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Living Room / Re: Any creative/crazy musicians around?

« on: January 12, 2007, 07:47 PM »

Necessity is said to be the mother of invention.  I wonder if this could produce the next super hit!

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Living Room / Re: Cinematic Abbreviation Trivia... just for fun :D

« on: January 12, 2007, 06:50 PM »

Permanent = well, you know what it means...
Latrine = a military word for the "privy" or camode...
Orderly = a low-ranking enlisted person, usually involved with the menial tasks.

PLO or Permanent Latrine Orderly was a fictitious job that was created by a not-so-scrupulous sergeant in "No Time For Sergeants" to keep a particular private from causing trouble, get the potty cleaned up and get a decent nights sleep.  The movie is kind of zany, but it's fun.

Ok, what's the next question?

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Living Room / Cinematic Abbreviation Trivia... just for fun :D

« on: January 12, 2007, 06:18 PM »

Anyone have any movie trivia that is particularly interesting... just for fun?

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

« on: January 12, 2007, 06:03 PM »

Ha! a fellow sailor that has the courage to try to get on a boat designed to sink!    I actually never qualified, but I sure tried!

Welcome Pyr8!

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Developer's Corner / Freeware EULA Addendum

« on: January 11, 2007, 03:18 PM »

Here's something I came across, but I can't remember where it was?    Oh well...

"Freeware" is software you do not pay for, ever, in any way.

• It is not "Shareware," which you eventually must pay for.
• It is not "Nagware," which tries to get you to pay for something that was originally offered as though it was free.
• It is not "Crippleware," software that perpetually tries to annoy and tease you about features only enabled in the commercial version.
• It is not "Adware," an increasingly popular form of software that is actually a vehicle for advertising, and that is much like the modern Internet itself.
• It is not "Spyware," a sleazy kind of program that opens a channel of communication between your computer and someone who wants to know what you are doing.

FYI - this is something I copied somewhere, so give him/her/them the credit, not me.

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Living Room / Re: My Amazing Secret for How to Get Great Publicity and Get Rich in the Web2 Wo

« on: January 10, 2007, 09:56 PM »

Oops!  I forgot to ask if this was connected to the RONCO VegWeb-a-matic?  

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Living Room / Re: My Amazing Secret for How to Get Great Publicity and Get Rich in the Web2 Wo

« on: January 10, 2007, 09:48 PM »

Call now!  Operators are standing by... 

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General Software Discussion / Re: need: a program to track the exact time that you spend on each webpage

« on: January 10, 2007, 07:21 AM »

I'm afraid I don't have any suggestions, but be careful... you might be surprised when you see the real numbers!

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Site/Forum Features / Re: "Labels" in the PM area... what are they for?

« on: January 10, 2007, 06:28 AM »

Thanks again for the help.  I wonder if there is a way to make them work like one would expect.  Things like this in software always provoke me to wonder what they were thinking?

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: Smile Inducer 2007 : Project Withdrawn - January 10, 2007

« on: January 10, 2007, 06:15 AM »

I'm sorry to see you folding on this, especially when so many others you know share my sentiment, but I won't attempt to dissuade you from your decision.  You know best.  I will tell you that you remind me of how I sounded when I rolled my truck (fuel tanker).  I was very discouraged.  I wish I could have sent that day to the recycle bin because my boss has never spoken to me since that day.  Neither I nor anyone else was hurt, but once I my boss realized this things were heated.  I was actually pretty disappointed because he was such a wonderful owner to work for and I hated messing up his day... and his truck.  I sure could have used your app that day!

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Site/Forum Features / Re: "Labels" in the PM area... what are they for?

« on: January 10, 2007, 02:21 AM »

Ok, am I missing something?  I created the boxes and I applied the "Labels," but it doe not look like anything moved.  Most curious?

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Site/Forum Features / Re: "Labels" in the PM area... what are they for?

« on: January 10, 2007, 02:21 AM »

Thanks for heads-up!

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Developer's Corner / Re: Difference between programming for Linux and Windows?

« on: January 10, 2007, 02:05 AM »

Hey Mike!  Ever had a crack at the *new* UE Studio?  I'm curious as to how it adds, if anything, to the standard UE?

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Site/Forum Features / "Labels" in the PM area... what are they for?

« on: January 10, 2007, 01:45 AM »

Can someone tell me what the "Labels" on the PM page is for and how to use them?

TIA

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Developer's Corner / Re: Difference between programming for Linux and Windows?

« on: January 09, 2007, 09:23 PM »

The real acronym goes this way... Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. <CT winks at f0dder>

Maybe an exploration into the world of coding would be most instructive and helpful? 

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Official Announcements / Re: Cody's (Internet Citizens) Club Begins!

« on: January 09, 2007, 02:37 AM »

I might want to participate.  Will I have to be interviewed by the head bird?

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

« on: January 09, 2007, 02:30 AM »

Ok...here it goes I am Carroll from the Oldest Town in Tennessee, USA.  There is a little research for some of you...I am an amateur radio operator and have been a licensed one since 1998.  I also like programming simple stuff, website graphics/designing, and a few other things. 

-hamradio (January 08, 2007, 11:38 PM)

My Dad was a ham.  WN5TOE (originally, WB5TOE way back when...)

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Developer's Corner / Re: Difference between programming for Linux and Windows?

« on: January 08, 2007, 11:15 PM »

BASIC: Beyond All Sense, Incomprehensible Crap. Donald Knuth, iirc, has quote where "BASIC" and "brain damage" go together. Yes, fortunately today's BASICs are less hideous than the original ones, but it's not something you should touch unless you have to (ie., VB required for a job).

-f0dder (January 08, 2007, 09:13 AM)

I agree the BASIC on the old C64, TI994A, etc. was arcane, but the Emergence BASIC that Mike has crafted his fine app with and I'm really getting excited about is a whole new animal.  For me, it has made programming fun again.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Difference between programming for Linux and Windows?

« on: January 08, 2007, 08:57 AM »

Ok, right... I thought I just didn't know how to read the instructions on the Redhat box.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Difference between programming for Linux and Windows?

« on: January 08, 2007, 07:18 AM »

@Josh  -  Solid!  

@Zaine  -  The architecture of programming itself is really very simple. Read >> Process >> Write.  The only difference is really just syntax, so pick your best (most comfortable) language and have at it and see what happens.  Does that help?

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Official Announcements / Re: Cody's (Internet Citizens) Club Begins!

« on: January 08, 2007, 06:46 AM »

Yes it is free*

* plus 6.95 for shipping and handling.

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Accessibility Game Contest / Re: my switch games

« on: January 07, 2007, 01:32 PM »

Mine is almost ready... just a few more bugs...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: "Personal Censor"

« on: January 06, 2007, 12:57 PM »

Thanks for the comments and suggestions.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: "Personal Censor"

« on: January 06, 2007, 05:28 AM »

Ah! Yes, I've used the venerable Proxomitron before.  Worked great too.  I can't recall why I ditched it?

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Unfinished Requests / Re: IDEA: Text Editor just for text (stay with me)

« on: January 06, 2007, 04:55 AM »

Wordstar is a very powerful writing tool once you can master it.  The ability to never have to let your fingers leave the keys is huge.  I can only type about 18 wpm (with errors), so I am no great ad for it, but I do understand the value.