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Thread ID: 87767 2008-03-03 08:23:00 Anyone heard of the shepard's paradox? sal (67) PC World Chat
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645941 2008-03-03 08:23:00 I still don't get how this works, it's so weird

watch.ableapp.decenturl.com

Play it through once and then click play again (requires flash). It's the exact same mp3 playing through the second time, weird huh.
sal (67)
645942 2008-03-03 09:04:00 It must be based on the same principle that has people buying new versions of Windows and claiming that each time it is faster and better. :D R2x1 (4628)
645943 2008-03-03 09:19:00 Wait, what was supposed to happen? I played the Mp3 twice, sounds the same. beeswax34 (63)
645944 2008-03-03 09:37:00 It must be based on the same principle that has people buying new versions of Windows and claiming that each time it is faster and better. :D

But people buy new versions of Windows and claim that each time (well, namely XP -> Vista) it's slower and crappier.

Well, the sane ones do anyway.
--Wolf-- (128)
645945 2008-03-03 17:33:00 But people buy new versions of Windows and claim that each time (well, namely XP -> Vista) it's slower and crappier.

Well, the sane ones do anyway.
A great deal of money has been invested with marketing firms by MS; the least you could do is pay attention and believe the information they give you. ;)
R2x1 (4628)
645946 2008-03-04 00:15:00 Here's a description (www.noah.org/wiki/Audio_paradox) of the Shepard's paradox. (A person, not someone who can't spell who looks after sheep). Graham L (2)
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