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Living Room / Re: How come @Stephen66515 keeps posting here about stuff that gets expunged?
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 26, 2014, 04:35 PM »
I actually thought I had posted that one in my personal area and not in living room haha, no wonder I couldn't find it  ;D
-Stephen66515 (September 13, 2014, 03:17 PM)

Aha... so someone can post to the forum directly from My Personal Area?  Interesting.
-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 01:24 PM)

No.  One must copy and paste from Personal Area in order to move it to a live forum section.

I have a tendency to have a lot of DC tabs open at any one time and sometimes multiple "New Topic" tabs for mocking up posts before making them, and sometimes I don't realize I have posted something live that should have been a test post.
-Stephen66515 (October 26, 2014, 01:27 PM)

Okay... thanks.  In my early days at DC I (thought) I was in My Personal Area when I clicked post but sent it to the forum and the wrong thread instead.

Just so I understand:  If I'm in MPA and click post... it will come up looking like a forum post but stay in MPA?   :tellme:
-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 01:41 PM)

Yes.  The Personal Area is a private area ONLY you can see. - It looks and feels like the public forum sections, but nobody else can see in there.

If you want to move something from that area to a public section, then you can do so by copy/paste method, or by speaking to mouser and asking him to move it for you.

You can contact mouser via PM | E-Mail | or Visit us in the Live Chat Room
-Stephen66515 (October 26, 2014, 01:48 PM)

Again thank you very much for a clear and informative reply.

It wasn't about what I said that made me want to remove it...
-Stephen66515 (September 13, 2014, 05:39 PM)

This thread has peaked my curiosity.  Can you say what it was about... maybe a PM?      Silly Topic Allotment?   ;D
-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 02:18 PM)

I think I was messing around posting silly ASCII emoticons ((╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)) or something of the sorts and obviously it meant nothing so mouser deleted it as it wasn't a "topic" haha
-Stephen66515 (October 26, 2014, 02:30 PM)

...and the 9-11 memorial?
-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 02:38 PM)

A certain member on the forum decided to go on the offensive and attack the thread.  Due to those reasons I decided to self-censor the thread and have it deleted rather than the possibility of a flame war being on the DonationCoder boards. :)
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Living Room / Re: Let's have some weekend Science and Tech! (A bit of a roundup!)
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 26, 2014, 04:34 PM »
Wow. This is awesome!
-bababooey (October 26, 2014, 04:00 PM)

:)  Stick around, we have loads of cool stuff like this featured on the forums!
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Living Room / Re: How come @Stephen66515 keeps posting here about stuff that gets expunged?
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 26, 2014, 02:30 PM »
I actually thought I had posted that one in my personal area and not in living room haha, no wonder I couldn't find it  ;D
-Stephen66515 (September 13, 2014, 03:17 PM)

Aha... so someone can post to the forum directly from My Personal Area?  Interesting.
-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 01:24 PM)

No.  One must copy and paste from Personal Area in order to move it to a live forum section.

I have a tendency to have a lot of DC tabs open at any one time and sometimes multiple "New Topic" tabs for mocking up posts before making them, and sometimes I don't realize I have posted something live that should have been a test post.
-Stephen66515 (October 26, 2014, 01:27 PM)

Okay... thanks.  In my early days at DC I (thought) I was in My Personal Area when I clicked post but sent it to the forum and the wrong thread instead.

Just so I understand:  If I'm in MPA and click post... it will come up looking like a forum post but stay in MPA?   :tellme:
-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 01:41 PM)

Yes.  The Personal Area is a private area ONLY you can see. - It looks and feels like the public forum sections, but nobody else can see in there.

If you want to move something from that area to a public section, then you can do so by copy/paste method, or by speaking to mouser and asking him to move it for you.

You can contact mouser via PM | E-Mail | or Visit us in the Live Chat Room
-Stephen66515 (October 26, 2014, 01:48 PM)

Again thank you very much for a clear and informative reply.

