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Star Wars Trailer #2
Zibalatz writes "The second Star Wars trailer will be appearing at Countdown to Star Wars today at around 4:00pm. There's more information on the second trailer and its non-web appearances on the site. I would strongly recommend anyone who can provide a mirror to do so. "
Update: 03/09 08:24 by CT : Delayed. Isn't that always the case?
I suspect their poor server got Slashdotted! *comf* server, R.I.P.
If there was one thing that would really really really stress test server #2, this would be it.
I cant wait to see these movies!!!
They're not there anymore. Oops.
TheMadTooter says....
This trailer is awesome. Got the sneak peak about five minutes ago.
Looks real good.
There is some info about the trailer being in theatres at
starwars.com
Nothing, about it being on the web though...
Also, it would seem that the Wing Commander thing is a myth...
The site says the ETA is late evening pacific standard time. So don't get your cookies in a knot just yet. Also the StarWars.com news sight says there is no promise that the trailer is running with wing commander.
...and will be for a long time probably. can someone PLEASE post a mirror site? please please please?
I hear that the trailer will be shown before the movie "Wing Commander" opening this Friday...
That's what I hear. You think The Waterboy did well at the Boxoffice?
"Look... we, as raving scifi fans, get to see The Second Trailer at the theatre! Oh... look... and there's some scifi movie attached to it, too! Bonus!"
I smell marketing. Call me a demographic: I also know where I (with family) will be Friday evening.
i want it, i want it, i want it.
:-)
somebody wants to trade?
"The new trailer will be placed into general release, running on a wide variety of films over the coming weeks. Contrary to speculation, it will not be attached to any particular film, including Wing Commander, and in fact may not even play with Wing Commander. There is no assurance the trailer will play with any particular movie and you will need to contact your local theater for information on where the trailer will run in your area."
http://www.starwars.com/episode-i/news/
From the site :
*UPDATED ETA: TUESDAY LATE EVENING USA PST
WE HAVE THE FILE! THE FILE IS CURRENTLY 4.8GB, CURRENTLY MAKING IT SMALLET THE TARGA 2000 WE WERE USING BLEW UP AND WE'RE BURNING IT ONTO 6 CDS, TAKING IT TO SOMEONE ELSE'S PC TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE WEB
**GET THOSE MIRRORS READY!!!!!!!!!!**
THE LIST OF MIRRORS WILL ALSO GO UP AT JEDINET.COM STARWARZ.COM AND NEWSDROID.COM IF YOU CANT GET ON HERE LATER TONIGHT
For all the promotion Malda & Co. are doing, Lucas should fly Rob Malda and Co. out to Hollywood for the black tie premier of Episode 1 to thank him.
lets get those mirrors up people!
Hey phart boy,
How did you see the trailer if it hasn't been posted yet? I bet you're such a looser that you used to call FAO everyday until your wife made you stop
Nuts! The one time I did not want to see a server /.'d
get
We have a mirror that will go live in a couple of hours. As soon as we get the damn thing...
http://www.af.lu.se/~andsand/starwars.html
go for the NEW link. Loads of bandwith...
No - don't update this or those sites will be /.'d to hell!
It looks like posting on slashdot is the ultimate DOS attack.
I really could care less about these fucking movies.
Here is another
ftp://jzuska.dhs.org
I can't seem to get onto countingdown.com, despite numerous attempts over DSL. I'm starting to wonder if Lucasfilm got wind of this and gave their ISP a "friendly call"... anyone know?
webslacker
Do behave and lay off the countdown server! I can't log on to the countdown to Austin Powers 2 page.
Now there's a movie that's going to rock!
AAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!! ;)
it's 15 minutes after, and I still can't get on
another server falls prey to the slashdot effect
Nope. I got the site, I think it's just /.ed into oblivion.
Mr. T vs. Slashdot effect movie?
Yea. This was posted an hour ago.
