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I don't have much experience of data tapes but I have worked extensively with old audio tapes. There are two main problems with old tapes, binder breakdown (sticky shed) and loss of lubrication. Binder breakdown can usually be temporarilly reversed by gently heating the tape to about 50 degrees C for a few hours. Loss of lubrication is rarer but tapes can usually be played on machines that have no stationary guides. It has to be said that these problems usually only affect certain brands - Ampex/Quantegy being the most famous for sticky shed.
Tapes with a high bit density may suffer from problems with self erasure but this is something that happens in the first few months after recording. If a tape has been previously readable then it is unlikely to suffer.
Other issues could be fragile splices which will have to be remade but, apart from the leader tape, splices shouldn't be an issue with data tapes. Acetate based tapes are also far more fragile than more modern Mylar tapes but I'm not sure whether any data tapes were actually made with acetate bases.
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wow, and I tossed my old PDP-11 tapes a few years ago without pulling my programs off.
Programs that were for an OS that does not exist, on a hardware platform that died before the internet got famous.
But part of me would have loved to have read the tapes the way you did just to see them.
Nostalgia!
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There are always emulators that need some fodder and who would have thought that at least some of our stuff on the tape will actually be saved and distributed like that in the entire world?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Hi,
I know from the YoutubeAPI Getting Started Page[^] that a quota of 1,000,000 "cost points" per day exists.
But for me, as not a native speaker, the text is not quite clear...
If a video upload has a cost of around 1600 points (another SO question[^]), and each and every access counts, even the smallest read request, 1 million points is nothing...
If my app had just 1000 downloads (which is... well... nothing) there would not even be allowed to upload ONE video per day and user ...
Or is this count as 1 million points PER APP INSTALLATION? Then it would be enough, of course...
Could someone be so kind to look at the linked page and try to explain it in simpler, absolutely clear words for me?
(You need to scroll down a bit to the Quota section)
Thanks in advance!
Mike
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Nope, you got it correct.
You get so many points per day on your API access account (ID). It's not per application. It's any number of applications accessing the API using your API account (ID). The points are applied to the account, not the application using it.
So, yeah, 1,000,000 points isn't a lot. If you need more points, then you're going to have to start shelling out money to YouTube for them.
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I was so afraid, that I was right 
1,000,000 Thanks for clarifying this for me! 
- removed as it might have led to misunderstanding -
Cheers, Mike
modified 21-Jan-17 11:03am.
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Yeah, good luck with "finding an alternative".
Google isn't stupid and the system DOES recognize abusers like that and can still cut off access.
The points system is in place because of abusers. If you're going to access the system more than most people you're going to pay for a larger chunk of maintaining the system. You can only get so much for free.
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Sure - my App is planned mainly for playing (not uploading) videos, but still it's true that I can watch as many yt-videos per day as i like on youtube.com, but not in an app.
I am currently looking through the iframe api (which has no quota) and i will see where i get by using a WebView control.
The javascript api allows video control (play/stop/pause) too. Maybe this fits already.
I would shift the decision about "how to upload the solution videos" (nvm, part of my app) to a later point in time then.
Cheers Mike
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You do know that using ANY other software other than the YouTube player is forbidden by the terms of service, right?
Good luck with that....
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Allow me to clarify...
If your player hides or otherwise omits the ads YouTube pushes in the player your, app is illegal. If your using the player provided by the API, it's not a problem.
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Nono, you're thinking I want to cheat youtube - let ME clarify: NO I DON'T.
I want to use it as official as anbody else. That's why I am looking at the google api's.
the iframe api seems to fit almost all of my needs. It instanciates a standard, OFFICIAL YT.Player object made by google.
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What does a Thesaurus eat for breakfast?
A synonym roll!
Got new meds from the VA the other day, haven't adjusted yet!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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Mike Hankey wrote: Got new meds from the VA the other day, haven't adjusted yet!
Dare I say that it's actually working? 
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Not long ago. Not far away.
The cry of a billions of souls.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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That feels political.
Move to Soapbox?
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The falls of billions of soles.
Sin tack ear lol
Pressing the any key may be continuate
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Tissues are in aisle 3, left hand side.
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Yes but I am right handed.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Yes, finally, the Jedi are gaining ground!
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Now we must wait and see:
A student of Yoda . . . or a Sith Lord.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I want to prove a few concepts on SQL Server so I need to fill up a some tables with a pretty large amount of data.
Preferrably readableish if it's strings and also preferrably with a standard distribution.
But anything will do if it works, I'm lazy you know.
Any recommendations?
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Redgate has a trial version of their data generator you can try
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