 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom> writes:
> Patrick Elliott wrote:
>> Recoding is *supposed* to fix that, and did, except it then wouldn't
>> play on a DVD player.
>
> That's part of the problem. Not all DVD players handle all different
> encoding rates, etc. You can encode things in the right standard format,
> but if you go outside the parameters that are required of DVD players,
> some of them might not work.
Oh, I see your point.
Perhaps. None of the DVDs I've created that have over 3 hours of video
have failed to work on any DVD player I or someone else has tried them
in, though.
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
On 21-2-2011 23:34, Darren New wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> On 21-2-2011 21:19, Stephen wrote:
>>> On 21/02/2011 7:34 PM, andrel wrote:
>>>> If you can see that and I can, but Patrick can't what does that tell us
>>>> about Amazon?
>>>
>>> I don't know, enlighten me.
>>
>> In that case it looks like Amazon is filtering results based on IP
>> number. In this case apparently to prevent US citizens to obtain
>> highly subversive material.
>
> The link works fine for me.
good to hear (assuming you can also 'find' it, as that was what Patrick
claimed to be the problem). So it might not be subversive afterall.
--
Apparently you can afford your own dictator for less than 10 cents per
citizen per day.
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
On 2/21/2011 11:30 AM, Stephen wrote:
> On 21/02/2011 5:19 PM, Patrick Elliott wrote:
>> Hmm.. So, you can get it in the US, but the US site only shows Wyrd
>> Sisters and Soul Music (both animated).... Thanks. Was damned annoyed
>> that I couldn't find it.
>
> On Amazon.com I see it @ $7.93
>
http://www.amazon.com/Color-Magic-David-Jason/dp/B002436WFI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1298312882&sr=8-5
>
Wasn't seeing it before, but then I think I was looking for a different
one at the time. Seems they *don't* have Going Postal, though a movie by
the same name is misclassified in search when trying to find that, nor
is Guards! Guards!, both of which you can find Youtube trailers for, and
the former of which is included in the "collection" listed prominently
at the top of the UK list of shows. Frakking region coding. WTF is the
US entirely separate in the DVD classifications (except maybe Canada),
and lumped in with like Japan and China, rather than Europe, when
looking at BluRay? Bloody stupid if you ask me. Sigh...
Well, at least I can get some of them. Though, somehow being able to
watch BluRay region A/1 versions of Japanese porn, with all the actual
stuff happening blurred out, somehow doesn't *quite* seem to make up for
not being able to get British TV and movies, especially since some of
the more interesting (in being bizarre, if still blurred) stuff they do
on TV in Japan is *banned* due to what people are asked to do on some of
the shows. lol
But, yeah. Definitely not real happy that I either need a chipped
player, or wait around for someone to license the stuff here, to get 99%
of it.
--
void main () {
if version = "Vista" {
call slow_by_half();
call DRM_everything();
}
call functional_code();
}
else
call crash_windows();
}
<A HREF='http://www.daz3d.com/index.php?refid=16130551'>Get 3D Models,
3D Content, and 3D Software at DAZ3D!</A>
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
On 2/21/2011 4:01 PM, andrel wrote:
> On 21-2-2011 23:34, Darren New wrote:
>> andrel wrote:
>>> On 21-2-2011 21:19, Stephen wrote:
>>>> On 21/02/2011 7:34 PM, andrel wrote:
>>>>> If you can see that and I can, but Patrick can't what does that
>>>>> tell us
>>>>> about Amazon?
>>>>
>>>> I don't know, enlighten me.
>>>
>>> In that case it looks like Amazon is filtering results based on IP
>>> number. In this case apparently to prevent US citizens to obtain
>>> highly subversive material.
>>
>> The link works fine for me.
>
> good to hear (assuming you can also 'find' it, as that was what Patrick
> claimed to be the problem). So it might not be subversive afterall.
