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Living Room / Re: Startups and the Big Lie

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 29, 2015, 02:36 PM »

...all those companies that served the needs of startups back in the 90s (Dell, OfficeMax, Staples, Kinkos, Steelcase, etc.).

-40hz (August 25, 2015, 01:06 PM)

Dell?  Dell was started (as PC's Limited) in 1984, changed its name to Dell in 1987 and went public in 1988. It didn't really become a major player itself until the early 90's.

And if any company illustrates the need to lie to grow a startup, it's Dell.

In the mid to late 80s, when tech publications ran regular comparisons of personal computers, PC's Limited systems could only be ordered direct from Michael Dell, and he made sure they got hand tuned souped up systems that outperformed the off-the shelf systems they got from major manufacturers.  As a result, Dell's PCs won every benchmark for a while (until the other companies wised up) and became the standard others were judged by.  But unless you worked for PC Magazine or PC World, you could not get a system from Dell that performed like that.

-xtabber (August 29, 2015, 02:29 PM)

Hmm, if I had known that I would have purchased all my PCs from Neil J. Rubenking. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Weird Firefox hangs since 40.x?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 29, 2015, 02:32 PM »

Edit: Running it now.  So far so good.  

-MilesAhead (August 27, 2015, 05:05 PM)

hang in there

-tomos (August 28, 2015, 04:22 PM)

I am starting to really like Slimjet chrome.  On the same idea as Mustang but without the lags.  Now it is the only chrome based browser I have.  Trying to cheat an use sync with more than one chrome based browser on the same machine invariably ends up with duplicate something or other.  It seems no matter how many users ask for an overwrite mode for sync they act like they don't hear it.

So far the only thing I don't like on Slimjet is if you want to save user id and password for a site you just logged into it wants to make you fill the stuff in again.  A pretty weird idea of "convenience" I must say.

Off topic though it may be.  

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 29, 2015, 09:28 AM »

Delerium - Karma album

-MilesAhead (August 28, 2015, 08:31 AM)

that reminded me of some big hit from the 90's  - definitely a different group though, but I cant place them (yet)

-tomos (August 28, 2015, 06:09 PM)

Enigma does some similar stuff.  I first heard them on that IBM commercial with the Native American chanting.  I think the title is "return to innocence."

The hit on the Delerium album was Firefly.

I like stuff that has chanting or Gregorian Chant.  I found a "shaman healing chant" the other day.  It is like an hour long.  Incredibly subtle harmonies from the background singers.  Plus that hypnotic flute.  Really cool.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 28, 2015, 09:14 AM »

(see attachment in previous post)

-crabby3 (August 28, 2015, 07:00 AM)

It may simply be a case of monocle-nucleosis.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 28, 2015, 09:11 AM »

(see attachment in previous post)

-crabby3 (August 28, 2015, 06:50 AM)

I don't know if I can hackle watching him run for office.  Not to mention before every debate the Secret Service Agents for the other candidates would have to search his hair.

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 28, 2015, 08:31 AM »

Delerium - Karma album

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General Software Discussion / Re: Weird Firefox hangs since 40.x?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 27, 2015, 05:05 PM »

now 40.0.3

-Curt (August 27, 2015, 03:29 PM)

Thanks.  I will be installing it any moment.  

Edit: Running it now.  So far so good.   

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Post New Requests Here / Re: create shortlinks to urls in a folder from a txt file with the url list

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 27, 2015, 02:52 PM »

At least seems i have discovered the problem with the thinking circle of the windows 8.1 cursor

It seems associated to Asus Smart Gesture Loader.
I kill the process and finish the problem

-Contro (August 27, 2015, 01:40 PM)

Sounds like a nice gesture indeed.

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General Software Discussion / Re: MoveIt 1.3.3.2

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 27, 2015, 02:44 PM »

MoveIt 1.3.3.2  Fixed a regression introduced in the last release that could interfere with Explorer file selection via Control key and Mouse.  I added a Hit test to make sure the mouse pointer is on the caption bar before moving the window.

Updated the Readme.txt.  Latest version has been uploaded.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Friendly Face of Death (Windows 10)!

