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General Software Discussion / Re: delete rows with duplicate cells
« Last post by Stoic Joker on November 05, 2013, 06:59 AM »
Shorter answer (less reading)

Highlight that data you want to work with, and click the Remove Duplicates option on the Data tab of the ribbon (07 and up). Then select the column(s) you want to search for duplicates.

...I just discovered this option a while back ... Right after spending an entire day manually sorting down a 7,000 item inventory dump. :wallbash:
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Living Room / Re: ‘Biohacker’ Implants Massive Computer Chip In Forearm
« Last post by Stoic Joker on November 03, 2013, 07:13 AM »
And how I wonder do they plan on deriving the pleasure of human contact from these mechanical bodies? They're just going to jettison everything that makes us...us? This strikes me as an exorcise in trying to find the right way to do something wrong ... Very, very...wrong.
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Stoic Joker on November 02, 2013, 08:37 AM »
At the risk of dragging this out, I just wanted to say.

If you find that funny ... ?

Personally I found that holocaust "joke" pretty offensive.

On a thread marked NSFW, I'm hesitant to remove it.
-mouser (November 01, 2013, 06:23 PM)

While I personally did not find it to be offensive...I do agree that it was far to close to the razor's edge. Just because the thread is marked NSFW doesn't mean that folks are cleared for takeoff to go sky-shotting over the top.

So granted while some of us do push the language barrier a bit at times. A modicum of restraint is to be reasonably expected...because this is not 4Chan.
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Living Room / Re: Meet “badBIOS,” the mysterious Mac and PC malware that jumps airgaps
« Last post by Stoic Joker on November 02, 2013, 08:13 AM »
IIRC f0dder posted something a few (3?) years back regarding a low-level hardware based virus that could potentially be cross platform. It was in the theoretical/experimental phase at that point, but it does allow for this - to the best of my recollection - to be at least partially based in fact. Even if parts of the story were created with a bit of Hollywood's lights and magic.
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Stoic Joker on November 02, 2013, 08:03 AM »
Reasons for Admission to the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, 1864 - 1889
 (see attachment in previous post)
Jim
-J-Mac (November 01, 2013, 11:06 PM)

And the sad part I'd wager is that if you put an updated politically correct spin on that list, over half of it will still get you locked up (somewhere) these days.
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Living Room / Re: Facebook Requiring Government ID?
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 30, 2013, 12:00 PM »
And they had a provision in the system to check 'government issued IDs' already in place where it could be "accidentally" enabled...why exactly??

They got some explaining to do .. NSAy what?
-Stoic Joker (October 29, 2013, 02:12 PM)

They have it in place not just if your account gets hacked, so they can unlock it only for someone that can prove the account is theirs, but also in cases of fake names & multiple accounts under different/fake names.
-app103 (October 29, 2013, 05:18 PM)

FaceBook says: We need a picture of you Driver's license to prove it's really you ... Because we don't believe hackers know about Photoshop.

Funny how there are always such seemingly innocent sounding excuses "reasons" for implementation of overreaching systems that just beg for abuse. We're just doing this to keep you safe from some faceless evil that we pasted to a stick that we take turns wiggling in the hope that it appears believable. It's no wonder that every government agency on the planet salivates at the thought of mining that treasure trove of information. Now they don't even have to get up off their asses and find people any more ... They just blink the oopsy-daisy, your account got hacked light ... And everybody is all pre-greased and Pavlovian trained to just roll over and cough up everything - for their own safety. Yeah...Bullshit.

People need to get on the stick and reflexively raise hell anytime any organization starts asking for information they really don't need.
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Living Room / Re: Knight to queen's bishop 3 - Snowden charged with espionage.
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 29, 2013, 02:19 PM »
There is a big difference between spurious omission and answering a simple yes or no question incorrectly. The first simply allows one to hold back a few cards ... And the other is a flat out lie.
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Living Room / Re: Facebook Requiring Government ID?
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 29, 2013, 02:12 PM »
And they had a provision in the system to check 'government issued IDs' already in place where it could be "accidentally" enabled...why exactly??

They got some explaining to do .. NSAy what?
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Living Room / Re: Google's Storage Problem
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 29, 2013, 06:56 AM »
So here's my mini-mini-review:

It's good. Use it. :Thmbsup:
-Deozaan (October 29, 2013, 05:10 AM)

Excellent synopsis...but I can't use it, because it's not available for the Windows phone. :(
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Living Room / Re: Confessions of a drone warrior
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 28, 2013, 05:45 PM »
I think it's more a matter of too great a separation between an act of war and it's consequences.
-40hz (October 28, 2013, 03:43 PM)

And I would say you nailed it perfectly right there.

  Years ago I spent a great deal of time with a group of Vietnam vets, who were part of my security staff. When the bar closed we frequently sat around and talked shop about the events of the evening. And many times one of the staff would go back to then and the discussion would turn into stories about the war.

