His method requires streaming from VLC to WMP- not an option for Linux users. I wonder what is so valuable about such a video that one would go through all that trouble. But, I don't understand much about Anime, either. Maybe a good porn flick...
My Inspiron Duo Core 2 (2 GHz) with 2GB RAM absolutely flies in Ubuntu, with Beryl and KDE running. What apps do you use? If there's nothing marrying you to Windows, I really suggest that you give it a try.
Go ahead and mod me a troll. Call me a fanboi. The truth is, Vista is a resource hog and I'm not afraid of some negative rep for suggesting alternatives.
Gutsy's not out yet. I'm installing Feisty now, before that it was Fedora Core 5 and 6. Actually, my home machine just got SUSE 10.3 installed, and I really like the professional appearance. It's also KDE-based, which I always install instead of Gnome. I need to be more familiar with YAST, though, before I go installing it on other people's machines.
I've also looked at Freespire, which I thought would help with the mp3, dvd, and other stuff that usually gets installed. I really didn't like Freesprire, though, they went _too_far_ to be just like Windows XP.
Go ahead and mod me as a troll.
The unhappy Vista users should give a serious look at Ubuntu. I've been using it for over a year on a Dell laptop, and I've installed it (and previously Fedora) for about 10 or 15 friends. With the exception of specific Windows apps (such as Solidworks), Ubuntu apps do everything that Windows XP (the usual old OS) applications do. Email, web browsing, office apps (OOo 2.3 is remarkable), and more. I could go on but I'm (seriously) not a zealot and I'll get a bad enough trolling mod as it is already.
If you still have a file like that, PM me and I'll look at it. I've yet to find anything that VLC would not open, and mPlayer does an excellent job as well. In fact, I've seen.wmv files that made Windows Media Player cry "codec!" but VLC played just fine. And let there be no mistake, as much as I dislike Microsoft's internet browser and operating system, I really like their Media Player.
I'm right handed too, but my writing is usually from right to left. That means two things:
1) I cannot stand pens that smear.
2) What I've written is obscured, but the space that I intend to write into is not.
But really, since when has the obstruction of the paper/touchscreen ever been an issue? In addition to dead trees, I use a Dell x50v handheld. I use it a _lot_. I've never felt that I'm obscuring the screen with my nice fat Ph.D stylus. I place it where I want to write/drag/whatever, and remove it when I'm done. I can operate the thing with my fat ugly fingers as well.
Pens also obscure the paper that you're writing on. I'm used to that. I like that. I'd rather look at my obscuring hands than some pseudo-transparent shadow of them. This seems like another case of "we developed something neat, now lets make up reasons to use it."
Absolutely not true. You made the mistake of switching her applications, not her OS. Next time, ween her applications to Firefox, Tuhnderbird, and OOo before you switch her OS. I've done ten or so Fedora and Ubuntu installs on friends and families computers. If my 75 year old mother in law can use Ubuntu, with all the MS Office (mostly powerpoint) junk she gets from emails from her friends (Oooo! Another cute cats presentation!), then anybody who _wants_to_ can use it. Document compatibility is not a problem anymore. As for the super-brother's videos, have him send it in a standard format. If it's a specialty format that VLC or mPlayer cannot read, then it can probably only be read in some proprietary program that costs hundreds or thousands of dollars. Bet you pirated that, didn't you?
I'd love to know what Hebrew word for hippo is explicative. All my life I've only ever heard "hipopotam" in Hebrew for hippo- not a very dirty word. In any case, Hebrew URLs have been the norm at the Hebrew Wikipedia since as long as I've been using it. Hebrew domain names, on the other hand, would be interesting (even though I'm sure this is what the poster meant).
