Challenge to Steve

I bet you a sixpack of coors lite ( approx $ 6.00 us currency value ) you CANNOT DO THE FOLLOWING !
make a short movie clip ( documentary style ) using the following elements......and make me BELIEVE IT !
World Travelers with a group of friends ! The movie !
voice over: " this past month we traveled with some friends to hawaii and SF "
Tourists visit hawaii...( hint: already shot...you and wife )
voice over: " from hawaii we went to SF in hopes of seeing lion seals in their natural habitat "
Tourists ( your traveling friends ) are near marina in SF and at some point look at some island way out there in the bay
( hint...already shot...people against green screen plywood and shot of alcatraz or whatever that island is out there ) with voice over saying " we went to the marina thinking we might see some seals WAY out on the island " or similar....
( hint: blow up island shot, blurry okay...maybe binocular effect ? )
plus some sorta music soundtrack fading in and out during this thing...
voice over: " we saw many seals playing on the island in the bay "
Close ups of seals so you don't see the float they are really on...
sound wild track.... seal noise etc...music track in background...voice over " they were having fun ! "
the end.
estimate time: 30 seconds
ps... please include only details about
a ) still photo dimensions related to your project size and PAR ( ie..if doing scale position stuff what was initial still size ? )
b) video shot with what wrapper and codec and dimensions. FPS info only if export ( final ) was for slo mo etc.
c) exported HOW for best youtube upload ?
color correction, space, and other more eclectic things can wait...you got 30 secs ...I bet you can't do it !
( kidding...is just a fun challenge I wish I could do too...cause I'm dying to get camera !!!! )

Anticipating some reactions to this thread... I'd like to point out a couple important things relating to using Adobe products to some extent.
Professional people get hired to do things and if they choose to accept job to make living they have to 'love' the job they are doing or they won't make a good product. So basically, no matter what you do you have to put 100% of yourself into doing the best you can.
The more free you are to tell your own stories and do your own 'work' , the more free you are to make products that coincide with your particular ethics and morality etc.
If you can be free to do that and also make a living it is a beautiful beginning. I say 'beginning' because more than likely you'll need other people to help you realize your product ( dream ).
It's important to ask help ( for example to build a new house ) when you really want to pay attention to those who offer suggestions. Otherwise you are a blowhard looking for some way to tell everyone how brilliant you are because you've already solved all the problems and just want praise.
Praise is important, but if you want praise here you'll have to earn it by being silly, creative, loving and compassionate... and sometimes mean spirited... in short, be human.
IT'S BEER THIRTY ! YIPEE !
oh...by the way, safari thing... just so you know...all money goes to nature preserve, meat goes to local villagers for free, money is used to stop poaching for ivory, herds are controlled via planned safaris ( as they are in fact wild animals and not zoo or circus animals ) and so on. There's a lot you don't know. Our job is to make music , poetry, movies, stories, dance, art... and love each other as much as possible. Or not... maybe better to just make fun and laugh at one another ? I'll leave the really important stuff to you.

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Challenge #193 (October)

Grant asked for this to be posted here. Sorry about the confusion.
I'm now back in Nova Scotia and oh my what a Wild world I am living! Yes we
*are* seriously looking for a place to relocate to. Looking for a houses is
very stressful, I am now very tired ... but so far feeling good.
The down side of all this is that the Challenge is being run from internet
cafes and airports. This means that I have all my great candidates for the
challenge are on my home computer and .... well i just drove past a local
artist's home and this was how she decorated one of her window. PLease have
fun with this image while you are keeping your fingers crossed in hope I
will get a good house ...so far they all have high speed internet hook-up
http://www.cavesofice.org/~grant/Challanges.html
Present and Past Challenges will remain Until tomorrow at 7:00 pm the then
the Present will be Past and new images will be posted as Present.
* Important notice to all the new people in this forum. This is not a
close shop you are all invited to submit an image. If you don't think you
are good enough this is your first mistake, I think most have found that
working on the Challenge has improved their personal level. So young and
old, hot shots and cool dudes now is you time to post.
Grant
Home Pages http://home.cogeco.ca/~grant.dixon
Challenge Pages: http://www.cavesofice.org/~grant/Challenge
Photo of the Day http://www.cavesofice.org/~grant/POD

