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Re: [LUG] http://xkcd.com/

 

Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 10:26:34AM +0100, tom wrote:
>   
>> Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote:
>>     
>>> On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 10:06:31AM +0100, tom wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> http://xkcd.com/ for today is spot on!
>>>> Tom te tom te tom
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Yeah, who *does* use full-screen Flash?
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> I must confess I don't use it on Linux boxes - even my 64bit machine it 
>> goes gaga.
>> However on the missuses  1.2Ghz W2k laptop I have watched full screen 
>> Flash courtesy of the bbc and new scientist.
>>     
>
> On the rare occasion I want to watch a video, I use get_iplayer or
> youtube-dl, then watch it in mplayer which is a much nicer UI (keyboard
> controls, for a start). On the rare occasion I’ve watched a Flash video
> fullscreen, I don’t remember having any problems.
>
> On the other hand, 4096 processor cores would be pretty awesome.
>
>   
I find the trouble with get_iplayer is I download the whole thing. With 
Iplayer I watch a couple of minutes before realising its not worth the 
effort or then setting get_iplayer running and not having time to watch 
it...
Tom te tom te tom


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