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Posted: Mar 16 2007 09:32 pm

Valdronius wrote:

jonnymorgue wrote:

depends. How well can do you vector calculus?

I think I failed that section.

And you call yourself a Math Nerd! For shame!!!

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

jonnymorgue wrote:

I wanna dip my BALLS in it!

I'm still waiting for The State to come to dvd. That low-quality quicktime movie I used to have of the Doug at the Last Supper skit didn't cut it.

Posted: Mar 16 2007 11:32 pm

You can probably find a fan-made set on eBay. It won't be perfect, but it'll be better than Quicktime. Why? Because it won't use crappy Apple-affliated software.

Posted: Mar 16 2007 11:42 pm

Quicktime Alternative calls to you, Syd. It's the codec without the bullshit.

Posted: Mar 17 2007 12:21 am

Do they still update it? I've been having a bitch of time finding newer versions of that and Real Alternative.

Posted: Mar 17 2007 01:03 am

I've never had a problem with any .mov files or anything like that. What kind of updates were you looking for in particular, if any? Because to my knowledge it does everything (presumably, playing movies and allowing you to save mp3's that are played with quicktime) you'd want it to do.

Posted: Mar 17 2007 01:49 am

Syd Lexia wrote:

You can probably made a fan made set on eBay. It won't be perfect, but it'll be better than Quicktime. Why? Because it won't use crappy Apple-affliated software.

Why mock QT? Hundreds of applications use QT... sure it's Mac, but did you know that "QuickTime Alternative" uses QT pro licensing (someone said it's quote "without the bullshit"... without the licensing it would be nothing)! Even RealPlayer uses QT playback...

Posted: Mar 17 2007 08:16 am

Well, Real Player kinda sucks. QT does too. Even if QT didn't suck, the fact that you have to download iTunes to get it is fucking annoying.

Posted: Mar 17 2007 10:35 am

Syd Lexia wrote:

Well, Real Player kinda sucks. QT does too. Even if QT didn't suck, the fact that you have to download iTunes to get it is fucking annoying.

Completely agreed.

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That and the alternative(s) don't try to completely take over your machine by putting shit in your system tray or fighting over file associations.

Posted: Mar 17 2007 11:09 am

Honestly, I still use Windows Media Player 6.4. With the Nimo and K-Lite codec packs installed, almost everything will run fine. You still need QT for a few things, but not much.

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

The only reason I have QT is because apple.com usually has movie trailers before other sites, but you need their program to watch them. Thankfully I installed the program before they started mandating a download of iTunes with it. And of course I unselected the option of having their icon in my system tray. So annoying....

I'm all about WMP.

Posted: Mar 17 2007 12:35 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Well, Real Player kinda sucks. QT does too. Even if QT didn't suck, the fact that you have to download iTunes to get it is fucking annoying.

Ummm... no you don't fucktard!

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html

choose the 2nd one... the one that DOESN'T include iTunes...

Posted: Mar 17 2007 12:47 pm

Still doesn't change the fact that Quicktime sucks.

Posted: Mar 17 2007 08:10 pm

I have Quicktime, but I keep all of the non-Quicktime specific files to Windows Media Player. Why? Because it's better than Quicktime, and iTunes, for that matter. (Fuck you, lower case I. Fuck you hard and deep.)

Posted: Mar 17 2007 09:19 pm

I hate AIM because no matter how many times I tell it not to start when I boot up my computer, it still does.

Posted: Mar 18 2007 01:20 am

Seconded.

Posted: Mar 18 2007 12:21 pm

Trillian Get!

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

That's odd, my AIM complies with my selected option of not starting at boot-up - or displaying aim.com when it starts.

Posted: Mar 18 2007 01:15 pm

Cattivo wrote:

That's odd, my AIM complies with my selected option of not starting at boot-up - or displaying aim.com when it starts.

Same here. I've never had any problems with AIM.

Posted: Mar 18 2007 01:55 pm

I never had problems with AIM, but I switched to Trillian anyway. It's just better.

Posted: Mar 18 2007 02:36 pm

Our PC is just shitty anyway... it probably has nothing to do with AIM... hence why I bought the iMac.

Posted: Mar 18 2007 02:47 pm

I've gotta say, Spanky, you're doing a damn good job so far. Keep it up.

Posted: Mar 18 2007 02:59 pm

Char Aznable wrote:

I've gotta say, Spanky, you're doing a damn good job so far. Keep it up.

I agree 100%.

Posted: Mar 18 2007 04:04 pm

Thanks guys, I appreciate the support.