For about the same price you could get something like the Eton FR150, which charges via solar or crank and has a radio, a flashlight, and most importantly it has a USB port for powering your USB cupwarmer/clock.
Whatever on my other comment gettin' thrown aside. This is what the gizmo fetish is all about: knobs, sliders, and push buttons. Deep down, it's all about the signal to noise here. Respect.
As someone who has a studio stashed away somewhere, there's less and less buttons and knobs. People are always impressed by buttons and knobs, but most of the button and knob stuff is now routed in the computer.
The more advanced it gets, the less impressive it looks.
Mixing consoles often look like they have more buttons and knobs than they really do. All the vertical strips are duplicates and do the same thing...except each one is for a different track of audio.
@Lou Esposito: You can take it one step further and say that all the knobs on that single strip basically control volume - volume at different frequencies, overall volume, volume of right channel relative to left channel, but basically, it's all about volume.
@AltheaKnukka: Hey, could you turn the red knob for me? Not that one, that one. No, the other one. No, the other one. No, the other one. No, the other one.
Good! Thanks. Now turn the blue one. Hey, come back!
IIRC, I read an article in either Discover or SciAm over a decade ago about how the TUG was actually the gesture to kill someone, and the TDG meant to sheath your weapon to allow someone to live.
I might buy this if it was foam and I could wear it!
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Except, of course, Simpsons did it first.
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Then the gnashing of teeth starts. (Not always, but often enough.)
I used to fabricate custom conrol panels for surveilance vehicles.
It's actually easier when it's your own baby, but those in the know are aware...
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Do you mean 'thrown aside' because no one replied to it?
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The more advanced it gets, the less impressive it looks.
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Good! Thanks. Now turn the blue one. Hey, come back!
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I might buy this if it was foam and I could wear it!
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either way I wish I could have one of these.
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