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javachik - Jun 24, 2008 10:38:42 am PDT #6718 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

Question for those of you using Thunderbird.

Is there any way I can change the settings so that when composing e-mail responses, my text is above the original sender's? I hate that the default has me answering below the original e-mail text. Thanks!

Never mind. Figured it out!


Vortex - Jun 24, 2008 5:42:14 pm PDT #6719 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

what is the file suffix ".flac"? it's a sound that plays fine, but how/do I need to convert it to an mp3?


le nubian - Jun 24, 2008 6:58:45 pm PDT #6720 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

aflac?

sorry. bad joke.


NoiseDesign - Jun 24, 2008 7:02:41 pm PDT #6721 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

Vortex, here's the wikipedia entry on the Free Lossless Audio Codec (.flac) and it lists a bunch of compatible software, I'm sure on of them can convert to .mp3 if you need.

[link]


DCJensen - Jun 24, 2008 7:08:13 pm PDT #6722 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

Vortex, Mac or PC?

Here are a couple of ways of doing it, although there may be other conversions out there.

PC:

[link]

OSX:

[link]

ETA Lossless, etc, addressed in x-post.


Gudanov - Jun 25, 2008 5:13:43 am PDT #6723 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

Anyone use Firefox 3 and Vista? I use Firefox 3 at home with Ubuntu and XP and it works perfectly. At work with Vista, it is a crashfest, even with all add-ins and themes removed. I'm lucky if I can make 6 clicks without Firefox crashing. Ironically, the crash reporting tool also errors out. I've reverted to Firefox 2 since it is a rock of stability.


Tom Scola - Jun 25, 2008 9:06:26 am PDT #6724 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I'm trying to learn more about photography. People tell me I have a knack for it, but I feel extremely ignorant about most aspects of it.

It doesn't help, though, that photographers measure things in different units than everyone else does.

I was looking at a camera, that said it had a sensor size of 1/1.7". WTF is that supposed to mean? I found this page, which is the only thing that was even remotely coherent, and I still don't have a clue. It's very frustrating.


Sean K - Jun 25, 2008 9:14:42 am PDT #6725 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I don't really know a lot about digital photography myself, Scola, but I know (as the page says) that sensor size relates to how the camera captures the image. In digital cameras, the film is replaced by a chip and sensor that captures the image exposed through the shutter.

I don't know how sensor size relates to all that, other than presumably a larger sensor captures more luminance (light/brightness) data, if nothing else. I would bet that sensor size doesn't have too much effect on how much chrominance (color) data the sensor captures.


Tom Scola - Jun 25, 2008 9:16:55 am PDT #6726 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I just want to know how big the damn sensor is.


Sean K - Jun 25, 2008 9:17:05 am PDT #6727 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

ION:

T-Mobile is opening a new store in my neighborhood. In honor of this, they have informed me that I am pre-approved for a new phone plan, which comes with a free, $70 Samsung flip-phone.

It does text messaging.

(Posted from my iPhone)