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[Jeffery McElroy]

It's go time you so-called 'experts'. Anyone know anything about ftp servers.

EDIT: I know you don't know, Phil. :p

[LI Phil]

It's go time you so-called 'experts'. Anyone know anything about ftp servers.

EDIT: I know you don't know, Phil. :p
I do know a bit about File Transfer Protocol, slappy, but I have no idea what format your video is in nor how Mike's server would host it. I hate to give a plug to Jarcher, but why don't you go to www.majorgeeks.com (http://www.majorgeeks.com) and see if he can help you.

[Jeffery McElroy]

argh.

[Jason234]

don't you have school?

[Jeffery McElroy]

Don't you? I injured my shoulder yesterday, and I can't really move. So no, I diddn't go to school. Even if I went today, I would be done --I get out at quarter till 12:00.

[LI Phil]

Don't you? I injured my shoulder yesterday, and I can't really move. So no, I diddn't go to school. Even if I went today, I would be done --I get out at quarter till 12:00.
Stop jacking the phucking threads!!! But as long as this one is now jacked, how did you injure your shoulder?

[Jeffery McElroy]

I can't jack my own threads? As to my shoulder, I injured it while moving furniture down to our new house.

[jarcher]

????
there seems to be a question missing, perhaps?


havent been around for awhile, I moved
just got back online

but as far as this being for the "experts"
its for the weather folk here
so its really

ask the "weather" experts

[Jeffery McElroy]

Man, I am so glad you are here. I have my hurricane charley movie ready for the internet. I contact mikeC and he gives me this message:

If you are familiar with ftp login to flhurricane.com
user: mcelroy
password: ***************

Upload files to the public_html folder and they will show up as part of http://flhurricane.com/mcelroy

The server is mine, feel free to upload as much as you want related to the essay, no space limits.


Problem is, I have no idea how an ftp server works, what software to download, how to use it, ect. I pm'd him asking for directions, but he seems to be away at the extended moment (about two weeks). I need someone to tutor me from the ground up.

[jarcher]

so , you want to do what exactly
upload a movie file to his server?

what ftp software do you have?

[jarcher]

no space limits ?


I have to go right now, so here are some real simple easy to use
ftp clients
almost walks you through it itself

http://www.smartftp.com/download/

http://www.globalscape.com/index.asp?sessionid=sjkvmrzkr004nf45131lp455

http://www.bpftp.com/

[Jeffery McElroy]

Sorry I left like that, and unfortunately I will be on and off today as well. I downloaded smart FTP. Now, please excuse my profound ignorance but I really need an idiot-proof step by step guide. I understand the basic concept of what I am trying to do, but I don't want to do anything wrong. All I need to do is load seven movies using the information provided above ---and yes, no space limits.

[Jason234]

dude, did, you, take, a, grammar, ---course, because, it, is,-- abysimal.

[Jeffery McElroy]

what, is; grammur--!-?

[Jason234]

how'd you do on dem' SAT's?

[Jeffery McElroy]

Keith, my Japanese is better than my English. However somehow by the end of this year I will officially be a collegiate writer. Five weeks until the AP English Exam!

[jarcher]

as long as you know where you are goin with it
and where its coming from. . .

http://www.smartftp.com/support/howto/first.time.start.php
will get you set up. . .

[Jeffery McElroy]

I can't seem to connect to the server...
no response from server...

My adress is Flhurricane.com
Login: mcelroy
Password is right.

Could there be a problem with my network connections/settings? I have XP service pack II.

EDIT: wait a sec...

[jarcher]

are you being blocked by your firewall?

[Jeffery McElroy]

Possibly. How would I go about turing that off?

[LI Phil]

Possibly. How would I go about turing that off?
Uninstall.

[Jeffery McElroy]

I don't have any firewall software. I may have XP firewall though.

[LI Phil]

I don't have any firewall software. I may have XP firewall though.
http://www.utmem.edu/helpdesk/sp2/sp2firewall.htm

[Jeffery McElroy]

I know how to turn it off :wink:
Thanks for the help though. Let us see if that did it.

[Jeffery McElroy]

It works indeed.

[LI Phil]

It works indeed.
You're welcome.

[Jeffery McElroy]

Thanks Jarcher, LI Phill. I could not have done it without you. I absolutely cannot wait for you to see this. It will change the way you look at hurricanes.

