If it's a not-for-profit site I suggest going ahead and telling IE users to get a real browser. The few images I use on my site are JPEG for small files and PNG for large files. I also use CSS which I know doesn't work with older browsers. If it doesn't work then they are free to turn CSS off and look at the site in the plain brown wrapper mode. Happily, IE6 has gotten much closer to rendering the CSS correctly and so have recent versions of Opera (although Solaris versions seem to have problems).
I'd like to see browsers drop native support of Java, Javascript, etc and at least get CSS and PNG/MNG graphics working properly.
Seen it. No reason not to do it myself. You can't be a true geek if you buy everything premade. Besides I'd do a much better job. Anyway mine would be more like a homemade tablet PC excepting that I'd probably allow it to be plugged in to an external video source so that it could act as a monitor for other computers when needed.
Remember that these 80 lines of code are beyond the ability of Linux hackers to write too. Doh.
How can anyone give a shit of 80 lines including comments? For all we know it could be something SCO or IBM added to Linux to make it more compatible with SCO Unix. A slight interface tweak somewhere. If so, and they don't want the code in Linux, then tell us where and it'll be fixed. Shit, it'd take 8000 lines of code before I'd start being sympathetic to this claim. 80 lines is a large chunk? Pathetic dickheads!
That also makes me wonder what third parties hold copies of SCO's source code and are able to validate when those lines were added to their source code. Without some proof of when they were added to SCO you can't really compare things fairly and will have no idea who stole from who. Even if some retard wrote 'this was stolen from SCO' in the Linux comments there'd be doubt as to if SCO put that there themselves or not. Whereas Linux is subject to public CVS (or whatever they use now) which probably includes records of who checked out/in code and when they did it. It may be that given the evidence of what code is duplicated that the Linux folks can say exactly who added it and when.
That thing looks like Frankenstein's version of an iMac. I won't deny it has a sort of freakish geek charm but boy it sure is ugly. It looks like it belongs in the equipment in Frankenstein's lab. I'm all for case mods but I'd rather see case mods that looked better than average and not geekier than average.:)
I have thought of doing a mod that merged a LCD and a computer but I was going to slightly enlarge the LCD's case and hide the computer inside such that you'd have an overall MUCH smaller less messy package. Of course I was going to use a mini-itx system and probably leave out fans, hdd drives, disk drives, etc and just let it boot/run as a thin client. Much smaller and cleaner looking.
Computers should neither be seen nor heard. They should just be the magic that runs in the background.:)
I've been paying a little under a dollar a gig for hdd space. I can't see how a DVD burner is much cheaper especially considering the hassle of storing physical objects. Of course I also rip movies so that a special interface I've designed can be used to select and playback the movies (for my handicapped sisters use).
Sounds as if ripping LD's would be easier than VHS. It's not exactly the rippiing of VHS that is hard as much as making sure everything does what it's supposed to. I've yet to find an off the shelf VCR with anything like a serial port interface.
Yes, MPEG2 is what I mean. MPEG4 in my experience has more artifacts than MPEG2 although this may be possibly because you keep the MPEG2 artifacts and add new ones. At least when ripping a DVD to MPEG4. I don't care about disk space really. It's my goal is to cross the terabyte mark in my home storage yet this year. Amazing how fast you go through space with 5Gb or so a file. Overall, I'm very pleased with the quality though. As you say DVD isn't a perfect standard but it's good enough for my use (at least for now).
You can do it your way but it is sloppy in general. To have a complete system you have to build a player that can also be written to and can be ordered to rewind, fast forward, play, stop, and record from software.. as well as the real hard part which is making the thing keep proper records and confirm the status. I'm really surprised there aren't at least a couple easily purchased drives like this. I built a vending machine to convert vhs tapes to dvd and whew what a pain. I'd think LD would be the same.
Why would you rip to mpeg4? I just rip to the good old standard mpeg. Each movie is practically identical to what is on the dvd - just have the encryption removed.
I can just imagine how a LaserDisc player attached to my (toaster sized) computer would look if the discs are the size of LPs. It'd look like I had a pizza box attached. LOL.
The problem is that he is evidently somebody that programs as his form of expression. It's fun for him. It may give his life meaning. Common motivations for programmers and other scientists and artists. When people start controling what you do it's as if you went from building Willy Wonkas factory in your garage to designing the caps for toothpaste tubes. Sure you might be paid well for what you do but it isn't very satisfying. When your unemployed you think you'd do anything for a good job but once you've had the job for a while the money doesn't seem as important. Sadly few of us get to do what we love, in a way that doesn't ruin it, and get paid.
