It's the 'You can't have it both ways' principle at work. Things like the Freedom of Information Act force a degree of transparency upon the government. Limiting this access to prevent abuse would have more adverse consequences than the abuse itself.
In this case, the public interest seems obvious to me: did the city abuse a general-purpose/nonpolitical mailing list to send political/partisan mail? I, for one, would not welcome the local overlords spamming me when I'm not a member of their party.
From the FAQ: Are MP3 Surround files much bigger than regular MP3 files? No, fortunately not. The algorithm used in MP3 Surround employs psychoacoustics to recreate the surround image out of very compact spatial information. By adding surround information, MP3 file sizes increase by just about 10 percent.
10% still isn't a lot to encode four additional channels, though.
Actually, it meant Analog-Digital-Digital. This told you how the disk was recorded (first letter) and mastered (second letter). It told nothing about the disk's audio quality, btw.
With this technology, the two channels are manipulated to provide the illusion of surround sound. This isn't new technology, techniques like SRS WOW are supposed to do this as well. They involve things like shifting the phase of one channel vs. the other.
A shin may be rigid, but it sits between two joints. Any movement in those joints will jostle the armor over the shin. Also, a shin is backed by a great big muscle that moves around quite a bit. Both factors will make wearing rigid armor annoying.
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Some posters seem to be confusing radial piston engines with rotary engines.
Actually, there's a third type of engine in play here: 1. Wankel engine (as used in the RX-8), with triangular pistons that rotate around an oval chamber). Also called 'rotary engine'. 2. Radial engine (regular piston engine, with the cylinders arranged in a circle around the crankshaft) 3. Rotary radial (a radial engine, with one difference: the crankshaft is stationary but the entire block rotates).
#3 was used in some WW1 aircraft (the Gnome engine is an example). It was a PITA (huge rotating mass, complex construction), so never very popular.
You call that a fact? Thanks to that censorship, we'll never know for sure, will we? This reminds me of those 'elections' that were popular in Communist states, where the single candidate always ended up with 100% of the votes.
Who are we to say they're wrong in their desire to be so nannied?
It's not as if the Chinese have a lot to choose under the current regime. And a popular revolt isn't likely, given the results the last time it happened (Mao rose to power) or was attempted (Tiananmen Square).
Similar efforts have been going on for years. During the Cold War, radio was a popular way to undermine totalitarian regimes. Radio Free Europe still exists. Several Christian missionary organizations (e.g. TWR) use the same strategy. The same is done with (satellite) television. Regimes respond by banning the offending receivers (satellite dishes are banned in Saudi Arabia, radio receivers are limited to government-approved frequencies in North Korea), or by using jammers. I don't recall hearing about official protests from those regimes.
From the PDF: Typical Diagonal Image & Brightness: 7" @ 800 cd/m^2 - 15" @ 200cd/m^2 (50% max average pixel amplitude) What good is all that resolution when you can't get the viewing area above 15" without going to a dark room?
Not that it's not a brilliant (hah!) achievement, anyway. Bring on the fanless projectors!
Calvin: What's it like to fall in love? Hobbes: Well... say the object of your affection walks by... Calvin: Yeah? Hobbes: First, your heart falls into your stomach and splashes your innards. All the moisture makes you sweat profusely. This condensation shorts the circuits to your brain and you get all woozy. When your brain burns out altogether, your mouth disengages and you babble like a cretin until she leaves. Calvin: THAT'S LOVE?!? Hobbes: Medically speaking. Calvin: Heck, that happened to me once, but I figured it was cooties!!
The first computer I used extensively was the Sinclair Spectrum my parents bought around 1983. Upgrading its RAM (from 16 to 48 Kb) involved buying a set of RAM chips plus 4 other chips (essentially, an upgrade to the memory controller), then bodging one of the chips (pin 3 was connected to print socket 2, or something like that). Most convoluted upgrade ever.
Then, in 1987 or so, I came across the Mac for the first time (at a friend's house). One afternoon of playing was enough to convince me that this was the way to go. Several years later, the first machine I bought with my own money was a Macintosh LC II. I still use Macs at home.
one doesn't need to wait the 10s of millions of years necessary to see if it happens again.
The drawback of only having historical data is that there are quite a few holes in that data (IOW the sampling rate is rather low). Using this data we don't get to see evolution in action, we see only the end result of what we assume/theorize must be evolution. So in this case, yes we would benefit from 'seeing if it happens again'.
It also seems to me that the image of the company is what's going to detract attention from any serious accomplishments.
