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Living Room / Re: The Agreeable Cat - Never be Bound By Online Legal Agreements Again

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 03:59 PM »

a future in which the simple act of wanting does not equal having...

-Darwin (February 18, 2009, 12:50 PM)

Unless the object of desire is software 

-cranioscopical (February 18, 2009, 03:30 PM)

Ha, ha - I had attempted to get a qualifier in my post about that but gave up because I didn't want to detract from the clarity of my argument 

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Tray Management Utilities Mini-Review

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 03:58 PM »

I tried running this lameware on WinXP Pro SP3.

I can live without it too.  What I hate is wasting money (that was my fault for not trying it long enough), and being ignored (not my fault).

-Scott (February 18, 2009, 03:51 PM)

Can't argue with any of that. Sorry you've had such a crappy experience with this. I agree that customer support really must be improved.

Hope you find a solution that does work for you!

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Tray Management Utilities Mini-Review

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 03:40 PM »

Well... it's not all roses! I find that he usually responds long after I've forgotten all about writing him! In this latest case, I wrote to him on February 11th and had a reply today - so a week's interval. I'm not really bothered one way or the other - I can live without PS Tray Factory on this machine, so there's no real urgency from my end. I like the software under XP and hope that I can help to bring it to the same level under Vista 64 bit (I did use it under Vista 32 bit, but again, Vista's built-in hide tray icons feature seems much more reliable than XP's...).

Scott - what OS are you trying to run PS Tray Factory under? FWIW, it seems that once you enter into a dialogue with the developer, he's pretty good about keeping you in the loop. I definitely get the impression that he has a day job. Not making excuses for the guy - just a (random) observation! Here's another: funny that you and I have wound up on a thread that discusses, in part, SystrayX - my first ever PM exchange was with you regarding disabling the XFilesDialog splash screen 

PS cute sig!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Similar program to Ps Tray factory that works on Vista 64-bit.

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 01:46 PM »

Excuse the cross-post, but I wanted to make sure that people see this:

Just an update, this build doesn't work on my system at all (Vista 64 bit) - it behaves exactly as does PS Tray Factory 2.5 under Vista 32 bit - it installs fine but the main window doesn't populate with icons to be hidden/shown. I'll keep you updated...

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Tray Management Utilities Mini-Review

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 01:45 PM »

Just an update, this build doesn't work on my system at all (Vista 64 bit) - it behaves exactly as does PS Tray Factory 2.5 under Vista 32 bit - it installs fine but the main window doesn't populate with icons to be hidden/shown. I'll keep you updated...

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Tray Management Utilities Mini-Review

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 01:32 PM »

I've posted a link to the latest alpha build of PS Tray Factory 3 in the Similar program to Ps Tray factory that works on Vista 64-bit. thread.

Am about to install it myself...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Similar program to Ps Tray factory that works on Vista 64-bit.

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 01:31 PM »

Just received a link to the latest alpha build of the 64 bit version of PS Tray Factory, if anyone is interested in giving it a shot:

http://www.pssoftlab...load/pstrayf303a.exe

I've used each version and they have gotten progressively better. Haven't run this one, yet, but the previous build was pretty stable.

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Living Room / Re: A free album of music from Edith Frost - one of my favorite singers

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 12:51 PM »

Wow. Thank you, thank you, thank you, mouser! I finally remembered to extract the contents of the archive and load them up into my media player. Very nice  I like the ethereal quality of her voice and the simplicity of the arrangement (acoustic guitar and voice).

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Living Room / Re: The Agreeable Cat - Never be Bound By Online Legal Agreements Again

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 12:50 PM »

Awesome! Good find, mouser 

Carol - be strong. The key to parenting is to find the strength not to give in to every whim that catches your child ward's fancy. It's tough, but you're preparing them for a future in which the simple act of wanting does not equal having... 

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Living Room / Re: Meme time! Five Things People Don't Know About Me

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 11:00 AM »

For speaking 10% English, Shook, you're doing great.

-zridling (February 18, 2009, 08:56 AM)

Yes! He's ahead of most native English speakers WRT his command of the language!

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General Software Discussion / Re: WDS and huge index files?

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 09:19 AM »

Interesting question, Jim. I just tried to check the size of my index and Windows won't let me view the files! I can't even see their size - off to try Treesize Pro now...

OK - tried that, apparently my WDS index is... 0 bytes! What the...?!

I recently reinstalled X1 Pro and let it "replace WDS". Perhaps it disables WDS while it's at it... If so, everything works as expected, including Outlook search (just verified this), so I'm happy!

FWIW, I also triple checked WDS options and I haven't moved the index, so it's not an issue of my looking in the wrong place 

Finally, I think deleting the index and letting it rebuild itself is probably the best idea - be interesting to see how big the resulting index is...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Clipboard program help/recommendations

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 09:10 AM »

Just checked the Clipmate forum and note that inbound clip filtering is currently under development. I'm guessing this will be a feature added to version 8...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Clipboard program help/recommendations

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 09:00 AM »

Cloq - what a great idea! I'd love to have this functionality. I have Clipmate 7 installed, but have not "discovered" this capability within it - will dig around the help files, user manual, and forum and see if it is already part of the feature set (if it is, it is not immediately obvious from the menu)...

