This post on Jon Lech Johansen’s blog (AKA DVD John), just about sums Apple up.
“It’s evident that Apple is well on its way to become one of the most consumer hostile tech companies”
And as I say myself, Apple, built by wankers, for wankers. Although I can’t confirm that any staff member at Apple is a wanker, the behavior of Apple stands for itself.
Billion have updated the firmware on the BIPAC-7402VGO.
Version: V5.52h1 (12th of September, 2007)
New Features:
Improvements:
Bugs Fixed:
Known Issues:
Version: V5.52h (17th of August, 2007)
New Features:
Improvements:
Bugs Fixed:
Known Issues:
Screen Size Chart
Screen Resolution Standards
This has been totally pissing me off trying to find detailed info on Voice Frame Size in VoIP applications.
Audio is encoded in increments called frames, with the typical frame size being 10ms. Hence the packet size, or number of frames per packet, is a measure of how much audio is sent in each IP packet. Experience has shown that a 20-ms packet is a good compromise between audio quality and bandwidth consumption. Reducing to 10ms doubles the number of packets put onto the network, but only 10ms of audio can be lost when a packet fails to reach its destination or arrives out of order. Going beyond 20ms reduces the number of packets put onto the network, but there is greater potential for poor voice quality when there is high network loss.
I’m sick of looking this up so I think I’ll post it here so next time it’s easy to find. This is how you change the system time on an NEC Xen Topaz phone system (PABX).
Press SPK
Dial 828
Dial two digits for the hour
Dial two digits for the minutes (00-60) in 24 hour time
Press SPK to hang up
Now while I’m not a tree huger, any chance to bring Apple down a peg is just cool.
The above little chart is a graphic display of just how green some electronics companies are. Apple a company of basically hippies and people who you would think are environmentally aware don’t do very well now do they.
So to all you self righteous Apple users out there I give you the one finger solute.
As soon as I seen this on X-Bit Labs, the only thing I could think was WTF.
“Advanced Micro Devices, who has been withdrawing from all the everywhere, except the x86 microprocessor market, may enter several new markets at once, if it acquires ATI Technologies, the world?s leading supplier of standalone graphics chips, as the rumors suggest.”
Music fans will be able to legally record their CD collections onto iPods and MP3 players under a raft of proposed changes to Australian Federal Government copyright laws.
Taping TV and radio programs and using copyright material for parody or satire will also be legalised as part of the reforms.
And in a move expected to be welcomed by artists, the Government plans to introduce new enforcement measures to combat piracy.
The changes are part of a major overhaul of copyright laws to be announced today by Attorney-General Philip Ruddock in response to millions of Australians who effectively break the law every time they reproduce copyright material for personal use.
The key changes relate to the recording of copyright material from CDs, audio tapes or vinyl records onto an MP3 player or home computer.
Under existing laws, people copying material risked being sued by the copyright owner.
For someone who had copied their entire CD collection onto an MP3 player, the damages could, theoretically, be in the thousands.
The reforms will also mean people can legally dub old VHS cassettes onto a DVD. However, the Government is still reviewing whether to extend the exemption to recording DVDs onto other devices.
Other exemptions will relate to the use of copyright material for non-commercial purposes by schools, universities and libraries.
The Government wants to crack down on those who are using the material to make a profit or causing significant losses by distributing other people’s property.
The new penalties will include on-the-spot fines, while the Government will also make it easier to establish copyright piracy in legal cases.
After looking through Wired the other day I seen an artical on Weird USB Devices I came accross USB Barbie. Look she now isn’t a brianless blond anymore, she can now store your files.
Originally from Its my new Barbie USB Drive