Re:Same applies to Ubuntu
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Sudo vs. Root
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A non-root alternative is to create a dummy account (with a different password) that is specifically for SSH, then disable logins to every account but it. Then, they still need to su to the real user and guess that password before they can sudo.
Thanks a lot! That's exactly what I was looking for. Hopefully Synaptic can make this possible to do in the GUI in the future; it seems that I can pin packages to stay at an old version (yay, that's what I need for Gnome), but not to upgrade past the latest release.
(e.g. user can't upgrade to latest package X from the repository because they need to upgrade to the latest OS version)
Thanks for mentioning this. I really enjoy Ubuntu, but I really do wonder why I can't just upgrade a certain package to the latest without having to upgrade everything else. Makes no sense to me. I'd like to be able to make "exceptions" and upgrade a certain package, with the knowledge that it may not be as stable or may contain bugs. That's okay, because if I can always get the latest, then there's a good chance those bugs will go away soon enough.
Can apt/Synaptic handle this? In other words, can it be told that even though there is a newer version available, that it is really in the next release, and that the user doesn't want to upgrade to it unless they specifically request it? I wouldn't want the latest of everything automatically, just the apps I decided to set as an exception. I trust their judgement on most apps, and I don't want to invest the time to decide what upgrades are too cutting edge. So, again, this would only apply to special expections I told it to make.
One problem that I can see with my idea: If I'm running some ancient version of a package, it may be decided that it's too much trouble to keep it up to date with security fixes. That's fine, as long as I know. For example, Synaptic can warn me when I enter that certain packages have reached their end-of-life. They can be treated something elike broken packages. Of course, I should be given the option to keep using an out of date package if I choose to.
I hope that something like this happens eventually, because the Gnome folks like to experiment and change a lot (no problem), but then I am forced to upgrade to a new UI if I want the latest apps (and fix everything again). At one point I mentioned to my wife that Linux was nice because you could keep things the same if you wanted. But, these 6 month cycles don't work that way... I can't get the latest stuff without compiling it myself (which isn't all bad, but really!) I hope that Ubuntu finally realizes this is a problem and provides a solution. If not, someone should fork it implement this. Would solve all of my Gnome problems instantly, as I revert to the Warty version!:)
Funny.. none of that stuff really bothers me, except the seach box, but I found that Google searches better, since Slashdot doesn't search comments.
The only major usability thing for me is when I click to page 2 (or the next page), and have to then scroll past the stuff I'd already read. I realize why it happens: lots of people posted at the top while I was reading page 1, so it pushed page 1 stuff into page 2. However, if I wanted to re-read I could always click refresh. What I want to read are the new comments on "page 2".
This would be easy to fix: the "page 2" button can point to a message id that was at the top of page 2 when MY view of page 1 was created. Now, when I ask for "page 2", it won't really give me page 2, because it may then decide that I'm now really wanting to read in the middle of page 4 (based on the id), and show me the middle of page 4. That wouldn't bother me in the slightest, because I would be continuing to read from where I left off.
Could this please be an option?
Re:Will I be able to configure the screensaver?
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A Look at GNOME 2.14
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This is a constant problem with Gnome updates. Other examples include complete lack of Gnome menu editing for one release, and in the next, very primitive menu editing and the removal of Run Application as a Gnome menu choice. Another example is changing the size of folder icons.
Okay, so they want to change things... What I don't understand is why they don't make these things options (even using gconf is fine!). At least make it possible to change back! How hard can that be, since the code is already there?
I still use Gnome, and like it overall, but I hate how they force EVERY change on me. Sometimes the old way was fine (or better!).
Note that the rules change based on how the crypto will be used.. commercial, open source, beta test, etc. My understanding is if you post the source code and tell them where it is, there aren't any other restrictions (it mentions that if the source is publically available (i.e. www) you don't have to worry about restricting downloads to the banned countries). Of course, see the page to confirm these details, consult your lawyer, etc etc.
Unfortunately Microsoft messed up MS-DOS and that code no longer works (except under emulation, even in XP). But thanks... I still have fond memories of writing TSR's on our old XT. And MS-DOS runs great under qemu:)
"If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, then you've come to the right place."
The videos play using Flash; some are longer than others. Since the videos are donated (they aren't made by Stanford) some of them spew a bit of propaganda, but overall they are excellent.
