Movies?

[UniTyler]

Howdy. I got a fancy little Samsung P2 media player for Christmas, and I've finished up the few Jess Riegel videos I put on there. So, I need some ideas for free movies to watch, to make my morning schoolbus ride a bit less boring. :)

Any format is good (other than flash).

[James_Potter]

You can download youtube videos on vixy.net

[dudewithasock]

Well, define what you mean by "free"...

[UniTyler]

Well, define what you mean by "free"...

Free as in freedom and free as in free beer. I know I can torrent anything I want, but I was hoping to avoid that.

[UniTyler]

You can download youtube videos on vixy.net

Wow! Thanks for that! :)

[James_Potter]

Torrents are so great though!!
There's also sites like http://www11.alluc.org/alluc/ but I don't think you can download those.

[dudewithasock]

Ok well I dunno how interested you are in opensource stuff and 3D design, but there's this one movie called Elephant's Dream that was completed nearly entirely with Blender 3D by a non-profit group of people. It's pretty cool, and represents what can be done when an open-source community works together on something.

http://www.elephantsdream.org/

There's several other Blender-made movies here as well (I think Project Peach is still in development, not sure though):

http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/movies/

[UniTyler]

Torrents are so great though!!

Yes, but I am a sissy when it comes to illegal filesharing. :o

Torrents are great for bloated Linux distros, though.

[UniTyler]

Ok well I dunno how interested you are in opensource stuff and 3D design
Very interested. I'm running on completely open-source software (on my Linux partition which is used for everything but gaming and syncing my media player), except for MP3 codecs and the like.

I've also recently bought "The Essential Blender" book, and have been reading it and trying the tutorials. Much fun, indeed. I've done mostly head modeling so far (which I find easiest), but I will get into more geometric stuff later.

[dudewithasock]

If you're that interested in blender, you should really head over to www.blenderartists.org , there's a great community over there where you can ask for tips, read submitted tutorials, discuss techniques, and see other people's work, both unfinished and completed stills/shorts/games.

[yoopers]

to make my morning schoolbus ride a bit less boring. :)

What's wrong with reading a textbook or studying notes on the bus? That was my plan for the 25 minute busride.

[James_Potter]

Studying is 4 loozers!!

[yoopers]

Studying is 4 loozers!!
Yeah, you're right. How could I think such nerdy things?

[UniTyler]

What's wrong with reading a textbook or studying notes on the bus? That was my plan for the 25 minute busride.
Studying? School is so painfully easy at this level - I spend maybe an hour per week (yes, week) on homework/studying, and I've maintained a 4.0 GPA all year. I can't wait for college...

I basically challenge my brain on my own time with computer programming, troubleshooting, reading up on computer skills, photography, mastering Linux, and other various projects.

[dudewithasock]

Studying? School is so painfully easy at this level - I spend maybe an hour per week (yes, week) on homework/studying, and I've maintained a 4.0 GPA all year. I can't wait for college...

I basically challenge my brain on my own time with computer programming, troubleshooting, reading up on computer skills, photography, mastering Linux, and other various projects.

If only they had IB at your school...

[dudewithasock]

Yeah, you're right. How could I think such nerdy things?

My rationale for not studying on the bus (when I take the bus anyway...I drive to school a lot now) is that it makes me queasy when I read while driving. Plus it's usually too dark in the morning.

[UniTyler]

If only they had IB at your school...
IB?

EDIT: Looked it up. That sounds interesting (despite the bashing of it on Urban Dictionary), although I am in the Honors program in my district. The Honors program here is pretty selective; it requires an IQ and creativity test, and there's only ~25 students in it per grade level (3rd grade through Freshmen). It's challenging, but I'm still not truly challenged. I will probably do the "Running Start" (take college courses in High School) program as a junior, though, and that may work out well.

[dudewithasock]

IB?

EDIT: Looked it up. That sounds interesting (despite the bashing of it on Urban Dictionary), although I am in the Honors program in my district. It's challenging, but I'm still not truly challenged. I will probably do the "Running Start" (take college courses in High School) program as a junior, though, and that may work out well.

That sounds kinda like IB - I've been earning college credit the past 2 years with my classes. It's very rigorous, though. I've got a 4.6 gpa and am still only #21 in my class.

[UniTyler]

That sounds kinda like IB - I've been earning college credit the past 2 years with my classes. It's very rigorous, though. I've got a 4.6 gpa and am still only #21 in my class.

4.6? How do you do that? I thought 4.0 is the max (at least it is around here).

[dudewithasock]

The IB grading scale is different. 4.0 is the max for everyone not in IB...I think, it's a weird weighted system. But I've got a 4.6 out of a max 5.0 I could get.

[UniTyler]

The IB grading scale is different. 4.0 is the max for everyone not in IB...I think, it's a weird weighted system. But I've got a 4.6 out of a max 5.0 I could get.
Gotcha. I added more to my above post, BTW, about our Honors program.

That sounds confusing. It's confusing enough around here having 9th grade at the Jr. High due to space concerns. Plus, they run on Semesters at the Jr. High, and Trimesters at the High School. So, credits that you have to make up @ High School due to failing a class in 9th grade is longer, etc. Thankfully I don't have to worry about that...

What year are you on?

[dudewithasock]

I'm a senior...one more semester left, then all my lovely IB tests at the end of the year. Bleehhh.

[UniTyler]

I'm a senior...one more semester left, then all my lovely IB tests at the end of the year. Bleehhh.
Nice. High school (at the actual High School...grrr) should be fun.

I downloaded Elephants Dream, by the way. Its encoding into my bizarre media player format now. :)

[yoopers]

The IB grading scale is different. 4.0 is the max for everyone not in IB...I think, it's a weird weighted system. But I've got a 4.6 out of a max 5.0 I could get.
Brad is in all honors course this semester too and landed the same 4.6 GPA.

I'm sitting on a 4.0 after my first semester in grad school. I'm shooting to graduate Summa Cum Lucky.

[maestro8]

http://www.archive.org/details/movies

[UniTyler]

http://www.archive.org/details/movies

Thanks, Maestro. Found some great Linux lectures among those archives.