I see the whole thing like; someone tapping into all your phone calls at the exchange, noting down everything you say, and midway through your conversation with someone else butting and offering phone sales.
God it's sickening! BT can tap into phone calls, but only a few. With the Internet it's like they are tapping into everyone's phone calls. Ugh!
Yes they do. I have a Blueray drive and HDCP is recognised by my Fujitsu plasma. IIRC HDCP is not allowed to be touched by software, it is done by hardware directly.
Dear Americans, the parent of this post has linked to a normal tackle in a sport called rugby. <br><br>What looses me is, why do americans have to wear padding? Why do they run 5m, and stop for 10 minutes?
Neve and Universal Audio mastering consoles can come with an iPod emulator headphone socket. They basically have the same DtoA and preamps as iPods.
Mastering of music always follows market demands. Pre 70's was tine 3 inch or 6 inch paper cones, 80's was ghetto blasters, 90's was tape/minidisc, today it is MP3 players.
Yeah sure, but after you install AVG, ZA and Spybot your system performs like an ass. Really, on a Mac you do not need those, so you do not get that performance loss.
Most users are not capable of making sure these things are up-to-date and run on a regular basis. I have installed these software on many machines and they never use them or end up uninstalled as they find them annoying.
This is one of the main topics I tell people who are after a new computer when I mention Apple. I know of three close friends who have thanked me to the ground for making them buy an Apple machine because they do not have to tip-toe everywhere over security. It just works.
Almost all review swag I used to keep, from vapourware under NDA to released products. Products such s motherboards, cases, CPU's, video cards, RAM etc I would just keep for later reviews, or make to some good use.
I remember NVIDIA sending five GeForce 4 cards when they were vapourware to the public so we could overclock them to smithereens. Of which, two died and the other two made up machines from other review equipment that was kept.
Yes, when purchasing an iPhone you are under no obligation to sign a contract.
What Apple want is for the customer to own the phone and not the service provider. Steve Jobs said many times he wishes to change the business models of mobile phone service providers where they provide the service, and the customer owns the device (iPhone). Now this is where it gets into a dodgy area in the UK. Contract phones are locked in the UK because the device is owned by the service provider until x amount of payments are made - payments that cover the subsidy costs. Because the service provider owns the device, they can do whatever they want to your phone; they can lock it to their network, block the phone, or even take it off you. The contract will state this, and if you want the device to be unlocked the contract will have to be terminated, you will have to pay all the payments for the term of the contract (to cover the subsidy). When the contract ends, the service provider will usually give the ownership of the phone to the customer, so if the customer wishes they could unlock their phone, a small and reasonable administrative charge may be made (£15 is what O2 charges). Now, the iPhone is not owned by service provider, with what OfCOM have stated (telephones must be unlocked on request and small admin fee may be charged), the iPhone should be allowed to be unlocked from day one of ownership. O2 are stating you will not be allowed to unlock the phone for 9 months and doing so will terminate the contract so the rest of the last 9 months contract will have to paid off, however the phone is not owned by O2 in any way, so what they are doing is going against what OfCOM have said. 'Yeah what contract, there was no contract when I bought the phone' will be in my head when it is launched. I have asked at three O2 stores and they have confirmed the iPhone will not be owned by O2 however their HQ is pushing for the iPhone to not be unlocked. One stored offered to unlock it, but do not know of any means to at the moment. I will stay with O2 but do not want that awful contract they offer for the iPhone, I get a better offer on PAYG. Notice the contract is "for the iPhone" and not "with the iPhone". The O2 stores believe a PAYG method will be available just like AT&T if you have a poor credit rating. I asked I could have the PAYG and they said yes if it is offered as they cannot say no because it would break discrimination laws. If PAYG is offered, they for sure cannot keep you locked in. You do pay full whack for the iPhone, they have a nice table that was printed that states how much each handset will cost on certain contracts, the iPhone was listed and it said, "£269. (none subsidised)".
I just can't wait for OfCOM to get their hands on Apple when the iPhone launches in the UK. I know I will be the first to complete a complaints for to them on the day of the release.
