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Thanks for the gg Altercuno. Happy to have a chess thread - seems we have lots of kibitzers, including bloody Noddy and his big ears (or mouth). As for the N, you gotta remember it's got 8 squares to go to. You can't get fixated on where I was headed, cos for 10 moves or so, I was wondering, "what if I could open the long diagonal". Anyways, you're white now. Start up your thread. (And thanks for the comment!) @volvo - if you wanna be a cheerleader (or cheerfeader on your keyboard), please post a pic of you in a short skirt with pom poms @Bob - Hijacking is an accepted form of social behaviour on ImgBurn Forum, especially in stupid, political threads like this one. Regards

Nxg5 and wins! For, if fxg5 then Qh8++ You must lose the pawn and a rook to survive. That would spoil the game. So take it back, play something like Qb8, to which I respond with Nd4 (ready to squeeze you silly on e6) and we can play on. Or, you could resign a really horrible position. Take yer pick. (K)Nighters Regards

That was a big blunder. See my Q? Wanna take it back? Regards

Many happy returns Mike. Regards

Can't sleep! Nf3, of course. Regards

Bloody LFC and MJ are teaching me. Woe is me! Regards

LOL - the commentary! Nh2 (can you see where I am heading AC?). @LFC - yes, I am a chessie. Not quite a FM but can hold my own. I hear you're pretty good at holding your own, too mate!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Regards

GROAN. The punmeister himself weighs in. Yes, poor Altercuno's King is wearing fewer clothes than some of his posts in the Eye Candy thread!!! In 8 or 9 moves, it will be kaput. Regards

I will laugh if you play g5 (which may be the best available) cos then you might as well throw away your B - it would be the baddest of bad bishops in world's history!!!! Go back 5 or 6 moves, when you had a chance for freedom! Always play for that. Regards

Have a good morning mate. f5 (for you to think about. ) Regards

:D A couple of good moves here for me .... I think f4. Regards

NP. Qc3 Regards

d8, you mean Ng4 (quick, loosen your tie AC, you need air!) Regards

I woulda finally freed the B, letting me take the b pawn and opeining a line to my K and at least making me think about defence. Now, I can have some more fun. Rg3 Regards

Helluva decision you got now Regards

Ya. Why let me take pieces off? Qb4 Regards

? (you know what that means) RxN Regards

Ther only graph that looks "normal" is your last one and even that is outa spec (but at least its bad at the end). Do clean the drive and see what happens. Regards

Tried cleaning your drive? And, it's worse with PIFs (which have degraded your "score"), but not PIEs (which look fine). Admittedly, the PIFs are more important, IMHO, anyway. Try burning at 8x. Regards

1. No. No-one has such a crystal ball. Some players are more forgiving than others anyway. 2. Not sure just on a single burn. Check out some other ones that you do. Your blanks should be OK. Usually, you see poor stats on the outside (end) of the disk. Do some more tests, perhaps also in a different burner. Maybe burn at slower speed as a test (8x). Is there a log???? Regards

Playing OK and being outa spec are 2 different things. A few poor sectors you won't notice. The ECMA standard are specifications as to what determines a good burn as definied in ECMA 349 (section 6, chapter 32.2). 1. No consecutive set of 8 blocks (sectors) should have a total of more than 280 PIEs. Clearly, your disk does not comply and should not have got a "96" quality (in fact, it looks like it does not comply at about 40-50% of the points on the disk's surface) 2. No block should have more than 4 PIFs. Many sectors on your disk do not comply with the standard. 3. Of course any single POF (better known as a CRC error) makes the disk fucked anyway. Regards

The disk is certainly out of ECMA spec. I'd re-burn. Anything happen to the data flow while you were burning? Is there a log? Regards

Either your DVD is region coded incorrectly or if you have removed region coding, your player doesn't like it. Otherwise, check for folder structure - ensure there are VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders. Regards

Unless his players specifically play MP4s and the like. (He did actually indicate that it did - see post 5) Regards