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That's a waste and should be a toggle, imo. ... 3,022 Views / 12 Replies  
That's a waste and should be a toggle, imo.

I'm back using Shiira (webkit) and it doesn't start youtube movies in the background (or even movies lower down on the same page unless you scroll down).
Posted by eobet, on Mar 7, 2007 at 06:23 PM, in Applications
Both me and my girlfriend average about 10-20... 3,022 Views / 12 Replies  
Both me and my girlfriend average about 10-20 tabs a session, and probably half of them have flash animations in the banner ads (or a youtube or two).

But why would this matter, since only one tab...
Posted by eobet, on Mar 6, 2007 at 01:20 PM, in Applications
Why does Firefox idle at 30% CPU on both MB & MBP? 3,022 Views / 12 Replies  
Simple question, really.

I hope the answer is that Firefox is seriously ****ed up on OS X in some way.

Anyone else experienced this or know where I can report it?

EDIT: Saw Bugzilla... what...
Posted by eobet, on Mar 6, 2007 at 06:54 AM, in Applications
Wow, what a beast! So it really takes that... 7,601 Views / 5 Replies  
Wow, what a beast!

So it really takes that much electronics to convert a signal from optical to electrical? Hmm... perhaps it is best to wait for the Slingcatcher then.

Thanks for the tips and...
Posted by eobet, on Feb 27, 2007 at 06:11 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Macbook Pro DVI + Optical to HDMI? 7,601 Views / 5 Replies  
Hello!

I have a DVI connection on my MBP (like everyone, heh) and I know that the audio output is optical...

...so, why haven't I been able to find a one-in-all cable which merges these two...
Posted by eobet, on Feb 26, 2007 at 09:26 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Do you have a source for the "very soon" patch? ... 624 Views / 3 Replies  
Do you have a source for the "very soon" patch?

When I mailed the support a while ago, they said that a patch wasn't on the way at all.

I stopped trying to play it, since I got tired of the...
Posted by eobet, on Jan 16, 2007 at 07:39 AM, in Gaming
Between the PC and MBP exists only the Airport... 1,146 Views / 5 Replies  
Between the PC and MBP exists only the Airport Express network, with WPE2 security.

The Airport Express has been put on .11g mode with no compensation and 24 multicast rate. It's on channel 1 now...
Posted by eobet, on Jan 15, 2007 at 10:26 AM, in Networking
My Macbook Pro is a week 12 Core Duo. My... 1,146 Views / 5 Replies  
My Macbook Pro is a week 12 Core Duo.

My Windows XP machine has this: WEBHALLEN.com [Gigabyte Tr�dl�st N�tverkskort .11g 108Mbps PCI (GN-WPEAG)] (http://www.webhallen.com/prod.php?id=46430)
...
Posted by eobet, on Jan 15, 2007 at 07:51 AM, in Networking
Samba NTFS problems over Airport Express network 1,146 Views / 5 Replies  
I have the following setup:

1x Airport Express connected to 10mbit ethernet broad band
1x Windows XP machine with a 400gb NTFS formatted firewire harddrive + wlan
1x Macbook Pro

(Soon to have...
Posted by eobet, on Jan 15, 2007 at 07:05 AM, in Networking
I don't know if someone has mentioned this or... 62,452 Views / 1,271 Replies  
I don't know if someone has mentioned this or not, but I am praying that I missed the info:

The iPhone can view PDF files, right?
Posted by eobet, on Jan 10, 2007 at 09:02 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Battlefield 2 under Airport Express 647 Views / 0 Replies  
Hello!

Is there anyone here who has a wireless Airport network, and also plays Battlefield 2?

I can't retrieve my old account, but I get the same error message when I try to create a new...
Posted by eobet, on Oct 26, 2006 at 09:55 AM, in Gaming
Just type some letters into any text input box,... 4,554 Views / 64 Replies  
Just type some letters into any text input box, basically. I'm doing it right now... but... it seems to only work on certain sites, like for example, Penny Arcade.

