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How To Play HD Video On a Netbook 205

Posted by timothy from the addressing-that-stuttering-problem dept.
Barence writes with some news to interest those with netbooks running Windows: "Netbooks aren't famed for their high-definition video playing prowess, but if you've got about $10 and a few minutes going spare, there is a way to enjoy high-definition trailers and videos on your Atom-powered portable. You need three things: a copy of Media Player Classic Home Cinema, CoreCodec's CoreAVC codec, and some HD videos encoded in AVC or h.264 formats. This blog takes you through the process."

Comment Re:Why (Score 1) 308

by Airline_Sickness_Bag (#31062282) Attached to: Nexus One First Phone Linus Torvalds "Doesn't Hate"

[i]I am supposed to care about his opinion of smart phones why?[/i]

You care enough to be reading this thread.

I'll sell you my copyrighted/patented hyper turbo method of saving time for only $699/cpu. Cash and credit cards only.

It's a simple but effective technique - Just don't click on threads you don't care about.

Comment Re:Typical Customer Service Department attitude (Score 1) 749

by Airline_Sickness_Bag (#30999342) Attached to: Woz Cites "Scary" Prius Acceleration Software Problem

A day? Must not have been Verizon. Last year we lost the dial tone, and it took Verizon 2 1/2 weeks to fix it. And talking with others I found out that it is pretty typical for Verizon. Of course, after they fixed the dial tone problem they forgot to turn the DSL back on, and it took another week to get the DSL back up.
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Dying Man Shares Unseen Challenger Video 266

Posted by Soulskill from the new-perspective-on-an-old-tragedy dept.
longacre writes "An amateur video of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion has been made public for the first time. The Florida man who filmed it from his front yard on his new Betamax camcorder turned the tape over to an educational organization a week before he died this past December. The Space Exploration Archive has since published the video into the public domain in time for the 24th anniversary of the catastrophe. Despite being shot from about 70 miles from Cape Canaveral, the shuttle and the explosion can be seen quite clearly. It is unclear why he never shared the footage with NASA or the media. NASA officials say they were not aware of the video, but are interested in examining it now that it has been made available."

Comment Re:Doesn't suprise me (Score 1) 443

While PG county had its problems, there are areas in Montgomery county that aren't exactly "nice". I hear about the problems with crime, bad schools, etc from my co-workers who live in Montgomery county. I'm glad I don't live in one co-workers neighborhood in Gaithersberg - she has had her house broken into a number of times. Strangely enough, that has never happened to me or my neighbors here in PG county. While overall Montgomery county may be better, you have enough problems that you shouldn't be too smug. And compared to my in-laws neighborhood in Mclean, Va, most of Montgomery county doesn't look too hot.

Even though I have lived in PG county for over 30 years (post college), the only time my car has been vandalized was in Montgomery county.

Comment Re:As a Maryland Resident.. (Score 5, Interesting) 443

Both of my kids are in Prince Georges County public schools. They are both in the science and technology magnet program at Eleanor Roosevelt HS. Two years ago, they used mygradebook.com for teachers to use, and it was a breeze to check on grades, see what assignments were due (and what assignments were missing), etc. It was an easy sytem to use, and worked well. Last year ERHS was forced to use the SchoolMax system. It was a disaster. So I'm not surprised that the problem was caused by the SchoolMax software.

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