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[///M5 2,833]

Traveling the 515 km (320 miles) from Tokyo to Osaka by Shinkansen bullet train currently requires 2 hours and 25 minutes (and costs a small fortune, too).

Pretty neat too as it doesn't feel all that fast. SO smooth. Been on that a few times.

[///M5 2,833]

so...filled w/dry aged rib eye beef....and soft shell crab...and mashed taters with all the fixens....

so good.... I actually didn't stuff myself to discomfort this time.

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[Adrian_D 520]

At least I understood the whole FFT theory and algorithms.

That basically is what I do all day everyday. What is the paper on?

Sound detection using FFT analysis. Quite simple actually, since in the end it compares spectrograms.

So far the application worked perfect with sine waves...

Might need some "signature analysis" depending on what you are detecting. I've done some strange detections including many I can't talk about

It's a detection of stored sounds.

I store the spectrogram for each sound, then in a random 'environment' I point out which of the sounds previously stored are present.

What does signature analysis do ?

Finds a hick on a gear in a transmission, an out of tolerance bearing, 1st bending mode from 2nd, Obama bin Laden (mispell on purpose) from other terrorist fucks, production tolerances on raw speakers, noise output tolerance on electric motors and so on and on and on and on.

That sounds a lot like what my application can do. I save the signatures of certain sounds and them look for the signatures in a testing sound.

[dem beats 1,223]

so...filled w/dry aged rib eye beef....and soft shell crab...and mashed taters with all the fixens....

so good.... I actually didn't stuff myself to discomfort this time.

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starts with an M, ends with an anny's.

Twas aniversary.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

It's official, cars rule. We love driving them, talking about them, working on them and we even love having sex in them. According to a U.S. Sex Census produced by none other than Trojan condoms, automobiles are the most exciting place to have sex.

Trojan surveyed 3,000 adults (across two studies), and 48 percent of those polled felt that having sex in a car was more exciting than doing the deed in:

-Someone else's bed (33 percent)

-The woods (27 percent)

-The beach or sea (23 percent)

-A hot tub (22 percent)

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – A community came together to grant a homeless man his last wish. That dying wish was to see his dog one more time. It was a simple request, but one that meant the world to him in his final days.

People involved with the man’s last wish describe it as something they’ll never forget. Now that he’s gone, they’ll always cherish the memories of the man and his best friend.

“She is full of energy and just brings so much love and energy into the home,” said the dog’s new owner, Kate Ungs. Meet Yurtie, also known as Yurt. She is getting used to her new home, adopted by Kate and Eric Ungs of Marion. “When we first saw her online in the bio it said, has a very compelling story, but you know, at the time those were just words,” said Eric Ungs.

Yurt used to live with a homeless Cedar Rapids man, 57-year-old Kevin McClain, in his car. But a month ago he became ill with lung cancer.

Paramedics rushed him to Mercy Medical Center and later to Hospice House. Yurt went to the animal shelter.

“In the transition of moving him over from our ambulance cot to the bed, he told me, 'I have a dog,'” said Area Ambulance Service Paramedic Specialist Jan Erceg.

Yurt's shelter was the same shelter where Kevin’s paramedic, Erceg, also volunteered.

“He said her name is Yurt and at that moment, that was my Aha! moment,” Erceg said.

From the day Yurt and Kevin were separated, he asked to see her.

It was his dying wish.

The Hospice Home, Ambulance Service and shelter teamed up to make it happen.

“And the moment he opened those eyes and saw that dog there was instant recognition and with Yurtie, she licked his arms, she licked his face,” Erceg said.

“It was a couple days later that Kevin did pass away here at the Hospice House. So it just really seemed to work so perfect,” said Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House Patient Care Coordinator Brandi Garrett.

In the end, this companion was there for his owner, even in death. That’s a true companion that the Ungs know they’re now lucky to have.

“She’s our family and we’re her family, just a tight knit group,” Eric Ungs said.

:rockwoot: :fing34:

[dem beats 1,223]

That's a great story.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – A community came together to grant a homeless man his last wish. That dying wish was to see his dog one more time. It was a simple request, but one that meant the world to him in his final days.

People involved with the man’s last wish describe it as something they’ll never forget. Now that he’s gone, they’ll always cherish the memories of the man and his best friend.

“She is full of energy and just brings so much love and energy into the home,” said the dog’s new owner, Kate Ungs. Meet Yurtie, also known as Yurt. She is getting used to her new home, adopted by Kate and Eric Ungs of Marion. “When we first saw her online in the bio it said, has a very compelling story, but you know, at the time those were just words,” said Eric Ungs.

Yurt used to live with a homeless Cedar Rapids man, 57-year-old Kevin McClain, in his car. But a month ago he became ill with lung cancer.

Paramedics rushed him to Mercy Medical Center and later to Hospice House. Yurt went to the animal shelter.

“In the transition of moving him over from our ambulance cot to the bed, he told me, 'I have a dog,'” said Area Ambulance Service Paramedic Specialist Jan Erceg.

Yurt's shelter was the same shelter where Kevin’s paramedic, Erceg, also volunteered.

