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Poll: There was still DiVX and (expensive) DVD players...	368,564 Views / 8,311 Replies
There was still DiVX and (expensive) DVD players at the same time the PS2 came out. There are still cheap DiVX/DVD hybrid players coming out right now.
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 31, 2007 at 07:24 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Poll: Lie. I know three personally who you did send...	368,564 Views / 8,311 Replies
Lie. I know three personally who you did send legal threats to just because they called you by your real name on the forum. Whoever the mods were at the time they know it. Now that I know I'm talking...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 31, 2007 at 07:23 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Poll: Open GL isn't a video accelerator. Open GL isn't...	368,564 Views / 8,311 Replies
Open GL isn't a video accelerator. Open GL isn't used for accelerating video playback. The only thing DVD Player uses Open GL for is to display accelerated video in a window and for scaling. Hang on,...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 31, 2007 at 05:27 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Poll: Scroll up where? To more of your crap? ...	368,564 Views / 8,311 Replies
Scroll up where? To more of your crap? WTF? Jeez. Next you're the president of Mozambique and I'll have to visit your personal blog.
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 31, 2007 at 05:03 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Poll: Lame response. We're talking about OS X and you...	368,564 Views / 8,311 Replies
Lame response. We're talking about OS X and you know it. No they couldn't. 10.0 didn't support good enough video acceleration. Mac with Tiger won't ship with high definition Blu-ray optical...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 31, 2007 at 04:51 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Poll: Huh, genius, yes it did. DVD Player never shipped...	368,564 Views / 8,311 Replies
Huh, genius, yes it did. DVD Player never shipped or worked with 10.0 See above, genius. No they haven't. The new DVD Player only mentions 'HD' support, not HD-DVD. Don't try saying it...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 31, 2007 at 04:40 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Poll: Same thing will happen to HD-DVD. Why would...	368,564 Views / 8,311 Replies
Same thing will happen to HD-DVD. Why would anyone want a disc format with less capacity and less future proofing? Stupid or what. Universal will go Blu-ray, like a beggar who lived in the cold...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 31, 2007 at 04:29 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Poll: Considering they were going through a PPC>Intel...	368,564 Views / 8,311 Replies
Considering they were going through a PPC>Intel switching phase for a year, devoted so much energy to iPhone that Leopard was delayed, and won't have a video player that supports HD until Leopard,...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 31, 2007 at 04:26 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Poll: Maybe in your side of Kansas where "DIVIX" is...	368,564 Views / 8,311 Replies
Maybe in your side of Kansas where "DIVIX" is sold it was like that but in every store I went to there were DVD and DivX players. It wasn't long after the PS2 sold millions of units that DiVX...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 31, 2007 at 04:11 AM, in MacNN Lounge

But like he said, performance improvements to x86...	951 Views / 14 Replies
But like he said, performance improvements to x86 CPUs haven't been as progressive lately as they used to be. They're adding more cores and tweaks but Moore's Law per CPU core appears to be...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:43 PM, in MacNN Lounge

nothing except the Exposé clone	881 Views / 29 Replies
nothing except the Exposé clone
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:36 PM, in MacNN Lounge

You're the developer. You should know what apps...	2,372 Views / 55 Replies
You're the developer. You should know what apps do that.
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:35 PM, in macOS

Keep up with the Linux spam, the insults and...	881 Views / 29 Replies
Keep up with the Linux spam, the insults and faking your credentials.
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 02:05 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Here we go again. Linux is great, OS X is crap ya...	881 Views / 29 Replies
Here we go again. Linux is great, OS X is crap ya ya ya. Every OS X effect in Tiger works fine on a 1Ghz G4 with 64MB Geforce 4MX and I don't want my time wasted watching windows go up in flames...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 01:28 PM, in MacNN Lounge

You mean Pakistani and Arab, because Indian...	1,535 Views / 45 Replies
You mean Pakistani and Arab, because Indian culture in India is mostly British (Anglo-Indian to be specific) anyway. From curries to the railways and from the official language to the education...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:01 AM, in Political/War Lounge

In case you haven't noticed there is no...	1,535 Views / 45 Replies
In case you haven't noticed there is no constitution or document in the US of A that says it should be the dominant system in the world that all people's should bow down to. The USA is a...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 08:24 AM, in Political/War Lounge

Poll: That's what they said about DVD when it was up...	368,564 Views / 8,311 Replies
That's what they said about DVD when it was up against DiVX. The PS2 changed that and now the PS3 is repeating history. As soon as the PS3 comes down in price and Blu-ray ships in more computers, it...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 08:13 AM, in MacNN Lounge

