Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.

'Bushwhacked'


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Sophia Brooks - Jun 05, 2008 8:47:01 am PDT #6456 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

What program can I use to open an "mpeg layer 3 audio". It won't open in itunes or quicktime.


amych - Jun 05, 2008 8:55:05 am PDT #6457 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

mpeg layer 3 audio = mp3. If you can't open it in your usual mp3-playing app, I'd suspect that there's something wrong with the specific file.


Jessica - Jun 05, 2008 8:55:39 am PDT #6458 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Sophia, that ought to be just a garden-variety mp3. If if won't open in iTunes or QT you may have a corrupt file.


Sophia Brooks - Jun 05, 2008 8:56:30 am PDT #6459 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Thanks! It was driving me crazy!


omnis_audis - Jun 05, 2008 9:10:39 am PDT #6460 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

sean blame Angie for the astrology question!! Also, for your ringtone question, try AudioHijack.


Sean K - Jun 05, 2008 9:37:20 am PDT #6461 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

omnis, I checked out AudioHijack, and I'm not entirely certain that would be a better tool for snatching the audio snippet I have in mind than any of the software I currently own. What can AudioHijack do for me that my existing software can't?


tommyrot - Jun 05, 2008 11:10:23 am PDT #6462 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Anyone here use VBA to control Excel?

What's the VBA code to turn the type in a cell sideways? To do a "merge and center"?


Rob - Jun 05, 2008 11:23:17 am PDT #6463 of 25501

If the XML is coming from a web server, XMLHttpRequest is the usual way. If it's coming from disk, there's no standard way.

Even so, it's probably a good idea to use the standard bits when they work, in case you ever do want to run it on another browser.

For cross-browser compatibility, I highly recommend the Prototype JavaScript library.


omnis_audis - Jun 05, 2008 11:23:24 am PDT #6464 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

not sure what you have Sean,but AudioHijack is really handy in that you can play WHATEVER (dvd, quicktime movie, internet site, game, anything as far as I can tell) and, in essence, record it. Kinda like taking a line from the headphone jack and patching it back in to the input jack, with no wankiness. It's a great quick n dirty tool to snag a sound, especially short ones for ring tones. Pro Tools or GarageBand can't quite do that. Download it. It's free to use if the "hijack" sessions are less than 10 minutes. I finally broke down and purchased a copy, because I was using it for a show to snag the audio from YouTube news feeds.


Jon B. - Jun 05, 2008 11:37:29 am PDT #6465 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

What's the VBA code to turn the type in a cell sideways? To do a "merge and center"?

I'm not sure, but the best way I've found to figure out the VBA for stuff like that is to record a macro that does what you want and then look at the code generated.