Could use some words

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoDGszd8CNo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdP_vJ0FT7g
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/brazilsemi
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198143939478
https://sites.google.com/site/brazilvsgermanywebtv/classroom-news/brazil-vs-germany-live-stream
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547
1 beep = no RAM installed
2 beeps = incompatible RAM types
3 beeps = no good banks
4 beeps = no good boot images in the boot ROM (and/or bad sys config block)
5 beeps = processor is not usable

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Are you asking about image size as it is saved, or as placed on the page?
With older RIPS it was common to want to save images at the correct dimensions so when placed at 100% they would have the correct resolution. This was to reduce processing time. Today that is less of an issue and it is not at all unusual to scale images in the InDesign layout. (I'm talking raster here -- vector objects can be scaled almost infinitely.)
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SuperMarioNES wrote:
i recently brought iphone 4 apparently you need snow leopard for your mac to work so i went to best buy brought snow leopard i tryed installing it my mac saids i need to upgrade my ram so for me to have my iphone 4 i need to do these things my question is if i make an appointment in the apple store genus bar how quickly do you guy think they can resolve this issue meaning a few min to a few hours or days please could use some advice also if you happen to know a work around that would be appreciated
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understand that just buying anothe HV20 would solve the problem, but I can't afford that right now,
so I'm etiehr stuck only shooting with 2 cameras or wasting the time of converting to use the 3rd
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The simple most direct route is to dub (or convert) your odd camera to the base camera's format (or convert everything to a single format). It's not a waste of time at all; simple and immediate and solves everything.
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We've got ourselves a sick server/application and I'd like to gather a little community advice if I may. I believe the evidence supports a memory leak in my application somewhere and would love to hear a second opinion and/or suggestions.
The issue has been that used memory (as seen by FusionReactor) will climb up to about 90%+ and then the service will start to queue requests and eventually stop processing them all together. A service restart will bring everything back up again and it could run for 2 days or 2 hours before the issue repeats itself. Due to the inconsistant up time, I can't be sure that it's not some trouble bit of code that runs only occasionally or if it's something that's a core part of the application. My current plan is to review the heap graph on the "sick" server and look for sudden jumps in memory usage then review the IIS logs for requests at those times to try and establish a pattern. If anyone has some better suggestions though, I'm all ears! The following are some facts about this situation that may be usefull.
The "sick" server:
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-server -Xss10m -Dsun.io.useCanonCaches=false -XX:PermSize=192m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -XX:+UseParNewGC -Xincgc -Xbatch -Dcoldfusion.rootDir={application.home}/../ -Dcoldfusion.libPath={application.home}/../lib -Dcoldfusion.dotnet.disableautoconversion=true
What I believe a "healthy" server graph should look like (from "good" server):
And the "sick" server graph looks like this:

