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Adventures of Baby Cody / Re: Poland

« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2011, 04:10 AM »

When we have BC's next destination, someone send me the address so i can send a pack of CodyCards to meet him.

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Adventures of Baby Cody / Re: Poland

« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2011, 03:20 AM »

I don't think Baby Cody is going to soon forget his trip to Poland -- he looks like he is having the time of his life.
Who knew he was such a vehicular aficionado, but he sure seems to love riding and driving the cars and cycles!  

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General Review Discussion / Re: recording phone conversations from a PC (skype, voip). What I have tried

« Last post by mouser on August 21, 2011, 01:38 AM »

Thanks brotherS 

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Post New Requests Here / Re: PC Shut down

« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2011, 10:24 PM »

does sound like it would be a good coding snack.

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Living Room / Re: Stop the Machine! (anyone seen this?)

« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2011, 07:33 PM »

My impression is not that mouser feels it has become divisive, but that it could, and he's wanting to keep things friendly.

yup - just a friendly reminder for everyone to keep on their best behavior and be mindful and respectful of others 

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General Review Discussion / Re: recording phone conversations from a PC (skype, voip). What I have tried

« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2011, 06:54 PM »

What are people using to record skype lately? Any new good software? Or any recommendations based on using these for a while?

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: New program: ActiveHotkeys (freeware)

« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2011, 02:56 PM »

Featured on the excellent FreeDownloadADay site today:
http://www.freedownl...-keyboard-shortcuts/

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Coding Snack Guidelines / Re: READ THIS FIRST: Welcome to Coding Snacks - Instructions

« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2011, 08:41 AM »

And once you are in a new section, the button to start a new topic is in the upper right, and says "New Topic".

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Living Room / Re: Stop the Machine! (anyone seen this?)

« Last post by mouser on August 20, 2011, 08:30 AM »

If they earned $1 more to make it $8500, their tax wold jump to $1275!

That's a *VERY* common misunderstanding of how things work in the US , but it's incorrect.

See http://money.howstuf...es/tax-brackets1.htm

In short, only the money ABOVE the previous tax bracket gets taxed at the additional rate.

So in your example, the person making $8500 would pay:
10% in taxes on the first $8499 = $850
15% in taxes on the $1 = $0.15


Note 1: When I say it's a common misperception, I mean that it's believed by most people in the US who are in middle/lower income tax brackets.  You can bet your ass that the rich people understand very well how it really works and aren't too concerned with correcting the misunderstanding.


Note 2: I have very strong feelings about these issues like many of you -- but let's remember our policy of avoiding divisive political/religious arguments on DC on the basis that there are better places to debate such things more fully.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Bug? Arrow Endpoint Text very slow

« Last post by mouser on August 19, 2011, 11:42 AM »

ok first result is -- with my screenshto captor settings and your screenshot+object i can edit that arrow text very rapidly.

so..  now to figure out what is it about your settings or setup that makes it slow..

i will try your screenshot captor ini file now..

even with your screenshotcaptor.ini file the text edits very quickly.

i'm going to email you my current screenshotcaptor.exe file just so we can make sure there isnt something up with that.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Bug? Arrow Endpoint Text very slow

« Last post by mouser on August 19, 2011, 11:14 AM »

very odd.. it definitely shouldn't be so slow, so it's a bug somewhere.. but where.

i still suspect the antialiasing routines.  can you tell if antialiasing is disabled when you are typing text? the way to check is to compare the look when you are typing text for the arrow against what the screenshot looks like after you disable object editing mode (by clicking the button with the O and arrow).

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Bug? Arrow Endpoint Text very slow

« Last post by mouser on August 19, 2011, 11:05 AM »

does it happen on every screenshot when you try to add an arrow, or only one?
does it happen even if magnification is at 100%?
if you drag the arrow around is that super slow also?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Bug? Arrow Endpoint Text very slow

« Last post by mouser on August 19, 2011, 09:57 AM »

i've noticed this once before too..
it may have to do with antialiasing kicking in with screenshot magnification not at 100%.

can you check this option and see if it helps:


oh and also (more importantly):

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Missing size tooltip on secondary monitor

« Last post by mouser on August 18, 2011, 03:41 AM »

yes.. i see what you mean now.. let me have a look and see if i can fix.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Strip all metadata on saving option

« Last post by mouser on August 17, 2011, 11:41 PM »

generally my position has been that if you don't want the metadata notes (typically date+time of capture along with application window being captured) in your files, you can just disable them.

but i can definitely see the value of keeping the info in local files but choosing to remove it when making a copy.  i will add this ability..i just have to see how hard it would be to add it to the save as dialog.  i may have to go with a different option like a different Save menu item "Save without metadata.."

