There are several cabling standards for HDTV. The one that most people will use is S-video, but you can also use HD15 (VGA cables) and two different component setups (RGB with separate horz and vert sync and Y,Pb,Pr). You can also use component over coax, but you loose quite a bit of quality. There isn't a current standard for an optical video cable.
I work for a PBS station and we are suppose to be sending out this time code with our signal. The problem is the "standard" is very standard so PBS hasn't been able to provide us with the equipment to do this correctly.
Why not get one of
these.
We had a Panasonic rep come in to do a demo a couple of weeks ago. It records like a VHS deck to DVD-R and DVD-RAM. You can even play back on a regular DVD player if you use a DVD-R.
It has a list price of $1499.95 but should be available for less than $1000 soon.
When the university I work for (www.indiana.edu) started having problems with bandwidth because of file sharing in the dorms, they added another DS3 and routed all residence hall traffic over that link. Now we have one 45Mbps connection for university use and another for residence halls and greek houses.
Actually, that isn't how it works. DTV is MPEG2 over a 19.39MB one-way connection. The spec was written assuming that we would use 19MB for an HD channel, but after some experimentation we decided that we didn't need that much. The PBS station that I work for is going to use the extra bandwidth to broadcast a local learning channel (a local combination of TLC/History Channel/Discovery), but is possible to use the extra for data casting.
To answer your points:
This technology will be available anywhere that you can receive the signal and dial an ISP for the outgoing data.
DTV doesn't loose data with a reduction of signal strength. Everything works fine to between 70 and 75% strength (depending on your receiver) and then everything just dies.
When they applied for their license, they agreed to broadcast one SD channel, which requires about 4MB (a little less than the 5MB DVD quality) so they have about 15MB to play with.
Please post a link that shows that most stations get enough bandwidth for more than one HD channel. I work as a computer/digital broadcast tech at a PBS station and we only get 19.39MB for digital TV. If we are willing to skimp a little on HD quality we can run 14MB for HD, which will allow is to multiplex a 4MB SD channel. The rest of the space is used for PSIP (similar to a digital satellite guide) and other information that has to be transmitted.
Until you've got to delete a few thousand, when DEL *.OBJ starts to look pretty sweet.
In windows Explorer - navigate to the folder you want to remove the files from, press F3 to bring up the Find Files dialog, type in *.OBJ, hit enter, hit CTRL-A, and hit DEL (or SHIFT -DEL to bypass the recycle bin).
There are still some things I go to DOS for, but that doesn't mean that they can't be done in GUI.
I have a Netgear RT314. I have used it with Windows (95, 98, ME, 2000, XP and NT 4 on i386 and Alpha), Linux (Redhat 6.2 on i386 and Alpha, Redhat 7.x on i386, Debian and Slack) and Unix (Solaris, Irix and AIX). Most of these have been tried with both static IPs and dhcp.
That isn't exactly true. If you refuse to take a field sobriety test you are taken to the police station/jail and you are tested with a breathalyzer. If you fail that they start processing you, but they test you again an hour later. If you pass that time they give you your car back and let you go. If you fail the second time, then your car is impounded. It is called the implied consent law. When you get your drivers license you agree to follow certain laws (including field sobriety tests with probable cause) and since driving is a privilege and not a right, if you don't agree, you can't drive.
Normally, it is done by test reads. The drive spins up to the maximum speed and the laser turns on and focuses. Then the drive tries to read from the disk. If it can read it keeps spinning at the same rate. If not, it will slow down and try again. It does this every time that the drive stops and restarts. This is why you will sometimes get really slow read rates on dirty/damaged/out of balance (poor labeling) CDs.
Actually, NASA uses the old stuff because of radiation. My roommate works for the IUCF and they have NASA out every few months for radiation effect testing on all kinds of computer equipment.
Everyone sounds different recorded. It is caused by the vibrations moving through the bones and soft tissue in your head much faster than through the air. This causes you to hear yourself twice at slightly different times, which makes your voice to sound much fuller in your head. To everyone else you sound like the recording.
The good news is, everyone else also thinks that they sound like a dork when they hear their voice recorded.
Actually, the Americans probably would have built it on time and on budget. But it is supposed to be international so we couldn't do it all.
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I2 is not intended to be a replacement for the Internet. It is used as a high bandwidth connection between universities and government agencies. It is also a proving ground for new technologies before they are added to the Internet.
