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On 28/05/2014 21:03, Doctor John wrote:
> On 28/05/14 21:00, Stephen wrote:
>>
>> Hallelujah!
>> And you will be saved and transported skyward with your finger up...
>>
>>
> Put that odd-shaped cigarette out, Stevie
>
Not until I have Bogart'd it.
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Regards
Stephen
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> Andrew! Remember when DVD writers cost about £1000?
My first CD *reader* was about £250 IIRC, an external one that plugged
into the parallel port (with a pass-through so you could still use a
printer).
At the time I had a 120MB hard drive, so suddenly being able to put in
discs with 650MB on them was amazing!
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Am 29.05.2014 09:05, schrieb scott:
>> Andrew! Remember when DVD writers cost about £1000?
>
> My first CD *reader* was about £250 IIRC, an external one that plugged
> into the parallel port (with a pass-through so you could still use a
> printer).
That sounds awfully slow; then again it was probably single-speed, so
the parallel port may not have been a bottleneck after all.
My first CD drive (hey, it wasn't explicitly called a "reader" back
then) was internal, connecting to the famous SoundBlaster card. IIRC it
was already 4x speed or some such.
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From: Francois Labreque
Subject: Re: You work in computers don’t you?
Date: 29 May 2014 09:41:31
Message: <5387390b@news.povray.org>
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Le 2014-05-29 03:05, scott a écrit :
>
> At the time I had a 120MB hard drive, so suddenly being able to put in
> discs with 650MB on them was amazing!
>
I remember PC Magazine saying that providing software on CDs would bring
an end to piracy, as no one had the space or bandwidth to copy them on a
large scale.
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Le 2014-05-29 07:12, clipka a écrit :
> Am 29.05.2014 09:05, schrieb scott:
>>> Andrew! Remember when DVD writers cost about £1000?
>>
>> My first CD *reader* was about £250 IIRC, an external one that plugged
>> into the parallel port (with a pass-through so you could still use a
>> printer).
>
> That sounds awfully slow; then again it was probably single-speed, so
> the parallel port may not have been a bottleneck after all.
>
> My first CD drive (hey, it wasn't explicitly called a "reader" back
> then) was internal, connecting to the famous SoundBlaster card. IIRC it
> was already 4x speed or some such.
>
Mine was a 2X.
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On 29/05/14 14:42, Francois Labreque wrote:
> I remember PC Magazine saying that providing software on CDs would bring
> an end to piracy, as no one had the space or bandwidth to copy them on a
> large scale.
>
As, indeed, RSA encryption will always be uncrackable :-D
John
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It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children
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On 27/05/2014 11:08 PM, Doctor John wrote:
> How have they solved the data-packing problem? 4.7 GB on a small plastic
> disk is clearly beyond our technical abilities.
You may laugh, but after BluRay comes ultraviolet-ray, and after that...
I'm not sure a thin layer of aluminium is actually reflective to X-rays,
much less gamma rays...
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Le 2014-05-29 13:27, Orchid Win7 v1 a écrit :
> On 27/05/2014 11:08 PM, Doctor John wrote:
>> How have they solved the data-packing problem? 4.7 GB on a small plastic
>> disk is clearly beyond our technical abilities.
>
> You may laugh, but after BluRay comes ultraviolet-ray, and after that...
> I'm not sure a thin layer of aluminium is actually reflective to X-rays,
> much less gamma rays...
Who needs physical media when you can stream HD over the airwaves (and
slowly cook the populace at the same time... but that's besides the point)?
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>> You may laugh, but after BluRay comes ultraviolet-ray, and after that...
>> I'm not sure a thin layer of aluminium is actually reflective to X-rays,
>> much less gamma rays...
>
> Who needs physical media when you can stream HD over the airwaves (and
> slowly cook the populace at the same time... but that's besides the point)?
Anyone who wants to be able to watch the same film again without having
to pay multiple times?
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Le 30/05/2014 19:22, Orchid Win7 v1 nous fit lire :
>>> You may laugh, but after BluRay comes ultraviolet-ray, and after that...
>>> I'm not sure a thin layer of aluminium is actually reflective to X-rays,
>>> much less gamma rays...
>>
>> Who needs physical media when you can stream HD over the airwaves (and
>> slowly cook the populace at the same time... but that's besides the
>> point)?
>
> Anyone who wants to be able to watch the same film again without having
> to pay multiple times?
Anyone who wants to be able to watch the same film again without getting
to see only the current latest director edition ?
(enhanced/edited/modified for whatever reason... or rebooted)
The old "Rollerball" has some reflections on society that's no more in
latest one (hey, but the color on the newest are better... )
Battlestar Galactica... the two series are totally different, and I
prefer the old one.
Crooks in Clover (Monsieur Gangster / Les tontons flingueurs) is a B&W
film... it has been colourized... :-(
Batman... oh my...
Let's not talk about George. No, we don't.
There is plenty of reasons to not trust any external guardian of movies
or sounds. Look at Doctor Who, some episodes were lost.
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IQ of crossposters without FU: 100 / (1 + number of groups)
IQ of multiposters: 100 / ( (number of groups) * (number of groups))
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