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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 05, 2011, 06:45 PM »

Cool! We should let mouser take charge of the IRS....   

On second thought, maybe Chris Krainioskoppcialxxit..   errrrrr   

Jim

-J-Mac (March 05, 2011, 02:05 PM)

Anyone up for a buck a day for the rest of the month?

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Living Room / Re: On the Road to Terror!

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 05, 2011, 06:26 PM »

But on what charge?

-timns (March 05, 2011, 03:36 PM)

Well done timns!  I honestly thought that was heading for a wooly jacket and a knitted hat.

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Living Room / Re: Are *you* Computer Literate?

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 05, 2011, 01:23 PM »

Hm... No.

USB was created to allow…

-Stoic Joker (March 05, 2011, 12:44 PM)

Much better 

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY MUGs

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 05, 2011, 11:51 AM »

Come on you mugs! Or I shall pose nude with mine and post the results here in unnecessarily high resolution.

-timns (March 05, 2011, 11:43 AM)

Oh boy, not another stand-up comic!

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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 05, 2011, 10:41 AM »

there you go now...
 (see attachment in previous post)

-tomos (March 05, 2011, 10:34 AM)

Not a bad beginning. Now for the real fun!

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Living Room / Re: Are *you* Computer Literate?

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 05, 2011, 10:34 AM »

USB: A means to direct traffic between stations (recent trends hint that everyone but Intel got on the wrong bus).

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Living Room / Re: Are *you* Computer Literate?

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 05, 2011, 10:22 AM »

Can we have a few more definitions, please.

Things like: Broad-band, Wi-fi, USB, facebook, twitter, google, etc.,etc.

-nudone (March 05, 2011, 10:12 AM)

BROAD-BAND: An alternative to the Windows start-up sound.

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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 05, 2011, 10:14 AM »

Hey, what's that grey-man robot playing with

-Ath (March 05, 2011, 09:24 AM)

I hate to be pedantic but that should be "what's that grey-man robot playing AT" 

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: [First look] Scrivener Beta 017 - Mini-Review

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 05, 2011, 08:37 AM »

That's an interesting read, Tomos.
It might be a 'mini' review but I bet it took a fair amount of time.

In general, this approach appeals to me.
It's not an in-depth "I know everything" expert review but a much more relaxed stroll around the features.
You point out areas that are worth examining in any trial of my own, that's a useful starting point.

There's more than enough here for me to decide whether or not I'm sufficiently interested in Scrivener to invite it onto the dance floor.
Now I'm off to polka round with it.


[I'm allocating some credits to the site, as you suggested.]

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Living Room / Re: A Point About Grammar

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 04, 2011, 03:10 PM »

a good chance some "pond life" lurking in it

-40hz (March 04, 2011, 02:51 PM)

Good and newtricious!

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 04, 2011, 02:09 PM »

I think they're called "Mimo" - anyone here got one?

-timns (March 04, 2011, 10:40 AM)

Just a case of waiting for nudone to see this post, isn't it? 

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fSekrit / Re: 2011 status report

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 04, 2011, 02:07 PM »

I'm unqualified to comment on the technical aspects but am delighted to see fSekrit about to move forward.

Thanks for the time and effort that you put into it!

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Living Room / Re: A Point About Grammar

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 04, 2011, 01:58 PM »

Perhaps not entirely off topic (for a change)

To the many of you who have sent me personal messages enquiring with such concern as to why I am so dopey a (and here I'll paraphrase — there are simply too few asterisks available on my keyboard) fellow. This could be the answer:

Research by the British National Formulary (BNF), which advises doctors, nurses and pharmacists, found labelling that has been around for decades is now too difficult for members of the public to understand.

It found phrases such as "may cause drowsiness" are no longer "readily understood" and should now be simplified to say "this medicine may make you sleepy".

and, just to add further clarity

Likewise, the phrases "avoid alcoholic drink" and "take at regular intervals" caused indecision among modern takers.

