> Um, like he said, some fit on one disc, some fit on two (or you increase the compression and make it fit on one!).
From the parent: "You can't copy double-layered commercial DVD's. They can only be manufactured. The DVD burners currently available can't copy a full-length movie. You have to rip the original movie, and increase the compression (slightly lower the quality) to fit it onto a single disc. You can also slice the movie in half, and use two discs."
I didn't see the "some fit on one disc, some fit on two" portion of his comment, but I did see the "the DVD burners currently available can't copy a full-length movie" part.
Perhaps I was wrong on the drug of choice for Slashdot enthusiasts. Which one causes illiteracy?
> The DVD burners currently available can't copy a full-length movie.
I think these folks would beg to differ. I've used this software, and although somewhat buggy, it seems to be the easiest and best solution out there. Of the movies I've tried so far, about one-third fit the entire movie on a DVD+R disc, about half fit the movie only without extras, and the remaining required two discs (very rough estimate).
> You have to rip the original movie, and increase the compression
I must be hillicnating then as I look at the backups of my DVD collection that are in uncompressed MPEG2 format. Perhaps I should take my dose of LSD in the evening instead of the morning...
> Epson is much better than Lexmark, however their newer printers are very picky about what paper and ink you use. In fact, if you use the name brand epson ink but not epson paper, chances are that the ink will run or absorb wrong and your print will look all sorts of bad. When you use all of their propriety stuff, it looks great, but you pay more for that great look. Much more.
I would recommend using one of Epson's printers that utilizes their DuraBrite technology (The C62 and C82 use it I think?). This ink is non-water soluable and is pigment based, which should prevent feathering on most plain papers. The best part of their DuraBrite inks is that photo prints on plain paper look almost as good ad a print on photo paper, so you don't necessarily need to buy expensive paper to get good prints.
When I sold printers, one of the tricks we would do is print out a demo on one of the DuraBrites and immediately run the results under a water fountain. No running or smearing! Most customers were impressed.
The one drawback to the DuraBrite line is that I don't think they have and 5-color models, only 3-color. Depending on what you are doing, this may not be a big deal. If you're looking for stunning photos, however, and don't need what the DuraBrite offers, I would recommend the Epson Stylus Photo 825. The photos are simply amazing.
No, I'm not affiliated with Epson in any way. I used to sell printers (HP, Lex, Epson, Canon) and fell in love with their (ink jet) printers.
> Printer manufacturers realized -maybe 10 years ago- the same thing that game manufacturers realized more recently; that far greater proffits await those who seek out continuous revenue streams.
That may be true, but it still doesn't explain the drop in quality of printers. I can't buy your cartridges if my printer doesn't work, and if I have a bad experience I am likely to take my cartridge business to various competitors until I find one that sucks the least.
> As I recall, some would-be cartridge vendors have sued printer manufactuters claimin that this practice is anti-competitive.
It's Lexmark, who manufactures Dell's rebranded printers as well.
> And the difference between the above and an apache box which also serves up its content by samba is?
The difference is simple: The MIS intern they employed to set up the department "server" (which is really just some old workstation that nobody was using) knew how to install IIS but had no clue what to do with Apache.
I wonder how the projectionist would do when the "Would you like to upgrade to QuickTime Pro" message comes onto the screen at the beginning of each movie.
I suppose they would have to install some sort of pointing device.
According to their latest press release, they're selling their GoVideo assets to Opta Systems.
"In addition, SONICblue has entered into a definitive agreement with Opta Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carmco Investments, LLC, which is expected to acquire substantially all of the assets of SONICblue's GoVideo business unit for approximately $12.5 million. The terms of the sale of these business units will require the approval of the Bankruptcy Court."
What's interesting is the fact that Opta/Carmco are nearly non-existent in a Google search except when referenced in the above press release for purchasing some of SB's assets.
Slashdot Mirror
Funny how they keep their address hidden in a Whois lookup. Perhaps they don't want to receive spam either...
> Um, like he said, some fit on one disc, some fit on two (or you increase the compression and make it fit on one!).
From the parent: "You can't copy double-layered commercial DVD's. They can only be manufactured. The DVD burners currently available can't copy a full-length movie. You have to rip the original movie, and increase the compression (slightly lower the quality) to fit it onto a single disc. You can also slice the movie in half, and use two discs."
I didn't see the "some fit on one disc, some fit on two" portion of his comment, but I did see the "the DVD burners currently available can't copy a full-length movie" part.
Perhaps I was wrong on the drug of choice for Slashdot enthusiasts. Which one causes illiteracy?
Why doesn't IDG just threaten their ISP with a cease-and-decist letter? That usually works...
> The DVD burners currently available can't copy a full-length movie.
I think these folks would beg to differ. I've used this software, and although somewhat buggy, it seems to be the easiest and best solution out there. Of the movies I've tried so far, about one-third fit the entire movie on a DVD+R disc, about half fit the movie only without extras, and the remaining required two discs (very rough estimate).
