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I wonder why Fernandes even wants the job. Obviously she's going to be ineffective if there is this much protest about her. Why would anybody want to take a job where your customers more or less say "Hey, we hate you and we don't trust you! Go away!" She seems foolish to me to even try to...

I don't know for sure how much this played into it, but Council Bluffs, Iowa is only about an hour away from McCook County SD (Laurent), and Council Bluffs has a large deaf community (there's a large deaf school system there that many deaf Iowans go to). So, they may be hoping to draw people...

I think the text underneath is ok, but I think that the icon should just be left off. Leave it for the buttons for the first screen. I don't think it should be integrated into the signs themselves.

Simon, I forgot to tell you that you can get JPG thumbnails from the videos with this: ffmpeg -i inputfile.avi -f image2 -s 120x80 -r 0.001 outputfile.jpg (Yeah I know, it's not very intuitive... and it doesn't work if you leave the "-f image2" thing out.) --Cal

Scratch that.... it looks like when I select "Uncompressed" on my web cam, it actually uses the "Indeo Video 5" codec. Considering that the Indeo codec does indeed compress, I'm not altogether sure why the drop down calls this "Uncompressed", but in any case, it appears that your ffmpeg...

Simon, FYI, when I send AVI's that are uncompressed (no codec), the conversion doesn't seem to work. If you'd like, I can send you an example so you can fool with it. I uploaded several clips before I realized they weren't playable, so I deleted them all and changed their codec back to...

Hey Simon, I noticed you've added some overlays to the video (good idea -- showing the word and the sign at the same time). I wonder if perhaps you might be able to make the "blue and green hands" logo a bit smaller though. It gets in the way of some of the "head oriented" signs. Thanks...

Well, this has been very enlightening / interesting to me. I believe I'm going to have to go to the library tonight. I'd like to learn more about the Mishnah. I'd also like to read more about the areas where we concur that there is some kind of difference (like Jesus' teaching about evil...

Well, I think Teresh's point is worth noting, and given that I'm not that knowledgable about the Mishnah, I'm more than willing to discuss and learn. Perhaps we can all broaden our horizons a bit. First, let's deal with my contribution to the discussion. The Gospels enumerate a number of...

Something tells me that a typical pharisee 2000 years ago would have considered it radical to call himself the son of God.

I think we should look at Genesis with a different perspective than a lot of Evangelicals do (I hate that word, because it gives people claim to something that I don't think is theirs -- "evangelism". I'm as much of an evangelist as anyone, so someone who mixes their preconceived notions and...

Yes, but compared to the Pharisees, Jesus was even more liberal (or "radical" if you prefer) in many respects. It's evident that Jesus' teachings have much in common with Pharisaic thought, and he was probably influenced by them. The Pharisees were liberal compared to the Sadducees (temple...

People like Pat Robertson give all Christians a bad name. He is a misguided fool who sees evil intent in everything. He's a paranoid, a fear monger, and he mixes his politics with his religion too often and too easily (and does injustice to both in the process). Jesus fits neither into a...

Hey Simon! I think I may have found the tool you're looking for to solve the codec situation. There's a GPL tool called "ffmpeg". It can convert from almost any codec to almost any other. So, you should be able to use it to convert from almost anything to SWF (Flash). I successfully...

Yeah, it's not very likely that someone would become an alcoholic from using it to clean their breath. They would have to be drinking it -- swallowing it in gulps. (Yuck!) --Cal

Darn! That's too bad. The software is great for doing this kind of thing, because it does the count down. Oh well. Yours are fine anyway, I just thought you might find that software easier. Keep up the good work! :-)

Simon, Do you want any "off color" signs? Words like "fart", or "belch", or things like that? Should we stay away from those? It would be kind of funny to see them, because they are probably quite different from region to region. Still, I wouldn't want to put anything like that up there...

Hi Hi CyberRed, No problem about your location. We'll probably get to know each other more later. My wife and I are learning ASL, and it's nice to meet new people -- both to help us learn sign faster, and also just to make new friends. We've met so many wonderful people as we've learned...

Ok. I understand now. My mental image of an interpretter was that they are kind of a passive instrument in the process, and perhaps ideally that's the case, but every situation would be different, wouldn't it? If you were interpretting for a student in a school situation, and the student...

Hello everyone, There is a nice older couple in my ASL class, and the woman is about 95% deaf in both ears. Her husband said that they've talked about a CI, and that she was told that she qualifies, but that it costs roughly $50,000, and they just can't afford it. Does anyone know of any...