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Interactive Program Guide With Continuous Data Stream And Client-server Data Supplementation - Patent 8151296This invention relates to interactive television program guide systems, and more particularly, to interactive television program guide systems in which an interactive television program guide obtains program guide data using two data deliverymechanisms. Cable, satellite, and broadcast television systems provide viewers with a large number of television channels. Users have traditionally consulted printed television program schedules to determine the programs being broadcast at a particulartime. More recently, interactive television program guides have been developed that allow television program information to be displayed on a user's television. Interactive television program guides, which are typically implemented on set-top boxes,allow the user to navigate through television program listings using a remote control. In a typical program guide, various groups of television program listings are displayed in predefined or user-selected categories. Program listings are typicallydisplayed in a grid or table. How program listings data is delivered to the program guide may impact overall system performance and the amount of hardware needed at the user's home. One known data delivery approach involves providing a continuous "trickle" data stream ofprogram guide data to the set-top boxes of a number of users, typically on an out-of-band channel. The program guide stores a local copy of the program guide data provided in the continuous data stream. This approach has a number of advantages. Maintaining a local copy of the program guide data at the set-top box allows the program guide to function even if the program guide does not have access to the data stream for an extended period of time. Program guide data is also available to theprogram guide with no latency. In addition, multiple local data feeds are unnecessary because the program guide can filter its local channel lineup from a single national data feed. However, this approach requires a significant amountView doc
Remote Control For Wireless Control Of System Including Home Gateway And Headend, Either Or Both Of Which Have Digital Video Recording Functionality - Patent 8151306The introduction of cable modems and broadband services to cable television systems has given rise to the development of home gateway systems. These systems couple the digital and analog cable television hybrid fiber coax cables to telephones,computers, FAX machines, settop box TV adapters, digital VCRs, cameras etc. for bidirectional digital communication with the headend and receiving conventional analog downstream broadcasts. These systems can implement video on demand, broadband internetaccess, monitoring at the headed of security camera video taken in customer homes, interactive games resident on a server at the headend and a host of other applications. Personal digital assistants and handheld computers (hereafter PDAs) that can display video exist. However, to the applicant's knowledge, no PDA has the application software and communication circuitry and drivers needed to communicate with agateway and act as a remote control to control analog and digital equipment at a customer premises. Further, no PDA exists which can act as a remote control to control headend processing relevant to the customer premises where the remote is located suchas ordering video-on-demand selections, responding to queries, sending and receiving e-mail through a mail server at the headend, browsing the internet by sending URL and other commands to a web server at the headend and displaying the retrieved webpages, interacting with game servers at the headend, etc. Further, no remote control that is not a modified PDA exists with a display that can display television or other images. In particular, no remote control, whether based on a PDA or not, exists that can by issuing commands through a cable modemand gateway at a customer premises, monitor one video channel while watching another. With the advent of digital broadcast television systems such as DirecTV and Dish Network and cable TV and ADSL systems delivering digital data, a need for gateway circuits that can interface theseView doc
Operation Reproducing Method, Operation Reproducing Apparatus And System - Patent 81513071. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique capable of reproducing an operation of using multiple devices on a network performed in another system. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there are devices having a storage function such as a camera for shooting contents other than a personal computer (PC) and a dedicated storage apparatus. There are also display apparatuses for displaying the contents stored insuch devices. In such a configuration, there exists an operating apparatus for manipulating a series of actions across the devices, such as processing and displaying stored contents data and displaying multiple pieces of contents data so as to control theseries of actions. Furthermore, it is also possible to record an operation history of the above-mentioned series of actions across the devices. There is also an apparatus for controlling communication among the devices, which can record operation commands,communicated contents and results of processing by the devices and the like. In reproducing the contents in such a situation, there are many cases where a user wants to reproduce a certain action. For instance, in reproducing image data of a video camera, there are cases where the user wants to display static image dataexisting in the camera simultaneously at a certain time and repeat the same action later. In such a system, the same operation is repeated each time. In such a system, there are also cases where a processing script is created and implemented to reproduce the operation. Furthermore, in such a system, there are also cases where theoperation history is taken to reproduce the operation therefrom. In such a situation, there is a proposed system of recording the history of a certain operation to have it used and reproduced by another person (refer to Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-063685 for instance). There is also a proposed system of creating an easily reproducible script file fromView doc
Methods And Apparatus To Meter Content Exposure Using Closed Caption Information - Patent 8151291FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE This disclosure relates generally to the metering of content exposure and, more particularly, to methods and apparatus to meter content exposure using closed caption information.BACKGROUND Exposure to media content may be metered by collecting, identifying and/or extracting audience measurement codes embedded within content being presented. Such audience measurement codes are commonly inserted, embedded and/or otherwise placedinto content by content providers, such as television and/or radio broadcasters, to facilitate identification of content. Alternatively or additionally, exposure to content may be measured by collecting signatures representative of the content. Bycomparing one or more audience measurement codes and/or signatures collected during content presentation with a database of known audience measurement codes and/or signatures, the exposure of particular pieces of content to one or more persons,respondents and/or households may be measured. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of an example system to meter content exposure using closed caption information. FIG. 2 illustrates an example manner of implementing the example content exposure meter of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is an example histogram of most probable TV channels presented and/or consumed during a given period of time. FIG. 4 is an example table of audience measurement codes and hints data. FIG. 5 illustrates an example manner of implementing the example processing server of FIG. 1. FIG. 6 is a flowchart representative of an example process that may be executed to implement the example content exposure meter of FIG. 1. FIG. 7 is a flowchart representative of an example process that may be executed to implement the example processing server of FIG. 1. FIG. 8 is a schematic illustration of an example processor platform that may be used and/or programmed to execute the example processes of FIGS. 6 and/or 7 to implement the example content exposure mView doc
