Well, I personally think its unfair to start the history of the bible at the time of the printing press. A Grand Funk Electric song captures this best - "You've got the English translation of the Roman translation of the Greek translation of the pure Babylonian". Indeed, the King James translation of the Bible is one of many English translations of the Bible. Starting one's Bible history from ca. 1450 (when the Bible first began being pressed) simply does not seem fair to me.
The first translations were made ca. 200 BC, and was the "Septuagint" - from Hebrew to Greek translation (the Old Testament). It was not until ca. 400 AD that the Hebrew version of the Old Testament was translated into Latin; the New Testament was translated from Greek to Latin -- the Old Testament was re-translated. The manuscripts on which these translations were based are no longer present in the whole.
In my opinion, there is a rich history to be told in the differences between translations of the Bible from original to later versions. Hell, one could back into European translations of the Bible and teach an entire story based upon the discrepancies of copies of the hand-written versions.
There's a rich history to the translation of the Bible. Google for it.
I disagree. Any asshole with a pair of speakers and an amplifier can achieve the same effect by rolling their windows down (perhaps even this is not necessary).
The device lets you pick the channel so that, in the case that 88.1 is your favorite NPR or BBC station, it's not going to be blocked when you want to listen to your iPod music.
Additionally, I think the electronics in the car will also interfere with the sending quality.
The FCC is also extremely scrutinous about these kinds of things and, indeed, Mr. Microphones (as has already been mentioned) achieve somewhat the same effect as this (there are other more modern devices that do the same). Nobody complains about people wreaking havoc on the interstate with one of those things... (well, you used to, until it just wasn't fun anymore for the people to do it). Additionally, obtaining a LPFM transmitter for legal personal use in the US is very easy and is less expensive than one of these things (especially if you buy it in kit form).
I don't work there, but I think that the company manufacturing these things is smart enough to realize that these types of problems may exist and has probably tested these devices extensively. I believe the law is old, was written in an age where radio technology was definately not at its top. It deserves to be amended.
I mean, can't they ratify laws to allow low power FM devices access? The transmission radius of the device is a meer 10 to 30 feet. Indeed, it runs off an extremely low power input and wouldn't have the power to transmit very far anyway. I'd be surprise if it *COULD* interfere with other cars' radios.
I think it'd be simpler and more economically beneficial to ratify the law to allow LPFM devices on the market. They're obviously allowed in the USA. Indeed, take a look at the 300-in-1 electronics kits from Radio Shack, which allow one to build one's own LPFM transmitter.
I just checked the specs - there's not going to be any frequency drift (it has a PLL) and complies to FCC specifications. Granted these are US specifications...
I simply don't see the point in denying a market for a neat (and harmless) transmitter.
I'm not even sure that it's possible to boost the power on these devices to expand the transmission radius -- this would likely cause a need for circuit redesign. Those are my thoughts, anyway. IANAEE.
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Well, I personally think its unfair to start the history of the bible at the time of the printing press. A Grand Funk Electric song captures this best - "You've got the English translation of the Roman translation of the Greek translation of the pure Babylonian". Indeed, the King James translation of the Bible is one of many English translations of the Bible. Starting one's Bible history from ca. 1450 (when the Bible first began being pressed) simply does not seem fair to me.
The first translations were made ca. 200 BC, and was the "Septuagint" - from Hebrew to Greek translation (the Old Testament). It was not until ca. 400 AD that the Hebrew version of the Old Testament was translated into Latin; the New Testament was translated from Greek to Latin -- the Old Testament was re-translated. The manuscripts on which these translations were based are no longer present in the whole.
In my opinion, there is a rich history to be told in the differences between translations of the Bible from original to later versions. Hell, one could back into European translations of the Bible and teach an entire story based upon the discrepancies of copies of the hand-written versions.
There's a rich history to the translation of the Bible. Google for it.
I disagree. Any asshole with a pair of speakers and an amplifier can achieve the same effect by rolling their windows down (perhaps even this is not necessary).
The device lets you pick the channel so that, in the case that 88.1 is your favorite NPR or BBC station, it's not going to be blocked when you want to listen to your iPod music.
Additionally, I think the electronics in the car will also interfere with the sending quality.
The FCC is also extremely scrutinous about these kinds of things and, indeed, Mr. Microphones (as has already been mentioned) achieve somewhat the same effect as this (there are other more modern devices that do the same). Nobody complains about people wreaking havoc on the interstate with one of those things... (well, you used to, until it just wasn't fun anymore for the people to do it). Additionally, obtaining a LPFM transmitter for legal personal use in the US is very easy and is less expensive than one of these things (especially if you buy it in kit form).
I don't work there, but I think that the company manufacturing these things is smart enough to realize that these types of problems may exist and has probably tested these devices extensively. I believe the law is old, was written in an age where radio technology was definately not at its top. It deserves to be amended.
I mean, can't they ratify laws to allow low power FM devices access? The transmission radius of the device is a meer 10 to 30 feet. Indeed, it runs off an extremely low power input and wouldn't have the power to transmit very far anyway. I'd be surprise if it *COULD* interfere with other cars' radios.
I think it'd be simpler and more economically beneficial to ratify the law to allow LPFM devices on the market. They're obviously allowed in the USA. Indeed, take a look at the 300-in-1 electronics kits from Radio Shack, which allow one to build one's own LPFM transmitter.
I just checked the specs - there's not going to be any frequency drift (it has a PLL) and complies to FCC specifications. Granted these are US specifications...
I simply don't see the point in denying a market for a neat (and harmless) transmitter.
I'm not even sure that it's possible to boost the power on these devices to expand the transmission radius -- this would likely cause a need for circuit redesign. Those are my thoughts, anyway. IANAEE.