Next time read the thread before posting. Thanks.
will icq/ftp it to a few people who are willing
to mirror it. it's a 15mb file.
icq 29507475
ever heard of ping???
You seemed to care enough to post an obviously
minority opinion on it. Clamp yer damn cake hole,
and move on to the next article, retard.
they ping ok, but no web service. Hardware? probably not. Probably IIS.
or...
How to get back at your SysAdmin.
Funny stuff! Thanks, needed a laugh.
Okay... I'm going to commit FTP server suicide here.
IP: 169.229.102.52
username: starwars
password: starwars
Someone upload the trailer when you get it and I'll try to serve it as long as possible before my computer blows a fuse. I'm on the UC Berkeley network so it'll be fast.
Yeah, I have to shake my head every time a tough guy proudly states that he "could care less".
What, should 25,000 attempted hits in a 30 minute period qualify as a geek pile or should it be 35,000 attempted hits?
/. effect at work. Woo!
Inquiring minds just gotta blow when seeing the
Rob might consider sending a black rose to be placed on the "Countdown" server along with a bottle of Bayer for the sysadmin.
Is that a cable modem? 24.0.. sounds like it...
If so, shame on your for depriving your whole subnet of traffic! Did you know that cable modem max upload speeds are typically 150 kB/s at most?
Uh, I graduated from UCB, and from my experience, UCB's network is anything but fast.
They moved the page to: http://starwars.countingdown.com to handle the load, they say the file is 23 megs, and will be available @ 7:30 EST....
I emailed Rob about this and hopefully he'll update the article..
Luke "ace" Petre
petre@jhu.edu
i emailed the guy and offered our OC-3 (155 Mbps) linked machine a a mirror. no word yet, but if and when i do get a mirror set up, i'll let you all know. we got slashdotted before and handled it well. i mean *well*. 'course, the building's network load is pretty high...
i'll post when we get a mirror set up.
jnazario
WOW! Someone else who gets annoyed when people say "could care less". Here I thought I was the only one...
Noboby has it. The only people who tried to leave the Ranch with it were shot by me.
the last hops in the traceroute are:
;)
10 nuq0.atmnet-san.verio.net (129.250.16.10) 117.484 ms
11 simplenet-gw.socal.verio.net (207.67.240.206) 108.680 ms
12 *
13 *
14 *
15 simplenet-gw.socal.verio.net (207.67.240.206) 376.958 ms !X
!X == communication administratively prohibited.. and that's the NEW ip, www.starwars.countingdown.com
I actually am planning on seeing Wing Commander. Big fan of the games. Wouldn't care if there was a trailer or not. Actually looks like a decent moview as well. My roommate already read the book.
"Countdown" just changed ISPs yesterday, according to a note on their website. Wonder what the new ISP sysadm is thinking today? *ponder*
ANNOUNCEMENT
MONDAY MAR 8 7:43PM ET
Contrary to what other sites have been posting, there will
be NO TRAILER B posted here, before STARWARS.COM
posts it, according to Lucasfilm's wishes. Even if,
hypothetically, we were to put up a version we got from,
say, Entertainment Tonight, I have been told that it
would still be against Lucasfilm's wishes, unless
starwars.com has it posted already. This information can
be confirmed on other star wars websites that Lucasfilm
also contacted, and I respect their wishes.
The big file that I am going to be putting out instead later
tonight is NOT Trailer B and in no way is it aimed against
Lucasfilm's wishes to keep the release of STAR WARS
material under their control. I have NOT said at any time
that it was Trailer B, other sites have just assumed that.
It is NOT moving STAR WARS FOOTAGE per se. However,
I can confirm that new pictures and the trailer WILL be
released the minute that the official site releases the
trailer.
