I just finished performing some rather subjective research on portable/micro MP3 players that record voice well in a non-proprietary format and under $200. As a word of warning, I was restricted to purchasing players that I could return for a full refund at local stores. This pretty much amounted to Best Buy, and Sears.
The best I found was iRiver 380t w/ UMS firmware installed. It encodes directly to MP3 at 44KHz / CBR 160Kbps max. External line-in jack (Are there lapel mic's that do this?) $140 I was highly dubious at first due to the "iRiver Manager" software, and the disclaimer that "transferring MP3 files to your computer is illegal" when trying to upload MP3s to my PC. Also, the recordings were named with.REC. I transferred the recording to my PC via the manager software, and it renamed to.MP3. I compared the two files, and the only difference was the extension. I searched the website and found the UMS firmware. This obviated the need for the manager software, and made the default extension of the recorded files.MP3. Nice. The Auto Gain Control feature is terrific. I recorded in a gymnasium and could hear everyone clearly during a lecture.
The others I actually tested were: Creative MuVo NX 128 - Crap quality for recording. Max 4-bit 8KHz WAV. Samsung VY-H200 - Proprietary format on device, converted to MP3 with Windoze software, "SHQ" (Max)setting = 89Kbps 11KHz. MPIO FY-200 - Proprietary format on device, converted to MP3, Max 128Kbps, extremely sensitive mic (forget shirt-pocket recording).
Others I would have liked to try: iAudio CW300 RipFlash Pro JMTek MelodiStick Dyne Telecom Clue MPIO 4
- OrbNobz Flag not moving. Wind not moving. Mind moving. -A Zen Master whose name I forgot (Goedel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid)
From the article: "In theory, these oscillators could recapture most of the energy expended in a calculation and reuse it other calculations." What the hell does this mean? 4(0100) + 3(0011) = 7(0111) Ok, now, let's take that 0111 and use the bits for the answer to 7+8. Is that really what they're saying?
"The concept is somewhat analogous to hybrid cars now on the market that take the energy generated during braking and recycle it into electricity used to power the car." Ummm, no. The car analogy would work if we captured the waste heat thrown off, and converted it back to electricity. The concept here is that we don't waste the heat to begin with. This would be analogous to driving back to point A in reverse and reclaiming the fuel.
How could this possibly work?
- OrbNobz I, for one, welcome our new reversible friends!!sdneirf elbisrever wen ruo emoclew,eno rof,I The preceding statement took absolutely no energy to write.
In fact, the light captured and converted back to energy in this fashion just might...fall...way short of the energy needed to shock the crystal. Damn. No perpetual motion machine for you, one year! The only way to achieve any kind of efficiency would be to cheat by saying you don't couont the energy being applied to the crystal as part of the system.
- OrbNobz "If the truth can be told, so as to be understood, it WILL be believed."
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Here's something I don't understand about your explanation. You make it sound as if distance is synonymous with rate of speed. Doppler effect involves compression and decompression of a wave. How does bouncing it between mirrors cause it to shift? It seems to me that it would only mitigate the wave, not shift it. Some relative movement must be involved to (de)compress the wave. Don't get me wrong, I think your explanation is great, but it's not done yet. Please finish. Or maybe I missed something...:)
- OrbNobz "If the truth can be told, so as to be understood, it WILL be believed."
Would it stand to reason that these devices would _generate_ electricity when bombarded by photons? Or would they be destroyed? I'm sure several orders of magnitude more of these nanotubes would fit in the space of a solar cell. Stephenson's aerostats just might work.:) Perhaps someone with a background could answer.
- OrbNobz I don't care about the answer, the nano-machine operating my fingers is asking.
Definetly had to be Pong. I was dramatically affected even after an hour or two of playing it. People would tell me, "You are so boring! It's like I don't even know who you are anymore!" I guess my life was one downward spiral from that moment on. I remember the first time I ran out between 2 kids playing catch and intentionally blocked the ball by letting it hit me.
But I feel MUCH better now.
No, but seriously, I'd have to say Metroid for Nintendo, and Super Mario Land for GameBoy. Oh, and I'm sure GoldenEye for N64 had a small part too.
- OrbNobz "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
I wonder if this test included an intervening mountain, an oscillation overthruster, and a pilot wearing a kamikaze headband?
"Holloman AFB, Lt. Col. James Jolliffe speaking." "Sir? Hi, I have a 'Lord Whorfin' with a 'Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems' on line 1? Something about wanting his overthruster back?"
I like to put the following message in my MOTD, and I don't just say it, I DO it! ------- Welcome! You should know that all critical logs are being printed in hardcopy form at the System Administrator's desk and domicile. Unless you plan on performing a physical B&E to accompany your virtual one, leave now. You have also passed through a transparent tracking appliance that is monitored 24/7 by a third party, and is determining your point of origin at this time.
