Comment Re:Make sure it has s-video output (Score 1) 201
No, even VHS records them separately. It's just that S-VHS decks not only have better comb filters but provide access to the separated signal paths (S-video).
No, even VHS records them separately. It's just that S-VHS decks not only have better comb filters but provide access to the separated signal paths (S-video).
DropBox expects an internet connection - it simply doesn't work _at all_ without that. Or at least, it did when I looked at it for my WiFi-only tablet. This was not a good user experience.
Ubuntu One does not expect an Internet connection. Instead it caches all the meta-data; you only need an Internet connection to actually get a file or send an update. Much better user experience.
DropBox, by design, expects an internet connection to work. Ubuntu One does not, except to actually transfer an update, because it caches the meta data. This is a _major_ usability improvement on a tablet that is WiFi-only, for instance.
It's cheaper for Apple to change that law than to provide repairs.
It's more profitable for the lawmakers to change that law than to force Apple to provide repairs.
Therefore, the law will be changed.
Capitalist Oligarchy 101.
Apple is far from the only company affected by stronger consumer protection laws. I doubt they are even the largest company. And it is an area of law they cannot ignore because the regulator has teeth, which is what the top story is all about. Consumer advocate groups have been campaigning for a long time about these rights. If Apple tried to Make Them Go Away, they would find themselves in quite a lot more hot water.
The correct solution, of course, is for them to make sure their products are actually made to last the typical lifetime people expect from them. Which is exactly what the latest consumer protection laws are designed to encourage.
Wade.
Indeed. I don't know what they'll be using in Australia, but here in the US, 8-vsb transmits 1 error correction bit for every 2 data bits. I live in a small town in a valley that's 30 miles from the nearest television transmitter.
Australia uses DVB-T which has different propagation characteristics than 8VSB. DVB-T makes it easier to do SFN (single frequency network) because it resists multi-path interference (ghosting in the analogue world) better whilst 8VSB has a better power dispersal profile, which means larger coverage areas from one antenna.
Adobe's Integrated Runtime. Putting aside the problem that Adobe was behind it, this was actually a truly good platform. Apps could be written with any mix of HTML, JS, CSS and/or Flash (put aside your complaints about that, too, for the moment). And best of all: it was genuinely cross-platform. The
Of course, the sheer problem that it was Adobe behind it served to undermine its power. I reckon Google are right on the edge of that problem with Chrome. For one thing, it actually doesn't have very many options for controlling privacy. For another, it encourages people to sign-in to their Google account. And Google's own websites are targetted for Chrome first and fixed for other browsers later (maybe). Yet they have spurred on significant advances in browser developments. And there are still a lot of programmers who would like to build a local app but only know browser-based programming.
No amount of genius can overcome a preoccupation with detail.
