Intelligence and RIAA
 

On Mon, 14 May 2007 12:42:26 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 May 2007 12:23:55 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Keith G" wrote in message
...

"Laurence Payne" lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 May 2007 12:04:28 +0100, "Keith G"

wrote:

No, that's Wrongipedia for 'botch' - bodge means making chair legs
or
summat. See:

In the usage I know, "botch" is pejorative, it implies making a
mess
of the job. "Bodge" is more neutral. "It's a bodge, but it's held
up
very well." cf "Jury-rigged".

The woodworking derivation is interesting, but doesn't prove much
:-)



Eau cointreau, a Bodger is/was 'real person' (ie existed once) -
see:

http://www.bodgers.org.uk/



Here's another for the crossposted Yanks (mentions Kentucky):

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_b...ages/1247.html




That's all very interesting for the etymology of the word, but the
meaning in context here is to do a job by some other means than the
official one - without any sort of judgement as to how good the result
is. Botch is another thing entirely. You could be doing the job
exactly as recommended, but if you do it poorly, you have botched it.



No, what you are describing is contemporary *misuse* of the word which
once had real meaning - like, say, to 'flog' something when you mean
sell it. Once the modern idiom is admitted all bets are off - see:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/




No, it isn't misuse - that is the new meaning; the word has mutated.

I heard a homosexual chap on the radio the other day moaning that
today's kids had hijacked the word "gay" to mean rubbish (it was after
Chris Moyles had used it that way on the radio). I had to laugh.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Intelligence and RIAA
 

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 May 2007 12:42:26 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


No, what you are describing is contemporary *misuse* of the word which
once had real meaning - like, say, to 'flog' something when you mean
sell it. Once the modern idiom is admitted all bets are off - see:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/




No, it isn't misuse - that is the new meaning; the word has mutated.

I heard a homosexual chap on the radio the other day moaning that
today's kids had hijacked the word "gay" to mean rubbish (it was after
Chris Moyles had used it that way on the radio). I had to laugh.


The trouble with 'mutation' is that the whole point of a *language* is
lost - it starts to fail as a means of communcation. Savvy?

(Although, various words like 'homosexual chap' and 'gay' are not too
bad because we all know they mean *poof*....)

No, if you want a chuckle - I have crapped copious amounts of blood this
morning trying to get my Nuvistor laptop to record from a pair of mics.
So far, I have finally managed to get a *stereo* recording (not easy)
but have also managed to swap the previous machine's intermittent
'heartbeat' for a consistent/continual loud (in the Plowie sense)
*buzz*...!!

And no, I can't post a sample because my FTP programme's grace period
expired today! (Fekkin' telling me summat it is....)

Intelligence and RIAA
 

On Mon, 14 May 2007 13:06:18 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 May 2007 12:42:26 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


No, what you are describing is contemporary *misuse* of the word which
once had real meaning - like, say, to 'flog' something when you mean
sell it. Once the modern idiom is admitted all bets are off - see:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/




No, it isn't misuse - that is the new meaning; the word has mutated.

I heard a homosexual chap on the radio the other day moaning that
today's kids had hijacked the word "gay" to mean rubbish (it was after
Chris Moyles had used it that way on the radio). I had to laugh.


The trouble with 'mutation' is that the whole point of a *language* is
lost - it starts to fail as a means of communcation. Savvy?

(Although, various words like 'homosexual chap' and 'gay' are not too
bad because we all know they mean *poof*....)

No, if you want a chuckle - I have crapped copious amounts of blood this
morning trying to get my Nuvistor laptop to record from a pair of mics.
So far, I have finally managed to get a *stereo* recording (not easy)
but have also managed to swap the previous machine's intermittent
'heartbeat' for a consistent/continual loud (in the Plowie sense)
*buzz*...!!

And no, I can't post a sample because my FTP programme's grace period
expired today! (Fekkin' telling me summat it is....)




Did you say Nuvistor? You know what that REALLY means, don't you?

http://www.thevalvepage.com/valvetek...r/nuvistor.htm

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Intelligence and RIAA
 

Keith G wrote:

No, if you want a chuckle - I have crapped copious amounts of blood this
morning trying to get my Nuvistor laptop to record from a pair of mics.
So far, I have finally managed to get a *stereo* recording (not easy)
but have also managed to swap the previous machine's intermittent
'heartbeat' for a consistent/continual loud (in the Plowie sense)
*buzz*...!!

And no, I can't post a sample because my FTP programme's grace period
expired today! (Fekkin' telling me summat it is....)




Go to the command prompt and type

ftp myserver.pipex.net

Should do the job.

--
Nick

Intelligence and RIAA
 

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 May 2007 13:06:18 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 May 2007 12:42:26 +0100, "Keith G"

wrote:


No, what you are describing is contemporary *misuse* of the word
which
once had real meaning - like, say, to 'flog' something when you mean
sell it. Once the modern idiom is admitted all bets are off - see:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/




No, it isn't misuse - that is the new meaning; the word has mutated.