Don't let the port hit you on the way out! -------
That of course is assuming the intruder is there simply to steal data. However, you must also account for: a) the evil malicious bastards that establish your host as a DDOS contributor. b) the clever tricksters that are "teaching you a lesson" by altering one config file that screws your entire network. c) the plain and simple pricks that just delete everything. d) the pervs setting up your host to serve child pr0n. (Honestly, officer!) e) the countless other reasons for network invasion that I can't think of right now.
So, on top of what you said, we have lawyers fees, labor time for sysadmin not being able to work on other projects (like deathmatches), business deadlines being smashed, corporate productivity taking a dump, etc.
Bottom line: There is no such thing as too much network security.
- OrbNobz There is NO SUCH THING as too much network security!
I can't think of anything more safe than disposable passwords.
I talked to the fellow that ports packages over at SunFreeware, but it never got done. I'm beginning to wonder if there is some other disposable password package to which most everyone has switched and I'm not aware.
They even have a name picked out for it. They call it "DOS". I'm told it is not pronounced like the Spanish "Dos" however. It's more of a short O sound like the O in "Dog". Where DO these guys come up with these NEW innovative ideas??? I sure wish our open source community could do that...;)
- OrbNobz Well, it was either that, or "Terminals", but that sounds fatalistic.
Would you prefer the "Max Headroom" obnoxious type, or the "Al" helpful-in-a-vague-sort-of-way type? Or perhaps you would appreciate the "Kitt" state-the-blatantly-obvious type.
- OrbNobz This post provides tactile feedback. Put on your PowerGlove and touch it!
> Recoil mitigation? On a Laser weapon? I don't get it, where does the recoil come from.
Ummm, according to the PDF attached to the original article, the lasing affect is achieved by allowing a small amount of superheated/pressurized carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and helium escape through an expansion chamber at supersonic speeds accelerating to hypersonic speeds (Mach 5+) and thus emitting a "laser" beam lasting a fraction of a second. I imagine that would create a bit of recoil. I also suspect that could be quite loud, but with all that shielding, I don't know... I wonder if it would be anything like getting hit with a round from a rail gun? The only thing that bothers me is the amount of wear the chamber surfaces would sustain. Oh, and the stock (where the Po-221 radioisotope is stored) taking a direct hit couldn't be too healthy for the soldier carrying the weapon, or the surrounding troops.
Being a laser knowledge challenged layman myself, I can't see how 1.91kW is anything to shake a stick at. Is that even visible in daylight?
- OrbNobz This signature has been olfactorily enhanced! Please sniff your monitor.
I tried out Moneydance about 2 years ago looking for an alternatice to M$ Money. The interface was extremely bland in comparison, not nearly as many features, and also a few java bugs. The main reason I had to resort back to Money was due to the fact I could not get MD to import my Money file. I would have had to start over. Unacceptable. Perhaps things have gotten a lot better now, but since I can't reach the site...
I will admit, I derived GREAT satisfaction when people asked me what I did for a living..."I play games for a living, what do YOU do?" After a while, the novelty wears off. I beta tested the MMOG Tanarus for Sony Interactive Studios of America (aka SISA, aka Verant, aka 989 Studios). I got paid $1.00 over min wage as I was a temp. I could go on and on about the 'perks' Sony provides the perms and not temps (Pizza during crunch time, free PS dev units, etc.) but I'd rather leave the ranting at home today. Bottom line: You cannot make a living from doing this work. If you like playing games for a living, code them for somebody!
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I just finished performing some rather subjective research on portable/micro MP3 players that record voice well in a non-proprietary format and under $200. As a word of warning, I was restricted to purchasing players that I could return for a full refund at local stores. This pretty much amounted to Best Buy, and Sears.
.REC. I transferred the recording to my PC via the manager software, and it renamed to .MP3. I compared the two files, and the only difference was the extension. I searched the website and found the UMS firmware. This obviated the need for the manager software, and made the default extension of the recorded files .MP3. Nice. The Auto Gain Control feature is terrific. I recorded in a gymnasium and could hear everyone clearly during a lecture.
The best I found was iRiver 380t w/ UMS firmware installed. It encodes directly to MP3 at 44KHz / CBR 160Kbps max. External line-in jack (Are there lapel mic's that do this?) $140
I was highly dubious at first due to the "iRiver Manager" software, and the disclaimer that "transferring MP3 files to your computer is illegal" when trying to upload MP3s to my PC. Also, the recordings were named with
The others I actually tested were:
Creative MuVo NX 128 - Crap quality for recording. Max 4-bit 8KHz WAV.
