Not exactly! I does not sound better because it is uses wires. It does not sound worse just because it is digital. It sounds worse because the digital system does not have the same frequency response, and it does not have the same frequency response because it was not designed to have the same response and it was not designed that way because the studios can get the needed response from a simpler system with 20 feet of wires. And wires are a heck of a lot cheaper.
Unless specified otherwise, bandwidth is defined as between the -3db points. It is the "standard" definition of bandwidth of a first order system. 6db/octave is the same "standard" definition of a first order system.
The bandwidth of higher order system is still defined as between the -3db points.
Be careful of how you use the +/- db. Manufacturers starting advertising their amplifiers as 20 Hz to 20kHz, +/- 2db back in the late 60's becsuse it allowed "full-range" audio but with lower cost system. Bandwidth is not defined as +/- db. A system may have a frequency response of +/- db between two frequencies, but that is not the standard definition of bandwidth.
Although they could use wireless mics, I think you will find that the recording studios have a much better reason to use wires. When you are 20 feet from the pre-amp, there is no need to have a seperate transmitter-receiver for multiple mics. The main reason the studios do not use wireless is that the extra audio stages can be avoided and that means that the amplifier only needs to handle 20Hz to 20kHz. Everytime the audio has to go through an audio stage the bandpass is reduced. For instance, if each stage (one in transmitter, one in receiver) has a bandwidth of 20-20kHz (-3db) the result will be a 20-20kHz with -6db. Assuming the standard -6db/octave (its not), this would put the -3db frequency range as 40Hz to 10khz, not a very good system. One other reason for wires is the shielding from the surrounding equipment. The advantage of wireless is that you can transmit a digital signal to a remote location where wires are difficult to run, and then D/A the signal back to a very good, but not perfect audio. Unfortunatly, you cannot get away from the problem with multi-audio stages when digital is used;A/D and D/A.
Do some research. There is no reason that wireless cannot transmit sound as well or better than wires. (After all, look at the wireless microphones used on all sound stages.) There have been transmitters to send audio from the sound system to remote speakers for years. Even go visit Radio Shack, check with Bose, or take a look at the audio magazines. Are you an audiophile? If so, be aware that each room will have different characteristics, even with the same speakers, and we still have to deal with that "sweet" zone. Large wire cables are indeed best for the connection from the amplifier to the speakers, but only because low speaker impedance requires a lot of current for any power levels. (Power=I^2*R, where I is current and R is the speaker impedance in ohms) Also large wires reduce the inductance which can cause some delay for the highest frequencies, but unlikely that you will hear it. I expect that the computers can provide you with what you need, but again, remember that the computer systems require amplified speakers.
The source did not have the year-end figures for 2004 from the report.
Actually, the article points that ATI is the top "STANDALONE" chip maker. Intel is still very much the top chip maker, but they do not sell standalone graphics chips.
ATI 27%, Invidia 18%, Intel most of the rest of total graphics chips. (4th quarter)
ATI 55%, Invidia 41% of standalone chipsets.(4th quarter.)
This article is nothing but FLAIMBAIT for slashdot readers!! Too bad the article itself cannot be modded down or away. 0.02 percent if there were 100 million internet users is insignificant for selecting anything worldwide. Whoever even heard of that website!! Instead of commenting, slashdot users should just just tell the products they think should have been there. I'll bet that we can generate more comments/votes in an hour than the total poll used for it's selection. (Note that the 100 million is a number, not a guess at the number of internet users worldwide.)
The first washer lasted from about 1967 to 1983, and went through the clothes of three young children. The first dryer lasted from 1967 to 1998 and had had the idler pulley replaced twice (10 minutes, front panel accessible). THe second dryer is still operating and used about once per week. THe second washer lasted through three teenage girls and was used about once a day for nearly 5 years of its life. It lasted from 1983 until about 1999. The third is still in use but only once per week. I do not remember the prices, but I'm sure they haven't changed that much in the past 5 years. As I mentioned, the washer has three cycles and a water level control. I have used the heavy duty cycle only once I think. The wash/rinse temperature can be set to 4 or 5 combinations of cold/cold,warm/cold warm/warm,hot/cold. For cold wash, it is recommended to use the warm setting with but with the valves set to give almost cold. The dryer has an moisture sensor control and temperatures of hot, medium and delicate with a cooldown if you don't have the buzzer turned on. The buzzer is loud enough to cause screams if one is standing beside the dryer at the time. There were units with all kinds of controls, but the only thing I found that might be good was the sound reducing package on some units. One thing to be aware of. My washing machine evacuates the water faster than the drain pipe can let it out. At first it watered the floor, but I have a utility sink beside it and just let the outlet hose evacuate the water into it.