Device Registration Using A Wireless Home Entertainment Hub - Patent 8146132BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The following detailed description will be better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings, in which there is shown one or more of the multiple embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood, however, thatthe various embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings. In the Drawings: FIG. 1 is a system diagram of a home entertainment system according to one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a use-case diagram of a wireless home entertainment hub in accordance with the home entertainment system of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram of user-initiated automatic registration in accordance with the home entertainment system of FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram of manual device registration in accordance with the home entertainment system of FIG. 1; FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram of source activation in accordance with the home entertainment system of FIG. 1; FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram of direct source to sink transmission of data within the home entertainment system of FIG. 1; FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram of transmission of data directed by the wireless home entertainment hub within the home entertainment system of FIG. 1; FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram of operation of a remote control in accordance with the wireless home entertainment system of FIG. 1; FIG. 9 is a system diagram of an audio/visual receiver used to connect speakers to the wireless home entertainment hub of FIG. 1; and FIG. 10 is a system diagram of a wireless network interface box used to connect non-wireless enabled devices to the wireless home entertainment hub of FIG. 1.DETAILED DESCRIPTION Certain terminology is used herein for convenience only and is not to be taken as a limitation on the embodiments of the present invention. In the drawings, the same reference letters are employed for designating the same elements throughoutthe severalView doc
In-band Data Recognition And Synchronization System - Patent 8146130The present invention relates to recognizing in-band data in a multimedia content stream and locating points within the multimedia content stream at a multimedia device.BACKGROUND The approaches described in this section are approaches that could be pursued, but not necessarily approaches that have been previously conceived or pursued. Therefore, unless otherwise indicated, it should not be assumed that any of theapproaches described in this section qualify as prior art merely by virtue of their inclusion in this section. TV viewers can record broadcasted TV programs using a videocassette recorder (VCR). As such, a VCR user can record a particular TV program at the time it is broadcasted and play back the same recorded TV program at a later time. In order toaccomplish this, a VCR changes the electrical signals representing a TV program into magnetic signals and stores the magnetic signals on a magnetic tape. The magnetic tape is usually in the form of a videocassette tape inserted into the VCR by the VCRuser. When a VCR user decides to play back the TV program, the process is reversed, and the VCR changes the magnetic signals stored on the videocassette tape into electrical signals and sends the electrical signals to a TV set. With the development of digital technology, VCRs are being replaced by digital video recorders (DVRs). A DVR records broadcasted TV programs for later playback by changing electrical signals of the TV program into digital information andstoring the digital information on a hard drive. When a user plays back the recorded TV program, the DVR converts the digital information back to analog signals and sends the signals to the TV set which displays the TV program for the viewer. Also,with the advent of digital TVs, the DVR can receive digital and analog signals and send digital signals directly to a digital TV set which displays the TV program in digital form. Many content providers now use digital cable and satellite technology tobroadcView doc
Program Guide System With Real-time Data Sources - Patent 8146117This invention relates to interactive television program guides, and more particularly, to techniques for providing real-time data to supplement the program listings data used in interactive television program guides. Interactive television program guides allow television users to view television program listings on their televisions. Program guides also allow users to display program listings in various formats, to perform genre-based searches for programsof interest, to order pay-per-view programs, etc. Interactive program guides are typically implemented on microprocessor-based set-top boxes. Program listings data is transmitted to the set-top boxes from a centralized data distribution facility via theuser's cable system headend. The program listings data is typically stored in a database in the set-top box, where it may be accessed by the interactive program guide. Much of the program listings information displayed on the user's television is fairly static. The titles and scheduled broadcast times for most television programs do not change once they have been established. However, some of the informationthat may be presented in the program guide may be dynamic. For example, sports scores may be presented in the program guide next to the program titles for certain sports events. This type of information changes frequently. If real-time data on sportsscores is provided to the program guide, the guide may continually display up-to-the-minute scores with the program listings in real time. Data services that use real-time information such as news services may also be provided. A program guide systemthat provides some of these real-time data services is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,589,892. Although the system of the '892 patent is in many respects satisfactory, it would be desirable to be able to provide a program guide system with a number ofimprovements. In view of the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention to provide a program guide systView doc
Camera Adapter For Remote Controlling A Camera, Control Method Thereof, And Storage Medium - Patent 81461241. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication control technique of making the operation window of a device open on a network. 2. Description of the Related Art There are conventionally products which connect a device to a network and make the contents or control of the device open to terminals on the network. For example, a NAS (Network Attached Storage) product connects a hard disk to a network and makes its contents open. Some NAS products can, for example, connect an external hard disk via a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface and open thecontents. As for a camera, a network camera product having a network connection function and an HTTP server function enables a terminal connected to a network to view a sensed live image using a browser. Additionally, for a digital camera having a network connection function, a method of updating sensed images to a server has been proposed (e.g., Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-197429). There is also proposed a method of acquiring the information of a device connected to a non-IP network and dynamically creating a homepage for controlling the device (e.g., Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-285371). According to the above-described prior arts, however, for a device which has a plurality of modes and changes the operable function depending on a set mode, a user interface open on a network does not reflect the mode of the device. Particularly when the mode setting of the device which is being connected to the network has changed, it is impossible to appropriately change the user interface open on the network in accordance with the mode. The relationship between mode change and a user interface will be explained here, assuming that a digital camera open on a network has a plurality of modes. Assume that the digital camera has a plurality of modes to be described below. In aremote control mode, the camera captures images under the control of the host apparatus. In a direct transfer mode, imageView doc
