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  1. Re:Removing the Can't save restriction on "Lord of the Rings" Quicktime Preview Available · · Score: 2

    Sorry - I can't get a good encode - I think I need to reinstall premiere. Every file I've encoded has had something wrong with it...

  2. Re:Removing the Can't save restriction on "Lord of the Rings" Quicktime Preview Available · · Score: 2

    Hey - it worked.

    I'll put the MPEG files up at http://house.ofdoom.com/~hungerf3 /video/lotr.rxml
    They'll go up as they finish encoding, and stay up until someone asks me to take them down.

  3. Re:I don't think I can do it... on "Lord of the Rings" Quicktime Preview Available · · Score: 2

    QT Pro wont let you export files in general or just this particular one? I've already done several Sorenson->Cinepak conversions with QT Pro running in a VMware instance.

    QT Pro refuses to save or export this particular file.

    Premiere refuses to recognize it as a valid Quick Time file (I think the extra "sprite tracks" are causing the problem with premiere)
    If I don't see a URL for a MPEG version posted in a while, I'll try running my TV-out into my video capture card and see what I can get.

    -Pathwalker

  4. Re:YOOHOO! CINEPAK VERSION HERE!!! on "Lord of the Rings" Quicktime Preview Available · · Score: 2

    Mind sharing how you converted it?
    I gave up after resorting to hexediting the header in an attempt to disable the sprite tracks so premiere might be able to load it...

    -Pathwalker

  5. Easier way: on "Lord of the Rings" Quicktime Preview Available · · Score: 2

    Here's how I downloaded it:

    1. Download little 2k stub file.
    2. set netscape to prompt before opening quick time files.
    3. click on stub movie.
    4. when netscape asks, choose save.

    simple. Now getting it into a different format is much more tricky...

  6. Re:(MOT) Converting QT to MPEG on "Lord of the Rings" Quicktime Preview Available · · Score: 2

    Not this file - it disables save an export...

  7. I don't think I can do it... on "Lord of the Rings" Quicktime Preview Available · · Score: 2

    I don't think I can get this converted to mpeg.
    I'm making one more attempt by trying to edit the file headers to get around some annoyances, but I have little hope of it working...

    -Pathwalker

  8. Re:How long... on "Lord of the Rings" Quicktime Preview Available · · Score: 2

    I'm working on it - this one is more tricky than most - It's crashed premiere twice so far...

    If/When I get it converted, I'll post a URL.

  9. Re:software enigma on Man Arrested For Enigma Theft · · Score: 2

    In part of the game Jigsaw You have to break an enigma code, and can play with an enigma machine.

    You need a Z-code interpreter to play it - I suggest frotz

  10. Re:how will you see the ads on mir exactly??? on First Privately Funded Manned Space Mission · · Score: 3

    I hate to tell everyone, but ummm you really can't see mir I mean even with a telescope ..
    Actually it's pretty easy to see, looks like a fast moving, bright dot.

    Every couple of weeks I grab the latest Orbital Elements, run some pass predictions, and see how it is doing. When it was manned, it was always cool to think how there were people living on that little dot in the sky. It gives me a thrill to think about it!

    Nasa has a java applet which will do tracking and pass prediction, but you can find some normal software to do it as well.

  11. Re:Wow... that was close... on Your CPU Will Explode · · Score: 2

    They ran out of free AOL hours.

  12. Another Mirror on BeOS 5.0 Available for Free - But Not Yet · · Score: 2

    I've thrown a copy of the files on one of my machines at http://house.ofdoom.com/be/

  13. Someone always get upset over bad ratings... on Professor Sues teacherreview.com Site Operator · · Score: 2

    Just about every university has someone who rates professors. Here at MSU we have Mark Grebner who, while I don't believe has ever been sued, I know has really annoyed some professors with his ratings.

    I think part of the reason he has never been sued is the sheer length of time he's been publishing them - he started in the mid 70's!

  14. Another good Multics story... on Surreptitious Communication via Page Faults · · Score: 2

    I found this story http://www.multicians.org/security.html amusing, particulary how the password "encryption" in an early version of MULTICS turned out to depend on a compiler bug.

  15. Re:Battlesphere Shipped Before Daikatana on New Atari Jaguar Game Running $1,225 on eBay · · Score: 2

    Star Raiders II _DID_ ship for the atari 800, they just renamed it The Last Starfighter after the movie. I have a copy. It sucks.

