Cool Stuff for D that we keep Secret

Mon Jul 14 12:53:19 PDT 2014

On 7/14/2014 3:51 PM, Meta wrote:
> On Monday, 14 July 2014 at 19:40:53 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> [2] 4k: Can screens EVER standardize on fucking ANYTHING anymore?!?
>> Pick a fucking notation for describing resolutions and STICK WITH
>> IT!!! It's like the freaking "Lenny"/"Mountain Lion"/"Ice Cream
>> Sandwich" bullshit here. I don't *want* to know the correct ordering
>> of snacks/cats/toy story characters, and I'm *certainly* not going to
>> memorize which idiotic (and completely unnecessary) name refers to
>> WHAT freaking version. Idiotic unnecessary indirection.
>>
>> "Woody/Sarge???" WTF? "SD/1080p/4k???" WTF? Enough redundant naming
>> conventions already.
>
> You think this is bad? Just wait until 4K really gets going in the
> mainstream and every manufacturer under the sun comes up with their own
> unique term to differentiate themselves. It'll be 2008 all over again.

2008? That stuff's been going on *much* longer than that ;)