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  • Quote: Originally posted by curiousuburb Good on you, tonton. I remember June 4th. ah, but (to bring this thread crashing back to comic-dom) do you remember the fifth of november?
    in Spider-Man 3 Comment by rok March 2006
  • my use of month was my guess as to how many new episodes they probably have in a single month (three weeks on at four episodes a week... aren't they still off fridays? and a week of re-runs). so i was just guessing that a multi-pass would get you ab…
    in Apple iTunes to sell monthly subscription to shows Comment by rok March 2006
  • hey, it's Moderator Deathmatch! Five million Quatloos on the newcomer!
    in Vista Experience: ha ha ha ha ha Comment by rok March 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by Kickaha Gene, they're using 'subscription' differently than other digital media, and more like the traditional paper media use of the term. That's all. exactly, and a good comparison. If you subscribe to a year o…
    in Apple iTunes to sell monthly subscription to shows Comment by rok March 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by Chris Cuilla Interesting. If I am paying for something...there better not be...ever. I already detest the expanding advertising pre-show at the theaters. yeah, i've already become annoyed that g4's x-play, which…
    in Apple iTunes to sell monthly subscription to shows Comment by rok March 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by Relic Why would you go without food like that I don't understand, what message could you possibly convey other then; hey look at me I'm a liberal nut. ghandi would be so proud, that liberal nut.
    in Spider-Man 3 Comment by rok March 2006
  • bottom right. always visible, 16x16 icon size, NO ALIASES, so it ONLY shows running apps and minimized windows. heck, at that size, you can't see the "application running black triangle" anyway. I then use Dragthing to be by app launcher slide-out d…
    in Where do you put your dock? Comment by rok March 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by groverat Hopefully Apple drops 10.5 with CableCard support and a beefed-up Front Row, but even if they do it will be obvious that they are just (yet again) following. it used to be a joke that Apple served as Micro…
    in Vista Experience: ha ha ha ha ha Comment by rok March 2006
  • just a brief follow-up, .mac's support team got back to me, and wow! they were thorough with the advice. they told me two different ways to accomplish what i wanted, and even reviewed my account to tell me what the calendars were. thanks lundy! i…
    in Where does iCal hide its ics's? Comment by rok March 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by Mac_Doll I currently use FileVault and have had no issues... Placebo darling, is that empathy I hear? Look, I'm not demonizing or trashing Windows users, I used to be one, sweetie. And in order to label a group dr…
    in Vista Experience: ha ha ha ha ha Comment by rok March 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by Placebo As an avid Penny-Arcade reader, I can confirm that the comic in contention makes little to no sense and is not funny. well, that just clears everything up. i'll hearby revoke my laugh when i first saw it.
    in I love Penny-Arcade Comment by rok March 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by lundy I could not find my calendar files on my iDisk, even though they are viewable through iCal. I drew the conclusion that they are stored separately on dot-mac, perhaps to avoid permissions issues with the dot-ma…
    in Where does iCal hide its ics's? Comment by rok March 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by lundy Published iCal calendars are stored on your iDisk (unless you specifically stored it on your own custom WebDAV server). If you still have the dot-Mac account, that is where it is. You can subscribe to it at…
    in Where does iCal hide its ics's? Comment by rok March 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by LiquidR http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/ These guys always make me bust a gut. amazing, penny-arcade's conversion to the mac side (that's what today's comic was about) has effectively done to THEMSELVES what t…
    in I love Penny-Arcade Comment by rok March 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by JohnnySmith Hopefully this means that the new movies will be darker overall. Get Venom and Carnage in there, they were the only characters that made me interested in spiderman comics when i was a kid anyways. The fi…
    in Spider-Man 3 Comment by rok March 2006
  • okay, not sure if anyone said this, but this had to be the funniest unintentional humor part of the mac mini/front row part of their website: Quote: Make grandma cry with photos from graduation. yep. what a tagline, huh? "apple products - mak…
    in Apple unveils Mac mini Core Duo Comment by rok February 2006
  • i am beginning to get the feeling that there are way too many announcements being rumored to get devoted time to each. so what we may get is, rather than an item-by-tem breakdown, we get a bird's eye view of the mac media landscape. ipod add-ons (ip…
    in New special edition iPod, other accessories may arrive soon Comment by rok February 2006
  • messiah, i know you said the hard drive isn't sleeping, but i'm still willing to bet that, especially if you have any external drives, they have spun down because they were not being used, and then must "wake up" whenever you activate a save dialog …
    in Why is my Quad so slow? Comment by rok February 2006
  • Quote: Originally posted by JavaCowboy Wow! Nice attempted troll there, buddy! Comparing my carefully considering arguments with a fsck'ing ambulance chaser isn't specious, it outright fallacious and just plain false, not to mention, short-sigh…
    in 1 Billion brilliant charming customers - Heh. Comment by rok February 2006