Blurovision
Fri, 2 Oct 2009 21:21:56 +0100
I tuned in to the Jonathan Ross interview with Barbara Streisand on BBC one
Freesat this evening and noticed that the picture quality was unusually soft
and lacking in the usual detail for this program, switched over to HD on
chan 108 and even in HD I don't think it looked near as good as the Ross
show usually ...
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Re: Switch off at the socket?
Thu, 1 Oct 2009 20:44:59 +0100
In message <cup9c5pdo86uucuofd9j2mo5hnopqbn8gr@4ax.com>, Java Jive
<java@evij.com.invalid> writes
>1) As you say, Agent is not broken (I prefer to think that too many
>peoples' 20thC habits are).
Half the time, when you're doing multi-point responses, you bottom post
and the other half the time you top po ...
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Re: Switch off at the socket?
Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:18:25 +0100
In article <9bp7c5h88tbd3ooda22j98tehuibjlidtq@4ax.com>,
Java Jive wrote:
> One of the problem with doing anything like this with the Severn is
> silt. A brief search didn't find any stats, but I believe it's one of
> the 'dirtiest' - most sediment laden - in the UK. I used to live
> in the area, and anyon ...
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Would this work in the UK?
Thu, 1 Oct 2009 01:19:48 -0700 (PDT)
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/livestream-livepack-a-satellite-television-truck-in-a-backpack/
"Put simply (or as simply as possible), the pack includes everything
one would need to stream "HD quality" footage: encoding hardware, a
Firewire cable and the real kicker, a built-in wireless connection
with six l ...
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Re: Switch off at the socket?
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:29:02 GMT
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:28:05 +0100, Java Jive wrote:
> Intelligence - as has been argued to death here, bottom-posting f*ks
> up modern newsreading software.
>
Only if you use crap software and argue backwards.
BW ...
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Re: Switch off at the socket?
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:07:11 -0700 (PDT)
On Sep 30, 12:58?pm, Paul Martin <p...@nowster.org.uk> wrote:
> In article <h9vgsg$1pq...@pc-news.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>,
> ? ? ? ? Richard Tobin wrote:
>
> > In article <9clbp6-had....@moo.uklinux.net>,
> > ?<news09p...@moo.uklinux.net> wrote:
> >>If you are claiming (it's a bit unclear) that tidal energy is a derive ...
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Re: Switch off at the socket?
30 Sep 2009 11:53:52 GMT
In article <9clbp6-had.ln1@moo.uklinux.net>,
<news09paul@moo.uklinux.net> wrote:
>If you are claiming (it's a bit unclear) that tidal energy is a derived
>form of solar, i.e. derived from the light emitted by the sun, and
>incident on the earth, you are mistaken.
A substantial part of the tides are cause ...
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Ripping out the tuner from an old TV
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:09:24 -0700 (PDT)
Perhaps an interesting one for all you techie gurus out there. . .
I have an old CRT colour television (SONY KV-M2511U) and an old VCR
(Hitachi VT-MX210EUK) along with a collection of bought films on video
tape that I still watch (rarely).
I also have a DVD player (not recorder). They are all connected by
SCART ...
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OT? : Poor Techniques - 1 : Rushed editing to get in the ad breaks
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:30:44 +0100
The editing of old programme reruns hit a new peak of silliness today!
I assume the "Midsommer Murder" reruns on weekday afternoons on itv1 are
old 2 hour episodes with less ad breaks than nowadays, cut into two one
hour slots with far more ads.
In the "Death Of A Stranger" episode shown over 28th & 29th Sep ...
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Re: Switch off at the socket?
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:43:39 +0100
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:54:28 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG>
wrote:
>On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:22:51 +0100, Bof wrote:
>
>> seems like 'some' is currently around 170 MK products
>
>Why are none of them available for home delivery?
>
I can find 121 MK branded products on B&Q's next day delivery servi ...
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