It seems that this technology is limitted to photonic transmission. Is that the case or can this technology be applied to wireless transmission media as well?
The RFC includes an itneresting statment about 'user input from keyboard, Lincoln Wand, etc.'. It appears that a Lincoln Wand is what we now call a stylus...
Do you mean "water alone isn't enough for life to evolve"? Is there an 'evolutionary recipe' of some sort for life to come into being for which H2O and Time are the main ingredients?
I've found that the more complex Legos have gotten, the harder it is to work/play together with friends family. Years ago, you could ask for a 'flat 4-by-2' and every one would know what you meant. Most of my newer Legos - while organized in baggies or tackle-boxes - are as of yet unnamed.
IBOC test stations have been operational for several years now, and (with the exception of folks who were specifically looking for the signal) the customers haven't even noticed. HDTV was never designed to be OnChannel - it exists in a different part of the spectrum. The compatibility you're talking about is built-in to the HDR system.
Having said all that, HDR does support a (future) 'all digital' mode in which the analog portion is shut down. However, the broadcasters would have no reason to utilize this capability if it results in a majority of their listener-base going away.
In the US, folks are acustomed to listening to their favorite local channel. And, oddly enough, we actually refer to our favorite channel in units of kHz or MHz. My mom likes 88.1, and she doesn't even know what a Hz is.
Wheter you believe the conspiracy theories or not, the IBOC solution is quite appropirate for the US market, because it permits stations to maintain their current identity. When you only have BBC1 - BBCn to listen to, identity isn't such a big deal. It would be a PITA however, for every US channel so have to say something like "Now broadcasting in digital on station 114!."
The technical aspects of IBOC are fascinating. What's more amazinag is that the technical solutions matches the needs of the customer. All that's left is to see what the public thinks.
You need to check out iBiquity's site and read a bit more about the technology. The system is designed to gracefully degrade as the signal weekens. In addition, 'blend' allows the receiver to selectively transition between the analog and digital signals, so you'll never have worse reception than you would with an analog-only receiver.
IBOC means the digital signal is In-Band On-Channel. That is, it's along-side the existing analog signal. You can keep your existing tuner as long as you like.
This is exactly why this solution is so elegant. The folks talking about EURAKA/DAB don't get it either. In that system, you're talking about entirely new receivers.
- The difference in audio quality on digital AM stations (versus traditional AM) is much more impressive than with FM. (FM analog - in absense of fading - is pretty good already) - I can tell you first-hand that the technology required to pull this off - digitial, in band signalling - without mucking up the existing analog signal is quite impressive - 'Blend' allows the receivers the seemlessly transition between the analog and digital signals when needed. If the station engineer(s) do their job right, you probably won't even notice when it happens. - HD Radio utilizes ID3 tagging to provide the song/artist information.
I know it's a tangent, but since you brought it up...are games the last remaining use for CRTs? I'm currently shopping for a new monitor, and that's one of the questions I'm asking myself. My other thoughts were: - CRT's support multiple resolutions (i.e., don't LCD's have a fixed resolution?) - CRT's support higher resolutions than LCDs - Do CRT's provide better color accuracy? - (LCD's are currently more expensive, but that's changing quickly so I'm trying to focus on technical differences...)
I use MailWasher each night - and I usually find 30 or 40 unwanted e-mails. When I use MailWashers's 'process mail' function, it attempts to bounce all of the blacklisted e-mails. This usually results in 30 to 40 e-mails being sent within 10-20 seconds.
I just look for the loop and make sure I'm inside of it. Even carbon-fiber or aluminium bikes typically have enough ferrous materials to trigger the system (e.g., cranks, bottom bracket)
I've been told that 40% of the people who collect child porn have committed (or will commit) a sexual crime against a child. Would some one like to suggest the supposed postive (or benign) motives of the other 60%? The creation/possession/viewing of this material is evil - no matter what your age.
Send out tons of spam - heck, pick random addresses if you want. Embed a 1x1 img tag with a unique name (e.g., 0001.gif, 0002.gif, etc.) and correlate these names with the e-mail address you sent each to. Most users of Outlook Express will have HTML-view enabled - as soon as they preview the e-mail, you're web server will 'see' the img get referenced and voila...you've verified an e-mail address.
