As someone who just reviewed my 2006 financial info and found I spent over $1,500 on vinyl records, I would have to say the biggest reason is that you can get stuff on vinyl that you cannot get anywhere else (except for the label's computer or file sharing sites that are used by the labels or artists making the music). Eventually someone will rip the vinyl and post it somewhere, but in the meantime, you can either be the first dj on the block with that amazing Ed Banger remix, if you buy it on vinyl.
I'm guessing the increase in vinyl sales is coming from non-Major labels, but I haven't looked at the figures. Of course, Virgin does own V2 and they do release a lot of vinyl (and distribute even more), so it's possible...
And in regards to quality, most people play vinyl on substandard equipment. And DJ's all use Technic 1200's, which are not the most audiophile turntables (but go ahead, try to break them).
First off, it says the cloud had a 2 km. radius, or 2 mile, I don't recall but that scale difference doesn't affect what I'm saying. As far as I know, no news report mentions the actual blast itself, just the cloud. The graph from Virginia Tech shows that you can go about halfway between 100 and 1000 kiloton before the stabilized cloud radius gets to be bigger than 10,000 ft, or roughly 2 miles.
I haven't seen any mention of the blast in specifics, besides the lovely speculation going on here (keep it up). Remember, the offical US report was, "it could just be a forest fire." hehe, ok, yeah.
so if a kiloton means 1,000 tons of TNT, as some definitions say, then this graph of "Approximate values of stabilized cloud height and radius as a function of explosion yield for land surface or low air bursts" seems to say that a 2 mile radius can be up to 100,000 tons of TNT.
VDMX will do text in real time, and let you save to the harddisk or send it back out through s-video, a firewire box, whatever.
however, Vidvox's new software, Grid2, is much more in line with the ideas the orignal question posed, even if the question was a bit off. So far, however, it won't do the text, but it does a ton of other stuff related to the concept I think the question was getting at.
I think a window's version is supposed to be coming out soon, but right now it's mac only.
Of course, if you really just want to take a video feed, add text, and go back out, VDMX will do that without a hitch, and look a hell of a lot better than old Character Generators (i love pixelated fonts!).
I use both on a regular basis for VJing and presentations at school.
there is a little known company from Troy, New York (yup, RPI alumni) called Vidvox that makes real-time video software for editing, effects, whatever. Educators are even using it to do presentations over powerpoint, since it does pdfs, pictures, and video all from one simple interface. Traditionally the software has been used, and was originally designed for, video artists or VJ's. Now they have expanded their focus to include video production work so as real time editing, visualization and storyboarding. It even exports EDL so you can load what you play directly into Final Cut (or whatever) to fine tune a rough live mix.
Check them out at www.vidvox.net, and their new release of their flagship product, Grid2. The crazy part is, it's only $75 and does up to HD quality!
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sooo, you are right because????
i'm not sure what planet you are from, but the planet i'm from is littered with romanesque statue's reminiscent of patriarchal societies who would prefer other people's woman as slaves than as statues. it always seems its only the ones who get the rich guys off that make it to the granite...
the empire-building aside, they still left statues all over. however, i've never seen one like that picture on banksy's website. maybe you have. maybe thats the art you were making as a kid. maybe you are the one who first defined what art is, and it just so happens that i'm confused because i missed that day of school.
if i had a signature it would say judge not lest you be judged yourself.
or something similar...
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Actually, I think recordings are considered as good as the writing stuff
this is why you have all those lovely customer service folk on the phone introducing themselves with the "this conversation is being recorded for quality purposes." I once had a magazine place try to screw me on, thats right, magazines. they played the tape saying i agreed to whatever it was, but once i asked my lawyer he threw the whole thing back at them on some other technicality.
point is, thats why they are recording it, not for "quality assessment."
yeah i gotta say all these complaints and support come down to personal preference. dont knock something if it doesnt fit into YOUR system. if you have a workflow already defined and tested, you have no need for something like this. in organizational behavior you would say your org structure is "frozen," as in, it works, lets go with it. however, there comes a time in every (lasting) company's life that it needs to "unfreeze" to meet the new demands of the market. if ya'll are still frozen, keep your comments realistic. just because you have it ALL worked out with your paper and pen, doesnt mean that someone else does. the most insightful comments i've seen are the ones explaining how people have used their tablets to work for them. for myself, now that i have a good workflow done with notetaking using my powerbook in class, it is 100 times better than the old pen and paper approach. plus there is much sharing going on, and i love being ready with class notes when it comes time for others to share info they have (like last years tests)
1) Paper notes don't disappear when your hard drive crashes
2) The resolution of paper and ink is still better than computer monitors (save for the IBM Bertha display)
3) Layout flexibility - it's much much much easier to just draw something on paper inlined with your notes than it is to do it in a word processor (though ASCII art in Emacs can be fast;) ).
