The end part of the article notes that the upcoming LIGO observatory might see the first detection of gravitational waves, corresponding with a GRB event! Evidentially Einstein modeled the emission of gravity waves during a collision between Neutron stars. This is interesting because we don't really know much about gravity; e.g. if it is a wave or a constant. More info on LIGO is available here.
While I understand your concept, another poster suggested the rings are made of smoke sized particles. Actually, the particles are sometimes quite large according to this page:
More recently, astronomers bouncing radar off the rings and analyzing the reflected signal found that ring particles must be from a few centimeters to a few meters across. When the Voyager spacecraft went behind the rings with respect to the Earth, astronomers could measure the particles sizes from how Voyager's radio signal scattered off the particles and from how sunlight scattered through the rings. The ring particles range in size from the size of a small grain of sand to the size of a large house, but on average, they are about the size of your clenched fist. Spectroscopy of the rings shows that the particles are made of frozen water. Collisions between the ring particles keeps the ring system very flat and all of the particle orbits circular.
though there may be other information available which I am unaware of, of course. But if this particle size stands, it seems a fairly simple explaination that a meteroid could hit a large ring object and cascade debris and impact effects throughout the rings themselves...
Isn't the most obvious reason that an asteroid or meteoroid or something similar simply hit the rings and broke apart? Is there some reason why this isn't likely?
try loading a targa stream into AE and FCP, then tell me which one is a hog. AE certainly has many places where there is room to improve, but at least it handles filetypes properly. I have lots of experience with FCP chewing up files, whereas AE and Premiere both handle the files fine. Targa streams are one; it has been broken since version 1 of FCP, animation codec on long clips is another....
p2p also means peer to peer. outside of the telecom industry I imagine this has become the more commonly known definition of the acronym. where have you been? (jk);-)
Maybe it's too late, this thread is old, but I thought it was worth mentioning PCB's are polychlorinated biphenyls -- one of the most toxic of a group of chemicals known as POPs (Persistant Organic Pollutants). These chemicals can not be broken down by normal organic processes, so they instead will stay in an organism forever -- or until they are eaten and thus further concentrated in the predator, or if they die and the POPs are taken up by plants, which are eaten by other animals, and again concentrated repeatedly. Large Tuna are often so high in Mercury and POPs that the fish must be 'diluted' with smaller, younger fish (who have had less time to eat other organisms and thus concentrate POPs) before it can be legally canned for distribution in the US and other countries... This also means in certain places 2 out of 3 baby dolphins are poisoned to death by their own mothers milk, as it contains high levels of POPs. Of course, dead dolphins are eaten by scavengers or otherwise break down and thus spread the pollutant over a larger area or concentrate it further in an organism. It is through cumulative actions like these that POPs can sometimes be traced from pollutions on the East Coast of the US to the population of the West Coast and beyond.
While applications may need to write for a certain API to use it's features, I believe it is possible Spotlight may be accessible to older applications. In 10.3 when you open a file, many applications open a standard, finder-style window. Perhaps that window is replaced with a 'spotlight aware' window in 10.4. Thus all applications calling that particular type of "File Open" dialog box would automagically receive the Spotlight upgrade for locating files to open. Obviously there are other ways to use Spotlight but this might be a way for some of the functionality to be available to older applications.
The more important question: What do they have to gain?
this pretty much sums it up from Apple's perspective, but let me expound upon this -- Vorbis is dead for noncommercial use.
