Reality check. Use Audacity or other program and make a voice recording. Use Amplify to set the peaks at 0 DB. Duplicate the track and shift it several seconds later. Apply Amplify on the new track. Math test, how many DB do you need to attenuate the new track to make it only 8 bits of a 24 bit recording. Each bit is 6 DB. 24 bits to 8 bits is cutting 16 bits at 6 DB per bit. Set the peaks at the new level. Take a listen without changing volume. You will need more than a 16 bit sound card and better ears than I have to hear the echo.
On printers, I prefer them wired to my LAN. Interface is unimportant other than the correct Net printer protocol for a network port has to be used in addition to adding the printer to the Network Printer Port. My comment orignally was in regards to finding the PRINTER driver, not finding it's LAN port.
Comments regarding older printer is right on. The laser printer was an office tank. Toner carts are less than 1/3 the price of ONE Color ink cart for my inkjet. Drafts are defalted to the laser. OEM price for the printer was originaly $2400.00 US. It has outlived several ink jets that died.
I have a wireless LAN. I can use the Ultrabook, Netbooks, Subnotebook, etc in a recliner, no cords. Using printer, NAS, etc is all wireless. The printers sit on a shelf out of the way. Cutter is moved to the closet. Ok I have to get up to retrive a print job, but that is much better than damaged USB ports on a laptop. Yes I have several machines as some are optimised for specific tasks and backup for the new machine when it fails to perform. I have Ubuntu, Linux Mint, XP, Windows 7, and the Ultrabook all on portable recliner frindly formats and all connected to LAN resources.
As an older guy who has received an Unltrabook recently, and trying do do production work instead of consuming media, I had some issues. Installing older paralell port printers attached to my LAN via Trendnet or other devices proved to be very difficult. Visiting the manufacture of the printers for updated drivers was a total failure. As mentioned, there is a learning curve. To get the drivers, you have to use Windows Update instead. Trying to sort a list of files proved difficut too. A long list has the traditional scroll bars on the right just where you expect them. Dragging the bar does scroll the list, but at the top and bottom are the two buttons which also used to scroll the list without dragging, usefull if you only want to scroll small distances in a long list. Unfortunately in Windows 8 they are only decorations with no function. You either need a touch screen to scroll the list, or highlight a file and arrow up/down through the list, which defeats picking multiple files for copy by Control Click. A small wiggle on a extended list can scroll it by several hundred items making picking files difficult.
Maybe there is a trick to this I haven't learned other than drag drop each by itself..
The touch screen is not the preferred method of picking files from a list. My fingers are about 5 lines tall. A mouse is a much better and precise way to do fine motor skills. Photo editing suffers the interface issue too.
I tried to burn some CD's from a band I recorded. Windows 8 had a serious issue with my external USB DVD drive. Using Windows Media Player had no problem burning ONE disk. The media player on the left side properly identified if the drive contained a music CD, Data CD, or Blank CD. The information IS NOT passed to the right side which stubbornly recommended I insert a Blank CD before I could burn another. I went back to a Windows 7 machine which did properly recognise blank disks in the right side. Too bad they didn't keep Windows 7 functionality in the Window 8 Media Player.
In a nutshell, don't ditch your other machines when you get a Windows 8 machine. You may need the older machines to do older tech stuff like burning CD's, sorting photos, editing audio tracks, editing photos, etc. The Windows 8 machine is a great Facebook, Skype, social media and connected machine, but for production, keep your other hardware.
Codes should need tied to the unit serial number. When RS buys there inventory with the NetFlix deal, the website should require the device model/serial number pair to match the devices purchased by RS to be validated.
Intel in Oregon was slammed in the Oregonian, the local metro paper for hurting the schools due to the tax break they negotiated to build D1X there and hire 900 new employees. Their arguement was Intel was getting a break that the schools needed so the cost to the community was higher to pay for the taxes Intel was not paying.
This is a Glass half empty arguement. It's a big glass, a multi Billion project.. that without the break would have located elsewhere. Think of the children.
