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General Software Discussion / Re: USBDLM -- deserves a thread!

« Last post by Darwin on September 03, 2008, 05:41 PM »

Might be an idea, particularly if you can add a poll. Make "C" 'Other' and ask posters to report what they're using...

I hadn't noticed that USB Safely Remove is shareware... Not that the functionality is not worth it, but it's another mark in the "con" column for me. Having said that, I should probably donate to the USBDLM developer. Haven't done so yet and it is an oversight.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Google Chrome -- a new browser coming (in beta) in a few hours

« Last post by Darwin on September 03, 2008, 05:37 PM »

FWIW - I'm going to watch Google Chrome. However, if the early reports about the way in which it gathers and stores information about the dolt on the other end using it is true, they are surely flirting with legal action (class action suits, anti-trust laws, etc.). No?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Google Chrome -- a new browser coming (in beta) in a few hours

« Last post by Darwin on September 03, 2008, 05:35 PM »

Good freakin' god!!! How bad does this have to get before people will wake up?!

Ehtyar.

-Ehtyar (September 03, 2008, 04:40 PM)

Mmph. Snort. Cough. <eyes flutter open> Wha...?



uninstalling now...

This scared me as well (even if it probably doesn't affect me anyway)...

Dang ehtyar and urlwolf! Give us a chance to post this! That's about five posts while I've been trying to get this one up. Sheesh 

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General Software Discussion / Re: USBDLM -- deserves a thread!

« Last post by Darwin on September 03, 2008, 05:20 PM »

Hmmm... thanks for clarifying that, wr975! I'm happy with my setup, for now... (are software addicts really ever "satisfied"?), so will leave well enough alone.

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General Software Discussion / Re: USBDLM -- deserves a thread!

« Last post by Darwin on September 03, 2008, 02:37 PM »

Not me... I looked at the features list and realized that I don't need the features it offers. I use Unlocker to deal with devices that can't be removed...

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Year Calendar on a Single Page - Excel-2007 Template

« Last post by Darwin on September 03, 2008, 02:03 PM »

Now featured on Lifehacker  Nice work Jim!

http://lifehacker.co...endar-excel-template

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General Software Discussion / Re: USBDLM -- deserves a thread!

« Last post by Darwin on September 03, 2008, 08:06 AM »

I love USBDLM as well - it's absolutely essential to my backup routine, which involves Super Flexible File Synchronizer and four or five different USB devices. USBDLM means that I can set and forget my backup routines and just run them without worrying about the drive designations changing and messing up my backup.

Thanks for the pointer to USB Safely Remove, wr975. I'll have to check it out, though once you set USBDLM up it's rock solid and very, very simple to use. It's also unbelievably light on resources, so I've very little incentive to change!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Google Chrome -- a new browser coming (in beta) in a few hours

« Last post by Darwin on September 03, 2008, 08:02 AM »

Really love it. Really miss Roboform though, but it browsers so fast, especially javascript heavy sites like our bugtracking system (fogbugz).

-justice (September 03, 2008, 05:04 AM)

This is what I'm waiting for as well - Roboform!

First vulnerability just have been found:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1843

-fenixproductions (September 03, 2008, 03:49 AM)

I knew it wouldn't take long...link.

Ehtyar.

-Ehtyar (September 03, 2008, 07:26 AM)

Thanks for the heads up, guys. It's just a beta so not a big surprise. Hopefully Chrome will be developed and strengthened quickly, not stay in beta forever like GMail or Google Documents!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any virtual printer for .doc or .rtf?

« Last post by Darwin on September 03, 2008, 07:59 AM »

Nice find, Curt 

-Darwin (September 02, 2008, 02:44 PM)

- no, it wasn't, I am sad to say. I have removed Polestar 

-Curt (September 03, 2008, 03:47 AM)

That's too bad, Curt. Thanks to you and Jim for following up so quickly on it - I'll avoid it!

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Older Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter For August 28th, 2008 - Codename "Dizzying Discounts"

« Last post by Darwin on September 02, 2008, 10:52 PM »

Thanks guys! I had a lot of fun putting it together with mouser.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Spore out the 4th of september

« Last post by Darwin on September 02, 2008, 10:51 PM »

If I remember correctly, Nintendo ships their Wii's first to Japan/Asia then Europe and after that to the US nowadays.

-Shades (September 02, 2008, 07:28 PM)

I knew it! Conspriacy!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: AltDesk 1.8 on Giveawayoftheday (Sept 2, 2008)

« Last post by Darwin on September 02, 2008, 10:46 PM »

The application is not intrusive at all and so I'll keep it and see...

