Winamp being weird

i've had VERY similar issues in the past, i've uninstalled and reinstalled every codec and winamp several times to no avail. i'm assuming it's a damn windwos update or something (unless you're intelligent, unlike me, and use linux)

I got rid of winamp about two years ago, and opted for several other options for audio and video needs, especially when i got into heavy encoding with xvid. Check out media player classic (google should find it) for video, and foobar2000 for audio. neither is really aesthetic like winamp, but they work much better on the whole.

[quote="ambrosia"]*waits patiently for Blaze to show up with a big stick*[/quote]

...it's an antique baseball bat--wooden, slightly smaller than full-sized, and with a wonderful swing to it.

See?

{begins smashing in heads}

HEY!!! DO YOU PEOPLE LISTEN??

Read the damn question! HB didn't ask you what program you use. He didn't ask you what program he should use. He asked about the program he *IS* using.

(Sorry, Miss Ambrosia; I haven't been to the forums in a couple weeks, so I didn't notice the gross violations of Blaze's Rules.)

i hate people with gay macho usernames

We also try not to use "gay" as a pejorative around here.

What people pick as their name is their own business. My name derives from digger=archaeology student and John=John...As for names being "gay". Mine isn't, I am straight. But if someone is gay and has a "gay name" ; if they are nice, friendly and funny, I am proud to call them friend and "fellow citizen of StG".

[quote="blu-ray"]i hate people with gay macho usernames[/quote]

And I'm not one to tolerate fools.

I don't have a "username". I have a [i]name[/i].

My name is Marty John Blaze Miskulin, the "Blaze" being adopted upon my confirmation into the Catholic Church. The name was taken in honor of my paternal grandfather Blasius (Blaz) Miskulin, who was named for [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Blaise]St. Blasius of Sebaste.[/url]

My grandfather immigated to the United States in 1920, leaving behind a wife and small child (whom he would eventually bring over after working for 2 years as a migrant laborer), as well as his vocation as a master [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_mason]stone mason[/url]. He was, until his death, a man of patience, wisdom, skill, and strength. By taking his name as my own, I am both honoring my ancestor, and working to be more like him.

As for the perjorative use of the terms "gay" and "macho": your attempt at insult falls quite short of its goal in both instances. As you may learn from anyone here who has actually met me, I have no need for "macho" pretentions, nor do attacks on my sexuality bother me, as I am both confident and sufficient in my masculinity and sexual orientation.

And as a final note: your opinions might possibly hold more weight should they include appropriate capitalization and punctuation, and use phrasing less applicable to 8-year-olds.

I think your indignation might be tad misplaced.

I'm quite certain Blaze's sentiments echo your own on the subject of sexuality. All of that section was dedicated towards someone's rather poorly chosen words while attempting to misplace him.

I don't see anything wrong with him being proud of that particular ancestor, especially when he uses that to set an example for himself of how to act.