The tax structure in many locations is designed to keep large business out.
Most people do not realise Intel is taxed on not only income, but property. Employees pay income tax. Property includes buildings and the manufacturing equipment inside the buildings. A grocery store has property of the building, and a few shelves and freezer cases. Intel has property of wafer manufacturing tools valued as several million each. Intel needed the tax break to even consider building in a location where their equipment is subject to Property Tax. A wise move by some is no tax breaks to the rich, make them pay their full fair share.
As a consequence of the tax, any tool that is of marginal use or obsoleted is immediately packed up and shipped off. Think of the tax as storage facility monthly fees on steroids on your property. If you are not using it, get rid of it.
Oregon did need to negotiate to attract a large manufature to the area. Too bad the local socialist newspaper only sees the burden of not getting the entire full glass.
Actually the panel can be removed, and engraved in the machine. Remember to not watch the engraving with the covers removed so you don't engrave your vision. The covers do block the IR of the CO2 laser.
A simple EMO button could work wonders. Power down the fuel, inverter, and computer would kill the accelleration and fail safe. Manual steering and brakes still function to maintain control.
If you want one cheap and don't want to wait for delivery for your Sony, simply check your area thrift stores. They are almost as common as Guitar Hero Guitars, Microphones, and Wii Balance Boards.
FYI, the Rock Band/Guitar Hero microphones show up on a PC as a decent Logitech USB Microphone. Not a bad mic for under $5.
I am behind one, on DSL. I did not bypass it, but have admin privilages on the router section. I still use a consumer router after it because I don't know how effective it is. I could have used a simple switch to add more physical ports as the modem only has one LAN port. The DSL modem provides DHCP in the 192.168.0 range and my rounter is 192.168.0.2 to use the gateway in the modem.
I did forward a port used by my PAP2T-NA so I can receive phone calls. Other than that, I left the firewall intact in both routers. I did turn off remote admin of the router and UPNP. I presume the ISP still has admin privelages of the modem section to set QOS on their end.
If you have a home router, is it protected if it is behind the router built into many DSL or Cable modems? Your ISP may be protecting your firewall router by placing it behind another firewall router in your modem.
A quick test to see if this may apply to you. view your router's status page and look at the IP address of the WAN connection. If the WAN connection is a 196.168.x.x number then your modem has a router too. Has anyone pen tested your modem router?
You lost me at the slip on synchronous motors. They may lag in phase, but not speed. Once 180 out they no longer function as a motor. The drive electronics does drive them in a torque mode, not PLL speed locked mode. They are traction motors in cars. Drive electronics does vary the frequency to match the wheel speed to maintain commutation. Phase angle and current are regulated to provide torque in either direction as needed. Electrical phase is kept in a narrow range of the armature magnet to operate it as a traction motor.
I;ll feed this offtopic thread with the answer to the question. The author assumes a hard clocked stepper motor type drive. This is the fault of the question. The answer is the motor is not clocked for speed control,but intead is driven as a Traction motor, where speed is largely ignored, and current is regulated to control torque. With all wheels on the ground, they all turn close to the same speed. Applying equal torque to acellerate positive or negative is simply a matter of regulating current. Controlling current can be handled by the accellerator or cruise control. I anticipate the next question.. AC motor.. Google Communtation. Any PC cooling fan of DC brushless design has this. They are not dependant on a fixed speed, but a fixed torque. They don't massivly torque up if slightly slowed.
The box looks like it is based on the Intel Next Unit of Computing, but at a much lower price point. A bare "kit" of an NUC without a drive is more expensive. It should be able to run Linux after the Chrome bootloader issue is addressed. http://www.intel.com/content/w...
I think if I read the original news articles correctly, you are spot on. NSA did not compromise Angry Birds. They however did spy on the marketing info the program 3rd party advertising returned. This 3rd party info was intercepted. Block all advertising and this may have been a non issue.
Free app.. Supported by 3rd party adverts.. Advert demographics information scrapped on the way back through governemtnt internet checkpoints.
