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Living Room / Re: Mobile Phone Location Data isn't Private?

« Last post by rgdot on October 06, 2012, 12:50 PM »

Direct consequence of voting for one party, getting mad at it, going to the other but later returning to the first. It's easy to say that politicians (and judges, some of which are elected) are 'evil'. But when they are not punished there is no incentive for them to be for the people.

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by rgdot on October 06, 2012, 09:51 AM »

Belated thanks, tomos and Ath

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General Software Discussion / Re: I may be the last one to learn about this, but...

« Last post by rgdot on October 06, 2012, 09:49 AM »

Locking out a massive user base (those who have used desktop forever and still need to) will not be easy. ... Even Apple would have failed if they want/wanted that fully on Mac computers.

-rgdot (October 06, 2012, 01:32 AM)

Uh, Apple does it all the time. Remember the transition from 68000 to Powerpc?
From classic os to os x?
From Powerpc to x86?

Just dump the old API. Provide a crude emulator. Let the PR machine roll and tell the story that the emulator works marvellously, and you shouldn't need it anyway.

Wait and see that the PR machine of MS telling the story of how you don't need legacy desktop applications anyway, and if you need them, there is a virtualization solution in win9.

Granted that Microsoft does not have the hypnotism powers Apple has over the media, this may fail, but the failure is far from certain.

-eleman (October 06, 2012, 02:36 AM)

Yes, but to me hardware changes or programs not running on new code is very different than having the walled garden.
The temptation to do the former has existed at MS too, for a long time, believe me.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I may be the last one to learn about this, but...

« Last post by rgdot on October 06, 2012, 01:32 AM »

Locking out a massive user base (those who have used desktop forever and still need to) will not be easy. Remember Apple did it - at least as a start - with something that was practically a new device altogether (iPod, iPhone). Even Apple would have failed if they want/wanted that fully on Mac computers.

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Living Room / Re: For the Trekkies - Star Trek Engines Being Researched

« Last post by rgdot on October 04, 2012, 01:31 PM »

Call me when either Deanna or Beverly are free for dinner.

-40hz (October 04, 2012, 01:30 PM)

 

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Living Room / Re: For the Trekkies - Star Trek Engines Being Researched

« Last post by rgdot on October 04, 2012, 01:19 PM »

Call me when someone invents transporting/beaming 

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Screenshot Captor / Re: This program should be avoided like the plague!

« Last post by rgdot on October 03, 2012, 10:05 PM »

Am I the only one here who believes in the cleansing goodness of a good curse filled rage-based primal scream?

-mouser (October 03, 2012, 09:41 PM)

I do that when I am alone and no one around to hear me 

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Screenshot Captor / Re: This program should be avoided like the plague!

« Last post by rgdot on October 03, 2012, 06:54 PM »

I remember I had an issue with the CH+S database years ago, didn't even report it...things happen, sometimes it is a serious bug other times the pc or user himself. It is not really relevant if mouser minds the tone or not.

My cents.

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Living Room / Re: VPS Recommendations Anyone?

« Last post by rgdot on October 02, 2012, 09:03 AM »

Doubt this would fulfill one of the criteria because it is (much) more expensive than the usual host but have good experience and they also have Toronto
https://www.cartika.com/

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General Software Discussion / Re: which is the proven fastest way to search for and find a file ?

« Last post by rgdot on October 01, 2012, 08:10 PM »

In my experience

Locate32 like mentioned http://locate32.cogit.net/
Everything http://www.voidtools.com/
Quick Search http://www.glarysoft...lities/quick-search/

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: aShampoo Burning Studio 11

« Last post by rgdot on September 26, 2012, 02:10 AM »

Speaking of

Giveaway of the Day - Ashampoo Burning Studio 2012
http://www.giveawayo...burning-studio-2012/

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: CompGator.com - new computer related website

« Last post by rgdot on September 24, 2012, 08:34 PM »

Best of luck  There is a missing image beside the search on top of the page
 
Also why Joomla  ............. just kidding hehe

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General Software Discussion / Re: Want to send a Batch file - but gmail & prob AV dont...

