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#285430 - 14/08/2006 13:16 The Secret Life of Machines
tman
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Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
I don't know if anybody else ever saw this series when it was originally shown years and years ago on UK TV. It was a series of TV programs from the late 80s and early 90s about how various machines worked and they'd do various experiments to show you the inner workings.

I found the presenter/writer's site recently and you can download them for free. One of the author's other sites is pretty interesting as well if you're bored one day.

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#285431 - 14/08/2006 13:28 Re: The Secret Life of Machines [Re: tman]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
I remember that. That was a great show.
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#285432 - 14/08/2006 13:47 Re: The Secret Life of Machines [Re: tman]
andy
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Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
Wonderful. Following that link lead me, in the end, to:

"In 1976, Wilf got us the job of making 400 pyrotechnics sheep and pigs for the Floyd’s animals tour..."

http://www.timhunkin.com/09_flying-sheep.htm
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#285433 - 14/08/2006 13:49 Re: The Secret Life of Machines [Re: tman]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
Looks like a nifty show.
I've got Azureas gathering up the torrents now, but I haven't gotten the hang of the whole torrent scene yet- I can download but my upload speed is always limited... I don't understand the port forwarding stuff- even after having read pages about it. I guess I haven't read the right pages.
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#285434 - 14/08/2006 13:56 Re: The Secret Life of Machines [Re: Robotic]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
don't try and uinderstand it, just google for a configuration just like yours and copy the config. I've been a senior network admin most of my life and I think some combinations of Azureus, personal firewall, router and broadband router don't make sense!
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#285435 - 14/08/2006 15:53 Re: The Secret Life of Machines [Re: tman]
AndrewT
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Registered: 16/02/2002
Posts: 867
Loc: Oxford, UK
Thank you.

I've had an auto-record TiVo wishlist for this for a few years and it has never snagged anything.

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#285436 - 14/08/2006 17:21 Re: The Secret Life of Machines [Re: Robotic]
altman
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Registered: 19/05/1999
Posts: 3457
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
I can't see any torrent links there... am I missing something? I missed that series, but saw the trailers for it several times

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#285437 - 14/08/2006 18:25 Re: The Secret Life of Machines [Re: altman]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
Quote:
I can't see any torrent links there... am I missing something?

http://poly.peptide.net:6969/
It's sort of buried under a few pages of clicking.
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#285438 - 15/08/2006 01:42 Re: The Secret Life of Machines [Re: tman]
msaeger
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Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
That is a great show I watched them when I was in high school they were on the Discovery channel. I got them from a torrent a while ago that Tim had linked on his site looks like a different site now.

If you haven't seen the show get it for sure and be sure to watch the TV episode then ending is great.

He should make some more episodes.
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#285439 - 15/08/2006 18:28 Re: The Secret Life of Machines [Re: tman]
sein
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Registered: 07/01/2005
Posts: 893
Loc: Sector ZZ9pZa
Cool! I now understand sewing machines! Thanks a lot
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#285440 - 20/08/2006 23:15 Re: The Secret Life of Machines [Re: tman]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
I am really enjoying watching these shows!

Anyone know more about the theme music?
It seems like a familar jazz tune but with some reggae in the background.
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#285441 - 20/08/2006 23:27 Re: The Secret Life of Machines [Re: Robotic]
msaeger
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Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
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#285442 - 20/08/2006 23:37 Re: The Secret Life of Machines [Re: msaeger]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
Ah! Beautiful! Thanks! (I should've looked for that!)

The origins are Take Five by Dave Brubek.

Nice.

edit:
Once again wikipedia amazes me!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_Machines
Or should I say 'wikipedians'?


Edited by Robotic (20/08/2006 23:42)
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#285443 - 04/11/2007 21:38 Re: The Secret Life of Machines [Re: Robotic]
tman
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Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
A better rip that has been encoded in a resolution and file format suitable for an iPhone/iPod Touch.

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