I'd think that by making caches harder to get to in sensitive areas it'd quickly discourage casual players from going after any that are rated as expert. Keep the ones that are easy in places that aren't very sensitive to large numbers of people.
I'd actually watch if they had a geocaching reality show that used the game to take viewers on a tour of interesting locations. It'd be the perfect reality show for the travel channel. Do they have any show like that?
Really they are that big? Wow I always thought they were CD sized. That is actually pretty cool. Is there any reason they don't use a laser to read the disc the way CD's and DVD's do?
I think it was great that their school had classes on such topics to help get them started. They must have had REALLY understanding parents too. Can you imagine letting your kid douse themself with gasoline and set themselves on fire just so they could put it in a movie? Not to mention letting them use your expensive movie equipment.
Hey, trust me I was surprised at how long this thread got. No idea why it all sprung from a small on topic post. Ohhh well I have the karma to burn so I guess I don't care. It's probably the longest somewhat pointless thread I've ever had on Slashdot.
I work constantly. I'm just good at multitasking. I can do several things at once without loss of speed. I doubt anybody would want to take my place though.:)
It gets easier the more you do it. You learn to keep things packed in easy to move containers and to not have things you don't really want. I've been consolidating my computing resoures into smaller servers and such to make them easier to move. (One reason I love the mini-itx form factor.)
With a truck handy I can move just about everything I care about in a single load and not take more than maybe an hour to load the truck. That includes furniture. Without that everything I own can fit in the backseat of a car easily.
True, but I don't think I'm THAT hard on myself. Besides I've only been at my current sadistic task a couple months. Before that I was sort of laidback about such things. I just found that nothing was the way I wanted it to be so now I'm going to make it so starting with myself and working my way through my list of gripes. Sometimes you have to be a sadistic taskmaster to get the end result you want.:)
I figure time spent with those you care about is important. Time spent with total strangers really isn't. So I can make time for friends but not for Joe Schmoo off the street.
My sister is a vegan. I can tell you that honestly it has not helped her weight or made her healthier. I think moderation of everything probably makes more sense than cutting out a bunch of stuff and eatting more of the rest.
Besides I've eatten her vegan meals and they are sort of disgusting. Have you ever tried to make and eat a pizza that can't have crust, cheese, or meats? Or Lasagna? I love vegtables and fruits but I couldn't give up all meat and dairy.:)
I've had green tea. I just don't really like it. Not that I dislike it. Just sort of neutral. My sister eats green tea candy bars. I tried one once. Yick!;)
Ahh yeh I've had Diet Rite. I didn't realize they were doing anything different than everyone else.
I usda have a boss on the Atkins diet. He ate like nothing but tuna. Was sort of gross. I am trying to cut out excess sugars and carbs without going THAT far. Trying to eat more healthier meats too. Roast chicken instead of fried pork and stuff like that.
I assume it's just because I intake so many (nasty) liquids but it could be partly some sort of imbalance. Also it may be that all of my exercise is mostly of the legs, back, and arms so I still end up with something of a gut. Most of my exercise is informal.. just from daily tasks I do.. lots of lifting heavy objects and walking large distances. Still as you said most of us need to get whipped into shape.. it just takes effort. Some exercises I'm wary of because I have asthma and have to be careful of my breathing. Keeps me from doing jumping jacks or running and such. I like hiking and biking and swimming. Mountain climbing is fun but under full pack on a steep mountain it can be dangerous with the breathing.:)
I've lived on caffine for years. It got to the point of having severe ongoing effects. I had to drop it. Strange enough I'm slowly regaining myself and my programming ability is improving. I'd say caffine and alcohol in small doses can improve your coding but to much of a good thing and you'll be fried.:)
Does anybody actually ask for an id from a potential mate before going out with them? Looks I've found can be highly deceiving.
I can just imagine being in the middle of making out.. her hands slip into your pants and yours into her shirt.. you start removing clothing.. and then just as you both are naked you say, "By the way, can I see an id?"
I've known 13yo's more mature than some 40yo's but you're right that it's just a legal definition. I find it hard to get worked up over people who are only breaking the law (I break a dozen a day I'm sure) but sexual predators (preying on any age) of course are bad folks.
Sure parents should watch their children and pay attention to what they are doing online but I hardly think that is a reason to worry that programs can be misused to prey on children. It's the parents job to keep an eye out and teach their children to watch out for themselves.
