There are those who are almost human and are capable of contributing to society, through to those who are nothing but blood sucking leeches except for the fact that blood sucking leeches have a distinct medical purpose and the bottom end of 'Recruiters' don't. I have had recruiters try to stitch me and their client up at the same time. But I've also had one guy who discreetly explained to me why I didn't get the job (my surname didn't sound Indian enough - I kid you not) much to his professional embarrassment, and then when out of his way to find me something much better. Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

I'm guessing your significant other doesn't read "the lounge" Maybe that explains these weddings where the bride isn't wearing white - you can get kitchen appliances in a variety of colours now... Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

This kind? Booby[^] Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

The LinkedIn profile says he's in Cochin (Kochi), checking that out on Wikipedia it says it has a very long Portuguese connection. So my best guess is that he has a very Catholic name (which it is), and I'm betting his parents gave it to him. Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Cool - thank you. Found a piece of text that looks like what I was after under: http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html#Video-and-Audio-file-format-conversion[^] and the text: "You can extract images from a video, or create a video from many images:" Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

BilliousBob wrote: (in their local language) 'OwwShitThatGodamnedFIshAteMyBallsOff! I'm not sure about Tok Pisin, but SI Pidgin (neighbouring country) that would be: FisWeaKaikaimBaloBilongMan or shorter FisWeaKaikaimBalBloMan or just F*k Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Not a programming question (mostly). I have a need for software that will let me: 1. split a video feed into individual frames (JPEG) 2. stitch individual frames back into a video feed (preferably MPEG-4) 3. allow me to change the nominal 'size' (resolution) of the video. i.e. the number of pixels. 4. Can be batch driven. Please note that in-stream editing of a video is NOT what I'm after at all, I have to be able to manipulate each individual frame and then reassemble the video from them. Any recommendations? Open Source libraries are preferred, but anything with free or reasonable licensing that isn't a total processor hog is OK too. Thanks, Lee H Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Poldi just got the news that Harriet had died at Australia zoo (tortoise mail naturally). It was kind of weird seeing and touching Harriet and knowing that you were dealing with a living creature personally handled by Charles Darwin. Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Michael Martin wrote: just not the same as from the tap Too true. Well I'll be back in Sydney for a few days helping the missus pack up and move. Maybe we'll have to try out some Kismet. Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Michael Martin wrote: Mount Druitt railway station I am assuming that you survived. The neighbouring suburb is not called Rooty Hill for nothing. Why don't they relocate Lucas Heights there and forget about the shielding? Still I can talk. I'm moving to Darwin, here you have suburbs with names like 'Fannie Bay'. In pidgin that would be 'sanbis blong arse'. Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Michael Martin wrote: Old Admiral (6.4%) Pah, that's just weasle-water. Get some Rochefort 10 (11%) or if you really need you thirst slaked good and proper some Sink the Bismark should do the trick. Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Well DarWIN is going to be my new home. Currently here it is bitterly cold for the locals (around 21 degrees c), but even with the mild introductory weather you know you're in a different place. Just about every property is fenced with 1.5 to 2m high fences, but the gates aren't locked. Apparently they are to keep the ill-tempered dogs (and their owners) in and the high-velocity debris from passing cyclones out. Everyone, and I mean everyone, has a croc story. Plainly to qualify as a territorian you have to have a good (i.e. gruesome) croc story - ones about idiotic German tourists seem to be preferred. Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

My old CP signature was: I just love Koalas, they go great with bacon.

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Baah, Sick of it all. throw out most of the rules and just have the following: Vehicle must get from point A (start) to point B (finish): 1. As fast as possible. 2. Without killing anyone, destroying any property or interfering with any other teams work. 3. To qualify, the vehicle must be run exactly as it would be at the start of the race. Same amount of whatever fuel it uses, same driver, same distribution of weight etc. And I'd probably add a spending limit to stop the idiots who insist on bankrupting themselves (or others) to 'win at all cost', i.e they take that expression literally. That's it - why would you need any more rules than that?

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viaducting wrote:

For a start, I would install VS2010 using some sort of installer.

With that kind of "state the obvious" you must be a programmer. The VMs are for testing. My question in part was whether to do the developing (ie. install VS2010) in a VM also.

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Thanks for that - thats the kind of ideas I was after.

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PIEBALDconsult wrote:

I didn't think VMS ran on laptops.

That's where "OpenVMS" came from. Have you ever tried sticking a DEC Alpha on your lap? That's why the middle of it is "Open" so you can put your legs through it.

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OK got myself a nice and shiny new laptop 8gb ram, 1tb hdd, some cpus (I think) and other stuff that you need. What I'm after are recommendations on how to set up the VMs, software to use, etc. for doing developy stuff (using VS2010 mainly). In other words what works for you at the moment? I won't be bothering with XP or Vista as OSes that I'll be testing on, but otherwise anything goes (pretty much).

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peterchen wrote:

The recommendations regarding medication whether to take prophylactic or stand-by, and what drug - vary from region to region and have significantly changed over the years. So beyond the "avoid getting bitten", rely on a doctor specializing on travels for advise.

That's pretty much true. What I was really getting at is the paranoia many people have about Malaria. Catch it early and it's no worse than a mild case of the flu, and very easily treatable assuming the medicine is available.

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JimmyRopes wrote:

let go for too long

Yep. It's hard getting used to the idea that you can't even leave a wound for a day if you've never lived in the Tropics before. You don't get man points for having a limb chopped off (although some may disagree).

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