Does anyone know if noise-cancelling headphones are bad for your hearing? By creating a wave that's out of phase with ambient noise, isn't that just as "loud" as the noise around you?
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0 0 * * * brew updateHowever, the increased death rate in the Oregon study is
a) localized to that state, and b) attributed to an overabundance of uncertified midwives:
> But out-of-hospital births are not as safe as births in hospitals in Oregon, where many of them are attended by birth attendants who have not completed an educational curriculum designed to provide all the knowledge, skills and judgment needed by midwives who practice in any setting.
In other words, there are a lot of "birth attendants" practicing midwifery in Oregon who aren't necessarily CNMs (certified nurse-midwives) or CMs (certified midwives) -- which is perhaps closer to the barber acting as surgeon analogy.
EDIT: Here's a rebuttal to the Wax study: http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/ajog_response.asp
Of course, there are a situations where a multi-swipe would be legit, like the register doesn't read the card correctly the first time, or you make a last minute purchase ("you know, I think we will have dessert after all").
Maybe the card could detect the level of perspiration on the swiper's hand and buzz your phone if they seem nervous.
And a mobile app that uses licensed lyric content: http://musixmatch.com/apps/
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Simple!
Plus, every release includes a song: http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#54
Here's an idea for a test: start with a song recorded at 44100Hz (standard CD quality) that has soul. We can debate the actual piece of music, but I'll use "Clap Your Hands" by A Tribe Called Quest in this example. Give a bunch of people a randomly-downsampled version of the song (at 12500Hz, 800Hz, 220Hz, etc), and have them answer a simple question: "Does this have soul?"
The song is 93BPM, or 1.55 beats per second. At a sample rate of 1.55Hz, we're looking at one sample per beat. Let's use a standard 16-step sequencer and say that a MIDIfied approximation is going to have four samples per beat (quarter notes). So, at about 6.2Hz, we've got a recording that has no better resolution than MIDI (potentially even worse).
Ultimately, I guess I agree with you: "soul" is in the ear of the beholder.
(Disclaimer: I don't actually know anything about digital audio.)
It's got a pretty decent sequencer, and had no problems playing Circus Galop.
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