The site was updated, and due to LucasArt's wishes, they're not going to release the trailer until after the offical release! Damn it!!!
after about 50 reloads i finally got on to see this message:
ANNOUNCEMENT
MONDAY MAR 8 7:43PM ET
Contrary to what other sites have been posting, there will be NO TRAILER B posted here, before STARWARS.COM posts it, according to Lucasfilm's wishes. Even if, hypothetically, we were to put up a version we got from, say, Entertainment Tonight, I have been told that it would still be against Lucasfilm's wishes, unless starwars.com has it posted already. This information can be confirmed on other star wars websites that Lucasfilm also contacted, and I respect their wishes.
The big file that I am going to be putting out instead later tonight is NOT Trailer B and in no way is it aimed against Lucasfilm's wishes to keep the release of STAR WARS material under their control. I have NOT said at any time that it was Trailer B, other sites have just assumed that.
It is NOT moving STAR WARS FOOTAGE per se. However, I can confirm that new pictures and the trailer WILL be released the minute that the official site releases the trailer.
oh well
my site:
End of Nothing
I think this is all just some fucking URBAN LEGEND that we are all falling for. I keep hearing about..."Oh, I've got it, but I just don't have a server or mirror for it". I've downloaded 3 versions of Trailer 1, labeled as Trailer 2 within the last 2 hours. I wanna see the real thing or do I have to wait and see it on Entertainment Tonight (OH GOD!)
ANNOUNCEMENT
MONDAY MAR 8 7:43PM ET
Contrary to what other sites have been posting, there will be NO TRAILER B posted
here, before STARWARS.COM posts it, according to Lucasfilm's wishes. This
information can be confirmed on other star wars websites that Lucasfilm also
contacted, and I respect their wishes.
The big file that I am going to be putting out instead later tonight will NOT be
Trailer B and in no way is it aimed against Lucasfilm's wishes to keep the release
of STAR WARS material under their control. I am REALLY disappointed right now
=(
It is NOT moving STAR WARS FOOTAGE per se. However, I can confirm that the
new pictures and the trailer WILL be released the minute that the official site
releases the trailer.
maybe people could actually READ what was posted before they copy write the same thing 89739281739821 times?
I don't have it yet... I opened up my site so it can be a mirror once someone gets a copy.
I routinely get up to 800KBps aggregate when serving files. I'm just trying to spread out the load a bit when the trailer does come out.
Blah Blah Blah Blah...Whatever LOOOOSSSERRRR
Couldn't resist....
AS IF counting down would have exclusive rights to the trailer and could release it before starwars.com. You guys are such a bunch of stupid bastards. I can't believe how obsessed everyone is about this damn movie, sure it will be cool and I'll go and watch it as soon as possible, but there is no need to refocus your meaning of life on it.
I think alot of people are gonna feel very empty and let down when they actually see the movie.. or then again they'll just start the obsession all over again with Star Wars 2.
sigh..
UhMMMM...BiTE mE, sHItHeAd
Hey PhiberKut!
I know you have menace2.mov.
Don't make it available on your site, instead,
upload it elsewhere and announce it here.
Much better that way.
:)
I think its interesting that countingdown.com says it will release the trailer the minute the offical site does(they mention that twice in their "announcment"). Could it be that they have the trailer, and have inside knowledge that SW.com will also be releasing the trailer tonight? Since they've hyped it up so much, more people will probably be hitting their site than LFL's. Just a theory.
Countingdown.com has no Trailer B.
It's a joke.
You'll see.
Don't post such obvious bullshit.
Thought I'd just express my disappointment.
No Kitty! My pot pie!!
With a wait this long, they must be running the video compression on their webserver box. ;)
Would be a good way to discourage impatience.
Hmmm...future anti-slashdot FUD?
With the incredible amount of hype surrounding
Episode 1, I was curious if all of the rabid
Star Wars fans out there think the movie will
be as good as everyone seem to think it will be.
The best thing about seeing the original Star
Wars trilogy as a kid was that I didn't know all
the plot details, characters, etc. that the WWW
makes it so easy to find out about these days.
