Posts by Citizen Kaned

Lovefilm: video streaming outplays disc rentals

still poor selection and poor quality?

is the quality still like bad youtube and terribly limited selected, like it used to be? we had a free trial and it was garbage

can they even do 5.1 yet?

The Beatles' Yellow Submarine set to sail in 4K by 2K

updated audio too? or will it be mono/stereo?

HD sound?

Re: Unless it also comes with

just source your own... i will be :)

Braben sticks knife into secondhand games market

how many single player games are worth £40? how many hours are most single player games to complete? many are about 8 hours. thats £5/hour to play a game. not great value.

maybe if games were £10 the resale market closing would be fine.

in the olden days games lasted much longer as all the dev works wasnt in visuals, it was in gameplay.

how about devs actually FIXING bugs in games rather than waiting for their next version. (EA im looking at YOU)

Big Media drags 142,000 through UK's courts in a year

Re: don't have a telly then

well, say someone is 24 and doesnt watch the BBC. they are unemployed. should they really be made to pay a full months dole? maybe this person isnt a scrounger but was made unemployed recently.

Re: I'm all for the licence fee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGvH86wfrzk

boy with an arse for a face? :)

Twisted Metal

Re: always been a big fan

looks a bit 'meh' to me. looks like ps2 gfx too.

i still think sonic racing is the most fun racing game ive played in years.

UK drivers' privates fondled overseas in new outsource plan

what could possibly go wrong with giving away all our data? <facepalm>

Xbox 360 video cable boasts NOISE VIRUS protection

Re: Like all those Toslink cables you see listed..

bad analogy there as i think many people can tell the difference. just like its pretty easy to tell the difference between DVD and blu-ray HD audio. as long as you have a good enough system,

Re: it's a digital signal??

plus, you need a 1.4 cable for 3d 1080p. and 1.4 has ethernet and ARC too i believe. still, good quality 1.3 cables should be able to do 3d anyway.

punters need looking after from this BS

Re: I truly hope that...

and what hifi too then? seeing as they recommend HDMI cables that can make skin tones look more real.... seriously.. nobody has ever been able to prove stupidly prices HDMI cables offer better anything over well made, standard compliant cables.

fair enough if you run over 15m on HDMI you need good quality cable and maybe a booster somewhere but some of the HDMI cable prices are ridiculous. trading standards NEEDS to do something as so many people are being ripped off. this isnt analogue. a data cable can either transmit its signal or it cant and you get noise.

so many companies try to sell you expensive cables. i actually think they tell their monkeys there is a difference..

Rutgers student guilty, faces 10 years for webcam spying

Re: Plea deal...

landshark - i like that! thumbs up! i will be using that in future...

the thing i wonder is.... if the roommate had been straight, and it had been leaked out, would he be in such trouble? isnt it hard to try and claim the 'bias/homophobic' side of things? maybe he just didnt like him? have they found evidence of him being homophobic?

im not backing him up, as he sounds like a total twat, but how do we KNOW (not guess).

Eight... AirPlay speakers

Re: How much?

we have 2 of these: Sony NAS-SV10i: iPod dock (well, it seems the previous version & has DAB) and they are ok for the kitchen. they also talk to each other (i.e. stream to each other) as we have one of their media boxes connected to my home cinema/audio system. i can control them all via my iphone/android.

Pope Benedict in .XXX pro-Islam cybersquat drama

really??

"While the pope is not the first person to be cybersquatted in the new .xxx domain – Sir Richard Branson recently recovered richardbranson.xxx from a squatter – this does seem to be the most comprehensive effort to trash an individual by linking their name to .xxx porn (and to promote a "competitor")."

hard how is it to 'trash an individual' who was in the Nazi youth and has covered up his child molesting priests? this is the least of worries for the 'king of the paedos'

Portal 2 prevails at Bafta game awards

Re: Hmmm

really? its nowhere near as good as the older games (pre bad company). they dumbed it down for the rockets and snipers people who dont have the skills to play a proper FPS. i havent played it in months. why did they try their hardest to remove any element of teamwork?

Writers' alliance throws the book at Apple 'piracy'

Re: In other trades...

i think you might find that if you sell something that is stolen you can be liable. i might be wrong but i think that is the case.

anyway, anyone see the irony of Chinese moaning about copyright infringement? :)

Flintstones was (sort of) true: Mammals did well alongside dinosaurs

OH.....MY.....GOD

bat-shit crazy cut and paste coming in from one of the top links

"Other scientists, called creation scientists, have a different idea about when dinosaurs lived. They believe they can solve any of the supposed dinosaur mysteries and show how the evidence fits wonderfully with their ideas about the past, beliefs that come from the Bible.

