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  1. Re:bit of history on XVID 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    >and became the sandbox for many projects based on divx (3vix, opendivx, etc) ...

    Um, no; 3ivx is a completely independent MPEG-4 implementation that predates just about everything but DivX 3.11.

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  2. Re:Quicktime integration? on XVID 1.0 Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    Apple's codec sucks... 3ivx and XviD don't.

  3. Re:Slashdot readers... on Tesla Special on PBS · · Score: 1

    So you're posting to say that.. you can see the "I can just see the jokes coming now" posts... coming now.

  4. Qwest VDSL on Qwest To Offer 'Naked DSL' · · Score: 1

    Qwest VDSL has allowed this for at least a year.. I switched my phone to Cox and kept the VDSL service uninterrupted. They seem to work as a totally separate company that has unrelated policies and procedures but happen to share the name Qwest.

    They also lowered the price $10/mo last month, and increased the speed to 1.5/1mbps (from 1/1). http://www.qwest.com/vdsl/ .. That's another thing, it's not (or wasn't until recently) linked anywhere on their home page, isn't searched by the DSL checker.. you have to know it exists to get it.

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  5. Re:Something's not right... on Windows Program Enables MP3 Downloading From iTunes · · Score: 1

    If by didn't, you mean specifically did.. iTunes 4.0 did not limit access to the local subnet, you could share anybody's IP. Similar programs to this, and backend programs that created searchable websites you could download off of, and other toys appeared. Apple promptly released 4.0.1, which limits sharing to the local subnet. Now someone slaps together (the protocol is well known and documented now) the same thing for Windows and it's apparently news.

  6. Re:alternatives on Divx Now Adware Supported Only · · Score: 1

    This is only because the tester used terrible settings for the encoder since the 3ivx team did not respond to their request for good settings.)

    It's actually much worse than that, he specifically says defaults would be used if not otherwise told, then picked a ridiculously low minimum quality that is nowhere near the default, probably because the default didn't allow him to satisfy his DivX hardon. Not just incompetence, active sabotage.

    3ivx D4.1 will be out soonish with a new and much improved 1-pass algorithm, 2-pass encoding, optional ASP encoding features, and an optional kitchen sink.

  7. Re:3.11 Anyone ;) on Divx Now Adware Supported Only · · Score: 1

    Yes, you are the only one still using an archaic hacked half-assed MS implementation of MPEG-4v1.

  8. Re:Uhmmm, Project Mayo is still free... on Divx Now Adware Supported Only · · Score: 1

    Uhmmm, and only abandoned for 2 years.

  9. Re:Even though 3ivx is Quicktime, it'll run in WMP on Divx Now Adware Supported Only · · Score: 1

    3ivx is MPEG-4 just like everything else. DivX, XviD, and even Apple's codec can play it (since D4 is simple profile).

  10. Re:XivD should make a QuickTime component... on Divx Now Adware Supported Only · · Score: 1

    3ivx is dead in the water

    And by dead in the water you mean.. the best decoder available, under active development and about to release a major update with 2-pass encoding and advanced simple profile encoding features... I see.

  11. Rio Karma on Newest iPod vs. the Nomad Zen NX? · · Score: 2, Informative

    You probably wouldn't have heard of this yet unless you have an Empeg, but wait for the upcoming Rio Karma before deciding.

  12. Far more complicated than necessary on TiVo Video Extraction with Mac OS X · · Score: -1, Redundant

    That's how I extracted stuff 2 years ago, but it's an archaic way to do it now.. Get the mfsstream TiVoWeb module and click on the name of the show you want, your browser downloads the .ty

  13. Far more complicated than necessary on TiVo Video Extraction with Mac OS X · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That's how I extracted stuff 2 years ago, but it's far more complicated than necessary today; Get the MFSStream module for TiVoWeb, you click on a show and your browser downloads the tystream.

  14. Re:DVDs out soon too... on Futurama Confirmed on Cartoon Network · · Score: 1

    You may want to consult a physician about that...

  15. Re:tv in the bedroom on Video Storage And Hard Drive Manufacturers · · Score: 2, Funny

    What other electronics placement decrees do you have for us, Feng Shui Hitler?

  16. "Programmable" on Programmable Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is no different than a normal serial LCD/VFD.. All the "programming" has to be done on the computer side.

  17. Re:Just Like Using a Dish on Broadband Access Via Digital TV Signal? · · Score: 1

    Uhm, because the nearest TV antenna to him is inconveniently located 22k miles from the Earth in geosynchronous orbit?

  18. Re:Google cached link on Shreve Systems is Dead and Going · · Score: 1

    If you're going to mislead people into your old-ass PB auction you could at least post a properly clickable link.

  19. Re:I have a great idea: Use "T9" text entry... on IR Remotes with Letter Keys? · · Score: 1

    This is what the Empeg software has used for years.

  20. Re:Probably part of Cocoa or Carbon on Offline Mail Queues w/ Mac OS X? · · Score: 1

    Adium does that by sending an IM to itself every once in a while and then dis/reconnecting if it never hears from itself.

  21. Interesting server response... on Cold War Satellite Pics Declassified · · Score: 1
    Anybody else getting this? Interesting switch condition...
    Microsoft VBScript compilation

    error '800a0409'

    Unterminated string constant

    /ads/sb/sb_mgr.inc, line 464

    case "skyScrapernwwhonext
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  22. Voltage on A Universal Power Bus? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Different devices require different voltages.. if the device is going to have a power brick built-in to it to convert from "UPB" voltage to what they need, then your UPB is what's known as a "power strip".

  23. Re:New hardware on apple.com? on Using ODBC in Jaguar? · · Score: 1

    No, you're probably just trying to get there through WorldCom's crappy network. When the site is being updated the store goes offline and says they'll be back soon.

  24. Re:No wonder we never switched to metric on Electric Car Capable of 180mph · · Score: 1

    $_ =~ s/canadian/stupid/i;

    Check...harder, eh.

  25. Re:What fun...... on The First Automotive Easter Egg? · · Score: 1

    Many [non-econobox] cars with sticks have cruise control too you know...