@sundancekid503:"God, I hate posts like these."Really? Do you devote time to reading and replying to every post you hate, I wonder?"What I don't understand is the need to bash everyone who isn't running fully open source software for every application they use"I'm not bashing anyone, just pointing out the sad obvious cow-like behavior of the unwashed masses. In this new culture of *don't say anything that offends me* the truth often offends, tough. :)"Linux is fine, open source is great, but when you preach it like it's a religion"It's not preaching, it's educating, and it's philosophy not religion. The problem is that most people don't know what a philosophy is, let alone how to live with one (most people can't even meet New Years resolutions) so when they see something like the FOSS movement, they equate it with the only thing they understand and can label it as, which is usually religion and I use the term understand very loosely."I think there's something wrong with you."I think there's something wrong with moo! You know, the moo moo cow people who march in step and chew the corporate cud."There's nothing inherintely evil about commercial software."What about convicted monopolies?"I don't know about you guys, but I like to get paid."Plenty of money is made from FOSS, I guess you've never heard of Google?And because my original comment was buried and most folks probably can't read it, here's what I said:No thanks, I'll stick with free open source media players and free media formats. I left the world of closed source/closed media formats long ago. IMO it's sad to see so many people still using .wmv and the like formats.Oh well, those of us who know better enjoy freedom. Mod me down point and clickers, while you line up like sardines to buy your next closed source OS. Rather than opening your mind, the masses open their wallet to pay for protection from thinking for themselves.The sheep baah in chorus.
VLC is Wack....... my K750i has more features then that! As for WMP 11. its wicked i think. I would love to see the aero theme for it. The Black is still nice. If you think WMP11 is hogging the resources......u better stick to XP. Vista is the same. As for me, i have 2GB Ram with 4.0Ghz P4 and 7800GTX XXX 512mb edition. so i'm all good. people are gonna need a minimum of 1GB ram in my opinion. Unless Microsoft finds a way to cut the Ram usage.
mrassmanMay 18, 2006
agreed, it's wmp 10 with a new skin.
hcl40uMay 18, 2006
Its people like you that turn potential users of open source software away from trying new software.
firemaker103May 18, 2006
Pfff, I've had the leaked version for days! This is digg, isn't it?
deadcowMay 18, 2006
aac is not apple's proprietary format. it was developed by the fraunhofer institute, at&t, sony, and dolby.<a class="user" href="http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm/techinf/aac/index.html">http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm/techinf/aac/index.html</a>
timmyboywonderMay 18, 2006
Try installing the K-lite Codec pack <a class="user" href="http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm">http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm</a>
Closed AccountMay 19, 2006
@sundancekid503:"God, I hate posts like these."Really? Do you devote time to reading and replying to every post you hate, I wonder?"What I don't understand is the need to bash everyone who isn't running fully open source software for every application they use"I'm not bashing anyone, just pointing out the sad obvious cow-like behavior of the unwashed masses. In this new culture of *don't say anything that offends me* the truth often offends, tough. :)"Linux is fine, open source is great, but when you preach it like it's a religion"It's not preaching, it's educating, and it's philosophy not religion. The problem is that most people don't know what a philosophy is, let alone how to live with one (most people can't even meet New Years resolutions) so when they see something like the FOSS movement, they equate it with the only thing they understand and can label it as, which is usually religion and I use the term understand very loosely."I think there's something wrong with you."I think there's something wrong with moo! You know, the moo moo cow people who march in step and chew the corporate cud."There's nothing inherintely evil about commercial software."What about convicted monopolies?"I don't know about you guys, but I like to get paid."Plenty of money is made from FOSS, I guess you've never heard of Google?And because my original comment was buried and most folks probably can't read it, here's what I said:No thanks, I'll stick with free open source media players and free media formats. I left the world of closed source/closed media formats long ago. IMO it's sad to see so many people still using .wmv and the like formats.Oh well, those of us who know better enjoy freedom. Mod me down point and clickers, while you line up like sardines to buy your next closed source OS. Rather than opening your mind, the masses open their wallet to pay for protection from thinking for themselves.The sheep baah in chorus.
complexviperJun 24, 2006
VLC is Wack....... my K750i has more features then that! As for WMP 11. its wicked i think. I would love to see the aero theme for it. The Black is still nice. If you think WMP11 is hogging the resources......u better stick to XP. Vista is the same. As for me, i have 2GB Ram with 4.0Ghz P4 and 7800GTX XXX 512mb edition. so i'm all good. people are gonna need a minimum of 1GB ram in my opinion. Unless Microsoft finds a way to cut the Ram usage.