I have various cassettes of audio recordings from 1970s that I recorded police calls on a tunable VHF receiver. I remember those days when you hear every 11 seconds you can hear "bbbzzzzttt" from the Mt Umunhum (Alameden AF station) air defense radar (huge powerful, the signal strong enough a non-radio stereo system will pick it up). Though not sure how good the tapes are after all these years but some of the police calls may be historical interest (procedural as years before MDT).
True but many condo owners go ahead and do it anyway in clear violation of HOA rules. Probably like Uber (a non-regulated taxi service), Airbnb is an unregulated hotel but then that's what all this get rid of guvmint regulations is all about (without thinking the consequences).
Reading the history of Tesla the man is an interesting one. Like many brilliant visionaries, they seem to not meld that well with rest of society particularly the business world. Nikola battled industry tycoons because AC is much better method to distribute electrical power, he had to release control of his patent in order to make it work (would the US be on DC when everyone else on AC?). There has been discussion Marconi stole Tesla's idea for long distance wireless communication. Fast forward to this century... rinse, repeat.
a cartoon from a financial planning seminar has old guy about to die laying in bed at a nursing home, surrounded by greedy family members. The old guy says, "I can't take my money with me but I can with my pin #."
And soon it was the Information Superhighway. Local engineering society had a speaker talking about this new thing, I have the handouts someplace (there was no PDF download). I remember many people asking how can a business make money using such a thing. I was thinking that would be cool to simply click a link instead of navigating groups on my Compuserve (I saved by Model 500 phone so I could still use the acoustic coupler).
There was other talks about a coke machine was connected to the Information Superhighway, word got out along with its address so everyone was pinging the machine. I also found a MIT student had a camera aimed his Mr. Coffee, updated the still every few minutes.
I have an old Mac that has Netscape 2.0 and MOSAIC! Can still run the programs but lately I haven't been able to get the dialup modem to operate correctly. I remember a few years ago I ran the Netscape, downloaded webpages really fast (except the pictures) because it doesn't recognize any of the scripting. However many webpages simply did not load at all because the scripts need to run first.
I wonder if it was orchestrated by the Mars Underground. Unlike missions such as Curiosity, many lunar missions are short-lived so not good long-term employment.
Sorry but this "lunar base is essential for Mars settlement" is a bankrupted expression. Otherwise everybody will start working on a lunar exit strategy before we can simply show we can put something on the moon that can do something useful (hey, how minable is that water ice?). Or put a man on the moon and bring him back safely. If we can't do these "simple" things, lots of luck expanding humanity into the solar system.
... Publishers Clearinghouse letters? They say you won a million dollars.
I think they are real but you have to live in a home with a yard to doorway (and in a neighborhood not crowded with parked cars) that provides clearance for camera crews along with lighting and soundman to get the great footage. If you live in a condo or apartment cluster, they will not award you because hallways and stairs impede camera crews.
I have a zillion more channels than back in the Cro-Magnon days but lately there hasn't been much programs that make me compelling to watch them. I don't know if it's me (i.e. they say when you are old you have seen all the old movies and all the old reruns). IEEE Broadcast Techology Society had article mentioning a three-legged stool. Equipment to send TV, equipment to receive it, content that is delivered. Eliminate any one of these three, the stool collapses.
I jumped over to the BTS website, some interesting mentions but my first impression all this latest technology is mostly for the people in the business for them to show off to others in the business their latest toys. People that receive content i.e. consumers, they're just there to consume. That is no real reason to produce critically acclaimed programming, entertaining, and or thought provoking programs.
“Consumers, quick to adopt new media and ways to tap into it, have come to expect the ability to access sight-and-sound content from any source on any device, anywhere, anytime – whether that content is broadcast over-the-air, delivered via cable, satellite, phone lines or stored at home.”
“Digital TV was a start in this direction, but the past dozen years have witnessed technology revolutions in nearly every related field and consumer expectations have risen accordingly.”
I'd settle for just B&W standard def tube type TV set for excellent content delivered by broadcasters...
Getting back to types of TVs, a recent issue of IEEE Broadcast Technology Society, https://bts.ieee.org/ mentioned the three-legged stool of equipment needed for delivering television programs, equipment needed to receive television programs, and ***the content*** of these television programs [remove any one of these legs, the stool falls down]. It has been written as technology improves (it really has, the pictures of flatscreens soooooo much better than those old CRTs) but content broadcasted? Lots of discussion about quality of that so if you don't have the latest tech TV you're probably not missing much.
Same story with me, except it was uphill both ways!
This whole thing reminds me I see Getty images has really nice photos ones I'm willing to pay except $575 is a bit much. Then if want to pay (at least last time I examined) it seemed you need to be in the publishing business as there were lots of requirements and questions which most I couldn't understand. It seems The Business makes it difficult to distribute, there are current celebrities and stars but others from the past could disappear from the internet unless some dedicated fans put together a site of their own.
It always seemed to me the U.S. and its NATO allies lost an enormous opportunity to reach out to Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union...
