Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
On Thu, 23 May 2002 01:48:10 -0400 David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damian G said onto me: -- snip | |this 'resistance' that a given material offers when you try to make an electric current |run thru it depends on the length of the path that the electrons should take | snip | |p.s. i had a little trouble with my english this time so forgive any inaccuracies | that you may find. ;o) -- Damian, I'd like to say that your explanation is one of the best explanations that I have heard. Right on the money, and very easy to understand. thanks very much.. ;o) But I wanna add something. The strength of the bond between the electrons and the atom (IIRC, proportional to the number of free electrons) is also a direct factor in determining resistance. e.g. 1 foot of rubber has exponentially more resistance than 1 foot of gold yep that's what i meant when y said and the place lacking electrons, and thus charged positively ) represents the 'medium' in which the current will travel. it can be air, wood, metal, water, or even void. but some materials are more resistent to this phenomena. that is, electrons need to be drawn by a greater force ( voltage ) to be able to run thru that medium. eventually, with enough voltage, electricity can run thru everything. i just didn't want to make it all too complex. ;o) also, i should add that resistance also depends on the width of that piece of material. for example, a wire with 0.2mm diameter and 1 inch long offers more resistance that a 1mm diameter, 1 inch long wire. this is because all the electrons, having the same negative charge, tend to be as far away from each others as possible. thus, an electric current traveling thru a wire only use the outer part of the conducting material. no electrons travel thru the center of it, and when the wire is thick, electrons don't repel themselves as much since the bigger section of the wire makes more space for electrons to get through. this is why a very thin wire causes electrons to 'crash' too often against the atoms of the wire, causing further resistance, increase in temperature and therefore sweat, meltdown, fire, explosions, fireworks, and eventually a new computer... you get the picture. better yet if you overclock your computer, this is what may be happening now inside your proc ;oP .. uhmm ok ok i'm drifting off, i better cut it off here. apologize to the people that may be thinking this is not the place to talk about this. Damian and remember: 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
On Monday 20 May 2002 21:42, you wrote: Sorry for all the e-mails guys, but I found the solution to the segfaults. remove the ~/.divxPlayer/DivXPlayer.dbf file restart divxPlayer right click on the screen, and go to options. click on the general tab and uncheck Check for new and Display splash screen... Close off divxPlayer .. and bob's your uncle, it should work now. At least it does here. I thin that the startup search for a new version is buggering up the whole program. Greetings Ralph I have my version on now. So what's the advantage then. Doesn't seem to play commercial DVD's. I guess you have to have these high compression mp3,sort of video files that the website speakes of. So where do you get them then. Is this a player for home camcorder type movies ? Someone fill me in please. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
ha! never guessed that such an innoculous qn can generate a discussion that delves into physics. anyway, thanks for all the answers. :) - Original Message - From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 1:48 PM Subject: Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found Damian G said onto me: -- snip | |this 'resistance' that a given material offers when you try to make an electric current |run thru it depends on the length of the path that the electrons should take | snip | |p.s. i had a little trouble with my english this time so forgive any inaccuracies | that you may find. ;o) -- Damian, I'd like to say that your explanation is one of the best explanations that I have heard. Right on the money, and very easy to understand. But I wanna add something. The strength of the bond between the electrons and the atom (IIRC, proportional to the number of free electrons) is also a direct factor in determining resistance. e.g. 1 foot of rubber has exponentially more resistance than 1 foot of gold -- °°° David L. Steiner Registered Linux User #262493 Mandrake 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5 Sylpheed 0.7.5claws Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: www.davidlsteiner.com °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms. is derived from We are The Borg. Resistance is futile, which is from Star Trek. On Tue, 21 May 2002 17:49:36 +0800, Stormjumper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while on the topic of signatures, i remember another one in the last i didn't understand. We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms. maybe someone can enlighten me? - Original Message - From: shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:39 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found On Monday 20 May 2002 14:19, D. Olson opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: BTW, sorry to whoever had this originally, but I stole a piece of your signature... I liked it that much. Also, I want people to ask what that is supposed to mean, and that will give me a reason to throw Linux in their face. Hehe... the original, full quote is There are two kinds of security problems. The first kind arises where people are too stupid for words. Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, lead engineer and architect of Java at Sun Microsystems a petri dish is the little clear plastic plate doctors use to grow cultures. in other words outlook is only good for growing a virus. -- remember the original 'jimminey cricket'??? no? he got smashed for telling the truth, remember that the next time someone says honestly now, tell me what you think shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ -- Sridhar Dhanapalan Broadband is for kids playing games. -- Richard Alston, Australian Federal Minister for IT and Communications, 2000. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
Ohms is a name of the man that states (in one form) watts=volt x amps, in other words, in electrical troubleshooting, you use an Ohmmeter to discern the level of resistance ina circuit, (or area of a circuit). but I believe it is a play on the star trek Borg line of we are Borg, you will be assimulated, resistance is futile On Tuesday 21 May 2002 05:49 am, you wrote: while on the topic of signatures, i remember another one in the last i didn't understand. We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms. maybe someone can enlighten me? - Original Message - From: shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:39 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found On Monday 20 May 2002 14:19, D. Olson opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: BTW, sorry to whoever had this originally, but I stole a piece of your signature... I liked it that much. Also, I want people to ask what that is supposed to mean, and that will give me a reason to throw Linux in their face. Hehe... the original, full quote is There are two kinds of security problems. The first kind arises where people are too stupid for words. Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, lead engineer and architect of Java at Sun Microsystems a petri dish is the little clear plastic plate doctors use to grow cultures. in other words outlook is only good for growing a virus. -- remember the original 'jimminey cricket'??? no? he got smashed for telling the truth, remember that the next time someone says honestly now, tell me what you think shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
On Tue, 21 May 2002 17:49:36 +0800 Stormjumper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while on the topic of signatures, i remember another one in the last i didn't understand. We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms. uhmm... physics. ;o) an electron is a tiny part of an atom that orbits around the atom's core and that is, so to speak, made of energy. it has a negative charge. if you split the atom from some of it's electrons, you get, in one hand, a bunch of electrons ( negative charge ) and on the other, an atom lacking electrons ( thus charged possitively ). opposed charges attract themselves. .. an electric current ( electricity ) is a stream of free electrons running thru a phisical medium. ...jumping from one place with a very negative charge to another with a more possitive charge. let's say the electrons you were holding in one hand will try to get back to the atom you got on the other... everything in between those two places ( the place full of electrons and negative charge and the place lacking electrons, and thus charged positively ) represents the 'medium' in which the current will travel. it can be air, wood, metal, water, or even void. but some materials are more resistent to this phenomena. that is, electrons need to be drawn by a greater force ( voltage ) to be able to run thru that medium. eventually, with enough voltage, electricity can run thru everything. this 'resistance' that a given material offers when you try to make an electric current run thru it depends on the length of the path that the electrons should take and is called, obviously, 'electrical resistance' and the unit for measuring electrical resistance is the Ohm. ( i.e. 150 meters of copper wire have a resistance of 10 Ohms. 1 meter of copper wire have a resistance of 0.1 Ohm.. and so on. ) now, if you take We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms. is derived from We are The Borg. Resistance is futile, which is from Star Trek. Sridhar .. yeah yeah i know this isn't a physics list, but i lve physics. ;o) p.s. i had a little trouble with my english this time so forgive any inaccuracies that you may find. ;o) Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: OT: signatures WAS: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
