Posts by Asoces

OOo's put the willies up Microsoft

@Stevie

<blank look>

Brussels: Old-school lightbulbs to be gone by 2012

I wonder...

...if their cost savings estimates factor in the energy and resources needed to safely deal with the toxic mercury contained in the compact fluorescent bulbs.

Neil Young posts angry YouTube missive

@ Iam Me

"No one gives two shits what drivel you are spouting these days. You were and continue to be a self important windbag."

Ummm... but we're supposed to give 2 shits about the drivel you're spouting today?

Canada moots tough sanctions for DRM flouters

@Shabble - Political honesty? Aaaaahhhhhh hahahahahahaha...

..... hahahahahahahahahahahaha.

<Catches breath>

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha.....

Samsung to demo next-gen, 240Hz LCD TV tech

Oh great, another 'our number is bigger than yours' race...

Everyone knows that big numbers impress the sheep and make them want to buy new stuff. Personally, I'm not buying a new TV until they come out with a 1GHz model.

There are so many other things wrong with digital video, I wouldn't be focusing on how many more times faster the TVs refresh rate is than the source signal.

Q: What do you get when you interpolate frames in between 2 frames of video that contain a lot of motion-blur?

A: Crap.

Hehehe - OK, I'm finished my ranting...

NASA confirms manned mission to 10 Petaflops

@ Anonymous Coward

"Personally I cannot wait for the day when the Chinese get up there, wander around for a bit and then say "Where did you said you landed? Just here?""

Maybe that's exactly why the US is in such a hurry to go back to the moon - they have to get up there and plant all the stuff that was supposed to be left behind in the 60's.

An alien... because I love conspiracies and cover up stories.