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Living Room / Re: Chip Wars: AMD vs Intel .... GO!

« Last post by 4wd on October 23, 2014, 12:13 AM »

I've pretty much stuck with AMD CPUs purely for the cost - I really can't justify the extra cost of Intel, (both CPU & MB), for the little bit of gain.

The only Intel CPUs I have are ones where I didn't get a choice, ie. laptop, netbook, and freebie Dell XPS.

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Living Room / Re: voice message decoding

« Last post by 4wd on October 22, 2014, 05:56 AM »

It would help if you told us what operating system your mobile used.

Change to a provider that transcribes voice messages to an SMS, (eg. Telstra in Australia does it).

... risky for errors

-kalos (October 22, 2014, 04:03 AM)

Compared to the higher chances of misinterpretation in voice recognition on a mobile phone which is subject to noisy environments, (both send and receive)?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Cloning SERVER 2008 R2 SYSTEM TO A BACKUP 2TB DRIVE-Which app is best?

« Last post by 4wd on October 22, 2014, 01:12 AM »

I haven't specifically tried Aomei Backupper Server but I have used the standard free version on multiple PCs and it has worked without any problem for me.

You can download the trial version which gives you 30 days free to try it, it'll create a PE recovery image from the system it's running on, (Standard one does, so I'm guessing the Server version will).  Currently on sale at $139 (+$20 if you want lifetime updates).

IainB has a review of the free version here.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Free Steam Game: Afterfall InSanity

« Last post by 4wd on October 22, 2014, 12:58 AM »

(BTW - I love the new avatar!  Very cute!)

-Renegade (October 22, 2014, 12:44 AM)

Where have you been hiding?

It's been there almost a year 

@Stephen66515: Thanks, I think I just broke FBs terms of service

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Found Deals and Discounts / Hard Disk Sentinel Pro 4.40 - *FREE*

« Last post by 4wd on October 22, 2014, 12:54 AM »

Free v4.40 of HD Sentinel Pro up for grabs atm.

Installation and unlock instructions

After submitting the form, you'll get an e-mail with the download link of this special version. Just install it and there is no need to manually specify registration name, unlock code or similar: all functions and features are available immediately after installation.

License information

The Hard Disk Sentinel Professional package you will receive allows the use of all functions, options and features of Hard Disk Sentinel Professional version, and can be used until 31 Dec 2015. If updated to newer versions (for example by the automatic update from File menu) then it will switch back to unregistered version.

As this version is older than the current latest, the support of newer devices (hard disks, SSDs, RAID controllers, Windows versions may not be complete and accurate. If you prefer to have the latest possible updated versions (with a lifetime license with lifetime free updates and complete support), consider ordering Hard Disk Sentinel Professional lifetime license with 40% discount. This offer is available until 27 October 2014 only.

Link

Mini review by IainB here.

Forgot to say this came by way of OzBargain.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Free Steam Game: Afterfall InSanity

« Last post by 4wd on October 21, 2014, 07:46 PM »

Not available for the anti-social among us, ie. requires Twitter, Facebook accounts to get it.

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Living Room / Re: Who is your Favourite "Doctor"?

« Last post by 4wd on October 19, 2014, 04:51 PM »

Another BTW, technically Capaldi will be the last ever Doctor unless he starts using the Master's methods of regeneration or they find another way of getting around it.

P.S. Roger Delgado was the best Master

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by 4wd on October 18, 2014, 07:05 AM »

BSM shows Error: Subscript used with non-Array variable. for me
i'm trying to change Disk letter of all of the shortcuts paths in the start menu.
i tried: G:\\(.*) -> D:\\\1 , G:(.*) -> D:\1 , $G(.*) -> D\1 , "G(.*) -> "D\1
all give me that error with or without test&recurse checkboxes

-gendalf (September 29, 2014, 06:07 AM)

OK, found a problem due to some shortcuts in the Start menu not having a normal target, (ie. file or folder), an example is the "My Computer" shortcut.  A simple check for a valid file/folder target should fix that.

Oddly enough, v0.3 ran without a problem ... hmmm 

Currently you can paste a path in the folder selector that opens but I'll make the text field accept input too.

Yes, work in part.
I was able to change the path, this works fine.
But I couldn't change the name using the same search parameters..

For example:
I change the path from D:\RODOTECPAV\NF - Rod\09 2014\PDF\ to D:\RODOTECPAV\NF - Rod\10 2014\PDF\
Using the parameter 09 (old path) 10 (new path)... this works nice and prety simple

But I tried to change the name using the same parameters and nothing changes...
My shortuct names are like PDF 09.2014 Rodotec

Am I doing something wrong?
The parameters to change the name are diferent?

-weberxw (September 27, 2014, 02:22 PM)

From the above it sounds like you expect BSM to change the name of the shortcut.

BSM does not change the name of the shortcut, if the shortcut is named PDF 09.2014 Rodotec then it will stay the same.

BSM changes the target that the shortcut points to - is that clear?

If you want to change the name of the shortcut then one of the many bulk renamer programs will do it easily.

Although I do have an idea which may or may not work.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Xcopy Batch to run a loop inside of another loop loop

« Last post by 4wd on October 18, 2014, 06:05 AM »

Code: Text [Select]

1. REM start in the Root folder
2. @echo off
3. rem For each User folder do:
4. for /d %%Y in (*) do (
5. rem Change to User folder
6.   pushd "%%~Y"
7. rem For each Client folder do:
8.   for /d %%U in (*) do (
9.     robocopy "%%~U\cache" "C:\backupdata\%%~Y+%%~U\cache" /e
10.     robocopy "%%~U\images\login" "C:\backupdata\%%~Y+%%~U\images\login" /e
11.   )
12. rem Return to parent folder (\Name)
13.    popd
14. )

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Living Room / Re: Who is your Favourite "Doctor"?