Due to the issues with soft synth's, don't overlook the option if going hardware for this. M-Audio makes several MIDI adaptors that are Linux compatible with AISO and or Jack. Don't skimp on a cheap MIDI keyboard. Get one with sampled sounds. If you find Rosegarden does not work on your fav Linux distro, pick up a recycled older PC to dedicate to your Digital Audio Workstation DAO. Using a distro optomised for audio work is recommended such as Ubuntu Studio.
If you are recording a band, and don't need MIDI, Audacity does a great job when combined with a good audio console and a good USB A/D device. Lower end and works well is the Behinger U Control devices. On the upper end are some great multi channel firewire interfaces. Due to the issues of lack of good analog sliders on a PC screen, it is highly recommended to add a MIDI Control Surface such as the Berhinger BCF2000, Livid Alias, or others. They interface well with most DAO software in Linux or Windows.
If Microsoft knew what they were doing, Intel would also be doing much better. At least Intel is looking to break into mobile with or without Microsoft. The new lines of low power chips look promising.
I think this is simply working on removing dissolved Oxygen in the water, not electrolisis. To get usable amounts by un burning water, the supplied battery would be way too small.
On the flip side, it broke the ability for a relative to borrow your computer to check their email. Typing in a username while not logged in became impossible. It wants you to enter your password. Googling for a solution shows you have to log in, then manage accounts to create the other user's profile showing a corrolation even if it is a casual connection.
As a work arround, I make multiple user accounts for guests, and then delete them after they checked their email. I don't need my account directly associated to some of my visitors.
For the record system builders were stilled allowed to install XP on new netbooks up until October 22, 2010, and new machines were still being cleared from inventory Christmas 2011. So it is still pretty new to a few people. Up until three years ago it was still new software.
For many people this did not equate to "Old" but stable and with most bugs removed. They did not need new, with new bugs. They needed reliable.
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Reality check. Use Audacity or other program and make a voice recording. Use Amplify to set the peaks at 0 DB. Duplicate the track and shift it several seconds later. Apply Amplify on the new track. Math test, how many DB do you need to attenuate the new track to make it only 8 bits of a 24 bit recording. Each bit is 6 DB. 24 bits to 8 bits is cutting 16 bits at 6 DB per bit. Set the peaks at the new level. Take a listen without changing volume. You will need more than a 16 bit sound card and better ears than I have to hear the echo.
On printers, I prefer them wired to my LAN. Interface is unimportant other than the correct Net printer protocol for a network port has to be used in addition to adding the printer to the Network Printer Port. My comment orignally was in regards to finding the PRINTER driver, not finding it's LAN port.
Comments regarding older printer is right on. The laser printer was an office tank. Toner carts are less than 1/3 the price of ONE Color ink cart for my inkjet. Drafts are defalted to the laser. OEM price for the printer was originaly $2400.00 US. It has outlived several ink jets that died.
I have a wireless LAN. I can use the Ultrabook, Netbooks, Subnotebook, etc in a recliner, no cords. Using printer, NAS, etc is all wireless. The printers sit on a shelf out of the way. Cutter is moved to the closet. Ok I have to get up to retrive a print job, but that is much better than damaged USB ports on a laptop. Yes I have several machines as some are optimised for specific tasks and backup for the new machine when it fails to perform. I have Ubuntu, Linux Mint, XP, Windows 7, and the Ultrabook all on portable recliner frindly formats and all connected to LAN resources.
As an older guy who has received an Unltrabook recently, and trying do do production work instead of consuming media, I had some issues. Installing older paralell port printers attached to my LAN via Trendnet or other devices proved to be very difficult. Visiting the manufacture of the printers for updated drivers was a total failure. As mentioned, there is a learning curve. To get the drivers, you have to use Windows Update instead. Trying to sort a list of files proved difficut too. A long list has the traditional scroll bars on the right just where you expect them. Dragging the bar does scroll the list, but at the top and bottom are the two buttons which also used to scroll the list without dragging, usefull if you only want to scroll small distances in a long list. Unfortunately in Windows 8 they are only decorations with no function. You either need a touch screen to scroll the list, or highlight a file and arrow up/down through the list, which defeats picking multiple files for copy by Control Click. A small wiggle on a extended list can scroll it by several hundred items making picking files difficult.
