True dat. I'm a skimming fool. Oh well, I still wasn't too impressed with his analysis. Perhaps I was turned off by the large amount of text against a grey static background to read all of it. Note to self: it's never a good idea to skim an article linked on Slashdot, then post an opinion about it.:)
you'll realize people have already done this much better
I agree. Chris Johnson does not go into enough detail regarding the technical terms he is using in his graph explanations. For example, "over-ring". He mentions what it looks like on the graph, but what does it mean to my ears? He also does not explain what version of LAME, Fraunhofer, etc. is used by the encoding programs (such as Amadeus II).
What's this conversation thing I keep hearing about?
In case you couldn't figure it out, he's just talking about his huge plasma display running a Winamp visualization plugin being a conversation piece at a party. Admittedly, that would be really friggin' cool.
I thought those might be from the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact too, but after a little searching on the NASA website, it doesn't look to be the case. The impacts from the comet made dark dots on the surface, which then dissipated in a turbulent fashion. Not to mention, the impact occured "lower" than where the white dots are.
Wow. This is a really cool idea, but what sort of information is given through the mailing system? I'd rather not get an email every few weeks and rush out to see the display only to find out it was very weak. It would be cool if the mailings gave intensity and an estimated viewing region (say, latitudes and such). I live in Texas, so it's gonna have to be one hell of a display for me to see anything.
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I think I'll rush out and register http://cmdrtaoc.net to really piss CmdrTaco off!
Oh, wait. I'd be lucky to get 3 page hits a millennia.
Man, mod this up! It's actually funny, you see...
True dat. I'm a skimming fool. Oh well, I still wasn't too impressed with his analysis. Perhaps I was turned off by the large amount of text against a grey static background to read all of it. Note to self: it's never a good idea to skim an article linked on Slashdot, then post an opinion about it. :)
you'll realize people have already done this much better
I agree. Chris Johnson does not go into enough detail regarding the technical terms he is using in his graph explanations. For example, "over-ring". He mentions what it looks like on the graph, but what does it mean to my ears? He also does not explain what version of LAME, Fraunhofer, etc. is used by the encoding programs (such as Amadeus II).
Hmm, flamebait=bad. :(
What's this conversation thing I keep hearing about?
In case you couldn't figure it out, he's just talking about his huge plasma display running a Winamp visualization plugin being a conversation piece at a party. Admittedly, that would be really friggin' cool.
I thought those might be from the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact too, but after a little searching on the NASA website, it doesn't look to be the case. The impacts from the comet made dark dots on the surface, which then dissipated in a turbulent fashion. Not to mention, the impact occured "lower" than where the white dots are.
a random Shoemaker-Levy impact image
Why yes, there is a plane called "Aurora".
Aurora info
Wow. This is a really cool idea, but what sort of information is given through the mailing system? I'd rather not get an email every few weeks and rush out to see the display only to find out it was very weak. It would be cool if the mailings gave intensity and an estimated viewing region (say, latitudes and such). I live in Texas, so it's gonna have to be one hell of a display for me to see anything.
Ha! Obscure Simpsons reference in tha house.