Understood it's not intended as a full-blown retirement income - but with better management the possibility for it to become that exists (provided it's taken out of the hands of politicians). In any case, the whole thing is obviously eroding quickly. My last 5 years comprised 30% of my total contrib...
Caution! Rant Zone... I just got my 2005 Social Security Statement (which is a joke in itself). Compared to my 2000 statement, my estimated retirement benefits have DECREASED by the following amounts: Retirement age: 62 - down by 17% 67 - down by 19% 70 - down by 23% Keep in mind I was earning more ...
Does anyone know if CWA still located at the radio-telescope? (Obviously Frank, Ralf, Jens, et. al would know) I hadn't known about their unique one-time HQ for some time - and found it to be an interesting bit of trivia. I found a photo of what I believe is the right structure (Stockert 25m): http:...
On 2005-08-18 21:22, hubird wrote:
...you should know
...Should...
I remember what happened, of course (which is saying something, given my lifestyle at the time) - I was just pondering on what might be her destiny and fortunes in the years since...
:smile: :smile: - talk about a "Call Tech" indication! Admitted, yours is a valid question - I'm just into sarcasm and it's not directed at anyone in particular. Just making fun of the old-days and some of the idiosyncrasies of vintage equipment. And they were the good-old-days, weren't th...
MS-20 emulation in Korg's Legacy Collection has an on-screen variable parameter for "Analog" and I believe Alesis Ion has a menu paramater for the same. Agreed it can tend to thicken things, but beyond the slightest values those adjustments just make the synth sound out-of-tune to my ears....
On 2005-08-18 21:08, hubird wrote:
I guess you'd prefer Pulsar 5 when it's there...
Hey, whatever nomenclature CWA assigns is good enough for me! It might probably be a Scope 5, yes? In any case, it's the same as for SCI - if they call it a 5, then I'll not call it a V.
It will load as a VSTi if you use the info in the link provided by wayne, but (since it's designed pre-XTC days?) no VSTi output will be created in your host's mixer.
On 2005-08-17 13:57, kybernaut_01 wrote: ...variations in oscillator and filter tuning etc. like on every polyphonic analog keyboard... You're referring to the ability to also model the "imperfections" of a polyphonic analog synth? Don't know if they've built that in to the Profit-5, but ...
Reminds me of the most forward line ever directed my way -
Walking on campus w/ girl while it's raining and I'm holding the umbrella for the two of us; she says "I'm getting wet and I'm not even getting rained on..."