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Living Room / Re: Ads in Skype

« on: June 16, 2012, 04:16 PM »

I try my best to only speak in tongues when on the phone, only the angels can track me then.  

Which would also make a perfect encryption method, wouldn't it?

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Living Room / Re: Ads in Skype

« on: June 16, 2012, 10:19 AM »

Just wait until they start analysing the audio content of your conversation and then start interrupting with their synthesised audio ads; you know that's got to be on the drawing board.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Video Editing software - Any recommendations?

« on: June 14, 2012, 09:41 AM »

Just in case you may be interested too, for Video repairing tool, my latest finding is:
The greatest video repair tool up to date = KMPlayer + Fraps.

-tslim (June 13, 2012, 07:46 AM)

Is this better than using KMPlayer's built-in video capture? It's probably a couple of years since I used this method and can't remember too well how it worked. I think it must have been okay, otherwise I wouldn't have used it.

-nudone (June 13, 2012, 11:24 AM)

Yes, definitely!

My recent experience with a partially corrupted rmvb movie: if I capture it with KMPlayer's built-in function, in the resultant movie, its audio and video has gap (i.e. the audio track does not align correctly with the video track), but the funny thing is KMplayer can play the original rmvb movie without the mis-align problem. So, if I capture it with Fraps, I can avoid the mis-align problem.

I have tested a few time with other movie files (of various format), it seems that KMPlayer can't really output a well-aligned movie. i.e. Don't hope to use it as a video converter.

-tslim (June 14, 2012, 07:02 AM)

Thanks for describing the problem. I'll definitely use the Fraps method next time.

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General Software Discussion / Re: WebPage notes

« on: June 14, 2012, 05:29 AM »

I've used Diigo to do it: http://www.diigo.com/

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Buzz Folders Pro - Open/Save Dialog Box Extender - 68% Off @ BitsDuJour

« on: June 14, 2012, 03:43 AM »

Thanks, now bought.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Video Editing software - Any recommendations?

« on: June 13, 2012, 11:24 AM »

Just in case you may be interested too, for Video repairing tool, my latest finding is:
The greatest video repair tool up to date = KMPlayer + Fraps.

-tslim (June 13, 2012, 07:46 AM)

Is this better than using KMPlayer's built-in video capture? It's probably a couple of years since I used this method and can't remember too well how it worked. I think it must have been okay, otherwise I wouldn't have used it.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Essays on Proper Storage of Site Passwords

« on: June 13, 2012, 11:16 AM »

... part of the problem is how the media treats them. Calling them brilliant, etc... No, it takes brilliance to keep a sever secure.

-db90h (June 13, 2012, 10:36 AM)

Part of the problem is the the Media knows scary stories keep people interested (however bogus they tend to be). No one wants to hear about the good news - unless it's on the level of a puppy being rescued from a mine shaft.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: DonationCoder.com on an iPad is Kinda Weird

« on: June 05, 2012, 05:32 PM »

No problems here on iPad1... Not updated the OS yet though.

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Living Room / Re: Prometheus

« on: May 15, 2012, 06:02 AM »

Most notable is that this will NOT be another "Alien" movie. (You could say it will be a "Giger" movie.) The plot is based in the same "Alien" universe as the first film but will divert into its own story - diverting further away from Alien in the Prometheus sequel that Scott has mentioned. He has also said Prometheus is not a true "prequel" because of this.

I'm glad there aren't going to be any Xenomorphs (though, I'm sure there'll be something similar).

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Living Room / ICC clarifies new Cookie Law - doesn't sound too bad now

« on: April 27, 2012, 07:23 AM »

As the current definition of the Euro Cookie Law is unworkable nonsense, the ICC has provided a more sensible interpretation.

Finally, something resembling advice has appeared, but it’s not come from the ICO but from business organisation the International Chambers of Commerce (ICC). Despite the inevitable disclaimer on page 2 that it “does not constitute legal advice”, it’s by far the most practical guide to the cookie regulations I’ve seen so far and is the result of research carried out by an organisation looking at this from a practical point of view rather than the compliance-based approach of the ICO.

Original article: http://www.pcpro.co....ut-not-from-the-ico/

ICC UK Cookie Guide PDF: http://www.internati..._uk_cookie_guide.pdf

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General Software Discussion / Re: reserved characters in NTFS

« on: April 06, 2012, 05:08 AM »

Here's a list of characters (probably not the best resource) http://www.theworldo...tuff.com/characters/

The problem seems to be the convenience of being able to use alternate characters; it's not too practical to start using a system that you can't type with standard keyboard shortcuts. With my UK keyboard, these are legal characters readily available to use:

¦ (this is the one I mentioned above, named "Broken vertical bar", this isn't the "pipe" character.)
¬
=
+
~
@
,
&
^
'
#
]
[
}
{
)
(
&
%
$
£
!
`
I've seen ~ used instead of \ to indicate directory structures (maybe that's common?).

I guess you could use:

¦ for |

¬ for \

~ for /

~ for \

Or double up common elements (just using similar "slants" within the characters) like:

%% or ,,  or ## for /

`` or && for \


It would be nice if there is a standard that people have already embraced, I agree.

edit:
I've just realised it would be quite difficult coming up with similar looking characters for things like * and ? (well, all of them really). The large problem is not being able to use characters that are going to cause confusion because they are used reguarly, e.g. would it be bad to use ; in place of : etc., etc.