Don't get me wrong, I think Vorbis is an admirable project for a variety of technical and nontechnical reasons. I released music* exclusively in Ogg Vorbis for a while. But most people who are using digital music services are encountering it at the level of iTunes or another similar media player, often bundled with hardware or software. iTunes and others have paid Fraunhofer for the rights to use mp3, so people aren't ever confronted with the copyright issues surrounding mp3 when using iTunes or a similar player. As I recall there are freeware mp3 implementations not related to Fraunhofer as well. Further, when explaining Vorbis to an end user it is often compared to MP3.. (it's like mp3 but better) Vorbis is simply not as compatible as MP3 or WAV, though, so content providers are simply not as likely to provide content in this format natively. I really don't have time to encode, tag, test, upload, link 3 seperate copies of every song I want to release (MP3, OggVorbis, OggFLAC), so I choose MP3 and OggFLAC -- the most compatible 'fast' download and most capable 'broadband' formats, respectively (IMO). If you want Vorbis, you can encode them yourselves from the FLAC. But because of these compatibility and content issues, combined with the 'playing catch-up' position Vorbis has in the compressed codec field and the end-user transparency of the mp3 copyright issue, I just really think Vorbis is dead for noncommercial use. I could be wrong, but it might be a better use of resources for people to just accept this and move on to other projects or unadopted standards...;-)
I do think Vorbis will continue to live on in commercial uses where the licensing really becomes an advantage, like using it to compress videogame soundtracks, or as a backend library in various types of computer software, or whatever. I do think it's possible that Apple could open up the iPod to accept 3rd party codecs, and that such a move could be beneficial if the implementation managed to keep end user support issues from becoming overwhelming. I don't know how long it will take Apple and the rest of the digital media industry to realize they can't forcibly and totally control the media fileformat playing field, and that some of the industry moves are hurting consumers (and thus the adoption and sales of these technologies!), but time will tell..
Somewhat off topic, but anyone wanna bet Apple's 'lossless' codec is just their DRM wrapped around FLAC? And yet it was a 30MB+ download!...
Agreed, of the technologies I've seen so far this one is quite cool, but I think semacodes provide a superior implementation.
Semacodes are based on an open standard, they support more characters, they link directly to a URL and could easily support the features show in the story. As far as I know, semacodes are also free for any use, not just noncommercial use.
I've started a project to create a game framework using semacodes as location markers in an online, real-world RPG called SemaRPG. This framework could be customized and extended and used with standard technologies outside of the concern of cel carriers. As net-enabled camera phones become more pervasive I think these various URL-marker technologies like spotcode and semacode will continue to try and compete for market acceptance (Sony has it's own proprietary standard they would love to see adopted, etc.). It will be content that drives the adoption of these standards, so anyone interested in contributing to some open content is encouraged to check it out. SemaRPG could be a relatively simple project to put together that ends up being a lot of fun!
I dunno, it is of course hard to say for certain, but I believe I've seen some rather impressive cognitive abilities from my dog.
Most dogs will chase a ball or something; my little miniature weiner dog will just roll it back and forth, by flipping it with his nose, if the game is taking place in a small area. I've 'tested' his geometry abilities by encouraging him to bounce the ball against a wall before it reaches me. I will bounce it against a wall to him, then I can alter the position of my hand ("the receiver") and he will alter the angle that he rolls the ball at to cause the correct reflection and send the ball to me. It's not always perfect; he can't always send it in a straight line because he is so small and near to the ground -- he sometimes hits his nose on the ground when he sneezes:-( But despite an occasional bad shot, I've done this enough times to be pretty certain he understands the geometric concept.