Maybe there is a trick to this I haven't learned other than drag drop each by itself..
The touch screen is not the preferred method of picking files from a list. My fingers are about 5 lines tall. A mouse is a much better and precise way to do fine motor skills. Photo editing suffers the interface issue too.
I tried to burn some CD's from a band I recorded. Windows 8 had a serious issue with my external USB DVD drive. Using Windows Media Player had no problem burning ONE disk. The media player on the left side properly identified if the drive contained a music CD, Data CD, or Blank CD. The information IS NOT passed to the right side which stubbornly recommended I insert a Blank CD before I could burn another. I went back to a Windows 7 machine which did properly recognise blank disks in the right side. Too bad they didn't keep Windows 7 functionality in the Window 8 Media Player.
In a nutshell, don't ditch your other machines when you get a Windows 8 machine. You may need the older machines to do older tech stuff like burning CD's, sorting photos, editing audio tracks, editing photos, etc. The Windows 8 machine is a great Facebook, Skype, social media and connected machine, but for production, keep your other hardware.
Codes should need tied to the unit serial number. When RS buys there inventory with the NetFlix deal, the website should require the device model/serial number pair to match the devices purchased by RS to be validated.
Intel in Oregon was slammed in the Oregonian, the local metro paper for hurting the schools due to the tax break they negotiated to build D1X there and hire 900 new employees. Their arguement was Intel was getting a break that the schools needed so the cost to the community was higher to pay for the taxes Intel was not paying.
This is a Glass half empty arguement. It's a big glass, a multi Billion project.. that without the break would have located elsewhere. Think of the children.
The tax structure in many locations is designed to keep large business out.
Most people do not realise Intel is taxed on not only income, but property. Employees pay income tax. Property includes buildings and the manufacturing equipment inside the buildings. A grocery store has property of the building, and a few shelves and freezer cases. Intel has property of wafer manufacturing tools valued as several million each. Intel needed the tax break to even consider building in a location where their equipment is subject to Property Tax. A wise move by some is no tax breaks to the rich, make them pay their full fair share.
As a consequence of the tax, any tool that is of marginal use or obsoleted is immediately packed up and shipped off. Think of the tax as storage facility monthly fees on steroids on your property. If you are not using it, get rid of it.
Oregon did need to negotiate to attract a large manufature to the area. Too bad the local socialist newspaper only sees the burden of not getting the entire full glass.
Actually the panel can be removed, and engraved in the machine. Remember to not watch the engraving with the covers removed so you don't engrave your vision. The covers do block the IR of the CO2 laser.
A laser printer does a much nicer job. Look for Laser Engraving services in your area.
Google link to some very nice jobs on laptops https://www.google.com/search?...
A simple EMO button could work wonders. Power down the fuel, inverter, and computer would kill the accelleration and fail safe. Manual steering and brakes still function to maintain control.
If you want one cheap and don't want to wait for delivery for your Sony, simply check your area thrift stores. They are almost as common as Guitar Hero Guitars, Microphones, and Wii Balance Boards.
FYI, the Rock Band/Guitar Hero microphones show up on a PC as a decent Logitech USB Microphone. Not a bad mic for under $5.
I am behind one, on DSL. I did not bypass it, but have admin privilages on the router section. I still use a consumer router after it because I don't know how effective it is. I could have used a simple switch to add more physical ports as the modem only has one LAN port. The DSL modem provides DHCP in the 192.168.0 range and my rounter is 192.168.0.2 to use the gateway in the modem.
I did forward a port used by my PAP2T-NA so I can receive phone calls. Other than that, I left the firewall intact in both routers. I did turn off remote admin of the router and UPNP. I presume the ISP still has admin privelages of the modem section to set QOS on their end.
