Fullscreen QuickTime playback is supported by the Pro (pay-for) version of the QuickTime Player application on both Mac and Windows platforms. It has always bugged me that they split QuickTime into 2 versions a number of years ago, the free one having most of the functionality disabled.
Video Lan Client http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ is a very good program, that offers a lot of features Quicktime's free version does not.
I recently pulled some of my old analog keyboards (Korg Poly 6, Roland JX3P) out of storage to compare them to emulated VST versions that have been released over the last year or so. What a difference... sure you can program the same patches on both versions, but there is no comparison from a sonic standpoint and nothing compares to a bank of knobs and switches that you can actually grab with your hands instead of tweaking with a mouse.
Of course there are advantages like being able to save a patch with the track you are working on but I think one of the great things about the old synths was that they forced you to be spontaneous... they sounded different every time you turned them on!
One of my proudest video game moments was rolling the score on Defender (rolled at 1,000,000 as I recall). Many a roll of quarters went into practising this game while skipping out of high-school. It was a hard game to master but definately one of the most adrenaline charged ever.
There is nothing that compares to a bicycle for efficiency of transport. I ride 60-100km most days and the only fuel I require is a protein shake (aprox. $1.00) and a couple of bottles of water. Positive physical side-effects aside, there is nothing more enjoyable than passing some Bicycling Science, Third Edition reading weenie on his tricked out, rarely ridden road bike!
BTW, true geeks ride recumbants! (those ridiculous looking Lazy-Boy contraptions)
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Do we really want to wake up the Martian Organisms?
ummm, try cmd-x (cmd = apple key).
Fullscreen QuickTime playback is supported by the Pro (pay-for) version of the QuickTime Player application on both Mac and Windows platforms. It has always bugged me that they split QuickTime into 2 versions a number of years ago, the free one having most of the functionality disabled. Video Lan Client http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ is a very good program, that offers a lot of features Quicktime's free version does not.
I recently pulled some of my old analog keyboards (Korg Poly 6, Roland JX3P) out of storage to compare them to emulated VST versions that have been released over the last year or so. What a difference... sure you can program the same patches on both versions, but there is no comparison from a sonic standpoint and nothing compares to a bank of knobs and switches that you can actually grab with your hands instead of tweaking with a mouse. Of course there are advantages like being able to save a patch with the track you are working on but I think one of the great things about the old synths was that they forced you to be spontaneous... they sounded different every time you turned them on!
Don't you have anything better to do than check Slashdot posts for typos?
One of my proudest video game moments was rolling the score on Defender (rolled at 1,000,000 as I recall). Many a roll of quarters went into practising this game while skipping out of high-school. It was a hard game to master but definately one of the most adrenaline charged ever.
I'd wager my geek time per pound(kg?) is higher than yours though.
There is nothing that compares to a bicycle for efficiency of transport. I ride 60-100km most days and the only fuel I require is a protein shake (aprox. $1.00) and a couple of bottles of water. Positive physical side-effects aside, there is nothing more enjoyable than passing some Bicycling Science, Third Edition reading weenie on his tricked out, rarely ridden road bike! BTW, true geeks ride recumbants! (those ridiculous looking Lazy-Boy contraptions)