Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

a) 5 of the last 6 recessions were triggered when the price of energy got above 4% of GDP.

b) 4% of GDP is roughly $80/bl for oil.

c) Oil is selling at ~$70/bl today, in the midst of the worst recession since the great depression.

d) Any meaningful recovery will push oil over $80/bl, which will cause another recession.

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:21:50 PDT - Link

Friday Cat Blogging

Miko

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:17:27 PDT - Link

A Blast From The Past. A Tinny, Sizzly Blast.

To Prof. Berger's dismay new students increasingly prefer the tinny sounds given off by MP3s. But, how can this be? Anyone who has performed back-to-back comparisons between 128-bit MP3s and CD recordings on a hi-fi system can hear significant differences. You'd have to be practically hearing impaired to pick the MP3 over the higher quality recording.

Kids Prefer Poor Quality MP3

Here's another one of those blog posts about something where I read the article, then some months later wanted to reference it but I could not find it.

I listen to MP3 myself, but my CD collection was ripped at 192k VBR, and that sounds noticeably better than 128k. I don't really miss the pops and crackles of vinyl, but I do miss albums recorded as complete, coherent artworks.

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:05:01 PDT - Link