@AmericanWebDesign, I would concur with BKBK (in his subsequent reply) that a more reasonable explanation for what you’re seeing (in the growth of heap) is something using and holding memory, which is not unusual for the shared variables scopes: session, application, and/or server. And the most common is sessions.
If that’s enough to get you going, great. But I suspect most people need a little more info. If this matter were easy and straightforward, it could be solved in a tweet, but it’s not, so it can’t.
Following are some more thoughts, addressing some of your concerns and hopefully pointing you in some new directions to find resolution. (I help people do it all the time, so the good news is that it can be done, and answers are out there for you.)
Tracking Session Counts
First, as for the observation we’re making about the potential impact of sessions, you may be inclined to say “but I don’t put that much in the session scope”. The real question to start with, though, is “how many sessions do you have”, especially when memory use is high like that (which may be different than how many you have right now). I’ve helped many people solve such problems when we found they had tens or hundreds of thousands of sessions. How can you tell?
a) Well, if you were on CF Enterprise, you could look at the Server Monitor. But since you’re not, you have a couple of choices.
b) First, any CF shop could use a free tool called ServerStats, from Mark Lynch, which uses the undocumented servicefactory objects in CF to report a count of sessions, overall and per application, within an instance. Get it here: http://www.learnosity.com/techblog/index.cfm/2006/11/9/Hacking-CFMX--pulling-it-all-togeth er-serverStats . You just drop the files (within the zip) into a web-accessible directory and run the one CFM page to get the answer instantly.
c) Since you mention using FusionReactor 4.0.9, here’s another option: those using FR 4 (or 4.5, a free update for you since you’re on FR 4) can use its available (but separately installed) FusionReactor Extensions for CF, a free plugin (for FR, at http://www.fusion-reactor.com/fr/plugins/frec.cfm). It causes FR to grab that session count (among many other really useful things about CF) to log it every 5 seconds, which can be amazingly helpful. And yes, FREC can grab that info whether one is on CF Standard or Enterprise.
And let’s say you find you do have tens of thousands of sessions (or more). You may wonder, “how does that happen?“ The most common explanation is spiders and bots hitting your site (from legit or unexpected search engines and others). Some of these visit your site perhaps daily to gather up the content of all the pages of your site, crawling through every page. Each such page hit will create a new session. For more on why and how (and some mitigation), see:
http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2006/10/4/bots_and_spiders_and_poor_CF_perfo rmance
About “high memory”
All that said, I’d not necessarily conclude so readily that your “bad” memory graph is “bad”. It could just be “different”.
Indeed, you say you plan to “look for sudden jumps in memory usage“, but if you look at your “bad” graph, it simply builds very slowly. I’d think this supports the notion that BKBK and I are asserting: that this is not some one request that “goes crazy” and uses lots of memory, but instead is the “death by a thousand cuts” as memory use builds slowly. Even then, I’d not jump at a concern that “memory was high”.
What really matters, when memory is “high” is whether you (or the JVM) can do a GC (garbage collection) to recover some (or perhaps much) of that “high, used memory”. Because it’s possible that while it “was” in use in the past (as the graph shows), it might no longer be “in use” at the moment .
Since you have FR, you can use its “System Metrics page” to do a GC, using the trash can in the top left corner of the top right-most memory graph. (Those with the CFSM can do a GC on its “Memory Usage Summary” page, and SeeFusion users can do it on its front page.)
If you do a GC, and memory drops q lot, then you had memory that “had been” but no longer ”still was” in use, and so the high memory shown was not a problem. And the JVM can sometimes be lazy (because it’s busy) about getting to doing a GC, so this is not that unusual. (That said, I see you have added the Xincgc arg to your JVM. Do you realize that tells the JVM not to do incremental GCs? Do you really want that? I understand that people trade jvm args like baseball cards, trying to solve problems for each other, but I’d argue that’s not the place to start. In fact, rarely do I find myself that any new JVM args are needed to solve most problems.)
(Speaking of which, why did you set the – xss value? And do you know if you were raising or lowering it form the default?)
Are you really getting “outofmemory” errors?
But certainly, if you do hit a problem where (as you say) you find requests hanging, etc., then you will want to get to the bottom of that. And if indeed you are getting “outofmemory” problems, you need to solve those. To confirm if that’s the case, you’ll really want to look at the CF logs (specifically the console or “out” logs). For more on finding those logs, as well as a general discussion of memory issues (understanding/resolving them), see:
http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2010/11/3/when_memory_problems_arent_what_th ey_seem_part_1
This is the first of a planned series of blog entries (which I’ve not yet finished) on memory issues which you may find additionally helpful.
But I’ll note that you could have other explanations for “hanging requests” which may not necessarily be related to memory.
Are you really getting “queued” requests?
You also say that “the service will start to queue requests and eventually stop processing them all together”. I’m curious: do you really mean “queuing”, in the sense of watching something in CF that tells you that? You can find a count of queued requests, with tools like CFSTAT, jrun metrics, the CF Server Monitor, or again FREC. Are you seeing one of those? Or do you just mean that you find that requests no longer run?
I address matters related to requests hanging and some ways to address them in another entries:
http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2010/10/15/Lies_damned_lies_and_CF_timeouts
http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2009/6/24/easier_thread_dumps
Other server differences
You presented us a discussion of two servers, but you’ve left us in the dark on potential differences between them. First, you showed the specs for the “sick” server, but not the “good” one. Should we assume perhaps you mean that they are identical, like you said the JVM.config is?
Also, is there any difference in the pattern of traffic (and/or the sites themselves) on the two servers? If they differ, then that could be where the explanation lies. Perhaps the sites on one are more inclined to be visited often by search engine spiders and bots (if they sites are more popular or just have become well known to search engines). There are still other potential differences that could explain things, but these are all enough to hopefully get you started.
I do hope that this is helpful. I know it’s a lot to take in. Again, if it was easier to understand and explain, there wouldn’t be so much confusion. I do realize that many don’t like to read long emails (let alone write them), which only exacerbates the problem. Since all I do each day is help people resolve such problems (as an independent consultant, more at carehart.org/consulting), I like to share this info when I can (and when I have time to elaborate like this), especially when I think it may help someone facing these (very common) challenges.
Let us know if it helps or raises more questions. :-)
/charlie

