topbanner_forum
  *

avatar image

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

Login with username, password and session length
  • Thursday November 27, 2025, 5:10 pm
  • Proudly celebrating 15+ years online.
  • Donate now to become a lifetime supporting member of the site and get a non-expiring license key for all of our programs.
  • donate

Recent Posts

Pages: prev • 1 ... 54 55 56 57 58 [59] 60 61 62 63 64 ... 95 • next
1451
General Software Discussion / Re: Vista SP1 Hot new feature - Hotpatching
« Last post by Lashiec on December 11, 2007, 09:07 AM »
Oh, then it's pretty impressive :)
1452
Living Room / Re: Better run like Hell!!! I AM BACK!!!!
« Last post by Lashiec on December 11, 2007, 09:06 AM »
Yes, I better run like hell, because I forgot to send a postcard! AGAIN!! How embarrassing :-[. I'll take so preemptive measures to prevent this for happening again :wallbash: :wallbash:

Anyway, glad to see you back! I hope you get better soon :Thmbsup:
1453
Living Room / Re: Is the new Zune upgrade really an upgrade?
« Last post by Lashiec on December 11, 2007, 08:56 AM »
One caveat though. This has to be done before the song is shared.
1454
General Software Discussion / Re: Vista SP1 Hot new feature - Hotpatching
« Last post by Lashiec on December 11, 2007, 08:51 AM »
Is this something similar to how Linux applies its updates without needing a reboot?
1455
Living Room / Re: Is the new Zune upgrade really an upgrade?
« Last post by Lashiec on December 11, 2007, 08:49 AM »
Is something anyone which knows how to click the right button of their mouse, select "Properties", "Advanced" and change the music genre of the file can do. So, yes, an obvious and HUGE DRM hole. Which would be fixed by the next firmware, anyway, unless Microsoft wants to fight the RIAA and all the pack (they would get all my support).
1456
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: DivX Pro holiday download available for a limited time
« Last post by Lashiec on December 11, 2007, 08:45 AM »
Whoa, DivX buying other codec makers and licensing their technology to bigger companies. My, my, how things have changed in a few years. </offtopic>
1457
Living Room / Re: Is the new Zune upgrade really an upgrade?
« Last post by Lashiec on December 11, 2007, 08:32 AM »
Well... humans have free will so... it's both things.
1458
Skwire Empire / Re: Compressing files into multiple .zip archives with each .zip being independent
« Last post by Lashiec on December 09, 2007, 01:53 PM »
Wasn't the limit 4 GB?

Forget about it, I just checked the WinRAR helpfile, and it's 2 GB. You can always use the Zip64 extension, though.
1459
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: 1 Terrabyte Western Digital Drive for $264 USD
« Last post by Lashiec on December 09, 2007, 01:30 PM »
Now what is this Wordzilla search tweak(s) you are speaking of?  I could use a tool or two to help with searching here...
-vegas (December 08, 2007, 08:01 PM)

Wordy, you up to the task of competing against all those companies writing desktop search apps? ;D

ZillaRank, Wordzilla's highly improved version of SMF search functions ;)
1460
General Software Discussion / Re: Which app stays open on your desktop all day?
« Last post by Lashiec on December 09, 2007, 01:24 PM »
Hey, I missed this one. So it would be:

  • foobar2000
  • Miranda (up to some point)
  • Opera
  • TED Notepad
  • xplorer²

And the usual security software coupled with FARR to launch everything. Zaine, how things changed since your first post, huh? ;D
1461
Older Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for December 6th - Codename "Operation GOE Freeware Release"
« Last post by Lashiec on December 09, 2007, 01:16 PM »
It's the Darwin-edited newsletter effect :)
1462
General Software Discussion / Re: Free Software brings affordability, transparency to mathematics
« Last post by Lashiec on December 09, 2007, 01:13 PM »
Yes, it's in the installation instructions. Linux and Mac OS X users don't need it. I assume it does not have a native port for Windows, and the image must bundle a Linux distro with only the essential to run the program. Besides, the installation packages for those OSs are far smaller. Yeah, I know about the differences between OSs, but...

