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1951

N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: That NANY badge

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 21, 2011, 11:45 AM »

You need to keep staring at it a little longer. When your eyes look like this -_- then all will be revealed (in your dreams that is).

-nudone (January 21, 2011, 10:59 AM)

Ah, we need to go deeper 

-timns (January 21, 2011, 11:09 AM)

Either that or turn on your screen shaver…

1952

Living Room / Re: USB Madness With Cooked-Off Ports

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 21, 2011, 10:08 AM »

Do you think that will carry over to USB 3.0?

1953

N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: That NANY badge

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 21, 2011, 10:00 AM »

Would that be the "next" NANY badge?
 (see attachment in previous post)
I always thought those colors screamed: Fisher-Price!!! 

-40hz (January 20, 2011, 06:56 PM)

Nice job on that, 40hz. You make it look like child's play!

1954

N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: That NANY badge

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 21, 2011, 09:56 AM »

it's a special magic icon that will display all the NANY information you wish to see.
focus your eyes here -->  <-- and wait for the magic to appear.

-nudone (January 21, 2011, 09:10 AM)

By George, you're right!  That's so clever!
Even kneeling I can see nothing so it's true, I can see all the information that I wish to see.

1955

Developer's Corner / Re: C# GDI+ Problem with byte[] and Bitmap - Memory Issues

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 21, 2011, 09:02 AM »

Vista and the likes will head into the same general direction after W8 comes out.

-worstje (January 21, 2011, 05:39 AM)

Just another reason why I can't W8.

1956

N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: That NANY badge

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 21, 2011, 06:24 AM »

just another idea. display the number (whatever it may mean) using "pegs"...

-nudone

Congratulations! You've joined the ranks of those before whom I'm prepared to kneel.

Mind you, even kneeling and with my nose pressed against the screen I can't make out that graphic element. Now I'm having trouble with my peg leg…

1957

N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: JottiQ

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 21, 2011, 05:57 AM »

The attached file should fix the About box crash

-worstje (January 21, 2011, 05:24 AM)

And it does for me… XP SP3.

I saw about about 30 times.

Still functions in other ways also — who ever doubted that?

 

1958

Timns Apps / Re: Auspex Suggestions

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 20, 2011, 09:22 PM »

I do want to keep new features coming along too, just to keep you all excited 

-timns (January 20, 2011, 04:52 PM)

Good man!

I must admit to having been breathless when I saw that another step had been taken in the wizard. Probably due to the long sigh when I found that you travel, still, on that longest journey.

-cranioscopical (January 20, 2011, 05:33 PM)

To quote Gandalf: "A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to."

-timns (January 20, 2011, 05:40 PM)

That rings a bell; reminds me of something eye Sauron TV.

1959

N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: That NANY badge

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 20, 2011, 05:37 PM »

Back to the nursery with the anonymous nany!
What about 5 NANY badges? Lose the x and uppercase the acronym!

1960

Timns Apps / Re: Auspex Suggestions

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 20, 2011, 05:33 PM »

I do want to keep new features coming along too, just to keep you all excited 

-timns (January 20, 2011, 04:52 PM)

Good man!

I must admit to having been breathless when I saw that another step had been taken in the wizard. Probably due to the long sigh when I found that you travel, still, on that longest journey.

1961

N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011: Techniques, Tributes and Tribulations

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 20, 2011, 04:49 PM »

Yes, a very interesting post… apart from one or two outlandish comments 

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Timns Apps / Re: Auspex Suggestions

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 20, 2011, 04:42 PM »

That's not how I roll 

-timns (January 20, 2011, 03:37 PM)

And it's not rock steady 

1963

Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 20, 2011, 11:09 AM »

XP doesn't want to fade in the bitmap.  So, the tooltips just don't fade in on Windows XP

-Rob Nelson (May 30, 1970, 05:39 PM)

Showing up nicely now. (I started to try the beta, didn't see them, thought it was me and became engulfed by some business stuff before I could dig further.)

1964

FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FScript2, a new way to build javascript plugins for FARR

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 20, 2011, 11:02 AM »

Thanks for sticking with this, ecaradec!

What you're doing has the potential to attain a level of elegance unseen since they closed the Waldorf-Astoria.