One more thing I forgot. If the drugs were legal, I truly believe they would lose their "cool"ness. Cigarettes used to be everywhere and it was considered impolite to suggest that a smokers cigarette stank. Now, smoking is becoming more and more widely seen as something stupid to do, not something cool to do. The same will happen with drugs, if they are no longer legal, they people using them will be seen for the idiots that they are and it will cease to be cool.
Just what we need.. more drug dealers filling up our prisons, when there are actual criminals being freed to make room for them. I think it's kinda funny too, because many people desire drugs, and so because they are illegal the price shoots up. So making them illegal actually CREATES the monetary incentive for people to perform illegal acts to sell the drugs, drug turf wars, kids selling them at school for a profit, etc.
If drugs were legalized, they wouldn't go away, but their price would drop to nothing (besides the government taxes). And, at least here in Arizona, I can walk through the mall and not smell cigarette smoke, as it is banned in public areas.. and I can dine in a restaurant and not have to smell the smoke, because they must have a separate room for smokers (if there is to be one). Also, some people seem to think that everyone would suddenly be high all the time. That's just silly, because people can easily get the drugs already if they want them. Also, most people don't desire them (although many do).. that would not change if they were legal. Sure, some would see them and be tempted, but they can already be tempted now by their friends at school. Workplace drug tests are already in place. Just as you cannot come to work drunk without the risk of being fired, you canot come to work high either. I just don't see the big problem.
I see legalizing drugs as a good thing: it frees our prisons for the violent criminals, it reduces the cost of them so that those who desire them won't be trying to rob me to pay for their addiction, those who are addicted may more easily obtain help without becoming a criminal, there won't be drug turf wars that endanger my family, and since drugs are already available, there is no increase, and I can still teach my children to avoid them.
Although, there are the violent drug dealers as I stated.. of course they should not be freed.
I'm wondering what was considering trolling? Well, whether I'm considered a troll for it or not, I think using XP drivers is a good path: There are drivers for almost everything, it's a standard so hardware manufacturers know how to write them, and like it or not, Microsoft will be around for a while yet. The XP API should be halfway decent.. or maybe it's not? I don't really know. If it's a bad API, an alternative would be to use OS X drivers, now that there is the whole x86 fork. That being said, all of my present hardware already works well under Ubuntu, which is why I am permanently using Linux now, since Warty.:)
I didn't realize that they were being silly about things such as indentation and formatting. No wonder nobody wants to write open source drivers for Linux.. I may rethink embarking on future driver projects. I have a real problem dealing with elitist jerks.
Linux is open source.. seems like there could be a fork that updates with the main kernel but either (1) also allows binary drivers or (2) aren't jerks about trivialities. It doesn't matter what the people in "charge" of Linux think, since it's supposed to be free software. I think the people we care about are those that are in charge of the distros.. Redhat, Ubuntu, etc. They are going to want to maximize the hardware their distro runs on, so I believe they'd go with the fork.
Also, I'm curious about efforts to use Windows XP drivers in Linux. Is this effort being slowed by lack of kernel support?
.XXX sounds like a great idea. Easy to block. Why would it need to be banned? It could just be filtered. Sounds like a great solution for public access computers.
Was just about to comment on the same thing: there are bright green patches near the upper right shore, and darker green ones in the upper left. There are also dark brown patches around the ice on the left ridge, maybe wet dirt? The upper right ridge doesn't seem to have these green spots, though... seems like it should if this were some kind of life form.
I've tried a bunch of distros. Here is why I've stuck with Ubuntu (it finally got me away from Win 98, permanently):
* No guilt trips. Mandrake and Redhat are trying to make money. Ubuntu doesn't seem to be going in that direction.. or at least I haven't noticed yet if they are. I got a stack of Ubuntu CD's for free, including free shipping.
* Very simple installation. I think this isn't as strong a point as it used to be, because Redhat and Mandrake are easy to install too. I remember installing Linux in the past where there was menu after menu of cryptic stuff (/dev/hda1 means nothing to a Windows user).
* Detected my hardware. The main reason that I kept switching distros was that my sound card was not working. It worked in Ubuntu. Not only that, but everything I want: scanner, printer, 5.25" floppy, ancient digital camera, joysticks, Roland midi daughterboard. All my hardware works!
* Friendly support. There is the wiki, message board, and #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net. People there like to help, and do not have an elitist attitude.
* sudo system. I remember the pains of plain Debian, where if I wanted to configure certain parts of my system graphically, I had to close all my apps and log back in as root. Also frustrating was having to type passwords to log in and out of my system. None of that annoyance with Ubuntu.