On the other hand, it seems only 3 distros are supported.
1463
General Software Discussion / Re: Free Software brings affordability, transparency to mathematics
« Last post by Lashiec on December 09, 2007, 01:03 PM »
Ah, since I never worked with Mathematica, I can't comment :)

Yeah, R is a pretty good pack, despite being ugly at first, and it's truly replacing commercial alternatives. Just experienced that this year at college, they didn't have enough money for SPSS licenses, so they moved to R.
1464
Living Room / Re: Microsoft Publishes Detailed Vista SP1 Changelog
« Last post by Lashiec on December 09, 2007, 12:57 PM »
And the WGA now plays quite more nice than before, like it does with XP.
1465
Older Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for December 6th - Codename "Operation GOE Freeware Release"
« Last post by Lashiec on December 09, 2007, 12:53 PM »
Personally, I preferred the old version in which you commented an interesting thread of your choice briefly. It made the newsletter more enjoyable for me, since I check the site daily (almost) and I don't find much use in going through lists of links I already visited. Just my two cents.
1466
Living Room / Re: World's Fastest Vista Notebook: The Apple MacBook Pro
« Last post by Lashiec on December 09, 2007, 12:48 PM »
Something I forgot to mention is that 141 fps in FarCry is not a big deal (unless they're running it at maximum).

I mentioned Alienware because those guys even pack two cards in SLI within a notebook. Of course, such beast should not be used for everyday work. Only for gaming ;D
1467
General Software Discussion / Re: Free Software brings affordability, transparency to mathematics
« Last post by Lashiec on December 09, 2007, 12:46 PM »
You run it within a browser, and inside VMware? Weird...

And how does it compare to Octave? (Yeah, there were OSS mathematical software before Sage...)
1468
Living Room / Re: World's Fastest Vista Notebook: The Apple MacBook Pro
« Last post by Lashiec on December 09, 2007, 12:31 PM »
Apple and cheap in the same sentence? ;D

I can attest nontroppo's report about MacBook's trackpad, the two-finger idea is certainly sounding and neat. Unfortunately, a trackpad is still a trackpad, and still works like any other, so a Logitech mouse for me :)

Ow, what a review. First, they mistake Crysis for FarCry (I clicked on it yesterday and I swear it read "Crysis" instead of "FarCry" like today), and not a single note: "We made this mistake, bla bla bla". Fantastic.

No charts comparing those other notebooks that are slower (no Alienware notebooks tested by PC World as well), no configuration details (we tested FarCry at this resolution, with this turned on and that off)... a mess. I saw forum signatures longer than that review.
1469
Living Room / Re: Any old Amiga users among us?
« Last post by Lashiec on December 09, 2007, 12:12 PM »
Not really

Also, it seems they used female names for familiarity and to avoid industrial espionage (Atari ST?)
1470
Living Room / Re: How often do you reboot your primary workstation?
« Last post by Lashiec on December 09, 2007, 12:03 PM »
No, it doesn't. From time to time, the neverending discussion between plug or unplug arises. Even reputable PSU makers got in the fray, like the CTO of PC Power & Cooling, stating:

Our position is let it run. That's for voltage and temperature stabilization. Anytime you can keep the computer components at a stable temperature, it's better than expansion and contraction. That's what wears them out.

Of course, letting things work means that they'll work better each passing year, and their lifetime will improve to ad infinitum. That's why Google never buys new components for their servers. </sarcasm>

Seriously, I plugged and unplugged my old computer for more than 7 years, and still works like a charm, and it was not using a fancy PSU, more the opposite. It's your own choice, the quality of modern components is high enough for them to be replaced before they actually fail.

EDIT: Some rephrasing
1471
Living Room / Re: The State the Art of 3D Printers
« Last post by Lashiec on December 07, 2007, 03:10 PM »
Moar 3D printers
1472
Living Room / Re: Wiki Spam
« Last post by Lashiec on December 07, 2007, 02:25 PM »
Sounds like a job for.... SCRIPTO-MAN!
-f0dder (December 06, 2007, 08:38 PM)

f0dder's alter ego ;D
1473
Living Room / Re: About Rudeness in Forums
« Last post by Lashiec on December 07, 2007, 02:10 PM »
Aha, aha... ;D
1474
Living Room / Hilarious video about the Web 2.0
« Last post by Lashiec on December 07, 2007, 12:14 PM »
A video that captures the exact essence about the whole Web 2.0 craze while giving you a good laugh ;D. And you can download the MP3, too!

Screenshot - 07_12_2007 , 19_07_50.jpg

Really, Facebook on its way to become more valuable than Ford Motor Company? :huh:
via CyberNet Forum
1475
Living Room / Re: Wiki Spam
« Last post by Lashiec on December 06, 2007, 02:22 PM »
I think there's some kind of component for wikis to avoid this, Wikipedia rarely gets hit with those kind of spam robots, only by 'tards with too much free time in their hands >:(
Pages: prev • 1 ... 54 55 56 57 58 [59] 60 61 62 63 64 ... 95 • next