>
Snort. As I said, I wasn't specifically looking for that one, at the
time, and if I was... I may have been looking through some other method,
like Pratchett, instead of Discworld. Hell, Amazon has "Going Postal"
listed in his movies, and its not even the one based on *his* book, but
some other one that just happens to share the name. Biggest issue with
search engines, no matter whose, is sometimes the apparently obvious
request sends you to the far corners of nowhere, or worse. lol
In any case, I originally found some of the stuff via Youtube, and
thought, "Hmm. Didn't see that the last time I looked for some of them,
but maybe I could get it free this way." Turned out that it was also the
*only* complete one on Youtube, other than the two animated ones. You
can just figure I didn't look too hard. In my experience finding
*anything* that isn't from the US is like throwing a dart, blindfolded,
while someone moves the dart board, in another room, and trying to bank
the shot off a door that is swinging open and closed. You might get
lucky, or you might find that everything from the direction you are
facing, to the position of the door, to the fact that the guy holding
the board set it down to take a lunch break, all conspire to refuse you. ;)
--
void main () {
If Schrödingers_cat is alive or version > 98 {
if version = "Vista" {
call slow_by_half();
call DRM_everything();
}
call functional_code();
}
else
call crash_windows();
}
<A HREF='http://www.daz3d.com/index.php?refid=16130551'>Get 3D Models,
3D Content, and 3D Software at DAZ3D!</A>
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
On 2/21/2011 12:00 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Patrick Elliott wrote:
>> Invariably end up forgetting about something I use, but rarely, then
>> having to figure out how to get it installed again. lol
>
> I usually go through my start menu and my add/remove list and write
> everything down, making sure i have the install media for each before I
> wipe anything out.
>
> Plus, I keep copies of the install media for everything I've bought on a
> particular partition on a removable disk, so I don't have to go hunting.
> :-)
>
Yeah. All well in theory, but a lot of stuff is downloads, others are
from discs that I may not know the location of, and still others are
just cases where a reconfigured things six ways to Sunday, and getting
them back up in that state is a pain in the ass. How hard would it have
really been to track which changes a specific application made to the
registry, then let you "migrate" the damn things by processing out the
registry data for it. But, you know.. that would require them having a
clue themselves how the thing worked. lol
Still Definitely need to do something, fairly soon. Got at least two
games so far, one that won't even start, and the other than runs like
hell, and that both are horrid ports of the console version is less an
issue than that I know I would be better off if I actually *had* more
than one core, more memory, and wasn't tacking on external drives to
make up for how much room I don't have on the main one. :p
--
void main () {
If Schrödingers_cat is alive or version > 98 {
if version = "Vista" {
call slow_by_half();
call DRM_everything();
}
call functional_code();
}
else
call crash_windows();
}
<A HREF='http://www.daz3d.com/index.php?refid=16130551'>Get 3D Models,
3D Content, and 3D Software at DAZ3D!</A>
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Patrick Elliott wrote:
> nor is Guards! Guards!, both of which you can find Youtube trailers for,
Just FYI, finding a trailer on YouTube for a movie doesn't mean the movie
was ever made or even planned. It just means someone felt like making a
trailer for a movie they'd like to see.
The tailer for Batman vs Predator was pretty good too, but I don't expect to
ever see a full-length movie.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"How did he die?" "He got shot in the hand."
"That was fatal?"
"He was holding a live grenade at the time."
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Patrick Elliott wrote:
> Yeah. All well in theory, but a lot of stuff is downloads, others are
> from discs that I may not know the location of,
Sure. I'm just saying that when I install crap, one of the install steps is
"store this on the "S:\Software" drive along with a text file saying any
particular pain I had in installing it." It's advice for next time, not
this time. :-)
> How hard would it have
> really been to track which changes a specific application made to the
> registry, then let you "migrate" the damn things by processing out the
> registry data for it.
The problem with third-party apps is ensuring they only write to the areas
they're supposed to write to. It would be pretty trivial if you could count
on apps only storing stuff in the parts of the file system and registry
where they're supposed to.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"How did he die?" "He got shot in the hand."
"That was fatal?"
"He was holding a live grenade at the time."
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
On 22-2-2011 3:51, Patrick Elliott wrote:
> On 2/21/2011 4:01 PM, andrel wrote:
>> On 21-2-2011 23:34, Darren New wrote:
>>> andrel wrote:
>>>> On 21-2-2011 21:19, Stephen wrote:
>>>>> On 21/02/2011 7:34 PM, andrel wrote:
>>>>>> If you can see that and I can, but Patrick can't what does that
>>>>>> tell us
>>>>>> about Amazon?
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know, enlighten me.
>>>>
>>>> In that case it looks like Amazon is filtering results based on IP
>>>> number. In this case apparently to prevent US citizens to obtain
>>>> highly subversive material.
>>>
>>> The link works fine for me.
