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by Isaac
Sat Aug 12, 2023 6:34 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?
Replies: 32
Views: 5682

Re: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?

If your back has issues, get someone to do this for you that's already setup. CVS and Walgreens can both digitize to USB drive. Not sure what limitations there are and I'm sure it's not super cheap, but it's worth checking out.
by Isaac
Sat Aug 12, 2023 6:26 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...
Replies: 66
Views: 18499

Re: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...

I think this is now the single-dumbest thread in the history of this forum. So...congrats? He claims the Earth is flat but insists I'm wrong when I say the Moon is flat. Can you believe the nerve? I forgot something about the moon that I won't talk about here. :) The thing you don't want to talk ab...
by Isaac
Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:39 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...
Replies: 66
Views: 18499

Re: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...

Oh I see what you're saying. I forgot something about the moon that I won't talk about here. :) It's still a sphere. :) Why won't you talk about it here? Is it some sensitive topic for you? Did you not try the experiment with a plate? Did you know that Plato invented the plate? True story. And here...
by Isaac
Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:22 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?
Replies: 32
Views: 5682

Re: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?

Do you have any rare bootlegs or illegal recordings of broadcasts? If so, they might be worth putting on youtube if there are no other copies in existence. You'd be amazed what used to be considered cheap recordings that are now the only existing copy of that version. Treasures! Story time: My mom w...
by Isaac
Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:00 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Real Science
Replies: 141
Views: 161926

Re: Real Science

Do owls exist? Birds aren't real. Are there hats? Rumor has it they're at the tops of society. Can humans walk? We're almost the humans from WALL-E. Is there such a thing as a car? Park it in a bad neighborhood overnight. It doesn't matter if someone doesn't "believe" in climate change; n...
by Isaac
Thu Aug 10, 2023 6:48 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...
Replies: 66
Views: 18499

Re: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...

Okay look at the eclipsed ceiling fan at another location/angle without turning the CD and tell me the CD looks circular. But why? the moon doesn't change facing. The closest thing to it is the minor perspective change in the topography. The distance from the earth can explain why we don't see edge...
by Isaac
Thu Aug 10, 2023 5:41 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?
Replies: 32
Views: 5682

Re: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?

'd really love to digitize it for posterity instead of going to DVD. This might be one of my winter projects if I can find the best way to go about it. This video covers the process pretty thoroughly. If you don't have time to watch it all, just watch the beginning to see the clarity he gets: https...
by Isaac
Thu Aug 10, 2023 5:00 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...
Replies: 66
Views: 18499

Re: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...

Neo wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 4:44 pm You’re not understanding what I’m saying.
Since you won't do the experiment, I'm doing it for you:

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by Isaac
Thu Aug 10, 2023 12:29 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?
Replies: 32
Views: 5682

Re: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?

the best that VCR could have would be component out, maybe SCART if its an import. if it did have something that wasn't an RCA or s-video jack it could have a serial port for being controlled - but that would be pro-level equipment I'm assuming TC isn't going to spend more than $20 to make this hap...
by Isaac
Thu Aug 10, 2023 12:25 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...
Replies: 66
Views: 18499

Re: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...

It's in the book of Enoch. Nobody has ever claimed the moon looks like a disk during solar eclipses before. 1. They never talk about the moon's shape in that book. Though they talk about the phases. This could be explained by a disc with topography, which I've said before, but you forgot. 2. Dics c...
by Isaac
Wed Aug 09, 2023 3:19 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?
Replies: 32
Views: 5682

Re: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?

S-Video only gets you around 480i or 720 × 480. With the USB you'll get to capture all the little speckles and analogue artifacts. Something cheap like this would probably work with all your tape devices: [img] but there are more adapter choices than that, if you check the ports on your video playe...
by Isaac
Wed Aug 09, 2023 3:12 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?
Replies: 32
Views: 5682

Re: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?

Tunnelcat wrote: Wed Aug 09, 2023 1:51 pm No, my players are too old. Only component or S-video. Not even one with VGA output.
Do you see the black round connector? That's supposed to be S-video
by Isaac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 11:27 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?
Replies: 32
Views: 5682

Re: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?

