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  • MaxH
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    Re: Need video clarification please

    Originally posted by NA9D View Post
    Here goes another thread way down south..
    And after laying low, I've decided it's time for me to see if I can't reciprocate and add my hyperbole to this tangent.

    Originally posted by NA9D View Post
    Infinity...

    The population of the universe is zero. How do I know this?

    Well, the universe is basically infinite in size. Therefore it follows that there must be an infinite number of planets. But we all know that not every world is inhabited therefore there's a finite number of habitable worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is effectively zero. So the population of the universe then is zero..

    We don't exist...
    Actually, you'd have to independently prove that the number of inhabited planets was finite, since any fraction of infinity is still infinity. So even if (1.0x10^-99999)% of all planets are inhabited, (1.0x10^-99999)% of infinity is infinity. (Cantor did find that there are different ways of defining infinity, but even Aleph-zero is still infinite.)

    Originally posted by NA9D View Post
    Bonus Question: Tell me the name of the book and the author where this concept comes up.
    This sounds like a Gardener type of theory, but I haven't read Gardener in many years.

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  • NA9D
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    By the way, that wasn't a direct quote. But if you have read the book you'll know it immediately!

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  • HeadHodge
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    Originally posted by NA9D View Post
    Here goes another thread way down south..

    Infinity...

    The population of the universe is zero. How do I know this?

    Well, the universe is basically infinite in size. Therefore it follows that there must be an infinite number of planets. But we all know that not every world is inhabited therefore there's a finite number of habitable worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is effectively zero. So the population of the universe then is zero..

    We don't exist...


    Bonus Question: Tell me the name of the book and the author where this concept comes up.
    I don't know (yet) who wrote that. But I DO know that the reason the answer is effectively zero is that he/she wasn't doing floating point math.

    Refer to my previous post about Computational Techniques for Infinity!!

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  • NA9D
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    Re: Need video clarification please

    Here goes another thread way down south..

    Infinity...

    The population of the universe is zero. How do I know this?

    Well, the universe is basically infinite in size. Therefore it follows that there must be an infinite number of planets. But we all know that not every world is inhabited therefore there's a finite number of habitable worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is effectively zero. So the population of the universe then is zero..

    We don't exist...


    Bonus Question: Tell me the name of the book and the author where this concept comes up.

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  • HeadHodge
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    Originally posted by RonV View Post
    I love this stuff. I used to do Mandelbrot sets at college and they were fun to graph out on the computer.
    I think it's really great too. The VUDU forum is the only place I know where not only can you get help to plug your dongle in properly, but you can also walk away with a college degree as well!!!

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  • HeadHodge
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    Originally posted by RonV View Post
    I love this stuff. I used to do Mandelbrot sets at college and they were fun to graph out on the computer. You have to subtract or be less than infinity...now where is that infinity function?
    I could be wrong but I think it's forever gone.

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  • RonV
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    Originally posted by Greg View Post
    You mean we don't know what we don't know?

    Anyway, since you seem to be interested in compression theorems and limits, I suggest you read this:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity

    -- Greg
    I love this stuff. I used to do Mandelbrot sets at college and they were fun to graph out on the computer. You have to subtract or be less than infinity...now where is that infinity function?

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  • Nded
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    Originally posted by JohnA View Post
    Yeah, I saw Volker's correction and then proceeded to hunt down my source of info.
    In the "rock-paper-scissors" of Vudu Compression Methodologies, VolkerS beats JohnA.

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  • JohnA
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    Yeah, I saw Volker's correction and then proceeded to hunt down my source of info.

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  • HeadHodge
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    Re: Need video clarification please

    Originally posted by JohnA View Post
    Our standard definition content is 480p/60 native and our HD is 1080p/24 native.
    Originally posted by HeadHodge View Post
    No worries mate, we'll just give you a rubber duckie, a flare gun, and drag you with a large inner-tube!!

    Thanks everyone.
    Originally posted by VolkerS View Post
    All our movies are encoded with 24fps. So yes, our native SD format is 480p/24. Now there is also some TV content that we encoded in 480p/29.97.
    John, I don't think I ever mentioned if the inner-tube would have air in it, did I??

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  • HeadHodge
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    Originally posted by Greg View Post
    You mean we don't know what we don't know?

    Anyway, since you seem to be interested in compression theorems and limits, I suggest you read this:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity

    -- Greg
    Like Shultz, if I knew, I wouldn't even tell myself. So now I don't really know if I know or not?? So in reality we might not know what we really do know!!

    Sanity is such a frail thing. I've tried several times to throw Brain a lifeline, but he just won't take it. I'm sorry to say, I think the poor little mouse might be too far gone.

    Thanks for the link Greg!! I'll take a gander.

    Here's the bonus point answer just for you from my off-topic posts: http://www.krysstal.com/sphertrig.html

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  • Greg
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    Originally posted by HeadHodge View Post
    But nobody will talk about or mathmatically prove what is possible or impossible with an as yet newly created compression routine.
    You mean we don't know what we don't know?

    Anyway, since you seem to be interested in compression theorems and limits, I suggest you read this:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity

    -- Greg

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  • HeadHodge
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    Originally posted by HeadHodge View Post
    I'm not sure what 29.97 is (yet).

    http://ellingtonmedia.com/blog/2007/...s-or-why-2997/

    I found a fairly laymans explanation.

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  • HeadHodge
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    Re: Need video clarification please

    Originally posted by VolkerS View Post
    All our movies are encoded with 24fps. So yes, our native SD format is 480p/24. Now there is also some TV content that we encoded in 480p/29.97.
    Thanks for that!!!

    That also answers the TV content question I had asked awhile ago.

    I'm not sure what 29.97 is (yet), but I'm definitely feeling better that I made the right choice for the new $3000 LCD I just bought. I won't get it until sometime next week, but now I'm excited to see what sort of video quality improvement I'll get with 1080/24p, compared to my existing display.

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  • VolkerS
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    Originally posted by aaronwt View Post
    So the SD content isn't 480P24? I thought when I asked that questiona few months ago I was told it was 480P24 and 1080P24 for the content.
    Either way it's better than DVD which is only 480i.

    All our movies are encoded with 24fps. So yes, our native SD format is 480p/24. Now there is also some TV content that we encoded in 480p/29.97.

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