On that site, whenever I type a...
Posted by eobet, on Oct 24, 2006 at 01:07 AM, in Applications
Seems that Firefox 2.0 final is out, and... 4,554 Views / 64 Replies  
Seems that Firefox 2.0 final is out, and immediately I spotted an age old bug:

Typing text in a text input window places the text cursor at the wrong position and degrades the text the longer you...
Posted by eobet, on Oct 23, 2006 at 05:52 PM, in Applications
Well, normally, repartitioning wipes all of the... 879 Views / 12 Replies  
Well, normally, repartitioning wipes all of the contents of both volumes, right? And I'd like to keep the conents of my OS X volume.
Posted by eobet, on Sep 19, 2006 at 08:01 AM, in Applications
I've done it three times now. Every time it has... 879 Views / 12 Replies  
I've done it three times now. Every time it has said that it has removed it, it reboots and every time the XP partition pops up on my desktop again and seems to be fully intact.
Posted by eobet, on Sep 19, 2006 at 07:29 AM, in Applications
How to repartition without loosing data? 879 Views / 12 Replies  
I reinstalled OS X using the disc which came with my MBP and made an XP partition, just in case.

However, now I feel that I don't want to install Windows XP on my machine after all.

But the...
Posted by eobet, on Sep 19, 2006 at 05:15 AM, in Applications
Got MBP back from logic board exchange, CoreDuoTemp now always says 21 degrees 478 Views / 0 Replies  
...and I don't believe that. The computer is cooler, but not THAT much.

I checked the system info on the boot rom and smc firmware and the numbers match the latest ones on Apple's website.

I...
Posted by eobet, on Sep 18, 2006 at 07:16 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Atari800MacX Break Quest Cave Story ... 2,181 Views / 24 Replies  
Atari800MacX
Break Quest
Cave Story
Darwinia
DosBox86-CVS
E-UAE_Intel
FCE Ultra
Hardwood Hearts
Icon
In The Groove Demo
Posted by eobet, on Sep 2, 2006 at 08:38 AM, in Gaming
Holy ****, bump! Not a single one???? 567 Views / 1 Replies  
Holy ****, bump!

Not a single one????
Posted by eobet, on Aug 30, 2006 at 06:33 AM, in Applications
I got the game working now as well, but I did the... 7,766 Views / 23 Replies  
I got the game working now as well, but I did the opposite to what the previous posters have said:
I made sure to OVERWRITE every file from a vanilla PC installation of UT2k4 (note that I didn't...
Posted by eobet, on Aug 27, 2006 at 05:40 AM, in Gaming
Where can I buy Alpha Centauri or Stronghold for OS X? 669 Views / 1 Replies  
Hello!

I'm looking for the games in the title, and I know that they're old, but I came up emtpy on Ebay so I thought I'd ask here (I'm looking for NIB copies, btw... not used ones).

Might as...
Posted by eobet, on Aug 6, 2006 at 06:02 PM, in Gaming
Wait, what? Are you saying that airport networks... 1,634 Views / 12 Replies  
Wait, what? Are you saying that airport networks have higher lag than other wireless networks?

Should I buy a wireless Netgear or 3com router instead?
Posted by eobet, on Jul 31, 2006 at 01:27 PM, in Gaming
Nice grammar and nice motivation as to why I'm a... 1,466 Views / 14 Replies  
Nice grammar and nice motivation as to why I'm a troll.

If you want to do something constructive, like disprove my post, please bring me instructions on how to enable bump mapping and perhaps you...
Posted by eobet, on Jul 16, 2006 at 03:25 PM, in Gaming
Comparison between Call of Duty 2 on XP and OS X? 1,466 Views / 14 Replies  
I'm not at home right now, so I can't get my PC to compare, but I could swear that the XP version of Call of Duty 2 looks a hell of a lot better on high detail than the OS X version!

I'm even...
Posted by eobet, on Jul 3, 2006 at 01:43 PM, in Gaming
I still rely heavily on my Windows machine, but... 1,198 Views / 9 Replies  
I still rely heavily on my Windows machine, but after having bought a Macbook Pro, I feel that I don't want to use it as much. Granted, it took me a week to get used to OS X, and I still feel that...
Posted by eobet, on Jul 3, 2006 at 03:48 AM, in macOS
Does that old Safari come with the webkit?... 3,620 Views / 33 Replies  
Does that old Safari come with the webkit? Because I experience the same thing in Shiira with 10.4.7. An ever so slight stutter when you scroll by at medium speed, and I didn't have that before...
Posted by eobet, on Jun 30, 2006 at 02:33 AM, in Applications
The ability to view PDF presentations and flip... 2,207 Views / 25 Replies  
The ability to view PDF presentations and flip slides with the remote.

