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  Black Box Recorder - Biography - AOL Music
Black Box Recorder included Auteurs main man Luke Haines, former Jesus and Mary Chain member John Moore, and vocalist Sarah Nixey.
Like the Auteurs, Black Box Recorder's songs commented on the state of English affairs, both social and personal, often using character sketches that exposed the less-than-pleasant with sharp frankness and simplicity.
WIthout forsaking their knack for subversion, the group returned with their most ornate batch of songs yet, several of which were as poppy as anything recorded by Saint Etienne.
music.aol.com /artist/black-box-recorder/371924/biography   (414 words)

  
 Discovery of the OEX Recorder in the Debris Field   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The data recorder was in exceptionally good condition considering that it was subject to all of the reentry forces and aerodynamic heating that all the rest of the debris was exposed to.
The Payload Recorder itself was made obsolete when the astronauts began recording experiment data on a computer called the, "Payload and General Support Computer", which is simply an IBM 755c laptop designed specifically for that task.
Recording MADS data would be the only function of that recorder since the payload data functions were now completely obsolete with the introduction of the, "Payload and General Support Computer", for recording experiment data.
www.columbiassacrifice.com /subsections_OA/OA-G1_OEX_Recorder.htm   (3877 words)

  
 Black Box Recorder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Black Box Recorder isn't a bad name for this immaculately dressed, euphonious English pop-rock trio; like a fallen plane's in-flight recorder, the group documents the unpleasant.
Black Box Recorder quickly settled on a silky, loungy pop approach, less guitar-driven than The Auteurs, more built around whispery vocal harmonies, keyboards, synthesized sounds, and atmospheric percussion.
Then in 2000, Black Box Recorder released its sophomore album, The Facts of Life, on Nude Records (licensed to Jetset Records in the U.S.).
www.epitonic.com /artists/blackboxrecorder.html   (315 words)

  
 Engology.com,That Old Black Box, Journalists, Design Engineers, High Profile Engineers, Billionaire Engineers, ...
Black boxes - which are actually orange - are a group of data collection devices mounted in the tail of an aircraft.
The recorders are housed in immensely strong materials, such as titanium, and insulated to withstand a crash impact many times the force of gravity, temperatures of more than 1,000 degC for up to 30 minutes and the immense pressure of lying on the seabed.
The recording material is itself insulated against accidental deletion and the corrosive effects of sea water.
www.engology.com /articleblackbox.htm   (490 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Facts of Life: Music: Black Box Recorder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The first Black Box Recorder album, 1998's England Made Me, was originally conceived by Auteurs and Baader Meinhof frontman Luke Haines as a typically baleful response to the cultural and political hysteria--respectively, Britpop and Tony Blair--then gripping Britain.
What sets Black Box Recorder apart is their lyrical style, which thrives on weird juxtapositions that, if this were a film, would serve as revelatory CUTS -- like the cut from the shower drain to Janet Leigh's eye in Psycho.
Black Box Recorder's cynicism is a better actor on "The Facts of Life" than any of their other albums.
www.amazon.com /Facts-Life-Black-Box-Recorder/dp/B00005AKF5   (1906 words)

  
 CJOnline.com | The Topeka Capital-Journal | Black box from Pennsylvania plane recovered; signal picked up from other ...
WASHINGTON -- Investigators recovered a fl box recorder from the hijacked plane that went down in Pennsylvania, and searchers picked up a signal from the recorder in the jet that slammed into the Pentagon.
German authorities said three of the terrorists who died in the suicide attacks were part of a group of Islamic extremists in Hamburg who have been planning attacks on the United States.
Search crews will not be able to retrieve the fl box at the Pentagon until they are able to enter the collapsed area of the building where the plane's fuselage rests.
www.cjonline.com /stories/091301/ter_blackbox.shtml   (765 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Autos' black-box data turning up in courtrooms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
And, while a fl box on a jet can store data on dozens of flights in its memory, the boxes on motor vehicles vary widely in how much information they record and in how accessible it is to anyone other than manufacturers.
But the hearse's fl box showed he had been an active driver who accelerated to 63 mph — about 20 miles over the posted limit — seconds before he approached the intersection, then slammed his brakes one second before impact.
Data from the fl box showed the air bag deployed on impact as designed, and the survivors lost the case.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-05-15-boxes-usat_x.htm   (1081 words)

