As they're almost certainly gonna screw it up by making yet another high-budget CGI-fest with no plot whatsoever, I wish they would call it something else entirely rather than try and associate shit with my most favourite film.
>>> Microsoft, the Republicans, and the Tories will never change. They just want to be top dog and don't care how they do it....And you think what? that Apple/IBM/whoever, Democrats and the Labour party are in it for altruistic reasons and don't want to be top dog at any cost? Dude wake up and smell the coffee.
My personal experience is that the image is never quite as sharp or stable with RGB compared to digital. personally I don't really care about perfect colour accuracy much, but I hate even slight fuzzies or that slight wavering at the edges you get with analog. Yes I have good cables, yes I see it on a range of different sources and monitors, even in stores, etc etc. so its not just my particular setup.
>> I don't mean to be insulting but you have no idea what you are talking about. For someone who doesn't mean to be insulting you are doing a bad job. There are endless articles about PWM for LED lighting, especially for dimming. Just google before you insult people wrongly next time.
You're about right in one thing, that there is no gain to overvolting/oscillating if you only consider average light output over time, however you're ignoring the fact that the majority of LED lightbulbs actually do contain an oscillator circuit so there must be some benefit right?
It is to momentarily overvolt the LED and so produce a higher instantaneous peak light, which is what matters to humans for illuminating more area than average light, even momentarily. The oscillator approach means they can use fewer expensive white LEDs to achieve a particular amount of light output (peak) than they would need in order to achieve the same level of illumination (constant) from LEDs only powered by DC.
Of course this is all about cost-cutting and is based on the incorrect assumption that no humans will be bothered by or could even perceive the oscillation.
Actually the vast majority of LED lightbulbs contain circuitry that oscillates the LEDs so they can also overvolt them to get more light. An easy test, if you can't see it already, just wave your hand with your fingers open back and forth in front of the light and you'll easily see the strobing.
I thnk I can tell the difference between a blinding headache and some subconscious feeling, you insensitive clod.
Yes I work. At work I sit next to a window and have disconnected the fluorescents above and near my desk. BTW I'm not the only one at work to have done this so its not just me.
Yes I shop. I just avoid stores that have horrible lighting or at worst I get out ASAP. Its often a big sense of relief when I leave an indoor mall.
For some reason flourescent, LED, and CFLs especially give me splitting headaches after about 5 minutes. It seems others don't sense the high frequency flicker that I do. Incandescent light doesn't ever bother me at all. So what the hell am I supposed to do in future? Just face the fact that because of this stupid legislation I have to live the rest of my life with daily headaches?
Bad analogy. Its not tinkering in someone elses house. Its using your own house. You bought your PS3.
A better analogy is that the people who built your house are keeping you locked out of most of the rooms and are still storing their crap in them, and even though you bought the whole house outright, the law is apparently on their side.
The blatant security issues of allowing websites to download and execute native code far outweigh any benefits. Even Google must know that. So it seems that this is really just a first step to rid PC's of Windows OS entirely, such that the PC boots right into a browser. As far as I'm concerned, even though the superficial concept sucks, separating the mainstream from its Microsoft addiction would be worth the price.
This decision won't change a thing. If Hollywood can't do what they want in HTML5 they will just stick with Silverlight or some other 'screw-the-user' solution.
The only certain thing about this decision is that it for sure will not achieve is its apparent objective of making DRM itself any less attractive to people that want to use it, like Hollywood or their bitches like Netflix.
All that will happen as a result of this decision is that Linux and other opensource users will be even more denied access to services implementing DRM. Netflix have already demonstrated that they don't give a crap about what their Linux customers think or do, including leave. Other websites are and will just adopt the same stance.
I see several posts here saying HDFury is the solution and a lot of apparently misguided posters that think component is as high quality as digital.
HDFury only has RGB output so by its nature causes a loss in picture quality. Fiar enough if its the only solution because you're dealing with a cable box or something, but If your only issue is with blu-ray, then simply rip the disc to a PC.
Anyone geeky enough to reading Slashdot should already know better than to be allowing their blu-ray output to pass through any (lossy) analog stage.
Is it just me or doesn't anyone else wonder what the hell is a department set up to fight terrorism is doing spending taxpayers money to defend the interests of big corporations?
No, I think the reason he couldn't see that it was a cult was because he'd already put in 34 years and donated well over half a mill. Its human nature that the more you invest your life in something the less prepared you are to accept any criticism of it.
