Well, considering all the 'processing' the radio stations put on the music anyway (9-12 db total dynamic range, generally.), generally poor stereo separation,) you're not losing all that much quality. And most target listening areas (cars)have a very high noise floor to begin with.
1) Ground management. You don't have a chassis ground anymore, and ground loops are bad.
2) EMC. Most modern computers spew out signals all over the place even without the case, it gets _much_ worse without the case. Granted, this is slashdot, and people leave the covers off all the time...
3) Weight/Strength. A metal case is going to be lighter than an equivalently strong wooden case. Wood (depending on type) is also often easier to dent (and much harder to remove).
If you do it, make sure you plane/sand all the interior parts _very_ well.. fan bearing and CD-ROMS do not appreciate splinters.
The original hacks to run assembly programs on TI-85 calculators was to mess with the pointers used in the custom menu. They only got set with a backup, so that's why ZShell et al. had to be sent as a full backup.
Heh.. namespace overload. Tiki (also hosted by sourceforge) is the graphical frontend for the scientific software run on one of the Beowulf Clusters at Georgia Tech. (Emag simulations, to be precise).
Well, yes. Client (quake/whatever) sends opengl commands to server (XFree86). If local, it uses DRI if available, or falls back to Mesa. If remote, it renders via Mesa.
Look at section 4.2 http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/design_high_le vel.h tml
The last Honor Harrington hardcover (War of Honor) had a CD full of ebooks and other goodies in the first 100k copies. I read mine on an EbookMan (Costco $50 deal, while it was running.) Ebookman is a nice PDA, if a bit low on typical PDA applications. Screen is roughly _twice_ the size of current palm devices.
About 8 months ago I was out shopping for a portable recording system. I had access to a laptop, and to coax spdif. I was looking at minidisc (the quality mikes I was able to borrow generally was mediocre), but noticed that 1) Most decks short of the big stereo console lacked digital outs, and 2) The USB interface was one-way and seriously DRM disabled.
My solution? I bought an Eiderol UA-5. 96 khz, 24-bit audio. Very nice mic pre's, balanced inputs, optical and coax digital I/Os, phantom power, for about the same price of a new minidisc deck. Coupled with a good mic, superior recording quality, and the 24-bit gives some headroom while setting recording levels.
One point I have not seen made is that the current location allows for redundency: Both major independent launch systems could access and service the ISS. Relying solely on the Russian infrastructure would not have been the greatest solution (remember all the screaming when NASA money for the habitation module was claimed to have been redirected?)
Just curious.. how would the far side of the moon do, far enough back that it's always out of LOS of earth? Not to say anything about the engineering challenges, but the moon would provide excellent, permanent (tide-locked) shielding. Not to mention abundant energy (the back side of the moon is not 'dark' by any means).
Run a directional repeater system or fiber to a point that can 'see' the earth for communication on the ground.
I'm sure this isn't a new idea, either..
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Also consider using a good sample rate converter.. most.mp3s are 44.1 khz, dvd has to be 48khz. A bad sample rate conversion can also cause those symptoms.
It's not that uncommon among other mammals, either.. I know horses, for one, can hold their breath for a significant period to avoid a girth being tightened properly:)
Heck.. until a month ago the house was run off a mix of 75-ohm rg-59, 50-ohm 10b2 wire, and a unused pair of cat-3 in the telephone bundle.. Toss in some t-connectors, terminators, and cheap net cards (an old 3com and wd card, and a couple of cheap d-links). Standard 10b2, originally started in '97, just now replaced. Phone wire was using to go from upper floor to lower floor. Replaced for faster (100mbps switched) and more reliable (one node can't kill the whole net), as well as fixing signal strength (couldn't add another node 10 feet away:) )
Considering low-grade hubs started at 50-75 when it started, it worked well price/performance wide:)
Shielded, yes, but not 100%. There are gaps, generally around the doors and the interface between the cyclotron and the box (or around the fan-type device used to scatter the beam). The total leakage is fairly small, but easily stomps over short-haul comm links (i.e. Microwave stomps portable phone + WiFi + X-10 Video + whatever). If you don't have a signal-strength meter, Rat-shack used to sell devices that would floresce under microwave radiation and were used to check door seals.
The main problem being able to tell if a) The TV is actually on, and b) If someone is in the room. If I leave CSPAN on the cable box, turn off the TV, and leave for christmas break, that does not mean I've been watching CSPAN for a week. Aside from that, I don't see much trouble.
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Well, considering all the 'processing' the radio stations put on the music anyway (9-12 db total dynamic range, generally.), generally poor stereo separation,) you're not losing all that much quality. And most target listening areas (cars)have a very high noise floor to begin with.
3 Issues with wood cases:
1) Ground management. You don't have a chassis ground anymore, and ground loops are bad.
2) EMC. Most modern computers spew out signals all over the place even without the case, it gets _much_ worse without the case. Granted, this is slashdot, and people leave the covers off all the time...
3) Weight/Strength. A metal case is going to be lighter than an equivalently strong wooden case. Wood (depending on type) is also often easier to dent (and much harder to remove).
If you do it, make sure you plane/sand all the interior parts _very_ well.. fan bearing and CD-ROMS do not appreciate splinters.
Hmm.. some Boy Scouts had insulation displacement contact with Elmer Fudd? Eww.
