How about simplifying it even more, where all you had to do was type in the name of the program and it would run! And you just had to type something simple in to get to a new folder, and it would give you a list of the contents
Oh wait, that's DOS.
(I'm not being sarcastic, I would seriously sometimes prefer DOS).
Cool. Google has some really good search algorithms I bet, and the search tool in XP really sucks. As long as their software doesn't connect to the internet there's no possibility of a problem.....
...oh wait, of course it will connect to the internet for no reason.
I'm willing to bet $100 that the Google desktop search engine will have the ability to connect to the internet. I hate stupid software companies.
This can be rewritten as bytes/sec = bits/sec * 8. It's kinda of informal to write it that way, but it isn't wrong. Also, those who might think it means bits/(sec * 8) should learn BEDMAS!
This is the same thing as what he said. x * 8 bits/sec = x bytes/sec. (I got the 'x' in the wrong place above, but whatever). Or, the other way around the way the submitter said it: x bytes/sec = 8 * x bits/sec. Don't confuse me like that.
First of all, I think it is stupid that bps and Bps measure two completely different things. No wonder people get confused when they are put next to each other like that. It's completely ridiculous.
Second of all, the equation is fine.
bytes/sec = bits/sec * 8
Equations are evaluated from left to right. It is not bits/(sec * 8) it is (bits/sec) * 8
1 byte = 8 bits.
Windows' House
A worm appears. Windows is surprised.
Enter Worm
Windows (moronically): duh hello? What are you doing in here? Worm (aloof): Hey windows, how's it goin? Just wonderin' if I could, ya know, come on in for a bit. I know you don't really know me and all, but I just kinda found you here.. Windows: duh you look like an old friend.. what's his name, Bob.. Blast.. something or other. Ok since you're already here, it's not much, but there's a nice breeze that blows through. Worm: Can I leave some of my stuff here? Windows: Ok by me, there's a whole bunch of stuff here, people come by all the time picking stuff up, dropping it off. (helpfully) Let me take that for you. Worm: Nice! Ummm, while I'm here, I have some code, and I just need a bit... err.. executed. Is that ok? Windows (wary): Well... I don't know you that well. Worm: C'mon, please? I'm friends with that guy in, uh, the service department, obviously I couldn't get in if he didn't let me in. Windows (relieved): Oh him! Oh yeah, he's friends with a lot of people. Ok, I'll execute the code... there ya go all done. Worm: Excellent. Ok, gotta go.
Enter Zone Alarm
Zone Alarm (alarmed): What's all this then? Who's this guy? Where is he trying to go? Why wasn't I alerted?! Windows: Oh, he's just... a guy.. he came in for a bit. Zone Alarm: How did he get in?? Windows (frustrated): Through the service entrance, I told you I got a lot of things going through there and don't want you bothering me about it all the time. The last time you blocked off the service entrance noone could get through. Zone Alarm: Well don't let him out...
Exuent Worm
Zone Alarm:...er where did he go? Windows (ashamed): Out the service entrance. Zone Alarm: That's it I quit.
I watched it for a while, thought it was funny, and they made some good jokes about how Halo is stupid, and fps games in general... but after watching a lot of episodes I just couldnt stop thinking "when are they gonna get to the fireworks factory?!" And then they never got there.
(the quote's milhouse watching the itchy and scratchy and poochy show in the simpsons), also Halo really is stupid.
I just got a new watch it runs on Linux but uses a Windows emulator to display the time. It only needs a 2.4 Ghz processor with 256 MB RAM to work! There's also a USB port on it so I can upload the actual time by hooking it up to a real computer and connecting to the internet then going to the watch manufacturer's website and searching for my model of watch and then clicking download then saving the time file (cur_time_MDL-573BD.upl) (it's only 5 MB!!) and opening the transfer program and then clicking transfer then waiting a couple of seconds then pressing a special button on the watch and then it is DONE! How's THAT for progress! It even calculates the time it takes for me to download the file and adjusts AUTOMATICALLY!!! I can even make it look like a real watch with the Microsoft Theme Pack (or even an LCD watch (Go to Themes > Old School > LCD)
If it was only 5$ more a month, maybe they would, but in Toronto, Ontario, it's more than $20.00 more per month for high-speed. There's tons of options for dial-up but only two for high-speed (cable and high-speed phone).
NetZero $9.95/month 56/56
Rogers Cable $44.95/month* 3000/384
Rogers Cable Lite $29.95/month* 128/64
*Without Rogers Cable TV package add an extra $10.00 for regular and $5.00 for lite.