I received this in an email last year. Thought this might add some insight into the championships. Realizing that the game is mostly a game of random chance, I had to laugh!
Toronto Man Becomes 2002 International Rock Paper Scissors Champion
Rock beat Scissors in the Winning Throw in Toronto Last Night
Toronto, ON - Nov. 17, 2002...The World Rock Paper Scissors Society is
pleased to announce that Pete Lovering from Toronto, Canada is the 2002
International Rock Paper Scissors Champion. Mr. Lovering beat 255
competitors for the Championship trophy, $1,200 in prize money, an Xbox
game system, and the gold medal in the International Championships held in
Toronto on November 16.
In the final game, Lovering played a combination of Rock, Paper, Rock, Rock
to take the Championship title in front of an enthralled and vocal
audience. Lovering won three out of five sets against the Silver Medalist
as the audience cheered, jeered and chanted the competitors' names.
"For the first time, our experienced, international players competed
against unranked players in an open tournament," said Graham Walker, Event
Chair. "This made for some tense and exciting tournament play, with some of
the more seasoned players knocked out earlier than expected by fresh
talent. I hope to see players of this ilk compete in next year's
Championships."
Throughout the evening, more than 600 competitors and spectators filtered
through the doors to witness or participate in the tournament.
"The key to my win was maintaining a clear mind before each throw, and
judging each opponent individually," said Mr. Lovering, 2002 International
World Rock Paper Scissors Champion.
As the governing body of the sport of Rock Paper Scissors, the World RPS
Society (www.worldrps.com) helps to set the strategic direction of
tournaments, conferences, symposiums and retreats across the Globe.
Go to the library and read the washing machine info in consumer reports. Or - Go to Sears and get a Kenmore with water level control, hot/warm/cold wash/rinse control and regular/delicate cycles. Some newer machines also have a sound reducing package. Avoid bell and whistles. Your Dryer needs to have automatic moisture detection for end of drying, and normal/delicate controls.
Now, you don't have to rely on just your parent's control. My I bought my 3rd washer about 3 years ago. The first and second each lasted about 15 years with no repairs.
I am at a university where an epson printer quits printing when the black cartridge runs out of ink. Students cannot even change text to color and still print, so it becomes useless until someone buys new ink. This means that if you are working in the middle of the night on a paper, they just have to stop and go home. Our research is more important than that so I will be purchasing non-epson printers and am searching for printers that have no controlling chips. Is there a list anywhere that anyone is aware of? I will be doing the same thing at home for a new photo printer very soon if one is available.
Mate, you're in an international forum. Where is 'here' ?
Can't help you much mate! Tell me your nearest city and I'll try to tell you what country "here" is in.
Seriously, since this forum is in English, and since one very large world economy speaks mainly english, and since most of the people in that country think the rest of the world needs to learn english to converse with them, and since we, I mean they, arrogantly assume their country is the "center" of the world.......well, you must be new here.
When your security system becomes such an issue in the media that you cannot get anything done due to all the protesting that is going on, you just tell everyone that the project was flawed and is being abandoned. Then you can continue without media scrutiny, and most of the world has no idea that you are still working on the project. People who learn what is really happening soon have an accident of some kind.
You will not be able to use your email inbox because you will be receiving SPAM faster than your computer can download it, thereby rendering your email completely useless.
Words like V!a_gr-a will have new phonic sounds for ! _ and -.
You will have learned to read, write and talk using words like, "P!3a$e 3r!nq ^^e a c_u-p of C4f33!"
Some sources sympathetic to the FBI defended the process, and said that what has been learned in designing the software has given the bureau valuable design and user information.
"Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want."(unknown)
I dropped my phone on the stairs while I was dialing. A beautiful girl called me back and wants me to spend the weekend with her on the beach in Mexico. I was so happy that I let the phone drop and it erased her number.
