Posted 04/09/2009 at 10:09:48am

I enjoyed reading the various articles that have gone into this compilation.  However, I would enjoy having a PDF version of this guide, which could be downloaded and printed for reference (if desired), even more!  Such a PDF should include any and all articles that are hyperlinked in the current series.  I would also recommend some sort of bibliography or listing of available books for Linus newbies (i.e., "Linux for Dummies," etc.).  How 'bout it, guys and gals?  PLEASE???

Posted 04/02/2009 at 06:38:24pm

While this is certainly an interesting development, I cannot help questioning how well FFL speakers would do in reproducing low bass frequencies, which many pop, rock, rap, and techno songs are loaded with, as well as some classical works.  This is especially the case with classical organ, whose bass response often reaches down to 16 Hz. (low C of a 32-foot pedal stop).  At this latter frequency, the sound waves are 68-1/2 feet long, while in the upper end of the audio frequency range the sound waves may be a few thousandths of an inch in length.  Little wonder, then, that many auto sound system enthusiasts have multiple 12-inch and 15-inch subwoofers in their systems, along with mutiple high-powered amplifiers.  It would be extremely interesting to see how well FFL technology would respond to such extreme demands!

Posted 01/22/2009 at 03:53:21pm

It's a brazen move, all right!  In fact, about the inly way they could display any MORE chutzpah would be either to offer interest-free financing for these two beasts (yeah, yeah, I know--dream on!), or--even more so--to give away one of their Advanced models--tweaked up to the absolute maximum, mind you--in a random drawing to some lucky Maximum PC reader or subscriber (yeah, yeah, I know--dream on again!)!  But, as my employer, McDonald's, used to say in some of its commercials, "Hey--it could happen!"  Excuse my extreme cynicism, but given the economic chaos currently in progress, and given some of the claims and counter-claims and outright "puffery," as the U.S. Supreme Court once called it, it's hard for me to be otherwise!