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Living Room / Re: Win9 will be FREE!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 01, 2014, 10:15 PM »

Sounds like someone was trolling to me

-app103 (October 01, 2014, 08:33 PM)

+1 - Definitely trolling:

Code: C++ [Select]

1. typedef struct _OSVERSIONINFOEX {
2.   DWORD dwOSVersionInfoSize;
3.   DWORD dwMajorVersion;
4.   DWORD dwMinorVersion;
5.   DWORD dwBuildNumber;
6.   DWORD dwPlatformId;
7.   TCHAR szCSDVersion[128];
8.   WORD  wServicePackMajor;
9.   WORD  wServicePackMinor;
10.   WORD  wSuiteMask;
11.   BYTE  wProductType;
12.   BYTE  wReserved;
13. } OSVERSIONINFOEX, *POSVERSIONINFOEX, *LPOSVERSIONINFOEX;

...That ain't no string search.

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Living Room / Re: Win9 will be FREE!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 01, 2014, 06:53 PM »

How'd you get it to install? It crashes my VirtualBox VM during boot.

-Deozaan (October 01, 2014, 05:38 PM)

I installed a 32-bit copy in a 64-bit Windows 8.1 Hyper-V VM. From initial boot to desktop was just a bit over 5 minutes. While it runs just fine, I was rather disappointed that the sound card didn't work. Now I've learned to expect that out of a Linux distro ... But Windows on Windows??? Yeish!

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 01, 2014, 05:38 PM »

Much as I appreciate the vote of confidence, I gotta say - It's my home town - It really was just a bunch of dumb hicks having a Barney Fife moment..

-Stoic Joker (October 01, 2014, 05:01 PM)

Well, better for them to have their Barney Fife moment than some local pranksters actually make one of those things out of a plastic pop bottle, some Draino, water, a bit of candle wax and some aluminum, and for it to explode with someone a bit too close to it, and they end up getting sprayed with the Draino.

-app103 (October 01, 2014, 05:12 PM)

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to notice that draino isn't a clear liquid. Not to mention that this thing was effectively in the middle of no where at that time of day. No this was a typically spastic hyper-over-reaction that is so idiotically common in our society today. Litter bugs aren't terrorists ... They're just really annoying.

Because of prankster teens building these things and leaving them places for unsuspecting people to find, in some areas you actually have to show ID to prove you are over 18, to buy drain cleaner. 

-app103 (October 01, 2014, 05:12 PM)

Clear liquids don't tent to imply an impending (BLEVE) energetic reaction. First cop on the scene should have just kicked it over and tossed it in the trash.

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Living Room / Re: Win9 will be FREE!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 01, 2014, 05:20 PM »

But don't you also need a product key for the ISO to work?

-Deozaan (October 01, 2014, 04:08 PM)

No, it just installs. I've got it running in a VM at work.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 01, 2014, 05:01 PM »

So... Now we're calling out the bomb squad for litter bugs
Note: Sadly this completely absurd overreaction is an actual -currently happening - real live event.

-Stoic Joker (October 01, 2014, 12:03 PM)

It may have been mistaken for one of these aluminum Draino bottle bombs: http://www.snopes.co...nings/bottlebomb.asp

-app103 (October 01, 2014, 04:51 PM)

Much as I appreciate the vote of confidence, I gotta say - It's my home town - It really was just a bunch of dumb hicks having a Barney Fife moment..

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 01, 2014, 12:03 PM »

So... Now we're calling out the bomb squad for litter bugs



Note: Sadly this completely absurd overreaction is an actual -currently happening - real live event.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Windows 8.1 "Show Desktop" to do "Win + M" from "Win + D"

« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 01, 2014, 06:55 AM »

I don't have any gadgets to test the behavior with, I quit using them after that security issue that MS decided not to fix ... But would something like this work?

Create a text file in Notepad as follows:

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

Save it as Show Desktop.scf then drag it to the Quick launch bar

Also (once again no gadgets here), I take it that neither the hover peak desktop, or click show desktop actions give the desired results...yes?

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 30, 2014, 05:09 PM »

Stoic Joker, how dare you to not send me an export if your settings xD ... could have been a major problem...

-WhiteTigX (September 30, 2014, 04:37 PM)

Oops... Sorry, I actually just assumed the issue was on my end.

Though none of the changes were related or should be related to the clock format...

-WhiteTigX (September 30, 2014, 04:37 PM)

O_o Okay, that is weird.

Anyway.. what kind of test build are you talking about? Your own or mine? I though you were using my version before...

