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  • On the post: Warner Brothers, Intel Begin Futile Legal Assault To Defend Ultra HD And 4K DRM

    doubledeej ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2016 @ 02:53pm

    Re: Is more necessary or just better to some?

    The most visible differences between SD and HD, and likewise HD and UHD, isn't necessarily in the increase in resolution. It's the increase in the color space and dynamic range (especially in the case of UHD). And you don't hear much about that.

    SD used NTSC for its color space, HD uses Rec.709, and UHD uses Rec.2020. The difference between 709 and 2020 is huge. UHD can display a LOT more colors than HD can.

    The difference is very apparent in good quality UHD displays. Reds and greens are especially much more vibrant. That's a difference you can see no matter how big or small your TV is, or how far away you are sitting.

    Yes, in terms of resolution, you might not see much of a difference based on the size of TV and how far away you are. But the difference in color is pretty astounding. Standard def looks pale and bland compared to HD... and HD looks the same compared to UHD (at least when shown on a TV that handles it properly).

  • On the post: The Cable Industry Thinks Cord Cutting's A Fad That Will End Once Millennials Procreate

    doubledeej ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2015 @ 02:07pm

    Millennials just don't care

    The Millennials I know don't care about TV at all. They're happy with YouTube, NetFlix, and iTunes/Google Play, if they watch anything at all. They probably wouldn't use cable if it was free.

  • On the post: AT&T Lawyers Want You To Know That AT&T's CEO Will Never Listen To Customer Suggestions

    doubledeej ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2015 @ 10:19am

    Re: Re: Re:

    "In the cellular market, offering unlimited data is a pretty novel idea."

    He was referring to DSL, not cellular.

  • On the post: Microsoft 'Addresses' Windows 10 Privacy Concerns By Simply Not Mentioning Most Of Them

    doubledeej ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2015 @ 10:43am

    Why just MS?

    Why is just Microsoft being called out for phoning home? Mac OS X, iOS, Android, and Chrome OS all do it too, and I have a feeling the Google OSes are far worse.

  • On the post: Comcast Was So Incredibly Full Of Crap During Its Merger Sales Pitch, The Government Is Considering Additional Punishment

    doubledeej ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2015 @ 11:26am

    Re: Re: 18 USC 1001 (a)

    How about the citizens that prepared the reports that were sent to the FCC? Which, hopefully, includes the CEO.

  • On the post: Sting Operation Shows How Full Of Crap Health Journals Are When It Comes To Dietary Studies

    doubledeej ( profile ), 31 May, 2015 @ 05:50pm

    RIP

    Journalism died years ago. What we have now in its place is strictly sensationalism.

  • On the post: Yes, Switching To HTTPS Is Important, And No It's Not A Bad Thing

    doubledeej ( profile ), 16 May, 2015 @ 04:10pm

    Encourage, don't require

    While HTTPS does offer a lot of protection and I use it on every site I create, effectively making it mandatory gives governments an excuse to require a way to decrypt traffic.

    We force their hands, making back doors to bypass the encryption become mandatory.

  • On the post: Have You Been Debating What Color Some Random Dress Is All Day? Thank Fair Use

    doubledeej ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2015 @ 02:41pm

    Bad cameras

    I initially only saw it as white/gold, but can now see it either way.

    This is a classic example of a horrible cell phone camera destroying the image. It severely overexposed the photo, making what was actually a dark blue appear to be nearly white, and what was black to appear to be yellow/gold.

    A good camera (cell phone or otherwise) wouldn't have done this. Cell phone manufacturers need to step up their game.

  • On the post: YouTubers Got To Interview The President Because They're More Legitimate Than Traditional News

    doubledeej ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2015 @ 09:02am

    Nobody is doing it right

    Nobody is willing to ask the President any tough questions. The YouTube interviews, in particular, were all fluff, if not mostly praising Obama. A waste of time.

    It used to be the job of news organizations to ask hard questions and do investigation to keep those in government honest. Those days disappeared a long time ago.

  • On the post: Complete Failure: Chicago's Speed Camera Traps Fail To Bring In The Revenue Mayor Emanuel Counted Upon

    doubledeej ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2014 @ 09:38am

    Re: What people sometimes forget.....

    How about the city just spend less.

    Why does the solution for spending too much always have to be higher taxes?

