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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by Darwin on September 17, 2008, 10:27 AM »

Wow - great intro and history, Tom! Welcome to DC 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mathematics symbols OCR

« Last post by Darwin on September 17, 2008, 10:26 AM »

So... Darwin : any luck with annotations using your fabulous wacom tablet?  

-Armando (September 17, 2008, 12:32 AM)

Sorry - haven't gotten onto my other notebook yet  . I did try this with Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 and my XP machine (sans any PDF software) but either my memory is shot or Adobe has removed Annotation support from the Reader in version 9...

I'll try to get to this today

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General Software Discussion / Re: Outlook 2007 isn't so bad

« Last post by Darwin on September 16, 2008, 09:40 PM »

Impressive - I didn't know that SQLNotes handled this, thanks Pierre 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Outlook 2007 isn't so bad

« Last post by Darwin on September 16, 2008, 07:05 PM »

What is email merge?

-superboyac (September 16, 2008, 07:02 PM)

He meant mail merge... I think. If you try eannouncer (above) you won't have to worry about it!

[Edit - fixed quote tags - I am a little fixer ]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Outlook 2007 isn't so bad

« Last post by Darwin on September 16, 2008, 07:04 PM »

thanks, Carol (and good one, Deozaan!). I, of course, am not to blame. Change is to blame - it's this confounded new, "simplified" url plug-in. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it  

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Living Room / Re: Cortex Command Giveaway

« Last post by Darwin on September 16, 2008, 06:59 PM »

Last six posts:

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Living Room / Re: Flame Warriors

« Last post by Darwin on September 16, 2008, 06:48 PM »

Ok, so who are you?!? Be honest! I'm looking for me...

-TucknDar (September 16, 2008, 03:28 PM)

I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Outlook 2007 isn't so bad

« Last post by Darwin on September 16, 2008, 06:45 PM »

An alternative is something like eannouncer, the free version of which allows you to send individualized e-mails to up to 50 recipients. It's basically merge for dummies... which means that it's right up my alley 

[Edit - I am kind and fix URLs Carol]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Corel PaintShop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate

« Last post by Darwin on September 16, 2008, 01:53 PM »

Yeah... implicit (or intended to be implicit at any rate) in my post is that I'm not going near this offer with a barge-pole.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Corel PaintShop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate

« Last post by Darwin on September 16, 2008, 10:45 AM »

Just an update: received an upgrade e-mail from Corel this morning - they're offering the upgrade from PSPP X2 to PSPP X2 Ultimate for $29.99 (CDN or USD). Only mollifies me a tiny amount...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mathematics symbols OCR

« Last post by Darwin on September 15, 2008, 07:09 AM »

Any experiences worth sharing?

-Armando (September 15, 2008, 12:07 AM)

None, I'm afraid! I'll try to mess around with this today and get back to you (just tried with Acrobat Reader 9, and there's no annotate feature... I *think* it was there in version 8? PDF Pro 5 is intalled on a different machine - I'll get back to you).

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Acronis True Image 11 Home for US$ 9.99

« Last post by Darwin on September 14, 2008, 11:09 PM »

I saw this posted to VUNet this morning and have been depressed all day, having paid full price for Disk Director 10 a month ago 

I imagine that TrueImage 12 must be just around the corner and that Disk Director 11 must be in the pipeline, too...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mathematics symbols OCR

« Last post by Darwin on September 14, 2008, 11:07 PM »

Yeah, I was "wowed" by the generosity of allowing the end-user to run the software on two computers as well. Gee, the app would be a bargain at twice the price 

I have a Wacom Bamboo and love it. I got the one with the mouse and am very impressed with it. Hadn't thought of using it for annotations, but now that you mention - fabulous, I may give it a try 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mathematics symbols OCR

« Last post by Darwin on September 14, 2008, 02:54 PM »

about InftyReader; If you  don't, you really don't want to know about the price.

-Dormouse (September 14, 2008, 02:26 PM)

?@#$%!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Corel PaintShop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate

« Last post by Darwin on September 12, 2008, 12:46 PM »

Yup! Y0himba's tip works - I've been doing the same thing since X1... Anyone trying this, though, copy the instructions and keep them because everytime you update (ie install a service pack or whatever), you have to go through these steps again.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Corel PaintShop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate

« Last post by Darwin on September 12, 2008, 06:41 AM »

Yes - I really like X2.

