Nahash5150

@RichP714 Yes, as far as I know, all of the files remain in that directory. However, because it is a Linux, capitalization is differentiated in the link text.

Actual File Name on Server:

Benefits of Bi-Amping.pdf

Link text:

benefits of Bi-Amping.pdf

...that's why it didn't work.

I fixed it.

Exiark - taking dubstep to a new level of emotional and melodic rage.

Thanks for finding that - The category tree blew up a couple times so some things may have slipped past me.

It's back under parent Media.

It's fixed now. The Carver Automotive Gear forum was moved into the wrong place at some point, then when Sk1bum tried to move it back, something else went sideways, but it's okay now.

You can find Carver Automotive Gear in the Audio Chain Forum.

Here's the 1st of 4 documentary snippets on the Later Years project, which includes some information on the remastering of DSoT and what they had to do. No wonder they waited, er, put it off, for so long...

technicalities!

All I want is BluRay disc 2 - DSoT remix.

http://www.pinkfloydz.com/watch-soon-run-like-hell-live-delicate-sound-of-thunder-2019-remix-from-the-later-years-1987-2019-box-set/

Yes? Legit? Freaking FINALLY?

1 hour ago, mach-1 said:

Thanks again!  Forgive me - it was to easy and I always look for complicated. 

 

PS:  I am 72 and there is a lot of aluminum in me!

It's okay my friend. We're here to help!

1 hour ago, mach-1 said:

Thanks for the reply,  I didn't see the way to change the background!  So back to the dark,  😀   

The Theme option is at the bottom of every page.

23 minutes ago, mach-1 said:

Hello all  -  so am I seeing things properly ? 🧐 

 

If I go to this site as a not logged in surfer the old (dark) Forum pops up,  no new posts available.  Then after login the new (bright) Forum is available,  and every time I log in I get an email saying new device login.  Just my old brain cogs wondering if this is normal?  or me over thinking progress.🙄

First, they're both the new forum. What you're seeing is the dark theme and the light theme. Go all the way down to the bottom of the page and you'll see 'Theme' on the bottom left side. Click it and you'll see a menu of theme options. Choose 'Oblivion 4.4' when you're logged in, and the dark theme will be your default. You must have changed it at some point to the 'default' or 'IPS default' to get the white theme.

You received a 'new device login' notification because you logged on with Chrome yesterday. Websites track that from the browser you use, not necessarily the device (it's called a User Agent and it is a token given to a website form the browser you use).

13 minutes ago, gold98gtp said:

Yep, didn't see the smaller font items on the right side. As Emily Litella would say.....never mind.

Okay cool!

@Dadvw @gold98gtp

Just to be sure...

Click on your display name in the top right, then in the drop down menu, select 'account settings'.

You should see a screen like this:

Does this work for you?

All members!

We only send out bulk emails in the event we have important information. Please ensure you are subscribed to receive 'news and information' in your Account Settings - click on your display name in the top right and go to Account Settings > Notifications.

Make sure it's checked!

3 hours ago, loner_t said:

Is 'political correctness' a new form of political in-correctness? ?

I'd say no because pop-culture accepts the Marxist transformation of our culture.

This has been brought up before - it won't scroll over if the last frame is visible, even part of it. Some browser may react differently...

@Charlie

I'll fix it. Looks like failed downloads from my formerly shitty internet connection to the server. I found out too late that my FTP was allowing incomplete downloads on HUGE files.

@dennismiller55 It worked!

bump

2 hours ago, Brian_at_HHH said:

@Nahash5150, I've found it sometimes a bit hit or miss whether the list comes up, but I do think it's often an anomaly of the browser being used.  One thing I have discovered is that I do often have to scroll WAY WAY down to find where it's popped up the list (after typing in, say, @ N a h...).  For some reason it gets stuck way below the point of entry.  Again, that may be a browser anomaly - I tend to use Opera quite a bit, and it does have its quirks.

 

Question related to this.  I see people using the "mention" fomat in the Chatbox, but it doesn't seem to do anything - at least that I can see.  

Hmmm, this is what I see on Chrome:

Send me a screenshot, I might be able to fix it.

Unfortunately, the Chatbox mention doesn't work the same as the forum, all it does is highlight the post for you, and if you have browser notifications on, it will probably 'ding' you. But the Chatbox is a plug-in, it's actually not part of the forum engine.

