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Editor Promotion
I am pleased to announce that Sander Marechal has been promoted from Contributing Editor to Editor. Sander has quickly become my right hand man, so to speak. He spends a lot of time monitoring the forums, managing the queues and keeping me informed when I am not around. He continually writes articles of the highest quality and his knowledge and valued opinion are one of the reasons LXer continues to have the most engaging and informative FOSS related forums on the Internet. His positive energy and enthusiasm is plain to see and rubs off on those around him, even from an ocean away. Please join me in congratulating Sander on his most deserved promotion! |
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Comments (75)
So who is in the picture?
40 earlier comments in the full thread.
> It doesn't matter. Does it?
Go not to a lawyer for advice, for he will tell you both yes and no.
...wait, that's "Elves".
Go not to a lawyer for advice, for he will tell you both yes and no.
...wait, that's "Elves".
> Wait --- should I take meds?
Yes. Now, as to what meds....
Hmm, I'm guessing something with a high alcohol content is probably called for. :)
Yes. Now, as to what meds....
Hmm, I'm guessing something with a high alcohol content is probably called for. :)
That's Elvis?
"We're all unique."
"I'm not!"
"I'm not!"
I have no worries.
"Normal is what everyone else is, that you are not"
My personal phobia is "sane" people. Anyone who claims that they are sane, is usually wrapped to tight to realize how crazy that sounds.
"Normal is what everyone else is, that you are not"
My personal phobia is "sane" people. Anyone who claims that they are sane, is usually wrapped to tight to realize how crazy that sounds.
I just watched the video. Wow! He's one of the most "in the moment" people I've ever heard speak.
If I can figure out the MPlayer command line to convert it to video CD, I'll be taking this to my parents' place to watch. Any LXers got ideas for converting WMV to video CD?
If I can figure out the MPlayer command line to convert it to video CD, I'll be taking this to my parents' place to watch. Any LXers got ideas for converting WMV to video CD?
Use VLC or Gstreamer's gst-launch command?
Sander,
I also downloaded and watched Randy Paush's last lecture, and wow - it's worth it! Thanks for providing it (and sorry if I misused your bandwidth instead of getting the mpeg4 file from the official site).
cheers, wjl
I also downloaded and watched Randy Paush's last lecture, and wow - it's worth it! Thanks for providing it (and sorry if I misused your bandwidth instead of getting the mpeg4 file from the official site).
cheers, wjl
No need to apologize. Anyone can download it from my server. It's CC licensed and my server isn't bandwidth-capped. Just don't digg it or something, or else I'll get dozens on people downloading it *at the same time* and that might be a problem.
gus3: You're right, you're unique, just like the other 6 billion people on this planet!
About conversion: You tried ffmpeg? Please take a glance at: http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC5
It's from the command line, I hope that is not a problem.
About conversion: You tried ffmpeg? Please take a glance at: http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC5
It's from the command line, I hope that is not a problem.
Thanks anyway, but I checked my parents' DVD player, and it doesn't support video CD's. :( So conversion is a moot question.
Gus, try AviToVob, http://www.transcoding.org/cgi-bin/wiki?AviToVob
Just make sure to burn the resultant to a DVD-R rather than a DVD+R, much more likely to play in your parents DVD player if it is mono-format. Even my super multi-format one that does all kinds of video CDs and jpg and mp3 won't read DVD+R, only DVD-R.
Just make sure to burn the resultant to a DVD-R rather than a DVD+R, much more likely to play in your parents DVD player if it is mono-format. Even my super multi-format one that does all kinds of video CDs and jpg and mp3 won't read DVD+R, only DVD-R.
No DVD burner here, only a CD-RW. Hence the insistence on a video CD.
Playing the WMV with GeexBox is still an option, but not a comfortable one for my parents.
Playing the WMV with GeexBox is still an option, but not a comfortable one for my parents.
How about DVD-on-CD?
i.e. DVD format but burned to a CD?
Of course, you may have to tweak quality options and such to make it fit.
[url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000100005 50011747 1036506653&name=DVD Burner]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=...[/url]
I really like the Optiarc 7170, and quite reasonably priced.
