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10151
Living Room / Re: Ideas to make DC even better
« Last post by tomos on December 27, 2007, 09:44 AM »
bit of confusion in your post there Veign - your reply looks like a quote from cranioscopical...
10152
Living Room / Re: 2007: My 'Best of' list
« Last post by tomos on December 27, 2007, 05:39 AM »
BEST TECH ACHIEVEMENT
OLPC, one laptop per child

I saw in some mag that you can buy one of those "OLPC, one laptop per child"
and the price you pay pays for a second one which is given to a kid somewhere

I'd love one of them - I think there really nice design :-*

home-laptop_v2.jpg

ah, [url=http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/index.php]here it is:
Since November 12th, OLPC has been offering a limited-time Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada.
....
For a donation of $399, one XO laptop will be sent to empower a child in a developing nation and one will be sent to the child in your life in recognition of your contribution. Up to $200 of your donation may be tax-deductible (your $399 donation minus the fair market value of the XO laptop you will be receiving).
"one for the child in your life" = ME!! :D
10153
yes, manual check - unfortunately.
Download & install over current install.

from the download page:
"Both 30-day trial, Standard and Pro Edition included [in download]"

true, he doesnt show any update dates since the 8th Nov but that there's been 14 updates since then makes me happy the programme is in very active development

Does anyone know when version 4 is planned for, it sounded like he wanted to iron out the interface problems for then
What was that thread recently with discussion about SFFS?

found it,
SyncBackSE vs. SuperFlexible thread:
Hello Everybody,

I am the developer of Superflexible. It is true that in the current version, it takes a bit of hand work to make it auto-start with Windows. This will be made much easier in version 4.0. I hereby promise a free 4.0 upgrade to anybody who reads this. Just send me an email when you need the updated registration code.

There's a section in the FAQ on my web site on how to make the scheduler auto-start with Windows. Please read "How can I make the scheduler start when Windows starts?" on the following page: http://www.superflexible.com/docs.htm.

Since I cannot monitor forums all the time, I would be very grateful if anybody who has problems would also write to me directly at [email protected]. You can be sure that I will reply and fix any issues that should be there. Superflexible is frequently updated because I attempt to immediately fix any problems that users report.

Cheers,
Tobias
http://www.superflexible.com
10154
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: free to get EverNote Portable: 48 hours, 27-28 Dec
« Last post by tomos on December 27, 2007, 04:58 AM »
time to go for it :)

http://www.giveawayo...m/evernote-portable/

[thanks xbeta !!]
10155
Living Room / Re: 2007: My 'Best of' list
« Last post by tomos on December 26, 2007, 03:10 PM »
Thanks. Where's yours?  :P
ahhhh,
Nosh throws down the gauntlet  :)

I've actually been thinking a bit about that since reading your post
and while you havent a chance of a best of 2007 from me (one year always merges into the next :-\)

I can actually say the best book I've read this year
but unfortunately it hasnt been translated into english yet but here it is for anyone in german
Ich bin dann mal weg. Meine Reise auf dem Jakobsweg
by Hape Kerkeling, currently one of the most famous comedians in germany - this reasonably "serious" book though, if a bit surreal at times, about him walking from the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compestella (Lashiec-Land I believe) in Galicia


actually after looking at a list of all films released here (germany) in 2007, of the ones I've seen, the highlight for me was:

Full Metal Village
which is actually a very low-key documentary (made by a south Korean woman Sung Hyung Cho) about a huge heavy metal festival in a very small village in north Germany
Probably well worth seeing subtitled as well, but remember, fairly lowkey in spite of the odd blast of heavy metal!

Best software discovered:
will have to be shared between Filehamster (backup/versioning) & SQL-Notes (organiser/database/notetaker on steroids - which is looking for a new name if anyone has ideas)

howzat :P
10156
General Software Discussion / Re: My Stupid Windows Question for the Day!
« Last post by tomos on December 26, 2007, 01:57 PM »
I love Enhanced Dialogue but have long since removed it. Why? Because its mere presence on my computer (ie even when installed but disabled) renders 16-bit application open/save dialogues from appearing  :(

Otherwise it is my favourite dialogue enhancement tool and my favourite Stardock app. Like Jim, Enhanced Dialogue survived all of my Stardock purges, until the last one. Now I'm Stardock free...

it's a wonder no-one else has tried to produce something similar (I mean something very similar!)