* Easy package installation through Synaptic.. well this isn't a Ubuntu monopoly, but it is a great program. It was a major pain doing all that apt stuff my hand. Now, I have multiple Ubuntu repositories available, searchable.. with easily installed apps. Sometimes I still need to compile an app, but it is not often.
* Good graphics. I know this seems silly.. but the people making icons and graphics for Ubuntu do a good job and it gives the OS a professional appearance. IMO, it looks even more professional than Redhat.
What are you talking about? My Casio wristwatch from the early 90's uses a single watch battery and lasts for years & years. It has a calculator, memory storage, scrolling lcd display, alarms. It only cost around $60 brand new.
The technology for a low power chip was clearly available and used. This watch wasn't programmed in C, though.. I doubt it even uses ASM/ML, probably microcode in the chip.
Handheld companies could do a lot if they really tried. People accepted having to plug things into the wall every day, and so companies don't have a reason to care anymore. Also, it looks impressive to list a high MHz value for the chip. I doubt my watch is very fast at all, but it gets the job done, so why does it matter?
I have the AverTV Stereo card. It's great for watching TV, and with the sourceforge bt878 (maybe it's bt848 I can't remember right now) drivers you can capture at 640x480 or more. I've been using VirtualDub to record and I have a/v sync problems because the sound is recorded independently by my sound card. If you just want to record a Star Trek episode off TV it's fine.. but I'm looking to preserve the quality of my LD and it isn't happening with this card.
I'm pretty sure there isn't a macrovision problem because I'm using S-Video. Even watching regular TV with the card the color problems are visible. My best guesses are radio interference or a bad board design. I was reading a site where another card with the same chipset as mine was modified and the color problems went away, turning it into an excellent capture card. IIRC, the problem was caused by incorrect grounding information provided by the chip manufacturer. Unfortunately, my card was not one the guy knew how to fix, the price was like $150 anyways, and I'd still have the audio sync problems.
It seems dishonest to me to change formats (i.e. VHS to LD rip) and still consider it fair use. If I paid for a VHS copy, I would only feel justified in downloading a VHS rip. Since I own the LD copy, if I found a VHS rip, that would seem off limits to me.
Anyone know where I could buy a set of the LD -> DVD rips? I own the THX Laserdisc set, and they are great, but I know my Laserdisc player is going to die someday, so I'd like the movies in a digital format. I'm guessing though, that even if I did find DVD rips, they would probably be bad quality.. just good enough to make an illegal buck at the flea market.
I've experimented with recording ROTJ myself, but my BT878-based capture card is lame and the results were very poor (stripes of different color intensity, static, and sync problems). Can a videophile suggest an EXCELLENT capture card (i.e. the best)? Needs great audio capture too, so there aren't any sync problems.
Once we have DVD versions of both the old and new, it becomes possible for a good film editor (not me) to splice the movies together (between shots). Most of the special edition hasn't been changed, so it would be great to benefit from the better film transfer on the non-altered shots.
I wonder if the new DVD will include the original stereo tracks? I would assume not because of all the changes.
Why would anyone want to do this? Mainly to do things the OS was not meant to do, or purposely cripped not to do (you can get MS-DOS in ME, some people are convinced it's not there, stages 1-4 would convince them). Another example: although not so useful now, it's possible to get Windows 95, 98, and ME, to "dual" boot and peacefully coexist on the same partition (add xp for a quad boot). Some would say impossible, and this would be true only using stages 1-4 above. If you modify a few binary files (io.sys, command.com and a few others) it becomes possible. Or a more modern example is booting to MS-DOS and then loading XP. "Can't be done", but it can, by loading an XP boot sector and calling the bootstrap loader again.
Don't forget stage 5, that's where the real fun begins:)
My Athlon box sounds like a buzzsaw
Mine does too. Athlon 1.4. The generic fan that I had would work for the desktop, but as soon as I tried to convert some movies or anything using 100% cpu it would overheat and (thankfully) shut down ( vs. melting down). Got a ThermalTake Volcano on there, and it is extremely loud, but there have been no overheating problems. I am tempted to try that Arctic Silent thing.. really getting tired of the noise.
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A non-root alternative is to create a dummy account (with a different password) that is specifically for SSH, then disable logins to every account but it. Then, they still need to su to the real user and guess that password before they can sudo.
