The cost of a mission to repair and service Hubble is estimated at $2 billion. And for that money, it may or may not work. However a new Hubble, Hubble Origins Probe, can be built and launched for $1 billion using the original Hubble designs and new instruments already built as replacements for the current Hubble. It's cheaper, more reliable and less risky.
Colin Norman, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute, notes that NASA has already built two expensive new instruments, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph and the Wide Field Camera 3, for the cancelled Hubble upgrade. Instead of salvaging the current Hubble, he proposes using the parts to create a replacement, the Hubble Origins Probe.
Is he upset that he got sued? That it was filed as a John Doe suit? He admits in the article he broke the law, so I don't think he has the right to complain.
Is he upset that his lawyer (whom he did not pay) did not get to speak to lawyer at the RIAA? Doesn't the RIAA have the right to handle their case the way they want do?
Is he upset they sued a lot of people at the same time as him? If it's illegal, say so and fight it. If the other people aren't guilty, let them complain. Otherwise, it sounds like an acceptable legal tactic to me.
Yes, the RIAA has done some things wrong in handling these cases. Originally, they were requesting information without a filing a suit, but they have changed that. Also, they have sued some innocent people, but the writer admits he is not one of those.
He was caught with his hand in the cookie jar and doesn't like it. Well, sorry. If he did not want to be sued and pay up he should have not violated the law. He, like everyone else, must face the consequences of their actions.
I don't like the way the RIAA is reacting to digital music, but that does not give me the right to steal music. If you don't think someone is offering their music fairly, then boycott them. That is a time-honored legal method of protesting.
Calling downloading "civil disobedience" is an insult to those, like the civil rights protesters and the protesters in Tiananmen Square, who have used civil disobedience to try to right the wrongs of society. File sharing is stealing to avoid paying the cost, not civil disobedience--it directly benefits the protester. Civil rights protesters did not directly benefit from their protests. The only thing they got was a change in the laws--the whole point of their protest..
If you steal music, then, as a law breaker, what right do you have to complain about the RIAA?
Adobe bought the company and turned Cool Edit Pro into Audition. They dropped Cool Edit 2000. It sold for $70 or $100 with the 4 track plug-in. The audio cleanup plug-in was $50 and it was great. It could clean room noise, tape hiss, clicks, pops, etc.
The program and the plug-in did more than everything I needed. But now I'm stuck. I'd like to buy another license for it, but I can't. Audition costs $300. There is no upgrade except the $170 upgrade to Audition, more than I paid to start with. So, for now, I'll just stick with what I have.
On the parent, I copied the subject from the message, rearranged it and go it wrong.
I meant "That's dynamics compression, not normalization."
That's not dynamics compression, not normalization
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That's not normalizing, that's dynamics compression.
Normalizing scales the entire file so that the highest sample is the highest value that can be represented. For many sound formats, this is 32768, for 15 bits. (1 bit left for the sign). This lets the sample use the full range. However, the volume of the file is based on the value of one sample.
What you want is to amplify different parts of the file so that the level of the song is more consistent. For example, sample every 1/4 second and adjust the level based on the average of that sample. A typical value might be 2:1 compression above -10 db. In this case, if the volume is above -10 db, the amount above -10 db is cut in half. -10 stays at -10, but -6 is scaled to -8, 0 to -5. (0 db is the highest value that can be represented.) There is a lot more to it, including look ahead, recovery time, multiple levels, etc.
It is similar to riding the voume control manually and turning it down for the loud parts and back up for the soft parts, but very quickly.
After dynamics adjustment, you usually normalize the sample.
I edit speech audio for my church and deal with this all the time. I use Cool Edit 2000 and it is great at this. However, it is no longer available. But most audio editing programs can do this. Try Audacity.
Complain to DHS about this travesty. Here is the web page that lists operator phone number, comment line phone number, address and has a web form to contact them. The email subject options don't list complaints/concerns. Maybe this fits the "Security Threat" option. The security of my privacy is being threatened.
If all the Slashdot readers called or filled out a form, we might make a difference. Even if nothing changes, at least DHS will know people are aware of this ridiculous act.
It's the same way with Krystal hamburgers. People either hate them or love them. I love 'em. Plus, they have great chilli and they will actually cook a breakfast for you, eggs any style, biscuit or toast, etc. However, the service can sometimes be very slow.
For those of us in the SE USA, Krystal has free WiFi. There website says that 50 of their 245 stores will have it by 7/2004. Probably more have it now. Free WiFi and the steamy goodness of a Krystal. (mmmm...)
