Hi Folks, I saw in that newspaper-ish supplement to the IEEE Spectrum that Bracewell had passed away back in August of this year. It seems to me this is quite a notable event in DSP history - he was such a big influence in the era he lived. -- % Randy Yates % "I met someone who looks alot like you, %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % she does the things you do, %%% 919-577-9882 % but she is an IBM." %%%% <yates@ieee.org> % 'Yours Truly, 2095', *Time*, ELO http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
Ron Bracewell Passed Away in August
Started by ●December 5, 2007
Reply by ●December 5, 20072007-12-05
Randy Yates <yates@ieee.org> writes:> Hi Folks, > > I saw in that newspaper-ish supplement to the IEEE Spectrum that > Bracewell had passed away back in August of this year. > > It seems to me this is quite a notable event in DSP history - he was > such a big influence in the era he lived.An obituary is here: http://www.setileague.org/admin/bracewel.htm Ciao, Peter K. -- "And he sees the vision splendid of the sunlit plains extended And at night the wondrous glory of the everlasting stars."
Reply by ●December 5, 20072007-12-05
p.kootsookos@remove.ieee.org (Peter K.) writes:> Randy Yates <yates@ieee.org> writes: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> I saw in that newspaper-ish supplement to the IEEE Spectrum that >> Bracewell had passed away back in August of this year. >> >> It seems to me this is quite a notable event in DSP history - he was >> such a big influence in the era he lived. > > An obituary is here: > > http://www.setileague.org/admin/bracewel.htmA wonderful summary of his life and achievements, but obviously greatly abbreviated. Thanks Peter! I never knew he was so closely related to SETI and radio astronomy. -- % Randy Yates % "And all that I can do %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % is say I'm sorry, %%% 919-577-9882 % that's the way it goes..." %%%% <yates@ieee.org> % Getting To The Point', *Balance of Power*, ELO http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
Reply by ●December 7, 20072007-12-07
On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:51:44 -0500, Randy Yates <yates@ieee.org> wrote:>p.kootsookos@remove.ieee.org (Peter K.) writes: > >> Randy Yates <yates@ieee.org> writes: >> >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> I saw in that newspaper-ish supplement to the IEEE Spectrum that >>> Bracewell had passed away back in August of this year. >>> >>> It seems to me this is quite a notable event in DSP history - he was >>> such a big influence in the era he lived. >> >> An obituary is here: >> >> http://www.setileague.org/admin/bracewel.htm > >A wonderful summary of his life and achievements, but obviously >greatly abbreviated. Thanks Peter! > >I never knew he was so closely related to SETI and radio astronomy.Hi Randy, Yea, I didn't know he was a "SETI kinda guy" either. I'm sorry to here of his 'passing over the river'. I never met Prof. Bracewell, but I do have a copy of his "The Fourier Transform and Its Applications" textbook. His book is mathematically deep, very thorough, and we can see from his writing that he had a super-comprehensive understanding of signal processing. One could spend a great deal of time learning all that his book has to offer. Also, I must say, the figures (the artwork) in his Fourier book are the most beautifully-drawn engineering textbook figures I have ever seen. Bar none. See Ya', [-Rick-]
Reply by ●December 8, 20072007-12-08
On Dec 7, 10:41 pm, R.Lyons@_BOGUS_ieee.org (Rick Lyons) wrote:> >>http://www.setileague.org/admin/bracewel.htm> Yea, I didn't know he was a "SETI kinda guy" either.BTW, the SETI League is not quite the same thing as SETI (the latter used to get Government dollars, and SETI League is a private membership organization). anyway what might be interesing is that the SETI League was started by a former employer of me and the other "Wave Mechanics" (now called SoundToys), a guy named Richard Factor who, i think wholly owns Eventide and had been the CEO for decades. note the small town in NJ where both have an address: The SETI League, Inc., PO Box 555, Little Ferry NJ 07643 Eventide Inc., 1 Alsan Way, Little Ferry NJ 07643 anyway, i had no idea that Bracewell was involved in either. while i think that SETI is less important than eradicating poverty, it might be more important than building nukes or the delivery vehicles they go onto. i can think of worser wastes of money than SETI. r b-j
