I can't wait to see what's next....

http://www.wimp.com/largestchainsaw/

Jeff
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According to Jeff Wisnia :
I can't wait to see what's next....

http://www.wimp.com/largestchainsaw/

To save you the trouble of discovering this your yourself, this
needs Microsoft Windows Media Player, so if you are on other systems,
don't bother -- all you will see is a black area with nothing happening
in the frame.

And -- it apparently also requires Active-X to be enabled, which
also isn't going to happen on a non-Windows box.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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(DoN. Nichols) wrote:

http://www.wimp.com/largestchainsaw/

To save you the trouble of discovering this your yourself, this
needs Microsoft Windows Media Player, so if you are on other systems,
don't bother -- all you will see is a black area with nothing happening
in the frame.

And -- it apparently also requires Active-X to be enabled, which
also isn't going to happen on a non-Windows box.


False. The video and sound ran perfectly on my eMac with no drama.

--
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Snicker!
Largest motor on a chain saw. The bar is far to tiny to be the largest.
I used to live in the Big timber area - Two man - one on each end type.

Martin
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Jeff Wisnia wrote:
I can't wait to see what's next....

http://www.wimp.com/largestchainsaw/

Jeff

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DoN. Nichols wrote:
According to Jeff Wisnia :

I can't wait to see what's next....

http://www.wimp.com/largestchainsaw/


To save you the trouble of discovering this your yourself, this
needs Microsoft Windows Media Player, so if you are on other systems,
don't bother -- all you will see is a black area with nothing happening
in the frame.

And -- it apparently also requires Active-X to be enabled, which
also isn't going to happen on a non-Windows box.
I viewed it just fine on my Linux system. Yes, I had to install a bunch
of stuff, and tinker with it a bit to make it work. Mostly, I
downloaded and built mplayer, and some extended libraries for it that
can use MicroSoft's dll format of driver/video codec.

As for insanity, this is right UP THERE! Does anyone know what that
V8 engine is? Got to be an aluminum block, those 2 guys aren't as
big as sumo wrestlers. They basically just DROP the thing on the log!

Many years ago (must have been around 1960) I saw a homemade sawmill
that used a 409 engine and a 48" diameter blade. It definitely was
NOT portable.

Jon

Jeff Wisnia wrote:
I can't wait to see what's next....

http://www.wimp.com/largestchainsaw/
Umm, I think the sound track is faked. It sounds WAY
too much like a top fuel rail doing a burnout. Umm, they
don't need 3000 Hp to cut that log.

Jon

I worked one end, (the motor end) of a two-man chainsaw on the Alaskan
Pipeline. Permanently damaged my hearing, unfortunately...

"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in message
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Snicker!
Largest motor on a chain saw. The bar is far to tiny to be the largest.
I used to live in the Big timber area - Two man - one on each end type.

Martin
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Jeff Wisnia wrote:
I can't wait to see what's next....

http://www.wimp.com/largestchainsaw/

Jeff

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According to Ted Bennett :
(DoN. Nichols) wrote:

http://www.wimp.com/largestchainsaw/

To save you the trouble of discovering this your yourself, this
needs Microsoft Windows Media Player, so if you are on other systems,
don't bother -- all you will see is a black area with nothing happening
in the frame.

And -- it apparently also requires Active-X to be enabled, which
also isn't going to happen on a non-Windows box.


False. The video and sound ran perfectly on my eMac with no drama.

Have you installed Internet Explorer on your Mac?

It certainly does not run using Opera on my Sun workstations.
And with Mozilla, it pops up a dialog box saying:

This page contains information of a type
(application/x-mplayer2) that can only be viewed with the
appropriate Plug-in

Click OK to download Plugin

[ OK ]

And -- clicking on it takes me to a Sun site which offers only
Java, Adobe Acrobat, RealPlayer, and Macromedia Flash -- none of which
are the required plugin.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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In article rs.com,
(DoN. Nichols) wrote:

According to Ted Bennett :
(DoN. Nichols) wrote:

http://www.wimp.com/largestchainsaw/

To save you the trouble of discovering this your yourself, this
needs Microsoft Windows Media Player, so if you are on other systems,
don't bother -- all you will see is a black area with nothing happening
in the frame.

And -- it apparently also requires Active-X to be enabled, which
also isn't going to happen on a non-Windows box.


False. The video and sound ran perfectly on my eMac with no drama.

Have you installed Internet Explorer on your Mac?

No. Why would I want that bloatware?

It certainly does not run using Opera on my Sun workstations.
And with Mozilla, it pops up a dialog box saying:

This page contains information of a type
(application/x-mplayer2) that can only be viewed with the
appropriate Plug-in

Click OK to download Plugin

[ OK ]

And -- clicking on it takes me to a Sun site which offers only
Java, Adobe Acrobat, RealPlayer, and Macromedia Flash -- none of which
are the required plugin.