(I can't for the life of me understand why the Preview slideshow option doesn't allow for the remote.)
Posted by eobet, on Jun 30, 2006 at 02:31 AM, in Applications
I've never said that I buy expensive hardware or... 1,849 Views / 24 Replies  
I've never said that I buy expensive hardware or am a hardcore gamer. I've only said that because I have a PC, I can. I've also not judged anyone in this thread. Until now...

Let's see, in the...
Posted by eobet, on Jun 29, 2006 at 04:40 AM, in Gaming
Not to derail the thread, since the original... 1,362 Views / 27 Replies  
Not to derail the thread, since the original poster asked for people with retail connections, but I also made the switch because of the ability to install Windows... but even after three months, I...
Posted by eobet, on Jun 28, 2006 at 04:54 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Yup, the two finger mouse scroll does seem to be... 11,657 Views / 179 Replies  
Yup, the two finger mouse scroll does seem to be stuttering for me as well, but only during "mid speed" scrolling (slow and fast scrolling is still smooth).
Posted by eobet, on Jun 28, 2006 at 04:50 PM, in macOS
Three prime examples of OS X users who don't... 1,849 Views / 24 Replies  
Three prime examples of OS X users who don't understand, and I can reply to you all with the same answer:

If my PC or Dell one day lacks a feature for a game I can go out and buy a new graphics...
Posted by eobet, on Jun 28, 2006 at 01:18 PM, in Gaming
You are clearly not a PC gamer, because then... 1,849 Views / 24 Replies  
You are clearly not a PC gamer, because then you'd know that a good gaming PC has always, and will always be faster than any Mac. Not even when the iMac was just announced and not when the Mac Pro...
Posted by eobet, on Jun 28, 2006 at 07:15 AM, in Gaming
So the updates to OpenGL that the latest WoW... 11,657 Views / 179 Replies  
So the updates to OpenGL that the latest WoW patch mentioned it would take advantage of didn't make it in? :(
Posted by eobet, on Jun 28, 2006 at 07:02 AM, in macOS
Good for you. The whine increased when I put my... 733 Views / 5 Replies  
Good for you. The whine increased when I put my new memory in.
Posted by eobet, on Jun 28, 2006 at 07:00 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Do Wacom enabled drawing apps which are UB exist yet? 567 Views / 1 Replies  
I know ArtRage is on the way, but I don't really like that app (I'm a designer, not an artist).

Photoshop is on the way............................... in a year.

I have no idea about Painter or...
Posted by eobet, on Jun 26, 2006 at 07:36 PM, in Applications
Either I'm completely drunk, or that was just... 955 Views / 14 Replies  
Either I'm completely drunk, or that was just added...



At least I highlighted some other bugs now... any chance of my posts being restored and the posts wrongfully attributed to be fixed?
Posted by eobet, on Jun 26, 2006 at 07:33 PM, in Feedback
MAJOR forum hiccup, why hasn't there been an announcement? 955 Views / 14 Replies  
A few weeks ago I lost my user on the MacNN forums. It was really weird because when I searched for my username, it turned up 0 posts, yet when I went to the thread where I knew I had posted, I saw...
Posted by eobet, on Jun 26, 2006 at 05:28 PM, in Feedback
http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/06/24/1420251.shtml 6,089 Views / 26 Replies  
http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/06/24/1420251.shtml
Posted by eobet, on Jun 25, 2006 at 01:40 PM, in macOS
Solution to Airport Express/Ethernet rounter network problems! 561 Views / 2 Replies  
SUCCESS! I just got off the phone with one of the head printer engineers at Hewlett Packard. The basic problem was that BOTH the Belkin router and the Airport Express were supplying IP addresses via...
Posted by eobet, on Apr 6, 2006 at 06:08 PM, in Networking
Airport Extreme network problems 561 Views / 2 Replies  
I can't get my Airport networked computers to see the network printers, even after upgrading to 10.4.6. From various threads here, it looks like other people have been able to. What did you do to...
Posted by eobet, on Apr 6, 2006 at 03:00 PM, in Networking
Airport Express still won't work with 10.4.6 2,116 Views / 22 Replies  
Hi,

I've been going thru the thread. My MacBook won't see my Laserjet 6MP (connected thru JetDirect) using any of the above methods - Appletalk (active on Airport but not on Ethernet) or IP...
Posted by eobet, on Apr 4, 2006 at 11:40 PM, in Networking
 
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