Could Use some help...

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import java.io.*;
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happy fun ball, still legal in 16 states!
[C@119c082
[C@1add2dd
[C@eee36c
[C@194df86
[C@defa1a
so I suppose you can already see my problem here. Now I put a println in myString. it was in the left(int n) function, just before the return statement. It printed "happy fun ball", so it worked. It was a good report.
when I return it, though, it gives me some hexadecimal number with a crazy symbol in front of it.
What throws me off more is that my get function works fine, and when I use it it shows a normal report.
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Sorry if I seem to be rambling, its late, and I want to sleep :)

hmm..
I tried making one(which unfortunatly resulted in my direct use of the string class, rather than like an extra. I was hoping to avoid it), but it didn't change anything. Now I think I did something wrong, or perhaps I'm calling it wrong.
will it automatically get used if I do something like System.out.println(myString.left(5));?
Or do I have to get the left method to return a string?
and why does get() work correctly?
This whole thing is confusing me a lot, because it seems so inconsistent. I think its just evry language's deep, personal hatred for me :)
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Hello all.
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If anyone can help me on this I can probably tackle the 2nd website solo.
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-D

Hi David.
Thanks for the reply. I am definitely moving the right direction.
I have changed my extensions but the video will still not play remotely. It does play locally.
Here is my new code
<video controls width="448">
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I'm thinking I have a MIME type issue as I read this article online.
Here is a link
http://diveintohtml5.org/video.html
It's a great website for anyone looking to understand how to create and export video to html5.
Anyway here is the section of article I'm interested in.
What’s the proper MIME type? You’ve already seen it; it’s part of the value of the type attribute on a <source> element. But setting thetype attribute in your HTML markup is not sufficient. You also need to ensure that your web server includes the proper MIME type in the Content-Type HTTP header.
If you’re using the Apache web server or some derivative of Apache, you can use an AddType directive in your site-wide httpd.confor in an .htaccess file in the directory where you store your video files. (If you use some other web server, consult your server’s documentation on how to set the Content-Type HTTP header for specific file types.)
Can anyone tell me how to change my MIME type? I can see my .htaccess.html file and I tried adding in
AddType video/ogg .ogv
AddType video/mp4 .mp4
AddType video/webm .webm
But the server will not let me upload the new .htaccess file. So I cannot change it.
I'm using GoDaddy and have complete admin rights rights as far as I can tell.
Again. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Never owned a Mac, thinking of buying a Mac Pro, could use some advice...