S-Video only gets you around 480i or 720 × 480. With the USB you'll get to capture all the little speckles and analogue artifacts. Something cheap like this would probably work with all your tape devices: https://i.imgur.com/33h2kvw.png but there are more adapter choices than that, if you check the ...
by Isaac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:30 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?
Replies: 32
Views: 5682

Re: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?

I've done it before in the early 2000s when you needed a whole PCI capture card. And the quality was terrible even on a "new" tape. That being said, the USB adapters make it where almost any device using any OS could capture in a much better quality than my old setup could. If you're worri...
by Isaac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: What the world has come to...
Replies: 298
Views: 1158687

Re: What the world has come to...

Neo, tell TC what you think of NASA.
by Isaac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 7:40 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?
Replies: 32
Views: 5682

Re: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?

Video might be easier than you think. At work, we've been able to utilize video ports (HDMI, VGA, DVI, coax, etc.) with USB connectors. The USB component is recognized as a webcam, so your computer doesn't require special software to record. Thus, whatever program you're accustomed to using for vide...
by Isaac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:03 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?
Replies: 32
Views: 5682

Re: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?

My mother said 1988 so that's what I put on the youtube video. So about 35 years?
by Isaac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 2:18 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: What the world has come to...
Replies: 298
Views: 1158687

Re: What the world has come to...

Neo wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2023 2:00 pm I’m saying people at other locations on the earth wouldn’t see a circular object blocking the sun, it would look like it’s partially blocked by a disk.

Discs are normally circular, no?
by Isaac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 1:22 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...
Replies: 66
Views: 18499

Re: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...

I'm still waiting for your reply to this:
Isaac wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:58 am
Neo wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:38 am No I think the same side faces us as it goes along an invisible track in the sky. I don’t think it’s a rotating disk moon.
You came up with that all on your own or did someone think if it before you?
by Isaac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:57 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: What the world has come to...
Replies: 298
Views: 1158687

Re: What the world has come to...

So you know umbrellas? Image the umbrella is a disc. Now imagine you use a disc like an umbrella. Now imagine you take the umbrella to the beach, but it's still a disc. You see how it can cast a shadow? If you want to try this for real, get a plate from your kitchen and take it outside. Then hold it...
by Isaac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:14 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...
Replies: 66
Views: 18499

Re: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...

So you break it up with a spam post. Excellent choice. >_> Considering that the title of this thread is about Foil's final post and both of you have devolved it into yet another flat earth argument, I'd say it was more of a change of pace instead of spam. :P That was my fault. I derailed this whole...
by Isaac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?
Replies: 32
Views: 5682

Re: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?

Tunnelcat wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:41 am Turned out very nicely. Did you use Audacity and in what file format?
Thanks! I was surprised that a cassette could still sound good after all this time.

Yeah, I just used Audacity to record and exported to mp3. Then OpenShot to make into an mp4 for YouTube.
by Isaac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:59 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: What the world has come to...
Replies: 298
Views: 1158687

Re: What the world has come to...

Neo wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:41 am Are you saying we’re inside a computer program?
I'm just saying a disc can cast a shadow.
by Isaac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:58 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...
Replies: 66
Views: 18499

Re: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...

Neo wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:38 am No I think the same side faces us as it goes along an invisible track in the sky. I don’t think it’s a rotating disk moon.
You came up with that all on your own or did someone think if it before you?
by Isaac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:32 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: What the world has come to...
Replies: 298
Views: 1158687

Re: What the world has come to...

Neo wrote: Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:53 pm Solar eclipses seem to disprove it.
The moon could have "back face culling" so it could still cast a shadow, even if the light source was from behind the moon.
by Isaac
Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:10 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...
Replies: 66
Views: 18499

Re: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...

Neo wrote: Mon Aug 07, 2023 6:38 pm Yes but it wouldn’t look like a sphere at every angle.
You're saying you've seen the moon rotate?
by Isaac
Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:28 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?
Replies: 32
Views: 5682

Re: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?

Thanks a bunch. it turned out pretty good.