They always use that term 'British Asians' when...	1,535 Views / 45 Replies
They always use that term 'British Asians' when they really mean Muslims. Asia is one big ****ing continent that includes Jews, Arabs, Persians, Afghans, Hindus, Buddhists, Himalayan groups, Chinese,...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 08:07 AM, in Political/War Lounge

3D Open GL icons are not a simple change but I do...	146,127 Views / 2,183 Replies
3D Open GL icons are not a simple change but I do see them happening one day because of the 3D dock. As it is now, reflections for some icons don't look right (VLC's bollard for example) and the...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 07:23 AM, in macOS

Poll: I liked this response :D 1. So? What...	368,564 Views / 8,311 Replies
I liked this response :D 1. So? What are you a pirate or something? 2. Good. HD-DVD is complete and already looks old. 3. Good for the same reason. 4. So? What are you a pirate or something?
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 06:38 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Poll: Can't say the same for me. I want to the fastest...	368,564 Views / 8,311 Replies
Can't say the same for me. I want to the fastest read/write speeds and the most storage space. That's for back ups. For watching movies, and if anyone is serious about preventing piracy, the film...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 06:05 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Poll: Blu-ray = Apple Blu-ray = More storage space ...	368,564 Views / 8,311 Replies
Blu-ray = Apple Blu-ray = More storage space Blu-ray = A lot more storage space in the labs Blu-ray = More high quality material and more space for back ups Blu-ray = Better format The ONLY...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 05:51 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Poll: Starman is not half wrong. Once you fill up a...	368,564 Views / 8,311 Replies
Starman is not half wrong. Once you fill up a HD-DVD with a full length movie and extras in 1080p, depending on the length of the video streams there can be little space left over for lossless or...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 05:35 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Has to be the original Playstation. When it came...	1,592 Views / 56 Replies
Has to be the original Playstation. When it came out I played so much I couldn't sleep without visions of Tekken.
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 30, 2007 at 05:28 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Create separate masks for the car, ground and...	6,221 Views / 150 Replies
Create separate masks for the car, ground and sky. Edit them separately. You done well on the sky already with your first try. Add depth of focus to the ground layer. Make sure the car stands out...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 29, 2007 at 02:06 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I'm feeling so impatient to get mine that I'm...	2,438 Views / 29 Replies
I'm feeling so impatient to get mine that I'm watching unbox videos on YouTube. How desperately geeky is that?
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 28, 2007 at 11:40 AM, in Mac Notebooks

If Apple doesn't really want you sticking flash...	1,396 Views / 21 Replies
If Apple doesn't really want you sticking flash cards in them then yes it is ok. There are still too many things that stand out as fakish despite the good design.
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 28, 2007 at 11:14 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

I find it useful because it opens a new window...	146,127 Views / 2,183 Replies
I find it useful because it opens a new window where I can paste to or do separate operations before returning to the previous window. All without scrolling around back and forth too much.
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 28, 2007 at 04:53 AM, in macOS

Apple isn't shifting focus away from Exposé for...	1,396 Views / 21 Replies
Apple isn't shifting focus away from Exposé for multitasking. Spaces takes longer to switch between windows and apps. The purpose of Spaces is to create separate and distinct workspaces. Assigning...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 28, 2007 at 04:31 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

I'm going to theme the Dock. Black with yellow or...	146,127 Views / 2,183 Replies
I'm going to theme the Dock. Black with yellow or white crosswalk.
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 28, 2007 at 03:01 AM, in macOS

Still looks fakish. Where are all three Exposé...	1,396 Views / 21 Replies
Still looks fakish. Where are all three Exposé keys? From an ergonomic point of view it doesn't make sense to move them to the left or all the way to the right. It doesn't make sense to move the...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 28, 2007 at 02:52 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

I don't know if it is real or not. I find it...	1,396 Views / 21 Replies
I don't know if it is real or not. I find it puzzling why Apple would put volume controls where the function keys are configured by default for Exposé. Traditionally the volume controls have been...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 28, 2007 at 02:27 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Read the idiotic comments on Think Secret. Those...	146,127 Views / 2,183 Replies
Read the idiotic comments on Think Secret. Those monkeys obviously don't know what happens when you hold down command and click on the title bar. Why is Apple using Vista's space consuming method of...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 27, 2007 at 02:44 PM, in macOS

**** me how many laws did she break? 1....	2,350 Views / 81 Replies
**** me how many laws did she break? 1. Driving with a suspended license 2. Driving under the influence 3. Carjacking 4. Kidnap and hostage 5. Hit and run 6. Reckless driving 7. Driving in...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 27, 2007 at 12:10 PM, in MacNN Lounge

