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Skriven 2006-12-25 11:30:00 av WAYNE CHIRNSIDE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ED HULETT
Ärende: Re: Hi folks
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-=> ED HULETT wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-


 WC>> It seems terribly inefficient but perhaps useful for gamers
 WC>> and those with legacy applications?

 EH>> You're catching on...

 WC> Uh, Ed?
 WC> I believe I'm the one first mentioned that and you are the one commenting
 WC> upon it.

 EH> Uh Wayne? You weren't the first to mention that. It has been known for
 EH> decades.

Uh, Ed.
I meant in this particular threat in this particular venue in the 
hereand now.
Realtime like.
I was not addressing the ages.

 RC>>> Conversely in X, you can run programs like WINE or CROSSOVER to run
 RC>>> Windows gui apps. (if you try it, dont tell Maurice)

 WC>> I don't imagine I will try it.
 WC>> I cannot imagine why I would want to.
 WC>> I believe you are right about Maurice ;-)
 WC>> Anyways I've tossed  all my Mickeysoft.

 EH>> Good for you.

 RC>>> For kicks using CROSSOVER, I got MSIE5 to work.

 WC>> For now I'm just awaiting a good day to finish compiling
 WC>> VideoLan as it mihght have sufficiently less CPU overhead
 WC>> to play the high definition movie DVD I got.

 EH>> Heh heh...

 WC>> Someone I know recently passed away recommended the DVD UltraViolet
 WC>> so as a kind of memorium I purchased it from Amazon.

 EH>> You wasted your money.

 WC> Well the style is rather unique and arty but I've not yet decyphered
 WC> greater meaning to the video.

 EH> It's entertainment, idiot. There is no "greater meaning."

You never know.
I suspect it may be just entertainment but often there are hidden meanings
and depths in unexpected places.
For instance the Rocky and Bullwinkle show was designed to work on both a kids
and college students level.

 WC> I'm not entirely certain you could call it a waste of money.

 EH> It went to DVD very quickly and was a poor show in the box office.

 WC> I needed some kind of a high definition movie to test
 WC> my multimedia applications.

 EH> Good for you.

 WC> Others under consideration were.
 WC> The King and I with Yul Brynner.
 WC> The Man in the White Suit with Alec Guinness.
 WC> Kind Hearts and Coronets with Alec Guinness.
 WC> Dr. Strangelove.
 WC> Kelly's Heros.
 WC> The Great Escape.

 EH> None of those are really high definition.

I meant as movies,
I'm glad they are not HD as I've not yet the proper video drivers.
I'm rather sorry most are rather pricey still but perhaps there's a 
reason for that?

The Great Escape is cheap however.
UltraViolet serves as my HD media source needs to test video 
applications quite well as those applications do not seem concerned
with its' crital movie reviews.

 WC> Other than that I've the one full screen release of Charley Varrick
 WC> with Walter Matthau.

 EH> Good for you.

Have you seen it?
It's not in any way a comedic role but quite dramatic and 
with a great many subtle but important plot details
and fine acting perfomances.
I very highly recommend it.
It too is inexpensive at some vendors.

 WC>> and some loss of video - audio sync.

 EH>> I have an old 466 here you can have. Heh heh...

 WC> I've no use for a 466 however a 486 with 30 Meg of RAM
 WC> might be suitable to run Linux Icop firewall.

 EH> The P-II 466 has 64 meg.

How very nice for you.

My Gateway P-III has 384 and takes either standard unbuffered or 
ECC parity memory in any number of differing size 
and speed arrangements of RAM.
Yes, you can mix them in size and speed just so long as it's
PC100 standard minimum.
ECC and parity mix as well but it defaults to non-EEC.

Are you not happy for me?

 WC>> Xine from the command line I need to setup .xine/config
 WC>> to see how that does without the KDE desktop overhead

 EH>> Gxine on KDE? You not only have KDE overhead, you have gdm overhead.

 WC>  Yes, this has been my concern.
 WC> It's why I shall google for answers on other multimedia applications
 WC> that execute at the command line.

 EH> Do that.

I shall endeavor to get around to that.
To bad traffic is off in the Linux echo as this would be more topical there.
I think one of us should soon stop this thread in this echo don't you think?

 WC> I'd had HD video drivers for Mplayer but alas they were lost and are
 WC> not too commonly to be found.

 EH> Then how'd you find them in the first place?

That would be through a google keyword search and it took a number
of days to find the desired and working high definition drivers
after many failures.

 WC> I need to import some bookmarks or otherwise look at the
 WC> file with lynx and see if I noted their location.

 EH> You do that.

I believe that I shall.

 RC>>> (Microsoft Internet Explorer)

 WC>> I've heard that's a virus - trojan trap and security risk.
 WC>> I'll stick with Lynx, Konqueror and Firebird thanks.

 EH>> Why would anyone want to use Konquerer? What a total kludge!

 WC> Well Ed, perhaps for those difficult days when I've an arthritis
 WC> flareup in my making using the keyboard difficult?

 EH> I do just fine with my arthritis.

I am so very happy for you,

 WC> See then I can use Konqueror to launch my music MP3s
 WC> and my downloaded Jon Stewart comedy political comentaries.

 EH> That's nice.

I think so as well.

 WC> I like the old folk group the Kingston Trio from way back
 WC> when times were simpler.

 EH> Good for you.

It is good for me isn't it?

 EH>> Firefox 2.0 or, better yet Swiftfox 2.0 is much better.

 WC> I have that gui browser application in my software download archive
 WC> however am becoming more familiar with Lynx.

 EH> Good for you.

Ditto above.

 RC>>>> Except that the BBS you are using isnt synchro..

 WC>>> BBBS?

 RC>>> Bingo.

 WC>> I get lucky sometimes.

 EH>> Even a broken claock is correct twice a day using US time.

 WC> What is a claock?

 EH> Oh no, I guess my arthritis is acting up again and I inadvertently hit
 EH> the a when typing "clock."

Typos do occur.
Sometimes it's galloping dementia.
Sometimes it's arthritis.
Sometimes it's dyslexia.
And let us not forget the ever popular common typo.


 WC> How do you pronounce claock?
 WC> Is the accent on the first or second sylable of claock?
 WC> Is it pronounced _clay ock_?

 EH> And here you get all up in arms about others commenting on your typos.

They nailed me first.
Turnabout is fair play.
< insert endless list of cliches here>

Perhaps you can take this to the Crossfire echo
where I am persona non-grata? 

 WC> See, my search for understanding into new things is driven by
 WC> recent personal difficulties I've undergone and I effort
 WC> exercising my intellect to rehabilitate myself.

 EH> How does one "effort" to do something?

It's a cunundrum wrapped up in an enigma.

 WC> Well, that and I've a friendly user interface BBS again and can
 WC> employ an offline reader.

 EH> Good for you.

 RC>>> Its telnet interface takes some getting used to, as it doesnt use
 RC>>> hotkey commands as you observed.

 WC>> I'm becoming a faster study now I've got some slackware experience.

 EH>> Oh yeah, Slack is the bomb, dude!

 WC> Upon this we can agree.

 EH> Yeah... sure... Slack, like all other OSes sucks.

Well I personally haven't tried them all.

Now Ed, I've been indulging you and Ross now for a time
as I'd expected to be ambushed here.

Why don't you run along and play with your friends
in Crossfire where your great intellect and wisdom may be
better appreciated?  
 
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