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From: fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell)
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Subject: Re: The Jow of CD
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Date: Wed, 27-Jun-84 16:42:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 27 16:42:59 1984
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>and to those of you (hound!rfg et al) who have patiently explained to our
>ego-intellectual friend why he's missing a few points: it's been a pleasure
>reading some of your knowledgeable, factual submissions.

Oh, don't bother, Chuck.  I've been pondering the remarks of our 
digiphobic friend and have come to some tentative hypotheses (pending 
further investigation).

1) The technical content of the articles posted is obviously confused.
   This leads me to conclude that this person is either flunking all
   his EE courses, or has never taken any EE courses.  Since his spelling
   and grammar are about as competent as his electronics expertise, I'd
   expect the former.  (That's one)

2) Our friend is playing gadfly just to see if he can get our collective
   goat.  In this case, his misinformed remarks are deliberate, and 
   have been offered with the intent of provoking the exact kind of
   discussion that has followed.  What the hell is so important about
   square waves, anyway?  Should this be the intent of the articles
   in question, the author has succeeded admirably. (That's another)

3) The author is actually a Soviet spy engaged in gathering information
   about digital signal processing, and is trying to get some one to
   blunder away trade secrets in a moment of exasperation. (That's yet
   another...OK, it's getting a bit deep, I know, I know)

In any case, I suggest that further discussion on this topic or any
further offerings from our irritating friend be managed with a little
less seriousness...If hypothesis (1) is correct, it's pointless to
argue with a moron who's sure of himself.  If hypothesis (2) is correct
(as I suspect), he's had his little laugh at our expense already.  And
if he's a Russki, let's start feeding him information on plain 'ol
analog recording techniques.  Maybe then Melodiya will start producing
some decent records.
-- 

                               Bob Fishell
                               ihnp4!ihu1g!fish