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Top 10 Find and Run Robot Techniques Every User Should Know About

« Last post by mouser on August 17, 2011, 05:38 PM »

Tip 8: Customize Your Search Folder List and Order

The list of directories that FARR searches is on the "Search Folders" options tab:


You can right click to edit or add a new item, or just drag and drop a directory into that window.

The order of directories is important -- FARR searches these directories in the order specified -- so put the small folders at the front, and leave the big ones with lots of subdirectories near the bottom.

Advanced Users: Modifier Keywords with Search Directories

Advanced users can also add "modifier keywords" to a directory so that it will only be searched when you type +modifier.

So let's say you have a directory with all your mp3 music files, and you only want that searched on special occasions.  Just add a keyword modifier like "music" to it, and it will only be searched when you add +music to your search.


You can see a screencast about customizing search folders here:
https://www.donation.../dc/3ds/fr3/fr3.html

And a screencast about keyword modifier use here:
https://www.donation...c/3ds/fr21/fr21.html

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Exit after Toolbar Icon

« Last post by mouser on August 17, 2011, 04:49 PM »

ah you mean you want it to MINIMIZE/HIDE after launching via toolbar?

yeah i could make that an option.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Exit after Toolbar Icon

« Last post by mouser on August 17, 2011, 04:45 PM »

you mean when you invoke it with commandline option to exit after launch?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: how do I capture the current window (not full screen)

« Last post by mouser on August 16, 2011, 04:28 PM »

i reallly have to update that page; if you actually read the HELP file online you will find tons more options.

https://www.donation...iCap/help/index.html

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Screenshot Captor / Re: how do I capture the current window (not full screen)

« Last post by mouser on August 16, 2011, 04:08 PM »

Have you tried
-captureactivewin

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General Software Discussion / Re: Implement features that are known to be loved in other programs, on your own

« Last post by mouser on August 16, 2011, 03:53 PM »

Before you print that out and post it on your wall.. I think it misses the most important part of the equation.

My experience has been that it's rarely the time-to-implement that kills you..  It's the maintenance over time and added complexity and potential for unforseen interactions that does it.

It's often very easy to add a small feature request, but over time they do build up and tend to make the code harder to maintain and debug, and that's where you really get into trouble mentally.

Having said that, it's hard to resist adding features that make people happy

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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: OLD - Unfinished Web project: YUMPS

« Last post by mouser on August 16, 2011, 02:39 PM »

How about charging for installation and hosted solution ?

this is really a project for programmers -- so it's not something that a group could deploy without having a programmer already.  and i don't want to get into hosting business.

perhaps the best way to think about it going forward is i'll just use it to build the couple of sites i have it intended for, and look for the opportunity to build additional specific sites using it, as paid projects.

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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: OLD - Unfinished Web project: YUMPS

« Last post by mouser on August 15, 2011, 02:11 PM »

I'm not looking for investors since i don't think something like this can be sold.. But i'd be very pleased to find a company that would be willing to fund further development/customization for use in other projects, enough so i could keep working on it.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: -save option not saving, no error

« Last post by mouser on August 15, 2011, 12:18 PM »

ok so i think the reason its failing is because you are not specifying an image file extension.

so you should have for example:
 minicap -save "c:\temp\screenshots\capture_$customdate$_$appname$.png" -customdate "$Y$m$d_$H$M$S" -sleep 2 -capturescreen -closeapp -exit

i am adding error reporting now to report failure to save.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: -save option not saving, no error

« Last post by mouser on August 15, 2011, 11:50 AM »

Silent failures are bad usability

i agree, i will look at the save code.  but you say that it works if you use -promptsave but not if you don't.  that's odd.