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Developer's Corner / Re: Some Lua References Converted

« on: June 20, 2010, 12:22 PM »

Seems like a nice thing to have, thanks for converting thse! If my PDA was working I'd point Plucker or iSilo to it. I got a few references stored that way. I don't do anything with Lua at the moment, but since SciTE uses it as kind of a macro language, I might. The Plucker link doesn't seem to be working at the moment for me. (iSilo is actually superior for anything with source code, but desktop companion program has a major annoyance that people have been begging for removal of since 2003, so I'm resisting buying it)

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Living Room / Re: When Social Media Users Hulk Up!

« on: June 20, 2010, 09:21 AM »

The normal procedure would be to keep the whole process very formal. This distances people from the reality of what's happening

-tomos (June 20, 2010, 09:01 AM)

I guess that's the part I was ignorant of. I figured the tweet is the same kind of information that would be in the newspaper the next day, it's just we're getting it firsthand. It's not really news I follow that closely though, so I guess I ass-umed.

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Living Room / Re: When Social Media Users Hulk Up!

« on: June 20, 2010, 08:54 AM »

(whether you support the death penalty or not - and I have no interest in debating that aspect of it)

-tomos (June 20, 2010, 08:44 AM)

Me either. I was just trying to figure out why people were reacting so strongly.  

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Living Room / Re: When Social Media Users Hulk Up!

« on: June 20, 2010, 08:36 AM »

ironically the tweet could now be applied to Mark Shurtleff himself:
"May God grant him the mercy he denied his victims"

-tomos (June 20, 2010, 07:49 AM)

Yeah, it's not like there was a trial or anything. It was all Mark, seeking out his victim vigilante style.

EDIT: Sorry for the sarcasm. To clarify, it is just really hard to see the reaction to the tweet as anything more than the a reaction to the act itself.

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Living Room / Re: When Social Media Users Hulk Up!

« on: June 20, 2010, 08:34 AM »

He's making a factual statement. And "May God grant him the mercy he denied his victims" seems like a reasonable thing to say, and something he might have said in real life. Not sure what the big deal is. Except if people have objections to the death penalty itself, it is understood that they don't want to be reminded that the death penalty exists, and I guess people are reacting to that.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for Foldable Disposable Notepad

« on: June 20, 2010, 07:06 AM »

Sounds interesting. I don't know of a program like that but it sounds like it is doing some kind of version control behind the scenes. Like there is version 1.1, 1.2, of a document. Except the old version is getting deleted or at least hidden. The word "repository" makes me think it is the latter.

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Living Room / Re: Facebook Login Issues?

« on: June 18, 2010, 11:54 AM »

My first guess is one of those numerous addons or user scripts that politely convert every http to https for various sites, one of those was the culprit for me a while back. I was able to log in, but every thing I clicked on went to some scary page saying not to trust them.

And there's a new one out.

The problem in my case, in my opinion, was that a lot of background images, flash, etc. really are not on a secured site, so they really need to be http.

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Open command prompt at current directory

« on: June 18, 2010, 11:50 AM »

Any idea what registry setting that's under so I can remove the "Shift" requirement for it?

EDIT: Found it!

Navigate to "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\cmd" and rename or delete the "Extended" key.

-Deozaan (June 17, 2010, 03:46 PM)

That gives me an idea to relegate a lot of context menu items I rarely need to that Shift key..wonder if it works in reverse.

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FlipSuite and Flipbook Printer / Re: possible to save?

« on: June 18, 2010, 11:31 AM »

I always liked PDF Creator because it has a few options to pause the PDF creation, print "offline" kind of, then later combine multiple prints into a single PDF. The others may have that, too, I don't know. And it may not matter for this application, but you may find other uses for it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: any free (or cheap) utilities to export outlook pst files to HTML or XML?

« on: June 18, 2010, 06:02 AM »

What interests me about this question is that you ideally would like the mails in a Lotus Notes format, BUT you'll settle for txt format, BUT have flat out rejected keeping them in a PST file where all the contents would be preserved the most accurately and still could be archived off locally, sparing you from the mailbox quota. So real problem seems not to be the mailbox quota, but that you are having to archive the mails into a format that you loathe. Am I right?

So ideally (there's that word again), you'd like the mails to autoarchive directly from the mailbox to your preferred format, without the PST intermediary. Right?

Don't really have an answer yet, my first stop to try and find Outlook utilities is always Slipstick. Check the Automatic Processing and Housekeeping sections maybe?

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General Software Discussion / Re: SuperboyAC's DC blog #2 (Live Search feature in software)

« on: June 17, 2010, 05:56 PM »

Well, to be honest, i didn't try it.  but I remember when v3 came out and I tried it, even if it can actually store the files locally, I didn't want to continue using it because it forced me to go through a registration process (userid, password).  I didn't see a way to just use the program without registering anywhere for anything.

