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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a FREE pdf compressor tool

« on: July 17, 2012, 04:31 PM »

-so why not try Google > I'm feeling lucky > Free pdf compressor ?

-Curt (July 17, 2012, 04:14 PM)

Curt - I did (but not with gaggle) : and there are NO really free ones. Adobe Reader has a function for this but I don't own Adobe Reader. A lot say they are free but turn about to be trialware.

tomos - thanks for that thread. There's a post there about using IrfanView with a plugin that can do this to some extent.

Thanks guys.

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General Software Discussion / Looking for a FREE pdf compressor tool

« on: July 17, 2012, 12:32 PM »

Yes, so I'm looking for a FREE pdf compressor tool - any suggestions please ?
Thanks.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Ad Muncher - half off

« on: July 13, 2012, 07:35 AM »

Yes, Ad Muncher is great - one of my all-times ...

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General Software Discussion / Re: European Parliament Votes to Reject ACTA

« on: July 04, 2012, 04:00 PM »

It should perhaps be noted that the European Parliament voted against the European Commission which supported ACTA  ...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Sysrestore by Xia Software (new disk snapshot program)

« on: June 24, 2012, 08:43 AM »

About Xia Software Sysnew

Who we are

Xia Software has been dedicated on disk and system backup solutions by developing easy to use restore utility like Sysrestore. With the R&D located in Chongqing, China, we are continuing make our efforts to developing more free backup and other system utilities in the future.

Sysnew VS Xia Software

Sysnew is owned by Xia Software and Sysnew is the international name while Xia Software is the name for domestic market of China.

-Sysnew

-Curt (June 24, 2012, 06:34 AM)

Thanks Curt - not for me then.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Sysrestore by Xia Software (new disk snapshot program)

« on: June 24, 2012, 06:06 AM »

Looks fairly good - but I can't find where the company is based.
The English is very bad, maybe it's a chinese company ?

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Living Room / Re: Looking for camera accessory

« on: June 17, 2012, 02:49 PM »

Thanks cranioscopical but that one is for the D80 or D90 and it wouldn't fit. However there is the right one on that site but in the meantime I've found another offer (I've been at it all day and discovered that a lot of sale sites in the US won't deliver to Europe) here and cheaper too !
Anyway thanks for your help.

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Living Room / Looking for camera accessory

« on: June 17, 2012, 09:31 AM »

Hi, are there any digital camera buffs here that could help me find this :

LCD Timer Battery Grip for Nikon D40X D40 D60 - it's not the ordinary battery grip just with extra batteries but the one with timer functions too.

It's disappeared here in France but I think it could be found in the UK and the USA - I'm also looking for a good price tag 

Thanks.

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Living Room / Re: Lost my father

« on: June 06, 2012, 01:05 PM »

Sorry to hear of your loss SJ - my condolences.

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Living Room / Re: Just Had a Baby Girl~!

« on: June 02, 2012, 01:12 PM »

Congratulations and happiness !!!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software Charity?

« on: May 29, 2012, 11:25 AM »

Very nice thought renegade - but I don't know of any such charities ...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Splinter

« on: May 28, 2012, 08:56 AM »

Just tell me what you want to see, I will provide it.

-dmd7978 (May 28, 2012, 08:40 AM)

Sure ...?  

-joiwind (May 28, 2012, 08:45 AM)

Sure

-dmd7978 (May 28, 2012, 08:48 AM)

PS - it was a joke ... After all, according to your post the possibilities are endless (of what I want to see).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Splinter

« on: May 28, 2012, 08:45 AM »

Just tell me what you want to see, I will provide it.

-dmd7978 (May 28, 2012, 08:40 AM)

Sure ...? 

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General Software Discussion / Re: The best Automatic Organizer for documents and other files

« on: May 27, 2012, 11:06 AM »

Link ?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Drag any text or right click and save as a file

« on: May 21, 2012, 06:05 AM »

Jonathan : have a look at this, you may be able to tweak it to do what you want... or check its big brother.

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General Software Discussion / Re: FORTRAN - All your problems will be solved.

« on: May 17, 2012, 06:50 AM »

Yes, but it was just for fun (not to mention that I've forgotten most of it).
10 cls
20 goto 10

-joiwind (May 16, 2012, 05:09 AM)

That's much better! Well done!     
But I don't recall "cls" (stands for "clear screen"?) - was that ever a FORTRAN command?
Come to think of it, "clT" (stands for "clear Teletype"?) wasn't really required either.     

-IainB (May 17, 2012, 12:52 AM)

Well ... basically ... (hint) 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Parameters Control Diary

« on: May 16, 2012, 05:07 PM »

Contro - it seems to me that you can customize all the parameters in Optimism ... no ?

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General Software Discussion / Re: FORTRAN - All your problems will be solved.

« on: May 16, 2012, 05:09 AM »

10 cls
20 goto 30
30 goto 10

-joiwind (May 15, 2012, 03:31 PM)

Har-de-har-har. Very droll.
I think it could also (still) be regarded as an example of bad coding practice though.     

-IainB (May 16, 2012, 12:53 AM)

Yes, but it was just for fun (not to mention that I've forgotten most of it).

10 cls
20 goto 10

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General Software Discussion / Re: FORTRAN - All your problems will be solved.

« on: May 15, 2012, 03:31 PM »

how does it compare with AHK, and particularly with third-party GUI automation?

-kalos (May 14, 2012, 09:43 AM)

any serious input??? 

But Fortran: "...should virtually eliminate coding and debugging..."
Heh. I liked that. Pretty optimistic enthusiasm there.

-IainB (May 14, 2012, 10:15 PM)

this rang my bell! 

-kalos (May 15, 2012, 02:34 PM)

10 cls
20 goto 30
30 goto 10

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General Software Discussion / Re: FORTRAN - All your problems will be solved.

« on: May 14, 2012, 12:40 PM »

how does it compare with AHK, and particularly with third-party GUI automation?

-kalos (May 14, 2012, 09:43 AM)

... well basically ...

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: AppendDate

« on: May 11, 2012, 02:41 PM »

Most European countries use DDMMYYYY - possible to add please ?

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Living Room / Re: Favorite Websites...What are yours?

« on: May 10, 2012, 04:27 PM »

History ? Archives ? Retronaut - all sorts of stuff, good fun ... (thanks to panzer).

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Living Room / Re: SuperMoon Pictures - Post Them Here :)

« on: May 06, 2012, 05:22 AM »

However, the moon is at the perigee of its orbit about once a month^*. This would affect the tide in the same way, whether it appears to be a "full moon" (SuperMoon) or not.

-Deozaan (May 05, 2012, 06:09 PM)

Not quite correct deozaan : "The scientific term for the phenomenon is "perigee moon." Full Moons vary in size because of the oval shape of the Moon's orbit. The Moon follows an elliptical path around Earth with one side ("perigee") about 50,000 km closer than the other ("apogee").  Full Moons that occur on the perigee side of the Moon's orbit seem extra big and bright."

So it happens about once a year.

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Living Room / Re: Here's a good subject for discussion ... give your body to Facebook...

« on: May 02, 2012, 01:10 PM »

This can be a sensitive subject for some people and of course it is (hopefully) always a personal choice - we'll see ...

However I have heard of some strange "secondary effects" so to speak - favouritism and things like that.

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Living Room / Here's a good subject for discussion ... give your body to Facebook...

« on: May 02, 2012, 12:54 PM »

I wonder what folks here think of this one :

Facebook organ donation.