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Living Room / Re: I need more english knowledge

« Last post by tomos on August 15, 2017, 03:22 PM »

I was going to post this here:

You should do an English course
We should do a Spanish course

 

Then I saw this in the book reading thread:

I am taking very seriously english learning.
so, some months ago, I am trying to read in english.

-Contro (August 15, 2017, 03:16 PM)

Well done!
Listening to English is probably helpful too.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Links to Reviews and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by tomos on August 15, 2017, 03:20 PM »

Screenshot Captor recommended by TechRadar yesterday:

-mouser (August 15, 2017, 02:55 PM)

well done

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Living Room / Re: I need more english knowledge

« Last post by tomos on August 15, 2017, 02:39 PM »

Depot

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: Calculor - A Live, Handy, Dandy, Inline Calculator

« Last post by tomos on August 15, 2017, 10:45 AM »

^ I tend to work intuitively **

I did try a right-click, but only on the titlebar -- which of course was a waste of time. (I think I got disorientated cause the window is so small.)

** my intuitive approach can be helpful though finding bugs :-)

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: Calculor - A Live, Handy, Dandy, Inline Calculator

« Last post by tomos on August 15, 2017, 09:21 AM »

I never thought to try selecting the option from the tray menu... (doh!).

-BGM (August 15, 2017, 09:11 AM)

if there's another method, I couldnt think of it nor find it

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Ghost Process

« Last post by tomos on August 15, 2017, 06:54 AM »

I uninstall any process given in the list above.
I don't think about the nvidia drivers just because the recent installations os sysinternals desktops. when I change to a new desktop in this program the "ghost program" dissappear.

-Contro (August 15, 2017, 06:48 AM)

because of the language barrier Contro, it is best to keep statements simple and very clear:

what exactly did you uninstall?

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: Calculor - A Live, Handy, Dandy, Inline Calculator

« Last post by tomos on August 15, 2017, 05:46 AM »

Salve, all!  Okay, I've added a user-chosen global hotkey.  Maybe someone can try it out for me?

-BGM (August 14, 2017, 11:59 AM)

Win.7 x64

right-clicking the tray icon shows:
Global Hotkey              Not set
=>
I clicking that a couple of times, in the hope I could change it, but nothing happens. Now calculor no longer responds to mouse input:
also unable to close via [x]
=>
I close it via tray:
on restarting is fine - I click on 'Global Hotkey' and the dialogue shows.
I set hotkey and it works fine.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Does it work on Firefox x86 en US without long delay between captures?

« Last post by tomos on August 15, 2017, 05:25 AM »

Captures are delayed and repeat the first shot again and again.

-Doug Eldridge (August 14, 2017, 09:03 PM)

hi Doug,
what exactly do you mean when you say 'repeat the first shot again and again' ?

I did turn off the url option.  Doesn't help.

-Doug Eldridge (August 14, 2017, 09:03 PM)

mouser can probably fix this problem,
but you'll need to answer the other questions too:

Let me ask some questions:

• Are you using latest version?
• Is it only Firefox that is delayed?
• What mode of capture are you using? (full workspace, active window, etc.)
• If you do repeated captures is it only the first one that has the delay?

-mouser (August 14, 2017, 05:55 PM)

(I numbered them for ease of answering)

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Ghost Process

« Last post by tomos on August 15, 2017, 05:19 AM »

As long as I can remember the three or more point are for a configurable desktops program. I think is from Microsoft.

-Contro (August 14, 2017, 12:52 PM)

What makes you think so? And what did you do to obtain them, as nobody in this thread knows them or how to enable them, and we're (nearly) all experienced Windows users

-Ath (August 15, 2017, 04:25 AM)

I presume that's the Sysinternals one linked earlier - in which case:
Contro, why not uninstall that?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Softmaker Shop 40% 0ff

« Last post by tomos on August 15, 2017, 05:15 AM »

^ good
(could be it was rolled out in Europe first)

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Softmaker Shop 40% 0ff

« Last post by tomos on August 14, 2017, 04:47 PM »

I visited their website and placed an item in their cart, and no discount was applied.

Is there a code to use?

-HankFriedman (August 14, 2017, 02:06 PM)

when I go there, the discount is already applied on the main shop page (linked above):



is that not the case for you?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Softmaker Shop 40% 0ff

« Last post by tomos on August 14, 2017, 10:05 AM »

1487 copies are still available...

-right "now"

-Curt (August 14, 2017, 09:51 AM)

yeah,
it's not clear whether that means: copies of the additional anti-virus offer, or products sold [& then the 40% ends?].

They do clearly say:

Until Sunday, we give you a 40% discount on all products

so,
apart from the vagueness of 'until Sunday', it sound like it should be 40% off until then.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Softmaker Shop 40% 0ff

« Last post by tomos on August 14, 2017, 08:52 AM »

$40% off everything
their software is: Softmaker Office for various OS's, FlexiPDF

https://shop.softmak....php?go&products

FWIW, you also get access to one year free antivirus updates for Emsisoft Anti-Malware.

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« Last post by tomos on August 14, 2017, 05:24 AM »

Wow Tomos, a view like that makes me jealous!

-dluby (August 14, 2017, 01:43 AM)

it doesnt happen that often, but is magic:
having a better camera helps with the pics - but the mother was rooting around just a few yards from the window.

Yum - Deer.

