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About our Team:
Hello all, thank you for dropping a look
into this chapter of the site.
 Nada
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Samer
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 :Hi all
members and visitors!
My Name is Nada and I am the PR of the Arames Design
Team. I studies for 2 years English and Frensh language before joining "Al
Wafy" Company in Germany where I worked for 3 years.
Since 03/01/2002 , I am working by Arames Team, I hope
that we will bring this site and company forwards.
If you have any question or comments please contact me at
anytime under nada@arabiatarab.com
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 Well about me, my name is Samer and I am
born on the 25.02.78, nowadays, I am working on my Master for Computer Science in Berlin
Germany ( I am in my last year though).
I Finished Bacchalor
of Science in Civil Engineer in
2001 ( Berlin Technical Universtiy). Another photo with glasses
here,
Photo of me and
Wael Kfouri New, or old photo
here
I hope you will enjoy your time on our site!
Have any problems with the site?
admin@arabiatarab.com
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How the whole idea started
My first computer was an Commodore 64 (I still remember that one), and
since then I have been fascinated in computers and kept on upgrading. By
the internet coming to the world, I have even spent more time on the
computer in general. Once, I was trying to find some good arabic sites in
1998, and to tell you the truth, it was really hard
finding any good sites, I had to search for ages in serach engines.... So I had this small idea, to make
a site with just "links" on it, this way I hoped
that everybody who was looking for arabic sites could find them in my
links site and therefor don't have to spend hours seraching and
searching... I even hosted it on AOL and started to
become some more visitors.
1998 December- My small links site has reached the 50 visitors
which were mostly invited by me ( I used to send a lot of emails to
friends telling them to come and visit it, haha...)
1999 February- I have added over 300 Links, plus a German
category (still hosting on AOL)
1999 April- I have added more tools and joined some good banner
exchange, the site has reached the 1200 visitors.
1999 Mai- After a hard month of exams, I came back to work on my
site after receiving sooooooo many emails from people thanking me
1999 June- There are no Arabic Webmaster sites on the internet!
I have just realized that! so I started to build some more tools for arabic webmaster ( I am hosting now on FreeCity.com )
1999 August- I am back from the USA where I have spent some time
and learned more about Flash, I have added some flash to my site, plus
over 50 full versions softwares.
1999 November- I have bought my first domain name
"gentelsam.com" , well the name comes from being a gentleman and my name
samer so gentelsam... Hope you liked it
1999 December- Over 10000 visitors to our new domain now. I am
feeling really happy now!
2000 February- I got some emails asking me to add more arabic
music to my site, which I am doing.
2000 March- I have just decided to make a site to my favourite
singer Wael Kfouri ( there is not 1 site about him). I called the site
http://www.WaelKfouri.cjb.net
2000 Mai- I have learned a lot, a lot about HTML now and started
to make more interactive sites ( the domain now has over 20 sites on it)
2000 September- Back from vacation again, the site has been
really down a long time and the music files I used to have Online don't
exist anymore... I have to work on all the songs again... this is so much
work...
2000 December- I am joining more German webmaster community and
we are sharing some tips. Still working on Wael Kfouri Site (adding more
photos, mp3...)
2001 February- http://gentelsam.com site is now in almost every search
engine to be listed in the top 20
2001 March- Oh nooooo! the music files are down again! This time
I am going to stop linking to other music sites ( they keep closing...)
2001 April- Bought a new domain
called Arames.com ( Arames comes from the word Arame which was the
FIRST arabic king to be mentioned in the holy bible. And then they called
all the arabic kings that wanted to follow his steps the "Arames".
Plus a very nice story is that my grandfather used to have an arabic
newspaper back in 1924 and he called it Arames, so I chose to follow his
steps and called my site www.arames.com),
hope you like the name. In Arabic
آرام بن سام بن نوح :
أبو الشعوب الآرامية الذين استوطنوا بلاد ما بين النهرين، زالت ممالكهم على
أيدي الآشوريين سنة 734 ق.م ، وتعددت لهجات لغتهم ومنها اللهجة المعروفة حتى
يومنا في معلولا وقرى القلمون في سورية
2001 Mai- Working on the webmaster tools, and adding more
softwares to our software page. We have now round 200 visitors daily.
Opened a new Top Sites for Webmaster and called it
http://awael.arames.com ( Awael
Sites)
2001 June- My site for Wael Kfouri is a real big hit now and has
round 5000 visitors every month! I am working on ArabiaTarab Site which I
hope will be a big big project!