Hey guys,
I know this was a lot to read, but I sincerely hope someone will take the time to answer my questions:
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Now I’m an IT guy, so I have a pretty atypical setup at home. I’m currently running both Windows and Linux on all my computers. Rather than dual boot or use virtualization software I have a pretty intricate system in which I use a product called Acronis Trueimage to experiment with operating systems. What I do is perform a a clean install on an operating system, tweak it as needed for security and to use resources on my LAN than back up the customized OS install to a server a an image file. I have pre-built images for XP, Vista, Ubuntu and OpenSuSE that I can roll out to one of my machines in an average of 15 minutes whenever I get the urge to switch operating systems. I also serve all my data off a NAS box, so since data and OS are kept separate on the network I don’t have to worry about erasing something when I swap between Linux and Windows (as loading an image literally destroys the previous OS install).
So you can see I’m pretty highly specialized. I even have things down to the point to where I have custom images for specific purposes. For instance I have one XP image customized for development, one XP image customized for gaming, etc. Naturally if I got the Mac Pro I’d like to have the freedom to create a similar set of custom OS deployment images (Windows, Linux and OSX) for it as well. In researching the Mac Pro I have some concerns my current system might not work if I go that route. Am I correct in assuming that in order to run an alternative operating system on a Mac I’ll have to run boot camp or something like it? Or upon unboxing my Mac and tweaking Leopard will I be able to use disk imaging software to make a backup image of my preinstalled Leopard hard drive and then do a clean install of Windows XP or Ubuntu and set it up to function like a PC? I guess I’m asking if it’s possible (now that Macs are Intel-based) to run Windows or Linux exclusively on the Mac hardware?
Also I have some concerns about the proprietary nature of the Mac platform. From what I can gather in my research it seems the hardware is pretty locked in. One area that has me really concerned is gaming. I pretty much use Ubuntu exclusively at home for productivity and web surfing. However I still like to load that XP image every now and then to play some games on the LAN with my buddies. I’m not a fan of virtualizing for gaming because of the obvious performance hit you take, so I’d have to be able to run Windows XP free and clear. Also I checked Nvidia’s site and I see no OSX drivers listed there for their cards. Under the Windows platform they are always releasing driver updates to squeeze more game performance out of your card. What if I want to upgrade my video card? How do drivers work on OSX? Does Apple just integrate drivers for just a few specific video cards into the OS? Will I be stuck only able to pick from a handful of video cards approved by Apple?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can offer advice!
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Hi Zeus
I may be able to answer some of your questions. And sorry in advance if this sounds like yet another of those "religious conversion" stories
I'm a software developer/architect, mostly doing Microsoft .NET/C#/Web Services coding. I'd been a loyal Microsoft guy since I started on the original IBM PC back in the 80's. Like a lot of people (or so it seems) I just got fed up with Microsoft's high-handed and self-important ways. More importantly, the company always seemed to be lagging behind technically. Looking at beta versions of Vista did not bode well for the future - it just seemed awful. When Vista came out it it was the last straw - I just could not get enthusiastic about this bloated, slow, mess of an operating system. I really hated it. Still do. Even with a top-spec machine, Vista didn't run in the snappy, responsive way it I thought it should. Nothing seemed well thought out.. yuck!
Then, by chance, I was staying for a few days with somebody who had a Mac. Now, for years and years I not even considered Macs as remotely serious machines. My only experience of them was in the late 80's when somebody at work had one. He took delight in pushing a floppy disc into the machine so that it would respond "Ah, it's so big!". Great, just a toy. Not for serious programming work. So, encountering Mac OS X Tiger on my friend's iMac was something of a shock. It was so responsive, clean and elegant. When you turned it on it only took about 30 seconds or so for the thing to be ready for use, etc, etc.
Long story short, I bought an iMac, then a newer, bigger, faster iMac, then a MacBook Pro and now I have a Mac Pro. I still have to work with Windows to do my .NET-related day job. But 95% of the time I work on the Mac using various VMWare virtual machines. I can switch between Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP in a few seconds and still be working in a Mac environment. And the performance of running Windows inside VMWare is even better than on my dedicated top-spec Windows laptop! I have a selection of virtual machines to choose from and, because these virtual machines are just files, I can back them up, revert to saved copies, etc. I've tried Bootcamp but it's much less convenient and performance inside the virtual machines is never an issue (although I don't do any gaming). So, you could keep virtual machines on your NAS box or local Mac hard drive.
With regard to graphics drives, etc. I've never had any problems whatever in this respect. For example, when I installed Windows XP on VMWare it automatically recognised all my hardware (including some obscure audio interfaces, USB-based MIDI interfaces, etc.) and made it available. I must admit that when I was new to the Mac I expected to have driver issues, but never have had... So, my guess is that you'll be able to run all your Windows and Linux distros on the Mac without too many problems.
You mention Apple's hardware as being "locked-in". I don't think that's the case. Certainly the consumer Mac models like the iMac can't be upgraded (by you or me) internally, expect for memory. The Mac Pro though is very easy to upgrade - though there may be some limitations with regard graphics cards.
Re your questions about graphics card drivers. Yes, these come with OS X in just the same as as with Windows. Because I've also used the card that comes "with the box" this has not been an issue for me. However, unless you get a Mac Pro you can't swap-in your existing graphics card. And even then I think you may find restrictions. However, other, more knowledgeable Mac users on this forum may have other thoughts.
Overall though, the experience of using the Mac in terms of software is very much the reverse of Windows - the OS is very open and well documented. It really is an IT person's dream machine - so much to fiddle around with (particularly if you know anything about Unix!). Unlike Microsoft who charge a FORTUNE for their development tools, Apple give them to you for free. And very good they are too!
Finally, one bit of advice. If you are considering buying a new Mac, join the Apple Developer Connection scheme as a Select member. It'll cost you around $400 to join but they give you a hardware discount for Apple-store purchased items that will save you a ton of $$$'s - absolutely definitely worth doing.
Hope this helps (and good luck)!
Russ

