On Amazon, when I click to save (instead of listen) it prompts me to save hurl.asf. Which I can't then play in Windows Media Player.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
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§ ita § - Jul 10, 2006 9:32:42 am PDT #8433 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gris - Jul 10, 2006 9:42:30 am PDT #8434 of 10003
Hey. New board.
Hmm. Can you send me a full link to the cd you're looking at? I like trying to unravel these things, and it's a slow work day...
§ ita § - Jul 10, 2006 9:44:58 am PDT #8435 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Here it is. Thanks for the effort.
Gris - Jul 10, 2006 9:46:35 am PDT #8436 of 10003
Hey. New board.
Actually, never mind. ASF implies it uses the windows media streaming system (i originally read that as ASP) - it's designed so that you can't save, if I understand it correctly. Obnoxious.
There's almost certainly programs out there that let you capture ASF streams to something saveable, but it's almost certainly not worth the trouble.
I'm afraid most sites are gonna use the same system, though. Allmusic does, apparently.
ETA: I use the phrase "almost certainly" too much.
ETA2: Here are some WMP stream capturing programs, if you're interested in trying them out.
tommyrot - Jul 10, 2006 9:53:47 am PDT #8437 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.
Also, there are programs that let you record whatever your soundcard is playing at the moment. I think that involves digital-to-analog-back-to-digital conversions, but the loss in sound quality might be acceptable for a ringtone....
§ ita § - Jul 10, 2006 11:43:38 am PDT #8438 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Up until recently Walmart had 30s MP3s. It was a Cingular employee who told me about it. Too good to last.
Thanks Gris and Tommy. I'll see how much I really need it.
§ ita § - Jul 10, 2006 1:43:02 pm PDT #8439 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Anyone tried a frogpad? It makes my head hurt,because it's a new layout, but it does look kinda nifty.
tommyrot - Jul 10, 2006 2:38:00 pm PDT #8440 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.
Is it possible to scan over a network if the scanner software doesn't support it? (Yeah, stupid question....)
Scanner is HP Officejet 6210 all-in-one....
eta: Network is four XP computers, without server software (just file sharing).
eta²: Well, there's this: [link] $100 for business use....
DXMachina - Jul 11, 2006 3:52:23 am PDT #8441 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Ooh! A Dell laptop suffers "a thermal incident." At least, that's what their what VP for corporate communications called it.
§ ita § - Jul 11, 2006 10:07:41 pm PDT #8442 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've finally gotten my sister's laptop. I'm dressing it up for her.
So far my install list looks like:
- iTunes
- Office
- Trillian (basic)
- Opera
- Firefox
- the latest Flash plugin
She's not going to have a broadband connection--any recommendations for anything a not-intense computer user might like pre-installed? She's basically a web surfer, document creator, DVD watcher.
Oh! The latest Acrobat Reader.