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Site/Forum Features / Re: NANY 2011 :: A New Concept -- Have your say!

« Last post by Target on April 14, 2010, 11:07 PM »

what sort of leadtime are we talking about for First Class entries, and how do we determine what qualifies?

Given that these are likely to be more sophisticated or (for want of a better term) comprehensive is it perhaps a situation where an entry needs only to be useable and with most of the intended functionality in place by the end, but actively being supported/developed towards 'completion'?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by Target on April 07, 2010, 08:09 PM »

darwin, regarding vent -- i have no hood now, and there is no outside vent for it.. if i do end up moving the oven i may get a recirculating (ductless) vent.. though i have no idea if those actually "do" anything useful.

-mouser (April 07, 2010, 02:02 AM)

They make a lot of noise, which I suppose is intended to give the impression that they are actually doing something, though that doesn't stand up too well when your kitchens full of steam (or smoke )

and despite the amount of noise they make, it still isn't enough to drown out the damn smoke detectors... 

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Developer's Corner / Re: another coding tutorial

« Last post by Target on April 06, 2010, 05:33 PM »

Looks like this may have moved or is in transition:

  http://www.highercom...tingforeveryone.com/

FWIW, it's been a bit now since I worked through a fair chunk of the original lessons but I am finding that it has turned out to be helpful for me.

-ewemoa (April 06, 2010, 10:02 AM)

thanks for the update!!

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Living Room / Re: First iPad Reviews Are In

« Last post by Target on April 05, 2010, 10:28 PM »

then there's this one - http://www.blendtec....nsafe&video=ipad

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Tool to easily disable/enable hardware device

« Last post by Target on March 24, 2010, 06:06 PM »

As I said, disabling the soundcard DOES have an effect, which is why I'd like to find a tool to help me out

-TucknDar (March 24, 2010, 01:56 AM)

aah, my bad (DOH!!)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Tool to easily disable/enable hardware device

« Last post by Target on March 23, 2010, 07:15 PM »

this doesn't help, but it sounds like (?) a power hum (leaking from the PS?)

if it is then disabling the soundcard probably won't have any effect (the fact that muting has no effect would seem to support this...)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: usb drive backup program

« Last post by Target on March 22, 2010, 12:19 AM »

not sure if I've gotten this back to front or not, but I'm assuming from you're comments so far that you're only backing up to one machine...

this being the case it would seem to me the obvious thing to do would be to setup a backup routine on that machine that would periodically scan for that drive, then back it up if it hasn't already been done for that period instead of worrying about drive letters and platform changes.

there are probably any number of backup solutions that will do this, some even do incremental backups, but it should be simple enough to put something basic together that would do what you've asked

and if this is the case, how often would you want to back up (daily, weakly, etc), and how many copies would you want to keep?

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Target on March 21, 2010, 10:01 PM »

don't make me luff...

-Target (March 21, 2010, 06:53 PM)

Get aweigh, how could that come about?

-cranioscopical (March 21, 2010, 09:03 PM)

I deliberately took that tack, in order to broach a response.

now I'm swamped but any minute now I'm going to give you a broadside

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Developer's Corner / Re: Help Me Decide How to Giveaway Some C++ Books Here on DC

« Last post by Target on March 21, 2010, 08:17 PM »

What about an auction with the proceeds going to donationcoders?

-rno2 (March 21, 2010, 06:59 PM)

or an 'auction' with the proceeds going to the charity of your choice?

actually, why not just put a price on them with the above as a criteria, ie i assume from your descriptions the books are all mint, so 50% of the replacement price probably wouldn't be unreasonable (YMMV - I have no experience here, but this seems like a reasonable guesstimate).  User pays shipping, and the funds to go the charity...

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Target on March 21, 2010, 06:53 PM »

Don't make me stern with you - this thread is in danger of running aground, and it'll be on your shoalders..

-Target (March 18, 2010, 09:30 PM)

I'd reefer you to my shallow draught which allows me to squaff at your admonishment and take a bow.

-cranioscopical (March 19, 2010, 12:06 PM)

don't make me luff...

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Target on March 18, 2010, 09:30 PM »

scourge of DCea's I thought you would have tied me in knots

-Target (March 18, 2010, 08:47 PM)

I've been roped in once again to correct you, if I can get you to come off abridge.

-cranioscopical (March 18, 2010, 09:12 PM)

Don't make me stern with you - this thread is in danger of running aground, and it'll be on your shoalders..

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Target on March 18, 2010, 08:47 PM »

Belay that...

-Target (March 18, 2010, 06:14 PM)

Hop it!

-cranioscopical (March 18, 2010, 08:21 PM)

HA, is that the best you got?

As the scourge of DCea's I thought you would have tied me in knots over that one...

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Target on March 18, 2010, 06:14 PM »

stick around, ha? You must have BALZ

-Target (March 18, 2010, 05:36 PM)

stick? STICK!!  enough with the wooden leg jokes already...