2001 July- Opened a new Site called
http://www.arabic-web.de , the site
has meanly politics news, chat rooms, cards and more..
2001 August- Our Awael Top Site has a very high reach of
Webmasters ( round 100 sites in it!!!), and opening of a new Era in Banner
Exchange called
http://www.arames.com/bannerex/
2001 September- The webmaster tools site is really having a big
success ( even bigger then I thought, hmmm... I hope it will always remain
like this). I am working now harder on ArabiaTarab.com site after this
success on of Awael Community ( over 300 webmaster have joined, this makes
us the number 1 arabic webmaster community on the web)
2001 October- New opening of Wael Kfouri site under
http://www.arames.com/wael/ as
well as our new forum has gained more attention from members
http://forum.arames.com.
We are still working on the Radio Stations...
2001 November- This is my 5 months that I am working on
ArabiaTarab, I really hope people will like the site...Opening
of a new Store Called The ArabiaTarab Stars Store,
you can now just add the photo of your favorit arabic star on it , upload
it and order it. I think this is just great, you can have all the
T-shirts, Mugs, Mousepads, Hats and stuff with your own favorite photos...
I have even ordered some to try them if they are really as good as they
say. 4 days later, I have received the 1 T-Shirt, 1 Mug, 1 Hat, and 1
Mousepad, they look great, I have uploaded the photo of ArabiaTarab on
them. You can take a look at them here.
Here are some friends that help me build this
site.
My deepest thank to you, without you I would have given up early for
sure. Thank you for all the good tips, photos, graphics, softwares,
design, news...... and everything you did.
Work: Graphic Designer
Name:Osama
Date of birth:1967
Martial status:Single
Nationality:Syrian
Local Address: Abu Dhabi
Contact:mesalatie-osama@lycos.com
Work Experience:1998 Up till Now
U.A.E. Equestrian and Racing Federation.Position:
Media and Publicity Department,
Position: Graphic Designer
Job Responsibilities
Handling All Graphic Design Works for The Federation's Puplications
Such As: The Federation's Quarterly Magazine (AL ASAYLE)- Posters-
Stickers- Logos- Advertisements
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ABOUT
DIGITAL DIGEST RECORDS
1841 Augustin-Louis Cauchy Proposes a Sampling Theorem.
1842 Charles Babbage Proposes analytical engine for performing and storing
calculations.
1854 George Boole publishes "An Investigation Into the Laws of Thought." A book that contained, among other things, theories that were later used to build digital
circuits.
1855 Leon Scott de Martinville invents the phonoautograph, a machine that records vibrations on a carbonized paper
cylinder.
1876 Alexander Graham Bell introduces the telephone
1877 Thomas Edison invents the phonograph while trying to invent a device that would record and repeat telegraphic signals
(digital)
1887 Emily Berliner replaces Edison's wax cylinder phonograph with the audio disc.
1915 78 R.P.M records introduced
1922 J.R. Carson examines the idea of time sampling for communications
1928 Harry Nyquiest publishes "Certain Topics in Telegraph Transmission Theory." His theory contained proof that the technology used in todays audio cd's could work.
33 1/3 Records Introduced
1937 A. Reeves invents pulse code modulation (PCM), a technology used by computers and CD's for audio in the present day.
H. Aiken from Harvard approaches IBM and proposes a electrical computing machine.
1943 The U.S. Army turns on the first computer (ENIAC) at the University of Pennsylvania.
1947 Magnetic Tape Recorders hit the U.S. market.
1948 The transistor is invented by Bell Laboratories. Claude E. Shannon publishes "A Mathematical Theory of Communication." -- Yet another important development for theories used in CD technology
1949 45 rpm records hit the U.S. market, thanks to microgroove technology.
1950 Richard W. Hamming publishes information about error detection/correction codes. It would be impossible for CD's to work without error correction.
1958 Invention of the Laser. Stereo LP's produced. Integrated Circuit introduced by Texas Instruments
1960 Computer Music experiments take place at major laboratories.
I.S. Reed and G. Soloman publish information on multiple error correction codes. These come to be known as the "Reed-Solomon" Codes which are the codes used for enconding and reading CD's.
Working Laser produced.
1967 NHK Technical Research Institute demonstrates a 12-bit PCM digital audio recorder with a 30 kHz (30,000 times per second) sampling rate. The digital recording goes onto a high-grade video tape.
