What's wrong with this picture?

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2007-06-17 07:20pm

These shiny records don't seem to work on my turntable for some reason...am I doing something wrong?

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » 2007-06-17 07:23pm

Try flipping it over.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-06-17 07:30pm

Looks more like a laserdisc than a record.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2007-06-17 07:38pm

Aerius has turned into my gran (who whilst she didn't actually do this, asked about it.)

muse · Post by **muse** » 2007-06-17 08:11pm

The lighting is horrible and it looks like the camera's flash was used wrong which over-exposed parts of the picture. I think the colour balance is off too, your camera skills suck.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2007-06-17 08:31pm

There are no swimmer chicks in it?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-06-17 10:54pm

What's wrong with this picture? The fact that you didn't include a pretentious magazine like "Stereophile" in the background to go along with the turntable

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-06-17 10:58pm

General Zod wrote:Looks more like a laserdisc than a record.

It doesn't look anything like a laserdisc.

Looks like an LP...made out of denim.

Okay, NOW I see what it is.

Dark Flame · Post by **Dark Flame** » 2007-06-17 10:59pm

What's that big old thing touching the CD?

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2007-06-17 11:09pm

I dunno. Emerson, Lake and Palmer?

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2007-06-17 11:09pm

Darth Wong wrote:What's wrong with this picture? The fact that you didn't include a pretentious magazine like "Stereophile" in the background to go along with the turntable

And that's exactly why there isn't a single copy of Stereophile or The Absolute Sound in our apartment. When the magazine reviewers consistently manage to write better ad copy than the manufacturers advertising in the magazine, something is well and truly fucked.

BTW, what do you think of that big AutoCAD manual in the background?

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:It doesn't look anything like a laserdisc.

Looks like an LP...made out of denim.

The green fabric is a home made record mat.

fusion · Post by **fusion** » 2007-06-17 11:14pm

How do you play a CD with a turntable?
That is what is wrong.

Now for your picture:
You were too close to the subject when you activated the flash and that balance of colors is off....

Post by **haas mark** » 2007-06-18 04:13am

I don't see SDNet anywhere.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-06-18 05:05am

aerius wrote:The green fabric is a home made record mat.

The mark of a true audiophile is his personally made record mat.[/pretention]

Man, ELP had the best fashion sense, back in the day.

Turin · Post by **Turin** » 2007-06-18 02:19pm

aerius wrote:BTW, what do you think of that big AutoCAD manual in the background?

Release 12? It must be a fake -- my r12 manual was in Sanskrit.

darthbob88 · Post by **darthbob88** » 2007-06-18 03:08pm

Turin wrote:
aerius wrote:BTW, what do you think of that big AutoCAD manual in the background?
Release 12? It must be a fake -- my r12 manual was in Sanskrit.

I seem to recall some law of documentation, to the effect that: 9 times out of 10, you don't have any documentation. If you do have documentation, 9 times out of ten it's for the wrong version of the product. If it's for the right version of the product, 9 times out of ten, it's missing the section you need. If you have the complete version of the docs, for your product, they're in Japanese, if not Sanskrit.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2007-06-18 04:03pm

Is the problem that you've got the turntable set at the wrong speed?

Post by **Dalton** » 2007-06-18 04:05pm

Have you been watching Austin Powers?

Tranan · Post by **Tranan** » 2007-06-18 04:33pm

Dull needle

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2007-06-18 06:15pm

darthbob88 wrote:
Turin wrote:Release 12? It must be a fake -- my r12 manual was in Sanskrit.
I seem to recall some law of documentation, to the effect that: 9 times out of 10, you don't have any documentation. If you do have documentation, 9 times out of ten it's for the wrong version of the product. If it's for the right version of the product, 9 times out of ten, it's missing the section you need. If you have the complete version of the docs, for your product, they're in Japanese, if not Sanskrit.

It's funny, my dad got the manual when he was using Release 11, figuring his company would upgrade to R12 in the near future. Instead, the company decided to skip R12 altogether and go right to R13. After my dad retired I got his AutoCAD discs and manual.

Tsyroc wrote:Is the problem that you've got the turntable set at the wrong speed?

That's a distinct possibility, would you happen to know the correct RPM setting for these shiny discs?

Dalton wrote:Have you been watching Austin Powers?

Nope, I just had a spontaneous "I want to do something silly" moment, and decided to post the results on a couple forums to see how many people get it.

Instant Sunrise · Post by **Instant Sunrise** » 2007-06-18 07:14pm

aerius wrote:That's a distinct possibility, would you happen to know the correct RPM setting for these shiny discs?

500 RPM on the inside on the disc, slowing down to 200 RPM on the outside edge.

fusion · Post by **fusion** » 2007-06-18 08:22pm

skyman8081 wrote:
aerius wrote:That's a distinct possibility, would you happen to know the correct RPM setting for these shiny discs?
500 RPM on the inside on the disc, slowing down to 200 RPM on the outside edge.

No try 40000 RPM at the edge and 16000 RPM at the center.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2007-06-18 08:40pm

I watch Mythbusters, I've seen what happens when you spin a CD much past 20,000 RPM.
CD go kablooie!

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2007-06-18 09:19pm

Ohhh! That would be fun to see.

*goes off to try and find it on you tube*

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2007-06-19 08:52am

Case in point: The old Plextor 70x CD-ROM drives. Sure, they read faster than light, but if you put a CD in that wasn't totally structurally sound internally, it would explode and literally shoot chunks of shattered CD across the room out of the drive. Or it'd toss the pieces the other way, even up into the inside of the computer itself. Hilarious, if a bit tough on discs.