It would seem to me that the way to crack this puzzle would be to take a copy of the image at its earliest point (when it was essentially all noise), then a copy at its current point. A mask of where the images differ will indicate which pixels are part of the "real" image. Then simply isolate those "good" pixels on a transparent background in Photoshop, and interpolate between them. (It can be done, with a bit of cleverness.) Voila, instant solution.
Of course, the fact that the images show up with horrendous JPEG artifacts may foil this somewhat, but I hope someone finds the time to try it anyway.
Their scientific evidence linking global warming to the dwindling pirate population is rock-solid. (Unlike, evidently, the majority of other scientific papers.)
As if that weren't enough, they also have their own car emblem.
"The American findings are probably reflected in Britain, where people drink about
70 million cups of coffee each day despite the country's reputation as a tea-drinking nation."
Whoa, and I thought 4-5 cups a day was pushing it.
The small amount of absorbance is enough that a high energy laser will destroy an ordinary mirror very quickly, at which point the remaining energy is absorbed efficiently.
What we should be doing instead is using BDB's (Big Dumb Boosters). The aren't sexy, but they work, and they can haul a cubic buttload of cargo into orbit -- or beyond.
Is that a metric buttload, or an imperial buttload?
"Think of how stupid the average consumer is, and realize that half of them are stupider than that!" (apologies to George Carlin.)
Meanwhile, on the technical side, my vote would be for the highest-quality, most forward-looking technology, so it has the largest chance to convert people from DVDs. The current DVD technology is to my mind the video equivalent of CD-quality; in other words, "good enough" for most people. Who cares if it takes a few more cents per disc to manufacture, the cost can be trivially passed on to consumers, but the quality difference between DVD and the new format (and of course, reviews in the press emphasizing the difference) is what will get people to upgrade.
The Navy might even be able to use it to bring sailors up from crippled subs. If you can get people into hibernation fast enough, and equalize the pressure inside and out of the body, you wouldn't even need to worry about dragging people straight up from the bottom. There would be no breathing to worry about, and if you had enought time, you could counteract any potential risk of the bends.
"The bends" are caused by nitrogen bubbles everywhere in the body, not just the bloodstream. Different body tissues absorb and release nitrogen at different rates; particularly slow are ligaments, joints and connective tissue, which can take many hours or even days to reach equilibrium. (Blood reaches equilibrium in a matter of minutes.) So blood replacement may prevent bubbles in the bloodstream, but would do nothing to prevent bubbles in even more dangerous places such as the spinal cord, where they can also cause paralysis or death.
As long as they're sending a booster to Hubble, why not just boost it into a higher orbit, where it can stay parked for another several years, at which time we might have better means to do something useful with it?
Perhaps even bring it down safely for museum display?
It seems like a waste to send the booster all the way up there just to destroy the telescope.
What are you on? Infinitely large? Google for Olber's Paradox and repent thy sins.
An infinite but expanding universe is one solution to Olber's Paradox, since the light coming from very far away will be redshifted to insignificance.
Olber's Paradox argues more strongly against the universe being infinitely old, since an infinitely old universe would have reached thermal equilibrium, and obviously we haven't.
Also, there are theories about the finite half-life of protons... Why can't photons have a half-life? (Could this resolve Olber's Paradox, even in theory? The energy would still have to go somewhere...)
Slashdot Mirror
And drive cars with large integral flat surfaces.
***SPOILER ALERT!!***
wait, is that what you were talking about?
It would seem to me that the way to crack this puzzle would be to take a copy of the image at its earliest point (when it was essentially all noise), then a copy at its current point. A mask of where the images differ will indicate which pixels are part of the "real" image. Then simply isolate those "good" pixels on a transparent background in Photoshop, and interpolate between them. (It can be done, with a bit of cleverness.) Voila, instant solution.
Of course, the fact that the images show up with horrendous JPEG artifacts may foil this somewhat, but I hope someone finds the time to try it anyway.
(Or at the very least, slurped backward through His Noodly Orifice.)
hrrrrrrrrrrrA.
Personally, I believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Their scientific evidence linking global warming to the dwindling pirate population is rock-solid. (Unlike, evidently, the majority of other scientific papers.)
As if that weren't enough, they also have their own car emblem.
