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General Software Discussion / Re: What online services do you pay for?

« Last post by 4wd on September 05, 2015, 08:06 PM »

• iDrive (Backup)
• VPS (Currently 5 of them but reducing to 2)
• VPN.sh (VPN)
• SmartDNS (Get around geo-locked entertainment sites plus they also have VPN)
• NameCheap (Domain names)

Dyn
I also pay for Dyn.com's Dynamic DNS service (hereafter referred to DynDNS), so I can easily get remote access to my IP for various purposes. It's now $40/year, but I don't think it cost that much when I signed up for it, or even the last time I paid. I may switch to some other service if the price continues to rise like this. That said, I split the cost with someone else, since it allows me up to 30 domains and I only use one for myself. So if anyone else wants in on the service, maybe we could join up on the costs.

-Deozaan (September 05, 2015, 07:50 PM)

FWIW, I currently use the free nsupdate.info service, it's open source so I could grab the code and host it on one of my VPSs if I felt the need.  I have a Powershell script that checks my IP every two hours and updates both nsupdate.info and SmartDNS should the IP have changed.

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by 4wd on September 03, 2015, 09:03 PM »

Personally, I think the Custom Options section should be moved under Look and Layout since that's what those options are affecting.

-4wd (September 03, 2015, 07:55 AM)

good idea, will do.

-mouser (September 03, 2015, 08:24 AM)

Thanks mouser.

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by 4wd on September 03, 2015, 07:55 AM »

This is a great feature, maybe it should be explained someplace prominent, so less frequent or new members also realise that it is possible to move the Info Center to the top by going to: Profile > Forum Profile > and adding "-topinfocenter" in the Custom options box:

-dr_andus (September 03, 2015, 05:24 AM)

Personally, I think the Custom Options section should be moved under Look and Layout since that's what those options are affecting.

It was the first place I looked for them instead of reading where they could actually be found ... yeah, I know, I was being too logical

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Privacy Concerns

« Last post by 4wd on September 03, 2015, 07:40 AM »

Might have to tweak my waiting for return code from WUSA, using the list from this post I got the following output:

Edit: I wasn't detecting if a restart was required, (Exit code 3010), should be OK now.

I presume that link is okay (?)
PaleMoon and Firefox give warnings on it

-tomos (September 03, 2015, 07:25 AM)

Yes, it's fine.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Privacy Concerns

« Last post by 4wd on September 01, 2015, 09:23 PM »

Will ^this 'elevated powershell' program work in Windows 7?

-bit (September 01, 2015, 08:41 PM)

Yes, there's nothing Windows version specific in it as far as I'm aware.  Providing the requirements are met, ie. elevated console, WUPM installed, and Powershell v4+ (it'll probably work with v2+ as that is the minimum for WUPM), it should work all the way back to XP if you want to use it for uninstalling other KBs.

In case it's not obvious, it requires WUSA.exe - I don't know which version of the Windows Installer this arrived in but here's the page for the last available for XP/Vista.

I've only tested on 8.1Pro because that's all I have across all my machines.

What does 'elevated' mean or refer to, please?

Elevated = Run as Admin

The link was only to show you the various methods to get an elevated Powershell console, same applies for Win7.

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Living Room / Re: help me find this old Barbershop version of Cool Water

« Last post by 4wd on September 01, 2015, 09:06 PM »

Some other renditions:

Prairie Fire (capella): https://www.youtube..../watch?v=SjApCW2Zkp4
Montana A Capella Society: https://www.youtube..../watch?v=7RBJMGITXYI
Gaither Vocal Band: http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=0F9M9JNU
Land of Legend: https://www.youtube..../watch?v=76qR1W9kJjU

Heart of Texas Chorus performing Cool Water (guitar backing): http://206.180.232.4...lips/ra/CoolWater.rm
(The above is a direct link to the RealMedia file which is a sample from the first album on the page, (playable in MPC-HC, MPC-BE, etc) ~420kB.

There's also a version available from iTunes, you can hear a 30sec sample of it here.

Can't find anything like you're looking for though.

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Living Room / Re: Matchstick - A streaming stick using Firefox OS [Kickstarter]

« Last post by 4wd on September 01, 2015, 05:55 PM »

I don't really think that would be a sound business model for competitors, "You're having trouble implementing DRM on your open source platform?  Sure, here take the source code for our version and see if it helps bring your product onto the shelf next to ours."

I think the problem is they suffered from DN3DS, (Duke Nukem 3D Syndrome), and instead of delivering what they promised to start with, decided to use even newer and shinier parts as they became available over they course of the project, thereby pushing the date out.

They could of gone back to the funders and asked what they really wanted but I think that would of seriously disillusioned most of them even more considering that we already knew and wanted what we signed up for in the first place.