  
 Black Box Recorder (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Black Box Recorder are an English pop/indie group.
Musically, the group are influenced by trip hop, ambient music, and French electronic groups such as Air.
Black Box Recorder are Sarah Nixey, Luke Haines (of The Auteurs), and John Moore (formerly of the Jesus and Mary Chain).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Box_Recorder_(group)   (328 words)

  
 Luke Haines (Black Box Recorder, The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof): musicOMH.com
Luke Haines (Black Box Recorder, The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof): musicOMH.com
Three of these have been with Black Box Recorder.
Black Box Recorder - The Facts Of Life
www.musicomh.com /blackboxrecorder   (162 words)

  
 Professor Pan: Missing Black Boxes in WTC Attacks Found
Flight recorders (commonly known as fl boxes, though these days they are generally bright orange) are required on all passenger planes.
There are always two-a flight data recorder that keeps track of a plane's speed, altitude, course and maneuvers, and a cockpit voice recorder which keeps a continuous record of the last 30 minutes of conversation inside a plane's cockpit.
A source at the National Transportation Safety Board, the agency that has the task of deciphering the date from the fl boxes retrieved from crash sites-including those that are being handled as crimes and fall under the jurisdiction of the FBI-says the boxes were in fact recovered and were analyzed by the NTSB.
www.charm.net /~profpan/2005/12/missing-black-boxes-in-wtc-attacks.html   (1084 words)

  
 Black Box Recorder - The Facts Of Life - Review
Combined with amazingly atmospheric music (although it's a bit lighter, this sophomore release is much more interesting sonically), her pretty, breathy vocals give some songs an almost nursery rhyme feel while others feel quite strange offsetting her nice sound with not-so-nice lyrics.
Thematically, the group covers a lot of the same ground (love, sex, and death, sometimes all twisted gleefully into one song), and while sometimes the lyrics come off as fairly half-baked, the album definitely works as something you find yourself singing along with.
Forunately, the group offsets those tracks with some very good ones like the very cool "French Rock and Roll" (with backup vocals by Haines) and the haunting "The Deverell Twins." Just because they're cool like that, the domestic version even features 2 extra tracks not included on the UK release.
www.almostcool.org /mr/b/b50mu.html   (273 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "How Black Boxes Work"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
There are two possible origins of the term "fl box": Some believe it is because early recorders were painted fl, while others think it refers to the charring that occurs in post-accident fires.
After finding the fl boxes, investigators take the recorders to a lab where they can download the data from the recorders and attempt to recreate the events of the accident.
This group typically includes a representative from the airline, a representative from the airplane manufacturer, an NTSB transportation-safety specialist and an NTSB air-safety investigator.
www.howstuffworks.com /static/black-box5.htm   (824 words)

  
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Label each box A, B, C, or D depending on the layout within the box.
Within each box is one or more pieces of corrugated cardboard, about as thick as the box.
It is a mental model because you cannot actually see what’s in the box directly, and you are instead using non-visual observations to create at a visual representation.
www.middleschoolscience.org /blog/blackbox.doc   (718 words)

  
 The Auteurs - Biography - AOL Music
Luke Haines, the group's guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, writes highly melodic pop songs that combine the airy melodies of Harrison with the cutting social observations of Davies; they're sharp, intelligent songs, full of humor and gorgeous melancholy, even when they're loud rockers.
By the time the group released the Steve Albini-produced After Murder Park in early 1996, they had even lost most of their cult audience in the U.K.; accordingly, the album was a stiff, even on the indie charts.
Haines focused his energy on Black Box Recorder for a few years, released a pair of solo albums in 2001, and re-recorded several Auteurs songs with an orchestra for 2003's Das Capital.
music.aol.com /artist/the-auteurs/37163/biography   (245 words)