    Hmmm - I have to disagree with you on that last point - I spent way too much time playing that game when I was little, that was one of my favorite games on that system...

  16. Re:Hardware issues on New Atari Jaguar Game Running $1,225 on eBay · · Score: 3

    The web page stated that it can support up to 32 players, yet I don't remember Atari ever having modem or serial link capabilities to the system.

    You can use a JagLink cable hooked up to the DSP port on the back to link two jaguars together, or use CatBox units to link up to 32 systems together.

  17. Re:Once again, name a major hack due to SSH flaws on SSH v. SRP · · Score: 2

    I had a system at home broken into through the recent attack technique involving bugs in RSAREF. Little buggers did an rm -rf /* when they realized it was a 486. Saved me the trouble - I was going to wipe and reinstall it in a couple of days anyway :-)

  18. Re:What those four holes are for, on Pix of The Crusoe Chips · · Score: 2

    On the website they said they didn't know what those four holes around the microprocessor were for. They're for mounting a heatsink. The slot one celerons use the same architecture for mounting their heatsinks.

    I believe that was a joke - aren't these chips supposed to run cool enough that they don't need a heatsink? :-)

  19. Re:Why ramen??? on The Ultimate Geek Food · · Score: 2

    If you dont like that much preperation, try the local asian food market for some import ramen. I reccomend KimChi Spicy Bowl Noodle.

    I second this - that stuff rocks! I'm lucky enough to have an asian food market across the street from me so I get to experience a wide variety of dried noodle products!

    One that I've been eating a lot lately is called "Super Bowl" ( picture ). It's pretty good - several chunks of noodles, several seasoning packets, and a plastic fork enclosed in a handy container. One of these will fill me up when I've forgotten to eat all day, and I need to eat something fast.

  20. Re:Why ramen??? on The Ultimate Geek Food · · Score: 2

    I like to cook - I have some portabella mushrooms that I'm planning on using in the next day or two, and I have been giving a lot of thought today on what I want to make for dinner.

    I also have a huge stockpile of ramen which I eat often. Here are some reasons I keep eating it:
    1. Ramen never goes bad.
    If I have a stockpile of ramen, I always have something to eat, even if I've been out of town for a couple of days.

    2. If you pick the right brand, it tastes good.
    I'm hooked on Tung-I Ramen ( picture ), that stuff actually tastes good; the noodles themselves are flavored, and it comes with several seasoning packets, so you can control the balance of the seasonings.

    3. Even if you pick a cheap brand, you can still make it taste good.
    Add celery, an egg, etc, and you end up with a decent meal ( picture ).

    So, I tend to think of it as a backup food - something halfway decent for me to eat when I don't have anything else.
    (If I get really hungry, I have a can of spam. One look at that, and I can think of dozens of things I'd rather eat!)

  21. Re:What would be more interesting to me... on Will Microsoft Open Windows Source Code? (No!) · · Score: 1

    I bought my copy as a grad student - the student price is far far lower than $769 (I think I paid between $100 - $200). I've seen it on sale in catalogs at pretty good prices as well.

  22. Re:What would be more interesting to me... on Will Microsoft Open Windows Source Code? (No!) · · Score: 2

    One word: Framemaker

    GUI, great layout ability, perfect for long complex documents.
    I have seen the light, and I'm not going back...

  23. Stenographic tools on Northwest Searches Employees' Home Computers · · Score: 2

    I have two of my favorite steganographic tools available at http://house.ofdoom.com/~hungerf3/steg/

    I have Jsteg (as patches against version 4 of the Independent JPEG Group's software, and a prebuilt windows version), as well as White Noise Storm. They both, in my opinion do excellent jobs of hiding data.

  24. A funny thing about the PGP option... on How Secure is Your Domain Registration? · · Score: 2

    I've been using PGP authentication for all of the domains I am the technical contact for.
    One day I sent in a request which I forgot to sign (I mailed the plaintext, rather than the signed copy).
    The changes went through anyway.

  25. Re:Feasibility of blocking sites? on Clemson University Bans Free Long Distance Sites · · Score: 1

    Routers have weaker CPUs than most computers.
    Not all the time - depends what you put in them - I'm probably going ot be setting up a system as a router with a fast pII or pIII in it soon, and it's going to actually need that processing power for what I plan to do...

    (if you want to try to guess, here's a clue, it's going to have as many network cards as I can cram into it (at least 5) as well).