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Living Room / Re: The Monitor is a Limiting Form Factor

« on: October 20, 2010, 11:44 AM »

Agreed,

With me at least, the desktop will never die.  Ican never get what I need from a laptop, especially with screen real estate.

Laptops are also stupidly hard to modify if you have big hands (I have rather large hands and chunky fingers), this also means I sometimes have to connect an external keyboard in order to type with any actual speed behind me.

Gaming:

I simply CANNOT game on a laptop WITHOUT an external mouse/keyboard.  The touchpad and onboard keyboard are useless to me.

Writing/Programing:

Can be done on laptop, however, with the lack of screen space, I find it difficult to concentrate because i am having to constantly minimize my window to grab something from the background or choose a new sone because my playlist has repeated itself 6 times.  At least on a normal computer with multiple screens, this is solved because I can have what i need for writing on one, and everything else on the others.

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Living Room / Re: Postcard to our past selves.

« on: October 19, 2010, 09:07 PM »

Ps.  That must be one huge postcard you bought, either that, or your wtiring is epicly small haha j/k

Yeah, once I started writing, I couldn't stop.
I did say it would have to be a card with a letter attached  .

-Edvard (October 19, 2010, 09:00 PM)

Lol its ok, you found the point of this topic at least, which is a very good thing indeed

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« on: October 19, 2010, 08:23 PM »

Clever! 

-CleverCat (October 10, 2010, 03:15 AM)

They don't call her CleverCat for nothing haha

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Post New Requests Here / Idea: Productivity Suite and Monitor.

« on: October 19, 2010, 07:31 PM »

OK, I'll admit, this may not be a tiny program, however, while recently trying to make it, I realised its beyond my knowledge of programming.

Firstly, read this example:

You own an online company, developing websites and software, and you hire multiple self-employed, work-from-home coders.  You have never met these people, but you are sure that they are up to the job.  You are paying them for how long is takes them to finish a project (So long as they dont go over a specified deadline).

How can you be sure they do ANY work for the first 3/4 of the deadline, and cram it all in at the last minute, so it boosts thier payment, even though they could have got the job done a lot faster, got paid less, but maybe got offered 3 more projects in the same timeframe?



This is the dilemma.

My idea, is to have a productivity manager, that monitors files, and uploads word-count and such to a graph, that the project supervisor can see, from any computer with an internet connection and a web browser.


The monitor should also have a filter in it to count how many lines have been added, how many files have been modified, how long it took for each section, maybe add in a WPM counter (Words per minute) and also a filter that will detect if random characters have been added to the document just to fill up the space whilst the coder takes a break.  The system will also upload any modified files, directly to the manager, owner, supervisor, or anybody else who has access to the monitoring admin.

Obviously, because of what this is, and whose computers this will be added onto, this should NOT be open source, purely because if we are installing this on a programmers computer, whats to say they dont alter it to thier own advantage?

There should be a peice of software that has FTP access so it can upload files and modify graphs on a website (FTP login info selected by the user) and should also upload (without user consent) a log of exactly what has been uploaded.  This log should be uploaded to a seperate folder on the FTP that only root admin have access to.

The website itself should be password protected via user registration with an admin back-end to choose how to let registration happen (no authorisation, e-mail activation, admin activation only) etc...

There could be a lot more features for this software, but for the moment, im going to leave it as this, and see what you guys think of it.

-Stephen

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Living Room / Re: Google testing cars that drive themselves...

« on: October 19, 2010, 07:19 PM »

I believe it was Ryan Air (or other 'price-fighter') who wants to get rid of the co-pilot, because the auto-landing systems on passenger airplanes are so reliable and quite sophisticated.

Granted, a car requires a lot more sophistication because of the nature of traffic it is used in. But I would not mind having one of those auto-piloted cars...especially in the congested traffic hours!

-Shades (October 19, 2010, 02:20 PM)

wouldnt shock me if its Ryan Air...the same airline also wants to abolish seating on flights...so passengers would have to stand, so they could reduce the weight from removing seats, and cram in more people (Sounds dodgy to me) - Also defies the safety instructions..."Make sure your seat is in the upright position and your seatbelts are fastned"...I HAVE NO SEAT BELT...I HAVE NO SEAT

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Bvckup (Beta) :: A first look review.