Given the massive expectations surrounding this
movie, I find it hard to believe that hardcore
fans won't be dissappointed. I'm a little bit
concerned about the "Return of the Jedi" sell out
for the kiddies factor.
star wars and slashdot give me raging wood.
ftp://24.0.158.203/incoming/menace2.qt
Well, Lucas is writing and directing, which he previously only did for Episode IV.
Unless he's gotten senile in his old age, I think it will be OK.
Too bad we can't get Kubrick for II and III.
Come on, have a little endurance. I'm proud to say that I've not succumbed to the media coverage of this film, and have avoided any and all information regarding it. I can only hope that my experience will be like the one I could not have had with ANH in 1977, entering a theatre with no idea of the masterpiece I was moments from witnessing. I will have no preconceived notions, everything will be a complete and total suprise, and I will enjoy it a hundred times more than you. Uninformed anticipation is only more fun, and ultimately I'll remember May 21st all the better. :)
Anyone heard that there will only be three tickets to a person? Myself and four others will be camping out in order to get the fifteen tickets neccesary to see it twice the first day.. it's worth it
This is total BS. This is just lame excuse to get their counter up. I was watching the thing go literally up a thousand every 5 minutes. They said 13.5 minutes until they release it and that was an hour ago from when I'm writing this.
BAN THE STARWARS COUNTDOWN
SLASHDOT RULES
my bad! it's not there!
heh... kicked me after getting 400 k or so (3x in a row). must be running nt.
The big deal at countingdown was them posting a South Park version of the original trailer that they did themselves. It's an avi, about 14 megs zipped, 23 uncompressed. It's not too bad (though I didn't find it all that amusing).
What are you, insane? That was the best piece of fan animation I've seen in many years -- if you're nonplussed about that, you need to take some serious anti-cynicism medication. For all those who need a belly laugh, get your asses over to countingdown.com!
They accually did have the second trailer, or at least different footage but couldn't post it since they were getting so many threats. Lincon offered screen shots of this from irc yesterday. The south park thing isnt what people hoped for, but I personnaly still think it was great.
I think it's funny, regardless of the hype.
I've converted it to an mpeg and a Real media file for those non-avi people. The MPEG is 14.5MB and the RealMedia file is 8.37MB.
However, I don't have an ftp site with a quota large enough, and firewall prevents me from hosting my own.
But, if your server lets you receive mails of this size, you can email me at venzkm@rpi.edu with subject "star wars real" for the RealMedia file, and subject "star wars mpeg" for the MPEG. It checks for mail every minute..then queues it for the next time..so you should get it within 2 minutes.
That is all.
The MPEG is now 6.44MB, due to the fact that I can't send anything over 10MB.
I had to lower the fram rate a little, but it's still pretty good quality, just not as good as the original.
That is all.
The RealMedia file is now 5.61MB, with no loss of quality..I simply took out support for lower baud rates..which shouldn't matter anyway if you are just playing it locally.
Which means! that this file is better quality than the MPEG, and has a smaller size. go figure.
That is everything.
go to http://www.starwars.com to get the new trailer. It comes in 3 versions, the largest being 25MB and 2.5 minutes. Enjoy.
It goes on to say... THE LIST OF MIRRORS WILL ALSO GO UP AT JEDINET.COM STARWARZ.COM AND NEWSDROID.COM IF YOU CANT GET ON HERE LATER TONIGHT
Maybe this calls for an update to the story on the main slashdot page?
heh, self-explanatory...
:wq
This effect was written about by Larry Niven in a series of stories regarding the effect that teleportation (ala Star Trek) would have on society. A "flash crowd" formed when everybody heard on the news about an interesting event and used their teleporters to hop in and see it. The police had to develop some interesting coping mechanisms.
The "slashdot" effect is the same thing in the web universe. (Similar stuff happens when interesting sites appear on CNN and other sources.)
...phil
"For a list of the ways which technology has failed to improve our quality of life, press 3."
Not even close.
...phil
"For a list of the ways which technology has failed to improve our quality of life, press 3."
Posted by OGL:
/. a while ago.
