You've got 88 keys plus 3 pedals that are hit and released at precise times with a given force. The number of variables is limited and pretty straightforward. A sensor under each key could record the performance accurately, and a regular piano with a bunch of robotic plungers could play it back.
it doesn't sound like you've played a lot of piano. The whole idea of the piano is in it's full name: pianoforte. this means that you can vary the intensity of each note played by varying how hard you strike the key. the piano was leaps and bounds ahead of the harpsicord that only could pluck the string one way. the piano uses a set of hammers to vary the intensity of the sound.
where a disclavier might fall short is in recording the nuances of pressure applied: it just might not be exact enough. if you play the the purely electronic Yamaha keyboards you really miss out on the dynamic range of an authentic, stringed, piano.
it's not as simple as sequencing in midi. When the piano is played masterfully there is a liason between each note that joins the whole composition together.
the 2.4ghz band is a mess. cordless phones, video transmitters (X.10!), 802.11, and Bluetooth all share that band of frequencies. Granted, this is what was pretty well inevitable with the FCC unrestricting the 2.4ghz band.
now there are technologies they never thought of, like interference from this light. I seriously have a problem with any of these 2.4ghz products: i'm not even guaranteed that my video transmitter will work with my phone without interfering.
i'll wait until Ultra Wide Band products become available. 3.1ghz phones are just around the corner. then watch us roll into GPS territory. maybe we should just switch back to carrier pigeons (:
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ABit factory a few years ago, and while they had a lot of surface mount technology that was automated, things like PCI sockets were installed by HAND. While the cool automated, dust-free machines are good for some things, a lot of the components we use are cheaper to assemble with manpower.
I am hereby notifying everyone that I am patenting colonization on the moon and mars. i believe there has been no prior art.
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Now it will be EASY to get funding for my giant tower to reach into heaven! I'll be starting IPO in a week. For now, i'll need about a thousand strong men with bricklaying experience that all speak the same language.
I bought an SNES, and i only bought 3 games for it the entire time i had it. i think they refer to the AVERAGE console owner, which means the people that buy one game a month will be cancelled out with the people that buy two games a year and perhaps rent a few every couple of months when they have the time.
that being said, perhaps 7 games is a good estimate becuase right now i can't name 3 games on the X box that i'd like to play (Halo? Wreckless?) everything else is on other platforms.
how will windows be dead? i'm not trying to flamebait, but while this may have been true for 95/98, when 2k and XP came out Microsoft finally achieved stability on their platform.
Windows is now stable and it can operates happily in the background with uptimes of days, weeks and months. i don't want to get into an OS war, but for the majority of end users, they requested windows, even when it was still buggy. again, this is nothing new. Microsoft is just the de facto standard for home now.
what Dell really misses out on by dropping Linux is the server market. they're simply ignoring (or pressured out of) the market of servers that can be administrated wonderfully with linux. THIS is the point of superiority that we can all agree with.
the thing is, i've tried everything, and i'm looking at stuff like this now. why? i've done the computer by the reciever. i've done the 2.4ghz video tranmitters. i've tried the long ass cords. these are the things that upset me with "brew your own"
1) i've got a 2000 stereo system, and i'm still relying on headphone jacks to get my sound out.
2) i'm the only person in the house that knows how to play a DVD through my system
3) the fan is loud. the box is clunky.
so in a nutshell, the computer will do you fine. so will using a set of slip-joint pliers instead of a sledge hammer to pound in a nail. when you buy a stereo system, you want everything easy to use as a remote control, easier if possible.
I'm looking for a sleek box that does all the functions i want from your computer as a media center. I'd pay more for ease of use and usability, and that's why i'd be interested in buying something like this.
however, IMHO i'll keep looking, becauuse this overpriced RIO box is just dang ugly. clunky too.
perhaps it's good that efforts have been made to design around energy limitations. while i'm all for better power supplies, designing circuits that use as little power as possible to do a given task means that less is wasted. just look at the amount of excess processing power we have in our computers and how much unnecessary code there is in a standard application.
engineering around power limitations means smart, efficent designs, not wasteful products that just suck up energy. i think these limitations helped designers innovate.
"plato"'s atlantis? we're not talking about original sources of information, we're talking about unique story elements in "Nadia" that were transplanted almost intact into Disney's "Atlantis". there is a difference between original source material and plagarism. surely you looked through the links in the/. article!
but i'd think that Disney has enough resources to thuroughly check and make sure their stories are indeed original. I knew of the "Lion King" deal (heck, the simpsons even made fun of it) but when stories parallel like this, it makes disney look like they are rewriting history.
that being said, it's not like their animated movies are original at all but they are fairy tales that have been "disneyized". I could accept "the little mermaid", but for disney to copy wholesale "Nadia", it's not so much ignorance as it is revisionist.
Bad - Screaming "I am l33t h4x0r!" and trying to cast spells at aforementioned PK'er
what you call "bad", i just call someone with poor social skills. that is WAY better than than kicking someone's ass in real life. Giving physical beatings to avenge an online act is just an inability to control your own anger. You might as well endorse kicking someone's ass for cutting you off on the highway.
We push out DIVX and still get stuck with a digital medium which takes a felony to copy.
true. but this is not the consumer's fault. If you want to whine about the DMCA, then blame it on some record company that lobbied for the law to be there. I got a better idea. blame it on Clinton, who signed the damn law in the first place! Are you supriseed that our choices frequently come down to the lesser of two evils in this world? I think picking the lesser of two evils is a noble choice too.
these are also the same consumers who told DIVX DVD's to screw off. and that is exactly the kind of licensing or pay-per-listen they are talking about. to claim people's inability to understanding the pros and cons of licensing vs. ownership is one thing, but you ca'nt do it with McDonalds, N'Sync or buying bras at Walmart.
