You're right -- MakeAVI was great. I used to use it to make time-lapse movies out of a series of stills. Now I use Quicktime, which does it with many more options in about 1/10th the time.
Page is finally coming up without pictures...and despite what's been said, while it may not be as simple or elegant as the iPod, I don't think it's much uglier.
You just said there were no pictures. So.... you're using your psychic abilities to decide if this gadget isn't uglier than an iPod?
There is no real reason why international dial-up calls have to be expensive and VoIP ones cheap. Once dial-up calls hit the first exchange (in most places) they turn into digital soup anyway.
If you define "most" as medium to large-sized cities in major industrial powers, then this is correct.
However, in reality "most" countries are relying on copper telephone systems from one end to the other. Some countries and territories don't even have real-time telephony unless an outsider brings a sat phone. Heck, there are parts of California where there is no land-line phone service -- only radio relays.
There are around 200 countries in the world, and in "most" places in those countries they are using 20 to 30-year-old technology and "internet" is something the kids do at university, not back on the farm.
Bluetooth headset. I paired my cell phone headset to my Powerbook so I can hear system sounds in noisy coffee houses. One day my wife called my call phone, and much to my surprise, the computer gave me the option of answering it.
So, this brings up an interesting thought -- if I had VoIP, I could use the Powerbook as a VoIP mobile phone wherever there's a hotspot.
I can't think of any cases where prominant Republican party members... were targets for assassination.
There was an item in the news today that someone fired several shots into the Republican headquarters in some city. In the Carolinas, I believe. So, just because you can't think of it doesn't mean there isn't violence directed at the GOP.
yeah but you don't get a cheap laptop with an 80 gig drive. It's for people that don't want a laptop. That don't want to spend hours installing software to get it running. To have a bunch of crap they don't want. Ease of use.
I agree with BeerCat. It still sounds like an iBook, especially given your description.
Personally I just give my work phone number in those situations. It goes to a receptionist, and if it's legitimatly important (ie: problem with payment) I'll get it. Otherwise they'll get a polite but stern "fuck off"
they were checking phone numbers against the credit card record.
One of the Slashdot crowd's favorite online stores, Newegg, does this too.
I moved to a different city about six months ago, and didn't give the credit card company my new home number. Newegg wouldn't send me my stuff. Took weeks to straighten out because of Newegg's atrocious customer service.
I guess comparing credit card numbers with phone numbers is standard procedure now, so if you're a member of the tinfoil hat set, then you can't shop at Newegg.
I grew up in New Jersey. Everyone called it "Great Adventure." No one called it "Six Flags." I think it was Great Adventure before it got bought by Six Flags.
That would have been right around the zenith of Jungle Habitat and Fairy Tale Forest.
I had Vonage for about a year and thought it was great, especially taking a home number with me into hotels that had free high-speed internet. Then I moved to another city where local phone service was included with high-speed internet in my rent, so there was no point in keeping it.
But now I travel a lot, and it would be convenient to have a VoIP service with a European POTS phone number. Does anyone in the/. crowd know of a VoIP service that provides European numbers?
...funny that the church itself opposes distributing condoms...
The church opposes it? Funny, I was under the impression that there were lots of religions with divergent views.
Perhaps if you could put your hatred for "The Church" aside, you might open your eyes and realize that not every religion subscribes to the same policies; and yes, some churches do consider condoms an appropriate method for stopping HIV transmission.
Too bad your hatred of one religion has made you blind to all the others.
just recently got a used G3 800Mhz iBook that I've dual booted with Gentoo Linux. I'm also starting to play guitar and mess around with drums. I've looked at GarageBand...and alas, my iBook is just too weak to run it.
Eventually, I'll try to get a dual G5...but, can't quite get one now,but, would like to play with these tools, and learn how record and mix tracks, etc....
I picked up a used TRS-80 Model II off eBay that I've dual booted with TRSDOS and CP/M. 48k of RAM and a monochrome display. Imagine my dismay when I found out it's too weak to run professional-level 3D rendering programs.
Eventually I'd like to get a Commodore 64... but, can't quite get one now,but would like to play with Advanced OCP Art Studio and learn how to use Koala Painter, etc....
I agreee. I listened to Sirius' classical streams at work for a year (before I changed jobs and now I can't listen), and they sounded great in my headphones.
And I'll echo sentiments expressed earlier -- it's strange that XM has decided to charge their subscribers for something that Sirius subscribers get for free.
a fascinating new sport for the hacking hobbyist which doesn't necessarily involve computers. Steel bolt hacking is the art of competition lock picking that is beginning to make its mark on computer people and other geeks around the world.
Wow. New stuff. Beginning to make its mark. Really?
Sounds like all the Phrack and cDc G-files from the 1980's BBSing. Sorry, kids. Nothing new to see here.
Why hide your DVD-R backup under the desk? Carry it with you. That way you will always have access to your data, no matter where you are.
You can access data from a DVD-R wherever you are? What, do you have a drive in your butt?