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If it's a not-for-profit site I suggest going ahead and telling IE users to get a real browser. The few images I use on my site are JPEG for small files and PNG for large files. I also use CSS which I know doesn't work with older browsers. If it doesn't work then they are free to turn CSS off and look at the site in the plain brown wrapper mode. Happily, IE6 has gotten much closer to rendering the CSS correctly and so have recent versions of Opera (although Solaris versions seem to have problems).
I'd like to see browsers drop native support of Java, Javascript, etc and at least get CSS and PNG/MNG graphics working properly.
Seen it. No reason not to do it myself. You can't be a true geek if you buy everything premade. Besides I'd do a much better job. Anyway mine would be more like a homemade tablet PC excepting that I'd probably allow it to be plugged in to an external video source so that it could act as a monitor for other computers when needed.
Remember that these 80 lines of code are beyond the ability of Linux hackers to write too. Doh.
How can anyone give a shit of 80 lines including comments? For all we know it could be something SCO or IBM added to Linux to make it more compatible with SCO Unix. A slight interface tweak somewhere. If so, and they don't want the code in Linux, then tell us where and it'll be fixed. Shit, it'd take 8000 lines of code before I'd start being sympathetic to this claim. 80 lines is a large chunk? Pathetic dickheads!
That also makes me wonder what third parties hold copies of SCO's source code and are able to validate when those lines were added to their source code. Without some proof of when they were added to SCO you can't really compare things fairly and will have no idea who stole from who. Even if some retard wrote 'this was stolen from SCO' in the Linux comments there'd be doubt as to if SCO put that there themselves or not. Whereas Linux is subject to public CVS (or whatever they use now) which probably includes records of who checked out/in code and when they did it. It may be that given the evidence of what code is duplicated that the Linux folks can say exactly who added it and when.
That thing looks like Frankenstein's version of an iMac. I won't deny it has a sort of freakish geek charm but boy it sure is ugly. It looks like it belongs in the equipment in Frankenstein's lab. I'm all for case mods but I'd rather see case mods that looked better than average and not geekier than average. :)
:)
I have thought of doing a mod that merged a LCD and a computer but I was going to slightly enlarge the LCD's case and hide the computer inside such that you'd have an overall MUCH smaller less messy package. Of course I was going to use a mini-itx system and probably leave out fans, hdd drives, disk drives, etc and just let it boot/run as a thin client. Much smaller and cleaner looking.
Computers should neither be seen nor heard. They should just be the magic that runs in the background.
I've been paying a little under a dollar a gig for hdd space. I can't see how a DVD burner is much cheaper especially considering the hassle of storing physical objects. Of course I also rip movies so that a special interface I've designed can be used to select and playback the movies (for my handicapped sisters use).
Sounds as if ripping LD's would be easier than VHS. It's not exactly the rippiing of VHS that is hard as much as making sure everything does what it's supposed to. I've yet to find an off the shelf VCR with anything like a serial port interface.
Yes, MPEG2 is what I mean. MPEG4 in my experience has more artifacts than MPEG2 although this may be possibly because you keep the MPEG2 artifacts and add new ones. At least when ripping a DVD to MPEG4. I don't care about disk space really. It's my goal is to cross the terabyte mark in my home storage yet this year. Amazing how fast you go through space with 5Gb or so a file. Overall, I'm very pleased with the quality though. As you say DVD isn't a perfect standard but it's good enough for my use (at least for now).
You can do it your way but it is sloppy in general. To have a complete system you have to build a player that can also be written to and can be ordered to rewind, fast forward, play, stop, and record from software.. as well as the real hard part which is making the thing keep proper records and confirm the status. I'm really surprised there aren't at least a couple easily purchased drives like this. I built a vending machine to convert vhs tapes to dvd and whew what a pain. I'd think LD would be the same.
Why would you rip to mpeg4? I just rip to the good old standard mpeg. Each movie is practically identical to what is on the dvd - just have the encryption removed.
If it's not connected I can't rip it. Same goes with the VCR. You ever try to find a VHS player designed for a PC.. gawd what a pain!
I can just imagine how a LaserDisc player attached to my (toaster sized) computer would look if the discs are the size of LPs. It'd look like I had a pizza box attached. LOL.
The problem is that he is evidently somebody that programs as his form of expression. It's fun for him. It may give his life meaning. Common motivations for programmers and other scientists and artists. When people start controling what you do it's as if you went from building Willy Wonkas factory in your garage to designing the caps for toothpaste tubes. Sure you might be paid well for what you do but it isn't very satisfying. When your unemployed you think you'd do anything for a good job but once you've had the job for a while the money doesn't seem as important. Sadly few of us get to do what we love, in a way that doesn't ruin it, and get paid.
