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Oops, I suddenly got a new crisis as we speek. I was going to take a few screencaps off of a DVD on my comp and PowerDVD says that my DVD-unit is locked to Region 4 as of 10 minutes ago! Because I watched an imported DVD three months ago and it decided that was the last time I was allowed to jump between regions.
How does one region-crack a NEC DVD-RW ND-1100A? Is it virtual or physical? I know it's not illegal because a salesgirl at my office (who used to work at Dell) said that the DVDs on Dell Dimensions were a pain in the ass this way but that it could be remedied. But she didn't say or know how.
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I keep wondering why "they" haven't crushed DC++ yet.
Because decentralized P2P networks for which (open-source) clients exist are inherently crush-resistant. The best "they" can do is target the people behind the more visible ones, like what happened to edonkey just a week ago.
Of course, now that the US SC has ruled that makers of software that "facilitates" copyright infringement are themselves liable for that infringement (which is so idiotic as to be completely untenable), expect "them" to advance capriaatalism on whatever high-profile clients haven't been on the receiving end of "their" C-A-D spree yet.
And that's another XP/DC++ problem of mine. Why is it impossible to watch part of a movie before it has finished downloading?
Because an image previewer is far less troublesome to write than a video previewer, which is why almost no file-sharing program has one built in. The beauty of OS software, though, is that you can hack in any kind of functionality you want, so I shall have none of this complaint, herr Peterson. B)
(Or just get StrongDC++, you proxmiring goldylock you.)
As for wav to mp3 conversion: AudioGrabber. It's free, so your conscience will not be nagging you when you grab a not-entirely unaltered firmware version for your DVD burner here to lessen your most recent rectal disturbance. Oh no, it won't.
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Lee: the Flaming Lips cover I grabbed from an MP3 blog at some point. (There's also footage of them performing it on the awesome documentary about them, The Fearless Freaks.) Anyway, shall I e-mail it to you?
Liam: And, like, I'll e-mail you those Macho Man songs too, if you want. I got them from Mr. Ultra Magnus originally. He may or may not have more, I'm not sure. As for the songs you've sent me, I'm afraid they've been lost in my last hard drive migration. (Actually, I might still have them on another computer. I'll have to check.) I buy Blur CDs on the strength of your regard, at least, so don't feel too put out.
I have great musical taste, I tell you. Great. I'm a little surprised that Randy Savage's thrilling rap debut was called out while Steven Seagal's bewildering ode to ecumenicism wasn't.
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Simon: Excellent. You can never have too much of the Macho Man.
Nim: It depends if the region lock is software or hardware. If it's software, then just download DVD Genie. If it's a hardware lock, you'll need to get new firmware for the drive. Some enterprising sorts have made cracked versions of DVD firmware to allow you to watch any region movie on them. It's not illegal, but it will invalidate your blah blah blah. Oh look, Cartman has already pointed one out. Bully for him.
What on earth were you doing watching Australian DVDs, though?
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I looked at unlocking the DVD drive on my laptop, but found it virtually impossibly to determine which of several models that particular laptop had been equipped with, And I only had one non-Region 2 DVD at the time, Whale Rider, and I still haven't bothered to watch it. I figured it was bad enough having to be in New Zealand, I shouldn't have to watch films about it as well. I actually have a seven-year-old DVD-ROM drive that pre-dates Region Locking so I can use that if I ever feel the need.
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What happened was I bought "Laputa/Rapyuta - Castle in the sky" a few months ago and then I wanted to take a few screencaps (almost any frame from any Miyazaki-movie is a wallpaper) and I suppose I had been switching between regions a few times before that, so my drive apparently set its foot down on this movie and said "Line must be drawn heah!".
Anyway, I got what I wanted then and thanks to Cartman and friends, I have what I want now; irrefutable proof of story-binding cameo...
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Ok, now we're going for the title, championship anal here; would a NoGUI-boot (not seeing the XP sign at windows-startup) save memory and startup time, de fucto speeding up the boot?
Think long and hard.
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1/ How long does your PC take to boot up anyway? 2/ Your time could be better spent in at least 5 billion other ways. Such as trying to capture those bizairre Jolteon/Umbreon type creatures.
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Not long, 20-30 seconds maybe, that was not the point. I wasn't sure if the NOGUI-option in the startup config did anything substantial. Maybe it would make a difference for others.
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Man, that you have more They Might Be Giants than both Death Cab for Cutie [b]and[/i]Louie Armstrong put together is really...
Wrong.
Plus, no Charlie Parker or Morphine?
Absolutely no fuckin' music at all- a lonely lonely man you are, pallie.
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I don't really get the whole MP3 thing. Which is to say that most of my music is still solid. I do own a copy of Like Swimming.
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"...most of my music is still solid."
LIKE CARBONITE
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I joined the iPod generation recently, only got 10 Cd's left to convert. I discovered that as my car stereo could act as a head unit for a CD multi-changer, it's manufacturer did a adapter, so the iPod could pretend to be a CD changer. I can fully control the iPod using the stereo, and I don't have to pick which Cd's I want to listen to ahead of a journey, all of them come along with me. I put a lot of effort into being lazy!
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Da_bang80
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I found this website a while back when my old machine was infested with spyware. (200+ programs ouch!) it's a tech support website with forums for pretty much anything windows. It really helped alot. I'll post the link if anyones interested
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