1) have you heard of backups? please dont tell me you rely on harddrives without fail. i suspect this was just someone who is pissed off that they spent money on a laptop and couldnt change fast enough to deal with their phd program. r.e.g.u.l.a.r. b.a.c.k.u.p.
2) do they offer phd programs in fine arts? cause thats about the only time you need resolution higher than a typical screen. and even then, its fricking infinite! zoooom zooom zoooom zoooom. last i knew i could get WAY more resolution on photoshop than when i use a pen. not to mention i cant find a pen or pencil that has a micrometer thickness. i'm sure many people here have had to make crib sheets with microsized letters drawn out by hand, how many did it just by used a size 5 font? (okok thats only when printing, but still, my handwriting doesnt compare to computer screens)
3) who said you should use a word processor to take notes? you are right in that drawing becomes plenty easy when its pen and paper, but in my experience its really not that hard with something like microsoft word, and almost always comes out clearer. these days, however, i use notetaker for my notes and omnigraffle for the pictures. heck you could probably do it all in omnigraffle with ease, but then you'd need a mac. microsoft onenote or whatever its called looks promising, but then again, its micro$oft. but my point is that you should use the tool that fits your needs, and it sounds like a word processor is not that too (and it sounds like you didnt give it much thought)
carrying around my one laptop versus carrying around 5 notebooks for 5 classes in addition to the required laptop (biz school, but it is a mac (incidentally about 1/3 of my class now uses a mac)), in addition to the books is a bit heavier than the pen and paper approach.
about 3 months before RIAA sued the two students at rpi, they invited the student population to come down for some "focus group" question and answer sessions. coincidence?
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can you make phone calls with it?
that's the one thing I can't do on my G1.... still, I haven't missed an appointment in awhile, and the games are great!
As someone who just reviewed my 2006 financial info and found I spent over $1,500 on vinyl records, I would have to say the biggest reason is that you can get stuff on vinyl that you cannot get anywhere else (except for the label's computer or file sharing sites that are used by the labels or artists making the music). Eventually someone will rip the vinyl and post it somewhere, but in the meantime, you can either be the first dj on the block with that amazing Ed Banger remix, if you buy it on vinyl.
I'm guessing the increase in vinyl sales is coming from non-Major labels, but I haven't looked at the figures. Of course, Virgin does own V2 and they do release a lot of vinyl (and distribute even more), so it's possible...
And in regards to quality, most people play vinyl on substandard equipment. And DJ's all use Technic 1200's, which are not the most audiophile turntables (but go ahead, try to break them).
1 kiloton is not sufficient to produce a 2 km blast radius. For a ground level detonation, you need about 200 kt to attain a blast radius of 2 km.
a kiloton means the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT. Here is a graph of cloud radius to yeild in kilotons, "Approximate values of stabilized cloud height and radius as a function of explosion yield for land surface or low air bursts."
First off, it says the cloud had a 2 km. radius, or 2 mile, I don't recall but that scale difference doesn't affect what I'm saying. As far as I know, no news report mentions the actual blast itself, just the cloud. The graph from Virginia Tech shows that you can go about halfway between 100 and 1000 kiloton before the stabilized cloud radius gets to be bigger than 10,000 ft, or roughly 2 miles.
I haven't seen any mention of the blast in specifics, besides the lovely speculation going on here (keep it up). Remember, the offical US report was, "it could just be a forest fire." hehe, ok, yeah.
so if a kiloton means 1,000 tons of TNT, as some definitions say, then this graph of "Approximate values of stabilized cloud height and radius as a function of explosion yield for land surface or low air bursts" seems to say that a 2 mile radius can be up to 100,000 tons of TNT.
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http://www.cddc.vt.edu/host/atomic/nukeffct/enw
VDMX will do text in real time, and let you save to the harddisk or send it back out through s-video, a firewire box, whatever.
however, Vidvox's new software, Grid2, is much more in line with the ideas the orignal question posed, even if the question was a bit off. So far, however, it won't do the text, but it does a ton of other stuff related to the concept I think the question was getting at.
I think a window's version is supposed to be coming out soon, but right now it's mac only.
