Yes, it's an ongoing joke. Truth is, if CNN went down, Stewart would have far less to make fun of on his show. He needs CNN to keep making fools of themselves, along with Fox News, to source his comedy material.

craigb(OWEYA)
 
My head hertz and it has nothing to do with maths.

bapu
craigb(OWEYA)
 
My head hertz and it has nothing to do with maths.

"OWEYA?" 
 
If your head hertz, then maybe you need more RAM.  (I hear it's everything!) 

And now I begin to see the downside to all this.  Ever since I put my 10 bucks into the kitty, I'm getting at least one, and sometimes as many as three, progress report emails every day.  I'm sure they're well-intentioned, but it's starting to look like I've become a SPAM victim!

I was just thinking the same thing, but on second thought I realized that's one of the perks they promise: you get to follow along as the project progresses. It's supposed to give you a sense of being involved. OTOH, if I start receiving come-ons begging me to invest in other Kickstarter campaigns, then I'll unsubscribe and never participate again.

Here's a preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hq6wjHrH1k&feature=youtu.be&list=UUzSgbJr4_QEiBr--4YDQyAw
 
I think I hear just a little Floyd influence in there... 

A little?  Some of those parts could be Floyd.  Others snitch from more recent prog, but I don't care - I like it! 

Its like Floyd with Nick Mason on steroids...I love it too !

Album has been finished - just downloaded it yesterday.  A generous amount of music - requires two CDs to burn to.
 
On the whole this is very nice stuff - well worth the ten bucks I threw in up front.  One observation, however: when I put the wave files into WaveLab to burn the CD, it was quite obvious these guys had no intention of coming in second in the loudness wars.  Sadly, the limiter is cranked up to full on for about two-thirds of the playing time.

I'd listened to the advance preview and thought the audio quality was pretty good. This final master, however, comes off in places sounding like a technical mistake. A terrible shame, because the music is quite good - could have been mistaken for outtakes from Dark Side of the Moon if not for being crushed to death in every crescendo.
 
The liner notes credit Gavin Lurssen and Reuben Cohen of Lurssen Mastering in Los Angeles. Their website says Gavin has three Grammies, and that "Reuben brings a contemporary innovative approach to the craft of mastering." I guess the operative word is "contemporary". Too bad it's not a contemporary genre.