Photographers had been complaining for some time that P/shop had masses of stuff that they had no interest in - it’s a graphic prog, essentially. Adobe rounded up the photography bits and released them as Lightroom. A most wonderful prog for those of us who could do a bit in the darkroom with B & W but nothing with colour. Now one can do it all with everything.
Lightroom could be bought on a disc - they even halved the price, at one point! Come V6 and that was the last that could be bought. Lightroom joined P/shop in ‘The Creative Cloud’, a suite of progs that includes stuff I have no interest in. You rent it. It’s US$54.95 p.m.
You don’t even have control of your images. They have to go into the cloud storage bundled with the suite. Simple Lightroom only - 20 Gb is €12p.m. 1 Tb is €25 p.m.
yep, pretty much all commercial software now uses the licensing model.
I don’t mind so much with MS365, where - for 80 a year - I get plenty of storage, as well as the software, but (for example) when I thought about buying Adobe, the only option was a monthly licence at far more than I would have expected to pay.
But I was very gratified when, having a while ago bought a music app (this will again be a bit niche) called iReal Pro - it provides music charts, mainly jazz, and also creates an accompaniment for practice - I was able to download it again onto my refreshed PC and my new Kindle Fire. £13.80 well spent!
Have a look at reviews of Positive Grid’s ‘Spark’ range. They come in 3 sizes, but all have the same remakable capabilities. This is the review by a sensible Canadian of the ‘Spark Go’ the smallest of the three. He reviewed the other two, also.
He refers to the software control/interface as being the same as the 40Wer and the Mini. What he does not refer to in specific terms is that the device is controlled via B/tooth on any device which features B/tooth, including a mobile phone. Note that he was using a phone to operate the ‘Go’ but any B/tooth device with a screen will do it - and the larger the screen the more convenient.
Maybe I was even more cynical than you in this case. Personal greed is bad enough (I suffer from it); but policies extending inequality to obscene levels is worse.
I would like to know why all modern cars have the ability to tell you are speeding ( via the satnav)and also have speed limiters that you can set but no ability to get them to work together so you can concentrate on your driving ?Rather than constantly taking your eye off the road to check you’re not speeding you could better observe hazards ahead and also avoid fines. Or is the reason, these systems are not integrated, a government one of maintaining revenue from speeding?
Don’t worry, it’s coming. Probably accompanied by automatic fines if you do transgress.
I find your question a bit odd though - surely being aware of the speed limit and sticking to it, as well as negotiating other hazards is necessary for the skill of driving. I’d argue that if someone is not cpable of this they probably should not be behind the wheel of a ton and a half of metal and rubber travelling at up to 130kph on French roads.
No, that’s a bit too paranoid. If you don’t want a fine, don’t speed. If you don’t want to speed stay aware of the current limit as you drive.
FWIW the S3 actually does have the option to feed the car’s idea of the current speed into the cruise control. It can be overridden though by accelerating past the set speed.
The technology must be there to opt in or out of the inbuilt satnav regulating your top speed according to the legal limits, with the ability for you to override by just flooring the accelerator if circumstances require it. Then you could just enjoy driving and concentrate on the road ahead instead of worrying about all the private companies whose surreptitiously unmarked parked cars are clocking your every deviation from the speed limit and sending you fines/ points off your licence.
Before speed cameras, most people drove sensibly and according to the driving conditions. Now common sense is replaced by arbitrary limits which vary on similar roads, some inexplicably 80, or 90, then coming into some villages, it becomes 70 before 50, or maybe 90 goes straight to 50, or before a junction where you have right of way 90 goes straight to 50. Then you have 30 over a speed hump- a hump that if you were looking at the road ahead you would automatically slow down for anyway. On the contrary, all this control takes away the individual responsibility to be careful when driving . Being distracted for fear that your speed wanders up to 53 in a 50 limit and constantly staring at the speedometer doesn’t make you a safer driver.
Carl, my satnav doesnt regulate the speed, it just sqawks like crazy if I go above the posted speed limit. I dont know of a satnav that does regulate speed, As Billy said it is probably on its way. If you think driving is challenging then try flying a light aircraft, you ave to think about more than just speed limits.
My dad used to fly light aircraft and tried to get me into it. I clocked up quite a few hours and got as far as take offs and landings with an instructor but never got over being airsick every time I went up- so that was yet another challenge- keep an eye on the horizon and all around, air speed, engine speed, altitude,compass, keep observing, Lower the undercarriage before landing, spoilers out,keep my breakfast down!
