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Living Room / Re: [HELP REQUEST] Please quickly review my new Twitter client

« Last post by lanux128 on May 16, 2010, 04:38 AM »

looks nice, i wonder if there is non-install version available? couldn't find on the website. btw, adding a char count would be helpful with twitter's 140 char limit.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Not so pointless clickometer!

« Last post by lanux128 on May 15, 2010, 09:38 PM »

@Chessnia: thanks for the credits and as mouser mentioned, do let us know how it went in the classroom.. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Universal Extractor

« Last post by lanux128 on May 15, 2010, 09:31 PM »

thanks for the info, Stefan. i'm a TC newbie and only started using it from version 7.xx so didn't know about the older version's syntax.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: FFBookmarkUnpacker

« Last post by lanux128 on May 15, 2010, 09:18 PM »

nice work, this reminds me of PlainOldFavorites.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Compare 2 files and list differences...

« Last post by lanux128 on May 15, 2010, 09:13 PM »

most file-managers would have this covered but for a single-purpose tool, i second ewemoa's suggestion.

btw, mouser did a comprehensive review for compare tools some time back. do take a look.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARRFox plugin problem with Opera and Firefox Bookmarks

« Last post by lanux128 on May 15, 2010, 01:57 PM »

@jnulu: glad to be of help. so what was the bookmarks file's name?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend anti-spyware, please?

« Last post by lanux128 on May 15, 2010, 12:59 PM »

My little head is configured in such a way that I refuse to purchase this F-PROT, for the simple reason that I can only pay for five licenses! No, don't tell me that I get five licenses for the price of one; I only need one, but I cannot have only one; for some weird reason I must have five! My square minded brain then says that in such a case I am clearly also paying for five - which I won't.

-Curt (May 15, 2010, 12:24 PM)

it does says "License for up to 5 computers in the home" in the main area. this is very much the norm these days in view of the extended number of computers in use at home. iirc, some of the AV vendors such as McAfee and Kaspersky have a 3-user License with their home edition, which means buy one license and use on three computers. however F-Prot's wordings are not consistent because in the sidebar (see pic), the wording makes the user think that they're buying 5 licenses for the price of one.


• http://www.f-prot.co...oducts/home_use/win/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Universal Extractor

« Last post by lanux128 on May 15, 2010, 12:39 PM »

Total Commander:
%Commander_PATH%\Tools\UniExtract\UniExtract.exe
"%P%N"  "%P%O"

or untested:
"%P%N"  /sub

or to be prompted
"%P%N" 

-AbteriX (May 14, 2010, 02:55 AM)

hi Stefan, i was trying out these commands and found out that the quotation marks aren't needed in most cases. i list the changes below..

Total Commander:
%Commander_PATH%\Tools\UniExtract\UniExtract.exe
"%P%N" "%P%O" --> doesn't work
%P%N "%P%O" --> works

or untested:
"%P%N" /sub --> doesn't work
%P%N /sub --> works

or to be prompted
"%P%N"   --> doesn't work
%P%N   --> works

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General Software Discussion / Re: Your favorite Spyware Tools

« Last post by lanux128 on May 15, 2010, 12:14 PM »

hmm.. shouldn't the title read "Your favorite Anti-Spyware Tools"?

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Portal is FREE! (Until May 24th)

« Last post by lanux128 on May 15, 2010, 05:35 AM »

the main storyline might be quite short but there are some interesting mods to keep one occupied such as this one: Portal: Prelude.

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General Software Discussion / Re: SRWare Iron 5.0.380 beta browser

« Last post by lanux128 on May 15, 2010, 05:23 AM »

every time when i close the last tab in Iron, the whole program closes. i understand that this behaviour is carried over from Chrome but there should be a fix for this by now.

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Living Room / Re: The Psychology of the Sale

« Last post by lanux128 on May 15, 2010, 01:10 AM »

It has been said that Prostitution is the Oldest Profession.
In disagreement, I proport that Advertising is the Oldest.

My evidence is the fact that even Prostitutes had to Advertise!

-parkint (May 14, 2010, 11:35 PM)

i hope this doesn't turn into another chicken or egg debate.. but i disagree that advertising is older because logically a profession had to exist before being to able to advertise.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARRFox plugin problem with Opera and Firefox Bookmarks

« Last post by lanux128 on May 15, 2010, 12:51 AM »

sorry, i inadvertently linked the locations for Opera on the mac!

Do I copy the link somewhere and find the location/path and then copy and paste it in the "custom bookmark file locations" section of FARRFox?

-jnulu (May 14, 2010, 11:43 PM)

try this, open the following folder: %APPDATA%\Opera. (you can copy and paste the path in the 'Run' dialog). look for a file called "bookmarks.adr" (it might have a different name but the file extension will be .adr) then copy the location of that file and paste in the "custom bookmark file locations" section of FARRFox.

