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2 things to consider: MPEG-4 is a direct decendant of MPEG-2, so the encoding method of the same, just 'better'. So what you are seeing is similar quality as MPEG-2 in much smaller sizes. Plus, 4 mega-pixel is MUCH higher resolution than 720i, (I think 1024p is close, IIRC), so of course...

This is true, but you have to consider this: Under Tiger, you are guaranteed to have a supported video card in the system. However, it is still pretty easy to make a really speedy Quartz game, unlike OpenGL developers in the shareware scene currently. (I made the argument that the current style...

Well, not so, Carbon has NIB support as well. I have used the NIB support myself in a bit of experimentation in Carbon. However, Java with Cocoa bindings /can/ use NIBs, but it would then be MacOS X specific.

Yes it did, before it was turned into a content delivery system (think MacOS 8.5 through 9.2). The only problem was that it was setup to index the drive on command or at midnight. Seeing as most people didn't let their machines run that long, most people didn't even know the 'feature' existed...

If you don't let it index, then you will always see the performance drain, and things will quite honestly never be good for you in Tiger. My suggestion? Let the indexing run overnight so it can finish. Tiger uses incremental indexing rather than scheduled full indexing that OS 9 uses, but the...

I still prefer 3ivx for the QT component. Sooo much better, especially on lower-end systems that the 2 minutes to convert a dependant MOV file is worth it. It also adds good support over QT's MPEG-4 decoding, allowing playback of content with B-frames and the like.

I would think it would be part of the monthly mailing. That was how it worked before.

Yes, journalling, even on my Pismo 500 is not a big enough hit to disrupt much of anything. 'update' is related to spotlight, and the first couple of days you have the system under Tiger it eats up CPU like mad. Myself and others have brought this up in previous threads.

Well, the PSP is definitely not gonna die, it is just too popular in Japan and gaining an awful lot of momentum there, and has overtaken the DS in monthly sales. I don't expect it to kick Nintendo out of the market, and Sony has publically stated they aren't expecting to compete directly in such...

I think the difference is that 'Quartz 2D Extreme' is not 'Quartz Extreme'. What you may be seeing is some of the work being put in towards a resolution independant graphics subsystem. AFAIK, the work is not complete, hence disabled.

Ironically, you still missed the FCC. Between the FCC and FAA, the regulations about electronics on aircraft are set. The FAA might have more power in this particular segment, but it is still partially the FCC's jurisdiction as the issues are with interference from communications devices.

It definitely seems that the G4 systems got the biggest boost (Which is noticable). Although the G3 system also got a good boost in the UI department... sweet.

Well, depending on what this code will be used for, you can always look at the source from Apple that is being used in ifconfig.

It might be overkill, but who knows what this guy needs it for. Maybe it is for a class on UML and good design policies for larger projects? Even though I spent most of my time on low-level non-UI code in my curriculum, we still had to take Software Design courses to get this stuff.

Yes, definitely keep in mind that categories aren't used often. Normally, you don't have a 'with' relationship when doing the initial design work, but when using someone else's API, you tend to ask yourself: "What if this class could do X? It would make life simpler", also categories declared in...

Actually, Objective-C has an analog for interfaces: protocols. Protocols is a 'knows' type relationship which allows you to do dynamic typing through partial inheiritance. Another way to help make this clear: Ford Truck with reclining seats that knows english -> NSFordTruck (NSTruck subclass)...

Well, you could always code a class or set of functions to do the offsets and the like for you. This way you can get contigous space (although the size of your elements is large enough that keeping them in cache is gonna be tough), and ease of use outside of the class. That is the way industry...

Hmm, your definition of reverse engineer is a little off, as you are talking about using things like UML to generate code skeletons (engineering). However, when talking about taking code and generating the UML from it, then you are correct (reverse engineering). Anyways, look at ObjectCreator...

Well, the reason of category vs inheiritance is mostly a semantics one. However, there is a good rule of thumb that I use: If you are adding functions, but not data, use a category. An example of this is adding functions to NSMutableData which allow you to remove X bytes from a section of the...

I thought the debate was rather interesting up until this point. Here is where I completely disagree, and find rather alarming in a couple ways. While I agree that students need to be able to focus in school, and that iPods being used during instruction can be problematic (heck, I tuned out...