A colorful starter image from our Challenge host, Grant. Let's see what everyone did with it this week.
Alex: An interesting trio. I like the way you substituted the vase/shade from last week (thanks for the credit) and #3 is the "cat's meow". Isn't that the castle from the Gnome challenge from several weeks ago?
Anne: A nice framing job in #1. How was that done? Love the flying bits and pieces in #2. I think the flying shingle in the middle is a nice detail.
Ben: Great canvas look to your entry. Is that the texturizer filter?
Bill: Is that a storm shelter door? I like the way you have enlarged the area and reshingled the rest of the house.
Bob: By and by, Lord in your #1. I was reminded of crop circles when I first saw it. Is that you in #2-I see a camera in hand. I love the faded image and the golden tint of the shingles.
Cathy: Great effect with the quilt keeping the texture and repeating the patterns in #1. I like the re-arrangement of the elements in your second window in #2.
Celia: Like the stained glass look of #1, but I really like the flowing patterns of #2. How was that done?
Charles:The red really catches the eye; I like the framing of the canyon scene with the window frame.
Jack: A nice three-dimensional house, very well done. Nice way to work the challenge colors into the details of the model.
John: Effective way to replace panes of the original with the pictures in #1. How did you create the circular part of your #2. Very good job on getting the sides square and the "floor" flat. I always have trouble with my perspective drawings.
Malcolm: Nice way to blend the Mondrian style with the challenge elements.
Marilyn: The lamp chimney and flame adds an old-fashioned, country look to your entry. I'm sure the flowers are as fragrant as they are beautiful.
Nancy: I like the frame and the way you've added the texture to the image-how was this done?
Pat: Nice use of the umbrellas to add a different dimension to the challenge entry. Love the floor idea in #2 and the replacement scene of the window.
Red Sky: Great effect in your #1 depot shot-please tell us how this was done. I laughed out loud with your rest stop in #2 and #3.
Rita: Wow, what a burst of color behind your globe-would you mind sharing your technique? Any signifigance to the wrench or is that a spanner outside the US?
Steve: What a creative idea to turn the wood pieces into book titles. Must have taken a lot of time to type and align the various titles. I think "Bermuda Triangle" is my favorite.
Susan: I like the "building block" in your #1, but the topiary couple in #2 "leaves" me speechless. What a great interpretation.
Tab: Your usual great work. I love the framing technique with the shingles.
Tracy: An exhibit worthy of any museum. Is that you behind the camera?
Tricia: What a creative idea to turn the challenge into a flag. Love the wiggly, wavy addition. Likely a voter's favorite if we took a "pole".
Wendy: Like mother, like daughter. A nice family portrait of the Frames' family in #1. Great box in your #2; I remember saying you had a new tutorial on box making. I am guessing this is from that tutorial.

Error while running a sample XSQL from XML bible book from Steve Muench

I am running the sample XSQL code from Chapter 03, which deals with exporting XML and transform into SQL statements. I'm using JDeveloper and I believe I've setup libraries and HTML root directory etc. I'm getting the following error:
XSQL-011 Error processing XSLT stylesheet.
XSL-1009 Attribute xsl:version not found in xsl:stylesheet.
Can I get some help in fixing this error?
Thanks a lot,
Murali
null

Hi,
This is the example I took from Steve Muench's book.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
</xsl:template1>
</xsl:stylesheet>
As you can see, I do have the version=1.0 attribute. Why is it complaining still?

