Dames always srieked at me and even men did in the free lavatory! Well, now I whizgiggle at them, because I took [product name omitted] for 4 months and now my prick is hugely weightier than federal."
The odd thing is that a good many of those emails supposedly come from a person with feminine name-- Camille, Susan, etc
Hurrah, perhaps this will finally kill off the Myth/Fact rhetorical technique. I've always hated those.
Myth: Paying Taxes takes money out of your pocket.
Fact: Paying taxes is your responsibility as a citizen. If you don't pay your taxes, you could face fines or jail time. Consider your tax payment as the price of remaining "free." That's worth something, isn't it?
The media 'researches' and publishes story that forward agendas and not for the public and its rights to know. There are other channels to get information out that do not involve news reporters, such as the web and print media.
Listeners are not interested in the sound quality of music either. When the switch was made from vinyl to cd, improvements to sound quality ended. Sure the cd doesn't have the hiss and pops that a record had, but it was analog and the playback equipment (and record) could improve to match the sound (it did, but not as well as it could have). With digital, the sound quality was limited to whatever the ones and zeros were.
CDs can have a higher dynamic range than vinyl. The problem lies in the fact that most labels don't take advantage of this.
An ATSC channel consumes nineteen point something Mb/s, but most channels multicast, so that 1080i stream might consume 15--16 Mbs. A lot of stations use even less bandwidth, making the 720p/1080i a sad promise that turned out not to be. But that's MPEG2. Apple delivers 720p24 with 7 Mb/s and 1080p takes about 9 MB/s
One thing you youngsters have to realize about classical music is that the duration of various pieces is not set in stone. It's left up to the conductor, (or, the musicians, if there is no conductor). For instance, Glenn Gould has two recordings of the Goldberg Variations. The 1955 version lasts 38.5 minutes, the 1981 version; 51.25 minutes.
civil law. The right of enjoying a thing, the property of which is vested in another, and to draw from the same all the profit, utility and advantage which it may produce, provided it be without altering the substance of the thing.
Or to put it another way,
"Sure you can stay at my house for the summer. Just don't trash the place."
I'm not talking about component video jacks (which can carry 720p and 1080i video signals). I'm not talking about spdif/toslink (which can carry a 5.1 audio signal, if and only if it has been lossily compressed) I'm talking about three pairs of rca audio jacks, which can be used to listen to uncompressed 5.1 soundtracks.
Think of a CD, with four extra channels for LFE, surrounds and centre. There isn't some algorithm deciding, 'well they can't actually hear that frequency, can they?"
SACD and DVD-Audio had two advantages-- better resolution than CDs, and for some titles, surround sound. The first advantage is dubious. It takes a pretty expensive stereo system to hear much of an improvement over a well mastered CD, and most music buyers use awful systems, or don't listen to them in quiet environments.
The second advantage can be impressive, if mixed properly. Pink Floyd's Dark side of the Moon, for instance, really benefits from the surround. A few artists use the surrounds for limited effect: in R.E.M's "Orange Crush", there's a helicopter circling around the room. (given the Vietnam War allusions, I suppose that's appropriate.) I have some recordings where the surrounds are used to recreate the space-- for instance, "Anonymous 4" SACDs have a distinct echoey quality, presumably reflecting whatever abbey church they've recorded in. A few albums will put performers in the front and rear, so the listener is surrounded by the band. An interesting artistic effect.
Few of those artistic decisions can be replicated by Dolby ProLogic II Music, or other DSPs. Unfortunately, a lot of surround music was just piped through a DSP at the studio, and the results recorded as a "5.1" mix.
But to listen to surround music, you have to have a surround system. You have to sit down, and listen. You can't just grab an ipod and a pair of headphones, and jog to work, or shop for groceries. Stereo music is more convenient.
On the other hand, people are still willing to sit down, dim the lights, and watch a movie. If you have a large enough display, and it's more or less calibrated, HD video is jaw droppingly good.
If the Adopter implements HDCP content protection as set forth in the HDMI Specification, then the royalty rate is further reduced by one cent (US $.01) per unit sold, for a lowest rate of four cents (.04) per unit. Adopters must license HDCP separately from Digital Content Protection, LLC, an Intel subsidiary. Please see www.digital-cp.com for details.
