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    Fighting Mormon Cricket Invasions With Hard Rock and Boom Boxes

    How To: Calibrate Your Turntable For the Best Possible Sound

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    Image of nightwheel nightwheel
    04/24/09

    In reply to Fighting Mormon Cricket Invasions With Hard Rock and Boom Boxes
    Hmmm, May they should play "Never Going to Give You Up". Not only would they not come. They may outright kill them selfs.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    04/24/09

    @nightwheel: But that song is also poisonous to humans and could contaminate the crops. It would be self-defeating.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    04/24/09

    @nightwheel: So they'd be (c)rick(et) rolled then...
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    04/24/09

    In reply to Fighting Mormon Cricket Invasions With Hard Rock and Boom Boxes
    What can I use to repel the Mormon invasion?
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    04/24/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Black people in monogamous relationships.
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    04/24/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Gay Marriage
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    04/24/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Or even a simple cup o joe.
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    Image of mildretard mildretard
    04/24/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Hard rock and boom boxes. Also the United Nations, democrats, intellects, and sometimes science.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    04/24/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Magic Underwear? Oh wait, that attracts them. Never mind.
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    Image of Tony Terwilleger Mcgee Tony Terwilleger Mcgee
    04/24/09

    @mildretard: The name is amusing because you do in fact appear to be mildly retarded. Mormons don't believe in Creationism the way you think they do so saying "intellects" and "science" are deterrents showcases the gross ignorance you and the majority of the people on here (including Jesus) have about Mormons. Mormons have not practiced polygamy since the 1800s so to say that Mormons are polygamists are about as true as saying all Germans are genocidal maniacs! There are many Mormon democrats as well just as an FYI.


    Sorry to be so defensive but I'm sick of people trying to make jokes in complete ignorance. Even the polygamy thing is funny if you know the person saying it is just saying it and doesn't really believe it.


    +1 for Rabid Pengin for saying something that was actually true thus funny.

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    Image of Tony Terwilleger Mcgee Tony Terwilleger Mcgee
    04/24/09

    @Tony Terwilleger Mcgee: +1 to Rabid Penguin for the "Cup of Joe" comment I mean. The other comment was just more ignorance displayed.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    04/24/09

    @Tony Terwilleger Mcgee: In fact, Brigham Young was a life long democrat.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    04/24/09

    @Tony Terwilleger Mcgee: lol. I figured you meant the cup o joe one ;c)


    My other comment is not a comment out of ignorance though. I was just trying to be funny :c). Blacks were not allowed in the Mormon church for a long time, and it was believed that people were black because they were cursed.


    Sure, a lot of that has changed. Blacks were allowed to be priests starting around like the '70s or something.


    But it was just a joke.

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    Image of Curves Curves
    04/24/09

    In reply to Fighting Mormon Cricket Invasions With Hard Rock and Boom Boxes
    Bad enough are the locusts that hatch out here every so many years. There are so many of them that they break the branches off of trees from the weight....and the SOUND is unbelieveable. Its so loud, that you cant even hear yourself screaming from seeing the vile little critters (they are horrible looking). I cant imagine dealing with them every year.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/24/09

    In reply to Fighting Mormon Cricket Invasions With Hard Rock and Boom Boxes
    so does nobody else think it odd the folks that talk to a magic hat are affected by a biblical plague year after year? and then they use satan's music to drive it away? i'm just saying watch your first born.


    /much sarcasm


    ps
    stop coming to my door


    /completely serious

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    Image of closhedbb closhedbb
    04/24/09

    @Nick: Two questions:


    What is this magic hat you speak of?
    Why do you think rock and roll is satan's music?

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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    04/24/09

    @closhedbb: I believe Joseph Smith used to toss some magic rocks into a hat, then stick his face in the hat to translate the book of Mormon.
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    Image of dwight-schrute dwight-schrute
    04/24/09

    @Rabid Penguin: You probably know this already, but that is completely wrong. I think most religions have stories made up about them to make them sound crazier than they really are, this is one of them.
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    04/24/09

    @dwight-schrute: The hat part may not be true. I think that was from South Park lol. But Joseph Smith did have magical stones that helped him to translate the tablets.
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    Image of wooties wooties
    04/24/09

    In reply to Fighting Mormon Cricket Invasions With Hard Rock and Boom Boxes
    I grew up in Central Utah.. And when these frakking things come around it is seriously the closest thing to a plague you'll probably ever experience. Pretty gross.


    But I remember how fun it was running around as a kid with a baseball bat or golf club smacking the nasty things into pudding. Gross.. but as a kid it was pure awesome!