  One of the guys on my staff was ex black ops for an agency that he never specified. He stated one night, that the only act one can commit that is more intimate than sex (e.g. bringing a life into this world), was taking a life out of this world in hand-to-hand combat. Because there is a level of tactile/visceral understanding that just cannot be experienced by pushing a button. The audience for the discussion was made up of retired Green Burette, Airborne Rangers, Marines, and a Navy Seal. All present agreed with him wearing expressions of understanding that I will simply describe as a bit chilling.

   So Cognitive Dissonance Indeed .. Because while you can be bothered by the act of pushing a button, if you truly grok the implications of its function, it is still not the same thing as being there. And maybe on some level it helps to know that your own life was indeed in danger when one thinks back about taking the life of another. But the distinction regarding the level of personal exposure is a truly critical one. Because a metal for bravery does not IMO belong on the chest of someone who was never at risk...as that would only serve as an insult to those that earned it and were.
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Living Room / Re: Knight to queen's bishop 3 - Snowden charged with espionage.
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 28, 2013, 11:47 AM »
When your missus asks you the next time "Does my bum look big in this?", just go ahead and say yes and see what happens...
-dr_andus (October 28, 2013, 11:14 AM)

Zoiks! Reminds me of the line from the movie Tommy Boy:
Q. Does this coat make me look fat?
A. No, your face does.

Truly, that level of honesty is bad ... Unless one likes sleeping in the sofa.
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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 28, 2013, 11:27 AM »
I wonder if DC allows bitcoins for the donation? That would be great. I don't know if mouser has any plans to add bitcoins over here.
-mahesh2k (October 27, 2013, 07:47 AM)

That might actually be a good opportunity to allow everyone here a chance to buy into the Bitcoin system without having to spend a lot and/or save up for the current cost of a single Bitcoin. Assuming Mouser would be interested in converting the current DC micropayment system to be Bitcoin based/backed.
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Living Room / Re: Yay! New Laws for Crowdfunding!
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 27, 2013, 12:34 PM »
Code: C# [Select]
  1. public static overrides int operator +(int a, int b)
  2. {
  3.     Random random = new Random();
  4.     return random.Next(int.MinValue, int.MaxValue);
  5. }

That compiles on government machines. :P
-Renegade (October 27, 2013, 11:39 AM)

Like hell it will. You try to compile that on a government machine and the debugger will explode. Good god man ... You're trying to return a value?!? That kind of behavior is just not tolerated in government! ...They never return anything.
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Living Room / Re: Yay! New Laws for Crowdfunding!
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 27, 2013, 08:10 AM »
We do?

Code: C++ [Select]
  1. int TravelToEndOfRainbow(double);
  2.  
  3.  
  4. // Cash level management Function (note: 'L' if function name is silent):
  5. float ElfinMagic(double iWallet) {
  6.  
  7.    if(iWallet <= 0) {
  8.        TravelToEndOfRainbow(iWallet);
  9.    }
  10. }
  11.  
  12. // This is a secure function - Not for public viewing:
  13. int TravelToEndOfRainbow(double iNeed) {
  14.   if(!PrintMoreMoney(iNeed)) {
  15.      InvadeNextRainbow(dwAnyExcuse);
  16.   }
  17. }
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Living Room / Re: 12-yr-old boy admits to hacking police and government sites for Anonymous
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 27, 2013, 07:57 AM »
The only thing that's sad there is that they have the unmitigated gall to prosecute anyone after getting spanked by a 12 year old.

Pulled from the comments there:
Um, if a 12 year old can hack into their system then why is the 12 year old getting punished?

Either A) The kid needs to be offered a job or a full scholarship...

or B) The security/IT team for the police/government sites need to be fired. He's 12.

Nailed IT!! :Thmbsup:
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Developer's Corner / Re: Contest: DARPA offers $2 milllion for security software to be written
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 25, 2013, 07:10 PM »
I'd go with the HAL 9000. Already proven against the human threat.  :D
-Vurbal (October 25, 2013, 02:20 PM)

HAL9000 was still just a computer that only had control of its own direct environment. Lawnmower Man (by the end of the movie) was a pure energy being ... So he could travel up the wire and kill the hacker in their own home. Which would greatly simplify security response times because you don't have to waste time analyzing the attack to mount a counter strategy. Because you could simply kill the person launching it.


