Oooooo...that's not good, as I won't know what kind of DVD player I'll be playing it on, since I'll be using one from school. Hmmmm...
Mal: Cut it out. Job's not done until we're back on Serenity. Zoe: Sorry, sir. Didn't mean to enjoy the moment.
'Ariel'
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vw bug - Sep 26, 2005 12:11:55 pm PDT #4681 of 10003
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Dana - Sep 26, 2005 12:11:57 pm PDT #4682 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It depends on the DVD player. I think you'd have a much better chance if you could make either a VCD or a DVD.
vw bug - Sep 26, 2005 12:12:38 pm PDT #4683 of 10003
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I can't make a DVD. How do I make it a VCD?
Dana - Sep 26, 2005 12:15:27 pm PDT #4684 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
If you don't have a burning program on your machine, I've heard people say good things about VCD Easy. Possibly even here. It's got a free trial.
What's the main issue? The size of the file? Or the fact that the room has a DVD player but not a computer?
vw bug - Sep 26, 2005 12:16:36 pm PDT #4685 of 10003
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Or the fact that the room has a DVD player but not a computer?
This. There's no projector in the room, so I need to be able to play it from a DVD player.
Dana - Sep 26, 2005 12:19:03 pm PDT #4686 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I believe a VCD should play, but again, it will probably depend on the player. Someone around here surely knows more about this than I do.
tommyrot - Sep 26, 2005 12:20:42 pm PDT #4687 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It does depend on the DVD player. I think that the newer the player, the more likely it will support VCDs.
Glamcookie - Sep 26, 2005 12:26:44 pm PDT #4688 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
tommyrot, thanks for the link to the Longhorn article. Very interesting - I forwarded it to many of my co-workers.
tommyrot - Sep 26, 2005 12:32:46 pm PDT #4689 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
You're welcome. I can't imagine what it'd be like to help design an operating system. I've read several books on operating system design, which I found very interesting even though much of it went over my head.
§ ita § - Sep 26, 2005 12:35:45 pm PDT #4690 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The year before me in McGill Comp Sci had to write their own OS. Made my head hurt. We had to design from the chip up to assembler a computer, but that seemed easier.
Unrelatedly, from the CEO of the company that brought us the ROKR:
"Screw the nano," said Zander. "What the hell does the nano do? Who listens to 1,000 songs?"