Communication and Technology - by Moses

Communication and Technology


One Cell to one Cell is relay station to relay station. This is the premise of tape delay of a Network and their affiliates. Port to Port, relay to relay station is our Cellular Network.


Groundline to Groundline is communication within one main hub. Intranet to intranet within one internet is a simple analogy. Low differential copper inducted capacitor channels are used, essentially our groundlines within a hub (or mainframe).


Satellite to satellite is communication from one hub to another hub. Internet to internet (E.T Phones home). With an infinite number of satellites means that each home could be monitored by another home. For example, how many Commodore 64's are able to be monitored by one 2gb U.S.B flashcard? (roughly 3 million Commodore 64's/one 2gb flashcard). Port to Port in the Satellite Domain is when the relay station IS the Satellite, interchangeable by Frequency. The Satellite is able to control each Port with this technology.


Phonetic Modes

Where each Key Signature is measured in Cents (One hundred Cents per semi-tone) and is considered Modal. There are standards of each instrument. For example 440 hz is A major no matter what instrument you're playing. By having these standards a person can transpose from key to key in learning an instrument.
A channel (or Network) takes a signal from say a recording studio (like that of Abbey Road) and sends that signal to the air of another Network (or affiliate), such as ABC. Phonetic Modes are used to standardize the signal flow to its' most accurate measurements.


Nyquist Limit

Take the double of the highest frequency projected and add a 2khz guardband to preserve the integrity of the signal. This shows up on a graph at the high points being in the + side of the graph and the low points being in the - side of the graph. Through Nyquist Limit we see audio peak frequencies and R.M.S (optimum) frequencies being preserved for later use in say digital editing software.

When communication is pristine, a channel (of a Network or affiliate) is able to broadcast simultaeneous from Government to Government (U.S.A to Canada), Government to Home (Presedential Address), Home to Home (E-Mail), and Home to Government (Information Services).


Interpolation versus Extrapolation

Interpolation - To guess, plotting, to search - within a certain pattern (an educated guess). When points are plotted on a graph, to decipher between points is considered an educated guess.

Extrapolation - To seize, to capture, to pinpoint with 100% accuracy - Having the information to begin with (like a map). The retrieval of this information is called extrapolation.


Virtual Reality

The premise of basically any Video Game. In other words the cause and effect is similar to reality. You die and it's game over. You win and you move to the next round. The issue that is paramount here is perception. Through perception we see a visual in virtual reality, a prophecy of success, and through digital interface design we see what that success is (a Halodeck in Star Trek is one example of Virtual Reality). When perception is reality 100% of the time most would consider this to be surreal (as no one gets what they want all of the time). Whereas one perceives things a certain way, another could very well have a completely different take.


Sensory Software

These days we see Terabytes incorporated in home computers. 1 Trillion bytes, or 9 Trillion Characters!!! This leads us to what a home computer is capable of achieving today.
In essence operating programs today can incorporate sensory deprivation. By deftly removing programs within an operating system at key moments, our sensory can now be tricked by this newly advented sensory software. While undefined by nature, it is possible for a persons' hearing, smell, touch, feel, and taste to be manipulated by sensory software that is advanced in understanding a persons' higher brain functions.


Analog versus Digital

Analog - Tolerance and Intolerance

To be tolerant and to be intolerant are terms used in the analog domain. With this measure of tolerance (used in electronics resisters to prevent circuits from blowing), a person has their defence mechanisms in place. It is also important to realize that each musician has their own strengths and weaknesses, undefined by nature. What made Iggy Pop lacerate himself on stage? When a musician makes a miscue in performance he/she doesn't just stop dead in their tracks. It is this quality in man that is irreplaceable.

Digital - Variance of Concept and Stringency

In the digital domain it is possible to define exactly when something is going to blow. This stringency is a scary concept. To know that at precisely 2.1723Khz a transformer will give out (as had happened in 2002 on the Eastern Seaboard in North America as far west as Illinois), leaves us to wonder if technology is always such a wise thing. In the digital world there is tolerance used through what is known as a variance in concept. In other words, should 2.1723Khz hit, a relay switch could theoretically be employed to take a transformer out of danger. The Y2K paranoia is another example of what technologists fear, this stringency.


Algorithms within a Communication Device

The synthesis of an algorithm through ports and Fiber-Optics, takes the algorithm and converts it into stored energy. The emmission is stringently defined in the name of sub-zero nanoseconds (faster than microseconds). A satellite takes the signal and converts the algorithm into a signal recognizeable by a satellites' receptors (optics). Reaching this cortex (or vision) the signal is perceived, similar to that of a halogram.


Relationship of Communication Devices

Primary - Mainframe Computer
Secondary Controller - Soundcard
Tertiary Controller - Microphone

Primary Device - Effects Unit 1
Secondary Device - Effects Unit 2
Tertiary Device - Effects Unit 3

Mixing Console - Layers (groups), Borders (effects), Districts (gates and limiters), Mapping (panning and gain levels of each track), Consesus (overall signal - left and right)