Please note -- a link to a description of the trailer was posted on
-W.W.
Well the countingdown.com server is having some
load difficulties. If anyone gets in please
post a short description (in text) of what the
new trailer contains -- save lots of us the
trouble of downloading it.
Interesting concept, but I thought that there were some sort of fcc restrictions on transporting, since it takes up (hypotheticaly) bandwidth in the teleportation frequencies.
^ ~~^~
Interesting world when differing star trek books colide.
The military (federation) was granted its own frequencies/etc and daily house use was not advisable. No where on earth, in Captain Kirk's or Captain Picard's houses were there transporters. They always used shuttles.
^~~^~^^~~^~^~^~^^~^^~^~^~~^^^~^^~~^~~~
Hey Rob, you wanted a REAL stress test for that new box of yours? Here's your chance.
Doesn't surprise me. That's probably the high-res, zero-compression, not-for-internet-release version. Notice they said "we're making it smaller" -- chopping it down to 320x200 and compressing it.
oops....
http://gti.veedub.nu/menace00.mov
max connections is limited to 10.
great... its the wrong one. I'm using linux and I can't view quicktime movies, and I just checked this on my roommate's computer. sorry for the false alarm there... as soon as someone can give me the REAL trailer I'll put it back up.
I got this from the guy who posted earlier here, and I didn't verify that this was the second trailer before I put it up for download... (I'm using linux and xanim doesn't know what to do with sorensen compression...) oh well. the mirror will be back up once I actually get the trailer. sorry again!
Here's the lastest news I found on the site:
ANNOUNCEMENT
MONDAY MAR 8 7:43PM ET
Contrary to what other sites have been posting, there will be NO
TRAILER B posted here, before STARWARS.COM posts it, according to
Lucasfilm's wishes. Even if, hypothetically, we were to put up a
version we got from, say, Entertainment Tonight, I have been told
that it would still be against Lucasfilm's wishes, unless starwars.com
has it posted already. This information can be confirmed on other
star wars websites that Lucasfilm also contacted, and I respect their
wishes.
The big file that I am going to be putting out instead later tonight is
NOT Trailer B and in no way is it aimed against Lucasfilm's wishes to
keep the release of STAR WARS material under their control. It is
NOT moving STAR WARS FOOTAGE per se. However, I can confirm
that new pictures and the trailer WILL be released the minute that
the official site releases the trailer.
You may wish to consider limiting the number of users to something a bit more manageable. I'm downloading it now at a rate of about 600 bytes/second. Not good, considering I have dual ISDN.
Easy killer.
-Derek
Or so they say...
-Derek
Perhaps even better would be
...I cleaned up the root partition and now there's LOTS of free space!
"The Slashdot Effect Ate My Balls Page..."
> OR, perhaps
"The Slashdot Effect Ate My Server Page..."
asinus sum et eo superbio
asinus sum et eo superbio
in omnibus veritas
BTW, the countingdown.com site was dead for several hours before the release and before the /. article was posted. There Is Another.
-- http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~zibalatz/
Sure, and I'm gonna download that via my 56k Modem! Wait ... I'll get somebody to download it and give it to me on 48 Zip cartridges ... no, that won't work. Maybe I should go buy a new hard disk at Fry's, just to hold this data ...
...
Sheesh
ANNOUNCEMENT
MONDAY MAR 8 7:43PM ET
Contrary to what other sites have been posting, there will be NO TRAILER B
posted here, before STARWARS.COM posts it, according to Lucasfilm's wishes.
Even if, hypothetically, we were to put up a version we got from, say, Entertainment
Tonight, I have been told that it would still be against Lucasfilm's wishes, unless
starwars.com has it posted already. This information can be confirmed on other star
wars websites that Lucasfilm also contacted, and I respect their wishes.
The big file that I am going to be putting out instead later tonight is NOT Trailer B
and in no way is it aimed against Lucasfilm's wishes to keep the release of STAR
WARS material under their control. I have NOT said at any time that it was Trailer B,
other sites have just assumed that.