[LI Phil]

Thanks Jarcher, LI Phill. I could not have done it without you. I absolutely cannot wait for you to see this. It will change the way you look at hurricanes.
Rollie sez he'll host your Charley video on HCW. Why not send it to him?

[jarcher]

good
what I would do
is to completly disable the windows firewall and install a firewall
Norton just sux and the windows firewall does "leak" a bit
remember that most computers purchased factory ***. usually have Norton Firewall already installed

and anything about Norton is time consumingy to completly remove
the uninstaller doesn't get rid of anything
you will have to go through the reg to remove anything

I would recomend
Sygate Personal Firewall Free (http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3356)

or if you are willing to pay

Sygate Personal Firewall Pro (http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=1558)

you can monitor and block or allow what you want
either all the time or each time you use it
it may take a few minutes to config, but well worth it. . .



so after you have typed in all the info and connected. .how far did you get?

[Jeffery McElroy]

Sure why not. I have six video files (wmv.) at about 30 mb each. I also have one higher quality 343 mb version that contains my film in its entirety. I don't want that version in circulation though. I will show it to you and perhaps a few select people.


EDIT: Thanks alot Jarcher. I will do that. I have not uploaded anything yet. I am still deciding what course of action to take.

[LI Phil]

Sure why not. I have six video files (wmv.) at about 30 mb each. I also have one higher quality 343 mb version that contains my film in its entirety. I don't want that version in circulation though. I will show it to you and perhaps a few select people.
So you will need to send me a copy of it then...

[Jeffery McElroy]

Can I email a file that large? I was thinking we could put it in a special access privilege folder or something that you could access on the ftp server. Do you want me to mail it to you right now?

[LI Phil]

Can I email a file that large? I was thinking we could put it in a special access privilege folder or something that you could access on the ftp server. Do you want me to mail it to you right now?
No, I want you to burn me a dvd and send that to me.

[Jeffery McElroy]

I have five dvd's ready to go sitting right next to me. How much would shipping cost?

[LI Phil]

I have five dvd's ready to go sitting right next to me. How much would shipping cost?
I just want one full length one. Go to the post office (or office supplies store). They sell DVD mailers. If you don't have a "box", one of those mailers that netflix sends dvds is would suffice. Couldn't be more than a buck or two.

[jarcher]

you can
e mail large fils be archiving them in to a few self extracting files

hell you can eve IM them. . . .


first thing you want to do is to convert them to a smaller size

then use something like Winace to do it

why can't you upload it to a server?

[Jeffery McElroy]

Jarcher, would downloading the file via ftp take a while? What are the transfer speeds like?

Edit: Phil, I can put up a full quality mpeg for download. It would take up a few gigs, but it would be the same (if not better) quality as compared to a dvd.

[jarcher]

it all depends
on file size and everything
cass could tell ya alot actually

[Jeffery McElroy]

I just want everyone to see it as soon as possible.
I worked for six months on it, I almost failed several classes because of it, and (aside from the emotional damage) it probably cost us a couple 100,000 dollars to make.

[jarcher]

what size is it?

[Jeffery McElroy]

I have the movie split up into six parts, each about 30mb. I have a completed film version in excess of 300mb. If I were to put the full quality version, it would take up a couple of gigs.

[jarcher]

I would upload the six parts
one at a time through the ftp client

and posting a link to them
have you gotten in
there yet?

[LI Phil]

I have the movie split up into six parts, each about 30mb. I have a completed film version in excess of 300mb. If I were to put the full quality version, it would take up a couple of gigs.
I want to watch it on my tv with ff & slo-mo and all that good kind of shit. If you want to put a teaser up here, that's fine, but I want a DVD!

[jarcher]

your a dirty
aint ya?

[Jeffery McElroy]

Phil, I have no problem giving you a dvd. However, if I give you one then I really should give one to anyone who asks. If I do send you a copy, you will have to keep it a secret.

[LI Phil]

Phil, I have no problem giving you a dvd. However, if I give you one then I really should give one to anyone who asks. If I do send you a copy, you will have to keep it a secret.
I want to freeze frame the good parts, like when your brother shits his pants or when a piece of glass just misses decapitating your dad....:ebd

[jarcher]

Phil, I have no problem giving you a dvd. However, if I give you one then I really should give one to anyone who asks. If I do send you a copy, you will have to keep it a secret.