Thanks a lot! That's exactly what I was looking for. Hopefully Synaptic can make this possible to do in the GUI in the future; it seems that I can pin packages to stay at an old version (yay, that's what I need for Gnome), but not to upgrade past the latest release.
Thanks for mentioning this. I really enjoy Ubuntu, but I really do wonder why I can't just upgrade a certain package to the latest without having to upgrade everything else. Makes no sense to me. I'd like to be able to make "exceptions" and upgrade a certain package, with the knowledge that it may not be as stable or may contain bugs. That's okay, because if I can always get the latest, then there's a good chance those bugs will go away soon enough.
Can apt/Synaptic handle this? In other words, can it be told that even though there is a newer version available, that it is really in the next release, and that the user doesn't want to upgrade to it unless they specifically request it? I wouldn't want the latest of everything automatically, just the apps I decided to set as an exception. I trust their judgement on most apps, and I don't want to invest the time to decide what upgrades are too cutting edge. So, again, this would only apply to special expections I told it to make.
One problem that I can see with my idea: If I'm running some ancient version of a package, it may be decided that it's too much trouble to keep it up to date with security fixes. That's fine, as long as I know. For example, Synaptic can warn me when I enter that certain packages have reached their end-of-life. They can be treated something elike broken packages. Of course, I should be given the option to keep using an out of date package if I choose to.
I hope that something like this happens eventually, because the Gnome folks like to experiment and change a lot (no problem), but then I am forced to upgrade to a new UI if I want the latest apps (and fix everything again). At one point I mentioned to my wife that Linux was nice because you could keep things the same if you wanted. But, these 6 month cycles don't work that way... I can't get the latest stuff without compiling it myself (which isn't all bad, but really!) I hope that Ubuntu finally realizes this is a problem and provides a solution. If not, someone should fork it implement this. Would solve all of my Gnome problems instantly, as I revert to the Warty version!
Funny.. none of that stuff really bothers me, except the seach box, but I found that Google searches better, since Slashdot doesn't search comments.
The only major usability thing for me is when I click to page 2 (or the next page), and have to then scroll past the stuff I'd already read. I realize why it happens: lots of people posted at the top while I was reading page 1, so it pushed page 1 stuff into page 2. However, if I wanted to re-read I could always click refresh. What I want to read are the new comments on "page 2".
This would be easy to fix: the "page 2" button can point to a message id that was at the top of page 2 when MY view of page 1 was created. Now, when I ask for "page 2", it won't really give me page 2, because it may then decide that I'm now really wanting to read in the middle of page 4 (based on the id), and show me the middle of page 4. That wouldn't bother me in the slightest, because I would be continuing to read from where I left off.
Could this please be an option?
This is a constant problem with Gnome updates. Other examples include complete lack of Gnome menu editing for one release, and in the next, very primitive menu editing and the removal of Run Application as a Gnome menu choice. Another example is changing the size of folder icons.
Okay, so they want to change things... What I don't understand is why they don't make these things options (even using gconf is fine!). At least make it possible to change back! How hard can that be, since the code is already there?
I still use Gnome, and like it overall, but I hate how they force EVERY change on me. Sometimes the old way was fine (or better!).
See this page for export regulations and instructions:
http://www.bis.doc.gov/Encryption/Default.htm
Note that the rules change based on how the crypto will be used.. commercial, open source, beta test, etc. My understanding is if you post the source code and tell them where it is, there aren't any other restrictions (it mentions that if the source is publically available (i.e. www) you don't have to worry about restricting downloads to the banned countries). Of course, see the page to confirm these details, consult your lawyer, etc etc.
Unfortunately Microsoft messed up MS-DOS and that code no longer works (except under emulation, even in XP). But thanks... I still have fond memories of writing TSR's on our old XT. And MS-DOS runs great under qemu :)
Stanford University hosts another cool free site with manufacturing videos, entitled "How Everyday Things Are Made"
http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/
Here is the site's description:
"If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, then you've come to the right place."
The videos play using Flash; some are longer than others. Since the videos are donated (they aren't made by Stanford) some of them spew a bit of propaganda, but overall they are excellent.
In case anyone else is wondering what COTS means:
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/COTS.html
One more thing I forgot. If the drugs were legal, I truly believe they would lose their "cool"ness. Cigarettes used to be everywhere and it was considered impolite to suggest that a smokers cigarette stank. Now, smoking is becoming more and more widely seen as something stupid to do, not something cool to do. The same will happen with drugs, if they are no longer legal, they people using them will be seen for the idiots that they are and it will cease to be cool.