Unfortunately we expanded NATO (military alliance formed against USSR) all the way up to Russian borders. It is one thing to have former Warsaw Pact nations join the EU but NATO? This is how Putin stirred up nationalism and popularity by using examples of what happened to Russia/USSR when external forces expanded to their borders in 19th and 20th century. He continues this theme to keep himself in power (and also swallow up billions for his own personal gain). Lots of luck with current administration easing tensions with Russia, another losing opportunity.
Why don't opponents simply get a respected thrid party to do a Cost/benefit analysis of the various systems?
It's been done with committees and study groups throughout the years. Problem is when they load it with people that agree/disagree with strategic goals (i.e. commission of planetary scientists who typically don't favor HSF) or place budget limits like $3B which place artificial barrier to perhaps a good system ruled out because it will cost $3.5B. Net result is still stuck in LEO after decades.
This is being measured entirely by patents. This is the wrong metric to use,
Reminds me about 25 years ago at a presentation I heard most patents are never used, the ones that are very small percentage of those make any money. Presenter also said "Patents don't prevent others using your idea, it only gives you the right to litigate."
Examples cited in summary seems to me we're not missing much but maybe that's me as I'm not familiar with many of these names. I think there are plenty other options to get videos of today's major stars. It is the older ones (i.e. Connie Francis, Julie London) no longer on the Top 40 list (if there is such a thing these days) that would be a shame if that footage becomes lost.
Besides music there are many other interesting videos like techie stuff on how to implement various stuff, interesting documentary clips no longer shown on television both OTA and CATV. If this stuff goes, then it's back to old days of swapping VHS tapes.
Interesting story you posted, man, you were right in the middle of all that stuff (attend those computer club meetings at Stanford?). Your comment of sci-fi films "thin remakes of shoot-em-up westerns or cop shows with aliens and blasters" which I think 2001 is one of those space movies that does not have monsters and laser beam battles. And all have spacecraft that go superluminal speeds over interstellar distances but engage in battles like 18th century navies.
Though most people find it unnerving, I'm thinking airplane fanatics would be thrilled to experience this. I heard an old guy who worked at Edwards AFB said in early years [1950s] airshows they would have a fighter do a supersonic run for the crowds. Attendees loved it, maintenance people hated it because it meant having to replace a lot of windows.
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I have various cassettes of audio recordings from 1970s that I recorded police calls on a tunable VHF receiver. I remember those days when you hear every 11 seconds you can hear "bbbzzzzttt" from the Mt Umunhum (Alameden AF station) air defense radar (huge powerful, the signal strong enough a non-radio stereo system will pick it up). Though not sure how good the tapes are after all these years but some of the police calls may be historical interest (procedural as years before MDT).
True but many condo owners go ahead and do it anyway in clear violation of HOA rules. Probably like Uber (a non-regulated taxi service), Airbnb is an unregulated hotel but then that's what all this get rid of guvmint regulations is all about (without thinking the consequences).
Reading the history of Tesla the man is an interesting one. Like many brilliant visionaries, they seem to not meld that well with rest of society particularly the business world. Nikola battled industry tycoons because AC is much better method to distribute electrical power, he had to release control of his patent in order to make it work (would the US be on DC when everyone else on AC?). There has been discussion Marconi stole Tesla's idea for long distance wireless communication. Fast forward to this century... rinse, repeat.
uncle wanted to be buried with his wealth.
a cartoon from a financial planning seminar has old guy about to die laying in bed at a nursing home, surrounded by greedy family members. The old guy says, "I can't take my money with me but I can with my pin #."
Is it possible to rebuild usenet?
And soon it was the Information Superhighway. Local engineering society had a speaker talking about this new thing, I have the handouts someplace (there was no PDF download). I remember many people asking how can a business make money using such a thing. I was thinking that would be cool to simply click a link instead of navigating groups on my Compuserve (I saved by Model 500 phone so I could still use the acoustic coupler).
There was other talks about a coke machine was connected to the Information Superhighway, word got out along with its address so everyone was pinging the machine. I also found a MIT student had a camera aimed his Mr. Coffee, updated the still every few minutes.
I have an old Mac that has Netscape 2.0 and MOSAIC! Can still run the programs but lately I haven't been able to get the dialup modem to operate correctly. I remember a few years ago I ran the Netscape, downloaded webpages really fast (except the pictures) because it doesn't recognize any of the scripting. However many webpages simply did not load at all because the scripts need to run first.
I wonder if it was orchestrated by the Mars Underground. Unlike missions such as Curiosity, many lunar missions are short-lived so not good long-term employment.
Sorry but this "lunar base is essential for Mars settlement" is a bankrupted expression. Otherwise everybody will start working on a lunar exit strategy before we can simply show we can put something on the moon that can do something useful (hey, how minable is that water ice?). Or put a man on the moon and bring him back safely. If we can't do these "simple" things, lots of luck expanding humanity into the solar system.
... Publishers Clearinghouse letters? They say you won a million dollars.
I think they are real but you have to live in a home with a yard to doorway (and in a neighborhood not crowded with parked cars) that provides clearance for camera crews along with lighting and soundman to get the great footage. If you live in a condo or apartment cluster, they will not award you because hallways and stairs impede camera crews.
