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DcUpdater / Re: "get version failed"
« Last post by Darwin on November 01, 2008, 06:13 PM »
OK It's working now... don't know what was wrong before!
1927
DcUpdater / Re: "get version failed"
« Last post by Darwin on November 01, 2008, 05:57 PM »
PS did try setting the firewall to "allow all traffic". Didn't seem to make much difference  :huh:
1928
DcUpdater / "get version failed"
« Last post by Darwin on November 01, 2008, 05:40 PM »
Anyone else having difficutly getting DCUpdater to retrieve information from the web? All I've been getting since last night is a "get version failied" error message for each application/plugin in the list. Occasionally, I'll get three or four "update needed" messages but I cannot download them. Is this a server problem, settings problem, or a "darwin" problem?!

PS XP Pro Sp-3 (32-bit), Windows Firewall enabled, Webroot Internet Security Essentials.
1929
General Software Discussion / Re: Codeweavers - no good deed goes unpunished
« Last post by Darwin on November 01, 2008, 04:23 PM »
"Use us or lose us"

Very apropros...

Right then. If I can ever get xubuntu 8.1 downloaded, I'll load up Crossover and see what happens... Of course, no good reason not try it under Ubuntu 8.04... except that the machine that it is installed on limps along on 192MB RAM; trying to run anything else will tax it to the point of it being useless, I fear.
1930
General Software Discussion / Re: Turning Windows 2003 Server into a workstation?
« Last post by Darwin on November 01, 2008, 04:19 PM »
Hmm... I have a couple of spare 40GB harddrives kicking around... maybe I should just swap out my XP Pro drive and swap in one of the 40GB drives and see what happens... I've nothing to lose! Will definitely try this in the coming weeks (lot on my plate right now, so will defer it).
1931
General Software Discussion / Re: Codeweavers - no good deed goes unpunished
« Last post by Darwin on November 01, 2008, 04:04 PM »
Heh, heh - nice post, 40hz  :Thmbsup: I grabbed a copy of Crossover for Linux and had my wife grab one for Mac (though as it turns out, the product only works on Intel based Macs. C'est la vie). I really hope that Codeweavers survives this - I like their sense of humour and style. If I find the product indispensible under Linux, I may well buy a copy to support them. Hope others do the same...
1932
Living Room / Re: Why social networks are a threat to life as some know it
« Last post by Darwin on November 01, 2008, 12:35 PM »
For example everytime I raise this issue, someone would call me paranoid or overly sensitive and try to show me as a crack head.

I think that you're just being overly sensitive about this - possibly paranoid  :P

1933
General Software Discussion / Re: How do you launch stuff?
« Last post by Darwin on November 01, 2008, 10:11 AM »
Now that I have a new notebook running Vista Sp-1, I've gone nuts with my XP Pro machine. I'm indulging my software addiction on it and have LOTS of stuff installed (whereas the Vista machine stays lean so I can work with it). Thus, I have numerous file managers installed, numerous office suites, numerous... you get the picture. So... in addition, I have FARR, DirectAccess 2 beta, Dash Command, ActiveWords, and Humanised Enso installed and alternate between them. I also have QuickSilver installed on a Mac running Tiger and am very impressed by it, as well...

At the moment I am playing with Humanised Enso and am pretty impressed by it. Holding down the CAPS key isn't nearly as "bad" as I thought it would be, now that I've given it a chance and read the rationale behind it. Discovering that you can just select text, hold down the caps key and type "upp" and have Enso covert it to upper case removes my objection about occasionally needing the CAPS function.
1934
General Software Discussion / Re: Quicksilver Goes Open Source
« Last post by Darwin on November 01, 2008, 10:07 AM »
I now have my geriatric Dual USB iBook G3 running Tiger and have the latest Quicksilver build installed and running. Wow. I'm also impressed by Spotlight for indexing my files. Very nice! Bit of a learning curve involved - I've barely scratched the surface of its abilities...
1935
General Software Discussion / Re: Turning Windows 2003 Server into a workstation?
« Last post by Darwin on November 01, 2008, 09:19 AM »
OK I find myself with a copy of Windows 2008 Server Standard and am intrigued by this. I'm going to install it to a virtual machine and play! Thanks for the links to the guides, justice! Reading through them now.

1936
Living Room / Re: Why social networks are a threat to life as some know it
« Last post by Darwin on October 31, 2008, 11:00 AM »

On the web, nobody knows I'm really a dog!

Sit, 40hz, sit!
1937
Living Room / Re: Why social networks are a threat to life as some know it
« Last post by Darwin on October 30, 2008, 08:53 PM »
Stupid enough that one wonders if this isn't engineered... But I prefer to believe that it really happened. Makes for a much better story!

