Beyond The Cell -- Journalists' Video Phone

dimitri_k writes: "This article from poynter.org gives some information about the video phone that has become standard in reporting recently. It uses H.263 for compression, and a satellite phone to call into ISDN lines. Maybe people on Slashdot can brainstorm ways to increase the bandwidth of these things in the short term (i.e. cost-ineffective combination of lines) so that the cable news networks can turn the grainy, live, night-vision shots in Afghanistan clear." This setup looks a little chunky, but when you consider the capability to beam video information from anywhere in the world, it's very impressive.

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Re:The Evils of Jack Chick

[farrellj]

Chick comics are some of the most evil pieces of racist and religioius intolerance propaganda ever published. Please moderate the post this is a reply to into the trash heap!

The last thing we need in North America is divisive people like said poster. Muslim, Christian, Pagan, Hindu, Jew, etc. all are the target of bin Laden, simply because they live here in North America. He is targeting those who do not agree with him, and killing those who do not agree with you is not a civilized response.

ttyl
Farrell