Hot to hot at 240V is two phase (180 degrees out). Three phase is 120 degrees out (and hot to hot on any two is 208 volts). The 220-240 thing are averages. The max voltage on any one phase is 170V so none of the voltage numbers are accurate.
The hypocrisy that I see here is - Napster can be used for something legal, so it shouldn't be banned. Never mind that the vast majority of use is illegal. On the other hand, this might be used for something illegal, so it should be banned?
I'm not saying that the police should be allowed to use this any way they want, but that there should be clearly defined and regulated ways that it can be used.
Stiction is a static buildup that causes the heads to stick to the drive platters. Since the motors in the drives aren't very powerful, the disk wont spin. Usually you can break the disks free by removing the drive, holding it level and rotating it back and forth along the axes of the spindle. I haven't seen a drive do this in several years.
I probably have it the best of anyone I know. I work for a large university and besides getting tuition reimbursement up to six hours a semester and time off to attend classes, I am expected to attend any university provided classes that would help me in my job. This includes certified Microsoft training, UNIX admin training and talks from outside venders (Microsoft, Sun, HP, etc.). I can also take time to attend the various user group meeting on campus (Windows, UNIX, Linux, MAC, etc.). This is all outside my $6000/yr budget for myself and my assistant to attend training and tradeshows.
I'm not saying that the application is running in kernel mode, but that the application does something that causes a driver running in kernel mode to crash - crashing the kernel. This is a poorly written driver, not a problem with the application. Windows can protect itself from properly written 32 bit applications, but not bad drivers. This is why Windows NT warns about loading third party video drivers. I'm not saying that Windows is as stable as Unix, but that it isn't as bad as most people say it is.
My point about the price of mainframes is people are willing to spend money on them. They don't go out and buy the newest video card they can find and install drivers written by the intern of the month. For those of us that wait until the hardware has proven itself and the drivers have been debugged, crashes are few and far between. As soon as Linux becomes mainstream enough that all new hardware is released with (unfortunately, binary only) drivers immediately, I think that we will see similar stability problems.
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There are several cabling standards for HDTV. The one that most people will use is S-video, but you can also use HD15 (VGA cables) and two different component setups (RGB with separate horz and vert sync and Y,Pb,Pr). You can also use component over coax, but you loose quite a bit of quality. There isn't a current standard for an optical video cable.
I work for a PBS station and we are suppose to be sending out this time code with our signal. The problem is the "standard" is very standard so PBS hasn't been able to provide us with the equipment to do this correctly.
Why not get one of these. We had a Panasonic rep come in to do a demo a couple of weeks ago. It records like a VHS deck to DVD-R and DVD-RAM. You can even play back on a regular DVD player if you use a DVD-R.
It has a list price of $1499.95 but should be available for less than $1000 soon.
Everything in italics is the submitter, not the editor.
When the university I work for (www.indiana.edu) started having problems with bandwidth because of file sharing in the dorms, they added another DS3 and routed all residence hall traffic over that link. Now we have one 45Mbps connection for university use and another for residence halls and greek houses.
No, you can encode a HD signal using MPEG2, but it must be at a much higher bit rate. DTV is going to be a 19.39 Mbps MPEG2 data stream.
Actually, it is 19.39 Mbps but you can get away with using 14-15 Mbps for HD.
Actually, that isn't how it works. DTV is MPEG2 over a 19.39MB one-way connection. The spec was written assuming that we would use 19MB for an HD channel, but after some experimentation we decided that we didn't need that much. The PBS station that I work for is going to use the extra bandwidth to broadcast a local learning channel (a local combination of TLC/History Channel/Discovery), but is possible to use the extra for data casting.
To answer your points:
This technology will be available anywhere that you can receive the signal and dial an ISP for the outgoing data.
DTV doesn't loose data with a reduction of signal strength. Everything works fine to between 70 and 75% strength (depending on your receiver) and then everything just dies.
When they applied for their license, they agreed to broadcast one SD channel, which requires about 4MB (a little less than the 5MB DVD quality) so they have about 15MB to play with.
Please post a link that shows that most stations get enough bandwidth for more than one HD channel. I work as a computer/digital broadcast tech at a PBS station and we only get 19.39MB for digital TV. If we are willing to skimp a little on HD quality we can run 14MB for HD, which will allow is to multiplex a 4MB SD channel. The rest of the space is used for PSIP (similar to a digital satellite guide) and other information that has to be transmitted.
Until you've got to delete a few thousand, when DEL *.OBJ starts to look pretty sweet.
