Re: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-09-07 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 4, 2009, at 6:53 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 1 Sep 2009, at 19:06, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 31, 2009, at 5:18 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 6 Aug 2009, at 23:46, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM, William T Goodallw...@wtgab.demon.co.uk wrote:

Re: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-09-07 Thread William T Goodall
On 7 Sep 2009, at 21:44, Dave Land wrote: On Sep 4, 2009, at 6:53 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 1 Sep 2009, at 19:06, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 31, 2009, at 5:18 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 6 Aug 2009, at 23:46, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM, William T

Re: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-09-07 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 7, 2009, at 4:17 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 7 Sep 2009, at 21:44, Dave Land wrote: On Sep 4, 2009, at 6:53 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 1 Sep 2009, at 19:06, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 31, 2009, at 5:18 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 6 Aug 2009, at 23:46, Mauro Diotallevi

Re: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-09-04 Thread William T Goodall
On 1 Sep 2009, at 19:06, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 31, 2009, at 5:18 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 6 Aug 2009, at 23:46, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM, William T Goodallw...@wtgab.demon.co.uk wrote: William T Goodall Mail : w...@wtgab.demon.co.uk Web :

Re: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-09-01 Thread Dave Land
On Aug 31, 2009, at 5:18 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 6 Aug 2009, at 23:46, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM, William T Goodallw...@wtgab.demon.co.uk wrote: William T Goodall Mail : w...@wtgab.demon.co.uk Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog :

Re: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-09-01 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Dave Land wrote: So what's wrong with a little ritualized cannibalism among consenting adults? ;-) See how amusing you think it is when they come to eat YOUR brain :-) Then isn't it completely grand that it is always and ever has been / symbolic/. What about this?

Re: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-09-01 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Dave Land wrote: So what's wrong with a little ritualized cannibalism among consenting adults? ;-) See how amusing you think it is when they come to eat YOUR brain :-) Then isn't it completely grand that it is always and ever has

RE: Brin: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-31 Thread Julia Thompson
_ From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of medieva...@aol.com Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 8:31 PM To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Brin: On 'Incomprehesibility' 7- It is much easier to read the back of a video box than the pages

Re: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-31 Thread William T Goodall
On 6 Aug 2009, at 23:46, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM, William T Goodallw...@wtgab.demon.co.uk wrote: William T Goodall Mail : w...@wtgab.demon.co.uk Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://web.me.com/williamgoodall/blog/ Every Sunday Christians

Re: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-06 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM, William T Goodallw...@wtgab.demon.co.uk wrote: William T Goodall Mail : w...@wtgab.demon.co.uk Web  : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://web.me.com/williamgoodall/blog/ Every Sunday Christians congregate to drink blood in honour of their zombie

Re: Brin: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-03 Thread Alberto Monteiro
David Hobby wrote: That non-bypassable FBI and/or Interpol warning: This is actually a loss for DVDs. With VHS, you could ALWAYS fast-forward. Why aren't there hacks to skip the start-up warnings on DVDs? Brazilian DVDs don't include this. They replace it with an educative movie. One

Re: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-03 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Aug 2, 2009, at 11:24 PM, David Hobby wrote: William T Goodall wrote: On 1 Aug 2009, at 22:14, David Hobby wrote: William T Goodall wrote: ... NTSC vs. PAL: Not a fair criticism. That mess was created a LONG time ago, and was also a problem with VHS tapes. (A bigger problem, since the

Re: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 1 Aug 2009, at 22:14, David Hobby wrote: William T Goodall wrote: ... DVD region codes. NTSC or PAL? Stereo or 5.1? Dolby or DTS? Component or HDMI? Upscale to 720P or 1080i? William-- I agree with you on some, and want to add an item. DVD region codes: Not in the consumer's

Re: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-02 Thread David Hobby
William T Goodall wrote: On 1 Aug 2009, at 22:14, David Hobby wrote: William T Goodall wrote: ... NTSC vs. PAL: Not a fair criticism. That mess was created a LONG time ago, and was also a problem with VHS tapes. (A bigger problem, since the players were analog.) Even with HD the frame

Brin: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-01 Thread KZK
Dr. Brin Wrote: True, copyright piracy is (generally) bad. But the bloody inconvenience and blithering incomprehensibility of simply using a modern DVD player to watch a film that you already own - let alone record an episode of NOVA - it is why I keep three VCRs in the house, still. I

Re: Brin: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-01 Thread William T Goodall
On 1 Aug 2009, at 09:12, KZK wrote: Dr. Brin Wrote: http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2009/07/notion-of-disputation-arenas.html True, copyright piracy is (generally) bad. But the bloody inconvenience and blithering incomprehensibility of simply using a modern DVD player to watch a film

Re: Brin: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-01 Thread David Hobby
William T Goodall wrote: On 1 Aug 2009, at 09:12, KZK wrote: Dr. Brin Wrote: ... True, copyright piracy is (generally) bad. But the bloody inconvenience and blithering incomprehensibility of simply using a modern DVD player to watch a film that you already own - let alone ... I don't

Re: Brin: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-01 Thread David Brin
Today's DVD's 1- are not universal if you record on minus or plus mode and many units throw fits, even then 2- fast-forward and reverse are a mess. They are twichy and over and undershoot like mad. 3- menu navigation is often torment 4- You cannot copy incrementally, onto the end of a

Re: Brin: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-01 Thread Medievalbk
7- It is much easier to read the back of a video box than the pages of that tiny booklet--if there even is one. Vilyehm **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps!

Re: Brin: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-01 Thread Dave Land
On Aug 1, 2009, at 5:31 PM, David Brin wrote: Today's DVD's 1- are not universal if you record on minus or plus mode and many units throw fits, even then 2- fast-forward and reverse are a mess. They are twichy and over and undershoot like mad. 3- menu navigation is often torment 4-