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I do appreciate this and will throw Skrommel a $5 spot for his effort.  It is not exactly what is needed.  It has to be something that is a 'one click fix' for the luddites.  If it is beyond the scope of the website or available programmers please accept my apologies.  Edge is a bonus.  Thank you for your patience and the time you invested.

So basically at this point, you need someone to convert what Skrommel did into a windows store extension and post it on Windows store?  Or is there another impediment?
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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Last post by wraith808 on August 07, 2017, 10:04 PM »
I am gonna have to guess vodka wouldn't work. You'd need something that can burn by itself, 40% alcohol doesn't ignite unless heated up.

Well, you're actually igniting the sugar + soda from the looks of it, so wouldn't the spirits just be to fuel the reaction instead of starting it?
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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Last post by wraith808 on August 07, 2017, 04:13 PM »


Ok, this is pretty cool...
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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS
« Last post by wraith808 on August 06, 2017, 10:31 AM »
I'm leaving my current job after 16+ years to pursue a new challenge...and then a fresh start

Congratulations, Ath!!! Go get 'em!!



:Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup:
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Are either one of the programs in any danger of idle waits for user interaction?  i.e. trying to close notepad with text in it?  Just figuring it would be a good question for whomever picks it up.
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Hopefully in the CMS we'll have a space for a user maintained wiki; I think that was one of the purposes of the CMS transition.
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A 3-legged kitten? ;)

the fourth is Atlantis, silly :p :D

It actually looks like some sort of creature from the imagination of Lovecraft, truth be told, with that third leg being a tongue, and instead of playfully playing with the ball, imagining the ball as Earth, and the creature's tongue caressing it in a prelude to eating it.

Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

Boy... that went dark.
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And to depart that interrelational meta level: Some topics are dense, so if you try to treat them in completeness, you have to write quite a bit. There are posts of mine where your remark would have been quite pertinent, but here you chose a very bad example for your point: Any redaction here could have shortened the post only so imperceptibly.

And yes, I know that it gathers quite a bulk of elements, and that reading it cannot be but hard work, but then, my - as said above, partial - development is meant to exist for the few people really interested in the subject of (general, not-media-files-only) 3dimensional file access; for them, there's lots of very lightweight material on the web to be found, and some very technical, very partial info; I've been striving here to give some sort of overview which treats the multiple problems and aspects of the subject, be them obvious or more conceiled. Most of the time, I strive to give new and complete* information, especially whenever my own web searches have been totally unfruitful in this respect.

I think to Ath's point, there is something to be said about topics for mediums, and topics for audiences.  Forums aren't really made for long-form dissertations, but rather short-form discussions.  For long form, there are other mediums for them, i.e. blogs.  I'm not sure if dc still has blogs for members, but if so, then it might work to post your blogs on one, and direct from here to that resource.  It is in the end up to you and the management as to what can be posted, so I'm not even speaking to that.  But rather adding some objective clarification to what Ath may have meant.  Others do the same thing, and get, in general, similar results, so you're of course welcome to continue down that path.  But these seem like blog posts rather than discussion fodder.
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I like it too.
Are we allowed give critical feedback on the visuals, or is that premature :-[

I'd say let's wait for them to get the guts of it done before deluging them with other feedback.  This was just a preview and not final.  JMHO  :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post
« Last post by wraith808 on July 25, 2017, 08:42 PM »
that was post # 4444
My problem is how to fabricate a further 1,111 that are equally devoid of meaningful content.  :o
-cranioscopical (July 25, 2017, 04:54 PM)

Just keep going how you have been, and you'll be there soon enough.  :huh: :o ;) ;D
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Finished Programs / Re: FINISED: Muting focused program with a key press
« Last post by wraith808 on July 24, 2017, 09:38 AM »
Maybe the latest version is better? It minimizes the volume mixer window.

I've tried it with YouTube in full screen, and that works OK. What programs have you problems with?

Yes, it works perfectly. Thank you very much. :DDDD

EDIT: It still minimizes games, for some weird reason.