1969 Sony introduces it's 13-bit PCM digital recorder at a 47.25 kHz (47,250 time per second) sampling rate. The digital recording is sent to a 2" video tape.
Klass Compaan, a Dutch physicist comes up with the idea for the Compact Disc.
1970 At Philips, Compaan and Pete Kramer complete a glass disc prototype and determine that a laser will be needed to read the information.
1971 Microprocessor produced by Intel Digital Delay line used by BBC's studios (first digital audio device).
1972 Compaan and Kramer produce color prototype of this new compact disc technology
1973 BBC and other broadcast companies start installing digital recorders for master
recordings.
1977 Mitsubishi, Hitachi & Sony show digital audio disc prototypes at the Tokyo Audio Fair.
JVC Develops Digital Audio Process
1978 Philips releases the video disc player
Sony sells the PCM-1600 and PCM-1 (digital audio processors)
"Digital Audio Disc Convention" Held in Tokyo, Japan with 35 different manufacturers.
Philips proposes that a worldwide standard be set.
Polygram (division of Philips) determined that polycarbonate would be the best material for the CD.
Decision made for data on a CD to start on the inside and spiral towards the outer edge.
Disc diameter originally set at 115mm.Type of laser selected for CD Players.
1979 Prototype CD System demonstrated in Europe and Japan. Sony agrees to join in collaboration.
Sony & Philips compromise on the standard sampling rate of a CD -- 44.1 kHz (44,100 samples per second)
Philips accepts Sony's proposal for 16-bit audio. Reed-Solomon code adopted after Sony's suggestion.
Maximum playing time decided to be slighty more that 74 minutes. Disc diameter changed to 120mm to allow for 74 minutes of 16-bit stereo sound with a sample rate of 44.1 kHz
1980 Compact Disc standard proposed by Philips & Sony.
1981 Matsushita accepts Compact Disc Standard Digital Audio Disc Committee also accepts Compact Disc Standard.
Sharp achieves production of semiconductor laser. Philips & Sony collaboration ends.
1982 Sony & Philips both have product ready to go. Compact Disc Technology is introduced to Europe and Japan in the fall.
1983 Compact Disc Technology is introduced in the United States in the spring
The Compact Disc Group formed to help market. CD-ROM Protoypes shown to public
30,000 Players sold in the U.S. 800,000 CD's sold in the U.S.
1984 Second Generation & Car CD players
introducted. First Mass Replication Plant in the United States built. Portable (i.e., Sony DiscMan) CD Players sold.
1985 Third generation CD Players released. CD-ROM drives hit the computer market.
1986 CD-I (Interactive CD) concept created. 3 Million Players sold in U.S.
53 Million CD's sold in U.S.
1987 Video CD format created. Allen Adkins of Optical Media International joins with SonoPress in Amsterdam and demonstrates a desktop system for pre-mastering CD's (Adkins and SonoPress, produced a replicated CD in less than
24-hours using this system).
1988 CD-Recordable Disc/Recorder Technology Introduced
1990 28% of all U.S. households have CD's.
9.2 million players sold annually in the United States. 288 million CD's sold annually in the United States.
World Sales close to 1 Billion
1991 CD-I format acheived. CD-Recordable Introduced to the Market
"QuickTopix" the first CD-R pre-mastering Software introduced by Allen Adkins.
1992 CD-R Sales reach 200,000
1996 DVD Technology Introduced. Prices of Recorders and CD-R Media go down significantly.
High Demands cause World-Wide CD-R Media Shortage.
1997 DVD Released. DVD Players/Movies hit consumer market. DVD-R standard created (3.9 Gig).
Mitsui builds it's first CD-R production plant in the U.S. World-wide shortage ends.
Price of CD-R media lower than ever imagined.
1998 DVD-RAM, DVD-Recordable systems/equipment hits market. DVD-Video/ROM authoring tools hits the market.
CD-R prices continue to drop.
1999 DVD-Video Becomes main stream. Consumers begin purchasing DVD Players & Movies on a mass level.
Most major film studios have titles on DVD. DIVX Dies (DIgital Video
eXpress). Second Generation DVD Burners. 4.7 Gig DVD-R Media Developed.
1999
July- DVD Digest officially opened. This site featured many of the
contents of the current DVD Digest. On this day, more than 2000 unique
visitors visited DVD Digest, making it one of the biggest DVD sites at
that time.
This
text was originally published as a supplement of Arames.com
October 2001
'Arames.com holds publishing rights of ArabiaTarab Int.'.
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