-superboyac (June 17, 2010, 05:31 PM)

Ah, got it now. Didn't know that not registering was a requirement. Yeah, it is still that way, so don't bother. It's great for me, because a big part of what I use it for is to grab offline copies of web pages, or clips from them. Kind of like people used to do with furl (haven't tried furl since it got bought by diigo.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: SuperboyAC's DC blog #2 (Live Search feature in software)

« on: June 17, 2010, 04:21 PM »

you know, i went back to the website...I didn't see anything about the standalone version.  I think there's a misunderstanding somewhere.  it's still a web only product.  It has a frontend that you can use on your PC, but it's still a web only product.  Maybe I'm mistaken, but I haven't seen anything to indicate otherwise.  And I didn't see any update to the old 2.2 version.

-superboyac (June 17, 2010, 02:56 PM)

Are you serious? Try the big Download Now button below Evernote for Windows on the right hand side of http://www.evernote.com. The filename is Evernote_3.5.4.2343.exe. Last time I checked you could create local notebooks in addition to accessing the web notebooks (Sadly the Windows Mobile version doesn't have local notebooks (last time I checked)).

EDIT: Just thought of this: Make sure you are not logged in when you go to the site

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Open command prompt at current directory

« on: June 17, 2010, 03:42 PM »

Windows 7 (and Vista) already has this built in by following these steps:

1. Select the directory so that it is highlighted
2. Hold Shift and Right Click the directory
3. Select Open Command Window Here

-Deozaan (June 16, 2010, 05:27 PM)

Just tried it, and it works on Vista Home Premium in a user account with UAC On.  But if you want a DOS prompt in the current directory, you'd have to go up a level then highlight the one you've just come from, because you don't get Open Command Window Here if you right-click on a file.

-rjbull (June 17, 2010, 02:54 PM)

You can also Shift-Right Click on a blank space within the current folder

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Open command prompt at current directory

« on: June 16, 2010, 05:57 PM »

In XP I used to add it to the context menu just a registry entry.

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General Software Discussion / Re: SuperboyAC's DC blog #2 (Live Search feature in software)

« on: June 16, 2010, 05:49 PM »

Well, I guess 2 years ago it looked like the standalone version of Evernote was going away. It is still alive and kicking as far as I can tell, in fact there was an update this month.

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (beta - download)

« on: June 16, 2010, 05:27 PM »

I have Win 7 x64 installed, I downloaded the version at the top of the thread, the x64 version , changed Windows to use hideous 144dpi, and T-Clock looks fine to me whether Windows XP scaling is checked or unchecked (was prompted to log off each time). Is there something I should look for?

-daddydave (June 16, 2010, 01:06 PM)

lol ...bare in mind Sagji is using a 30" monitor at 2560 x 1600, so bumping to fonts up a bit is quite understandable.

-Stoic Joker (June 16, 2010, 03:09 PM)

Must be nice..

Other than letting us know what you monitor size, configuration, & resolution is I can't think of much at the moment - But it's Sagji's bugg (hehe) ... So I'd like to wait and see what his take on this is before drawing any conclusions.

Thank you.

[Musing aloud] Are screen coordinates calculated/handled differently on really big displays?!?

Mine is 1440 x 900. 19" wide screen.

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (beta - download)

« on: June 16, 2010, 01:06 PM »

I have Win 7 x64 installed, I downloaded the version at the top of the thread, the x64 version , changed Windows to use hideous 144dpi, and T-Clock looks fine to me whether Windows XP scaling is checked or unchecked (was prompted to log off each time). Is there something I should look for?

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General Software Discussion / Re: If you think OpenOffice is a competitor to MS Office 2010, think again

« on: June 16, 2010, 12:31 PM »

Had the Office 2010 RC a while ago, didn't really do anything with it. Outlook 2010 has a Gmail-style Conversation View, if I'm not mistaken..would be extremely useful at work but at home I use Outlook for everything but email. Didn't really play with the other apps too much.

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General Software Discussion / Re: If you think OpenOffice is a competitor to MS Office 2010, think again

« on: June 16, 2010, 10:52 AM »

I installed OpenOffice on a Windows XP system not long ago.
Typed three lines in Notepad.
Pasted them in OpenOffice.
Selected the lines and hit the "bullets" icon on the toolbar.
It put the bullets on separate lines from the text!

I've been meaning to try this same test on my own Windows 7 system just to see if it wasn't just something funky with that computer, haven't gotten around to it yet.

EDIT If it does the same thing in Windows 7, I'll make a video of it with a waa-waa-waa-waa sound effect at the end.

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Living Room / Re: Death and the net: How to log off gracefully for the very last time

« on: June 16, 2010, 07:16 AM »

I guess the service died before I did.

