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General Software Discussion / Re: Interesting compression ratio difference between file compression tools.
« Last post by Target on August 16, 2016, 06:09 AM »
try it with something other than PDF's. 

My experience indicates that PDF's are not typically compressible, or at least not significantly so...
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Target on August 14, 2016, 08:53 PM »
finally some movie merchandise I might actually buy

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Living Room / Re: External 5.25 floppy usb drive or another way?
« Last post by Target on August 11, 2016, 04:25 PM »
Does someone make a 5.25 usb external drive? seems a waste to buy one just for a single read but...  I guess another option would be try to find some old computer on ebay with a 5.25, but yuck.
-mouser (August 11, 2016, 03:36 PM)

try a vintage computer group.  Apparently this a quite a big 'thing' so there should be someone that could help you

or perhaps one of the museums or university's?
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Found Deals and Discounts / Engadget giveaway: Win a LattePanda DIY kit courtesy of DFRobot
« Last post by Target on August 02, 2016, 07:25 PM »
unfortunately I'm not eligible, but no doubt some here are

go here - https://www.engadget...courtesy-of-dfrobot/
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General Software Discussion / Re: Trouble upgrading Acer Aspire One netbook from Win7 Starter to Win10 Home
« Last post by Target on July 25, 2016, 01:06 AM »
I also have an Aspire One but I installed XP Pro on it, clean installed 8/8.1 Pro, then clean installed 10 Pro on it.
-4wd (July 25, 2016, 12:16 AM)

and how does it stand up?  I've got one as well but wasn't going to bother 'cos I thought it might struggle :-\
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Target on July 20, 2016, 04:34 PM »
I hear they are searching backpacks for the Dell Dictionaries with all the terrorism these days
-MilesAhead (July 20, 2016, 08:25 AM)

so you're saying its not worth the risk that theysaurus?
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Target on July 19, 2016, 06:47 PM »
I must confess I am at a loss for words.  :)
-MilesAhead (July 19, 2016, 06:44 AM)

really?  not even a clue?
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Target on July 18, 2016, 10:08 PM »
damnit, you guys aren't even trying to be cryptic!!
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Living Room / Re: recommendations for a free web host
« Last post by Target on July 18, 2016, 05:31 PM »
What would the website hold?

You can do quite a bit with something like WordPress:
-michaelkenward (July 18, 2016, 04:53 AM)

good question...the old sites long gone and no backups (DOH!!) so I can't say what the content was, but I envision it being a handful of static pages (it could be one page, but that looks untidy for mixed content), and mostly text.

Will look into wordpress as a starting point, thanks!
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General Software Discussion / Re: I need help creating a new Directory structure including files from a text file.
« Last post by Target on July 18, 2016, 12:40 AM »
and have a look in the coding snacks, things like this have been done several times already
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Living Room / Re: recommendations for a free web host
« Last post by Target on July 18, 2016, 12:39 AM »
Personally I'd look for non-free but cheap. I simply don't trust "free".

A local sporting club might not have a big budget, but wouldn't something like $10/month be possible? That would probably get you pretty far - might even get real support and working backups.
-f0dder (July 16, 2016, 04:47 PM)

could be, but at the moment I don't even really know what I should be looking for.  The club <i>had</i> a site, but they let it lapse (through inattention), so they pretty much have no public face (and they really need to promote themselves a bit)

Or if you want something a little more involved you can always get a cheap deal on a VPS and run your own web server, which is what I do for my own static sites.

Or possibly get some use out of that RasPi ;-)
-4wd (July 16, 2016, 07:46 PM)

this is a good solution, but it needs to be transferrable, ie I can't guarantee that there will always be someone that can manage it (assuming I can :huh:)

Free web hosts suck. All of them.
-Tuxman (July 16, 2016, 06:35 PM)

really struggling to see the value here.  If you really want to contribute, tell me what you're experience is, with who, and why that wasn't good.  And while you're a it, some positive stories would be useful too (you must have some).  If you can do that then maybe I can learn something...

