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  • Quote: Originally posted by Xool Even with 2x2GHz G5 and an ATI 9800 Pro, some games are too much for 1680x1050 resolution. In these cases, 1280x800 is usually available as a good option. (Damn me and my desire to max out quality settings!) …
    in Widescreen games recommendation? Comment by drumsticks October 2004
  • I just ordered Knights Of The Old Republic anyway. Should get it in a few days. I hope it runs widescreen! I don't know if it is based on the Quake 3 engine like you said... By the way, I just found that by manually editing the Options.ini file i…
    in Widescreen games recommendation? Comment by drumsticks October 2004
  • Thanks a lot for your comments! Cheers!
    in What happens when mail encryption keys expire? Comment by drumsticks September 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by BNOYHTUAWB A good mail programm will indicate that the vertificate was valid at the point in time when you did get the mail. Ah hah! I didn't think of that... That would be good. So, a good mail client compares the …
    in What happens when mail encryption keys expire? Comment by drumsticks September 2004
  • OK. Thanks for that. I use a few different types of keyboards and hate how keys work differently. I'll just have to get used to it.
    in "Home" and "End" keys mapping? Comment by drumsticks September 2004
  • I just checked my Rev B tower, which is supposed to be 8X SD and it also has the A707 firmware. Never tried burning at 8X before as I still have a stack of 4X DVDs unused. I can burn DVD+RW (yes, plus) at 4X no problem when my previous 4X SD (on ano…
    in The SuperDrives in the new G5s Comment by drumsticks September 2004
  • Just got my 20 inch. No problems at all! Walked into local reseller expecting a wait of a few weeks or days at least, but walked out with display in hand and tested it at the store too with no dead pixels! A week now using the display with no …
    in Any problems with AluDisplays yet? Comment by drumsticks August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Jwink3101 The curent safari doens't have any of those. You can get a menu of site after you start typing and there are no icons on the bookmarks bar, only the menu Mine too. Only in the menu, not in the bookmarks b…
    in Easy safar feature we could all use Comment by drumsticks August 2004
  • Can't remember where I read about it, but wasn't Yahoo negotiating with Apple to make Yahoo the default search in Safari?
    in Easy safar feature we could all use Comment by drumsticks August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by reg For best results, use a picture that is 64 x 64 pixels in size. If you use a larger picture, a window appears that lets you resize and crop the image to the appropriate size. Thanks for your reply, reg. I alrea…
    in Change Address Book photo size? Comment by drumsticks August 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Powerdoc Now if you consider a good picutre, a picture with a good compostion worthless to be published somewhere, or to interest others peoples, than the ration drop dramatically You mean "worthy to be published"?
    in What is your photo-taking "success rate"? Comment by drumsticks July 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by MiMac Dunno if you have tried the Great Ocean Road trip from Melbourne to Adelaide, excellent scenery...breathtaking! I flew Adelaide to Perth so missed out on that bit so I'm hoping to get back sometime and maybe t…
    in What is your photo-taking "success rate"? Comment by drumsticks July 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by MiMac I see you're from Australia...beautiful country! I spent a year travelling there and enjoyed every minute Got some first class photos there too. If you're into landscape photography, well, you pretty much have …
    in What is your photo-taking "success rate"? Comment by drumsticks July 2004
  • Totally agree that composition is what matters, but one still has to know the technical bits well enough such that one can focus purely on the composition without thinking about the technical parts. This is where I'm at. I suppose this is where most…
    in What is your photo-taking "success rate"? Comment by drumsticks July 2004
  • VGA is pure analog. DVI can be a either be pure digital, or digital+analog. It also allows pure analog, but as far as I know, nobody uses DVI in this mode. Most often, DVI is pure digital. So, your powerbook analog VGA output will need to be digi…
    in Do VGA to DVI Adapters exist? Comment by drumsticks July 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Whisper Took me a while to figure out what the Gordian Knot was. Love the graphic!
    in Is there a native print resolution? Comment by drumsticks June 2004
  • Wow, thank johnq. That's got to be the best explanation ever. I'll save it for future reference Quote: Originally posted by johnq Actually, the representation of the pixel as a square is an abstraction (for our benefit) as seen in a graphics …
    in Is there a native print resolution? Comment by drumsticks June 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Splinemodel The dots from an inkjet are: 1) circles, not squares 2) put down according to special algorithms Changing the source resolution just changes the way the circular dots are patterened, combined, and over…
    in Is there a native print resolution? Comment by drumsticks June 2004
  • Thanks for changing the thread title. Sorry about that... Quote: Originally posted by Splinemodel and it doesn't matter that the printer output resolution is not a clean multiple. That's what I was hoping for, makes life easier. But I stil…
    in Is there a native print resolution? Comment by drumsticks June 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by eVo Minimum font size. This is badly needed. Currently I have to tweak my Mail plist to not display fonts smaller than a certain size (it already supports it, just needs an option for it in the Preferences). How i…
    in Mail enhancements Comment by drumsticks June 2004