From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017012218151380587-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > It's a simple thing .... he's had troubles .... he can live his life as he   
   > choses ... he doesn't need my permission ....  I'm good with that :-)   
      
   I was more interested in the reasons ;)   
      
   > sorry to hear that.   
      
   Don't be ;) I often feel that way myself, like having been cheated out of a   
   'real' life I'll never even know but could have had, but was never given the   
   chance to even at least sample. But it's all a trip, and as the Grateful   
   Dead put it, What a Long Strange Trip it's been...they sure weren't kidding!   
      
   > Electronic shifting makes a sort of sense to me, in this application.  The   
   > issue for me is avoiding " missing " a gear when shifting. With   
   > electronic, it might shift more reliably than shifiting that is cable   
   > tension dependent.  Missing a gear on a race bike, while racing ... isn't   
   > good :-)   
      
   Those Silly things are around 1,600 - 3,000+ bucks!!! INSANE!!!   
   And that's only the SRAM ones.   
   Don't worry about missing a gear! It's FAR Easier to miss a note while   
   playing!   
   Digital Idolatry...Again...a Total Crackpot RELIGION, and a Ridiculously   
   Expensive one at that...talk about SACRIFICES !!!   
      
   Don't want to miss gears? Do Exactly what's done to avoid missing notes or   
   chords, PRACTICE!!!   
   Really makes me long for the good 'old fashioned' Manual friction   
   shifters!!!   
   I NEVER had a problem with them and could shift them instantly like a pro!   
      
   > teeth can be a problem   
      
   Can they ever, which is why I want dental implants, and I want to be asleep   
   for the whole thing!   
      
   > It's not the repair that hurts, it's the death and abcess and bursting of   
   > that abcess that will impress you, pain wise :-)   The root canal   
   > procedure is nothing, by comparison.   
      
   More like the part that hurts *most* ;) They all hurt ;)   
      
   > The weirdo apple wireless base station is working ... but it's old. And   
   > it's hard to configure.  As of today, I have a much nicer Cisco / Linksys   
   > unit to use.  Reason for that is we bought a new cable router / wireless   
   > for our house wifi today. That's up and working, so the cisco one is free.   
   > It's much eaiser to use and configure.   
      
   Sounds a bit complicated.   
      
   > What I'm using this for is to create a local wireless network that links   
   > our ipads and the macbook pro.  We run almost everything thru the   
   > computer. The only old school gear we use are some small mixers. Our   
   > backing tracks and all of my guitar and keyboard processing and sounds are   
   > software running in a macbook pro.  A problem with that is need the laptop   
   > relatively close me, in case I need to change something.  In the past,   
   > I've used various midi based hardware hardware controller to do various   
   > things, adjust levels, whatever.   
      
   I doubt I could ever have as much faith in computers to rely on them that   
   much.   
      
   > Now, it's possible to do that using an iPad running some remote contol   
   > software. Having a small ipad close at hand is better and easier.  On one   
   > I'ad, I'm running an app called " Logic Remote ".  It's a simplifed   
   > version of the Logic Pro interface.  So the iPad is replacing several   
   > harware controllers.   
      
   Is there anything in the way of backup devices?   
      
   It reminds me of component stereo systems, my favorite. Separate tuner,   
   preamp, amp, tape deck phono, or CD player, or anything else to hook up to   
   it, as opposed to the so-called 'modular' kind where everything was built   
   into a single unit.   
      
   > For all this to work, I need to have a stable local wireless network so   
   > these things can talk.   
      
   Sounds vulnerable.   
      
   > It's been costing me $10 a month for a long time..... Wasn't money totally   
   > wasted, I had nice stable internet, and that meant the hardware had to   
   > work.   
      
   > Got my own today. It's up and running.   
      
   Jim   
      
   Cool, nothing wrong with saving money by stopping those leaks.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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