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Living Room / Re: Ever wondered what happens to all the old hardware when you move office

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 19, 2011, 10:30 AM »

this might be a clue (is your old office in here?)

Eerie world of abandoned computers

-Target (March 19, 2011, 04:26 AM)

Old office be damned, that's my new place!

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini-Review: Realtime Landscaping

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 14, 2011, 09:41 AM »

Thanks, that's one to keep in mind. The second image looks quite detailed.

What's the difference between the bottom end of the price range and the top end?

Mind saying which version you used to plan your layouts, and for how big a space that was?

A positive review like this can save a great deal of time when it comes from someone who's done the looking and whose judgement can be trusted. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch - Aaawwweeesssooommmeee

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 14, 2011, 09:22 AM »

Here's the Windows XP startup sound at 10x with a window size of 3.125:

-Edvard (March 14, 2011, 07:56 AM)

Finally, something on Windows that moves at my pace!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best Text Expander software for Windows

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 13, 2011, 09:48 PM »

I appreciate your enthusiam to hunt bugs as an entertaining hobby but right now I have things to do and no time for fiddling.

-Mattphoes (March 13, 2011, 06:40 PM)

It's always interesting to hear a new voice, one can learn a lot. I like to think that you'll find something that is appropriate.

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Programmer Libs / Re: PythonProtoCards - Prototype Card Game Images - v1.00.01 - 3/12/11

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 13, 2011, 11:31 AM »

Do you (does anyone) plan to create a DonationCoder card game?

Open up your eyes.

-mouser (March 13, 2011, 10:37 AM)

 

Actually, my eyes are open but I have to keep looking away in order to boost the thermometer.

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Programmer Libs / Re: PythonProtoCards - Prototype Card Game Images - v1.00.01 - 3/12/11

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 13, 2011, 09:21 AM »

Interesting!

I'm going to see if I can generate a couple more aces to keep up my sleeve.

Do you (does anyone) plan to create a DonationCoder card game?

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Living Room / Re: More thoughts on micro vs macro donations and the turning point for donationware

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 12, 2011, 08:30 PM »

mouser

I do understand the points that you make. Unsure how I feel about them.

I do feel that there's quite a strong immediate disconnect between DonationCoder and $100 price.

How does all of this help with those who simply want to hang out rather than grab software?

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: mini(scule) review of "Fileminimizer Pictures" compression tool

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 12, 2011, 08:30 PM »

users who want such a graphics utility for compression would also be well served to check out RIOT.
Regards

-sajman99 (March 12, 2011, 06:08 PM)

Thanks for posting that here.
It's good to bring up alternatives — makes the topic more useful for people looking for the 'right' software for them.

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Living Room / Re: The March 2011 6th Anniversary Fundraiser Has Begun! Cheer for Victory Thread

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 12, 2011, 04:03 PM »

Well, the mark is set, so somebody can start singing...

-Ath (March 12, 2011, 01:38 PM)

Chants would be a fine thing…

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: mini(scule) review of "Fileminimizer Pictures" compression tool

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 12, 2011, 04:00 PM »

just keeping you on yer toes

-tomos (March 12, 2011, 03:07 PM)

Accepted   
What a ballet nuisance that I didn't stay en point 

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Post Formatting options in Modify/Format Case

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 12, 2011, 03:54 PM »

Try the latest download; note i havent told the updater about it so youll have to download manually or instruct updater to download even though it thinks it's not new.

-mouser (March 12, 2011, 02:54 PM)

That's some service! 

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Official Announcements / Re: What DonationCoder.com Would Do with a Two Million Dollar Donation

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 12, 2011, 12:28 PM »

Foul!

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Official Announcements / Re: What DonationCoder.com Would Do with a Two Million Dollar Donation

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 12, 2011, 12:12 PM »

Drat, I wish I'd thought of that

-timns (March 12, 2011, 11:33 AM)

I think I'll adopt that as my motto.


wait a minute…

Should mine be

Drat, I wish I hadn't thought of that

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Living Room / Re: Nice DIY project for computer- & cat- lovers: Keyboard Cat

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 12, 2011, 10:29 AM »

It came from my wife's Machine embroidery forum

-Ath (March 12, 2011, 05:15 AM)

You're sure the method was embroidery?
Cody's surprise inspection caught this shot...