Samsung VY-H200 - Proprietary format on device, converted to MP3 with Windoze software, "SHQ" (Max)setting = 89Kbps 11KHz.
MPIO FY-200 - Proprietary format on device, converted to MP3, Max 128Kbps, extremely sensitive mic (forget shirt-pocket recording).
Others I would have liked to try:
iAudio CW300
RipFlash Pro
JMTek MelodiStick
Dyne Telecom Clue
MPIO 4
- OrbNobz
Flag not moving. Wind not moving. Mind moving. -A Zen Master whose name I forgot (Goedel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid)
From the article:
,eno rof ,I
"In theory, these oscillators could recapture most of the energy expended in a calculation and reuse it other calculations."
What the hell does this mean?
4(0100) + 3(0011) = 7(0111)
Ok, now, let's take that 0111 and use the bits for the answer to 7+8.
Is that really what they're saying?
"The concept is somewhat analogous to hybrid cars now on the market that take the energy generated during braking and recycle it into electricity used to power the car."
Ummm, no. The car analogy would work if we captured the waste heat thrown off, and converted it back to electricity. The concept here is that we don't waste the heat to begin with. This would be analogous to driving back to point A in reverse and reclaiming the fuel.
How could this possibly work?
- OrbNobz
I, for one, welcome our new reversible friends!!sdneirf elbisrever wen ruo emoclew
The preceding statement took absolutely no energy to write.
Can't wait to see Indy wielding a walkie-talkie and a jump rope. :(
- OrbNobz
Bittorrent doubles as a honeypot.
Sorry, for a minute there, I thought you were talking about Japan.
- OrbNobz
A sarariman by any other name, works just as hard.
In fact, the light captured and converted back to energy in this fashion just might...fall...way short of the energy needed to shock the crystal.
Damn.
No perpetual motion machine for you, one year!
The only way to achieve any kind of efficiency would be to cheat by saying you don't couont the energy being applied to the crystal as part of the system.
- OrbNobz
"If the truth can be told, so as to be understood, it WILL be believed."
Here's something I don't understand about your explanation. :)
You make it sound as if distance is synonymous with rate of speed.
Doppler effect involves compression and decompression of a wave.
How does bouncing it between mirrors cause it to shift?
It seems to me that it would only mitigate the wave, not shift it.
Some relative movement must be involved to (de)compress the wave.
Don't get me wrong, I think your explanation is great, but it's not done yet. Please finish. Or maybe I missed something...
- OrbNobz
"If the truth can be told, so as to be understood, it WILL be believed."
It's Evolver all over again!!!
- OrbNobz
And a table made of cheeeeese...and a chair made of cheeeeeese...
Would it stand to reason that these devices would _generate_ electricity when bombarded by photons? Or would they be destroyed? :)
I'm sure several orders of magnitude more of these nanotubes would fit in the space of a solar cell.
Stephenson's aerostats just might work.
Perhaps someone with a background could answer.
- OrbNobz
I don't care about the answer, the nano-machine operating my fingers is asking.
Definetly had to be Pong.
I was dramatically affected even after an hour or two of playing it.
People would tell me, "You are so boring! It's like I don't even know who you are anymore!"
I guess my life was one downward spiral from that moment on.
I remember the first time I ran out between 2 kids playing catch and intentionally blocked the ball by letting it hit me.
But I feel MUCH better now.
No, but seriously, I'd have to say Metroid for Nintendo, and Super Mario Land for GameBoy. Oh, and I'm sure GoldenEye for N64 had a small part too.
- OrbNobz
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
I hope they don't mind a few counterattacks!
Opening up this type of warfare could get nasty.
I will relish the challenge.
- OrbNobz
I swear! It's like they're waging a anti-piracy jihad!
I wonder if this test included an intervening mountain, an oscillation overthruster, and a pilot wearing a kamikaze headband?
"Holloman AFB, Lt. Col. James Jolliffe speaking."
"Sir? Hi, I have a 'Lord Whorfin' with a 'Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems' on line 1? Something about wanting his overthruster back?"
- OrbNobz
Big Boo-TAY! TAY! -=BANG=-
Oh, one other thing.
:)
I like to put the following message in my MOTD, and I don't just say it, I DO it!
-------
Welcome!
You should know that all critical logs are being printed in hardcopy
form at the System Administrator's desk and domicile. Unless you plan
on performing a physical B&E to accompany your virtual one, leave now.
You have also passed through a transparent tracking appliance that is
monitored 24/7 by a third party, and is determining your point of
origin at this time.
Don't let the port hit you on the way out!
-------
Oops, so much for keeping it simple...
- OrbNobz
$posts++; $karma--;
That of course is assuming the intruder is there simply to steal data.
