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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: create a stand alone app that implements oplop
« Last post by skwire on November 29, 2012, 01:34 PM »
I gave this an attempt but my results did not match what the author's website implementation produced.  For example, the author states that a nickname of "Amazon" and a master password of "secret password" should result in "sar4_zIs" as the generated password.  However, after following the rules on the author's page, this is what I get:

Concatenated string: Amazonsecret password
MD5 hash of the concatenated string: fe6b656b873349bcc7f69509d0ca5d79
Base64 hash of the MD5 hash: ZmU2YjY1NmI4NzMzNDliY2M3ZjY5NTA5ZDBjYTVkNzk=

The next set of rules only applies if there isn't a number within the first eight characters so, in this case, one exists and we should take the first eight characters for the final password: ZmU2YjY1  You can see that this isn't even close to what it's supposed to be: sar4_zIs

It could be that the Base64 function I'm using isn't URL-safe but I can't see how it would make that much difference.  Maybe it would...
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Living Room / Re: ~$300 Laptop/Netbook recommendations
« Last post by skwire on November 23, 2012, 11:53 AM »
The i3 processor (and the rest of the system) is fast enough for kids of her age, for doing what they need/want to do, and by the time she has some real work for her PC, she'll need a new one anyway because of this one being too low-tech by then.

Yep, we didn't intend for this to last more than a couple of years for her.  At that point, it'll become a project box for me (or her younger sister).   ;D
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Living Room / Re: ~$300 Laptop/Netbook recommendations
« Last post by skwire on November 23, 2012, 11:13 AM »
Great!  I hope it works out well for you... I haven't had anything but positive experiences with Dell.

Thanks.  My wife has a very similar i5-based Dell laptop that she loves so I'm thinking this experience will be much the same.
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Living Room / Re: ~$300 Laptop/Netbook recommendations
« Last post by skwire on November 23, 2012, 11:02 AM »
Thanks for all the suggestions, folks.  To close this loop, I ended up getting this model, new, for $329 on an Amazon lightning deal:

http://www.amazon.co...p;smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

  • Intel Core i3-2370M 2.4GHz
  • 4 GB DIMM
  • 500 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
  • 15-Inch Screen
2155
Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.
« Last post by skwire on November 19, 2012, 03:42 PM »
I was thinking more of opening the pic with Paint, it could work just pressing enter,
this tool is really handy  :up:

Ohhhhh...you meant the context menu of Frameless, right?  If so, apologies, I misunderstood you.  I though you meant the system context menu (like what you'd see if you right-clicked a file in Windows Exporer).
2156
Coding Snacks / MOVED: Adapt to windows 7 64 bits
« Last post by skwire on November 17, 2012, 10:32 AM »
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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Scan computer for foreign language files
« Last post by skwire on November 17, 2012, 10:30 AM »
Nice work, dtsouers.   :Thmbsup:  I'm going to mark this thread as done and move it to the Finished Programs section.
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Living Room / Re: ~$300 Laptop/Netbook recommendations
« Last post by skwire on November 16, 2012, 04:41 PM »
Thanks for all the suggestions, folks.  I'm about to pull the trigger on this one ($316 after the discount, plus a free extended warranty and 8GB thumb drive):

https://www-304.ibm....rderItemId=454563417

Thoughts?
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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.
« Last post by skwire on November 15, 2012, 11:10 AM »
it might be useful an "open with.." entry for the context menu

You make a good point.  However, a context menu item is fairly static and Frameless really isn't meant to be (with its various params and whatnot).  Now, that being said, you could create several shortcuts in your SendTo folder with different parameters set up.
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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Using AHK and PDFTK to combine daily pdf's
« Last post by skwire on November 15, 2012, 11:03 AM »
Good grief you guys make it look so easy!
Thank you so much that was driving me nuts!