I'd think that by making caches harder to get to in sensitive areas it'd quickly discourage casual players from going after any that are rated as expert. Keep the ones that are easy in places that aren't very sensitive to large numbers of people.
I'd actually watch if they had a geocaching reality show that used the game to take viewers on a tour of interesting locations. It'd be the perfect reality show for the travel channel. Do they have any show like that?
Really they are that big? Wow I always thought they were CD sized. That is actually pretty cool. Is there any reason they don't use a laser to read the disc the way CD's and DVD's do?
Ahh. I never had a LaserDisc so I assumed they were equiv to a (s)vcd. What sort of format is a laserdisc? Something non-digital?
I think it was great that their school had classes on such topics to help get them started. They must have had REALLY understanding parents too. Can you imagine letting your kid douse themself with gasoline and set themselves on fire just so they could put it in a movie? Not to mention letting them use your expensive movie equipment.
Why didn't you just buy the movies on VCD then? I imagine you could have bought legal VCD copies and they'd still work in most DVD players. :)
Hey, trust me I was surprised at how long this thread got. No idea why it all sprung from a small on topic post. Ohhh well I have the karma to burn so I guess I don't care. It's probably the longest somewhat pointless thread I've ever had on Slashdot.
:)
I work constantly. I'm just good at multitasking. I can do several things at once without loss of speed. I doubt anybody would want to take my place though.
It gets easier the more you do it. You learn to keep things packed in easy to move containers and to not have things you don't really want. I've been consolidating my computing resoures into smaller servers and such to make them easier to move. (One reason I love the mini-itx form factor.)
With a truck handy I can move just about everything I care about in a single load and not take more than maybe an hour to load the truck. That includes furniture. Without that everything I own can fit in the backseat of a car easily.
True, but I don't think I'm THAT hard on myself. Besides I've only been at my current sadistic task a couple months. Before that I was sort of laidback about such things. I just found that nothing was the way I wanted it to be so now I'm going to make it so starting with myself and working my way through my list of gripes. Sometimes you have to be a sadistic taskmaster to get the end result you want. :)
I figure time spent with those you care about is important. Time spent with total strangers really isn't. So I can make time for friends but not for Joe Schmoo off the street.
My sister is a vegan. I can tell you that honestly it has not helped her weight or made her healthier. I think moderation of everything probably makes more sense than cutting out a bunch of stuff and eatting more of the rest.
:)
Besides I've eatten her vegan meals and they are sort of disgusting. Have you ever tried to make and eat a pizza that can't have crust, cheese, or meats? Or Lasagna? I love vegtables and fruits but I couldn't give up all meat and dairy.
I've had green tea. I just don't really like it. Not that I dislike it. Just sort of neutral. My sister eats green tea candy bars. I tried one once. Yick! ;)
Ahh yeh I've had Diet Rite. I didn't realize they were doing anything different than everyone else.
I usda have a boss on the Atkins diet. He ate like nothing but tuna. Was sort of gross. I am trying to cut out excess sugars and carbs without going THAT far. Trying to eat more healthier meats too. Roast chicken instead of fried pork and stuff like that.
I assume it's just because I intake so many (nasty) liquids but it could be partly some sort of imbalance. Also it may be that all of my exercise is mostly of the legs, back, and arms so I still end up with something of a gut. Most of my exercise is informal.. just from daily tasks I do.. lots of lifting heavy objects and walking large distances. Still as you said most of us need to get whipped into shape.. it just takes effort. Some exercises I'm wary of because I have asthma and have to be careful of my breathing. Keeps me from doing jumping jacks or running and such. I like hiking and biking and swimming. Mountain climbing is fun but under full pack on a steep mountain it can be dangerous with the breathing. :)
I've lived on caffine for years. It got to the point of having severe ongoing effects. I had to drop it. Strange enough I'm slowly regaining myself and my programming ability is improving. I'd say caffine and alcohol in small doses can improve your coding but to much of a good thing and you'll be fried. :)
Does anybody actually ask for an id from a potential mate before going out with them? Looks I've found can be highly deceiving.
I can just imagine being in the middle of making out.. her hands slip into your pants and yours into her shirt.. you start removing clothing.. and then just as you both are naked you say, "By the way, can I see an id?"
I've known 13yo's more mature than some 40yo's but you're right that it's just a legal definition. I find it hard to get worked up over people who are only breaking the law (I break a dozen a day I'm sure) but sexual predators (preying on any age) of course are bad folks.
Sure parents should watch their children and pay attention to what they are doing online but I hardly think that is a reason to worry that programs can be misused to prey on children. It's the parents job to keep an eye out and teach their children to watch out for themselves.