My issue was with the older Netflix software and a Dell 2001FP monitor with DVI. Actually, I had two of the monitors and it would not work on either. I had to buy a different monitor and use it as the main. If I moved the browser from the main monitor to the secondary monitor, I would have to reboot before I could watch videos again. Other stuff on the computer would no longer work either until I rebooted. I'm just tired of all this DRM.
In order to watch HD DVD movies, I would buy the movie, try to get it to work (software, etc.). Eventually I gave up and I would download the movies that I had already bought on Kazaa or BitTorrent so that I could watch them.
I wasn't trying to print screen the video, I was trying to printscreen a web page. After a couple hours of research and trying various things, I was finally able to print screen the web page when the video ended.
All of the DRM gets added back in for the RC and RTM version. This is where PrintScreen will no longer work while playing a DVD. Older LCD monitors will not display videos from Netflix or high-def formats. File operations slow down. Multimedia quits working in one way or another. A slew of other things that I'm not even aware of get added to make life more difficult.
Since when did the multiverse colt become make it onto slashdot. There is no scientific evidence for it. It is not testable. It is not scientific. It might as well be an invisible flying spaghetti monster.
You'll just have to clean out the electrolysis chamber periodically if you don't, because all the stuff that isn't water will end up caked all over the insides. Those of you with particularly hard water will have issues.
With all that surface area, I bet the catalyst clogs quickly, unless it uses a self cleaning surface.
We're all going to need distilleries in our homes. Either that or distilled water will be sold out in stores and the price will skyrocket. This is just a scam to sell bottled water to us at exorbitant prices.
Doesn't anyone know math or science? In scientific notation, you count the significant digits. All of the numbers have one (1) significant digit. It's amazing God got it right thousands of years before science was invented. Go figure.
It would be nice to decompile it into a higher level language, something with functions and objects, etc. Comments would be a plus, but I'm sure we can figure out what stuff does by messing with it and recompiling.:)
If my calculations are correct, it would require approximately 200GB for a 90 minute movie. Of course, all the extras would be recorded in standard def.
DVD's work fine. Ripped DVD's work as well.
If you convert the files to wmv, divx, xvid, or avi they have problems. They're even worse if you do this over a network (the network and the file server are not bottle necks).
As someone who has used Vista since before its release, I have to say it's pretty nice. Here are the major pro's and con's I have found using my dual-core AMD 4400 with 4GB ram:
Pro's
DirectX 10 - The graphics system has been redone to use modern day video cards allowing for video acceleration on all fronts. This will start to show itself more and more. Right now the biggest advantages are the quick response and the preview when you hover over the task bar items.
Sound - The sound system has been redone. The fidelity of the music has increased well beyond anything we have heard in the past. If you haven't heard music on Vista, you need to.
Security - The security has definitely been improved. I won't go into details as there are plenty to be found on the web, but I will say that poorly written software now fails on Vista where it used to run and do bad things on XP and previous versions of Windows. Software companies are no required to follow best practices or their software won't work on Vista. This will result in a much more stable and much more secure environment.
Con's
Resources - Vista requires a lot more resources - processor, memory, disk, video; and it uses them all the time. This will not be an issue over time, but initially you need more of a machine in order to run Vista.
DRM - The DRM in Vista kills you. I am unable to watch videos in Vista as the DRM grinds the computer to a halt. File routines (copies, deletes, executes, etc.) take forever as it is presumably checking for DRM. Automatic installs fail as the DRM routines time out.
Well said. I wish I had some mod points right now.
You've also got the "separation of church and state" which originally meant that the state would not pry into the financials of the church but now means the church is not allowed to speak of the state and that God should be left out of the state.
NASA recently got their budget put on hold instead of the 0.5 billion dollar increase they were supposed to get for 2007. I'm not sure who's to blame on this one, the Republicans for not pushing the budget through before the Democrats took power or the Democrats for holding to the 2006 budget for NASA for 2007. Either way, due to the loss in expected income for NASA, they are having to cut many of their planned expenditures and take short cuts on the projects they are still planning on doing.
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My issue was with the older Netflix software and a Dell 2001FP monitor with DVI. Actually, I had two of the monitors and it would not work on either. I had to buy a different monitor and use it as the main. If I moved the browser from the main monitor to the secondary monitor, I would have to reboot before I could watch videos again. Other stuff on the computer would no longer work either until I rebooted. I'm just tired of all this DRM.