...And no I couldn't say that IRL with a straight face.
-Stoic Joker (October 25, 2013, 02:55 PM)

Yeah but could the Lawnmower Man sing?

https://www.youtube..../watch?v=OuEN5TjYRCE
-Vurbal (October 25, 2013, 06:44 PM)

Nope! ...And based on your video...I'm gonna put that in my plus column.  :D
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Developer's Corner / Re: Contest: DARPA offers $2 milllion for security software to be written
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 25, 2013, 02:57 PM »
How about Skynet?  That seems like an obvious one. ;D
-wraith808 (October 25, 2013, 02:44 PM)

That would be like HAL9000 with drones. Collateral damage would be rather high...but that's never really bothered the pentagon much ... Shit man you could win!
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Developer's Corner / Re: Contest: DARPA offers $2 milllion for security software to be written
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 25, 2013, 02:55 PM »
I'd go with the HAL 9000. Already proven against the human threat.  :D
-Vurbal (October 25, 2013, 02:20 PM)

HAL9000 was still just a computer that only had control of its own direct environment. Lawnmower Man (by the end of the movie) was a pure energy being ... So he could travel up the wire and kill the hacker in their own home. Which would greatly simplify security response times because you don't have to waste time analyzing the attack to mount a counter strategy. Because you could simply kill the person launching it.


...And no I couldn't say that IRL with a straight face.
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Developer's Corner / Re: Contest: DARPA offers $2 milllion for security software to be written
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 25, 2013, 12:46 PM »
They want one "with reasoning abilities exceeding those of human experts" that "will create its own knowledge." They want it to deflect cyberattacks, not in a matter of days—which is how the Pentagon currently works—but in a matter of hours or even seconds. That's profoundly difficult.

This sounds like a job for Lawnmower Man!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Geek Squeaks - some interesting software highlighted at rlvision.com
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 25, 2013, 06:59 AM »
He has a rather interesting and levelheaded view on piracy.

http://www.rlvision....opers-point-of-view/
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Living Room / Re: Yay! New Laws for Crowdfunding!
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 24, 2013, 07:17 AM »
Nothing in that law is remotely needed. There are already laws against fraud.
-Renegade (October 23, 2013, 10:26 PM)

+1 - I still say the 10 commandments were enough if the spirit of the laws were followed instead of constantly mincing words to carve out loopholes.


What do you think the law would look like if it were an API/SDK?
-Renegade (October 23, 2013, 10:26 PM)

ROFL ...That could only happen in a mythical land where computers could count to at least 3.

Code: C++ [Select]
  1. BOOL bGuilty = 2 // Close enough because (house needs a win) defendant can't fight our need for a conviction.
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General Software Discussion / Re: So-called upgrades that ruin good programs
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 23, 2013, 05:34 PM »
Just some detail stuff:

It's a Dell Inspiron 1545 with 3GB RAM and a single core 2.20GHz Celeron.

Network Adapters:
Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card
Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller

Strangely search behavior (speed) is quite good. Default is search everywhere (WT..?), and I gotta say I liked it much better when it spread the results over the entire screen instead of just the strip on the right ... Were they shooting for the worst of both worlds on that move??
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General Software Discussion / Re: So-called upgrades that ruin good programs
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 23, 2013, 11:47 AM »
@Darwin - Looks like we're a pretty close race hardware wise. I've got a Dell laptop about the same age that I rescued from the trash (customer didn't want to pay for HDD replacement and tossed it).

Never saw it run Vista, but 7 was zippy, 8 ran just fine, and 8.1 does seem to take a bit longer to do anything. No BSODs (err...yet), and the sleep function works perfectly. But the WiFi connection does flake a bit (~10% - did with 8 also) when it wakes up. It'll either be slow to connect, forget it has an active gateway, or forget the connection entirely. But a quick reminder of some sort gets it off its ass every time.

I haven't had much time to fiddle with it (work) and was hoping the slowness would go away (yes I know that's rather dumb) after it got done with its initial startup shenanigans ... But I'm going to give it 2 weeks to not piss me off. If it can make it that far without making my want to punch the screen I'll keep it. Otherwise - anytime within the 2 probationary weeks - at the first hint of annoyance I'll be formatting C: ... Probably with a claw hammer. :D
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: MacX DVD Ripper Pro free download before Nov. 4, 2013
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 22, 2013, 11:58 AM »
They are all from one single company that is running under close to 30 different names, offering variations of the same software under just as many names.

The most recent spamming incident right here on our forum was less than a week ago, from wonderfox.

They have a long history of spamming and other despicable behavior, and this article from Macworld will explain more:

http://www.macworld....eaking_spammers.html
-app103 (October 22, 2013, 11:54 AM)

Well shit, that's not any fun :( Thanks for the info.
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: MacX DVD Ripper Pro free download before Nov. 4, 2013
« Last post by Stoic Joker on October 22, 2013, 11:55 AM »
is this it?

http://www.macxdvd.c...iveaway/giveaway.htm
-cmpm (October 22, 2013, 09:41 AM)

Looks like it yes. Strange that you have to add the giveaway.htm to the Mac link, but the Windows page just drops right in *Shrug* Thanks.
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