Bell Sympatico High-Speed Ultra $54.95/month 4000/800
Bell Sympatico High-Speed $44.95/month 3000/800
Bell Sympatico DSL Basic $29.95/month 128/64 (2 GB transfers max)
Rogers even charges $24.99 for an ISA network card. >:[
I think dial-up is perfectly fine for most people. I also like the way it is set up. If I really wanted to, I could set up my own dial-up ISP (er.. also if I knew how). I couldn't set up my own cable network or high-speed phone line access. With dial-up it's difficult to form a monopoly. There are lots of dial-up ISPs in my town, but there is only one cable provider (the cable company), and one high-speed provider (the phone company). No competition, and no way that competition could even be created without making up some crazy line leasing rules (those in Ontario know how well that's worked out for our power system so far).
hehe. That IS an artifact. The fwshfwshfwshfwsh sound is an artifcat as a result of their process, not the cylinder spinning. (listen to the original, it ain't there)
In my opinion, archives should preserve physical recording media as long as possible to allow transduction techniques to mature. I find the 5Hz filtering artifact present in this result to make the current state of this particular optical transduction process unacceptable for archiving. It would be a shame to replace physical media with music colored with such avoidable artifacts. I am sure that such artifacts can be alleviated and that optical scanning of phonograph records (discs and cylinders) has great promise as a transduction technique.
I agree. The introduced artifacts are totally unacceptable. If the record cannot be played at all, and this is the only option, then this could be a good way of playing the audio on those records. However, as a restoration technique, it is undoubtedly flawed. Noise filters have come a long way. While reducing static as much as surface scanning may not be possible using a filter, a normal record player does not introduce new artifacts which are just as hard, if not harder, to remove.
I give the process a B- as a player, a D- in restoration, and a C+ for effort. Effort would have been higher, but optical scanning, according to another post I read on here, was invented a long time ago.
To detect the particle, first open up your recording. Click the "Effects" tab, go to "Off-Line Effects". Then click on "Noise Reduction > Click/Pop Eliminator". Click OK. Then Click on "Noise Reduction > Hiss Reduction". Click on "High Hiss Reduction". Click OK. Finally, click on "Edit > Convert Sample Type" then change "Sample Rate" to 8000 Hz. Click OK. Click Save.
If you successfully detect the Higgs Boson particle, then you should hear a weird pulsating static in your audio file. Otherwise you've just ruined your audio file.
Totally agree. Looking at the separate files in Cool Edit, you can easily see that in the "new and improved" version everything above 8000 Hz has been almost completely removed. The weird pulsating hiss is at this 'cut off point'. The only good thing in the new version is an apparently better recording of the high volume parts (less clipping-like static). Of course, in doing so, it lost all the high end and introduced (it can only be a digital artifact) a pulsating hiss. Maybe their technique is good as the only option to play unplayable records, but for restoration purposes, it is a joke... come to think of it, I'm going to make a joke about it in the main thread.
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How about simplifying it even more, where all you had to do was type in the name of the program and it would run! And you just had to type something simple in to get to a new folder, and it would give you a list of the contents
Oh wait, that's DOS.
(I'm not being sarcastic, I would seriously sometimes prefer DOS).
Cool. Google has some really good search algorithms I bet, and the search tool in XP really sucks. As long as their software doesn't connect to the internet there's no possibility of a problem.....
...oh wait, of course it will connect to the internet for no reason.
I'm willing to bet $100 that the Google desktop search engine will have the ability to connect to the internet. I hate stupid software companies.
I found this and also this interesting. A Mebibyte (MiB) is 1024 bytes, and a Megabyte (MB) is now the standardized 1000 bytes.
Shouldn't it be bits/sec = bytes/sec * 8? ;)
Ummmm....... no.
1 bytes/sec = 8 bits/sec
For example:
x * 1 bytes/sec = x * 8 bits/sec
4 * 1 bytes/sec = 4 * 8 bits/sec
4 bytes/sec = 32 bits/sec
This can be rewritten as bytes/sec = bits/sec * 8. It's kinda of informal to write it that way, but it isn't wrong. Also, those who might think it means bits/(sec * 8) should learn BEDMAS!
This is the same thing as what he said. x * 8 bits/sec = x bytes/sec. (I got the 'x' in the wrong place above, but whatever). Or, the other way around the way the submitter said it: x bytes/sec = 8 * x bits/sec. Don't confuse me like that.
1 bytes/sec = 8 bits/sec
x * 1 bytes/sec = x * 8 bits/sec
4 * 1 bytes/sec = 4 * 8 bits/sec
4 bytes/sec = 32 bits/sec
8 * x bits/sec = x bytes/sec
First of all, I think it is stupid that bps and Bps measure two completely different things. No wonder people get confused when they are put next to each other like that. It's completely ridiculous. Second of all, the equation is fine. bytes/sec = bits/sec * 8 Equations are evaluated from left to right. It is not bits/(sec * 8) it is (bits/sec) * 8 1 byte = 8 bits.
warning: attempt at humour follows.
...er where did he go?
Windows' House
A worm appears. Windows is surprised.
Enter Worm
Windows (moronically): duh hello? What are you doing in here?
Worm (aloof): Hey windows, how's it goin? Just wonderin' if I could, ya know, come on in for a bit. I know you don't really know me and all, but I just kinda found you here..
Windows: duh you look like an old friend.. what's his name, Bob.. Blast.. something or other. Ok since you're already here, it's not much, but there's a nice breeze that blows through.
Worm: Can I leave some of my stuff here?
Windows: Ok by me, there's a whole bunch of stuff here, people come by all the time picking stuff up, dropping it off. (helpfully) Let me take that for you.