Just what we need.. more drug dealers filling up our prisons, when there are actual criminals being freed to make room for them. I think it's kinda funny too, because many people desire drugs, and so because they are illegal the price shoots up. So making them illegal actually CREATES the monetary incentive for people to perform illegal acts to sell the drugs, drug turf wars, kids selling them at school for a profit, etc.
If drugs were legalized, they wouldn't go away, but their price would drop to nothing (besides the government taxes). And, at least here in Arizona, I can walk through the mall and not smell cigarette smoke, as it is banned in public areas.. and I can dine in a restaurant and not have to smell the smoke, because they must have a separate room for smokers (if there is to be one). Also, some people seem to think that everyone would suddenly be high all the time. That's just silly, because people can easily get the drugs already if they want them. Also, most people don't desire them (although many do).. that would not change if they were legal. Sure, some would see them and be tempted, but they can already be tempted now by their friends at school. Workplace drug tests are already in place. Just as you cannot come to work drunk without the risk of being fired, you canot come to work high either. I just don't see the big problem.
I see legalizing drugs as a good thing: it frees our prisons for the violent criminals, it reduces the cost of them so that those who desire them won't be trying to rob me to pay for their addiction, those who are addicted may more easily obtain help without becoming a criminal, there won't be drug turf wars that endanger my family, and since drugs are already available, there is no increase, and I can still teach my children to avoid them.
Although, there are the violent drug dealers as I stated.. of course they should not be freed.
I'm wondering what was considering trolling? Well, whether I'm considered a troll for it or not, I think using XP drivers is a good path: There are drivers for almost everything, it's a standard so hardware manufacturers know how to write them, and like it or not, Microsoft will be around for a while yet. The XP API should be halfway decent.. or maybe it's not? I don't really know. If it's a bad API, an alternative would be to use OS X drivers, now that there is the whole x86 fork. That being said, all of my present hardware already works well under Ubuntu, which is why I am permanently using Linux now, since Warty. :)
I didn't realize that they were being silly about things such as indentation and formatting. No wonder nobody wants to write open source drivers for Linux.. I may rethink embarking on future driver projects. I have a real problem dealing with elitist jerks.
Linux is open source.. seems like there could be a fork that updates with the main kernel but either (1) also allows binary drivers or (2) aren't jerks about trivialities. It doesn't matter what the people in "charge" of Linux think, since it's supposed to be free software. I think the people we care about are those that are in charge of the distros.. Redhat, Ubuntu, etc. They are going to want to maximize the hardware their distro runs on, so I believe they'd go with the fork.
Also, I'm curious about efforts to use Windows XP drivers in Linux. Is this effort being slowed by lack of kernel support?
.XXX sounds like a great idea. Easy to block. Why would it need to be banned? It could just be filtered. Sounds like a great solution for public access computers.
Warning!! Do not click the p-bot link. It is a stupid porn site.
Call them something like "minor planets". Maybe based on their closest approach to the sun. Close enough = planet, too far = minor planet.
Was just about to comment on the same thing: there are bright green patches near the upper right shore, and darker green ones in the upper left. There are also dark brown patches around the ice on the left ridge, maybe wet dirt? The upper right ridge doesn't seem to have these green spots, though... seems like it should if this were some kind of life form.
I've tried a bunch of distros. Here is why I've stuck with Ubuntu (it finally got me away from Win 98, permanently):
* No guilt trips. Mandrake and Redhat are trying to make money. Ubuntu doesn't seem to be going in that direction.. or at least I haven't noticed yet if they are. I got a stack of Ubuntu CD's for free, including free shipping.
* Very simple installation. I think this isn't as strong a point as it used to be, because Redhat and Mandrake are easy to install too. I remember installing Linux in the past where there was menu after menu of cryptic stuff (/dev/hda1 means nothing to a Windows user).
* Detected my hardware. The main reason that I kept switching distros was that my sound card was not working. It worked in Ubuntu. Not only that, but everything I want: scanner, printer, 5.25" floppy, ancient digital camera, joysticks, Roland midi daughterboard. All my hardware works!
* Friendly support. There is the wiki, message board, and #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net. People there like to help, and do not have an elitist attitude.