>>
>> good to hear (assuming you can also 'find' it, as that was what Patrick
>> claimed to be the problem). So it might not be subversive afterall.
>>
> Snort. As I said, I wasn't specifically looking for that one, at the
> time, and if I was... I may have been looking through some other method,
> like Pratchett, instead of Discworld. Hell, Amazon has "Going Postal"
> listed in his movies, and its not even the one based on *his* book, but
> some other one that just happens to share the name. Biggest issue with
> search engines, no matter whose, is sometimes the apparently obvious
> request sends you to the far corners of nowhere, or worse. lol
Wasn't it Gilles that once remarked that you should always look for
Parus major and Equus africanus by their latin names?
Anyway this changes the whole thread IMO
> In any case, I originally found some of the stuff via Youtube, and
> thought, "Hmm. Didn't see that the last time I looked for some of them,
> but maybe I could get it free this way."
See why I think it changed? I am surprised the whole movie is on
youtube, and even more surprised that someone in this newsgroup decides
to download it even if it can easily be bought.
> Turned out that it was also the
> *only* complete one on Youtube, other than the two animated ones. You
> can just figure I didn't look too hard.
yes, I figure you didn't. ;)
> In my experience finding
> *anything* that isn't from the US is like throwing a dart, blindfolded,
> while someone moves the dart board, in another room, and trying to bank
> the shot off a door that is swinging open and closed. You might get
> lucky, or you might find that everything from the direction you are
> facing, to the position of the door, to the fact that the guy holding
> the board set it down to take a lunch break, all conspire to refuse you. ;)
Nice hyperbole but I don't think the nationality of the maker has
anything to do with how easily you can find it. If it is not from the US
the exposure in the US in other media will in general (but not e.g.
Harry Potter) be lower and you may not know about it's existence, but it
shouldn't influence results too much.
--
Apparently you can afford your own dictator for less than 10 cents per
citizen per day.
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
On 2/22/2011 1:04 AM, andrel wrote:
>> In my experience finding
>> *anything* that isn't from the US is like throwing a dart, blindfolded,
>> while someone moves the dart board, in another room, and trying to bank
>> the shot off a door that is swinging open and closed. You might get
>> lucky, or you might find that everything from the direction you are
>> facing, to the position of the door, to the fact that the guy holding
>> the board set it down to take a lunch break, all conspire to refuse
>> you. ;)
>
> Nice hyperbole but I don't think the nationality of the maker has
> anything to do with how easily you can find it. If it is not from the US
> the exposure in the US in other media will in general (but not e.g.
> Harry Potter) be lower and you may not know about it's existence, but it
> shouldn't influence results too much.
>
This was in reference to search in general *not* to searching for
something from another country. If you don't have the exact search
right, often what you end up with is a disaster. Had that issue looking
for books for my mother's Kindle for her. Last name got it, usually, but
sometimes listed like 495 books. The title, not so much, the first *and*
last name... don't bet on it always working, if at all. Drives me nuts
how bad search can be a lot of the time.
--
void main () {
If Schrödingers_cat is alive or version > 98 {
if version = "Vista" {
call slow_by_half();
call DRM_everything();
}
call functional_code();
}
else
call crash_windows();
}
<A HREF='http://www.daz3d.com/index.php?refid=16130551'>Get 3D Models,
3D Content, and 3D Software at DAZ3D!</A>
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
On 2/21/2011 8:11 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Patrick Elliott wrote:
>> nor is Guards! Guards!, both of which you can find Youtube trailers for,
>
> Just FYI, finding a trailer on YouTube for a movie doesn't mean the
> movie was ever made or even planned. It just means someone felt like
> making a trailer for a movie they'd like to see.
>
> The tailer for Batman vs Predator was pretty good too, but I don't
> expect to ever see a full-length movie.
>
In this case, I tend to suspect they "do" exist. Some of them mention
they planned, but hadn't yet made them, but that was true of Going
Postal, yet, it seems to have actually been made, since you can buy it,
at least over there. Now, something like Batman Vs. Predator.. I would
suspect not happening anyway, no matter how good it looked.
--
void main () {
If Schrödingers_cat is alive or version > 98 {
if version = "Vista" {
call slow_by_half();
call DRM_everything();
}
call functional_code();
}
else
call crash_windows();
}
<A HREF='http://www.daz3d.com/index.php?refid=16130551'>Get 3D Models,
3D Content, and 3D Software at DAZ3D!</A>
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
