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Tom Scola - Dec 29, 2005 5:08:06 am PST #6204 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Being a preview disk, it might also be that the disk isn't protected at all.


Gris - Dec 29, 2005 5:12:02 am PST #6205 of 10003
Hey. New board.

Hmm. By "it only got the first ep" do you mean that you couldn't pick other titles besides the first ep, or it crashed if you did?


Jessica - Dec 29, 2005 5:18:35 am PST #6206 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

By "it only got the first ep" do you mean that you couldn't pick other titles besides the first ep,

This. Handbrake seems to think that the entire disc is only 22 minutes long. When I get home, I'll see if there are other settings to try.


Gris - Dec 29, 2005 5:23:01 am PST #6207 of 10003
Hey. New board.

Huh. Odd. I had that problem with a couple of discs once, and had to resort to using mencoder (a command-line utility that's rather a PITA to use) to get it ripped. I'm quite surprised that MacTheRipper has that issue, though.

You could try using ffmpegX, which is an mencoder front end, but it typically requires an unencrypted input folder, which your DVD may or may not be. Plus, it's not the simplest program in the world, though there are Howtos of various types on the web page.


Jessica - Dec 29, 2005 5:25:32 am PST #6208 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'll try MtR again -- I haven't fiddled with all the settings, so I might have missed something.

I didn't think about ffmpegx either, so I can try that when I get home.

Thanks for the tips!


tommyrot - Dec 29, 2005 5:28:24 am PST #6209 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.

This. Handbrake seems to think that the entire disc is only 22 minutes long. When I get home, I'll see if there are other settings to try.

Was this a "mass produced" disk, or is it a blank disk that someone burned? I don't know anything about DVD burning, but if it's the latter, maybe it's a multi-session DVD and the second session hasn't been closed yet?


Jessica - Dec 29, 2005 5:33:31 am PST #6210 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

It's a press screener, so it's cheap, but professionally produced.


tommyrot - Dec 29, 2005 10:24:00 am PST #6211 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.

Slashdot:

dotwhynot writes "Molecular electronics, a realm once considered science fiction, could be heading for our computers and devices sooner than thought. A new report on the technology roadmap of the chip industry finds a growing confidence in new nanotechnology, and forecasts that the transition to the post-silicon era could happen by 2015. The development of nanoswitches has already reached a point where it will be possible to manufacture them reliably at low cost. Intels goal over the next decade is to build chips that hold more than one trillion switches."

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That last sentence - wow!


le nubian - Dec 29, 2005 1:58:21 pm PST #6212 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Okay, is anyone having trouble with Itunes Music Store and/or ipodder?


§ ita § - Dec 29, 2005 2:18:21 pm PST #6213 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I just went to the Ubuntu site to download the distro, and they say

"Ubuntu" is an ancient African word, meaning "humanity to others".

Oy. That's so specific. Even less specific than "ancient European word" would be.

Still downloading the distro, but I'm going to be looking at them funny.

The music store isn't giving me any problems, LeN.