SteveJobs, If you want to write applications for Mac OS X, Objective-C/Cocoa is definitely a great place to start. However, I suggest that you take daily supplements of learning L…

How does learning LISP make you a better programmer than learning Python or Smalltalk?

hello, i replaced my ipods battery the other night and let it charge overnight. the next morning i went to listen to it, selected the song and hit play. before it would actually pl…

i did a scan disk and came out fine, no sad icon. so ran updater to restore it and it's still happening. please help if you can, thanks

Hi, Let's say I have the following: code: NSProgressIndicator* progress; (assume it's initialized and visible etc) for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i) { [progress setDoubleValue: …

I think NSRunLoop is what you're looking for.

When you update the value of a progress indicator, it's marked as needing display the next time through the runloop (with setNeedsDisplay: YES). Your code, however, never returns …

Quote: Originally Posted by smeger When you update the value of a progress indicator, it's marked as needing display the next time through the runloop (with setNeedsDisplay: YES…

He already said that, for some reason, an NSTimer is really impractical for what he's doing. I'd think that indicates a problem with the program's structure, but y'know, whatever. …

Thanks for the responses. I was hoping to avoid pthreads as it's a bit overkill. As for some people who are unhappy with my design I can elaborate as to why it's uncomfortable to…

Couldn't you just pass those things in as the timer's userInfo object (e.g., in an NSDictionary)?

I don't think that would work. If I declared the array on the stack and then passed it into the user info of the timer wouldn't it already be popped off the stack by the time the …

Yeah, it would be off the stack; that's why I suggested an NSDictionary. Actually, the userInfo object is declared to be an id, so it should be an Objective-C object, anyway (it's …

Ahh, I didn't know the userinfo got retained by the timer. That's very interesting. Thanks for the info! gabe

I wanna know what's the best video to iPod converter that works with windows XP?

hear good things about nero recode.

does nero converts video to iPod?

Why do you think analogika posted his answer?

Quote: Originally Posted by Mastrap Why do you think analogika posted his answer? I'm sorry but i didn't understand what you said?

YES Nero Recode converts videos. I wouldn't have posted my answer otherwise. The program is "Nero Recode", btw, not just Nero.

ImTOO iPod Movie Converter is verry good - nice interface, many features, but is a bit too slow. PQ DVD to iPod Video Converter is quite a bit faster (converts a 60 min movie in a…

My favorite is yasa ipod video converter . It is much quick and supports converting most popular videos to ipod videos. http://www.yasasoft.com/ipodvideoconverter/

Hey, I am gonna purchase Unsanity's "Silk" program soon, and I would like to know where I can get the font "Calibri" at...I love that font, and WANT IT!!! Thanks!

Google: "Calibri font" third one down... search is your friend

Heh, just because I'm new here doesn't mean I'm an online forum noob-think it through . Anyways, thanks for the search referral....but, as I already know that search is my friend, …