It wasn't about what I said that made me want to remove it...
-Stephen66515 (September 13, 2014, 05:39 PM)

This thread has peaked my curiosity.  Can you say what it was about... maybe a PM?      Silly Topic Allotment?   ;D
-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 02:18 PM)

I think I was messing around posting silly ASCII emoticons ((╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)) or something of the sorts and obviously it meant nothing so mouser deleted it as it wasn't a "topic" haha
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Living Room / Re: How come @Stephen66515 keeps posting here about stuff that gets expunged?
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 26, 2014, 01:48 PM »
I actually thought I had posted that one in my personal area and not in living room haha, no wonder I couldn't find it  ;D
-Stephen66515 (September 13, 2014, 03:17 PM)

Aha... so someone can post to the forum directly from My Personal Area?  Interesting.
-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 01:24 PM)

No.  One must copy and paste from Personal Area in order to move it to a live forum section.

I have a tendency to have a lot of DC tabs open at any one time and sometimes multiple "New Topic" tabs for mocking up posts before making them, and sometimes I don't realize I have posted something live that should have been a test post.
-Stephen66515 (October 26, 2014, 01:27 PM)

Okay... thanks.  In my early days at DC I (thought) I was in My Personal Area when I clicked post but sent it to the forum and the wrong thread instead.

Just so I understand:  If I'm in MPA and click post... it will come up looking like a forum post but stay in MPA?   :tellme:
-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 01:41 PM)

Yes.  The Personal Area is a private area ONLY you can see. - It looks and feels like the public forum sections, but nobody else can see in there.

If you want to move something from that area to a public section, then you can do so by copy/paste method, or by speaking to mouser and asking him to move it for you.

You can contact mouser via PM | E-Mail | or Visit us in the Live Chat Room
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Living Room / Re: How come @Stephen66515 keeps posting here about stuff that gets expunged?
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 26, 2014, 01:27 PM »
I actually thought I had posted that one in my personal area and not in living room haha, no wonder I couldn't find it  ;D
-Stephen66515 (September 13, 2014, 03:17 PM)

Aha... so someone can post to the forum directly from My Personal Area?  Interesting.
-crabby3 (October 26, 2014, 01:24 PM)

No.  One must copy and paste from Personal Area in order to move it to a live forum section.

I have a tendency to have a lot of DC tabs open at any one time and sometimes multiple "New Topic" tabs for mocking up posts before making them, and sometimes I don't realize I have posted something live that should have been a test post.
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Living Room / Re: (Hypothetical): If DC Grouped Together...What could be achieved?
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 10:09 PM »
App said the bit about DC 2.0 for a reason.  Seems like if anything could muster the troops, it would be that.  And with such a dated look, it should be that.  But... here we are.
-wraith808 (October 25, 2014, 10:02 PM)

Oops, I missed Apps post.

We might accomplish DoCo 2.0, or perhaps not.  :-[

We'd probably accomplish too many opinions, too much discussing, and no actual decisions that are actionable by anyone. Comparable to the development of any of a number of famous vaporware projects.

In a nutshell, we'd have to bring in an outside project manager, highly experienced in dealing with large groups of fiercely independent personalities, to have any hope of getting the project off the ground. Otherwise, we will just all run around doing our own thing, waiting for someone to tell us what needs to be done and what our part in it will be.

I am sorry that I am not kidding. Just being realistic.
-app103 (October 25, 2014, 07:32 PM)

It;s not really a bad thing to agree with you there to be honest...and if I am honest...that makes more sense than anything I have ever said/thought on the subject. +1  :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: (Hypothetical): If DC Grouped Together...What could be achieved?
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 09:45 PM »
I occasionally have the unrealistic fantasy that groups like this one can put together a project that would provide incomes for the members who participate.  Sort of like using our talents/passions/skills to free us from perhaps our normal methods of making a living, which may be less than satisfying.  But these kinds of ideas never seem to really take off, and instead turn into soon to be abandoned open source projects.

I would be very interested if any such project was able to generate additional income for participants in a good way.
-superboyac (October 25, 2014, 08:18 PM)

I think the way to do it would be to treat it like a business, rather than a project.  What I mean by this is:

  • Come up with an idea
  • Write a business plan/proposition
  • "Hire" Core Members and set out their tasks as you would in business (CEO, CFO, COO, Advertising etc)
  • Run the project as a business as much as possible

I think doing it that way would give everybody a definitive thing to work on and there would be no ambiguity as to who is doing what, when they are doing it, and why they are doing it.