Slowly the Communist nation helps the US nerd advance in their day job.
But never help him get a date?
I have a zillion more channels than back in the Cro-Magnon days but lately there hasn't been much programs that make me compelling to watch them. I don't know if it's me (i.e. they say when you are old you have seen all the old movies and all the old reruns). IEEE Broadcast Techology Society had article mentioning a three-legged stool. Equipment to send TV, equipment to receive it, content that is delivered. Eliminate any one of these three, the stool collapses. I jumped over to the BTS website, some interesting mentions but my first impression all this latest technology is mostly for the people in the business for them to show off to others in the business their latest toys. People that receive content i.e. consumers, they're just there to consume. That is no real reason to produce critically acclaimed programming, entertaining, and or thought provoking programs.
from https://bts.ieee.org/news/142-...
“Consumers, quick to adopt new media and ways to tap into it, have come to expect the ability to access sight-and-sound content from any source on any device, anywhere, anytime – whether that content is broadcast over-the-air, delivered via cable, satellite, phone lines or stored at home.”
“Digital TV was a start in this direction, but the past dozen years have witnessed technology revolutions in nearly every related field and consumer expectations have risen accordingly.”
are going to be really boring except for computer nerds?
Trump will claim he has made it the longingnest!
I'd settle for just B&W standard def tube type TV set for excellent content delivered by broadcasters...
Getting back to types of TVs, a recent issue of IEEE Broadcast Technology Society, https://bts.ieee.org/ mentioned the three-legged stool of equipment needed for delivering television programs, equipment needed to receive television programs, and ***the content*** of these television programs [remove any one of these legs, the stool falls down]. It has been written as technology improves (it really has, the pictures of flatscreens soooooo much better than those old CRTs) but content broadcasted? Lots of discussion about quality of that so if you don't have the latest tech TV you're probably not missing much.
"Have no fear, Smith is here!"
and hiking to the Blockbuster across the glacier.
Same story with me, except it was uphill both ways!
This whole thing reminds me I see Getty images has really nice photos ones I'm willing to pay except $575 is a bit much. Then if want to pay (at least last time I examined) it seemed you need to be in the publishing business as there were lots of requirements and questions which most I couldn't understand. It seems The Business makes it difficult to distribute, there are current celebrities and stars but others from the past could disappear from the internet unless some dedicated fans put together a site of their own.
It always seemed to me the U.S. and its NATO allies lost an enormous opportunity to reach out to Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union ...
Unfortunately we expanded NATO (military alliance formed against USSR) all the way up to Russian borders. It is one thing to have former Warsaw Pact nations join the EU but NATO? This is how Putin stirred up nationalism and popularity by using examples of what happened to Russia/USSR when external forces expanded to their borders in 19th and 20th century. He continues this theme to keep himself in power (and also swallow up billions for his own personal gain). Lots of luck with current administration easing tensions with Russia, another losing opportunity.
And that is why one should be almost religious about separating networks.
Kind of like what Adama did for his ship even though everyone complained he is old school?
Why don't opponents simply get a respected thrid party to do a Cost/benefit analysis of the various systems?
It's been done with committees and study groups throughout the years. Problem is when they load it with people that agree/disagree with strategic goals (i.e. commission of planetary scientists who typically don't favor HSF) or place budget limits like $3B which place artificial barrier to perhaps a good system ruled out because it will cost $3.5B. Net result is still stuck in LEO after decades.
This is being measured entirely by patents. This is the wrong metric to use,
Reminds me about 25 years ago at a presentation I heard most patents are never used, the ones that are very small percentage of those make any money. Presenter also said "Patents don't prevent others using your idea, it only gives you the right to litigate."
Finally dig for something we can use instead of a broken Russian sub.
Examples cited in summary seems to me we're not missing much but maybe that's me as I'm not familiar with many of these names. I think there are plenty other options to get videos of today's major stars. It is the older ones (i.e. Connie Francis, Julie London) no longer on the Top 40 list (if there is such a thing these days) that would be a shame if that footage becomes lost.
Besides music there are many other interesting videos like techie stuff on how to implement various stuff, interesting documentary clips no longer shown on television both OTA and CATV. If this stuff goes, then it's back to old days of swapping VHS tapes.
Will this year's Yuri's Night not be politically correct? as in https://www.flickr.com/photos/...
Interesting story you posted, man, you were right in the middle of all that stuff (attend those computer club meetings at Stanford?). Your comment of sci-fi films "thin remakes of shoot-em-up westerns or cop shows with aliens and blasters" which I think 2001 is one of those space movies that does not have monsters and laser beam battles. And all have spacecraft that go superluminal speeds over interstellar distances but engage in battles like 18th century navies.
Could a Lawrence or 2001 be made today?
No it cannot. Audiences/people change. Same reason vaudeville never made a comeback.
Though most people find it unnerving, I'm thinking airplane fanatics would be thrilled to experience this. I heard an old guy who worked at Edwards AFB said in early years [1950s] airshows they would have a fighter do a supersonic run for the crowds. Attendees loved it, maintenance people hated it because it meant having to replace a lot of windows.