« on: October 19, 2010, 12:23 PM »

Hmm it is now forbidden to post with a different opinion than
the average?

I just wanted to give a different point of view, which is not as enthusiastic
as others.

can you bear that?

-ldarrambide (October 19, 2010, 12:16 PM)

How is it forbidden to post with a different opinion?

I was mearly suggesting that, if you want something to do, exactly what you want it to do, and nothing actually can, then perhaps creating the software yourself to suit your purposes might be a better option for you.

Im all for free speach and personal opinions, if I wasn't, I would have had this review locked, stopping any of these comments...

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Bvckup (Beta) :: A first look review.

« on: October 19, 2010, 12:11 PM »

but i wished to have find a good software FOR WHAT I WANT TO DO

-ldarrambide (October 19, 2010, 11:57 AM)

Make one then?   

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Living Room / Re: Postcard to our past selves.

« on: October 19, 2010, 11:24 AM »

@Edvard

That was a pretty awesome read and touched on some topics close to home, thank you very much for sharing this

Ps.  That must be one huge postcard you bought, either that, or your writing is epicly small haha j/k



But yeah, this is the spirit of things, not regretting our pasts, but rather, creating a future for ourselves.  Seeing all the things we wanted to do, wrote down, will help us push forward.

Who knows, maybe it will inspire us for the impending New Year

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Bvckup (Beta) :: A first look review.

« on: October 19, 2010, 10:34 AM »

I'm used of backing up ntfs attributes, so i can
not simply copy back files to their original location.

-ldarrambide (October 19, 2010, 01:39 AM)

Thought my english was good enough to be understood 

-ldarrambide (October 19, 2010, 10:25 AM)

I don't know if this is a solution to what you are speaking of, but here goes:

If you are looking to restore files after they have been mofidied, then this is not possible.  However, if you cannot be sure that the modification is suitable, then why not test it in a folder that is not going to overwrite another file.

Perhaps having 2 backups running might be an idea, one for testing, and one for actual, fully working and fully tested files.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting Emoticons

« on: October 19, 2010, 08:47 AM »

Some of my regular ones:

(^*_*^)

^_^

>.<

xD

ô_ö

ʘ.ʘ

^Ѡ^

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Living Room / Re: Google testing cars that drive themselves...

« on: October 18, 2010, 07:30 PM »

Personally, I admit I don't know if I would like to be the person on that seat...

-Mark0 (October 18, 2010, 07:00 PM)

or within a 6mile radius of that vehicle at time of motion.

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Living Room / Re: Google testing cars that drive themselves...

« on: October 18, 2010, 06:56 PM »

I speculate:
- The auto-robot will try to activate the wipers
- If the problem persist, it will log the fault condition, negotiate the side of the road, turn the hazard light on, send SOS and turn off! 

In the near future, the optics will be outboard, with a dedicated simple cleaning system like the one on sport cars camera-car.
At the present time, it will probably simply warn of the fault condition, the pilot take control, stop, clean, restart.

-Mark0 (October 18, 2010, 06:49 PM)

There are multiple possible reasons for failure, and until every single one of these has been addressed I don't they should be allowed on public highways.

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Living Room / Re: Father & Son team send iPhone into Outer Space!

« on: October 18, 2010, 06:53 PM »

Might just be me, but that would have been a much better story if it was the following:

Father and Son team gather all iPhone's and other Apple related products, launch them into space, then detonate their self-destruct function outside the earths atmosphere causing an epic iMeteor Shower.

Now...thats a story I could sink my teeth into

But yeah...they got some nice vids...pretty sure they could have acheived the same results using any high quality camera?

 

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Living Room / Re: Google testing cars that drive themselves...

« on: October 18, 2010, 06:45 PM »

what happens if a pidgeon empties its bowels on the screen, directly in front of the camera?

Might seem daft, but its a reasonable question.

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Living Room / Re: Facebook is starting to tick me off

« on: October 18, 2010, 06:41 PM »

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that some Facebook apps are leaking user data.

