Interesting Links for 11-12-2013

[andrewducker]

• What PS3 and Xbox 360 can do that next-gen can't
  Media streaming is a big one for me. PS3 is our main streaming device.
  (tags: playstation xbox microsoft sony consoles )
• How to write about The North
  (tags: uk funny prejudice media stereotypes )
• Same-sex weddings to begin in March (in England/Wales)
  (tags: lgbt wedding marriage uk )
• Scotland to tie

Comments

[gonzo21]

Well, a £4000-£8000 rise in domestic electricity costs is unsustainable... If that's true that will get people over their objection to nuclear power pretty damned fast.

[skreidle]

The only viable argument I've heard against nuclear energy is actually on a total-lifecycle-cost basis -- that's to say that when all costs (mining, transportation, construction, execution, management, disposal/storage, etc.) are taken into account, the cost-per-megawatt is actually no better than comparable to any other source, if not higher.

[gonzo21]

I suppose that doesn't desperately surprise me, if it was madly cheaper then... market forces being what they are, we wouldn't be burning half as many hydrocarbons.

[andrewducker]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source#UK_2010_estimates is pretty good (and there are estimates from other sources there too)

[momentsmusicaux]

The Miracleman colouring -- what was it with 80s comics and having whole chunks of stuff in unreal colours, like the purple Earth?

[andrewducker]

I assume it's down to only being able to afford six colours to do everything with! The original colouring on early Sandman was really bad for this.

Some interesting stuff here on the difference that computers made:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorist#Digital_color

[andrewducker]

Frankly, for some 80s/90s stuff I prefer the black and white art to the coloured version. I have the B&W Swamp Thing reprints, and they look much better than the muddy coloured versions.

[andrewducker]

See the excellent response to me just underneath!

[soon_lee]

I am taking (a little bit of) comfort that the Season 3 final of The Almighty Johnsons works as a proper ending.

(But yes, the New Zealand film & TV industry is struggling what with the strong NZ$ and other countries upping their tax breaks. Productions are heading offshore.