I'd be curious to see what 'partial moraility' looks like. It sounds like each person just makes up their own rules, based upon random criterion (since, of course, nothing is absolute). Is that how it's done?
This is a sad day for me, as a fan of slashdot. The comments here belittle one man's attempt to improve himself. His actions are to be commended, if anything.
I myself meet on a regular basis with other men who share a similar code-of-ethics - we hold each other accountable, voluntarily, as a check on our own behavior. In case no one's noticed, we human's don't do so well with the self control thing. The internet can consume much of our time, and I'm somewhat relieved to see others making an effort to cognatively assess and control the impact it has on their lives.
Feel free to lament the things which bind you (hey, I don't like MS either...), but some of you really need to figure out what - if anything - you stand for. I would expect this crowd to at least be capable of supporting an individual's right to overcome adversity they face.
By the way...accountability works. Yes, it's hard to admit to shameful things. And it's harder still to recognize (and admit to) repeating patterns of destructive behavior in one's life. There are a lot of worthwhile things that are hard.
Amen. After 12 years in the field, I don't see how we compare commercial software efforts to science. We give lip-service to solid practices, and put up with results that are barely acceptable.
As part of a recent acquisition my company made, I had to describe the IP included in the deal. We spent quite a bit of time defining what software meant. In this case, it included everything from java, c, and c++ source (with documentation) to libraries the company previously purchased for specific pieces of hardware. I looked around for a good definition, but discovered that most were pretty bad.
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It seems that this technology is limitted to photonic transmission. Is that the case or can this technology be applied to wireless transmission media as well?
The RFC includes an itneresting statment about 'user input from keyboard, Lincoln Wand, etc.'. It appears that a Lincoln Wand is what we now call a stylus...
http://www.packet.cc/files/lincoln-wand.html
I can't understand why newbies find CLI's intimidating. ;)
(Disclaimer - I'm a die-hard liner...)
Do you mean "water alone isn't enough for life to evolve"? Is there an 'evolutionary recipe' of some sort for life to come into being for which H2O and Time are the main ingredients?
David Bowie - Major Tom
http://www.maxlyrics.com/songView/9757
Interesting answer...and far better than "oh no! some one hacked my site and removed the 0 from 250"...that I feared. :)
Seriously, it's good to see motivation other than pure $ at work in the world.
I am complete befuddled as to how/why you charge so low with so much experience and a top Google rank. What's up? Is money just not an issue?
I've found that the more complex Legos have gotten, the harder it is to work/play together with friends family. Years ago, you could ask for a 'flat 4-by-2' and every one would know what you meant. Most of my newer Legos - while organized in baggies or tackle-boxes - are as of yet unnamed.
IBOC test stations have been operational for several years now, and (with the exception of folks who were specifically looking for the signal) the customers haven't even noticed. HDTV was never designed to be OnChannel - it exists in a different part of the spectrum. The compatibility you're talking about is built-in to the HDR system.
Having said all that, HDR does support a (future) 'all digital' mode in which the analog portion is shut down. However, the broadcasters would have no reason to utilize this capability if it results in a majority of their listener-base going away.
In the US, folks are acustomed to listening to their favorite local channel. And, oddly enough, we actually refer to our favorite channel in units of kHz or MHz. My mom likes 88.1, and she doesn't even know what a Hz is.
Wheter you believe the conspiracy theories or not, the IBOC solution is quite appropirate for the US market, because it permits stations to maintain their current identity. When you only have BBC1 - BBCn to listen to, identity isn't such a big deal. It would be a PITA however, for every US channel so have to say something like "Now broadcasting in digital on station 114!."
The technical aspects of IBOC are fascinating. What's more amazinag is that the technical solutions matches the needs of the customer. All that's left is to see what the public thinks.
You need to check out iBiquity's site and read a bit more about the technology. The system is designed to gracefully degrade as the signal weekens. In addition, 'blend' allows the receiver to selectively transition between the analog and digital signals, so you'll never have worse reception than you would with an analog-only receiver.