Interesting disclaimer on their website:
We regret that the manager and restaurant personnel can't provide assistance with the Krystal HotSpot as they are not computer specialists.
For the Yankees in audience, Krystal is the Southern version of White Castle.
The concept of a message in pi is part of the plot of "Contact", a novel by Carl Sagan about SETI receiving a signal from an extraterrestrial intelligence. The aliens say that someone/something embedded a message in pi. The questions brought up by this are of course: Who? and How?
Atriks website, contact info, privacy policy, etc.
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Want to see their website? Want to contact Atriks to offer your opinion on the matter? Their contact page.
You can even sign-up on their website. I would suggest being careful about that thought. According to their privacy statement, they can sell your name and e-mail address to (other?) spammers.
We may share some of your information such as name and e-mail address with third party sponsors.
I didn't read it at apple.slashdot.org. I read it at slashdot.org (the front page.) Still, not everything in the Apple category is Apple only. iTunes and QuickTime are both products associated with Apple, but they have Windows versions.
... clue you in...
The post wasn't for my information. I already knew this. I posted the comment for those who did not know it. If this article had been in a technical print publication, I'm sure the fact that the program was Mac only would have been mentioned in the article. Sure, maybe the reader can guess the missing facts. However, the point is that if the reader has to guess, it is poor communication.
It is obvious to many who know what BBEdit is. Not everyone does. Also, just because software is best know for its Mac version doesn't necessarily mean it is a Mac only product..
Yes, many people would know from the article that the software is Mac only. However, not every one would know. The article would have been clearer if the two words "Mac only" had been included.
Arrrgggghhhh! How could I have so foolishly said The World Wide Web? It's nothing compared to the tasty wholesome lean goodness of a George Foreman Grilling Machine grilled burger!
I had this problem a few years ago. I received up to 20 messages (bounces, out-of-office, mailbox full, authentication request, etc.) a minute at the peak. In total I received about 100,000 messages over a few weeks before it stopped.
I called the company spamming and they "took a message". However, I was able to filter them because they were coming to a few specific random accounts, such as vxxylj@sample-domain.com and rtyylhi@sample-domain.com for example.
I could not find any other way to filter them because it seems that there are several dozen formats for bounces. That made me wish there was a standard format for bounces, or at least a standard subject line or sender address.
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From an article in Discover Magazine
Also see the John Hopkins Newsletter.
What is his complaint?
Is he upset that he got sued? That it was filed as a John Doe suit? He admits in the article he broke the law, so I don't think he has the right to complain.
Is he upset that his lawyer (whom he did not pay) did not get to speak to lawyer at the RIAA? Doesn't the RIAA have the right to handle their case the way they want do?
Is he upset they sued a lot of people at the same time as him? If it's illegal, say so and fight it. If the other people aren't guilty, let them complain. Otherwise, it sounds like an acceptable legal tactic to me.
Yes, the RIAA has done some things wrong in handling these cases. Originally, they were requesting information without a filing a suit, but they have changed that. Also, they have sued some innocent people, but the writer admits he is not one of those.
He was caught with his hand in the cookie jar and doesn't like it. Well, sorry. If he did not want to be sued and pay up he should have not violated the law. He, like everyone else, must face the consequences of their actions.
I don't like the way the RIAA is reacting to digital music, but that does not give me the right to steal music. If you don't think someone is offering their music fairly, then boycott them. That is a time-honored legal method of protesting.
Calling downloading "civil disobedience" is an insult to those, like the civil rights protesters and the protesters in Tiananmen Square, who have used civil disobedience to try to right the wrongs of society. File sharing is stealing to avoid paying the cost, not civil disobedience--it directly benefits the protester. Civil rights protesters did not directly benefit from their protests. The only thing they got was a change in the laws--the whole point of their protest..
If you steal music, then, as a law breaker, what right do you have to complain about the RIAA?
Adobe bought the company and turned Cool Edit Pro into Audition. They dropped Cool Edit 2000. It sold for $70 or $100 with the 4 track plug-in. The audio cleanup plug-in was $50 and it was great. It could clean room noise, tape hiss, clicks, pops, etc.
The program and the plug-in did more than everything I needed. But now I'm stuck. I'd like to buy another license for it, but I can't. Audition costs $300. There is no upgrade except the $170 upgrade to Audition, more than I paid to start with. So, for now, I'll just stick with what I have.
Are you listening, Adobe?
