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1176
Podcast Radio Show / Re: audio podcast the newsletters?
« Last post by brotherS on March 19, 2006, 02:04 PM »
Some people already claim podcasts will vanish in the not too distant future - but if anyone has a nice voice, go ahead!
:Thmbsup:
1177
Living Room / Re: affordable remote power management?
« Last post by brotherS on March 19, 2006, 11:04 AM »
Thanks, I found stuff like http://www.x10-store.com/2coinmocm.html there, that's at least pointing in the right direction... maybe I'm too quick for the market :D
1178
Living Room / affordable remote power management?
« Last post by brotherS on March 19, 2006, 08:28 AM »
Hi,

does anyone of you know about some affordable hardware, that allows the user to power up/down external devices? It would be great if it would connect to an USB port and extra cool if it would come with some sort of software.

With Google's help I found some stuff for professional server management only - nice but VERY expensive... :down:
1179
Unfinished Requests / Re: IDEA: Detect no audio input
« Last post by brotherS on March 19, 2006, 06:47 AM »
If anyone knows a program that could do a part of this idea, please let me know.
1180
Developer's Corner / Re: FBSL - Bouncing balls
« Last post by brotherS on March 18, 2006, 06:24 AM »
Impressive!

PS: Now I'm blind. ;D
1181
Living Room / the first 20000 users - well done, mouser!
« Last post by brotherS on March 18, 2006, 04:01 AM »
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/214/dcpostdcforumstats8rp.png


1 year DC and 20000 users - that obviously means you did more right than wrong!  :Thmbsup:
1182
How could you all live without AutoHotkey? 8)

If you have no idea what it does, you probably need it! https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=1167.0
1183
Another great tool! Thanks, Skrommel!

A few suggestions for 1.2:

- add something so that one could see if the program is still scanning the folder. Of course this is only a problem when you scan BIG folders, then then it really IS a problem.
:D

- maybe add a "stop" button to stop it from scanning?

- IMHO, the tool should not set the checkmark for folders that contain 0 files, 0 folders BUT 1 .exe!

- when you mark several folders with Shift-CursorUp/CursorDown and hit Space then, only the last marked folder will get/lose its checkmark, not all the marked ones.
1184
Unfinished Requests / IDEA: Detect no audio input
« Last post by brotherS on March 17, 2006, 01:47 PM »
Hi,

I'm recording stuff from an external source. Since this is automated I'd like some very visible indicator that would warn me if something's wrong with the external devices, meaning there's no input to AUX at all for more than a minute. Maybe a tiny blue icon that would start to flash in red? Or a tiny (above all others) window in the screen corner? Or something else?

Could that be done? Any idea?
1185
Living Room / Re: Well that's a landing!! (How to park a dirt bike)
« Last post by brotherS on March 17, 2006, 01:26 PM »
I had the same thoughts first :)

But there are plenty of great drivers out there than can land on the spot and with some stunt knowledge (just pack the van full of foamy plastic and stuff) this could be a calculated risk.
1186
Living Room / Re: Microsoft Origami
« Last post by brotherS on March 17, 2006, 01:23 PM »
Yeah, Tablet PC meets Notebook :) Lets see how many similar portable PCs will be available.
You know, BrotherS i'm hoping it'll be "tablet pc meets wrist clock" meaning maybe someday, everyone will have one of these.
(actually, i don't use wrist clock  :tellme:)
I stopped using wrist watches too. But I would only want something you suggest if it has an 10" pull-out screen or something like that :)

There already are computers being sold in least-favoured countries at wrist-clock prices.
It'd be nice if that kind of "cheap" technology in conjunction with origami's technology could generate and affordable product, since:
The price is about 500-1000 US-Dollars.
That might be a problem :(
I don't think so - just look at the prices of feature-packed new mobile phones...
1187
Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: pastebin.com text uploader
« Last post by brotherS on March 17, 2006, 01:16 PM »
@brotherS: Watch that SetFormat command, it can disrupt the rest of your script.
Oh, could there be a problem? I thought it was save when I read this:

Every newly launched thread (such as a hotkey, custom menu item, or timed subroutine) starts off fresh with the default setting for [SetFormat]
1188
General Software Discussion / Re: Google's New Toy
« Last post by brotherS on March 17, 2006, 12:06 PM »
There was very good posting about Google's strategy on the Signal Vs. Noise blog (which is written by 37 Signals, the people behind BackPack and its associated Web 2.0 apps) - take a look: http://37signals.com...of_writely_means.php

Nice discussion going on there, let me quote Drew McChesney's comment:

It’s obvious Microsoft is doing something right, no matter how bloated or ugly their UI is. Google isn’t going to topple Office with another Office (even web-based), and I really don’t think that’s their goal. The idea of the 80/20 rule, both the idealistic side, and the realistic side, has valid points, but here it’s being considered in a product vs. product debate.

Google is playing a completely different game which could have significant cultural impacts; moving the desktop to the web. Right now, these purchases, rollouts, and strategies are a part of a movement that is in its infancy. Many of these new services and products will flop, miserably, and I think Google understands this very well. However, and I don’t think I’m alone, I believe Google has the resources, the talent, and the track record to pull something this ambitious off.