In order to watch HD DVD movies, I would buy the movie, try to get it to work (software, etc.). Eventually I gave up and I would download the movies that I had already bought on Kazaa or BitTorrent so that I could watch them.
Older LCD monitors did not display videos from Netflix just fine when running Vista. Here's an article from Slashdot with some of the issues. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/03/2339248&from=rss As far as the DRM being "added back in" ... well, it was "added in" in releases after the beta of Vista. In addition, more and more DRM is being added into Windows 7 as the releases progress: http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/16/2259257
I wasn't trying to print screen the video, I was trying to printscreen a web page. After a couple hours of research and trying various things, I was finally able to print screen the web page when the video ended.
All of the DRM gets added back in for the RC and RTM version. This is where PrintScreen will no longer work while playing a DVD. Older LCD monitors will not display videos from Netflix or high-def formats. File operations slow down. Multimedia quits working in one way or another. A slew of other things that I'm not even aware of get added to make life more difficult.
Yes, we are living in the future. I am reminded of that every time I have to reboot my toaster.
Since when did the multiverse colt become make it onto slashdot. There is no scientific evidence for it. It is not testable. It is not scientific. It might as well be an invisible flying spaghetti monster.
Now instead of worrying about being attacked by botnets, we'll have to worry about getting attacked from robotnets. Wonderful.
I bet they can easily drop the price by $7 if they stop spending money on DRM and stop suing their customers.
With all that surface area, I bet the catalyst clogs quickly, unless it uses a self cleaning surface.
We're all going to need distilleries in our homes. Either that or distilled water will be sold out in stores and the price will skyrocket. This is just a scam to sell bottled water to us at exorbitant prices.
And thus SkyNet was born.
All I have to say is write unit tests for laws. Anyone for starting up lUnit?
They are not working with double digits. They are using single digits:
10 cubits = 1 * 10^1 cubits
30 cubits = 3 * 10^1 cubits
PI = (3 * 10^1) / (1 * 10^1) = 3 * 10^0
Doesn't anyone know math or science? In scientific notation, you count the significant digits. All of the numbers have one (1) significant digit. It's amazing God got it right thousands of years before science was invented. Go figure.
It would be nice to decompile it into a higher level language, something with functions and objects, etc. Comments would be a plus, but I'm sure we can figure out what stuff does by messing with it and recompiling. :)
Does anyone know of a decompiler, preferably open source? I'd like to do a little work and add this to my resume.
If my calculations are correct, it would require approximately 200GB for a 90 minute movie. Of course, all the extras would be recorded in standard def.
Can you imagine the amount of DRM they are going to need for this? Just the amount of processing power needed for the DRM is mind blowing!
The answer is: 42.
Just get rid of DRM so the thing works fast and lets me play media.
DVD's work fine. Ripped DVD's work as well. If you convert the files to wmv, divx, xvid, or avi they have problems. They're even worse if you do this over a network (the network and the file server are not bottle necks).
As someone who has used Vista since before its release, I have to say it's pretty nice. Here are the major pro's and con's I have found using my dual-core AMD 4400 with 4GB ram:
Pro's- DirectX 10 - The graphics system has been redone to use modern day video cards allowing for video acceleration on all fronts. This will start to show itself more and more. Right now the biggest advantages are the quick response and the preview when you hover over the task bar items.
- Sound - The sound system has been redone. The fidelity of the music has increased well beyond anything we have heard in the past. If you haven't heard music on Vista, you need to.
- Security - The security has definitely been improved. I won't go into details as there are plenty to be found on the web, but I will say that poorly written software now fails on Vista where it used to run and do bad things on XP and previous versions of Windows. Software companies are no required to follow best practices or their software won't work on Vista. This will result in a much more stable and much more secure environment.
Con'sI'm not getting an F-22 until they release SP1.
Well said. I wish I had some mod points right now.
You've also got the "separation of church and state" which originally meant that the state would not pry into the financials of the church but now means the church is not allowed to speak of the state and that God should be left out of the state.
You are all currently in violation of Senate Bill S.1. You have two days to register as lobbyists or pay the fine of $200,000 per incident.
Thank you,
US Senate
NASA recently got their budget put on hold instead of the 0.5 billion dollar increase they were supposed to get for 2007. I'm not sure who's to blame on this one, the Republicans for not pushing the budget through before the Democrats took power or the Democrats for holding to the 2006 budget for NASA for 2007. Either way, due to the loss in expected income for NASA, they are having to cut many of their planned expenditures and take short cuts on the projects they are still planning on doing.
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn10956-bud