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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,136 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Forum Moderator: Quote:
Intentions are often difficult to read in forum posts, so let's give the benefit of the doubt and get back on subject. They are alive - and nice to see the splash logo from the early beta Ken, thank you and... somewhere around this post, you will see when I first joined in.... There... on topic, both topics, and (hopefully) humorous to boot | | | Signature? We don't need no stinking... hang on, this has been done... blast [oooh now in Widescreen]
Ah... well you see.... I thought I'd say something more interesting... but cannot think of anything..... oh well
And to those of you who have disabled viewing of these signature files "hello" (or not) Registered: July 27, 2004 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 670 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting FunkyLA: Quote:
and... somewhere around this post, you will see when I first joined in....
There... on topic, both topics, and (hopefully) humorous to boot What, so you're the teachers pet now?  One thing that's been nagging me, though (just to keep this on-topic): It's been said in this thread that the version Ken posted the splashscreen for actually predates the introduction of DVDs in the US. So, could Ken see the future? Was the program originally designed as VHS-Profiler? Was DVDs introduced in other countries before the US (I doubt it)? What gives? | | | | The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet. (William Gibson) |
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| Registered: March 10, 2007 |  Posts: 4,282 |
| | Posted: | | | | I read articles on DVD in PopSci (or similar) and latched onto it about quite a while before release. Then I found myself living outside the test market areas, so I bought my first few DVDs before I could get a player. At that time, DVD Organizer (as it was called) was already coded and allowed me to key my first few in. I didn't like the name, so I went to Kyle, one of the future members of InterVocative and asked him for another name for Organizer and he suggested Profiler. Some months later we formed IVS with other coworkers, but our first project was to be an MMO. That died in early development, so I agreed to put out DVD Profiler as a commercial app on the IVS site.
Long story short, yes the program predated DVD, but no it was never intended for VHS. I collected some few VHS at the time, but most were prohibitively expensive. | | | | Invelos Software, Inc. Representative |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,491 |
| | Posted: | | | | I used to use Tom Orlofsky's Laser Disc Registry, (back in 1997) or today as it is known is DVDRegistry .. His web site used excel spreadsheets used in Microsoft Access 'drop' down-boxes.. Catalogued my laser disc collection at this time, and it gave me a fairly satisfactory in house library program., until I stumbled across IVS one day, tried it for a couple of years, bought 6 years ago have and never looked back.. Thanks Ken !!  | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ken Cole: Quote:
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but our first project was to be an MMO. That died in early development, so I agreed to put out DVD Profiler as a commercial app on the IVS site.
(***) My curiosity has gotten the better of me, as I have played my fair share of them...what kind of MMO? | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 2,366 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm not a mindreader but I think he meant a multi media organizer which could handle VHS and other media which were available at that time. | | | Martin Zuidervliet
DVD Profiler Nederlands |
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| Registered: March 10, 2007 | | Posts: 4,282 |
| | Posted: | | | | Oops no I meant massively multiplayer online game. We never escaped design so not much code was written. | | | | Invelos Software, Inc. Representative |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 2,366 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ken Cole: Quote:
Oops no I meant massively multiplayer online game. We never escaped design so not much code was written. That's what I thought you meant. As I said, I have played quite a few...am playing one now...an am still curious as to the type. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: July 31, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,506 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
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Oops no I meant massively multiplayer online game. We never escaped design so not much code was written.
That's what I thought you meant. As I said, I have played quite a few...am playing one now...an am still curious as to the type. Likewise. Perhaps Ken might've created the next World of Warcraft |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 |  Posts: 700 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Rander: Quote:
Was DVDs introduced in other countries before the US (I doubt it)? What gives? From Wiki: The DVD-Video format was introduced first, in 1996, in Japan, to the United States in March 1997 From Toshiba Science Museum: In November 1996, Toshiba launched its SD-3000 DVD player, the first of its kind in Japan I think Japan is first with all the fun stuff what so ever in the electronic homemarket business... | | | | We are all at the same age, only at different time... |
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