Goodness me. No instance of the dread initials DRM in the whole article (although admittedly "rights management" does get a single mention). Looking at the site (www.linkedcontentcoalition.org — which has a Flash entry page to show how clued-up they are about where content is consumed these days), in the 63 pages that Google hits, DRM appears just once, and that's in "scare quotes". I fear that, much as it might like to, the coalition cannot ignore or skirt this issue.
I often find myself telling francophone colleagues that they are "developing" stuff, not "elaborating" it. How can I convince them if people like Mr. Dover (think of those white cliffs, man!) come out with logorrhoea like this?
Ah. This would be the Public Key Infrastructure that's been proving so trustworthy of late, and which is likely to require that one has a live Internet connection before being signed off as a worthy viewer of whatever it is that is on the SD Card. So no viewing in planes or on my canal holidays, then.
The UK may not be missing much: it seems that a lot of hoop traversal is required before one can actually get hold of a something that is only a standard-resolution, application-specific, version of the HD content you paid for: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/11/your-movie-on-every-platform-sort-of-for-a-while-how-the-new-ultraviolet-drm-fails.ars
Kogan's blog references http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385346,00.asp, which ends by saying that, in most cases "there is absolutely no reason to spend more than $10 on an HDMI cable." Then there's Computer Shopper's take, at http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/home-entertainment/1282699/hdmi-investigated-are-expensive-cables-a-scam, which after going on about how much the oscilloscope it used to check the eye patterns cost, tabulates the results of blind tests in which 18 out of 30 panelists perceived no difference in video between cheap and expensive cables, with seven of the remainder preferring expensive and five cheap. (Results for audio were more polarised, with more people preferring cheap cables.)
Following the links that lead eventually to the long and creepy promotional video from GSMA Mobile Metrics, I'm glad I'm resident in a small market that's unlikely to be mined for this kind of information in the near future. Tinfoil hat owners in the UK (the lucky world premier recipients of such close scrutiny) may want to pay as much attention to hiding their phone's browser trail as they do to that of their PC...
The trouble with Dell kit is that, when it first comes out of engineering, the marketing department seems inclined to say "No. That's not ugly enough." Although, on a good day, they may say "No. That's not boring enough." It's when they say "edgy enough" or "cool enough" that one really has to get worried. And, as for "pink enough" ...
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Jumpcut
I'd be less productive without Jumpcut, "a minimalist clipboard manager", which remembers the last dozen or so cuts and copies. Plain text only, but that's good enough for me.
"Apple thinks an alternative browser would confuse users ..." Umm, just do a search on "web browser " in the App Store, and you'll hit dozens of the things. I use one, iCab Mobile, every day.
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I won't buy anything I can't rip
Goodness me. No instance of the dread initials DRM in the whole article (although admittedly "rights management" does get a single mention). Looking at the site (www.linkedcontentcoalition.org — which has a Flash entry page to show how clued-up they are about where content is consumed these days), in the 63 pages that Google hits, DRM appears just once, and that's in "scare quotes". I fear that, much as it might like to, the coalition cannot ignore or skirt this issue.
The app's fine without the BD …
… and rather better value.
Re: Well done them...
And well done Reg, for managing to get through a whole Apple piece without using any of "fanboi", "fondleslab", "fruity firm", or "Jesus mobe".
Re: there
Reminds me of the fountain built in the middle of the BBC Television Centre, hurriedly emptied forever after it flooded the technical areas below.
Pah, eurmbeurg
I often find myself telling francophone colleagues that they are "developing" stuff, not "elaborating" it. How can I convince them if people like Mr. Dover (think of those white cliffs, man!) come out with logorrhoea like this?
Based on PKI??
Ah. This would be the Public Key Infrastructure that's been proving so trustworthy of late, and which is likely to require that one has a live Internet connection before being signed off as a worthy viewer of whatever it is that is on the SD Card. So no viewing in planes or on my canal holidays, then.
Ugly
"The notion is that such tech will make slimline Ultrabooks with fewer ports than a full-size laptop more attractive."
(Examines linked article...)
Not with a wart like that on the side, they won't be.
What video?
"In the video..." Umm, what video? All I can see are NVIDEA ads (even in a totally untampered IE9
UltraViolet ultra tedious?
The UK may not be missing much: it seems that a lot of hoop traversal is required before one can actually get hold of a something that is only a standard-resolution, application-specific, version of the HD content you paid for: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/11/your-movie-on-every-platform-sort-of-for-a-while-how-the-new-ultraviolet-drm-fails.ars
Explicit proof. Probably.
Kogan's blog references http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385346,00.asp, which ends by saying that, in most cases "there is absolutely no reason to spend more than $10 on an HDMI cable." Then there's Computer Shopper's take, at http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/home-entertainment/1282699/hdmi-investigated-are-expensive-cables-a-scam, which after going on about how much the oscilloscope it used to check the eye patterns cost, tabulates the results of blind tests in which 18 out of 30 panelists perceived no difference in video between cheap and expensive cables, with seven of the remainder preferring expensive and five cheap. (Results for audio were more polarised, with more people preferring cheap cables.)
Caution. Sheep shearing in progress.
Following the links that lead eventually to the long and creepy promotional video from GSMA Mobile Metrics, I'm glad I'm resident in a small market that's unlikely to be mined for this kind of information in the near future. Tinfoil hat owners in the UK (the lucky world premier recipients of such close scrutiny) may want to pay as much attention to hiding their phone's browser trail as they do to that of their PC...
Design is dull or disastrous
The trouble with Dell kit is that, when it first comes out of engineering, the marketing department seems inclined to say "No. That's not ugly enough." Although, on a good day, they may say "No. That's not boring enough." It's when they say "edgy enough" or "cool enough" that one really has to get worried. And, as for "pink enough" ...
http://jumpcut.sourceforge.net
Jumpcut
I'd be less productive without Jumpcut, "a minimalist clipboard manager", which remembers the last dozen or so cuts and copies. Plain text only, but that's good enough for me.
Well, we must be very confused then
"Apple thinks an alternative browser would confuse users ..." Umm, just do a search on "web browser " in the App Store, and you'll hit dozens of the things. I use one, iCab Mobile, every day.