You can also find out where Opera stores your settings by going to the Help > About Opera menu.

Source: http://www.opera.com/support/kb/search/

P.S. i wonder if there are any other Opera users with this problem?

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Skrommel's Software / Re: Skrommel Apps Re-uploaded!

« Last post by lanux128 on May 15, 2010, 12:36 AM »

yay! thanks Skrommel. now we'd show those dysfunctional AV scanners!

hip hip hooray!

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to automatically collect posts from a forum (that match a criteria)?

« Last post by lanux128 on May 14, 2010, 10:14 PM »

something like that, if can be automated will of good use. currently i use google/doco search and save the 'print' version (like this) into pdf files. unfortunately the 'print' version doesn't include any images/screenshots from a thread.

so i agree this is a good idea. reminds me of a sieve like function.

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General Software Discussion / Re: SRWare Iron 5.0.380 beta browser

« Last post by lanux128 on May 14, 2010, 09:20 PM »

coming from firefox where one has a variety of configuration options, i wonder if Iron has an about:config equivalent?

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Living Room / Re: how to get to a dialog window that won't come into focus by using the keyboard?

« Last post by lanux128 on May 14, 2010, 11:28 AM »

also there is a Actual Window Manager mini review by tranglos.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Universal Extractor

« Last post by lanux128 on May 14, 2010, 05:50 AM »

Thanks for the question lanux, i have modified my post above ↑↑↑

"/sub" is an UniExtractor command line parameter to extract the archive automatically
to an sub-folder named as the base name of the archive.

-AbteriX (May 14, 2010, 05:39 AM)

thanks again, Stefan. it didn't occur to me to run UniExtract.exe with a /? parameter..

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARRFox plugin problem with Opera and Firefox Bookmarks

« Last post by lanux128 on May 14, 2010, 04:30 AM »

All the three check boxes in advanced options section of FARRFox have been checked, but am still having issues
bringing up search results from Opera's bookmarks.

-jnulu (May 13, 2010, 10:27 PM)

it looks like Opera's bookmarks location has been changed in version 10. the link below lists the new location. you can check in your PC and add the new location in the "custom bookmark file locations" section of FarrFox. worth a try..

• http://www.sheepsyst...where_did_my_bo.html


Edit: the link is for Mac OS not Windows

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General Software Discussion / Re: Universal Extractor

« Last post by lanux128 on May 14, 2010, 04:22 AM »

Here's an another big fan of UniExtract, i use it on an daily base

If someone is interested, here is my collection of how to integrate UniEx in my favorite file managers:
...

-AbteriX (May 14, 2010, 02:55 AM)

thanks for the tips, AbteriX. it's nice to be able to add into Altap's user menu. btw, what is the "/sub" for?

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Living Room / Re: Company releases cracked version of their game rather than recompile it

« Last post by lanux128 on May 13, 2010, 07:39 PM »

this is becoming more prevalent as publishers try to make money on their older titles. as the original dev team might not be around, they're becoming more reliant on these 'cracked' versions. even gog.com which sells DRM-free older games was supplied with such an exe recently (Arcanum), so that it becomes "DRM free". another major publisher found using them was Ubisoft, for one of the Rainbow 6 games, iirc.

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Living Room / Re: how to get to a dialog window that won't come into focus by using the keyboard?

« Last post by lanux128 on May 13, 2010, 01:11 PM »

you're welcome.. just curious why did you put the quote marks?

btw, the title matching mode is set to partial match so any of the word will do.
SetTitleMatchMode 2   ; partial title match

however, with the quote marks, AHK will look for one of these words:
"File
has
changed".

which leaves "has" as the only match.

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Living Room / Re: how to get to a dialog window that won't come into focus by using the keyboard?

« Last post by lanux128 on May 13, 2010, 12:55 PM »

try changing the "windows id" line to this:

[Select]

WindowsID=File has changed ahk_class #32770  ; windows title and ahk class goes here. either will do..

that would help, i guess.

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Living Room / Re: how to get to a dialog window that won't come into focus by using the keyboard?

« Last post by lanux128 on May 13, 2010, 12:30 PM »

i use filezilla too. where is this option? maybe i can try to get it to appear on my PC.

Edit:
in this thread here. this guy has the opposite problem, it seems but the reply is quite enlightening.

FileZilla only sets the focus window of its own process to the file exists dialog, it does not mark itself as the active program. Further, it requests user attention through some well-documented API. Either GTK+ or your window manager misinterprets this and makes the program active.

-site admin

Edit2: maybe the script's timing is flaky, try changing Sleep, 3000 to a smaller number.

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Living Room / Re: How to uninstall driver in Windows XP command line safe mode?

« Last post by lanux128 on May 13, 2010, 12:15 PM »

yes, that is very possible. i guess the link that daddydave provided could shed some clue on why it happened.