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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Transfer backup files or start from scratch?

« Last post by mouser on February 13, 2009, 08:07 PM »

first of all, make a safe copy now of all related files so you have a good copy while you expeiment.

what you did should work fine.  uninstalling and reinstalling LBC wont mess with your own mcf node files.

now:
the .mcf file should have your nodes; the .mcp doesn't hold much, mainly just the knowledge about your .mcf file.

so start launchbar commander, the open your .mcf file.

and see if all of your nodes are there.  they should be.
launchbar commander also creates backup files so you should be able to load those too if your main .mcf got damaged somehow.

if not, email me and i can try to help more ([email protected])

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini-Review of GTAIV for PC [Ranting]

« Last post by mouser on February 13, 2009, 04:41 PM »

I'm not much of a gamer but GTA is one of the very few games i actually look forward to playing, mainly because i love seeing how well they can create a living breathing place and let you go wild in it.

I haven't actually played much of GTAIV, for some reason i haven't found it all that engaging, though i do think it is absolutely beautiful and technically outstanding.  From a programming perspective it's just really impressive.  For some reason i actually enjoyed the previous edition better.

But i do love the vehicle damange details and the architecture all over the place.  I think the police are handled pretty well actually and pretty balanced.  If anything i wish they were more alert to traffic violations, just for a little bit of added realism.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Drupal is f*cked

« Last post by mouser on February 13, 2009, 02:39 PM »

As much as i have ranted against drupal from a usability standpoint, I do need to say that from a developer's standpoint it's pretty darn impressive, and i keep coming back to it when thinking about larger projects.

Given the plans for Drupal 7 it seems like they realize how bad the usability of Drupal is and are focusing on that heavily for the next major release.  That's a good sign.

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Living Room / Re: Why do so many micropayment systems fail?

« Last post by mouser on February 12, 2009, 05:13 PM »

app, i think the approach is a smart one.

i've actually suggested the same basic idea for music sites.

the idea can be boiled down to this central idea:

1. Users pay a monthly subscription price, and then have access to all conent.
2. The system then keeps track of what actual content they view.
3. The system then divides up their monthly subscription poportionately to the authors of the content the user viewed.

The site mentioned in the article (Kachingle) extends this idea to distributed sites by letting site authors put a medalion on their site that users can click to mark that site as one that the user wishes to have their funds contributed to.  (They also let the user decide how much to put in per month, unlike a fixed monthly subscription fee.

I think it makes a huge amount of sense -- it makes it really easy for the user, which makes all the difference.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor use problems

« Last post by mouser on February 12, 2009, 04:22 PM »

When does the error appear -- on program startup or when you try to capture, or when?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor use problems

« Last post by mouser on February 12, 2009, 02:46 PM »

Does the error occur after you perform some particular action? or on startup?

It sounds like perhaps one of your options may be set strangely somehow.

Can I suggest you try this:

• Exit ScreenshotCaptor from tray if it is running
• Move the ScreenshotCaptor.ini file in the Screenshot Captor program directory someplace safe for backup
• Restart ScreenshotCaptor -- when it finds the option file missing it will recreate it with default settings.

See if that fixes the problem.  If so -- could you send me the bad options file you moved so i can see if i can reproduce the problem?

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DC Website Help and Extras / MOVED: single sata drive install xp first and then vista but have to change bios

« Last post by mouser on February 11, 2009, 10:08 PM »

This topic has been moved to Living Room.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=17011.0

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Living Room / Re: The 5 Most Significant Online Property Search Websites - Parts 1 through 5

« Last post by mouser on February 11, 2009, 06:00 PM »

another similar article:
http://news.cnet.com..._109-10161665-2.html

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2007 / Re: New Getting Organized Experiment?

« Last post by mouser on February 11, 2009, 05:01 PM »

I'd kind of like to see the new GOE offer a place where, among other things of course, members can try to invent new Productivity systems -- i think maybe we could have some fun trying to come up with new and unusual systems.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Badge/Award Mod Rewritten

« Last post by mouser on February 11, 2009, 02:12 PM »

Added a new badge for coding snack coders.. thanks to hamradio for helping produce the images.

Badge recipients shown here: https://www.donation...=badges;show=csnacks

If i missed anyone, please send me a message!

