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Correct.

Oxygen is transported around the body by haemoglobin in the blood stream.

Carbon monoxide binds more readily and more tightly to haemoglobin than oxygen so that at sufficient levels, though very much lower than needed for asphyxiation alone with other gases, the body is deprived of oxygen and dies.

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Carbon monoxide (CO) binds to haemoglobin with a higher affinity (200x greater) than oxygen, and at the same binding site.

Consequently, carbon monoxide will bind haemoglobin preferentially over oxygen when both are present in the lungs - even small amounts of carbon monoxide can dramatically reduce the ability of haemoglobin to transport oxygen.

Levels as low as 0.02% carbon monoxide can cause headaches and nausea, while a concentration of 0.1% can lead to unconsciousness.

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People who smoke heavily can block up to 20% of the oxygen binding sites in haemoglobin with carbon monoxide

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By contrast, carbon dioxide (CO2), which is produced as a waste product after aerobic respiration, binds to haemoglobin at a different site, therefore does not compete with oxygen for binding to haemoglobin.

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No. Kids tend to be quite aware it's All Fools day.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember james saying something like:

CD? Move with the times, Daddy-O.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember tony sayer saying something like:

One great advantage of middle-aged hearing loss is the fortune I save on not needing real HiFi :)

In message , Grimly Curmudgeon writes

Oh dear. A flaktoid! I'm not one for getting into willy-waving contests but I do have a Creative Zen with a 20 gig capacity that's seemingly on permanent loan to my wife.

JF

What's a flaktoid? Something to do with lossless compression?

What?

Bill

It's the muscle whose failure prevents you from doing something you don't want to do.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Max Demian" saying something like:

Crap shot. Try again and this time get it right.

In message , "dennis@home" writes: []

It can be; whether any given mp3 encoding actually is poor is a matter of judgement, influenced by the source material and the sample rate and bit rate chosen. IMO mp3 can be far better than poor.

(Incidentally, I have one mp3 coded at 8k which IMO is more than acceptable, but that's a special case: it's a short section of alpine horn playing.)

In article , Grimly Curmudgeon scribeth thus

Poor you;(...

'Cos they've already retired off all of the old duffers at the Beeb ?

HTH

Paul.

Well said. The top-posting police are the saddest bastards on usenet.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember tony sayer saying something like:

It's at an optimum point - M/A loss is inevitable so I live with it. I can still enjoy good recordings and hate s*it singers.

In article , Grimly Curmudgeon scribeth thus

Well mine has been quite flat to 14.5 odd kHz with none of the usual 3 odd K dip but then again I didn't like sticking my head in the bins at rock concerts.

And no I can't say I'm, fond of s*it singers either;!..

Mine is good to 14 kHz too - not bad considering my age. But I find difficultly following a conversation in a noisy pub etc so my brain is failing instead. ;-)

In article , Dave Plowman (News) scribeth thus

Comes to us all mate;!, still some beverages are better then others at that. Won't believe what I did once in Yorkshire after a few pints of Theakstons olds Peculier;!.. If thats how its spelt;!..

I've *always* has problems with hearing against any sort of background noise. If a group of us are walking down the street and a bus goes past, I'll usually be the first to ask someone to repeat what they were saying. I could tune a guitar perfectly in a quiet room, when I could hear all the overtones, but really struggled in a noisy gig. As for pubs, it's particularly bad when everyone is standing up, because then the conversation is taking place at the level of my chest.

Old Peculiar? Wonderful beer, associated most particularly with a camping holiday in the Lakes with the beautiful C. Happy days.

Now, however, I can't even drink or eat anything without snorting and coughing and spluttering. I think I've become allergic to life.

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