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That song is pretty decent.

When it comes to radio, that's the end of your Gangnam-dodging streak.

In other news, "Good Time" is on the radio. Owl City and Carly Rae = I'm melting

I didn't actually watch the video.

H.264 video glitching out when completely covered up is actually a good demonstration of desktop composition and selective rendering in action. Why draw it when it's not visible? Obviously, doesn't work in Windows Classic.

I don't believe that you've managed to dodge the Gangnam Style sensation!

Nope, didn't notice. Then again, I never look at those.

I wonder whether you've noticed how my mobile browser of choice suddenly shifted from Opera to IE in the logs.

Because faults start to become obvious?

Live action content needs at least 3 megs at 480p, though, and I'd reckon that 14 megs is just good enough for 720p video without cringe-worthy macroblocking.

I remember way back when I first used Windows Media Encoder (probably 2003). I thought anything over 1 Mbps was really good quality. Oddly, I still use 1 Mbps for comparison purposes between codecs.

You seem to be able to get away with just 1.4 Mbps for animated content, especially older content, at 480p.

Hmm... there's an incredibly catchy song floating along...

We don't even have to try
It's always a good time

I'll take that as a "no" just to be sure.

"Sure"? Hmm...

I think it's a Nokia 3100b. Pretty old, but I don't need much.

Sure. *ignites Xbox*

What phone do you use?

You missed the gamertag question, too.

Also, you might like this: http://victoryroad.net/showthread.ph...ewpost&t=10583

Yeah, I'm not too fond of the price for Gold.

It's a "name-that-tune" type game. You have to guess either the song or artist out of a set of four choices in a chosen genre and get more points than another player. The more you play, the more genres you can choose from and more songs you can get in each genre.

It's already confirmed that it'll be there, too. Thank goodness Gold membership is useless on phones and computers because it'll never work.

SongPop?

Oh? Xbox Live games are given away on Windows Phone? I'm curious if they will be/are on Windows 8 too.

Never thought I'd see that day, either. I blame GreenMan for making me play SongPop.

Are we in bizarro world? Cause the new iPhone 5 for some reason is very non-competitive with regards to its screen and hardware features compared to a Windows Phone, let alone Android.

Never thought I would see the day that I start liking to play smartphone games and end up spending three hours in a go!

Granted, they were the likes of Hydro Thunder and Crimson Dragon instead of Angry Birds...

I'm actually quite amazed by how much you can do without relying on native code...

Would you mind me adding your Xbox Live gamertag on my phone?

Also, not too shabby for DirectX 9 phone hardware.

Gotta love how Xbox Live games are practically given away on Windows Phone.

Do you think I should take up welcoming new members every thread?

https://github.com/apache/httpd/comm...dfd98859dee8d0

*cue comment firestorm*

Apache. I'll probably sneak nginx on there, though.

Running what? Apache? Nginx? IIS?

I hope. I'm excited about it. It's going to be a class web server.

Catsanity time?

Oh, good news: I now have control over a server at school.

Firefox doesn't support inverted outline colours because the backend, Cairo, doesn't support them without sacrificing HWA.

*facepalm*

(This is because I've noticed that DirectX 9 hardware is perfectly capable of performing inverted outlines under Aero - must be caused by some other window manager.)

Wow, that's a lot of new VMs! No more Twiggy... until now.

I did hear something about Flash crippling Windows 8 with vulnerabilities. Heh, Adobe.

By the way, once you install Windows 8, immediately disable the Flash plug-in from desktop IE. Patches won't come until Windows 8's GA date, and evaluation versions are most certainly going to be left out.

Haha, patents

I've seen that glitchy thing happen before.

Dedicated hardware decoders = fun!

4 logical cores all used up for two background video conversions
Separate 1080p video plays without even choking

Funny thing, if a H.264 video that is hardware-decoded has the display hidden for long enough, but not minimized to the taskbar, when you switch back to it, it'll get super glitchy until it gets to the next keyframe.

"Standard Disclaimer – our lawyers made us put this here Please note that the Windows Phone Feature Suggestion Box is moderated and is a voluntary participation-based project, and if your submission is not a product feature suggestion it may be removed. Please do not send any novel or patentable ideas, copyrighted materials, samples or demos which you do not want to grant a license to Microsoft. See the “Terms of Use” link below for more information. Please limit your suggestions to 25 words or less."

Lawyers, huh? And yes, that smiley is there in the original.

Yeah. Might as well try the latest release before it costs money.

You're late by several months, eh?

"19% of Windows8-ReleasePreview-64bit-English.iso downloaded"

Well, time to do another test of it and post my ramblings on that Windows 8 thread.

BSOD incoming?

Zzzzzzzz

*is trying his hardest to stay awake*

more of them?

How would I get that?

Maybe it's time for some quality Zorua time

Odds are you're over-connected.

I find it very inconvenient to browse the web without a smartphone when you're out and about. Laptops and tablets take up a lot of space and can get unwieldy.

Note to self: I'm hooked to ADELE

Even if the screen's large enough, there's that lack of tactile feedback.

Yeah, true. That's rather why I don't like smartphones, though. So many of its uses desire something a smartphone cannot physically have and keep its small size: a full-size keyboard.

I wonder how long it'll take before I'm truly doing some music remixing.

On the other hand, you can't exactly have one device that does everything now without major compromises, huh?

Again, though, I really think we're getting into a world where we have too many little devices.

...Now I want one.

At least I didn't pay for some overpriced thingy that I looked at some computer expo a week ago -- now that's over double the price of this baby! The only catch: won't charge the laptop.

Too many devices.

*Also charges many other devices, including miniUSB, microUSB, PSP, DS Lite, and DSi ports

iWaste?

Why not?

You want to... have... them?

Can I have them?

*catches and cuddles*

*throws a Zorua*

Yes.

Let's face it: You want to take a Zorua home. Am I right?

I definitely can't see campuses employing MAC filtering to drop duplicates after that and allowing only a single connection per student.

For some reason I decided to back this project. Hmm... Hey, this might come in handy in campus.

(Also here for the Connectify Pro since my 3DS has no way to make use of the 3G connection)

What is it? I might recognise it.

No. I am using a newer Nokia, but still not a really new one like the Lumia.

Maybe it's what makes it indestructible

(Are you using that wooden Nokia?)

Is there a genie in it?

/me rubs Cat's phone

I love how behind America is in cell phone technology.

I love how in Singapore, subways get HSDPA.

Um, the entire link

https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/1...H3idbESzQ2.jpg


Easiest ways to get StreetPass tags here:
1) Go to school.

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Ways to get StreetPass tags:

1. Go to Japan and hang around for a week
2. Go to a certain mall that's close to Twiggy's home every day

*nudges Cat about something he might have forgotten*

Yes, but what about the GIF on the stated VMID?

This VM has an ID of 64431.

VM ID 57588

I need to retrieve the Victini GIF's URL. It got wrecked.

Note to self: URL links are affected by no-hotlinking. Even if it's not directly embedded. My mind went "WTF".

Cuddle with them!

What would you do if you open the door to your room, only to see someone overloaded it with Buizel, Floatzel, Zorua, Zoroark and Turtwig plushies?

Sandwiches? Yep!

Would you be able to handle a week of Subway?

Absolutely.

Also, not original.

Is "flimsy dragon hide" a oxymoron?

Turtwig.

Which one was correct?

Mmm,

Was I right?

*Turtwigs the Kitteh*

A hug, a tablet, a plushie, or a 3DS XL?