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1951
Living Room / Re: Bought a desktop and monitor today
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 15, 2011, 03:54 PM »
I got them from TigerDirect.  Here's a copy of my invoice:

invoice.png

Here's the link to the computer on TD, and here's the monitor.

Looks like the monitor's price has gone up $10 since my purchase.
1952
Living Room / Re: Bought a desktop and monitor today
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 15, 2011, 10:37 AM »
But I think I'll be happy.  Here's the short-list of its specs, which I think are more than sufficient to meet the demands I'll place on the PC, as noted in my OP:

    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS
    Intel Pentium E5300 2.6GHz processor
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500
    750GB Hard Drive
    HDMI, VGA and DVI ports
1953
Living Room / Re: Bought a desktop and monitor today
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 15, 2011, 10:31 AM »
The PC is refurbished, which accounts for the lower price of the compete bundle.  However, I've bought 3 refurbs from TigerDirect in the past 5 years, and they were all excellent.
1954
General Software Discussion / Re: Help! Ideas for software aimed at 'learning'
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 15, 2011, 07:43 AM »
I think you will have a very hard time finding it.

What you're asking for is for a program to steal focus, which is generally considered evil. Pure evil. Evil as in the Devil would shun it.

I can see the point to it, but really, I think you're going to need some luck in finding it.

If you have some code handy for someone, or if you have some VERY specific format ready that can be implemented quickly, then I think you can see if someone will build it for you.

The basics for it aren't very hard. It is however... esoteric.

I'd post this on the Coding Snacks request forum if you haven't.  This would be fairly easy to code.  I might even take a stab at it.
1955
Living Room / Re: The Foreclosure Scam
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 15, 2011, 07:20 AM »
There is no justice in this world.  Anyone who wasn't previously convinced of this should just watch those two videos.
1956
Living Room / Re: Operation Facebook (will you rejoice?)
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 14, 2011, 08:58 PM »
I agree as well.  I suppose what I will find hilarious is Facebook's embarrassment as they're forced to admit that their "security precautions" are lame.  What I don't find amusing is that individual FB users have no choice in this.
1957
Developer's Corner / Re: HyperNext, anyone?
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 14, 2011, 05:30 PM »
Couldn't get this to run on Win7 Home Premium 64 bit.  Tried it in Compatibility Mode, but no cigar.
1958
Developer's Corner / Re: Game Engines and Apps
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 14, 2011, 09:04 AM »
Honestly?  No.  Most of my finds seem geared to work with C++.  Aside from the very few listed in previous posts on this thread that will work with C#, I've come across scant offerings  ;)
1959
Developer's Corner / Re: Game Engines and Apps
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 14, 2011, 08:43 AM »
Lightfeather is a 3D engine for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. It is designed to be easy to use but still take advantage of the features of modern graphics hardware.

lightfeather.jpg
1960
Developer's Corner / Re: HyperNext, anyone?
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 14, 2011, 07:58 AM »
Apparently, it is based off Hypercard, in which the famous Myst game was developed.
1961
Living Room / Re: Stop the Machine! (anyone seen this?)
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 13, 2011, 10:35 AM »
Oh and by the way, those Rich People already pay most of the taxes. 

Not proportionally they don't...
1962
Living Room / Re: Bought a desktop and monitor today
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 13, 2011, 08:14 AM »
Hm, you might have liked a 22" full-hd resolution (1920x1080) for even more screen real-estate better then 1680x1050

True, but I'm getting old enough that I already have to increase text size in web-browsers and make my Desktop icons bigger than their defaults.  So it won't matter quite as much for me.
1963
Developer's Corner / Re: Game Engines and Apps
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 13, 2011, 08:02 AM »
RPG Toolkit:

RPG_Toolkit.png
1964
Developer's Corner / Re: Game Engines and Apps
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 13, 2011, 07:57 AM »
Another find: Miraplacid Overdream 2D/3D Game Engine:

miraplacid.jpg
1965
General Software Discussion / Re: SpiderOak - very nice people =)
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 13, 2011, 07:52 AM »
I still haven't heard back from the "engineer" (as he called himself) from whom I received an email response about my initial report... followed up with email but nada, so far.
1966
Developer's Corner / HyperNext, anyone?
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 12, 2011, 09:09 PM »
Has anyone used HyperNext?
1967
Living Room / Re: Lulzsec hackers outed by "anonymous" user
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 12, 2011, 08:38 PM »
^ Heh, heh!  Good show :D
1968
Living Room / Re: Bought a desktop and monitor today
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 12, 2011, 08:24 PM »
looks to be good value…


Yeah, I mean, for $450, I'm getting a Win7 Home Premium 64 bit machine with 6 GB of RAM, and a 22" monitor.

The reason I finally made this purchase is not because of anything lacking in my laptop, but rather the fact that I've been craving more screen real-estate.  I'll be going from a 15.6" monitor to a 22".  Very nice, especially when I'm watching movies or doing C# development!
1969
Living Room / Bought a desktop and monitor today
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 12, 2011, 07:18 PM »
I bought this desktop and monitor today.  Would have got a bigger monitor, but had to get one whose dimensions (including the stand) will fit my computer desk.
1970
General Software Discussion / Re: Auto-download from DC with WinSCP
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 11, 2011, 09:36 PM »
Thanks, worstje!
1971
General Software Discussion / Re: Auto-download from DC with WinSCP
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 11, 2011, 09:29 PM »
I just used an evaluation copy of Beyond Compare and it did exactly what I wanted.  Identified the files on the server that were newly created on my Flatpress blog, and allowed me to download just those files to my backup directory.  Great!  Looks like I'll be buying this, but if I later change computers, will my license/activation key still work, or is just one-PC/one-license?  Anyone know?
1972
General Software Discussion / Re: too much security?
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 11, 2011, 08:15 PM »
I'm under the impression that it's not wise to have two anti-malware programs (mbam and sas) running in real time.  Wouldn't you be better off running one in real time and one on demand?

That's what I do.  Microsoft Security Essentials runs 24/7, and I run AVG and SpyBot S&D on-demand.
1973
Living Room / Re: Operation Facebook (will you rejoice?)
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 11, 2011, 07:45 PM »
I have a FB account, but I still think it'll be hilarious if they succeed.  And truthfully, I don't use FB that much, so I won't miss it.
1974
Living Room / Re: Stop the Machine! (anyone seen this?)
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 11, 2011, 05:31 PM »
Because if people acted more responsibly, there would be significantly less unaddressed human needs -and fewer unrealistic attitudes surrounding the notion of 'entitlement.'

Amen!
1975
N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Kyrathaba's Hangman
« Last post by kyrathaba on August 11, 2011, 03:34 PM »
You bet!  Thank you for making me aware of the need for clarification  :up:
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