Of course, if you really just want to take a video feed, add text, and go back out, VDMX will do that without a hitch, and look a hell of a lot better than old Character Generators (i love pixelated fonts!).
I use both on a regular basis for VJing and presentations at school.
there is a little known company from Troy, New York (yup, RPI alumni) called Vidvox that makes real-time video software for editing, effects, whatever. Educators are even using it to do presentations over powerpoint, since it does pdfs, pictures, and video all from one simple interface. Traditionally the software has been used, and was originally designed for, video artists or VJ's. Now they have expanded their focus to include video production work so as real time editing, visualization and storyboarding. It even exports EDL so you can load what you play directly into Final Cut (or whatever) to fine tune a rough live mix.
Check them out at www.vidvox.net, and their new release of their flagship product, Grid2. The crazy part is, it's only $75 and does up to HD quality!
sooo, you are right because????
i'm not sure what planet you are from, but the planet i'm from is littered with romanesque statue's reminiscent of patriarchal societies who would prefer other people's woman as slaves than as statues. it always seems its only the ones who get the rich guys off that make it to the granite...
the empire-building aside, they still left statues all over. however, i've never seen one like that picture on banksy's website. maybe you have. maybe thats the art you were making as a kid. maybe you are the one who first defined what art is, and it just so happens that i'm confused because i missed that day of school.
if i had a signature it would say judge not lest you be judged yourself.
or something similar...
perhaps this is a distributed virus learning...
Actually, I think recordings are considered as good as the writing stuff
this is why you have all those lovely customer service folk on the phone introducing themselves with the "this conversation is being recorded for quality purposes." I once had a magazine place try to screw me on, thats right, magazines. they played the tape saying i agreed to whatever it was, but once i asked my lawyer he threw the whole thing back at them on some other technicality.
point is, thats why they are recording it, not for "quality assessment."
yeah i gotta say all these complaints and support come down to personal preference. dont knock something if it doesnt fit into YOUR system. if you have a workflow already defined and tested, you have no need for something like this. in organizational behavior you would say your org structure is "frozen," as in, it works, lets go with it. however, there comes a time in every (lasting) company's life that it needs to "unfreeze" to meet the new demands of the market. if ya'll are still frozen, keep your comments realistic. just because you have it ALL worked out with your paper and pen, doesnt mean that someone else does. the most insightful comments i've seen are the ones explaining how people have used their tablets to work for them. for myself, now that i have a good workflow done with notetaking using my powerbook in class, it is 100 times better than the old pen and paper approach. plus there is much sharing going on, and i love being ready with class notes when it comes time for others to share info they have (like last years tests)
;) ).
1) Paper notes don't disappear when your hard drive crashes
2) The resolution of paper and ink is still better than computer monitors (save for the IBM Bertha display)
3) Layout flexibility - it's much much much easier to just draw something on paper inlined with your notes than it is to do it in a word processor (though ASCII art in Emacs can be fast
1) have you heard of backups? please dont tell me you rely on harddrives without fail. i suspect this was just someone who is pissed off that they spent money on a laptop and couldnt change fast enough to deal with their phd program. r.e.g.u.l.a.r. b.a.c.k.u.p.
2) do they offer phd programs in fine arts? cause thats about the only time you need resolution higher than a typical screen. and even then, its fricking infinite! zoooom zooom zoooom zoooom. last i knew i could get WAY more resolution on photoshop than when i use a pen. not to mention i cant find a pen or pencil that has a micrometer thickness. i'm sure many people here have had to make crib sheets with microsized letters drawn out by hand, how many did it just by used a size 5 font? (okok thats only when printing, but still, my handwriting doesnt compare to computer screens)
3) who said you should use a word processor to take notes? you are right in that drawing becomes plenty easy when its pen and paper, but in my experience its really not that hard with something like microsoft word, and almost always comes out clearer. these days, however, i use notetaker for my notes and omnigraffle for the pictures. heck you could probably do it all in omnigraffle with ease, but then you'd need a mac. microsoft onenote or whatever its called looks promising, but then again, its micro$oft. but my point is that you should use the tool that fits your needs, and it sounds like a word processor is not that too (and it sounds like you didnt give it much thought)
carrying around my one laptop versus carrying around 5 notebooks for 5 classes in addition to the required laptop (biz school, but it is a mac (incidentally about 1/3 of my class now uses a mac)), in addition to the books is a bit heavier than the pen and paper approach.
maybe i should just get a intuos pad....
about 3 months before RIAA sued the two students at rpi, they invited the student population to come down for some "focus group" question and answer sessions. coincidence?