All of those positive attributes apply to mplayer,e xcept mplayer doesn't need any additional dll's and is much easier to configure.
And really, Linux doesn't matter here. VLC is popular because of windows users who use it...while Linux users use it to, that isn't why it's popular and famous among non techies...
Basically Mplayer is smaller, easier to manage, more configurable and less buggy. Not sure why VLC holds the title in the peoples eye.
Alt-Gr is one of the stupidest keyboard modifications I've scene. On many keyboards in the EU, Alt-Gr functions like a second shift key, eg. alt-gr and 4 will give the euro symbol....but why not just make this behaviour bound to alt? Why invent alt-gr?
Asimov argued against the Frankenstein complex as it applies to robots, and indeed many people have made the point, asking how something like Skynet could happen.
Would we really be stupid enough to build something that is smarter and stronger than us, and designed to kill us without safeguards?
Wow...a lot of what you say here is pretty foolish. I guess if you can't trust the food we have in supermarkets, you can't trust that we went to the moon either, right?
It sounds like he abused his privileges to confirm his suspicions, and then took a course of action. Which is the right approach, depending on the suspicions.
It's bullshit. If I know for a fact that you're driving, if I'm in the passenger seat in the car next to you and text you, you shouldn't fucking check it.
Text's are like emails...once recevied, they can be viewed at any later time. There is nothing that says they need to be checked IMMEDIATELY.
The responsibility is solely on the driver not to check text messages. I, as the sender should be able to send a text and know the person will be responsible and not check it until after they have stopped.
Well no, the tiny bits of information has about that person is the product. The person is still the person.
If I do a survey among 100 people of which you are 1 about favorite flavors of ice cream, and sell it to a girl your dating so she can surprise you....my survey is the product, not you.
Anyway, I thought it was illegal to sell an individuals information like that?
How is it apples and oranges to compare the EU to the US? Both the US and EU are unions consisting of states. That the states in the EU are also separate countries doesn't seem to have as much a bearing on the comparison as you think it ought to.
Certainly all the lists of ranked economies, e.g. those put out by the IMF and World Bank don't have a problem comparing the EU to the US, China and the like.
Slashdot Mirror
Or a green card holder.
Bill Gates is chairman in name only, is he not?
This would seem fitting since it is the company that be he built....it's kind of shitty to force people out of the thing they made.
Alternatively, perhaps Bill Gates will be to Microsoft as the Schwartzes were to Grey Matter...
You are in a minority. The ports are not as fragile as you claim, or there would be far more outcry.
While something better could be made standard, it isn't and should not be a priority.
All of those positive attributes apply to mplayer,e xcept mplayer doesn't need any additional dll's and is much easier to configure.
And really, Linux doesn't matter here. VLC is popular because of windows users who use it...while Linux users use it to, that isn't why it's popular and famous among non techies...
Basically Mplayer is smaller, easier to manage, more configurable and less buggy. Not sure why VLC holds the title in the peoples eye.
Alt-Gr is one of the stupidest keyboard modifications I've scene. On many keyboards in the EU, Alt-Gr functions like a second shift key, eg. alt-gr and 4 will give the euro symbol....but why not just make this behaviour bound to alt? Why invent alt-gr?
But I've always preferred smplayer.
The client server architecture is generally unneeded for home use, and so is a kind of bloat.
Mplayer supports all codecs and is a statically compiled exe...you can take it with you on a thumbdrive....dont need to install it....works perfectly.
SMplayer is nice, lightweight...again supports all codecs...and has very nice features and is very configurable.
I never got why VNC became as popular as it did.
Don't worry, you guys didn't go to the same school. It's actually pretty common to play games in computer classes with permission...
Asimov argued against the Frankenstein complex as it applies to robots, and indeed many people have made the point, asking how something like Skynet could happen.
Would we really be stupid enough to build something that is smarter and stronger than us, and designed to kill us without safeguards?
Apparently, yes.
So if I randomly spray fabreeze in your general direction throughout the day, you would be fine with that?
is that everyone insists they are 100% healthy, and have none of the problems of traditional cigarettes.
Just because they don't share the same issues as cigarettes doesn't mean they are completely healthy. We need to wait until studies are done.
Given that studies have shown risk associated with nicotine patches and harmful chemicals have been found in ecigs, I think I'll wait.
Also, screw all the people who exhale in public places because they think it's acceptable to bother people with vapor because it isn't smoke.
Is that only assuming the mother has developed immunities? What if she develops diseases and then has diseased breast milk?
That's because of a UN treaty.
Wow...a lot of what you say here is pretty foolish. I guess if you can't trust the food we have in supermarkets, you can't trust that we went to the moon either, right?
How does infant formula kill babies? And if the water drinking in unsafe there is a chance the subsequent breast milk could also not be.
Then again, most people on sugar free diets are quacks.
Why would a British judgement be enforceable in the US in the first place?
It sounds like he abused his privileges to confirm his suspicions, and then took a course of action. Which is the right approach, depending on the suspicions.
It's bullshit. If I know for a fact that you're driving, if I'm in the passenger seat in the car next to you and text you, you shouldn't fucking check it.
Text's are like emails...once recevied, they can be viewed at any later time. There is nothing that says they need to be checked IMMEDIATELY.
The responsibility is solely on the driver not to check text messages. I, as the sender should be able to send a text and know the person will be responsible and not check it until after they have stopped.
Is 377 sufficient? What is an adequate sample size? How do you determine what the sample size should be?
I'm familiar with the concept of a person being a product, in terms of the information representing them. It's just nonsense.
Facebook's information on people is no different from a survey. It's just that they have lots and lots and lots of surveys.
As for information being sold individually...no, I'm not naive. That's an extraordinary claim, which requires extraordinary evidence.
Do you have any?
The EU is ahead of the US in every published list ranking world economies.
Take it up with them if you have an issue.
Well no, the tiny bits of information has about that person is the product. The person is still the person.
If I do a survey among 100 people of which you are 1 about favorite flavors of ice cream, and sell it to a girl your dating so she can surprise you....my survey is the product, not you.
Anyway, I thought it was illegal to sell an individuals information like that?
Nonsense. No single person is a product. Bulk information about demographics is a product, which isn't at all the same.
Yawn....another racist who views themselves as progressive and educated. Ironic.
How is it apples and oranges to compare the EU to the US? Both the US and EU are unions consisting of states. That the states in the EU are also separate countries doesn't seem to have as much a bearing on the comparison as you think it ought to.
Certainly all the lists of ranked economies, e.g. those put out by the IMF and World Bank don't have a problem comparing the EU to the US, China and the like.
The US is no longer the worlds biggest economy. The US hasn't done anything to improve the internet in quiet some time.
Unless you count surveillance and censorship.