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General Software Discussion / Re: Best Windows 7 desktop background changer?

« Last post by Curt on June 12, 2013, 08:46 AM »

-however, the free Bionix does not fit the required set of features. But I guess the "Ultimate" $20 version does; see http://www.bionixwal...ltimate-edition.html. Normal price said to be $30

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tree action Plans

« Last post by Curt on June 11, 2013, 09:06 AM »

I think you need to tell how & where the application is going to be used. On your homepage, or on your pc, or on my pc, or on your smartphone whatever wherever etcetera?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Photo-Reactor 1.0 by Mediachance

« Last post by Curt on June 10, 2013, 03:54 PM »

-no, Mike. I cannot imagine I would ever need the main feature of this application: the reusable effects. I edit a lot of pictures, but always one by one - I never re-use a setting. It may be a fine editor, but I would much prefer more features, instead of this.

But I have two of their other programs, (Dynamic Photo HDR and Dynamich Painter), and they are both very stable, and very fast launching. So I think Mediachance's programs are very well written.

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General Software Discussion / Photo-Reactor 1.0 by Mediachance

« Last post by Curt on June 10, 2013, 01:09 AM »

Instead of spending much time updating their existing programs,
Mediachance took time to create a new wonderboy program:
Photo-Reactor!

What is so different about Photo-Reactor?
Everything! From the very first moment you open it, you will work in a brand new dynamic environment where the old static image processing do not apply.

Watch a very short introductory video showing you how to create a simple reusable effect
http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=CUolSDRc72Y

With Photo-Reactor:

- every single effect or adjustment can be re-adjusted at any time without ever undoing steps. It doesn´t matter if you applied an adjustment minutes or months ago you can always go to that very step and change it, remove it add to it.
- you can have unlimited layers and effects that also go sideways, not in one big layer pile like with every other editor
- you can wrap effects and processing into new super-effect, add your own controls and then use them in the future as just any other single effect
- you can apply all the effects, however complex they are to any other images with a single click or to a folders full of images without creating macros
- once a series of image adjustment is done, it is automatically reusable forever regardless of its complexity
- you can create reusable effects that are very hard to do in standard linear photo editors
- it has a build-in super fast c++ language script for the few of us geeky enough to mess with that sort of things things
- the output image can be used to process other images without the need to remember what was done

Try it for yourself
Download the trial version and try it for yourself
http://mediachance.c...m/reactor/index.html

Promo Offer
The software is right now sold for a surprisingly low promotional price of $49

-Mediachance Photo-Reactor

Windows version
Version: 1.0
Date of upload: JUN/9/2013

32-bit version for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Win 8
    photoreactor.exe (22MB)
64-bit version for Vista x64, Windows 7 x64, Win 8 x64
    photoreactor_x64 (22MB)

http://mediachance.c...m/reactor/index.html + frames...

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General Software Discussion / Re: A Windows 7 "WTF?" problem - anybody know what causes this?

« Last post by Curt on June 07, 2013, 04:45 PM »

I had the same problem a couple of months ago. Not understanding why, I "solved" it by removing the last two installed programs AND updating my security program's installation files - and didn't think about it again, until now.

However, I have another "WTF" problem, which I imagine began right after an automatic update from Microsoft in the middle of May, causing unstable USB Charger and mouse performances (which is odd, because the charger is only handling the wireless keyboard, not the wired mouse). Can the beginning of your reported problem maybe be dated to an automatic update?

/64-bits Windows 7 Home Premium

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: eM Client 70% off

« Last post by Curt on June 06, 2013, 11:09 AM »

I don't know why eM Client Pro 5 is on offer already, $15 $20 instead of $50. In my memory version 5 is not very new or old, so I am a bit puzzled by the discounted offer on the new, ugly Bits du Jour. Maybe it is just some kind of a hello, we are still alive!...

http://www.bitsdujou...software/em-client-5

-Curt (June 05, 2013, 02:45 AM)

-today, Thursday 6/6.

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General Software Discussion / Re: From the B.F.D. Dept. - Microsoft releases first video preview of Win 8.1

« Last post by Curt on June 05, 2013, 04:33 PM »

Windows 8.1 - What's New, IT Pro Features, Devices, UI | TechNet

-technet.microsoft.com

also:

This update also includes features like boot to desktop and improved mouse and keyboard navigation, making it an excellent choice for your existing laptop and desktop devices as well.

-------

Windows 8.1 includes a broad set of new security capabilities including enhanced support for biometrics for user authentication and remote business data removal, which ensures that corporate data is encrypted and can be wiped remotely.

-Windows 8.1 Enterprise

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General Software Discussion / Re: "Click to Enable Javascript" Firefox Addon?

« Last post by Curt on June 05, 2013, 11:08 AM »

more to the point: http://codefisher.or...toolbar_button_maker ,
but some of the buttons may be too old.

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Found Deals and Discounts / eM Client 70% off

« Last post by Curt on June 05, 2013, 02:45 AM »

I don't know why eM Client Pro 5 is on offer already, $15 $20 instead of $50. In my memory version 5 is not very new or old, so I am a bit puzzled by the discounted offer on the new, ugly Bits du Jour. Maybe it is just some kind of a hello, we are still alive!...

http://www.bitsdujou...software/em-client-5

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Living Room / Serif PagePlus X7, on time or too soon?

« Last post by Curt on June 03, 2013, 04:23 PM »

Sorry, I am so upset that I have not taken any time to check history, or to locate the proper thread, before posting: Serif is now going the same road as Ashampoo and Paragon, etc., launching major upgrades instead of minor updates! Maybe I am forgetting things. Maybe time has been running much faster than I have been able to cope with. Maybe it really was about time. But I tell you, in my head PagePlus X6 is very new, yet it has already been replaced by X7. I am disappointed and upset.

