Analog over the airwaves transmission stops in 2006 - as of right now. Your cable company is free to send as much analog signal into your home as they like; it's their cable, after all. And if you get satellite, they can do the same. So unless your cable company sees some compelling reason to switch to all digital, your VCR will be safe with them.
An HDTV is a fine DVD viewing platform. Heck, that's about all it's good for. Considering the cost of an HDTV receiver and the dearth of programming for it, I doubt I'll be getting one - ever. This obnoxious flag can't make them any less enticing than they are now.
I won't disagree that Linux is more suited for the Desktop than freebsd, but that is because linux has wider variety of support and apps, not because it is any easier.
Not surprisingly, those are the same reasons Windows is more suitable for "the desktop" than Linux is.
(Although my particular desktop is Linux...*shrug!*)
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Applications sharing data? Can't that happen when you don't use a proprietary file format for say, an Office suite?
Perhaps Microsoft should invent some sort of Standard Code for Information Interchange. It'll be a big hit, I'm sure.
Right now, filesystems store data as big blocks of bytes with some extra metadata on the side. Even Unix-likes have UIDs, permission bits and so forth. Storing arbitrary metadata or RDBM-style data is an interesting progression, but you're screwed once you try and transfer that data elsewhere over typical channels - like a simple HTTP transfer.
The typical solution is to use OS-specific archiving tools (like tar) to handle the transfer of that metadata. But, for example, would you really want your audio data stored in OS-specific tags? How would that metadata be transferred over the web? Would you really want to risk losing it when trying to transfer to a portable device, or an older OS?
I think abitrary metadata in the filesystem would be a great place to cache actual metadata stored in a file's big chunk of bytes, but I don't think it'll ever become ubiquitous the way Microsoft envisions. Since even if they should make it standard in a new Windows version, there'll be far too many other systems (and older Windows versions) that'll be too incompatible to cope.
I guess Disney wasn't quite as bad as whoever made "Warriors of the Wind", but none of the anime distro companies I know of would have done such a lame job.
Perhaps. Perhaps not. But neither Bandai, ADV or Pioneer/Geneon can afford to license Ghibli movies anymore. Disney is the only one big enough to bring these films stateside, so we'll just have to be grateful we're getting anamorphic, progressive R1 discs with subs and dubs - all at reasonable rates.
In the English dub, Disney decided that wasn't good enough and turned the whole thing into an orchestral piece, albeit with a strong trumpet line.
It was actually Joe Hisaishi himself who re-did the entire score for "Castle in the Sky" - making it orchestral rather than synthesized for the dub. He wanted to make it more "american".
Disgaea was the first PS2 game to tempt me to buy one. But if Sony is going to drop the price on them by about half in a few months, I can hold off until then and play lots of Viewtiful Joe instead. Thanks Sony!
It was just far easier to click on a movie and have IE open it (including downloading the codec) rather than having to compile mplayer (with GUI options), make sure it worked fullscreen with X options, and make sure I had the codecs.
Uh huh. Sorry, but I tried a DivX-encoded movie on Windows XP two days ago and got a nasty "codec download failed" message, which required heading to divx.com and doing codec downloading and installing before I could see video. And I seriously doubt Sorenson quicktime movies are going to run without downloading Apple's player first.
With MPlayer, both of those work out-of-the-box, fullscreen and without all the hassle.
This is the same old troll I've heard for years. It's a simple variant of the "reformed user" that's "learned the error of his ways" and switched. But invariably these trolls demonstrate little evidence they ever used Linux much in the first place and typically read like a Microsoft press release.
I'd love to see a post from someone who's actually used Linux for years and gone to Windows for one reason or another, but I don't believe this is one of them.
I have long since stopped trying to understand why, and thus chalk it up to a master plan that will not be fulfilled until my pants are running Windows CE.
When that day comes, Windows can go down on you in entirely new and unexpected ways.
Ummm.. Errr. If it is non-networked, how is it going to get a virus ?
Loading up someone else's infected files through the floppy/CDRW drive will do it, just like in the old days. Though nowadays all the infected files are Word docs instead of executables.
Uh, since when is a video game a "form of expression?" What exactly are the authors of GTA:VC trying to "say"?
I think they're trying to say that violence really does solve problems. You might not like what they're saying, but I think they have a right to say it.
I don't agree with SiteFinder, but I don't agree with your reasoning either. Censorship is the act of removing from view objectionable material. The fact that this was done not by the individual deciding not to receive SF's results, but by a third party controlling their network access, is a direct example of censorship.
SiteFinder is not a form of free expression. One can't possibly argue that preventing every damn misspelled hostname from returning an obnoxious webpage somehow infringes VeriSign's ability to express themselves. It's more analagous to preventing some company from inserting commercial breaks in the middle of your DVD viewing session.
Its stifling an unwelcome nuisance, not preventing a point of view.
Umm, pretty much everybody. You appear to have not been around in that era, but the vast majority of users at that time used a command line shell (DOS or *nix), and openly laughed at the whole idea of a GUI.
So why did everyone accept a GUI from Windows but not a Mac? Is it because all the IBM PC users were morons that didn't see a better GUI was available? No. It's because something superior to Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect and Word weren't available on the Mac at launch, and apps just as good didn't appear until much later. The graphical arts folks appreciated Macs, but the general public had no "killer app" to make it worth the switch.
No matter how easy (or hard) an OS is, it takes apps to make it a success.
