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Living Room / Re: Star Trek 2009 - Discussion [SPOILERS]
« on: June 01, 2009, 04:38 PM »
I would rate the movie a B+ overall, but a C- for cinematography and a C for "Trekiness".

I am getting very sick of the constant movement ("shaky cam") and rapid angle/scene changes Hollywood is now using to "spice up" the action.  It doesn't make it more exciting at all, it just makes it almost impossible to follow the action unless you can watch the scene 3 to 4 times!  >:(  Also, I would have liked them to have zoomed out a bit more.  Almost the entire movie takes place from a close up perspective.

and...

Spoiler
  • HOW THE HELL CAN THEY JUST TOSS 40 YEARS OF TREK TO THE WIND!  GOD DAMMIT!  :Ahem:  I'm better now.
  • Ugh, time travel, especially when it creates paradoxes is very hard to write.  The "big reveal" of how Nero and Spock came to the time the movie takes place was just lame.  Supernova, Red Matter, WTF!?!
I could go on...but there's no need. :D


I would say it is flawed but good.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Help Authoring Gem
« on: April 07, 2009, 05:21 PM »
I tried HelpMaker v7.4 Build 4, but for a "mature" product it is too buggy, even if it is free.  For the life of me I couldn't get the table of contents to work in the HTML-Website option.

It does look like a lot of work went into the program, but from looking at the forums each release seems to break as many things as it fixes.  Hopefully the forthcoming C++ version will fix these issues, but according to this post HelpMaker won't be free for much longer.  The reasoning is due to "personal attacks", which is the most bizarre reason I have ever heard of for going payware.  If you want to charge for a product you've poured your heart and soul into go right ahead, but their reasoning is perplexing.  They will just end up punishing the regular users of the program, who may look elsewhere when the free version is discontinued.

I ended up going with Helpinator 1.4 FREE for my needs.  It is limited to 10 topics (you can pay $99 for the Pro version that has unlimited topics) but 10 is more than enough for me.  The interface is much simpler than HelpMaker, and supports CHM, PDF, RTF and Web as export options even in the free version.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Official players - What is the big deal?
« on: March 16, 2009, 01:19 PM »
I use The KMPlayer, which is a great free media player for Windows.  It can play almost anything!

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: File Replicator
« on: March 16, 2009, 11:57 AM »
Is it possible to replicate the file from a URL? That would be awesome.
-choicefresh (March 15, 2009, 02:23 PM)

That's a great suggestion.  I'll put it on my To Do List.

I would probably have to download the file to the replicating PC first then go from there, as I believe the commands I use in AutoHotkey to copy the file don't support URLs.  It may be a while before I can implement this, but I'll let you know when I do.

EDIT:  Done in v1.1.0.

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Coding Snacks / Re: CHKDSK Assist - Schedule CHKDSK Operations
« on: February 21, 2009, 11:40 PM »
Just giving this useful script a modest bump. Thanks for this, it's a great improvement over the meaningless progress bar that accompanies the default Windows control for CHKDSK.

-doctorfrog (February 21, 2009, 02:37 PM)
Most useful program I have on my PC next to Process Explorer. Thank you very much!
-Josh (February 21, 2009, 03:41 PM)

 :-*  Thanks for the kind words.  Its very nice to hear when someone appreciates your work.  Thanks a ton! :D

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