I really like the Optiarc 7170, and quite reasonably priced.
Gus3, there is a GUI driven program called devede, it will do VCD's as well as DVD's and it will take nearly any format you throw at it. It doesnt burn then, you can use K3B or what have you to do that, it creates an .iso image. A heads up though, it does have an anoying habit of crashing when you add the video file(s). You have to kill it via command line and try again. Once it you actually get it to take the file though it works like a dream. Even allowing tweaking of all the audio and video bit rates.
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone knows how I could download 'The Last Lecture' by Randy Paush. I heard it was so moving and would like to watch it.
I was wondering if anyone knows how I could download 'The Last Lecture' by Randy Paush. I heard it was so moving and would like to watch it.
Sander Rules
Cool.
gratz Sander
Congratulations!
What? Sander is going to impose _RULES_?
> Sander is going to impose _RULES_?
Uh oh. There go our political meanderings.
Uh oh. There go our political meanderings.
He'll start imposing rules when I can get him to start following some..LOL!!
Just kidding Sander, but Bob gave me great material to work with..
Scott
Just kidding Sander, but Bob gave me great material to work with..
Scott
Me? Rules? Never. I hate rules.
Now everybody step in line and take a numbered ticket from the dispenser here so I can receive your congratulations in an orderly fashion :-)
Now everybody step in line and take a numbered ticket from the dispenser here so I can receive your congratulations in an orderly fashion :-)
/me pulls the pin on a grenade and waits for sanders number to be up
:)
:)
The elevation of Sander to a spot near the seat of power has already improved LXer. Thank you Sander.
We have two threads going on Sander's power grab, er, promotion, two days have passed and not one of the abnormal people who frequent this site have mentioned that other OS that seems to be the only topic that gets real play here.
So maybe we should just talk about Sander?
We have two threads going on Sander's power grab, er, promotion, two days have passed and not one of the abnormal people who frequent this site have mentioned that other OS that seems to be the only topic that gets real play here.
So maybe we should just talk about Sander?
> two days have passed and not one of the abnormal people who frequent this site have mentioned that other OS that seems to be the only topic that gets real play here.
Well, there seems to be only two points of agreement between the various people here: Linux is good, {censored} is bad.
I'm not surprised that the latter is so often discussed, it's nice not to fight.
Well, there seems to be only two points of agreement between the various people here: Linux is good, {censored} is bad.
I'm not surprised that the latter is so often discussed, it's nice not to fight.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Well, I'm studying German, not Flemish. :-) Congrats! Sander. You've got talent - good to see you use it.
>So maybe we should just talk about Sander?
I've heard that Sander is at the heart of a potential armed insurrection with the goal of ending the international confusion caused by European's dangerous habit of number floors from the second floor instead of the ground floor.
No wonder we can't all get along!
I've heard that Sander is at the heart of a potential armed insurrection with the goal of ending the international confusion caused by European's dangerous habit of number floors from the second floor instead of the ground floor.
No wonder we can't all get along!
> ...and not one of the abnormal people who frequent this site have mentioned that other OS that seems to be the only topic that gets real play here.
And you just had to go and end the streak, didn't you? :(
And you just had to go and end the streak, didn't you? :(
Dino, you really do crack me up at times :-)
Quoting:the international confusion caused by European's dangerous habit of number floors from the second floor instead of the ground floor.
Well, that building ain't gonna work, one cannot put a second floor upon the ground floor, because then the first floor would be missing, and we cannot hang the second floor and everything upon it in space, can we? To make it all more confusing, the basement of the building where I live now, is only the basement on one side, on the other side it is the ground floor. It's almost the same confusion as trying to calculate how late it is in the timezone my fellow LXer-readers are in; I'm not even sure in what timezone the times are displayed on LXer.
Quoting:Well, there seems to be only two points of agreement between the various people here: Linux is good, {censored} is bad.
Add a third: Sander rules.
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I feel better now. Wait...I feel worse.
Wait --- should I take meds?
Maybe I should just shoot up the Post Office.
Wait -- I'm not a postal worker.
It's SOOOOOO hard to figure all this stuff out.
Wait -- no, it isn't.
It doesn't matter.
Does it?