Unique Production Forum - Patent 8146131BACKGROUND Live entertainment events occur in multiple different forums or venues today. Many times, a viewer may buy a ticket to experience the event, with or without an assigned seat. The viewer may even decide to buy a recording of the event. Theevent may be recorded in audio and/or video formats. Multiple different cameras may be used to provide footage for mixing into a master recording of the event. Usually, only one recording of the event is available for purchase, and it may or may not bea good representation of the viewer's experience of the event. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an event venue according to an example embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flow chart indicating a process for identifying, attending and purchasing productions of events according to an example embodiment. FIG. 3 is a process overview including production and other post event activities according to an example embodiment. FIG. 4 is a production overview process according to an example embodiment. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a typical computer system for aiding in performing processes according to an example embodiment.DETAILED DESCRIPTION In the following description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration specific embodiments which may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detailto enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention, and it is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that structural, logical and electrical changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. The following description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limited sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims. The functions or algorithms described herein are implemented in software or a combination of software and human implemented procedures in one embodiment. The software may consist of comView doc
Apparatus And Method For Providing Data For A Carousel - Patent 81461271. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing data for a carousel, in particular a carousel from which interactive television pages may be constructed by a client receiver. 2. Description of the Related Art It has become well known in recent years to provide broadcast systems, such as DVB, with interactive television (iTV) pages on a carousel. Details of broadcast and reception of such pages using carousels are well known for a variety of systems. Although the technical considerations of broadcasting and receiving the data are well established, there are still considerable problems in constructing the required services. In particular, considerable effort is required in preparingappropriate data for displaying a particular page and, whenever that page is amended, that work must be repeated. Although greater flexibility can be built into the system by installing appropriate applications in the client receivers, the memory and processing power available to client receivers is extremely limited.OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide data for a carousel which allows flexibility in the construction of the interactive services without causing undue burden on the service creators or the client receiver.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a method of providing data for a carousel from which iTV pages may be obtained, the method including defining a plurality of information templates, each information template specifyingcontent for an iTV page, defining a plurality of presentation templates, each presentation template specifying the presentational appearance for an iTV page, assigning a presentation template to an information template and modifying the informationtemplate as required for presentation by the presentation template and outputting, for a carousel, data representing the presentation template and the modified information template,View doc
Request For Information Related To Broadcast Network Content - Patent 8146126FIELD OF INVENTION The present invention relates generally to providing information of interest, such as follow-on advertising information, to users of a communications network and, in particular, to a system for providing information of interest identified inrelation to a first communications network (e.g., a broadcast television network or the internet) to a user at a second communications network (e.g., the internet or a broadcast television network).BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Assets such as advertising materials or items of programming content are provided in connection with various communications networks such as broadcast networks and data networks. In the advertising context, these assets include commercialsinserted into commercial breaks of broadcast television or radio, product placement advertising embedded into pre-recorded or live programming, banner ads, pop-up ads and the like. These different types of assets have been used in different contexts andhave different relative advantages that have been the subject of considerable attention by asset providers, network providers and other interested parties. In the case of broadcast television, commercials broadcast during commercial breaks have long been a significant source of revenues. These commercials can be designed to use full motion video and audio content to create viewer impressions thathave substantial impact. Moreover, large audiences can be reached with some degree of targeting based on the demographics of the audience of the associated programming. Indeed, television advertising has been integral to the marketing of some of themost valuable brands of our era. Of course, though, there are limitations to the effectiveness of television advertising. For example, air time for such advertising is expensive, particularly in connection with programming having the largest audiences of the most desirabledemographics. In part because of the high value of such advertising spots, advertisers are limView doc
Apparatus And Method For Providing Video Content And Supplemental Information To A Client Over A Switched Digital Video Content-based Network - Patent 8146129The present invention relates generally to communications systems and methods, and, more particularly, to techniques for providing video content and supplemental information to a client over a network such as, for example, a cable televisionnetwork (or other content network), a wireless network such as a cellular network, a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network, a DOCSIS.RTM. (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) network (registered mark of CableTelevision Laboratories, Inc., 400 Centennial Parkway Louisville Colo. 80027, USA), and the like.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION With the advent of digital communications technology, many TV program streams are transmitted in digital formats. For example, Digital Satellite System (DSS), Digital Broadcast Services (DBS), and Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC)program streams are digitally formatted pursuant to the well known Moving Pictures Experts Group 2 (MPEG-2) standard. The MPEG-2 standard specifies, among other things, the methodologies for video and audio data compression allowing for multipleprograms, with different video and audio feeds, to be multiplexed in a transport stream traversing a single transmission channel. A digital TV receiver may be used to decode an MPEG-2 encoded transport stream, and extract the desired program therefrom. The compressed video and audio data are typically carried by continuous elementary streams, respectively, which are broken into access units or packets, resulting in packetized elementary streams (PESs). These packets are identified by headersthat contain time stamps for synchronizing, and are used to form MPEG-2 transport streams. For digital broadcasting, multiple programs and their associated PESs are multiplexed into a single transport stream. A transport stream has PES packets furthersubdivided into short fixed-size data packets, in which multiple programs encoded with different clocks can be carried. A transport stream noView doc