[edit] even I (stingy $%&467 that I am) would fork out for something like that :)
10157
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Nero 6
« Last post by tomos on December 26, 2007, 01:55 PM »
sounds good

limitations:
"Please Note: This product must be purchased with hardware."
(or do they just say that to cover themselves?)

basically no international (outside US) delivery (unless you want to buy over $1000 worth of stuff :))

PS shipping cost in US is 8.90, still a bargain :up:
10158
Living Room / Re: 2007: My 'Best of' list
« Last post by tomos on December 26, 2007, 01:47 PM »
good list nosh, cheers :Thmbsup:
10159
Hi LLKK - welcome!!
... I think there's one or two mac users here :D


I apologize for not introducing myself before  :-[

no need at all :)  :up:
10160
General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?
« Last post by tomos on December 24, 2007, 04:33 AM »
added a new possible name:

Flexibase

http://www.sqlnotes....e/posts/Default.aspx
10161
Living Room / Re: The Canonical LCD Thread at AnandTech.com
« Last post by tomos on December 23, 2007, 06:34 PM »
well, looks like the first post is continually updated - "Last Updated: Wednesday, December 16, 2007"

it's nice to see other info too like
how to calibrate & clean (including recommendations for calibration equipment)
and post-purchase info that you rarely see in reviews
also examples of models where manufacturers have used good display on initial release & swapping with inferior later

:) it really is super :up:
10162
General Software Discussion / Re: internet information manager...
« Last post by tomos on December 23, 2007, 08:12 AM »
do onenote and evernote save the time of capturing text?

Surfulater would do that too
Advantage of Evernote (paid version) would be you can search text in images.
Also, Surfulater doesnt work well with Opera (does anything?)

EDIT For a lot of info I would still favour Surfulater, but read up about how they store/manage stuff - it's probably a personal preference...
10163
General Software Discussion / Re: internet information manager...
« Last post by tomos on December 23, 2007, 08:08 AM »
Surfulater, I actually prefer it to Evernote for managing web stuff, Bookmarks or saved/excerpts of pages
I like that you can  organise in tree/folders and it is very actively developed

there currently a xmas discount and
there a new (better) discount for DC members in January

http://www.surfulater.com/
10164
General Software Discussion / Re: The great defrag shootout
« Last post by tomos on December 23, 2007, 07:39 AM »
What do you guys think of defraggler? http://www.defraggler.com/

thread a bit older (Beta, in October)
https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=10023.0

and with only one post:
https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=11364.0
10165
Living Room / Re: The Canonical LCD Thread at AnandTech.com
« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2007, 11:11 AM »
just in case anyone else is a bit confused (like I was :-[*) on going there:
Scroll down towards the bottom of post one for the recommendations

* I went to the last page of thread - theres 110 pages or so :o
10166
Living Room / Re: 'We'd be better off if women ran everything'
« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2007, 08:44 AM »
good read all right (the article I mean), anyone read the Naked Woman one?
Sounds (to me) like he gives too much importance to "Art" in the big scheme of things, or maybe I'm just cynical having being through four years of art-school myself

About women in politics - sometimes they end up being worse than the men (e.g. Maggie Thatcher) maybe from having to prove themselves even more than the men :-\. Often they seem no different, but if there were more women than men would be interesting to see.
Not really sure how Angela Merkel (German "Chancellor") fits in there, no difference I can see (less vain than the last one though!)