-Armando (September 02, 2008, 08:41 PM)

That's exactly where I am with it... Though I'd forgotten that it was there until I was notified of your reply to this thread! I'm going to have to make a conscious effort to get to know it 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Google Chrome -- a new browser coming (in beta) in a few hours

« Last post by Darwin on September 02, 2008, 04:41 PM »

...once I had set ad-muncher to strip advertising from pages it feels no slower than Opera...

-Dirhael (September 02, 2008, 02:26 PM)

Dirhael, how did you set up Ad Muncher to remove ads from Google Chrome?

-jayant (September 02, 2008, 04:26 PM)

Thanks for the screenshot, Dirhael - that helps!

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Spore out the 4th of september

« Last post by Darwin on September 02, 2008, 04:34 PM »

BTW the system requirements for running Spore are here: http://www.spore.com/what/specs_spore

It took me a while to find 'em, so I thought I'd post a direct link...

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Spore out the 4th of september

« Last post by Darwin on September 02, 2008, 04:31 PM »

There's an interesting NY Times article about Spore in today's online edition: Gaming Evolves

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General Software Discussion / Re: Google Chrome -- a new browser coming (in beta) in a few hours

« Last post by Darwin on September 02, 2008, 04:25 PM »

Not bad... I personally find the interface a bit clunky, though like others I like how clean it is. Definitely worth keeping my eye on... I'll be more animated about this one when plug-ins are supported.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Google Chrome -- a new browser coming (in beta) in a few hours

« Last post by Darwin on September 02, 2008, 04:14 PM »

Hmm... installing it now. I need another browser like I need a hole in the head, but you only live once, right?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: AltDesk 1.8 on Giveawayoftheday (Sept 2, 2008)

« Last post by Darwin on September 02, 2008, 04:10 PM »

Thanks for the Toolbar skin pointer, Armando  That increases my appreciation of the application 10-fold! I wasn't too keen on the supplied skins, given that I run my XP box in Classic view mode. I can confirm, too, that AltDesk's RAM usage is minimal...

Sadly, I just can't see myself using this 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: AltDesk 1.8 on Giveawayoftheday (Sept 2, 2008)

« Last post by Darwin on September 02, 2008, 02:47 PM »

Hmm... that's interesting, Armando. May I *should* take a look at this (before the Giveaway is over!). My experience with these sorts of apps is similar to yours - I don't use them much, if at all, and they require significant resource allocation to run in the background waiting for those times when I *do* use them...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any virtual printer for .doc or .rtf?

« Last post by Darwin on September 02, 2008, 02:44 PM »

Nice find, Curt 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Battery Icon Stuck ???

« Last post by Darwin on September 02, 2008, 02:43 PM »

What I *try* to remember to do, and what was recommended to me at some point in the past, is to run the notebook off battery occasionally so that the battery discharges to at least 50% and then let it charge again. I no longer remember where this tip comes from, but following it has kept my batteries more or less optimized for a year now (vs. having, say, 3 hours of battery drop to 1 hour after a year).

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General Software Discussion / Re: OCR/Text Recognition in a .pdf document? How do I do this.

« Last post by Darwin on September 01, 2008, 01:38 AM »

Hi Softland - thank you for your reply and clarification about NovaPDF's editing capabilities (or lack thereof). Hope this is added in the future - it's a great feature!

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What's the Best? / Re: Anti-Virus Package

« Last post by Darwin on August 31, 2008, 08:33 AM »

VIPRE seems to update *about* once a day. This is one of the things people posting on the internet have criticized Sunbelt for. My beef intitially was that the process of updating the first few times seemed to take forever. Once everything settled down, though, it was quick enough.

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What's the Best? / Re: Anti-Virus Package

« Last post by Darwin on August 30, 2008, 10:32 PM »

Hmm... did a deep scan on my Dual Core notebook with Webroot and it took 53 minutes to scan 110GB.

My increasingly flaky Win2k machine has given up the ghost again (I think the video card is on its way out), so for now the trial is on hold. I have two current licences for Webroot, both of which have over a year left, so I'm not too interested in running the trial on either my XP or my Vista notebook. However, I am very impressed with what I did get to see.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Strategies for international travellers regarding new US Customs seizure policy

« Last post by Darwin on August 30, 2008, 09:45 PM »

I still wonder what the people who absolutely MUST travel with their laptop do...?

-Armando (August 30, 2008, 09:40 PM)

Good point - it always *seems* like a great idea to take my notebook, but I rarely do much with it and no longer even bother taking it out in the cabin. In fairness, when I've traveled for work, I've used it extensively. However, I've never really used it when I've been on vacation...