That pocket was originally designed for a pocket watch AFAIK.
On a side note, (or useless trivia, you decide) the rivets on the pockets are so a miner's pockets don't rip off when he stuffs too many gold nuggets in them.
Whether or not bass is the easiest to store isn't the question. It's the hardest to reproduce, with many headphone jacks just simply not able to do so.
Very true. Low frequencies require more electrical current to reproduce than midrange and high frequencies. Small players that use one or two batteries just don't have adequate reserve power to produce really good bass, especially at higher volumes. And when they use a DC to DC converter to achieve enough voltage, they are even more starved for current. This is perceived as a lack of "punchy" bass.
Flat response is good as long as you have an EQ to adjust the sound to your taste. At least you don't have to fight a frequency response that's weighted in a range that doesn't appeal to you.
Well, if you're using the digital out, then yes, the responsibility for the analog audio quality is shifted further down the signal chain. But the whole point of a portable player is that you can carry it around with you so what kind of external DAC and amp are you going to attach to the optical outs that will be practical to carry around?
I've built small headphone amps, but add a DAC to that and then you need to have a separate power supply for it too and pretty soon the whole package is starting to get a bit unwieldy.
So we really come back to the point of how good does the player sound on its own because it's a pain to carry around all this gear and batteries. It becomes a case of miniturization and trade-offs.
If all I care about is sound quality, I just play tracks off my computer as lossless files through a good amp into a pair of Grados. But I when want to listen on the go so I settle for an iPod into earbuds.
There can most certainly be sound quality differences amongst various players. The DAC (digital to analog converter) and the amplifier itself both contribute greatly to how well the output sounds.
Most every portable player anymore uses an integrated chip to perform the MP3 playback and amplification and many players from different brands will use the same chips. The implementation of the circuitry however can still make a significant difference.
But for the really discerning audiophiles, the only way to get decent sound from a portable player is to use an external headphone amp that utilises higher quality components and generally operates at higher supply voltages which helps provide more generous amplifier headroom. There really is a difference and you can hear it readily with better quality headphones.
This thread at head-fi.org has some additional comments regarding the chip.
It looks to be a basic MP3 decoder + DAC + integrated headphone amplifier with support for custom DRM algorithms, no fancy custom chips here. It is interesting that the chip has audio record features as well as FM tuner input and control capability. The data sheet also mentions that it can be upgraded for codecs other than MP3 (and obviously AAC and WMA). Ogg anyone?
Maybe we can expect to see some hacking of this player to enable some of these unused features.
I actually find the rendering and DOM features in Opera to be more like I.E. than Firefox is. But the one that really gives me fits is Safari. Pages that look perfect in I.E., Firefox and Opera can sometimes have horrible flaws when viewed in Safari.
Wrong. I can reverse engineer any product as long as I don't break any laws while doing it. Those would laws be patent violation, breaking encryption or access control method (DMCA) or distributing copyrighted material. Simply examining how something works is not and I suspect will never be illegal.
And trade secrets are things that only one party knows. If you put your trade secrets in a product or they are easily deduced by examining the product, those are no longer trade secrets.
Look at it this way, Real wanted to be on board with Fairplay licensing and were denied by Apple. They find a way to be compatible without Apple's help.
Now unless Apple purposely breaks that compatibility with future firmware updates, Real's songs will most likely work just fine. If iPod owners start purchasing the Real tracks, it gives Real a chance to say to Apple "See, our customers like things this way, lets work together to keep the iPod compatible."
There is a big difference between works that are intended to be performed for the public (music) and with source code which is falls more under the category of trade secrets and are specifically not released to the public (close source software that is).
IP producers are given the rights to exclusively sell their works for a limited time. That is perfectly fair and agreeable to most people, including many music downloaders. The gray area is to what extent non-commercial distrubution, i.e. sharing, infringes upon those rights.
Creating intellectual works entails different risks than does producing physical goods. Since the idea and expression of the idea is the product, once it is released to the public, you automatically lose some degree of control over it. If this concept is difficult to grasp, perhaps creating IP is not the best choice of career for some people.
