# Lissener finally comes clean as to what he really is. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 11, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678 "2006-12-11T13:51:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678/81 "2006-12-13T13:44:04Z")
[QUOTE=amarinth] Blonde? [/QUOTE] Exactly. Hermione’s not a blonde. Light brown hair. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678/82 "2006-12-13T15:36:36Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] GoW? [/QUOTE] Gears of War ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678/83 "2006-12-13T16:34:49Z")
[QUOTE=duffer] The best thing to do if at all possible is try to sync the radio broadcast to the TV broadcast and mute the TV. I would say it rivals listening to the radio broadcast while at the stadium. [/QUOTE] You can’t do that anymore. The stations’ nipple delays aren’t synched. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678/84 "2006-12-13T23:26:43Z")
[QUOTE=CandidGamera] Exactly. Hermione’s not a blonde. Light brown hair. [/QUOTE] You are thinking of [Jeannie,](http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/usa/jeanie.htm) perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678/85 "2006-12-14T00:22:02Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] You can’t do that anymore. The stations’ nipple delays aren’t synched. [/QUOTE] Sometimes you can. The first Giants MNF game this year, for example, was synched with radio. The second one was not, but because ESPN is cable the broadcast is also carried on a local station, in this case My9. _That_ broadcast was in sync with the radio feed. (Thankfully.) Regular Sunday day games don’t seem to be even remotely in sync, unfortunately. I haven’t checked any SNF games, mostly because I don’t mind Madden & Michaels. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678/86 "2006-12-14T00:33:59Z")
Y’know seeing as how this thread is already all over the map, I’m going to just jump in and say how sad I am that we no longer have an active thread about how we can now call people trolls in the Pit. This may or may not be the end of the hijack. How can you tell, anymore? ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678/87 "2006-12-14T00:41:21Z")
[QUOTE=duffer] Seems to be comparable to listening to a transistor radio and 7.2 surround. [/quote] Might you fight my ignorance? I’m the proud owner of a 7.1, 61" HDTV system, but I wasn’t aware of a “7.2” configuration. What is it? Seven speakers plus **two** subs? Thanx in advance. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678/88 "2006-12-14T03:59:52Z")
[QUOTE=RedFury] What is it? Seven speakers plus **two** subs? [/QUOTE] Yup, basically that’s what it is. The better the equipment the better the sound, and speaker placement helps. When done right it’s really neat to hear. It seems to help get a richer low end that you normally get by turning a single sub up, but you can play it lower so it doesn’t feel like it’s “shouting” for atttention. Hard to describe, I guess, but a 7.2 is just adding another sub. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678/89 "2006-12-14T18:23:40Z")
Thanks, duffer, thought as much. Just never heard the term. No doubt you’d “feel” the omni directional rumblings much better that way. Something to think about for the next gadget I give myself 😉 ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678/90 "2006-12-14T20:28:50Z")
[QUOTE=Equipoise] **Ideocracy** was a movie that came out this past summer, made by the guy who made **Office Space**. It was set something like 500 years in the future (too far in the future, in my opinion) and a guy, an average, everyday shlub (played by Luke Wilson), who is cryogenically frozen in present day, wakes up in that future to find that the population has been so dumbed-down by reality shows, Jackass-type shows, hostility to education and general apathy (and sports, if I remember correctly though I could be wrong) that he, of all people, is now the smartest guy in the country. It was mildly funny, with several amusing moments, but it scored some pretty damned good points about how people are just getting dumber and dumber and dumber. Huh, I could have sworn it was a documentary. This thread would seem to prove it. [/QUOTE] The movie is called [Idiocracy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/). ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678/91 "2006-12-14T20:44:26Z")
[QUOTE=brickbacon] The movie is called [Idiocracy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/). [/QUOTE] Blah, I knew I should have looked it up. Thanks. [QUOTE=kaylasdad99] Y’know seeing as how this thread is already all over the map… [/QUOTE] No kidding! Speaking of south sea snail diving, I just heard that Mozart’s entire works will now be available for download as sheet music! In 7.2 Surround! ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678/92 "2006-12-14T21:37:58Z")
[QUOTE=FinnAgain] I am convinced that people like **Lissener** will, eventually, drive the development of new technologies. Technologies which will, in time, allow you to punch someone in the mouth via the internet. [/QUOTE] Does anyone else see an awesome YouTube short here. I am not very good at these types of films, but imagine a commercial set-up, introducing a new product. First scene, you have a kid playing an MMORPG, he types in “DUDES that rulzzz, i am leet, i pwned UUUUUzzz”, then, a hand erupts from the screen and slaps him. A little voice then says “You have ‘a bitch slap’”. Next scene, some girl is sitting in front of the computer, she types in a simple message, using no puntuation, capitalization and at least 80 smilies. Repeat slap. It has potential. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678/93 "2006-12-14T22:22:54Z")
[QUOTE=Lissa] Does anyone else see an awesome YouTube short here. I am not very good at these types of films, but imagine a commercial set-up, introducing a new product. First scene, you have a kid playing an MMORPG, he types in “DUDES that rulzzz, i am leet, i pwned UUUUUzzz”, then, a hand erupts from the screen and slaps him. A little voice then says “You have ‘a bitch slap’”. Next scene, some girl is sitting in front of the computer, she types in a simple message, using no puntuation, capitalization and at least 80 smilies. Repeat slap. It has potential. [/QUOTE] If it’s a girl, it might not be a hand that “erupts” from the screen. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678/94 "2006-12-14T22:33:48Z")
If someone posts that, I would _so_ bookmark it. Unless that type of a message earns me a bitchslap. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-finally-comes-clean-as-to-what-he-really-is/383678.md?page=4)