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Comment: Re:Still fiddly if you RTFA (Score 1) 181

by Zaiff Urgulbunger (#43506965) Attached to: Ars Reviewer is Happily Bored With Dell's Linux Ultrabook
There's a "Unity MT Grab Handles" compiz plugin that can help. Not sure if it's enabled by default, but I'm fairly certain you need to give it a key binding to actually use it. From my install notes....

$ sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
$ ccsm

Find the "Unity MT Grab Handles" plugin and set:
"Toggle Handles" binding to <Super>h

Then you just press windows-key + h to make some nice large resizing handles appear. They should fade away automatically after a few seconds.

Comment: Re:I'll miss the old school special effects (Score 1) 213

Well, there was a buzzing noise for all electric doors. Don't recall a whooshing sound, but in a spaceship it's reasonable to assume sections will acquire an air pressure differential.

Watch the video... it's just a door! Also, that bit is on Earth before the prisoners have been transferred.

Comment: Re:I'll miss the old school special effects (Score 2) 213

A "special effect" from the first series that I was particularly amused by was the doors; they had doors that swung on hinges and had handles used to "operate" them.... but get this.... they make a kind of whooshing noise! - Skip to about 40 seconds in, and marvel at the future tech!

+ - Classic BBC sci-fi series Blake's 7 to return on Syfy channel

Submitted by Zaiff Urgulbunger
Zaiff Urgulbunger writes "According to the BBC, "Cult classic sci-fi series Blake's 7 is to be remade for the Syfy network, it has been announced.

FremantleMedia International said 13 hour-long episodes will be written by Heroes writer Joe Pokaski."


Here's hoping the special effects budget will be higher than for the original series! Also, hoping that the Liberator is of similar design and includes Zen — the ships computer."

Comment: Re:OT: Anyone else having problems with the video? (Score 1) 112

I'll have to have a dig around; if I open an incognito window, that doesn't work either. However, if I use a different login, then it does work!

Other info; If I right-click on the black box I see where the video should be, I do get an Adobe Flash context menu. I've tried clicking in the very centre in case the thumbnail is failing to load or something, but it still doesn't want to start.

UPDATE: Found it - I've got "Block third-party cookies and site date" checked. Un-checking that allows it to work.

THANK YOU ALL! :D

Comment: OT: Anyone else having problems with the video? (Score 1) 112

Slightly off-topic, but the above video won't play in Chrome in Ubuntu (12.04 64bit) for me; I just get a black box showing.

I can get it to play in Firefox on the same Ubuntu machine... but it's annoying so I thought I share/bleat about it! :D
FYI it seems just only be a problem with Slashdot embedded videos... I've not had a problem elsewhere.

Comment: Re:Wow (Score 1) 261

Just adding my voice to the "this is shit" side of the argument. Okay, so by next week it'll be fine on the website because I'm logged in, but if my RSS reader still shows ROT13ed content then I'm probably not going to bother coming back. Seriously, what muppet came up with this idea and thought it was a good one?

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. -- Publilius Syrus

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