Receiving Apparatus - Patent 81461221. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a receiving apparatus and, more particularly, to an apparatus configured to receive television broadcasting. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, digitization of television broadcasting is proceeding at a rapid pace. Digitization of television broadcasting enables more efficient use of a broadcasting frequency band as compared to analog television broadcasting and thuscan offer high-quality image and sound. One advantage of digital data over analog data is that digital data is compatible with data other than video and audio data. For example, in digital television broadcasting, various information, such as Electronic Program Guide (EPG)information or data broadcasting information, is multiplexed and broadcast with data of a broadcast program. Such information contributes to improving service quality provided to users/viewers. Furthermore, disk recorders which are configured to record a television broadcasting program on a mass storage such as a hard disk or a digital versatile disc (DVD) are becoming more popular. Such disk recorders can display a program guidebased on EPG information multiplexed on a broadcast wave, thus allowing a user to make a recording reservation using EPG information (see, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-244660). For example, suppose a user who is viewing a broadcast program sees a program preview of a scheduled broadcast program and wants to make a recording reservation for the scheduled broadcast program. In such a case, the user needs to remember atitle, an airdate, an airtime, a channel of the scheduled broadcast program, stop viewing the current broadcast program, display a program guide, find the scheduled broadcast program, and make a recording reservation. Also, if the user does not want to stop viewing the current broadcast program, the user needs to take a note of a title, an airdate, an airtime, and a channel of the scheduleView doc
Multi-criteria Rating And Searching System - Patent 8146120FIELD OF THEINVENTION The present invention relates to a search engine or recommendation engine, and more particularly to a community rating system that drives social and collaborative ratings to help users find the more relevant objects by leveraging the wisdom(i.e., ratings) of the community.BACKGROUND Numerous companies provide recommendation engines for items ranging from shoes to movies. Most recommendation engines use one of two approaches. In one approach, an expert rates the object. For example, movie reviews are an example of anexpert driven system. Users can then see what the expert thought of the movie. In one embodiment, the prior art recommendation system may recommend objects to a user based on correlation between a user's past history (or activities) and the expertratings of the various objects in the system. An alternative approach is to collect ratings data from users. For example, Netflix.TM. allows users to rate movies on a 1-5 star scale. The system then correlates the user's ratings with other user's ratings, to predict a user'srating/preference on a movie based on other similar users in the system.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A method and apparatus to provide a multi-criteria rating and search system is described. Users can provide ratings along multiple axes, which can then be used for searching. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings and in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements and in which: FIG. 1A-E illustrate various embodiments of selection interfaces which may be used to select between criteria. FIG. 2 illustrates one embodiment of a slider interface for searching including displayed search results. FIG. 3 illustrates one embodiment of a movie, including its multi-criteria rating. FIG. 4 illustrates one embodiment of a user adding to a movie's multi-criteria rating. FIG. 5 illustrates one embView doc
Computerized Device And Method For Analyzing Signals In A Multimedia Over Coax Alliance (MOCA) Network And Similar TDM / Encrypted Networks - Patent 8146125COPYRIGHT NOTICE A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains screen displays that is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosureas it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This application relates to testing of small networks. In particular, the technology described is useful for testing a coaxial-cabled network running a protocol such as MoCA. Competition for delivery of video to the home has intensified in stages. Over the air transmission first met competition from cable companies. Then came the satellite providers. More recently, telephone companies have begun deploying videoand video on demand using their wiring plants. The more one provider seeks to distinguish itself from others, the more alternative services become available. One current issue faced by providers is servicing multiple set-top boxes and other devices in a home or small business, for instance after deploying fiber to the home (FTTH) for signal delivery. Some estimates of the time required to bring upIPTV for a new customer are as high as five to eight hours per home. This is too much time to permit rapid deployment to new customers. Moreover, a customer with a chronic problem, such as corrupted video content, can consume even more resources andcreate a further drag on deployment. Wiring inside homes can be both a source of problems and an asset for deployment. Industry standards are being developed for use of existing wiring, including the Home Phone Network Alliance (HPNA), Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) and,increasingly, powerline technologies, all of which allow service providers to deliver their triple play services without rewiring a home. While these technologies permit deployment using existing wiring, the providers must change their old strView doc


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Name: Vitali Klitschko
Alias: Dr. Ironfist
Birth Name: Vitali Volodymyrovych Klychko
Born: 1971-07-19
Birthplace: Belovodskoye, Kyrgyzstan
Hometown: Kiev, Ukraine
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 6′ 7″ / 201cm
Reach: 79″ / 201cm
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Trainer: Fritz Sdunek
Manager: Self
Klitschko announced his retirement on November 9, 2005, after undergoing knee surgery which postponed his scheduled November 12, 2005 WBC Heavyweight title defense against Hasim Rahman. Klitschko had been plagued by injuries in 2005, having had to cancel two other previous bouts with Rahman due to thigh and back problems. Following his third postponment, Klitschko had been given an ultimatum by the WBC to face Rahman within 60 days, or have his title awarded to Rahman, who is the interim champion. However, Klitschko is expected to have a recovery time of six months due to the knee surgery on his ligament.
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44 KHz (CD) not enough !? (Nyquist etc.), plethora of distortion frequencies?
