When I was working I loved having WinVote available on one of my
machines so I could go through and vote and comment the rounds easily.
Now that I'm unemployed and using an iMac here at home, I am using
Python to create a program similar to WinVote for the Mac.

The silly part is I can't find the template form for voting on the IRTC
web site or ftp site. I don't have the email of my previous voting
submissions either. Can someone post them or point me to them please?

Thanks

Josh English
eng### [at] spiritonecom

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Hi Josh:
 
> Now that I'm unemployed... []

  Ah! You're not the only one... :)

> The silly part is I can't find the template form for voting on the IRTC
> web site or ftp site. I don't have the email of my previous voting
> submissions either. Can someone post them or point me to them please?

  Try this one:
 
    ftp://ftp.irtc.org/pub/stills/2001-04-30/winvote/2001-04-30.txt

  it's the file template for the previous round. I think there is no
"general" template, but as structure doesn't change from round to round,
you can work from this one to create the file for each round, looking at
the local images directory where the user must have previously
downloaded the images for that round.

  And, it will be called MacVote? :)

-- 
Jaime Vives Piqueres

La Persistencia de la Ignorancia
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Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:

> Hi Josh:
>
> > Now that I'm unemployed... []
>
>   Ah! You're not the only one... :)
>
> > The silly part is I can't find the template form for voting on the IRTC
> > web site or ftp site. I don't have the email of my previous voting
> > submissions either. Can someone post them or point me to them please?
>
>   Try this one:
>
>     ftp://ftp.irtc.org/pub/stills/2001-04-30/winvote/2001-04-30.txt
>
>   it's the file template for the previous round. I think there is no
> "general" template, but as structure doesn't change from round to round,
> you can work from this one to create the file for each round, looking at
> the local images directory where the user must have previously
> downloaded the images for that round.
>
>   And, it will be called MacVote? :)

Thanks. I'm calling it MacVote, and I need talk to the creator of WinVote to
see if I'll be stepping on anyone toes.

I'm having difficulty finding a jpg and mpeg translator in Python, and I'm
not savvy enough to make one, so this isn't going to be available in time
for the next rounds. I'm hoping by the next round I will have something
available for the Mac users out there.

Josh English
eng### [at] spiritonecom

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Hi Josh,
Here is the format I use for WinVote.
The paragraphs for the comments are simply one long line terminated with
the DOS "CR", "LF" pair.

I am looking forward to a welcomed MacVote.  If you have any questions
just email me.

Bob Franke
bfr### [at] homecom

>>>>> Registration E-Mail Address:you### [at] ccccom
>>>>> Registration Password:yourpassword

( This vote was compiled with WinVote )

( Email this to... irt### [at] irtcorg )

Rate 10min.jpg for artistic merit  (1 .. 20):11
Rate 10min.jpg for technical merit (1 .. 20):8
Rate 10min.jpg for concept         (1 .. 20):10
>>>>> Comments on 10min.jpg:
>>>>> End Comments on 10min.jpg

Rate 1st_fort.jpg for artistic merit  (1 .. 20):9
Rate 1st_fort.jpg for technical merit (1 .. 20):11
Rate 1st_fort.jpg for concept         (1 .. 20):11
>>>>> Comments on 1st_fort.jpg:
>>>>> End Comments on 1st_fort.jpg

Rate berlin.jpg for artistic merit  (1 .. 20):12
Rate berlin.jpg for technical merit (1 .. 20):15
Rate berlin.jpg for concept         (1 .. 20):15
>>>>> Comments on berlin.jpg:
This looks like a winner to me.  I especially like the work on the car.
Sometimes are should make a political statement and this is a powerful one.

this is the second paragraph
>>>>> End Comments on berlin.jpg

(Leave these lines alone!)
>>>>> Competition subdivision: stills
>>>>> Competition Period:  2001-04-30
>>>>> End Form


Josh English wrote:

> When I was working I loved having WinVote available on one of my
> machines so I could go through and vote and comment the rounds easily.
> Now that I'm unemployed and using an iMac here at home, I am using
> Python to create a program similar to WinVote for the Mac.
>
> The silly part is I can't find the template form for voting on the IRTC
> web site or ftp site. I don't have the email of my previous voting
> submissions either. Can someone post them or point me to them please?
>
> Thanks
>
> Josh English
> eng### [at] spiritonecom

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Thanks Bob, I've had a few delays in the development, like getting married on
the 14th of July, moving, and job hunting, but I hope to get back to it very
soon.