the short version of this being, resistance to changing from a negative (other OS) to a positive (linux) depends on your path, and what that path goes through. :) On Tuesday 21 May 2002 20:53, Damian G opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: .. an electric current ( electricity ) is a stream of free electrons running thru a phisical medium. ...jumping from one place with a very negative charge to another with a more possitive charge. let's say the electrons you were holding in one hand will try to get back to the atom you got on the other... We are Linux. Resistance is measured in Ohms. is derived from We are The Borg. Resistance is futile, which is from Star Trek. -- Computers are like air conditioners they stop working properly if you open windows. shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
Sorry for all the e-mails guys, but I found the solution to the segfaults. remove the ~/.divxPlayer/DivXPlayer.dbf file restart divxPlayer right click on the screen, and go to options. click on the general tab and uncheck Check for new and Display splash screen... Close off divxPlayer .. and bob's your uncle, it should work now. At least it does here. I thin that the startup search for a new version is buggering up the whole program. Greetings Ralph -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
Thanks a lot Ralph! I'll be sure to check out MPlayer too, but I decided to go with the player from divx.com since I've had so much trouble getting any of the other programs to recognize the codec - namely Xine. Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
No problem, just glad to help (at the cost of too many e-mails LOL). I'm really impressed with their player, although it does not support divx.subtitle files. I still choose mplayer as it's file support is huge, and it's stable. There is a huge amount of documentation on their site, and included in their tarballs. I do have RPM's self made for my mandrake, but it would be so much harder for you to install those as half of my system if running later versions of so many progams. I suggest to give it a shot. If you *only* need to play divX files, then maybe stick with divxplayer at it saves you a lot of effort for Mplayer, however if you have other formats you need to play (the list is too much to mention), go for mplayer. Chow Ralph On Mon, 20 May 2002, Brian Koppe wrote: Thanks a lot Ralph! I'll be sure to check out MPlayer too, but I decided to go with the player from divx.com since I've had so much trouble getting any of the other programs to recognize the codec - namely Xine. Brian -- Homepage: http://tuxpower.f2g.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
On Monday 20 May 2002 04:59 pm, you wrote: Thanks a lot Ralph! I'll be sure to check out MPlayer too, but I decided to go with the player from divx.com since I've had so much trouble getting any of the other programs to recognize the codec - namely Xine. Yeah, IMHO, Xine sucks. MPlayer is THE PLAYER. BTW, sorry to whoever had this originally, but I stole a piece of your signature... I liked it that much. Also, I want people to ask what that is supposed to mean, and that will give me a reason to throw Linux in their face. Hehe... -- D. Olson The Mandrake eXPerience http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, Sun Microsystems Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
On Monday 20 May 2002 14:19, D. Olson opened a general hailing frequency and transmitted to all open stations: BTW, sorry to whoever had this originally, but I stole a piece of your signature... I liked it that much. Also, I want people to ask what that is supposed to mean, and that will give me a reason to throw Linux in their face. Hehe... the original, full quote is There are two kinds of security problems. The first kind arises where people are too stupid for words. Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, lead engineer and architect of Java at Sun Microsystems a petri dish is the little clear plastic plate doctors use to grow cultures. in other words outlook is only good for growing a virus. -- remember the original 'jimminey cricket'??? no? he got smashed for telling the truth, remember that the next time someone says honestly now, tell me what you think shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
the original, full quote is There are two kinds of security problems. The first kind arises where people are too stupid for words. Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, lead engineer and architect of Java at Sun Microsystems Yeah, I know. That's where I took my signature from... a petri dish is the little clear plastic plate doctors use to grow cultures. in other words outlook is only good for growing a virus. And yeah, I know that. I took science class back in public school and high school... And yeah, I know what Oulook's downfalls are... Don't you think it'd be kinda dumb for me to take a quote as my sig if I didn't understand it? LOL! But thanks anyhow! -- D. Olson The Mandrake eXPerience http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, Sun Microsystems Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] DivX Player - Solution found
On Monday 20 May 2002 06:32 pm, you wrote: ok, so i totally misread what you said. i blame lack of sleep due to an 8 month old.. :) *note to self, re-read everything before posting until you get a full night sleep. like when the kid is 7. :) Hehehe. No problems. :) -- D. Olson The Mandrake eXPerience http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, Sun Microsystems Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