The Bible, God’s very special book (or collection of books, really), claims that each writer was supernaturally inspired to write exactly what the Creator of all things wanted him to write down for us so that we can know where we (and dinosaurs) came from, why we are here, and what our future will be. The first book in the Bible—Genesis—teaches us many things about how the universe and life came into existence. Genesis tells us that God created everything—the Earth, stars, sun, moon, plants, animals, and the first two people.

Although the Bible does not tell us exactly how long ago it was that God made the world and its creatures, we can make a good estimate of the date of creation by reading through the Bible and noting some interesting passages:

God made everything in six days. He did this, by the way, to set a pattern for mankind, which has become our seven day week (as described in Exodus 20:11). God worked for six days and rested for one, as a model for us. Furthermore, Bible scholars will tell you that the Hebrew word for day used in Genesis 1, can only mean an ordinary day in this context.

We are told God created the first man and woman—Adam and Eve—on Day Six. Many facts about when their children and their children’s children were born are given in Genesis. These genealogies are recorded throughout the Old Testament, up until the time of Christ. They certainly were not chronologies lasting millions of years.

As you add up all of the dates, and accepting that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to Earth almost 2000 years ago, we come to the conclusion that the creation of the Earth and animals (including the dinosaurs) occurred only thousands of years ago (perhaps only 6000!), not millions of years. Thus, if the Bible is right (and it is!), dinosaurs must have lived within the past thousands of years."

LMAO... some people eh? doesnt China alone have more than 6000 years of history easily accessible?

i love the way he says as we add up the dates and then just plucks 6000 years from his religious arse.... its scary to think that these numpties are forcing this shite on children (and some really stupid adults)

Viewsonic Viewpad 10e tablet

Re: more cheap tablet reviews please...

danny, i dont mind that. i have a powerful PC at home and a beast of a workstation plus a netbook that can browse 20 chrome tabs at a push, far better for internet the way im used to than an ipad.

more cheap tablet reviews please...

i have started seeing android ones for around £70 now... thats a lot cheaper than an ipad. we use our phones as remotes for our various audio systems around the house, but since the apps dont multitask properly (its all sony homeshare stuff connected to amps & speakers) every time i do something else on my phone i have to dig through many DLNA folders again to get to the music. a simple 7" one we could dedicate to this would be a pretty decent alternative

TV tax takers reveal Brits telly habits

Re: Yay

i THINK if you are registered blind or partially sighted you can have a B&W license.

Gamers pledge almost a million dollars for Wasteland sequel

Re: Kickstarter

Best series that got canned in recent hitory. we still watch it occasionally but have to rely on Castle for our nathan fillion fix these days.

Chinese fossil analysis suggests new hominid species

as said above...

3 samples do not make a real theory. imagine a bit of interbreeding now with 2 people with no chins (lots of regular humans are chinless wonders) - they would produce chinless wonders... but a new species they are not. how much variation is there in current human skeletons? loads... What about deformities? maybe they were all brothers & sisters?

Paper pictures failed hostage rescue with Call of Duty shot

Re: Just occured to me

SAS = super army soldiers... :) he was good in Extras :)

Apple slams hard-up Proview for conning the courts

Re: So in other words

but didnt apple doctor images of a samsung tablet for german courts? has anything happened to them over that?

Everything Everywhere grabs UK 4G wheel, rivals thrown off bus

Re: enforced roaming agreements?

oh come on... your tax money being taken to protect you? dont be silly!!! its to protect globomegacorp who pay no tax

iPlayer repeat fees threaten BBC earthquake

Re: €5 a month for the Gobal iPlayer is a bargain you can't get in the UK

but surely then all the UK people will refuse to pay 140/yr BBC tax. and radio isnt free. we pay for it from TV tax. which then gets delivered free to the rest of the world. somehow we are getting screwed

Re: iPlayer PITA

or when your PVR doesnt record for some reason. or when you miss something and only find out the next day. or when you cant record that 4th program. or the fact we paid for the programmes in the first place

West Yorkshire Gay Police Association in email list leak FAIL

'exshellent' :)

more gay police please

as less of the little hitler ones with ego issues.

Microsoft 'yanked optical drive from Xbox 720'

Re: Isn't it obvious?

also...

has anyone considered the tax implications? buy your games direct from MS and how does the UK get the tax? is MS a big tax avoider like the rest of the big companies? at least when people buy from a shop the shop has to employ people to sell them to you. that shop pays tax and the workers pay tax too.

Council spunks '£100k on how to wash your hands' vid

Re: So many things annoy me about company bathrooms

you need to take a look at construction!

Re: As with computers, so with washbasins.

who downvoted me? dont you understand basic hygiene? as said soap picks up all kinds of crap and bacteria and fabric towels also hold bacteria.

Re: As with computers, so with washbasins.

because a bar of soap and towels are far less hygienic?