Its just the same as that guy who over time sent his whole life's savings to a 411 scam. Even though the police and all his friends told him, he refused to believe them and was even trying to get more money to send the scammer, because he simply couldn't accept the loss of that much into his universe.
Moving to a smartphone from my Sony-Ericsson W995 would be a massive downgrade.
My phone can do all the usual 'trendy' stuff like internet, playing media, 3d gaming, GPS etc, but it also has an 8.1 mpixel camera, an FM radio, real buttons, removable storage (micro SD), it doesn't implement DRM, or lock you into any particular app store or even require you to have a data plan (I dont),. It has an easily replaceable/affordable battery, and its size is MUCH more pocket friendly than a smartphone. Its cheaper too. . Now why would I want a 'smart'phone again?
Thank you MPAA for being stupid enough to poke the sleeping bear. Finally you've picked a fight with someone big enough to defend themselves against your usual bully tactics. I hope Google effortlessly disembowels you. It couldn't happen to a more deserving institution (other than the RIAA).
Why? Several reasons: The biggie being that you can't always necessarily trust the media you just inserted. Without autorun at least you have the option to look at the disk before it blindly runs whatever is on there.
Another reason is that just because I insert some media drive does not mean I always want to do the same thing to it.
A particularly noxious example is the way Windows media player repeatedly demands you start a media library on your PC, and that its practically impossible to stop it automatically searching for and automatically adding media content anytime you plug in any kind of removeable storage.
The real motivating factor behind doing this will be Wikileaks. After that episode, the US gov will want some sure fire way to prevent embarassing truths leaking out again.
All the slimy rehtoric is just to convince the sheeple that they're not really trampling on the constitution and that the end of free speech is somehow a good thing.
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Dammit my pocket calculator doesn't have a space key.
>> It was a good movie because of the effects, combined with a passable script.
Agreed. The script of the original was passable. Barely. The new one isn't even close.
As they're almost certainly gonna screw it up by making yet another high-budget CGI-fest with no plot whatsoever, I wish they would call it something else entirely rather than try and associate shit with my most favourite film.
yeah you were right to not see the sequel to Tron. The script was pretty much 100% crap, clearly just there to provide a vehicle for the CGI.
>>> Microsoft, the Republicans, and the Tories will never change. They just want to be top dog and don't care how they do it. ...And you think what? that Apple/IBM/whoever, Democrats and the Labour party are in it for altruistic reasons and don't want to be top dog at any cost? Dude wake up and smell the coffee.
My personal experience is that the image is never quite as sharp or stable with RGB compared to digital. personally I don't really care about perfect colour accuracy much, but I hate even slight fuzzies or that slight wavering at the edges you get with analog.
Yes I have good cables, yes I see it on a range of different sources and monitors, even in stores, etc etc. so its not just my particular setup.
>> I don't mean to be insulting but you have no idea what you are talking about.
For someone who doesn't mean to be insulting you are doing a bad job. There are endless articles about PWM for LED lighting, especially for dimming. Just google before you insult people wrongly next time.
You're about right in one thing, that there is no gain to overvolting/oscillating if you only consider average light output over time, however you're ignoring the fact that the majority of LED lightbulbs actually do contain an oscillator circuit so there must be some benefit right?
It is to momentarily overvolt the LED and so produce a higher instantaneous peak light, which is what matters to humans for illuminating more area than average light, even momentarily. The oscillator approach means they can use fewer expensive white LEDs to achieve a particular amount of light output (peak) than they would need in order to achieve the same level of illumination (constant) from LEDs only powered by DC.
Of course this is all about cost-cutting and is based on the incorrect assumption that no humans will be bothered by or could even perceive the oscillation.
Actually the vast majority of LED lightbulbs contain circuitry that oscillates the LEDs so they can also overvolt them to get more light.
An easy test, if you can't see it already, just wave your hand with your fingers open back and forth in front of the light and you'll easily see the strobing.
I thnk I can tell the difference between a blinding headache and some subconscious feeling, you insensitive clod.
Yes I work. At work I sit next to a window and have disconnected the fluorescents above and near my desk. BTW I'm not the only one at work to have done this so its not just me.
Yes I shop. I just avoid stores that have horrible lighting or at worst I get out ASAP. Its often a big sense of relief when I leave an indoor mall.
For some reason flourescent, LED, and CFLs especially give me splitting headaches after about 5 minutes.
