In article <4ebqhi$jkf@slip.net>, nms@slip.net says...

>In article <4eb44s$fbq@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, d_ruether@hotmail.com >(Bob Neuman) wrote: (.....)
>> etc., etc., etc. Whee-ooo!!! And I thought audio was bad! (Yes,
>> people actually claim that RCA interconnect wires have a "direction", >> and should be hooked up only one way around!). (.....)

>This is the wrong forum to introduce audio analogies. (and btw, *some* >RCA interconnects *do* have a direction ;-)
>For example , the interconnect I am using currently incorporates >standing wave suppressors along the length of the cable, and the >placement of such is determine by which direction the signal is >flowing, and the cables will not sound the same if reversed.
>There also exist some theories about the crystalline structure of the
>metal having a memory effect, so that the cable itself is not >directional but "learns" to be directional by its initial placement.
>And you thought photography was bad!

Ha, ha, ha! A GOOD one! Had me going there for a moment (Some people
really do believe this stuff!), but your ;-) gave it away as a joke, thank goodness! BTW, it happened again since my first post: one
person says Leitz lenses are good stopped down, but the edges and corners at wider apertures, well.... Another person says that what
is so good about Leitz lenses is that they have even center-to-corner
sharpness, even at wide apertures... Hmmm..., seems like the Leitz
lens lovers should get their stories straight, perhaps - there always
seems to be so much contradiction from the Leitz folks about why
their lenses are good, or if not that, then euphemisms about the
Leitz lens "look". ;-), ;-), ;-).
Hope This Helps