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beez7777
Jan 19, 2003, 01:52 PM
The greatest site in the world, www.Spymac.com, is down AGAIN! And this is just a few days after it was put back up, after a two week "rennovation" that didnt really change anything.Sorry if some of you dont care, but i just thought this was pretty funny. :) :)

EDIT: sorry bout the big picture, forgot to size it down before posting.


Durandal7
Jan 19, 2003, 01:54 PM
It seems amazing to me that a Mac rumor site could post very few rumors leading up to a MW expo and then be down for the day of the expo and the next few weeks. Bad, bad move.
arn
Jan 19, 2003, 01:57 PM
Actually, Spymac considers itself a Community site and has been moving away from the rumor-focus for some time now.

arn
Ryan Heid
Jan 19, 2003, 02:28 PM
What is spymac?
arn
Jan 19, 2003, 02:32 PM
Originally posted by Ryan Heid
What is spymac?

A Mac site/forums which gained notoriaty by a series of fake movies claiming to demonstrate an Apple handheld -- called the iWalk.

The iWalk turned out to be fake, but Spymac gained a lot of press/popularity from it.

It's still not clear to me if they intentionally did it or were given them my some other source.

If you do a google search on iWalk, you'll find info on it.

arn
wdlove
Jan 19, 2003, 02:48 PM
beez7777, how were you able to post such a large image? I've tried to post some images, but get the message that it's too large. One I tried to post an image then later someone else was able post, confusing.
beez7777
Jan 19, 2003, 03:45 PM
hmm, well i used Snatcher, which is an app like Grab, only it captures the images in JPEG format, that may be the reason. i think Grab captures TIFFs, which may be bigger. Maybe someone who knows more about pictures can help.
arn
Jan 19, 2003, 04:03 PM
Originally posted by wdlove
beez7777, how were you able to post such a large image? I've tried to post some images, but get the message that it's too large. One I tried to post an image then later someone else was able post, confusing.

I think you ran into a file-size limit (in Kilobytes) rather than a resolution limit.

There is no resolution limit... but there is (approx) a 100k limit.

arn
MontanaMacster
Jan 19, 2003, 04:04 PM
For the most part its memory size not dimension size that limits you.
MontanaMacster
Jan 19, 2003, 04:05 PM
:)
scem0
Jan 19, 2003, 06:09 PM
I noticed spymac being down again... I hope they star to function
normally soon. I'm sure they will be.
dricci
Jan 19, 2003, 06:28 PM
Originally posted by scem0
I noticed spymac being down again... I hope they star to function
normally soon. I'm sure they will be.

I wish they'd just go away :rolleyes: They make the decent rumor sites look bad! :p

Same goes for MacOSRumors... _how_ are they still around? They haven't got *anything* right in some time. :eek:
King Cobra
Jan 19, 2003, 07:15 PM
I used to check out MacOSRumors for many months, until they made endless promises to update every so often. I decided to give OSRumors the big leather boot.

Don't get me started with SpyMac. There are people there, which make me so sick to think about them, I can't even bother typing the link.

[off-topic]Oh, and if you consider the desktop pics there pretty cool, check out these sites:
http://www.xanthic.net/
http://www.deviantart.com
[/off-topic]
wdlove
Jan 19, 2003, 08:46 PM
Is Grab or Snatcher an available program used to get a image off the web. Where is it available?
King Cobra
Jan 19, 2003, 09:17 PM
Snatcher (in Alpha 10) (http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=16252&db=mac)

Grab should be in your utilities folder.

Of course, you should be able to use Apple -- Shift -- 3 to capture the whole screen.

Or you could use your control -- click "Save as" method from the browser. I know that particular method is quite popular nowadays. :p