The No Yankee Workshop - Cecil B. Demillwork - and the future of newsgroups...

[Tom Watson]

So, you bought an eight track. So did I. I got over it.

Watson - who has been folding laundry, watching the Eagles kick the Falcon's ass, and diddling in the Wreck all afternoon - and that's a pretty nice afternoon.

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[Larry Jaques]

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:54:15 -0500, the inscrutable Tom Watson spake:

Now watch, they won't have a computer which can run it.

(Otherwise, that was fun. Finding a lot of time on your hands, are ya, Tawm? ;)

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[Patriarch]

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in news:dQUId.351$ [e-mail]:

Note also that there are more camera phones in existance than regular digital cameras. There has to be a business use in there somewhere.

Patriarch

[Patriarch]

Wait! I remember the Mac converts saying much the same thing over the years. (I know they use X these days too, so we needn't run down that trail...)

Patriarch

[Patriarch]

"Roger Shoaf" wrote in news: [e-mail]:

When you send them a $.50 cd, with the rest of their mail, it shouldn't matter. It's not like it needs to load in real time.

Patriarch

[Mark & Juanita]

Too funny! Although looking at it, that's not a bad way to generate instructions -- it takes out a lot of potential for mis-interpretation.

For future movies, you might consider the following theme, for the really simple (as in, I can't believe you need pictures for this) things:

For the really tough stuff with lots of potential for screw-up:

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

[Lee Gordon]

More than you may realize. This sort of thing is done (seriously) all the time. Most of the time there is a narration instead of Scott Joplin music but even as is this would probably be a very useful training aid. Keep in mind that the procedure that seems simple and second-nature to you may not be quite so obvious to someone in the field. I have done numerous training videos over the years. One of the first was a safety orientation for new employees of an explosives manufacturer. OSHA required all new employees to undergo this training and it routinely took the instructor away from his normal duties, so they produced a video so the workers could get their orientation without inconveniencing other staff. I have also done videos for Duracell to instruct new workers in the proper steps for manufacturing certain types of batteries, and for Otis to show their field technicians how to service a particular model of elevator. And not long after 9/11 I did a video for Sikorsky Aircraft which consisted of a complete explanation of the security clearance procedures which was required viewing for all sub-contractors before they would even be allowed on the premises.

Lee

[Silvan]

Hrm. Maybe I need to go digging or something. I've got everything I'm aware of as being available, and I just confirmed I have no codec for that at all. URL?

[Vox]

Being a mandrake user, I just urpmi them from plf.zarb.org but I think this mirror should work for you:

If your mplayer isn't compiled with support for the win32 codecs, you'll need to re-compile it with the appropriate option.

Vox

[Silvan]

Well, all of that is interesting. I hadn't looked at this problem since about a year ago. I'll check it out, and thanks for bringing this to my attention.