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General Software Discussion / Re: Wanted: Freeware (commercial use allowed) Anti-Virus Tool For Small LAN

« on: November 01, 2009, 04:36 AM »

(For an unrelated reason) I decided to take a look at what Comodo was up to lately, and found an Antivirus/Firewall product that is centrally managed and free for up to five computers.

Why Use Comodo Endpoint Security Manager?

Comodo Endpoint Security Manager (CESM) provides maximum IT security with minimum IT expense. CESM allows you to centrally and remotely manage the desktop security of dozens to thousands of networked PC's. CESM includes Comodo's award winning firewall and antivirus with Default Deny Protection™ that stops zero-day malware threats and Comodo Disk Encryption to secure business data. Deploying Comodo ESM will rapidly strengthen desktop security while centralized administration will immediately deliver significant operational cost benefits.

I may give it a try, but I have already installed Microsoft Security Essentials on all of the computers.

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General Software Discussion / Re: wanted: simple, stable bittorrent client for windows

« on: October 25, 2009, 07:41 PM »

RE: µtorrent cheating: I remember reading a bunch of complaints that it manipulates something to make it get stuff faster than other clients. I don't remember the details, that's why I through it out for comment. Maybe it doesn't do that anymore. I'm not sure if µtorrent was the one.

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General Software Discussion / wanted: simple, stable bittorrent client for windows

« on: October 25, 2009, 03:29 PM »

I often download large files, like iso images, via FTP that are also available via bittorrent. Things like linux distros and such. I have an virtual machine with Windows XP that runs for the sole purpose of doing things like downloading large files, uploading large files, compressing archives, synchronizing directories, etc. I would like to add a simple and stable bittorrent client to it so it can also grab (and share) stuff in the background.

I've heard of µTorrent, but hear that it "cheats" (which I don't want to do) and the original BitTorrent, but I hear that it has commercial crapware embedded (if it does, I don't want it) and Vuze/Azuerus, but I don't want to install Java just for that.

I don't do much torrenting, so nothing elaborate and feature rich is required (but is not a reason to not use it if it's good).

Whatall to youall suggest?

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Living Room / Re: Unauthorized Contest: Who's been the most helpful in the last 3 months?

« on: October 25, 2009, 02:16 PM »

40hz for me.

rypple says I need to register.

-zridling (October 25, 2009, 11:54 AM)

Can you double check that please. You shouldn't have to. They do ask you to, but it isn't required.

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Living Room / Re: Unauthorized Contest: Who's been the most helpful in the last 3 months?

« on: October 25, 2009, 02:14 PM »

i know i sound like the person who won't let the kids keep score in kickball so as not to hurt anyone's feelings, but still i feel compelled to say that i don't like these things that make us pick one person on the forum that is more helpful than others.

-mouser (October 25, 2009, 12:41 PM)

My belief is that we all have good day and bad days. Sometimes I am here on a daily basis posting helpful answers several times per day and other times I have nothing to add. Am I a valuable member of the community overall? I think so. Am I the most helpful person today? This week? This month? Most likely not.

The point being that we are not saying that one person is helpful alone and that nobody else compares. We are only recognizing the extraordinary efforts that some individual has put for over a short period of recent time. We're not saying that anybody is better than anybody else; but, like the touchy-feely-everyone-is-special-people say, we're just saying that recently one star is shinning a bit brighter than the others.

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Living Room / Re: Unauthorized Contest: Who's been the most helpful in the last 3 months?

« on: October 25, 2009, 11:28 AM »

Can a person  vote more than once ?   That would  skew your feedback.  Can YOU tell if a person votes more than once ?

Lew

-ljbirns (October 25, 2009, 11:15 AM)

Good Question. I need to look on the Rypple website.

UPDATE:

The more I thought about it there more I believe there is none. The reason is that Rypple is not a voting system. It is a feedback system. So this is not a "supported feature".

So, yes, this "contest" can be rigged. But I think DCers will not do such a thing as it is not in the nature of the group here to do such things.

