On Sunday 30 December 2007 8:36:34 am Tim wrote: >>> snip > I thought I'd have a look > at the BBC's / Patrick Moore's "Sky at Night" [1]. There's no way that > I can make use of the view on-line feature. It wants to install some > Real Media software, and I can't. It fails, because the run-as an admin > doesn't work, and you can't actually log in as an admin (well you > probably can, but I can't find a way to do it). And why did I try this > in Vista? Because I couldn't get it to work in Linux. The on-line > thing was a no-goer. I used mplayer to stream-dump, but that gives me > audio-only playback. > > 1: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spaceguide/skyatnight/ > > -- > [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr > 2.6.23.1-10.fc7 i686 i386 Tim: Since you're a Roger Moore fan, here is something that my grandchildren enjoy: http://www.gamegarage.co.uk/cartoons/patrick-moore/ (Warnings: [1] Javascript and flash required. [2] It will loop forever. [3] Continued exposure will lower your IQ -- the kids can afford it, but I can't. [4] The same site has other similar annoyances.) -- cmg
