I am glad there are kids like you still out there, and parents that teach correct principles. You're not missing out on anything by not looking at filth, in fact you are gaining the companionship of the spirit in your life as you live right. That is one of the great things about the gospel... it is the truth, and so we can see its positive effect grow in our lives.
calamari
The current ownership of Symbian breaks down in hexadecimal as follows (using the definition of 1% equals one part in one hundred hex): Nokia 52.7%, Psion 4F.A%, Ericsson 2C.D%, Samsung C.D%, Siemens C.5%, and Sony Ericsson 3.D%
Okay.. here's what we should do to resolve this when these DVD's come out. I say we can use the best of both to enjoy a better product than the current LD rips.
1) Use the DVD as a base. I would say that most of the changes don't matter much to the fans. The obvious scenes would need to be fixed.
2a) For the screwed up scenes do a high quality LD rip using the best image capture card and highest resolution available, then shrink each frame to to DVD image size. The rip needs to be high quality so it doesn't contrast with the DVD as much. We should do this now while working LD players are available.
2b) Modern laserdiscs (including THX Star Wars) have a digital track for the audio. This means we should be able to get a direct digital rip with no analog step. I wonder if this high quality audio can somehow be enhanced for 5.1, or maybe just leave it and have the amplifier do the Dolby ProLogic decoding. Encode shot as a DVD chapter.
3) Switch to the captured LD version for the shot, then resume the DVD after the shot is over. The fan only needs to install the patches he/she cares about.
4) Burn the fixed DVD and enjoy DVD Star Wars.
Until then I will hope my Pioneer LD player doesn't break down:)
BTW-- There are potential problems with the music. Some remixing might be necessary to patch things up.
calamari
I bought one of those Oregon Scientific mini-PDA's (credit card size, but 1/8" thick).. it was only a few bucks brand new on E-Bay, so I decided to give it a shot. It was really fun to play with, but the lack of a keyboard or handwriting recognition made me quickly realize it wasn't much more than a toy. I just couldn't keep up trying to punch things in on the onscreen keyboard so I often ended up with various notes in my pocket thinking "I will enter that later" (phone numbers, appointments, etc). Later, of course, never seemed to come around. I finally quit carrying it when certain cells of the touch screen stopped working (on/off comes to mind).
I'm still hoping for a programmable PDA calculator watch with the form factor of my Casio Data Bank DBC-61[0] (I'm not talking about those clunky new wannabe data banks with impossible to press keys). Here's a pic:
Notice the smooth keypad? This is perfect for quick entry. Raised buttons are harder to press and slow me down. The battery lasts at least 3 years. Now, add PDA features and predictive text input, and you have a winner (the screen doesn't need to change much, it can display text and numbers). Of course it will never happen, but I can dream:)
Jeff
The major difference between driver support for Linux and Windows is that Linux drivers are based on people reverse-engineering a driver or building from a spec (if available), Windows drivers are supplied with the hardware device. Also, from what I've gathered Linux changes its driver specs constantly, so the driver that once worked no longer works.
I'd love to switch to Linux, right now. I'm tired of living in fear of the next exploit that will come along and clean me out, but even worse, since I'm running 98, I know that eventually I won't get drivers with new hardware anymore. I'll be in the same boat as Linux users, but I will be even worse off. Linux driver support should rise in the future, while 98 will almost certainly continue falling, so I want to be in on the Linux future.
But, I can't enjoy Linux right now, unless the experience were limited to monitor, mouse, and keyboard. My Turtle Beach sound card doesn't work (there are drivers for the sound chip, but not for the card, doesn't work, and what about the sound canvas MPU-401 daughterboard?). Serial port scanner that came with Windows 3.1 era drivers? Yeah right. ROM burner from the 80's with a DOS program to run it?, light pen? Dream on. There are drivers for my TV card, because it uses a standard chip and board, cool. But, I can't read DVD's or burn CD's (only one drive detected as a plain CD-ROM).
Now don't get me wrong. Windows drivers are not standardized by any stretch of the imagination. Every manufacturer seems to have their own idea of how to implement, install, etc, a driver, a real nightmare in that respect. But I've seen a tremendous amount of backwards compatibility as far as Windows is concerned. I can use Windows 3.1 drivers (or even in some cases MS-DOS drivers) in 98. If nothing newer is available, that means I am still up and running. But, new specs are out for XP, so my driver days are limited. Most drivers today are going to be written with XP in mind, and 9x as an afterthought, if included at all.
