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Mplayer Revisited
Joe Barr writes "It's been two years since I first wrote about Mplayer. Maybe the fury of the developers/community reaction to the fact that I dared to criticize them for their treatment of users kept me away. Whatever. Now Mplayer has a pre1 version of release 1.0 out there and it's time for another look." Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN.
I mean, imagine suggesting that a Linux user might not have a full and completye knowledge of the system, or that anyone should install Linux without first knowing absolutely everything about it.
Are you an idiot? The MPlayer programmers were born with this information (which does probably make them about 12, which kinda figures).
Rather than complaining you should be grateful and worshipful that they deigned to come down to this level, and allow us mere mortals access to their holy media player.
Putting a blacklight in your basement and playing boom-chicka techno crap does not a nightclub make.
Let's hope the MPlayer guys don't ship their next release as version 9.0 :P
actually, it wont. thanks for the clue michael has told us. this version v1.0 is named mplayer revisited. when the next verion comes out v2.0, it'll be called mplayer reloaded. within the same year, v3.0 will be out and named mplayer revolutions. in between each released version, we have v2.5 mplayer reloaded extended DVD edition, and v3.5 being reloaded extended DVD edition.
Dont forget animplayer, the game enter mplayer, the comic book to be released, and the new roleplayer game to be released!
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You just need to know how to ask. The trick is to phrase your question in such a way as to insult the dev team, that way they feel a duty to defend their project (This actually works on any open source project).
Example: You are having trouble with 'foo'.
Wrong way to ask for help:
You ask - "Could someone please help me get foo working?"
They answer - "STFU n00b!" -or- "Read the FAQ n00b!"
Right Way to ask for help:
You post - "This application sucks. Foo doesn't work worth a damn"
They answer - "Dood! you're probably forgetting to compile with the -Dl337 flag. If that doesn't work email me at progMan@hotmail.com"
Simple enough?
Warning!!! Your system has been infected. Windows Media Player 9.0 is known to work only when the Microsoft Windows virus is present. As to your question, you might wish to use mplayer when you get linux reinstalled.
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Now that evokes an interesting image....
emerge mplayer Wow. that was tough. I think I need a beer and a pizza to help recuperate after such a trying ordeal.
The only reason I keep my Windows partition is so I can mount it like the bitch that it is.