Uh oh, I could be in for a rude awakening if I ever replace my Oppo 971 with an HD player...
The FCC mandates HDCP for certain sets.
Q. What has the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandated for HDMI usage in HDTVs?
In the United States, the FCC has mandated that beginning July 1, 2005, all HDTVs 36 inches and larger labeled "Digital Cable Ready" must include either a DVI/HDCP or HDMI/HDCP interface. In addition, either a DVI/HDCP or HDMI/HDCP interface is required for:
Models with screen sizes 25 to 35 inches: 50% of a manufacturer's or importer's models manufactured or imported after July 1, 2005; 100% of such models manufactured or imported after July 1, 2006. Models with screen sizes 13 to 24 inches: 100% of a manufacturer's or importer's models manufactured or imported after July 1, 2007. [Source: Code of Federal Regulations, Section 15.123]
The difference between plain DVI and encrypted DVI (a.k.a., HDMI) is largely one created by the DMCA:
You're muddling things again.
DVI-D: A digital interface that may or not be encrypted with HDCP. I once owned a HDTV tuner/scalar that encrypted the output of the scalar. On the other hand, my DVD player doesn't encrypt its DVD output.
HDCP: an encryption scheme that prevents people from hooking up bog standard computer displays to a device that uses HDCP. The video output tends to look like digital snow when viewed on such a monitor. Hook up an HDCP compliant monitor, and it works. The encryption algorithm is breakable, see ed felton's blog
HDMI: A digital interface that combines video and audio. Must support HDCP, though unencrypted signals can be sent. A simple dongle is used to convert a DVI port into an video only HDMI port.
BTW, a number of devices, including the PS3 and the lower end HD-DVD players now expect their users to have both receivers and and televisions with HDMI ports-- those devices lack "5.1" RCA jacks.
I think HD tv would be on of the few examples, and it's a fairly lame example - i could watch a really high quality broadcast vs an acceptable one.
HD channels in the states are 19.2 Mb/s. The compression artifacts are often quite noticeable, especially if the station is multicasting-- my local PBS stations 1080i feed rarely looks as clear as a DVD.
Part of the blame can be laid with MPEG-2, which is not nearly as efficient as H.264 or VC-1.
I guess it all depends on your motivations for watching a particular video. For a "It's Funny, Laugh" moment, I may be perfectly content with YouTube quality video. But if I'm going to watch a movie, particularly a movie known for its cinematography, it would be nice not to see artifacts. A 45 MB/s link might allow me to stream my evening's entertainment, and still allow other people in my household to surf the web, videoconference, play a MMRPG, whatever. It might also allow for network computing-- though that's probably a solution in search of a problem. Less embarrassingly parallel distributed computation projects perhaps?
The Red Cross is an emblem which, under the Geneva Conventions, is to be placed on humanitarian and medical vehicles and buildings to protect them from military attack on the battlefield.
Personally, I think that both J&J and the ARC are using it for purposes not in keeping with the geneva conventions.
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because glare makes people safe. Okaay...
The odd thing is that a good many of those emails supposedly come from a person with feminine name-- Camille, Susan, etc
Well yes. Remember, it's a fact, not a myth.
Hurrah, perhaps this will finally kill off the Myth/Fact rhetorical technique. I've always hated those.
Myth:
Paying Taxes takes money out of your pocket.
Fact:
Paying taxes is your responsibility as a citizen. If you don't pay your taxes, you could face fines or jail time. Consider your tax payment as the price of remaining "free." That's worth something, isn't it?
I suppose that's what it comes down to. Facts schmacts! What the public needs is opinions, and official ones at that.
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Easy way to find out:
Rip a representative track into Audacity, play it, and watch the meters. If a track clips, the little light at the top of the meter will ignite.
I own a SACD that is essentially unenjoyable unless played at -3 db below reference. Why? You can't hear the violins otherwise. There's about 40--50 dB of dynamic range in the recording, though, so the crescendos are very loud when they do come. Sort of the point of a crescendo, isn't it?
CDs can have a higher dynamic range than vinyl. The problem lies in the fact that most labels don't take advantage of this.
