As I only have two ears, why am I able to distinguish a sound coming from a source in front of me from one coming from a source behind me?

juna64 · 1 day

The lack of front/back awareness is most easily rectified by turning your head! In reality you are rarely in a perfectly symmetrical environment, so between turning your head, visual clues and the acoustical environment around you it's near impossible for this to be a problem in everyday life. But under controlled conditions (a dark symmetrical empty room, your head held immobile and a sound directly in front or behind you) it gets freaky.

tsulahmi · 3 days

Even assuming your father pays for the updating, there are a lot of hidden costs to owning a home larger than you need that will quickly eat up your income. Taxes, insurance, utilities, and upkeep/repairs (especially with a pool) are analogous to house size. Not to mention furnishing a large house. These will inevitably come and will quickly eat up your income. Unless you are confident your father will keep covering maintenance costs, I'd look for something you can cover yourselves. 50k is a good down payment, you'll kick yourselves later if you have a nice house but no disposable income to play with.

DasHuhn · 5 days

Do "regular" folks really get frequently audited or does the IRS focus on those who they think are scamming them out of the most money?

kdubb · 25 days

My friend Steve is amazing:

http://www.stevedepino.com/

neufy14 · 25 days

It looks like the license suspension for under 21 is still in there but it's not clear how long:

http://norml.org/laws/ct

Pogobat · 1 month

Yeah south end of union square by the subway entrance people play. But as mentioned its mostly blitz chess guys who play for money and will crush you. There are some chess shops in the village where you can find a casual game, some open all night.

cysadmin · 1 month

If you are in health care or some other "underutilized" professions you can get some federal loans "forgiven".

pentium4borg · 1 month

I fly out of CVG often and they are heavy handed with the security compared to most airports, you will no doubt have to go through back scatter and when you opt out (which I always do) you get heavier petting than other places.

sfosparky · 1 month

I agree but there is some benefit to compression, especially if you are watching tv in more of a casual environment with a high background noise level. You crank the volume to hear quiet dialogue and then a loud scene happens and scares the shit out of you. Ideally the compression would be user controlled but that's too complicated for your average schmoe unfortunately. I think compression is added to some big screen movies too (on say TBS) as well for the same reasons.

sfosparky · 1 month

That's technically true but there will still be a max level they can hit before the signal clips. Part of why commercials are so jarring is because they are heavily compressed (eliminating those peaks and valleys and basically making the entire commercial blare at just below the max volume) vs a movie or tv show that would use more dynamic range of volume levels.

Highsight · 2 months

I wrote my state Repersentative on this and his response is pretty vanilla:

December 2, 2011

Dear Mr. funkstick,

Thank you for contacting me about issues related to internet safety and internet protocol (IP) protections. I appreciate your comments and am grateful that you took the time to contact me.

Currently, there are a number of bills in Congress that aim to address safe internet practices and copyright issues as they relate to web usage. Everyone knows that the Internet harbors bad faith actors who infringe upon U.S. copyrights. Often located offshore, these operators target American consumers and facilitate transactions using the services of search engines, advertising networks, and credit card companies. While reasonable protections are in place for taking down rogue websites or content hosted within the United States, it is less clear to lawmakers how to regulate this type of activity when it originates offshore.

Among the various pieces of legislation targeting this type of illegal activity, H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), has generated the most intense debate, with active advocacy groups on both sides of the bill. SOPA would allow the Attorney General to seek injunctions against foreign websites that steal and sell American innovations and products. The bill increases criminal penalties for individuals who traffic in counterfeit medicine and military goods and increases coordination between IP enforcement agencies in the United States.

Proponents of SOPA, including the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America, believe that the bill protects American jobs and American intellectual property, in this case, content that illegally appears on the internet. To these parties, online content theft means declining incomes, reduced health and retirement benefits, and lost jobs.

Opponents of the bill support SOPA's stated goal of providing additional enforcement tools to combat foreign rogue websites that are dedicated to copyright infringement and counterfeiting, but do not support the bill as written, believing that it would expose law-abiding U.S. Internet and technology companies to new uncertain liabilities, private rights of action, and technology mandates that could require monitoring of web sites and social media. These groups, which include Google, Facebook, AOL, Twitter and Yahoo, are concerned that the bill sets a precedent in favor of Internet censorship and could jeopardize our nation's cybersecurity.

I agree that while the bill may be well intentioned, we need to do more to ensure that this legislation does not expose companies to new liabilities or infringe upon Americans' first amendment rights, or threaten the vitality of the internet.

