From my experience as a clerk in a hospital, the only things that doctors prescribe by abbreviation (as far as medication) are ASA (acetyl-salicylic acid or aspirin) and TAO (triple-antibiotic ointment or Neosporin). Almost everything else is ordered as a name brand and the pharmacist replaces it with a generic (unless specified otherwise).
In th US we use both thousands and "tens of hundreds". So, if I say "four thousand five hundred" or I say "forty-five hundred" they mean exactly the same thing. As far as I can tell there is no rule when spoken - it is just personal preference. It should always be written as thousands.
That depends on what they are using it for. Video production is all about uncompressed if it is available - normally it's not. Sony Beta SX uses a MPEG like compression and Sony IMX uses 50 Mb I frame only MPEG. Even the top of the line Digi Betacam uses a proprietary compression scheme. These are the current SD (standard definition) 1/2-inch formats for production. The other popular options are 25 or 50 Mb DV on DVCAM.
For distribution - almost everyone uses some form of compression. Satellite bandwidth is way to expensive to send uncompressed (270 Mb SDI and 1.5 Gb HD-SDI). Even if it was sent uncompressed, we would record it on one of the above tape formats or on a video server (5-50 Mb MPEG or DV25/DV50).
The 10 vs 8 bit isn't compression; it is a sample rate reduction. If you don't sample the data, you don't have a chance to compress it.
You are correct, the HD-SDI bitrate is 1.5 Gb, but most people will receive it as part of the 19.39Mb ATSC stream in DTV. A lot of broadcasters are looking as low ad 14Mb to allow us to also transmit an SD stream.
I don't see much use for this for the average person on the street. On the other hand I think that they could be used very effectively in a manufacturing/warehousing environment.
I agree with you completely, and I use a 802.11b network at home. I was just pointing out that restricting by MAC address is fairly easy to get around. That doesn't mean that it isn't worth doing.
Out of 11 Intel based computers in my apartment, the only name brands are one Gateway server that I bought for $499 during a $400 off promotion and a HP laptop. All the rest are homebuilt. I don't hang out with any other true geeks, but my roommate and I are sys admins.
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From my experience as a clerk in a hospital, the only things that doctors prescribe by abbreviation (as far as medication) are ASA (acetyl-salicylic acid or aspirin) and TAO (triple-antibiotic ointment or Neosporin). Almost everything else is ordered as a name brand and the pharmacist replaces it with a generic (unless specified otherwise).
With me it was StarWars figures and puddles of gasoline.
In th US we use both thousands and "tens of hundreds". So, if I say "four thousand five hundred" or I say "forty-five hundred" they mean exactly the same thing. As far as I can tell there is no rule when spoken - it is just personal preference. It should always be written as thousands.
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It is from South Park.
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That depends on what they are using it for. Video production is all about uncompressed if it is available - normally it's not. Sony Beta SX uses a MPEG like compression and Sony IMX uses 50 Mb I frame only MPEG. Even the top of the line Digi Betacam uses a proprietary compression scheme. These are the current SD (standard definition) 1/2-inch formats for production. The other popular options are 25 or 50 Mb DV on DVCAM.
For distribution - almost everyone uses some form of compression. Satellite bandwidth is way to expensive to send uncompressed (270 Mb SDI and 1.5 Gb HD-SDI). Even if it was sent uncompressed, we would record it on one of the above tape formats or on a video server (5-50 Mb MPEG or DV25/DV50).
The 10 vs 8 bit isn't compression; it is a sample rate reduction. If you don't sample the data, you don't have a chance to compress it.
The Comtrol Rocket cards use red PCBs.
You are correct, the HD-SDI bitrate is 1.5 Gb, but most people will receive it as part of the 19.39Mb ATSC stream in DTV. A lot of broadcasters are looking as low ad 14Mb to allow us to also transmit an SD stream.
They were using semi-permanent chalk based paint.
I would like to see the statics on that. Here is what I can find on using a cell phone.
DVDs are only 525 lines. Throw out several lines for the vbi (vertical blanking interval) and you are back to 480 lines.
You forgot "Across the Sea of Time". The best IMAX 3D I have ever seen.
Viva los Bio-dome.
I think were gona need a bigger boat.
Actually, the requirement was this May for commercial stations and next May for PBS/non-proffit. In 2006 we have to turn off the NTSC transmitters.
There are several PBS stations that are transmitting HDTV now. The PBS standard is 1080i.
The (small) PBS station that I work for has alredy spent over $2 million for the digital conversion. It is too late to stop now.
Am I the only one that finds that a little disturbing?
I don't see much use for this for the average person on the street. On the other hand I think that they could be used very effectively in a manufacturing/warehousing environment.
Look up the (HTML anchor) tag. The space is inserted by slashcode to stop page widening.
I agree with you completely, and I use a 802.11b network at home. I was just pointing out that restricting by MAC address is fairly easy to get around. That doesn't mean that it isn't worth doing.
If I can decrypt your packets - I can find your MAC address. Then I spoof your MAC address (when your not using it) and I have access to your network.
By far my favorite flying wing was the Northrop XP-79. You have to love a plane designed to bring down other planes by flying into them.
That was the same syntax used for the TRS-80s and the Tandy color computers.
Out of 11 Intel based computers in my apartment, the only name brands are one Gateway server that I bought for $499 during a $400 off promotion and a HP laptop. All the rest are homebuilt. I don't hang out with any other true geeks, but my roommate and I are sys admins.