  
 Alex Jones Presents Infowars.com to Fight the New World Order --Wearable ‘black box' sees you through day
A team from Microsoft Research in Cambridge is developing a personal ‘fl box', which digitally and automatically records all the key events in the wearer's day.
Sensor data such as movement, light level and temperature is recorded every second and is used intuitively to ensure that the camera captures key events in a day.
Williams' group is collaborating with another research team in the Bay Area of California, which is developing software that stores, organises and searches data from myriad different sources, including newspaper and magazine articles, home movies, photos, web pages, radio and television — called at this stage, MyLifeBits.
www.infowars.com /print/bb/wearable_blackbox.htm   (427 words)

  
 North Dakota Limits Use of Black Boxes By Insurers
After the vote, insurance industry groups said they believe North Dakota is the first state bar the use of the "fl box" information to set rates.
"Black boxes" are now installed in every GM car in the company line since the 2004 model year.
The agency emphasized in a recent notice that it is not mandating "fl boxes" despite growing pressure.
www.consumeraffairs.com /news04/2005/black_box.html   (787 words)

  
 FUTURE VIDEO ACCIDENT RECORDER
The discussion of the structure of the combi recorder is dealt with in the section of this paper entitled "The Future Flight Recorder".
The resultant recording is effectively to turn the video sequence into a series of still pictures, showing the fine detail of the scene, more akin to using a 35mm camera with autowind, than to traditional movie film photography.
This recorder will be digital solid state, for the reasons already discussed, and will need to satisfy the recording requirements for all air accident needs.
www.ntsb.gov /events/symp_rec/proceedings/authors/horne.htm   (3435 words)

  
 Black Box Recorder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Black Box Recorder's approach is so low-key that you might want to listen to England Made Me with a cup of coffee nearby.
The latest project by the Auteurs' Luke Haines (who most recently masterminded 1996's creepy, funky Baader Meinhoff) is more often than not almost painfully understated, marked by a crisp, spacious sound but not a whole lot of inspiration.
Black Box Recorder just can't get up the energy to meet the challenge of their own songs.
bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/99/07/08/OTR/BLACK_BOX_RECORDER.html   (214 words)

  
 Black box recorder? - NSX Prime
Airbag deployment requires constant recording of approximately the previous 5 seconds....without *recording* speed, brake pedal, throttle position, crash sensors, seat-belt and maybe TCS/ABS info...otherwise, the SRS computer would have no way to know when to deploy the airbags.
Lamborghini introduced the use of fl boxes to their vehicles in the 2002 Murcielago.
Black boxes typically infer OEM on-board data logging/recorder of some sort, as would be found in newer GM vehicles for example.
www.nsxprime.com /forums/showthread.php?t=74504   (1868 words)

  
 Black Box Recorder - Passionoia
In a way, it's hard to believe Black Box Recorder are still a going concern; this is now their third full album of that peculiar genre known as posh synth-pop.
Yet behind her are the instrumentalists, one of whom, Luke Haines was the leader of the critically adored The Auteurs.
Yet despite these humorous asides it is hard to think of Black Box Recorder as anything more than a novelty act which has perhaps now run its course.
www.leonardslair.co.uk /passionoia.htm   (210 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Passionoia: Music: Black Box Recorder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Like REM, Black Box Recorder seem to have a tradition of not having the lyrics in their album inlays.
I had to print the lyrics for their two previous albums off of the Internet, but I can't seem to find the full lyrics for this new album which is really a shame because lyrics are essential with this band.
Passionoia is pretty similar to Black Box Recorder's previous album, The Facts Of Life, so if you enjoyed it you'll love this.
www.amazon.com /Passionoia-Black-Box-Recorder/dp/B0000AYL46   (674 words)