It is NOT moving STAR WARS FOOTAGE per se. However, I can confirm that new
pictures and the trailer WILL be released the minute that the official site releases the
trailer.
booo.
With the congestion at the public network access points that this will obviously cause, you're likely as not to NOT connect to much of anything except sites on your own backbone.
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the State of Texas
You might wanna check your date on that machine. It says the files were uploaded March 9, 199*8*.
--
Aaron Gaudio
"The fool finds ignorance all around him.
"Every man is a mob, a chain gang of idiots." - Jonathan Nolan, Memento Mori
As soon as I get the trailer it will be up at ftp://redwood.ml.org/pub/StarW ars/trailers/trailer2/. Also I'll try to dload it myself, but would welcome somebody anonymously uploading it to my incoming directory. I'll probably up my user limit to 250 or so later. Yes, my ml.org name still works.
Hm, "FlashDot effect"? :-)
[ReidNews]
I hear that the trailer will be shown before the movie "Wing Commander" opening this Friday...
All I wanted was info on if and when there would be anything on TV that I could tape for my nephew but we'll probably get into the movie itself before I get through to this site
I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.
sorry bout that
I will mirror it if somebody can send it to me
ftp://24.0.158.203 anonymous login and you can upload it into the "incoming" directory.
--Dave
hey! all you idiots! STOP hitting my site! i DONT have the clip yet
yeesh
--Dave
Not according to the StarWars.com site. They say it might, but there is not guarantee.
That just means that your traceroute is prohibited, which is probably a good thing.
--
Program Intellivision!
Is it on their site yet, or are they just getting crushed before anything's actually there?
And it's not there. They say later tonight.
/. them into the ground quite so easily :)
:)
They listed some sites that will have carry the list of mirrors - starwarz.com, jedinet.com and newsdroid.com. (note that I didn't make them links so you can't
They also said that Entertainment Tonight was going going to be showing it tomorrow night (wednesday)
-Erik, whose mirror is just waiting on getting the file
they evidently got the data uncompressed. Video is big. They still have to shrink down and compress it, I would imagine. The final size is probably gonna be like 15 megs or so...
-Erik
No, I think they got several thousand friendly calls at once, and just aren't able to answer everything. Just because you've got a DSL connection doesn't mean that you'll stand a better chance of getting through...
-Erik
They're NOT releasing the next trailer tonight
From their site:
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
ANNOUNCEMENT
MONDAY MAR 8 7:43PM ET
Contrary to what other sites have been posting, there will be NO TRAILER B
posted here, before STARWARS.COM posts it, according to Lucasfilm's wishes.
Even if, hypothetically, we were to put up a version we got from, say, Entertainment
Tonight, I have been told that it would still be against Lucasfilm's wishes, unless
starwars.com has it posted already. This information can be confirmed on other star
wars websites that Lucasfilm also contacted, and I respect their wishes.
The big file that I am going to be putting out instead later tonight is NOT Trailer B
and in no way is it aimed against Lucasfilm's wishes to keep the release of STAR
WARS material under their control. It is NOT moving STAR WARS FOOTAGE per se.
However, I can confirm that new pictures and the trailer WILL be released the
minute that the official site releases the trailer.
With a little effort that could be a nice haiku.
Believe with me, my saplings.
From www.starwars.com -
"The new trailer will be placed into general release, running on a wide variety of films over the coming weeks. Contrary to speculation, it will not be attached to any particular film, including Wing Commander, and in fact may not even play with Wing Commander. There is no assurance the trailer will play with any particular movie and you will need to contact your local theater for information on where the trailer will run in your area."
Damn, the site is still down!!!!
MUST HAVE MUST FIND MIRROR... Please someone?
"I may be Love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it."
