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by Kriista
December 13, 2007, 11:20 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple Aluminum Keyboard function key wierdness.
Replies: 0
Views: 737

Apple Aluminum Keyboard function key wierdness.

So I got an iMac for xmas and its pretty amazing and all that, but the keyboard function keys are killing me. They moved the volume/next/pause buttons over, and left 7 perfectly useful function keys devoid of...functions. I've looked, but from what I've seen the volume keys are not remappable? I saw...
by Kriista
October 31, 2007, 1:33 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: TV-Links owner arrested..
Replies: 9
Views: 1014

Re: TV-Links owner arrested..

Great read: http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2007/10/when-pigs-fly-death-of-oink-birth-of.html For quite a long time I've been intending to post some sort of commentary on the music industry - piracy, distribution, morality, those types of things. I've thought about it many times, but never gone throug...
by Kriista
October 23, 2007, 12:13 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: TV-Links owner arrested..
Replies: 9
Views: 1014

Re: TV-Links owner arrested..

OiNK is gone now as well... http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/20071023.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/7057812.stm British and Dutch police today shut down the world’s biggest source of illegal pre-release chart albums and arrested a 24-year old man in an operation coordi...
by Kriista
October 20, 2007, 4:58 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: TV-Links owner arrested..
Replies: 9
Views: 1014

Re: TV-Links owner arrested..

ovguide.com

thats like a 'mother' site, you can search from there all the video sites, and it has a (constantly) updated list of video streaming sites

openflv.com is pretty nice too, very simple/clean (no bombardment of ads)
by Kriista
October 20, 2007, 11:51 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: TV-Links owner arrested..
Replies: 9
Views: 1014

TV-Links owner arrested..

http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9066/TVLinks+Shut+Down%2C+Owner+Arrested%21 Probably the most popular video streaming site around has been busted by UK authorities. It's a sad day for streaming video fans everywhere as news has been reported that TVLinks has been shut down and the owner, a 26yo man fr...
by Kriista
September 18, 2007, 12:57 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Fatass forced to buy second ticket
Replies: 45
Views: 3099

Re: Fatass forced to buy second ticket

i dont think its an issue of obesity, as im sure really tall people run into problems on planes as well. its that when you buy a ticket, your paying for transport of a person, not for a specific amount of space its unfortunate to get sat next to a really fat person, or a smelly person, or a rude per...
by Kriista
September 18, 2007, 8:31 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Fatass forced to buy second ticket
Replies: 45
Views: 3099

Re: Fatass forced to buy second ticket

so does that mean you buy a ticket for the amount of space you are going to take up? ie, could 2 really skinny people share a seat?, or how about 2 normal people, one sitting on the others lap. i dont think you should be able to charge fat people for 2 tickets unless it goes both ways, and skinny pe...
by Kriista
September 9, 2007, 5:59 am
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: Music Production software
Replies: 10
Views: 2307

Re: Music Production software

It depends on the music you want to make. If your using lots of midi or virtual instruments, ProTools is a little lacking in that department. Protools is the standard for audio recording, as most of the work is done by the hardware, and not by your computer. However, I don't think this is the case w...
by Kriista
August 3, 2007, 8:39 am
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: VV musicians
Replies: 5
Views: 1317

Re: VV musicians

my original move to mac happened for the same reason years ago, i wanted to buy a good laptop, for music the mac laptops are pretty solid, fullfeatured etc.. i still use my PC(desktop), but 99% of my music i do on my laptop the other nice perk of macs are that it comes with garageband, which is supe...
by Kriista
July 20, 2007, 6:10 pm
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: VV musicians
Replies: 5
Views: 1317

VV musicians

ive noticed that a lot of VVers are musicians are any of you professional musicians?(or at least aspire to be) any webpages/musicmyspaces? heres my webpage/myspace: http://www.rodrigoconstanzo.com http://www.myspace.com/rodrigoconstanzo and my old band(broke up when i moved to the UK) http://www.mys...
by Kriista
May 30, 2007, 6:37 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Earth's Greatest Lawsuit
Replies: 21
Views: 1485

Re: Earth's Greatest Lawsuit

the difference is, most people who preach anti-religion just dont want it in their lives(or politics), where as religious preaching works the other way around
by Kriista
May 30, 2007, 10:28 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Earth's Greatest Lawsuit
Replies: 21
Views: 1485