However, you must also account for:
a) the evil malicious bastards that establish your host as a DDOS contributor.
b) the clever tricksters that are "teaching you a lesson" by altering one config file that screws your entire network.
c) the plain and simple pricks that just delete everything.
d) the pervs setting up your host to serve child pr0n. (Honestly, officer!)
e) the countless other reasons for network invasion that I can't think of right now.
So, on top of what you said, we have lawyers fees, labor time for sysadmin not being able to work on other projects (like deathmatches), business deadlines being smashed, corporate productivity taking a dump, etc.
Bottom line:
There is no such thing as too much network security.
- OrbNobz
There is NO SUCH THING as too much network security!
Why isn't anyone mentioning S/Key?
I can't think of anything more safe than disposable passwords.
I talked to the fellow that ports packages over at SunFreeware, but it never got done. I'm beginning to wonder if there is some other disposable password package to which most everyone has switched and I'm not aware.
Anybody?
- OrbNobz
The administrator IS the network.
They even have a name picked out for it. ;)
They call it "DOS".
I'm told it is not pronounced like the Spanish "Dos" however. It's more
of a short O sound like the O in "Dog".
Where DO these guys come up with these NEW innovative ideas???
I sure wish our open source community could do that...
- OrbNobz
Well, it was either that, or "Terminals", but that sounds fatalistic.
Would you prefer the "Max Headroom" obnoxious type, or the "Al" helpful-in-a-vague-sort-of-way type?
Or perhaps you would appreciate the "Kitt" state-the-blatantly-obvious type.
- OrbNobz
This post provides tactile feedback. Put on your PowerGlove and touch it!
Point well taken.
Thanks for the straightening.
I'll check out Destination Void, thanks for the tip.
- OrbNobz
Some days you can't even _kill_ a guy...
Wintermute's problems were so bad, he commited suicide!
- OrbNobz
People tell me I'm narcoleptic, but I don't belieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
> Recoil mitigation? On a Laser weapon? I don't get it, where does the recoil come from.
Ummm, according to the PDF attached to the original article, the lasing affect is achieved by allowing a small amount of superheated/pressurized carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and helium escape through an expansion chamber at supersonic speeds accelerating to hypersonic speeds (Mach 5+) and thus emitting a "laser" beam lasting a fraction of a second.
I imagine that would create a bit of recoil.
I also suspect that could be quite loud, but with all that shielding, I don't know...
I wonder if it would be anything like getting hit with a round from a rail gun?
The only thing that bothers me is the amount of wear the chamber surfaces would sustain.
Oh, and the stock (where the Po-221 radioisotope is stored) taking a direct hit couldn't be too healthy for the soldier carrying the weapon, or the surrounding troops.
Being a laser knowledge challenged layman myself, I can't see how 1.91kW is anything to shake a stick at. Is that even visible in daylight?
- OrbNobz
This signature has been olfactorily enhanced! Please sniff your monitor.
I tried out Moneydance about 2 years ago looking for an alternatice to M$ Money.
The interface was extremely bland in comparison, not nearly as many features, and also a few java bugs.
The main reason I had to resort back to Money was due to the fact I could not get MD to import my Money file. I would have had to start over. Unacceptable.
Perhaps things have gotten a lot better now, but since I can't reach the site...
- OrbNobz
Post-war Iraq
"These findings provide an opportunity to resolve details in an object smaller than a wavelength."
Would this mean that with a metamicroscope, I could see molecules or even atoms optically vs. electronically?
Wow! Color me impressed!
- OrbNobz
You left what at home?
The guidey...chippy...thingy. - Zim and Gir
BBC has the only free live feed I can find.
They have great coverage (of what can be covered anyway).
- OrbNobz
And the rockets red glare...the bombs bursting in air...
Or close your bank accounts.
Or get a driver's license.
Or sell it.
Or make your life a living hell until you can change it.
- OrbNobz
"Mind if I drive?" "Not if you don't mind me clawing at the dash and screaming like a cheerleader." - Sam n' Max (vice versa anyway)
....I'm getting a "future message"..... w-o-r-k....
t-h-i-s.....w-i-l-l....n-e-v-e-r...
- OrbNobz
Yours legs are stupid. - Zim
I will admit, I derived GREAT satisfaction when people asked me what I did for a living..."I play games for a living, what do YOU do?"
After a while, the novelty wears off.
I beta tested the MMOG Tanarus for Sony Interactive Studios of America (aka SISA, aka Verant, aka 989 Studios). I got paid $1.00 over min wage as I was a temp. I could go on and on about the 'perks' Sony provides the perms and not temps (Pizza during crunch time, free PS dev units, etc.) but I'd rather leave the ranting at home today.
Bottom line: You cannot make a living from doing this work. If you like playing games for a living, code them for somebody!
- OrbNobz
Are we fashionably late?