"However, if your reason is just it won't be running OS X, you are a dumb fanboy."
That counterargument only works if you're assuming MacOS X is worse than Windows. Which, as any week's worth of Windows security alerts will tell you, it is not.
You should simply consider the possibility that the best solution to your "problem" is a Mac (Mini), instead of dismissing the folks trying to help you as Macies".
Shouldn't be too hard -- you can set the Display preferences to use 640 x 480 or 800 x 600, so you get a low-res interface for your TV. Finder icons can be displayed at 128 x 128, which is ridiculously huge IMO. And if nothing else, you can use MacOS X's dynamic "Magnify the portion of the screen around the mouse" feature (for the visually impaired) to zoom in even further on your stuff.
Granted, if you're used to running 1600 x 900 or whatever, this is a step backwards, but that's the limitations of using an antiquated NTSC TV instead of a good HD-compatable monitor or widescreen TV.
There is one gotcha: You have to do firmware updates from a Windows machine, and I haven't yet figured out how to keep my Mac from pestering me about them once they're available on Software Update. I'm sure there's a way, but I haven't found the button yet. I'm not at home and can't check it directly, but I believe you simply select the update from the list, then use the menu entry that says "Ignore this item" or somesuch. When you want to re-enable the nagging, use the "Restore all updates" menu item.
Something like that. There are only four or five menus with Software Update, it's easy to check...
What, like more sex and graphic violence and other "adult" situations? No thanks.
Pixar has a great thing going now -- they produce quality movies that the entire family can enjoy together. And they do it without either pandering to kids or boring grown-ups. What would "more adult" Pixar movie bring, other than the novelty factor of CGI blood-n-gore-and-sex?
Fortunately, Lasseter and Jobs realize this, and have already committed Pixar to producing family-friendly movies for the long-term future. And a lot of us would rather have The Incredibles over Kill Bill any day of the week.
Pixar was in the middle of developing a shoddy direct-to-video Toy Story 2 when they realized such a thing would damage their reputation. John Lasseter specifically said, "We didn't want to be known as a studio that did great stuff and crap -- we want it all to be great."
They pushed to make Toy Story 2 a theatrical release, tossed out the stuff they had done so far, retooled the story from the beginning, worked themselves to deliver a quality product, and the rest is history.
Too bad any Disney-produced Toy Story 3 won't have half the love and care that Pixar gave to their movies.
As for the two old men, they're two of Walt Disney's classic "Nine Old Men" animators (whose names I've forgotten). Brad Bird is a big fan of them (they also appeared in The Iron Giant), and he gave them cameos in The Incredibles as a tribute.
Can someone explain to me what is the significance/plot point of "kronos"? As far as I can tell, Mr. Incredible sees it in the cave, then later uses it as a password. But why was it in the cave to begin with?
Seems like a loose end in the plot, which annoys me, because I think Pixar is better than that.
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"However, if your reason is just it won't be running OS X, you are a dumb fanboy." That counterargument only works if you're assuming MacOS X is worse than Windows. Which, as any week's worth of Windows security alerts will tell you, it is not.
You should simply consider the possibility that the best solution to your "problem" is a Mac (Mini), instead of dismissing the folks trying to help you as Macies".
If you ask your wife for a blowjob, and she gives you a copy of Hot Granny Pr0n Action instead, how would you feel?
1. Put Fragbox on kitchen counter.
2. Wife files for divorce.
3. ???
4. Profit!
The same reason the anti-Apple trolls keep regurgitating the same old, tired, worn-out, and incorrect counterarguments.
Same as with any other OS.
The easiest exploit for any malware is through the user.
Shouldn't be too hard -- you can set the Display preferences to use 640 x 480 or 800 x 600, so you get a low-res interface for your TV. Finder icons can be displayed at 128 x 128, which is ridiculously huge IMO. And if nothing else, you can use MacOS X's dynamic "Magnify the portion of the screen around the mouse" feature (for the visually impaired) to zoom in even further on your stuff.
