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Living Room / Re: Would a 41 megapixel camera get you to buy a Windows 8 phone?

« Last post by Curt on February 09, 2013, 08:01 AM »

An article evaluating PureView is below.
Innovation or hype? Ars examines Nokia’s 41 megapixel smartphone camera - Ars Technica

-Arizona Hot (January 23, 2013, 02:25 PM)

I was impressed & pleased, how thorough the article's two pages are. Really interesting stuff.  

Thank you for pointing!

Edited:
I was also pleased that Readability (for Firefox) automatically merged the two pages into a single:
http://www.readabili...om/articles/fanix630
or http://www.readabili...l-smartphone-camera/

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Giveaway of the Day - ArcSoft Perfect365

« Last post by Curt on February 09, 2013, 01:29 AM »

Giveaway of the Day - ArcSoft Perfect365

-IainB (December 14, 2011, 03:59 AM)

... it seems to be essentially a tool for prettifying/beautifying (i.e., falsifying) images of women's faces,

-IainB (January 07, 2012, 10:11 PM)

-IainB on Perfect365

-you were so right in not just saying faces, but women's faces! I have just tested it on a man's face, but Perfect365 rejected the photo, saying no face was recognized! I have used the program several times, so I know from experience, face recognition is quite good. But maybe this man's look is too different from most faces? Hmm...

 


Of course there is also this woman standing in front of him, but she shouldn't confuse the software, could she? I mean, her face is pointing away from the camera...
Did you see her?

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General Software Discussion / Re: remove pdf page parts completely

« Last post by Curt on February 07, 2013, 08:48 AM »

pdfscissors.com

-kilele (February 06, 2013, 06:10 PM)

looks excellent! but there is no desktop app?

-kalos (February 06, 2013, 07:12 PM)

Adds shortcut on desktop

How does it work?

To run the app, just click those buttons on the left

Those will launch the app directly... no hassle

It will use 'Java webstart' technology. You need to have latest Java in your computer.

The app does not modify the original pdf, it creates a new pdf with the new crop areas that you will draw.

If you run the offline version, it will create a shortcut on desktop (and also to programs menu on windows). You can use that to run the app without internet connection.

If you have internet connection, app will keep itself automatically updated, no need to worry about getting the latest version.

NOTE: The app does NOT upload any file / any data from user's computer, the pdfs are cropped on user's machine.

-offline version

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General Software Discussion / Re: remove pdf page parts completely

« Last post by Curt on February 06, 2013, 10:59 AM »

Edited: It sounds as if you are forgetting that Pdf is for printing on actual paper. Even the most expensive book in the world will not have the last page been cut off just because THE END wasn't at the bottom.
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Each page always has the exact same length as every other page in that same document, so it can only be done if the document is 1 page (and 1 page only), - or if you test again and again with various dimensions, until the text on each page is just as long or short as the text on the last page - otherwise never.

"Files" > "New Pdf document..." > "From blank page" > "Adjusted..." > "Custom..."

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General Software Discussion / Re: How much have I downloaded?

« Last post by Curt on February 05, 2013, 01:31 PM »

But oh, yeah, YouSee is cable and not ADSL - forgot that. I guess they might count TV and Data separately, then.

-f0dder (February 05, 2013, 10:52 AM)

silly of me not to have mentioned this from the beginning. Yes, cable only.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How much have I downloaded?

« Last post by Curt on February 05, 2013, 10:47 AM »

Curt, you really should find out if you can check the traffic at the router level.

-f0dder (February 05, 2013, 10:05 AM)

+1

-40hz (February 05, 2013, 10:21 AM)

I cannot imagine it should be a problem, as the company already have told me that my registered total download for January merely was 18GB. But of course it would be nice to know their policy on streaming. My Netgear CG3000 gateway doesn't tell how much is coming or going.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How much have I downloaded?

« Last post by Curt on February 04, 2013, 04:21 PM »

Regarding music backup: I have made a simple playlist of all my favourite tracks, and made Media Copy create a copy of it (the actual files), saved to my external backup. So all of my music could go disappearing, but I would still have my 525 favourite music tracks :-)

Media Copy: https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=27064.0

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General Software Discussion / Re: How much have I downloaded?

« Last post by Curt on February 04, 2013, 03:11 PM »

(please, Curt, make a local backup too)  :-)

-tomos (February 04, 2013, 02:48 PM)

oh, you are all so kind-hearted to me 

Yes, Tom, I will - eventually. The reason I took the online offer was the price: $5 per month. The reason I don't have my music backed up (all documents are copied to an external 500GB drive) is, the price: The music has costed me nothing, (and can all be downloaded again), but a 2TB external drive is a little expensive compared to the $5. There are simply too many bills to pay before I can defend to also have a new external drive.

