The human eye doesn't really see all that much!
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After viewing the page, view the image separately.
Then run around screaming. Of course the server was slashdotted, it was serving out a 1MB jpeg and having the client browser reside it to 600xsomething!!
The image could have easily been 80K if they had shrunk it using any image editor.
I sometimes wonder about these people...
Anyway, this is EXTREMLY interesting...
I've read that the image the human eye physically sees is actually distorted, full of chromatic aberration, etc., and the brain compensates to make the image look perfect. Also, the resolution of the human eye isn't that high. There is a central point called the fovea that has an extremely large amount of retinal cells. Notice how, in order to read, you must move your eyes constantly from word to word; this is because the fovea is the only point with sufficient resolution to view things with pristine sharpness, and the fovea is rather small. This is also why idiots who look at solar eclipses can do so much damage to their vision even if only a tiny part of the retina is damaged.. their fovea gets roasted and this is where you see all the detail!
What this means is, the data stream coming from the human eye probably isn't that large. If we could only figure out the interface, constructing an adequate artificial eye would probably not be that difficult. Interfacing is the key, and this experiment shows that we are that much closer.
Here in Miami, officers actually have a quota of tickets they have to give out each month. For this reason, most speeding tickets end up being given out toward the end of the month when quotas are "due".
You can run flourescent lamps off DC current. The problem is, you generally need to convert it into AC to be able to efficiently raise the voltage.
Plus, an inductor is good for regulating the current flow to the bulb.
Compact and other flourescent tubes that run on DC usually use a high frequency oscillator and a small transformer to get the high voltage. With high frequency, you can use a much smaller (physically) transformer and retain the same efficiency. }:)
For instance, all my MP3 CD's are burned using a subdirectory for each album or artist.. It needs to be able to access subdirectories, otherwise I'd have to reburn my CD's to use it.
I've found that for encoding at 128Kbps, MP3 compressor provides the best sound quality, and it's decently fast. Alas, Windows only, but I have two boxes, one dedicated linux and the other windows, so it's not an issue for me. MP3 Compressor is also free, though I haven't seen any updates in a long time.
It had two bids, but when I clicked on it to view, the auction suddenly didn't exist anymore. They must have found and deleted it between my viewing the list and clicking the link.
Would you people STOP WHINING?
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A driver for software modems under Linux would be a GOOD THING! More hardware support for Linux, especially vendor backed, is a GOOD THING! The more vendors start supporting Linux, the more OTHER vendors will see it as a growing platform and start supporting it as well!
There are many people out there who want to run Linux but can't because they're "stuck" with a software modem. They can't afford a new modem! Support for their modem would be a good thing!
*I* personally wouldn't use a software modem if given to me free on a silver platter. But there are many others who would greatly benefit from Linux support for software modems.
>Birds are not so much a problem because if it's >important, a TCP-like net connection is being >used, and retransmissions will occur. Now a whole >flock of birds, well...
The solution is simple. Crank the transmit power up to a 20-30 watts or so. Any bird that flies through the beam likely won't do so again. Ever. 20-30 watts of laser radiation will probably also break through thick fog, and create an impressive light show people can admire.:) };)
I feel that recording off TV should never be impeded, and that networks should have nothing to worry about.
Recording gives programs more exposure. It used to be that you couldn't watch more than one program at a time. Now that you have a recording device, you can record what's on ABC while watching something on CBS, then watch what you recorded off ABC later. Both networks benefit.
Fast forwarding over the commercials? Yes, some people do that, but you can still see the ads as you fast forward. At least I can. Also, a lot of times I don't bother, and can still hear the ads while I'm working on something else (just like I would if I were watching live)
People trading tapes and recordings of programs someone missed? This shouldn't be a problem either. The program gets more exposure. The ads that are there get watched again.
Recording PPV movies? this shouldn't be an issue either. You already payed for it, you should be able to record it. Of course, distributing the recording could be considered illegal, but then so is making a copy of a commercial videotape and distributing that. Nothing changes here.
The day they start finding ways to prevent recording off TV, I will start finding ways to circumvent it. Macrovision on DSS dishes? I'll have a macrovision killer permanently installed. I refuse to have my right to record infringed upon.
It doesn't make any sense! Why would they not want you playing the radio in your place of business? That's free exposure! More people will hear the ads!
The fact that someone would have to pay to put a commercial radio station on in the work place is completely ludicrous and illogical!
Rip the CD to an audio file on your computer, then play it back and record off the digital output of your sound card. This will kill any SCMS bits in the stream.
The nice thing about general purpose computers is they should always be immune to all this copy management garbage.
Bell & Howell built a bunch of Apple II plus equivalents. They were black, and the covers bolted down. (The regular Apple II's used snap on covers, so kids in classrooms could open them up, which was not good, generally)
They even had a matching set of black Disk ][ drives.
It's just an Apple II, nothing special about it software wise; just a spiffy black case.