I'm sure I can eventually find all the software I need for Linux, or run it on Wine, but unless I want to abandon my hardware, dual-boot, or try to reverse engineer it I won't ever get most of this hardware working.
I think the most sensible thing to do would be to buy new hardware that is Linux compatible. That time has not yet arrived. I'm still hopeful for the day when manufacturers give a choice of drivers: Windows, Mac, *Linux*. They need to hurry up so I can get off this sinking ship of an OS to POSIX enduced bliss.
I'd like to see the option (not default, but an option) to be able to have mount points that behave like MS-DOS or Windows, where it assumes that a disk is mounted.. if that was wrong, error. It assumes it's the same disk, if that's wrong (i.e. can't find the file), error or remount.
calamari
I've run X on Cygwin, and I agree 100% that X isn't slow. It loads right up and is ready to go. There are no slowdown problems, even in the hostile Windows environment.
Why is KDE or Gnome so bloated and slow? It doesn't seem like much is really needed. In fact, as I understand it, Windows uses sepeate applications to provide much of the UI experience.
By using separate applications, you could add or remove functionality as you decide (of course some things might have dependencies on another apps, quicklaunch wouldn't make much sense seperate of the taskbar).
Here are some needed Windows-like apps, off the top of my head: taskbar (just the bar, and simple functionailty such as auto minimize), app buttons or tabs (dep. taskbar), system tray (dep. taskbar), clock (dep. taskbar), quick launch (dep. taskbar), start menu (dep. taskbar), desktop (just the pretty background pic and desktop icons, nothing fancy), explorer (when you open a folder, already exists afaik), trash can (dep. desktop), network browser (dep. desktop). Also, all the start menu applications can be seperate. No reason to have them be part of the start menu code (find, run, etc).
Now, with this system, if you think the start menu is stupid, the solution is simple.. don't load it up! No reason to have a trash can on the desktop if you don't need it, etc.
Does such a modular system exist? If not, I would love to get started on such a project. It would be fast, and compatible with the current system and apps.
I can't see how all the bloat of Gnome or KDE is needed. Let the Window manager take care of what the apps look like. Let other apps tack on the rest of the UI elements. Should be simple and fast.
Found it! Lots of good information in that article, too a while to find what I needed:
http://starryskies.com/leonids/leonids-where-to-lo ok.html
This is the same site as in the original article.
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I am glad there are kids like you still out there, and parents that teach correct principles. You're not missing out on anything by not looking at filth, in fact you are gaining the companionship of the spirit in your life as you live right. That is one of the great things about the gospel... it is the truth, and so we can see its positive effect grow in our lives. calamari
Oops.. I thought the parent poster was joking, but he is actually a loon. Was fun converting to hex anyways tho, wrote a short basic program for it.
calamari
Okay.. here's what we should do to resolve this when these DVD's come out. I say we can use the best of both to enjoy a better product than the current LD rips. 1) Use the DVD as a base. I would say that most of the changes don't matter much to the fans. The obvious scenes would need to be fixed. 2a) For the screwed up scenes do a high quality LD rip using the best image capture card and highest resolution available, then shrink each frame to to DVD image size. The rip needs to be high quality so it doesn't contrast with the DVD as much. We should do this now while working LD players are available. 2b) Modern laserdiscs (including THX Star Wars) have a digital track for the audio. This means we should be able to get a direct digital rip with no analog step. I wonder if this high quality audio can somehow be enhanced for 5.1, or maybe just leave it and have the amplifier do the Dolby ProLogic decoding. Encode shot as a DVD chapter. 3) Switch to the captured LD version for the shot, then resume the DVD after the shot is over. The fan only needs to install the patches he/she cares about. 4) Burn the fixed DVD and enjoy DVD Star Wars. Until then I will hope my Pioneer LD player doesn't break down :)
BTW-- There are potential problems with the music. Some remixing might be necessary to patch things up.