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it is not just a regular 2.5" hard drive. this is a 1.8" hard drive that is the same thickness as a type II PC card.
check the link here. While it is lots of storage for a little space, it is restricted to the maximum transfer rates of the PC card interface.
first they outlawed handguns, i guess the next thing that's going out the door is Pringles. Get them before they make you register them, Aussies!
the 2.4ghz band is a mess. cordless phones, video transmitters (X.10!), 802.11, and Bluetooth all share that band of frequencies. Granted, this is what was pretty well inevitable with the FCC unrestricting the 2.4ghz band.
now there are technologies they never thought of, like interference from this light. I seriously have a problem with any of these 2.4ghz products: i'm not even guaranteed that my video transmitter will work with my phone without interfering.
i'll wait until Ultra Wide Band products become available. 3.1ghz phones are just around the corner. then watch us roll into GPS territory. maybe we should just switch back to carrier pigeons (:
i'm glad you mentioned something about "pretty animated gifs". if you didn't, i probably wouldn't have clicked on the link! thanks!
HardOCP had a illustrated trip of the ABit factory a few years ago, and while they had a lot of surface mount technology that was automated, things like PCI sockets were installed by HAND. While the cool automated, dust-free machines are good for some things, a lot of the components we use are cheaper to assemble with manpower.
I am hereby notifying everyone that I am patenting colonization on the moon and mars. i believe there has been no prior art.
Now it will be EASY to get funding for my giant tower to reach into heaven! I'll be starting IPO in a week. For now, i'll need about a thousand strong men with bricklaying experience that all speak the same language.
actully, the fact that they have numbers intead of vowels in their name automatically disqualifies them from free speech.
meant to be humorous or funny: not serious? waggishness? facetiousness?
I bought an SNES, and i only bought 3 games for it the entire time i had it. i think they refer to the AVERAGE console owner, which means the people that buy one game a month will be cancelled out with the people that buy two games a year and perhaps rent a few every couple of months when they have the time.
that being said, perhaps 7 games is a good estimate becuase right now i can't name 3 games on the X box that i'd like to play (Halo? Wreckless?) everything else is on other platforms.
don't pull the plug yet! i wanted to buy my napster t shirt and their web server's down!
don't worry, i d/led the whole .gz file off of Direct Connect and burnt it on a CD. I'm sharing it right now!
i'm glad orks are being dropped. considering what they did to azeroth the last time they were in a game, i'm not suprized with blizzard's decision.
they cause nothing but problems for the humans!
how will windows be dead? i'm not trying to flamebait, but while this may have been true for 95/98, when 2k and XP came out Microsoft finally achieved stability on their platform.
Windows is now stable and it can operates happily in the background with uptimes of days, weeks and months. i don't want to get into an OS war, but for the majority of end users, they requested windows, even when it was still buggy. again, this is nothing new. Microsoft is just the de facto standard for home now.
what Dell really misses out on by dropping Linux is the server market. they're simply ignoring (or pressured out of) the market of servers that can be administrated wonderfully with linux. THIS is the point of superiority that we can all agree with.
the thing is, i've tried everything, and i'm looking at stuff like this now. why? i've done the computer by the reciever. i've done the 2.4ghz video tranmitters. i've tried the long ass cords. these are the things that upset me with "brew your own"
1) i've got a 2000 stereo system, and i'm still relying on headphone jacks to get my sound out.
2) i'm the only person in the house that knows how to play a DVD through my system
3) the fan is loud. the box is clunky.
so in a nutshell, the computer will do you fine. so will using a set of slip-joint pliers instead of a sledge hammer to pound in a nail. when you buy a stereo system, you want everything easy to use as a remote control, easier if possible.
I'm looking for a sleek box that does all the functions i want from your computer as a media center. I'd pay more for ease of use and usability, and that's why i'd be interested in buying something like this.
however, IMHO i'll keep looking, becauuse this overpriced RIO box is just dang ugly. clunky too.
perhaps it's good that efforts have been made to design around energy limitations. while i'm all for better power supplies, designing circuits that use as little power as possible to do a given task means that less is wasted. just look at the amount of excess processing power we have in our computers and how much unnecessary code there is in a standard application.
engineering around power limitations means smart, efficent designs, not wasteful products that just suck up energy. i think these limitations helped designers innovate.
"plato"'s atlantis? we're not talking about original sources of information, we're talking about unique story elements in "Nadia" that were transplanted almost intact into Disney's "Atlantis". there is a difference between original source material and plagarism. surely you looked through the links in the /. article!
but i'd think that Disney has enough resources to thuroughly check and make sure their stories are indeed original. I knew of the "Lion King" deal (heck, the simpsons even made fun of it) but when stories parallel like this, it makes disney look like they are rewriting history.
that being said, it's not like their animated movies are original at all but they are fairy tales that have been "disneyized". I could accept "the little mermaid", but for disney to copy wholesale "Nadia", it's not so much ignorance as it is revisionist.
all i'm thinking about is that stupid clown college!
do do dodo do do do do do do...
these are also the same consumers who told DIVX DVD's to screw off. and that is exactly the kind of licensing or pay-per-listen they are talking about. to claim people's inability to understanding the pros and cons of licensing vs. ownership is one thing, but you ca'nt do it with McDonalds, N'Sync or buying bras at Walmart.
this is only true if your legal system is up for sale.