You're very welcome.  I'm glad we were able to help out.   :)  I'm going to mark this thread as done and move it.
2163
Skwire Empire / Re: Release: SFV Ninja (Simple File Verification application)
« Last post by skwire on November 14, 2012, 10:37 PM »
Website | Download
v1.1.5 - 2012-11-14
    + Added "Always on top" button to the toolbar.
    ! Prevented exiting the app if a save operation is in process.
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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.
« Last post by skwire on November 14, 2012, 10:34 PM »
Website | Download
v1.0.8 - 2012-11-14
    + Added noexit=yes parameter.  Setting this will remove the "Exit" entry from
      the context menu and prevent the Alt+F4 and Escape hotkeys from exiting the
      application.  However, you can still kill Frameless via the Task Manager.
      (Thanks, Jon)
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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Using AHK and PDFTK to combine daily pdf's
« Last post by skwire on November 14, 2012, 08:26 PM »
You can pass multiple PDF filenames at one time to pdftk.  This should work:

Code: Autohotkey [Select]
  1. ; Environment.
  2.  
  3. ; Variables.
  4. FormatTime, myDate, A_Now, MMddyy ; Format today's date.
  5. myPubOrder := "MM,MC,FE,CS,RE,VL,WR"
  6.  
  7. ; Maintain publication order as per request.
  8. Loop, Parse, myPubOrder, `,
  9. {
  10.     ; Create a space-delimited list of PDF filenames.
  11.     Loop, % A_LoopField . "_" . myDate . "_*.pdf"
  12.     {
  13.         myString .= A_LoopFileName . " "
  14.     }
  15. }
  16. ; Pass full list of PDFs to pdftk and output to new file.
  17. RunWait %comspec% /c pdftk.exe %myString% cat output MTR_%myDate%.pdf
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Finished Programs / Re: [DONE] lightweight pdf viewer and editor
« Last post by skwire on November 14, 2012, 08:35 AM »
Nice work, folks.  I'm going to set this one as done.  Thanks.
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Living Room / Re: ~$300 Laptop/Netbook recommendations
« Last post by skwire on November 13, 2012, 07:09 PM »
Hmmm...three years ago, I bought a Toshiba netbook with some of the same features: Windows Starter, an Atom 1.6GHz processor, and 1 GB of RAM.  I quickly upped the RAM to 2GB, but that didn't really help.  The computer remains incredibly slow.  I imagine the dual core will help (mine isn't dual core), but still, I'd be wary of the Atom 1.6 GHz processor.

Duly noted, thanks.
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Living Room / Re: ~$300 Laptop/Netbook recommendations
« Last post by skwire on November 13, 2012, 05:02 PM »
Thanks for all the input so far.

For inexpensive laptops I've had the best luck with Asus and Gateway.

Oddly enough, those were the two brands we were looking at.  Particularly, this model:

http://www.amazon.co...D+1GB+RAM+Netbook+PC

Rest assured, I'd be upgrading that to 2GB of RAM (and 4GB if it allows).

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Living Room / ~$300 Laptop/Netbook recommendations
« Last post by skwire on November 13, 2012, 02:11 PM »
Christmas is coming and my wife and I would like to get our oldest daughter an inexpensive laptop/netbook around $300.  Yes, we realise that this is at the low-end of the spectrum.  However, she's only twelve and would be using this mainly for typing her school papers, surfing the web, etc.  Has anybody had a good experience with a lower-end model that you'd like to recommend?
2171
General Software Discussion / Re: Accessing the world from China?
« Last post by skwire on November 11, 2012, 12:25 AM »
Apologies for leaving you hanging.  Which router do you have?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Accessing the world from China?
« Last post by skwire on November 10, 2012, 11:55 AM »
My first guess was to set up a VPN using my dd-wrt router.

Yes...

Also, I'm not sure that I'd be able to use it with my Android phone.

...and yes, you can.  You can also use it with any computer/laptop.  It's easier than you think and I can help you with this.
2173
Coding Snacks / MOVED: IDEA: Attach or upload to FTP utility
« Last post by skwire on November 09, 2012, 08:59 AM »
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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Attach or upload to FTP utility
« Last post by skwire on November 09, 2012, 08:59 AM »
Very nice.  Thanks for reporting back.    :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: Hurricane Sandy Discussion Thread
« Last post by skwire on November 06, 2012, 07:59 PM »
"In contrast to Hazel, however, Sandy was not as strong a hurricane."

Technically, to be proper English, it's missing an "of": "In contrast to Hazel, however, Sandy was not as strong of a hurricane."
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