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Submission + - 24-bit: the new way to make you pay more for music (pcpro.co.uk) 3

Barence writes: "Apple and music labels are reportedly in discussions to raise the audio quality of of the songs they sell to 24-bit. The move could see digital downloads that surpass CD quality, which is recorded at 16 bits at a sample rate of 44.1kHz. It would also provide Apple and the music labels with an opportunity to "upgrade" people's music collections, raising extra revenue in the process. The big question is whether anyone would even notice the difference between 16-bit and 24-bit files on a portable player, especially with the low-quality earbuds supplied by Apple and other manufacturers. Labels such as Linn Records already sell "studio master" versions of albums in 24-bit FLAC format, but these are targeted at high-end audio buffs with equipment of a high enough calibre to accentuate the improvement in quality."

Comment Re:Everything? (Score 1) 334

After all, ultimately, *all* energy is solar.

No, it isn't. Solar energy comes via agglomerated matter. That matter didn't just pop up in a Sun position, it came from all over.
So, you might as well trace it all back to the Big Bang ... or "Let there be light" ... or some other Sudden Beginning story - whatever your preference is.

Comment Re:Just wondering if there is full transparency he (Score 1) 392

That's interesting - the costs, I mean.
I wonder why it's a different story in the UK, where this has just been published in their 'The Independent' - note the comment about there being no 'public subsidy':
"The Government today dropped plans to build a 10-mile barrage across the Severn estuary to generate "green" electricity from tides.

An official study said there was currently no "strategic case" for investing public money in such a scheme, the costs of which could run to more than £30 billion, although it said it could be reconsidered as a longer-term option in the future.

But the Department of Energy and Climate Change paved the way for new nuclear power plants at eight sites - Bradwell, Essex; Hartlepool; Heysham, Lancashire; Hinkley Point, Somerset; Oldbury, South Gloucestershire; Sellafield, Cumbria; Sizewell, Suffolk and Wylfa, Anglesey.

The coalition Government has already said it will give the go-ahead to companies who want to build new nuclear plants, provided there is no public subsidy involved, despite the Lib Dems opposing new nuclear power stations in opposition. "

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