That is perhaps a more rudimentary, physical world interaction, as opposed to language. But he is not only very good at sound recognition (he can tell the difference between the phone making a regular ring (which is OK) and an intercom request from outside (slightly different ring, meaning someone is outside, meaning he needs to bark to defend the territory)), he also apparently understands concepts of 'who' and 'where'. He definitely recognizes people and places, even getting excited during car trips to various locations we frequent -- he recognizes the scenery and route. If someone is not in the room and you ask him "where is Mom?", he will search them out. If mom is not around, he does not search (unless I make him). He recognizes mom's voice over the phone, but does not get up and start searching the room for her -- he seems to understand the phone to some degree.. certainly not how it works at a technical level, or where my mom is calling from, but he seems to understand that it IS mom, she just isn't here... (recordings would probably be very confusing, though)
I've been able to string together various words that he knows, and get responses from him the seem to indicate he understands strings of words/phrases/sounds. This can be extremely impressive. (He's an english speaking dog! Well, aside from being 'mute';-) ) I honestly believe a lot of this canine ability is determined by the environment the dog grows up and lives in. If a pup is born from a malnurished or poisoned dog, it might not have the same physical capacity for cognitive ability. If the dog is chained in a junkyard, never is spoken to, and only gets kicked when someone walks by, I would not expect the same responses or interaction from it. But when the dog is young, raised in a caring environment, respected, and communicated with, the dog will respond and make efforts in the same ways. I don't expect my dog to start spouting Shakespeare, but I do (obviously) think he is pretty intelligent.;-)
DoomRadiant does use the Doom engine for building and world modeling, etc. This means that you can demo the world immediately and directly from the world editor, as opposed to requiring an intermediate build to be exported from the editor and then run in the actual game engine (as Quake3Radiant required). IIRC, this is not only good for accelerating and smoothing workflow, but also provides for more accurate preview display in the editor mode. (I could be wrong.. it's been a while;-) )
because that would suck;)
the phone has a pentium class cpu, on a vga resolution image running simple decoding algorithm the bandwidth to send the picture is slower and more costly than reading it natively. where it probably saves is that the semacode has build in error correction, so instead of loading the phone down with doing more advanced decoding and error correction when reading the image it is instead able to simply look at the pixels in [perhaps] 1 bit color and rely on the inbuilt ECC for pixel smudgies
I know this isn't what you meant, but look into Musclewire. It's a solid state , lightweight system that uses different kinds of conductive, memory-metal alloys. It's used a lot with small, indoor, RC planes.
There hasn't been any official announcement yet; MacWorld keynote is January 6. Rumors are circulating of new, smaller iPods with 2gb and 4gb capacities and a lower price. There are some mockups and pictures here.
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The end part of the article notes that the upcoming LIGO observatory might see the first detection of gravitational waves, corresponding with a GRB event! Evidentially Einstein modeled the emission of gravity waves during a collision between Neutron stars. This is interesting because we don't really know much about gravity; e.g. if it is a wave or a constant. More info on LIGO is available here.
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though there may be other information available which I am unaware of, of course. But if this particle size stands, it seems a fairly simple explaination that a meteroid could hit a large ring object and cascade debris and impact effects throughout the rings themselves...
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Isn't the most obvious reason that an asteroid or meteoroid or something similar simply hit the rings and broke apart? Is there some reason why this isn't likely?
try loading a targa stream into AE and FCP, then tell me which one is a hog. AE certainly has many places where there is room to improve, but at least it handles filetypes properly. I have lots of experience with FCP chewing up files, whereas AE and Premiere both handle the files fine. Targa streams are one; it has been broken since version 1 of FCP, animation codec on long clips is another....
p2p also means peer to peer. outside of the telecom industry I imagine this has become the more commonly known definition of the acronym. where have you been? (jk) ;-)
Maybe it's too late, this thread is old, but I thought it was worth mentioning PCB's are polychlorinated biphenyls -- one of the most toxic of a group of chemicals known as POPs (Persistant Organic Pollutants). These chemicals can not be broken down by normal organic processes, so they instead will stay in an organism forever -- or until they are eaten and thus further concentrated in the predator, or if they die and the POPs are taken up by plants, which are eaten by other animals, and again concentrated repeatedly. Large Tuna are often so high in Mercury and POPs that the fish must be 'diluted' with smaller, younger fish (who have had less time to eat other organisms and thus concentrate POPs) before it can be legally canned for distribution in the US and other countries... This also means in certain places 2 out of 3 baby dolphins are poisoned to death by their own mothers milk, as it contains high levels of POPs. Of course, dead dolphins are eaten by scavengers or otherwise break down and thus spread the pollutant over a larger area or concentrate it further in an organism. It is through cumulative actions like these that POPs can sometimes be traced from pollutions on the East Coast of the US to the population of the West Coast and beyond.
