I'm going out on a limb here, but I will assume this is code for 2 spy satellites.
And I'm going to go out a limb here, and assume you didn't read the article.
According to the Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the commercial communication satellite Orbcomm FM 36 maneuvered to avoid passing within about 123 feet of the debris field on April 6. A NASA Earth observation satellite Terra was moved June 22 to avoid coming within about 90 feet of the debris.
Of course, you could be using the Chinese definition of espionage, which is rather broad. Shame on you.
on the other hand, if it's a Republican Dirty Trick (to sabotage democratic momentum, sow dissension in the ranks, possibly even to promote a candidate they think is beatable), that would also be a good thing to know Dude, it's primary season. Why shouldn't I dissent from the "leadership" of a bunch of Iowa corn farmers?
Obama 'lost' to Clinton. But they each received 9 pledged delegates. Nationally, there 3515 pledged delegates at stake. Look beyond the hype at the numbers: even if fraud was detected, it shouldn't make on damn bit of difference.
I don't think we need a primary election season that begins and ends with Iowa/New Hampshire.
The only thing HDMI gets you is a crappy connector and it carries audio as well as video. Whoopy-freakin-doo!
Bluray and HD-DVD both offer high resolution audio soundtracks-- imagine a CD, uncompressed, in 7.1 channels. On some players, you can hook them up with 3 pairs of RCA cables. On the PS3, and lower end HD-DVD players, the necessary analogue jacks are not present-- only hdmi.
Yes, you can use SPDIF, but it lacks the bandwidth for anything more complex than DTS/Dolby Digital.
On the first test, 42 inch screen, 3.5 meters away (10 ft), they all guessed 720p. It was 480p.
And that's your problem, right there. The Viewing angle is a mere 17.3 degrees. Studies have shown that the average viewer can only resolve details as small as one minute of arc.
So, for 720p, which is 1280 pixels across, twenty degrees of arc are more appropriate. For 1080i/p thirty degrees is more appropriate.
A huge screen that absolutely dominates your field of view? That's part of the point of HD.
Interesting, but wrong. EasyWMA was written by Patrice Bensoussan, not Apple, and costs $10. The Apple Downloads site is simply a collection of links maintained by Apple.
What? Maybe DVI, though a great many HD sets were sold without tuners back in the day. But component (or at least the 480i variant) is not exclusive to HD sets. Up until a few years ago, you could get a medium sized (20--27 inch) 4:3 tube television with component and a NTSC tuner.
I don't know if the resolution is the real issue here. The photograph of the projected image looked quite grainy--and not in a film buff's "you can see the individual grains of silver" sort of way. DVDs can look a lot better than that, despite the "low resolution".
Perhaps Congress figured that a restricted feature set would dampen demand. I have some old monitors lying around, and a couple of boxes that could record streams off a IEE1394 port. But as it stands now, these new boxes would only allow me to use an aging 13" TV and a VCR-- eh, I'll just stick with my HDTV (which has it's own atsc tuner). Such decisions, taken in the millions, could save the government money.
Digital Video Interface (DVI); Component video (YPbPr); High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI); Computer video (VGA); USB IEEE-1394 (iLink or Firewire) Ethernet (IEEE-802.3) Wireless (IEEE0802.11)
16. Are digital coaxial audio outputs or SPDIF (optical) outputs permitted on eligible converter boxes?
No. Technical Appendix 2, "Outputs" includes examples of disqualifying features. Digital coaxial and SPDIF optical outputs are not consistent with the statutory description of "converter box." (See Pub. L. 109-171, Section 3005(d) and Paragraph 55 of the Final Rule.)
Component Video + SPDIF would provide an audiovisual experience comparable to DVDs, but I suppose those are luxuries.
5 HD subchannels sharing 19.2 Mb/s? Egad. One of our PBS channels has one HD subchannel and three SD subchannels, and the artifacts reduce the effective resolution of the HD feed to sub DVD levels.
The problems with Africa can't be solved with donations. They can only be solved with armed revolutions. Of course, the U.S. and most of the rest of the world is making too much money off of the exploitation of Africa to actually want to fix things.
The resolution of the eye is 1.054 arcminutes. Simple trigonometry should allow you to calculate the enormity of the screen required to display 1080p/i at its best.
Either some of the scanlines are wasted showing back bars. Boo fucking hoo.
Or
The cinematographic effects, the mood, the artistry of the movie is wasted as continuous shots are broken down into pans and scans or secondary elements of the frame are thrown away on the telecine floor. This is a serious matter indeed.
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And I'm going to go out a limb here, and assume you didn't read the article.
