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PokerTH
Apr 25 2009

INTELLECT INSIDE  What's in a name?

The "TH" in the name stands for Texas Hold'em. That's the only poker game this apps plays. Just a heads up for everyone, since I didn't see any mention of Texas Hold'em in the description.  
(Version 0.7b2)

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Google Earth
Apr 8 2009
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INTELLECT INSIDE  The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly...

The Good: free, cool, easy to use

The Bad: persistent background app installed

The Ugly: freeze-prone

I have to give this a big thumbs-down for The Bad. I can tolerate a free app as cool as this freezing on me sometimes. I can't tolerate the Updater nonsense. Way to kill the buzz, Google.  
(Version 5.0.11337.1968 )

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Neverball
Feb 3 2009

INTELLECT INSIDE  Sloppy packaging!

Downloaded it, opened disk image, double-clicked installer, and...

ERROR MESSAGE

"no such file"

Same thing when I try to read the Read Me file. These are actually just scripts that are calling files by the wrong names, and thus don't work.

I had to use Houdini to find out the name of the .mpkg file so I could find it with EasyFind and launch it from there. What a chore.  
(Version 1.5)

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Neverball
Feb 6 2009

JAMMNROSE  Hey,

I'm the guy in charge of the Mac packaging, we released a silent bugfix that *should* fix this problem. (Scripts failed under 10.4 for some reason.)

Find it here:

http://neverball.org/download.php

Hope you get it running okay!  
(Version 1.5)

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iKaleid
Jan 19 2009
*....

Why take a great screensaver that was hybrid, and make it Inel-only? Now I can't use the latest version.  
(Version 2.0)

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Polymatic
Nov 5 2008

INTELLECT INSIDE  Hmmm...

Just a thought: Bones allows you to set the number of dice in each pool independently. Check out Bones if you need that kind of configurability.  
(Version 1.0)

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Opera
Feb 21 2008

INTELLECT INSIDE  No good...

Bad DMG. After clicking the "accept" button, the DMG didn't open. Had to go to Activity Monitor and force quit disk image helper app.

Not cool...  
(Version 9.26)

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Opera
Feb 23 2008

NONTROPPO  DMG works fine here (9.26)  
(Version 9.26)

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WeatherDock
Feb 9 2008

INTELLECT INSIDE  Noooooooo!!!

I was so happy when the wind reading was changed to show the direction the wind is blowing, and not the source. Now it's been changed back. Why? I've always hated meteorologists for saying "northwest wind" when the wind is blowing to the southeast.

Please, set up an option in the preferences that will let us choose which way we want the wind to be represented.

Please...  
(Version 2.4.6)

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Quinn
Nov 10 2007

INTELLECT INSIDE  Oops...

Playability should be rated at 3, not 5 stars. The non-randomness issue makes it very difficult to play successfully. It's actually worse than older versions. One would think it would be getting better.  
(Version 3.5.1)

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Quinn
Nov 10 2007
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INTELLECT INSIDE  It could be better...

Quinn does not do well at randomizing pieces. It will kick out six or seven identical pieces in a row, quite frequently too. It will also hold back on delivering exactly the piece you need to get yourself out of a jam. It's as if it's been programmed to analyse what you're trying to do, and deliberately throw you a monkey wrench.

I'd like to see it throw deliver pieces randomly. Maybe the developer tried to make it random, but it isn't: it defies the odds far too often.

A minor complaint: I would like to be able to assign PAUSE to a single key of my choice. Command-B is too complicated, especially on high (read: fast) levels.  
(Version 3.5.1)

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Quinn
Nov 10 2007

INTELLECT INSIDE  Oops...

Playability should be rated at 3, not 5 stars. The non-randomness issue makes it very difficult to play successfully. It's actually worse than older versions. One would think it would be getting better.  
(Version 3.5.1)

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Quinn
Jan 5 2008

J.W.  Have you calculated the odds? I'd be surprised if this were true. Even in a random sequence, you're bound to have chains of repeated elements. And it's pretty easy to imagine that the odds are "against" you, when they're really just random (at least, as random as a computer can get).

I mean, it's possible that he's got some algorithm to calculate the piece you need and avoid giving it to you, but it seems unlikely.  
(Version 3.5.2)

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Quinn
Jan 5 2008

J.W.  Also, you can assign another shortcut to Pause using System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts.  
(Version 3.5.2)

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Quinn
Jan 8 2008

DEMA  There is extensive discussion regarding Quinn's randomness at the following link...

http://simonhaertel.de/forum/index.php?topic=102.msg526#msg526  
(Version 3.5.2)

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Quinn
Sep 9 2008

SCRABBLE_CZAR  Quinn's random generator is as random as it can be. It uses a popular equation which is referenced in the simonhaertel.de forum, and is very well done.

You may get multiples of the same pieces at times, but that is the product of the game being more random, not less random. If you play a long game, it will average out, and the piece distribution can be found by using the console. The Help section on the quinn site and in the app itself detail just how to check the distribution of pieces.

Quinn is awesome!! The best game of its kind anywhere for any platform!   
(Version 3.5.3)

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Paintbrush
Jul 19 2007

It's a simple paint app, not a photo editor. And it's not even version 1.0 yet. And it's free. Give the developer a break.  
(Version 0.8)

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DMGConverter
May 2 2007
*****

INTELLECT INSIDE  review...