calamari
I'm still hoping for a programmable PDA calculator watch with the form factor of my Casio Data Bank DBC-61[0] (I'm not talking about those clunky new wannabe data banks with impossible to press keys). Here's a pic:
Casio DBC-610
Notice the smooth keypad? This is perfect for quick entry. Raised buttons are harder to press and slow me down. The battery lasts at least 3 years. Now, add PDA features and predictive text input, and you have a winner (the screen doesn't need to change much, it can display text and numbers). Of course it will never happen, but I can dream :)
Jeff
I'd love to switch to Linux, right now. I'm tired of living in fear of the next exploit that will come along and clean me out, but even worse, since I'm running 98, I know that eventually I won't get drivers with new hardware anymore. I'll be in the same boat as Linux users, but I will be even worse off. Linux driver support should rise in the future, while 98 will almost certainly continue falling, so I want to be in on the Linux future.
But, I can't enjoy Linux right now, unless the experience were limited to monitor, mouse, and keyboard. My Turtle Beach sound card doesn't work (there are drivers for the sound chip, but not for the card, doesn't work, and what about the sound canvas MPU-401 daughterboard?). Serial port scanner that came with Windows 3.1 era drivers? Yeah right. ROM burner from the 80's with a DOS program to run it?, light pen? Dream on. There are drivers for my TV card, because it uses a standard chip and board, cool. But, I can't read DVD's or burn CD's (only one drive detected as a plain CD-ROM).
Now don't get me wrong. Windows drivers are not standardized by any stretch of the imagination. Every manufacturer seems to have their own idea of how to implement, install, etc, a driver, a real nightmare in that respect. But I've seen a tremendous amount of backwards compatibility as far as Windows is concerned. I can use Windows 3.1 drivers (or even in some cases MS-DOS drivers) in 98. If nothing newer is available, that means I am still up and running. But, new specs are out for XP, so my driver days are limited. Most drivers today are going to be written with XP in mind, and 9x as an afterthought, if included at all.
I'm sure I can eventually find all the software I need for Linux, or run it on Wine, but unless I want to abandon my hardware, dual-boot, or try to reverse engineer it I won't ever get most of this hardware working.
I think the most sensible thing to do would be to buy new hardware that is Linux compatible. That time has not yet arrived. I'm still hopeful for the day when manufacturers give a choice of drivers: Windows, Mac, *Linux*. They need to hurry up so I can get off this sinking ship of an OS to POSIX enduced bliss.
calamari
I'd like to see the option (not default, but an option) to be able to have mount points that behave like MS-DOS or Windows, where it assumes that a disk is mounted.. if that was wrong, error. It assumes it's the same disk, if that's wrong (i.e. can't find the file), error or remount. calamari
I've run X on Cygwin, and I agree 100% that X isn't slow. It loads right up and is ready to go. There are no slowdown problems, even in the hostile Windows environment.
Why is KDE or Gnome so bloated and slow? It doesn't seem like much is really needed. In fact, as I understand it, Windows uses sepeate applications to provide much of the UI experience.
By using separate applications, you could add or remove functionality as you decide (of course some things might have dependencies on another apps, quicklaunch wouldn't make much sense seperate of the taskbar).
Here are some needed Windows-like apps, off the top of my head: taskbar (just the bar, and simple functionailty such as auto minimize), app buttons or tabs (dep. taskbar), system tray (dep. taskbar), clock (dep. taskbar), quick launch (dep. taskbar), start menu (dep. taskbar), desktop (just the pretty background pic and desktop icons, nothing fancy), explorer (when you open a folder, already exists afaik), trash can (dep. desktop), network browser (dep. desktop). Also, all the start menu applications can be seperate. No reason to have them be part of the start menu code (find, run, etc).
Now, with this system, if you think the start menu is stupid, the solution is simple.. don't load it up! No reason to have a trash can on the desktop if you don't need it, etc.
Does such a modular system exist? If not, I would love to get started on such a project. It would be fast, and compatible with the current system and apps.
I can't see how all the bloat of Gnome or KDE is needed. Let the Window manager take care of what the apps look like. Let other apps tack on the rest of the UI elements. Should be simple and fast.
calamari
Found it! Lots of good information in that article, too a while to find what I needed: http://starryskies.com/leonids/leonids-where-to-lo ok.html
This is the same site as in the original article.
My star chart seems to show the constellation Leo in the northeast at 2:30am Arizona Time. Is this the best direction in which to look?