Of course, you could be using the Chinese definition of espionage, which is rather broad. Shame on you.
Obama 'lost' to Clinton. But they each received 9 pledged delegates. Nationally, there 3515 pledged delegates at stake. Look beyond the hype at the numbers: even if fraud was detected, it shouldn't make on damn bit of difference.
I don't think we need a primary election season that begins and ends with Iowa/New Hampshire.
The only thing HDMI gets you is a crappy connector and it carries audio as well as video. Whoopy-freakin-doo!
Bluray and HD-DVD both offer high resolution audio soundtracks-- imagine a CD, uncompressed, in 7.1 channels. On some players, you can hook them up with 3 pairs of RCA cables. On the PS3, and lower end HD-DVD players, the necessary analogue jacks are not present-- only hdmi.
Yes, you can use SPDIF, but it lacks the bandwidth for anything more complex than DTS/Dolby Digital.
Dr Cameron looks better in HD.
That's more than I've ever paid for a cable
Probably because you've never needed a 15m cable.
On the first test, 42 inch screen, 3.5 meters away (10 ft), they all guessed 720p. It was 480p.
And that's your problem, right there. The Viewing angle is a mere 17.3 degrees. Studies have shown that the average viewer can only resolve details as small as one minute of arc.
So, for 720p, which is 1280 pixels across, twenty degrees of arc are more appropriate. For 1080i/p thirty degrees is more appropriate.
A huge screen that absolutely dominates your field of view? That's part of the point of HD.
Hollywood has been producing stuff on 65mm film for decades.
Interesting, but wrong. EasyWMA was written by Patrice Bensoussan, not Apple, and costs $10. The Apple Downloads site is simply a collection of links maintained by Apple.
What? Maybe DVI, though a great many HD sets were sold without tuners back in the day. But component (or at least the 480i variant) is not exclusive to HD sets. Up until a few years ago, you could get a medium sized (20--27 inch) 4:3 tube television with component and a NTSC tuner.
I don't know if the resolution is the real issue here. The photograph of the projected image looked quite grainy--and not in a film buff's "you can see the individual grains of silver" sort of way. DVDs can look a lot better than that, despite the "low resolution".
Perhaps Congress figured that a restricted feature set would dampen demand. I have some old monitors lying around, and a couple of boxes that could record streams off a IEE1394 port. But as it stands now, these new boxes would only allow me to use an aging 13" TV and a VCR-- eh, I'll just stick with my HDTV (which has it's own atsc tuner). Such decisions, taken in the millions, could save the government money.
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Component Video + SPDIF would provide an audiovisual experience comparable to DVDs, but I suppose those are luxuries.
. And since HDTV has 5x the resolution of DVDs, the quality difference versus SDTV is obvious to most people.
Provided that the screen is large enough, and that the transmitter doesn't overcompress. Otherwise, it's subtle, at best.
I've heard that the DTV convertors are, by government mandate, really basic. Stereo Audio. Composite Video, RF out on channel 3 or 4.
No HDMI, S-Video or Component. No SPDIF. and certainly no firewire.
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Our local PBS affiliate has 5 local hd channels
5 HD subchannels sharing 19.2 Mb/s? Egad. One of our PBS channels has one HD subchannel and three SD subchannels, and the artifacts reduce the effective resolution of the HD feed to sub DVD levels.
But first you have to take out the trash
Ah, yes. Kill 'em all, God will know his own.
The problems with Africa can't be solved with donations. They can only be solved with armed revolutions. Of course, the U.S. and most of the rest of the world is making too much money off of the exploitation of Africa to actually want to fix things.
So, 3.8 million deaths weren't enough?
Here's a a problem for Negroponte: IP infringement.
Describe, in your own words, what IP has been infringed.
HDTV was designed to fill more of the field of view than standard definition television. That's why there are so many pixels.
[i]but anything much larger is a real pain in move in and out of storage, and tends to make you stupid, fat, and cranky if you don't.[/i]
LCDs are much lighter--one of the reasons I went with LCD instead of CRT. Should I need to move it, it won't be a strain.
Only if you plan to buy/rent/view a minimal number of discs between now and obsolescence.
The resolution of the eye is 1.054 arcminutes. Simple trigonometry should allow you to calculate the enormity of the screen required to display 1080p/i at its best.
Of course, you could sit closer to the screen.
There's wastage either way.
Either some of the scanlines are wasted showing back bars. Boo fucking hoo.
Or
The cinematographic effects, the mood, the artistry of the movie is wasted as continuous shots are broken down into pans and scans or secondary elements of the frame are thrown away on the telecine floor. This is a serious matter indeed.