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PM> Japanese btw are paper freaks, most of their art being on
PM> paper, as compared to canvas for us. They're also into inks
PM> and pens -- which is I suppose why they have a monopoly of
PM> the better marker market: Pilot, Pentel, etc.
 
> The inner walls of their homes are paper too, I think?
 
 Yes, forgot about that. And still being used,
 according to someone I know who recently visited.
 Going way back, I remember the imported paper toys
 post World War II, before plastic took over.
 And what is that game or skill of folding paper:
 origami? or something like that word.
 
PM> commercial-type run-of-the-mill CDs having
PM> -less- range on the sound spectrum than the old vinyl
PM> records, but as I say I may be mistaken. I think also
PM> mentioned was a superior type of CD that had greater range,
PM> that was coming or was already out on the market.
 
> With CDs using zeros and ones the range
> limitations are imposed by the software
> writer/reader. I just read the uppper/lower
> limitations for MP3 the other day and can't
> remember them right now but a test program I wrote
> many years ago indicated that even children
> usually can't hear above 18k and I know MP3 goes
> to 20k possibly higher.
 
 In that case, it won't make any difference to me
 -- having left childhood long ago. Not that I
 myself notice any difference. My record
 collection being pretty old and worn, the CDs
 actually sound much better.
 
 

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