I think we aren't five anymore
it'll be ok, I am sure
and if you put online we all can make our own DVD's
yes?

[Jeffery McElroy]

Well taken but was just thinking about Keith :p. If you want to make your own dvd's we could post the dvd image folder and you guys could burn it directly to the disk.

I want to freeze frame the good parts, like when your brother shits his pants or when a piece of glass just misses decapitating your dad....

I don't have a brother, and the part where my dad almost gets decapitated is off screen.

[LI Phil]

I don't have a brother, and the part where my dad almost gets decapitated is off screen.
Damn. What about your mom...does she shit her pants? Do you have any footage of your neighbors being slapped upside the head with a stray 2x4? That would be mint.

[Jeffery McElroy]

I don't have any 'extreme' weather footage. It is merely the story of one family, among thousands, who rode out the worst storm to hit the US since hurricane Andrew. You will see the horrible monster that is charley through the shattered glass of our front door. The p.o.v is very small, but it is viewing something unimaginably big. Keep your mind open, and accept the film for what it is.

[LI Phil]

I don't have any 'extreme' weather footage. It is merely the story of one family, among thousands, who rode out the worst storm to hit the US since hurricane Andrew. You will see the horrible monster that is charley through the shattered glass of our front door. The p.o.v is very small, but it is viewing something unimaginably big. Keep your mind open, and accept the film for what it is.
While the good people of Pensacola might disagree with you, I am not making light of what you and your family went thru. I'm trying to have a little fun and obviously you're not taking it that way so I'll stop busting on you.

Had you been a member of CFHC 48 hours before Charley struck, you would have seen how I called for that horrific monster to reach CAT IV status before anyone, including NHC, was ready to make the call. Of course, I had a little coaching from Mr. Ed Dunham, our resident met god...no one in SW FL was prepared, but I'd like to think the 2,000+ members of CFHC at least had some time to prepare when all "official" sources were calling for a CAT II at best.

Have a nice evening.:icon_evil

[Jeffery McElroy]

Yeah, I recently read back over the archived stuff for last your and saw how you made the call. I was making a generalization about my film. I spent over six months working on it, and it just means so much to me. To hear rude comments like the ones you were making somewhat hurt my feelings. And I am really a touchy feely kind of guy. Your last post was well taken, but let us remember what we are dealing with here. What I have composed represents to me all of the tropical cyclones that anyone has ever been through in the history of the planet. It is that important to me. I was talking to my Japanese teacher today, and he and I are the only people at our school who can claim that we have lived through a Cat V. This guys wife lived in Okinawa most of her life. Don't they get hit like every year? It is so universal.

EDIT: Why would the people of Pensacola disagree with me? Opal?

[Jeffery McElroy]

delete 1

[Jeffery McElroy]

delete 2

[LI Phil]

EDIT: Why would the people of Pensacola disagree with me?
Ivan?

[Jeffery McElroy]

As you know Ivan was a Catagory III. I suppose it depends on your definition of 'worst'.

[Jeffery McElroy]

Actually Irene was perhapes my least favorite hurricane, and she was only a cat 1.

[LI Phil]

As you know Ivan was a Catagory III. I suppose it depends on your definition of 'worst'.
While Ivan was a strong CAT III (5 mph more would have made him a IV) at landfall (mercifully), his surge was that of a V. The most destructive and deadly part of a hurricane is the surge. I believe storm surge was over 30' at Pensacola...the I-10 bridge certainly argues for that.

Big difference: Charley was a STRENGTHENING hurricane at landfall, whereas Ivan, Jeanne & Frances all were weakening...and your area hadn't seen a hurricane of that magnitude in like 100 years. Also, it was the first CAT IV to strike the US mainland since Andrew and very few people were prepared, or at least as prepared as they should have been. In the final 24 hours before landfall, Charley went from Cat II to IV (which I predicted) but still most people were blissfully unaware.

By the time Ivan struck, we'd already been through Charley & Frances and to a lesser degree Gaston, Hermine & Bonnie. Folks were as prepared as they could have been (I hope). So, as far as actual strength of storm and surprise, Charley was much worse. However, Ivan probably inflicted more damage. Either way, it would have sucked to have been in either one. At least Charley struck during daylight.

