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2301
T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)
« Last post by Stoic Joker on June 04, 2013, 09:30 AM »
Sounds like a plan ... Thank you!
2302
T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)
« Last post by Stoic Joker on June 04, 2013, 06:45 AM »
In case you guys still want to know how to display the windoze calendar, its possible ;)
  • Find the tray window with class: "Shell_TrayWnd"
  • find control with class: "TrayClockWClass"
  • PostMessage: WM_USER+102,1,0
IIRC you already got that handle.. or at least a system to find such windows/controls. I just can't implement it myself as I'm a gcc developer and I don't want to convert your source :P

P.S. wParam=0 or WM_USER+103 will show the original tooltip... (which I prefer... not only because it will show different time zones)

I'd hate to admit how much time I spent trying to fond that information ...(and never did)... Thank you for making it available. I only wish I had the time to play with it.


If you like, I can add the link to your build to the first post so it's easier for people to find...else it might get lost back here on page 19.
-Stoic Joker (May 03, 2013, 07:20 PM)

I have nothing against it, but this link is temporary so it may disappear some time in the future, either when it's replaced by a newer version or somebody else publishes a better one...

I'm not sure about your source code licence, I haven't found any information about it. I could put up a repository on Github and also upload current source builds there. That would be a more "suitable" location for such things. (I wouldn't want to setup a real project page on my dev website because it's not my project.) But I couldn't really maintain the code, just update it from other locations and integrate ready patches. How do you manage your source code? Could you work with a Github repository as well? (It could save you from data loss as well... :))
-LonelyPixel (May 04, 2013, 05:49 AM)

Greetings, sorry about the delay...but I really wasn't sure how to answer the licensing question (I tend to find them annoying). The original author (Kazubon) created TClock as a teaching tool to show people how to code for the then new Windows 95 shell. So given that the original author intended it to be for everyone to use and learn from...(to my way of thinking)...I would be in extremely poor taste for me to impose any sort of licensing/restrictions on T-Clock's code. I have merely been the projects caretaker for the last decade or so. It is to belong to everyone.

I've never actually used Github or any of the other source management systems but if it makes it easier for you to manage your branch of the project... *Shrug* ...is ok by me ;)

Given that T-Clock's home (according to Google...) has been here for quite some time, I'd be happy to list/link to any of the builds here so they are easier for people to find if/when they go looking.

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2303
General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Updates
« Last post by Stoic Joker on June 03, 2013, 06:59 AM »
In XP all the update files are in hidden folders in the Windows directory. The only one that should never be deleted is the update history folder named $hfg_ something (I forget the exact name but it always at or near the top of the list). The updates will all be named $KBxxxxxx so they stay grouped together. In going with Ath's don't delete the updates from the last month or so recommendation I'd say to just use the standard behavior of Windows and delete the blue ones...as by default files that haven't been accessed in (IIRC) 90 days are compressed by NTFS and will have their file names listed in blue.

In a pinch if something went wrong later system restore can still be used to roll back to a pre-update state as in does not rely on these files...they are only used for manual uninstall of specific patches.
2304
Apparently this will also eliminate the right to request a refund for any unused and unwanted copies of Windows that come pre-installed on most PCs. Because the catch always used to be you couldn't agree to the EULA or start the setup if you were going to ask for a credit. You had to  install an alternate OS before you ever booted into Windows at all to qualify.

Just out of curiosity ... On a typical OOBE first boot the system goes straight to an accept the EULA page...what happens if the user simply selects no to reject the agreement? I've never thought to try it - But does/will/can the system then unclench?
2305
@Mouser, would it be possible to organize a discount?

I'll second that request! EmEditor has been a favorite of mine for years.
2306
(see attachment in previous post)

...and number 6 Gets A "Winner" Every Time! That is just so wrong...I love it!
2307
Living Room / Re: Market Waiting For Windows Blue
« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 30, 2013, 11:45 AM »
So Windows Blue is to replace Windows Blew ... This should be fun to watch.
2308
General Software Discussion / Re: Opera 15 Preview
« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 30, 2013, 11:33 AM »
When the practice of faster browser updates started it made me think of a row of little boys standing in line trying to see who could get it highest up the wall.

 :D :Thmbsup: ...I've stayed away from said contest for the exact same reason ...(Never trust a rush job)... But then again I'm one of the few remaining fools that actually like IE.
2309
General Software Discussion / Re: Help needed with computer problem
« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 25, 2013, 01:54 PM »
They won't ... but just like back when they should (Beep!) complain about the missing memory.
2310
Living Room / Re: English as it is spoke.
« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 25, 2013, 11:36 AM »
By the way, I liked the jokes.

Just when I was beginning to think that everybody was a critic.

Just remember that the highest complement one can expect from a really good pun is an exasperated groan.

Frankly when I fist started reading some of your post I thought for sure that Douglas Adams had been resurrected ... Love your style man.
2311
Living Room / Re: Google Buys A Quantum Computer
« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 25, 2013, 11:27 AM »
Should mean more jobs for quantum mechanics.


*Double FacePalm* Somebody find Cranioscopical...we've found his match!
2312
General Software Discussion / Re: Help needed with computer problem
« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 25, 2013, 11:23 AM »
Can check the battery with any voltmeter ... If it reads less than 2V toss it.

Quick idiot test I use (for when it's in dead mode) is to remove the memory completely and start the machine. If it cant get (/boot) far enough to generate a memory error... You're looking at MB or CPU as the issue.

Note: test does assume you have a speaker to beep the memory error with.
2313
At 48 I still have a 32" waist ... Which is entirely a genetic accident as I've never been "athletic"..