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Living Room / Re: INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY - OCT 22 & JUNE 28

« on: October 24, 2009, 02:52 PM »

if you write in all lowercase on international caps lock day are you screaming? well, am i?  i   s a i d   a m   i   s c r e a m i n g ?


kaaaahhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Living Room / Unauthorized Contest: Who's been the most helpful in the last 3 months?

« on: October 24, 2009, 02:14 PM »

I want to try out Rypple.com. It is a way to get anonymous feedback. In order to motivate you folks to help me experiment, I am holding a contest. Please respond to my question on Rypple with who you feel has been the most helpful (defined any way you want to define it) Donation Coder member in the past 3 months or so.

I will collect feedback until November 15 - National Philanthropy Day and then donate $10 Donation Credits to the member with the most votes. The only "rule" in this unofficial unauthorized unbelievable contest is that you can't vote for me or mouser.  

Thank you for your help.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Putting All My (Legally Obtained) Music Online

« on: October 24, 2009, 09:58 AM »

@app103
lala looks interesting. I signed up.

@josh
I'm looking into using Jinzora on one of my servers. The problem is that it becomes one more application that I have to administer. I'd rather use a web service and not have to deal with the sysadmin part.

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General Software Discussion / Putting All My (Legally Obtained) Music Online

« on: October 24, 2009, 08:35 AM »

I've decided that I want to put all of my music files online. I am aware of humyo.com and MediaFire but have no experience with them. Has anybody used these services for long enough to have an opinion? What other similar services are there?

I am looking for a online jukebox that I can access anywhere.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Wanted: Freeware (commercial use allowed) Anti-Virus Tool For Small LAN

« on: October 24, 2009, 06:03 AM »

They are running windows.

I don't think there is an option for what I wanted available. I'm am going to just use independent installations on each computer and manage them one-by-one. When the group administration "requirement" is lifted, the Army has several commercial options that I get access to.

And thanks for reminding me about Microsoft's new AV product. I had forgotten about it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Wanted: Freeware (commercial use allowed) Anti-Virus Tool For Small LAN

« on: October 23, 2009, 06:10 PM »

These computers need to be fat clients. They will be used for stuff like Second Life, America's Army, etc.

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General Software Discussion / Wanted: Freeware (commercial use allowed) Anti-Virus Tool For Small LAN

« on: October 23, 2009, 09:43 AM »

I have created a small LAN of a half-dozen computer here at work whose purpose is to allow access to the un-filtered Internet. (Our standard issue government computers can't reach some sites our jobs require.)

I have already set up a Ubuntu 9.04 server to act as a NAT/gateway/firewall box, but I want to be able to install anti-virus software on each of the boxes, but...

I want to have a central way to manage all of the boxes so that individual boxes don't need to be attended to. I am thinking of something like the commercial products from Norton/Symantec for commercial LANs.

Anybody have an ideas where I might find something like this?

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General Software Discussion / Anybody Here Use SeaMonkey (2.0)?

« on: October 23, 2009, 08:52 AM »

I see that RC2 of SeaMonkey is now out. I haven't used SeaMonkey in the past; instead using Firefox and Thunderbird side-by-side.

I am interested in using SeaMonkey for the added convenience of an integrated solution, but am afraid that I will not be able to use all of the wonderful Firefox extensions that I have come to depend on.

What has been your experience with SeaMonkey and it's ability to use Firefox extensions? Has anybody that has used the Firefox-Thunderbird combo also used SeaMonkey? How do they compare?

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General Software Discussion / Cloudberry S3 Explorer and Bucket Explorer

« on: October 22, 2009, 09:26 PM »

I am looking to get a GUI tool for working with Amazon S3. I have found CloudBerry S3 Explorer and Bucket Explorer. They seem to be the best options out there for Windows. Cloudberry has a Freeware version that I am using now. It may be all I need. But if I need more functionality either of the two commercial products look appealing.

Anybody have any experience with either of them they wish to share?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Wanted: SysAdmin-focused Account Information Keeper

« on: October 12, 2009, 11:39 AM »

I may actually switch to a real encrypted ldap directory some day

-Gothi[c] (October 11, 2009, 02:47 PM)

That is what I was thinking about doing; creating a custom app built around an LDAP.