Re: Earth's Greatest Lawsuit

ive never been a fan of the whole idea of trading 'salvation' for food/medicine in general, but that book you mentioned seems very interesting from the blurb/reviews on amazon it depends on the level of churchiness your brought up with, i wasnt brought up too christian, we did go to church every wee...
by Kriista
May 29, 2007, 9:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Board Upgrades
Replies: 87
Views: 55278

Re: Board Upgrades

i had some wierd probably with the old board, that on my mac/safari i had to disable java-script to be able to view posts, that doesnt happen with this new board, so i dig it
by Kriista
May 27, 2007, 11:31 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Earth's Greatest Lawsuit
Replies: 21
Views: 1485

Earth's Greatest Lawsuit

http://www.earthsgreatestlawsuit.org/ what a great idea, i hope they have good follow through in reading/watching OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS of stuff on scientology, it really brings up the difficulty in distinguishing between a religion and a cult it just seems like lingo for popular opinion...
by Kriista
May 25, 2007, 5:07 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Mode/Router Firmware question
Replies: 6
Views: 783

You guys sold me. I had internally resigned to that, but I figured I'd ask incase there was something glarinly easy I hadn't tried.

Thanks for the suggestions/help.
by Kriista
May 25, 2007, 3:44 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Mode/Router Firmware question
Replies: 6
Views: 783

Mode/Router Firmware question

I recently got vigin broadband, it came with a normal(cable) modem. I still have my old Westell Versalink 327W that I had when I had bellsouth as an ISP. After some preliminary tests I figured I couldnt just use it as a router, but after some more googling it turns out you can. Now, I'm not very goo...
by Kriista
May 17, 2007, 8:20 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Joost beta
Replies: 16
Views: 1682

thanks for the invite, unfortunately it doesnt work on non-intel macs, i guess ill install it on my PC once i have that up and running again

so from you people that have it, is it channel based, like watching it live, or do you pick individual show/episodes and watch those?
by Kriista
May 17, 2007, 4:34 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Personal Political Candidate Selector
Replies: 94
Views: 5565

maybe its rigged!, i got the same ideal candidate as both of you, with obama 2nd
by Kriista
May 16, 2007, 4:44 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Censorship is alive and well on XM Radio
Replies: 97
Views: 10135

if enough people cancel their account, they will rethink their policy, and if it means getting their subcriptions back, theyll reinstane, and even appologize i would think

they are in business to make money, not keep their pride
by Kriista
May 16, 2007, 4:42 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Joost beta
Replies: 16
Views: 1682

it looks nice, probably the 'future' of tv(not joost specifically, but the delivery method), i wonder what they will do about revenue/license built in ads before vids? banners? i saw people giving away invites on another forum, sadly i dont post on there so i wasnt about to chime in for one someone ...
by Kriista
May 16, 2007, 1:39 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Censorship is alive and well on XM Radio
Replies: 97
Views: 10135

it would be ineterseted to see a class action suit brought to XM for breach of contract, or misleading advertisment or something along those lines
by Kriista
May 16, 2007, 1:08 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Censorship is alive and well on XM Radio
Replies: 97
Views: 10135

i didnt mean it as a perfect analogy, just one to clarify the discrepancy. i dont care/follow radio at all, but arent there online/free radio worth listening to? i think that were in an transitional period where itll all become bullshit commercial radio/tv, but that will just create the alternative ...
by Kriista
May 16, 2007, 10:51 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: NASA says it has proof that Dark matter exists
Replies: 20
Views: 2616

I only know this because my wife now works at virgin, but behold: apparantly as part of their training they are told that branson is the most famous man in america, i wonder who they polled for that http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3693020.stm Virgin boss in space tourism bid The deal will see a ...
by Kriista
May 16, 2007, 7:15 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Censorship is alive and well on XM Radio
Replies: 97
Views: 10135

as much as i think its assy to fire/suspend all these people, it has nothing ot do with freespeech or cencorship, they are private companies, and free speech doesnt apply there if you invite someone into your home, and they start talking about how kickass the pope is, or how satan is going to fuck y...
by Kriista
May 14, 2007, 7:07 pm
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: 'other' music, revisited
Replies: 0
Views: 906