In the previous flights, the nozzle and rocket motor casing was smaller than the one used for Monday's flight. Also, an aerodynamic fairing was added that covered most of the nozzle this time.
I don't see Googlebombing as such a big problem. It would be practically impossible to bomb a commonly searched word or phrase such as "Linux" as the legitimate sites would overwhelm the googlebomb attempts.
And even in the case of "miserable failure", is there really any harm being done? Just because a site appears in the top ten does not lend it any more credibility, it only indicates popularity.
Anyone using Google needs to understand what the top search results actually represent. If they are just assuming that they are the top authoritative sources about the search phrase, they really need to get a clue.
Apple scripting is the way to go here. I use a shell script that has all the scripting commands and log into my Mac via ssh to change songs and playlists, view the upcoming songs, etc.
There were plenty of resources on the web and scripts that others have made when I was looking into this.
It wouldn't be too difficult to make a web interface in php and run that on your closet server.
A really great pilot (which Melvill certainly is) is all you need as backup for the flight director display. I'm sure he could abort the burn if things got really out of control and in one of the earlier test flights the pilot was able to get SS1 properly oriented after some major instability.
Besides, there are backup altimeter and airspeed gauges in the cockpit as required by the FAA.
Opera has a great feature that helps with those sites, it's the user mode style sheet button. With one click you can apply your own, easy-to-read style sheet to any site. Simple click of the toolbar button and it's back to what the author intended.
Works beautifully.
One could say that Allofmp3.com is making a legal copy on their server and legally selling you that copy. You, as a U.S. citizen may be making a copy on your own computer, but it could be argued that this copy falls under fair use provisions of copyright law as you own the "original" copy.
Whether the definition of importation applies only to physically moving a product across borders is something that may have to be tested in court. As in many other areas of law, new technologies sometimes force us to reevaluate our definitions.
nVidia gets to have their newest card compared to the competitors current cards because they lifted their NDA first and that's what's available to compare with. When ATI releases their cards, we can all compare with those.
If you always wait until the next gen processors or video cards are announced/released before making a buying descision, you will never buy anything.
I don't think that it's the CD pressing that is the barrier to independant artists but rather the distribution network and marketing dollars that the major labels have at their disposal.
Any garage band can get a 1,000 CDs made professionally with printed booklets and jewel cases for $1,000. Their difficulty will be in getting those CDs sold to their fans. Maybe you can some sell at shows, but record stores won't carry your CD and you can't get radio play.
Independent bands need to gain exposure somehow and I would like to see more online reccomendation sites or message boards that are geared toward exposing the music listening audience to these bands.
I'm not so certain that there will be no other choice than trusted hardware. As long as consumers have a desire for choice in software, they will demand that manufacturers supply non-trusted hardware to run it on. The Microsofts and Adobes will release their locked down versions of software and the consumer will have to decide if that's all they want to run on their computer or if they would like to download and run shareware, freeware and open source applications like they used to be able to do.
Selling a quality product is but one way to make a profit. It is also an expensive and difficult way.
Other ways companies make profits are through agressive marketing and advertising, bundling deals with retailers and large corporate and govenment contracts.
Oh, and some abuse of your monopoly position doesn't always hurt.
The problem of course is that the two databases of US Senators' e-mail address collected independently will be exactly the same because they consist of the same facts. In other copyright infringment suits, the copied material is used as evidence in determining the case. With the identical databases, you would need some other form of evidence of copying to prove your case of infringment. Not impossible, but much more problematic.
Audacity comes with a noise removal plugin that can be quite effective in some cases. You need to sample a bit of the tape that contains only the noise first. I've used it on voice-only recordings with amazing results.
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That pocket was originally designed for a pocket watch AFAIK. On a side note, (or useless trivia, you decide) the rivets on the pockets are so a miner's pockets don't rip off when he stuffs too many gold nuggets in them.
