I'm a PC and I'm 4-1/2 435
theodp writes "Microsoft's new Windows ad made its debut during the Grammy Awards on Sunday. It stars a 4-year-old cutie named Kylie (Silverlight required) showing how easy it is to use Windows Live Photo Gallery to edit and share photos. And while it's impressive that little Kylie is able to transfer a snapshot of her pet fish from her camera to a PC, color-correct it, and e-mail it to her family, what's truly amazing is that the toddler was also apparently able to read, understand, and accept Windows Live's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. (But minors can't legally execute contracts, can they?)"
Re:The plot thickens (Score:3, Informative)
Depends on whether you want to view Silverlight stuff on Linux or not. Personally, I'm quite happy with no Silverlight and Gnash for Flash viewing (set to start in "pause" mode).
Easy to share photo's, difficult to share a movie (Score:3, Informative)
Silverlight? :D
In the age of Youtube, how hard can it be to share a movie? Why do I have to download a program first? Sorry, but that hasn't happened to me since Youtube was invented... oh, yeah, Youtube and google is the big competition isn't it?
It's already on youtube, no silverlight! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:The plot thickens (Score:5, Informative)
Me too, I courageously decided to install the firefox plugin when asked. It restarted firefox... then muttered about installing some codecs, which I also permitted, it then claimed to be restarting firefox again, but apparently just closed it.
I restarted firefox manually, tried once again to view the link, and was prompted to upgrade my version of silverlight. At this point I gave up...
Re:OP is a condescending asshole, and it shows... (Score:3, Informative)
Most (All ?) of the digital cameras I've used are detected by Windows and Linux as USB mass storage devices. Both Gnome/KDE and Windows will pop up a menu asking you what you want to do with it. So it really is about the same level of difficulty under both OSes (except Ubuntu and the like have better picture managers by default).
As for the 'fixing pic(s)' part I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.
PS : yeah, I know, I know, don't feed the trolls...
Re:The plot thickens (Score:5, Informative)
I installed the Moonlight plugin, restarted FF and then it (the plugin) asked me if i wanted to download codecs. As soon as i clicked on Accept firefox crashed. This on Ubuntu 8.10 x86
Re:The plot thickens (Score:5, Informative)
I downloaded Silverlight in OS X, installed without restarting browser, opened the video clip, this is what happens:
* I've taken a picture of my fish tank.
* First I plug this thing in *plugs in USB*
* Then I make this photo better (or something such), you don't get to see anything worth it in the application, images gets more saturated and better levels.
* Then I share it with my friends (pre-typed family in a to-field.)
* I'm 4.5 years old and I'm a PC.
That's all, the whole thing is over in 15 seconds or so, so unless you enjoy seeing an USB-cable get plugged in, the result of pressing "auto"/"fix it" and how the to fields in an e-mail look you won't be missing anything.
I've uninstalled Silverlight now ..
Re:OP is a condescending asshole, and it shows... (Score:2, Informative)
Hi. You obviously have not used a recent Linux distro. A lot of people recommend Ubuntu (it is my second favorite), but I prefer Mandriva [mandriva.com].
True story. My niece (she's 10) recently sent me a picture she had created using a program called "GIMP" that came on the netbook I bought for my sister. I was so pleasantly surprised I started sending her back versions of her picture using various GIMP filters. After commenting on how cool some of the pictures were, she finally said that people would think that I was a weirdo for being so in to pictures of ponies . . .
Re:Nauseating (Score:4, Informative)
Dude, the "Post Anonymously" checkbox is next to the "No Karma Bonus" button!
Re:Dear God! (Score:4, Informative)
Thats ok, I doubt anyone other than Microsoft's Lawyer has read the complete EULA either.
4 yr old daughter does Ubuntu (Score:3, Informative)
My 4 yr old daughter logs in to her own account on one of the available machines (with password), starts whatever program she wants, saves the results, opens a folder on her desktop to watch one of the available video's and now wants to tag photos in the photo management app.
This is not your old Windows. This is Gnome on top, GNU in between and Linux underneath. This is Ubuntu. Welcome to the future.
Re:The plot thickens (Score:5, Informative)
Last time I installed Silverlight on my Mac was to stream the Beijing Olympics from NBC, and that was only because I was stuck in a foreign country where it wasn't broadcast in English. I uninstalled it pretty soon after.
So the bar for me to install Silverlight again is pretty high, and a crappy 30 second Microsoft ad just doesn't cut it.
Anyway, I found a copy on YouTube, so I can continue to avoid Silverlight a little longer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtilWL4mnhI [youtube.com]
Re:Dear God! (Score:1, Informative)
Thanks for pointing out the already incredibly obvious joke.
Re:OP is a condescending asshole, and it shows... (Score:3, Informative)
Blob drivers. (Score:3, Informative)
The problem is quite simple--you're using blob drivers. Try disabling them if at all possible.
Re:Dear God! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:OP is a condescending asshole, and it shows... (Score:2, Informative)
Well Gnome can detect the type of the device (either through HAL or by browsing its content), and change the popup menu accordingly. Furthermore if you browse the digicam content with Nautilus it will also detect the pictures and offer you the possibility to import them. The nice thing about this system is that if you plug the digicam's memory card in a reader you'll be able to browse/import the photos in exactly the same way.
Anyway my point was that it is relatively trivial to import/manage photos under Linux ; my friends/relatives who switched to Linux have no problem doing that. There are other areas where Linux is far behind Windows (games for example), I don't understand why MS doesn't communicate more on those.
Re:Easy to share photo's, difficult to share a mov (Score:3, Informative)
I use to add &fmt=18 and yes, it gets better, but good would be a stretch. I've seen one video on YouTube in HD I believe, don't know if all videos uploaded in good enough resolution gets HD or not, bitrate still isn't very good, especially for the resolution, but sure it's better, googled for YouTube HD and found this:
&fmt=6 increases the resolution from 320x240 to 448x336, Flash 7 video @ 900Kbps; audio @ 44.1KHz 96Kbps Mono CBR. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfWXRybZS4A&fmt=6 [youtube.com]
&fmt=18 increases the resolution to 480x360, H.264 video @ 512Kbps; audio @ 44.1KHz 128Kbps Stereo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfWXRybZS4A&fmt=18 [youtube.com]
&fmt=22 increases the resolution to 1280x720 (720p), H.264 video @ 1024Kbps; audio @ 44.1KHz 232Kbps Stereo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfWXRybZS4A&fmt=22 [youtube.com]
Re:Bedtime reading (Score:3, Informative)
The GPL does not apply to and need not be accepted by end users.
Re:Minors and Contracts (Score:2, Informative)