Top Brit authors turn flamethrowers on barmy IPO

Re: "Julia Donaldson, who wrote the The Gruffalo"

:) man, i almost know the book off by heart already :)

gruffalos are also very naive and to be honest, big pansies! :)

Re: Childrens' book

@ Do yourself a favour once you've written that book, and get someone else to proof-read the punctuation eh?

yeah, i was in a rush. i wrote it in notepad whilst doing other things and didnt check it over. i dont think internet threads are the right place for nicely constructed prose to be honest.

i also dont bother with apostrophes either when online, as you can see :)

bummer. i am writing (of getting some ideas down) for a childrens book that i want to write for my son.

it would be annoying for all schools to suddenly be able to give out free copies if it goes well.

on the other hand - was mine the only school to just photocopy anything it wanted and only have 1 of certain books?

ref the Gruffalo woman - not much sympathy. we have 2 of the books as my son likes them. i saw the DVD in asda. £9 for 26 minute cartoon seems a rip-off to me!

why do kids need ebooks anyway? they are more expensive to buy, the ereaders cost more to initially purchase too and im sure little kids will break them easily. surely with austerity measures to us all we dont need to be wasting cash on such things? what is wrong with actual cheap books?

Inside Sony's Home Entertainment HQ in Japan

Re: dlna issues...

my onkyo 709 does dlna too but its a little akward to use. i much prefer using my sony and use my iphone as a remote as its very quick to scan through dlna stuff. it also helps that all my sony bar the ps3 can do this homeshare thing, basically a sonos system for a fraction of the cost.

Re: and try and forget the propriety connections

well, vita is to limit piracy, so you cant blame them.

what propriety connections are you on about? my ps3 uses hdmi/optical and standard kettle power lead. my other devices use ethernet, RCA, hdmi and optical. i think they are all pretty standard...

dlna issues...

i have 4 sony devices:

1 x Sony ps3

2 x SONY NAS-SV20D

1 x Sony SMPN200

the ps3 can read all my dlna data, such as track names etc. the other 3 just give me track name but no artist. which is a pain. why cant their devices all do the same thing?

SimCity to return after 10-year holiday

dream on...

EA are trying hard to kill modding communities in their games. if people can make their own games (often better) then people wont buy the slightly different version they will release next year with 1 bug fix and 10 new bugs... its the EA way...

STUNNING NEW APPLE DEVICES that will follow the iPad 3 HD!

Re: or maybe laying on the chaise longue

or whom? :)

Toshiba prices up glasses-free 3D TV for Blighty

Re: 3D porn

you havent thought this through... i dont want man gunk flying out at me... i will stick to ladies loving i guess :)

Re: Does it work ?

maybe they assume if you can blow 7k on a TV that you wont be skimping on freeview? i.e. you will pay for sky/virgin. it does seem odd though. toshiba seem to be rocking again after a few years being quiet. i still use my Toshiba Regza 42" 42z3030d on a regular basis and its 4 years old. their new cell based 3d glasses TVs are supposed to be excellent reading reviews.

Workers can't escape Windows 8 Metro - Microsoft COO

wow...

to be honest ive not really looked into 8. but after watching the consumer preview thingy on the website i feel like im having a seizure now!

im glad we just upgraded to win 7 here. its hard enough to keep my directors on windows and not bloody apple as it is. if they see this we will all be after macs... <shudders>

AMD uncloaks (more) next-generation graphics cards

Re: really?

@"Perhaps you should try pulling you head out of your backside and read the article...."

another internet hard man hiding behind AC... how brave.

my last AMD card was a 6990 and it was shite for any opengl games. it was on a win7 machine. basically their drivers basically killed off the game Brink as many AMD users were getting worse FPS than with much older cards. in fact my nvidia 8800 outperformed it by some margin and that card was 5 years older. check the Brink forums and AMD responses to see how well they did.

it was all down to an apparent fudge of their opengl implementation, which nvidia were fine with.

Re: really?

not really. i bought a top of the line AMD card last year. so many issues. the devs just run through simulations to see how the driver fare, nvidia actually seem to play the game and see the problem.

the same games and the nvidia outperformed the AMD card by some margin, even though it had a lower spec.

the game devs were banging their heads against the wall with AMD while nvidia bent over backwards with performance increases.

also...

SEP must be the USA subsidised price as the cards i see are more £ than the suggested $!

really?

considering overclockers only stock the 7970 and 7950 where do these show up as arent they older cards?

they might be the 'fastest cards' but if the drivers are shite then whats the point. never AMD again for me. they make great hardware but their driver guys suck, bigtime. a less powerful nvidia 99% of the time will get better results.

UK tax fraud IT project 'missed virtually every delivery date'

anyone else...

not see how systems cost hundreds of millions to create. i just dont see it. someone is making big £££ off us somewhere

No 10 develops Terminator iPad app 'to fire ministers'

so.....

how many hundreds of thousands will this little app cost us? and how many years late?