It seems others don't sense the high frequency flicker that I do.
Incandescent light doesn't ever bother me at all.
So what the hell am I supposed to do in future? Just face the fact that because of this stupid legislation I have to live the rest of my life with daily headaches?
I would be most surprised if there actually wasn't any open source in there somewhere. Of course, how you find and prove it is a non-trivial issue.
Bad analogy. Its not tinkering in someone elses house. Its using your own house. You bought your PS3.
A better analogy is that the people who built your house are keeping you locked out of most of the rooms and are still storing their crap in them, and even though you bought the whole house outright, the law is apparently on their side.
The blatant security issues of allowing websites to download and execute native code far outweigh any benefits. Even Google must know that.
So it seems that this is really just a first step to rid PC's of Windows OS entirely, such that the PC boots right into a browser.
As far as I'm concerned, even though the superficial concept sucks, separating the mainstream from its Microsoft addiction would be worth the price.
>>> when it flies the first humanoid robot to fly in space
This is the moment they've been quietly planning and waiting for. I for one welcome our new robot overlords.
This decision won't change a thing. If Hollywood can't do what they want in HTML5 they will just stick with Silverlight or some other 'screw-the-user' solution.
The only certain thing about this decision is that it for sure will not achieve is its apparent objective of making DRM itself any less attractive to people that want to use it, like Hollywood or their bitches like Netflix.
All that will happen as a result of this decision is that Linux and other opensource users will be even more denied access to services implementing DRM. Netflix have already demonstrated that they don't give a crap about what their Linux customers think or do, including leave. Other websites are and will just adopt the same stance.
I see several posts here saying HDFury is the solution and a lot of apparently misguided posters that think component is as high quality as digital.
HDFury only has RGB output so by its nature causes a loss in picture quality. Fiar enough if its the only solution because you're dealing with a cable box or something, but If your only issue is with blu-ray, then simply rip the disc to a PC.
Anyone geeky enough to reading Slashdot should already know better than to be allowing their blu-ray output to pass through any (lossy) analog stage.
wow. can you even still buy those?
Is it just me or doesn't anyone else wonder what the hell is a department set up to fight terrorism is doing spending taxpayers money to defend the interests of big corporations?
No, I think the reason he couldn't see that it was a cult was because he'd already put in 34 years and donated well over half a mill. Its human nature that the more you invest your life in something the less prepared you are to accept any criticism of it.
Its just the same as that guy who over time sent his whole life's savings to a 411 scam. Even though the police and all his friends told him, he refused to believe them and was even trying to get more money to send the scammer, because he simply couldn't accept the loss of that much into his universe.
Moving to a smartphone from my Sony-Ericsson W995 would be a massive downgrade.
My phone can do all the usual 'trendy' stuff like internet, playing media, 3d gaming, GPS etc, but it also has an 8.1 mpixel camera, an FM radio, real buttons, removable storage (micro SD), it doesn't implement DRM, or lock you into any particular app store or even require you to have a data plan (I dont),. It has an easily replaceable/affordable battery, and its size is MUCH more pocket friendly than a smartphone. Its cheaper too.
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Now why would I want a 'smart'phone again?
Thank you MPAA for being stupid enough to poke the sleeping bear.
Finally you've picked a fight with someone big enough to defend themselves against your usual bully tactics.
I hope Google effortlessly disembowels you. It couldn't happen to a more deserving institution (other than the RIAA).
Why? Several reasons: The biggie being that you can't always necessarily trust the media you just inserted. Without autorun at least you have the option to look at the disk before it blindly runs whatever is on there.
Another reason is that just because I insert some media drive does not mean I always want to do the same thing to it.
A particularly noxious example is the way Windows media player repeatedly demands you start a media library on your PC, and that its practically impossible to stop it automatically searching for and automatically adding media content anytime you plug in any kind of removeable storage.
>> And MS has in recent releases done a lot to make it easier to run the OS without always being admin.
And MS has done a lot to make it easy to RUIN the OS without being admin.
There fixed it for ya.
Autorun as a concept just sucks.
Copying whatever Windows does, warts and all, into Linux, just sucks.
When is this insanity going to end?
The real motivating factor behind doing this will be Wikileaks. After that episode, the US gov will want some sure fire way to prevent embarassing truths leaking out again.
All the slimy rehtoric is just to convince the sheeple that they're not really trampling on the constitution and that the end of free speech is somehow a good thing.