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by alan_cx 13y ago
Been using VLC for as long as I can remember, but recently I have had loads of audio/video sync problems with VLC. Really annoying since I don't want to use any other media player, and I've had to. Will this release do better
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by alan_cx 13y ago
The reason humans should be involved directly in war, and be put at risk, its to make it harder for leaders to declare war in the first place. If they know their own people might come back in body bags or get captured, they might think twic
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Wow. The cynicism and essentially self centered criticism of this story is nothing short of stunning and deeply depressing. If this place were the commentards section for a US right wing radio station or the UK Daily Wail, then OK. Be here?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I agree. And to be fair to governments and spies, we don't know if any of this info is really dangerous to national security. Well, I certainly dont. Yes, I am a very heavy critic of US spying and so on, over reaching, but equally, the
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Not saying this is typical, but here is my experience of Blackberry. I was in IT support at the time they came out. One of the things I hated about IT support, and I found it common with most colleagues, was the idea that if you are in IT,
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Stephen Hawking: brain could exist outside body(theguardian.com)
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I would click on the Show Me links, not the , er, big filler images above. Is that right or wrong?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Given that it is a "beginners guide to....", it would be simplified and not go deep.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Sorry, O2 is censoring "political material" in the UK? Are you kidding?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
This is a spec series, and every team will expect reliability. Endurance in top flight racing is a given. Races are well with in the endurance of the cars. Technical failure is way less than driver failure. Besides, the car swap is an inter
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by alan_cx 13y ago
This is a spec series, and every team will expect reliability. Endurance in top flight racing is a given. Races are well with in the endurance of the cars. Technical failure is way less than driver failure. Besides, the car swap is an inter
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by alan_cx 13y ago
What this new series, with a lot of skeptics, do not need is an electrical accident. So, I think is a safety reason. You can get one hell of a shock off these systems. Also, I'm sure the Williams' F1 KERS fire is in the back of ma
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Why should it be rational? Who cares if you understand it or not? Frankly, no one has to. Fact is people do end up feeling that way, and it costs sales. Worse still, it costs loyalty. So know it exists, the accept it as a reality to deal wi
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by alan_cx 13y ago
For clarity, I am what religious people call an atheist. Personally I reject that word because I dint see why we need words to describe people who don't believe in thing that doesn't have any basis in reality. For example, there i
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by alan_cx 13y ago
If this were absolutely the only use of such data slurping, then yes. The problem is, with such secrecy and an unwillingness to allow independent oversight, its hard to believe that. The problem is all the other uses of such information. An
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Er, Cloud?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Why is it that some apocalyptic scientific predictions are accepted, while others gain a culture of denial? Strikes me that one could construct a counter argument against this prediction which is as strong as the arguments, for example, cli
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Ages ago I spent a fair amount of time considering what would happen if someone invented a new power source. I was planning to try to write a short story based on the idea. In my imagination I invented a device the size of a fridge freezer
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Does India "render" people"? The difference is the USA acts across the planet, insisting its laws apply to all the world, applying its mockery of a justice system to the majority who never voted for it. What goes on in India
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I think he is best being interviewed and talking in general rather than in his work. If you like what you hear, you should put some effort in to searching out some interviews, he is fascinating on many subjects. Not saying his not a good co
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I have always said comedians should run the place. So many are incredibly bright, keen observers of life and manage to cut through the PR and political crap that needlessly muddies the waters. Russel is one of these.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
And being rich doesn't? Is it the poor who have power to change things, or the rich? Which is the bigger group? The poor or the rich? If it is the poor, then isn't it relatively the rich who think differently?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Do you assume that the techniques used for something most would assume to be reasonable will not ever be used in less desirable ways?
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Government's job is to regulate and legislate. Within that frame work, all if fair. The regulation and legislation failed. Government failed. That's where fingers should be pointed. Same deal with tax avoidance.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I wonder how its prevents wear? Could be something quite revolutionary there for the finding. Some sort of new organic lubricant, or something in the gears that self lubricates.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Try it.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Whats wrong with that? We don't question tastes in art, why audio? I don't need logic or research or the agreement of others, I just know what sounds right to me, and that is perfectly solidly reasonable. Ears are as weird and p
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by alan_cx 13y ago
I do wonder if Russians, Arabs, Muslims, and so on feel the same way when Obama (Bush(s), Clinton, Blair, Cameron, etc) pontificates. The phrase "western hypocrisy" is not new. What is ironic, is that oddly I prefer the unashamed
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Forget the legal stuff, the lesson here is to just get on with stuff and gather up and loose ends later. That's it.
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by alan_cx 13y ago
Seen this several times. I wonder if there is some sort of manipulation based on its being a story from the guardian and having NSA in it some where.

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