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MagicFab posted acotte: “Reject UltraViolet DRM | DefectiveByDesign.org” — Une campagne de la Free Software Fondatlion -http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ultraviolet.

I don't think I have ever written a review in my life but I just have to say how much I freaking (trying to stop swearing) hate my Sony MDR-NC7 Noise Canceling Headphones.

When I bought this product it was Boxing Day 2009 (if you are not from the Commonwealth Boxing Day is the day after Christmas when stores have everything they couldn't sell on sale) at Yorkdale. I hate malls, but for some screwed up reason the only time I go to malls is on Boxing Day, usually with my Stepmom, Beth, I don't know why I have an issue with crowds and I have a mild form of claustrophobia. But I digress so I am in the Sony Store (or Sony Style they have both) looking to purchase another pair of headphones, I already own a pair of the awesome old faction Bose around-ear headphones (which I would recommend to anyone looking to purchase headphones), for the TTC (the Toronto Subway). So I picked up the Sony equivalent that was about thirty dollars (a lot cheaper than the Bose but if I broke them or some how dropped them it wouldn't be an issue). When I got the the checkout the girl behind the counter suggested that I buy these Noise Canceling Headphones for the same price because they would cancel out the noise of the subway cars, streetcars, and bus. So on her recommendation I bought them.

I didn't expect the Noise Canceling to work that while, I remember that my Dad purchase a pair two years back to listen to his iPod on the airplane. He said they cut out most of that air sounding stuff that you get on airplanes but he could hear the flight attendants and the pilot over the intercom. But when I got onto my first subway ride I could barley hear any music. So I started to turn up the volume; I could feel the bass on my ears but I couldn't hear any music.

If you want really Noise Canceling Headphones I suggest buying a pair of Around Ear Headphones, or those Inner Ear ones (but those have dangers).

MagicFab posted cyphermox: @gregbair actually no. I think this #stackexchange thing could be better done in lp answers, if it was given some much-needed love !u.

MagicFab posted michaeltwofish: Considering how attractive groups are to spammers, the !identica makes blocking them really laborious.. MagicFab shared 2 links. HOW TO : Exclude attachment images from Gallery – NitroDesk TouchDown | Google Groups Amazon.com: uni-ball KuruToga Twist and Turn 0.5mm Mechanical Pencil Starter Set…

MagicFab posted 3 items. walkah: working from the !statusnet office in #montreal today. meh. pants. millette: Happy Hour jeudi à 17h au resto du Jardon Botanique de Montréal http://agendadulibre.qc.ca/event/171/ !ubuntuqc http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour edleenl: Anyone use Gwibber in !Ubuntu? Is it possible to add LinkedIn to it? MagicFab shared Google Nexus One SD Card Benchmarks « The [...]

MagicFab posted djdu: GNU Social announces alpha 0.1 release: http://www.gnu.org/software/social/ !fsf !gnu. MagicFab posted 2 items. walkah: working from the !statusnet office in #montreal today. meh. pants. edleenl: Anyone use Gwibber in !Ubuntu? Is it possible to add LinkedIn to it?

Vancouver, BC - September 13th 2009

A vintage Taxi cab that is being used as advertising for restaurant. It was parked close to Robson St, on Thurlow St.

MagicFab shared Encoding Video for Android | Broken Links. MagicFab shared Daylight Saving Time Canada. MagicFab posted 3 items. snarf: Samsung releases Captivate source code http://is.gd/dUWAi !android !fs !gnu !linux niemeyer: First week of #sprint on #ensemble is over. Lots of discussion, some coding, a few interesting specifications written. Getting momentum. art3mis4: Desde Maracay, en [...]

MagicFab posted 2 items. jonobacon: Busy working on a new Ubuntu Developer Summit website. Nearly done. dpic: Richard Stallman of the !FSF answers the top 25 questions from !Reddit www.reddit.com/tb/cv7sw !fc !fs !sfc !gnu !linux !lp

Every month or so Ubuntu Local Community teams report back on their activities. Since we hadn’t produced any reports for the past few months, this one is a particularly long one… Enjoy https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuebecTeam/TeamReports/10/July You can check if your team’s report has been submitted here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/July2010 If it hasn’t, contact your team’s LoCo contact and ask [...]

MagicFab posted 5 items. siretart: uploaded #mplayer 1.0~rc4~try1 to !debian/experimental, preview packages at http://tauware.de/~siretart/mplayer stav: Analyst Debate !Android 2.2 Enterprise Features http://ur1.ca/0ve8s toros: #Dell OpenManage 6.3 for !Ubuntu http://goo.gl/IoIi lh: An excellent post on how *not* to encourage more corporations to contribute to #opensource: http://bit.ly/aHpV3V #miloss nigelbabu: If you know @nixternal give him a hug! [...]

Some street hockey played in Yaletown during the O(we)lympics, Vancouver, BC - February 17th, 2010

MagicFab posted branchplan: Dell not selling !ubuntu any more was ENTIRELY SPECIFIC TO THE UK. Dell UK for some time has not had any Ubuntu systems.

Dog beach in Kitsilano, Vancouver, BC - July 8th 2010

MagicFab posted 5 items. ingforigua: Trying to translate !debian to Spanish http://www.debian.org/international/l10n/po-debconf/es mole: How to triage bugs tutorial run by @kermiac starting now in #ubuntu-au on freenode. !ubuntu tdjfr: Bonne nouvelle, ne restes plus qu’à changer sources.list ♻ @amine Le PREMIER Miroir !debian en Algérie, à l’U.S.T.H.B http://is.gd/dDz1z pla1: @gadgetwisdom Internal StatusNet site for employees. [...]

West Vancouver and the Lions Gate bridge from Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC - July 11th, 2010

MagicFab posted 4 items. ingforigua: Reading about http://openstack.org/ an interesting software for cloud in !ubuntu bugabundo: google secret keyboard for !android http://androidspin.com/2010/07/22/googles-secret-keyboard-hidden-in-your-keyboard/ yareckon: Your search for an !android irc client is over… yaaic. Open source, but bling included. omgubuntu: The best advert for Ubuntu you probably never saw http://goo.gl/fb/MNQ6Q #ubuntu !ubuntu MagicFab shared 8 links. [...]

Jericho Beach pier, Vancouver, BC - June 13th 2010

MagicFab shared 5 links. Foot Pedals Encoding Pioneer One in WebM and Theora at A better world Jailbreaking the iPad – in Ubuntu | Packt Publishing Technical & IT Book Store Canonical bundles Linux, IBM database for the cloud – Page 1 – Information Architecture Digital Transcriber – Free Transcription Software Player MagicFab shared 2 [...]