Zip line filter: I'm building a zip line on our property. The issue I'm having is cable sag. Help?
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posted by charris5005
on Jun 2, 2012 -
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What's the best recourse when USPS loses a package (espicially when things may not actually be their fault)?
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posted by RolandOfEld
on Mar 26, 2012 -
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I sent a small package via priority mail and it never arrived. Probably due to me writing the wrong zip code. Is it lost forever?
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posted by cirrostratus
on Feb 15, 2012 -
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Is there any way to match a Canadian Zip code to the census/sub-census that it belongs ?
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posted by djfreex
on Jan 26, 2012 -
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I've got a pile of old Zip disks I'd like to investigate... but modern computers haven't got RS232 interfaces, which is what my Zip drive has. Boo! However, I discovered that my wife has a USB ZIp drive! Yay! But there is a problem...
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posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit
on May 31, 2011 -
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We ran into the following conundrum while distributing source code for some open-source software we produce. Our code is pretty straightforward C++ stuff with makefiles designed for GNU make. We distribute the package as a zip archive. Works on most systems (Linux, Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD and others). Now, zip stores and unzip restores the file timestamps. Problem is, if someone downloads the archive in an earlier time zone than the one in which it was produced, the
unarchived files have a timestamp in the future.
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posted by StrawberryPie
on Aug 21, 2010 -
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Is there unZIPping/unRARing software for the Mac that allows you to see what's inside of an archive file without extraction? Seems like double-clicking on archives with any software I've used immediately extracts the files within. I'd like to be able to preview those files first, and perhaps selectively extract, or not extract at all.
posted by shivohum
on Aug 10, 2010 -
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I've got a ~350mb zip archive that I created a couple of years ago. It contains files that are now fairly important to my portfolio. And I can't get them out. Please hope me.
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posted by pts
on Jun 25, 2010 -
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I have a large folder on my iMac which contains several subfolders, and every subfolder contains one or more .zip files. How can I unzip all of those files at once and output everything (from every single zip file) to yet another, separate location?
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posted by zardoz
on May 20, 2010 -
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Why doesn't the compress feature on my Mac actually compress the files? It creates a .zip file but it's usually only a couple hundred k smaller than the original.
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posted by amanda
on May 10, 2010 -
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How can I automatically and simultaneously create multiple .ZIP files out of an equal number of uniquely named folders in a common directory?
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posted by sandra_s
on Mar 27, 2010 -
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I need to find a tutorial that will easily - stress EASILY - explain to the viewer or reader how to get all the wonderful goodness out of a .ZIP file, but without instructing them to download third party software (winzip, winrar...)
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posted by sandra_s
on Feb 24, 2010 -
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What are interesting, free zip code (or geo coded) data sets that you've been able to play with?
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posted by mtstover
on Feb 12, 2010 -
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I'm trying to find a procedure to create a zip file in Windows and preserve Unix file permissions from the original files...
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posted by oblio_one
on Aug 7, 2009 -
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Where can I get a free dataset of ZIP codes and their corresponding county FIPS codes?
posted by chrisalbon
on Apr 29, 2009 -
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OS X filter: How can I recursively unzip files (in directories that are not zipped)?
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posted by wheat
on Aug 17, 2008 -
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Is there an automated script or program to create a separate zip file for each directory?
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posted by niwnfyc
on Jul 7, 2008 -
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Is it safe to assume that anyone professionally employed in a computer-using job (secretary, assistant, ect.) is familiar with ZIP archives? What about the public at large?
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posted by unmake
on Jun 18, 2008 -
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Where can I find an unzipping program for Vista that has a shell extension for Explorer?
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posted by flatluigi
on Jun 3, 2008 -
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compressed files inside of compressed files inside of compressed files. arg. please help me automate this process.
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posted by yonation
on Feb 9, 2008 -
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What kind of archive program should I be using to ZIP... well, not necessarily ZIP but
compress a backup of a hard drive? InfoZIP and WinRAR are failing me.
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posted by chips ahoy
on Jan 2, 2008 -
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I learned to read with children's books featuring Zip and Ted (tad?). Help me find them again, please!
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posted by leahwrenn
on Jul 12, 2007 -
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I want a free-as-in-beer way to put in a ZIP+4 postal code and get back a latitude and longitude. Unless that's more precision than I need for terrestrial astronomy.
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posted by pax digita
on Dec 12, 2006 -
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My company has a cartload of old zip disks with non-confidential info on them (and a zip drive). Is there any good way to dispose of these...? Someplace that could erase and reuse or resell them would be ideal, since we don't have the staff to go through and erase them ourselves. (We're in N. TX but could possibly ship them off). I just hate to put them in the landfill.
posted by emjaybee
on Oct 19, 2006 -
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Are there any companies out there that will transfer files from obsolete removable media?
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posted by ssmith
on Jul 14, 2006 -
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Is there a way to have ZIP files automatically decompress when they are copied to a remote Mac server via FTP?
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posted by designbot
on Jun 30, 2006 -
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I'm looking for a method to automatically open the index.html file within an archive and then allow browsing from there, without decompressing.
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posted by Chuckles
on Mar 8, 2006 -
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I want to start doing nightly offsite copies of a MSSQL database at work. The .bak and .trn files made by the SQL Server Maintenance Plan add up to about 1 gig, but they compress to just over 100 megs, so I 'd much rather export a compressed version. What's the best Windows 2000 app where I can schedule the idea "zip the 2 newest files in this source directory into another directory, into a .zip with the filename based on the date"? If it can keep the 5 most recent .zip files only, all the better.....
posted by Steve3
on Jan 9, 2006 -
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I'm looking for a Zip file extractor for Windows with some specific requirements that I haven't been able to meet...
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posted by RikiTikiTavi
on Oct 8, 2005 -
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Wacky Windows question. I recently did some work on my chiefs computer and in the process upgraded his OS from 98 to 2000Pro. The problem is his backups (that he never mentioned existed) are saved without an extension on a Zip disk. Does this naming convention look familiar to anyone: "Backup Job 4, Disk 1, 04-12-14 22.20.05.1-Step" ?
posted by cedar
on Feb 3, 2005 -
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I have a large amount of CBZ and CBR files that are ZIP and RAR files respectively with scanned JPEGs of comic books inside them. Thing is, the levels on the scans are sometimes too dark or too bright. Is there a windows program that would batch fix the levels (like photoshop's Automatic Levels command) on the compressed archives without having to unzip pr unrar them first?
posted by signal
on Jul 2, 2004 -
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Let's say I have an Apple OS X computer with a gigantic, 1.5 GB file that I'd like to put onto 3 or 4 CDs, to give someone. What's the best way to spread a file across several discs? Multiple zip files? The UNIX zip command? Some backup program?
posted by inksyndicate
on Mar 23, 2004 -
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Any easy way to uncompress about 400 zip archives in a Windows XP directory? I thought I was smart but this problem has made me feel dumb.
posted by johnnydark
on Jan 14, 2004 -
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