[MEncoder-users] Re: how capture real video stream

[Nitin Jain]

On 12/11/06, Paul Arthur <flowerysong00 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 2006-12-11, The Wanderer <inverseparadox at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Dieter wrote:
> >
> >>>> core dumped
> >>>
> >>> That's not a failure. The actual message is "Core dumped ;)" - the
> >>> winking smiley indicates a joke; what it is saying is that the core
> >>> of the stream was dumped into the file. Check the directory, and
> >>> the filename you specified should be there with the stream in it.
> >>
> >> It is a failure to communicate clearly.
> >
> > But it's not a failure of the requested operation, which is the point.
> >
> > You're not going to get argument from me about its being misleading;
> > however, the ones who would have to be convinced are people like Rich
> > Felker, who seem to be of the opinion that the observed rate of failure
> > to interpret the mesage correctly is nowhere near high enough to justify
> > removing the inside joke.
>
> FWIW, I found it perfectly clear the first time I encountered it.  I
> also laughed heartily, but I'm not sure that providing people like me
> amusement is sufficient reason to keep the message so obfuscated.
>

Er, doesn't the ;) say it all?

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