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on SOPA on November 16, 2011, with witnesses testifying on behalf of both the content providers and the search engines. While I do not sit on this Committee, I followed this hearing closely as I understand how important both internet safety and freedom of speech issues are to my constituents. I will continue to follow this matter, and will be certain to keep your views in mind when this bill, and others like it, come before the full House of Representatives for a vote.

If you have any additional questions regarding this or other issues, please do not hesitate to contact my office. You can sign up for my newsletter and find more information on my views and my work in Congress by visiting my official website at himes.house.gov.

Sincerely,

Jim Himes Member of Congress

MookyB · 2 months

he should stick to playing the sitar

BroomeStreet · 2 months

Not new and I know exactly what's going on. Its no worse than any of the other thousands of "scams" on the streets. You could say the dudes in the diamond district and times square camera shops have "handlers" too. That's the way the world works. Watch the video, this guy is more I an entrepreneur than most people that do this. It's one tho g for some guy grubbing money with a fake charity tag around his neck vs some guy selling candy for a profit.

BroomeStreet · 2 months

whats wrong with perpetuating inexpensive candy delivered straight to your hand mid-commute?

corby315 · 2 months

we should be comparing ESPN to Penn State, how can you sit on those tapes for 10 years without alerting authorities?

And anytime someone reacts by blaming the alleged victim that should be a red flag. I think JoePa and Boeheim both know something was "off" about their buddies (even before 98 in JoePa's case), while the Penn State system failed even more miserably in the face of actual evidence the failings of a sports power protecting their own is very similar.

Konjibhu · 2 months

you don't have to take it public but at least notify the police. They did less than JoePa did!

http://youtu.be/6XjPbzNZ-nA

evildeadxsp · 2 months

I agree with this post. The commute from the city isn't bad, there are frequent trains some express. If you live near GCT I don't think it would bother you, much better than driving and the cars won't be swamped with a reverse commute. Other options with a decent nightlife/younger population would be Greenwich and Stamford. Norwalk has some nightlife but is a little more spread out and farther from the city. None of the towns in Westchester are much better for younger people.

movingeast · 2 months

if you lived in Manhattan working the hours you state you should be able to consistently commute in 45 mins. The rub will be finding parking in Manhattan. Living in Brooklyn you are probably looking at more like an hour and a half with some more bridge tolls. Metro-North train is still the way to go if you can figure a way, you can always cab to the station, take a bus, if you work in a large office building I'm sure others take the train. Other than when you leave the city your car isn't doing you much good in Manhattan other than being a pain in the ass to park, and move it on alternate side parking days.

erutxet · 2 months

and looking at this lung cancer predictor tool (you have to be over age 50) it seems like you have to smoke a shitload for 30+ years to be in a high (say 8% or more) risk

http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/adult/lung/prediction-tools

erutxet · 2 months

Roughly 15% of people who smoke their whole lives get lung cancer. Emphysema and heart conditions are far more likely. The earlier in life you start smoking the higher your risk.

http://lungcancer.about.com/od/Lung-Cancer-And-Smoking/f/Smokers-Lung-Cancer.htm

madcowga · 2 months

The analogy to the catholic church doesn't work in this case, the catholic church had an endimic system that allowed child rape by hundreds of different rapists around the world. Penn State had a single rapist and a system that failed (as the catholic church did) but to say "It no longer even matters if there continues to be a university there at all." is ridiculous. You can make the argument that college sports worship is what caused this turning of a blind eye, but a huge university like this is so much more than football.

Also I do agree that the mass prayer on the field while well meaning is really awkward. Imagine you are a 25 year old who was raped when you were 10, and you see all these people praying for you now. Does that make you feel better, assuming you are religious? I'd be horrified.

Phokus · 2 months

You can stand for whatever you want but it's no different than someone proteatesting priest rape in the parking lot of a Sunday mass. The patrons mean well, don't support rape but it's just in poor taste and looking for conflict ie rabble rousing.

Phokus · 2 months

Wanting to go to a football game like these fans always have done without being harassed buy some guy who wants to shut the whole thing down doesnt mean anyone there condones child molestation. Is everyone supposed to walk around staring at the ground in silence? For how long? Another 15 years? Yes it's horrible what happened, and the real stories will come out and the people who fucked up will get theirs, but this guy is just a rabble rouser, these fans aren't the guilty ones here.

jmwilliams · 2 months

Yeah I agree, Amaro has done a good job lately signing "character guys" and not whiney bitches or dogs so I can't see him going after Reyes.

tstorm1986 · 2 months

He's their star witness for all the incoming Sandusky lawsuits, they need him still under the university umbrella. He'd be wise to try and stay there too.

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