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    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of OMG! weatherman OMG! weatherman
    08:34 AM

    In reply to Kindle App For BlackBerry Is A Stupid Idea
    So last week it was "I have no beef with reading ebooks on a mobile phone" and this week it's "stupid"? And you want publishers to give away digital editions with physical copies, but you disapprove of people reading those digital copies on a Kindle or Nook or a phone? I'm just not sure what you're arguing any more.

    I think people should be able to read on whatever device they find convenient and comfortable. I've read books on my PDAs and phones since the age of the Palm III, and I'm not alone. So it seems like a pretty smart move for Amazon to put their reader on as many platforms as possible. And I'm sure that Kindle owners who also have Blackberries will appreciate the WhisperSync - I know I do.
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    Image of Odin Odin
    05:59 AM

    In reply to I Can't Believe It Took Us This Long
    Poor PC is so unfairly represented in these adverts. Just once I want to see him punch Mac in the face and point out his flaws for a change.
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    Image of jinushaun jinushaun
    01:46 AM

    In reply to I Can't Believe It Took Us This Long
    Why? People have been waiting for this? The Snow White and Lego stickers make much more sense. This is pointless.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    12/17/09

    In reply to I Can't Believe It Took Us This Long
    Really?
    What's the point of having a Macbook if you're gonna make it fugly by stuffing crap like that on it's back?
    I mean, that LEGO interacting with Apple's logo was neat. This is just horrible. Maybe a nice fanboy id tag though.

    But oh well, I'm a PC user... what do I know about beauty, right?
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    12/17/09

    In reply to VLC for Mac Might Die, Unless You Save It
    It was a godsend for subtitled shows, but then I installed Perian and it worked better, in Quicktime, and displayed subs with the formatting they were supposed to have - just like VobSub on PC.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    12/17/09

    @fuchikoma: Also, if you visit the link, it says that the only crisis is not really a lack of man power to develop it fully, but a lack of man power to keep the UI on the Mac version updated, especially seeing as it's coded in Objective-C.

    They're making a complete rewrite of the interface called Lunettes, apparently. Looks very "media-centric" so far... [wiki.github.com]

    But I'm more intrigued by this line:

    Finally, we have a few issues, since Apple doesn't want us on the Mac platform and is blocking us a lot, and refuses to explain why.

    I wonder why Apple would have such an interest in doing that. Maybe it's not Apple, but the new tools of code that's blocking the libraries?
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    12:11 AM

    @(Starman) Starman: Lunettes doesn't look too bad... I was surprised how VLC on Mac is mostly like Quicktime on Mac, yet on Windows, it's like it was designed by someone who had never seen video player software before.

    I wonder about the blocking comment too... I could see if they got frustrated if their program broke every time a major OS revision dropped. That makes sense too since so many Mac programs require the newest OS version if you're going to get the newer program version... of the same program with the same features.
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    Edited by fuchikoma at 12/18/09 12:11 AM fuchikoma was starred fuchikoma was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/17/09

    In reply to I Can't Believe It Took Us This Long
    He should have wrote this, left to right.

    "I'm A PC"

    "But I Use A Mac"
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    Edited by Jrsy Devil's Advocate® at 12/17/09 2:53 PM Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    12/17/09

    In reply to I Can't Believe It Took Us This Long
    Hilarious.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    12/17/09

    In reply to I Can't Believe It Took Us This Long
    Did he just imply that he's Justin Long? Why would you want to want to be Justin Long when Hodgman looks so much more happy and friendly? Look at him, he's smiling and waving. Justin is just staring into the distance with a soulless look in his eyes. As I think about it he could be one of the children of the corn. I think he's reading my thoughts... he's going to kill me I think.
    Nooooo, stop it!
    Don't hurt me please!
    .
    .
    .
    Wait a second what was I talking about?
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    Edited by Xeno at 12/17/09 2:36 PM Xeno was starred Xeno was unstarred
    Image of Xagest Xagest
    12/17/09

    @Xeno:
    Getting some pot from Justin Long
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/17/09

    @Xeno: It's ok, Justin Long doesn't even use an iPhone. At least that's what Die Hard told me.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    12/17/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Well if there's a lesson to be learned about life it can be found in Die Hard somewhere. For example if you kill some bad guys their shoes rarely fit you. Think about it... OK you don't have to if you don't want to.
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    12/17/09

    In reply to I Can't Believe It Took Us This Long
    Isn't this the equivalent of a personalized license plate that repeats the kind of car it is (i.e. a guy driving a Porsche Cayman that has the plates "Porsche" or "Cayman") ?