May you Twirl on His Noodly Fork Forever.
Whoa, and I thought 4-5 cups a day was pushing it.
The small amount of absorbance is enough that a high energy laser will destroy an ordinary mirror very quickly, at which point the remaining energy is absorbed efficiently.
What about a mirrored, quickly spinning missile?
With that geek factor, I doubt they're ever going to get plaid.
Just wait til the first plane crash caused by a disconnected speaker wire.
I just use This.
...until we have a Boston Gas Party (which will probably be a lot more fun than the Boston Tea Party...).
Well, naturally. It would be a gas.
What we should be doing instead is using BDB's (Big Dumb Boosters). The aren't sexy, but they work, and they can haul a cubic buttload of cargo into orbit -- or beyond.
Is that a metric buttload, or an imperial buttload?
A zero button mouse from Apple! Truly less is more!
Does that mean... Apple is going to patent Zero-Click Shopping?
"Consumers are not stupid."
"Think of how stupid the average consumer is, and realize that half of them are stupider than that!" (apologies to George Carlin.)
Meanwhile, on the technical side, my vote would be for the highest-quality, most forward-looking technology, so it has the largest chance to convert people from DVDs. The current DVD technology is to my mind the video equivalent of CD-quality; in other words, "good enough" for most people. Who cares if it takes a few more cents per disc to manufacture, the cost can be trivially passed on to consumers, but the quality difference between DVD and the new format (and of course, reviews in the press emphasizing the difference) is what will get people to upgrade.
Blu-Ray would be my choice at this point.
Pavarotti Loves Elephants
Singing Horses
DengDeng
The Navy might even be able to use it to bring sailors up from crippled subs. If you can get people into hibernation fast enough, and equalize the pressure inside and out of the body, you wouldn't even need to worry about dragging people straight up from the bottom. There would be no breathing to worry about, and if you had enought time, you could counteract any potential risk of the bends.
"The bends" are caused by nitrogen bubbles everywhere in the body, not just the bloodstream. Different body tissues absorb and release nitrogen at different rates; particularly slow are ligaments, joints and connective tissue, which can take many hours or even days to reach equilibrium. (Blood reaches equilibrium in a matter of minutes.) So blood replacement may prevent bubbles in the bloodstream, but would do nothing to prevent bubbles in even more dangerous places such as the spinal cord, where they can also cause paralysis or death.
"I prefer inpple, myself. :D"
I think that's the breast one of all.
Funny, I think it sucks.
If you mean B*tch, then it's 3 out of 4
So, what is your favorite word then?
They don't even have a Starbucks.
Laser pointer as a cat excersize tool ON MARS
Hey, it's the new phrase to tack onto the end of fortune cookie fortunes...
"You will soon be enjoying a long vacation." ON MARS!
"You can readily adjust to a new environment." ON MARS!
Waltz, nymph, for quick jigs vex Bud.
Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx.
what it is good at though is amplifying it via the Ramen effect.
This was presumably discovered after much noodling.
Aw, nuts. And I just bought my new Continuous Bacon Wave.
That sounds like it would be useful for Ham Radio.
If you haven't already, check out the "SeaDragon" mapping technology at SandCodex.
Click Technology -> Demos to see it in action; liquid-smooth continuous zooming, into thousands of square miles.
This is the future of mapping software, I think.
As long as they're sending a booster to Hubble, why not just boost it into a higher orbit, where it can stay parked for another several years, at which time we might have better means to do something useful with it?
Perhaps even bring it down safely for museum display?
It seems like a waste to send the booster all the way up there just to destroy the telescope.
I'm surprised they didn't name it "DNA42".
Douglas was always proud of his full initials. (Douglas Noel Adams.)
What are you on? Infinitely large? Google for Olber's Paradox and repent thy sins.
An infinite but expanding universe is one solution to Olber's Paradox, since the light coming from very far away will be redshifted to insignificance.
Olber's Paradox argues more strongly against the universe being infinitely old, since an infinitely old universe would have reached thermal equilibrium, and obviously we haven't.
Also, there are theories about the finite half-life of protons... Why can't photons have a half-life? (Could this resolve Olber's Paradox, even in theory? The energy would still have to go somewhere...)