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General Software Discussion / Re: education including computer sought as I have been bumped

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 08:57 AM »

Your company is bumping you off?! That's a bit drastic, isn't it? What did you do, sleep with the boss' teenage daughter?

Sorry, couldn't resist. My understanding of being bumped off is "killed"  Anyway, hope that provides you with a laugh dduring what can only be a stressful and trying time.

Now, it would help us to help you, I think, if you give us an idea of where you are? A class that includes hardware will likely be "physical", meaning that you'll need to attend in person, and I'm assuming that your employer is going to pay for the course(s), but not airfare and living expenses if you have to move in order to attend school? Where I am, there are a lot of 12 to 18 month courses that offer students a new notebook on successful completion. They tend to be vocational colleges, though some may well offer some computer training. Not sure!

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Site/Forum Features / Re: What's the interval between posting and editing being noted?

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 08:42 AM »

I usually indicate where I've edited. However, if I post something and then 30 seconds later realise that I've made an embarrassing spelling mistake, used a split infinitive, or made an error in logic and can edit it and repost less than a minute after having posted it, I don't bother... Maybe I’ll start doing so, though...

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Living Room / Re: Cody has been moonlighting!

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 08:39 AM »

Can't fault the fellow for chatting up a fit bird.

-Deozaan (February 18, 2009, 04:32 AM)

  that’s awesome... To paraphrase Huxley, I wish I'd thought of that one 

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Living Room / Re: My 5000 posts commemorative DC mug

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 08:37 AM »

By the way, that's a nice wallpaper image for your laptop. Did you take that photo yourself?

-Deozaan (February 18, 2009, 04:14 AM)

No... I only downloaded it the other day and I've already forgotten the site  As iit’s only about 250kb, I’m attaching it now (hope that's OK? Mods feel free to remove if inappropriate).

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: I love the Bulk Rename Utility!

« Last post by Darwin on February 18, 2009, 08:33 AM »

Thanks, Mike, for giving me yet another chance to use my dictionaries! 

-Curt (February 18, 2009, 01:25 AM)

 

Sorry, everyone, for someone involved in ESL (English as a Second Language) education for 15 years, I'm still REALLY Anglo-centric (English language centric I mean...) 

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Living Room / Re: My 5000 posts commemorative DC mug

« Last post by Darwin on February 17, 2009, 09:09 PM »

Nice! Is the 5k-posts mug a standard item now?

-f0dder (February 17, 2009, 07:20 PM)

Haven’t gotten yours yet, f0dder? I meant to include you in my "hope Carol AND f0dder post pictures of their mugs when they receive them"  Sorry... 

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Living Room / Re: My 5000 posts commemorative DC mug

« Last post by Darwin on February 17, 2009, 05:16 PM »

Yeah. Alright. I *might* have liberated a food tray or two in my day - they are excellent for keeping the external vents under a notebook from getting obstructed. After my mother-in-law fried a near new notebook harddrive, I took action...

I like the mugs, too. They’re quite large and make for a very satisfying morning coffee ritual...  

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Living Room / Re: My 5000 posts commemorative DC mug

« Last post by Darwin on February 17, 2009, 05:13 PM »

Is that a food tray?

-Deozaan (February 17, 2009, 05:09 PM)

Maybe... who’s asking?

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Living Room / Cody has been moonlighting!

« Last post by Darwin on February 17, 2009, 05:12 PM »

The damning evidence may be viewed in its entirety here: http://www.theglobea...ry/PersonalTech/home

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Living Room / Re: My 5000 posts commemorative DC mug

« Last post by Darwin on February 17, 2009, 05:08 PM »

PS hoping Carol will post a picture of hers in this thread 

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Living Room / My 5000 posts commemorative DC mug

« Last post by Darwin on February 17, 2009, 05:05 PM »

I took delivery of my 5000 posts DC mug yesterday and thought I'd post a picture of it here:



Unfortunately, my notebook is sitting on my desk in my office* and there is a window just above and to the left of it, so I had to use the flash to bring out the text on the mugs. The one on the left is the 5000 posts commemorative mug and the one on the right is my membership mug.

Thank you, mouser!

*and I am too lazy to move it... 

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: Post your NANY 2009 Mug/Shirt Pics here..

« Last post by Darwin on February 17, 2009, 04:41 PM »

I'll post some action shots later... just picked up my hoodie today. And argh, I had to pay almost $40 in customs for it >_<

* f0dder curses at the very idea of customs.

-f0dder (February 16, 2009, 06:14 AM)

Ouch! DK customs and excise sounds almost as Draconian as Canada Customs 

Looking forward to the picture, though...

@Brandon - where the h-e-double hockey sticks is your picture?! I can’t even find a post from you on the first page, and yet there you are mkaing excuses for using ImageShack