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Living Room / Re: Firewire/iLink speeds set to increase to 3.2Gb/s

« Last post by tomos on December 18, 2007, 03:19 AM »

but over the last couple of years I've read again and again (but where ) that firewire is not as dependable as USB

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Living Room / Re: 100,000 users!

« Last post by tomos on December 17, 2007, 02:30 PM »

I´m number 100 000

-beerlover (December 17, 2007, 02:24 PM)

congrats beerlover,
or should i say have a celebratory beer, cheers, prost etc...

PS, sounds like you're going to get a very rare Cody Beerstein...

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General Software Discussion / Re: My Stupid Windows Question for the Day!

« Last post by tomos on December 17, 2007, 10:47 AM »

I agree with nosh. Just ignore them.

This may be the program you were thinking of....

-Nighted (December 17, 2007, 05:02 AM)

no, looks like a convenient way to move "special" folders, but doesnt seem to allow rename judging by what said there

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General Software Discussion / Re: "Wrapping" mail in Thunderbird

« Last post by tomos on December 17, 2007, 09:26 AM »

good find, tomos! i've always been wondering about that but it didn't affect me much to do anything about it..

-lanux128 (December 16, 2007, 09:25 PM)

well it's nice to know that others dont have to get as %$&*# upset when reading scrolling my mail as I tend to when having to scroll theirs

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Living Room / Re: Another cody spotting? CAPTION THIS PICTURE CONTEST

« Last post by tomos on December 16, 2007, 04:19 PM »

thanks Renegade,
that's a better link!

dont know much of their music to be honest but that one has a place in my head (!) and started it's chant when I read -

I bet the bird is thinking "Im breaking the law and gonna get away with it...

-Silverchip (December 08, 2007, 01:56 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: My Stupid Windows Question for the Day!

« Last post by tomos on December 16, 2007, 02:31 PM »

hmmm, I've changed name of my documents but with something ...
thought it might have been Tweak UI but just had a look there and cant see anything -
it's a fairly recent install so just thinking now it might have been Autopatcher but that's no help to you probably

I dont think you can simply rename them ... or dont think it works at any rate

this might do it?
http://ben-ward.co.u..._folders_in_windows/

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Living Room / Re: Another cody spotting? CAPTION THIS PICTURE CONTEST

« Last post by tomos on December 16, 2007, 09:12 AM »

via
Judas Priest

There I was completely wasting, out of work and down All inside its so frustrating as I drift from town to town Feel as though nobody cares if I live or die So I might as well begin to put some action in my life Breaking the law, breaking the law Breaking the law, breaking the law Breaking the law, breaking the law Breaking the law, breaking the law So much for the golden future, I cant even start Ive had every promise broken, theres anger in my heart You dont know what its like, you dont have a clue If you did youd find yourselves doing the same thing too Breaking the law, breaking the law Breaking the law, breaking the law Breaking the law, breaking the law Breaking the law, breaking the law You dont know what its like Breaking the law, breaking the law Breaking the law, breaking the law Breaking the law, breaking the law Breaking the law, breaking the law Breaking the law

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: a Profile-able Workdesk Desktop

« Last post by tomos on December 16, 2007, 09:08 AM »

As I see this request, it's more of an occasional switching between modes of working.  So when you switch you want different icons, wallpaper, etc.  It's not about running multiple programs on dif desktops, just about setting up different desktop environments suited for different modes of working.

-mouser (December 14, 2007, 04:25 PM)

go go go

seriously though,
I think it's a great idea for those of us who dont want to go to the virtual desktops extreme (okay it's not that extreme but if you dont want/need all that capability..)

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by tomos on December 14, 2007, 09:41 AM »

Tomos:   There is a registry option in some of the file managers that allow substitution of , for example, Xplorer2 as the default file manager.  I believe in that case (haven't tried it yet) Win Explorer never runs.

-enginer (December 14, 2007, 09:06 AM)

I could well be wrong but I believe all the file managers that "replace" explorer dont actually completely replace it
e.g. Dopus: you can "replace" explorer with it but explorer still runs in the background doing various other (mysterious) things that explorer does

I never used them but is it the case that "shell" replacements actually replace explorer? which are something else alltogether
I think so, hopefully someone else might chime in there.

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Living Room / Re: SnowGlobe Boy

« Last post by tomos on December 14, 2007, 07:49 AM »

masochist!
- bet he wont do it again next year

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by tomos on December 14, 2007, 07:46 AM »

@ enginer:
sounds like your problem is with win explorer -
I mean getting another file manager isnt going to solve that problem cause explorer still runs - as to what will maybe someone else could help...

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General Software Discussion / Re: General brainstorming for Note-taking software

« Last post by tomos on December 14, 2007, 05:07 AM »

Sorry, long post… Readable I hope...

-Armando (December 13, 2007, 08:34 PM)

very much readable
answered an unasked question for me about tags vs. categories
[also I'm only getting back into using evernote for work now so helpful to hear how the advanced use it!]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Strange Firefox Error:

« Last post by tomos on December 14, 2007, 04:53 AM »

Does this link load in Forefox for anyone else? http://makeitbiginga...velopment-company-2/

-Deozaan (December 13, 2007, 10:48 PM)

nope, same problem here

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General Software Discussion / Re: The MAIN reason EVERYONE should use EverNote!*

« Last post by tomos on December 13, 2007, 12:36 PM »

darwin, thrillseeker, boldly goes ... where most people dont

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General Software Discussion / Re: The MAIN reason EVERYONE should use EverNote!*

« Last post by tomos on December 13, 2007, 12:09 PM »

CodeTrucker - I tested this only in so far as I opened up both OneNote and SQLNotes and typed in single letters (actually I hit return twice and typed in the letter a) and then shut down the programme without saving anything. When I fired them back up the changes I had made were still there.

