Article Mistake corrections

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/5633.html

The standard television set at home has a resolution of about 640x480, which means that there are 640 resolution lines by 480 pixels (dots).
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That should be 720x576 @ 50Hz interlaced or should read
576i @ 50Hz
576p @ 25Hz

Since the older SD TVs was interlaced it should be 576i and because they compensated for over scan you actually only see 704x576 interlaced. This is of course refering to PAL-I, NTSC is 720x420 widescreen (420i).
 
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http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/5641.html

Another error was made in judging foreign exchange fluctuations, with SecureData losing R4,5m through badly timed contracts. That occurred mostly when the company had been [missing word] between financial directors, and it was being resolved by installing new systems to protect it against foreign exchange fluctuations.
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There's a word missing, it either is "switching", "changing" or something to that effect.

Regards

Libs
 
I know this is a finweek article.. but...

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/5671.html

most said they wanted at least 775% of it, or nearly R16,9bn – paid back to them.
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shouldn't that be 75% ?

It was initially thought the deal would involved Vodafone possibly buying a 12,5% stake for R18,75bn but it finally offered to buy 15% for R22,5bn (the transaction is still subject to various conditions).
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"involve"
 
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Article: "Getting into open source"

Some points:

Grammar:
article said:
Which is unfortunate because there are countless open source applications that both run on Windows (and often Mac OS X) and are great alternatives to expensive proprietary software.
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Err.. I suppose the author intended to say "that run on both Windows and Linux" :p
Or alternatively "and Mac OS X" was not meant to be in brackets..
Either way I also think "that both run on" should have been "that run both on" or "that run on both" - but I may be incorrect about this part.

Factual:
Much has been said about the Gimp. It is a Photoshop clone that runs on most platforms...
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I'm not sure if this counts as a factual error, but as far as I know the intention of the Gimp developers was never for it to be a Photoshop clone. - I have never personally used Photoshop, but I do not think that Gimp resembles it very closely at all.
 
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Broadband/5688.html

“If companies a want to run true broadband, anything from 10 to l00 megabytes and upwards, this can only be done with fibre and not with wireless technology, although we believe that wireless will always have a place.
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Should read:

“If companies want to run true broadband, anything from 10 to 100 megabytes and upwards, this can only be done with fibre and not with wireless technology, although we believe that wireless will always have a place.”
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Correction highlighted.
 
How quickly can you hit your cap.

According to the study, Australia’s BigPond ISP offered a 30Mbps service with a 200MB bandwidth cap. This meant that a subscriber would be capped within 0.014 hours if the service was used at full speed.

Equal second and third was Australia’s Optus ISP and New Zealand Telecom who both offered a 24Mbps service with a 200MB bandwidth cap. At full speed this monthly usage limit would be reached within 0.018 hours – not much surfing.
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You really should convert the rather meaningless 0.014 hours and 0.018 hours, to minutes and seconds. We are human beings, not computers.
 
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redarrow said:
Article: "Getting into open source"

Some points:

Grammar:

Err.. I suppose the author intended to say "that run on both Windows and Linux" :p
Or alternatively "and Mac OS X" was not meant to be in brackets..
Either way I also think "that both run on" should have been "that run both on" or "that run on both" - but I may be incorrect about this part.
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i think what the article is saying is:
Which is unfortunate because there are countless open source applications that [have] both [of the following two properties:]

[a] [they] run on Windows (and often Mac OS X); and
[they] are great alternatives to expensive proprietary software.
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:)
 
rpm said:
Thanks Bwana - fixed :)
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Now all I need to do is accidently close the thread and, when there are no further submissions for the day claim, my reward . . . :D
 
How legal are torrents in SA...

“The courts have developed a nice test to determine whether a technology, tool or action amounts to contributory infringement and that is the so-called ‘but for’ test. i.e. will the P2P sharing of copyrighted files be take place but for the existence of thepiratebay.com? [this test was developed to protect innovative technologies such as CD burners, recorders and the like],” Buys said.
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Clumsy sentence.
 
Hi

Here is a problem its ment to be Buys and not Guys
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Internet/5909.html

Guys says that in its take-down notices the RiSA Anti-Piracy Unit has failed to show that its members authorised it to submit the notices or to take legal action on their behalf. This raises questions about the substance of the take-down notices.
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http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/5890.html

Paragraph 7 It has an advert:
He warned that although regulatory changes allowed operators to diversify their services, it would be difficult for Telkom to operate like MTN, Cell C or even Vodacom.
Save money, save your environment! For more information on the Eskom Solar Water Heating Programme, click here.
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