I made a new channel for it:



I felt I didn't need to clean it. I think it's pretty good without me tampering with it.
by Isaac
Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:44 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...
Replies: 66
Views: 18499

Re: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...

Neo wrote: Sun Aug 06, 2023 10:51 pm You must think I'm pretty stupid.

Don't solar eclipses disprove the disc moon hypothesis? :P
Can a disc block light?
by Isaac
Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:30 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?
Replies: 32
Views: 5682

Re: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?

ideally, its the tape player line out to your audio device's line in. analog mic and head-phone jacks are pre-amped assuming the devices being plugged into them are un-powered - you don't want to use those. but you can in a pinch I had to switch to powered RCA to get any signal from the player. Tur...
by Isaac
Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:51 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?
Replies: 32
Views: 5682

Cassette tape to mp3. Best way to go about this?

I have a 25 year old tape player and some a PC desktop with a 3.5mm mic jack. But I feel like this could add noise and might even lower the quality of the audio. Have any of you done this in a way that really preserves the audio? My goal is to record some tapes made in the 80s and upload them to you...
by Isaac
Sun Aug 06, 2023 11:53 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Ham radios
Replies: 10
Views: 2138

Re: Ham radios

I'm reading those should still work in a sun storm. You should hear truckers communicating. VHF might be the most clear to hear during a sun storm.
by Isaac
Sun Aug 06, 2023 11:51 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...
Replies: 66
Views: 18499

Re: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...

Neo wrote: Sun Aug 06, 2023 11:12 am You don't believe the moon is flat, you're just making fun of me.
What have I said to give that impression?
by Isaac
Sun Aug 06, 2023 11:02 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Ham radios
Replies: 10
Views: 2138

Re: Ham radios

Your radio can't also do CB and VHF frequencies, right?
by Isaac
Sun Aug 06, 2023 12:49 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...
Replies: 66
Views: 18499

Re: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...

Neo wrote: Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:42 pm You're obviously trolling.
Point to one lie I've said. I'll wait.
by Isaac
Sat Aug 05, 2023 4:00 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...
Replies: 66
Views: 18499

Re: I feel bad. Foil's final post on the dbb. edit: another flat earth conversation...

So you can make fun of people? 1. Haven't made fun of you once! 2. What are you scared of? Me? Even if I had your address I wouldn't be a threat to you. 3. You said the moon doesn't look like a disk, but there are plenty of reasons why this could be, no? Maybe the disk has elevation. A plate of pas...
by Isaac
Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:14 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: What the world has come to...
Replies: 298
Views: 1158687

Re: What the world has come to...

Neo wrote: Fri Aug 04, 2023 8:42 am I don't think it is.
Because you think it looks like a ball? Did it occur to you that a disk can have elevation?
by Isaac
Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:51 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…
Replies: 99
Views: 7819

Re: Stopped in to see what’s up and share an idea…

Interesting scenario, but that sounds like more plot twists than an entire season of 'House of Cards'. Real-life politics, while full of surprises, usually doesn't play out like a tightly scripted political drama.
by Isaac
Wed Aug 02, 2023 5:35 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Ham radios
Replies: 10
Views: 2138

Re: Ham radios

woodchip wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:46 pm https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thread ... id.872493/
Might want to look at this to get a better idea.
What cross-section of fields: GIS, RF, Electrical engineering, and hiking. Looks like fun.
by Isaac
Wed Aug 02, 2023 5:17 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Where have all the feminists gone
Replies: 197
Views: 316332

Re: Where have all the feminists gone

It's not that generalizing can't be correct a percentage of the time, but it's an unfair to say "woman can't think like me" when there's a section that probably do. Now if I could generalize, every time I hear a woman comparing themselves to other women, it's always "i'm not like othe...
by Isaac
Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:33 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Where have all the feminists gone
Replies: 197
Views: 316332

Re: Where have all the feminists gone

I don't think like a female nor do I like female pursuits. This statement assumes a single universally 'female' way of thinking or 'female' pursuit. It's not accurate to generalize "normie" women as having the same thoughts, interests, or pursuits. If you want to identify as a male that's...