What do you think:
Is the launching of Serif PagePlus X7  on time or too soon?  

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General Software Discussion / Re: Let's try to draw more attention to donationware authors - Volunteers wanted!

« Last post by Curt on June 03, 2013, 01:00 AM »

should it just be in Living Room, or will you create a new child board called something in the area of "other donation based sites", a la "Mini-Reviews by Members" ?


-----------
this was my post #5900

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

« Last post by Curt on June 02, 2013, 10:54 AM »

-Andy is Myron.
and that was your post number 444, joiwind 

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General Software Discussion / Re: 2013 Version: Browser Wars

« Last post by Curt on May 31, 2013, 05:55 PM »

My Danish bank is the Swedish giant, Nordea. I can enter the site via any browser, but when I start using the banking features, my (64-bits) Waterfox will log me off. I guess this has to do with Java (or some other fancy technique), rather than browser marque.

My words "Only IE" did not include the ocean of other browsers - or didn't you read the other thread "What browser do you use?", before answering my words about IE? - only Waterfox and Internet Explorer.

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Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread

« Last post by Curt on May 30, 2013, 06:04 PM »

EDITED:
I suddenly remembered that the title of this thread includes the word "jokes", so I deleted the former content of this post; it was cute, but not really a joke. Sorry!
------------

New content is from http://www.gocomics.com/ Lio by Mark Tatulli. We all know that Calvin & Hobbes by Watterson is the best comic in the world. But this joke by Tatulli includes a quite interesting question we now must address: Does "the world" even include other planets?

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General Software Discussion / Re: 2013 Version: Browser Wars

« Last post by Curt on May 30, 2013, 11:52 AM »

Just for curiosity I installed Maxthon but I almost never use it. Can someone explain at least one reason to use it?

-Giampy (May 29, 2013, 03:20 PM)

Government websites, that break in other browsers? (it's IE in a prom dress, so it's very likely to work in cases like this)

-app103 (May 29, 2013, 04:07 PM)

There are also a number of shopping sites that, without saying so, require the IE engine to complete a purchase, at least they do if you're running some flavour of Windows.

-barney (May 29, 2013, 09:28 PM)

I can only visit my bank account via IE or Maxthon ("IE de Luxe")

- maybe because I normally use Waterfox (64-bit Firefox 18)

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Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread

« Last post by Curt on May 28, 2013, 12:52 AM »

innocent around here, but ...

[sorry, now removed by facebook]

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Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread

« Last post by Curt on May 27, 2013, 11:53 AM »

PUNography...

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Living Room / Re: EU president and IT staff don't understand democracy maths truth.

« Last post by Curt on May 24, 2013, 11:32 AM »

I don't trust the story at all.

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General Software Discussion / Re: New Messge says 1 message

« Last post by Curt on May 21, 2013, 01:44 AM »

I assume it is saying "You have 1 message" - not "You have 1 new message". If you read it or not, you still have 1 message. You may go to your "Personal Message Index" and delete the message, to change this.

 

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Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread

« Last post by Curt on May 20, 2013, 01:46 PM »

I am loosing my patience with these "not valid" YouTube links.

edited:
oh, I can simply delete the "s"!

Let's try again:

This thread may be for jokes, but this is not meant as a joke
(even though all text is in Danish):

CPHSAND is on:

This is happening all over the world - right now in Copenhagen.

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Living Room / Re: Geoguessr. I'm addicted.

« Last post by Curt on May 20, 2013, 01:28 PM »

oh, one can turn around as well! Well, then I am satisfied with my 9525 points.
1) link

2) link

Bookmarked. I will be back...  

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: XYplorer Lifetime License 51% discount on BitsDuJour on Monday 8 Nov 2010

« Last post by Curt on May 20, 2013, 02:33 AM »

20. May, or so:
http://www.bitsdujou...rer-lifetime-license  

$79,95 - 50% - $39,97

-AbteriX (May 09, 2013, 02:14 PM)

-today.

Check it out folks! Bits du Jour is currently the only place in the world where you can buy the XYplorer Lifetime License Pro!!! That's right, you can't even find it on the XYplorer website!

-Bits du Jour

http://www.bitsdujou...rer-lifetime-license XYplorer Lifetime License Pro

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommendation for mosaic/tiled live screensaver that reads folders of pictures?

« Last post by Curt on May 17, 2013, 01:10 PM »

http://mosaicinfinite.com/

-Stoic Joker (May 17, 2013, 11:39 AM)

-impressive (according to the video)!  

-Curt (May 17, 2013, 12:49 PM)

wow, this will make the CPU work!! If you don't have 12GB RAM, you better click both "cache new images before starting animation" and "Pre-cache images now..." (and wait for half an hour)!

The price is only $5 http://mosaicinfinite.com/register/ , but I don't want it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommendation for mosaic/tiled live screensaver that reads folders of pictures?

« Last post by Curt on May 17, 2013, 12:49 PM »

http://mosaicinfinite.com/

-Stoic Joker (May 17, 2013, 11:39 AM)

-impressive (according to the video)!    

  Requirements

Supported OS: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and 8
Processor: AMD or Intel 1GHz
System RAM: 2 GB
Video Card: OpenGL 1.5 compatible graphics card
Hard drive: 10 MB, plus extra for photo cache
Prerequisite: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

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General Software Discussion / Re: Proofed! Microsoft is actively scanning Skype traffic and uses the data

« Last post by Curt on May 15, 2013, 08:19 AM »

"this is for security reasons"
-ha! What do these companies think how dumb we are?

-JoTo (May 15, 2013, 01:43 AM)

I cannot answer your quoted question, but the scanning really is for security reasons.