S-VHS is a format for recording high resolution video on a VHS tape. S-Video is a method of transmitting video that seperates chroma and luma for a clearer picture. S-VHS decks have S-video outputs on them, but there are many other things out there with S-video outputs, so calling them "S-VHS" is misleading.
Remember:
S-VHS == video recording format on a tape S-Video == video transmission method.
Sorry to nitpick, but this confusion drives me nuts!
Buy a Bt848 based video capture card (LIke the Hauppauge Wincast/TV) and a desktop video camera. The combo shouldn't cost you much more, and the image quality is usually better. (Plus, you can watch TV on your computer when you're not using the camera!)
Bt848 has very good driver support under Linux because the manufacturer releases full specs. All hail BrookTree, they rule.
CD changes are mechanical. They're slow, and have many moving parts that can go wrong. You don't have this problem when playing MP3's, generally.
Also, there's this very obvious, yet apparently new concept of RUNNING A CABLE TO YOUR REAL STEREO SO YOU CAN LISTEN TO YOUR MP3'S AT HIGH QUALITY! Why is this so incredibly difficult? I feel sorry for anyone who DOES put up with crappy computer speakers! Just run a cable! $6, Radio Shack. (Or more if you're one of those monster cable freaks)
That's a good point. I also wonder, if companies would consider charging a different price for personal use than commercial use, if piracy would go down. Very few individuals can afford to pay $500 for Photoshop, but what if you could buy a personal use license for $100? I'm sure the piracy would go down and more people would buy genuine copies.
Companies can always afford to pay more than individuals, generally. Let's see some personal use licenses.
What people don't seem to understand is that no one FORCES YOU to watch something on TV. If you don't want to watch something, DON'T! Censorship is an unnecessary evil simply because no one can force anyone to watch what they don't want to.
Don't like Buffy? DON'T WATCH IT! It's that simple. Censorship will be evil as long as people have a choice. I don't know why changing the channel when something you don't like comes on is such a challenge.
Use ghostscript to translate the postscript into what your printer uses.
That's the nice thing about Ghostscript. You only configure it once, and that's it. Then you just have to tell UNIX apps to send postscript to that printer and things'll print out purrfectly every time. }:)
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I have a BT848 card, the Hauppauge WinCast/TV.
I know there's other BT848 cards out there, one from Intel in particular.
Meow? }:)
After viewing the page, view the image separately.
Then run around screaming. Of course the server was slashdotted, it was serving out a 1MB jpeg and having the client browser reside it to 600xsomething!!
The image could have easily been 80K if they had shrunk it using any image editor.
I sometimes wonder about these people...
Anyway, this is EXTREMLY interesting...
I've read that the image the human eye physically sees is actually distorted, full of chromatic aberration, etc., and the brain compensates to make the image look perfect. Also, the resolution of the human eye isn't that high. There is a central point called the fovea that has an extremely large amount of retinal cells. Notice how, in order to read, you must move your eyes constantly from word to word; this is because the fovea is the only point with sufficient resolution to view things with pristine sharpness, and the fovea is rather small. This is also why idiots who look at solar eclipses can do so much damage to their vision even if only a tiny part of the retina is damaged.. their fovea gets roasted and this is where you see all the detail!
What this means is, the data stream coming from the human eye probably isn't that large. If we could only figure out the interface, constructing an adequate artificial eye would probably not be that difficult. Interfacing is the key, and this experiment shows that we are that much closer.
Here in Miami, officers actually have a quota of tickets they have to give out each month. For this reason, most speeding tickets end up being given out toward the end of the month when quotas are "due".
Kinda scary when you think of it.
You can run flourescent lamps off DC current. The problem is, you generally need to convert it into AC to be able to efficiently raise the voltage.
Plus, an inductor is good for regulating the current flow to the bulb.
Compact and other flourescent tubes that run on DC usually use a high frequency oscillator and a small transformer to get the high voltage. With high frequency, you can use a much smaller (physically) transformer and retain the same efficiency. }:)
For instance, all my MP3 CD's are burned using a subdirectory for each album or artist.. It needs to be able to access subdirectories, otherwise I'd have to reburn my CD's to use it.
I've found that for encoding at 128Kbps, MP3 compressor provides the best sound quality, and it's decently fast. Alas, Windows only, but I have two boxes, one dedicated linux and the other windows, so it's not an issue for me. MP3 Compressor is also free, though I haven't seen any updates in a long time.
I once saw an auction on eBay with this title:
A POUND OF CRACK (THIS IS GOOD SHIT)
It had two bids, but when I clicked on it to view, the auction suddenly didn't exist anymore. They must have found and deleted it between my viewing the list and clicking the link.
A driver for software modems under Linux would be a GOOD THING! More hardware support for Linux, especially vendor backed, is a GOOD THING! The more vendors start supporting Linux, the more OTHER vendors will see it as a growing platform and start supporting it as well!
There are many people out there who want to run Linux but can't because they're "stuck" with a software modem. They can't afford a new modem! Support for their modem would be a good thing!
*I* personally wouldn't use a software modem if given to me free on a silver platter. But there are many others who would greatly benefit from Linux support for software modems.