Josh English
eng### [at] spiritonecom

Bob Franke wrote:

> Hi Josh,
> Here is the format I use for WinVote.
> The paragraphs for the comments are simply one long line terminated with
> the DOS "CR", "LF" pair.
>
> I am looking forward to a welcomed MacVote.  If you have any questions
> just email me.
>
> Bob Franke
> bfr### [at] homecom
>
> >>>>> Registration E-Mail Address:you### [at] ccccom
> >>>>> Registration Password:yourpassword
>
> ( This vote was compiled with WinVote )
>
> ( Email this to... irt### [at] irtcorg )
>
> Rate 10min.jpg for artistic merit  (1 .. 20):11
> Rate 10min.jpg for technical merit (1 .. 20):8
> Rate 10min.jpg for concept         (1 .. 20):10
> >>>>> Comments on 10min.jpg:
> >>>>> End Comments on 10min.jpg
>
> Rate 1st_fort.jpg for artistic merit  (1 .. 20):9
> Rate 1st_fort.jpg for technical merit (1 .. 20):11
> Rate 1st_fort.jpg for concept         (1 .. 20):11
> >>>>> Comments on 1st_fort.jpg:
> >>>>> End Comments on 1st_fort.jpg
>
> Rate berlin.jpg for artistic merit  (1 .. 20):12
> Rate berlin.jpg for technical merit (1 .. 20):15
> Rate berlin.jpg for concept         (1 .. 20):15
> >>>>> Comments on berlin.jpg:
> This looks like a winner to me.  I especially like the work on the car.
> Sometimes are should make a political statement and this is a powerful one.
>
> this is the second paragraph
> >>>>> End Comments on berlin.jpg
>
> (Leave these lines alone!)
> >>>>> Competition subdivision: stills
> >>>>> Competition Period:  2001-04-30
> >>>>> End Form

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I'm a Python programmer, although not at the Mac platform - but if you need
any help, just ask.

What are you using for the GUI?

Wolfox

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I'm using W widgets for the GUI control. TKinter on the Mac doesn't work as
well as it's advertised. Right now I'm stuck finding a way to get Python (and
it's probably a Quicktime thing from W widgets) to read a .jpg file

Josh English
eng### [at] spiritonecom

Wolfox wrote:

> I'm a Python programmer, although not at the Mac platform - but if you need
> any help, just ask.
>
> What are you using for the GUI?
>
> Wolfox

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On Windows and Unix, there's a library called PIL (Python Imaging Library)
that works well. Not sure if it will run fine on the Mac, though.

Here's the link:

http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/

Wolfox

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Hi there,
  I'm Simon, you might remember me, I tried a few weeks/months ago to build a
little game that needed Pov graphics and finally gave up...

  Well anyway, here I am!  And I'm a pretty good C++ programmer and could most
probably make a voting program for Linux...

  Many tools are already made on Linux to visualize graphics such as JPEGs so I
could just call those programs to read some files, then do the same for MPEGs...

  But I could also do it as a CGI program that would be available to any
platform on a website and that this script would be intelligent enough to make
you download all pictures and all movies at once while you vote...  You would
simply need to have the appropriate plugin to play MPEG-1 and make sure you have
your Cache set high enough or it will have to download some files again...


  I believe only the ones that know Linux can have comment on my linux part of
this message, but I'm sure all of you can have comments on the CGI part...

> Hi Josh,
> Here is the format I use for WinVote.
> The paragraphs for the comments are simply one long line terminated with
> the DOS "CR", "LF" pair.
> 
> I am looking forward to a welcomed MacVote.  If you have any questions
> just email me.
> 
> Bob Franke
> bfr### [at] homecom
> 
> >>>>> Registration E-Mail Address:you### [at] ccccom
> >>>>> Registration Password:yourpassword
> 
> ( This vote was compiled with WinVote )
> 
> ( Email this to... irt### [at] irtcorg )
> 
> Rate 10min.jpg for artistic merit  (1 .. 20):11
> Rate 10min.jpg for technical merit (1 .. 20):8
> Rate 10min.jpg for concept         (1 .. 20):10
> >>>>> Comments on 10min.jpg:
> >>>>> End Comments on 10min.jpg
> 
> Rate 1st_fort.jpg for artistic merit  (1 .. 20):9
> Rate 1st_fort.jpg for technical merit (1 .. 20):11
> Rate 1st_fort.jpg for concept         (1 .. 20):11
> >>>>> Comments on 1st_fort.jpg:
> >>>>> End Comments on 1st_fort.jpg
> 
> Rate berlin.jpg for artistic merit  (1 .. 20):12
> Rate berlin.jpg for technical merit (1 .. 20):15
> Rate berlin.jpg for concept         (1 .. 20):15
> >>>>> Comments on berlin.jpg:
> This looks like a winner to me.  I especially like the work on the car.
> Sometimes are should make a political statement and this is a powerful one.
> 
> this is the second paragraph
> >>>>> End Comments on berlin.jpg
> 
> (Leave these lines alone!)
> >>>>> Competition subdivision: stills
> >>>>> Competition Period:  2001-04-30
> >>>>> End Form
> 
> Josh English wrote:
> 
> > When I was working I loved having WinVote available on one of my
> > machines so I could go through and vote and comment the rounds easily.
> > Now that I'm unemployed and using an iMac here at home, I am using
> > Python to create a program similar to WinVote for the Mac.
> >
> > The silly part is I can't find the template form for voting on the IRTC
> > web site or ftp site. I don't have the email of my previous voting
> > submissions either. Can someone post them or point me to them please?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Josh English
> > eng### [at] spiritonecom

-- 
||  'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
||  'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'
--
 Simon Lemieux  (lem### [at] yahoocom)

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