I painted my front door green to keep out burglars, robbers, thieves and elephants. So far it has worked perfectly. I have not even needed a gun. I could buy one if I wanted, but the green door seems to do the job so far. I mostly stopped all my shooting after I dropped a woodpecker out of a tree at 60 yards with a hand pellet pistol. And I've bagged more deer with my van than most hunters have ever seen in the woods.
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Unless specified otherwise, bandwidth is defined as between the -3db points. It is the "standard" definition of bandwidth of a first order system. 6db/octave is the same "standard" definition of a first order system.
The bandwidth of higher order system is still defined as between the -3db points.
Be careful of how you use the +/- db. Manufacturers starting advertising their amplifiers as 20 Hz to 20kHz, +/- 2db back in the late 60's becsuse it allowed "full-range" audio but with lower cost system. Bandwidth is not defined as +/- db. A system may have a frequency response of +/- db between two frequencies, but that is not the standard definition of bandwidth.
In the non-american speaking world, that is spelled "Playbouy".
Although they could use wireless mics, I think you will find that the recording studios have a much better reason to use wires. When you are 20 feet from the pre-amp, there is no need to have a seperate transmitter-receiver for multiple mics. The main reason the studios do not use wireless is that the extra audio stages can be avoided and that means that the amplifier only needs to handle 20Hz to 20kHz. Everytime the audio has to go through an audio stage the bandpass is reduced. For instance, if each stage (one in transmitter, one in receiver) has a bandwidth of 20-20kHz (-3db) the result will be a 20-20kHz with -6db. Assuming the standard -6db/octave (its not), this would put the -3db frequency range as 40Hz to 10khz, not a very good system. One other reason for wires is the shielding from the surrounding equipment.
The advantage of wireless is that you can transmit a digital signal to a remote location where wires are difficult to run, and then D/A the signal back to a very good, but not perfect audio. Unfortunatly, you cannot get away from the problem with multi-audio stages when digital is used;A/D and D/A.
Do some research. There is no reason that wireless cannot transmit sound as well or better than wires. (After all, look at the wireless microphones used on all sound stages.) There have been transmitters to send audio from the sound system to remote speakers for years. Even go visit Radio Shack, check with Bose, or take a look at the audio magazines. Are you an audiophile? If so, be aware that each room will have different characteristics, even with the same speakers, and we still have to deal with that "sweet" zone. Large wire cables are indeed best for the connection from the amplifier to the speakers, but only because low speaker impedance requires a lot of current for any power levels. (Power=I^2*R, where I is current and R is the speaker impedance in ohms) Also large wires reduce the inductance which can cause some delay for the highest frequencies, but unlikely that you will hear it. I expect that the computers can provide you with what you need, but again, remember that the computer systems require amplified speakers.
I have started using blinkx now and then instead of google. It has some features that make it a good choice for research usage.
Actually, the article points that ATI is the top "STANDALONE" chip maker. Intel is still very much the top chip maker, but they do not sell standalone graphics chips. ATI 27%, Invidia 18%, Intel most of the rest of total graphics chips. (4th quarter) ATI 55%, Invidia 41% of standalone chipsets.(4th quarter.)
This article is nothing but FLAIMBAIT for slashdot readers!! Too bad the article itself cannot be modded down or away. 0.02 percent if there were 100 million internet users is insignificant for selecting anything worldwide. Whoever even heard of that website!! Instead of commenting, slashdot users should just just tell the products they think should have been there. I'll bet that we can generate more comments/votes in an hour than the total poll used for it's selection. (Note that the 100 million is a number, not a guess at the number of internet users worldwide.)
The first washer lasted from about 1967 to 1983, and went through the clothes of three young children.
The first dryer lasted from 1967 to 1998 and had had the idler pulley replaced twice (10 minutes, front panel accessible). THe second dryer is still operating and used about once per week.
THe second washer lasted through three teenage girls and was used about once a day for nearly 5 years of its life. It lasted from 1983 until about 1999. The third is still in use but only once per week.
I do not remember the prices, but I'm sure they haven't changed that much in the past 5 years.
As I mentioned, the washer has three cycles and a water level control. I have used the heavy duty cycle only once I think. The wash/rinse temperature can be set to 4 or 5 combinations of cold/cold,warm/cold warm/warm,hot/cold. For cold wash, it is recommended to use the warm setting with but with the valves set to give almost cold.
The dryer has an moisture sensor control and temperatures of hot, medium and delicate with a cooldown if you don't have the buzzer turned on. The buzzer is loud enough to cause screams if one is standing beside the dryer at the time.