* sudo system. I remember the pains of plain Debian, where if I wanted to configure certain parts of my system graphically, I had to close all my apps and log back in as root. Also frustrating was having to type passwords to log in and out of my system. None of that annoyance with Ubuntu.
* Easy package installation through Synaptic.. well this isn't a Ubuntu monopoly, but it is a great program. It was a major pain doing all that apt stuff my hand. Now, I have multiple Ubuntu repositories available, searchable.. with easily installed apps. Sometimes I still need to compile an app, but it is not often.
* Good graphics. I know this seems silly.. but the people making icons and graphics for Ubuntu do a good job and it gives the OS a professional appearance. IMO, it looks even more professional than Redhat.
What are you talking about? My Casio wristwatch from the early 90's uses a single watch battery and lasts for years & years. It has a calculator, memory storage, scrolling lcd display, alarms. It only cost around $60 brand new.
The technology for a low power chip was clearly available and used. This watch wasn't programmed in C, though.. I doubt it even uses ASM/ML, probably microcode in the chip.
Handheld companies could do a lot if they really tried. People accepted having to plug things into the wall every day, and so companies don't have a reason to care anymore. Also, it looks impressive to list a high MHz value for the chip. I doubt my watch is very fast at all, but it gets the job done, so why does it matter?
Never tell me the odds.
I have the AverTV Stereo card. It's great for watching TV, and with the sourceforge bt878 (maybe it's bt848 I can't remember right now) drivers you can capture at 640x480 or more. I've been using VirtualDub to record and I have a/v sync problems because the sound is recorded independently by my sound card. If you just want to record a Star Trek episode off TV it's fine.. but I'm looking to preserve the quality of my LD and it isn't happening with this card.
I'm pretty sure there isn't a macrovision problem because I'm using S-Video. Even watching regular TV with the card the color problems are visible. My best guesses are radio interference or a bad board design. I was reading a site where another card with the same chipset as mine was modified and the color problems went away, turning it into an excellent capture card. IIRC, the problem was caused by incorrect grounding information provided by the chip manufacturer. Unfortunately, my card was not one the guy knew how to fix, the price was like $150 anyways, and I'd still have the audio sync problems.
calamari
Thanks for the site info. :)
It seems dishonest to me to change formats (i.e. VHS to LD rip) and still consider it fair use. If I paid for a VHS copy, I would only feel justified in downloading a VHS rip. Since I own the LD copy, if I found a VHS rip, that would seem off limits to me.
calamari
Anyone know where I could buy a set of the LD -> DVD rips? I own the THX Laserdisc set, and they are great, but I know my Laserdisc player is going to die someday, so I'd like the movies in a digital format. I'm guessing though, that even if I did find DVD rips, they would probably be bad quality.. just good enough to make an illegal buck at the flea market.
I've experimented with recording ROTJ myself, but my BT878-based capture card is lame and the results were very poor (stripes of different color intensity, static, and sync problems). Can a videophile suggest an EXCELLENT capture card (i.e. the best)? Needs great audio capture too, so there aren't any sync problems.
Once we have DVD versions of both the old and new, it becomes possible for a good film editor (not me) to splice the movies together (between shots). Most of the special edition hasn't been changed, so it would be great to benefit from the better film transfer on the non-altered shots.
I wonder if the new DVD will include the original stereo tracks? I would assume not because of all the changes.
calamari
Stage 5: Modifying/replacing executables
:)
Why would anyone want to do this? Mainly to do things the OS was not meant to do, or purposely cripped not to do (you can get MS-DOS in ME, some people are convinced it's not there, stages 1-4 would convince them). Another example: although not so useful now, it's possible to get Windows 95, 98, and ME, to "dual" boot and peacefully coexist on the same partition (add xp for a quad boot). Some would say impossible, and this would be true only using stages 1-4 above. If you modify a few binary files (io.sys, command.com and a few others) it becomes possible. Or a more modern example is booting to MS-DOS and then loading XP. "Can't be done", but it can, by loading an XP boot sector and calling the bootstrap loader again.
Don't forget stage 5, that's where the real fun begins
calamari
My Athlon box sounds like a buzzsaw Mine does too. Athlon 1.4. The generic fan that I had would work for the desktop, but as soon as I tried to convert some movies or anything using 100% cpu it would overheat and (thankfully) shut down ( vs. melting down). Got a ThermalTake Volcano on there, and it is extremely loud, but there have been no overheating problems. I am tempted to try that Arctic Silent thing.. really getting tired of the noise. calamari