Just for reference,.45 ACP bullets are typically in the neighborhood of half an ounce. (Half an ounce is 218.75 grains according to Google. Federal sells defense loads in 185 and 230 grain varieties.)
If you use a TeX file they can still get at the content with a text editor (or even *shudder* Word), but if you send 'em a DVI, they can't read it at all without a DVI viewer, which they almost surely don't have.
Then when they complain you can ask them what there problem is, with an air of superiority. It is, after all, a DeVice Independent file.
It's no mystery to me. I have plenty of friends, and exactly as many house guests as I want.
In any case, anyone who would judge me for having a PC near my (theoretical) TV wouldn't be much of a friend. Anyone who isn't much of a friend won't be a guest in my house.
In any case, thanks for commenting on my life. Feel free to fuck off.
I'm not rich. Not even remotely. Mplayer is Free (and free) software. I own a fairly out of date PC with a fairly out of date DVD drive.
Instead of jumping to conclusions about what I might be implying, why don't you read what I said. I said, "I was trying to illustrate that the DVD really requests that the player not skip the content. I think that this is part of the spec, but the player shares some of the blame."
I may have been bragging a tiny bit on my technical prowess. You would be embarrassed if you knew the details of my finances.
Wow, I never would have guessed that someone would take my simple example and misconstrue it as a universal solution.
I was trying to illustrate that the DVD really requests that the player not skip the content. I think that this is part of the spec, but the player shares some of the blame.
To directly answer your questions.
What do house guests think of the big ugly computer case sitting next to the TV?
I almost never have house guests. I have a small place. I live on the other side of town from most of my friends and family. I don't have a TV. I got rid of the 13 inch TV that was sitting next to my 18 inch LCD monitor. I just scoot the LCD to the front of the desk (which is opposite my couch) to watch movies.
I'm really enjoying my second bachelorhood.
If I did have a TV with a PC next to it, and if I did have house guests, any of them who didn't like it would be more than welcome to fuck off.
And what about people who don't have more than $100 to spend on a set-top DVD player?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but why in the hell is that my problem?
Wow. I'm not sure if you confused two things, or if that was a really elegant double-reference.
1. Punch and flip was a method for old, single-head 5 1/4 drives. If you flipped a disk intended for a two-head drive the single-head drive would take that side to be write-protected.
2. Punch for DD (Double Density) was a trick to (possibly) use cheaper single density (720k) 3.5 inch disks as double density (1.44m) disks in a DD drive.
You could do (1) with two quick (or possibly one deft) punches with a single hole punch. You needed a special punch for (2). It didn't really work well, since SD and DD disks used media of different coercivities.
I seem to have used my quota of hyphens and parentheses for the day.
It's always hard to tell where a slashdot poster is coming from. That's doubly true of ACs.
The idea of peace through threat of mutually assured destruction pre-dates Reagan. See, for example, the Wikipedia article on MAD. The idea that "the only winning move is not to play" certainly existed outside the movie, but it was the point of the movie. That movie was the way in which that idea, phrased in that way, solidified in the American consciousness.
It's a shame that you choose to post anonymously, since I'd enjoy continuing this conversation.
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Just for reference, .45 ACP bullets are typically in the neighborhood of half an ounce. (Half an ounce is 218.75 grains according to Google. Federal sells defense loads in 185 and 230 grain varieties.)
Did you mean three shots, max?
-Peter
I think you mean defray.
-Peter
They are commonly known as "sneak and peek" warrants. They are properly known as "delayed notification" warrants.
They are a great tool in theory. They are very hard to not abuse in practice.
I'm against governmental authority to do sneak and peeks.
-Peter
Yes, but computers can't talk.
-Peter
If you use a TeX file they can still get at the content with a text editor (or even *shudder* Word), but if you send 'em a DVI, they can't read it at all without a DVI viewer, which they almost surely don't have.
Then when they complain you can ask them what there problem is, with an air of superiority. It is, after all, a DeVice Independent file.
-Peter
Is English your second language? We, confusingly enough, put adjectives before the nouns they refer to.