    Lame.
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    Edited by DustyButt™ at 12/17/09 1:43 PM DustyButt™ was starred DustyButt™ was unstarred
    Image of RT100 RT100
    12/17/09

    @DustyButt™: extremely
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    12/17/09

    @DustyButt™: Even lamer is a corvette I saw with the license plate "OMG FAST".
    It was an instant facepalm.
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    Xeno promoted this comment psychiccheese was starred psychiccheese was unstarred
    Image of dingus dingus
    12/17/09

    @DustyButt™: Research has shown that a guy with "MY M3" plates is rocking a level of smug 60% greater than someone in a Prius with a minimum of 2 Obama stickers.
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    Edited by dingus at 12/17/09 2:01 PM dingus was starred dingus was unstarred
    Image of _BrianD_ _BrianD_
    12/17/09

    @dingus: If I could give you five stars for that comment, I would. Well here: *****.
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    DustyButt™ promoted this comment _BrianD_ was starred _BrianD_ was unstarred
    Image of Xeno Xeno
    12/17/09

    @psychiccheese: That's kinda funny actually. Mine says ROXORZ just to confuse everyone.
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    Image of bainelaker bainelaker
    12/17/09

    @DustyButt™: the two plates I see around here that make me cringe are "3.5 GPA" and "DADSMNY". There IS, however, an old-ass Mustang rolling around with "PWNY". That's pretty great.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/17/09

    In reply to I Can't Believe It Took Us This Long
    As if the glowing logo didn't say it enough :P
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 12/17/09 1:24 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of GuardianX99 GuardianX99
    12/17/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: well to be fair I think it is more a play on the fact that a Mac IS a PC.

    Mac = macintosh

    PC = Personal Computer

    Macintosh = Personal Computer

    I think that is the joke...
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    DustyButt™ promoted this comment GuardianX99 was starred GuardianX99 was unstarred
    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    12/17/09

    @GuardianX99: Yeah, I agree... That's supposed to be a shout out to Macs, but it slaps itself in the face when you really read it.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    12/17/09

    @GuardianX99: Agreed, "I'm a Mac" "He's a PC"...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/17/09

    @GuardianX99: I think the joke was shut up!
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    Image of GuardianX99 GuardianX99
    12/17/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: DAMN, i thought it was 'ur mom' I'm so confuse!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/17/09

    @GuardianX99: "Your mom" is played out man, just like your mom.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/17/09

    In reply to VLC for Mac Might Die, Unless You Save It
    That stinks. But then again, I don't program.

    So maybe Apple should consider throwing their $30B weight behind supporting more formats.
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    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    12/17/09

    In reply to VLC for Mac Might Die, Unless You Save It
    Sad news, I think VLC is great and have never had problems with it. Some of you complained about the UI, perhaps I am blind, but I have been using VLC for a long time on both Mac and Windows and I didn't notice any major UI changes?
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    Image of mike.m mike.m
    12/17/09

    @Coolmodo: Anyone complaining about the UI is probably an apple/quicktime fanboy. VLC can easily be skinned. They have skins to emulate quicktime, windows media player, or whatever you want it to look like.
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    Image of blash blash
    12/17/09

    In reply to VLC for Mac Might Die, Unless You Save It
    I used to love VLC. Then they screwed with their UI. Now I use CCCP and Media Player Classic for almost everything.... plays AVI's and MKV's just fine, even if I need to screw with VobSub to change subtitles instead of being able to do it within MPC. I keep VLC around for network streams but that's about it.
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    Image of clR3vv clR3vv
    12/16/09

    In reply to VLC for Mac Might Die, Unless You Save It
    If anyone has used quicktime on mac. You know you need VLC. hahah
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    12/16/09

    In reply to VLC for Mac Might Die, Unless You Save It
    Sorry VLC but I abandoned you along time ago. You handle files like a champ, but your UI is one of the worst out there.
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    Image of PacJack360 PacJack360
    12/16/09

    @macpatrik: I used to be in love with VLC, then I found out about codec packs
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