* Posts by SinisterDexter

5 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Oct 2008

Snow Leopard forces silent Flash downgrade

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Firefox saves the day

Just installed the Sno Leppard, followed by the inevitable Firefox install. FF warned me straight away that Flash was out of date and provided a link to the latest version. Problem solved before I was aware of any issues. Cheers Mozilla!

New ISS piss-recycler still troublesome

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Simple answer - continued...

Yeah the Russians had a simple, reliable working system years before the Yanks. However IIRC American pride prevented them from 'sucking it up' and using Russian piss-tech for the ISS as they wanted a higher tech all-American recycle system. A case of needlessly reinventing the wheel, and badly...

Philips 42in Ambilight LED array TV

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Apple flattery...

Looks like an old G4 iMac, sans crimbo pudding base...

Lights out, Britons told - we're running out of power

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Business-class lighting...

I appreciate the need for the great unwashed to be aware and responsible for their power consumption, but it pisses me off that the message doesn't seem to be filtering through to the real power guzzlers - businesses.

A recent trip to my local VW dealer demonstrated disregard for any green agenda VW profess to have, with a showroom that was floodlit during broad daylight even though the vast expanse of exterior glass allowed plenty of good ol' natural in.

The truth is businesses like this continue like everything's fine, la la la, while the public are being told to tighten belts and turn lights off. The only way for a nations power needs to be slimmed down is for businesses to get on board, otherwise it won't matter how many punters turn the bog light off at night...

ITV gets adverts into video

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Carpet vs. ITV

My living-room carpet has more interesting content than ITV - and is free from advertisements (apart from the curry house menus lying around).

Advertards indeed...