I haven't read the Wired article, but IMO Lego is uniquely positioned to revolutionize robotics *because* they're a toy company. With their Technic and Mindstorms ranges, Lego can get kids interested in engineering and robotics at the right age (8-12). Lego certainly contributed to my becoming an engineer.
The problem with this strategy is getting kids interested in actually building something, rather than vegetating in front of the TV or chatting on the computer.
The Science Museum built a Difference Engine no 2 using materials and techniques that were available in Babbage's time. They succeeded, so that was that theory out the window. The other theory is more likely.
Wouldn't certain countries have to abandon their fear of opening new reactors? IDK which countries you meant, but over here (.nl and surrounding countries) that's exactly what's happening. The memory of Chernobyl is fading, and all the publicity on Peak Oil etc. is making nucleat power look like a good idea once more.
finally 'made it' For what definition of 'made it' would that be? He's been a billionaire for a while now, made his first $100M about 20 years ago, and helped create two of the most recognizable companies in the world. Selling Pixar isn't that big a deal compared to the rest of his accomplishments.
I'm not saying the writer doesn't need to use the product. Of course he does. But in my experience [1], the degree of involvement you want simply isn't necessary, nor is it feasible. 1. Much of the documentation needs to be finished long before testing and/or product support come into play. 2. There are usually many more testers and tech support people than writers. A writer's time is better used collecting information from that entire team, than taking over the job of one person in that team. 3. The writer's job is to write TFM. That's usually a full-time job, there's no time left to go play tester/tech support person. 4. I, for one, would hate being made to do tech support for the products I write manuals for. I'd be going BOFH on the poor customer in no time. If I wanted to do tech support, I would have applied for a job in that department. IOW, a sportswriter can cover a game perfectly well without going to the practice session and play being quarterback.
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This is where that pen-sized scanner from a recent /. story would come in handy...
It's the 'You can't have it both ways' principle at work. Things like the Freedom of Information Act force a degree of transparency upon the government. Limiting this access to prevent abuse would have more adverse consequences than the abuse itself.
In this case, the public interest seems obvious to me: did the city abuse a general-purpose/nonpolitical mailing list to send political/partisan mail? I, for one, would not welcome the local overlords spamming me when I'm not a member of their party.
MP3 is a format that is alive and dead at once.
Does that make it undead?
Probably not.
From the FAQ:
Are MP3 Surround files much bigger than regular MP3 files?
No, fortunately not. The algorithm used in MP3 Surround employs psychoacoustics to recreate the surround image out of very compact spatial information. By adding surround information, MP3 file sizes increase by just about 10 percent.
10% still isn't a lot to encode four additional channels, though.
Or he used a dictionary attack.
remember when ADD meant AudioDigitalDigital
Actually, it meant Analog-Digital-Digital. This told you how the disk was recorded (first letter) and mastered (second letter). It told nothing about the disk's audio quality, btw.
(/pedant)
The Shure E2c is a normal 2-channel headphone.
According to the MP3Surround home page, MP3surround includes a technology for 'virtual surround': Ensonido.
With this technology, the two channels are manipulated to provide the illusion of surround sound. This isn't new technology, techniques like SRS WOW are supposed to do this as well. They involve things like shifting the phase of one channel vs. the other.
A shin may be rigid, but it sits between two joints. Any movement in those joints will jostle the armor over the shin. Also, a shin is backed by a great big muscle that moves around quite a bit. Both factors will make wearing rigid armor annoying.
You must be new here.
Click TFL. At the bottom of the page that opens:
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Some posters seem to be confusing radial piston engines with rotary engines.
Actually, there's a third type of engine in play here:
1. Wankel engine (as used in the RX-8), with triangular pistons that rotate around an oval chamber). Also called 'rotary engine'.
2. Radial engine (regular piston engine, with the cylinders arranged in a circle around the crankshaft)
3. Rotary radial (a radial engine, with one difference: the crankshaft is stationary but the entire block rotates).
#3 was used in some WW1 aircraft (the Gnome engine is an example). It was a PITA (huge rotating mass, complex construction), so never very popular.
The fact is that most Chinese support censorship
You call that a fact? Thanks to that censorship, we'll never know for sure, will we?
This reminds me of those 'elections' that were popular in Communist states, where the single candidate always ended up with 100% of the votes.
Who are we to say they're wrong in their desire to be so nannied?
It's not as if the Chinese have a lot to choose under the current regime. And a popular revolt isn't likely, given the results the last time it happened (Mao rose to power) or was attempted (Tiananmen Square).
