[geeks] So what is a "Frankenmac"?

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 11:27:17AM -0500, Kurt Mosiejczuk wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> 
> > > Ever tried 256Kbit/s instead of 128K? I do all my stuff in 256K.
> 
> > When I make my own MP3s, it is always in 256kbits.  And most of my MP3s are
> > made by myself.  I wonder if MP3 has a lossless mode like JPEG does...
> 
> Too things to look at.  One, Ogg Vorbis is sounding really nice... look at it.
> 
> And, if you are looking for lossless, look at FLAC.  It is truly lossless.
> Granted, it doesn't compress nearly as far down as MP3 or vorbis, but you
> can't compress taht far down without throwing out some information...

Yeah, well, it occours to me that todays cheap 60 IDE drives can hold at least
100 CDs (assuming each CD is nearly full, which most aren't).  A 1/4 lossless 
compression ratio would mean space for 400 CDs.  Now, 60 drives are fairly 
cheap, and I don't have 400 CDs, and I bet that majority of people also don't 
have more than 400 CDs.


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Joshua D. Boyd