-kyrathaba (October 18, 2010, 06:26 PM)

not really the point of topic, but ok.

also...already posted here: https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=24278.0

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: LogMeIn Hamachi²

« on: October 17, 2010, 06:52 PM »

Since this is working at the level of a VPN connection, I assume that it's usable to establish a Remote Desktop connection to the machine at the other end?

How does it affect TCP/IP routing? Specifically, I'm wondering what happens if I try to use this to connect from work to home. If I have a connection open to my home computer, will my network stack still know that work-internal traffic should not travel through the Hamachi VPN, but stay within work?

-CWuestefeld (October 17, 2010, 06:42 PM)

No RDC options in the version I reviewed, but you _can_ connect to public shared folders on the target machine.  That is the only real connection you have to the other machines, if the setting on said machine(s) is enabled.

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Living Room / Re: Request: Facebook Sharing

« on: October 17, 2010, 06:48 PM »

Seeing as the share mod contains a like button, go for that

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Living Room / Re: Facebook is starting to tick me off

« on: October 17, 2010, 05:53 PM »

new...yes

Improved...not quite 

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Living Room / Re: Facebook is starting to tick me off

« on: October 17, 2010, 05:48 PM »

seems the actual chat window has done the same thing, and the options don't help.

Stupid thing, now i dont have names, or timestamps, mearly a bloody useless profile pic :s

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Living Room / Re: Make an original joke or riddle

« on: October 17, 2010, 01:35 PM »

Ok, got another one, but it's kind of NSFW, so I'll just give a link. It's my current Facebook status, and a true story. (Background information: English is my wife's second language.)

It's kind of like those jokes that you read in Reader's Digest, but NSFW. I nearly peed myself laughing!

-Renegade (October 17, 2010, 01:04 AM)

Might be good to mention that you have to be his friend to see this...mearly clicking the link just shows you basic profile info...


Added you btw lol

-Stephen66515 (October 17, 2010, 01:32 AM)

Click the wall link. You'll be able to see it then. FB I guess goes to INFO by default.

Your friends request hasn't come through yet. It's slow very often.

-Renegade (October 17, 2010, 01:39 AM)

Not a problem, even when awaiting a friends request your post still shows on my stream

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Living Room / Re: Make an original joke or riddle

« on: October 17, 2010, 01:32 AM »

Ok, got another one, but it's kind of NSFW, so I'll just give a link. It's my current Facebook status, and a true story. (Background information: English is my wife's second language.)

It's kind of like those jokes that you read in Reader's Digest, but NSFW. I nearly peed myself laughing!

-Renegade (October 17, 2010, 01:04 AM)

Might be good to mention that you have to be his friend to see this...mearly clicking the link just shows you basic profile info...


Added you btw lol

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Living Room / Postcard to our past selves.

« on: October 17, 2010, 01:21 AM »

Using inspiration from http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/ (A great presentation on what HTML5 can do), I thought it may be a fun thing for DC users to write a postcard to themselves in the past (IE, what you would say to yourself if you could go back in time and meet your younger self).

Ill get us started with the one I wrote on the website's option to do so.

Never lose track,
Always stay focused,
Remember where you came from,
Stay true to yourself and others,
For you have a long way to come, but one day, you will find the happiness you are looking for, and it is more beautiful than you could imagine in your wildest dreams.
One last thing,
Live each day like its your last moment on earth, because, if tomorrow comes, you might regret what you did today, and living with regrets, is by far more painful than anything else in this world.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What HTML5 can do -- cool site

« on: October 17, 2010, 01:10 AM »

OK, i know this is an old post, but i just saw it in the newsletter and visited the site and felt i must say thanks for the find.

The video brought a lump to my throat, and seeing my old house again really brought back some good memories.

Thanks 

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Living Room / Re: Request: Facebook Sharing

« on: October 17, 2010, 12:22 AM »

Please, please, please, don’t put one of those little compact lines that expand into a giant window full of "sharing" links and then won't close and have no "X" to close them manually!!! I hate them!

Jim

-J-Mac (October 16, 2010, 11:22 PM)

Facebook Like Button ::  Click Like...no popups happen, all that happens is that it magically apprears on your facebook wall for all to see

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Living Room / Re: Texting on the rise

« on: October 16, 2010, 06:50 PM »

It is sent directly from the recipitants phone (client), and I am unsure whether phone companies outside the UK support these options.