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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: GETTING ORGANIZED EXPERIMENT - WEEK SEVEN ASSIGNMENT

« Last post by nudone on October 28, 2006, 02:39 AM »

That's what I don't understand about myself. I seem to be lacking the ability to focus....or even care...almost like I am starting to lose interest in everything.

that's probably being a bit worn out or tired.

i'd just wait for your energy levels to get back up - that could be mental energy or it could be physical energy. i get it every few days - seeing or hearing about something that is inspiring usually gives me a sudden boost of energy and off i go again. in the meantime i just potter around getting things done that don't require a great effort - that could be watching a dvd, reading a book or even something physically taxing - as long as i'm not sat sitting, worrying about what i should be doing, i consider it all positive action.

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Living Room / Re: Strange statues around the world

« Last post by nudone on October 28, 2006, 02:26 AM »

excellent.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: keyword to search in specific area

« Last post by nudone on October 27, 2006, 11:34 AM »

i thought this request might have been a bit more specific but i now realise it is just the usual "i want it to search my drive/folder" request.

i thought i was asking for something quite simple so it might have been implemented before v2.

nevermind. i think i must have been one of the first to ask for the full search function to be implemented so i know not to keep asking for it.

i must have been still dreaming when i started this thread this morning so i wasn't thinking straight. i'll try and remember not to do it again.

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Find And Run Robot / keyword to search in specific area

« Last post by nudone on October 27, 2006, 02:30 AM »

this might already be possible to do in farr, maybe through a workaround or something??? i'll make the suggestion anyway.

would it be possible to have farr search withing a specific area of the hard drive that it isn't normally set to do by typing in a quick keyword (or specific path).

so, if you typed 'mydocs money', it would start searching in the 'my documents' folder for the file name with 'money' in its title. you could, of course' set the keyword for the 'my documents' folder to something other than 'mydocs' - just 'docs' for example.

other quick keyword search locations would be set by the user for whatever they though appropriate 'music', 'videos', 'program files, etc. etc.

searching an entire drive or specific path would be done by specifying the usual 'C:' or 'D:\foldername\foldername' type structure as the keyword then the search word.

i appreciate that there would have to be another element for the trigger to work so that it isn't confused with a more basic search action - like simple searching for a file named 'mydocs' that is in the start menu.

i apologise if farr is already capable of doing this (or if the suggestion has already been made) - i have just got into a habit of using it the way i do and haven't really kept up to date with the changes and new features.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software Frustrations

« Last post by nudone on October 26, 2006, 11:33 AM »

In other words shitware.net is shitware 

well, it is a beautifully ironic joke. maybe that's how the forum should be - it's one of those things you couldn't do on purpose if you tried.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it

« Last post by nudone on October 25, 2006, 01:32 PM »

if you draw the grid you are describing on a bit of paper and scan it in - and upload it here - then i'll have a go at your grid when i get a few free moments.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Super Efficient Extended Hotkey Mapper

« Last post by nudone on October 25, 2006, 07:02 AM »

sounds like a good idea.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Super Efficient Extended Hotkey Mapper

« Last post by nudone on October 25, 2006, 06:25 AM »

very good point.

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: The Power of Personal Organization: A Great GOE Example

« Last post by nudone on October 25, 2006, 06:23 AM »

i brush after each meal - unless i'm out of the house. i don't brush immediately on jumping out of bed - no point as i'm going to do it after my breakfast.

you brushing before breakfast people are crazy.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software Frustrations

« Last post by nudone on October 25, 2006, 02:21 AM »

not sure if it's just me but i can't get the shitware forum to work - i wish the shit ethic wasn't such an all encompassing idea over there and the forum engine could be changed from something non-shit.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Super Efficient Extended Hotkey Mapper

« Last post by nudone on October 25, 2006, 02:08 AM »

i think this is an excellent idea and i hope it will be done - but i'd just like to point out why i'm always asking for 'wink key' hotkeys...

as i mainly use the computer for messing around with adobe programs, they often conflict with other utils that have 'ctrl', 'alt' and 'shift' keyboard shortcuts - but they never conflict with anything that used the 'win key'.

the problem with creating the tool that you suggest would be that even though i could configure it to act upon a 'win key' shortcut - it would then lead to the same trouble, as above, if the next step was to behave as if i'd hit a 'ctrl' or 'alt', etc combination - photoshop, or whatever, would intercept the hotkeys if it had the main focus.

i assume there would be other software that would suffer the same problem.

as the other forum members requests for different shortcut keys never mention this problem i think i must be in the minority (a minority of one) so i don't think it's anything to be concerned about - i just wanted to mention a possible drawback that would still be encountered.

but, i can think of many other ways of using the app you describe so i'm really looking forward to seeing it done.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Playing FLV files

« Last post by nudone on October 24, 2006, 02:16 AM »

i have to agree - kmplayer is the one that always 'saves the day' for me.

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Living Room / Re: 17 Different Ways To Tie Shoelaces

« Last post by nudone on October 24, 2006, 02:13 AM »

animated knots - excellent - now i know that the internet really has a use. 

