Bit_Captain - Slashdot User

Comment Re:It doesn't matter to the average consumer. (Score 1) 297

by Bit_Captain on Sunday August 09, 2009 @11:38PM (#29007503) Attached to: Is Intel Killing 12-Inch Displays On Netbooks?

After I installed CoreAVC I can easily play 720p video, but youtube maxes the CPU. HQ doesn't work well and forget HD.

-bc

Comment Re:Gov. Jindal isn't worried (Score 1) 180

by Bit_Captain on Saturday June 13, 2009 @08:49PM (#28323731) Attached to: A Supervolcano Beneath Mt. St. Helens?

You must then consider left-wingers to live in a fantasy world?

In fact I do.....

-bc

Pirate Party Wins At Least One European Parliament Seat 674

Posted by timothy on Sunday June 07, 2009 @05:44PM from the replace-amateur-clowns-with-professional-clowns dept.

reeeh2000 writes "According to TorrentFreak, with half of polling stations now closed in Sweden, the Pirate Party has at least one guaranteed seat in the EU Parliament. Currently, the party is sitting with 7% of the vote. Depending on how the remaining districts voted, the Pirate Party could win another seat, for a total of two." Reader lordholm adds a link to an article about exit polls in Sweden (link in Swedish) indicating that the Pirate Party will score two seats, writing "According to the polls, the pirate party is the largest party in the 18-30 year age category of voters. The final counting of votes (including around a million postal votes) will not be done until later next week."

Comment Re:Mod parent up! (Score 1) 685

by Bit_Captain on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @04:30AM (#26277689) Attached to: Why LEDs Don't Beat CFLs Even Though They Should

A point source has a spherical uniform intensity distribution. A typical LED has a Lambertion like distribution until they put some kind of collimating lens on it.

-bc

Smartphone Shootout 201

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 07, 2007 @10:19AM from the hit-me-with-your-best-shot dept.

An anonymous reader writes "InformationWeek's David DeJean makes the mistake of trying to compare the experience of Web surfing on a BlackBerry, Palm, and HTC smartphones to the experience on the iPhone. According to the DeJean, the three don't come close, but it's very interesting to read about the pros and cons of what can (and can't) be done with current mobile hardware and software."

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