Challenges while Upgrading from OBIEE 10g to 11g

Hi Gurus,
This is Kiran again. This time I am back with the upgradation issues. We have a client which is currently on OBIEE 10g. All components are already configured in OBIEE 10g with client on RPD, Catalog and implemented all security levels for those.
Now the challenge is to upgrade all activities which we have configured in OBIEE 10g. I have seen lot of stuff online and understood how to upgrade from OBIEE 10g to OBIEE 11g by simply clicking on ua.bat file. But I am unable to understand the process how it is upgrading the securities and environments.
Can anyone help me out by providing necessary stuff I need to take care of before taking the decision to upgrade from OBIEE 10g to 11g.
And also please clear me whether we will have any challenges in upgrading process. If yes, then what kind of challenges we will face and what kind of necessary steps we need to implement to resolve it.
What kind of Architecture we need to follow?
How Schedulers will get upgraded?
Please help me out with your real experiences (Not the online websites). Your response will be highly appreciated and it will help lot of OBIEE professionals who are in the process of upgradation.
Thanks in Advance to all OBIEE GURUS.
Kiran

Hi Valli,
There is really great information available in this link. But I would like to know whether any one faced any issues while upgrading from OBIEE 10g to 11g. Please do share us few issues....
Edited by: 949144 on Nov 27, 2012 9:44 AM

Payroll Challenge

Hello Payroll Experts!!
I am calling it Challenge because whoever I spoke to hasnu2019t given me a clear answer, and most of the time it has been u201Cnot possibleu201D.
Logic:
1.     There is a Wage Type (which is defined as neither Payment nor Deduction). Lets call it W1
2.     W1 has following settings related to classes:
a.     Processing Class 1: Assignment to valuation bases = 0 (Wage type is not included in a valuation basis)
b.     Processing Class 20: Cumulation and storage at end of gross part = 1 (Transfer unchanged)
c.     Cumulation Class 1: Total gross amount = Unchecked
d.     Cumulation Class 10: Net payments/deductions = Unchecked
e.     Reset all classes have either default or Zero value.
Explanation:
We are defining a Wage W1 which neither adds nor deducts the salary of an employee. However, I want W1 to be processed in Payroll and finally when I do the posting it should be able to post to respective G/L account.
Reason for activity:
Client wants to record the amount of W1 in HR, so that later a report can be generated. However, W1 is not a payment or deduction. It is a Cost (Training Cost, Visa Cost etc), which has to be linked to an employee.
I agree there is a work around to this issue; however, I am more interested in knowing if the above logic is right and will I be able to get the desired result of posting the Wage Type value to G/L Account, without making payment or deduction to employee payroll?
I hope you enjoy this case study as much as I am enjoying to research on it.
Thanks
Yash

Hi Arti
You and I are thinking on the same lines. I was also thinking of a logic where I create a WT only for recording purpose in HR and not integrate it with Payroll/FI posting; that way we can at least win half battle.
Excluding the wages from Infotype 2010
I wish it can also be integrated with Payroll posting; that way I can reduce the burden on my FI/CO fellow partner and it will look like a full-fledge solution.
Logically, I think it can still work.
1.     Store the Value of WT in HR (Say WT1=5000)
2.     Define the property of WT as u201CDo not add/delete WT1 in Grossu201D
3.     Include WT1 in Payroll Processing as W1=Transfer Unchanged
4.     At the end of Payroll Processing W1 will hold its original value; W1=5000
5.     Post W1=1000 to Symbolic Account and then to G/L Account.
What do you say? May be I will try this during our realization phase. Currently I am overloaded with BBP work, and also do not have access to Test/QA Server.
I am not sure at what level you are working but I wanted to tell you u201CYou are good!u201D. Also, I believe itu2019s a blessing to have good people around you.
Thanks
Yash

CUPC 8.5.5 click to call from outlook 2007 challenges

Hello all,
The challenge I am having is that some ckient users are not recieving the abilty to click to call from there outlook address book. The actions button is greyed out (picture attached) from the address book.
version we are using currently is 8.5.5.19839. Windows 7 64 bit, Office 2007.
What shoul I be looking at for these users? I have the same set up with no issues. Any suggestions in the right direction would be helpful.
cheers
scott

There is an enhancement bug already filed for this feature. http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCtd16602
Internally, I could see some activity on it during October 2011 as of recent.The action is still pending. For further details, yes TAC can be very much approached.
If the info helps, please rate the post.
GP.