I heard a homosexual chap on the radio the other day moaning that
today's kids had hijacked the word "gay" to mean rubbish (it was
after
Chris Moyles had used it that way on the radio). I had to laugh.


The trouble with 'mutation' is that the whole point of a *language* is
lost - it starts to fail as a means of communcation. Savvy?

(Although, various words like 'homosexual chap' and 'gay' are not too
bad because we all know they mean *poof*....)

No, if you want a chuckle - I have crapped copious amounts of blood
this
morning trying to get my Nuvistor laptop to record from a pair of
mics.
So far, I have finally managed to get a *stereo* recording (not easy)
but have also managed to swap the previous machine's intermittent
'heartbeat' for a consistent/continual loud (in the Plowie sense)
*buzz*...!!

And no, I can't post a sample because my FTP programme's grace period
expired today! (Fekkin' telling me summat it is....)




Did you say Nuvistor? You know what that REALLY means, don't you?

http://www.thevalvepage.com/valvetek...r/nuvistor.htm



If this was ukrm (uk.rec.munchkin) someone would have responded:

**whooosh**

Intelligence and RIAA
 

"Nick Gorham" wrote in message
...
Keith G wrote:

No, if you want a chuckle - I have crapped copious amounts of blood
this morning trying to get my Nuvistor laptop to record from a pair
of mics. So far, I have finally managed to get a *stereo* recording
(not easy) but have also managed to swap the previous machine's
intermittent 'heartbeat' for a consistent/continual loud (in the
Plowie sense) *buzz*...!!

And no, I can't post a sample because my FTP programme's grace period
expired today! (Fekkin' telling me summat it is....)




Go to the command prompt and type

ftp myserver.pipex.net

Should do the job.


No, all I got was 'unknown host'...??

Intelligence and RIAA
 

On Mon, 14 May 2007 13:43:08 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Nick Gorham" wrote in message
...
Keith G wrote:

No, if you want a chuckle - I have crapped copious amounts of blood
this morning trying to get my Nuvistor laptop to record from a pair
of mics. So far, I have finally managed to get a *stereo* recording
(not easy) but have also managed to swap the previous machine's
intermittent 'heartbeat' for a consistent/continual loud (in the
Plowie sense) *buzz*...!!

And no, I can't post a sample because my FTP programme's grace period
expired today! (Fekkin' telling me summat it is....)




Go to the command prompt and type

ftp myserver.pipex.net

Should do the job.


No, all I got was 'unknown host'...??



There's tons of free ftp progs out there. Here's one.
http://www.coreftp.com/screens/index.html

And I think you were supposed to insert your own details in place of
"myserver" (makes yer eyes water).

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Intelligence and RIAA
 

On 13 May 2007 19:17:07 -0700, Andre Jute wrote:

I define what I want the sound to be and to do

As long as you don't define it for anyone else.

Oh wait, that's pretty much what you did.

Intelligence and RIAA
 

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 May 2007 13:43:08 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Nick Gorham" wrote in message
...
Keith G wrote:

No, if you want a chuckle - I have crapped copious amounts of blood
this morning trying to get my Nuvistor laptop to record from a pair
of mics. So far, I have finally managed to get a *stereo* recording
(not easy) but have also managed to swap the previous machine's
intermittent 'heartbeat' for a consistent/continual loud (in the
Plowie sense) *buzz*...!!

And no, I can't post a sample because my FTP programme's grace
period
expired today! (Fekkin' telling me summat it is....)




Go to the command prompt and type

ftp myserver.pipex.net

Should do the job.


No, all I got was 'unknown host'...??



There's tons of free ftp progs out there. Here's one.
http://www.coreftp.com/screens/index.html


I've got that one and 'Coffee Cup' waiting to go. The one I was on was
IPSwitch (30 day Free Trial) and I quite liked it, but not enough to pay
for it!! :-)



And I think you were supposed to insert your own details in place of
"myserver" (makes yer eyes water).


Oops - like 'your name' when swearing in a bunch of recruits! (a la
Blazing Saddles? :-)

I didn't think of that!

Intelligence and RIAA
 

In article . com,
Gerry wrote:

On May 13, 6:33 pm, Andre Jute wrote:
Seeing all the posts about RIAA filters, I can only say I hope none of
the participants passed on the gene of obsessive shortsightedness that
draws audiophiles into the wastelands of RIAA. Vinyl discs are bad
enough when good clean CD's are available, but RIAA is a bodge to
correct another bodge. Two bodges don't make it right.

Andre Jute
uses only CD and so has time for more music

What the hell is "bodge"????

It may not be completely accurate, but as a working definition I think
of "bodge" as a British synonym for "kludge".


Regards,

John Byrns

--
Surf my web pages at, http://fmamradios.com/