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Mouser's Zone / Re: Files created in Application Data and System32 directories

« Last post by jgpaiva on August 05, 2008, 02:30 PM »

Mouser: Another way to do it would be to add the time information to the key itself, so that it only lasts for some time.
This also spares having different expiration dates for each program you install.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Multi-threaded software

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 30, 2008, 04:44 PM »

Right now, I can't confirm this, but I'm pretty sure that a program being multi-threaded doesn't directly imply that it will run on 2 cores at the same time.
For this to happen, it needs to be programmed in something like OpenMP.
Still, one single application rarelly has the expected benefits from running in 2 processors, by Amdahl's law, which proves that if you have a serial part in your program (which all programs usually have), the speedup you get by adding more processors is severely limited (see the graph on the page to get a better idea).

So, like mouser mentioned, the best benefit is when you run several concurrent applications.

PS: I'm on vacations and can't test what I mentioned in the beggining of the post. Could someone just make a multithreaded app in C++ or Java or something and check if both cores are used? thanks

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Living Room / Re: Cuil search engine

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 29, 2008, 04:02 PM »

Hmm... A search for gridmove got a few results from software listing sites and gridmove's page isn't listed in the first 10 results even though all of the pages on the first 10 link to it.
Searching for 'donation gridiron got a hit for DC's first page (with microsoft's image, don't know why) but no hits for the correct page again.
My conclusion is that right now, it's pretty much unless.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 28, 2008, 06:08 PM »

Hey tgmayfield!
Thanks for the diff, and specially thanks for the pietty link, that looks neat

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows "safely remove device" thingie

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 25, 2008, 09:02 PM »

@jgpaiva:

If Unlocker doesn't do it for you and your 64-bit system...there is always: file-assassin. If memory serves me well, there is a 64-bit version.
http://www.malwareby...org/fileassassin.php

-Shades (July 25, 2008, 06:40 PM)

I've been using process explorer's "find handle"/"close handle" feature, and it works great. I just wanted the simplicity of Unlocker, a few clicks and you're done
I'll look at file-assassin, thanks

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows "safely remove device" thingie

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 25, 2008, 02:31 PM »

Unlocker, truly one of my favorites and it works on x64. 

-Stoic Joker (July 25, 2008, 02:16 PM)

It works for you?

Does unlocker work on Windows XP 64 or Vista 64? Not yet, I am working on it.

-from unlocker's webpage

I tried it some time ago, and it didn't work on my system (vista 64). Would it be that it was updated and now works? That'd be great

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Living Room / Re: Flash game : Fantastic contraption

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 25, 2008, 11:51 AM »

i find yours more enjoyable to watch jgp.

-mouser (July 25, 2008, 11:26 AM)

thanks, but I was just lucky
Now.. watch this: http://FantasticCont....com/?designId=64604
I think this is the best solution for 19 I've seen so far (and I've seen quite a few pages! ). This one is just perfect in its simplicity, I think it can't possibly get simpler than this

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Living Room / Re: Flash game : Fantastic contraption

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 25, 2008, 11:30 AM »

Man... There are so many crazy solutions here!! Try this one: http://FantasticCont....com/?designId=70642
Looks like everything is planned to the second

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Living Room / Re: Flash game : Fantastic contraption

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 25, 2008, 11:23 AM »

Ok, this solution for 19 is just absolutely briliant: http://FantasticCont....com/?designId=72368
(it's not mine )

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Living Room / Re: Flash game : Fantastic contraption

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 25, 2008, 10:57 AM »

p3lb0x: omg.. that 19 of yours is just crazy!!
Here's mine: http://FantasticCont....com/?designId=74706

It took quite a bit of thinking (and some luck ), that's a very hard level!

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Living Room / Re: Flash game : Fantastic contraption

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 25, 2008, 06:11 AM »

Here's how I passed level 17: http://FantasticCont....com/?designId=66849
and 18: http://FantasticCont....com/?designId=70855
I'm still working on 19, but haven't figured a smart way to do it yet.