-cranioscopical (March 18, 2010, 06:06 PM)

You need to be taken down a peg or two!

Belay that...

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Developer's Corner / Wordoid.com - make up words and test them out

« Last post by Target on March 18, 2010, 05:50 PM »

ran across this one this morning, Wordoid.com:

http://wordoid.com



Wordoid is an online service that allows you to 'make up' words and scan the net to see whether or not they are already in use.
Service could be used for domain names, or more usefully to work out a title for that killer piece of software you're developing.

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Target on March 18, 2010, 05:36 PM »

Doh! Why didn't I think of that 

-Darwin (March 18, 2010, 01:41 AM)

I think you might be pulling my (arrrr...wooden?) leg...

-Target (March 18, 2010, 01:56 AM)

So you decided to stick around, ha? You must have BALZ

-PhilB66 (March 18, 2010, 03:19 AM)

stick? STICK!!  enough with the wooden leg jokes already...

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Target on March 18, 2010, 01:56 AM »

Doh! Why didn't I think of that 

-Darwin (March 18, 2010, 01:41 AM)

I think you might be pulling my (arrrr...wooden?) leg...

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Target on March 18, 2010, 12:36 AM »

Rar is indeed the archiver of choice for software pirates.

-Innuendo (March 17, 2010, 08:01 PM)

I was unaware of this... I wonder why?

-Darwin (March 17, 2010, 11:20 PM)

most likely for the same reason everyone else uses it, because it's a good product (dare I say a leader in it's class...)

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Target on March 17, 2010, 06:42 PM »

that's it, I'm packing it in...

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Target on March 16, 2010, 10:57 PM »

Whoa! That pirate crack was a joke, I'm pretty sure. I don't think anyone is accusing you of being a software pirate (?). My read on that comment was that it was a pun - equating "rar" to a pirate's "arr" (as in "Arr, me mateys").

However, while I believe that my reading of it is correct, looking at it again I can certainly see how you would interpret it that way.

-Darwin (March 16, 2010, 10:34 PM)

could be, but that fact that he stated it twice kind of makes that assumption a bit questionable

FWIW, I wasn't particularly offended personally, but making blanket statements like that sure isn't a good way to win points, nor does it contribute in any way.


 

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What's the Best? / Re: Best file archiver/compresser

« Last post by Target on March 16, 2010, 09:56 PM »

Non-pirates seldomly need .rar support.

-Tuxman (March 16, 2010, 05:30 PM)

clearly I'm going to need to update my resume - I've used both RAR and 7ZIP for years but never considered myself a pirate

I laboured with very limited resources for a very long time (when all my friends were buying 500G SATA drives I was still working with a 40G IDE drive, and I still only have a dialup internet connection) so the need for an efficient archiving tool was paramount. 

They both offered (and still do) far superior performance and options to the existing ZIP solutions, without being so obscure that I can't share a file when I need to.

I don't run any sort of file sharing, I don't post or download pirated software,     

yet somehow because I use a legitimate piece of software I am suddenly a pirate?

I somehow doubt it, and I for one consider those sort of statements to be purely inflammatory, ie your claims are  unsubstantiated and contribute nothing

and if you can't offer constructive statements, why post them?

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Living Room / Re: Windows doesn't recognize HDD.

« Last post by Target on March 15, 2010, 03:40 AM »

try running a diskwipe util on it, then repartition it again and see what happens...

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Living Room / Re: Windows doesn't recognize HDD.

« Last post by Target on March 15, 2010, 01:27 AM »

your only goal at this point is to see if windows will recognise them, so the first step is to make sure you have a valid partition. 

given that you're not interested in any data that might be on those drives my approach would be run the partitioning tool of choice over it and create new partitions (if you can - if not, then you can be pretty sure you don't need to go any further ).

you can then clean up any dud sectors in windows afterwards if you decide you want to use them...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: MP3Drive

« Last post by Target on March 11, 2010, 07:30 PM »

it would be interesting to see whether it can be used for other devices as well (nice find BTW, many thanks!!)

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Program to automatically delete files with specified file extensions.

« Last post by Target on March 08, 2010, 05:55 PM »

this functionality probably exists in most 3rd party file managers

in total commander the numpad '+' key brings up the filter select dialog and you can enter a choice manually, or pick from a list of options (audio, video, archives, etc)

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Living Room / Re: Be careful with your credit cards!

« Last post by Target on February 15, 2010, 04:42 PM »

interesting that everyone has taken issue with the banks stance in this instance, yet no one seems to query the fact that Carol responded to a publicised offer to renew at a given price

In this case there it would seem there is an obligation on the seller to substantiate their claim (the bill!!) and/or meet the advertised price, or to refund your purchase.

I don't know what the consumer laws are where you guys live but here it's called false advertising when you advertise at one price and charge another. 

International purchases will undoubtedly make things more difficult, but it may be worth inquiring to the relevant authorities about the magazines (not necessarily the banks) behaviour...