-WhiteTigX (September 30, 2014, 04:37 PM)

Yours, Mine, LonelyPixel's, and some other stuff that may/may not be relevant. Honestly I don't remember if it was the home or office machine it happened on ... But both have been used for testing in the past.

P.S. by "blank" you really mean it? Please go to options and change font color to transparent, did it look exactly like that?

-WhiteTigX (September 30, 2014, 04:37 PM)

Text was completely not visible, and any attempt I made at getting it to appear failed. But the window size/shape implied that the format was intact, it just was the same color as the background.


Time - as usual - is not my friend...but I can try to reproduce the issue if it will help. But if nobody else reports that type of odd behavior...it was probably just me.

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Living Room / Re: Win9 will be FREE!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 30, 2014, 04:01 PM »

If MS uses #9 for an upgrade  numbering the next completely new O/S #10 seems perfectly logical.

-Cuffy (September 30, 2014, 03:20 PM)

well, if you put it like that ('logical'), I'll have to mention this:

Vista is NT 6.0.

Windows 7 was indeed a polishing of Vista, that's why it was NT 6.1.

-db90h (March 22, 2012, 05:09 AM)

not sure where that leaves 8, or 9 or 10 ...

-tomos (September 30, 2014, 03:44 PM)

So if we're gong there.... At what version do they have to stop calling the Technology New... Shouldn't it be SOS10 instead?

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 30, 2014, 03:57 PM »

I got the dialog on first run, let it do its thing, and the clock was blank. Fiddled with the settings for a bit, but the display - while it was the right size/position - stayed blank.

I assumed it was just a conflict with some cruft left over from a test build...so I deleted the key and it ran fine.

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Living Room / Re: Win9 will be FREE!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 30, 2014, 12:07 PM »

Sure it sounds like a great deal, but when the subscription runs out because hard times have hit, and the software shuts down. What do you open the files with? And what happens to all your stuff that is stored in the cloud?

-Stoic Joker (September 30, 2014, 11:37 AM)

Well, I'd think that you'd manage that ahead of time, and get your stuff out of the cloud.

-wraith808 (September 30, 2014, 11:58 AM)

Given fair warning, perhaps ... But life seldom happens on schedule.

And it's standard office format, so OpenOffice still opens it. 

-wraith808 (September 30, 2014, 11:58 AM)

For now, but there always seem to be varying levels of compatibility with that sort of thing.

And you can still open the documents from the cloud office for free- no payment required.

-wraith808 (September 30, 2014, 11:58 AM)

For now.. But if one doesn't have ready access to an internet connection it can needlessly complicate things at a very bad time.


I just don't think it's wise to trust a corporation to do what's best for anyone but themselves. My stuff, is my stuff...and it stays with me.

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Living Room / Re: Win9 will be FREE!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 30, 2014, 11:40 AM »

This is a dollar, that is a dollar...the other thing(s) are only a dollar.

-Stoic Joker (September 30, 2014, 07:46 AM)

The big problem with this model is that it may reduce diversity and competition (if everyone starts using it). While an individual consumer may afford to buy a vast range of software for one-off payments over the years (which he/she gets to keep indefinitely), his/her monthly/annual budget for subscriptions will be limited. So each consumer will settle on a very small number of essential subscriptions, which is likely to lead to the development of monopolies and the wiping out of small developers (methinks...)

-dr_andus (September 30, 2014, 08:20 AM)

That I hadn't thought about...but you definitely got a point there.

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Living Room / Re: Win9 will be FREE!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 30, 2014, 11:37 AM »

As goes the Ala Carte scourge ... It's only a dollar..!

This is a dollar, that is a dollar...the other thing(s) are only a dollar. And then all of a suddenly your stuck with close to a car payment - For :)ing Life - hoping that you don't get into a bind because then all your stuff is (gone) being held hostage by a faceless corporation that wants it monthly feeding - plus late fee$...

Windows OS goes monthly ...(today's letters become F and O)... Stoic Joker Goes Linux.

-Stoic Joker (September 30, 2014, 07:46 AM)

That's the worse case scenario. 

-wraith808 (September 30, 2014, 07:55 AM)

Dam Straight, and there is nothing in the industries recent behavior that would give one the impression that they have any intention of holding back an inch once the tip goes in.

The thing that is making me think about office is the fact that you get a locally installed version, you can save your files locally, and they're the standard office format.  You have to read the fine print of course, but even looking at the fine print, I don't see any gotchas.

