For video decoding use VLC. I installed VLC on an Acer Aspire One running Linpus and it works quite nicely.
The greater problem is that you can drain the battery in about two hours and that can be a problem if you're planning to watch videos on a long flight.
I think the big problem was the name, "Atari". They might have just as well written "PONG Version VI" on their computers.
I was also a die hard Atari user but trying to get anyone to take their computers seriously was extremely difficult. Atari probably should have created a separate business division with its own separate identity as Commodore did.
The Atari 400/800 line would still make a good introductory computer today, as would the Commodore 64 and Apple II. The hardware and OS's have always been well documented and they're very hackable machines.
The poster's wife isn't interested in global warming, she just wants cleaner air.
Your arguments about global warming don't apply if the propostion is, "It doesn't matter if global warming is true or not. We all want cleaner air."
And reducing CO2 output isn't going to cripple the US econmy. You'd be amazed at how quickly large corporations can adapt and improvise when they have to.
I can't take credit for this idea, someone else came up with it first"; Indy doesn't survive his ride in the refrigerator and the rest of the movie is a massive hallucination as he shuffles off this mortal coil.
Reading that someone working in a similar environment has identified a security issue doesn't prove anything. For example, someone may have misidentified the problem and only found a partial solution or a solution that only masks the symptoms. There are a multitude of online forums that attest to this happening.
The value of such information is that it gives one more different approaches to solving their own problem(s). It doesn't prove anything but it's useful.
Just to add some value to this post, our approach tends toward sand boxing a new application, whacking it until it breaks or exhibits some undesirable behavior, consult with the vendor/developer, and fix the problem(s). Repeat the process until the new application meets our standards.
I'm often asked to test new applications because I have a knack for finding obscure problems and I document everything I do.
First you're unhappy because someone requested annecdotal evidence and such stories don't prove anything. Now you're arguing an anecdote can *disprove* something?
If you're going to get high while on the Internet the least you could do is share.
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For video decoding use VLC. I installed VLC on an Acer Aspire One running Linpus and it works quite nicely.
The greater problem is that you can drain the battery in about two hours and that can be a problem if you're planning to watch videos on a long flight.
How did this get modded flamebait?
Redundant maybe because we've heard this story so many time but flamebait?
And wasting mod points modding AC comments down seems like a waste when there are so many good posts that should be modded up.
I'll probably getting modding down for stating the obvious but so what? It's not like mod points can be redeemed for cash prizes.
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I think the big problem was the name, "Atari". They might have just as well written "PONG Version VI" on their computers.
I was also a die hard Atari user but trying to get anyone to take their computers seriously was extremely difficult. Atari probably should have created a separate business division with its own separate identity as Commodore did.
The Atari 400/800 line would still make a good introductory computer today, as would the Commodore 64 and Apple II. The hardware and OS's have always been well documented and they're very hackable machines.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057
Yeah, Vista is da bomb.
And it just keeps bombing.
Net neutrality isn't about Internet protocols.
It's about social and political neutrality on the Internet.
I hope this doesn't affect the funding from IKEA for my rocket propelled plastic lawn chair.
I'm calling it the Blstöv.
The concept that a vendor could sidestep the restrictions imposed by Windows by using another OS is hardly new.
The idea of running a second OS on a laptop is hardly new. It's two computers in one box - that's not a new technology, that's space efficiency ;-)
Running Linux instead of Windows is one of the "new technologies"?
Really? You're going with that?
Just the ugly ones.
You really shouldn't post anonymously. You make some very good points and should be rewarded.
I recently discovered that "Anonymous Coward" has 422,567 mod points. If only I could log into that account and share the joy.
The poster's wife isn't interested in global warming, she just wants cleaner air.
Your arguments about global warming don't apply if the propostion is, "It doesn't matter if global warming is true or not. We all want cleaner air."
And reducing CO2 output isn't going to cripple the US econmy. You'd be amazed at how quickly large corporations can adapt and improvise when they have to.
The irony is the Olympic Committee gave the Americans the masks because they complained about the air pollution.
I expect the "Daily Show" will have a field day with that.
A bunch of world class hackers set up a wireless network.
What could possibly go wrong?
You can't figure out how to get into a rock concert if you're slightly underaged?
Kids today have no imagination whatsoever.
This should have been a clue, "Characters in Lucas films aren't permitted to have the same degree of emotional complexity as the audience."
I was being sarcastic. Fillion is an excellent actor and you are a good judge of acting talent :-)
I'm just speculating but it could be that there are now enough computers in the Philippines that MS want to make sure they don't get the Linux bug.
Vista practically forced me to use Linux in order to get any work done.
I can't take credit for this idea, someone else came up with it first"; Indy doesn't survive his ride in the refrigerator and the rest of the movie is a massive hallucination as he shuffles off this mortal coil.
It would explain a lot.
Mal was too moody and unpredictable.
Characters in Lucas films aren't permitted to have the same degree of emotional complexity as the audience.
You've got it the wrong way around.
An officer needs probable cause to get a warrant. This is to prevent an abuse of authority.
If someone wants to forcibly remove an article a warrant is unnecessary.
No, it doesn't make any sense.
Reading that someone working in a similar environment has identified a security issue doesn't prove anything. For example, someone may have misidentified the problem and only found a partial solution or a solution that only masks the symptoms. There are a multitude of online forums that attest to this happening.
The value of such information is that it gives one more different approaches to solving their own problem(s). It doesn't prove anything but it's useful.
Just to add some value to this post, our approach tends toward sand boxing a new application, whacking it until it breaks or exhibits some undesirable behavior, consult with the vendor/developer, and fix the problem(s). Repeat the process until the new application meets our standards.
I'm often asked to test new applications because I have a knack for finding obscure problems and I document everything I do.
First you're unhappy because someone requested annecdotal evidence and such stories don't prove anything. Now you're arguing an anecdote can *disprove* something?
If you're going to get high while on the Internet the least you could do is share.
Ah, ya got me.
I forgot that everything on the Internet is anecdotal, including this post.
If only the Internet had some kind of search engine where one could easily access the experiences of thousands of sys admins and/or developers.
Ahem to that, brother.
There are enough interesting stories out there that do no require writing sensational and ultimately misleading headlines and/or summaries.
Won't someone think of the adults?