Interesting Links for 02-04-2013

[andrewducker]

• April Fools Day: 10 stories that look like pranks but aren't
  (tags: AprilFool )
• HBO hopes those pirated copies of Game of Thrones are high enough quality for you to appreciate them.
  (tags: HBO piracy GameOfThones )
• Recreating Pac-Man
  (tags: history games )
• Strippers vs. club owners in fight over job rights
  (tags: work rights usa nudity )
• Britain

Comments

[erindubitably]

Train fares are falling just as we're getting a car - oh, the ironing!

[kmusser]

They are, thanks for asking.

[andrewducker]

They'd be better if my PS3 coped with MKV :->

[bart_calendar]

Didn't you get a blu-ray player last year?

[andrewducker]

That would be the PS3. It plays AVI files, but not MKV files.

If I was staggeringly rich I'd have a tiny PC running XBMC under the TV. As it is I can live with the standard-def versions.

[bart_calendar]

The 1.3 gig ones are stunning quality. The 350 meg ones less so.

[spacelem]

I've been quite happy with the 350 meg versions. Once you're settled, you stop noticing the quality*. However, for series 3 I downloaded a 750 meg mkv file, and it was great until the AV sync went awry, and there were a few graphical glitches. Nothing I haven't experienced with lesser quality files, but a bit annoying as I spent 5 minutes trying to find the exact AV offset.

* I'm sure Andrew once linked to a study which showed that if you're enjoying what you're watching, it doesn't matter how poor the resolution is, provided a glitch doesn't snap you out of your viewing trance.

[cartesiandaemon]

I was horribly disappointed that Harry Potter and ethical hacking were two separate courses. The juxtaposition seemed a lot more provocative :)

And... apparently ant or dec did... something. I've no idea what they DO do, so nothing was especially a surprise :)