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Skriven 2006-12-25 22:48:05 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 44899 av WAYNE CHIRNSIDE (1:123/140)
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WAYNE CHIRNSIDE -> ED HULETT wrote:
 -=>> 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
 WC> commenting
 WC>> upon it.

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

 WC> Uh, Ed.
 WC> I meant in this particular threat in this particular venue in the
 WC> hereand now.

And the significance of this... is?

 WC> Realtime like.
 WC> I was not addressing the ages.

dosemu was created and has been used to make it possible to run DOS apps where
no Linux port exists. This has been known by many of us for decades.

Your wild guess above, while being partially correct, didn't enlighten anyone
here to anything other than how little you know.

 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."

 WC> You never know.
 WC> I suspect it may be just entertainment but often there are hidden meanings
 WC> and depths in unexpected places.

Good grief.

 WC> For instance the Rocky and Bullwinkle show was designed to work on both
 WC> a kids and college students level.

Hahahahahahahaha!!!!

"[C]ollege 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.

 WC> I meant as movies,
 WC> I'm glad they are not HD as I've not yet the proper video drivers.

I thought you had Slack all configured in 8 hours.

 WC> I'm rather sorry most are rather pricey still but perhaps there's a
 WC> reason for that?

Just to get more of your money.

 WC> The Great Escape is cheap however.

I've seen that so many times. I even watched it at the theater when it first
came out.

 WC> UltraViolet serves as my HD media source needs to test video
 WC> applications quite well as those applications do not seem concerned
 WC> with its' crital movie reviews.

You could have chosen something worth watching.

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

 EH>> Good for you.

 WC> Have you seen it?

A long time ago.

 WC> It's not in any way a comedic role but quite dramatic and
 WC> with a great many subtle but important plot details
 WC> and fine acting perfomances.

Walter Mathau was a great actor. He could do just about any role.

 WC> I very highly recommend it.
 WC> It too is inexpensive at some vendors.

I have a very small and select video library. I have friends who have libraries
with hundreds of DVDs and/or VHS tapes.

 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.

 WC> How very nice for you.

It's not for me. I picked it up a while ago to refurb and give to someone who
has no computer.

I have enough computers for myself right now with 2 dual P-III 1GHz systems
(this one and another in my HAM shack with dual video for controlling my
radios), an AMD 1900+ in my bedroom, a Gateway 64bit AMD notebook and an old
Gateway P-II 266 notebook.

I usually have 3 or 4 others in various states of refurbishing to give away to
someone who needs a system, but doesn't have any way of getting one.

I've offered to send you parts for your system, but you are an ungreatful
person and turned me down.

 WC> My Gateway P-III has 384 and takes either standard unbuffered or
 WC> ECC parity memory in any number of differing size and speed arrangements
of RAM.

ECC RAM doesn't work well with non-ECC memory.

 WC> Yes, you can mix them in size and speed just so long as it's
 WC> PC100 standard minimum.

Sure you can.

 WC> ECC and parity mix as well but it defaults to non-EEC.

Not all ECC RAM plays well with non-ECC.

Both P-III 1GHz systems I have here have 512 ECC PC-133 and neither one will
accept a mix of ECC and non-ECC. I've tried it more than once.

Before you go off trying to act like I might not know what I'm talking about, I
have been building computers for a couple decades. I was building systems back
when you had to install RAM one chip at a time and 640K was considered more
than enough.

 WC> Are you not happy for me?

If you're happy for yourself.

 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.

 WC> I shall endeavor to get around to that.

As long as it gives you the will to live.

 WC> To bad traffic is off in the Linux echo as this would be more topical
 WC> there.

I no longer pull the Linux echo.

 WC> I think one of us should soon stop this thread in this echo don't you
 WC> think?

I had no intention of it going much further than a couple replies.

 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?

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

Well, if you did it once, you should be able to do it again.

 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.

 WC> 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.

 WC> I am so very happy for you,

Thank 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.

 WC> 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.

 WC> 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.

 WC> 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."

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

Don't forget the occasional stroke.

 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.

 WC> They nailed me first.

You have got to be joking. Jumping on your opponant's typos is a regular
passtime for FIDO participants. No one "nailed you first."

 WC> Turnabout is fair play.
 WC> < insert endless list of cliches here>

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

Why would I do that?

 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?

 WC> It's a cunundrum wrapped up in an enigma.

I see.

 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.

 WC> Well I personally haven't tried them all.

Neither have I, but I haven't found one that didn't suck in some unexpected
way.

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

You've been indulging *me*?

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

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

Why don't you go run along and play with your little friends over in POL_INC?

Ed

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"Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue,
and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition." -- Thomas Jefferson

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