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Living Room / Re: Free Hugs Campaign Video.. Wow.. A Must See..

« Last post by mouser on February 11, 2009, 01:13 PM »

not as moving but still cool:
http://www.neatorama...ive-you-a-high-five/

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Living Room / Re: Going Into Frugality Mode -- What are your Tricks and Tips

« Last post by mouser on February 11, 2009, 11:25 AM »

Check your grocery receipts -- amazing how many times you find mistakes and/or realize you just paid $16 for 4 decidely non-exceptional organic tomatoes. 

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Living Room / Re: Why do so many micropayment systems fail?

« Last post by mouser on February 11, 2009, 03:45 AM »

In the article i wrote on dc i expressed what i believe to be true -- that the magic component missing is EASY donating, not MICRO donating.

Paypal has gone a long way towards that but it's still not nearly as painless and safe as it could be, nor accessible to many people.  When everyone feels completely secure about making a donation to any site with one button click, i do believe we will open up a ton of possibilities for indie content creators to get direct funding from their audience.

ps.
this is partly why i get so frustrated with google spending all their time writing bullshit copies of every program on the internet just so they can squeeze a little more market share for their advertisements.  there are only a few companies with the trust level and reach to actually tackle this kind of thing, and i wish they would do it.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini-Review of Find&Run Robot

« Last post by mouser on February 11, 2009, 03:28 AM »

aram is using an old version of screenshots.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Badge/Award Mod Rewritten

« Last post by mouser on February 11, 2009, 03:19 AM »

Badge list of members is now sorted alphabetically.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Ignore Thread and Improved Bookmark Mod Implemented

« Last post by mouser on February 11, 2009, 03:18 AM »

The reason i got confused is because if you are coming from the unread all page, presumably you can just click the Unread button at top of forum to go back there.. but i can see that it would be more useful to have a link in the box saying "threads added!" that says "Go Back to Where I Came From".

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by mouser on February 11, 2009, 02:56 AM »

hahahaahahahahhaa 

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Ignore Thread and Improved Bookmark Mod Implemented

« Last post by mouser on February 11, 2009, 02:25 AM »

What page are you wanting to get back to?

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini-Review of Find&Run Robot

« Last post by mouser on February 11, 2009, 02:15 AM »

Can't believe i didn't see this earlier..

Means a lot to me to see the review of FARR on your site - and most of all i'm happy you like the program. 

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Living Room / Re: Why do so many micropayment systems fail?

« Last post by mouser on February 10, 2009, 02:44 PM »

Maybe a better question needs to be..

What alternatives do those of us who don't want to turn the entire internet into a giant advertising machine have?

It just seems unhealthy to me that we seem to be heading in the direction of all digital content being free, and all digital content being filled with advertisements.  Are we going to wake up in 10 years and find that all music is free, but there are advertisements in the middle of songs?  And same with books.. will all books become "free" but have advertisements on the odd numbered pages?

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Living Room / Re: Why do so many micropayment systems fail?

« Last post by mouser on February 10, 2009, 02:30 PM »

A new (pessimistic) essay by Clay Shirky on micropayment systems:

http://www.shirky.co...ont-save-publishers/

Nickel-and-dimeing us for access to content made less useful by those very restrictions simply isn’t appealing.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Ignore Thread and Improved Bookmark Mod Implemented

« Last post by mouser on February 10, 2009, 12:08 PM »

Mark all messages as unread button is now moved to far left.

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Living Room / Re: [NSFW - Parody] Sony Releases New Piece Of Technology

« Last post by mouser on February 10, 2009, 10:25 AM »

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Living Room / Re: [swearing] Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn't Fucking Work

« Last post by mouser on February 10, 2009, 10:03 AM »

very funny.

ps.
since this forum is for all ages, perhaps it should have been marked as NSFW and could have done without the curse word in subject title?

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Ignore Thread and Improved Bookmark Mod Implemented

« Last post by mouser on February 10, 2009, 09:11 AM »

There are lots of possibilities with the Rating system, like showing a page of recently top rated posts, combining ratings of everyone, etc.

I could also add the ability to assign free text tags to threads so that you could categorize your bookmarks, etc.