How to download a youtube video and play that flv file.

How can you download a youtube video and then play that flv file on your desktop? I've been wondering how to do this, because I sometimes find compelling videos where I wonder whether they will be available in the future. Here's one answer. It's a site by "applian technologies" (not affiliated with youtube) that advises you to insert "pwn" after "www." and before "youtube . . . " It's all free and it does give you an option to NOT download applian's propriety browser toolbar. The site also offers a stand-alone .flv player for youtube videos that you download. I tried the downloader and the player and they both worked perfectly. These might come in handy someday soon.

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Dangerous Intersection is under construction – and a note about Gravatar

As you can tell, there have been quite a few changes to the site design of Dangerous Intersection. There are many more changes to come. Therefore, if you see something that looks not quite right for the next couple of weeks, we're probably working on it. It's taken many hours of work--I now know ten times as much about WordPress as I did one month ago. But it's also been fun and educational. WordPress is a most impressive system, with perhaps too many choices. Too many choices, did I say? Sign up for Gravatar! You can personalize your comments with your own image. Truly, it's EASY. It will take 5 minutes at most, assuming you have an image of yourself ready. It's totally free. With Gravatar, you have total control over the image you'd like to use as author of comments (your photo will be displayed next to each comment you make). You can change it any time you want, Total control. Ownership society! Just visit Gravatar - Set up an account with the email address you normally use when you leave comments and choose a password

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Keep NASA independent of the U.S. Military

One of the “trial balloons” of the incoming Obama administration is a proposed consolidation of NASA with US military programs for space. The ostensible reason is “national security,” but insecurity about our military’s capabilities to keep up with Chinese efforts to explore and exploit space are at the core of…

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U.S. spent $52B on nukes last year

The U.S. spent $52 billion on nukes last year, according to the The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. The United States spent over $52 billion on nuclear weapons and related programs…

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