1965

Developer's Corner / Re: Rock physics math-thing [PHP]

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 20, 2011, 10:47 AM »

Unusual though it may be to find a post from me that is anything other than facetious, fallacious, or frumentarious, mathematical formulae are something of a speciality of mine. I think some of you gentlemen would benefit from an example in order to keep your wits sharp. So, here is a challenging little example…

Find x

1966

General Software Discussion / Re: Unlocker punishes you for not installing toolbar.

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 19, 2011, 09:27 PM »

It didn't for me I've always wanted to be punished by a software application!

-scancode (January 19, 2011, 06:50 PM)

Now there's gotta be an idea for a new NANY app in THAT comment!

-timns (January 19, 2011, 08:38 PM)

Perhaps you could whip up something for us…

1967

Timns Apps / Re: Auspex

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 19, 2011, 07:02 AM »

My prime candidate for fix is getting the icon out of the task bar when it is closed.

Fixed, coming up in the next build (83)

-timns (January 18, 2011, 10:06 PM)

 

As I mentioned some time back, when Auspex opens on my machine (it's set to minimize on close) hitting the close box minimizes it to the tray and to the task bar; the task bar item responds to nothing. Have to use the tray icon to kill Auspex. Be glad to see the end of that behaviour.

Whoa is me!

1968

General Software Discussion / Re: Your most used SPECIAL programs

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 19, 2011, 06:52 AM »

Speaking of "special", I see that Liquid Story Binder (mentioned somewhere above) is discounted on Bits Du Jour for today only.

$15.95 instead of $49.95

http://www.bitsdujou...liquid-story-binder/

1969

DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Something screwy on the forum

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 18, 2011, 02:12 PM »

 

1970

DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Something screwy on the forum

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 18, 2011, 11:20 AM »

...and I think this may be related to Wraith808's posting issue that we talked about over the weekend.

I just posted a message, but now when I look at it, it appears to come from joiwind!
 (see attachment in previous post)
This is this entry here:
https://www.donation....msg232366#msg232366

I would not like someone else to be able to post as me.

-timns (January 17, 2011, 07:30 PM)

Unfortunately I think mouser removed the message I posted as you — it was a corker!

1971

Adventures of Baby Cody / Re: Baby Cody arrives in Berlin, Germany

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 17, 2011, 09:19 AM »

looks like a bird of the sea now:
Admiral Von Cody

-tomos (January 17, 2011, 08:57 AM)

Our very own naval aviator!

1972

Timns Apps / Re: Auspex

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 16, 2011, 10:18 PM »

at some point soon there'll be a little guide

-timns

I suppose you're looking for brownie points?

1973

Living Room / Re: Forum / Thread Etiquette

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 15, 2011, 08:43 PM »

Long time members are expected to embrace the calming zen spirit of Cody the Bird.

-mouser (January 15, 2011, 07:27 PM)

So… you're saying, um, what…  give people the bird?

1974

Developer's Corner / Re: "competitive upgrade" - is it ethical?

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 14, 2011, 09:47 AM »

@vlastimil

I understand your pain. To paraphrase what 40hz said, if you can't change the situation, change your attitude. I'm not trying to be a Smart Alec — I'm forced into this myself often enough. I find that it helps  

Perhaps I'm talking out of turn here, but have you considered consulting mouser about offering a limited-time discount on your software to DC members?

The up side.
Those offers appear in the newsletter and I firmly believe there's a mutual benefit to that.

• Others who have done this with their products profess to be very satisfied with the results.
• DC members will like you for it (and they're an influential group by and large; many are the designated computer gurus for family, friends etc.).
• Some will buy your product who might never have heard of it.
• If nothing else you get some good publicity at no cost to you.
• The offer is limited to members and not made known to non-members (unless you choose otherwise) so the world in general won't get you product 'on the cheap'.

I think it's a win-win situation.

The down side.

• There are no guarantees about what might happen in terms of sales.
• DC does not endorse your product, it simply makes members aware of your offer.
• You'll probably get a review of your program by someone on DC, and that will be very frank about likes and dislikes.
• Members who try, and happen not to like your product will probably say so in whatever topic you might announce the offer.

Just a thought…

(edit for typos)

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: JottiQ

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 14, 2011, 08:34 AM »

Thank you very much for the bug report, jCat. I appreciate it!

-worstje (January 14, 2011, 08:11 AM)

And thank you very much for providing an exemplary, civil response that furthers good opinions of DC in general and your good self in particular!