Looking to purchase a MacBook Pro - I could use some advice.

Hello everyone,
First, a little background on my current situation. I recently started a new job working at a high school as a techie. This school has just over a 2:1 ratio of Mac:PC. The college I attend, however, is a 90/10 PC-oriented organization, as well as my education was, so I have had little exposure to the Macintosh or its evolution over the years. However, due to the disappointment of Windows Vista, and my growing appreciation for the Mac OS, I am becoming attached to Apple products. Seeing as I work in a mostly Mac environment, and how much trouble me and my colleague had imaging a computer lab this week, I figure a MacBook would be a perfect asset to myself and my job. As a result, I am currently researching the possibility of purchasing a refurbished MacBook Pro.
Unfortunately, my research has casted some doubts as to the recent validity of Apple's products. I have read various complaints about the MacBook and MacBook Pros. These complaints include such topics as overheating, sharp edges on the trackpads, Magsafe power adapters failing and/or MELTING, faulty display screens, insanely loud fans, rude "Mac Geniuses," and other issues.
I WANT to buy a Mac. I used to think of them as comical and childish (see: rainbow of iMacs), but I now realize they are a fantastic tool. Sure, they're still a corporation like Microsoft, but Apple at least tries to give its customers some freedom and security (this point can be debated, but that is not a discussion for here). And also sure, getting the Mac OS to work on a "PC" is daunting at the least. But the Mac is more than just software. It's the SuperDrives, the thin profiles, the included FireWire 400 and/or 800, and more.
The first and last laptop I bought was an Alienware (yes, I bought into their propaganda...), and it was a disappointment from day one. The battery lasted about an hour while watching a movie. The fans ALWAYS ran, loudly I might add, which got worse as it aged (the BIOS had no fan control settings...). The trackpad was garbage. The computer got extremely hot. Recently, at around Thanksgiving, I believe the power supply failed - this laptop is worth nothing but a paper weight now, since I refuse to pay to have it repaired (it's out of warranty). Basically, I have vowed to never buy from that company again. The most likely company I would buy another laptop from would be Dell, because I have purchased two desktops from them with no serious (better yet, any) issues at all. Yet, with the failings of my Alienware, I am hesitant to purchase another PC laptop. With a PC tower, if you don't like how a part performs, you can replace it reasonably cheap. Not with a laptop, and certainly not with an Apple product. In most cases, especially if you squirm at the thought of voiding your warranty, like me, third-party product replacement is not an option. That's why I want to be reasonably sure an Apple product will remain in acceptable (or at least in a reasonably-costing repairable) condition for many years.
I know you fellow forum readers are not salesmen - you're better. You're actual users of these computers with real life experiences to share. So, please. Take a moment of your time and share your experiences with me. Bust the myths. Disprove the faults. Debunk the words of liars and people-who-may-never-be-satisfied. Deflate the over-emphasis on hardware issues. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
PS: I do have some specific questions, though.
1. How would you rate the capabilities of the onboard video of the MacBooks in relation to playing today's games? Not super high-end 3D graphical games like Half-Life 2, Doom 3, or Bioshock. I'm talking games like Dawn of War, Homeworld 2, etc. I read on Intel's website the graphics chipset has a stock 64 MB capacity, always taken up by Mac OS (80 MB, according to Apple). However, it can share memory with system RAM up to a total theoretical limit of 256 MB video-devoted memory. How does this compare to, say, the MacBook Pro's dedicated 128 MB Nividia card? Intel claims their chipset works well with 3D applications, but I'm not so sure...
