police asking his to restrict when he put on his displays, as he was creating a traffic hazard. Passing motorists would stop dead going "Holy crap! Lookit that!"

He also posted a lengthy writeup to a board specializing in such things on what gear he used and how he did the programming to set it up.
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Dennis

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

See also this one, that was very popular over here a couple of years ago.



The chap who did it had the local police asking his to restrict when he put on his displays, as he was creating a traffic hazard. Passing motorists would stop dead going "Holy crap! Lookit that!"

He also posted a lengthy writeup to a board specializing in such things on what gear he used and how he did the programming to set it up.
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Dennis

Isn't that the house in the Budweiser commercials?

BOb

[Catire]

Buying my xmas present. An Acer culv netbook


Trying to learn C so I can write a sudoku solver for next week

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

See also this one, that was very popular over here a couple of years ago.



The chap who did it had the local police asking his to restrict when he put on his displays, as he was creating a traffic hazard. Passing motorists would stop dead going "Holy crap! Lookit that!"

He also posted a lengthy writeup to a board specializing in such things on what gear he used and how he did the programming to set it up.
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Dennis

right ! i think i saw that one before. or a similar one. thanks for all the links. it sounds like a very exciting show.

Originally Posted by Catire

Buying my xmas present. An Acer culv netbook


Trying to learn C so I can write a sudoku solver for next week

nice ! i think perhaps my christmas present will be a netbook too.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Right now, trying to decide whether or not to mix up a batch of bread dough so it can slow rise until tomorrow

[Catire]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

nice ! i think perhaps my christmas present will be a netbook too.

I bought this one.

Slightly larger than a regular netbook, but it has dual core celeron processor that is much better than an Atom one.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Catire

I bought this one.

Slightly larger than a regular netbook, but it has dual core celeron processor that is much better than an Atom one.

After you've had a chance to put it through its paces, how about writing a review for us?

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Catire

I bought this one.

Slightly larger than a regular netbook, but it has dual core celeron processor that is much better than an Atom one.

that looks sweet. i've bookmarked that review for when i start seriously researching.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

that looks sweet. i've bookmarked that review for when i start seriously researching.

I did, too!

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

After you've had a chance to put it through its paces, how about writing a review for us?

yes please !

[Catire]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

After you've had a chance to put it through its paces, how about writing a review for us?

I'll try

Here are two other similarly specced netbook that offer much better build quality than the acer one, but at a higher price.

HP DM1

Lenovo U150

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

I'm really tempted by that Lenovo!

[Catire]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

I'm really tempted by that Lenovo!

I was too, until they announced the price, its about $250 more than the Acer I bought, though to be fair other than the hardware virtualization in the processor the lenovo is superior in every way.