However, rather than continuing down the same road DN3D did, they've decided to cut their losses and do the right thing by the funders.

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by 4wd on September 01, 2015, 06:21 AM »

Another more general point: the first thing I do when I visit the forum is scroll down to the very bottom to see what's latest in the "Info Center - Active Topics" section. I don't know how many other forum users do that, but if a lot or most of them, then from a usability point of view it might be better to have that section at the very top, so there is no need for all that scrolling. Just a suggestion.

-dr_andus (August 31, 2015, 09:22 AM)

You are the 2nd person who has told me that's how you read the forum. I had no idea people did this.

-mouser (August 31, 2015, 09:24 AM)

The first things I do on login in is look at the bottom of the home page to see the recent Active Topics

-rjbull (August 31, 2015, 04:57 PM)

That makes 3 of us now... 

-dr_andus (September 01, 2015, 03:50 AM)

me too. 

-anandcoral (September 01, 2015, 04:13 AM)

Blame me for starting this whole wagon train!

-TaoPhoenix (September 01, 2015, 04:59 AM)

Well then pardner, allow me to also hitch my wagon up.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Privacy Concerns

« Last post by 4wd on September 01, 2015, 01:14 AM »

How about a nice DC coding snack macro to do it all automatically for Win 7, 8, and/or 10?

-bit (August 31, 2015, 02:10 AM)

See here for an updated version.

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Living Room / Re: Matchstick - A streaming stick using Firefox OS [Kickstarter]

« Last post by 4wd on August 31, 2015, 09:51 PM »

But I'd be happier if I had a MatchStick without DRM...

-CWuestefeld (August 31, 2015, 04:55 PM)

Got to really agree with this, having used my one year old Chromecast for the first time last Friday.

Even though it's rooted, it is a severely crippled piece of technology that requires I provide it with an internet connection before it will do anything.  Think I'll stick it on ebay and go searching for a cheap Android on a stick solution.

Addendum: Just received my refund.

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by 4wd on August 31, 2015, 07:19 AM »

And to add a request if possible; a Powershell Code Highlighter if there's one available?

done.

-mouser (August 31, 2015, 06:37 AM)

Thanks but I have a question, it seems to be the same as generic, ie. no highlighting - is that correct?

eg. I edited my post here: https://www.donation....msg387444#msg387444

Also, I don't know if this is normal or not but the code tag comes out as:

Code: Text [Select]

1. [code= powershell]

ie. there's a space between the = and powershell, tried removing it but it didn't make any difference.

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by 4wd on August 31, 2015, 05:19 AM »

And to add a request if possible; a Powershell Code Highlighter if there's one available?

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

« Last post by 4wd on August 31, 2015, 04:54 AM »

I don't get how you use that for multiple sites?  And you just have to remember where the password is?  I like the Enigmaze idea better with a diary and UV light and you can trace any path, though that is an interesting idea I'd not seen.

-wraith808 (August 27, 2015, 08:04 AM)

Not sure whether you were referring to how I use them or not but as an example here's two cards, (like I said, I use eight):



Say I choose for my reference Yellow + Sun, without getting too fancy, that gives me six 8+ character passwords on the first, five on the second.

Generally, I'll use the same password, (and an unrelated username to 'normal' sites), across low-grade sites, ie. any site that it doesn't matter if someone logs in as me and screws it up because, quite honestly, I couldn't care less, (I use a throw away Gmail address for these anyway).

For more important sites, (that still don't have direct monetary links, eg. DC), I'll use an individual 8+ character password off one of the cards.

For my VPS' and banks, I use a combination of two of the 8+ character passwords off two of the cards, ie. a 16+ character password, plus TFA.

Shopping sites generally get a combination of two passwords.

For my Gmail addresses I mainly use the same password plus TFA except for two that are used for banking, they have a 28 character passphrases plus TFA.

Also, the number of sites I visit is probably depressingly low compared to other net denizens, so after I've used the various passwords a few times, they've generally stuck in my mind.

The normal way you'd use these cards is you'd only have one and for each site you'd choose a symbol/colour combination but I found that harder to memorise since I then have to associate the arbitrary symbol/colour with a website, then remember which direction to read the password.

So, someone has to choose which one, (or two), of the eight cards I'm using, which symbol/colour I might be starting from, which direction I might be going, and how far along that line I might be traveling.

The eight images are encrypted on my phone, stored online (so I can access from elsewhere), and also a printed out version, using PocketMod, that's the same size as a credit card.

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by 4wd on August 31, 2015, 03:28 AM »

Wiki fixed?

-mouser (August 30, 2015, 06:32 PM)

Yes thanks, mouser.

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by 4wd on August 30, 2015, 06:11 PM »

I don't know if it's just because I'm on PM on the tablet but Wiki links aren't showing as links, rather as markup code, eg.