ah, well that bites. At least all of Apples apps will be updated to include it in a hurry (presumably). Thanks for the info
While applications may need to write for a certain API to use it's features, I believe it is possible Spotlight may be accessible to older applications. In 10.3 when you open a file, many applications open a standard, finder-style window. Perhaps that window is replaced with a 'spotlight aware' window in 10.4. Thus all applications calling that particular type of "File Open" dialog box would automagically receive the Spotlight upgrade for locating files to open. Obviously there are other ways to use Spotlight but this might be a way for some of the functionality to be available to older applications.
you already got a +5 Funny dude, get over it! ;)
Anyone have a design for this?
do you have any links to a recommended hardware implementation of your 'smartcard' concept? thanks
Unfortunately, Mozilla does not purchase advertiser time on the news station at the same rate that Microsoft or MSN do.. :S
Developer time and support time, mainly.
The more important question: What do they have to gain?
this pretty much sums it up from Apple's perspective, but let me expound upon this -- Vorbis is dead for noncommercial use.
Don't get me wrong, I think Vorbis is an admirable project for a variety of technical and nontechnical reasons. I released music* exclusively in Ogg Vorbis for a while. But most people who are using digital music services are encountering it at the level of iTunes or another similar media player, often bundled with hardware or software. iTunes and others have paid Fraunhofer for the rights to use mp3, so people aren't ever confronted with the copyright issues surrounding mp3 when using iTunes or a similar player. As I recall there are freeware mp3 implementations not related to Fraunhofer as well. Further, when explaining Vorbis to an end user it is often compared to MP3.. (it's like mp3 but better) Vorbis is simply not as compatible as MP3 or WAV, though, so content providers are simply not as likely to provide content in this format natively. I really don't have time to encode, tag, test, upload, link 3 seperate copies of every song I want to release (MP3, OggVorbis, OggFLAC), so I choose MP3 and OggFLAC -- the most compatible 'fast' download and most capable 'broadband' formats, respectively (IMO). If you want Vorbis, you can encode them yourselves from the FLAC. But because of these compatibility and content issues, combined with the 'playing catch-up' position Vorbis has in the compressed codec field and the end-user transparency of the mp3 copyright issue, I just really think Vorbis is dead for noncommercial use. I could be wrong, but it might be a better use of resources for people to just accept this and move on to other projects or unadopted standards... ;-)
I do think Vorbis will continue to live on in commercial uses where the licensing really becomes an advantage, like using it to compress videogame soundtracks, or as a backend library in various types of computer software, or whatever. I do think it's possible that Apple could open up the iPod to accept 3rd party codecs, and that such a move could be beneficial if the implementation managed to keep end user support issues from becoming overwhelming. I don't know how long it will take Apple and the rest of the digital media industry to realize they can't forcibly and totally control the media fileformat playing field, and that some of the industry moves are hurting consumers (and thus the adoption and sales of these technologies!), but time will tell..
Somewhat off topic, but anyone wanna bet Apple's 'lossless' codec is just their DRM wrapped around FLAC? And yet it was a 30MB+ download!...
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Semacodes are based on an open standard, they support more characters, they link directly to a URL and could easily support the features show in the story. As far as I know, semacodes are also free for any use, not just noncommercial use.
I've started a project to create a game framework using semacodes as location markers in an online, real-world RPG called SemaRPG. This framework could be customized and extended and used with standard technologies outside of the concern of cel carriers. As net-enabled camera phones become more pervasive I think these various URL-marker technologies like spotcode and semacode will continue to try and compete for market acceptance (Sony has it's own proprietary standard they would love to see adopted, etc.). It will be content that drives the adoption of these standards, so anyone interested in contributing to some open content is encouraged to check it out. SemaRPG could be a relatively simple project to put together that ends up being a lot of fun!
antics? sounds like someone's been to some concerts out there.. phish shows anyone? 8)
actually, we did see a weird light in the sky once when we drove out there at night.. (before the shows, thank you)
I dunno, it is of course hard to say for certain, but I believe I've seen some rather impressive cognitive abilities from my dog.