For those looking for the original language of the TOS, here it is from Google's cache:
5.1 Suspension/Termination. Your Service may be suspended or terminated if your payment is past due and such condition continues un-remedied for thirty (30) days. In addition, AT&T may immediately terminate or suspend all or a portion of your Service, any Member ID, electronic mail address, IP address, Universal Resource Locator or domain name used by you, without notice, for conduct that AT&T believes (a) violates the Acceptable Use Policy; (b) constitutes a violation of any law, regulation or tariff (including, without limitation, copyright and intellectual property laws) or a violation of these TOS, or any applicable policies or guidelines, or (c) tends to damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries. It has been changed to:
5.1 Suspension/Termination. AT&T respects freedom of expression and believes it is a foundation of our free society to express differing points of view. AT&T will not terminate, disconnect or suspend service because of the views you or we express on public policy matters, political issues or political campaigns. However, AT&T may immediately terminate or suspend all or a portion of your Service, any Member ID, electronic mail address, IP address, Universal Resource Locator or domain name used by you, without notice, for conduct that AT&T believes (a) violates the Acceptable Use Policy; or (b) constitutes a violation of any law, regulation or tariff (including, without limitation, copyright and intellectual property laws) or a violation of these TOS, or any applicable policies or guidelines.. Your Service may be suspended or terminated if your payment is past due and such condition continues un-remedied for thirty (30) days. Termination or suspension by AT&T of Service also constitutes termination or suspension (as applicable) of your license to use any Software. AT&T may also terminate or suspend your Service if you provide false or inaccurate information that is required for the provision of Service or is necessary to allow AT&T to bill you for Service. It's the original section 5.1(c) that caused the whole uproar:
AT&T may immediately terminate or suspend all or a portion of your Service, any Member ID, electronic mail address, IP address, Universal Resource Locator or domain name used by you, without notice, for conduct that AT&T believes......tends to damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries.
She wanted me to reinstall Windows and I said "sure..." as I slipped Fedora in the drive... So long as she could open Firefox and Thunderbird she was fine, as she was already brainwashed into using them in Windows. Open Office was what led me to reveal to her that this was _not_ the newest latest greatest version of Windows. She really, really wanted MS Office. Still does, from what I've been told.
I install Linux over Windows about once every three or four weeks for friends. One of the first things to do is add mp3 support, and also ATI or nVidia support if need be. This used to be a hassle with Fedora, so I switched to installing Kubuntu. Now, this may make our lives even easier. How many Linux installs get MP3, DVD, or other proprietary support installed anyway? Why should we bash a company that is willing to include it from the get-go. I'll look into the non-OSS version of Freespire this evening, RMS be damned.
I cannot believe that Thunderbird has a bus effect threshhold of only two developers. In any case, the Penelope developers will be able to take over, I'm sure, but it makes open source software seem rather fragile. Not that I feel that closed source software is any more stable. In any case, Tbird saves mail as mbox, so there should be absolutely no problem moving to Kmail, Evolution, or some other standardized client.
It's pretty, but it is useful?
Actually, I think that it is. Those who review the logs ("Firefox?!? We don't need to support a web browser with only 30% market share!!!") apparently have no idea what the data means anyway. So making it pretty certainly won't hurt. And if it's pretty it just might spark interest.
I want in just to cash in on the affiliate program:
Resellers who push the Get Genuine Windows Agreement to customers will get a cut of any new license fees they generate
I've been saying this for years. Microsoft helps the hardware manufacturers by ensuring that three year old hardware is outdated and new software won't run on it. But that strategy backfires when it promotes the development new hardware that is cheaper to produce, and therefore cheaper to sell. The price of the software (OS, office suite, image editing software) becomes a larger and larger percentage of the total cost of the system (hardware, software, ISP, etc).
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His method requires streaming from VLC to WMP- not an option for Linux users. I wonder what is so valuable about such a video that one would go through all that trouble. But, I don't understand much about Anime, either. Maybe a good porn flick...
Silicon makes everything better... ...especially (ideally) spherical shaped objects...
My Inspiron Duo Core 2 (2 GHz) with 2GB RAM absolutely flies in Ubuntu, with Beryl and KDE running. What apps do you use? If there's nothing marrying you to Windows, I really suggest that you give it a try.
Go ahead and mod me a troll. Call me a fanboi. The truth is, Vista is a resource hog and I'm not afraid of some negative rep for suggesting alternatives.
Gutsy's not out yet. I'm installing Feisty now, before that it was Fedora Core 5 and 6. Actually, my home machine just got SUSE 10.3 installed, and I really like the professional appearance. It's also KDE-based, which I always install instead of Gnome. I need to be more familiar with YAST, though, before I go installing it on other people's machines.
I've also looked at Freespire, which I thought would help with the mp3, dvd, and other stuff that usually gets installed. I really didn't like Freesprire, though, they went _too_far_ to be just like Windows XP.
Go ahead and mod me as a troll. The unhappy Vista users should give a serious look at Ubuntu. I've been using it for over a year on a Dell laptop, and I've installed it (and previously Fedora) for about 10 or 15 friends. With the exception of specific Windows apps (such as Solidworks), Ubuntu apps do everything that Windows XP (the usual old OS) applications do. Email, web browsing, office apps (OOo 2.3 is remarkable), and more. I could go on but I'm (seriously) not a zealot and I'll get a bad enough trolling mod as it is already.
