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When I was in college, we considered it very clever to design and build the decoders. IIRC, they mixed a relatively low frequency sine wave with the video signal to scramble it. The fix was simple - sample it, use a low-pass filter to extract the sine wave, invert it, and remix. The hardest part was etching and drilling the circuit board. They had one competitor that used a somewhat more complex scheme, but for the life of me I can no longer remember the name.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote: I still remember when you paid for cable so you didn't have to put up with commercials.
I still pay for BDs (and occasionally DVDs) so I don't have to put up with commercials.
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Competition sometimes becomes one of who can best manipulate the customer (indirectly, subconsciously, psychologically, fine print trickery, etc.). Where product satisfaction as feedback is only a plus not a goal. Advertising does falls into this category but it's more honest attempt get us to buy something (an ad is shown as an ad). yada yada yada
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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u could just not watch those new movies or you could pay to watch a particular one like google movies or msft or just google and you will find
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Can't be a coincidence that it is named after a pharmacy:
BENU Apotheek[^] 
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I thought the Bendu was in a galaxy far far away.
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Hey guys is just its name. The amazing thing it seems to be a cluster of small rocks loosely clinging together with gravity and electrostatic forces. It wants to shrink and expand at the same time. It's many solids but not solid. weird stuff.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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The time has come I need to install dotMemory.
Even though I specifically did NOT install Resharper, it was installed anyway and screwed up my visual studio shortcut, refactor, intellisense and startup times... (1,700 projects in this solution, can't have performance hog like resharper running!!  ) now I am going through all the resharper options to disable them all.. but my VS keep behaving suspiciously different...
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Super Lloyd wrote: (1,700 projects in this solution,
Wow! Is it healthy to drink that much coffee while it loads? 
Mircea
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Coffee is life! 
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The aromas of brewing coffee or baking bread are blessings.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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You mean you haven't moved to intravenous caffeine like the rest of us? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I will never understand that addiction. I like coffee about as much as Resharper...
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Burn the heretic! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Peasants with torches and pitchforks are gathering at my door again? Heat up the oil!
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Nor me I haven't had a coffee in years
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Me neither.. but occasionally I had hints that it does keeps me a bit more awake. So I have morning coffees on the off chance it does help! 
I also do coffee nap. I had stronger hints and read new scientist articles suggesting that it does help even more!
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Another wierdo - gets enough sleep so doesn't need caffeine.
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If 1,700 projects is the solution, what the elephant is the problem?
Sorry, couldn't resist!
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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It does come in ***king handy sometimes though !
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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How big is your team? Is everyone having issues with ReSharper? And don't you think that without ReSharper, your code quality would come down?
And how much is your RAM size?
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Just ran into this with dotTrace. I decided to uninstall it and use Rider for profiling instead.
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Champion!
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