This seems to have hit the USA a lot later than the UK. I live in Birmingham, Great Britons second city, and there is quite literally a zero tolerance to photos. I myself have been stopped by the police and had my film taken away and asked for images to be removed from my digital camera. You have to apply for a permit from both the police and the council. I have applied for a permit in the past for video i had to do for university, it took three weeks to process. I have also seen a tourist get arrested for taking images of the city council house. I was told it comes under anti terror, human rights and data protection acts. They wanted to give me a formal caution, but I refused. A caution in the UK can be given out and it would be on your criminal record. Normally if you refuse a caution such as being drunk, the police let you go as its too much of bureaucratic hassle.
Movies are shot at 24fps, PAL/European HDTV at 25fps (50i or 25p), NTSC/American HDTV ~30fps (60i or 30p). For PAL, movies are speeded up by 4%, for NTSC at 30fps a 3:2 pulldown process has to be used.
People complain that 3:2 causes judder, yes to some extent, but the original content suffers from judder also. Judder is a problem with 24fps, the cinematographer has to follow pan tables (it states how fast to pan when using a lens at x focal length and shutter speed) to avoid judder. Judder is also problem with progressive HDTV. Most TV camera operators do not have experience with film, and are used to the 50i/60i video style. They film, pan the image and judder is seen. Also, judder is more noticeable with higher resolution images and small depth of field produced by HD cameras having a small sensor (compared to 35mm of a movie camera).
That's why we have MP4, so you can strap DRM onto the content, and make it cross platform.
Microsoft may be the "flavour-of-the-week" as they break every anti-trust, competition and price fixing laws and offer these large corporations incentives elsewhere. Makes you wonder.
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You know we wont know 'til the day Steve Jobs announces it. I'm guessing it will be a while.
I see the whole thing like; someone tapping into all your phone calls at the exchange, noting down everything you say, and midway through your conversation with someone else butting and offering phone sales.
God it's sickening! BT can tap into phone calls, but only a few. With the Internet it's like they are tapping into everyone's phone calls. Ugh!
Whatever happened to water wheels? We have been using them for thousands of years.
Yes they do. I have a Blueray drive and HDCP is recognised by my Fujitsu plasma. IIRC HDCP is not allowed to be touched by software, it is done by hardware directly.
Dear Americans, the parent of this post has linked to a normal tackle in a sport called rugby.
<br><br>What looses me is, why do americans have to wear padding? Why do they run 5m, and stop for 10 minutes?
Then think of how many languages are spoken in India, there are 22 official languages.
If other manufacturers were allowed, Apple has patents on multi-touch devices, this includes multi-touch monitors, trackpads and mobile devices.
Vista Speed.
I'll get my coat.
http://www.2-popforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72268 It was the third hit on Google for reverse coil guys.
Google 'reverse coil' or 'overhand coil'. Wires tangle because people do not know how to coil them up correctly.
Neve and Universal Audio mastering consoles can come with an iPod emulator headphone socket. They basically have the same DtoA and preamps as iPods.
Mastering of music always follows market demands. Pre 70's was tine 3 inch or 6 inch paper cones, 80's was ghetto blasters, 90's was tape/minidisc, today it is MP3 players.
Yeah sure, but after you install AVG, ZA and Spybot your system performs like an ass. Really, on a Mac you do not need those, so you do not get that performance loss.
Most users are not capable of making sure these things are up-to-date and run on a regular basis. I have installed these software on many machines and they never use them or end up uninstalled as they find them annoying.
This is one of the main topics I tell people who are after a new computer when I mention Apple. I know of three close friends who have thanked me to the ground for making them buy an Apple machine because they do not have to tip-toe everywhere over security. It just works.
My own Camino using mtune=nocona and mssse3 flags:
Total: 7171.4ms +/- 0.4%
http://webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider-results.html?%7B%223d-cube%22:%5B358,351,350,355,353%5D,%223d-morph%22:%5B573,574,574,567,575%5D,%223d-raytrace%22:%5B253,252,249,251,251%5D,%22access-binary-trees%22:%5B124,117,121,121,122%5D,%22access-fannkuch%22:%5B371,372,377,375,377%5D,%22access-nbody%22:%5B354,348,352,353,351%5D,%22access-nsieve%22:%5B162,160,168,158,157%5D,%22bitops-3bit-bits-in-byte%22:%5B160,157,158,156,155%5D,%22bitops-bits-in-byte%22:%5B168,168,167,166,169%5D,%22bitops-bitwise-and%22:%5B619,609,570,576,570%5D,%22bitops-nsieve-bits%22:%5B194,195,195,193,194%5D,%22controlflow-recursive%22:%5B80,77,79,74,75%5D,%22crypto-aes%22:%5B216,219,220,218,219%5D,%22crypto-md5%22:%5B115,115,115,112,117%5D,%22crypto-sha1%22:%5B127,127,126,129,126%5D,%22date-format-tofte%22:%5B355,364,362,360,361%5D,%22date-format-xparb%22:%5B212,213,209,210,206%5D,%22math-cordic%22:%5B339,331,336,342,341%5D,%22math-partial-sums%22:%5B313,293,301,310,313%5D,%22math-spectral-norm%22:%5B153,154,157,158,156%5D,%22regexp-dna%22:%5B357,368,364,363,364%5D,%22string-base64%22:%5B340,328,336,334,341%5D,%22string-fasta%22:%5B359,360,357,360,358%5D,%22string-tagcloud%22:%5B255,255,257,258,256%5D,%22string-unpack-code%22:%5B489,489,487,492,486%5D,%22string-validate-input%22:%5B165,171,173,167,168%5D%7D
Standard Camino 2.0alpha from today:
Total: 8211.6ms +/- 0.3%
http://webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider-results.html?{%223d-cube%22:[449,423,421,438,425],%223d-morph%22:[707,700,693,696,691],%223d-raytrace%22:[302,298,298,284,296],%22access-binary-trees%22:[124,125,124,132,124],%22access-fannkuch%22:[425,425,425,423,425],%22access-nbody%22:[538,518,517,527,525],%22access-nsieve%22:[179,172,173,172,172],%22bitops-3bit-bits-in-byte%22:[183,180,184,183,181],%22bitops-bits-in-byte%22:[189,191,187,189,190],%22bitops-bitwise-and%22:[687,704,728,719,702],%22bitops-nsieve-bits%22:[226,221,224,223,222],%22controlflow-recursive%22:[91,92,93,98,93],%22crypto-aes%22:[230,229,229,226,225],%22crypto-md5%22:[144,122,138,143,141],%22crypto-sha1%22:[140,140,131,131,130],%22date-format-tofte%22:[396,408,395,396,398],%22date-format-xparb%22:[220,221,234,216,222],%22math-cordic%22:[377,375,375,376,376],%22math-partial-sums%22:[387,389,396,398,393],%22math-spectral-norm%22:[173,170,172,170,174],%22regexp-dna%22:[392,393,393,391,388],%22string-base64%22:[366,365,355,363,361],%22string-fasta%22:[379,377,397,375,378],%22string-tagcloud%22:[276,293,277,291,296],%22string-unpack-code%22:[472,469,503,474,466],%22string-validate-input%22:[164,196,162,198,196]}
Both on a MBP 2.4GHz stock.
Do not forget Apple's own Logic Pro/Studio. Forget Cubase, if you are serious or professional you'll know it's a prosumer app.
Had a similar problem when BTInternet moved to Yahoo!. Took a month to get it fixed.
Nooo. What is rare is ours is made of edible cheese!
Get it right!
Off to a music event this week, everyone who attends the conference gets a free iPod 80GB supplied by Apple. Oh, and it's £80 for the conference.
Almost all review swag I used to keep, from vapourware under NDA to released products. Products such s motherboards, cases, CPU's, video cards, RAM etc I would just keep for later reviews, or make to some good use.
I remember NVIDIA sending five GeForce 4 cards when they were vapourware to the public so we could overclock them to smithereens. Of which, two died and the other two made up machines from other review equipment that was kept.
Yes, when purchasing an iPhone you are under no obligation to sign a contract.
What Apple want is for the customer to own the phone and not the service provider. Steve Jobs said many times he wishes to change the business models of mobile phone service providers where they provide the service, and the customer owns the device (iPhone). Now this is where it gets into a dodgy area in the UK. Contract phones are locked in the UK because the device is owned by the service provider until x amount of payments are made - payments that cover the subsidy costs. Because the service provider owns the device, they can do whatever they want to your phone; they can lock it to their network, block the phone, or even take it off you. The contract will state this, and if you want the device to be unlocked the contract will have to be terminated, you will have to pay all the payments for the term of the contract (to cover the subsidy). When the contract ends, the service provider will usually give the ownership of the phone to the customer, so if the customer wishes they could unlock their phone, a small and reasonable administrative charge may be made (£15 is what O2 charges). Now, the iPhone is not owned by service provider, with what OfCOM have stated (telephones must be unlocked on request and small admin fee may be charged), the iPhone should be allowed to be unlocked from day one of ownership. O2 are stating you will not be allowed to unlock the phone for 9 months and doing so will terminate the contract so the rest of the last 9 months contract will have to paid off, however the phone is not owned by O2 in any way, so what they are doing is going against what OfCOM have said. 'Yeah what contract, there was no contract when I bought the phone' will be in my head when it is launched. I have asked at three O2 stores and they have confirmed the iPhone will not be owned by O2 however their HQ is pushing for the iPhone to not be unlocked. One stored offered to unlock it, but do not know of any means to at the moment. I will stay with O2 but do not want that awful contract they offer for the iPhone, I get a better offer on PAYG. Notice the contract is "for the iPhone" and not "with the iPhone". The O2 stores believe a PAYG method will be available just like AT&T if you have a poor credit rating. I asked I could have the PAYG and they said yes if it is offered as they cannot say no because it would break discrimination laws. If PAYG is offered, they for sure cannot keep you locked in. You do pay full whack for the iPhone, they have a nice table that was printed that states how much each handset will cost on certain contracts, the iPhone was listed and it said, "£269. (none subsidised)".
I just can't wait for OfCOM to get their hands on Apple when the iPhone launches in the UK. I know I will be the first to complete a complaints for to them on the day of the release.
How is BSD dying when it is now on over 5% of the worlds machines?
This seems to have hit the USA a lot later than the UK. I live in Birmingham, Great Britons second city, and there is quite literally a zero tolerance to photos. I myself have been stopped by the police and had my film taken away and asked for images to be removed from my digital camera. You have to apply for a permit from both the police and the council. I have applied for a permit in the past for video i had to do for university, it took three weeks to process. I have also seen a tourist get arrested for taking images of the city council house. I was told it comes under anti terror, human rights and data protection acts. They wanted to give me a formal caution, but I refused. A caution in the UK can be given out and it would be on your criminal record. Normally if you refuse a caution such as being drunk, the police let you go as its too much of bureaucratic hassle.
So, the question is, when will the UK see a price cut in the PS3 of around 50%?
We pay £450 for the premium version, around $930!
Movies are shot at 24fps, PAL/European HDTV at 25fps (50i or 25p), NTSC/American HDTV ~30fps (60i or 30p). For PAL, movies are speeded up by 4%, for NTSC at 30fps a 3:2 pulldown process has to be used.
People complain that 3:2 causes judder, yes to some extent, but the original content suffers from judder also. Judder is a problem with 24fps, the cinematographer has to follow pan tables (it states how fast to pan when using a lens at x focal length and shutter speed) to avoid judder. Judder is also problem with progressive HDTV. Most TV camera operators do not have experience with film, and are used to the 50i/60i video style. They film, pan the image and judder is seen. Also, judder is more noticeable with higher resolution images and small depth of field produced by HD cameras having a small sensor (compared to 35mm of a movie camera).
That's why we have MP4, so you can strap DRM onto the content, and make it cross platform.
Microsoft may be the "flavour-of-the-week" as they break every anti-trust, competition and price fixing laws and offer these large corporations incentives elsewhere. Makes you wonder.