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 27, 2015, 12:48 PM »

I had a more severe reaction one time in Linux.  I don't remember if it was Redhat. Ubuntu or what.  When I came up to the XWindow manager and logged in, all seemed fine.  But when I right clicked on the desktop clock to set the time, my monitor went out of sync.  I had to power it down and kill the power on the tower to avoid burning out the video hardware.

Whatever distro it was, it was gone!  Can't leave a time bomb like that lying around.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Shadow Defender [free]

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 27, 2015, 12:22 PM »

Shadow Defender being given away free here:
http://sharewareonsa...shadow-defender-sale

It is similar to ToolWiz TimeFreeze except it has an option to keep changes(such as newly installed programs) made while in Shadow Mode.  TimeFreeze used to have this same option but they removed it  I suspect there were complications that caused them to remove the option rather than the bugs in it.  But that is just my conjecture.

About a day and 13 hours left to get the software.

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General Software Discussion / Re: MySpace anyone?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 27, 2015, 08:09 AM »

Same crap trying to sign on through facebook.  No button.

-MilesAhead (August 26, 2015, 07:38 AM)

This statement just bothers me ...

"Try to sign up to MySpace through Facebook" ...

That just feels so wrong on SO many levels!

-TaoPhoenix (August 26, 2015, 04:49 PM)

Like using a Tax to fund a Revenue Enhancement?

Edit:  It looks messed up to use anyway.  I was searching for a Javon Jackson album of which I used to own the CD.  They had one track on MySpace so I thought I would try it to see if I could get some jazz there.  Not worth the hassle.  Besides, they only had one track.  Not the whole album.

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General Software Discussion / Re: MoveIt 1.3.3.1

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 27, 2015, 07:17 AM »

MoveIt 1.3.3.1  Added Drag window with Control key to move window same as 1-9 Positioning.

Updated about box, Readme.txt and included source code.

Edit:  Perhaps this was obvious to everyone else but since I tripped over it I thought I would pass it on.  When dragging a window holding the Alt or Control key, I found that the hotkey triggered every time if I released the mouse button while still holding down the modifier key.  No need for retries.  In fact I found I could just hold down Control while dragging the window and release the mouse to pop the window into the various positions in the Tic Tac Toe grid.  It is much more reliable than releasing both simultaneously.

I added a note to the Readme.txt.

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General Software Discussion / Re: MoveIt 1.3.3.1 Preview

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 26, 2015, 02:09 PM »

MoveIt 1.3.3.1 Preview  I thought it would feel more natural to use the Tic Tac Toe window positioning in MoveIt by dragging the window with the mouse as opposed to holding down the middle mouse button and pressing a number 1 to 9.

For this preview I have added the feature to Tic Tac Toe position by holding down the Control key while dragging the window.  The action is the same as Snap to Quadrant except the Control key is used instead of Alt.  It seems to work OK.  I have not added any documentation to the About Box (I don't know how much more I can fit there anyway) or the Readme file.

I have uploaded the attachment with just the MoveIt.exe if anyone would like to try it.

Edit: As you might expect it determines the grid location using the position of the mouse pointer when you stop dragging and let go of the Control key.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's up with WinPatrol?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 26, 2015, 01:05 PM »

I've been trying the Slimjet version of Chrome for several months and it has no issues with WinPatrol or WinPrivacy downloads/updates.

-Joe Hone (August 26, 2015, 08:39 AM)

Slimjet looks interesting.  But I don't see a quickie way to import Bookmarks Toolbar or the whole Bookmarks shooting match from FF.  Is there a trick to it?

Edit: I am trying the 32 bit portable if that matters.

Edit2:  Never mind.  I overlooked the import menu.  

Edit3:  I like it.  Kind of like Mustang browser only a bit better.   

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General Software Discussion / Re: MySpace anyone?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 26, 2015, 11:11 AM »

Button only works on Edge  

-rgdot (August 26, 2015, 07:50 AM)

I'm already on edge without this nonsense.  

-MilesAhead (August 26, 2015, 07:54 AM)

Do you have adblockers and such installed?  One of them might be causing the problems.

