Lisias Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, p1t1o said: He did say "pay" If he paid for the work and lives in the USA, he's allowed to have a backup copy no matter where this backup copy was obtained. However, not all places providing such backup copies are allowed to be mentioned due the Forum Rules. ;-) Edited July 26, 2018 by Lisias bad grammar. fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) 52 minutes ago, TheSaint said: I burn it to CD. I play it in my truck's CD player. My friends all laugh at me because I'm old. I don't care. You could explain them that their 3.5" 1.44 MB "one disk — one track" are almost out of fashion. Edited July 26, 2018 by kerbiloid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p1t1o Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 1 hour ago, TheSaint said: I go on Amazon Music. I buy the album. I download it to Windows Media Player. I burn it to CD. I play it in my truck's CD player. My friends all laugh at me because I'm old. I don't care. Laugh? What, like at the same time they listen to a hundred identical adverts whilst they fill out yet another subscription for something? They can be my guest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 YouTube seems to have changed the way their playback window works a few minutes ago. The player's window size is now proportional to the browser's window size. I was really confused the first time I saw that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kerbin Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I have two today. Few days a go basement flooded. Blah. Now today may laptop is showing random smatterings of lime green and cyan pixels. Now I know that can’t be good, but I think that it’s fixable if the cards are kept cool. Make that 3 problems... Windows isn’t updating ok anymore. Might be time to wipe and reset since I can’t fix it. Love my life. Weeeeeee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 18 hours ago, Lisias said: Unfortunately, the Forum Rules prevent me to tell you how. Eh, all the CDs and tapes here were pirated copies anyway, and I know how to download a piece of YouTube. I'm just apalled they don't think as a consumer experience. 15 hours ago, TheSaint said: I buy the album. I wonder in this day and age whether an "album" is a concept worth retaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) 16 hours ago, Delay said: YouTube seems to have changed the way their playback window works a few minutes ago. The player's window size is now proportional to the browser's window size. I was really confused the first time I saw that. I saw that! Weirdly, the first time I went on YT the playback window was quite big, but the next time I loaded it up it got thinner. And you know what's really annoying? Tonight there's supposed to be a lunar eclipse, but the weather forecast shows rain Edited July 27, 2018 by RealKerbal3x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kerbin Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Well I came here to complain again. Not really about windows this time. This time, I just finished resetting my computer and now have to reinstall literally everything. Guess how long steam says its gonna take to reinstall all my games? 6 hours. That is if the internet stays at its peak. Which its not going to because Im not the only one in the house. TLDR: regretting not getting an external HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, Mark Kerbin said: TLDR: regretting not getting an external HD With modern 1TB+ HDDs, I usually partition it so one third is for OS type stuff, and the other two thirds is “deep storage”. Then when I need to nuke Windows, only the one partition gets nuked. Yeah, I know, probably too late to be useful info this time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kerbin Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: With modern 1TB+ HDDs, I usually partition it so one third is for OS type stuff, and the other two thirds is “deep storage”. Then when I need to nuke Windows, only the one partition gets nuked. Yeah, I know, probably too late to be useful info this time... Didnt occur to me. Tho due to how messed up [read: after reset, CPU temps dropped 10 *C. This was after cleaning the fans out which took of maybe 2 *C] my system was, idk if that would have been a great idea. Edited July 27, 2018 by Mark Kerbin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) And better make disk partition backups with something like Acronis True Image or so. Edited July 27, 2018 by kerbiloid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 5 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: I saw that! Weirdly, the first time I went on YT the playback window was quite big, but the next time I loaded it up it got thinner. And you know what's really annoying? Tonight there's supposed to be a lunar eclipse, but the weather forecast shows rain And you can't see it in North America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razark Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 (edited) I hate javascript. I hate dealing with date calculations. I really hate dealing with date calculations in javascript. I loathe having to deal with date calculations in a brain-damaged version of javascript without useful date manipulation functions. Edited July 27, 2018 by razark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 3 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: With modern 1TB+ HDDs, I usually partition it so one third is for OS type stuff, and the other two thirds is “deep storage”. Then when I need to nuke Windows, only the one partition gets nuked. Yeah, I know, probably too late to be useful info this time... Teach me how. Please. Or just link a video tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Our VHS copy of Apollo 13 is completely trashed. Noise everywhere and the picture rolls across the screen. You can't enjoy a movie this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 37 minutes ago, Delay said: Our VHS copy of Apollo 13 is completely trashed. Noise everywhere and the picture rolls across the screen. You can't enjoy a movie this way. VH...S? How quaint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 1 hour ago, StrandedonEarth said: How quaint! Yeah, doing things the good old way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Well, here's a real problem: Alongside the VHS player we also have a DVD player. (No, that's not the problem. I'm not against modern technology.) That DVD player is causing some problems: It accepts and plays some DVDs perfectly fine (though it loads for some time) but on others it just loads for a while, displays an error and spits the disc out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Could be the DVDs are dirty or scratched? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 8 hours ago, razark said: I hate javascript. +100500 An ugly by-product of asynchronicity. 8 hours ago, razark said: I hate dealing with date calculations. I really hate dealing with date calculations in javascript. Mass killers should be sentenced to this. 8 hours ago, Kernel Kraken said: Teach me how. Please. Or just link a video tutorial. When you install Windows 7, it suggests disk splitting. As well as eny Linux. (There is a lot of another "disk partitioning software", but that's right out of the box.) Caution: do not try this with HDD already having some data. Also, after splitting the HDD into logic partitions and installing the soft, it's wise to make a system partition backup with some "disk inaging software" (II use Acronis True Image, but there's a lot of them.). 3 hours ago, Delay said: That DVD player is causing some problems: It accepts and plays some DVDs perfectly fine (though it loads for some time) but on others it just loads for a while, displays an error and spits the disc out again. 2 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: Could be the DVDs are dirty or scratched? and: Are this DVD read fine on another DVD player? Is this really a DVD (not CD) player? Are these DVD compatible with this player (DVD "+" and "-" standards)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kerbin Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Fixed my pc finally. But now windows is showing me hints about everything. i turned hints and tips off for eveything its like clippy. send help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 7 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Are this DVD read fine on another DVD player? Yes. They play just fine on a CD/DVD drive on a computer. 7 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Is this really a DVD (not CD) player? Yes. Again: Some DVDs are read perfectly fine. 7 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Are these DVD compatible with this player (DVD "+" and "-" standards)? +/-? I didn't even know about that. That could be it. Is it possible to figure out which one it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Delay said: +/-? I didn't even know about that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_recordable#DVD-R_and_DVD-RW_(DVD_"dash") DVD +R(W) and -R(W) competing standards. Old players were incompatible, but then players got unversal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernel Kraken Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, Mark Kerbin said: its like clippy. send help. https://youtu.be/uKWcIaJtS6Q Rip Edited July 28, 2018 by Kernel Kraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 6 hours ago, kerbiloid said: DVD +R(W) and -R(W) competing standards. Given that our DVD player has the VHS input as well I reckon it's quite old. Is there any way to determine whether a DVD is DVD+ or DVD-? So far it's only an explanation, not a definitive reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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