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Living Room / Re: recommendations for a free web host
« Last post by Target on July 16, 2016, 03:09 AM »
I use zoho for small scale free web hosting and e-mail needs. It's similar to google apps.
-eleman (July 16, 2016, 02:58 AM)

so what exactly does zoho provide?  i had a look at their site, but it doesn't look like they actually do the hosting part :huh:
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Living Room / recommendations for a free web host
« Last post by Target on July 16, 2016, 02:32 AM »
looking for some advice and/or recommendations regarding free web hosting for a local sporting club

I've done some static pages before, but never had a need for anything like this and I really don't know where or what to look for (or look out for)

I envisage this will be a largely static site, with a members only section for results and the like, email support (for contacting the committee), and probably pretty low bandwidth

any and all advice greatly appreciated  :Thmbsup:

 
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General Software Discussion / Re: converting whole website to kindle-compatible ebook
« Last post by Target on June 28, 2016, 08:53 PM »
n
I have created a tutorial website with about 150 articles, so a page at a time just won't work
-HankFriedman (June 28, 2016, 07:50 PM)

you should be able to consolidate all those pages into a single page, you just need to setup the relevant bookmarks and convert the links, and there are probably tools around that will help with that (if not do it for you!)
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General Software Discussion / Re: converting whole website to kindle-compatible ebook
« Last post by Target on June 28, 2016, 07:47 PM »
how many pages are there in the site in question?  seems like there are quite a few options that don't crawl, but will do a single pages so maybe consolidating the pages might be an option (this also gives you the option to edit out any cruft!)
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DC Gamer Club / Re: LIMBO: Free (to keep) on Steam for a limited time
« Last post by Target on June 21, 2016, 10:22 PM »
Can you not access the store through the client and add it from there?

EDIT: Just click the Install Game button to add it to your account and you'll get:
-4wd (June 21, 2016, 10:10 PM)

I could were I not at work.  Tried for ages to get in yesterday but it seemed I don't exist (something about there being multiple accts, depending on how you log in?)
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DC Gamer Club / Re: LIMBO: Free (to keep) on Steam for a limited time
« Last post by Target on June 21, 2016, 10:04 PM »
also available thru humble bundle (if, like me, you can apparently only access steam thru the client...)

https://www.humblebu..._campaign=free_limbo


 
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Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits
« Last post by Target on June 06, 2016, 01:28 AM »
Yeah I don't get this one. They say it's both more expensive and less powerful than other things out on the market right now... Anyone who is OK with that already owns an Apple product (:P), so why would they go for an Ello?
-Deozaan (June 06, 2016, 12:23 AM)

loos like something that would probably be targeted at schools or colleges. 

No assembly required, all the parts are in one place, basic coding and/or electronics on the one platform. 

That said, it does seem a little expensive and underpowered for the average tinkerer (horses for courses) but I suppose if you added up all the components and paid someone to build it for you it's probably not far off
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Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits
« Last post by Target on June 05, 2016, 08:21 PM »
of course, where else would you mount a switch!

I know you've had it for a while, but wouldn't this be a 'warranty' claim?
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Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits
« Last post by Target on June 05, 2016, 07:31 PM »
I was disappointed with the Onion- mostly because I couldn't get it to turn on because of their quality problems with the power switch.  Hopefully this will be better.
-wraith808 (June 05, 2016, 02:35 PM)

presumably the switch is one of those damn SMD jobbies - could you perchance just scrape it off and short the traces?
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Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits
« Last post by Target on June 05, 2016, 02:17 AM »
Ello is quite a bit more expensive that most of the other options but interesting nonetheless

https://www.crowdsup...ly.com/knivd/ello-2m
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General Software Discussion / Re: What website has the fewest files?
« Last post by Target on June 01, 2016, 05:43 PM »
at the risk of poking the bear, so far all I'm seeing is people telling him not do something, but nothing that actually points him at anything useful or helpful

There are many (many!) useful tools and resources available (for free!) and rather than pointing out the obvious (which the OP freely admitted to) how about making some useful recommendations

I'm not recommending any of these, they're just some of the results from a google search for HTML tutes (though the W3schools are probably a no brainer)

intro to html - http://www.w3schools.../html/html_intro.asp
HTML tutorial - http://www.w3schools.com/html/
HTML beginner tutorial - http://htmldog.com/guides/html/beginner/
HTML tutorial - http://www.tutorialspoint.com/html/

As already noted you don't need any fancy tools to do this stuff, any text editor will do, though most decent editors will include syntax highlighting that might make things easier for you
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General Software Discussion / Re: Using script to copy multiple image files to a page
« Last post by Target on May 26, 2016, 09:07 PM »
Of course there may be simpler ways than playing around with Powershell, ie. write the output as a HTML doc then load into Word and save as a Word file.
-4wd (May 26, 2016, 08:31 PM)

I was thinking along the same lines.  I have a small script that does pretty much this already, and the output is printed to PDF
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Living Room / Re: Good or bad password?
« Last post by Target on May 25, 2016, 08:23 PM »
mmmm, passwords....

basic151118.gif
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General Software Discussion / Re: Using script to copy multiple image files to a page
« Last post by Target on May 25, 2016, 05:13 PM »
trying to understand just what you trying to do here

are you using word, or some other program?  what is the end result (clearly some form of contact sheet, but in what format) and the intended purpose?

so many questions...
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