The report recommends the labels should now read "do not drink alcohol while taking this medicine" and "space the doses evenly throughout the day".

For those of you who feel that this does not explain my mental state fully, I offer the following:

Drinking a glass of wine a day or a pint of beer can cut the chance of developing dementia by almost a third, according to researchers.

So, in future, I'll go for a few bottles of each beverage. That should fix it!

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Living Room / Re: Are *you* Computer Literate?

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 04, 2011, 01:53 PM »

 

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Finished Programs / Re: Release: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands: WinButtons 1.0.0

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 04, 2011, 10:38 AM »

a tool to display large buttons to be used on a touch-screen

-Ath (March 04, 2011, 06:43 AM)

That's a nice touch, Ath 

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Living Room / Re: A Point About Grammar

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 03, 2011, 05:07 PM »

We'll never get people to stop ticking boxes, mashing buttons, and clicking through hyperlinks with that attitude.

-Stoic Joker (March 03, 2011, 03:55 PM)

Is mousing around still OK?

-mwb1100 (March 03, 2011, 04:17 PM)

That...Depends on who you're with...

-Stoic Joker (March 03, 2011, 04:32 PM)

Once you open that dor someone could have a field day.

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Living Room / Re: A Point About Grammar

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 03, 2011, 03:33 PM »

So who wants to do a proper computing grammar tutorial?

-Stoic Joker (March 03, 2011, 03:11 PM)

That ain't nuffink as wot I could do 

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Developer's Corner / Re: Discussion of CMS suggestions for the DC software directory

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 03, 2011, 03:26 PM »

app103

I think your selfless willingness to undertake this is something for which we all should be grateful.

As long as what you propose does not create any problem for the way DC runs (how could it?) I think we should urge you on with enthusiasm.

Thou waitest for the spark from heaven: and we,
Light half-believers of our casual creeds,
Who never deeply felt nor clearly willed…
Who hesitate and falter life away,
And lose tomorrow the ground won today —
Ah! do not we, wanderer! await it too?

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

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

Good name 

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Living Room / Re: A Point About Grammar

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 03, 2011, 02:48 PM »

I hate to hear people say they "clicked through" a hyperlink.

-timns (March 03, 2011, 01:34 PM)

People seem to be "ticking boxes" quite a bit these days.
In the world as it is today, I like to avoid all kinds of ticking boxes.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Shortcomings of DC and How to Improve

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 03, 2011, 02:41 PM »

I'm mostly in the forum, and I navigate from there... My home page "is" the forum -- especially since I can access everything from the forum. I wonder about others...

-Armando (March 03, 2011, 02:07 PM)

Same with me, so I am entirely unaffected by any changes.
If the page can be improved for new visitors, by making DC easier to navigate/friendlier/more infomative, then I'm all for it.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Fundraiser ONE-A-DAY Planning Calendar, Please Volunteer

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 03, 2011, 09:55 AM »

I just installed Scrivener - I could do a sort-of "first-look" mini-review (with bug reports - only minor ones so far)

-tomos (March 03, 2011, 06:18 AM)

I'd like to read that, FWIW 

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Living Room / Re: A Point About Grammar

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 03, 2011, 09:54 AM »

Oddly, that seems perfectly natural. The plural contraction doesn't. So sure, you can buy me a beer anytime~!

-Renegade (March 03, 2011, 06:53 AM)

Another brewhaha come to a head.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Shortcomings of DC and How to Improve

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 03, 2011, 09:50 AM »

lotusrootstarch, your time has come!

Now is the moment to drench us with your carefully hoarded golden shower of secrets that none other can divine.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Shortcomings of DC and How to Improve

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 03, 2011, 09:47 AM »

Definitely worth to take poll on this point to know what new users think about look and feel of DC.

-mahesh2k (March 03, 2011, 07:45 AM)

Didn't the last go round on on 'whatever shall we do' result in a grand riding off in all directions? Was there a concensus that I missed?