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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Randomly select 'n' Lines from text list

« Last post by mouser on December 18, 2011, 05:43 AM »

i do have a pretty powerful tool for this, Prize Optimizer (written about here), which does simulated annealing to optimize the distribution of multiple prizes to multiple people based on their rankings.

But it's never been released to public.. only because it gets its data from parsing email and i'd have to do a little bit of work to make it possible to manualy enter input data.

One one hand it's very useful as is since it will parse email entries with ranking and use them to create data, and then generate output emails notifying people what they won if anything.

With a bit of work i could make it so input could be done interactively.. but it's hard to justify if there are only 3 people on the planet who have any use for it.. seems like something that might be better done in modern times using an online web service..

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Activation/License/Language Help / Re: About signing up to download freeware license keys - READ IN PLEASE

« Last post by mouser on December 16, 2011, 11:12 PM »

Hi Geej,

The problem you are having is not too uncommon.. you can see in the link you pasted, that you clicked the link to get a free license key for "Drag and Drop Robot" instead of "Find and Run Robot".. different program.

The problem is because it's not so clear that you have to make sure to click on the specific link to the program you want the key for.  Try going back to the license key page and carefully clicking the link for Find and Run Robot license key.

Let us know if that works for you!

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Developer's Corner / An iOS Developer Takes on Android

« Last post by mouser on December 16, 2011, 05:50 PM »

This is a little bit old (August) but it's a nice article about porting some software from Apple iPhone to Android.

http://nfarina.com/p...34061/ios-to-android

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Living Room / Re: Don't be a free user?

« Last post by mouser on December 15, 2011, 10:10 PM »

I didn't read the original article too closely -- but the lesson i take from all essays like this is all about sustainability..

As an author -- find an approach that you can sustain for the long haul, and be clear to users about your approach to sustainability.  That is, if you are only going to work on something until you get bored -- tell your users this up front.  If you are committed to long term development of your software, make sure you can do this without becoming homeless.  If you are planning on releasing a free version until you get some users and then will switch into a commercial version, tell your users.  If you haven't thought about the issues of how to sustain development of your free software, give it some thought.

And as a user -- think about the long term sustainability of the software you are using.  If the author is not asking for financial support, and/or if you aren't willing to financially support it -- ask yourself if there is a risk the software will be abandoned and you will regret your choice of software or your decision not to financially contribute to the project.

When thinking about software, both authors and users should plan for the long term sustainability/maintainability of the software, and favor approaches that have healthy long term sustainability.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Clipboard Help+Spell: Tips and Tricks

« Last post by mouser on December 15, 2011, 07:27 PM »

I thought it might be useful to have a thread on tips and tricks for Clipboard Help+Spell.

And I thought I'd start us off with a little trick only possible in recent versions of the program.

Have you ever noticed that some programs don't support Ctrl+V to paste into them from the clipboard?  DOS consoles for one -- but only some programs that use security "enhanced" user interface elements.

You can actually get around this by bringing up the normal quick paste menu in CHS, and then HOLD SHIFT while you select the item to paste.

When you do this, you'll trigger a new submenu for the clip item, which will look something like this:


One of your choices is "Paste clip Using Key Strokes" -- which will work in the aforementioned scenarios.

(You'll also find entries on this submenu for printing a clip and marking it as a favorite).

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Web Link Captor / Re: Using Portable Python with Web Link Captor

« Last post by mouser on December 15, 2011, 06:44 AM »

Web Link Captor now includes a download to an optional Python addon that will unpack right inside of the program, and not require the installation of any system wide python distribution, or changes to your system.

Web Link Captor now comes with a minimal and local Python2 distribution in its installation subdirectory, so no separate download or installation of python is required.

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Problem with 1.129.01 when launching rdp-Files

« Last post by mouser on December 15, 2011, 06:08 AM »

thanks for reporting r.orrison the workaround 

I've actually been really late releasing an updated farr, because i've spent the last few weeks on a new app.. but i'll be releasing a farr update soon and hopefully it will fix this.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: suggestion/Wish minimal gui

« Last post by mouser on December 15, 2011, 04:32 AM »

you can hide the icons, just drag from the end of the search bar rightward until they dissapear.

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Living Room / Don't be a free user?

« Last post by mouser on December 14, 2011, 11:38 PM »

This thought provoking essay addresses some important concepts that may be of interest to DonationCoder readers.

I think the key message here is sustainability -- charting a path that is sustainable.  And that's something we have always been very big on here.  We try to avoid embarking on projects that we can't sustain, and don't bite off more than we can chew.

These projects are all very different, but the dynamic is the same. Someone builds a cool, free product, it gets popular, and that popularity attracts a buyer. The new owner shuts the product down and the founders issue a glowing press release about how excited they are about synergies going forward. They are never heard from again.

Whether or not this is done in good faith, in practice this kind of 'exit event' is a pump-and-dump scheme. The very popularity that attracts a buyer also makes the project financially unsustainable. The owners cash out, the acquirer gets some good engineers, and the users get screwed.

To avoid this problem, avoid mom-and-pop projects that don't take your money! You might call this the anti-free-software movement.