An ATSC channel consumes nineteen point something Mb/s, but most channels multicast, so that 1080i stream might consume 15--16 Mbs. A lot of stations use even less bandwidth, making the 720p/1080i a sad promise that turned out not to be. But that's MPEG2. Apple delivers 720p24 with 7 Mb/s and 1080p takes about 9 MB/s
Let's see you try recruiting with:
"You will serve up to 15 months at a time in various warzones."
One thing you youngsters have to realize about classical music is that the duration of various pieces is not set in stone. It's left up to the conductor, (or, the musicians, if there is no conductor). For instance, Glenn Gould has two recordings of the Goldberg Variations. The 1955 version lasts 38.5 minutes, the 1981 version; 51.25 minutes.
There's a 24 hour version of the ninth. That's extreme, but performances usually take 60 to 80 minutes
So, what's the problem? Did some preacher identify George Soros as the antichrist, or something?
To wit:
Or to put it another way,
"Sure you can stay at my house for the summer. Just don't trash the place."
They aren't needed for normal DVD soundtracks-- a dts or ac3 stream is low bandwidth enough for toslink/spdif.
I'm not talking about component video jacks (which can carry 720p and 1080i video signals). I'm not talking about spdif/toslink (which can carry a 5.1 audio signal, if and only if it has been lossily compressed) I'm talking about three pairs of rca audio jacks, which can be used to listen to uncompressed 5.1 soundtracks.
Think of a CD, with four extra channels for LFE, surrounds and centre. There isn't some algorithm deciding, 'well they can't actually hear that frequency, can they?"
picture of 5.1 audio jacks
SACD and DVD-Audio had two advantages-- better resolution than CDs, and for some titles, surround sound.
The first advantage is dubious. It takes a pretty expensive stereo system to hear much of an improvement over a well mastered CD, and most music buyers use awful systems, or don't listen to them in quiet environments.
The second advantage can be impressive, if mixed properly. Pink Floyd's Dark side of the Moon, for instance, really benefits from the surround. A few artists use the surrounds for limited effect: in R.E.M's "Orange Crush", there's a helicopter circling around the room. (given the Vietnam War allusions, I suppose that's appropriate.) I have some recordings where the surrounds are used to recreate the space-- for instance, "Anonymous 4" SACDs have a distinct echoey quality, presumably reflecting whatever abbey church they've recorded in. A few albums will put performers in the front and rear, so the listener is surrounded by the band. An interesting artistic effect.
Few of those artistic decisions can be replicated by Dolby ProLogic II Music, or other DSPs. Unfortunately, a lot of surround music was just piped through a DSP at the studio, and the results recorded as a "5.1" mix.
But to listen to surround music, you have to have a surround system. You have to sit down, and listen. You can't just grab an ipod and a pair of headphones, and jog to work, or shop for groceries. Stereo music is more convenient.
On the other hand, people are still willing to sit down, dim the lights, and watch a movie. If you have a large enough display, and it's more or less calibrated, HD video is jaw droppingly good.
source
Uh oh, I could be in for a rude awakening if I ever replace my Oppo 971 with an HD player...
The FCC mandates HDCP for certain sets.
They tried that-- DVD-A and SACD. Niche formats.
You're muddling things again.
DVI-D: A digital interface that may or not be encrypted with HDCP. I once owned a HDTV tuner/scalar that encrypted the output of the scalar. On the other hand, my DVD player doesn't encrypt its DVD output.
HDCP: an encryption scheme that prevents people from hooking up bog standard computer displays to a device that uses HDCP. The video output tends to look like digital snow when viewed on such a monitor. Hook up an HDCP compliant monitor, and it works. The encryption algorithm is breakable, see ed felton's blog
HDMI: A digital interface that combines video and audio. Must support HDCP, though unencrypted signals can be sent. A simple dongle is used to convert a DVI port into an video only HDMI port.
BTW, a number of devices, including the PS3 and the lower end HD-DVD players now expect their users to have both receivers and and televisions with HDMI ports-- those devices lack "5.1" RCA jacks.
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Personally, I think that both J&J and the ARC are using it for purposes not in keeping with the geneva conventions.
Then don't think about 135 lbs. Think about 175 lbs.