2. Is a glossy finish on the display really worth the glare, or does the matte finish blur the picture too much? I've briefly used a new MacBook with a glossy finish. In my school's overhead florescent lights, the glare is almost unbearable.
If I think of something else, I will post it.
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M. Miller wrote:
Unfortunately, my research has casted some doubts as to the recent validity of Apple's products. I have read various complaints about the MacBook and MacBook Pros. These complaints include such topics as overheating, sharp edges on the trackpads, Magsafe power adapters failing and/or MELTING, faulty display screens, insanely loud fans, rude "Mac Geniuses," and other issues.
I've never encountered any of that in the several Mac machines I've worked with/owned. Most of my friends have MacBooks and MacBook Pros, and none of them have even had to call tech support, let alone have major software issues.
A couple of things you should really remember.
1. These boards make the products look disproportionately faulty. Most of the users on this board are users because something broke or crashed, they went to the Apple tech support page and clicked on the link to the forum. Accordingly, you'll see lots of "OMG APPLE *****!!11//"posts from people who are emotionally torn up about their poor crashed hard disk (and I certainly sympathize). If you surveyed Apple users on the whole, and the University of Michigan did, you'd find they're extremely satisfied. UM's customer satisfaction survey has put Apple as the highest customer satisfaction computer company for something like five straight years.
2. Problems and glitches do exist, but they're the least here. Yes, some people do get faulty power cords. But not as many as get them with HP, Dell, etc. I've always had at least a few glitchy things with my PCs (I've had several Dells and an Acer), but never with a Mac. My current MBP has shown no faults whatsoever.
M. Miller wrote:1. How would you rate the capabilities of the onboard video of the MacBooks in relation to playing today's games? Not super high-end 3D graphical games like Half-Life 2, Doom 3, or Bioshock. I'm talking games like Dawn of War, Homeworld 2, etc. I read on Intel's website the graphics chipset has a stock 64 MB capacity, always taken up by Mac OS (80 MB, according to Apple). However, it can share memory with system RAM up to a total theoretical limit of 256 MB video-devoted memory. How does this compare to, say, the MacBook Pro's dedicated 128 MB Nividia card? Intel claims their chipset works well with 3D applications, but I'm not so sure...
I've been impressed with the GeForce graphics chip. 256 MB of VRAM is fine for me, I don't know about heavy duty 3D work, but for basic gaming (AOE, COD 2, Halo , HP) it works fine for me. As a matter of fact, it was either PC World or PC Magazine that marked the MBP the fastest gaming laptop a few months ago. At 144 frames per second, it was their top performer. Apple's spin here.
M. Miller wrote:2. Is a glossy finish on the display really worth the glare, or does the matte finish blur the picture too much? I've briefly used a new MacBook with a glossy finish. In my school's overhead florescent lights, the glare is almost unbearable.
That's completely a question of personal preference. If I was in an office with can lights all day, I might go for the glossy finish. Since I use my computer in the car quite a lot, though, I went with the matte and I like it. Quite rich and sharp. Especially if you get the high-res option (which I didn't), it's fine.