If you have a home router, is it protected if it is behind the router built into many DSL or Cable modems? Your ISP may be protecting your firewall router by placing it behind another firewall router in your modem.
A quick test to see if this may apply to you. view your router's status page and look at the IP address of the WAN connection. If the WAN connection is a 196.168.x.x number then your modem has a router too. Has anyone pen tested your modem router?
You lost me at the slip on synchronous motors. They may lag in phase, but not speed. Once 180 out they no longer function as a motor. The drive electronics does drive them in a torque mode, not PLL speed locked mode. They are traction motors in cars. Drive electronics does vary the frequency to match the wheel speed to maintain commutation. Phase angle and current are regulated to provide torque in either direction as needed. Electrical phase is kept in a narrow range of the armature magnet to operate it as a traction motor.
I;ll feed this offtopic thread with the answer to the question. The author assumes a hard clocked stepper motor type drive. This is the fault of the question. The answer is the motor is not clocked for speed control,but intead is driven as a Traction motor, where speed is largely ignored, and current is regulated to control torque. With all wheels on the ground, they all turn close to the same speed. Applying equal torque to acellerate positive or negative is simply a matter of regulating current. Controlling current can be handled by the accellerator or cruise control. I anticipate the next question.. AC motor.. Google Communtation. Any PC cooling fan of DC brushless design has this. They are not dependant on a fixed speed, but a fixed torque. They don't massivly torque up if slightly slowed.
Is this a case of default password, instead of a "Linux" vunerability?
This is called Overt Intelligence. Covert is spying on the hidden. Overt is gathering public info.
Drunks with impaired judgement will still get caught. Sober night shift workers can avoid unnessary delays.
The box looks like it is based on the Intel Next Unit of Computing, but at a much lower price point. A bare "kit" of an NUC without a drive is more expensive. It should be able to run Linux after the Chrome bootloader issue is addressed.
http://www.intel.com/content/w...
I think if I read the original news articles correctly, you are spot on. NSA did not compromise Angry Birds. They however did spy on the marketing info the program 3rd party advertising returned. This 3rd party info was intercepted. Block all advertising and this may have been a non issue.
Free app.. Supported by 3rd party adverts .. Advert demographics information scrapped on the way back through governemtnt internet checkpoints.
The exception is the M Audio Quattro. Nice unit on Win 98, 2K Pro, or older Mac.
Due to the issues with soft synth's, don't overlook the option if going hardware for this. M-Audio makes several MIDI adaptors that are Linux compatible with AISO and or Jack. Don't skimp on a cheap MIDI keyboard. Get one with sampled sounds. If you find Rosegarden does not work on your fav Linux distro, pick up a recycled older PC to dedicate to your Digital Audio Workstation DAO. Using a distro optomised for audio work is recommended such as Ubuntu Studio.
If you are recording a band, and don't need MIDI, Audacity does a great job when combined with a good audio console and a good USB A/D device. Lower end and works well is the Behinger U Control devices. On the upper end are some great multi channel firewire interfaces. Due to the issues of lack of good analog sliders on a PC screen, it is highly recommended to add a MIDI Control Surface such as the Berhinger BCF2000, Livid Alias, or others. They interface well with most DAO software in Linux or Windows.
If Microsoft knew what they were doing, Intel would also be doing much better. At least Intel is looking to break into mobile with or without Microsoft. The new lines of low power chips look promising.
I think this is simply working on removing dissolved Oxygen in the water, not electrolisis. To get usable amounts by un burning water, the supplied battery would be way too small.
On the flip side, it broke the ability for a relative to borrow your computer to check their email. Typing in a username while not logged in became impossible. It wants you to enter your password. Googling for a solution shows you have to log in, then manage accounts to create the other user's profile showing a corrolation even if it is a casual connection.
As a work arround, I make multiple user accounts for guests, and then delete them after they checked their email. I don't need my account directly associated to some of my visitors.
For many people this did not equate to "Old" but stable and with most bugs removed. They did not need new, with new bugs. They needed reliable.