Very nifty doing this with Java... Fun for the whole family, right?

Who needs acid?

] The vessel was found carrying more than three tons of
] rotting tuna and mackerel in its hold, and had plenty of
] fuel and food.

Ghost ship mystery deepens

] "THERE is a story of a woman on a train who was intrigued
] by a fellow passenger reading a book and laughing out
] loud from time to time. He left his seat and the book
] behind. She snatched the chance to look at it. It was
] page after page of calculations. She concluded that it
] was best to find another seat. "

Just a reminder for me so that I can go to the bookstore and try to find this book. Has anyone else read/heard anything about it? I found Riemann to be an interesting part of Calculus class, so I may pick up this book.

New Scientist - Dr Riemann's Zeros

From John Watkinson, The Art of Digital Audio, 2nd edition, pg. 104:

In the early days of digital audio research, the necessary bandwidth of about 1 Mbps per audio channel was difficult to store. Disk drives had the bandwidth but not the capacity for long recording time, so attention turned to video recorders. These were adapted to store audio samples by creating a pseudo-video waveform which would convey binary as black and white levels. The sampling rate of such a system is constrained to relate simply to the field rate and field structure of the television standard used, so that an integer number of samples can be stored on each usable TV line in the field. Such a recording can be made on a monochrome recorder, and these recording are made in two standards, 525 lines at 60 Hz and 625 lines at 50 Hz. Thus it is possible to find a frequency which is a common multiple of the two and is also suitable for use as a sampling rate.

The allowable sampling rates in a pseudo-video system can be deduced by multiplying the field rate by the number of active lines in a field (blanking lines cannot be used) and again by the number of samples in a line. By careful choice of parameters it is possible to use either 525/60 or 625/50 video with a sampling rate of 44.1KHz.

In 60 Hz video, there are 35 blanked lines, leaving 490 lines per frame or 245 lines per field, so the sampling rate is given by :

60 X 245 X 3 = 44.1 KHz

In 50 Hz video, there are 37 lines of blanking, leaving 588 active lines per frame, or 294 per field, so the same sampling rate is given by

50 X 294 X3 = 44.1 Khz.

The sampling rate of 44.1 KHz came to be that of the Compact Disc. Even though CD has no video circuitry, the equipment used to make CD masters is video based and determines the sampling rate.

44100 Explained

These folks are linking me right now. I read this site every day, and I often recommend articles from it. However, I have never bothered to link it directly.

This is one of the best web logs on the internet. Much cooler then Slashdot. I highly recommend it.

Its an outcropping from a strange Austin cyberpunk zine that was around in the early 90's. A good source of art, technology, and futurism.

Boing Boing :: A Directory of Wonderful Things

Mac Porn! You know you want some!

Welcome to MacSleazy !

This is one of my favorite surreal sites on the web. Be sure to check out the section on "Basics of Semiconductors" and look at the graph on conduction and valence bands.

Britney Spears Guide to Semiconductor Physics

Kaiju Big Battel is a modern conflict of epic proportions. Unbeknownst to most humans, planet Earth is under threat. Scattered throughout the galaxy is a monstrous mob of maniacal villains, menacing alien beasts, and giant, city-crushing monsters that are waging war against one another, their flared tempers and petty disagreements erupting into bouts of intergalactic fighting and senseless acts of violence. Presiding over this mayhem is the Kaiju Commissioner, an enigmatic human-arbiter appointed by a clandestine cadre of world leaders to regulate Kaiju rage. If the Kaiju Commissioner doesn't do his job - or if civilization isn't careful - the entire world could get caught in the crossfire.

Kaiju Big Battel!!!

This website has a beautiful sound to it. Just go, and run your mouse around.....mmmmm:) Weird sounds make me happy:)

This is the site of The Designer's Republic - a bunch of Brit graphic designers known for their work with Warp Records, The Orb, Pop Will Eat Itself and more...

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