-wraith808 (August 26, 2015, 09:55 AM)

Good point.  I'll try with all extensions off.

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General Software Discussion / Re: MySpace anyone?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 26, 2015, 11:10 AM »

Well, what can I say, worked in PM considering I have uBlock, RefControl, RequestPolicy, and other assorted anti-this&that add-ons I guess i should be amazed it worked.

OTOH, can I sell you a slightly used MySpace account?

-4wd (August 26, 2015, 09:36 AM)

Two questions:

How much you asking?

Are there any sink holes?

I don't know what a sink hole has to do with an online account but if you live in Florida you ask out of habit. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: MySpace anyone?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 26, 2015, 07:54 AM »

Button only works on Edge 

-rgdot (August 26, 2015, 07:50 AM)

I'm already on edge without this nonsense. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: MySpace anyone?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 26, 2015, 07:42 AM »

Same crap trying to sign on through facebook.  No button.

-MilesAhead (August 26, 2015, 07:38 AM)

Take it as a hint and don't bother

-Stephen66515 (August 26, 2015, 07:38 AM)

I don't have much choice.

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General Software Discussion / Re: LastPass alternatives with two-factor authentication? (including premium LP)

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 26, 2015, 07:41 AM »

I'm currently using Enpass (www.enpass.io)

-40hz (August 25, 2015, 12:53 PM)

are you using that with any kind of two-factor authentication?


Edit// I took the liberty of changing the thread title to "LastPass alternatives with two-factor authentication? (including premium LP)"

-tomos (August 25, 2015, 02:46 PM)

No. But as no user data is stored on their server (which is only used to sync between devices) would it be all that necessary? The data is encrypted by your device and remains on your device(s) so I don't see where some man-in-the-middle attempt would make any difference. All data is encrypyed and local. You wouldn't even need to decrypt in order to synchronize. It would be a little more work for the local clients  - but EnPass wouldn't need to worry or know about any of the the actual data.

Am I missing something?  

-40hz (August 25, 2015, 04:29 PM)

well,
as you know, I'm no expert. But the idea that all anyone needs is one password and then they have access *all* my passwords, and more - I find that pretty scary.

-tomos (August 26, 2015, 03:43 AM)

We are on our way to Gattaca

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General Software Discussion / Re: MySpace anyone?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 26, 2015, 07:38 AM »

Same crap trying to sign on through facebook.  No button.

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General Software Discussion / Re: MySpace anyone?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 26, 2015, 07:33 AM »

I am trying to sign up.  After filling in the form, there is no Submit button.  Pressing Enter in any of the fields does nothing.   Pretty strange.

Anyone know the secret handshake?

-MilesAhead (August 25, 2015, 05:32 PM)

OK..I'm gonna just come right out with it...

WHY?

-Stephen66515 (August 25, 2015, 05:40 PM)

Same reason guy climb Everest.  I hate the cold so I'll do this instead.  Although with the sign up system they have the guys climbing Everest will likely reach the goal before I do.

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General Software Discussion / Re: MySpace anyone?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 26, 2015, 07:31 AM »

Hitting the big blue button worked for me:

-4wd (August 26, 2015, 02:58 AM)

Can't hit it if it ain't there.  I can see why they would struggle for members if it is this tough to sign up.

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General Software Discussion / MySpace anyone?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 25, 2015, 05:32 PM »

I am trying to sign up.  After filling in the form, there is no Submit button.  Pressing Enter in any of the fields does nothing.   Pretty strange.

Anyone know the secret handshake?

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 25, 2015, 12:17 PM »

No pen no gain !

-MerleOne (August 24, 2015, 04:52 PM)

Oh! Are we talking about Linux Distros? No Penguin, No Gain?

-TaoPhoenix (August 24, 2015, 06:02 PM)

I buntu                     We buntu
You buntu                 You buntu
He/She/It buntus      They buntu

-MilesAhead (August 25, 2015, 10:33 AM)

Would that be 6 bunti?

-Renegade (August 25, 2015, 11:36 AM)

I am not sure. But if it is baseball, it is a sacrifice buntu.