44 KHz (CD) not enough !? (Nyquist etc.), plethora of distortion frequencies?
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Remarks and conclusions added May 12 2003 - 1:55 PM, and edited May 14 2003 - 08:35 AM :
My dubious claims unfortunately had a very short life span due to the very successful enlightenment efforts of tigre, 2Bdecided, KikeG and mrosscook.
In short: I failed to come up with evidence that cd quality (I mean 44.1 KHz digital sampling) is somehow problematic. It basically was a story of using the wrong tools, jumping to the wrong conclusions, and not having enough of a clue about signal processing.
Nevertheless, I tried again to make less daunting claims that the 44.1 KHz digital sampling rate is not enough to represent all signals less than 22.05 KHz correctly.
And again my claims had a very short life span. This time due to further enlightenment efforts by DonP, 2Bdecided, KikeG, mrosscook and SikkeK.
The conclusion: Arguing against the technical specification of cd quality (44.1 KHz/16 bit) should not be tried by someone that severely lacks in signal processing clue (like me).
If the cd sound quality is perceived as suboptimal, it may have more to do with poor recording, poor mastering, and suboptimal reproduction equipment (i.e. cd-player and sound system/headphones).
What one still could try are listening tests:
Such tests would need to be done with one and the same high end hardware for all signals and all tests (preferably with 192 KHz resolution, with 20-24 bit, and with a DAC that is perfectly shielded and outside of any system that is rich of EM signals, like a computer, and has a near perfect analog circuitry). And when testing the 192 KHz signal against the 44.1 KHz signal, the latter would need to be a digitally downsampled version (to 44.1 KHz), which was upsampled to 192 KHz again. Using the best available algorithms (Cool Edit may do a resonable job here).
And still, asking the test persons for audible artifacts would most likely not work at all. It might be more rewarding letting them rate how the music "felt" (e.g.: more or less "relaxing" for music that should be "relaxing" but is rich in high frequency content nonetheless). This could be done in a way that is scientifically sound and statistically relevant.
My original post:
I have to admit: This 44.1 KHz topic more or less has been discussed to death already. It also seems likely that the following problem has been discussed on Hydrogenaudio several times as well (but I had no luck with the search function).
The 44.1 KHz sampling rate (CD quality) seems to create an infinite number of "mirrors" at its harmonics. These in turn create a complex set of distortion frequencies for every frequency in the analog source.
The strongest "mirror" is at at 22.05 KHz (44.1 KHz/2). But the problem can easily be demonstrated with the one at 11025 Hz (44.1 KHz/4) as well: if one creates a sine signal of 11025-1000 = 10025 Hz in a sound editor (e.g. Audacity, using a 44.1 KHz sampling rate) and plots the spectrum, then two additional frequencies are shown: one at 1000 Hz and one at 22050-1000 = 21050 Hz. More distortion signals can be seen if the FFT resolution is increased above 1024.
The general problem seems to be that a sampling frequency of 44.1 KHz does not guarantee that frequencies below 22.05 KHz are represented faithfully (as is mostly believed). Instead it probably more or less only guarantees that in the resulting complex signal the source frequency is significantly stronger than the numerous distortion signals.
Of course, the remaining question is if these distortions are audible (they resemble pretty much amplitude modulation). I cannot really test this with 44.1 KHz since I don´t have a 96 KHz soundcard. But the example with 11024 Hz surely looks rather disturbing (when looking at the waveform) and doesn´t sound very clean as well.
Did anyone do any respective (blind) listening tests?
The following example is very audible: When using a sampling frequency of only 2000 Hz (instead of 44100 Hz) and creating a sine frequency of 750 Hz (well below the Nyquist limit of 1000 Hz) then the result sounds pretty ugly (it´s some kind of mixed signal of 750 Hz, 250 Hz and 1250 Hz).
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David (2Bdecided):
I find your report interesting, I hadn't read about it before. But, as you may imagine, I see some problems with it.
First, the program material is not what I would consider "critical". I doubt that a 1960 analog recording will have much content over 20 KHz, if any. And this counts too for the differences you also perceived with the 48 KHz sampling rate, that allow up to nearly 24 KHz to be captured. Still, I could be wrong.
Then, what you talk is interesting, but is not more than anecdotal evidence. Who knows if you could have passed a double-blind, statistically sound listening test, even at the exact conditions you heard the differences.
Even if you passed it, it should be analyzed where the objective differences lie. We should analize if the differences are due to the particular setup you listened to, or just due to sampling rates. First, we could analize if there was some problem at the AD/DA chain. If not, we should analyze (measure) if the differences could be due to some "problems" with the converters at the show (I'm being bad here), or due to DCS converter implementation, or due to common converter implementation. For this, we could also try the high quality downsample/upsample process and compare.
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During his remarks this morning, President Obama pointed out that Sotomayor was appointed as a district court judge in 1992 by Republican George H. W. Bush. But a friend on Capitol Hill notes this bipartisan talking-point is empty. The following 1992 New York Law Journal article explains that Sotomayor was nominated as part of a compromise in which Democratic Senator Moynihan was allowed to recommend judges for two of the seven vacancies:


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Minty Wellness is such a find, a beautiful building in gorgeous grounds. We detoured here on our way to Niagara Falls as part of our raw tour of NE USA and we where NOT disappointed. Although it says it is 75% raw and 25% cooked this is how hey started out and are now 75% cooked and 25% raw, however there was still enough options for my partner and I to have a 3 course meal and eat different items. It was all immaculately presented and a really luxurious environment. We were also given a tour of the spa centre and the many treatments on offer.