I assume it's slot-loading. Because discs would fall out of the mechanical tray, right?
I can just see you over at tech support one day:
"Hey, guys. I've got a coasterized CD stuck in my drive. Can one of you strap on some gloves and get it out?"
Your harddrives. In a nice, heavy, watertight safe. It's not going anywhere.
You'd be surprised what a hurricane can throw around. Or even just a tropical storm.
Look at a map of eastern Texas from a few years ago and you'll see Highway 87 running along the coast. Most of that highway doesn't exist anymore. Traveling north from Galveston for about 15 miles you run into a blockade in the middle of the road re-routing you to the north. If you park there and walk along the highway, it disappears after a few hundred yards. This is what Tropcial Storm Francis did in the late 90's. When I first went there, there were huge slabs of freeway sticking out of the beach at odd angles. You could look at the layers of asphalt and concrete that had been laid on it over the years. Some were sticking almost straight up like giant monoliths. THIS USED TO BE A FREEWAY, and you think your little safe isn't going to move? At some parts you could look out into the Gulf at low tide and see more chunks of highway. Even if your safe didn't move, if you lived near the coast it might get buried under 30 feet of sand. Good luck finding it.
To summarize:
Tropical storm Francis blew apart a freeway.
Hurricane Frances is much stronger.
You can't escape nature.
Oh, and that stretch of beach is now mercifully free of tourists, so it's great for shell collecting.
FUD? From The Reg? Say it isn't so!
Of course, any time I see the word "Reporter" in combination with "The Register," I shake my head in disbelief. Anyone with a laptop and an axe to grind can write for some internet rags.
But will it run in Virtual PC? I'm going to try. It it does, it just means more music choices for me since I'll just burn the songs to CD-RW and re-rip into iTunes. I can't tell the difference in sound quality. I know other people can, but I can't.
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You're right -- MakeAVI was great. I used to use it to make time-lapse movies out of a series of stills. Now I use Quicktime, which does it with many more options in about 1/10th the time.
Page is finally coming up without pictures...and despite what's been said, while it may not be as simple or elegant as the iPod, I don't think it's much uglier.
You just said there were no pictures. So.... you're using your psychic abilities to decide if this gadget isn't uglier than an iPod?
There is no real reason why international dial-up calls have to be expensive and VoIP ones cheap. Once dial-up calls hit the first exchange (in most places) they turn into digital soup anyway.
If you define "most" as medium to large-sized cities in major industrial powers, then this is correct.
However, in reality "most" countries are relying on copper telephone systems from one end to the other. Some countries and territories don't even have real-time telephony unless an outsider brings a sat phone. Heck, there are parts of California where there is no land-line phone service -- only radio relays.
There are around 200 countries in the world, and in "most" places in those countries they are using 20 to 30-year-old technology and "internet" is something the kids do at university, not back on the farm.
For those of us who are not in the know, which brands are considered good?
Bluetooth headset. I paired my cell phone headset to my Powerbook so I can hear system sounds in noisy coffee houses. One day my wife called my call phone, and much to my surprise, the computer gave me the option of answering it.
So, this brings up an interesting thought -- if I had VoIP, I could use the Powerbook as a VoIP mobile phone wherever there's a hotspot.
I can't think of any cases where prominant Republican party members ... were targets for assassination.
There was an item in the news today that someone fired several shots into the Republican headquarters in some city. In the Carolinas, I believe. So, just because you can't think of it doesn't mean there isn't violence directed at the GOP.
And if you think pay-as-in-beer guarantees free speech, ask the cable channels the FCC is now illegally enforcing into their jurisdictional scope
And exactly which channels are those? The stuff on even basic cable is far more perverse than what's OTA.
yeah but you don't get a cheap laptop with an 80 gig drive. It's for people that don't want a laptop. That don't want to spend hours installing software to get it running. To have a bunch of crap they don't want. Ease of use.
I agree with BeerCat. It still sounds like an iBook, especially given your description.
Personally I just give my work phone number in those situations. It goes to a receptionist, and if it's legitimatly important (ie: problem with payment) I'll get it. Otherwise they'll get a polite but stern "fuck off"
I need your receptionist.
they were checking phone numbers against the credit card record.
One of the Slashdot crowd's favorite online stores, Newegg, does this too.
I moved to a different city about six months ago, and didn't give the credit card company my new home number. Newegg wouldn't send me my stuff. Took weeks to straighten out because of Newegg's atrocious customer service.
I guess comparing credit card numbers with phone numbers is standard procedure now, so if you're a member of the tinfoil hat set, then you can't shop at Newegg.
Embrace and extend, baby. Embrance and extend.
Wasn't the motto of Monty Python's knights of the Round Table "Adopt, Adapt, and Improve?"
I grew up in New Jersey. Everyone called it "Great Adventure." No one called it "Six Flags." I think it was Great Adventure before it got bought by Six Flags.
That would have been right around the zenith of Jungle Habitat and Fairy Tale Forest.