  
 9/11 "black box" cover-up at Ground Zero?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The “fl boxes” - actually orange - could have provided valuable new information about the worst terror attack to ever take place on American soil.
The cockpit voice recorder uses two microphones to capture the sounds of the cockpit for the last 30 minutes of a doomed flight on a tape loop.
At one point, Bellone said he observed the team with a box that appeared charred but was redish-orange with two white stripes.
www.prisonplanet.com /articles/october2004/281004blackbox.htm   (1001 words)

  
 Kofi's black box syndrome
Beissel, the UN official who took receipt of a fl box flight data recorder from a downed 1994 aircraft, unearthed a decade later in a locked file cabinet in Kofi Annan’s Peacekeeping Department, departed the scene following a highly publicized clash with the UN staff union.
Within the space of days after denying its existence, Eckhard was backtracking and ready to admit that a fl box had indeed been found in Annan’s locked file cabinet.
The recorder is believed to be the one from the fatal 1994 plane crash that killed the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi, leading to large-scale massacres in Africa, which the UN estimates killed more than 600,000 people.
www.canadafreepress.com /2004/cover112204.htm   (538 words)

  
 Cheap car cover from Big Brother; Insurer uses black-box-recorder Sunday Herald, The - Find Articles
The pilot exercise involves signing up 5000 existing customers to the scheme and kitting their cars out with a fl box capable of tracking precisely where, when and how often they drive their vehicle.
The fl box contains an electronic device which picks up a satellite signal, allowing the car to be tracked.
But a range of affinity groups, trade unions and professional bodies now provide a homespun contract, which may be worth investigating.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20030316/ai_n12580936   (911 words)

  
 The Auteurs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Haines then went on to release an eponymous record under the name Baader Meinhof about the Baader Meinhof terrorist organisation that same year, although the sound was not a million miles away from The Auteurs (but with a rather peculiar funk influence).
Haines also worked as one third of the art-pop band Black Box Recorder, and in 2001 released the soundtrack album to the film Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry rapidly followed by his first solo album proper, The Oliver Twist Manifesto.
It features a vocal performance by Sarah Nixey of Black Box Recorder singing a version of Japan's Ghosts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Auteurs   (604 words)

  
 Car's black box convicts dangerous driver
The data recorder, also known as a fl box, records the last few seconds of driving before a car's air bag deploys.
In an accident in 2001 in Montreal, the fl box in Eric Gauthier's car proved that he was driving 131 km/h in a 50 km/h zone when his vehicle hit Yacine Zinet's car, killing him and injuring a passenger.
The fl box in Gauthier's Pontiac Sunfire indicated he was driving more than 130 km/h, almost three times the speed limit.
www.cbc.ca /canada/story/2004/04/14/blackbox_20040414.html   (1145 words)

  
 Big Brother May Be Your Co-Pilot
If you drive a late model car or truck, chances are that somewhere under the hood is a "fl box," much like the ones on airliners that record data and shed light on why crashes occur.
The devices, known as event data recorders, or EDRs, connect to a vehicle's air-bag system and are capable of detecting a variety of information like whether the driver was wearing a seat belt, how fast the vehicle was moving and how the brakes were applied.
Government engineers say they aren't interested in using the fl box data to determine who was at fault in a crash, they just want to build safer cars.
www.consumeraffairs.com /news04/nhtsa_black_boxes.html   (650 words)

  
 Splendid E-zine reviews: Black Box Recorder
But when I listen to Haines' early work, it's now clear that there was something missing: the haunting voice of Black Box Recorder vocalist Miss Sarah Nixey.
Now, after appearing on countless British end-of-the-year-best-of lists, Black Box Recorder's sophomore effort is finally seeing the light of Stateside day.
While The Facts of Life probably won't catapult Black Box Recorder to the level of Stateside success experienced by Coldplay and Travis, it is certainly a release worthy of your undivided attention.
www.splendidezine.com /reviews/mar-26-01/black.html   (390 words)

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