Didn't Data mention to Tasha that he is "fully functional" once?
If you still have a file like that, PM me and I'll look at it. I've yet to find anything that VLC would not open, and mPlayer does an excellent job as well. In fact, I've seen .wmv files that made Windows Media Player cry "codec!" but VLC played just fine. And let there be no mistake, as much as I dislike Microsoft's internet browser and operating system, I really like their Media Player.
I'm right handed too, but my writing is usually from right to left. That means two things:
1) I cannot stand pens that smear.
2) What I've written is obscured, but the space that I intend to write into is not.
But really, since when has the obstruction of the paper/touchscreen ever been an issue? In addition to dead trees, I use a Dell x50v handheld. I use it a _lot_. I've never felt that I'm obscuring the screen with my nice fat Ph.D stylus. I place it where I want to write/drag/whatever, and remove it when I'm done. I can operate the thing with my fat ugly fingers as well.
Yes you have.
Pens also obscure the paper that you're writing on. I'm used to that. I like that. I'd rather look at my obscuring hands than some pseudo-transparent shadow of them. This seems like another case of "we developed something neat, now lets make up reasons to use it."
Absolutely not true. You made the mistake of switching her applications, not her OS. Next time, ween her applications to Firefox, Tuhnderbird, and OOo before you switch her OS. I've done ten or so Fedora and Ubuntu installs on friends and families computers. If my 75 year old mother in law can use Ubuntu, with all the MS Office (mostly powerpoint) junk she gets from emails from her friends (Oooo! Another cute cats presentation!), then anybody who _wants_to_ can use it. Document compatibility is not a problem anymore. As for the super-brother's videos, have him send it in a standard format. If it's a specialty format that VLC or mPlayer cannot read, then it can probably only be read in some proprietary program that costs hundreds or thousands of dollars. Bet you pirated that, didn't you?
I'd love to know what Hebrew word for hippo is explicative. All my life I've only ever heard "hipopotam" in Hebrew for hippo- not a very dirty word. In any case, Hebrew URLs have been the norm at the Hebrew Wikipedia since as long as I've been using it. Hebrew domain names, on the other hand, would be interesting (even though I'm sure this is what the poster meant).
Actually, the first one, no!...
She wanted me to reinstall Windows and I said "sure..." as I slipped Fedora in the drive... So long as she could open Firefox and Thunderbird she was fine, as she was already brainwashed into using them in Windows. Open Office was what led me to reveal to her that this was _not_ the newest latest greatest version of Windows. She really, really wanted MS Office. Still does, from what I've been told.
I install Linux over Windows about once every three or four weeks for friends. One of the first things to do is add mp3 support, and also ATI or nVidia support if need be. This used to be a hassle with Fedora, so I switched to installing Kubuntu. Now, this may make our lives even easier. How many Linux installs get MP3, DVD, or other proprietary support installed anyway? Why should we bash a company that is willing to include it from the get-go. I'll look into the non-OSS version of Freespire this evening, RMS be damned.
I can think of quite a few people that I'd like to put a brain corset on. How about getting these folks some nice old fashioned encephalitis.
TFA is a PFD. And, thanks to /., we know that's dangerous: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/08/1340224
I cannot believe that Thunderbird has a bus effect threshhold of only two developers. In any case, the Penelope developers will be able to take over, I'm sure, but it makes open source software seem rather fragile. Not that I feel that closed source software is any more stable. In any case, Tbird saves mail as mbox, so there should be absolutely no problem moving to Kmail, Evolution, or some other standardized client.
It's pretty, but it is useful? Actually, I think that it is. Those who review the logs ("Firefox?!? We don't need to support a web browser with only 30% market share!!!") apparently have no idea what the data means anyway. So making it pretty certainly won't hurt. And if it's pretty it just might spark interest.
"Effective" and "working as planned" are two phrases that I'd _not_ like to hear coming from Washington at the moment. Not until 1984, anyway.
MS should just offer them an Ubuntu download. Won't cost anyone a penny.
Easily detectable by whom? The average grandma will _not_ be able to detect it. At what market in Vista aimed, anyway?
Of course, a Pentium by any other name will still smell as sweet... overclocked and baking at 70 degrees Celsius...
I've been saying this for years. Microsoft helps the hardware manufacturers by ensuring that three year old hardware is outdated and new software won't run on it. But that strategy backfires when it promotes the development new hardware that is cheaper to produce, and therefore cheaper to sell. The price of the software (OS, office suite, image editing software) becomes a larger and larger percentage of the total cost of the system (hardware, software, ISP, etc).