IBOC means the digital signal is In-Band On-Channel. That is, it's along-side the existing analog signal. You can keep your existing tuner as long as you like.
This is exactly why this solution is so elegant. The folks talking about EURAKA/DAB don't get it either. In that system, you're talking about entirely new receivers.
- The difference in audio quality on digital AM stations (versus traditional AM) is much more impressive than with FM. (FM analog - in absense of fading - is pretty good already)
- I can tell you first-hand that the technology required to pull this off - digitial, in band signalling - without mucking up the existing analog signal is quite impressive
- 'Blend' allows the receivers the seemlessly transition between the analog and digital signals when needed. If the station engineer(s) do their job right, you probably won't even notice when it happens.
- HD Radio utilizes ID3 tagging to provide the song/artist information.
I know it's a tangent, but since you brought it up...are games the last remaining use for CRTs? I'm currently shopping for a new monitor, and that's one of the questions I'm asking myself. My other thoughts were:
- CRT's support multiple resolutions (i.e., don't LCD's have a fixed resolution?)
- CRT's support higher resolutions than LCDs
- Do CRT's provide better color accuracy?
- (LCD's are currently more expensive, but that's changing quickly so I'm trying to focus on technical differences...)
I use MailWasher each night - and I usually find 30 or 40 unwanted e-mails. When I use MailWashers's 'process mail' function, it attempts to bounce all of the blacklisted e-mails. This usually results in 30 to 40 e-mails being sent within 10-20 seconds.
I just look for the loop and make sure I'm inside of it. Even carbon-fiber or aluminium bikes typically have enough ferrous materials to trigger the system (e.g., cranks, bottom bracket)
I've been told that 40% of the people who collect child porn have committed (or will commit) a sexual crime against a child. Would some one like to suggest the supposed postive (or benign) motives of the other 60%? The creation/possession/viewing of this material is evil - no matter what your age.
Send out tons of spam - heck, pick random addresses if you want. Embed a 1x1 img tag with a unique name (e.g., 0001.gif, 0002.gif, etc.) and correlate these names with the e-mail address you sent each to. Most users of Outlook Express will have HTML-view enabled - as soon as they preview the e-mail, you're web server will 'see' the img get referenced and voila...you've verified an e-mail address.
I'd be curious to see what 'partial moraility' looks like. It sounds like each person just makes up their own rules, based upon random criterion (since, of course, nothing is absolute). Is that how it's done?
This is a sad day for me, as a fan of slashdot. The comments here belittle one man's attempt to improve himself. His actions are to be commended, if anything.
I myself meet on a regular basis with other men who share a similar code-of-ethics - we hold each other accountable, voluntarily, as a check on our own behavior. In case no one's noticed, we human's don't do so well with the self control thing. The internet can consume much of our time, and I'm somewhat relieved to see others making an effort to cognatively assess and control the impact it has on their lives.
Feel free to lament the things which bind you (hey, I don't like MS either...), but some of you really need to figure out what - if anything - you stand for. I would expect this crowd to at least be capable of supporting an individual's right to overcome adversity they face.
By the way...accountability works. Yes, it's hard to admit to shameful things. And it's harder still to recognize (and admit to) repeating patterns of destructive behavior in one's life. There are a lot of worthwhile things that are hard.
- much better contrast so we can read in various lighting conditions
- much better durability so we can take the unit everywhere
- screen dimensions ~= unit dimensions
- thinner, thinner, thinner! It needs to fit in a pocket, or better yet, a wallet
To be honest, I'd prefer an old Palm device imbued with these feature over one with more MIPS, colors, memory, gadgets, etc.no message
The rod throw would be too far in order to allow a single-goalie to reach the corners... I guess the angled corners fix this, though.
Amen. After 12 years in the field, I don't see how we compare commercial software efforts to science. We give lip-service to solid practices, and put up with results that are barely acceptable.
As part of a recent acquisition my company made, I had to describe the IP included in the deal. We spent quite a bit of time defining what software meant. In this case, it included everything from java, c, and c++ source (with documentation) to libraries the company previously purchased for specific pieces of hardware. I looked around for a good definition, but discovered that most were pretty bad.