Worm: Nice! Ummm, while I'm here, I have some code, and I just need a bit... err.. executed. Is that ok?
Windows (wary): Well... I don't know you that well.
Worm: C'mon, please? I'm friends with that guy in, uh, the service department, obviously I couldn't get in if he didn't let me in.
Windows (relieved): Oh him! Oh yeah, he's friends with a lot of people. Ok, I'll execute the code... there ya go all done.
Worm: Excellent. Ok, gotta go.
Enter Zone Alarm
Zone Alarm (alarmed): What's all this then? Who's this guy? Where is he trying to go? Why wasn't I alerted?!
Windows: Oh, he's just... a guy.. he came in for a bit.
Zone Alarm: How did he get in??
Windows (frustrated): Through the service entrance, I told you I got a lot of things going through there and don't want you bothering me about it all the time. The last time you blocked off the service entrance noone could get through.
Zone Alarm: Well don't let him out...
Exuent Worm
Zone Alarm:
Windows (ashamed): Out the service entrance.
Zone Alarm: That's it I quit.
Exuent Zone Alarm
THE END
I must have made a million movies in that game. I wish I still had it :(
I watched it for a while, thought it was funny, and they made some good jokes about how Halo is stupid, and fps games in general... but after watching a lot of episodes I just couldnt stop thinking "when are they gonna get to the fireworks factory?!" And then they never got there.
(the quote's milhouse watching the itchy and scratchy and poochy show in the simpsons), also Halo really is stupid.
http://zem.squidly.org/bsod/ It seems all those things worked fine before Windows...
I just got a new watch it runs on Linux but uses a Windows emulator to display the time. It only needs a 2.4 Ghz processor with 256 MB RAM to work! There's also a USB port on it so I can upload the actual time by hooking it up to a real computer and connecting to the internet then going to the watch manufacturer's website and searching for my model of watch and then clicking download then saving the time file (cur_time_MDL-573BD.upl) (it's only 5 MB!!) and opening the transfer program and then clicking transfer then waiting a couple of seconds then pressing a special button on the watch and then it is DONE! How's THAT for progress! It even calculates the time it takes for me to download the file and adjusts AUTOMATICALLY!!! I can even make it look like a real watch with the Microsoft Theme Pack (or even an LCD watch (Go to Themes > Old School > LCD)
If it was only 5$ more a month, maybe they would, but in Toronto, Ontario, it's more than $20.00 more per month for high-speed. There's tons of options for dial-up but only two for high-speed (cable and high-speed phone).
NetZero $9.95/month 56/56
Rogers Cable $44.95/month* 3000/384
Rogers Cable Lite $29.95/month* 128/64
*Without Rogers Cable TV package add an extra $10.00 for regular and $5.00 for lite.
Bell Sympatico High-Speed Ultra $54.95/month 4000/800
Bell Sympatico High-Speed $44.95/month 3000/800
Bell Sympatico DSL Basic $29.95/month 128/64 (2 GB transfers max)
Rogers even charges $24.99 for an ISA network card. >:[
I think dial-up is perfectly fine for most people. I also like the way it is set up. If I really wanted to, I could set up my own dial-up ISP (er.. also if I knew how). I couldn't set up my own cable network or high-speed phone line access. With dial-up it's difficult to form a monopoly. There are lots of dial-up ISPs in my town, but there is only one cable provider (the cable company), and one high-speed provider (the phone company). No competition, and no way that competition could even be created without making up some crazy line leasing rules (those in Ontario know how well that's worked out for our power system so far).
imho it's a digital artifact.
Listen to the original, you can't hear it. The lame pulsing is sound is a lame artifact.
...and the Americans are nowhere near the airport!
hehe. That IS an artifact. The fwshfwshfwshfwsh sound is an artifcat as a result of their process, not the cylinder spinning. (listen to the original, it ain't there)
is it?
I give the process a B- as a player, a D- in restoration, and a C+ for effort. Effort would have been higher, but optical scanning, according to another post I read on here, was invented a long time ago.
Download detector here
Instructions to detect Higgs Boson Particle:
To detect the particle, first open up your recording. Click the "Effects" tab, go to "Off-Line Effects". Then click on "Noise Reduction > Click/Pop Eliminator". Click OK. Then Click on "Noise Reduction > Hiss Reduction". Click on "High Hiss Reduction". Click OK. Finally, click on "Edit > Convert Sample Type" then change "Sample Rate" to 8000 Hz. Click OK. Click Save. If you successfully detect the Higgs Boson particle, then you should hear a weird pulsating static in your audio file. Otherwise you've just ruined your audio file.
Totally agree. Looking at the separate files in Cool Edit, you can easily see that in the "new and improved" version everything above 8000 Hz has been almost completely removed. The weird pulsating hiss is at this 'cut off point'. The only good thing in the new version is an apparently better recording of the high volume parts (less clipping-like static). Of course, in doing so, it lost all the high end and introduced (it can only be a digital artifact) a pulsating hiss. Maybe their technique is good as the only option to play unplayable records, but for restoration purposes, it is a joke... come to think of it, I'm going to make a joke about it in the main thread.