andymatuschak

# GDC Vault videos can't be watched on mobile devices and this is a very sad thing indeed!
# (Note: this has changed for GDC2013, which lets you watch raw MP4 streams. Kudos!)
# This script is designed to circumvent this by downloading the lecture and slideshow
# videos which can then be re-encoded into whatever format you wish. Obviously, you
# won't be able to do this without access to the Vault. This is strictly for the
# convenience of legitimate Vault users!

# Note: this code is rather flimsy and was written as fast as possible for my own personal use.
# The code only works for the most recent GDC Vault videos, since they all use the same player
# format. If the XML format used to run the player is changed (as it  has in the past), the code

andymatuschak

# Suppose I want to the user to enter names one at a time, until the user enters a blank line, 
# then tell each name that they're awesome.

# Yeah, I don't have really a better way of doing that, and that bothers me. I'd do:

a = []
until (str = gets.chomp?).empty?
  a << str
end