I have 200 forms designed in Designer 7.1. If I upgrade my designer to ES4, will I face any potential issues? Any one has done it before? what challenges we might face?

I have 100 forms designed in Designer 7.1. If I upgrade my designer to ES4, will I face any potential issues? Any one has done it before? what challenges we might face?

Hi,
A couple of problems we've had is Designer setting strict scoping on by default (it you added dynamic properties to JavaScript form objects as the garbage collection changed) and the way we used 'proto' elements (or form objects that show up under "reference nodes" in the hierarchy)
These blogs might help
http://forms.stefcameron.com/2008/10/28/target-version-tutorial/
http://blogs.adobe.com/formfeed/2009/06/enforcing_strict_javascript.html
Regards
Bruce

The Nokia vs Customer Service Challenge

Nokia, let's see what your made of?
I bought a nokia N97 around 3 months ago. At this stage the Blackberry was the phone to have (still is) but being the nokia fan that I always "was" decided to go with the N97. Now please understand that this phone was an out-right purchase, not "free" on some contract, so it set me back a few bucks.
I have since talked friends out of taking Blackberry's, iPhones and other brands, convincing them that the N97 was the best phone ever made!
Since the beginning of month 2 I have had nothing but trouble with this NASTY piece of hardware that Nokia has sold to me at the price of 2-3 months rent of a house or a cruise for a week to some island.
The phones final destination and what happened today, which is what got me to challenge NOKIA on this forum is this. My phones battery died, I plugged it in using the original charger, with absolutely no response from the phone. I then thought it was a batter problem, bought a new battery, put it in and the phone came on. Then wanted to charge the battery as required, no response.
I then tried the USB data cable, no response from the phone or the PC. I called nokia up and was told to do a hard reset as it was a software problem (hahahahahahaha) what ever! I gave them the benefit of the doubt as they are Nokia and they should know what they are talking about right? LOL. I reset my phone, lost all my data, 3 months of images, email, contacts etc (I admit, I should have done a backup). My mass storage is non-existent anymore, it does not even open the folder or the drive, it tells me it is in use.
Even if my data was still on the phone, how would I get it off? The USB does not work. And how do I charge the phone?
I am very disappointed in my choice for taking the Nokia apposed to the iPhone as was my other choice, but even a Blackberry would have proved a better choice.
I would like to challenge Nokia right here to contact me and come up with a solution, to fix the phone for me (and provide another while doing so) or giving me a replacement. I will update the thread on a daily basis with all (if any) feed back I get from Nokia.
Come on Nokia, show us what your made of!
Kind Regards,
Jonathan de Reuck
Johannesburg
South Africa

Right now having had two posts removed as they are 'disrespectful to Nokia' or involved pm from Nokia, I try again (hopefully this is anodyne enough to get through):
Used to be nokia Fanboy not so any more (too old and see below):
Nokia N95 owned for 6 months. Returned after 6 months faulty - took refund.
Nokia N97 2 replacements - first two units failed almost out of the box.Third after 8 months with software problems. I felt s/ware to be flaky from the start I am afraid.
Nokia N900: pretty happy with this but bit discontent with Nokia obsolescing (expensive) mobile so fast. But now N900 returned to Nokia under warranty (unable to recognise sim card), returned to me one week later with same fault but now with Sim bracket totally detached.
First line support suggest that I wait a week while they investigate. Called back to make complaint and Nokia agree to UPS pick up next day.
Cal Nokia one week later and told phone is with UPS to be delivered and I should expect on that day. Call later to confirm but asking to be put through to second level support who then inform me that phone is not in delivery but is waiting for quality and assurance testing.
Nokia tell me that I should track through case reference: enter reference supplied to their website and response is that there is no information about this repair.
I am now told Nokia will call me next Tuesday.
Compare and contrast friend has problems with HTC Desire (slow to boot/turning itself off occasionally). Replaced within week of first phone call.
Have spent 2-3 hours on the phone over this.
This post is to give my experience which may be different to others. I may have been unlucky but it is my experience so I would be grateful if it could remain. Others with a positive experience feel free to disagree and chip in.