The following day we went to Niagara Falls (just over an hour away) then on the way to our next location we decided to go back there again for a late lunch! As the previous day we had exhausted most of the raw options, the chef offered to make us an alternative raw entree, but we both finished off again with the AMAZING raspberry ganache fudge cake. We are happy to whole-heartedly recommend Minty Wellness as a restaurant, spa and hotel- you won't be disappointed!


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Ten years of testing vehicles and explaining so customers can understand was enlightening.
Sometimes it seemed easier to just get all the customers in the waiting room and
just have a class.
So lets have a short class for the basics.
Just as the human body is an amazing creation the automotive is similar. Pumps for fuel, pumps to cool, pumps to breathe and pumps to do alot of other things.
It is the orchestration of all these systems working together that make for potential perfection.
Now the science part. When your car is tested they measure 5 gases.
HC which is hydrocarbons, a pretty popular word these days.
Co which is carbon-monoxide a fuel.
Nox which is a sedimentary pollutant.
Co2 which is carbon dioxide
O2 which is oxygen
A tune up is not really a repair for emission controls, although it is the standard of operations to start to keep emissions in order. If you know you just had a tune up, and your car fails a smog test, you might have a inept mechanic or faulty or missing equipment in their shop. During a tune-up, the shop should check your gas readings to be sure they did nothing wrong, installed proper parts, and did not miss anything that needed repairing. That requires a technician with proper knowledge and equipment, otherwise you are getting maintenance. Maintenance is very important as well, but not a cure for failed smog test unless you have neglected your cars maintenance, which does happen.
You see the fuel has to be delivered in proper amount, too little or too much and you will have excessive HC's and maybe excessive Co, and usually lower CO2 and O2, possibly higher nox also.
O2 has to be delivered in proper amounts or you might get the same readings, along with high O2. so plugged or restricted air filters and broken vacuum lines or intake air boots being cracked, cause the air to be held back or sucked into the motor in the wrong place. This can cause major engine damage as well from what is called a 'lean' condition, burning spark plugs, valves and all sorts of bad results.
The low CO2 is a result of many things but often a weak catalytic converter, which can be tested very easily by a educated technician. So next time you are talking with your repair shop ask them how and see if they can tell you, then you will know what kind of shop you are dealing with. Write me back if you want to know and I will tell you also.
There is a term not used much anymore called diagnostic tune-up. It is just as it sounds, a few steps to check and see if things are in operating conditions to be efficient for emissions, usually the tune-up conditions are easily tested and a technician can dig into other systems to find a cause of high emissions. If a repair facility practices this it is not difficult, but it could be a foreign language to some.
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As part of the U.S. Crisis Support Package for Ukraine announced by the White House in April, the State Department awarded a $435,000 contract to B.K. Engineering System in Kyiv for razor wire to help "defend the newly imposed borders between Ukraine's mainland and the Crimean peninsula." The contract was awarded on June 12, but was just posted online this week.
An $8 million "non-lethal assistance" package was announced at the same time as a larger $50 million aid package for Ukraine to "help Ukraine pursue political and economic reform and strengthen the partnership between the United States and Ukraine." The razor wire (Concertina) is included under "[e]ngineering equipment, communications equipment, vehicles, and non-lethal individual tactical gear for Ukraine's Border Guard Service" that was spelled out in the April Fact Sheet. The contract notice posted online says:
[T]his order is for the delivery of 2,500 spools of Concertina wire for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine referenced in the Office of the Vice President's Fact Sheet entitled "U.S. Crisis Support Package for Ukraine" dated 22 April 2014. This Fact Sheet includes Security Assistance in which the Office of the Vice President announced the provision of urgently needed non-lethal assistance to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine to fulfill its core security mission.
More recently, according to a report in the Daily Beast, the eastern Russian-Ukrainian border has been under greater threat than the Crimean border. President Obama spoke to Ukrainian president Poroshenko on Monday to discuss recent events and reiterate that "any Russian intervention in Ukraine without the formal, express consent and authorization of the Ukraine government would be unacceptable and a violation of international law." President Obama last spoke with Russian president Vladimir Putin on August 1 where he "reiterated his deep concerns about Russia's increased support for the separatists in Ukraine" and "about Russia's compliance with its obligations under the INF Treaty."


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The developers have produced a further update for users who are not willing or able to move to KDE 4: KDE 3.5.9 mainly comprises bug fixes, but also adds a couple of new functions to the desktop environment.
The components of the KDE PIM suite (KMail, KOrganizer, KAddressbook, KAlarm and Kontact) are now more stable and offer new features from the enterprise branch. The innovations include a new bookmarks folder and drag&drop support for KMail. The KOrganizer user iterface has also been revised; as a result, calendar entries are easier to manage than in previous versions. Other components such as KAlarm, Kontact and KAddressbook also offer minor improvements. For example, KAlarm no longer annoys users with error messages and users can specify reminder times in minutes. The KDE-TechBase provides an overview of the new PIM features.
The Changelog lists the changes and bugfixes in KDE 3.5.9, which will be the last version in the KDE 3.5 branch. The source code for KDE 3.5.9 is available for downloading from various mirror servers.
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642 of 668 people found the following review helpful.