Sounds like a problem. Why do you put up with it?

--
Ted Bennett

According to Ted Bennett :
In article rs.com,
(DoN. Nichols) wrote:

[ ... ]

It certainly does not run using Opera on my Sun workstations.
And with Mozilla, it pops up a dialog box saying:

This page contains information of a type
(application/x-mplayer2) that can only be viewed with the
appropriate Plug-in

Click OK to download Plugin

[ OK ]

And -- clicking on it takes me to a Sun site which offers only
Java, Adobe Acrobat, RealPlayer, and Macromedia Flash -- none of which
are the required plugin.

Sounds like a problem. Why do you put up with it?

Because I would rather have that relatively minor problem than
have to run Windows exposed to the net, and have to deal with the
never-ending flood of viruses and security patches.

I don't run RealPlayer or Macromedia Flash (even though they are
available for my system) because I don't trust the security holes which
they may open.

And -- if your Mac plays that image, it must have *something*
which understands and acts on active-x, even if it is *not* a Windows
box.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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DoN. Nichols wrote:
According to Jeff Wisnia :

I can't wait to see what's next....

http://www.wimp.com/largestchainsaw/


To save you the trouble of discovering this your yourself, this
needs Microsoft Windows Media Player, so if you are on other systems,
don't bother -- all you will see is a black area with nothing happening
in the frame.

And -- it apparently also requires Active-X to be enabled, which
also isn't going to happen on a non-Windows box.

Enjoy,
DoN.

Plays just fine on my Mac!

Dan Mitchell
============

Hi,
My father owned a hydraulic chainsaw. We would
hook the pump onto the PTO of a small farm tractor
to power it. Jamming the chain could stall the
tractor.

Enjoy
Roger Haar

"Daniel A. Mitchell" wrote:

DoN. Nichols wrote:
According to Jeff Wisnia :

I can't wait to see what's next....

http://www.wimp.com/largestchainsaw/


To save you the trouble of discovering this your yourself, this
needs Microsoft Windows Media Player, so if you are on other systems,
don't bother -- all you will see is a black area with nothing happening
in the frame.

And -- it apparently also requires Active-X to be enabled, which
also isn't going to happen on a non-Windows box.

Enjoy,
DoN.

Plays just fine on my Mac!

Dan Mitchell
============

Jeff Wisnia wrote

I can't wait to see what's next....

I remember reading an old Hot Rod Magazine that had an
article on a two-man small block Chevy powered chainsaw
and a one-man chainsaw powered by a Harley-Davidson
engine.

"Hari Seldon" wrote in message
oups.com...
Jeff Wisnia wrote

I can't wait to see what's next....

I remember reading an old Hot Rod Magazine that had an
article on a two-man small block Chevy powered chainsaw
and a one-man chainsaw powered by a Harley-Davidson
engine.


Should have seen "Mega machines" (or one of those such
titles) on the History channel the other night (last week?).
They had a chainsaw-like design that was designed for
trenching solid rock. The "chain" looked like a tank track
and they powered it with 1500 horsepower (3000?) - they
had a second 300 hp engine just to run the tracks for
moving it and running the hydraulics. Seems to me it could
cut a trench 20+ feet deep in solid rock - they used it for
laying pipes etc in areas where it was rock. Maybe it was
on the Discovery channel. The thing was HUGE and had
this giant "chain" with carbide tips that just munched through
solid rock. They said you can feel the ground vibrate
quite a distance away from this when it is running.

DoN. Nichols wrote:
According to Jeff Wisnia :

I can't wait to see what's next....

http://www.wimp.com/largestchainsaw/


To save you the trouble of discovering this your yourself, this
needs Microsoft Windows Media Player, so if you are on other systems,
don't bother -- all you will see is a black area with nothing happening
in the frame.

And -- it apparently also requires Active-X to be enabled, which
also isn't going to happen on a non-Windows box.

Enjoy,
DoN.

As Don has noted, you can't view this clip on a Sun machine. Today I
finally got chance to look at this on my father's Windows box. The clip
is quite cool, but guess what? I have the same problem as Abrasha. No
sound! I try to figure out what's wrong, but can't in 5 minutes so leave
it alone. It does confirm some of my earlier suspicions, though:

(i) I hate websites which require plugins. Why they can't just put a
link to a video file, let you download it and use whatever (decent)
player you want, I don't know. I also hate websites which don't consider
that their visitors might be using something other than Windows and IE.

(ii) I hate Windows Media Player.

(iii) I hate Windows XP.

Rant over.

Chris

On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:49:55 +0000 (UTC), the renowned Christopher Tidy
wrote:


(i) I hate websites which require plugins. Why they can't just put a
link to a video file, let you download it and use whatever (decent)
player you want, I don't know. I also hate websites which don't consider
that their visitors might be using something other than Windows and IE.