The 15" also has the OLED screen. Me and my eyes...	741 Views / 6 Replies
The 15" also has the OLED screen. Me and my eyes are tired from the regular LCD screens that lose half their brightness each year.
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 27, 2007 at 05:58 AM, in Mac Notebooks

This looks better. Marion Ravenwood Returns! ...	1,845 Views / 41 Replies
This looks better. Marion Ravenwood Returns! http://www.indianajones.com/site/media/photos/large/070726-photo.jpg
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 27, 2007 at 05:24 AM, in MacNN Lounge

If you're a serious developer, and not some silly...	2,372 Views / 55 Replies
If you're a serious developer, and not some silly pirate who started 20 threads about the same thing, you'd know which are the best apps for disk partitioning and maintenance. I smell a ban coming on...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 27, 2007 at 03:54 AM, in macOS

You didn't get what I said. A lot of what Nolan...	1,845 Views / 41 Replies
You didn't get what I said. A lot of what Nolan has been doing originates from Miller's work. Nolan isn't quite the original genius some make him out to be you know. His camera work and editing for...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 27, 2007 at 03:19 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Incorrect! Frank Miller was the best possible...	1,845 Views / 41 Replies
Incorrect! Frank Miller was the best possible thing that could have happened to the Batman franchise.
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 27, 2007 at 01:54 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Those prices are for brand new parts and...	698 Views / 8 Replies
Those prices are for brand new parts and guaranteed.
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 26, 2007 at 01:01 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I had the same choice. 15" 2.2Ghz Santa Rosa or a...	741 Views / 6 Replies
I had the same choice. 15" 2.2Ghz Santa Rosa or a discount on the old 2.33Ghz model. Barefeats has the 2.2Ghz model coming out faster than the older model and also has a much better GPU, so I'm...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 26, 2007 at 12:59 PM, in Mac Notebooks

So racialist! You know in this era we have to be...	3,249 Views / 64 Replies
So racialist! You know in this era we have to be polite to everyone even if they want to invade your planet, convert you to their belief system, impregnate your daughter and put probes in your anus!
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 26, 2007 at 10:13 AM, in MacNN Lounge

That's racialist against aliens. As a freedom...	3,249 Views / 64 Replies
That's racialist against aliens. As a freedom loving internationalist and intergalactican I believe in equal opportunity for all aliens no matter what their color or origin. We should accept them...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 26, 2007 at 09:12 AM, in MacNN Lounge

This happened to me yesterday after the iTunes...	793 Views / 12 Replies
This happened to me yesterday after the iTunes and Quicktime update. I launched iTunes to test it out and after that no apps could launch (on a G4). I had to reboot and repair permissions with Disk...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 26, 2007 at 05:53 AM, in Applications

Because most files we transfer don't saturate...	1,349 Views / 22 Replies
Because most files we transfer don't saturate Firewire 400's bandwidth let alone 800's or eSATA's. The files that make the difference most noticeable are large video files multiple-gigabytes in size....
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 26, 2007 at 05:02 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

PowerBook Parts, PowerBook Repair, PowerBook...	698 Views / 8 Replies
PowerBook Parts, PowerBook Repair, PowerBook Upgrade, (G4 Aluminum, Titanium, G3 Pismo, Lombard and iBook) (http://www.pbparts.com)
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 26, 2007 at 04:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks

external SATA of course! It has the same data...	1,349 Views / 22 Replies
external SATA of course! It has the same data transfer speed of 3Gb/s SATA-300. It's peak transfer speed is well faster than Firewire 800. The downside is it can't power an external drive so an...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 25, 2007 at 10:51 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

The sensationalist article says "100 stunned...	3,249 Views / 64 Replies
The sensationalist article says "100 stunned onlookers". The video shows about a dozen bored people sky-gazing. Two of them are girls who are more interested in their ice-cream. Am I supposed to...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 25, 2007 at 02:37 PM, in MacNN Lounge

What's the best external drive with an eSata...	1,349 Views / 22 Replies
What's the best external drive with an eSata interface?
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 25, 2007 at 01:03 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

When is this genius going to stop putting a slash...	2,173 Views / 66 Replies
When is this genius going to stop putting a slash between Linux and Unix and figure out costs correctly? I mean, sheesh, after two years he still hasn't seen the big $129 on the huge screen behind...
Posted by Obi Wan's Ghost, on Jul 25, 2007 at 10:44 AM, in MacNN Lounge

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