(Not that anyone's likely to read this by now..)
The original hacks to run assembly programs on TI-85 calculators was to mess with the pointers used in the custom menu. They only got set with a backup, so that's why ZShell et al. had to be sent as a full backup.
But it's so clearly drivel.. anyone who's gone through Physics II should know that. They could've come up with something better:
1) Computers are based around biochips (and humans produce something they need), and humans are cheaper to make than custom bacteria.
2) Parts of the human mind are used for processing. Biological minds are heavily tuned for certain tasks (image processing, perhaps?).
3) Because the machines need human authorization/ activation to function (poorly implemented hardwired failsafe?)
I've seen that behavior with the 'friend/foe/neutral' dot here on slashdot.
Heh.. namespace overload. Tiki (also hosted by sourceforge) is the graphical frontend for the scientific software run on one of the Beowulf Clusters at Georgia Tech. (Emag simulations, to be precise).
Well, yes. Client (quake/whatever) sends opengl commands to server (XFree86). If local, it uses DRI if available, or falls back to Mesa. If remote, it renders via Mesa.
e vel.h tml
Look at section 4.2
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/design_high_l
Hey.. it's often dangerous and painful _with_ years of practice.. :)
The last Honor Harrington hardcover (War of Honor) had a CD full of ebooks and other goodies in the first 100k copies. I read mine on an EbookMan (Costco $50 deal, while it was running.) Ebookman is a nice PDA, if a bit low on typical PDA applications. Screen is roughly _twice_ the size of current palm devices.
You'd be making the government work a touch harder to convict you.. and #$@$, but do they hate that.
About 8 months ago I was out shopping for a portable recording system. I had access to a laptop, and to coax spdif. I was looking at minidisc (the quality mikes I was able to borrow generally was mediocre), but noticed that 1) Most decks short of the big stereo console lacked digital outs, and 2) The USB interface was one-way and seriously DRM disabled.
My solution? I bought an Eiderol UA-5. 96 khz, 24-bit audio. Very nice mic pre's, balanced inputs, optical and coax digital I/Os, phantom power, for about the same price of a new minidisc deck. Coupled with a good mic, superior recording quality, and the 24-bit gives some headroom while setting recording levels.
One point I have not seen made is that the current location allows for redundency: Both major independent launch systems could access and service the ISS. Relying solely on the Russian infrastructure would not have been the greatest solution (remember all the screaming when NASA money for the habitation module was claimed to have been redirected?)
How many average slashdot readers know:
1) WETA (note capital letters in call sign) is a PBS affiliate in the Baltimore/Washington area, and
2) They were running their pledge drive recently (Send us $60 or we'll keep talking and talking and talking!)
PS. WETA is also a local radio station.
Just curious.. how would the far side of the moon do, far enough back that it's always out of LOS of earth? Not to say anything about the engineering challenges, but the moon would provide excellent, permanent (tide-locked) shielding. Not to mention abundant energy (the back side of the moon is not 'dark' by any means).
Run a directional repeater system or fiber to a point that can 'see' the earth for communication on the ground.
I'm sure this isn't a new idea, either..
Also consider using a good sample rate converter.. most .mp3s are 44.1 khz, dvd has to be 48khz. A bad sample rate conversion can also cause those symptoms.
Tell it to the post office, a responsible branch of the US gov.. no, wait. That's Miracle on 34th street. They've been privatized now.
The shuttle's primary power system is from fuel cells:
s ts -newsref/sts-eps.html
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/
Cryogenic hydrogen and oxygen.
It's not that uncommon among other mammals, either.. I know horses, for one, can hold their breath for a significant period to avoid a girth being tightened properly :)
Heck.. until a month ago the house was run off a mix of 75-ohm rg-59, 50-ohm 10b2 wire, and a unused pair of cat-3 in the telephone bundle.. Toss in some t-connectors, terminators, and cheap net cards (an old 3com and wd card, and a couple of cheap d-links). Standard 10b2, originally started in '97, just now replaced. Phone wire was using to go from upper floor to lower floor. Replaced for faster (100mbps switched) and more reliable (one node can't kill the whole net), as well as fixing signal strength (couldn't add another node 10 feet away :) )
:)
Considering low-grade hubs started at 50-75 when it started, it worked well price/performance wide
Not the best example.. Coke uses ingredients they have an exclusive import license for (denatured coca (sp?) leaves).
[Clears throat]Damn the torpedos! Full Speed Ahead!
t m has a rather lengthy bio online..
Ring any bells?
http://www.encompass.net/~ctyson/civwar/farmain.h
Shielded, yes, but not 100%. There are gaps, generally around the doors and the interface between the cyclotron and the box (or around the fan-type device used to scatter the beam). The total leakage is fairly small, but easily stomps over short-haul comm links (i.e. Microwave stomps portable phone + WiFi + X-10 Video + whatever). If you don't have a signal-strength meter, Rat-shack used to sell devices that would floresce under microwave radiation and were used to check door seals.
The main problem being able to tell if a) The TV is actually on, and b) If someone is in the room. If I leave CSPAN on the cable box, turn off the TV, and leave for christmas break, that does not mean I've been watching CSPAN for a week. Aside from that, I don't see much trouble.
Not by the White Star Lines, but by the (Oh so reliable) press of the time.