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Living Room / Re: Flash game : Fantastic contraption

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 24, 2008, 07:07 PM »

Here's my solution to Mission to Mars: http://FantasticCont....com/?designId=66551
(VideoInPicture: you posted a solution to mission to mars, not four balls)

Has anyone passed level 15:down under?

[edit] incredible, I passed it! http://FantasticCont....com/?designId=66673 [/edit]

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Living Room / Re: Linux needs more haters

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 24, 2008, 03:48 PM »

I've been reading the blog since zaiine posted this, and I'm very glad to see linux users recognizing the usefulness of it.
I still think that sometimes too much "hate" floats around the place (well, I guess that's the idea), but he sure points lots of the stuff that anoys me in linux and my linux-using friends often don't "get".
Let's see if it gets some real success and doesn't fall on deaf ears, so that soon we can all move to linux and make a www.linux.donationcoder.com section

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Developer's Corner / Re: How Do You Like to Approach Database Design?

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 24, 2008, 03:12 PM »

notzippy: why do you recommend happy fish?

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Living Room / Re: YouTube prob...

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 24, 2008, 03:11 PM »

Tom: It works here.. Opera 9.52.
Now that I'm thinking... Could youtube be using different servers, depending on where you're located? That might be an explanation.
papoj1: where are you connecting from?

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Living Room / Re: YouTube prob...

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 23, 2008, 07:44 AM »

papoj1: Does that happen with all videos? Even the ones on the main page?
What browser do you use? (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, etc).

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Farr Alias: Window Management

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 23, 2008, 06:57 AM »

You don't need one, jan!
The "maximize" one is actually "toggle maximized state", so it'll restore the window if it's already maximized

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: google dollar exchange rate plugin -- sketch

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 22, 2008, 04:37 PM »

You're right, Enzomaticus, it didn't.
But you can use Google Calculator to do exactly the same.
For example, to get dollar to euro, just type the following in farr:
gcal 1euro in usd

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Coding Snacks / MOVED: IDEA: prompt Properties>Comments, when creating link for exe

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 22, 2008, 04:29 PM »

This topic has been moved to Post New Requests Here.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=14168.0

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: New Plugin: GooglePlus - View Google search results in FARR as you type

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 22, 2008, 04:04 PM »

herojoker: the results of the google search come up on farr itself, it doesn't launch the google search in the browser like the "search" alias.

s.newave: forget about my bug, must have been a strange mommentaneous configuration, I reinstalled the plugin and it's all good now.

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Living Room / Re: Inside the LEGO factory

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 22, 2008, 03:53 PM »

F0dder: damn you!
You made me lose precious hours watching lego videos instead of studying to the exam I had today!
If I have a grade lower than I expected, I shall blame thou for disturbing my study

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Living Room / Re: Wordle: Create Beautiful Word Clouds

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 22, 2008, 06:16 AM »

This idea is just great!!
And I just found out how to describe DC: "DonationCoder.com is a site where people support each other through donations to make software".
At least, that's what I figure, from the following image:

Made from the DC About page.

PS: the fact that "people" and "software" are the two largest words only shows that the About page describes DC perfectly!

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: New Plugin: GooglePlus - View Google search results in FARR as you type

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 22, 2008, 04:29 AM »

s.newave: this looks like a great plugin!
But I can't understand why, but everytime I type "gp", the options dialog comes up

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Living Room / Re: Linux needs more haters

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 22, 2008, 03:48 AM »

It's good for linux users/developers to realize what's wrong with the OS. Even though I think the guy can get overly agressive (I don't think linux is THAT unnusable), he does make good points.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Article: take a peek into MS Windows development

« Last post by jgpaiva on July 21, 2008, 04:59 PM »

f0dder: I don't think hibernation writes the whole mem, only the occupied part (is MS smart enough to do that?).
For me, it'd be even worse, I'm on a laptop with 4GB of ram.. (4*1024)/25 = 2,73. Waiting 3+ minutes for the laptop to shutdown should be fun
Oh, wait, and then it'd have to copy it back on startup! Definitelly, as interesting as hibernation might sound, it sure isn't feasable.