RE: sacking. Yeah, probably not enough to get fired over (though someone near and dear to me lost her job at a Movie Theatre in Savannah, GA for calling in sick and getting caught out on the town), but certainly would result in some sort of disciplinary action I should think (no toilet breaks over an 8 hour shift, for example  ;D).
1938
Sounds great, mouser  :Thmbsup: I like playing with betas but often find that I want to go back to the last stable release. Adding this functionality to DCUpdater will make doing so MUCH easier.
1939
Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: Edition 44
« Last post by Darwin on October 30, 2008, 08:48 PM »
Actually, what does everyone think about those slightly off-topic articles?

I like 'em, but I digress...
1940
Living Room / Re: Why Facebook is a threat to life as some know it
« Last post by Darwin on October 30, 2008, 06:48 PM »
 ;D That's brilliant, thanks 40hz  :Thmbsup:

I love the last missive from the errant Kevin, er Kyle...

Trying to defraud the company is grounds for dismissal round here... wonder what became of Kyle?
1941
Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: Edition 44
« Last post by Darwin on October 30, 2008, 06:45 PM »
Another fine newsletter. Many thanks, ehtyar! Scary about the increase in malware attachments in e-mail - must warn my parents to be vigilant.
1942
Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Locate 3.0 - great *FAST* HD search tool!
« Last post by Darwin on October 30, 2008, 04:51 PM »
And no wanting to beat a dead horse - altho I have probably already done that - I thought that a PDF file where you could SELECT the text (ie, not an image) would contain the text as text - with other stuff around it - so a phrase search might not work - but I thought a simple text search would. But ya' learn something new each day ...

Well, yes BUT Locate doesn't index file contents but rather file names.
1943
LaunchBar Commander / Re: My Computer and maybe a bug
« Last post by Darwin on October 30, 2008, 12:56 PM »
Out of curiosity, are you using Vista? I ask wrt the border as Vista makes it difficult, amongst other things, to run a secondary monitor without a black border on the desktop. Probably unrelated but I thought I'd ask anyway)...

EDIT: split infinitives - I hate 'em!
1944
Living Room / Re: Printers that print on paper-roll ?
« Last post by Darwin on October 30, 2008, 08:39 AM »
From what I've read, Canon's Win98 drivers (for those printerst that they produced them for, including the i9000) did support banner printing while the NT basted OS drivers do not...

Crazy!

Good luck with this - it still might be worth trying to call Canon (though I imagine that you'll need to block off a LOT of time for this as no doubt you'll bounce from rep to rep while they scramble to answer your question   ;)).
1945
Jim - I use WinPatrol to delay various programs at startup. As Dormouse notes, it allows you a high degree of control over startup.

I have the latest version of Task Manager Pro installed as well. It's more simplistic in that it allows you to list a bunch of applications to start after windows is loaded (you can specify how long TM Pro waits before starting to load them - default is 60 seconds) and then loads them at a set number of seconds apart (default is 30). This is in contrast to WP, which allows you to set the delay on a per application basis. This is nice if you know that a particular app needs more time than others to load.

As you note, it also duplicates mousers ProcessTamer to a small degree. However, like the startup delay there is not as much end-user configuration possible  - it's a system wide blanket setting, not a per application setting.
1946
Living Room / Re: Printers that print on paper-roll ?
« Last post by Darwin on October 30, 2008, 07:41 AM »
Hard to tell if this forum posting from 2004 is still relevant (refers to the i9000 and i9900). Noteworthy is this observation:

So Canon basically admits to crippling their own 'professional' printers because it does not yet produce its own line of Canon brand banner paper! This affects their entire large format line, the S9000, the i9100 and the i9900. I do further research and find that many people are angry with Canon for this intentional lack of functionality, and others make additional references to Canon's lack of banner paper being the reasoning.

Looking at the paper sizes available available from Canon for the iX4000, it looks like the max is 19" in length.

Googling for the info, as I'm sure you've discovered is VERY frustrating as well...

Have you tried contacting them by 'phone (not that that is likely to be a very rewarding experience!)?
1947
Living Room / Re: Things your kids will never know - old school tech!
« Last post by Darwin on October 29, 2008, 11:58 PM »
Yes, you're right. I used to have nightmares about the Soviets nuking us
I glad to have forgotten (almost) growing up in a London full of bomb craters, where virtually every street had gaping holes that once had been houses, and where food rationing was severe. Everybody had lost somebody.

-cranioscopical (October 29, 2008, 10:44 PM)

Some things there can be no nostalgia for, no regret that the youth of today are unfamiliar with them... However, the danger is when society forgets the lessons learned in the past and succeeding generations are forced to learn them for themselves...
1948
Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Game Review: Cortex Command
« Last post by Darwin on October 29, 2008, 11:08 PM »
I was on the receiving end of scancode's generosity as well... Haven't had a chance to play it yet, though (long story)  :o

Anyway, FANTASTIC review - I'm going to have to give this some time ASAP!
1949
Oh! And of course. Startup Delayer does this very well as well...
1950
Both WinPatrol and AnVir Task Manager Pro handle delayed startups. WinPatrol provides you with more options and control and comes in a free version, mind you...
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