FDM & ERPI to FDMEE - Upgrade approach/challenges ?

Hello,
We are in FDM/ERPI 11.1.2.2.300 (used for loading data from EBS and file systems into HFM 11.1.2.2.300) and planning to upgrade (within the existing environment [in-place upgrade]) to 11.1.2.3. As we see that FDM/ERPI are integrated together as FDMEE in 11.1.2.3, we had big grey area on how FDMEE would function in contrast to disparate FDM/ERPI.
We needed inputs from veterans or anyone who had experienced the upgrade to answer the follwing queries.
Queries:
[1] We have come to know that FDM and ERPI are integrated together as FDMEE in 11.1.2.3.
     [a] Since we have FDM and ERPI as separate components in 11.1.2.2.300, how should FDM and ERPI components be upgraded to FDMEE ? Any specific steps / approach that need to be followed ?
     [b] Are there any known issues / challenges involved in upgrading from disparate FDM & ERPI to FDMEE ?
     [c] How would ERPI artifacts (of 11.1.2.2.300) function in FDMEE - Are there any specific migration or any manual set-up required post-upgrade (to 11.1.2.3) to have ERPI artifacts (like source system, period mapping, location, import formats, data load mapping etc)      functioning in FDMEE ?
     [d] Similarly how would FDM artifacts (from 11.1.2.2.300) function in FDMEE ? Are there any specific migration or manual set-up required post-upgrade (to 11.1.2.3) to have FDM artifacts (like mapping, validation rules etc) functioning in FDMEE ?
[2] Since only ODI 11.1.1.7 is compatible with 11.1.2.3 (from Compatability matrix), how do we upgrade ODI from 11.1.1.6 to 11.1.1.7 ? Are there any patch available to upgrade or should we uninstall ODI 11.1.1.6 and install ODI 11.1.1.7 ?
Any insightful response will be helpful for us as it would help us to gain clarity/confidence and comfort in upgrading to 11.1.2.3.
Regards,
Sathish

hello Sathish
As you are upgrading from 11.1.2.2.300 to EPM 11.1.2.3 (within the existing environment [in-place upgrade]) , it's called Applying maintenance release EPM 11.1.2.3 on EPM 11.1.2.2
[a] when you apply maintenance release , FDM 11.1.2.2 gets upgraded to FDM 11.1.2.3 ,
     and ERPi gets upgraded to FDMEE 11.1.2.3
[b] i have not faced any issue while upgrading FDM
[c] please check epm_install.pdf for EPM 11.1.2.3 for upgradation task for FDM and FDMEE (see page 257 / 258)
regards,
-DM