None of the manufacturers, developers, or distributor make any representation or warranty, or assumes any responsibility, with respect to the enhanced portion of this disc.
I guess if none of those people are accepting responsibility for the "enhanced" portion of the disc, they won't mind if my Linux box ignores that portion of it entirely.
To become popular, geeks need to stop looking down on the average user and start treating them as a customer and design things even an idiot can use.
Just like Macintosh did in 1984. And just look how many people swarmed to its easier-to-use machine.
The fact is, easy-to-use doesn't buy you much. People use an OS for the apps, and Linux needs some sort of "killer app" that's either best on Linux or not available on Windows to entice desktop people to switch in great numbers. Apache, Oracle and friends dominate the server side, but the great Linux client-side app is waiting to be written.
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Analog over the airwaves transmission stops in 2006 - as of right now. Your cable company is free to send as much analog signal into your home as they like; it's their cable, after all. And if you get satellite, they can do the same. So unless your cable company sees some compelling reason to switch to all digital, your VCR will be safe with them.
An HDTV is a fine DVD viewing platform. Heck, that's about all it's good for. Considering the cost of an HDTV receiver and the dearth of programming for it, I doubt I'll be getting one - ever. This obnoxious flag can't make them any less enticing than they are now.
Not surprisingly, those are the same reasons Windows is more suitable for "the desktop" than Linux is.
(Although my particular desktop is Linux...*shrug!*)
Perhaps Microsoft should invent some sort of Standard Code for Information Interchange. It'll be a big hit, I'm sure.
The typical solution is to use OS-specific archiving tools (like tar) to handle the transfer of that metadata. But, for example, would you really want your audio data stored in OS-specific tags? How would that metadata be transferred over the web? Would you really want to risk losing it when trying to transfer to a portable device, or an older OS?
I think abitrary metadata in the filesystem would be a great place to cache actual metadata stored in a file's big chunk of bytes, but I don't think it'll ever become ubiquitous the way Microsoft envisions. Since even if they should make it standard in a new Windows version, there'll be far too many other systems (and older Windows versions) that'll be too incompatible to cope.
Fox's Totoro rights expire at the end of this year. Disney has it scheduled for release in late 2004.
Perhaps. Perhaps not. But neither Bandai, ADV or Pioneer/Geneon can afford to license Ghibli movies anymore. Disney is the only one big enough to bring these films stateside, so we'll just have to be grateful we're getting anamorphic, progressive R1 discs with subs and dubs - all at reasonable rates.
Good question. But the dub is already in the can. All that's left is the rights. It'll be interesting, to be sure.
It was actually Joe Hisaishi himself who re-did the entire score for "Castle in the Sky" - making it orchestral rather than synthesized for the dub. He wanted to make it more "american".
Whisper of the Heart is the third movie, but it's being held up while Disney negotiates the copyright of a "certain song".
You're thinking of a different technical reference book.
Disgaea was the first PS2 game to tempt me to buy one. But if Sony is going to drop the price on them by about half in a few months, I can hold off until then and play lots of Viewtiful Joe instead. Thanks Sony!
xmms is actually up to 1.2.8 now. The VorbisGain support is nice.
Here's a post that deserves some positive moderation if I've ever seen one. And without that nasty troll smell.
Uh huh. Sorry, but I tried a DivX-encoded movie on Windows XP two days ago and got a nasty "codec download failed" message, which required heading to divx.com and doing codec downloading and installing before I could see video. And I seriously doubt Sorenson quicktime movies are going to run without downloading Apple's player first.
With MPlayer, both of those work out-of-the-box, fullscreen and without all the hassle.
I'd love to see a post from someone who's actually used Linux for years and gone to Windows for one reason or another, but I don't believe this is one of them.
When that day comes, Windows can go down on you in entirely new and unexpected ways.
Loading up someone else's infected files through the floppy/CDRW drive will do it, just like in the old days. Though nowadays all the infected files are Word docs instead of executables.
I think they're trying to say that violence really does solve problems. You might not like what they're saying, but I think they have a right to say it.
SiteFinder is not a form of free expression. One can't possibly argue that preventing every damn misspelled hostname from returning an obnoxious webpage somehow infringes VeriSign's ability to express themselves. It's more analagous to preventing some company from inserting commercial breaks in the middle of your DVD viewing session.
Its stifling an unwelcome nuisance, not preventing a point of view.
Even copyrights can be selectively enforced. Only trademarks need to be vigorously protected.
So why did everyone accept a GUI from Windows but not a Mac? Is it because all the IBM PC users were morons that didn't see a better GUI was available? No. It's because something superior to Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect and Word weren't available on the Mac at launch, and apps just as good didn't appear until much later. The graphical arts folks appreciated Macs, but the general public had no "killer app" to make it worth the switch.
No matter how easy (or hard) an OS is, it takes apps to make it a success.
I guess if none of those people are accepting responsibility for the "enhanced" portion of the disc, they won't mind if my Linux box ignores that portion of it entirely.
Just like Macintosh did in 1984. And just look how many people swarmed to its easier-to-use machine.
The fact is, easy-to-use doesn't buy you much. People use an OS for the apps, and Linux needs some sort of "killer app" that's either best on Linux or not available on Windows to entice desktop people to switch in great numbers. Apache, Oracle and friends dominate the server side, but the great Linux client-side app is waiting to be written.
Sparcstation, that is.