But thank you for caring 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Microsoft Expression Design and Expression Web available for free

« Last post by Curt on February 04, 2013, 02:41 PM »

I remember extremely well when the very first version of this pair was launched. I was using FrontPage 2003 but was looking for a newer & smarter version and was expecting Microsoft to deliver. Boy, was I confused and disappointed when I read what Expression Web & Design were offering; this was simply not for me! There is no family likeness between FrontPage and Web & Design at all! I couldn't understand the prices either. Instead I went and purchased all sorts of competitors that I didn't really like in the long run. Wasted money. What I really wanted was, an updated FrontPage "2010".

Now they both have been dumped. And I get to have version 4 for free. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: How much have I downloaded?

« Last post by Curt on February 04, 2013, 01:41 PM »

Thanks to mouser's answer and a private message from the honourable charter member mrHappy, I now know a lot more about my download situation: In the entire month of January I downloaded merely 18GB. So even with my new speed (50MBps) there will "always" be a gigantic gap free per month (please, God, don't let me need to download my backup!).

I will remove NetWorx; it is nice, but useless to me, now. (Edited: Revo Pro found no leftovers)

Thanks to all of you for helping me out!  

Edit:
I also read what the new limitations are for YouSee customers:



"md" is of course Danish short for "month"

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General Software Discussion / Re: How much have I downloaded?

« Last post by Curt on February 04, 2013, 09:49 AM »

But now I have changed the setting, according to 4wd's recommendation, so we'll see later on, what's happening.

-Curt (February 04, 2013, 07:22 AM)

Traffic is now normal. The change of setting did a huge difference:

tell it to Ignore local traffic within the LAN.

-4wd (February 04, 2013, 04:36 AM)

Thank you for the directions, 4wd 

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General Software Discussion / Re: How much have I downloaded?

« Last post by Curt on February 04, 2013, 07:22 AM »

I installed it yesterday. It has been working for less than 2½ hours in all. Already the total download ("received") has passed 20GB (sent: 629MB). No, at the moment my backup program is not even installed. But now I have changed the setting, according to 4wd's recommendation, so we'll see later on, what's happening.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How much have I downloaded?

« Last post by Curt on February 04, 2013, 03:15 AM »

Thanks, gang. Networx looks promising, I think. I told it to forget about speed and concentrate on in/out everywhere - including the gateway (I assume). I have merely been online for an hour and a half, but already it has passed 7GB coming in (I have only downloaded a 105MB video), and at this rate, 1TB per month seems almost possible. I will of course have to wait and see if any pattern will show up.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How much have I downloaded?

« Last post by Curt on February 03, 2013, 04:20 PM »

-thanks, April.
I was using NetMeter back in my Win 2000 days, but stopped because I only used it for watching if my speed was as promised, which it was.

However:

Hi all,

You will now find the latest release of NetMeter - Version 1.1.4 BETA - in the downloads section.

As you surely know, development for NetMeter was going increasingly slow in the recent years. This is because I either didn't feel like it or didn't have the time to work on it (damn you, real life!).

Also with the introduction of Windows Vista several problems with my implementation of NIC monitoring emerged. Unfortunately I wasn't able to solve these problems 100% as yet. There are still some mysterious crashes and things like interfaces not showing up in NetMeter's config screen.

Long story short - This will possibly be the last release of NetMeter by me! :-(

On the upside: NetMeter is now open source! You can find the Delphi source code in the downloads section

-NetMeter

When I went to their homepage, after reading your post, I was confused what file to get:




-and for these reasons, I will not be investing. I am out.  

Edit:
Thanks for the advices about online backup.
My backups are always 1:1

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General Software Discussion / Re: How much have I downloaded?

« Last post by Curt on February 03, 2013, 01:06 PM »

Curt : may I suggest Softperfect's NetWorx

-joiwind (February 03, 2013, 12:14 PM)

-thanks.  
At first I couldn't find the download link because it is "hidden" in the left advert column. If any one else will try it, the link looks like this:

Edit: For once, don't grab the portable, but the installer

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General Software Discussion / How much have I downloaded?

« Last post by Curt on February 03, 2013, 06:56 AM »

At first I was wondering if this should be posted in The Rant Thread!, but realized that I also have a question which I will like to be answered.
--------------------------------------

I am usually very satisfied with my Internet Supplier; the company is handling my land-line Telephone, my Televison, my Internet, my music file collection, and (for a while) my online backup.

But yesterday they mailed and informed me that they have both doubled my speed AND introduced "Fair Use": I am no longer allowed to download more than 1,000 (a thousand) GB (=1TB) per month! They didn't bother to include anything about "what must I do if I need to download more?", or any words about "how can I download my backup which is more than 1TB?"!

I feel certain I never have downloaded 1TB in a month, and may never download this much (please, God, don't let me need to download my backup!), but one of the problems in my mind is, that I don't know how much I already am downloading, and they have not yet offered any way for me to know this data.