  • On the post: Complete Failure: Chicago's Speed Camera Traps Fail To Bring In The Revenue Mayor Emanuel Counted Upon

    doubledeej ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2014 @ 09:36am

    Re: Re: Re:

    Many do. And the app I use on my Windows Phone beeps at me when I go more than 3 mph over.

  • On the post: Google Fiber: You Know How Comcast Is Making Netflix Pay Extra? We Don't Do That Kind Of Crap

    doubledeej ( profile ), 22 May, 2014 @ 09:35am

    Re: Google plays with words

    Apparently you didn't read the article:

    "We give companies like Netflix and Akamai free access to space and power in our facilities and they provide their own content servers. We don?t make money from peering or colocation..."

  • On the post: Florida Lawmakers Aim To Restore Childrens' Rights To Openly Carry Pop Tart 'Guns' On Campus

    doubledeej ( profile ), 14 May, 2014 @ 09:33am

    Common Sense

    When was it that common sense was outlawed? Did I miss something somewhere along the way?

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Are College Degrees Useless Now?

    doubledeej ( profile ), 17 Mar, 2014 @ 06:39pm

    Not for every career path

    In my line of work, software development, college is more of a liability than an asset.

    Of the people I've hired or interviewed for jobs, the ones that stand out and end up being the most valuable to the company aren't the ones that went to college to study Computer Science or a related discipline. It's those who were hacking away teaching themselves to code when they were young. If someone waits until college to begin learning how to code, they're already well behind others, and it's also a pretty strong sign that they don't really have the passion for it.

    In addition to that, in a fast-changing area like computing, texts and professors teaching are always several years out of date. College can give people an understanding of the science behind software, but as far as being able to write code, most graduates are basically worthless. College really doesn't do anything for preparing someone to be a useful developer.

    I suspect this is true in many other disciples as well.

  • On the post: Dianne Feinstein: NSA Would Never Abuse Its Powers Because It's 'Professional'

    doubledeej ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2014 @ 12:53pm

    Professional

    Politicians are professionals too. And they, of course, never abuse their positions either. Especially Ms. Feinstein. They're completely above reproach.

  • On the post: AT&T Tells Shareholders To Mind Their Own Business Concerning Its Relationship With The NSA

    doubledeej ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2013 @ 10:47am

    Re:

    Uh, no they don't... the merger fell through.

    Pay attention.

  • On the post: Comcast CEO Thinks Its Customer Service Problem Is Mostly A Matter Of Scale

    doubledeej ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2013 @ 08:40am

    They are horrible

    I have to use Comcast as my ISP because they're the only ones in my area that offer speeds over 1.5 Mbps. And it has been horrible.

    Every day my connection drops at least a couple times. And it isn't my router. Comcast's own gateway device shows that the connection is lost, often for multiple minutes at a time. Comcast's techs reassure me that everything is fine and that there is nothing they can do.

    Even when the connection is up, speeds are pretty inconsistent.

    It isn't like I live in the middle of nowhere, either. Suburban area, population of 300,000... with our neighboring sister city even having fiber available to most of its residents, and my city having fiber available to about half.

    Comcast needs to go to bat for their customers. We need to feel like Comcast is there to help and represent us, not be adversarial. Right now everything they do feels very anti-consumer. That's what needs to be fixed. A small percentage of their customers may be unhappy enough to be vocal, but I can't imagine that the rest are actually happy with the service they are receiving. It may very well be that none of their customers like them.

  • On the post: California Court Rules It Illegal To Check Maps On Your Phone While Driving

    doubledeej ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2013 @ 08:41am

    Re: Re: Re: Driving Distracted

    What are you talking about?!??!? Virtually every smartphone sold since the iPhone 3G has a real GPS chip in it! Phones use cell tower and WiFi to help establish a general location more quickly, but as soon as the GPS chip locks onto the satellites it takes over.

  • On the post: No, The Death Of Google Reader Doesn't Mean 'Free' Doesn't Work

    doubledeej ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2013 @ 11:17am

    Google

    ...it means that relying on Google to keep something around that they don't make money on doesn't work.

    They've introduced a great many of high-profile products over the years, very few of which are actually still around. Other than Search, it is likely that nothing is off the table when it comes to selecting products to get the ax.

  • On the post: House Republicans: Copyright Law Destroys Markets; It's Time For Real Reform

    doubledeej ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2012 @ 08:01am

    Re: Re: Dear Shills

    You are obviously completely oblivious to what Mormons (and specifically Romney) actually believe. You may think you know, but you are very, very wrong.

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