Normally I'd agree with you, that the established people are trying to crush competition, but I'm not sure it's a good idea to do eye tests with a smartphone app.
It's certainly not something I'd do.
The optician's tests do a lot more than just see whether you can focus right, the tests will give advance warning of conditions that will affect your eyesight.
I went to a Christmas do last week, and took my Fuji HS-10. I realised part way through I'd have been better off with my cheap Samsung compact. The compact would fit in a pocket so I wouldn't have to cart the case around, I didn't need the big zoom and there wasn't enough light for the high-speed video I wanted to try of the people dancing.
I've never been any good a photographing people, so the pictures are all rubbish anyway.
First of all, I'd love an FM (or DAB) receiver in my iPod Touch, but I'm not sure I want a law saying it has to be there.
It's the RIAA's position that confuses me. Didn't they come out and say that radio stations are basically pirates a while back? You'd think they'd be campaigning to get FM receivers banned not wanting more of them. Something fishy's going on.
My suspicion is this is about the number of receivers. Once all phones, MP3 players etc. have FM receivers, no-one needs to count them any more, you just take the total number of devices out there.
At some point, someone can then say "there are umpty-billion FM receivers, you owe us x cents per receiver for transmitting our content to them".
Alan.
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Normally I'd agree with you, that the established people are trying to crush competition, but I'm not sure it's a good idea to do eye tests with a smartphone app.
It's certainly not something I'd do.
The optician's tests do a lot more than just see whether you can focus right, the tests will give advance warning of conditions that will affect your eyesight.
Backed out the block
Looks like the block has been removed. My tablet is on a Three prepay SIM, and can get to the Pride's Purge site OK.
Thanks for the pointer to that site BTW, it's brilliant.
Backed out the block
Looks like the block has been removed. My tablet is on a Three prepay SIM, and can get to the Pride's Purge site OK.
Thanks for the pointer to that site BTW, it's brilliant.
Compacts dying - not for me
I went to a Christmas do last week, and took my Fuji HS-10. I realised part way through I'd have been better off with my cheap Samsung compact. The compact would fit in a pocket so I wouldn't have to cart the case around, I didn't need the big zoom and there wasn't enough light for the high-speed video I wanted to try of the people dancing.
I've never been any good a photographing people, so the pictures are all rubbish anyway.
All about numbers?
First of all, I'd love an FM (or DAB) receiver in my iPod Touch, but I'm not sure I want a law saying it has to be there.
It's the RIAA's position that confuses me. Didn't they come out and say that radio stations are basically pirates a while back? You'd think they'd be campaigning to get FM receivers banned not wanting more of them. Something fishy's going on.
My suspicion is this is about the number of receivers. Once all phones, MP3 players etc. have FM receivers, no-one needs to count them any more, you just take the total number of devices out there.
At some point, someone can then say "there are umpty-billion FM receivers, you owe us x cents per receiver for transmitting our content to them".
Alan.