Depends on the song. If was anything by the famous English folk virtuoso "Rambling Sid Rumpo" then I would record it in Imperial onto British paper, preferably Izal. If it was that foreign stuff, sung by ladies in fancy dress with impossibly large bosoms and composed of a succession of vowels but no consonants otherwise known as 'opera.' Then I wouldn't bother.
Alan In silly mode in Sussex -----Original Message----- From: Johan Helsingius [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 22 June 2012 09:13 To: mogtalk2 Subject: Re: [mogtalk2] Diff Temp > Now tell me the metric system is not easier!!! I just had to calculate how long a punched paper tape version of one song in CD quality digital format would be, if you were using paper tape instead of a CD or USB stick to store your music (don't ask why - it was one of those pub discussions). The song we were looking at was 60 MB on CD. Punched paper tape has perforations every 0.1 inch (2.54 mm), so one 10 bytes/inch. Thus one kilobyte takes 100 inches, that is 8.3 feet. One megabyte is a thousand kilobytes, so that is 8300 feet, or 1.6 miles. Thus the 60 MB file is 60 * 1.6 miles, or 96 miles. Let's do that in metric.. If 1 byte takes 2.54 mm, then one kilobyte takes 2.54 meters and one megabyte takes 2.54 kilometres, so the answer is 60 * 2.54 km, or 152 km. Now, which one was easier? :) Julf ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
