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Found Deals and Discounts / Advanced SystemCare 5 PRO giveaway

« Last post by rgdot on February 13, 2012, 11:45 PM »

Promotion valid from Feb 14, 0:00 - Feb 14, 24:00

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http://www.iobit.com...2valentine_giveaway/

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General Software Discussion / Re: website design

« Last post by rgdot on February 13, 2012, 04:27 PM »

I think that if you can name a site that comes close to what you have in mind it will be much easier. Anything from "lightweight" CMS or portals to WordPress can do all sorts of things simple or complex.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: TreeProjects 40% off

« Last post by rgdot on February 13, 2012, 04:29 AM »

Coming soon, this time 61% off
61% OFF $18.95
RETAIL $49.00

http://www.bitsdujou...ftware/treeprojects/

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - v3.0 (!) - Feb 5, 2012

« Last post by rgdot on February 12, 2012, 12:16 AM »

At first I didn't think of it but isn't this similar to the screenshot (cropped version attached) I took for my review? notice the S in the text box

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor Idea - Monitor other folders and steal images from them

« Last post by rgdot on February 09, 2012, 09:56 PM »

And of course that's off topic, sorry mouser

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor Idea - Monitor other folders and steal images from them

« Last post by rgdot on February 09, 2012, 09:54 PM »

I would be more likely to use this kind of feature for text, CH+S stealing text files!

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Living Room / Re: The plot thickens - iPhone and iPad sales banned in Europe ...

« Last post by rgdot on February 09, 2012, 10:38 AM »

Google Wants a 2.25% Cut of Every iPhone Sale

Looking to earn back some of the $12.5 billion it’s spending to buy Motorola Mobility, Google sent a letter to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers looking for a maximum 2.25% cut of sales for phones that use Motorola’s technology, including Apple‘s iPhone.

http://mashable.com/...gle-cut-iphone-sale/

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Living Room / Re: New weapons in the file sharing war.

« Last post by rgdot on February 09, 2012, 09:21 AM »

Eventually we will get back to sharing via snail mail. Someone has the download you want? he will burn a copy and mail it to you   or better yet a whole new USB key 'protocol'   

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini-Review: RightNote

« Last post by rgdot on February 08, 2012, 12:43 PM »

I sent an email, hopefully we hear back

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Living Room / Re: Just like the MPAA didn't learn from the RIAA, the games industry is next

« Last post by rgdot on February 07, 2012, 10:30 PM »

I have never thought that these temporary gains are good in any way, with the current system we are doomed. However, I still believe the power to make the radical changes is there, they are just not exercised. So as long as there are the type of people delivering, just as an example, tonight's US primary results this planet has no chance.

Reason for emphasis is that people, not just some faceless corporations, are paving the way for this mess (again citing tonight's votes as an example). You can't even say money rules, tonight's winner has the least amount of money in the bank.

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Living Room / Re: Just like the MPAA didn't learn from the RIAA, the games industry is next

« Last post by rgdot on February 07, 2012, 08:22 PM »

What you are saying is true but the defeatism won't improve anything either. By saying and thinking what you posted they have really won, our apathy (or similar sentiment) is and has become their greatest weapon. And also, we can not keep on living thinking that all of us can be bought and there is no chance of "true democracy".

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Living Room / Re: Just like the MPAA didn't learn from the RIAA, the games industry is next

« Last post by rgdot on February 07, 2012, 02:44 PM »

I know nobody needs to read my political one liners again  but...

We are still the ones voting for these people. These who did and tried, will try again, will hide it under other bills, etc.

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Living Room / Re: Just like the MPAA didn't learn from the RIAA, the games industry is next

« Last post by rgdot on February 07, 2012, 02:02 PM »

I don't do the torrent and music downloads because I don't believe in that type of stuff but this way different.
 
Some good comments there, one by "Casey Wollschlager" sums it up one and for all.