Would be perfect except for the screen
By Michael Crouse
To introduce myself, I had a Samsung Skyrocket S2 that decided to die on me at the end of last month, and then my backup phone (a cheap Chinese phone) decided to start dying too. There's a phone I want to spend some money on coming out in the next few months, but I need something to get by and to act as a backup phone when I do make that purchase, so after some searching I settled for this one. I listen to a lot of music on my phone, read email, do some app development of my own as a grad student, and occasionally watch videos on Youtube or use GPS to find some place I've never visited before. All in all, barring development I'm a fairly gentle phone user but I also have some tech savvy to form a useful opinion. When I looked up info on the Advance 4.0, I was able to find specs but not much in the way of useful reviews, so I tried to be as thorough writing this as possible.
Design: The Advance 4.0 is bulky for a 4" phone - it's nearly as large in length and width as my 4.5" Samsung S2 Skyrocket, and it's thicker too. The outside of the case is smooth plastic - it isn't slippery in the hand but it does attract fingerprints more than any other phone I've had. However, the phone does come with an Otterbox-like case and a screen protector, and I'd recommend using both. Inside under the battery are two SIM slots and an SD slot. The SIM slots are easy to use and well-labelled but the SD slot frankly scares me. It's flimsy and easy to bend and doesn't offer much protection to the card in the slot. Add that to being under the battery and this isn't a phone for someone who likes to use multiple SD cards. However, all of this is to be expected with a phone in this price range, and getting a case and screen protector included is a great deal.
Performance: The MediaTek chip and 512mb of RAM in this phone might not be impressive compared to a flagship phone, but for day to day operation they perform admirably. Multitasking is generally quick, Youtube and Google Maps load quickly and the phone is loaded with what is basically stock Jelly Bean, which is great. There's no extra junkware to get rid of and the Play Store is ready to go. I should note that I am not a phone gamer, but if you want a cell phone that can play high-end games this is probably not the phone for you. Social games and the like should work fine (I only tried Angry Birds, hardly a tech demo game).
Connectivity: The Advance 4.0's antenna is quite strong - I had trouble getting signal in my basement with my S2, but get 3 bars with this phone. Bluetooth connectivity is similarly impressive - I was able to pair my headset immediately and had signal with my phone in one corner of the house all the way to the garage on the other side - 45 feet away through walls. Data connectivity is flawless - both on wifi and 3g (the phone is compatible with HSPA+) are capped by my provider and ping was good per Speedtest. 3g tethering also works well - assuming your provider lets you do this.
Battery: The Advance 4.0 comes with a 1600mah battery, which with the MediaTek chip should last a very long time. To test, I unplugged the phone at 7AM yesterday, and for the entire day streamed music via wifi to my bluetooth headset - a double drain on the battery. I also downloaded a variety of apps and podcasts and browsed the web some. Then I left the phone on overnight, continuing to download more podcasts while I slept. When I plugged it in at 7:30 this morning it still had 25% battery left. For a budget phone this is outstanding. I wouldn't normally listen to 12 hours of music like that, so there's no way I'm going to kill the battery unless I forget to charge it for two days.
Screen: ... and this is where the wheels come off. The screen on this phone is just short of abysmal. It's not that it's an 800x480 screen - I've had that resolution on other phones and they looked much better than this one. The colors are distorted unless you are looking directly at the phone. This isn't the usual complaint that reviewers have about viewing angles - you literally can't be tilting the phone at all or it's no good. In addition, even if you are looking directly at it images and videos are grainy and just don't look right. However, for normal phone navigation and app use it's adequate. If you wanted to watch anything on your phone, you will be disappointed. I'm lucky that my top use for a smartphone (streaming music) doesn't require much use of this screen.
With a phone in this price range, something always has to give. You either get an a phone that's still running Gingerbread, specs that are subpar, or a battery that can't make it through the day. In this case it's the screen, but even that is really only so bad if you want to watch videos. I expect later this year there will be a lot of competition for budget phones, but if you need a phone right now and only have $100 to spare this is not at all a bad choice.
231 of 250 people found the following review helpful.
Great performance, great price!!! (but secondary camera really sucks =P)
By Ivan Igor
I like it!!! It works great:
+ Convenient price, I was looking for a phone with longlasting battery.
+ Android 4.2 ... same performance as other expensive phones like Samsung
+ 5.0 mp camera... I've made great photos!!!
+ Wireless conection works fast without any problems;
+ Decent speakers... I also use it for listening music from YouTube
+ Front camera (secundary) really sucks... I prefer dont use it
+ Something everybody should know (it happens in all smartphones, all marks, its a "massive" fraud): description talks about 4 GB internal memory storage but the phone only shows 1.24 GB. The sellers never say that Android software decrease significantly available memory, so you are obligated to buy a SD card.
+ An Android system defect: it's designed more like minitablet than a phone... when you're in a call and look for some data in your phone, its difficult get back to the call for hang up.
196 of 212 people found the following review helpful.
Hard to complain at that price...
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I bought this phone to upgrade from my AT&T GoPhone Avail (ZTE-Z990). I didn't actually have much of a problem with the Z990, except for one thing: it only had 130MB usable space for installing apps. Even 4 years ago (when I originally bought it) that was considered a minuscule amount of space. After doing everything I could to get around this problem, I finally gave up and decided to find a new phone.
The BLU Advance 4.0 has 1.27GB of space for apps (the other 2.72GB is for the Android OS). I know that's still pretty small by today's cell phone standards but it's a HUGE upgrade to me. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to be able to download and install all the apps I want, plus some I never had the option of installing before. (I still use AppMgr Pro III. It lets me know what programs I can move to my external SD card. Out of the 26 apps I've installed, 11 were able to be moved to my SD card. At 37 apps I've only filled half the 1.27GB with the help of AppMgr.)
