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[02:35]<rrfysus>i mainly use my isight as a mic though
[02:36]<rrfysus>lol
[02:36]<_xl_>damn, big monitors are expensive
[02:36]<wjgcgu>especially TFT
[02:36]<_xl_>yeah, i'm looking for a 20"+ widescreen
[02:36]<_xl_>nothing under $400
[02:36]<rrfysus>Am I the only one who thinks Apple got it EXTREMELY right with .plist files?
[02:50]<_xl_>been dazed and confused for so long it's not ture
[02:53]<duc_y2jjc>omg ben 10 is almost on :)
[02:54]<ffjwnz2zunz>are you kidding me? i paid close to 500 euros for a 17" tft 1.5 years ago... 400$ for a 20" is pretty cheap
[02:55]<fuznnvyffn>dell had their 20" (1600xsomething) on for less than $400 canadian not that long ago. that's about $400 US funds!
[02:57]<fuznnvyffn>they've had the 24" (1920x1200) for $750 recently too ($50 less than I paid)
[02:57]<fuznnvyffn>half the price of the equivelent Apple Cinema displays, and you can file off the Dell logos
[02:58]<zznd->so rad.
[02:58]<zznd->1080p for less than $1000 now.
[02:58]<zznd->where's synd?
[02:59]<_xl_>i hate being a perfectionist
[02:59]<zznd->_hp_: always let down?
[03:00]<_xl_>grey-: yeah.. plus spend countless hours adjusting everything to be pixel perfect
[03:01]<zznd->heh
[03:01]<_xl_>or chaging the background colour form eff5f9 to eff5f8 ten times to see which one looks better on all three displays
[03:05]<_xl_>chumps
[03:07]<_xl_>i can't wait to see the macmac pros
[03:07]<tdt>I wonder what kinda specs they will have
[03:08]<fuznnvyffn>hard to differentiate yourself from PCs, while having a long life cycle
[03:08]<_xl_>four dual-core processors, 32 GB of RAM, 4 TB of storage space, two nvidia quattros and a nice strawberry sundae
[03:08]<_xl_>hm.... strawberry sundae
[03:09]<tdt>heh
[03:09]<usnzusnz>what does View->Actual size do in preview.app?
[03:10]<usnzusnz>it rarely seems to give me 1 image pixel == 1 screen pixel, which is what I'd like
[03:10]<fuznnvyffn>equiv. dpi?
[03:10]<usnzusnz>hm, maybe. dunno where it gets that info from in a generic image, though
[03:11]<usnzusnz>is there a way to get 1:1 pixels?
[03:11]<wjgcgu>http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2006/052906-wireless-security.html - 802.11w
[03:12]<pzjjmyrg_>useruser: try 100% zoom
[03:12]<usnzusnz>egads. mozilla.org -> mozilla.com
[03:12]<usnzusnz>froodian_: how do i do that?
[03:13]<fuznnvyffn>mozilla.com.com, a News Corp. property
[03:13]<pzjjmyrg_>useruser: there's a non-default "scale" toolbar item
[03:14]<usnzusnz>froodian_: excellent, thank you!
[03:14]<pzjjmyrg_>useruser: np :)
[03:20]<wjgcgu>time to cook something
[18:48]<vxgmzsvgzmygmw>synd`: atheros i think
[18:55]<smgm`>Hmm.
[18:55]<smgm`>Is www.mininova.org down?
[18:55]<nwp|xjdn>definitely ahteros in the mbp
[18:55]<rvdrv>no fscking idea, what is mininova?
[18:56]<vxgmzsvgzmygmw>grr
[18:56]<vxgmzsvgzmygmw>does applecare's phone thing not recognize macbook
[18:56]<nwp|xjdn>rattboi: it could be hidden. mouse the mouse to the edges of the screen
[18:56]<nwp|xjdn>"phone thing"?
[18:58]<smgm`>What's XP Pro "Corperate Edition" ?
[18:59]<sxzzcxzv>synd' it is the windows version that you dont have to call in to activate
[18:59]<smgm`>sharkhat: Ah, nice
[18:59]<smgm`>Do I need a key?
[18:59]<sxzzcxzv>synd`: quite nice, yep, i belive you need a corporate key
[19:01]<vxgmzsvgzmygmw>heh
[19:03]<pjjdsjpv>:)
[19:03]<zyzxzzmp>synd`: Volume Licensed edition
[19:04]<zrvv2jy>e1f: thanks, but it's definitely not that
[19:04]<zrvv2jy>I have a key set for show/hide desktop
[19:04]<zyzxzzmp>synd`: a lot of hte publically available keys are banned by Windows Update
[19:04]<zrvv2jy>mouse key, I mean
[19:04]<zrvv2jy>man
[19:04]<zrvv2jy>mouse *button
[19:04]<nwp>i see
[19:04]<smgm`>RichardP: No Windows Update for me
[19:04]<zrvv2jy>it's something that got screwed up when I removed Path Finder
[19:06]<dzugcggdjguv>rattboi: grab TinkerTool ... in the FInder tab, see if "Use the Desktop" is checked or not
[19:13]<nwp>even after hiring ex-apple people, sony manages to screw-up
[19:13]<gudedj>well, apple has never been synonym of business wealthness...
[19:15]<nwp>i mean sony software is third-world class
[19:15]<nwp>so, to catch-up, sony is hiring apple people
[19:15]<nwp>like hoddie, who did qt
[19:15]<gudedj>uh
[19:16]<spyzgpygax>Apple > *
[19:16]<gudedj>sfirefinch - yeah, whatever
[19:17]<gudedj>I think I'm gonna open some kind of
[19:17]<gudedj>'' what apple totally missed wiki ''
[19:17]<spyzgpygax>lol
[19:17]<gudedj>like the quicktime pro thing
[19:18]<gudedj>I just can't understand why you'd have to pay just to get videos in fullscreen
[19:18]<gudedj>..
[19:18]<pzjr2jv>...
[19:18]<spyzgpygax>....
[19:18]<gudedj>why is there an aqua look, a brushed metal one, and the new one that came with itunes/mail
[19:19]<spyzgpygax>Guyzmo: We do what Apple tells us to do.
[19:19]<gudedj>why is there 13pt fonts that just can't be changed, even if you do have good eyes
[19:19]<gudedj>etc... etc.. :)
[19:20]<gudedj>sfirefinch - well, I'm unix-geek since 10 years now, so, I just can't follow blindly Mr Jobs
[19:20]<smgm`>Is there a Universal VNC app?
[19:20]<spyzgpygax>crazy
[19:22]<vxgmzsvgzmygmw>where are my various app prefs stored? like for terminal
[19:23]<spyzgpygax>TheMasterMind1: Library
[19:23]<spyzgpygax>Application Support
[19:23]<vxgmzsvgzmygmw>thanks
[19:23]<nwp>oh, lovely, you can now run a webserver on your nokia. i was afraid of this
[19:23]<nwp>hopefully you will now be able to stream video
[19:24]<-- dvxn|syzzzyus xzs>http://www.bagdadsoftware.de")
[19:24]<drvnd>Guyzmo, RE: looks, grab UNO :)

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