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Living Room / Re: Fox Sends DMCA Takedown To Google To Remove Link To DMCA Takedown Sent By Fox

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 11, 2011, 11:56 PM »

There are two types of lawyer.  Those who appeal and those who do not.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: mini(scule) review of "Fileminimizer Pictures" compression tool

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 11, 2011, 05:47 PM »

can it batch process files of varying formats (in one go)?

-tomos (March 11, 2011, 02:44 PM)

Didn't seem to like doing that. Seemed okay with a mix of .png and .jpg which seems to me to be an unlikely combination of candidates for reduction.
Thank you for raising the issue!
Now you can see why I seldom venture into the land of review 

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Micro-mini Review of Lipsum text generator

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 11, 2011, 04:38 PM »

That's a nice min-review.

I mis only 1 paragraph, and that's a comparison section, that holds this solution against similar offerings, like a web-based Lorem ipsum generator, ie. what makes this off-line tool one stand out?

-Ath (March 11, 2011, 01:22 PM)

Mea culpa 

For me the fact that it is off-line makes it the better choice.
I'm looking at it through my rather blinkered vision as one who has a notable absence of reliable internet access.

Tomos has helped out, fortunately, by pointing out http://www.lipsum.com/.
What he cites there may also help you to understand my shortcomings.

Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s

Whereas I have been the industry's standard dummy for a much shorter time.

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Timns Apps / Re: timns Friendly Password Generator

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 10, 2011, 10:12 PM »

Nice work with that one, timns!

   Oh yes, that reminds me...   

How long did it take you to ensure that every single one of my passwords was going to be profoundly vulgar?

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 10, 2011, 10:07 PM »

Mah puppy has got a little bit bigger now

-Stephen66515 (March 10, 2011, 07:35 PM)

Handsome dog. Nice of you to buy him his own armchair 

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Living Room / Re: The March 2011 6th Anniversary Fundraiser Has Begun! Cheer for Victory Thread

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 10, 2011, 09:58 PM »

I'm glad to be here

-vhick (March 10, 2011, 09:21 PM)

And we're glad to welcome you 

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Living Room / Re: England Is Grinding To A Halt.

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 10, 2011, 07:25 PM »

"overweight people taking up too much space".

-Renegade (March 10, 2011, 06:49 PM)

[/quote]

You could offer this advice: if you want to lose 10lbs of ugly fat, cut off your head!

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Living Room / Re: England Is Grinding To A Halt.

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 10, 2011, 06:18 PM »

Ugh! And talking about crowded and smelly - when I was in London, it was either take the Northern Line or walk 30 minutes to get to the client. In eight years, I used it maybe 3 or 4 times, and even that was too much.

-timns (March 10, 2011, 05:35 PM)

OTOH I had my London office on the street between Regent Street and Carnaby Street. Even today I shudder to remember what I used to pay for daily parking >30 years ago.

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Timns Apps / Re: timns Friendly Password Generator

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 10, 2011, 07:42 AM »

I had to share this password. If that ain't both pronounceable and memorable, I don't know what is!
 (see attachment in previous post)

-timns (March 09, 2011, 10:00 PM)

Wasn't that the Fingal O'Flahertie gang?

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Living Room / Re: England Is Grinding To A Halt.

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 10, 2011, 07:34 AM »

No offence but frankly, if it caused 50% of the cars currently on the UK roads to not be on the road, that would be a Good Thing.  

-4wd (March 09, 2011, 09:32 PM)

50% of the cars currently on UK roads are parked along either side of those roads. Can't take 'em for a spin as it'd take most of a day to find another parking spot within a cab-fare of home! 

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Official Announcements / Re: What DonationCoder.com Would Do with a Two Million Dollar Donation

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 09, 2011, 06:02 PM »

you just Khan't resist can you?

-timns (March 09, 2011, 03:53 PM)

Another killer response!

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