This is a handy way to make disk images with more options than Disk Utility provides when making images from folders.

Thank you for this utility!  
(Version 3.5)

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Shiira
Apr 25 2007

INTELLECT INSIDE   watch out...

Keep your old version of Shiira for now. The new version is buggy and not feature-complete.

One thing it's missing, which was immediately noticable, is the old version's ability to scale large images to fit the window. This is especially needed in the new Shiira with its huge thumbnail tabs dock.

I'll be using old Shiira for now...  
(Version 2.0)

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SWF & FLV Player
Feb 28 2007

INTELLECT INSIDE  Trash your SWF Movie Player preferences file before trying to use the new SWF&FLV Player. The old app's prefs file was causing the new app to crash on start every time.  
(Version 3.0.33.5096)

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SWF & FLV Player
Feb 16 2007

INTELLECT INSIDE  Stick with the old SWF Movie Player for now, folks. This new app crashes upon trying to open a SWF file.  
(Version 3.0)

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Firefox
Oct 24 2006

INTELLECT INSIDE  Preferences: Privacy: Saved Forms

You didn't notice this all this time?  
(Version 2.0)

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Wikipedia Widget
Apr 12 2006

INTELLECT INSIDE  USER CAN'T CHOOSE FONT!

USER CAN'T CHOOSE TEXT SIZE!

Bad, bad, bad. It's very hard to read on a hi-res screen.  
(Version 0.9)

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SWF & FLV Player
Apr 4 2006

INTELLECT INSIDE  The volume slider ties into system volume, instead of only affecting SWF-MP. This is...

BAD PROGRAMMING PRACTICE!!!

Give the app its own independent volume control, or don't give it a volume slider at all. The system volume should never be affected by an app's volume controls.  
(Version 1.3)

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SWF & FLV Player
Aug 25 2006

ELTIMA SUPPORT  Unfortunately, it's the limitation of Macromedia Plugin itself, we wish we could overcome it somehow in the nearest future.  
(Version 2.0)

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Solitaire Forever
Mar 11 2006
*****

INTELLECT INSIDE  This is the best solitaire game. Awesome graphics and card animation, huge selection of games, thorough options. And the developer is very responsive.

Truly great!  
(Version 1.1.2)

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Pac the Man X
Feb 18 2006
*****

INTELLECT INSIDE  Great Pac Man game, and keeps improving. Thanks for the fun!  
(Version 1.0.3)

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Mine Swept
Feb 17 2006
*****

INTELLECT INSIDE  A great take on the minesweeper game.  
(Version 1.41)

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StevePerfect
Jan 23 2006

INTELLECT INSIDE  The developer's website says OSX 10.4 is required, not 10.2 like this listing says.

Which is true?  
(Version 6.5)

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Pac the Man X
Jan 16 2006

INTELLECT INSIDE  This updated version won't start a game. The app launches and gives an error message about one of the sound files... ghosts_start.snd, or something like that.  
(Version 1.0.1)

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Pac the Man X
Jan 16 2006

DIGITALMAX  That's odd. And I know why. That's not version 1.0.1. MacUpdate listed a beta version of 1.0.1. Go to our Web site mcsebi.com to get the real version 1.0.1. I'll advise MacUpdate to change the listing right away.  
(Version 1.0.1)

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Pac the Man X
Jan 16 2006

MACUPDATE ADMIN  Done.  
(Version 1.0.1)

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Pac the Man X
Jan 16 2006

DIGITALMAX  Wow, that was fast. I wish all mac Web sites were like you. ;)  
(Version 1.0.1)

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Pac the Man X
Jan 16 2006

MACUPDATE ADMIN  Thanks! Sorry we posted the wrong URL at first...  
(Version 1.0.1)

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AppHack
Dec 28 2005
*****

INTELLECT INSIDE  Rockin' little app. Just what I was looking for.  
(Version 1.0)

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SWF & FLV Player
Dec 27 2005
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INTELLECT INSIDE  I spoke too soon. Buggy: double-clicking SWF files in Finder launches the player, which then proceeds to randomly play some other SWF file in the playlist. Selecting the correct file in the playlist doesn't help. Buggy.  
(Version 1.1)

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SWF & FLV Player
Dec 27 2005

ELTIMA SUPPORT  We couldn't reproduce your problem however, have tested a lots of SWF files. The possible fix of the problem is the following: enable "Automatically play files added to Playlist" option and disable all options in "Go to next Playlist item if" section. If this doesn't help, please, send SWF file in question to our support team and specify all options you have set in "Preferences" dialog that lead to the described problem. Thanks for the cooperation.  
(Version 1.1)

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SWF & FLV Player
Dec 27 2005
*****

INTELLECT INSIDE  Better than iSwiff. Being able to pause/FF/RW is great.  
(Version 1.1)

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SlipSlide Express
Dec 24 2005

INTELLECT INSIDE  This is a fun game. That being said...

...it is NOT freeware. It is shareware. It nags you to pay for it if you haven't.  
(Version 1.3)

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HeadBreaker
Dec 24 2005

INTELLECT INSIDE  Uh...yeah...it requires 10.3, as noted in the REQUIREMENTS.  
(Version 1.2)

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