If you look at the source, the file name is right the-

http://y.wimp.com/file/7e261746224910aff46cb492da21b588/43c2af13/v/largestchainsaw.wmv


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According to Spehro Pefhany :
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:49:55 +0000 (UTC), the renowned Christopher Tidy
wrote:


(i) I hate websites which require plugins. Why they can't just put a
link to a video file, let you download it and use whatever (decent)
player you want, I don't know. I also hate websites which don't consider
that their visitors might be using something other than Windows and IE.

If you look at the source, the file name is right the-

http://y.wimp.com/file/7e261746224910aff46cb492da21b588/43c2af13/v/largestchainsaw.wmv

Yep -- "WMV" = "Windows MoVie". I don't know whether anyone has
yet written an open-source program to display those on various flavors
of unix.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
ervers.com...
According to Spehro Pefhany :
http://y.wimp.com/file/7e26174622491...f13/v/largestc
hainsaw.wmv

Yep -- "WMV" = "Windows MoVie". I don't know whether anyone has
yet written an open-source program to display those on various flavors
of unix.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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Kaffienne on linux.
Pat

DoN. Nichols wrote:
According to Spehro Pefhany :

On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:49:55 +0000 (UTC), the renowned Christopher Tidy
wrote:



(i) I hate websites which require plugins. Why they can't just put a
link to a video file, let you download it and use whatever (decent)
player you want, I don't know. I also hate websites which don't consider
that their visitors might be using something other than Windows and IE.

If you look at the source, the file name is right the-

http://y.wimp.com/file/7e261746224910aff46cb492da21b588/43c2af13/v/largestchainsaw.wmv


Yep -- "WMV" = "Windows MoVie". I don't know whether anyone has
yet written an open-source program to display those on various flavors
of unix.

Xine for Solaris plays the older version of WMV, but not the newer
version. Admittedly I have an old version of Xine, but I don't think I
can be bothered to upgrade for the sake of watching one video clip. I
wish people would just use AVI or MPG instead.

Chris

According to Christopher Tidy :
DoN. Nichols wrote:

[ ... ]

Yep -- "WMV" = "Windows MoVie". I don't know whether anyone has
yet written an open-source program to display those on various flavors
of unix.

Xine for Solaris plays the older version of WMV, but not the newer
version.

Thanks. I'm downloading it as I type.

Admittedly I have an old version of Xine, but I don't think I
can be bothered to upgrade for the sake of watching one video clip. I
wish people would just use AVI or MPG instead.

Amen!

But Microsoft is infected with NIH syndrome, and tries to force
the world to follow.

Thanks again,
DoN.

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According to Pat Ford pat.ford@nrcdotca:

"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
ervers.com...
According to Spehro Pefhany :
http://y.wimp.com/file/7e26174622491...f13/v/largestc
hainsaw.wmv

Yep -- "WMV" = "Windows MoVie". I don't know whether anyone has
yet written an open-source program to display those on various flavors
of unix.

[ ... ]

Kaffienne on linux.

Thanks -- but it seems to be specific to KDT/KDE, and I use a
different window manager.

So -- following another link, I'm going to try Xine instead.

Thanks,
DoN.
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I thought the X11 software had utilities - but perhaps it was (wmv that is) enhanced
and Harvard didn't get out another R series.

[ hum - seems to me on my last machine - Soloris based there was a directory of X11 tools. ]
Maybe it was just ours - being X11 in the first place....

I used to use some neat GUI tools in the 80's and 90's. By 2000 I was with companies
that used PC's and a very few Suns - having shipped the odd HP's to the IT room.

Martin
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Christopher Tidy wrote:
DoN. Nichols wrote:

According to Spehro Pefhany :

On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:49:55 +0000 (UTC), the renowned Christopher Tidy
wrote:



(i) I hate websites which require plugins. Why they can't just put a
link to a video file, let you download it and use whatever (decent)
player you want, I don't know. I also hate websites which don't
consider that their visitors might be using something other than
Windows and IE.


If you look at the source, the file name is right the-

http://y.wimp.com/file/7e261746224910aff46cb492da21b588/43c2af13/v/largestchainsaw.wmv




Yep -- "WMV" = "Windows MoVie". I don't know whether anyone has
yet written an open-source program to display those on various flavors
of unix.


Xine for Solaris plays the older version of WMV, but not the newer
version. Admittedly I have an old version of Xine, but I don't think I
can be bothered to upgrade for the sake of watching one video clip. I
wish people would just use AVI or MPG instead.

Chris


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Yep -- "WMV" = "Windows MoVie". I don't know whether anyone has
yet written an open-source program to display those on various flavors
of unix.

I watched it with mplayer.