Take the myFICO Fitness Challenge 2015

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First time Challenger?
If you’re new to the myFICO Fitness Challenge, then welcome! To begin, set up your official MyFICO Siggy signature on your Profile page (Go to My Settings=>Personal Profile=>Personal Information). Then just reply to this topic, telling us a little about your financial situation, your goals, and how you plan to achieve them during the coming year.
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Hello! Starting out for 2015 after about 7 years of just letting everything go after some really hard personal times. Have a lot of work to do. Several old accounts for small amounts dropping off 2015-2016 ; No active revolving credit, use or open accounts as of 12/14 when we finally looked, only an open mortgage. Joint activity in this house as both of us, husband and wife, are pretty much in the same boat. We had a series truly traumatic experiences and are hoping to rebound. We are now used to purchasing solely on a cash basis so, using credit only as a tool to build our credit score should be no problem since for the past 7 years if we could not pay cash, we just waited til we could for everything. Goal: Develop some lines of credit to start overshadowing the bad while working to get rid of the bad; 650 score by June 2015 first target Ultimate Goals: Refinance mortgage before these low rates rise : Maintain 720+ for both of us Steps Taken: Since 12/16 did secure some starting credit lines to have a rebuild base: 1 - Fingerhut $500cl 2 - CapOne Quicksilver $300cl 3 - CapOne Platinum $300cl 4 - Walmart Store Card Auth User on spouse's new $300cl (they denied me, not sure why so took a hard hit there) Spouse since Nov 2014 has added: 1 - New Car Loan $27k 2 - Fingerhut $600cl 3 - WalMart Store Card $300cl 4 - CapOne Quicksilver $300cl 5 - CapOne Platinum $300cl 6 - CreditOne $300cl 7 - First Progress secured $300 (before she even imagined she would get unsecured approvals) 8 - Kay Jewelers $6000cl (really surprised with instore approval on this) Paid off one small collection we didn't know about from VZWireless now going back to VZ as we never stopped being a customer and they really screwed us up by not transferring balance when we went from personal to business account. Lots and lots of research reading on his forum as well as some other sites like Credit Karma etc: using and paying to see movement in scores; PTD options; etc Pulled all credit reports ; currently outlining plan for deletion of bad accounts; all realy small amounts I could pay but need to invest the time to get PTD not just paid.Some start falling off on their own in Feb 2015 so, need to start a priority plan on who stays on longest and get rid of them. Hoping by joining and continuing on the forums for guidance we will keep the momentum to aggressively clean this up quickly and not just let the old stuff roll off over the next 14 months. Good luck everyone!!

Firefox won't display at all, comp thinks it's there but nothing.redid plugins also, no help. thanks, Steve

Hi, firefox was working fine for the longest time and suddenly, it just wouldn't display on my screen. The icon is there, it looks like it's trying to load and nothing happens. I uninstalled it and reinstalled, didn't help. Did the updates on 2 plugins, that didn't help either. It seems the comp thinks firefox is up and running but there's just no moniter display at all. I know this as when I do a comp clean up, it will tell me to shut down Firefox first before continuing. Not sure why this has happened suddenly. Any help and instruction would be really appreciated. Thanks, Steve. I've tried everything I know.

A possible cause is security software (firewall,anti-virus) that blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.
Remove all rules for Firefox and the plugin-container from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firewalls
See also:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser_will_not_start_up

Checklist for SAP BI 7.0 and BO XI 3.1 integration - Challenges

Hi Users who have successfully configured SAP BO XI 3.1 with SAP BI 7.0,
We are preparing to install SAP Integration Kit and follow through on the steps (..that I have come across in some of the docs on these forums ) that would enable our users to report using BO - Webi.
I would like to know what are the major challenges you have faced ? How did you resolve them or get around them?
I would like to know who are all the mandatory technical people (eg., sap security guy, BO admin,... ) that needs to be a part of this effort. What would be their specific role ? When would each of these guys come into the scope without whom we cant do this successfully?
What would be the basic checklist of things , hardware /software (eg., Service Pack #, SAP Notes, Universe version,..) that would go along with SAP BO XI 3.1 and SAP BI 7.0 that we would have to do before/while installing Integration Kit make our job as smooth as possible?
What are the DONT's and DO's of this work?
How to make sure the this process is optimized / justified (performance wise, ..)?
Are there any specific documents which shows the screenshots of this whole process end to end (i.e.,successfully install, configure, create/design the 1st Universe in BO based on BEx query, create the 1st query in BO, create the 1st report in BO, let the user view/edit/modify the report)?
Responses from anyone who has gone through all these steps smoothly & successfully (which might include tips, tricks) are greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