If you read the boards before and after Charley, I made some very tough decisions regarding moderation, likening the events of Charley, Frances, Ivan & Jeanne not so much to the events of 9-11, but they had the same psychological effect. In fact, somewhere in the archives there's even a "LI Phil" post http://flhurricane.com/cyclone/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=32283&an=0&page=1#32283 (Ed buried it in the Everything & Nothing forum...bastid). It might explain where I'm coming from with these bad boys and why need to inject some humor into an otherwise dangerous and life threatening situation.

Enjoy the read...

[LI Phil]

Not to toot my own horn, but there were more kind words spoken about my moderation during Jeanne...it starts with Colleen A's post and continues for a page or two. http://flhurricane.com/cyclone/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=tb2004&Number=31981&page=0&fpart=12

Just so you know where I'm coming from with these bad boys...

[Jeffery McElroy]

Don’t worry about it, you have redeemed yourself.

[Jeffery McElroy]

LI Phil has worked his butt off keeping people updated with maps, links, personal thoughts, etc. He did it with Charley, Frances, Ivan, and now Jeanne.He's stayed up countless nights to keep those who are here a majority of the time updated with the latest information he can get.

[Jeffery McElroy]

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[LI Phil]

LI Phil has worked his butt off keeping people updated with maps, links, personal thoughts, etc. He did it with Charley, Frances, Ivan, and now Jeanne. He's stayed up countless nights to keep those who are here a majority of the time updated with the latest information he can get.
It's fun to go over the archives...but wait till you see me in action. Of course, people like you won't go to a shelter when a CAT IV threatens, so my words of advice will be of little use to you. But you can stay on line as long as you still have power and watch me work my magic.

[Jeffery McElroy]

...Of course, people like you won't go to a shelter when a CAT IV threatens, so my words of advice will be of little use to you.

We have friends and family in Miami and West Palm Beach, so if a storm threatens any of those areas I will feel compelled to assist my brethren in their time of need. You should see my Uncles Andrew footage. He drove down with his wife and dog from Orlando the night the hurricane was making landfall. In his video, there are 1000's of people jammed up in traffic trying to leave Miami, and his is the only car on the lane heading in.

EDIT: You don't have to do that with every post Phil.

[LI Phil]

He drove down with his wife and dog from Orlando the night the hurricane was making landfall.

So having a deathwish runs in the family...I could see your uncle not caring, but to take his wife & dog. Even if he was 'rushing to assist' you and your family, that's just plain crazy! Did he realize how strong Andrew was?

[Jeffery McElroy]

The strongest hurricane he (and my dad for that matter) had ever been through was Betsy, in 65' I believe. We definitely underestimated Andrews’s power. My grandpa (who had experienced Miami hurricanes during the 30's, 40's, and 50's) called and urged us to leave. I am not sure why my uncle came down --he left the next day! My parents told him to bring extra gas and water, and all he brought was beer. He arrived at the house just as the outer feeder bands were coming on shore. However, I must say that I am thankful. As things were, we would not have survived without his help.

[LI Phil]

My parents told him to bring extra gas and water, and all he brought was beer.

Yay! Let's all face a CAT V hurricane drunk! Woo hoo! Is his name Cooter by any chance?

[Jeffery McElroy]

His name is Roger and (while I love him dearly), he is nothing like my dad. He is a big Lacrosse player though, and we needed his muscle keep our buddy Andrew out of the house.

[Hemorhage]

Not to toot my own horn, but there were more kind words spoken about my moderation during Jeanne...it starts with Colleen A's post and continues for a page or two. http://flhurricane.com/cyclone/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=tb2004&Number=31981&page=0&fpart=12

Just so you know where I'm coming from with these bad boys...


You sure do know your shit there my Sexy-Man you!! :hugkis:

[LI Phil]

You sure do know your shit there my Sexy-Man you!!

And that was post #69...god your timing is good...:hugkis:

[Hemorhage]

Ohh, I never thought of it that way, Post # "69". You are making me blush again Phil, but I love ya for it!!! :hugkis:

[LI Phil]

Ohh, I never thought of it that way, Post # "69". You are making me blush again Phil, but I love ya for it!!! :hugkis:
My mind only works in one direction...pure evil:icon_twis

opS

[Jeffery McElroy]

:ekk4 ...not in my thread!

[Jeffery McElroy]

At least Charley struck during daylight.

Yeah, good thing. Just look how nice and sunny it is in my avatar. :p