I'll have a ftp mirror up at fragglerock.linuxpower.org/pub as soon as possible.
you can upload it to fragglerock.linuxpower.org/incoming
somebody please send me the video, I would gladly put up a mirror!
email: phiberkut@technonet.com
icq: 21702817
Elijah Chancey www.elijahsadventure.com nomadic IT consultant, bicycling across america "all that you touch / and all
I have a mirror up of the Star Wars Phantom Menace Trailer 2 here.
Elijah Chancey www.elijahsadventure.com nomadic IT consultant, bicycling across america "all that you touch / and all
God, 140 users already.
Elijah Chancey www.elijahsadventure.com nomadic IT consultant, bicycling across america "all that you touch / and all
limit? whats that? oh yeah. im trying to figure that part out......
Elijah Chancey www.elijahsadventure.com nomadic IT consultant, bicycling across america "all that you touch / and all
I'm sure lucas prays every night that we'll rally more people to see his film - i heard he's very concerned about it making any money at all.
U impatient leech!
You can always do what I'm going to do... close up all the net stuff and just work for the next couple hours. 'course, since I have to actually dial in, it's easier to just 'be offline.' I figure it'll be less stressful and more likely that I'll actually get the trailer if I wait. Um. maybe just one more try before I log off...
Parity Odd
--Parity
'Card carrying' member of the EFF.
God, Rob - that was cruel.
:-)
AP-Pentagon Infowar team uses '/. effect' to destroy Iraqi information systems.
"We just posted a link to a Star Wars trailer there, and watched the destruction." said Gen. Taco.
If somebody wants to send me a copy, I'll be happy to recompress it to mpeg...;oP
I am going to have a mirror at the phroputer whenever I get my hands on it.
Caffeine underflow (brain dumped)
By stating that you "could" care less, my understanding, then would be that you do, indeed, care about them. If you did not at all care about them, then you could NOT care less.
It's funny how you seem to use bad language to describe a set of movies which you care about.
lol. Sorry.
-- Duane
Tempting us with the trailer, and then we can't access the server ... Sheesh, how am I gonna get some work done when I have to keep trying to reach this site?
;-)
"Arrr! The laws of science be a harsh mistress." -- Bender
The temptation is just too much! I am doing web stuff right now, have ethernet connection ... Okay, maybe it is time to work on some documentation or something ...
"Arrr! The laws of science be a harsh mistress." -- Bender
menace00.mov?
Isn't that the purple-screened menace from
the official site...
from the A version!!
geez!
Blech. Signatures.
The site is slashdotted to hell. Gotta wait :( /. test box.
BTW I completely agree that it is gonna be a real crash test to put this movie on that
Everybody Lies. But it doesn't matter since nobody listens.
the trailer isn't on yet. Here is what the site says:
HEADS UP: VISIT HERE ON TUESDAY FOR SOMETHING BIG!!!!!!! 15MB OR SO!! COME EARLY TO AVOID THE MAD RUSH!!
*UPDATED ETA: TUESDAY LATE EVENING USA PST
WE HAVE THE FILE! THE FILE IS CURRENTLY 4.8GB, CURRENTLY MAKING IT SMALLER
THE TARGA 2000 WE WERE USING BLEW UP AND WE'RE BURNING IT ONTO 6 CDS, TAKING IT TO SOMEONE ELSE'S PC TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE WEB
**GET THOSE MIRRORS READY!!!!!!!!!!**
THE LIST OF MIRRORS WILL ALSO GO UP AT JEDINET.COM STARWARZ.COM AND NEWSDROID.COM IF YOU CANT GET ON HERE LATER TONIGHT
Uh...were is it...the only thing I could find were 2 copies of the original trailer.
From Countdown to SW:
*****UPDATE: THE FILE IS NOW 23MB, AND WILL BE READY IN ABOUT ONE HOUR AND A HALF(7:30PM ET)
well...in case you never read it, there is a little message when you post a message here that says soemthing to the effect ALL POSTS WILL BE DELAYED. So everybody who posts probably thinks they are the first to do so.