In windows Explorer - navigate to the folder you want to remove the files from, press F3 to bring up the Find Files dialog, type in *.OBJ, hit enter, hit CTRL-A, and hit DEL (or SHIFT -DEL to bypass the recycle bin).
There are still some things I go to DOS for, but that doesn't mean that they can't be done in GUI.
I have a Netgear RT314. I have used it with Windows (95, 98, ME, 2000, XP and NT 4 on i386 and Alpha), Linux (Redhat 6.2 on i386 and Alpha, Redhat 7.x on i386, Debian and Slack) and Unix (Solaris, Irix and AIX). Most of these have been tried with both static IPs and dhcp.
Actually, it was probably more like 3% peroxide and 97% distilled water. 99% peroxide would eat your skin.
That isn't exactly true. If you refuse to take a field sobriety test you are taken to the police station/jail and you are tested with a breathalyzer. If you fail that they start processing you, but they test you again an hour later. If you pass that time they give you your car back and let you go. If you fail the second time, then your car is impounded. It is called the implied consent law. When you get your drivers license you agree to follow certain laws (including field sobriety tests with probable cause) and since driving is a privilege and not a right, if you don't agree, you can't drive.
Normally, it is done by test reads. The drive spins up to the maximum speed and the laser turns on and focuses. Then the drive tries to read from the disk. If it can read it keeps spinning at the same rate. If not, it will slow down and try again. It does this every time that the drive stops and restarts. This is why you will sometimes get really slow read rates on dirty/damaged/out of balance (poor labeling) CDs.
Actually, NASA uses the old stuff because of radiation. My roommate works for the IUCF and they have NASA out every few months for radiation effect testing on all kinds of computer equipment.
Go to www.sunfreeware.com, download and install with pkgadd. Takes about five minutes (plus download time).
Hell, I would be happy if they openly admitted they were corrupt, instead of always saying they are for the people and then doing the opposite
Everyone sounds different recorded. It is caused by the vibrations moving through the bones and soft tissue in your head much faster than through the air. This causes you to hear yourself twice at slightly different times, which makes your voice to sound much fuller in your head. To everyone else you sound like the recording.
The good news is, everyone else also thinks that they sound like a dork when they hear their voice recorded.
Actually, the Americans probably would have built it on time and on budget. But it is supposed to be international so we couldn't do it all.
I2 is not intended to be a replacement for the Internet. It is used as a high bandwidth connection between universities and government agencies. It is also a proving ground for new technologies before they are added to the Internet.
Hot to hot at 240V is two phase (180 degrees out). Three phase is 120 degrees out (and hot to hot on any two is 208 volts). The 220-240 thing are averages. The max voltage on any one phase is 170V so none of the voltage numbers are accurate.
The hypocrisy that I see here is - Napster can be used for something legal, so it shouldn't be banned. Never mind that the vast majority of use is illegal. On the other hand, this might be used for something illegal, so it should be banned?
I'm not saying that the police should be allowed to use this any way they want, but that there should be clearly defined and regulated ways that it can be used.
Stiction is a static buildup that causes the heads to stick to the drive platters. Since the motors in the drives aren't very powerful, the disk wont spin. Usually you can break the disks free by removing the drive, holding it level and rotating it back and forth along the axes of the spindle. I haven't seen a drive do this in several years.
I probably have it the best of anyone I know. I work for a large university and besides getting tuition reimbursement up to six hours a semester and time off to attend classes, I am expected to attend any university provided classes that would help me in my job. This includes certified Microsoft training, UNIX admin training and talks from outside venders (Microsoft, Sun, HP, etc.). I can also take time to attend the various user group meeting on campus (Windows, UNIX, Linux, MAC, etc.). This is all outside my $6000/yr budget for myself and my assistant to attend training and tradeshows.
I'm not saying that the application is running in kernel mode, but that the application does something that causes a driver running in kernel mode to crash - crashing the kernel. This is a poorly written driver, not a problem with the application. Windows can protect itself from properly written 32 bit applications, but not bad drivers. This is why Windows NT warns about loading third party video drivers. I'm not saying that Windows is as stable as Unix, but that it isn't as bad as most people say it is.
My point about the price of mainframes is people are willing to spend money on them. They don't go out and buy the newest video card they can find and install drivers written by the intern of the month. For those of us that wait until the hardware has proven itself and the drivers have been debugged, crashes are few and far between. As soon as Linux becomes mainstream enough that all new hardware is released with (unfortunately, binary only) drivers immediately, I think that we will see similar stability problems.