All - I've noticed that some 'mention' attempts are not being done properly. When you want to mention a member, start by typing a '@' symbol, then enter the member name. You should see a drop down menu appear. If the drop down doesn't appear, then the editor doesn't recognize you are attempting a 'mention'. Try backspacing to the last 'return' (the end of line) or last word typed and try again. Enter the '@' symbol then type the first letter or two of the member's name. The member's name will appear in the drop down menu, select it, then continue typing as normal. The member name will be highlighted, like this:

@RichP714

Rich will receive a notification (according to his preferences) to the post he was mentioned in.

This will not notify Kevin:

@Kve777

It MUST appear this way:

@kve777

If you ever have any questions, please contact me! I'm here to help.

8 minutes ago, RichP714 said:

Did you catch the part about self-induced fluctuations?  Somewhat like self-induction in electronics.  In this idea, the inflaton field (being a scalar field, like the Higgs field) self-induces what they call 'low roll inflation'; this happens of its own accord.  Similarly, the Higgs field tugs away at energy, giving it mass. The inflaton field doesn't have to have a beginning or end (which fits the idea that inflation never stopped, it just slowed WAY down); It's the 'let there be light' moment.

 

The nature of the inflaton field is that of pure massless energy, just waiting for the right self-induction to happen.

I would be willing to look into this further, but there is no 'ah ha' moment here for me. Nothing like the Unified Field Theory, which was a major break-through in our understanding of the universe. It brought us much closer to 'seeing' what the universe is made out of. It's a clear idea about how the universe evolved over time, even if its fundamental origin (that is, what was the universe really like under Super Unity) is not understood. We still have nothing that unifies gravity with the other forces, though it seems appropriate that it should somehow.

Perhaps I'm just looking at this incorrectly. There was a time when talking about the Big Bang was synonymous with the question of existence. But perhaps 'science' has finally come to realize that it's really not interested in explaining that, and I feel that is a HUGE step forward to better science. 

11 hours ago, RichP714 said:

Did you catch the part about  the inflaton field?  Combined with 'slow roll' inflation, it accounts for how something came from nothing, why it expanded so suddenly and the same math used to describe the inflaton field yields hot dense expanding universes like the one we are in.  That seems comprehensive to me.

That's no different than a scientist saying it came from primordial egg. I'm not doubting there were fields and quantum mechanical things going on, that is obvious because there is nothing else we know of more fundamental. It's not comprehensive if you ask the real question: How does a field create itself?

If the field must exist, because it cannot not exist, then what is it's nature?

11 hours ago, RichP714 said:

There's another idea; that our expanding universe (that began as a singularity) is the 'exhaust port' (white hole) of a black hole (condensing universe).  

That doesn't explain anything. It just doesn't. It's easier to accept the Big Bang is the result of an extra-dimensional collision of some kind.

11 hours ago, RichP714 said:

Then there's Hawking's idea; conditions prior to the big bang are undefined (like dividing by zero, or taking a point on earth that is south of the south pole) and therefore meaningless.

Hawking was an asshole, but this is one of his more meaningful statements. It's an honest acquiescence to the idea that the origin is beyond our comprehension. It alludes to the very plausible idea that our brains might not be able to understand everything in existence.

The Big Bang theory has to account for everything, because that's where everything came from. It's not the fault of science, but scientists trying to sound as if the universe is a solved puzzle. You can't say 'all chickens came from an egg' and then when asked about where the egg came from the answer is 'egg materials'. The headlines about the Big Bang are always more profound than conjectures that follow, in my experience. The problem is, they seem to insist that the early universe was basically unintelligent. It can't be. Nature and everything in it has incredible intelligence. But even with all the intelligence that governs all interactions, we know that cause and effect, the very basis of all scientific thinking, is immutable. Nothing causes itself (Hawking tried to sidestep this with that whole idea about particles popping into and out of existence...we all know that scientists are NOT satisfied with the idea that fundamental particles just 'happen'. If particles can cause themselves to 'blink in' randomly, then everything we think we know about physics is completely wrong). Some may resort to 'well, the laws of physics break down at a certain point'. Okay so was it pure chaos then? It's actually a decent starting point, because in all infinities a chaos system has no limits, including the possibility of becoming a very strictly ordered and ordinary universe.

It only had to happen once.

Meh - it doesn't even touch the Big Question.

I'm still waiting for a scientist to explain where the laws come from. It's one thing to go on and on and on about smaller and smaller causes and effects, which philosophically, will never stop ('matter is that which has parts'). The nature of energy and time are what make the Big Bang worth thinking about. How is it that the universe obeys such immutable and predicable laws? The complexity is so profound that the existence of the universe is observed and studied by itself (us). Then again, subjective phenomena may not be created, but uncreated.