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Posted by snidely on February 2, 2007, 4:11 pm
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Otto Vrijhof wrote:
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> > Responding to the White House or Capitol Hill is very near the
> > top, so you need to get Mr Bush interested in having better audio
> > quality ;-}
> I'll send an email to the WH but I'll have to disguise the nationality I
> presume
It may work to make it look like the work of Dutch Intelligence agents
attributing the difficulties of ending sectarian violence in Iraq to
the poor audio quality on the shuttle.
/dps
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Posted by Otto Vrijhof on February 3, 2007, 4:32 pm
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> Otto Vrijhof wrote:
>> > Responding to the White House or Capitol Hill is very near the
>> > top, so you need to get Mr Bush interested in having better audio
>> > quality ;-}
>> I'll send an email to the WH but I'll have to disguise the nationality I
>> presume
> It may work to make it look like the work of Dutch Intelligence agents
> attributing the difficulties of ending sectarian violence in Iraq to
> the poor audio quality on the shuttle.
No thanks - there are enough derogatory expressions about the Dutch already,
like Dutch Courage, to make one wonder what 'Dutch Intelligence' really
would mean ...
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Posted by TimK on February 3, 2007, 7:41 pm
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>> Otto Vrijhof wrote:
>>> > Responding to the White House or Capitol Hill is very near the
>>> > top, so you need to get Mr Bush interested in having better audio
>>> > quality ;-}
>>> I'll send an email to the WH but I'll have to disguise the nationality I
>>> presume
>> It may work to make it look like the work of Dutch Intelligence agents
>> attributing the difficulties of ending sectarian violence in Iraq to
>> the poor audio quality on the shuttle.
> No thanks - there are enough derogatory expressions about the Dutch
> already, like Dutch Courage, to make one wonder what 'Dutch Intelligence'
> really would mean ...
As I understand it "Dutch" is a corruption of Deutsch, so blame it on the
Germans:)
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Posted by robert casey on January 31, 2007, 8:12 pm
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> That said, there is room for improvement. First, modern compression
> algorithms could greatly improve the quality even at that bandwidth.
> Second, the systems could be made to expand the data flow once the Ku-
> band antenna is deployed. However, both are non-trivial tasks which
> would involve replacing a system which is absolutely critical and
> currently reliable.
>
Don't forget that NASA isn't trying to reproduce singers in a concert or
opera. Maximum intelligibility of the communications link is the only
real criteria here.
The audio on Apollo 11 was a bit too crappy though. Remember that burst
of noise that happened when Neil was saying those first words on the Moon?
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Posted by The Rocket Scientist on February 1, 2007, 2:20 pm
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> Why has NASA provided that the sound quality on Shuttle Communications
> channels should be kept about as bad as in the Sixties? When I listen to
> talk from the Shuttle on NASA-tv it sounds like I'm in a time warp. WHY
> don't they have Skype type quality?
> Otto
You remind me of my old boss back in the 60's.
I was working at my first real job, a mom & pop store, when the Eagle
landed on the moon. I was incredibly excited. My boss brought a TV
set in so we could all watch when man first set foot on the moon.
I shall never forget his response. "All those billions of dollars and
that's the best picture they could get?"
Humanity, it seems, has not matured.
Bill Sullivan
"Life is indeed a test from God. But it's not a test of faith. It's
an intelligence test. Most of us have failed." - Some Wise Guy
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> > top, so you need to get Mr Bush interested in having better audio
> > quality ;-}
> I'll send an email to the WH but I'll have to disguise the nationality I
> presume