Variations in Humidity

Salut/Hi Joe Ae,

le/on Tue, 2 Mar 2004 19:02:51 -0500, tu disais/you said:-

You're welcome.

Absolutely true. Firstly there may well be sulphates already present. Secondly, remember we're talking in parts per million, milligrams of the stuff. Sulphates aren't particularly recommended, though two - glauber's salt and Epsom salt have both been taken medicinally. Certainly harmless and without any effect in the quantites present in wine.

I was away for a lot of the TCA taint discussions over the last week (still trying to get caught up), but incase this hasn't been posted yet, there may be another source of what we consider "cork" taint.

Will it never end?

Andy

Goodness, Gracious! THD, as the JJ referred to below once told me, is "mostly useless" in the same sense that the HHGTTG refers to the earth as "mostly harmless". It's just another one of those things that he's been attacked roundly over and over again for, I guess. I won't speak further for him, if he would prefer to offer his opinion, you'll certainly notice it at the time.

I must say I haven't heard from him in a while, I dare say that perhaps he's just shut of it at this point.

If my connections are accurate, " snipped-for-privacy@research.att.com" is in fact dead, although the person who the initials refer to remains animate, having fled to the far end of the country to work for a solvent firm instead of one that appears to be soon filing for intellectual bankruptcy, at least, if not going File 13.

I can't imagine how his name came up here, though. That seems most wondrous wierd indeed. He's not even making delta-sigma convertors any more!

I do wonder though. JJ and sainthood? It seems an odd match, indeed, if his other sentiments haven't change in the nonce, but perhaps he'd appreciate the nomination, none the less, in the spirit it was offered. Patience, though, was never something I thought he regarded as a virtue. Perhaps I was wrong.

"Mark Ovchain" in news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com...

"Mark Ovchain" indeed. -- Max

The humor in this thread is becoming slightly specialized. I shall try atone for it with this memorable quotation on chemistry, and taste tests, by a well-known experimenter in 1799.

-- "Pure Hydrogen has been often respired by different philosophers, particularly by Scheele, Fontana, and the adventurous and unfortunate Rosier." -- Humphry Davy, _Researches Chemical and Philosophical,_ Division

Mark - analogue by a mile! Next time you are up here I'll let you listen to the stylus of my Koetsu caressing the grooves....;-)

It has been posted (although not this particular page).

As I have said before: This is a totally harmless issue - not for the winery involved, of course -, compared to the totality of the industry, where 5 to 10 percent of cork taints is a *much* bigger issue.

M.

Careful, Bill, or we might ignite a real firestorm (and an OT one to boot!) in here. I'll take you up on your invitation, however. ;-) For myself, I follow my catholic tastes and maintain both analog and digital sources (it's also laziness, as I have no intention of replacing all of my 300+ albums -- even *if* I could find a CD version of some of more obscure stuff in my collection). For the record, where do you purchase you styli at? I'm afraid that I may soon be in the market once more...

Mark Lipton

also>laziness, as I have no intention of replacing all of my 300+ albums -- even>*if*>I could find a CD version of some of more obscure stuff in my collection).>For>the record, where do you purchase you styli at? I'm afraid that I may soon>be>in the market once more...

I too have both sources - its just that I rarely find myself listening to digital - whenever I have time to do some serious listening, it seems to be always an LP - I have around 4000 of them.

As for cartridges, I hope never to have to replace mine - it would cost the equivalent of a 49 Petrus....but you can have many of the moving coils retipped for much less.

If you want a new cartridge, you can get something very nice between $200 and $1K

Gee, I can't believe nobody explained that term to you, Michael.

"Slam dunk" is a basketball term, describing a play where the player holding the ball leaps into the air next to his team's basket and, while at the apogee of his trajectory, slams the ball _down_ through the hoop for a goal. This play is virtually impossible to defend against once the conditions have been met for its execution. (Needless to say, it takes a rather tall player who can jump quite high to make this play.)

Tom S

Actually a tall person doesn't have to jump much to dunk....a short person does. Mugsy Bogues and Spud Webb could both dunk with ease yet weren't much more than 5' 6" tall and the basket is set at 10'. Bi!!