Maybe related:
I think I told you (Mike) about a book I read years ago -
Daughters of Copper Women based on the myths of the "elder women of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation on Vancouver Island BC Canada"

It's written, I suspect, from a feminist perspective (which, when it was written -1981- pretty much meant anti-men :down:)
but, after telling how the world was formed (not very complimentary to men, the first of whom grows out of the womans snot ;D) describes society up until the "white" (Spanish I think) people came.
Which society was, yes, more or less run by the women.
Seemed a quite successful & peaceful society till the white came - some very funny descriptions then of the interactions with the Spanish, in particular with the religious/priests who basically had the piss taken out of them big time
10167
Living Room / Re: DM of the Rings
« Last post by tomos on December 21, 2007, 05:40 PM »
CXLIV pages (whatever that is (164?) + outtakes/deleted scenes)

even though I Know next to nothing about D&D
me too -
dont even know what DM* is :tellme: but I have read the book - coming at it from the wrong end :)

really enjoyed it! (well as far as XXXII...)

* Dungeon Master ? hah good guess (just googled) well okay probably fairly obvious :-\
10168
Living Room / Re: Internet Faxing
« Last post by tomos on December 21, 2007, 03:03 PM »
one free webmail here (Germany - web.de) offers faxing but I've never used the faxing bits
so that's probably not much help
but
thought I'd post anyways and say happy christmas!!
10169
General Software Discussion / Re: Your top 3 favorite portable software programs
« Last post by tomos on December 21, 2007, 10:09 AM »
portable version of photoshop

I seen it on offer somewhere a while back, but they said you had to have your own key..
and, no, it definitely wasnt from adobe
10170
General Software Discussion / Re: Need help with a name for my new NANY program
« Last post by tomos on December 21, 2007, 07:13 AM »
DonationTasker

somehow I managed to (quickly) misread that as DevotionTasker
10171
Best Text Editor / Re: How could y'all not mention Notepad Minus?
« Last post by tomos on December 21, 2007, 03:03 AM »
this is must have been meant to be a joke played on software sites that accepts submission for just about anything.. check out the author's note here.

http://www.runme.org...d/+notepadminus/+83/

oh noo, it's ART :tellme:

Edit: even stranger, "found art" - they dont seem to know whodunit
10172
General Software Discussion / Re: Google now includes StarOffice as a free download!
« Last post by tomos on December 20, 2007, 04:34 PM »
or maybe not -
it shows software as installed but still doesnt find any updates, maybe the update isnt available to google... :-\

it picked up on my acrobat reader install & cant find an (available) update for that either, but that could be because it's a stipped down version that's already installed... so no solutions here at any rate
10173
General Software Discussion / Re: Google now includes StarOffice as a free download!
« Last post by tomos on December 20, 2007, 04:29 PM »
forgot to say if I go to "Installed Software" tab & select "Recent Activity" -
it shows Star Office 8 and install date but it still doesnt show it on the "Installed Software" tab

okay, just sorted it
see
http://www.google.co...&hl=en&gl=us

1. Open the Google Updater, and select the "Preferences" tab.
2. Click "Advanced Options" if this section is hidden.
3. Check "Update all software available in the Google Pack" to keep all Google Pack software up-to-date, or un-check it to keep only Google software updated. Please note that by un-checking this box, you also turn off notifications for new third-party software.
4. Click the "Save Preferences" button.
-
I checked "Update all software available in the Google Pack"
10174
General Software Discussion / Re: Google now includes StarOffice as a free download!
« Last post by tomos on December 20, 2007, 04:01 PM »
Here's a link,so you don't have to fiddle with Google's Pack

http://gpdl.google.c...8.0.9189.0/setup.exe
It weighs about 143.40 MB.

I installed Star Office but dont believe I used the link in quote cause I also seem to have googleupdater installed
I know there's an update (well the programme says there is) but cant dl it directly and google updater doesnt recognise/cant find the Star Office install and I cant add it manually to google updater

not loosing any sleep :) but wondering how others who used/using google updater getting on?
10175
Living Room / Re: Crazy man takes picture every day for 8 years
« Last post by tomos on December 20, 2007, 02:50 PM »
Crazy man

turns out he did line up the eyes in each photo and resized them. dedication.
he has a FAQ here I read a bit of, some interesting

PS nice to see homer growing up Lashiec (totally off topic: is Lashiec a spanish name or a forum name? - hah just googled it:
"On the castle we are aquainted with the psycopath known as Lashiec..."  hmnmm)
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