I entered an online contest for a copy of PSP X1 through a photo mag's site - was VERY surprised when I won it! The worst thing about X1 was the startup time...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Send some info of your PC!

« Last post by Darwin on September 11, 2008, 09:34 PM »

I program about 1/4 of my applications now, ranging from my browser to a startup manager (runs at startup, and lets me pick what I want to run RIGHT THEN for that session). Can't get much more personalized than that!

-wreckedcarzz (September 11, 2008, 09:00 PM)

Would you be willing to share that as a coding snack? ArchaicTimeFrog is looking for this kind of functionality here: https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=14856.0

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General Software Discussion / Re: How do you manage your email?

« Last post by Darwin on September 11, 2008, 09:30 PM »

Migration poses challenge, certainly. But what's worse? slightly different formatting of a (very readable) word document, or a letter you forgot you had because, well, it's in a box, buried under other boxes -- it's basically lost. Inaccessible info is lost info, right? With a computer , it takes maybe a few seconds to find it, even if the format is not perfect. And your hands are not even dirty.

-Armando (September 11, 2008, 06:17 PM)

For 99.9% of my e-mail and other files this is exactly how I handle things. I don't archive anything onto paper unless it is something that I can't afford to lose. The hardcopy is just another layer of protection against loss, on top of the myriad other ways in which everything is backed up - on my harddrive, in indices, on external harddrives, on a thumbdrive or two, on CD, on DVD...). The paper just insures whatever it is that I would be put out if I didn't have access to immediately and these copies go into folders and are filed. Like I said, in my case it amounts to three e-mails...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Time to reinstall Windows? Or get a new desktop?

« Last post by Darwin on September 11, 2008, 05:30 PM »

Heh, heh - both notebooks have integrated (Intel) graphics...

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General Software Discussion / Re: How do you manage your email?

« Last post by Darwin on September 11, 2008, 04:15 PM »

X1 Professional Client was free but it now cost $50, and worth every cent (and I am in no way affiliated with that company).

-jdd (September 11, 2008, 04:07 PM)

Agreed

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General Software Discussion / Re: Time to reinstall Windows? Or get a new desktop?

« Last post by Darwin on September 11, 2008, 04:10 PM »

SP3 has some issues with screensavers.  For many they just won't kick in and the screens won't power off.

I found this was happening on one of my machines and went looking, only to find that I'm not alone.
(It's only a minor annoyance, plenty of ways around it.)

-cranioscopical (September 11, 2008, 01:59 PM)

That's interesting. i wonder if it is related to a problem that I've seen on both my personal notebook and my wife's notebook: both are set to go into standby when lid is shut but every so often they won't - you come back, raise the lid and log back in (both are set to require log-in from screensaver) and THEN they'll go into standby...

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Living Room / Re: Has the LHC destroyed the world yet?

« Last post by Darwin on September 11, 2008, 11:48 AM »

Well, since the world hasn't ended yet, I guess I still have time to finish reading Cosm.

-app103 (September 11, 2008, 11:00 AM)

That looks like an interesting read, App! Thanks for the link, I might just spring $0.01 for a used copy  

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General Software Discussion / Re: Time to reinstall Windows? Or get a new desktop?

« Last post by Darwin on September 11, 2008, 11:44 AM »

The only issue that I have seen with Sp-3 is that explorer.exe uses a lot more memory... It also hangs more often. However, I can't be absolutely certain that this is an Sp-3 issue (though it started pretty much immediately following the udpate).

YMWV (Your mileage WILL vary)!

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General Software Discussion / Re: How do you manage your email?

« Last post by Darwin on September 11, 2008, 09:11 AM »

My solution is multiple backups, in mutiple formats, in multiple locations, of my e-mail in electronic format. I only have three e-mails printed out (these include a nasty e-mail exchange with my PhD supervisor, and a couple of receipts that related to refunds I requested). That's it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Image organizer recommendations

« Last post by Darwin on September 11, 2008, 09:07 AM »

Two not covered in the review that are worth a look are: Photo Collector from Collectorz.com shows great promise and there ARE stirrings indicating that they MIGHT release an update soon (but it hasn't been touched in over 18 months)  and exifPro.

Also, check out this thread: Why is it so hard to find a decent image organizer?