-MilesAhead (June 08, 2010, 03:24 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: keyboard with four function keys how to alter

« on: June 16, 2010, 06:30 AM »

Scroll to the bottom of this page and see if that helps any. It looks like Alt-Gr + the key gives you the extra function.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Pledge: TaskDaddy (Now with teaser helpfile and screenshots!)

« on: June 15, 2010, 03:04 PM »

My random test data for TaskDaddy is a little more random than I expected:

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@Ž N‚;7Ëö€,TaskDaddyTest á2PBËgë‹%==Ž-•lU¬[}úì~,Þ"ÖX|Râe¡ÞWó‰NP :~ôËž_²üv Xö-Ö²•€‡›WÇpÿ~æëoDÖc×€ëÅR†ŒÜ•å!tðº0ÿª&ç/OGRKS2çFÁIŠ-±ú‰m>Ø2Ô"¨®#brèÑ0v nòì®è !ï­R´¹ï§cü¿ô¤SYÌE×®‰+©‰š”Dä¸.ïFˆZQÆïgY@ùj,í÷BÊæ[i’RSÙڐ>—òëa*ìµqî¢÷'¿Ä¢tïx|¡ôu[³åÌãQ;àqÉêÜû·¢ãq%­­ºhS\àãÇÕ…ïÝe
@ØóÚêZ|—0Eÿ,TaskDaddyTest !\ILlEŨ‹³ÜƒI/Šh¦êì+õúþùd½gª.ë‡y5¥ù1oéßU :È%¼'×½2ï¿¿íèÇÉ·ÒÙî21)ë쀭±íkôùëx¡^¿\~È­2þ£ªÓ+VQœÐ°µz´‚q×ùÛ†4G´rž0Wû´‚ôÂÝ;4Ï?ÕÀ…B:±~[¨WÎv˜¡/1Y§@µCìn*ŠáøúÐ@A3à·M1ÔJ¹–Faa¤‚Ö'§FŒtÎÞ°Z5Zêϵ¾ÂõucÈT;Á[wðG×pHó(›O5ŒnÎ÷ µžû- ŸÌ¨IWA9¬~¨ºÍ›±únŒ`z fåÓ@α
@fOä€Æs‹!*,TaskDaddyTest ”ůë&.ðôI›…n|þP…Ö£Åí4ÃÛ£SfI×ÍìÞ9!}»!8ÿv@ ::˜|ÝòòYË–žÃHöÝAXçY¯¸ù|Á—”º™ƒáY[:÷0:iïB£<EúBn]Š2›o$tTZ©Öê}\÷·/¿°F´g¤àÉ#„§´ñØÇNæFšQ³¾Q,w9f³\9Z%§ý‡¤º‹XaÚe&¡QwÁ2+ZÁñ_e5IÏøu5ëø#P…¤þ.™Câ)×XDf>x}p#R#½nˆZQ6k«2±âÀ¢Ch%lš•–ǧ“…e=üG5O\þ†øc€=Í&—‘N/Ñ]6Ã6oïç
@t3.´jíú95²,TaskDaddyTest ! “PuÚΙ‘ANï¹÷ÍÊó²;eÔ¬-îAD¤¦ËN»WªûîÁÆ‘VË :?`zϽ­”“ì’¦"ƒÈyA€žk –1 çE*XCØøfA„ ƯUŽt#ˆÖ!3§¡S6Ì¢“4à>›ã+1ô2MFna«)Iœ±‡#¶ØŸñI4Æ¢-åeˆ–ôÁ˜@â}©ˆ±„­äý\`O/1­ÃeZƒa”b%ʽ¶¿·qG^ªŽs2m©‘ÒÍÝÂŽ+¨‚ÌÁB÷N›(dÄ:Ÿpõ÷¬­[ëò¢ÍUœA(Æ=!H½ž1ý®ý¶`“r%Ù{ÛÜšË.ôjíñ_¦Áî'7ÅiQ

However, every line is in the format @Category1,Category2 This is the task :this is the task body where Category2 is TaskDaddyTest. Can you see it?

Some characters won't show up right on the internet..

I could make it even more random, but this is a good start for my TaskDaddyTester tool.

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Developer's Corner / Re: I guess I'm not using a static variable then

« on: June 15, 2010, 08:14 AM »

Looks like a snippet from AutoIt3's documentation to me.

-ewemoa (June 14, 2010, 07:15 PM)

That's right! I've never seen such a big scare headline in the helpfile before.

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2009 / Re: Mini-Review + Survey: GTD Over The Years – What Changed?

« on: June 15, 2010, 07:27 AM »

Based on their review of the GTD Implementation Guide, I've definitely the target audience for it.

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Developer's Corner / I guess I'm not using a static variable then

« on: June 14, 2010, 05:53 PM »