So, like anything else that i buy, i paid $60 for it, now i own it and can do whatever i want with it.  I can agree that if they put an easy to understand label on the package that says that it is a one time use purchase and it will not be transferable, i will make my buying decision based on that info.  Regardless, i can't support developer's complaints that they don't get paid from the used market.  Who does for any product?  My example is going to be a ford mustang...  I buy a new mustang at the ford dealership.  Ford makes $3-4 thousand from the purchase.  2 years later, i sell it to some guy and make some of what i paid for it back.  Of course, Ford makes no money.  2 months after the guy buys it, it needs a new door handle.  He pays $75 at the ford dealership and ford makes some money(Hey, it sounds like DLC to me).  The point is, if your original product is worth anything, DLC will be of interest to everyone who buys it whether it is used or new.  If your business model doesn't make a profit on the first dsales, then you need to sell a better product.  There is a secondary market for almost every product that exists.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Links to Reviews and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by rgdot on February 06, 2012, 06:36 PM »

By me
http://www.rgdot.com...-for-the-power-user/

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: gaotd - XYplorer 10.80 2/6/12

« Last post by rgdot on February 06, 2012, 04:24 PM »

Thing about these GOTD programs though as I'm sure many of you have found, is that they can't be reinstalled after a system trash.  Have also found that the reg codes on some programs have mysteriously vanished due to over-aggressive registry scrubbing; my fault I guess.  Best action, of coarse, is to just buy the program at a discount which is often offered.

-Midnight Rambler (February 06, 2012, 04:04 PM)

+1 Been weary of taking advantage of GOTD offerings

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General Software Discussion / Re: Adding text to an image

« Last post by rgdot on February 05, 2012, 12:42 PM »

^ Cool, thanks I think I am going to play with it while exploring the other options.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: myBase Desktop 5.x + Addons Pack discounted on BitsDuJour.com (2010-01-25)

« Last post by rgdot on February 05, 2012, 12:39 PM »

myBase is one of the few I have never tried, that may change

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: NoteFrog Pro (clipboard information manager) - Mini-Review

« Last post by rgdot on February 05, 2012, 02:12 AM »

NoteFrog Professional Lifetime License

RETAIL $49.95
68% OFF $15.95

http://www.bitsdujou...tefrog-professional/

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: myBase Desktop 5.x + Addons Pack discounted on BitsDuJour.com (2010-01-25)

« Last post by rgdot on February 05, 2012, 02:09 AM »

Deal coming soon

myBase Desktop 6.x + Addons Pack
RETAIL $79.00
50% OFF $39.50

http://www.bitsdujou...desktop-addons-pack/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Adding text to an image

« Last post by rgdot on February 05, 2012, 12:53 AM »

Thanks mouser, you make a good point about learning

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General Software Discussion / Re: Adding text to an image

« Last post by rgdot on February 05, 2012, 12:08 AM »

Thanks, trying it tomorrow, haven't really used SCC much but this possibility and some of the newer features mouser has added make it even more intriguing and attractive.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Adding text to an image

« Last post by rgdot on February 04, 2012, 05:51 PM »

Thanks, will use it (or may be other image mapper?) if nothing else is found. Imagemagick might be an option too

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General Software Discussion / Adding text to an image

« Last post by rgdot on February 04, 2012, 04:13 PM »

Initially thought this may have a place in coding snacks but not sure if it fits so I am just opening the thread in General Software.

Using an offline tool, user provides an image (like soccer pitch jpg attached) and chooses a combination of rows and columns (4, 3 or 4, 4 etc.) then a list of names (perhaps a csv list provided by user or even a manually entered one) that are dropped one by one into the cells to output a jpg.
Exaggerating a bit, may be this is like a watermarking tool but one that supports more than one string.

Any ideas? TIA

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software to monitor ALL incoming/outgoing connections to computer?

« Last post by rgdot on February 03, 2012, 11:24 PM »

SmartSniff http://nirsoft.net/utils/smsniff.html and NetworkTrafficView http://nirsoft.net/u...rk_traffic_view.html would be great starts

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dropbox 1.3.12 with 4.5 GB free extra space...

« Last post by rgdot on February 03, 2012, 11:54 AM »

On Windows, this feature relies on Autoplay. Please enable Autoplay to use this feature if you have disabled it.

No can do