There were units with all kinds of controls, but the only thing I found that might be good was the sound reducing package on some units.
One thing to be aware of. My washing machine evacuates the water faster than the drain pipe can let it out. At first it watered the floor, but I have a utility sink beside it and just let the outlet hose evacuate the water into it.
Well, that's about it. Good luck!
Toronto Man Becomes 2002 International Rock Paper Scissors Champion Rock beat Scissors in the Winning Throw in Toronto Last Night Toronto, ON - Nov. 17, 2002...The World Rock Paper Scissors Society is pleased to announce that Pete Lovering from Toronto, Canada is the 2002 International Rock Paper Scissors Champion. Mr. Lovering beat 255 competitors for the Championship trophy, $1,200 in prize money, an Xbox game system, and the gold medal in the International Championships held in Toronto on November 16.
In the final game, Lovering played a combination of Rock, Paper, Rock, Rock to take the Championship title in front of an enthralled and vocal audience. Lovering won three out of five sets against the Silver Medalist as the audience cheered, jeered and chanted the competitors' names.
"For the first time, our experienced, international players competed against unranked players in an open tournament," said Graham Walker, Event Chair. "This made for some tense and exciting tournament play, with some of the more seasoned players knocked out earlier than expected by fresh talent. I hope to see players of this ilk compete in next year's Championships."
Throughout the evening, more than 600 competitors and spectators filtered through the doors to witness or participate in the tournament.
"The key to my win was maintaining a clear mind before each throw, and judging each opponent individually," said Mr. Lovering, 2002 International World Rock Paper Scissors Champion.
As the governing body of the sport of Rock Paper Scissors, the World RPS Society (www.worldrps.com) helps to set the strategic direction of tournaments, conferences, symposiums and retreats across the Globe.
I searched and found "Results 1 - 10 of about 22,800,000 for 404."
He did??? I did not know that!!
Have laser for text pages. Low volume of color is the problem. Still need list.
Now, you don't have to rely on just your parent's control. My I bought my 3rd washer about 3 years ago. The first and second each lasted about 15 years with no repairs.
I am at a university where an epson printer quits printing when the black cartridge runs out of ink. Students cannot even change text to color and still print, so it becomes useless until someone buys new ink. This means that if you are working in the middle of the night on a paper, they just have to stop and go home. Our research is more important than that so I will be purchasing non-epson printers and am searching for printers that have no controlling chips. Is there a list anywhere that anyone is aware of? I will be doing the same thing at home for a new photo printer very soon if one is available.
Mate, you're in an international forum. Where is 'here' ?
Can't help you much mate! Tell me your nearest city and I'll try to tell you what country "here" is in.
Seriously, since this forum is in English, and since one very large world economy speaks mainly english, and since most of the people in that country think the rest of the world needs to learn english to converse with them, and since we, I mean they, arrogantly assume their country is the "center" of the world.......well, you must be new here.
When your security system becomes such an issue in the media that you cannot get anything done due to all the protesting that is going on, you just tell everyone that the project was flawed and is being abandoned. Then you can continue without media scrutiny, and most of the world has no idea that you are still working on the project. People who learn what is really happening soon have an accident of some kind.
Maybe it's the ones that claim to be Jewish and don't order the Kosher meal that triggers the investigation.
Words like V!a_gr-a will have new phonic sounds for ! _ and -.
You will have learned to read, write and talk using words like, "P!3a$e 3r!nq ^^e a c_u-p of C4f33!"
I don't know if they might be better off not living forever, but I do know a few I would prefer not to live forever.
When did that new spelling creep in? For over 30 years it has been DAGNABBIT. Not that anybody cares though. More coffee.
'Funny that you would read it that way!
"Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want."(unknown)
I dropped my phone on the stairs while I was dialing. A beautiful girl called me back and wants me to spend the weekend with her on the beach in Mexico. I was so happy that I let the phone drop and it erased her number.
I think you explained the wrong joke!
I painted my front door green to keep out burglars, robbers, thieves and elephants. So far it has worked perfectly. I have not even needed a gun. I could buy one if I wanted, but the green door seems to do the job so far. I mostly stopped all my shooting after I dropped a woodpecker out of a tree at 60 yards with a hand pellet pistol. And I've bagged more deer with my van than most hunters have ever seen in the woods.