Omnipotence

Here's a thought…

The maximum amount of energy available to God is the combined energy content of everything which exists.

If God is all-powerful, then his maximum possible energy output must be greater than the combined energy content of everything which exists.

Therefore God is a perpetual motion machine.

Therefore God cannot exist.
—Daz

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The Archer’s Paradox

I know naff all about archery, but this is a fascinating little glimpse. And, sod all being what I know, I shall not ponificate. Enjoy the video. I did.
—Daz

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What Potent Blood Hath Modest May

So let me get this straight. Saint Theresa's Super-Dooper Top Secret Plan, the poker hand she couldn't discuss in parliament for fear of letting the Evil Europeans see its complete, opposition-crushing awesomeness, was:

1. Demand the whole damn pie
2. Hope you'll be lucky enough to be allowed a slice or two when the shoutin's done

Uhuh. Pure, unadulterated genius.
—Daz

[Source of title: Ralph Waldo Emerson, May-Day]

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A Fix For Get_IPlayer on XP And Vista

A post for anyone who uses Get IPlayer on Windows XP or Vista.

If you've installed the latest update—necessary 'cause Auntie Beeb changed some stuff—you'll most probably have received this message, when trying to use it:

ffmpeg.exe – Entry Point Not Found
The procedure entry point GetNumaNodeProcessorMaskEx could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll.

Then you'll probably have found that after you've clicked OK on the warning message the several times it appears, it'll still download the TV programme, but it won't convert it to mp4 format. Which is a bit of a bugger. As is the fact that the help forum's rules state that XP and Vista aren't supported; and they seem to apply that rule rather strictly. (I understand why the developers might not want to have to keep trying to find fixes for old systems, but personally, I don't see why a thread couldn't be kept open for ordinary XP and Vista users to share advice amongst themselves. Ah well, their site—their rules.)

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