SP18 should be OK. We're at SP19. Again, a fair number of MDX related OSS Notes in SP20 and 21. Some integration enhancements are only being made to EHP1, so if you do apply SP, you might as well go to EHP1, e.g. Thomas Zureks has a couple of blogs on some of the enhancements
/people/thomas.zurek/blog/2009/03/06/better-performance-for-universe-based-access-to-bw
/people/thomas.zurek/blog/2009/03/16/faster-universe-based-access-to-bw-via-mdx
There are good things coming in WebI later in 2009. Of great interest to BW / WebI customers I think will be a feature called Query Stripping that is supposed to come in WebI SP3. In BEx, you can create a query with many free characteristics, which really provides the query user with a guided ad-hoc capability, where they can pull any of the free characteristics into a report. BEx does not include free characteristics in the generated SQL until the user specifically adds it to their report, so there is there is no performance impact of having several free characteristics available for use. This lets you have one BEx query that is extremely versatile.
A WebI document on the other hand, includes all objects in the query in the generated SQL, even though they are not actually used in a report. With query stripping, if the object is not used in the report, WebI can (as an option) remove references the the object(s) from the generated SQL. This gives you the same potential in WebI, to create a query with many objects in it, abd the user can drag them in / out of the report, providing you the ability to create one WebI query that can be the basis for for much more reporting.

Open letter to Steve Gotz.

Dear Steve,
A few yers ago you got me to purchase Aspect for HDV editing. It was a wise decision. Today I am so used to Aspect that I never used anything else. Meanwhile CS3 has evolved and new formats have appeared. The EX1, P2, and other footage can be edited natively by using drag and drop file transfers. Is Cineform codec for anything but high end HD CAM editing obsolete? Please share your knowledge. I have already started a few threads on this subject but I don't think people knew what they were talking about. Cineform users are welcome to give their opinions.
Warm Regards,
Moi

I have been tied up at work for the last few days. The entire team of about 500 people came to Orlando for meetings and I have been quite busy with training sessions and social evets.
While Cineform may not be a requirement for some people now that PCs have become more powerful, I still believe that the codec serves it's purpose with HDV. I believe that the ability to export to the Cineform codec allows me to treat HDV as easily as I did DV when it comes to passing files back and forth between After EFfects and Premiere Pro. And it makes a great backup codec.
I don't really know the answer to the question when it comes to P2 and other advanced media and codecs. I suggest that you pose the question on the DVInfo forum where the CEO and CTO of Cineform hang out.
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/cineform-software-showcase/
Basically, the technology has passed me by. I am no longer much of an expert at anything related to video anymore.

OPEN LETTER TO STEVE JOBS

I'm not a developper, I'm not an English speaking guy (so sorry for my english) and this is an off topic message but I need to say something....
I have just read abut Steve Job's resignation and I think Apple would never be the same without him. I've read a lot of about Steve and I know he was involved in every little step of every apple product (from the initial design to the final product)
Did you know, for instance, that the Iphone has got just one button thanks to Jobs obstination to simplicity?. Nobody thougt it could be possible but him. He has the ability to transmit his energy and faith to everyone in the company to make his ideas possible.
I'm a mac user 7 years ago, not much, I know, but it is time enough to have my own oppinion about apple and what Jobs represents to the Company.
Mr. Jobs...thanks for my Iphone 4, its simplicity and efficiency that everybody wants to copy from, for my Imac Intel based , for my Lion OS in which I work on what I need without wasting my time in fixing OS problems, for my Ipod and above all...for make me feel I'm in touch with the future every time I use anything from apple.
I hope you'll be in the heart of apple for many many years (even not from you CEO position) ank keep all of us dreaming of the future everytime we see a "bitten apple".
Regards,
C. Llerandi

*1. All Customers should be treated Equal.*
From the ones who purchased the iPhone on Day 1 to the ones who bought an iPhone yesterday. There should be no difference or discrimination on timeline.
Nor should be any difference based on the whims of store personnel. Yesterday some customers got $200 refunds even if they were outside of the 14 day window.
Having set this precedent Apple should follow it for all customers