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General Software Discussion / Re: reserved characters in NTFS

« on: April 05, 2012, 01:07 AM »

Perhaps it would be handy to come with a short list of alternative legal characters like tilde and that pipe thing with a gap in it. (sorry, i'm on an iPad and can't find the characters, except ~.)

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Living Room / Re: When they make the movie about your life...

« on: April 03, 2012, 04:10 PM »

Myself.

Remake of Groundhog day.

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Living Room / Re: Suggestions for guides on all this DNS, CName, A Records stuff

« on: April 03, 2012, 01:16 PM »

Thanks, Antonimo, I'll check out your suggested link. (I've already got access to lots of domains, hosts and things like WHM and cPanel (and others); I've been messing around having to configure things for a few years but I just follow the same old routines without really knowing what's going on underneath - which is why I would like to know a lot more.)

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Official Announcements / Re: The DonationCoder 2012 Fundraiser Has Begun!

« on: April 03, 2012, 01:09 PM »

Must say too, the fun razor cats are very amusing (and inventive).

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Living Room / Re: Welcome to Big Brother UK

« on: April 01, 2012, 05:17 PM »

Okay, I think i've had enough now. I've just been reading the "rules" for the new UK and EU Cookie Law. Not only is our world turning into a Techno 1984, it's also going to parody Kafka at his best...

We are going to have perplexing laws that protect our privacy online by pretending to control cookies (and thereby grinding the web to a halt), whilst having other pointless laws to make a mockery of such "privacy".

Like, er, wow, just wow. I'm kind of in a state of shock.

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Living Room / Re: Welcome to Big Brother UK

« on: April 01, 2012, 04:34 PM »

Would have made a nice April Fool story.

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Living Room / Re: Suggestions for guides on all this DNS, CName, A Records stuff

« on: April 01, 2012, 11:45 AM »

Thanks, justice. Well, when I say guides, I mean I've read things like wikipedia and any kind of stuff I can find on things like the Hosts or Domain Registers "help" pages.

I'll let you know how I get on with the link. 

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Living Room / Suggestions for guides on all this DNS, CName, A Records stuff

« on: April 01, 2012, 08:54 AM »

I consider myself a "designer" (with the prefix of "web" I suppose), but the person that pays my wages likes to think I'm something more; which means he's always asking me to set up someone's domain on a host somewhere with the assumption I know what I'm doing. I do remind him that I don't know what I'm doing but he doesn't care - he can always set things up himself if he really has to; he'd just rather not have the bother.

I'd like to fully understand all this nameserver stuff, then I can at least understand what this bloke is saying when he starts going on about the A Records need changing to work with Google Mail (or whatever).

The problem is, I've tried reading a few guides but they aren't brain-dead enough for me to get a full mental picture of how everyting works. I need something that is patronisingly obvious (if possible) so I can see how all the dots connect.

It's like, I know enough to fill the the boxes to set something up, but I've no real idea of what's going on behind the scenes. If there's a problem with configurations, I'd like to be able to spot them or understand why they are so.

Are there any suitable guides or is it the kind of thing that will just make sense one day (maybe I've not made enough mistakes yet to form a picture of what's right or wrong).

Thanks.

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Living Room / Re: 800 lb Paper Airplane?

« on: March 27, 2012, 02:47 AM »

hmm, so they took it straight up - released it; then it plummented straight down to the ground by the looks of it. Not what I'd call "flying".

Or is there another reason why they haven't videod the "flight".

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Living Room / Re: Flying on Bird Wings - A ****ing Magical Moment! =D

« on: March 23, 2012, 05:43 PM »

I know a few people that do Paramotoring. That's about as close as it gets to personal flight, not much different to the hoax vid except Paramotoring is real, well, there's a lot more engine noise I suppose.

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Living Room / Re: Flying on Bird Wings - A ****ing Magical Moment! =D

« on: March 23, 2012, 04:52 AM »

heheh. Brilliant. Yes, set the price high enough to purchase the wings and they'll believe it has to work.

Anyway, the "truth" behind it all...

Hit the CC button for subtitles.

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Living Room / Re: Flying on Bird Wings - A ****ing Magical Moment! =D

« on: March 23, 2012, 04:42 AM »

Are people getting upset about his video and claims? It's just a bit of fun - isn't it? I mean, he's not trying to sell the wings to people (so that they may jump from the nearest tall building and plummet to their death).

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Living Room / Re: Show us your (physical) desktop

« on: March 22, 2012, 10:39 AM »

I mean what's making the lists

-tomos (March 22, 2012, 10:02 AM)

I cheated. The colour blocks are just part of the background, i.e. the wallpaper image. The colours are the (x11) CSS3 colour names - something I just thought might be handy to use so I don't have to remember things like #DCDCDC when editing CSS; instead I'll just look at the colour names and type gainsboro (which is #DCDCDC).

Source here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors (did a screengrab and arranged things in Photoshop to create the wallpaper).

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Living Room / Re: Show us your (physical) desktop

« on: March 22, 2012, 09:03 AM »

Interesting looking back through this thread - as it goes back six years - I wonder how different our desktops are now compared to back then.

Here's my 2012 setup (there's a large Wacom Cintiq screen and machine/s somewhere else in the room under a load of crap). No doubt, this will seem quite inappropriate in another six years time; I suspect we'll all have giant fold out tablet displays running Micrsoft Metro XL.