However, much as I'd like to join in I just screwed up my ankle trying to (wife's idea) run a 5K (like an idiot) a few weeks back. It took me 44 minutes, but for as a guy that smoked for 30 years ... I'd say getting to the end of the thing without dropping dead means I won.

So... I'll just have to go with tomos' stein curls this time.
2314
Living Room / Re: Google Buys A Quantum Computer
« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 24, 2013, 11:42 AM »
Just when you thought computers were complicated enough ... Now they really are trying to piss you off.

C:\> Find Report
        File not found (hehe)
2315
...A few hundred Emails about this new law is good/bad legislation OTOH is (the) people trying to tell you something.
-Stoic Joker (May 23, 2013, 11:57 AM)
Yes, but the point would seem to be that their views  apparently are (or would be) irrelevant in an undemocratically appointed governmental structure.

Yes, but this is still their own fault ... Once they dropped the shoot people for asking policy it kicked the door wide open for this kind of shit. Commoners thinking they posses the intelligence to run their own lives...perish the thought!

 :D
2316
How is google drive any different?  Are the abuses then space related?  That's the only difference I can see.

That was my first question as well. They supposedly have acres of servers for storage so re-provisioning a few here or there can't be that big a deal. But then again they're really vague about the nature of the infractions that are so rampant...which makes me wonder what they're hiding not saying.

I'm pretty much straight Bing these days ... But still occasionally use Google (accidently) out of reflex. Rest of their service I won't touch with a 10' pole.
2317
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Start8/ModernMix discount (expired)
« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 23, 2013, 06:39 PM »
Just got home and have the same Email in my inbox which took me to a working (buy now) shopping cart. However your posted link didn't work for me at the office either. I believe the "Email Only" link in the Email is (the only way to access the deal) just enforced with a bit of encoding.
2318
A few hundred emails is excessive?

A few hundred emails about rectal itch is excessive. A few hundred Emails about this new law is good/bad legislation OTOH is (the) people trying to tell you something.
2319
Living Room / Re: Geoguessr. I'm addicted.
« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 22, 2013, 11:22 AM »
I'm too embarrassed to mention the scores.  :-[

Oh go for it...there's nothing wrong with a little good natured ribbing for a truly Epic Failure... :D ...I got a 158.


But I got the PLANET right every time.  :D

Me Too!! :Thmbsup:
2320
(Mosaic Screensaver...) Where you at somebody's house and saw the screensaver on their Mac?? The neighbor had a (Mac Leopard) mosaic screensaver running that was positively mesmerizing. A quick Google search turned up these (for Windows):

http://www.animosaix.com/
http://mosaicinfinite.com/

...I'm thinking of trying out the second one.
2321
General Software Discussion / Re: 'Home' and 'End' and 'FN'.
« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 17, 2013, 06:45 AM »
But I very much hope that some expert here could give an answer WHY there is not a single such program that that just intercepts the pressings of 1 or 2 specific keys, then sends particular scancodes - because technically, this should be possible, and with additional keys, it is. So from a logical point of view, some spcified keys should be taken OUT of this automatic processing of all keys present (by what Windows routine?), and be processed then by tiny, particular software just working for these keys that without this particular treatment would be "dead" now.

Hotkeys come in two flavors, application hotkeys and (registered with the Windows shell) system global hotkeys. So unless you're planning to write a driver for extremely low level access to the keyboard input, you're going to be looking at hooking into one of the myriad of message loops that comprise Windows. When you hook into a loop you have to either handle or pass on (to the next hook) any and everything that comes to you. So while you can filter out only specific keys to respond to...you must at the very least pass the unwanted keys to the next hook. Otherwise nobody handles the key press...and that sort of behavior tends to make users very cranky.

I register and use configurable system global hotkeys in a program called T-Clock. So if you want an example of how the code is/can be done (assuming you can contend with pure C) you can download the complete source from my web site: http://www.stoicjoke.../TClock/Download.php
2322
When you consider that a lot of businesses are using Skype for communications between employees, handling their customer service, etc., and could be handling data that is supposed to be confidential, subject to NDA's, etc. this is not good.

Outside the rather brilliant sarcasm, I'm pretty sure that was f0dder's point. I've seen tons of different companies that use Yahoo Messenger for *FacePalm* "Internal Messaging"..
2323
This story unlike the one above is real as far as I know.
 (see attachment in previous post)
Cops Bust Prostitution Ring ... at Senior Citizen Home - Neighbors, 75 and 66, are suspected masterminds
-Arizona Hot (May 16, 2013, 03:25 PM)

From the comments on that article:
This isn't surprising.   The Villages, a Florida retirement community, has the highest per capita rate of venereal disease in the country.   Those old folks still like to get it on.

Being that my wife works in the medical field, in the aforementioned "Villages" I can totally +1 the quote.
2324
...So you're saying I shouldn't (live) Tweet about tomorrow's bank robbery for at least a week then?

 :D
2325
  Adobe has always had too many problems, especially security problems.  I've experimented with several .pdf readers and the one that I took a liking to was PdfXchangeViewer.  Lots of bells and whistles, opens in a flash either in your browser or as an external viewer as I have mine set.

http://www.tracker-s...m/product/downloads/

I've switched several clients over to PDF-XChange Viewer because Adobe's Acrobat/Reader kept crashing their practice management software (AmazingCharts). It's smaller, faster, and a hell of a lot more stable. Only down side is you have to watch their installer due to the bundled (opt-out) "funware".
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