Very new to flash, could use some help

Sorry the title isn't too descriptive, couldn't really think what to put there.
Anyway, i'm making an 'interactive map' for a game I play. I have the map itself, if was given to me by the game developers, but what i'm trying to do is place points on the map that, when clicked, present a menu that allows them to select an item to be placed. (In this case, the item would be an image.)
The reason for this, is the game is a third persons hooter and has turrets on the map that you can build, i'd like to make something for everyone to easily be able to share turret strategies, and thought this would be the best option. I've only used flash once or twice, and that was about a year ago when I was in college, so I don't really remember anything useful.
Thanks in advance.
PS: Another way I've thought of doing this was having the points be 'snap' points for the images, and having a menu that spawns the turret images on the map that can be dragged by the users to the 'snap' points of the map. Which way would be easier to accomplish, do you think?
PPS: Would it be hard to give users a way to save their map so they could link it to other people? Or perhaps something like some Flash Games have where they can copy a code and give it to people to input into the flash app/game, the code lets them view exactly what the original person was viewing.

Make those turret images as symbols, say a movie clip.
and now you can build a menu in movie clip when clicked on it.

Memory timings... I could use some help here!

I have a MSI K8T NEO FIS2R board. For long time I suffered serious system instability... due to bad memory. Anyhow, yesterday I got me some GEiL memory, 2x 512MB of PC3500 memory (type 433 Ultra DDR KHS)
Guess what? I can't get the system to run stable. I guess it has something to do with timings, although I don;t know how to set them.
Can perhaps anybody help me?
My other components should be good (strong PSU, enough cooling etc).

