Adobe (Temporarily?) Kills 64-Bit Flash For Linux

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 17 June 2010, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 14:47 -0700,
>>
>> Patrick Bartek wrote:
>> > An inferior format, VHS, image qualitywise, yes
>>
>> No.  Have you actually compared them, or just
>> repeating gossip?  I have.
>> They were both as bad as each other, in general.  And
>> when there was a
>> difference, the Beta machines I've seen were worse.
>
>Years ago--25+ or so, when both machines were available in stores, I did
> do a little recording/playback test in the store.  Beta seemed a little
> sharper and less smeary as I recall.  But it was analog NTSC after all. 
> And tube TVs, not broadcast monitors.  I bought a VHS recorder mainly for
> the long play times.  And it was cheaper.  The quality was good enough
> for my needs even on extended play.  After all, it was only TV. ;-)
>
>
>B
>
Yup, only tv.  At its best, 1/2 the resolution NTSC was capable of.

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