If a game is in full screen mode, accessing other applications/utilities will remove it from that mode.  Have you tried full-screen maximized?  That was my solution, but I know that there is some reduction in performance in that mode, so not sure if that would affect you.
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Living Room / Re: bicycling suddenly a British speciality?!
« Last post by wraith808 on July 24, 2017, 09:31 AM »
I think I understand most of the points you make above, but am confuzzled where you say:
Quote from: Shades on July 23, 2017, 02:09:57 PM
But if you cross your arms in front of your torso and bring your torso down towards the curved handlebar, so that your hands have good grip on the straight part of the curved handlebar, the aerodynamic efficiency is almost equal to that of a mountain bike, there is no strain on any injured elbow or wrist and you still have the advantages of the city bike model.
- "cross your arms in front of your torso"? How does that work?   

cycling.jpg

Hard to put into words in a post, even for a native English speaker.

cycling.jpg
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Non-Windows Software / Re: Android: (Wired) File Transfers from PC
« Last post by wraith808 on July 21, 2017, 04:01 PM »
I just unmount my SD card, mount it on my computer, and do my transfers with DOpus. :)

That too but since I have to pull the battery to get the uSD card out, I only use for big transfers, (eg. new ROMs).

Mine is thankfully very easy to pull.  But I made it harder by putting a case on it.  Go figure.
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Non-Windows Software / Re: Android: (Wired) File Transfers from PC
« Last post by wraith808 on July 21, 2017, 01:10 PM »
I just unmount my SD card, mount it on my computer, and do my transfers with DOpus. :)
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DC Gamer Club / Shadow Warrior Free for Next 48 hours (2017-07-20)
« Last post by wraith808 on July 20, 2017, 12:47 PM »
Grab a FREE copy of Shadow Warrior: Special Edition and master the combination of gun, blade, magic and wit — for 48 hours only!

https://www.humblebu...=Shadow_Warrior_Free
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Non-Windows Software / Re: Android: (Wired) File Transfers from PC
« Last post by wraith808 on July 19, 2017, 04:55 PM »
Anyone know how enable MTP mode on Galaxy S6? Can't get the phone being recognized by Samsung Kies even with USB debugging on

Normally, (in almost all Android devices), you pull down the Notification Panel then tap on the one that says Connected as ... when you have the USB cable plugged in.  That should take you to the option to set it for MTP, PTP, Mass Storage, or Charging.

When I have to type in a lot of stuff on my phone and get fed up with fat finger frustration I plug in my USB mouse using the adapter and click on the onscreen keys.  It is way faster since it is pretty much impossible to miss a key with the mouse pointer.  :)

Get a cheap roll up USB silicon keyboard.

I just got an iClever keyboard on prime day.  I had an iGo stowaway before that, but I think because it's getting old in the tooth, even though it would connect, there were some idiosyncrasies.
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Living Room / Re: Where was DC mentioned today?
« Last post by wraith808 on July 19, 2017, 04:51 PM »
Pinterest doesn't add dates to pins?  :huh:

Nope.  One of the frustrating things about the site for me.
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So maybe that's your mention that you were looking for.  :Thmbsup:
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I will don my cape, and hopefully do you proud.
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Living Room / Re: Where was DC mentioned today?
« Last post by wraith808 on July 19, 2017, 08:00 AM »
That doesn't look newly pinned, though.
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Developer's Corner / Re: Set a VBS file encoding
« Last post by wraith808 on July 18, 2017, 04:39 PM »
SendKeys() does not support Unicode.

See https://www.donation...?topic=44105.new#new for an alternative.

@wraith808,
Thanks again.

No problem!  Just sorry it didn't work; I didn't think about the fact that unicode could be the issue.
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Developer's Corner / Re: Your First Programming Language vs Now
« Last post by wraith808 on July 18, 2017, 04:03 AM »
Next up (if I'll find some time in the next decade or so): x86 ASM and (more) COBOL.
x86 ASM I can relate to, but Cobol... remember wat Edsger W. Dijkstra said about that: "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense." (ref)
(And Yes, I do know how to program in Cobol and can confirm/confess that Edsger's quote is true)

I also know how to program in COBOL.  It's not something I enjoyed or would do, but there are several people that don't feel the same way.  That statement is pure hyperbole, IMO.
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Living Room / Re: Largest FREE Microsoft ebook giveaway EVAR!!
« Last post by wraith808 on July 17, 2017, 02:15 PM »
Maybe it was on another site.  Whether it was or not, it's still good information. :)
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