« Last post by rgdot on September 24, 2012, 09:37 AM »

Pastebin or similar likely blocked too?

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General Software Discussion / Re: yet another file manager thread...

« Last post by rgdot on September 23, 2012, 10:44 PM »

Ac Browser Plus is/was one of my faves, unfortunately abandoned

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Living Room / Re: In search of ... a hardware donee

« Last post by rgdot on September 23, 2012, 10:29 PM »

I could use it, not sure I would put it to the 'best' (whatever that means) use but I could use it for sure.

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Living Room / Re: $10 for a Facebook Post? Huh?

« Last post by rgdot on September 23, 2012, 12:43 PM »

If it's going to reach people already my friends or already subscribing I will just re-post 5 times a day.

-rgdot (September 23, 2012, 10:52 AM)

If a company started doing that, I kinda expect that followers would get pissed.

Ah well, we're seeing the beginning of investors wanting to monetize facebook. This will only get worse with time <3

-f0dder (September 23, 2012, 12:28 PM)

It's already being done, if you disguise it as a blog post and post the link many times and then write a part II. The question is what the $10 buys you, targeted 10 impressions is better than million random places or places I can just 'spam' myself.

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Living Room / Re: $10 for a Facebook Post? Huh?

« Last post by rgdot on September 23, 2012, 10:52 AM »

Whose feeds? How does it even work? Just bumping it up and 'promoting' on your friends' or subscribers' time line?!

Please tell me that's not the case 

That's hardly a good deal even if for a million people. If it's going to reach people already my friends or already subscribing I will just re-post 5 times a day.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by rgdot on September 19, 2012, 11:39 AM »

Before skwire or someone else chimes in with a better (and correct!) answer try another directory. Not Program Files, instead on the desktop for example.

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Living Room / Re: In rememberance of....The antiquated hardware/software reminiscence thread

« Last post by rgdot on September 18, 2012, 02:44 PM »

In 1000 years when aliens visit this wasteland the LaserJet will work with their power source yet they will find historical records of some things starting with i for some unknown reason

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: PaintSupreme: Wacom tablet support including pressure sensitivity

« Last post by rgdot on September 17, 2012, 12:06 PM »

Thanks Curt.

There is nothing in encouraging users to also invest in a registry cleaner 

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Hard Disk Sentinel PRO - Mini-Review (as at 2012-09-17)

« Last post by rgdot on September 16, 2012, 08:30 PM »

A post from the future  

(It's still 16th here)

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Living Room / Re: Shit Apple Fanatics Say

« Last post by rgdot on September 14, 2012, 02:19 PM »

What would users of Cody OS say?

-TaoPhoenix (September 14, 2012, 02:16 PM)

Especially when they are locked to apps available in the DC Store 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Postbox 3 - $9.95

« Last post by rgdot on September 14, 2012, 01:26 PM »

Message Annotation

-tomos (September 14, 2012, 10:06 AM)

This could be big, the features page doesn't make it sound like anything though

Editing / Annotation

Edit inbox messages just like a word processor.

I guess I will try to see.

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Living Room / Re: Windows 8 Pro will now include option to downgrade to Windows 7

« Last post by rgdot on September 13, 2012, 07:26 PM »

I want to thank Microsoft for Windows 8 - I really do.

I published an article in 3 local newsletters about what is coming in Windows 8 and have got a lot of work building new Windows 7 boxes and upgrading Vista and XP before 7 disappears off the shelves.

Thanks Microsoft. ;-)

-Carol Haynes (September 13, 2012, 07:18 PM)

Please write a blog post about this so I can share  

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General Software Discussion / Re: yet another file manager thread...

« Last post by rgdot on September 13, 2012, 11:54 AM »

While Don is around I will ask one of those questions all developers hate 

zip, rar support any closer? thanks