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  1. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    I'm an idiot. Fixed. <?php require ("imdb.class.php"); $movie = new imdb ($_GET["imdbid"]); $movieid = $_GET["imdbid"]; $movie->setid ($movieid); echo $movie->year().','; foreach ( $movie->genres() as $gen){ echo $gen.','; } foreach( $movie->cast() as $cas){ echo...
  2. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    I've reduced the amount of information pulled further. But I'm still getting strange repeats at the end. 1995,Drama,Sci-Fi,Thriller,Joseph Melito,Bruce Willis,Jon Seda,Michael Chance,Vernon Campbell,H. Michael Walls,Bob Adrian,Simon Jones,Carol Florence,Bill Raymond,Ernest Abuba,Irma St...
  3. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    Bah. Too many entries. I'd love to only return the first half-dozen important cast members, but many are billed by order of apprearance (eg. 12 Monkeys has Brad Pitt as #13).
  4. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    This almost does it. <?php require ("imdb.class.php"); $movie = new imdb ($_GET["imdbid"]); $movieid = $_GET["imdbid"]; $movie->setid ($movieid); echo $movie->year().','; foreach ( $movie->genres() as $gen){ echo $gen.','; } foreach( $movie->cast() as $cas){ echo...
  5. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    You are correct! But as it turns out, I only want the first item (not who they played or their ID#).
  6. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    Alright. Sorry for all the crap. Last one before I go to bed, Complete david.html <HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>Enter IMDB Movie ID:</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY> <FORM ACTION="david.php" METHOD=get> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="imdbid" SIZE=30 MAXLENGTH=50> <INPUT...
  7. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    This is cleaner and produces the same error...is it still correct? $movie = new imdb ($_GET["mid"]); $movieid = $_GET["mid"]; $movie->setid ($movieid); echo $movie->title().','; echo $movie->year().','; $gen = $movie->genres(); for ($i = 0; $i + 1 < count($gen); $i++) { echo...
  8. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    Agghhhh! Help please... For now I'm just trying to display all the tags as I want them. In a single line, separated by commas without spaces. Here is the code: echo $movie->title().','; echo $movie->year().','; $gen = $movie->genres(); for ($i = 0; $i + 1 < count($gen); $i++) {...
  9. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    OK, I've got the API to spit out all the information I want for a given IMDB ID. Now I'm looking into breaking that information into tags.
  10. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    Adding the IMDB IDs now, worked out a system, only ~15 seconds each.
  11. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    It maintains an inventory, and provides the information, but offers no more than what "My IMDB" offers. What I am looking for is something that is self-referencing, where anytime you click on a link it shows more films from within the collection. Perhaps having a separate link to launch IMDB's...
  12. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    So it looks like what I need to do is: 1. Get the API. 2. Use the "Title" field to find IMDB's movie ID 3. Pull the fields that I want to use for that ID 4. Separate any arrays into elements 5. Add them to the (now) comma separated tag field Based on my quick playing around, step #2 can't be...
  13. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    My thoughts were to grab some of the more relevant data and populate the "tags" with it. Things like writer, director, genre, top actors, etc. I already have the location and title info in a spreadsheet.
  14. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    Looks like the author of that also wrote phpVideoPro. Looking into it more.
  15. ddrueding

    Do I need a database for movies?

    I just found IMDBPHP. It looks to do exactly what I want. I just hope the code isn't too far over my head (I'm sure it is).
  16. ddrueding

    Need new mobo: Suggestions?

    Yup. Typically on a motherboard all the soundcard bits are in the same geographical area, usually right next to the headers. I've even seen some with a ground trace around the outside of that section. But some also stick the NIC there, and other bits tend to get close. I'm not sure which parts...
  17. ddrueding

    Something Random

    Nope. I pressed the power button and it turned on without drama. I even ran the self-test and it reported no errors. It acts as if I turned it off using the button.
  18. ddrueding

    More Vista nonsense

    Vista is a mess. But phrasing this as a shortcoming of Vista is BS. Non-DX10.1 cards don't support DX10.1 in any OS. That's like blaming Exxon for your Ferrari not running on Diesel. Does Vista SP1 run DX10 games with DX10 cards? I don't see a problem here. I don't like being the Microsoft...
  19. ddrueding

    Need new mobo: Suggestions?

    ...and where the traces go on the motherboard. The only fix I know is to use a separate soundcard.
  20. ddrueding

    Where's everybody?

    Because it isn't possible to convince a majority of americans (who are, for the most part, morons) to do anything smart. As Jefferson said, a democracy only works if the populace is educated. It just isn't.
  21. ddrueding

    More Vista nonsense

    You need DX10.1 hardware to support DX10.1 games? Not news.
  22. ddrueding

    Where's everybody?

    That I would certainly agree with. Anyone who wants to be president should not be allowed to have the job. Just draft someone every 2 years and call it good.
  23. ddrueding

    Where's everybody?

    Waiting at a client site in the middle of nowhere, waiting for AT&T MIS to call back. T-1s can be such a PITA if you aren't in a metropolitan area.
  24. ddrueding

    How much "online" storage do you have?

