after converting to composite, then converting to RF after being messed about by the video recorder, then playing it on an old TV, you're losing all the picture quality.
Perhaps, but he can still enjoy the AC3 audio output from the player through a Dolby Digital-ready receiver which are dirt cheap.
DVD isn't all about the picture, the sound is a big plus.
..we have a community that is so elitist that they come down like the mighty hammer of God on anyone who isn't already an expert.
Something could be more user friendly? That's because it's for experts only.
Nonsense. Years back when I went from Linux->FreeBSD I searched a lot, read a lot and experimented a lot. Ditto when I went from FreeBSD->OpenBSD. There is a boatload of information out there, unfortunately people run onto the mailing lists immediately after an install with questions answered in the FAQs, the manpages (which are superb) and via any search engine. Many then have the balls to say "Oh, I'm not subscribed to the list, mail me privately." Does this sound like someone wanting to truly learn a new OS? No, they want a free OS with 1-800 24x7 support.
The bottom line as I see it is this: Developers are not there to hold anybody's hand, the mail lists are not there to do one's homework, nor are there to act as one's "google proxy"
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OpenBSD is a SERVER operating system. 99.99999% of the people using OpenBSD use OpenBSD as a SERVER
Rubbish.
The OpenBSD ports tree, while not as brimming with goodies as FreeBSDs, has loads of software for use on the desktop.
My desktop *NIX boxes at home and work are both OpenBSD with lots of decent software installed via ports. I hardly think that developers would bother making a port of only.00001% of the users would use it. In fact a number that low would be a partial user. Perhaps a finger or two.
You should show at least a little sympathy for them. Put yourself in their shoes for a moment. Can you imagine what it must be like to spend your whole life stuck in a CD caddie?
Sorry but I'm drawing the line. First crippled CDs, then they'll push deaf Walkman players and blind monitors.
I'm all for respecting peoples' various levels of abilities, but if they think I'm going to build a small ramp to my CD tray just so their crippled CDs can play.. well they've got another thing coming.
Slashdot Mirror
.. when you spill solder all over your MS mouse circuit board and ruin it you have to:
a) Call Bill Gates a poopy-head
b) Tell everyone "if MS included a schematic, this wouldn't have happened."
c) Repeat.
Yes I'm joking silly.
The faint glow of a red light while looking at pr0n just seems natural.
At least OpenBSD has a SMP branch in CVS
True enough, I didn't mean it as a serious shot. OpenBSD is my *NIX of choice. (see my user info
I want a new slashdot poll:
Which long awaited project will be the first to become reality?
a) Duke Nukem Forever
b) SMP for OpenBSD
c) GNU/Hurd
d) The second coming of Jeebus
You could also ask before..
Ask? Generally the first exchange of words is "Hey! You in the bushes!"
Whenever I go near a "root zone" I end up getting pepper sprayed and charged with sexual assault.
.. will drop today's Slashdot Headlines email because of the ADV in "ADV Confirms Cable Anime Channel"..
Just what we need, a thread where all the Slashdotters post lists of their favorite TV channels. Don't you people go out?
I can't, my parents lock the basement door.
My wife would divorce me if I were to cancel Lifetime.
I'm recently divorced and can honestly say the best part is never having to sit through another Trading Spaces marathon!
Goodbye Showcase, CNN, Discovery, TLC, Sci-Fi.. hello pr0n!
They are? Uh oh..
WIOj23 902*@+++
NO CARRIER
My name is Linus,
I'm a geek.
My name is Linus and
I'm a geee-eek.
I only include
what I bless.
I like to get bumfucked
by RMS.
My name is Linus
I'm a geek.
My name is Linus
and I'm a geee-eeek.
Not a troll, just the artsie side of my brain awakening from its 36 year slumber.
if by some unbelievable turn of events we could possibly effect(sic) the income of the music publisher in question
Presumably P2P has already affected the income of said publisher. This is how they justify the expense of copy protection to their board.
The worst of this whole debacle is when Fox had the "special" on TV about a year ago about whether the moon landing really was a hoax or not.
Was Jonathan Frakes the host? I never trust anything on Fox unless Frakes hosts the show.
You guys are all full of crap.
On Star Trek they use flux capacitors which I presume are far more reliable than your Fancy Pants, Big City tantalum or electrolyte capacitors.
after converting to composite, then converting to RF after being messed about by the video recorder, then playing it on an old TV, you're losing all the picture quality.
Perhaps, but he can still enjoy the AC3 audio output from the player through a Dolby Digital-ready receiver which are dirt cheap.
DVD isn't all about the picture, the sound is a big plus.
Nonsense. Years back when I went from Linux->FreeBSD I searched a lot, read a lot and experimented a lot. Ditto when I went from FreeBSD->OpenBSD. There is a boatload of information out there, unfortunately people run onto the mailing lists immediately after an install with questions answered in the FAQs, the manpages (which are superb) and via any search engine. Many then have the balls to say "Oh, I'm not subscribed to the list, mail me privately." Does this sound like someone wanting to truly learn a new OS? No, they want a free OS with 1-800 24x7 support.
The bottom line as I see it is this: Developers are not there to hold anybody's hand, the mail lists are not there to do one's homework, nor are there to act as one's "google proxy"
OpenBSD is a SERVER operating system. 99.99999% of the people using OpenBSD use OpenBSD as a SERVER
Rubbish.
The OpenBSD ports tree, while not as brimming with goodies as FreeBSDs, has loads of software for use on the desktop.
My desktop *NIX boxes at home and work are both OpenBSD with lots of decent software installed via ports. I hardly think that developers would bother making a port of only
The OpenBSD folks do make OpenSSH but not OpenSSL.
Too bizarre, just as I read this comment, GG's song "Cunt Sucking Cannibal" started playing.
(I mean via wmmp3 shuffle, my machine isn't haunted)
If it is as good at filling cracks as they say, Phyllis Diller could certainly use some.
You should show at least a little sympathy for them. Put yourself in their shoes for a moment. Can you imagine what it must be like to spend your whole life stuck in a CD caddie?
Sorry but I'm drawing the line. First crippled CDs, then they'll push deaf Walkman players and blind monitors.
I'm all for respecting peoples' various levels of abilities, but if they think I'm going to build a small ramp to my CD tray just so their crippled CDs can play.. well they've got another thing coming.
Personally I just think it's a matter of PR Whiz Valerie G. Mallinson's employer having a new client..
Perhaps the good people at Lavasoft could add this kind of scumware to their list of Naughties?
Just a thought.