What is the difference between WAV and MP3? WAV is sound digitally sampled at a fixed rate and word size‚ e.g. 44 kHz 16-bit. The higher the sampling rate‚ the better high notes like cymbals will be reproduced. The highest frequency that can be encoded is half the sampling frequency. MP3 is a lossy compression format that can get up to 20x compression compared to WAV. The bitrate can be variable or fixed. Unless a low quality compression is selected‚ most people cannot tell the difference
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male citizens of 20 years or older could attend the Athenian Popular Assembly and could vote as long as they showed up. As for public officers‚ a citizen with a certain level of wealth and is at least 30 years old could service for the community. Between the two systems of government‚ you can see some areas that are similar. The biggest was that both the Spartans and the Athenians did not have a single individual as ruler. The Spartans having two kings that came from separate royal families‚ and
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There is quite a few differences between the book and movie The Outsiders. The book is written by S.E. Hinton. We have been reading the outsiders and we were wondering which was better the movie or the book. The book and movie are both easy to relate to because Ponyboy is our age and most of the characters are young. I think the three characters are Sodapop‚Ponyboy‚and Two bit. In the book I pictured them as these tough looking kids but when I saw the movie they actually don’t look as tough as
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In proportion to this theory‚ the most fundamental difference is between intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is the eagerness and interest to do and take part in some certain activities because an individual feels that they are attractive and pleasant. Students who have intrinsic
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men‚ Montresor and Fortunato. It is told from the perspective of Montresor‚ a two-faced expert in wine. The story starts with our narrator informing us of his plan for revenge against Fortunato‚ the man who wronged him. He studied his opponent‚ learned his ways and found his weak spots‚ such as his expertise in wine. The story may start there‚ but it doesn’t truly begin until one evening during carnival season. Montresor goes and meets up with Fortunato‚ whom he pretends to be friends with even
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Historically‚ rich and powerful individuals with more authority have control of labeling what is not normal and what is deviant. Social norms‚ like laws‚ are created by the rich and powerful to protect their interest; so that they can socially construct deviance and crime to their advantage. The article Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture: Why Are Some Fraternities More Dangerous Places for Women by Ayres Boswell and Joan Spade personifies this process. Specifically‚ Boswell and Spade analyze
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Erez Manela’s compelling study on the impact of Wilson’s ideology of self-determination on the colonial subjects during the post-World War 1 era. He illustrates roots of the rise nationalism and socialist movements in the colonized territories. He argues that Wilson did not see self-determination as idea to be used by colonized peoples and was‚ in his argument‚ exclusive to the Europeans. This was not what he anticipated through the quick spread of his new ideology through colonies that would soon
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In the modern day world‚ trading between countries has now become a norm. Such some countries are more similar to each other and some a little more different than others. Such is the case with Brazil and Denmark. In terms of power structure‚ there is a massive gap between the two countries with difference being over 50 points. Denmark’s citizens also have a stronger sense of individualism than the people of Brazil. The Danes are also considered to be more feminine than the Brazilians. In the final
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At times confused with Sikhism‚ Islam is a separate religion defined by its own unique set of beliefs‚ practices and values. Both Sikhs and Muslims have coexisted in the East for hundreds of years‚ and although one of the largest populations of Muslims calls India home‚ India also happens to be the birthplace of Sikhism. The commonalities‚ however‚ do not end there — as noted by Oxtoby and Segal: “The centrality of the book in Sikh worship and the authority accorded to the Adi Granth in particular
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succeeded in abolishing the tyrannical rule of the kings and became a republic‚ yet she was more of an aristocratic republic. Her power rested more in a particular class than in the whole people (Morey‚ 1901). This difference in political power between the classes subtly boiled over into what would become a plebeian revolt. At first the conflict was based more on the fact that the Patricians were a wealthier class‚ and the Plebeians seeked an equal distribution of wealth (Morey‚ 1901). Due to the fact
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