'other' music, revisited

there was a thread like this a few years ago, i think now with youtube/myspace itd be easier to find the groups/artists mentioned so heres a few this first bit is all the same group, rather, different side projects of the same pool of musicians 'Zs' being the 'main' band, the other 2 being members o...
by Kriista
May 11, 2007, 11:12 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Face off - Does God Exist?
Replies: 37
Views: 2893

as well as those 2 on the left of refuting their BS, they shouldve had some logicians up there,
after the christian presentation, they shouldve just debunked it with only 30seconds of their alloted time, then sat down, and shame them with how empty their argument is
by Kriista
May 7, 2007, 11:43 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Streaming TV/Movies and more
Replies: 11
Views: 1420

ive been using that for a while, no banners or anything like that for me, but im on a mac using safari with adblock

i also reccomend ovguide.com

its updated pretty often, it has all the video sites, so when one stops working, i go there for another one
by Kriista
April 8, 2007, 9:03 am
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: Alanis Morissette - My Humps
Replies: 4
Views: 1365

i saw it and i couldnt believe it, i think its tacky as hell, like when jewel did her sexy 'parody' video

it stinks of anti-anvertisement ads, how to sell out on your looks, while trying to retain credability
by Kriista
March 25, 2007, 9:15 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Inland Empire
Replies: 3
Views: 694

its a david lynch movie, so i have no clue what its about, heres the uk site with a trailer

http://inlandempire.co.uk/
by Kriista
March 23, 2007, 10:11 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Inland Empire
Replies: 3
Views: 694

Inland Empire

going to see it on tuesday here in the UK, dont know if its out yet in the US or if its coming out soon

itll be my first lynch movie seen in the theatre, the rest have been on DVD, im excited
by Kriista
March 3, 2007, 9:53 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Science of Sleep
Replies: 1
Views: 311

i was really looking forward to it, i enjoyed it but it was a little disappointing it was as if you took the good stuff out of eternal sunshine, and left the disfunctional love story, and instead of memory, its dreams his imagery is beautiful(gondry) but without kaufmans writing, (it seems) it just ...
by Kriista
February 8, 2007, 2:05 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Interesting stuff about food in America
Replies: 23
Views: 1677

yeah, my bad 99p as in pence, and im going by non converted, as minimum wage in both countries is roughly the same, i was going relatively, but in OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS of cases, even when considering conversion, the prices are still cheaper(in the grocery store, this is the case) also, ...
by Kriista
February 8, 2007, 12:02 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Interesting stuff about food in America
Replies: 23
Views: 1677

now, ive only been living here a week or so, so im going to a small crosssection but cheese(fresh mozzarella), is 59p for a big ball of it, in miami, i was paying around 6$ for 3-4 of them, in water, at a publix ciabotta(sp) bread, 19p each here, in miami, 60c+ or so each creamcheese, 40p, miami 1$ ...
by Kriista
February 7, 2007, 2:27 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Interesting stuff about food in America
Replies: 23
Views: 1677

having just immigrated to the UK, i can say that the food prices here are laughably lower than in the US. I lived in miami FL, and shopped at publix, the large chain supermarket there, here in manchester england, the price of everything, from milk, to cheese, to bread, to meat etc... is all a fracti...
by Kriista
October 29, 2006, 2:18 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple's Fairlplay code cracked
Replies: 54
Views: 4857

I didn't propse how it would be done, nor would I care how it's done. I'm not in the business of business, I'm in the business of buying. When I walk into macdonalds, I don't want to hear why their pricepoints, and marketshare, and markup etc... won't make it feasable for them to sell boca burgers, ...
by Kriista
October 27, 2006, 3:36 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple's Fairlplay code cracked
Replies: 54
Views: 4857

i never claimed anything i said was anything other than opinion my initial statement was that i thought that itunes wasnt a worthwhile service, and offered a pricepoint that i thought it would be as far as facts go, who posted how you dont understand how the itunes DRM works, or rather, how you woul...
by Kriista
October 26, 2006, 8:04 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple's Fairlplay code cracked
Replies: 54
Views: 4857

"I have yet to find a reason to make more than 7 copies of my music, so I haven't had any need to circumvent the DRM. Therefore I don't find it intrusive. Also, the vast majority of my music was purchased on compact disc. " so if you do lose or break your 7 copies, will you rebuy the mp3? ...
by Kriista
October 26, 2006, 6:49 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple's Fairlplay code cracked
Replies: 54
Views: 4857