I am not panicking, it will probably take me a year to download 1TB (please, God, don't let me need to download my backup!), but I would certainly like to know the answer to the basic question:

Does Windows or Firefox in any way keep record on How Many Bytes Was Downloaded?
-or is the Internet Supplier the only one who knows how much I am downloading?

-basic question

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General Software Discussion / Re: Problem with Lauchbar 1.133.01

« Last post by Curt on February 03, 2013, 02:57 AM »

proper threads: https://www.donation...index.php?board=73.0
and https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=2578.0

-where beta versions also would be announced

"beta's of software may also be available"

-the key word is "may"; I believe you already have the latest version.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best FreewareGenius.com Articles of 2012

« Last post by Curt on February 03, 2013, 02:50 AM »

One of the articles was a surprise to me and many others:

Do copy acceleration utilities actually lower file transfer speeds?
Our tests say yes!

-freewaregenius

-Curt (January 01, 2013, 04:08 PM)

It is seldom that I miss to notice a new thread, but on this matter I obviously did:

"Do copy acceleration utilities actually lower file transfer speeds?" - DonationCoder.com

-paulobrabo

Sorry for my misplaced posts in this thread.  

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best FreewareGenius.com Articles of 2012

« Last post by Curt on February 02, 2013, 05:56 PM »

Edit:
Given the fact that TeraCopy hasn't been updated for well over a year,

-Curt (January 01, 2013, 04:08 PM)

-the new fact is that now it has been updated!
Well, it is still a 2.3 beta-2 version, but TeraCopy is alive!



I have been using FF Copy for a month, but is skipping it now; It really is fast, but the author meant it, when he named it "Copy" - it doesn't do anything when "Move to...".

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Living Room / Re: Homeland Security: Disable UPnP

« Last post by Curt on February 01, 2013, 10:18 AM »

How to fix the UPnP security holes
Universal Plug and Play has always had security holes. Here's how to plug them.
http://www.zdnet.com...ity-holes-7000010584

-Tinman57 (January 31, 2013, 08:02 PM)

thanks for that -
unfortunately, it sounds like you've got to be pretty much an expert to figure this stuff out

-tomos (February 01, 2013, 08:47 AM)

-exactly my thought as well.
So I wrote Agnitum, because:

So what can you do in the meantime? Just keep that firewall up once and for all against UPnP traffic.

-ZDNet

We've survived UPnP until now, maybe all this is not extremely urgent...
I hope for an answer no later than Monday.

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General Software Discussion / Re: In search of ... folk who've embedded Google Calendar

« Last post by Curt on February 01, 2013, 09:21 AM »

maybe he didn't chose web safe colors only?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors
http://www.techbomb.com/websafe/

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Living Room / Re: Offer expires end of 2013-01-31: WinXP/Win7 upgrade to Windows 8 Pro $US$39.99

« Last post by Curt on January 31, 2013, 05:22 PM »

The compatibility-tester wouldn't advice me to install Win 8 on my outdated box, so I bought a DVD for $60. Still a fine price, so Thanks for the reminder, IainB

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a minimalist Desktop Calendar Application..

« Last post by Curt on January 31, 2013, 12:18 PM »

Classic Calendar

-kilele (January 31, 2013, 10:05 AM)

That   looks like exactly what mouser said

-wraith808 (January 31, 2013, 10:15 AM)

I don't know how old Classic Calendar is, but the installer is from 2005.
The author of Classic Calendar seems to have switched to Mac OS.

edited:
However:

I downloaded Classic Calendar and it works with XP and Win7. It is a nice, simple program and is what I've been looking for to calendar work appointments.

-Joe Hone (February 12, 2013, 10:09 AM)

-but it will only minimize to taskbar, not to tray - it has no "connection" to  Windows' clock or calendar.

----------
On another topic:

The installer for Desktop iCalendar Lite is NASTY. ... ("Better Installer" my ass! )

-app103 (January 31, 2013, 10:52 AM)

-thank you for the warning, app103  

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a minimalist Desktop Calendar Application..

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

coolendar seems a pretty handy webapp calendar,

-kilele (January 30, 2013, 09:38 AM)

  coolendar is mainly for smartphones, but:

Vote for an offline version:
http://coolendar.use...5069-offline-version

-coolendar.uservoice

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why does Mozilla claim that my version 18 is a version 11?

« Last post by Curt on January 30, 2013, 03:17 AM »

hmm... I clicked "copy Build ID" and got this:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:11.0; .NET CLR 4.0.30319; ffco7) Gecko/20120313 Firefox/11.0 ID:20130119203203

so I went to about.config and found a similar line, right-clicked it and pressed "Reset", and Mozilla is now recognizing my version 18  Job done!  

As they say, it is easy, if you do it right.

Thanks to all of you!