Whether or not bass is the easiest to store isn't the question. It's the hardest to reproduce, with many headphone jacks just simply not able to do so.
Very true. Low frequencies require more electrical current to reproduce than midrange and high frequencies. Small players that use one or two batteries just don't have adequate reserve power to produce really good bass, especially at higher volumes. And when they use a DC to DC converter to achieve enough voltage, they are even more starved for current. This is perceived as a lack of "punchy" bass.
Flat response is good as long as you have an EQ to adjust the sound to your taste. At least you don't have to fight a frequency response that's weighted in a range that doesn't appeal to you.
Well, if you're using the digital out, then yes, the responsibility for the analog audio quality is shifted further down the signal chain. But the whole point of a portable player is that you can carry it around with you so what kind of external DAC and amp are you going to attach to the optical outs that will be practical to carry around?
I've built small headphone amps, but add a DAC to that and then you need to have a separate power supply for it too and pretty soon the whole package is starting to get a bit unwieldy.
So we really come back to the point of how good does the player sound on its own because it's a pain to carry around all this gear and batteries. It becomes a case of miniturization and trade-offs.
If all I care about is sound quality, I just play tracks off my computer as lossless files through a good amp into a pair of Grados. But I when want to listen on the go so I settle for an iPod into earbuds.
There can most certainly be sound quality differences amongst various players. The DAC (digital to analog converter) and the amplifier itself both contribute greatly to how well the output sounds.
Most every portable player anymore uses an integrated chip to perform the MP3 playback and amplification and many players from different brands will use the same chips. The implementation of the circuitry however can still make a significant difference.
But for the really discerning audiophiles, the only way to get decent sound from a portable player is to use an external headphone amp that utilises higher quality components and generally operates at higher supply voltages which helps provide more generous amplifier headroom. There really is a difference and you can hear it readily with better quality headphones.
According to IpodLounge, the MP3 decoder chip is a SigmaTel D-Major STMP3550 (PDF).
This thread at head-fi.org has some additional comments regarding the chip.
It looks to be a basic MP3 decoder + DAC + integrated headphone amplifier with support for custom DRM algorithms, no fancy custom chips here. It is interesting that the chip has audio record features as well as FM tuner input and control capability. The data sheet also mentions that it can be upgraded for codecs other than MP3 (and obviously AAC and WMA). Ogg anyone?
Maybe we can expect to see some hacking of this player to enable some of these unused features.
I actually find the rendering and DOM features in Opera to be more like I.E. than Firefox is. But the one that really gives me fits is Safari. Pages that look perfect in I.E., Firefox and Opera can sometimes have horrible flaws when viewed in Safari.
It's a hybrid motor, so all the pilot needs to do is shut off the oxidiser flow and the engine will go out.
You should never store beer at room temperature or above as that will permanently ruin the taste.
Wrong. I can reverse engineer any product as long as I don't break any laws while doing it. Those would laws be patent violation, breaking encryption or access control method (DMCA) or distributing copyrighted material. Simply examining how something works is not and I suspect will never be illegal. And trade secrets are things that only one party knows. If you put your trade secrets in a product or they are easily deduced by examining the product, those are no longer trade secrets.
Look at it this way, Real wanted to be on board with Fairplay licensing and were denied by Apple. They find a way to be compatible without Apple's help. Now unless Apple purposely breaks that compatibility with future firmware updates, Real's songs will most likely work just fine. If iPod owners start purchasing the Real tracks, it gives Real a chance to say to Apple "See, our customers like things this way, lets work together to keep the iPod compatible."
There is a big difference between works that are intended to be performed for the public (music) and with source code which is falls more under the category of trade secrets and are specifically not released to the public (close source software that is).
IP producers are given the rights to exclusively sell their works for a limited time. That is perfectly fair and agreeable to most people, including many music downloaders. The gray area is to what extent non-commercial distrubution, i.e. sharing, infringes upon those rights.