"As for DRM, I'm undecided on that issue. I think some sort of security is necessary and if it's not too intrusive, I don't see much of a problem." You just mentioned not a few posts up how you circumvent it, or condone its circumvention in its fairly light itunes incarnation by burning un...
by Kriista
October 26, 2006, 6:11 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple's Fairlplay code cracked
Replies: 54
Views: 4857

"Making personal copies of legally purchased music is not illegal. " it is according to the RIAA and the DRM you agree to in downloading songs from itunes your allowed only 7 playlist burns then your DRM expires for burning and thats that, from that point on, youd be 'stealing' from the ar...
by Kriista
October 26, 2006, 4:45 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple's Fairlplay code cracked
Replies: 54
Views: 4857

"Anyone with half a brain can figure out how to make unlimited copies of songs downloaded from itunes. " what, illegaly?, circumventing the DRM, the artists rights, and itunes', according to your posts, well earned money? "Theft is theft. " im not rationalizing stealing anything,...
by Kriista
October 26, 2006, 4:05 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple's Fairlplay code cracked
Replies: 54
Views: 4857

from the itunes help: If your playlist includes songs that were purchased from the iTunes Store (iTunes 4 only), you can only burn 7 copies of the same playlist to an audio CD. If you can't burn a CD that contains purchased songs, make sure you haven't tried to burn the same playlist 7 times. Additi...
by Kriista
October 26, 2006, 3:37 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple's Fairlplay code cracked
Replies: 54
Views: 4857

"Nothing is preventing you from burning your ITunes purchased music onto a 15 cent CD. So the advantages of going to a store and purchasing a CD are moot. " this would be a valid argument if you could play it on any number of computers(the mp3 file) and burn any numbers of cds (which you c...
by Kriista
October 26, 2006, 3:00 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple's Fairlplay code cracked
Replies: 54
Views: 4857

dont know what kind of music you listen to, but although itunes may have one of the biggest(the biggest?) it is still skinny in OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS of non mainstream genres being a musician myself i dont think music is worthless, far from i did a quick google but couldnt find the artic...
by Kriista
October 26, 2006, 1:18 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple's Fairlplay code cracked
Replies: 54
Views: 4857

Just like anything else, ipods have alternate OSs that will run/play any files ive even seen a video of a video clip playing off of a nano http://www.rockbox.org/ i was looking into this stuff briefly to see if it would be worth while running on my nano to play files not supported by the ipod (i had...
by Kriista
July 12, 2006, 5:10 am
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: tool is cute and all....
Replies: 9
Views: 1721

tool is cute and all....

havent really looked at the music section in a while and whenever i do its OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS of same ole to recap a year or more old post of posting odder/interesting music, esp with the advent of youtube/videogoogle, here are a few current fav: the bad plus: 3 pieces art/jazz group,...
by Kriista
February 5, 2006, 6:28 pm
Forum: Everquest General Discussion
Topic: eq1 offline emulation?
Replies: 0
Views: 1559

eq1 offline emulation?

does anyone know of a decent eq1 emulation(just oldschool zones)
that you can play without being online?

looking to dable some oldschool looking around and i dont have an internet connection where i live
much more, i dont really want to go online, as id not want to risk getting too into it again
by Kriista
February 5, 2006, 6:20 pm
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: original eq midi files?
Replies: 2
Views: 802

hmm
i guess the theme and maybe the main nostalgia zones, kelethin, CS otters, etc..

do you happen to know somewhere where i could get them all?
i only remember wanting to hear a few, but im sure all are nostalgia city
by Kriista
February 5, 2006, 2:17 am
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: original eq midi files?
Replies: 2
Views: 802

original eq midi files?

does anyone have a link or have the zip with the original eq mids
i went looking on the net and had a heluva time tracking them down

in a mood for some nostalgio
by Kriista
May 31, 2005, 3:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: mac safari VV problems?
Replies: 14
Views: 1465

mac safari VV problems?

havent browsed through the boards in about a month or so i headed back here day before yesterday and everything looks fine in a topic until the page finishes loading, then everything disappears(text/pictures etc..), the only thing that seems to stay is quotes nothing like this happened before can an...
by Kriista
January 12, 2005, 12:34 am
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: if your into experimental music/art
Replies: 0
Views: 414

if your into experimental music/art

finally got my webpage up and running with decent content its a 3 piece group, 2 musicians and 1 artist http://www.failurearcofbeauty.com if your gonna check out something DL one of the videos as its the best way to really see what it is i reccomend vanilla sky or almond at http://www.failurearcofbe...