Google’s threat to Microsoft isn’t just creating superior products; it’s Google’s ability to change the paradigm in which those products are made, distributed, and used.

I believe Drew is right!

1189
Living Room / Kensington lock toilet paper hack
« Last post by brotherS on March 17, 2006, 11:28 AM »
1190
Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: pastebin.com text uploader
« Last post by brotherS on March 17, 2006, 06:39 AM »
Wow, thanks a lot! Great work, again! :)

I modified it slightly so it could be added to the main AHK script, and now you could use ESC to close the GUI showing the URL - I'm a keyboard user :D

; https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=2811.new;topicseen#new
; PasteBinPost.ahk
; Press Win+S to post your clipboard contents to PasteBin.com and return the URL
;Installation:
; Download and install AutoHotkey from http://www.autohotkey.com
; Add this code to your script by right-clicking the tray icon --> Edit This Script
; Then save and --> Reload This Script
; Download WGet.exe from http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/#download
;Skrommel @2006

;#SingleInstance,Force
;SetBatchLines,-1
;SetFormat,Integer,Hex
;Return

#s::  ;Hotkey Win+S
SetBatchLines,-1
SetFormat,Integer,Hex
TrayTip,PasteBinPost,Posting to PasteBin.com...
in:=Clipboard
out=
Loop,Parse,in
{
  Transform,char,Asc,%A_LoopField%
  StringRight,char,char,2
  out=%out%`%%char%
}
StringReplace,out,out,x,0,All

time:=A_Now
RunWait,WGET.exe --directory-prefix=%time%/ --post-data 'parent_pid=&format=text&code2=%out%&poster=&paste=Send' http://pastebin.com/
Loop,%time%\*.*
  file:=A_LoopFileName
Gui,Add,Edit,,http://pastebin.com/%file%
Gui,Add,Button,GCOPY,&Copy
Gui,Show,,PasteBinPost
TrayTip,
Return

COPY:
Gui,Submit
Clipboard=http://pastebin.com/%file%

GuiEscape:
GuiClose:
FileRemoveDir,%time%,1
Gui, Destroy
Return
1191
Living Room / Re: Well that's a landing!! (How to park a dirt bike)
« Last post by brotherS on March 17, 2006, 05:14 AM »
Awesome!!  ;D
1192
Living Room / Re: Microsoft Origami
« Last post by brotherS on March 17, 2006, 05:10 AM »
Yeah, Tablet PC meets Notebook :) Lets see how many similar portable PCs will be available.
1193
Living Room / Re: Play Lemmings online through your browser
« Last post by brotherS on March 17, 2006, 05:03 AM »
A classic piece of software for sure!  :Thmbsup:
1194
Nice info, in both of your posts...

Believe in http://en.wikipedia....ng_spaghetti_monster - it's cheaper!  ;D
1195
Post New Requests Here / DONE: pastebin.com text uploader
« Last post by brotherS on March 16, 2006, 03:04 PM »
Hi,

I just thought that it would be helpful to have a little script upload the text you have in the clipbaord to http://pastebin.com/ - it 'just' needs to set the syntax highlighting to "No", paste the text, click the Send button (no need for a name) and retrieve the resulting URL, which it could copy to the clipboard then.

Being able to trigger that all with a hotkey would possibly be the best solution.

Anyone willing/able to do it? :)

1196
General Software Discussion / Re: Google's New Toy
« Last post by brotherS on March 16, 2006, 05:10 AM »
Google acquires Writely
I never heard about it before, but it sounds a bit like the Google Mail of word processors :) Nice!

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/3917/dcpostwritelybeta8oq.png


1197
General Software Discussion / Re: Must-have apps in the System tray?
« Last post by brotherS on March 16, 2006, 04:17 AM »
PS Tray Factory does a nice job of displaying only those systray icons you really need to see.
Too bad I never got an answer when I mailed a (Windows 2000) Tray Factory bug report...
1198
General Software Discussion / Re: Must-have apps in the System tray?
« Last post by brotherS on March 15, 2006, 11:36 AM »
Sound stuff, too lazy to remove

This often (not always) is a good indicator to see within 0.4 seconds how experienced a Windows user is ;D
1199
Living Room / Re: snubster... wish I would have thought of this
« Last post by brotherS on March 15, 2006, 11:32 AM »
Hehe, funny idea!  ;D
1200
General Software Discussion / Re: Must-have apps in the System tray?
« Last post by brotherS on March 15, 2006, 03:14 AM »
Oh yeah, and of course I'm running the famous Miranda (https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=1201.0) 24/7 to enjoy some nice discussions in DonationCoder's IRC channel etc.

brotherS:
how do you login invisibly (if that's the correct term) with miranda? i can do it with yahoo/msn messenger but couldn't find a way in miranda... ;-)
I'm not using those 2 protocols in Miranda, but it works for ICQ in Miranda - logging in as 'invisible' is a bit counterproductive though, no? ;)

Since that's a bit offtopic here I suggest we talk about this in the IRC channel, cu there! :)
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