I thought that MP3 (and other lossy compression formats) worked by attempting to throw away any sound information that the human ear would not notice, which I would think would include this "inaudible signature key".
Either way, even audible sound usually generates many sound artifacts when encoded... wouldn't this damage the signature key (and probably on a much larger scale)?
Why is this being treated as some sort of new technology? I had always assumed this was standard everywhere. In Oklahoma City where I live, EVERY traffic light has this; there is only one in the entire city that I know does not. (I'm sure there are more, but they ARE rare.) I've seen them standard in every major city in Oklahoma I've been to, also.
In low traffic situations (e.g., night) usually the "bigger" road stays on green, and will only switch if a car is detected on the crossroad. Sometimes you won't even have to stop since they put additional sensors maybe a couple hundred feet before the light, so it knows you're approaching, and will switch to green before you even are close enough to start braking.
When the light is busy, it still helps because there are never any unnecessary lights (or lights that stay on too long.) If there is no one turning left in a left-turn lane, the light won't turn on, and instead straight traffic from the opposite direction will get the light immediately. If you get to a left turn lane after straight traffic has already been given a green light, but there are no more cars coming from the opposite direction, that side will turn red, and you'll get to turn left. Lights know to turn red after it doesn't recognize any more traffic, or if it's been on for a certain period of time.
During rush hour, the busy lights will usually favor the traffic (e.g., waiting longer before giving cross-traffic a green light, even if it detects them) which I'm sure is programmed in based on time of day.
Is this any different from what is bring "proposed"? Is there something I'm missing?
BTW, the sensors here are the inductive loops that they explain here.
Does any site in this world have " Best Viewed in firefox 1.0 & Above " tag?
But that sort of thinking is exactly what caused the HTML standard to become so inconsistent in the first place. The goal ought to be for all browsers to view a particular page exactly the same way. Web pages should not be designed for a particular browser; they should be designed for the particular standard in question (e.g., HTML).
Fortunately, the web has moved away from claiming compatibility with only one browser (or resolution for that matter -- that one really bugs me), but it still pops up from time to time.
You of course realize it's spelled 'athlon' (e.g., 'decathlon') in that context, too, right? "Athalon" is never right; it just stems from people adding in an extra syllable for who knows why.
After all, does not my automobile come with airbags and antilock brakes and skid control and all wheel drive?
So you're saying the antilock brakes will work forever if you don't regularly service them? Cars need to be maintained, too, and that is part of the necessary "service". In fact, an improperly maintained ABS would be more dangerous than standard brakes.
I have Cox in the South too. It's 4mbps/512kbps now, or for a little more, you can get a 5mbps/768mbps package. They also offer a cheap package (I'm thinking around $20/mo) for 128kbps/128kbps, probably to choke out any dialup providers.
This actually illustrates a limitation of the regular controller. In most games, it makes no sense to press left AND right at the same time, but it is used all the time in Dance Dance Revolution.
Some PSX -> USB converters will map the directional arrows to a two-axis grid (i.e., X-axis and Y-axis). (There are a few variations of this.) Some will map the directional arrows to four independent "buttons" (one for each direction). You need one that uses the latter method for games such as DDR to work correctly.
Sorry, but I do not know which method the RadioShack version uses.
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There's nothing stopping you from removing QuickTime from starting at startup. You can delete its startup entry in the Windows registry.
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All of the programs that automatically run at startup show up under one of three places:
1. Registry: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru
2. Registry: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ru
3. Startup folder in Start menu
QuickTime's entry is under the first.
Ah. That explains why your post has a score of 3 right now.
Hey! Don't tell everyone our password!
We still haven't figured out how to change it...
So does this mean we can finally start yelling at the slashdot editors for their laziness through our microphones?
AC:
Don't worry, we fired the guy who did this on the spot. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
Signed,
Bill
I thought that MP3 (and other lossy compression formats) worked by attempting to throw away any sound information that the human ear would not notice, which I would think would include this "inaudible signature key".
Either way, even audible sound usually generates many sound artifacts when encoded... wouldn't this damage the signature key (and probably on a much larger scale)?
Wow, and you sobered up in just 2 minutes.
Why is this being treated as some sort of new technology? I had always assumed this was standard everywhere. In Oklahoma City where I live, EVERY traffic light has this; there is only one in the entire city that I know does not. (I'm sure there are more, but they ARE rare.) I've seen them standard in every major city in Oklahoma I've been to, also.
In low traffic situations (e.g., night) usually the "bigger" road stays on green, and will only switch if a car is detected on the crossroad. Sometimes you won't even have to stop since they put additional sensors maybe a couple hundred feet before the light, so it knows you're approaching, and will switch to green before you even are close enough to start braking.
When the light is busy, it still helps because there are never any unnecessary lights (or lights that stay on too long.) If there is no one turning left in a left-turn lane, the light won't turn on, and instead straight traffic from the opposite direction will get the light immediately. If you get to a left turn lane after straight traffic has already been given a green light, but there are no more cars coming from the opposite direction, that side will turn red, and you'll get to turn left. Lights know to turn red after it doesn't recognize any more traffic, or if it's been on for a certain period of time.
During rush hour, the busy lights will usually favor the traffic (e.g., waiting longer before giving cross-traffic a green light, even if it detects them) which I'm sure is programmed in based on time of day.
Is this any different from what is bring "proposed"? Is there something I'm missing?
BTW, the sensors here are the inductive loops that they explain here.
I'd hate to see what was going through the mind of the guy trying to figure out what 11th digit he can use to test this out.
Does any site in this world have
" Best Viewed in firefox 1.0 & Above " tag?
But that sort of thinking is exactly what caused the HTML standard to become so inconsistent in the first place. The goal ought to be for all browsers to view a particular page exactly the same way. Web pages should not be designed for a particular browser; they should be designed for the particular standard in question (e.g., HTML).
Fortunately, the web has moved away from claiming compatibility with only one browser (or resolution for that matter -- that one really bugs me), but it still pops up from time to time.
You found spyware in Firefox? Maybe you shouldn't have installed that Firefox fr3E v|4GRa extension...
You of course realize it's spelled 'athlon' (e.g., 'decathlon') in that context, too, right? "Athalon" is never right; it just stems from people adding in an extra syllable for who knows why.
After all, does not my automobile come with airbags and antilock brakes and skid control and all wheel drive?
So you're saying the antilock brakes will work forever if you don't regularly service them? Cars need to be maintained, too, and that is part of the necessary "service". In fact, an improperly maintained ABS would be more dangerous than standard brakes.
I have Cox in the South too. It's 4mbps/512kbps now, or for a little more, you can get a 5mbps/768mbps package. They also offer a cheap package (I'm thinking around $20/mo) for 128kbps/128kbps, probably to choke out any dialup providers.
This actually illustrates a limitation of the regular controller. In most games, it makes no sense to press left AND right at the same time, but it is used all the time in Dance Dance Revolution. Some PSX -> USB converters will map the directional arrows to a two-axis grid (i.e., X-axis and Y-axis). (There are a few variations of this.) Some will map the directional arrows to four independent "buttons" (one for each direction). You need one that uses the latter method for games such as DDR to work correctly. Sorry, but I do not know which method the RadioShack version uses.