On the parent, I copied the subject from the message, rearranged it and go it wrong. I meant "That's dynamics compression, not normalization."
That's not normalizing, that's dynamics compression.
Normalizing scales the entire file so that the highest sample is the highest value that can be represented. For many sound formats, this is 32768, for 15 bits. (1 bit left for the sign). This lets the sample use the full range. However, the volume of the file is based on the value of one sample.
What you want is to amplify different parts of the file so that the level of the song is more consistent. For example, sample every 1/4 second and adjust the level based on the average of that sample. A typical value might be 2:1 compression above -10 db. In this case, if the volume is above -10 db, the amount above -10 db is cut in half. -10 stays at -10, but -6 is scaled to -8, 0 to -5. (0 db is the highest value that can be represented.) There is a lot more to it, including look ahead, recovery time, multiple levels, etc.
It is similar to riding the voume control manually and turning it down for the loud parts and back up for the soft parts, but very quickly.
After dynamics adjustment, you usually normalize the sample.
I edit speech audio for my church and deal with this all the time. I use Cool Edit 2000 and it is great at this. However, it is no longer available. But most audio editing programs can do this. Try Audacity.
Energy is always conserved, without a bit of help from anyone.
Now if we could only find a way to conserve entrophy.
Deduct a few seconds from your 15 minutes of fame. The parent was quoted on Good Morning Silicon Valley.
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Lineox released 4.0 on 2/25.
- Piebox released 4.0 on 2/28. No free binary downloads.
- White Box, no 4.0 yet.
- Scientific Linux, no 4.0 yet.
There are more at DistroWatch. See their list of Red Hat based distos.Contact your elected representatives
If all the Slashdot readers called or filled out a form, we might make a difference. Even if nothing changes, at least DHS will know people are aware of this ridiculous act.
It's the same way with Krystal hamburgers. People either hate them or love them. I love 'em. Plus, they have great chilli and they will actually cook a breakfast for you, eggs any style, biscuit or toast, etc. However, the service can sometimes be very slow.
Interesting disclaimer on their website: We regret that the manager and restaurant personnel can't provide assistance with the Krystal HotSpot as they are not computer specialists.
For the Yankees in audience, Krystal is the Southern version of White Castle.
"I think whoever it was flunked Roman numerals in grade school," said Nathan Brookwood, the head of technology consulting firm Insight 64.
The concept of a message in pi is part of the plot of "Contact", a novel by Carl Sagan about SETI receiving a signal from an extraterrestrial intelligence. The aliens say that someone/something embedded a message in pi. The questions brought up by this are of course: Who? and How?
You can even sign-up on their website. I would suggest being careful about that thought. According to their privacy statement, they can sell your name and e-mail address to (other?) spammers.
We may share some of your information such as name and e-mail address with third party sponsors.
The post wasn't for my information. I already knew this. I posted the comment for those who did not know it. If this article had been in a technical print publication, I'm sure the fact that the program was Mac only would have been mentioned in the article. Sure, maybe the reader can guess the missing facts. However, the point is that if the reader has to guess, it is poor communication.
It is obvious to many who know what BBEdit is. Not everyone does. Also, just because software is best know for its Mac version doesn't necessarily mean it is a Mac only product..
Yes, many people would know from the article that the software is Mac only. However, not every one would know. The article would have been clearer if the two words "Mac only" had been included.
The article fails to mention the important fact that TextWrangler is Mac only.
For photos and more info see PCMCIA's official site for ExpressCard.
Arrrgggghhhh! How could I have so foolishly said The World Wide Web? It's nothing compared to the tasty wholesome lean goodness of a George Foreman Grilling Machine grilled burger!
#1 will be The World Wide Web/The Internet.
I had this problem a few years ago. I received up to 20 messages (bounces, out-of-office, mailbox full, authentication request, etc.) a minute at the peak. In total I received about 100,000 messages over a few weeks before it stopped.
I called the company spamming and they "took a message". However, I was able to filter them because they were coming to a few specific random accounts, such as vxxylj@sample-domain.com and rtyylhi@sample-domain.com for example.
I could not find any other way to filter them because it seems that there are several dozen formats for bounces. That made me wish there was a standard format for bounces, or at least a standard subject line or sender address.
Now, just for fun, what are the odds that the odds for a day beign Friday the 13th end in 13?
(Uh, 1 in 7, better than the odds of it hitting Earth.)
Or, if you prefer, they are now at 1 in 1,000,000.
This edition of Fun With URLs has been brought to you courtesy of an overly trusting NASA webmaster.