I had Vonage for about a year and thought it was great, especially taking a home number with me into hotels that had free high-speed internet. Then I moved to another city where local phone service was included with high-speed internet in my rent, so there was no point in keeping it.
/. crowd know of a VoIP service that provides European numbers?
But now I travel a lot, and it would be convenient to have a VoIP service with a European POTS phone number. Does anyone in the
You still need to be more specific, mister Anonymous Coward.
Which Catholic church? The Roman Catholic? Eastern Orthodox? Charasmatic? There are a number to choose from.
Good to see you're so convinced of your convictions that you post AC. Loser.
...funny that the church itself opposes distributing condoms...
The church opposes it? Funny, I was under the impression that there were lots of religions with divergent views.
Perhaps if you could put your hatred for "The Church" aside, you might open your eyes and realize that not every religion subscribes to the same policies; and yes, some churches do consider condoms an appropriate method for stopping HIV transmission.
Too bad your hatred of one religion has made you blind to all the others.
just recently got a used G3 800Mhz iBook that I've dual booted with Gentoo Linux. I'm also starting to play guitar and mess around with drums. I've looked at GarageBand...and alas, my iBook is just too weak to run it.
Eventually, I'll try to get a dual G5...but, can't quite get one now,but, would like to play with these tools, and learn how record and mix tracks, etc....
I picked up a used TRS-80 Model II off eBay that I've dual booted with TRSDOS and CP/M. 48k of RAM and a monochrome display. Imagine my dismay when I found out it's too weak to run professional-level 3D rendering programs.
Eventually I'd like to get a Commodore 64... but, can't quite get one now,but would like to play with Advanced OCP Art Studio and learn how to use Koala Painter, etc....
No excuse..
http://www.apple.com/
http://www.linux.org/
I agreee. I listened to Sirius' classical streams at work for a year (before I changed jobs and now I can't listen), and they sounded great in my headphones.
And I'll echo sentiments expressed earlier -- it's strange that XM has decided to charge their subscribers for something that Sirius subscribers get for free.
a fascinating new sport for the hacking hobbyist which doesn't necessarily involve computers. Steel bolt hacking is the art of competition lock picking that is beginning to make its mark on computer people and other geeks around the world.
Wow. New stuff. Beginning to make its mark. Really?
Sounds like all the Phrack and cDc G-files from the 1980's BBSing. Sorry, kids. Nothing new to see here.
The camcorder carries a steep price at $3,700 though.
Actually, that's pretty cheap for an HD camcorder.
In professional broadcasting, even a standard-definition camera runs US$50,000-$70,000.
Live in flood territory? Have your home built on 6 foot-tall columns, anchored in cement.
Six feet? You obviously have never lived long-term in places where it seriously floods. In Houston in 2003, there was 18 feet of water in my building.
In Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky it can flood 30 or 40 feet.
I'm sure there are other parts of the country that get it worse.
Are you suggesting people build their homes on top of five-story pilings?
Why hide your DVD-R backup under the desk? Carry it with you. That way you will always have access to your data, no matter where you are.
You can access data from a DVD-R wherever you are? What, do you have a drive in your butt?
I assume it's slot-loading. Because discs would fall out of the mechanical tray, right?
I can just see you over at tech support one day:
"Hey, guys. I've got a coasterized CD stuck in my drive. Can one of you strap on some gloves and get it out?"
Your harddrives. In a nice, heavy, watertight safe. It's not going anywhere.
You'd be surprised what a hurricane can throw around. Or even just a tropical storm.
Look at a map of eastern Texas from a few years ago and you'll see Highway 87 running along the coast. Most of that highway doesn't exist anymore. Traveling north from Galveston for about 15 miles you run into a blockade in the middle of the road re-routing you to the north. If you park there and walk along the highway, it disappears after a few hundred yards. This is what Tropcial Storm Francis did in the late 90's. When I first went there, there were huge slabs of freeway sticking out of the beach at odd angles. You could look at the layers of asphalt and concrete that had been laid on it over the years. Some were sticking almost straight up like giant monoliths. THIS USED TO BE A FREEWAY, and you think your little safe isn't going to move? At some parts you could look out into the Gulf at low tide and see more chunks of highway. Even if your safe didn't move, if you lived near the coast it might get buried under 30 feet of sand. Good luck finding it.
To summarize:
Tropical storm Francis blew apart a freeway.
Hurricane Frances is much stronger.
You can't escape nature.
Oh, and that stretch of beach is now mercifully free of tourists, so it's great for shell collecting.
To some extent the Reg Reporter was just FUDing
FUD? From The Reg? Say it isn't so!
Of course, any time I see the word "Reporter" in combination with "The Register," I shake my head in disbelief. Anyone with a laptop and an axe to grind can write for some internet rags.
But will it run in Virtual PC? I'm going to try. It it does, it just means more music choices for me since I'll just burn the songs to CD-RW and re-rip into iTunes. I can't tell the difference in sound quality. I know other people can, but I can't.