Honestly,/. needs some testosterone-taming a lot these days. First, Lucy Linux, now 6 guys in a hut? Perhaps they can do a joint session with Promise Keepers (TM) or something.
Sure I shopped around. I hadn't seen any DVD units with Dolby Digital and DTS for the price I got mine, so I sprung for it. So basically I got a DVD player (literally, "with DIVX") cheaper than otherwise.
I wish people would get their fear and loathing straight. Are people afraid that DIVX will succeed? Or do they think it will fail because it stinks?
Or, of course, worse, are they afraid that something that is both technologically and marketing-wise a terrible flop.. that it might actually prevail?
I don't think so. I think DIVX will flop because the software just ain't there and you can't buy DIVX movies anywhere. They gotta be losing money on it and it won't last another two years.
But is it worth getting in a tizzy about? If Microsoft was pushing it, I'd be worried, they have the money to make it succeed past the golden 2-year mark, but I doubt we'll see little old DIVX past this Christmas.
Am I worried? Not really, for all I care, I just got a DVD player with some neat features for still less than other folks, because of my friend at Circuit City. No complaints.
Suppose that the transporter never really transported the original; but destroyed it and synthesized an exact copy on the other end.
There would be no way to detect this. But if you were transported, "you" would die and your exact twin sister would materialize with all your memories, etc.
Like a Turing Test, there would be no way to detect from outside that the copy wasn't in fact you. How would we ever know? Only those that died would know that they didn't live, but their copies wouldn't.
So I guess I'm not getting transported anytime soon.
- K-ster
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What I don't understand is why everyone is so bent out of shape about DIVX? Is it really hurting you? Does it offend your values?
I got a DIVX player because my buddy works at C-City and I got a deep discount on a floor model. It cost less than a comparable DVD model, so I'm happy.
I'm treating it as a DVD player, so for me there's really no difference. I got 5 free DIVX discs as part of the deal from C-City. After I watch those 5, I'll most probably unplug the unit since, as everyone points out, who wants to go to C-City to rent a movie?
But I really don't feel that impassioned about the unit. It's a DVD player that can play DIVX discs. I'll never use the DIVX features. I don't get enraged at the sight of it, nor am I in love with it.
No, the 48 hour viewing period begins when you first put in your disc in the DIVX, not when you buy the disc.
So in this scenario, the guy would only have paid the $4.49 once. If you count shipping/handling, still a little bit cheaper than renting from those mail order rent-a-dvd houses.
And.. if one had one of those handy "video stabilizers", you could dub your copy on SVHS/DV cassette and watch it again later.
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/. needs some testosterone-taming a lot these days. First, Lucy Linux, now 6 guys in a hut? Perhaps they can do a joint session with Promise Keepers (TM) or something.
Honestly,
- k-ren
Sure I shopped around. I hadn't seen any DVD units with Dolby Digital and DTS for the price I got mine, so I sprung for it. So basically I got a DVD player (literally, "with DIVX") cheaper than otherwise.
I wish people would get their fear and loathing straight. Are people afraid that DIVX will succeed? Or do they think it will fail because it stinks?
Or, of course, worse, are they afraid that something that is both technologically and marketing-wise a terrible flop
I don't think so. I think DIVX will flop because the software just ain't there and you can't buy DIVX movies anywhere. They gotta be losing money on it and it won't last another two years.
But is it worth getting in a tizzy about? If Microsoft was pushing it, I'd be worried, they have the money to make it succeed past the golden 2-year mark, but I doubt we'll see little old DIVX past this Christmas.
Am I worried? Not really, for all I care, I just got a DVD player with some neat features for still less than other folks, because of my friend at Circuit City. No complaints.
K-ster
I always wondered about transporters...
Suppose that the transporter never really transported the original; but destroyed it and synthesized an exact copy on the other end.
There would be no way to detect this. But if you were transported, "you" would die and your exact twin sister would materialize with all your memories, etc.
Like a Turing Test, there would be no way to detect from outside that the copy wasn't in fact you. How would we ever know? Only those that died would know that they didn't live, but their copies wouldn't.
So I guess I'm not getting transported anytime soon.
- K-ster
What I don't understand is why everyone is so bent out of shape about DIVX? Is it really hurting you? Does it offend your values?
I got a DIVX player because my buddy works at C-City and I got a deep discount on a floor model. It cost less than a comparable DVD model, so I'm happy.
I'm treating it as a DVD player, so for me there's really no difference. I got 5 free DIVX discs as part of the deal from C-City. After I watch those 5, I'll most probably unplug the unit since, as everyone points out, who wants to go to C-City to rent a movie?
But I really don't feel that impassioned about the unit. It's a DVD player that can play DIVX discs. I'll never use the DIVX features. I don't get enraged at the sight of it, nor am I in love with it.
It's just technology. Deal. Chill.
- K-ster
No, the 48 hour viewing period begins when you first put in your disc in the DIVX, not when you buy the disc.
So in this scenario, the guy would only have paid the $4.49 once. If you count shipping/handling, still a little bit cheaper than renting from those mail order rent-a-dvd houses.
And.. if one had one of those handy "video stabilizers", you could dub your copy on SVHS/DV cassette and watch it again later.
- K-ster