05-09-2005 22:16									#211
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	05-09-2005 23:27									#213
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	06-09-2005 00:03									#214
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eMule

	06-09-2005 00:18									#215
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a bit cluttered...

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	06-09-2005 00:18									#216
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Ain't nothing wrong with eMule...people who download 50-60GB/mo like myself know which service is best for which type of file.

	06-09-2005 00:23									#217
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	06-09-2005 00:26									#218
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The new firefox icon suxxors big time

	06-09-2005 00:28									#219
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quote: Originally posted by Atahualpa The new firefox icon suxxors big time

It's not a new icon, it's the "unbranded" icon (it's the globe without the fox).

I use nightly builds of Firefox 1.5 (they're called by the codename, "Deer Park", also)

Unofficial builds also have the globe icon.

Only official Firefox builds have them (1.0, 1.5, etc).

	06-09-2005 00:38									#220
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Ah okay, I thought it's the new one. In Ubuntu Gnome AFAIK they also use the globe without the fox. I tried to get the one with the fox, but couldn't find it.

	06-09-2005 00:40									#221
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quote: Originally posted by Asher Ain't nothing wrong with eMule...people who download 50-60GB/mo like myself know which service is best for which type of file.

50-60GB of new software and dll i guess....

	06-09-2005 02:27									#222
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG 50-60GB of new software and dll i guess....

Last month it included lots of Linux distros to try, plus I download lots of anime for the BF and TV shows back when I didn't have cable.

	08-09-2005 00:34									#223
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New iTunes.

Don't know if I like the look yet.

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	08-09-2005 00:37									#224
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agathon is a california girl

	08-09-2005 01:00									#225
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon New iTunes. Don't know if I like the look yet.

I tried it for Windows and was massively impressed.

Not only does it install three new resource-sucking services I'll never use without my permission (Bonjour and iPod Helper and iTunes CD burning), the installer's taskbar name is "QT_INSTALLER_TITLE" and during the process "IDriver.exe" crashed.

Quite an impressive start.

	08-09-2005 01:20									#226
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This is not Klingon blood!

	08-09-2005 01:44									#228
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	08-09-2005 01:45									#229
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Sindarin, Verto?

	08-09-2005 06:47									#230
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quote: Originally posted by Asher I tried it for Windows and was massively impressed. Not only does it install three new resource-sucking services I'll never use without my permission (Bonjour and iPod Helper and iTunes CD burning), the installer's taskbar name is "QT_INSTALLER_TITLE" and during the process "IDriver.exe" crashed. Quite an impressive start.

You're in the wrong business. Someone who can't get their computer to install a simple piece of software that elderly grandmothers have no problem installing is clearly a fool of epic proportions when it comes to computers.

	08-09-2005 06:49									#231
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Asher speaks truth.

iTunes is crap and loaded with useless BLOATWARE

	08-09-2005 06:54									#232
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat Sindarin, Verto?

That particular desktop was labeled as Hobbiton by the creator. I have a set of IIRC 6 different LotR desktops (5 similar to the one pictured above, except they represent Mordor, Lorien, Rohan, etc., another is a landscape shot of Mordor with Orodruin and Barad-dur in the back. I am on the lookout for other high-quality, high-res backgrounds, as well as excuses to put up more folders, external HDs etc on my desktop so I can take advantage of this very cool Tolkien icon set Agathon was kind enough to provide a link to.

I also am working on getting Star Wars, Star Trek and other shows and movies, with corresponding desktops and icons that I would rotate through every couple months.

	08-09-2005 08:06									#233
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quote: Originally posted by Sava Asher speaks truth. iTunes is crap and loaded with useless BLOATWARE

Many people use those things. Bonjour is used extensively over the university's network, and given the size of today's hard drives iTunes is nothing.

	08-09-2005 08:16									#234
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon You're in the wrong business. Someone who can't get their computer to install a simple piece of software that elderly grandmothers have no problem installing is clearly a fool of epic proportions when it comes to computers.

I'm not the person who developed the program, Aggie.

The people in the wrong business would be the Apple programmers.

The "simple" piece of software installed fine, just with some amazing errors that should've been caught (the QT_TITLE bullshit happens on all Windows PCs during install).

This "simple" piece of software is an amazing 32MB to download. Winamp 5.1 full, by comparison, is 6MB and has way more features (including complete video support).

When I start up Winamp, it uses 8MB of memory.
When I start up iTune, it uses:
iTunes.exe: 42MB
iTunes-helper.exe: 1.5MB
iPod Service.exe: 2.2MB
TOTAL: 45.7 MB

Wow.

	08-09-2005 08:19									#235
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon Many people use those things. Bonjour is used extensively over the university's network, and given the size of today's hard drives iTunes is nothing.

There's lots of ethical problems with what Apple is doing:

It never TOLD me it was installing Bonjour, or even what it was. It just did, and it's wasting resources on my system and slows my startup time even though I will never use it.
It never told me it was installing the iPod service. It, also, wastes resources and slows my start up time.
It never told me it was starting these CD burning hidden processes either.

Not to mention it made two quicklaunch shortcuts without asking or notifying me (iTunes and Quicktime), it added a tray program for Quicktime without asking or notifying me, and it doesn't allow me to change where the program installs its shortcuts on my meticulously-kept start menu.

It's a dangerous philosophy, Apple plays all these stupid games and forces **** down our throats.

Can you even download Quicktime without iTunes or vice versa anymore? Good luck finding that out on Apple's site.

What a disgusting company.

	08-09-2005 10:02									#236
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A poor workman always blames his tools.

I've never understood the admiration for Winamp. It is a terrible piece of **** frankly.

	08-09-2005 10:07									#237
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon A poor workman always blames his tools.

I'm not blaming my tool at all, I'm blaming a defective product...a lemon if you will.

quote: I've never understood the admiration for Winamp. It is a terrible piece of **** frankly.

Yes, I absolutely hate how extensible and customizable it is. The fact that it's freeware and doesn't take up much resources is equally terrible.

If only we could all use a resource hog of an application that stealthly installs lots of **** you don't want or need, that takes up massive amounts of screen real estate for a simple task, and doesn't even have a simple "stop" button, and supports features such as WMA decoding but masks them and forces you to transcode them into another format.

	09-09-2005 01:35									#238
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Look, a real 64-bit desktop operating system.

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	09-09-2005 03:34									#239
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Damn! Still can't see it!

	09-09-2005 03:38									#240
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I've never understood the admiration for iTunes/Windows. It is a terrible piece of ****, frankly.

Incidentally, I don't like the new look of iTunes; indeed, the only reason why I downloaded it was so I could get QuickTime 7.

What kind of player doesn't allow full-screen displaying without being forced to pay for it? Heck, WMP, BSPlayer, Winamp, VLC, mplayer2, xine... all of them allow fullscreening.