Creating intellectual works entails different risks than does producing physical goods. Since the idea and expression of the idea is the product, once it is released to the public, you automatically lose some degree of control over it. If this concept is difficult to grasp, perhaps creating IP is not the best choice of career for some people.
Grandparent is correct, LOS to the ground from 5,000 feet is ~100 miles. http://www.firestik.com/Tech_Docs/dist2horizon.htm
In the previous flights, the nozzle and rocket motor casing was smaller than the one used for Monday's flight. Also, an aerodynamic fairing was added that covered most of the nozzle this time.
I don't see Googlebombing as such a big problem. It would be practically impossible to bomb a commonly searched word or phrase such as "Linux" as the legitimate sites would overwhelm the googlebomb attempts.
And even in the case of "miserable failure", is there really any harm being done? Just because a site appears in the top ten does not lend it any more credibility, it only indicates popularity.
Anyone using Google needs to understand what the top search results actually represent. If they are just assuming that they are the top authoritative sources about the search phrase, they really need to get a clue.
Apple scripting is the way to go here. I use a shell script that has all the scripting commands and log into my Mac via ssh to change songs and playlists, view the upcoming songs, etc. There were plenty of resources on the web and scripts that others have made when I was looking into this. It wouldn't be too difficult to make a web interface in php and run that on your closet server.
A really great pilot (which Melvill certainly is) is all you need as backup for the flight director display. I'm sure he could abort the burn if things got really out of control and in one of the earlier test flights the pilot was able to get SS1 properly oriented after some major instability. Besides, there are backup altimeter and airspeed gauges in the cockpit as required by the FAA.
Opera has a great feature that helps with those sites, it's the user mode style sheet button. With one click you can apply your own, easy-to-read style sheet to any site. Simple click of the toolbar button and it's back to what the author intended. Works beautifully.
One could say that Allofmp3.com is making a legal copy on their server and legally selling you that copy. You, as a U.S. citizen may be making a copy on your own computer, but it could be argued that this copy falls under fair use provisions of copyright law as you own the "original" copy. Whether the definition of importation applies only to physically moving a product across borders is something that may have to be tested in court. As in many other areas of law, new technologies sometimes force us to reevaluate our definitions.
nVidia gets to have their newest card compared to the competitors current cards because they lifted their NDA first and that's what's available to compare with. When ATI releases their cards, we can all compare with those. If you always wait until the next gen processors or video cards are announced/released before making a buying descision, you will never buy anything.
I don't think that it's the CD pressing that is the barrier to independant artists but rather the distribution network and marketing dollars that the major labels have at their disposal.
Any garage band can get a 1,000 CDs made professionally with printed booklets and jewel cases for $1,000. Their difficulty will be in getting those CDs sold to their fans. Maybe you can some sell at shows, but record stores won't carry your CD and you can't get radio play.
Independent bands need to gain exposure somehow and I would like to see more online reccomendation sites or message boards that are geared toward exposing the music listening audience to these bands.
I'm not so certain that there will be no other choice than trusted hardware. As long as consumers have a desire for choice in software, they will demand that manufacturers supply non-trusted hardware to run it on. The Microsofts and Adobes will release their locked down versions of software and the consumer will have to decide if that's all they want to run on their computer or if they would like to download and run shareware, freeware and open source applications like they used to be able to do.
Selling a quality product is but one way to make a profit. It is also an expensive and difficult way. Other ways companies make profits are through agressive marketing and advertising, bundling deals with retailers and large corporate and govenment contracts. Oh, and some abuse of your monopoly position doesn't always hurt.
The problem of course is that the two databases of US Senators' e-mail address collected independently will be exactly the same because they consist of the same facts. In other copyright infringment suits, the copied material is used as evidence in determining the case. With the identical databases, you would need some other form of evidence of copying to prove your case of infringment. Not impossible, but much more problematic.
Audacity comes with a noise removal plugin that can be quite effective in some cases. You need to sample a bit of the tape that contains only the noise first. I've used it on voice-only recordings with amazing results.