I switched to T-mobile (from AT&T) with this phone. I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't have to touch any settings to get this phone to work with T-mobile. Call, text, and data all loaded automatically when I installed the SIM card. I'm told HSPA+ is 4G. If that's the case then this phone DOES get 4G (as well as 3G and 2G). Reception for cell and data are, of course, entirely dictated by location. I've been very fortunate thus far, all things considered (I live in Wyoming, lol).
I was pleasantly surprised to see there was absolutely no "bloatware" on this phone. I LOVE IT. There's something immensely satisfying knowing that not one bit of memory is being wasted on an app I don't want. Other than standard Google stuff (which is part and parcel with Android), you only get the basics. Everything else you can customize and tweak to your hearts content. Fantastic!
The screen is bright and crisp and it's 4" (the "sweet spot" for phone screens as far as I'm concerned). The up and down viewing angle is horrid though. Just a slight tilt and the colors are completely washed out. (Right and left are fine though.) And, of course, direct sunlight makes the screen unviewable. (My Z990 did the same thing, so I'm use to that.) Straight on view, though, and the screen is lovely.
Sadly, the only upgrade I got with the camera on this phone was having a flash. Otherwise it's the exact same as the Z990, if not a little worse. (The auto-focus/focus is middling at best on this phone. It doesn't seem to focus at all with things up-close.)
The touch screen is fine. It's no better or worse than other touch screens I've used. That is to say, using a keyboard can be a pain. Swiftkey is how I get around this and I recommend others either get Swiftkey or an app similar to it. (I've heard people have problems with the stock dialer too, their cheek accidently hitting the end-call button. I recommend getting an alternative dialer if that's an issue for you. ExDialer is pretty good.)
Speakers are loud enough. If you're in a crowded or noisy place you'll have difficulty (headphones or bluetooth headset might be in order). Minor complaint here: They have one of the worst speakerphone placements I've ever seen.They have the speaker in the lower back (!!) area of the phone... you know... the part of the phone you cover with your hand to hold it? So if you want to listen to music or have hand-free talking, you'll have to hold the phone from the top (!!!!!) or put it screen-side down. I have adapted but it's a very strange and inconvenient design decision on BLU's part.
Battery life is OK. It really depends on what you're doing with the phone and how many apps are running in the background. I've not had it die on me yet, but I do make it a point to charge it at night and I have a charger in my car just in case. Also, if you're curious, battery replacements are available. Go to BLU's Amazon Store Front and check their Accessory page to find it.
I got a screen protector, protective silicone case, and a earbuds with this phone (along with the standard charger and manual). I tried to use the screen protector but I didn't clean the phone well enough and ended up ruining it. Oh well. The phone itself has a slippery plastic feel to it, so the silicone case is useful as it gives the phone "grip". I haven't tested the earbuds but they seem sturdy and of good quality.
Speaking of the outside of the phone... it's lovely looking. Someone mentioned it looked cheap in the reviews. I guess that depends on where you're coming from. Having used a Z990 for the last 4 years, the Advance 4 is practically a work of art by comparison. The back is particularly cool looking. (I wish the silicone case was the same color as the phone, or see-through, because it's a shame to have it all covered up.)
At $82 this is a perfect phone. There are no "deal breaking" issues for me. All the minor annoyances I can either get around or live with. If this phone also proves to be durable (I haven't had it long), I'll be a BLU customer for life. :)


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Re: Security Basics
- From: Ahmed Nahuche <nahuche@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:04:56 +0100
Hello Mikhail,
I'm just three months into my PhD program, I do have a background knowledge on IDS/IPS such as Snort and BRO, I know how they operate and some general information. However, i need to focus on some major attacks or problem or break something major before I start thinking of how fix it. Nevertheless, if you have any material related to defending NAT systems, I would REALLY appreciate because there's been little research literally in the area, so any resources or links you may have would be really appreciated.
Ahmed Nahuche ABUBAKAR
Department of Computer Science
Loughborough University
Leicestershire, LE11 3TU.
On 20 Oct 2011, at 13:55, "Mikhail A. Utin" <mutin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Almost every "student" wants to attack ... What about defense in depth ideas, studies and papers?
Mikhail A. Utin, CISSP
Information Security Analyst
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Subject: Security Basics
Hello all, im a PhD student and want to focus on network security, to be precise, i want to focus on Security in Transition Mechanisms, i have a good networking foundation from protocols to Network Address Translation which is important for most Transition Mechanisms there are in use. I know all about using Nmap for fingerprinting, Wireshark for capturing network traffic and Nessus for vulnerability detection and using Metaspoilt for actual exploitation and post exploitation attacks but i need some ideas on how to go about attacking NAT routers and other security issues associated with Network Address Translation, books, papers, articles would be great especially those that have the step-by-step guide of how to go about the attack.
Thank you in advance for all the help.
Ahmed Nahuche
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i don´t find game on ps3, all time download players long time and never anyone seeinkg , i try all maps.. solo works sometimes:)
I guess the matchmaking servers are overwhelmed again now that the DLC is out on PS3.
Also 'Best' matchmaking has stopped working completely. Instead of timing out and dropping you into a lobby on your own it just hangs.
Even on 'Normal' you can sit there for literally 10 minutes scanning lobbies until it finds a match.
Please can someone have a look at this problem.
I'am having same problems theres three of us trying ta join its almost impossible to find a game!!
same problem here.
**** this