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    04/24/09

    @wooties: So you guys had a whacking day?
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    04/24/09

    In reply to Fighting Mormon Cricket Invasions With Hard Rock and Boom Boxes
    Sadly, KHIX decided to switch formats to "Top 40" and play songs like "Kiss Me Through the Phone" "Blame It On The Alcohol" and "Why Is It So Funny I Like Fish Sticks In My Mouth". While there is no scientific reason why, auto-tuned songs seem to get the Mormon Crickets so hot, they shed their magic underwear and go at it like, well, horny Mormon Crickets.
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    04/24/09

    In reply to Fighting Mormon Cricket Invasions With Hard Rock and Boom Boxes
    Actually, David Attenborough is the amazing animal dude.
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    04/24/09

    @YankBoffin: @Guy Whitey Corngood: Damn, I always swap their names.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/24/09

    In reply to Fighting Mormon Cricket Invasions With Hard Rock and Boom Boxes
    You know why this works? You can ask any Mormon about it, but the answer will be the same.


    God gave rock and roll to you!


    Who knew that Wyld Stallyns really would bring good things forth onto the planet? Well, other than George Carlin of course, because he obviously knew.

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    Image of twistfunk twistfunk
    04/18/09

    In reply to How To: Calibrate Your Turntable For the Best Possible Sound
    How do I set it up so that it doesn't skip when people walk close to it?
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    Image of suburbancowboy suburbancowboy
    04/18/09

    @twistfunk: put anti-vibration feet under the tt.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/18/09

    @suburbancowboy: or anti-grav plates under the people
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/18/09

    In reply to How To: Calibrate Your Turntable For the Best Possible Sound
    My microwave oven has a built-in turntable, but every record I've tried to play there sounds terrible. How do I calibrate it? Or am I just supposed to use a steak knife instead of a phono cartridge?
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    Image of Freddie DeBoer Freddie DeBoer
    04/17/09

    In reply to Generic $25 Stereo Beats $1,100 Sound Systems
    Guys, sample size, sample size, sample size. This doesn't mean anything if, as I'm assuming is the case, many fewer people have heard the $1100 stereo in the first place. Without that info, which doesn't appeared to be in the article you linked to, there's no way to evaluate the data.
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    Image of jallopy jallopy
    04/17/09

    @Freddie DeBoer: Good that atleast someone noticed this. Most of the comments here seem to drown in the small-guy-beats-big-guy rhetoric. More people can *afford* the cheaper brand, and hence are able to give the equipment *more* ratings in general. And the rating might not be based on audio quality alone but the price/quality ratio as well. Not an absolute comparison, I must say.
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    Image of Rob Schenck Rob Schenck
    04/17/09

    @jallopy: Definitely.


    Hell, I'm sure that many $100,000+ systems would get 8/10 because the only people buying them are audiophiles, who are highly critical and understand the equipment.


    The survey is meaningless- you need not only the same sample size, but the exact same individuals. For this survey to actually be one worth considering, each individual should have been given a chance to listen to each stereo, and then rate them.


    Diaz, this is ridiculous. I cannot believe you didn't even consider these factors.


    Also, this is from the goddamn Daily Mail. They're a shitty, unreliable gossip newspaper. Fuck that. I expect more from you, Gizmodo.

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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    04/17/09

    @Rob Schenck: It's a customer choice award, period. They didn't do a listening test. And it's not gossip. RTFA.
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    04/17/09

    @Jesus Diaz: RTFA as in "Can't you fucking read?"


    "Clearly, a customer choice awards is not exactly a scientific listening test."

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    Image of madog madog
    04/17/09

    @Jesus Diaz: You should know by now that everyone just uses their jump to conclusions mat to decide what to post about.
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    Image of Kevin337 Kevin337
    04/17/09

    In reply to Generic $25 Stereo Beats $1,100 Sound Systems
    Were to consumers aware of the price before listening?
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    Image of craig_16 craig_16
    04/17/09

    @Kevin337: Exactly what I was thinking. Value plays a much bigger part than sound quality in a lot of these "comparisons". People just don't expect as much from something that costs $25 as they do from expensive equipment. Of course, it could actually be better than them, in which case I'm going to ask my family in the UK to try and track a few down.
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    Image of MutinyP MutinyP
    04/17/09

    @craig_16: If its a survay of users (500,000) it would mean they had bought it themselves, then rated it
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/17/09

    @MutinyP: Exactly. This is like rating $15,000 Hyundais against $300,000 Ferraris. Even if the more expensive one is better in every way, it could still be rated worse since price and quality do not scale proportionately.
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    Image of misterrios misterrios
    12/01/08

    In reply to Harion Glass Speakers Look Like They're Worth A Fortune, Because They Are
    if you play high frequency opera songs on them will they shatter on their own accord or do you still have to get the singer to shatter them live?
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/01/08

    @misterrios: The better the speakers are, the more they risk their own survival. Maybe they have some kind of AI software safety net to attenuate high frequencies in the presence of Wagner.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/01/08

    In reply to Harion Glass Speakers Look Like They're Worth A Fortune, Because They Are
    People in glass speakers shouldn't throw Zunes. At the speakers. Get it?! hahahaha. OK. Lame. Well, so are glass speakers.
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    Image of Toastie Toastie
    11/24/08

    In reply to Marantz Dock Does Wireless Bluetooth Streaming From Your iPod
    Yes, a dock that costs more than the item it's holding!
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    Image of Sora57 is rendering Sora57 is rendering
    11/24/08

    @Toastie: +1. What's up, dock?
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