I'll take one for the team though (Gulp!) and try hitting the juice button in the middle of typing in both 

-Darwin (December 13, 2007, 11:55 AM)

DONT DO IT!!!
-
use xyplorer: open to where the file is being saved,
doodle a bit 
check has file been updated/saved in XY -
you have to hit F5 to refresh but default shows seconds in saved time so should be easy to check

EDIT: just to be clear:- check has file/database been updated before closing programme down

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General Software Discussion / Re: "Wrapping" mail in Thunderbird

« Last post by tomos on December 13, 2007, 09:42 AM »

Have changed the above setting so will try it out...

-tomos (December 13, 2007, 09:17 AM)

seems to work as would be expected now
i.e. my mails arrive (in Thunderbird) as they left!

(I didnt try the rewrap incoming mails)

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General Software Discussion / "Wrapping" mail in Thunderbird

« Last post by tomos on December 13, 2007, 09:17 AM »

[EDIT] was going to post this as a query but found the answer so thought I'd post the whole lot [/EDIT]

I use Thunderbird for my mail
I've noticed I often get mails from poeple that havent been "wrapped"
mostly they go to the size of the window but if I recall correctly they sometimes need to be scrolled - over/back to read
Personally, I find nothing harder to read than a solid block of text the size of the screen...and scrolling lines the length of a paragraph

So,
I started wondering how my mails look
I send text mails (setting selected in accounts/composition)
with wordwrap set to 75 (set in options)

If my mail is opened online the wordwrap works
but
if it's downloaded to Thunderbird at any rate the wrap is lost

If, before I send the mail I select the text and go to edit/rewrap
then when it's downloaded to Tbird the wrapping is kept.

Maybe I should be sending this to Mozilla

EDIT turns out it is a bug -
solution is:

[in Options] On the page Advanced – General, press the Config Editor... button. Set the Filter to: flowed  Set the following preference to the opposite of its default (for example, by double-clicking it), so that the setting is:     mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed    user set    boolean    false

you can also set incoming mails to be wrapped
but
they say:

Notes:     * Some messages that other people send to you might look strange with these settings.     * Other people might find that messages you send to them look strange.

Note # 2 there is a little disturbing -
like what does that mean (he's a wierdo - his mails are wrapped )

I have noticed if I select text of an incoming mail & rewrap that it turns into a block of text & loses any formatting
Have changed the above setting [for out going mail] so will try it out...

Forgot the Mozilla link:
http://kb.mozillazin...Fixed_width_messages

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Way More Than Your Average Screen Capture Tool!

« Last post by tomos on December 13, 2007, 08:52 AM »

makes me very happy to read this.  Especially the part about how you read the pdf manual.. took a long time to write that big help file, it's nice to know someone has looked at it 

-mouser (December 13, 2007, 08:00 AM)

ehh, where is the pdf manual ?
am i having one of those blind it's right in front of me days 

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General Software Discussion / Re: best clipboard program

« Last post by tomos on December 13, 2007, 07:04 AM »

is there a program that will sit in the tray and will record everything I type? I want this because often I write a big text

-kalos (November 05, 2007, 04:50 AM)

for this part of what you were looking for see new thread on evernote
https://www.donation...?topic=11315.new#new
apparently it saves after every keystroke

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General Software Discussion / Re: The MAIN reason EVERYONE should use EverNote!*

« Last post by tomos on December 13, 2007, 07:01 AM »

having a look there -
it does seem to save each time I make a change

dont know if it's wasteful - it's quick, responsive, uses cpu & memory but nothing out of order here at any rate

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Living Room / Re: "B_R_E_A_K___O_N_E_-_N_I_N_E_!"... Calling all Truckers!

« Last post by tomos on December 12, 2007, 03:17 PM »

Another tale from that time: only the old hands knew how to get from one tober to the next

-JennyB (December 12, 2007, 03:08 PM)

what's a tober Jenny? havent heard that one before
village?
pit stop/overnight-stop?

EDIT forgot to ask, did ye get out of the field then???

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone else having random reboots with Firefox 2.0.0.11

« Last post by tomos on December 12, 2007, 02:26 PM »

this prob not of help, but just in case:-

not sure when that FF update was but am using 2.0.0.11
I installed the grab & drag extension about a week ago & disabled it after a few days cause FF was regularly seizing up
everything seemed okay for a few days then today everything seized up (ff was minimised to tray at the time so prob not culprit), even process explorer wouldnt work so had to shut down after ctrl+alt+del (worked) -
I put it down to installing winupdates this morning & refusing to reboot all day long after.. (windows gets it's revenge )

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: snagIt 7 free: grab it

« Last post by tomos on December 11, 2007, 06:10 PM »

thanks dhuser 

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General Software Discussion / Re: avatars

« Last post by tomos on December 11, 2007, 05:39 PM »

app -
you definitely got a good toilet theme going there what with avatar n all

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General Software Discussion / Re: avatars

« Last post by tomos on December 11, 2007, 05:36 PM »

sometimes I really love this place 

-tomos (December 11, 2007, 05:10 PM)

Really? I love this place ALL THE FREAKIN' TIME 

-Darwin (December 11, 2007, 05:17 PM)

but it does get extra good when you just have to laugh out loud ...
...and again when I reread.. 

I've tried this before just for kicks. If my recycle bin was a toilet, it would have been spinning around leaving skid marks all over the place before finally going down.

-Nighted (December 11, 2007, 02:25 PM)

Sounds to me like it left a lot of crap around when trying to uninstall it.

-Deozaan (December 11, 2007, 03:04 PM)

It has that realistic flushing sound too.

-app103 (December 11, 2007, 04:58 PM)

BTW @Planka, thanks for the clarification