-wraith808 (September 30, 2014, 07:55 AM)

Sure it sounds like a great deal, but when the subscription runs out because hard times have hit, and the software shuts down. What do you open the files with? And what happens to all your stuff that is stored in the cloud?

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Living Room / Re: Win9 will be FREE!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 30, 2014, 07:46 AM »

As goes the Ala Carte scourge ... It's only a dollar..!

This is a dollar, that is a dollar...the other thing(s) are only a dollar. And then all of a suddenly your stuck with close to a car payment - For :)ing Life - hoping that you don't get into a bind because then all your stuff is (gone) being held hostage by a faceless corporation that wants it monthly feeding - plus late fee$...

Windows OS goes monthly ...(today's letters become F and O)... Stoic Joker Goes Linux.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Linux bash exploit discovered

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 26, 2014, 05:01 PM »

This vulnerability effects Mac as well.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 24, 2014, 11:51 AM »

So as a short break from the steady drone about the Police State Nazis we have this:

Oregon police deliver pizza after driver is injured in car crash

Officers Michael Filbert and Royce Curtiss of Portland's police force were snapped while hand-delivering the pie after the original delivery man was ensnared in a traffic accident. Customer Steve Huckins said he was initially worried when the officers came to his door, but then started laughing.

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Living Room / Re: Is there a way to ZCode for self destruct in PHP?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 18, 2014, 07:12 PM »

Run
unlink($filename);

from the calling file after the installer file returns...or try running it on installer file exit (I haven't tested this, but it's worth a shot).

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Living Room / Re: Rethink Smartwatch

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 17, 2014, 07:04 AM »

I had an early digital watch that required holding down a button to light the LEDs to see the time.  Try that on a motorcycle with no accelerator lock.

-MilesAhead (September 16, 2014, 02:33 PM)

LOL Same problem as checking the time on an LCD watch at night now -(even with cruise control)- It does tend to be a real PITA.

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Living Room / Re: Rethink Smartwatch

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 17, 2014, 06:59 AM »

What I want is my $30 nokia in a watch shape, with tethering, and syncing all the data to your 'family' of devices.

-Fred Nerd (September 17, 2014, 04:36 AM)

Personally, I just want my phone to be a phone ... But the Samsung Gear S rig in this iWatch vs. Samsung review seems to do much of what you're after.

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Living Room / Re: The One Word Game!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 14, 2014, 08:14 AM »

stick

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General Software Discussion / Re: color wax 3d printer

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 14, 2014, 08:10 AM »

the wax part also!

-kalos (September 13, 2014, 04:31 PM)

Um... That's not strictly true. The Xerox Solid Ink printers - which are part of the Phaser series - are something referred to as wax printers due to their supplies looking much like 4 blocks of wax.

Only 'advantage' of wax could be that the material is re-usable, but how to revert an object into threads of the correct constant thickness

-Ath (September 14, 2014, 02:49 AM)

I went there too, but was also thinking it may be needed/wanted for some sort of casting operation where an internal mold piece may need to be melted out of a finished product. *Shrug* ...Just trying to get clarification on what we/re after.

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General Software Discussion / Re: New BitTorrent client needed, suggestions please?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 12, 2014, 11:59 AM »

As a rule I'd also been sticking with an older version of uTorrent like vlastimil  and 4wd, However...

In the interest of giving the devil his do...I took a peek at Tuxman's Tixati ... And I do believe I just switched. It handles .torrent and .magnet files/transfers (and some other stuff I've never heard of), doesn't require any Java or .NET crap, and has a fairly small portable option. With a simple straight forward UI ... This thing is a keeper.

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Living Room / Re: The One Word Game!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 12, 2014, 07:29 AM »

Question?

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Living Room / Re: The One Word Game!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 11, 2014, 10:11 PM »

soothsayer

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Living Room / Re: ‘Cyborg Unplug’ Is a Personal Jammer Against Drones, Glassholes

« Last post by Stoic Joker on September 11, 2014, 04:05 PM »

No, I'll be getting quite interested in finding an unplug app for my phone...even if I have to side load it.

-Stoic Joker (September 11, 2014, 01:47 PM)

Then at that point you'll be interacting with someone's device that they may (and most likely will be) using for non-nefarious purposes.  How is that even tolerable?

-wraith808 (September 11, 2014, 01:57 PM)

Have you ever heard of the never bring a camera to a bachelor party rule?? ...It's kinda like that.

You seem to be missing some very important hints I've been giving about location location location. Because there is a time and place for everything...and very (very...) bad place(s) for misunderstandings to occur ....Savvy?