Reply by ●December 12, 20072007-12-12
On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 21:17:26 -0800 (PST), robert bristow-johnson <rbj@audioimagination.com> wrote:>On Dec 7, 10:41 pm, R.Lyons@_BOGUS_ieee.org (Rick Lyons) wrote: > >> >>http://www.setileague.org/admin/bracewel.htm > >> Yea, I didn't know he was a "SETI kinda guy" either. > >BTW, the SETI League is not quite the same thing as SETI (the latter >used to get Government dollars, and SETI League is a private >membership organization). > >anyway what might be interesing is that the SETI League was started by >a former employer of me and the other "Wave Mechanics" (now called >SoundToys), a guy named Richard Factor who, i think wholly owns >Eventide and had been the CEO for decades. note the small town in NJ >where both have an address: > >The SETI League, Inc., PO Box 555, Little Ferry NJ 07643 >Eventide Inc., 1 Alsan Way, Little Ferry NJ 07643 > >anyway, i had no idea that Bracewell was involved in either. > >while i think that SETI is less important than eradicating poverty, it >might be more important than building nukes or the delivery vehicles >they go onto. > >i can think of worser wastes of money than SETI. > >r b-jHi, Yep. When ya' think of the mind-numbing waste (and graft) of taxpayer dollars, the SETI project was not a waste of money. At least not in my opinion. Eradicating poverty is impossible so long as people have freedom of choice. See Ya', [-Rick-]
Reply by ●December 12, 20072007-12-12
On Dec 8, 12:17 am, robert bristow-johnson <r...@audioimagination.com> wrote:> i can think of worser wastes of money than SETI.Taking this even further off-topic, I wonder: Given the current denial of scientific evidence for evolution, global warming, etc., IF we actually found extraterrestrial intelligence, would anybody believe it?
Reply by ●December 12, 20072007-12-12
Greg Berchin <gberchin@sentientscience.com> writes:> Given the current denial of scientific evidence for evolutionWhat evidence do you have that life popped out from a primordial soup? What evidence do you have that organs known as "penis" and "vagina" were required for survival? This is two of about a hundred thousand examples which challenge that evolution alone accounts for the complexity of life as we know it today. Of course it happens on a micro-scale (fish flippers changing, etc.), but to think it accounts for all of life is the height of stupidity, or more likely, denial, in my opinion. I think the people who defend evolution are using the issue in an attempt to deny what they know must be true out of their utter hatred for it. -- % Randy Yates % "Bird, on the wing, %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % goes floating by %%% 919-577-9882 % but there's a teardrop in his eye..." %%%% <yates@ieee.org> % 'One Summer Dream', *Face The Music*, ELO http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
Reply by ●December 12, 20072007-12-12
Reply by ●December 12, 20072007-12-12
Randy Yates wrote:> Greg Berchin <gberchin@sentientscience.com> writes: > > >>Given the current denial of scientific evidence for evolution > > > What evidence do you have that life popped out from a primordial soup? > What evidence do you have that organs known as "penis" and "vagina" were > required for survival?They're not. Just one choice amongst many. Plenty of lifeforms today get by perfectly happily without either. Neither perfectly efficient, perfectly reliable, nor perfectly enjoyable. Sometimes funny, mostly plainly absurd. Either way, far from perfect. A million years from now, we will likely have come up with something better. And figured out how to do it in zero gravity. Or we will have abandoned it altogether. Today the appendix, tomorrow... This is two of about a hundred thousand examples> which challenge that evolution alone accounts for the complexity of life > as we know it today.I think this complexity argument is highly overstated. Actually, I think life is really simple; people just don't understand it very well (yet). :-) Richard Dobson
