using tenor amps (just as hansen likes to) with excpetional success. I'm pretty sure I saw a dcs Puccini stack... which places the msrp in this room to well over a quarter of a million dollars.
yup.... 250k - that's in usd... and hard earned schebang.
still.... a very enjoyable listen.
biggggg imaging... really big.
11.5k a pair. easily tromps of stuff costing three times more.
the new tannoy monitors sounded great.
I'm that guy right now... if someone belted me in the gut - I'd be in trouble.
so.... this may look familiar.... I hooked up with the high end burger joint in my hotel again - except that this year I don't have a 4 hour plane ride ahead of me (as I did last year).... huge mistake (last year) by the way....
there is soooooo much sodium in this meal you see here that it could potentially kill some species. last year I ate at this place just before heading to the airport.... only to find out that I would have what I can only describe as a hydration emergency. my eyes were burning, ears were ringing, no fluid would quench my thirst, etc...
i drank 1.5 liters of power aide only to not feel the urge to go to the bathroom until some 5 hours later.... it was miserable and mind blowing all at the same time.
the meal was worth it (it just requied slightly more planning this time around).
since i was positive that the burger would be perfectly cooked, I upgraded to Kobe beef this year... wow. that stuff is fantastic.... truly.
while it was an expensive burger by just about any standard.... I felt I was worth it ;).
(as a personal rule i always cover my dining and entertainment (hah - like I've got the time/energy for actual 'entertainment') on this trip...)
I have no regrets at all.... other than thinking i maybe should have been packing some tums....
blt burger @ the mirage.... One of the best I've ever had (and I've had wayyyy too many).
they're quite good... especially for 170 bucks....
nothing particularly funny or interesting being shown there this year, though...
1 to 15 devices stand about 4 foot tall ;)
viiv strikes back.
1.33 ghz
1024x600
resistive touchscreen
32 gig storage
7.5 hours on a charge.
I have external drive enclosures larger than this....
really, really freaking cool.
ahoy mateys.... I solved the problem already..
run a freakin wire. ;)
as homes and cars become more connected and streaming... traffic priority becomes an issue we're all tk familiar with.
in the same initiative... they're working on ethernet for cars av systems.
for instance.... today I could have waited well over an hour for a bus at my hotel... instead... I hoofed across the street to the Venetian, ripped thru the casino and out a service exit, and was on a bus 10 minutes later..
not sure what to think of that... maybe that means the next camera I buy won't be a re-import.... or an av receiver will actually have valid mfg support..
hard to say, really...
oh... almost forgot... he works out of jersey... yeaaaaaaa!!!!
Normally early AM on day 2 is a rough one – you wake up.. and the SECOND your feet hit the floor – you nearly fall over from the shocking jolt of pain traversing your feet and legs. I’m sure the condition is based, loosely, on the type of footwear one selects – which varies from year to year.
What I’d really like to know is how MANY miles I actually walked yesterday… I’m sure there’s an app for that – I just don’t know what it is.
If I were a betting man – I’d venture a guess that the number is probably around 12.
According to the “the wizard” (google), humans average somewhere in the region of 3 miles per hour… given the traffic conditions and the reduced gait (when something caught my attention) – I’m going to maintain that my guess is pretty accurate.
Made it to 6:30 today… gonna try to make it to 7am tomorrow (which is still 2.5 hours before I can enter the show)…
they will be out of addresses in 2 months.... but better news....
in 6 months time people holding unused blocks will be allowed to sell blocks on the open market...
since there will be no additional addresses available in 2 months anyone sitting on sayyyy.... an unused /24 block could certainly monetize what isnt being used - and is needed by people who can't deploy v6 just yet..
;)
$$$$
mark my words... this will replace my dlp...
probably retails for 20k tho ;(
I like it alot.
i warned ya early on ;)
"play games with hotties". not sure what that's about... wonder if the hotties are any good at actually playin games...
the screen is so large there are 3 2k projectors stacked to fill the screen....
nuts.
they want your business back.... I suspect they'll need to do alot to earn it.
essentially sheeting is used to create a parallax.... the line to see it was huge.... maybe later....
there's also a center and north hall as well.... truly a mammoth show....
all filled with tech crap.... it's alot to take in...
coverage will continue.... I was worried for a second.
bah duh duh duh..... pwishhhhhhh!
100 plus thousand of anything on a network has to be difficult to plan for....
Q: Is your blog going to have something on it other than you eating?
Sincerely,
Redacted
A: No. I find that food adequately fills the dead-space which currently occupies my soul. I’m trying to compensate for something that I can’t fully describe in the scope of this post – and food has always been a tremendous crutch.
All kidding aside, there’s a darn good reason why the food is taken in excess (and posted about)… of course, the best type of comedy is the type where one turns the mirror on oneself to reveal true ridiculousness. It started last year – people being in disbelief at what I ate, and when – but there’s a reason. There’s a high likelihood that I will NOT eat again until 8-10pm this evening.
“How could that be… there’s food all over Vegas?”
You’d be entirely correct, except that I’m not going to be at the hotels most of the time. The convention center recognizes this and has some of the most ridiculously overpriced swill I’ve ever had the displeasure of consuming. For instance, at Uncle Manichewitz’s Authentic New York Style Deli – you can score a pastrami on rye with a crappy deli-pickle for the bargain price of 17 dollars (and that doesn’t even include a drink or chips…. those are extra, duhhhh). You like Sbarro? Right on – you can eat all day long…. But it’ll be marked up 40%, and it’s standing room only…
fuggitaboutit...
I can’t in good conscience justify this – nor will I oblige them. If I’m paying 17 bucks for anything – it better be hot, delivered on a real plate, come with silverware, and be delectable. J
So – to fully answer you “mr redacted” I’m binge eating – and people seem to find that funny….
Now – I’m off to get some breakfast. The show opens in 1.5 hours – and I need a little something to help get me thru the day *sob*…
Please… keep the questions coming (they don’t even have to relate to technology) – I’ll happily answer them… and make fun of you, if at all possible…
By the way…. There were 1000+ hits to the blog yesterday – I have no idea who all of you are… but, welcome….. J
knowing the difficulties I had in the past (walked for over an hour to the edge of the strip... into a demilitarized zone to get mine last year); this year I had the airport cabbie help me...
after explaining to her that it was like red bull... she finally understood (and asked my why I didn't like rockstar energy drink???)...
we proceeded to no less than 4 minimarts... until we gave up and started hitting liquor stores. finally ended up finding it in a place that I can only aptly describe as a functioning speakeasy.... a dark dirty place with no patrons, some pool tables up front, and a back room with rows of packaged liquor. had I had my wits about me... I would have snapped a picture. I must admit - i was more on guard for the nonexistant bouncer-like figure to emmerge from the shadows, mug me, and send me packing...
it really was quite something.
oh well.... we got it... all is well - they're on ice.
so the day begins ;)