    I wasn't sure how to count redundancy. I know several members use multiple copies managed independently. Counting without redundancy is tricky sometimes.
  25. ddrueding

    How much "online" storage do you have?

    In and out. Total drive actively used for storage at your place (not business). I could have included the 120GB drive in the laptop, and the 40GB drive in the other laptop, and even the 2x74GB Raptor RAID-0 in the desktop; but it didn't seem significant compared to the rest.
  26. ddrueding

    Something Random

    I woke up this morning to my computer not on and not turning on. Bummer. It's on a UPS, so I didn't even think about the power. An hour later, it turns out the UPS had simply turned off. No warning, no buzzer, just off. How annoying. It's a Tripp-lite, for the record.
  27. ddrueding

    Something Random

    hold music? Ahh....on-hold music, got it.
  28. ddrueding

    How much "online" storage do you have?

    10x750GB in RAID 5, I'm at 85% full.
  29. ddrueding

    How much "online" storage do you have?

    How much do you have, how's it set up, and how much of it do you use?
  30. ddrueding

    Large Drives

    Sounds like a poll...
  31. ddrueding

    dSLR thread

    Thanks for the info Tannin. Uda, The EF-S 17-85MM f4-5.6 IS USM is on my shopping list to replace my kit lens. IS plus a little more reach. Of course, if a FF body is in your future, forget it.
  32. ddrueding

    Christmas Lights

    I think more batteries is your solution, Tannin. You already have a good generator on hand (the engine) with a great source of fuel. Adding another (likely less efficient) generator specifically for this purpose doesn't make sense (to me anyway).
  33. ddrueding

    Christmas Lights

    A guy I knew a while ago had a second battery connected to his car just for auxiliary camping stuff. It charged off the car when it was running, but could be run completely dead and you could still start the car. Depending on how often you are driving from one place to the next, this could be a...
  34. ddrueding

    FairTax

    Not much.
  35. ddrueding

    MAC vs Windows

    All excellent points, sechs.
  36. ddrueding

    dSLR thread

    Here are my shots for today. Get close? I got close ;) But this is certainly my favorite (click for full-size):
  37. ddrueding

    dSLR thread

    Embarrassed by my bird picture yesterday, I just got back from a decent hike. I intend to show some at least decent images. Let's hope I actually got some.
  38. ddrueding

    dSLR thread

    Thanks guys. The whole time I was out there I was thinking that a 300 is way too much; the objects that a 300 captures well I couldn't even see with my corrected vision. I was scanning the trees with the camera, looking through the viewfinder, trying to find something of interest. After about 2...
  39. ddrueding

    dSLR thread

    My first "real" bird pics (ie. pictures of a bird that wouldn't let me pet it). It's a hummingbird of some kind, I think a Broadbilled or Costa's, but I really have no idea. I know, the lighting is horrible and the noise @ ISO800 is a bit much.
  40. ddrueding

    Where's everybody?

    I don't think anyone will be saving us from this. Combining how buried we are (massive exports, massive debt, poor education, corruption and bloat) with our unsustainable expectations (federal assistance for cable TV?) means there is some well-deserved suffering to be had.
  41. ddrueding

    Large Drives

    I haven't heard anything. All the news of late is in larger 2.5" drives and SSD stuff.
  42. ddrueding

    Where's everybody?

    I am and I am. I intend to "settle down" to a certain degree. Marriage is near, as is buying a house and 'securing a future'. None of which are things that I cared very much for when I picked much of my current lifestyle. Most of it is on it's way out. So I'm looking for a stable salary and a...
  43. ddrueding

    Where's everybody?

    I've noticed that, too. My thoughts were to get it to render correctly in HTML first, then create PDF, plain text, and RTF versions based on it. It's easier to go from HTML to everything else than from anything else to HTML.
  44. ddrueding

    Something Random

    I can get to it now as well. It was just down for about an hour yesterday.
  45. ddrueding

    Where's everybody?

    All week I've had 2 this-must-be-fixed-yesterdays and nothing else. 4 billable hours total, in the last 7 days.
  46. ddrueding

    Something Random

    Speaking of, can anyone else get to tvtorrents.com?
  47. ddrueding

    Where's everybody?

    Quiet around here. What is everyone up to? (I'm working on my resume - in HTML)
  48. ddrueding

    dSLR thread

    I keep finding myself attracted to primes because of their speed. Running around Disneyland at night with the 35/2 and the 50/1.8 I felt really empowered. I would stop and take a picture, happy with the outcome, and someone else would step up with their 40D or XTi and a massive zoom lens and get...
  49. ddrueding

    dSLR thread

    Wow. Why didn't I think 300mm would be enough? That is a hell of a lot. And I'll need it faster than 5.6 for any hand-held action. I could barely manage one clean picture in 10 @ 1/60-1/90.
  50. ddrueding

    dSLR thread

    I borrowed a friend's 75-300 4-5.6 II (non-IS) to see if I'm willing to settle for less than a 400mm long-end.
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