hmmm odd, I'm usually running at FSB 210 and higher X 11 modifier (3400+) and have a SATA RAID 0 array with no problems whatsoever.... guess It's just my time to have some good luck come my way, karma or something all my other pc's were Intel's, had good and bad luck....blew a P4 & a P2 mobo (Intel) that were not that old or abused...lost 2 WD HD's for no apparent reason, a Maxtor 60 got bad sectors when it was pretty new (OEM), 17" monitor blew out (MAG) when 17's were pretty new and $$$$$, gone thru too many mice to count, made plenty of coasters with a cruddy burner after I replaced my old Lite-On (tried a Optorite, it sucked...replaced that with another Lite-On (most common rebadged-labeled/faceplated/slightly modded FW burners around (Sony/TDK etc)), had 2 Nvidia GeForeces replaced (luckily just had to pay for s&h), 3DFX went out 3 times on me... Flightstick Pro's springs snapped so many times that CH practically knew me by name.. had a Zoom external modem that needed repair.. Power supply graveyard.... I could go on but I'm sure anyone who's been with computers for over 25 years (started on a 4k TRS-80 with awesome tape player for sound!) could probably relate.... I held out against AMD for so long but thought WTH, it was originally a new HT P4 to replace my old P4 1.7 I was piecing together on newegg when I thought try the AMD, and luv my jet black speed demon... sorry was long-winded there but I'm totally stoked on this system.. Call of Duty is so fast MP with 64 players at 1600x1200x32 6x Aniso + 16x Antialiasing maxed to the teeth card & games.. I've yet to find a game to slow it down. Now with a 6mb DSL connection vs my ditched 1.5 yakoo for the same price (I live really close), I get the full BW & 3 static ip's to top it off (Blahoo charges too much for just 1 static ip, I had dynamic)... just felt like blabbing for a few
As for the Geil mem, try upping the mem voltage..I use 2.75...try as someone said CPU-Z and auto settings and see where they go vs. the advertised ratings. Often people add 1 to Ras to Cas as was mentioned on Mushkin's site for AMD64's... I've read complaints about Geil but also good, so I dunno. Same for Corsair, Kingston etc... Add to the settings and then fine tune them, same rule of thumb for overclocking. It can get frustrating 'tho I know. I posted much on the Mushkins just because they worked right outta their cases at 2-2-2 at 400... Why the they stopped with the BH5's I have no idea... I got mine just in time as they were gone the next day or at least the true Black Hi-Perf Level II's except for 2700's & I knew the paired packs were the new "2-2-2 Specials" BH6's (also supposed to be good, just don't O/C as well). I've seen em on Ebay for alot of $$$. DDR2 is just around the corner, we'll have to see... This system was the easiest to set up and the funnest to play around with to see what it could do (I still often make changes just for the heck of it even 'tho it's rock solid already) vs. all the Intels I've built for others & myself in the past (nothing against Intel)... actually the P2-450 was also easy, just not so much fun..notihng like BSODs when you make slight changes to make things tedious pretty fast. This AMD just acts a little funny when it's not quite right.. Donno, maybe Buddha helped pick out the parts from the warehouse or something........ :hypecrite: I wish ya luck 'tho & hope you get it cruising asap.. deja vu!!

Could use some help on PSE6 vs. iPhoto

I'm not interested in starting a thread of just preferences between PSE6 and iPhoto (or any other utility for that matter). What I am interested in is some feature comparison that can help me decide which (if either) to use to organize my photos.
Some of my photos are in iPhoto and others are not. I'm in the middle of a cleanup of my Mac and getting the photos organized is part of the journey. I'm a little frustrated looking at iPhoto data files since I get data, the images, thumbs and, in some cases, a folder caller "originals". It seems I have a bit of work to find which file goes with which iPhoto entry.
My config already has PSE6. I also have CS2 on my PC laptop.
A friend said he uses Bridge and, in his case, an organizer from Nikon (his camera manuf.). I happen to have a couple small Canon's.
Any general guidelines for deciding on the best strategies for organizing and should/could PSE6 play a role?
Thanks

I read your post on another thread about picking Bridge or iPhoto, but not both. As you mentioned, with iPhoto integrated with other OS X apps it probably makes sense to use if fully on the Mac.
I started a thread on getting some help in figuring out which files and folders were iPhoto's (I've made quite a mess over the years). IP6 just asked me to do some sort of re-indexing (which I let it do) and now I have empty folders, etc. in the Pictures and iPhoto folder.
Thanks again for taking the time to post. I'm at such a starting point that ever bit helps.
Tom

I could use some help please. newbie!

I am trying to take a logo a made and make it spin around the screen, like a screen saver, is the best way i can explain it. then id like to save it as a .svp or a gif file. could some one please lend me a hand and explain to me how to do this.
thank you Ralph

You can do that in PRE. Put your background movie on Video1 and the spinning logo on Video2. That's pretty much it provided the logo has a transparent background.
If it doesn't have a transparent background (e.g. a solid colour) when you add it to the timeline you should be prompted to apply videomerge. If you don't get the prompt, open the properties for the clip and apply the VideoMerge effect to the clip and use the eyedropper tool to select the background colour.
Cheers,
Neale
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