Obviously...for a group like DonationCoder, that business would have to be something like Software Development & Sales - But there much be other possibilities?  :huh:
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General Software Discussion / Re: Comprehensive List of Where to Report Anti-virus Company False Positives
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 09:29 PM »
Emsi Software GmbH (Emsisoft): [email protected] (says their contact page at http://www.emsisoft..../en/support/contact/)
-sjokotof (October 25, 2014, 07:20 PM)

Added.  Thanks :)
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DonationCoder.com Newsletters / Re: Super-sized Newsletter for Oct 25, 2014 - Codename: NANY 2015 Preppers
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 07:07 PM »

 New members who joined: 13,600 (number of those banned for spamming: 700).
 New donors: 714.

Fun to work out figures!

If 13,600 new members joined and 700 of those got Spam-Banned - That means 94.85% of those registrations are legitimate (At least...have not spammed or got banned)...For you pessimists, that means a figure of 5.15% of new members at DC where horrible spammers!

If those 714 New Donors are also New Members, then that works out to be 5.25% of the people who signed up in the last 156 Days actually donated! - And again...for the pessimists out there...94.75 of those people DIDN'T donate!


Just another pointless semi-factual post from your friendly forum nutcase!  ;D
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Living Room / Re: Favorite Sci-fi movies?
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 06:43 PM »
On a lighter note I'd add:
 (see attachment in previous post)
GalaxyQuest :-* One of the best Trek spoofs ever. Featuring Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, and Sigourney Weaver demonstrating the amazing powers of a Wonderbra! Talk about alien technology!

-40hz (October 25, 2014, 06:41 PM)

If you like Spoofs...then you should checkout "Spaceballs" - Seriously funny movie (Albeit quite old now).
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Living Room / (Hypothetical): If DC Grouped Together...What could be achieved?
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 06:25 PM »
Something I have often thought about, is the sheer amount of power that could be obtained by grouping together all of the Developers and Designers here at DonationCoder...Now...What could we achieve if everybody got together on ONE HUGE PROJECT?

Could we create some massive game?  Some huge Software release?

I don't know...but you might!

What do you think we could all hypothetically make as a collective?

 :D
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Living Room / Re: Some of today's top (Non-Tech) headlines from around the world (From: BBC)
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 06:11 PM »
^ we know you're not a man who does things by halves ;)
-tomos (October 25, 2014, 06:06 PM)

Haha, I do seem to have a bit of a reputation for going a bit over-the-top :P
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Developer's Corner / C# Help Needed.
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 06:10 PM »
Long story short...

I am trying to do something which, because of the WebCore I am using, has left me with very VERY few options as to how I can achieve it.

Basically I am trying to hook "Desktop Notifications" sent to the client via a website (Usually sent by websites which heavily rely on WebSockets).

My problem is...Awesomium (The WebCore I use) is very badly documented...and the information I HAVE found, is leading me to believe this isn't possible.

SO...What I need to do...Is something like have my Software know when it activates the soundcard (It sounds a beep when a notification is received) - That way I can provide the visual popup window using a different method (Therefore re-creating the functionality one would otherwise receive).

Does anybody know of ANY method I could use in order to somehow register when the Software activates the Audio Device in order to play the "Beep" (It shows in Mixer Settings) so I can actually do something when that has happened?

