PowerDVD 4, which is out NOW, on the market, will not allow MacroVision'd DVDs to be played at all on systems with a gfx card like the Nvidia GeForce2 MX400.
Reason: The GeForce2 doesn't allow the TVout hardware to be disabled by software, so PowerDVD prefers to stop me playing the DVD at all unless it can be sure I'm not outputting it via analogue.
People still buy PowerDVD, so I'l not sure your argument stands. Yes ok, VGA works at the moment, but it's being phased out by digital output, and you bet they'll be controlling exactly what kind of device you can plug in at any given time...
My current setup means that I can't play DVDs on my PC, because I *might* be outputting the signal via TV-out (PowerDVD 4 on Win2000 Pro, generic DVD-ROM and GeForce2MX400 gfx).
What makes you think you'll be allowed to use a projector?:-)
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But only in Internet Explorer, it would seem. Certainly not in Mozilla Firebird. It beggars belief that people who are trying to convince the world of the virtues of alternative and open systems can't even code cross-browser [d]HTML.
At that Q&A session, SCO Senior Vice President Chris Sontag said there are millions of lines of offending code involved and that it's highly unlikely the matter could be resolved by removing that code.
Surely 'millions', plural, must mean at least two million. Quite a difference from 70 lines, or 80 lines, whatever it was originally alleged to have been... It really is silly season.
Imagine the third party code is a Windows device driver. This is vaguely equivalent to a kernel module under Linux. Like, say, the Nvidia GLX modules, VIA's driver modules, ATI's gfx drivers, etc etc. All of which are perfectly capable of "taking down the entire operating system", certainly in my experience.
Okay, so Windows sucks. But pretty much every other OS sucks too, albeit usually less so...
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Actually Mozilla was originally based on Netscape, although post-v5 releases of Netscape are now at least part-based on Mozilla. The source tree is still at least part-owned by Netscape though, as far as I can tell. See here for more info.
SUN has something called StarOffice, based on OpenOffice
Wrong again I'm afraid - OpenOffice was formed from selected portions of the StarOffice code tree. This is mentioned here, as well as in many other places on the openoffice site.
Do check your facts before you start demanding things...
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Only FSVO "really close".
Like, several million miles.
Unfortunately our sysadmin seems to have blocked microsoft.com (including Windows Update) at the proxy. I kid you not.
:-)
Fortunately I'm in Development, not IT Support
Not found :(
Actually, at least in cinemas, each frame is shown twice.
...
So...
Frame 2: See Frame 1.
Frame 4: See Frame 3.
etc.
Uh, you use the cellphone as a mobile modem for your laptop. Which can display X just fine.
Ok, the poster changed it to magician - either that or I'm going crazy.
The article doesn't mention magicians either though...
$ lynx -source http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2003/09/24 /recording_industry_withdraws_suit/ |grep -i clown |wc -l
0
The linked article doesn't mention the clown defense - where is this from?
Yeah, gmplayer is my favourite media player too, haven't checked out the windows port yet though.
:)
The problem can be solved by installing a very old (and buggy) version of the nvidia drivers, or, obviously, by using alternative DVD software.
However, my point was that this is the state of affairs NOW. And I think things are only likely to get worse...
Now if only someone would produce a decent pool/snooker game for Linux, I could migrate properly... still hooked on Virtual Pool Hall
To clarify:
PowerDVD 4, which is out NOW, on the market, will not allow MacroVision'd DVDs to be played at all on systems with a gfx card like the Nvidia GeForce2 MX400.
Reason: The GeForce2 doesn't allow the TVout hardware to be disabled by software, so PowerDVD prefers to stop me playing the DVD at all unless it can be sure I'm not outputting it via analogue.
People still buy PowerDVD, so I'l not sure your argument stands. Yes ok, VGA works at the moment, but it's being phased out by digital output, and you bet they'll be controlling exactly what kind of device you can plug in at any given time...
My current setup means that I can't play DVDs on my PC, because I *might* be outputting the signal via TV-out (PowerDVD 4 on Win2000 Pro, generic DVD-ROM and GeForce2MX400 gfx).
:-)
What makes you think you'll be allowed to use a projector?
And damn it, "damnit" is not a word!
(One of my pet peeves...)
I think you meant "Come on".
Oh, and it's "Nazi".
Pot, meet kettle.
Blockquoth the poster...
But only in Internet Explorer, it would seem. Certainly not in Mozilla Firebird. It beggars belief that people who are trying to convince the world of the virtues of alternative and open systems can't even code cross-browser [d]HTML.
No it bloody isn't! It's viruses, as explained here and here, in more detail than you can shake a stick at.
Today - Radiohead.
You can't - they were sacrificed when you posted :-P
Surely 'millions', plural, must mean at least two million. Quite a difference from 70 lines, or 80 lines, whatever it was originally alleged to have been... It really is silly season.
That's not really a fair comparison.
Imagine the third party code is a Windows device driver. This is vaguely equivalent to a kernel module under Linux. Like, say, the Nvidia GLX modules, VIA's driver modules, ATI's gfx drivers, etc etc. All of which are perfectly capable of "taking down the entire operating system", certainly in my experience.
Okay, so Windows sucks. But pretty much every other OS sucks too, albeit usually less so...
That would be nearest, presumably?
</pedant>Because our proxy blocks .exe downloads. Yes, even from windowsupdate. No, really...
This may be of some use to you. There really is no excuse nowadays for writing websites which don't work on all platforms...
I think you mean something different by apropos than I do.
Appropriate, perhaps?
</pedant>
Er, but then they would surely have had to GPL Solaris? Probably not a good business decision...
Am I the only one who sniggered?
Do check your facts before you start demanding things...