On Monday 19 October 2009, Tim wrote: >Tim: >>> If they can watch MP4 files already, then yes. > >Gene Heskett: >> Well, not being a windows user, and figuring that it it wasn't wmv or >> flv, the approved windows codecs according to the muttering on the >> street, I have no idea if windows even knows what an .mp4 is. > >I don't think XP would, out of the box. But if they've played with >iTunes, or one of the other similar things, they've probably added >what's needed. > I took the chance, made a box out of 7/16 OSB for the cd and put it in the box with the re-machined starter parts. Goes out in an hour or so, as soon as I find my round tuit. Good frost here last night. >>> This question sounds awfully like, "Doctor, will I be able to play the >>> piano after this operation?" And the doctor asks, "Could you play it >>> before?" >> >> Just barely. I took lessons at mothers insistence when I was in the >> 2-3-4th grades. I can read music well enough to pick out the melody, but >> that's about it. My wife, an elementary school level music teacher, now >> retired for several years, thinks that is amazing. Shrug. :-) > >I only had about a couple of years of lessons, my music teacher stopped >teaching for quite some time after his daughter was murdered. Ouch. And he never got a chance to say goodby. Very Sad. I did, in a round-about way, get to say goodbye to my oldest daughter Barbara, about a week before she passed from cancer. That helps. But only somewhat. >I play keyboard instruments. And I play at playing them. :) >>> You'll have forgotten to put the backshell on if and when all the wires >>> solder onto the plug easily... >> >> Only a tech could come up with that, and I'm a C.E.T. > >I was thinking that mantra, over and over, yesterday. And I still >managed to do it twice. And you just know that when you try to fix it >up, the wires will get mangled. Yup, so I long ago quit trying to salvage, cut it off & redress them from scratch. >> I don't think, in 60 years of it, that I have managed a year without >> doing exactly that. Maddening... > >Me either, and it is. > >There's an extra clause: If it's a multi-pin, you'll notice you've done >it just before you finish. > Yes, there will be one wire left to solder when you discover the back shell laying on the bench. :( -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> The data on your hard drive is out of balance. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines