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![]() Send message Joined: 12 Jun 09 Posts: 1873 ![]() |
You haven't watched it, but you have it on your computer? In that case you are like me and are running a pirate film server.Nope, yet again. There is a hell of a difference. I don't make spurious claims or false accusations. As for inaccuracies, check out the Fi in Sci-Fi. |
![]() Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 14950 ![]() |
Btw, No such thing as a Sci-Fi documentary.Someone's obviously never seen Mars: Mars is a documentary and hard science fiction television series produced by National Geographic, which premiered on November 14, 2016, on their channel, and FX. |
![]() Send message Joined: 6 Oct 06 Posts: 1344 ![]() |
I don't read obviously incorrect articles. Going against what everyone knows to be basic laws of physics does not give the article a good chance of being right.Then again if hit play he might have more information.So 95% of him was in 0C water. That won't freeze him. 5% of him (not a lot) is damp and exposed to very cold air, too cold to cause evaporation. Where exactly is all that body heat moving to?What air is flowing inside a lake?People and ice float. Then again if he hit play he might have more information ... I read the summary: "Mike recounts a Search and Rescue call out where he found a man who had fallen into Utah Lake and froze...just in time to save him." So this man froze but was saveable. Right.... So what actually happened, a bit of frost on his fingers? Here, -30C, into some icy water. Tell me, is he dead? Did he freeze up? https://youtu.be/CdrIRHIfw2I?t=237 |
![]() Send message Joined: 6 Oct 06 Posts: 1344 ![]() |
What does "Computer/Films(J)/Artic Blast (2010). Along with several thousands more of all genres." mean if it doesn't mean "I have several thousand films stored on my own hard disk?You haven't watched it, but you have it on your computer? In that case you are like me and are running a pirate film server.Nope, yet again. |
![]() Send message Joined: 6 Oct 06 Posts: 1344 ![]() |
Btw,A documentary has to be reality. Fiction has to be not reality. I would put that under "documentary", as it's what we're planning to do. To be fiction it would have to be something we don't think is possible. |
![]() Send message Joined: 12 Jun 09 Posts: 1873 ![]() |
What it means is the location of the film. As for 1000's on the one hard drive? Really? Where can one buy such a massive storage device? Fortunately, not everyone is a pirate. |
![]() Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 14950 ![]() |
What it means is the location of the film. As for 1000's on the one hard drive?File compression. You don't have to have the resolution be in 3840x2160, 1920x1080 or even smaller 1280x720 will get your filesize down. If you then get H.265 compression instead of H.264, this compresses even better. As such a 1080p resolution file will be 3.5GB in H.264, but much smaller in H.265 I have one 8TB HDD in my NAS that holds several tens of thousands of files of TV series that aren't on television anymore that I'd like to keep. |
![]() Send message Joined: 12 Jun 09 Posts: 1873 ![]() |
I have one 8TB HDD in my NAS that holds several tens of thousands of files of TV series that aren't on television anymore that I'd like to keep.An excellent reason & one I agree with. I have several more as to why I put them on HD's. Saves wear & tear on the DVD's. Also much easier to locate using a media program rather than searching through a lot of disks, However the main reason being greedy manufacturers using inferior quality disks. Lost many due to that but fortunately managed to replace before they became unavailable. Doesn't make us pirates. As for compression, understand that. Right or wrong, I've found that too much compression ruins the quality of the film. As for storage capacity, that old chestnut rears its ugly head. One makes do with what one has according to time, money & circumstances. An argument that still rages in the Boinc world. |
![]() Send message Joined: 6 Oct 06 Posts: 1344 ![]() |
What it means is the location of the film. As for 1000's on the one hard drive?Well you indicated it was on "computer", and that 1000s of others were. Care to say what you meant without the riddles? Fortunately, not everyone is a pirate.Indeed, it means you can pay for my TV. |
![]() Send message Joined: 6 Oct 06 Posts: 1344 ![]() |
I prefer to buy more HDD than lower the quality, incase in the future I have a bigger or higher resolution TV to watch them on.What it means is the location of the film. As for 1000's on the one hard drive?File compression. |
![]() Send message Joined: 6 Oct 06 Posts: 1344 ![]() |
One makes do with what one has according to time, money & circumstances.Luckily the prices are nothing like they were. 20 years ago I remember someone (I think it was the person who saw the accounts and the number of disks I'd bought) saying "a [UK] pound a GB", nowadays it's a tenth of that for SSD, and even less for rotary. I can get a 4TB rotary disk for £60 - nearly 100 times cheaper. |
![]() Send message Joined: 12 Jun 09 Posts: 1873 ![]() |
I prefer to buy more HDD than lower the quality, incase in the future I have a bigger or higher resolution TV to watch them on.A very sensible option. ![]() As you can see, no riddles, just provided the location of Artic Blast. Surely, the same has to be true for yourself with all those HDD's. As for paying for your TV? LMAO, |
![]() Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 1694 ![]() |
As for paying for your TV? Don't know about paying for his TV. We don't have one, don't watch one but get letters (at least one a month) asking us to let them know if we don't require a license. I refuse to do this, returning the letters with, "Junk mail, return to sender" scrawled across them. About every third letter they tell us when an inspector is going to come to check up on us. These are returned in the same manner. Their wasting money sending these letters to us is presumably one reason why the license fee isn't cheaper. |
![]() Send message Joined: 6 Oct 06 Posts: 1344 ![]() |
I filled in the online form to keep the buggers away ("it's connected to a playstation and DVD player only"). I still got a card through the door while I was on holiday saying they'd tried to inspect the premises. Just don't let the TV be visible from the front window. You don't have to legally let them in.As for paying for your TV?Don't know about paying for his TV. We don't have one, don't watch one but get letters (at least one a month) asking us to let them know if we don't require a license. I refuse to do this, returning the letters with, "Junk mail, return to sender" scrawled across them. About every third letter they tell us when an inspector is going to come to check up on us. These are returned in the same manner. Their wasting money sending these letters to us is presumably one reason why the license fee isn't cheaper. |
![]() Send message Joined: 6 Oct 06 Posts: 1344 ![]() |
All I can see from that tiny image is you have 14 disks, so I was right, you have an enormous collection.I prefer to buy more HDD than lower the quality, incase in the future I have a bigger or higher resolution TV to watch them on.A very sensible option. |
![]() Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 1694 ![]() |
Re: this post Are we all (in UK) going to get a day off work to not go to the funeral? |
Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 4759 ![]() |
Re: this post Are we all (in UK) going to get a day off work to not go to the funeral?No - I don't think I'm allowed to take a day off from my pension. But I might raise a glass on Monday. |
![]() Send message Joined: 12 Jun 09 Posts: 1873 ![]() |
Re: this post Are we all (in UK) going to get a day off work to not go to the funeral? During the national lockdown, funerals can be attended by a maximum of 30 people.So will pomp & circumstance be an exception? |
Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 4759 ![]() |
It was in Northern Ireland. |
![]() Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 14950 ![]() |
So will pomp & circumstance be an exception?No. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56694327 The Duke of Edinburgh will not have a state funeral and there will be no lying-in-state, in line with his wishes, the College of Arms has said. The college said Prince Philip will lie at rest in Windsor Castle before a royal ceremonial funeral at St George's Chapel. The public are "regretfully" requested not to attend due to the pandemic. It is understood the Queen is considering modified funeral and ceremonial arrangements. |
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