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  • Cow grazing on my Edit Suite

    Posted by Brad Steiner on June 27, 2005 at 8:27 pm

    Maybe it’s just me, but:

    After a weekend of down time, I’ve noticed a little animated cow, about the size of an icon, grazing on my screen. By the time my screen comes up from sitting in black, and I move my mouse, it runs off the screen. Once I noticed a box above the cow with some instructions in it. BUt again, it goes away too fast to read or do anything about.

    Do I have some bovine (spelling?) virus? No-one else has heard of this?

    I know… it’s not as important as not being able to render or something. But come on… it’s a cow…

    Praise to the COW

    BrAd Steiner
    ImageWorks Media Group

    Tom Matthies replied 20 years, 10 months ago 7 Members · 7 Replies
  • 7 Replies
  • Jeff Carpenter

    June 27, 2005 at 8:31 pm

    His name is Bruce. He’s a Yak.

    If you want to know more than that, I’m sure those two facts will be enough to get Google going.

  • Bryce Whiteside

    June 27, 2005 at 8:38 pm

    I would go with the whole phrase with:

    “Bruce the Wonder Yak”

    Enjoy,
    Bryce

    Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

    PowerBook 1.67 Ghz ATI 9700 128 MB 2 GB
    Final Cut Pro HD
    DVD Studio Pro 3
    Motion

  • Eric Bliss

    June 27, 2005 at 8:43 pm

    Dang. That’s just so cool, I wish I could have found a way to take credit for it.

    🙂

    Eric Bliss

    systems design and integration
    CreativeCow.Net

    int main(void) {
    printf(“Hello World!\n”);
    }

  • Brad Steiner

    June 27, 2005 at 9:48 pm

    Good to know I’m not the only one seeking an answer to this mystery. Any others to share?

    Is this the first time this has been brought up on Creative Cow?
    I find it hard to comprehend.

    thanks all

    Praise to the COW

    BrAd Steiner
    ImageWorks Media Group

  • Mrvideo

    June 28, 2005 at 1:32 am

    “Is this the first time this has been brought up on Creative Cow?”

    Bruce the Wonder Yak has been visiting FCP users since version 2, I believe. Although most users have nver seen Bruce grazing, it is quite a surprise when you return to your open FCP and see this creature.

    It has been discussed many times in the last 4-5 years.

  • Don Greening

    June 28, 2005 at 1:38 am

    No, this is not the first time Bruce has been the topic of conversation here @the FCP forum. It’s also generally perceived to be bad luck for anyone foolish enough to post any info about Bruce or his Yakdom.

    – name witheld (and looking skyward)

  • Tom Matthies

    June 28, 2005 at 2:29 pm

    I just saw Bruce for the first time this weekend after leaving the computer on and coming back later to continue the edit.
    It was like seeing Santa for the first time. Kind of fun, actually.
    Tom

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