Similar efforts have been going on for years. During the Cold War, radio was a popular way to undermine totalitarian regimes. Radio Free Europe still exists. Several Christian missionary organizations (e.g. TWR) use the same strategy. The same is done with (satellite) television.
Regimes respond by banning the offending receivers (satellite dishes are banned in Saudi Arabia, radio receivers are limited to government-approved frequencies in North Korea), or by using jammers. I don't recall hearing about official protests from those regimes.
I meant that at 15", 1920x1200 is overkill, certainly for current operating systems that still assume ~72 dpi in various ways [1].
1: Yes, I know you can set font sizes etc., but at least the Windows implementation is far from seamless.
From the PDF:
Typical Diagonal Image & Brightness: 7" @ 800 cd/m^2 - 15" @ 200cd/m^2 (50% max average pixel amplitude)
What good is all that resolution when you can't get the viewing area above 15" without going to a dark room?
Not that it's not a brilliant (hah!) achievement, anyway. Bring on the fanless projectors!
Calvin: What's it like to fall in love?
Hobbes: Well... say the object of your affection walks by...
Calvin: Yeah?
Hobbes: First, your heart falls into your stomach and splashes your innards. All the moisture makes you sweat profusely. This condensation shorts the circuits to your brain and you get all woozy. When your brain burns out altogether, your mouth disengages and you babble like a cretin until she leaves.
Calvin: THAT'S LOVE?!?
Hobbes: Medically speaking.
Calvin: Heck, that happened to me once, but I figured it was cooties!!
The first computer I used extensively was the Sinclair Spectrum my parents bought around 1983. Upgrading its RAM (from 16 to 48 Kb) involved buying a set of RAM chips plus 4 other chips (essentially, an upgrade to the memory controller), then bodging one of the chips (pin 3 was connected to print socket 2, or something like that). Most convoluted upgrade ever.
Then, in 1987 or so, I came across the Mac for the first time (at a friend's house). One afternoon of playing was enough to convince me that this was the way to go. Several years later, the first machine I bought with my own money was a Macintosh LC II. I still use Macs at home.
one doesn't need to wait the 10s of millions of years necessary to see if it happens again.
The drawback of only having historical data is that there are quite a few holes in that data (IOW the sampling rate is rather low).
Using this data we don't get to see evolution in action, we see only the end result of what we assume/theorize must be evolution.
So in this case, yes we would benefit from 'seeing if it happens again'.
Q: How many Newton users does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Foux! There to eat lemons, axe gravy soup.
It also seems to me that the image of the company is what's going to detract attention from any serious accomplishments.
I haven't read the Wired article, but IMO Lego is uniquely positioned to revolutionize robotics *because* they're a toy company. With their Technic and Mindstorms ranges, Lego can get kids interested in engineering and robotics at the right age (8-12). Lego certainly contributed to my becoming an engineer.
The problem with this strategy is getting kids interested in actually building something, rather than vegetating in front of the TV or chatting on the computer.
The Science Museum built a Difference Engine no 2 using materials and techniques that were available in Babbage's time. They succeeded, so that was that theory out the window. The other theory is more likely.
Wouldn't certain countries have to abandon their fear of opening new reactors?
IDK which countries you meant, but over here (.nl and surrounding countries) that's exactly what's happening. The memory of Chernobyl is fading, and all the publicity on Peak Oil etc. is making nucleat power look like a good idea once more.
I thought that was the emoticon for 'oh shit, the PHB just appeared and is now looking over my shoulder, can't type more'[Send]
finally 'made it'
For what definition of 'made it' would that be? He's been a billionaire for a while now, made his first $100M about 20 years ago, and helped create two of the most recognizable companies in the world.
Selling Pixar isn't that big a deal compared to the rest of his accomplishments.
I'm not saying the writer doesn't need to use the product. Of course he does. But in my experience [1], the degree of involvement you want simply isn't necessary, nor is it feasible.
1. Much of the documentation needs to be finished long before testing and/or product support come into play.
2. There are usually many more testers and tech support people than writers. A writer's time is better used collecting information from that entire team, than taking over the job of one person in that team.
3. The writer's job is to write TFM. That's usually a full-time job, there's no time left to go play tester/tech support person.
4. I, for one, would hate being made to do tech support for the products I write manuals for. I'd be going BOFH on the poor customer in no time. If I wanted to do tech support, I would have applied for a job in that department.
IOW, a sportswriter can cover a game perfectly well without going to the practice session and play being quarterback.
1: yes, IAATW (I Am A Technical Writer)