-IainB (August 14, 2017, 02:27 AM)

lol,
I hadn't heard of Muntjac deer before - interesting, wikipedia says they've reached Ireland now as well.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Change to prefixed backgrounds at prefixed time

« Last post by tomos on August 13, 2017, 02:07 PM »

Life Journal Diary. There is a lot of software for that.....
I am using phisycal cards and revising often. If I fail I have to know why.....

-Contro (August 13, 2017, 12:48 PM)

Contro, can you explain how you are using cards?
Is it to keep a record of habits?
(Also curious how you revise them.)

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« Last post by tomos on August 13, 2017, 10:21 AM »

From earlier this week:

Mama



and a not-as-good picture (both taken through glass with reflections) of her fawn who mostly just stood there while its mother rooted around (maybe it's still drinking milk)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Intelligent Time Zone display (online or local)

« Last post by tomos on August 12, 2017, 04:34 PM »

oddly, it's almost three minutes out by my clock here, which I'm just after syncing with time.nist.gov

-tomos (August 11, 2017, 07:26 AM)

What if you use pool.ntp.org ?

It'll pick the closest to your location, I've got a 8-10 second delay between system and what that site shows.

I thought at some point someone mentioned a util that did something with the system clock, (measured the delay?) ?
@Miles when he was having trouble syncing to the college LAN or something?

EDIT: Here it is: One Shot System Time Sync

-4wd (August 11, 2017, 07:47 PM)

For those interested this command line worked for me:
htpdate www.timeanddate.com  set

-MilesAhead (May 25, 2016, 12:30 PM)

I didnt download anything, but notice that that site, that Miles quotes, is twenty seconds behind the other site I linked to above (https://24timezones.com/#/map)
on my laptop I was ~ five minutes out:
after syncing with pool.ntp.org, I am now exactly synced with the www.timeanddate.com site


EDIT//PS I like windows phone/s too

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Living Room / Re: Non IT Project Website

« Last post by tomos on August 11, 2017, 12:16 PM »

^ okay, so you weren't ripped off (I didnt honestly think that would have been the case)
thanks for the background 

In the photo of both together, I'd prefer the look of Alice, but that's probably mainly down to the lights and handlebars. (But the other bike has a lot of character too, and they look great together.)

I'm learning some lingo here as well e.g. bagger, Shovelhead engine^w.
May as well give your link while I'm at it
http://www.stoicjoke...ce/Chronicle_pg2.php

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General Software Discussion / Re: Intelligent Time Zone display (online or local)

« Last post by tomos on August 11, 2017, 08:06 AM »

Nirsoft just released TimeZonesView:  http://www.nirsoft.n...time_zones_view.html

Does that do what you want?

-skwire (August 11, 2017, 07:43 AM)

that's another very good one -- it does do what I want:
when someone says/writes that xyz is at 9:30, say, Eastern Time, or Pacific Standard Time, I can sort by timezone and see what time they are now.
Thanks Skwire

EDIT//
which I probably didnt well explain in OP:

• most times are given as a being in a particular timezone
• most 'time' websites offer the time in such-and-such a city (with no description of the actual timezone)

So TimeZonesView hits the spot

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Living Room / Re: Non IT Project Website

« Last post by tomos on August 11, 2017, 07:57 AM »

I forgot to mention Chapter 2 is now done, and I'm working on chapter 3.

-Stoic Joker (August 10, 2017, 03:55 PM)

hope this not an awkward question:
how come your brother got a good functioning 1985 bike for 3,500 and yours, 1981, cost 3,000 and required a lot of work?
Is is the year, or are there other differences I'm misisng?

(Keep in mind I know nest to nothing about bikes)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Intelligent Time Zone display (online or local)

« Last post by tomos on August 11, 2017, 07:26 AM »

https://24timezones.com/#/map
A very nice implementation - mouseover a city to show it's current time:



oddly, it's almost three minutes out by my clock here, which I'm just after syncing with time.nist.gov

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General Software Discussion / Re: Change to prefixed backgrounds at prefixed time

« Last post by tomos on August 10, 2017, 08:35 AM »

Changing habits, or finding out what's stopping us changing them, can be a life journey..

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Internet Explorer Smile Always Add-On (Reward: $20)

« Last post by tomos on August 10, 2017, 04:27 AM »

If it is beyond the scope of the website or available programmers please accept my apologies.

-silekonn (August 09, 2017, 12:03 PM)

things are very casual here: it never hurts to ask.
I get the impression most people who do code here are doing it for fun, for a break from the heavy stuff at work.

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Living Room / Re: Badly explain your occupation

« Last post by tomos on August 09, 2017, 05:59 AM »

they give me the shrunken versions and I try to make them look nice.

-tomos (August 08, 2017, 05:15 AM)

yeah,
and then I give them to someone like you who

take some 0s and 1s and stick them on paper

-Edvard (August 06, 2017, 01:39 PM)

although -- no,
I give them to someone who arranges all those 0's and 1's and other 0's and 1's according to how someone else wants,
and then it goes to you.

PS I havent figured out your last one yet...

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: Calculor - A Live, Handy, Dandy, Inline Calculator

« Last post by tomos on August 08, 2017, 02:55 PM »

Okay, I've updated the application - the new version works properly now (I checked with that atan function).

-BGM (July 12, 2017, 09:27 AM)

yes, only got to (needed to ) check it now