Echuca^w

example link: https://www.donation....msg385387#msg385387

Plus also in my two posts above that one.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Raymond.cc roundup of ad blocking extensions

« Last post by 4wd on August 28, 2015, 10:38 PM »

I find the whole uBlock/uBlock Origin thing to be an unfortunate and confusing mess.

-mwb1100 (August 28, 2015, 05:46 PM)

agreed -
the fact of it ('Origin') going beyond my idea of what an adblocker does, made me more active in reporting my preference.

-tomos (August 28, 2015, 06:04 PM)

Add me to this list, Origin just became too intrusive so I switched back to uBlock (non-Origin).

FWIW I'm currently using PaleMoon and 'Adblock Latitude' - I am still waiting for the ideal browser/adblocking extension ;-)

I'm using PM with uBlock (0.9.5.0) since they provided support for the pre-Australis interface I thought I may as well try it out - was using Adblock Latitude for a while.

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

« Last post by 4wd on August 27, 2015, 05:48 AM »

That error screen arrived with Windows 8 - didn't have to read the article to know he upgraded from Windows 7

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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 4wd on August 27, 2015, 02:08 AM »

I am with Y:\FIREFOX PERFILES\PEPE\sessionstore-backups\recovery.js

-Contro (August 26, 2015, 12:47 PM)

Code: PowerShell [Select]

1. if (!(Test-Path -Path "Y:\FIREFOX PERFILES\PEPE\sessionstore-backups\recovery.js")) { Exit }
2. $opentabs = (Get-Content "Y:\FIREFOX PERFILES\PEPE\sessionstore-backups\recovery.js") | ConvertFrom-Json  # Firefox

C:\> powershell.exe -noprofile -executionpolicy bypass -File "C:\Users\JOSE\Desktop\JSON2Shortcut.ps1"

If it's on your Desktop why aren't you running it from the shortcut it came with, (ie. put the shortcut on the Desktop also)?

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

« Last post by 4wd on August 26, 2015, 10:52 PM »

I'm actually starting to use Enigmaze.

-wraith808 (August 26, 2015, 09:52 AM)

So basically, it's time to go back to using PasswordCard?

-Deozaan (August 26, 2015, 08:41 PM)

That's what I use, eight PasswordCards, same symbol/colour on each but different directions, and for longer passwords I just combine two cards.

After I've entered the passwords a few times I've generally memorised them.

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General Software Discussion / Re: MySpace anyone?

« Last post by 4wd on August 26, 2015, 09:36 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?

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Viva Piñata - can it be run on Windows 10?

« Last post by 4wd on August 26, 2015, 09:30 AM »

One of the posts in the second link mentioned installing it from scratch off the CD/DVD, something to do with getting DirectX installed properly, IIRC.

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General Software Discussion / Re: MySpace anyone?

« Last post by 4wd on August 26, 2015, 02:58 AM »

Hitting the big blue button worked for me:

Wasn't MySpace retired/closed down a few years ago?

-Ath (August 26, 2015, 01:58 AM)

It appears to have reincarnated itself

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

« Last post by 4wd on August 26, 2015, 01:32 AM »

so this is getting bizarre - been running cyberfox today with onetab and noscript only.  Onetab was there this morning but has since vanished.  It's still installed, but no functionality is exposed.  wtf?

-Target (August 25, 2015, 11:14 PM)

Just had a look at mine, (only use Cyberfox as a test browser), and it's also gone since it was there yesterday.  Tried disabling/enabling which opened the OneTab page but still doesn't bring up the icon in the toolbar.  Uninstalled/reinstalled, deleted localstore.rdf ... it just doesn't want to come back.

Addendum: After all the screwing around yesterday trying to get the icon back, today it decided to reappear ... it's obviously got some sort of moon-phase algorithm in it 

So downloaded CF again and have installed just OneTab, opened/closed the browser a few times, moved the icon to the menu and back a few times, it's still there ... probably won't be tomorrow though.

One of the comments regarding this add-on:

*the lack of active updates resulted in the addon's eventual incompatibility with FF40.0.2; the icon disappeared from my toolbar and reinstalling 40 caused all my settings and tabs (thankfully there was only one) to be lost

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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft "Hyperlapse" tech is finally available to play with

« Last post by 4wd on August 25, 2015, 11:12 PM »

Hyperlapse is now available for Android: Microsoft Hyperlapse Mobile

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Via Pinata - can it be run on Windows 10?

« Last post by 4wd on August 25, 2015, 08:37 PM »

Did you mean Viva Piñata ?

According to Microsoft at least 2 people say it runs on Win10.

Here's an active thread with a few posts saying it runs on 10.

If you didn't mean Viva Piñata just ignore me.