I had one! It had great range and I always ended up being the king of the water fights.
I would also pump it up with air and use it underwater as a makeshift scuba tank. Didn't last long but it was fun. }:)
It was friggin' hilarious. }:)
Hasn't the concept of flat rate access hit there yet? It hit here (US) years ago...
>Birds are not so much a problem because if it's
:) };)
>important, a TCP-like net connection is being
>used, and retransmissions will occur. Now a whole
>flock of birds, well...
The solution is simple. Crank the transmit power up to a 20-30 watts or so. Any bird that flies through the beam likely won't do so again. Ever. 20-30 watts of laser radiation will probably also break through thick fog, and create an impressive light show people can admire.
If anyone, I mean *ANYONE* at all were to buy something this convoluted and sick, I will immediately lose all faith in humanity.
This will hurt latency, affecting online games, telnet sessions, etc. Remember, you want to limit bandwidth, but not hurt their network experience.
How about just giving them 1M burst, and charging them if they use more than their allotment over a one month period?
I feel that recording off TV should never be impeded, and that networks should have nothing to worry about.
Recording gives programs more exposure. It used to be that you couldn't watch more than one program at a time. Now that you have a recording device, you can record what's on ABC while watching something on CBS, then watch what you recorded off ABC later. Both networks benefit.
Fast forwarding over the commercials? Yes, some people do that, but you can still see the ads as you fast forward. At least I can. Also, a lot of times I don't bother, and can still hear the ads while I'm working on something else (just like I would if I were watching live)
People trading tapes and recordings of programs someone missed? This shouldn't be a problem either. The program gets more exposure. The ads that are there get watched again.
Recording PPV movies? this shouldn't be an issue either. You already payed for it, you should be able to record it. Of course, distributing the recording could be considered illegal, but then so is making a copy of a commercial videotape and distributing that. Nothing changes here.
The day they start finding ways to prevent recording off TV, I will start finding ways to circumvent it. Macrovision on DSS dishes? I'll have a macrovision killer permanently installed. I refuse to have my right to record infringed upon.
It doesn't make any sense! Why would they not want you playing the radio in your place of business? That's free exposure! More people will hear the ads!
The fact that someone would have to pay to put a commercial radio station on in the work place is completely ludicrous and illogical!
Rip the CD to an audio file on your computer, then play it back and record off the digital output of your sound card. This will kill any SCMS bits in the stream.
The nice thing about general purpose computers is they should always be immune to all this copy management garbage.
Bell & Howell built a bunch of Apple II plus equivalents. They were black, and the covers bolted down. (The regular Apple II's used snap on covers, so kids in classrooms could open them up, which was not good, generally)
They even had a matching set of black Disk ][ drives.
It's just an Apple II, nothing special about it software wise; just a spiffy black case.
S-VHS is a format for recording high resolution video on a VHS tape. S-Video is a method of transmitting video that seperates chroma and luma for a clearer picture. S-VHS decks have S-video outputs on them, but there are many other things out there with S-video outputs, so calling them "S-VHS" is misleading.
Remember:
S-VHS == video recording format on a tape
S-Video == video transmission method.
Sorry to nitpick, but this confusion drives me nuts!
Buy a Bt848 based video capture card (LIke the Hauppauge Wincast/TV) and a desktop video camera. The combo shouldn't cost you much more, and the image quality is usually better. (Plus, you can watch TV on your computer when you're not using the camera!)
Bt848 has very good driver support under Linux because the manufacturer releases full specs. All hail BrookTree, they rule.
CD changes are mechanical. They're slow, and have many moving parts that can go wrong. You don't have this problem when playing MP3's, generally.
Also, there's this very obvious, yet apparently new concept of RUNNING A CABLE TO YOUR REAL STEREO SO YOU CAN LISTEN TO YOUR MP3'S AT HIGH QUALITY! Why is this so incredibly difficult? I feel sorry for anyone who DOES put up with crappy computer speakers! Just run a cable! $6, Radio Shack. (Or more if you're one of those monster cable freaks)
That's a good point. I also wonder, if companies would consider charging a different price for personal use than commercial use, if piracy would go down. Very few individuals can afford to pay $500 for Photoshop, but what if you could buy a personal use license for $100? I'm sure the piracy would go down and more people would buy genuine copies.
Companies can always afford to pay more than individuals, generally. Let's see some personal use licenses.
What people don't seem to understand is that no one FORCES YOU to watch something on TV. If you don't want to watch something, DON'T! Censorship is an unnecessary evil simply because no one can force anyone to watch what they don't want to.
Don't like Buffy? DON'T WATCH IT! It's that simple. Censorship will be evil as long as people have a choice. I don't know why changing the channel when something you don't like comes on is such a challenge.
Use ghostscript to translate the postscript into what your printer uses.
That's the nice thing about Ghostscript. You only configure it once, and that's it. Then you just have to tell UNIX apps to send postscript to that printer and things'll print out purrfectly every time. }:)