> You have to rip the original movie, and increase the compression
I must be hillicnating then as I look at the backups of my DVD collection that are in uncompressed MPEG2 format. Perhaps I should take my dose of LSD in the evening instead of the morning...
How about calling it "Mozilla" or "Mozilla Browser". There's no conflict with that name, right?
> Every time you email a friend about the newest release of Firebird, you have to say, FirebirdDB or Firebird the browser.
Not to nitpick, but isn't the name of the product FirebirdSQL?
I just popped over the the CodeWeavers site and saw CrossOver Office 2.0.0 Ships today also. Changelog.
Still no FrontPage or Dreamweaver support, though. :(
> IANAL, but I do keep up with court cases; AFAIK there are very few valid EULAs (which appear solely online, BTW).
OMG, acronyms aplenty. LOL.
TTFN, IL½2BCNU
AMD stock climbed 37% closing at $9.98.
Yeah, in the original article, they were considering considering using them, but now they are just considering using them.
You're kidding, right?
April fools is only on the FIRST day of April, guys, not all month.
It's old, but can be used for comparison.
Who Controls the Media?
> It's also hard to balance that notebook on your knees while you take a shit.
Amazingly, my fiance has mastered this practice. You know you're a junky when you can't break from chat for 10 minutes. ;)
> Epson is much better than Lexmark, however their newer printers are very picky about what paper and ink you use. In fact, if you use the name brand epson ink but not epson paper, chances are that the ink will run or absorb wrong and your print will look all sorts of bad. When you use all of their propriety stuff, it looks great, but you pay more for that great look. Much more.
I would recommend using one of Epson's printers that utilizes their DuraBrite technology (The C62 and C82 use it I think?). This ink is non-water soluable and is pigment based, which should prevent feathering on most plain papers. The best part of their DuraBrite inks is that photo prints on plain paper look almost as good ad a print on photo paper, so you don't necessarily need to buy expensive paper to get good prints.
When I sold printers, one of the tricks we would do is print out a demo on one of the DuraBrites and immediately run the results under a water fountain. No running or smearing! Most customers were impressed.
The one drawback to the DuraBrite line is that I don't think they have and 5-color models, only 3-color. Depending on what you are doing, this may not be a big deal. If you're looking for stunning photos, however, and don't need what the DuraBrite offers, I would recommend the Epson Stylus Photo 825. The photos are simply amazing.
No, I'm not affiliated with Epson in any way. I used to sell printers (HP, Lex, Epson, Canon) and fell in love with their (ink jet) printers.
> Printer manufacturers realized -maybe 10 years ago- the same thing that game manufacturers realized more recently; that far greater proffits await those who seek out continuous revenue streams.
That may be true, but it still doesn't explain the drop in quality of printers. I can't buy your cartridges if my printer doesn't work, and if I have a bad experience I am likely to take my cartridge business to various competitors until I find one that sucks the least.
> As I recall, some would-be cartridge vendors have sued printer manufactuters claimin that this practice is anti-competitive.
It's Lexmark, who manufactures Dell's rebranded printers as well.
> Until my palm can play a Quake, a Half Life, or a Freelancer BETTER than my pc, I'm not unplugging.
Do you really want your Palm to do this?
Looks great, works great, detects almost everything, and it was even easy to get printing with my Linux-not-supported print server!
Only drawback - I couldn't get my integrated Promise RAID to work. Software RAID worked fine, though.
> It turns out they've released a new portal product and a new CMS product.
That's neat and all, but how about a Developer's version, Lite version, or Demo? The CMS sounds cool.
There are cheap copies available.
...because we wouldn't have been able to find it without a link pointing directly to it.
After all, search engines are for whimps.
BTW, nice referal ID. Informative indeed.
> And the difference between the above and an apache box which also serves up its content by samba is?
The difference is simple: The MIS intern they employed to set up the department "server" (which is really just some old workstation that nobody was using) knew how to install IIS but had no clue what to do with Apache.
I wonder how the projectionist would do when the "Would you like to upgrade to QuickTime Pro" message comes onto the screen at the beginning of each movie.
I suppose they would have to install some sort of pointing device.
According to their latest press release, they're selling their GoVideo assets to Opta Systems.
"In addition, SONICblue has entered into a definitive agreement with Opta Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carmco Investments, LLC, which is expected to acquire substantially all of the assets of SONICblue's GoVideo business unit for approximately $12.5 million. The terms of the sale of these business units will require the approval of the Bankruptcy Court."
What's interesting is the fact that Opta/Carmco are nearly non-existent in a Google search except when referenced in the above press release for purchasing some of SB's assets.
> Posted by jamie on Monday March 31, @09:25PM
Perhaps they failed that all-to-important question when installing RedHat that asked, "Is your clock set to GMT or local time?"
> If Redhat want's to restrict distribution, they can go write their own kernel, C compiler, X, and all the applications.
Or they could just not release binaries. People would still compile it and resell it, but most I think most people would go for the official copy.