If every additional user is putting money in the developers' pockets, then you're less likely to see the site disappear overnight. If every new user is costing the developers money, and the site is really taking off, then get ready to read about those synergies.

To illustrate, I have prepared this handy chart:

http://blog.pinboard...on_t_be_a_free_user/

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Pattern scoring Kudos and Questions

« Last post by mouser on December 14, 2011, 05:45 PM »

Hi Kunkel -- glad you like the scoring patterns -- I really wonder how many people use it!
I don't think it matters what order you put them in.

The only thing i will note is that if you want to exclude certain extensions (or only search for certain extensions) within specific directories, you can now more efficiently do so by adding these extension patterns to the SEARCH DIRECTORY entry (rather than in scoring).

..instead I had to make separate rules for each file type

that's a good point, let me add the ability to specify multiple patterns in a score entry rule.

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FlipSuite and Flipbook Printer / Re: FlipSuite Commercial Users Read In For Support

« Last post by mouser on December 14, 2011, 02:21 AM »

The free/trial version should not ever expire.  Email me and I'll try to help ([email protected]).

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FlipSuite and Flipbook Printer / Re: FlipSuite Commercial Users Read In For Support

« Last post by mouser on December 13, 2011, 10:36 PM »

You need to contact http://www.openaireventsolutions.com/ for information about commercial licenses.  They hold the commercial rights.

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FlipSuite and Flipbook Printer / Re: FlipSuite Commercial Users Read In For Support

« Last post by mouser on December 13, 2011, 07:17 PM »

I'm afraid that's my fault - I missed activating your account when I should have.  You should be able to log into that site now. Sorry!

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Version 1.129.01 - Tab page confused about submenu

« Last post by mouser on December 12, 2011, 11:51 PM »

I got it -- sorry i didnt reply -- the last two weeks have been a complete blur while i've been working on my new app.

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Bat: Great program, terrible documentation and support

« Last post by mouser on December 12, 2011, 09:49 PM »

whenen a mail is sent you will find it in Sent subfolder. if it FAILS to send it will still be in Outbox.  I dont think there are exceptions to this.
you can also select an email account and hit ctrl+shift+A to bring up log which should show you any mail sent or received.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Share-Alike Software - Extension Changer

« Last post by mouser on December 12, 2011, 05:44 PM »

Nice, thanks for sharing 

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Web Link Captor / Re: Web Link Captor - Tips and Tricks and Share Your Scripts

« Last post by mouser on December 12, 2011, 05:43 PM »

One thing that would be nice is if someone would implement a search script to query google's *NEW* search api -- I somehow used the old one.

If any python coder wants to take a try at it, just start with the skeleton of code in my google search script and go from there, and ask me any questions 

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Web Link Captor / Re: Latest Web Link Captor Release - v1.08.01 - December 24, 2011

« Last post by mouser on December 12, 2011, 05:29 PM »

Ive replaced the video with one half as long.

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Living Room / Re: Elvis Sighting

« Last post by mouser on December 12, 2011, 05:07 PM »

TINJAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Web Link Captor / Re: Latest Web Link Captor Release - v1.08.01 - December 24, 2011

« Last post by mouser on December 12, 2011, 04:36 PM »

Well one very very natural extension (simplification really) of WLC would be as a combination GUI and extensible script collection for performing intricate text manipulation tasks.  It wouldn't be able to DO things you couldn't do using a scripting language, but it could make creating, configuring, and previewing chains of operations much easier to work with.

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Official Announcements / Re: Cody got into the electrical cables again .. Server went down on 12/8/11

« Last post by mouser on December 12, 2011, 04:15 PM »

the vmware virtual machine running donationcoder.com; we could see the cpu load go off the chart right as it started performing backups and it just never came down on its own and we couldn't get into the vmware console for it.  very strange.

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Official Announcements / Re: Cody got into the electrical cables again .. Server went down on 12/8/11

« Last post by mouser on December 12, 2011, 03:25 PM »

It did go down again last night.. not softlayer but our server.. it started the backup process and cpu usage climbed to the point where the server was unreachable and never came down until the server had to be hard rebooted..

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Web Link Captor / Re: Latest Web Link Captor Release - v1.08.01 - December 24, 2011

« Last post by mouser on December 12, 2011, 06:49 AM »

In the output preview section, is there a recommended way to transfer the output elsewhere?  With the appropriate tab selected Control+A, Control+C, and Control+V at the destination?

yeah i suppose i really should have a Copy To Clipboard button shouldn't I?

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Web Link Captor / Re: Latest Web Link Captor Release - v1.08.01 - December 24, 2011

« Last post by mouser on December 11, 2011, 10:06 PM »

Was it a limitation or a choice to have lower quality on YouTube?

certainly wasn't by my choice.. i also don't know why it shows it in bad quality.  the original file i 800x600.

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Web Link Captor / Web Link Captor - Links to Reviews and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by mouser on December 11, 2011, 08:36 PM »

This thread is reserved for posting about any articles or mentions of Web Link Captor.  If you come across one (or you write one!) please share it here.


DC Member app103 recently wrote about the tool -- which is fitting since it was her dad's Jazz Album list that initially inspired it:

http://cranialsoup.b...w-research-tool.html