:-( But despite an occasional bad shot, I've done this enough times to be pretty certain he understands the geometric concept.
;-) ) I honestly believe a lot of this canine ability is determined by the environment the dog grows up and lives in. If a pup is born from a malnurished or poisoned dog, it might not have the same physical capacity for cognitive ability. If the dog is chained in a junkyard, never is spoken to, and only gets kicked when someone walks by, I would not expect the same responses or interaction from it. But when the dog is young, raised in a caring environment, respected, and communicated with, the dog will respond and make efforts in the same ways. I don't expect my dog to start spouting Shakespeare, but I do (obviously) think he is pretty intelligent. ;-)
Most dogs will chase a ball or something; my little miniature weiner dog will just roll it back and forth, by flipping it with his nose, if the game is taking place in a small area. I've 'tested' his geometry abilities by encouraging him to bounce the ball against a wall before it reaches me. I will bounce it against a wall to him, then I can alter the position of my hand ("the receiver") and he will alter the angle that he rolls the ball at to cause the correct reflection and send the ball to me. It's not always perfect; he can't always send it in a straight line because he is so small and near to the ground -- he sometimes hits his nose on the ground when he sneezes
That is perhaps a more rudimentary, physical world interaction, as opposed to language. But he is not only very good at sound recognition (he can tell the difference between the phone making a regular ring (which is OK) and an intercom request from outside (slightly different ring, meaning someone is outside, meaning he needs to bark to defend the territory)), he also apparently understands concepts of 'who' and 'where'. He definitely recognizes people and places, even getting excited during car trips to various locations we frequent -- he recognizes the scenery and route. If someone is not in the room and you ask him "where is Mom?", he will search them out. If mom is not around, he does not search (unless I make him). He recognizes mom's voice over the phone, but does not get up and start searching the room for her -- he seems to understand the phone to some degree.. certainly not how it works at a technical level, or where my mom is calling from, but he seems to understand that it IS mom, she just isn't here... (recordings would probably be very confusing, though)
I've been able to string together various words that he knows, and get responses from him the seem to indicate he understands strings of words/phrases/sounds. This can be extremely impressive. (He's an english speaking dog! Well, aside from being 'mute'
DoomRadiant does use the Doom engine for building and world modeling, etc. This means that you can demo the world immediately and directly from the world editor, as opposed to requiring an intermediate build to be exported from the editor and then run in the actual game engine (as Quake3Radiant required). IIRC, this is not only good for accelerating and smoothing workflow, but also provides for more accurate preview display in the editor mode. (I could be wrong.. it's been a while ;-) )
because that would suck ;)
the phone has a pentium class cpu, on a vga resolution image running simple decoding algorithm the bandwidth to send the picture is slower and more costly than reading it natively. where it probably saves is that the semacode has build in error correction, so instead of loading the phone down with doing more advanced decoding and error correction when reading the image it is instead able to simply look at the pixels in [perhaps] 1 bit color and rely on the inbuilt ECC for pixel smudgies
or something
I know this isn't what you meant, but look into Musclewire. It's a solid state , lightweight system that uses different kinds of conductive, memory-metal alloys. It's used a lot with small, indoor, RC planes.
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iirc filmGimp is a compositing application. of course, combustion by discreet is better than After effects ;)
Good on ya', Justin, but isn't it a bit premature to be calling this a success? I mean, look at Spirit, sitting a few feet from its pad
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I guess that depends on what part of the software he wrote, the roving software or the reentry routines...
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