ITunes Truncate Track Ending, Unsolved in 2+ Years: My Letter to Steve Jobs

I have posted this problem twice in this forum. Twice they were answered with something totally irrelevant, and then marked "Solved" and deleted.
Finally, I am going to mail the CD, and this letter to Steve Jobs, to let him know personally the bug, after so many years of iTunes, and the bullish way his stuff has been treating my questions.
Dear Steve,
My name is Leping, Ph.D. in Physics, working in the San Francisco Bay area as a senior medical imaging scientist. I am a long time and loyal Mac user and promoter -- actually I have not yet really needed to use a PC in my life (except for serious music ripping -- see below), and in the graduate school days our five+ million dollar NMR lab was run from a Mac.
Unfortunately, I am also an avid classical music enthusiasts, and part time musician. Needless to say I am now with my 6th iPod, and I believe I understand all the bells and whistles of iTunes. I am not talking about the higher-level bit-wise accurate CD ripping, that is only available on the PCs, through the EAC software, since also, as a well-regarded and published photographer, I know when is the time to use the pro level applications, such as Adobe Photoshop instead of iPhoto. For my photography works please check out my website at http://www.lepingzha.com -- I will be more than glad if you and/or Apple have use of any of my images.
However, I know a long time iTunes bug, that have never been addressed. Actually I posted it twice to the Apple web discussion forums, but was twice offered irrelevant answers, followed by the subject flagged as "Solved", and subsequently deleted.
Please open the still sealed compact disc in this letter, which I got in a retailer just to show you the problem. The title, Deustsche Grammaphon (DG) B0003902, is "Lang Lang plays Rachmaninov Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini". It happens I am a Chinese American, but I want you to listen a bit into the disc not because I am a fan of Mr. Lang's playing -- as a matter of fact I actually not, but for the much more serious reason.
Please rip the Rhapsody in iTunes, to any format (AAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC), WAV, MP3...) starting from track number 4. A few tracks after that point would be adequate -- these are very short (10-30 seconds) tracks that truly highlight the problem. Listen to the resulting music, and the original CD, you will immediately hear the big problem, start right at the end of track 4 and at the end of every of these short tracks -- fraction of the ending second(s) are harshly chopped off, brutally truncated, and uncover-ably lost.
The same thing happens anywhere I use the Apple codecs, for example, converting the EAC (bit-wise correctly, as confirmed by its check-sum feature against the known sum database) ripped WAV files to ALAC or AAC, for instance, either on a Mac or a PC. The very same thing just happen, while there is no problem to any other non-Apple codecs (mainly to flavours of MP3 -- since Apple has the AAC and ALCA codec nobody bothered to write their own, I guess). So for our serious classical listeners, the iTunes and the Apple codecs are very problematic if not useless in many cases (operas immediately in my mind)!
Please alse not that, over the time the same problem has always been reported here, there, and basically everywhere, but every time there are gurus made comments which does not solve the issue. The followings are some recent examples.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6246698&#6246698
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6513266&#6513266
I hope you, my much respected and praised Steve, realize, that, how could, and mostly unthinkable, after so many great years, there can be still such very basic and serious issue the iTunes codecs can not handle in the right way? Does the track length information get truncated somewhere (or floored to an integer)? Why it is so difficult to acknowledge such a basic issue, and to have it fixed in the next release?
Thanks for your time and hope you enjoy the music.
Look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards,
Leping Zha, Ph.D.
San Mateo, California, U.S.A.

Finally found the reason: in the track's option field for some reason the "stop time" flag is checked and the timing is always about a second earlier than the actual track length.
Searched Doug's scripts and there is nothing to batch reset, or unflag the "stop time" tag. Anyone has a better idea rather than trying to deselect the tag track by track?
Once the "stop time" is unset the converted tracks will play through without truncations at the end.

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