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[vicarz]

Television. Drug of the nation. Breeding ignorance, and feeding radiation...
not anymore, everyone got a plasma lcd screen...
Well my computer runs the tv just as I wanted, and I can flip through everything with my spiffy windows remote - however, for some reason everything is choppy. It's not just the audio, when I hear people sound like they're talking through a fan, the picture is subtley jumping around too. Is the processor or crappy integrated graphics setup causing this, and if so, why the hell did they sell this media computer that lacks the ability to clearly present media?

I know my friends have a high opinion of my physical abilities, but try to keep in mind that in reality I'm just a 40 year old man who drinks too much. Last night I watched part of ninja warrior, and G4 had run a contest to have USians compete on the show in Japan. You should have seen the abilities of these guys - unreal. There was a gymnast, par kour expert...they all did walking handstands, flips...way way way out of my league. Damned impressive.

People who put cds in cd files: How do you do it?
I got 2 books of 33 sleeve thingys with the intention of converting away from the old jewel cases, but I'm finding when I fill the sleeves with the album info (front and back) the cd barely fits in one side, and the backside is so tight I worry I'm scratching the cd to get it in. Wht do you do?

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[shesquint.livejournal.com]

Levi Meeuwenberg, the freerunner whose name is really fun to say, is unreal. If you haven't seen it already, watch the Ninja Warrior he competes in. Impressive.

For CDs, I've found that the big CD wallets (of about 250 capacity) with the floppy pages hold just about everything snugly, but not too snugly.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

That's what I got, 300 capacity (wallet, book, whatever) but they are too snug. I was trying to keep the f & b

[calibraxis-x.livejournal.com]

regarding cds...
I found that too...most people I know just put all the album covers in a box and stash it, to make the cds easier to put in and pull out.

I have the back covers in a box, but the front covers in the book o' sleeves...BUT I only use those books for cds I rarely listen to. I find it is all too cumbersome for things I want to access frequently.

I don't know about that media computer, man...if it is Windows media software, I've found that to be the problem right there. Their user-interface is really good, performance really bad.

Does Divx make some home media software? They make the absolute fastest and smoothest-running stuff...

[vicar.livejournal.com]

I think the 1 cover only is where I'll have to go, store the rest. It'll still take less space than the rack(s).

The media center should be fine - performance to me is a problem with the computer.

[calibraxis-x.livejournal.com]

re the media thing...hopefully--I have a brand new computer, and windows media still lags and jags even when playing cds!

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Wow...had no idea. On the other hand, I used to do nitrous and it's kinda cool to hear those heliocopters again wah wah wah wah wah...

[ex-dasboot.livejournal.com]

What's your ram? Vista and Media Player are both resource hogs.

[empressmiaka.livejournal.com]

Ugh, Vista, how I loathe thee.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

3 gig, dual core something

[empressmiaka.livejournal.com]

I put the album covers in the sleeves of the CDs. Well back when I had CDs.

You're 40? Dayum. I hope I'm as hot as you at 40. lol

[vicar.livejournal.com]

(almost 40)

[turbogrrl.livejournal.com]

well, give it up. When's the day? I'll need to know when to deliver a gallon of ice cream. and chocolate.

[turbogrrl.livejournal.com]

yes, but mentally he's only about 14. So it evens out! :p

[empressmiaka.livejournal.com]

True.....but I'm shallow enough to only care about the physical. ;)

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Then the lack of maturity is a plus!

Forever 17...or as I often say with more honesty than most: I'm mentally 20, only I'm much better at it after 20 years.

[caligaridc.livejournal.com]

TV tuners in computers run notoriously hot... do you have decent cooling in your pc? Heat makes the sound ahd picture choppy, and can damage parts. Fans and heatsinks.

and I second the Ninja Warrior thing...

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Oh! I think it's ok...the fan almost never turns on so it seems to run cool - it doesn't even have a sep video card. I think my first thing to do is upgrade the vid card, but that usually also req a power thingy. Sigh.

[caligaridc.livejournal.com]

Hrm. What vid card do you have? That could do it as well, but that shouldn't make the sound choppy.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Heh - none. It's on-board bullshit, "integrated."

[cweaselle.livejournal.com]

If television is the drug of the nation yet again I completely different because I rarely watch it. I have so much saved that I could do nothing else for at least a week & have some left over. I watch about 2 shows a week.