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Old January 3rd, 2008, 02:15 PM
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On a slight tangent, there seem to be a few permissions-related quirks that I'd like to see ironed out ....... Maybe I'm misunderstanding this, but it feels either buggy or else counter-intuitive. Also, I've recently had to use the Terminal to change permissions for a file ...........
During a nerd moment, I decided to change my Hard Drive icon to something 'snazzy, but totally unnecessary' and found I had no administrator permissions to do this, even though I was logged in as the administrator. The next time I rebooted, administrator permissions were restored, but only to reverse again after another reboot.

Yes, buggy.
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VBR doesn't mean different resolutions. HD videos wouldn't make much sense on an iPod nano.
I mean the same film can be downloaded at high resolution on the Mac and synchronized on lower res on the iPod. Taking the same appreach, one can go one step further: when one downloads a movie, it first downloads at 320x200, then it adds the 640x400 resolution, then 720 and then 1024...
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Old January 3rd, 2008, 06:47 PM
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it first downloads at 320x200, then it adds the 640x400 resolution, then 720 and then 1024...
Is that actually possible without re-downloading the file?
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Old January 4th, 2008, 04:25 AM
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It could be possible. The wavelet transform used for MPEG4 (and for JPEG) allows for that, but I don't know any file that does it.
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I wish my AirPort would stop disconnecting from my router daily.
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I wish my AirPort would stop disconnecting from my router daily.
I second that! This started happening to me since I installed Leopard.
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Old January 6th, 2008, 10:19 AM
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Only 10 days remaining before Steve keynote....

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iPhone 2.0 featuring 3G, 5 MP camera, open to all networks and supporting micro sd cards (up to 8GB).

More of the 'big' game titles promised by EA at the end of last year.

Films available in the UK iTunes store (been waiting for this for far too long).

And finally, support for my LG viewty!
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