In fake-code, I would want to do something like this:

Code: C# [Select]
  1. if (AudioBeep.IsPlaying == true)
  2. {
  3. //Do Something
  4. }
  5. else
  6. {
  7. //Do Something Else.
  8. }

Any help would be HUGELY appreciated!!!
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Living Room / Re: Malware blocked at DC !?!
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 05:56 PM »
I did this by doing the following:


[ attach=1 ]
-Stephen66515 (October 24, 2014, 06:32 PM)

I was looking for something like this.  Just pasting the image would be cool.  But this is close.  :)
-MilesAhead (October 25, 2014, 05:53 PM)

Huh?  :huh:
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Living Room / Re: Some of today's top (Non-Tech) headlines from around the world (From: BBC)
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 05:19 PM »
I enjoyed the post blitz :up:

No worries on this one -
it might pass under the radar :-D
-tomos (October 25, 2014, 05:14 PM)

I was going to carry on posting new stuff but realized I might have posted too many already haha
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Living Room / Re: Some of today's top (Non-Tech) headlines from around the world (From: BBC)
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 04:54 PM »
Is this really DC material?
Lets face it, you know that half of those topics will end up in the basement (which makes about six sensitive topics in one thred :o).

-tomos (October 25, 2014, 04:42 PM)

I'm just posting anything that might spark a bit of life into the forum over the weekend (It is always dead on Weekends lol) - Although...I do agree that this may have been bad judgement on my behalf when posting this one.
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Living Room / Some of today's top (Non-Tech) headlines from around the world (From: BBC)
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 04:05 PM »
- IS militants "pushed back" in ‪Iraq‬
http://bbc.in/1nFhikN
- ‪#‎Ebola‬ outbreak: Cases pass 10,000
http://bbc.in/1ws7D1E
- Protesters scuffle at North Korea border
http://bbc.in/1nFhi4s
- Cream bassist Jack Bruce dies
http://bbc.in/1nFhjp4
- UK: Fourth Portsmouth man killed in ‪Syria‬
http://bbc.in/1ws7Bqx
- US judge sentences ex-Farc rebel
http://bbc.in/1nFhjp8
- ICYMI: First transplant of "dead" heart
http://bbc.in/1ws7A6a
- Mass protest over Italy job reforms
http://bbc.in/1ws7D1G
- All of today's sport action
http://bbc.in/1ws7Ba9
- BBC News on YouTube: Scenes of Ebola horror
http://bbc.in/1nFhi4z
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Living Room / Re: Favorite Sci-fi movies?
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 03:58 PM »
I must add Guardians of The Galaxy to this list!

I loved it so much the first time seeing it in 3D at the Cinema with a friend...we both convinced our SO's to come and watch it..in 3D..again in the Cinema :P
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Living Room / Re: Online harassment affects 40% of US adults, report says
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 03:50 PM »
I don't really understand why people don't just block anybody who isn't on their friends list from contacting them if they are being harassed...or block those who are doing it  :huh:
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Living Room / Re: Malware blocked at DC !?!
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 03:24 PM »
It means there is no attack or malware hosted on or coming from DonationCoder.
It could mean that you just happened to see these alerts while you happened to be browsing the DonatinCoder forum.

--

Another thing to check is if this alert pops up when you view certain posts on the forum -- it's always possible that someone has a photo in their signature or in a post that is linking to another site and that that site is pinging your machine when you load it.
-mouser (October 24, 2014, 01:07 PM)

'I'm not clear what you are saying...' you're not hosting if it's a photo or link here?

I will keep track of where i see it and what tabs are open.
-crabby3 (October 24, 2014, 01:26 PM)

Some user avatars are hosted on external servers for which DC has no control over (Like mine...it is hosted on Imgur.com and NOT DC).  Linking & Hotlinking are NOT the same as Hosting.

After checking the IP addresses above, I came up with the following:

80.82.78.166 - Takes to a website which just has the text "Oh hi there" - The IP is hosted by the ISP: Ecatel LTD

89.248.168.46 - Resolves to offshore20.tronichost.com - Also hosted by the ISP: Ecatel LTD - However, when checking the website for content, the resolution link takes to a "This website may be for sale" and the IP takes you to an Apache2 Test Page.

Neither of these IPs are connected or affiliated with DonationCoder.com AT ALL.
-Stephen66515 (October 24, 2014, 06:26 PM)

Thank you for your very clear explaination.  It was my understanding that hosting meant providing links.

Some user avatars are hosted on external servers for which DC has no control over (Like mine...it is hosted on Imgur.com and NOT DC).