“He said her name is Yurt and at that moment, that was my Aha! moment,” Erceg said.

From the day Yurt and Kevin were separated, he asked to see her.

It was his dying wish.

The Hospice Home, Ambulance Service and shelter teamed up to make it happen.

“And the moment he opened those eyes and saw that dog there was instant recognition and with Yurtie, she licked his arms, she licked his face,” Erceg said.

“It was a couple days later that Kevin did pass away here at the Hospice House. So it just really seemed to work so perfect,” said Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House Patient Care Coordinator Brandi Garrett.

In the end, this companion was there for his owner, even in death. That’s a true companion that the Ungs know they’re now lucky to have.

“She’s our family and we’re her family, just a tight knit group,” Eric Ungs said.

:rockwoot: :fing34:

Wow, I miss Ferdinand, wish I could bring him to work.

[MKader17 332]

Sean, my girlfriend brought her crappy walmart bike back from home. I'm thinking about pulling all the stuff from the bike I got for free and sticking it on her bike (the frame on my free bike is just way too big.

What do you think? I love doing the tinkering on the bikes (I don't get to do much tinkering with vehicles here) so the time is not a negative. maybe more of a positive.

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

The fucktards at Qwest just called and said "We can get you DSL now and that they will give it to me for 15 bucks a mounth for 5 yrs, and give me a 150 dollar rebate/credit"

Comcast is 45 bucks a month, so needless to say the 1,950 dollar difference in money over 5 yrs is making me switch back.

[dem beats 1,223]

I cannot tollerate DSL. It's so insanely slow.

[The enD 467]

4.6 MB per sec DL and UP for 16$ a month here.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

It's not their answers but word usage that amuses the hell out of me

[dem beats 1,223]

It's not their answers but word usage that amuses the hell out of me

LOL

Indiana wussed out on evolution. Weak sause.

[djjdnap 78]

It's not their answers but word usage that amuses the hell out of me

LOL

Indiana wussed out on evolution. Weak sause.

LMAO she was like UHHHHH,:ughdunno: IDK leave it up to the government smh

[djjdnap 78]

[djjdnap 78]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDZGeZMSeo4

lol at this comment

She slapped him because she's a woman. That's what they do... I guarantee you that after this was over, she confronted him and tried to make him feel like HE did something wrong to her. He's far better off without this bitch. ANY man is better off without this bitch. (And, if she happens to be reading this, YES, I called you a bitch, BITCH.)

Edited June 22, 2011 by djjdnap

[MKader17 332]

So its pretty nuts that this girl I met last summer is now writing for ABC and has some of her stuff published online...

[///M5 2,833]

Sean, my girlfriend brought her crappy walmart bike back from home. I'm thinking about pulling all the stuff from the bike I got for free and sticking it on her bike (the frame on my free bike is just way too big.

What do you think? I love doing the tinkering on the bikes (I don't get to do much tinkering with vehicles here) so the time is not a negative. maybe more of a positive.

The biggest problem with shit bikes are the components.

Realistically I'd look for a different frame that fit her and do the same as unless she is unusually sized there should be a shit ton of options. If she truly just won't really ride, then yes, go for it.

The only "difficultly" may be the cabling and may require you to buy either new cables or re-use the jackets. Are the bikes setup somewhat equivalent?

As for the bulid/tear down, even without knowing what you are doing it shouldn't take more than 2-3 hours. In particular if you don't change the crank or headset. If you do those, you'll need some tools.

One bit of warning. If they aren't geared the same (number of sprockets) the chains won't be compatible and may require a switch on the cassette/rims. I have no way of understanding what shit is on a wally world bike, but perhaps there are brand name pieces on it which would help make sure thta they will interchange.

Oh, and the big FTW. My current Trek has no parts made by Shimano nor Campagnola

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Them clothes got laundry numbers on them. You remember your number and always wear the ones that has your number. Any man forgets his number spends a night in the box. These here spoons you keep with you. Any man loses his spoon spends a night in the box. There’s no playing grab-ass or fighting in the building. You got a grudge against another man, you fight him Saturday afternoon. Any man playing grab-ass or fighting in the building spends a night in the box. First bell’s at five minutes of eight when you will get in your bunk. Last bell is at eight. Any man not in his bunk at eight spends the night in the box. There is no smoking in the prone position in bed. To smoke you must have both legs over the side of your bunk. Any man caught smoking in the prone position in bed… spends a night in the box. You get two sheets. Every Saturday, you put the clean sheet on the top… the top sheet on the bottom… and the bottom sheet you turn in to the laundry boy. Any man turns in the wrong sheet spends a night in the box. No one’ll sit in the bunks with dirty pants on. Any man with dirty pants on sitting on the bunks spends a night in the box. Any man don’t bring back his empty pop bottle spends a night in the box. Any man loud talking spends a night in the box. You got questions, you come to me. I’m Carr, the floor walker. I’m responsible for order in here. Any man don’t keep order spends a night in…

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

Oh...SNAP

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

now that is a bar tab

[S.DeYoung 968]

Psycho family fail

[Adrian_D 520]

Beyond tired with all the typing.