« Last post by 4wd on October 18, 2014, 04:06 AM »

Jon Pertwee for me.

BTW, if you're going to have Paul McGann in the list, you need to include John Hurt.

-4wd (October 18, 2014, 01:54 AM)

I just took the main series Doctors from here:

http://en.wikipedia...._Doctor#Series_leads

I didn't consider the others as I didn't figure anyone would bother there.

But, there are quite a few others as well. The list really would have been toooo long.

-Renegade (October 18, 2014, 02:23 AM)

John Hurt is the only other person who portrayed The Doctor, (in the series), and as such is probably more valid as an entrant than Paul McGann.

The only other person who portrayed The Doctor that I'm aware of is Peter Cushing - that was for two films.

So your list is only short by two names.

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Living Room / Re: Who is your Favourite "Doctor"?

« Last post by 4wd on October 18, 2014, 01:54 AM »

Jon Pertwee for me.

BTW, if you're going to have Paul McGann in the list, you need to include John Hurt.

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Living Room / Re: Unlimited Energy Solution Found!

« Last post by 4wd on October 18, 2014, 01:40 AM »

I always thought that a better solution than the cat/toast rotor would be three cats strapped back-to-back in a star configuration.

I guess you could call it the three polecat configuration.

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Living Room / Off to Mars we go! ... Again!

« Last post by 4wd on October 17, 2014, 03:21 AM »

Five years ago you could send your name to Mars, (see here), now you can do it again and grab a Boarding Pass, courtesy of NASA.



^ That's a link BTW.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by 4wd on October 01, 2014, 02:21 AM »

(see attachment in previous post)
Like you can see on the screenshot, I was able to change the path but not the name.
What I'm I doing wrong?

-weberxw (September 29, 2014, 07:32 AM)

That's not likely to work since you haven't used valid Regular Expressions in the Target Path and Name input boxes.

I'll have a look later today if I've got time, I'm currently in the middle of a house renovation overseas.

@gendalf: Same thing, I'll have a look if I have time otherwise it's two weeks before I'm back home.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by 4wd on September 28, 2014, 03:40 PM »

What RegEx are you using?

Screenshot of the interface, (for the RegEx), together with the Test window would be good also.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by 4wd on September 27, 2014, 07:26 AM »

Omg, I just set the "Recurse" checkbox.... and now works PERFECTLY.... I don't know if someone is seeing this still, but BSM works great!

-weberxw (September 26, 2014, 04:42 PM)

I'm still here, so does that mean it's working OK for you now?

The error you got previously seems to indicate a problem, I'll have a look at it in a few weeks when I'm back in-country, (OS ATM).

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Living Room / Re: Movies or films you've seen lately

« Last post by 4wd on September 22, 2014, 11:12 AM »

Quarantine (2008)

• Very poor plot and acting.

-IainB link=topic=34481.msg364851#msg364851

Well being a Hollywood remake for English speakers of the much better Spanish [REC], it's to be expected.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: REQ: HTPC Util - Hide Desktop for x seconds while program is being executed.

« Last post by 4wd on September 21, 2014, 03:23 PM »

You can use cmdow with the /HID parameter to run it without the CLI appearing.

I'll have a look at it but I'm currently overseas with just a netbook so don't expect anything too soon.

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Living Room / Re: Rethink Smartwatch

« Last post by 4wd on September 21, 2014, 05:37 AM »

However... what do people ALWAYS have with them?

• Watch
• Mobile phone (it's got a clock)
• Wallet/purse (not relevant here, but true) (I've got pockets)

-Renegade (September 16, 2014, 10:01 AM)

Problem solved 

-4wd (September 16, 2014, 12:17 PM)

But for "problem solved", no. The problem is far from solved. The issue there is form factor and battery life.

-Renegade (September 17, 2014, 10:45 AM)

There, fixed my OP so it makes sense - there's no problem for me because I don't use a watch or a wallet.

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Living Room / Re: Rethink Smartwatch

« Last post by 4wd on September 16, 2014, 02:25 PM »

I can see people driving with this thing now.  One arm across the steering wheel so they can touch/tap with the other hand while cornering.  Ay Yi Yi.

-MilesAhead (September 16, 2014, 12:51 PM)

And this is different from them currently staring at their lap while sending an SMS in what way?

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Living Room / Re: Rethink Smartwatch

« Last post by 4wd on September 16, 2014, 12:17 PM »

However... what do people ALWAYS have with them?

• Watch
• Mobile phone (it's got a clock)
• Wallet/purse (not relevant here, but true) (I've got pockets)

-Renegade (September 16, 2014, 10:01 AM)

Problem solved  


Android Watch Phone

I think your main problem with something like that is going to be finding a battery that lasts long enough for it to be useful.

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Living Room / Re: The One Word Game!

« Last post by 4wd on September 15, 2014, 01:48 PM »

WTF?

-wraith808 (September 15, 2014, 01:29 PM)

TTF

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Living Room / Re: Stephens Weekly Tech/Science News Roundup

« Last post by 4wd on September 15, 2014, 01:46 PM »

"We are aware that some users may experience problems when using the eBay Site. We are actively working on restoring the issue and apologize for any inconvenience caused."

They're actively working to restore the fault that caused them to go tits up?

  Stephen

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Living Room / Re: The One Word Game!

« Last post by 4wd on September 15, 2014, 01:25 PM »

Kalium

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Living Room / Re: The One Word Game!

« Last post by 4wd on September 14, 2014, 01:06 PM »

ignition