* Posts by Matt

6 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Oct 2008

Boffins: Ordinary lightbulbs can be made efficient, cheaply

Matt

Energy efficiency / Lifespan

Making them more energy efficient is only half the problem. Does this process increase their lifespan by an order of magnitude as well? If it doesn't they will still be far less efficient over their lifespan than a CFL.

Agreed on the crappy light temperature problem though. I have a few energy saving bulbs and even though they've got better recently they are still rubbish.

Carphone Warehouse linked to Tiscali buy-up (again)

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Both are completely useless

Unfortunately I have dealings with both companies are they both the absolute epitome of incompetence. Glad to see like for like will be joining as it will make ignoring one easier than two.

Tiscali still have 1.8 mil customers? How is that even possible? Do we really have that many masochists living in the uk?

Universal thaws out The Thing

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re Martin Lyne

Spot on there Martin. Altered Carbon and subsequent sequels could go some way to making an awesome series of movies.

US stocks up on semi-automatic rifles

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Second Ammendment typo

What they actually meant it to say was "right to arm bears" not "right to bear arms" because they were worried about the indigenous animals being wiped out. But then some idiot scribe went and wrote it incorrectly. It would have been such a pain in the ass to rewrite the page that apparently they left it in hoping no one would notice.

US Navy robot kill-choppers to drop auto-snort podules

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"change the paradigm"

I love it when bods that term because generally it means anything but..

Bebo users release interstellar spamgasm at Gliese 581

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Alien

Now we are in trouble

Oh bugger, could there ever a better reason for an alien race to come over here and give us a good kicking?

Seriously the best we have to offer another race is a bunch of Bebo users?