So if the Imgur servers go down... your Batsman disappears?  Bummer.  But i understand what you're saying.

Neither of these IPs are connected or affiliated with DonationCoder.com AT ALL.

I didn't think these IP's were affiliated with DC.  More like a member trying to disrupt things and make it unfriendly here.

----------

This past Wednesday was the first time MBAM blocked anything here.  What changed? What's different? The only thing i could think of was DC membership.
-crabby3 (October 25, 2014, 09:49 AM)

No problemo :)
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Living Room / Graphics Designers - DOCO NEEDS YOU!
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 03:22 PM »
  • Are you a Graphics Designer? 
  • Are you willing to spend an hour or so helping out DoCo?

If you can answer yes to both of the above questions...then I have a follow-up question for you...WHY have you not been in the NANY 2015 section yet?!  ;D

Mouser has been asking around for somebody to create this years NANY 2015 Mug Designs!!!!!

Other things we could use to make this year's event special:

We have a standard mug design we tend to use, but it's always great if we can get an optional alternative design or two.   If you have artistic talents, we'd love to have some more mug designs that look different.  The resolution should be 1662x600.


Here's the standard design to show you the size and basic information on the mugs: (see attachment in previous post)Some alternatives: (see attachment in previous post) (see attachment in previous post)
Ideally, any mug design should have a prominent role for Cody, our bird/duck mascot.
-mouser (October 08, 2014, 05:07 AM)



I have posted this here in case any potential kind graphics person happened to have missed this call for help in the NANY forum section.  :D
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Living Room / Google Takes a Flyer on Magic Leap
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 02:54 PM »


Magic Leap on Tuesday announced that Google was the lead investor in a US$542 million round of Series B funding for its secret endeavors.

Also participating in the financing round were Qualcomm, Legendary Entertainment, KKR, Vulcan Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Andreessen Horowitz and Obvious Ventures.

Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Android, Chrome and apps at Google, will join Magic Leap's board of directors. Paul Jacobs, executive chairman at Qualcomm, and Don Harrison, vice president of corporate development at Google, will join the board as observers.

"Magic Leap is going beyond the current perception of mobile computing, augmented reality and virtual reality," said Rony Abovitz, Magic Leap's president, CEO and founder. "We will revolutionize the way people communicate, purchase, learn, share and play."

Magic Leap is valued at just under $2 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Full Story: http://www.technewsw...com/story/81230.html
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Non-Windows Software / Calculate Linux Provides Consistency by Design
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 02:50 PM »
Calculate Linux has a rather interesting strategy for desktop environments. It is characterized by two flavors with the same look and feel. That does not mean that the inherent functionality of the KDE and Xfce desktops are compromised. Rather, the Calculate Linux developers did what you seldom see within a Linux distribution with more than one desktop option: They unified the design.

Full story here: http://www.technewsw...by-Design-81242.html
1049
Living Room / Space Explorers Hole Up in Hawaii to Simulate Life on Mars
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 02:48 PM »


The third in a series of four simulated missions to Mars planned by NASA kicked off last week at a remote site on the Hawaiian island of Mauna Loa.

A six-person team, comprising the Hawai'i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation 3 mission, is inhabiting a dome for an eight-month study of the human factors that contribute to astronaut crew function and performance over time.



Full story here: http://www.technewsw...e-on-Mars-81245.html
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Living Room / Online harassment affects 40% of US adults, report says
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2014, 02:44 PM »


Some 40% of adults have experienced online harassment, according to a study from the US Pew Research Internet Project.

From name-calling to other threats, harassment is a common part of online life for many, its research suggests.

While men are more likely to experience name-calling, women are more vulnerable to sexual harassment and stalking.

The report comes amid a rise in social media abuse aimed at women in the games industry.

The report found that 73% of American adult internet users had witnessed online harassment - from being called offensive names to witnessing someone being stalked online.

It found that young adults - aged 18-29 - are most likely to experience online harassment, with 65% of internet users in this age group claiming to have fallen victim.

The vast majority of harassment took place on social networking sites, according to the research.

View full report and source: http://www.bbc.co.uk.../technology-29741802
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