For example, the first suggestion for "pendulous" is "breasts."
-Peter
I've never been to the UK. I can tell you what the US stereotypes are:
England: Boiled . . . everything. Yecch.
Scotland: Organ meat in a stomach. Barf.
Ireland: Whiskey. Beer for dessert.
Wales: Where?
So telling an American that the food in Russia is better than the food in the UK isn't saying much.
-Peter
ITunes . . .
ME TOO!
-Peter
It's no mystery to me. I have plenty of friends, and exactly as many house guests as I want.
In any case, anyone who would judge me for having a PC near my (theoretical) TV wouldn't be much of a friend. Anyone who isn't much of a friend won't be a guest in my house.
In any case, thanks for commenting on my life. Feel free to fuck off.
-Peter
Seriously, you are delusional.
I'm not rich. Not even remotely. Mplayer is Free (and free) software. I own a fairly out of date PC with a fairly out of date DVD drive.
Instead of jumping to conclusions about what I might be implying, why don't you read what I said. I said, "I was trying to illustrate that the DVD really requests that the player not skip the content. I think that this is part of the spec, but the player shares some of the blame."
I may have been bragging a tiny bit on my technical prowess. You would be embarrassed if you knew the details of my finances.
-Peter
I was trying to illustrate that the DVD really requests that the player not skip the content. I think that this is part of the spec, but the player shares some of the blame.
To directly answer your questions.
I almost never have house guests. I have a small place. I live on the other side of town from most of my friends and family. I don't have a TV. I got rid of the 13 inch TV that was sitting next to my 18 inch LCD monitor. I just scoot the LCD to the front of the desk (which is opposite my couch) to watch movies.
I'm really enjoying my second bachelorhood.
If I did have a TV with a PC next to it, and if I did have house guests, any of them who didn't like it would be more than welcome to fuck off.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but why in the hell is that my problem?
-Peter
This is somewhat player dependant.
I usually play DVDs by "mplayer dvd://1" and never see that junk.
-Peter
Wow. I'm not sure if you confused two things, or if that was a really elegant double-reference.
1. Punch and flip was a method for old, single-head 5 1/4 drives. If you flipped a disk intended for a two-head drive the single-head drive would take that side to be write-protected.
2. Punch for DD (Double Density) was a trick to (possibly) use cheaper single density (720k) 3.5 inch disks as double density (1.44m) disks in a DD drive.
You could do (1) with two quick (or possibly one deft) punches with a single hole punch. You needed a special punch for (2). It didn't really work well, since SD and DD disks used media of different coercivities.
I seem to have used my quota of hyphens and parentheses for the day.
-Peter
It's always hard to tell where a slashdot poster is coming from. That's doubly true of ACs.
The idea of peace through threat of mutually assured destruction pre-dates Reagan. See, for example, the Wikipedia article on MAD. The idea that "the only winning move is not to play" certainly existed outside the movie, but it was the point of the movie. That movie was the way in which that idea, phrased in that way, solidified in the American consciousness.
It's a shame that you choose to post anonymously, since I'd enjoy continuing this conversation.
-Peter
Props for the cunning "War Games" reference.
-Peter
Hopefully it will stop with me complaining about you complaining about them complaining about each other.
-Peter
Won't you pour me one more of that sinful Old Janx Spirit?
Once again, DNA fortells our future.
-Peter
This will get you started.
In fairness, none of these seem to be in actual articles.
-Peter
Well, the first shot has been fired in the first "cyber-war."
Who thought that China would be the victim? Who though slashdot would be the aggressor?
-Peter
We already have one. STFW.
It's what you should have done.
-Peter
Tell that to the Germans.
You walked right into that one, didn't you?
-Peter
I have just overcome my fear of sharks in the toilet. I hope you realize you've just ruined my life.
-Peter
You missed David Niven, who, of course, played Sir James in Casino Royale.
He could possibly kick your ass, but wouldn't dream of stealing your woman, old boy.
"It's depressing that the words 'secret agent' have become synonymous with 'sex maniac.'"
-Peter
Wow. That was pretty random.
-Peter