I can actually log on to rawhide.redhat.com
or get a spot on Id's Quake servers....
Mental Note: Announce Star Wars Trailer next time I need access to server...
Arrogance is Confidence which lacks integrity. -- me
In true Nerd fasion (and due to my omnipitence)... /.'s out and about on the network already? All something like this does is direct the existing traffic (with which I am competing) to a single destination. Maybe if I was attempting to connect with a server on the same backbone as the /. target, I would experience trouble, otherwise...
I considered this. But aren't all the
Maybe so...
Arrogance is Confidence which lacks integrity. -- me
The trailer should be available tonight. I was just at CountingDown and they are having hardware problems. The trailer should be about 15 MB when finished (MPG), it's 4.3 GB (AVI) now. Also, there are several shows which will be airing the trailer tomorrow night on TV for those of you not ale to download it. The only one I'm sure of is Entertainment Tonight. Hope this helps.
This is not the second trailer, from what people on IRC are telling me. They say it looks like the teaser with "starwars.com" plastered all over it.
Just fair warning to whoever want to try it.
- Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Well of COURSE it will start all over again with star wars 2.. what are you, stupid?
Listen bud, some of us have been obsessed with this series for the last 20 years. We're not about to stop now, you moron.
Sheesh. Like a guy can't be obsessed with anything anymore..
- Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
I thought it was pretty damn funny.. Although they should have reworded the original announcement, as it sure as hell sounded like they had the 2nd trailer..
- Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
I suspect that Lucas wants people to see it in the theaters first. It will certainly look and sound a lot better there than on our pitiful little PCs.
Once Lucas releases the "real" trailer, I'm sure there will be a large number of well-equipped mirror sites to retrieve it from. Some of them will have pipes big enough to avoid getting Slashdotted.
And then we can tell countingdown.com to go take a flying leap. They really shouldn't tease us like that...
Er, so what is the "big file I am posting tonight," then? That sounds a bit mysterious. Notice the way _moving_ is set off. Hmm.
Or maybe you were (or are about to be) lucky enough to actually get a copy, but don't have any place to serve it up for the masses. Here's a suggestion to put tab A in slot B:
If you get a copy but don't have a site, announce that fact here, along with an offer to anon-ftp it TO anybody's server that's willing to serve it up free. Once you give away a copy, announce that place.
If you have a server, watch for an announcement, and send mail to the first person you see that makes the above offer, giving server details.
That's cruel, I downloaded it and it's just the first trailer. Better looking, but still the first trailer.
rooooar
Unless this movie ends up burning money on stupid crap, like Waterworld (which cost $400 Million, I think), Lucas will have nothing to worry about. Even if it costs $400M, he'll most likely come out way ahead.
Think about it, all the kids who thought Star Wars was so awesome in the 70s are now the Bill Gateses of the world. With that kind of money in the customer base, the movie will make millions in merchandising alone.
Also, I doubt anybody wants to shut down the sites mirroring the trailer. I mean, it's free advertising.
Maybe now we will get a Spaceballs sequel... haha!
rooooar
Other people who get annoyed by this.
My best friend says it all the time, and it drives me BERZERK!!!!!
Hey Rob! New poll idea:
"I could care less."
Well... that's my rant for the day...
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- Sean
It's a fine line between trolling and karma-whoring... and I think I just crossed it.
- Sean
Don't bother downloading that file. As pointed out, it's a preview for Star Trek: Insurrection. Not the much-coveted Phantom Menace preview 2.
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- Sean
It's a fine line between trolling and karma-whoring... and I think I just crossed it.
- Sean
They were just teasing us. They just posted a
note saying they won't put it up until the
official site does, or some lame excuse like
that. They spent the whole afternoon putting
up progress reports on the encoding of the
video, and then just decide not to put it up!
Argh!
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Pretty funny, nice graphics.
Just dissappointed it wasn't real.
I'll have to go to the movies.
toot!
toooooooooooooooooooooooottttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
toot!