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General Software Discussion / Wanted: SysAdmin-focused Account Information Keeper

« on: October 11, 2009, 11:54 AM »

I have RoboForm for keeping my web-based login usernames and passwords organized. What I am looking for is something focused for system administrators.

I have things configured in various programs. For example, I have FileZilla configured with my account info. Same with PuTTY, X-Win32, Super Flexible File Synchronizer, and others. But every time I add a new software tool to my toolbox I need to create those accounts and I need a canonical source for my connection information. Or, even when using an existing tool, I need to add new sites/connections/accounts as I use them for the first time in that tool.

Right now I save them as Safenotes in RoboForm and maybe I just need to figure out a better way to organize the information.

What do you SysAdmin- SuperUser-types use?

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General Software Discussion / Re: On free speech in forums

« on: October 10, 2009, 06:05 AM »

What we desperately need is a reputation mechanism that sticks.

-urlwolf (October 10, 2009, 04:59 AM)

Cory Doctorow's Whuffie^w 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Wanted: Web Banner Maker (Between MS Word and Gimp-Inkscape)

« on: October 09, 2009, 07:31 PM »

We have a winner!

I showed my girlfriend the video tutorials of Banner Maker Pro that show the basics and a few things she said were, "It looks soooo easy." and "It's made for idiots like me!". 

So based on that feedback I went ahead and made the purchase. I think it will be money well spent.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Wanted: Web Banner Maker (Between MS Word and Gimp-Inkscape)

« on: October 09, 2009, 06:54 PM »

So far the leading contender is Banner Maker Pro.

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General Software Discussion / Wanted: Web Banner Maker (Between MS Word and Gimp-Inkscape)

« on: October 09, 2009, 06:01 PM »

My girlfriend designs web banners in MS Word and then doesn't understand why she can't output them in the sizes and formats that the webmasters want. She doesn't understand that you can't just start with a letter-sized document and draw a box (that isn't measured in pixels, but inches and isn't the right height to width ratio, etc.) and start designing away. I always have to end up reverse engineering it and redesigning it in Gimp or Inkscape or Paint.NET.

I am wondering if there is some software out there that is specifically focused on building web banners in the standard sizes and formats, and has an easy-to-use GUI. I do a web search and a million show up, but most just look like overpriced copies of Microsoft Paint and cost $50+ USD.

What I am looking for is something that doesn't have all the bells and whistles of a Photoshop/Gimp program (as those aren't needed for simple web banner design) but has things like built-in web banner sizes, measurements in pixels, text tools with things like drop-shadow, clipart tools, grid positioning system, alignment tools, defaults to transparent backgrounds, etc. The things you would use to build banners without worrying about fancy photo\image manipulation.

I am willing to pay money for something that hits the sweet spot. The less time I need to spend learning how to use it and reteach it to her, the better. The more is uses the same paradigms as Microsoft Office products, the better.

Thanks for your help in this. You folks always seem to find just what I need.

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Living Room / How do I rotate a movie 90 degrees?

« on: October 07, 2009, 07:27 AM »

I have a digital camera that takes videos as well. I turned the camera from landscape to portrait to take a movie and now I want to rotate the movie so it replays right-side up instead of sideways. I've never paid attention enough to the various programs I have seen to know if any of them do this. Does anybody know of such a feature?

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Living Room / Re: Federal Trade Commission (USA) to go after undisclosed kickbacks on blogs

« on: October 05, 2009, 11:35 AM »

Update:

FTC: Bloggers must disclose payments for reviews - Yahoo! Finance

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General Software Discussion / Re: HTML to XHTML conversion, what's most effective?

« on: October 02, 2009, 02:31 PM »

Well, I was going to suggest tidy. 

I still think it is you best choice and you should probably just see if Google can get you the correct command line voodoo you need.

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General Software Discussion / Re: alternative to filehamster?

« on: September 11, 2009, 07:28 AM »

I took the opportunity to "upgrade" to the Advanced version this morning. File Hamster is great for my non-geek girlfriend who has no desire to learn about version control, but needs to keep her important documents from getting messed up or lost.