Granted, if you're used to running 1600 x 900 or whatever, this is a step backwards, but that's the limitations of using an antiquated NTSC TV instead of a good HD-compatable monitor or widescreen TV.
Wait... so it's Apple's fault that you had no taste when you bought that butt-ugly monitor you're currently using?
There is one gotcha: You have to do firmware updates from a Windows machine, and I haven't yet figured out how to keep my Mac from pestering me about them once they're available on Software Update. I'm sure there's a way, but I haven't found the button yet.
I'm not at home and can't check it directly, but I believe you simply select the update from the list, then use the menu entry that says "Ignore this item" or somesuch. When you want to re-enable the nagging, use the "Restore all updates" menu item.
Something like that. There are only four or five menus with Software Update, it's easy to check...
This ipod shuffle really is just a "me too" product.
Can we quote you for next year's "iPod shuffle is a runaway smash hit" retrospective?
First post! (maybe)
But no display on the iPod Shuffle? WTF?
Im sorry, did i miss in the constitution where the media has veto power over elected officials?
So, how do you have a democracy without a free press to keep the populace informed of what their leaders are doing?
Yeah, everyone's sick and tired of iPods already.
CDs were not deliberately engineered to be incompatible with vinyl.
I don't see any CD players with a phonograph needle on it, do you?
I got the exploit to work in Safari (1.2.4), but only after (a) trying the test several times, and (b) turning off the built-in popup blocker.
Since I normally run with the blocker active, and couldn't get the exploit to work with it on, I ain't losing sleep over this.
Yes to Nuclear War, but no to the expansions.
(Okay, Nuclear Escalation wasn't bad, but the game jumped the shark with Nuclear Proliferation.)
Every Pixar trailer was panned by someone or another. It's too early to judge Cars just because the trailer wasn't jammed with jokes.
Hell, Pixar could make a blockbuster movie about an animated piece of poo if they set their minds to it...
What, like more sex and graphic violence and other "adult" situations? No thanks. Pixar has a great thing going now -- they produce quality movies that the entire family can enjoy together. And they do it without either pandering to kids or boring grown-ups. What would "more adult" Pixar movie bring, other than the novelty factor of CGI blood-n-gore-and-sex? Fortunately, Lasseter and Jobs realize this, and have already committed Pixar to producing family-friendly movies for the long-term future. And a lot of us would rather have The Incredibles over Kill Bill any day of the week.
Don't worry; Lasseter and Jobs have repeatedly stated they are committed to Pixar producing films that the entire family can enjoy together.
Pixar was in the middle of developing a shoddy direct-to-video Toy Story 2 when they realized such a thing would damage their reputation. John Lasseter specifically said, "We didn't want to be known as a studio that did great stuff and crap -- we want it all to be great."
They pushed to make Toy Story 2 a theatrical release, tossed out the stuff they had done so far, retooled the story from the beginning, worked themselves to deliver a quality product, and the rest is history.
Too bad any Disney-produced Toy Story 3 won't have half the love and care that Pixar gave to their movies.
Okay, that makes more sense.
As for the two old men, they're two of Walt Disney's classic "Nine Old Men" animators (whose names I've forgotten). Brad Bird is a big fan of them (they also appeared in The Iron Giant), and he gave them cameos in The Incredibles as a tribute.
At the risk of incurring spoilers...
Can someone explain to me what is the significance/plot point of "kronos"? As far as I can tell, Mr. Incredible sees it in the cave, then later uses it as a password. But why was it in the cave to begin with?
Seems like a loose end in the plot, which annoys me, because I think Pixar is better than that.
The fans aren't the problem; it's Incrediboy's/Buddy's over-the-top obsessive fandom that was the problem.
Actually, I thought he looked like Homer Simpson with a wig and two feet shorter. ;-)
And Wallace Shawn also did the voice of Rex the Dinosaur from the Toy Story movies.
(bad guy's girlfriend? Did she have a name)
Mirage. And dibs on that voice -- Va-va-va-voom!