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Locate 3.0 - great *FAST* HD search tool!

« Last post by nudone on October 24, 2006, 02:05 AM »

Real time monitoring and "display result as you type" have been in the program's todo list for a long time. Both will be implemented so that those can be turned on and off.

btw. RC2 is out:  http://www.uku.fi/~j...e32-2.99.6.10220.exe

-jmj (October 24, 2006, 01:05 AM)

fantastic. the best of both worlds being able to turn the 'real time' monitoring on and off. great idea.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Photoshop tutorials I wrote

« Last post by nudone on October 23, 2006, 03:51 PM »

looks interesting, rjmiz. 

i'll have a proper look at them through the week.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Playing FLV files

« Last post by nudone on October 23, 2006, 03:44 PM »

i'm pretty sure 'gom player' and 'kmplayer' will play flv files - and everything else.

anyway, i think i'll have to try AlShow - can't remember trying that one. from the description it sounds like 'kmplayer' is very similar.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Locate 3.0 - great *FAST* HD search tool!

« Last post by nudone on October 23, 2006, 03:39 PM »

i appreciate that real time monitoring must be slowing the system down - but i'd guess it's unnoticeable on modern computers. i certainly couldn't perceive any difference in the speed of my system.

i'd just say give 'filetracer' a quick try and if things felt sluggish then fair enough.

i certainly wouldn't want to see a feature implemented that did make the system less responsive but i honestly could not detect any difference when using 'filetracer'.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Locate 3.0 - great *FAST* HD search tool!

« Last post by nudone on October 23, 2006, 03:52 AM »

i'd like to make a suggestion, if i may be so bold, for improving 'Locate'...

if the real time system monitoring was implemented (like in 'filetracer'), i'd also like to see something similar to the way 'find and run robot' displays the search results, i.e. real time sorting/displaying of the results as you type.

if these things could be done then i think i'd be converted - otherwise, i think i'll wait for the time that 'find and run robot' eventually obtains a more system wide ability to quickly search for files/folders.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Locate 3.0 - great *FAST* HD search tool!

« Last post by nudone on October 23, 2006, 03:03 AM »

just been trying 'filetracer'.

the working with 'open/save file dialog boxes' and the windows explorer address field allow you to quickly input a 'filetracer' search result into the dialog box - or the explorer address field.

so, you could be working inside a program and want to quickly open a file into the program but can't remember where it's located.

you open the standard 'file open' dialog box within the program and then hit the F12 key to bring up 'filetracer'.

then search for the file using 'filetracer'. select the file you want from the results list and hit enter - this then copies the result back into the opened 'file open' dialog box. from here you proceed as you usually would and open the file into the program.

now, this might seem like a pointless thing to do - you could just bring up 'filetracer' (or locate, etc), do your search and open the file as you'd expect.

the thing that is clever about the 'filetracer' method is that you can avoid opening the default program that is associated with the the file type you are searching for - assuming the software you are using is not the program with the default association. if it is the default prog then i see no advantage in doing it the 'filetracer' way.

the 'save file' dialog works in the same way - which is more of an original way of working - you'd be searching for a file that you wish to overwrite. not entirely sure how useful this is but it's certainly unique so could be quite handy.

the ability to copy the file/folder name out of 'filetracer' into an explorer address field of the in focus window is also a neat kind of trick. how useful it is, i really don't know. i can see that it would be helpful to quickly open searched for folders within the explorer window you've got open - rather than keep opening new explorer windows from the results found in Locate, etc. (i think that is how they would work).



the most important function of 'filetracer' has got to be the real time way that it works. as far as i can see, the database doesn't need to be refreshed at certain intervals as it's constantly updating itself. as soon as a new file/folder is made or moved, 'filetracer' nows where it is. now, i have to say, that's such an obvious thing to expect from all these file/folder finder programs i can't really understand why it's not a function of them all. it's the main reason why i don't use these types of programs - having to update the database after i've made a few new files/folders seems like a major annoyance, but i guess it's just how you use your pc.

(i'll just clarify - this 'real time' method of working is not like how 'find and run robot' works. the search isn't performed in real time, 'filetracer' doesn't have to scan your hard drives to obtain the result. the 'real time' aspect is that 'file tracer' nows exactly what is happening on your system as you are working on it - the results list that it produces are instant as they are drawn from a database - it just appears to be modifying the database constantly as you work.)

would i use 'filetracer' because of the features it has that the others don't? maybe, but i doubt it. i don't like the shortcut keys - no win key - so i really can't be bothered with it. i tend to know where all my files/folders are - so i can get to things relatively quickly anyway - just as quick as trying to find the file/folder i want from the result list that these types of programs throw up.


as for 'Locate' - it's a great program - but it is lacking the 'real time' ability to keep a check on files and folders - hopefully it will be implemented at some point in the future.

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Living Room / Re: My PhotoBlog

« Last post by nudone on October 23, 2006, 01:03 AM »

looking forward to seeing more. 
i like the nails also - as it's the most unusual image it stood out to me.

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Living Room / Re: Starship dimensions

« Last post by nudone on October 23, 2006, 12:40 AM »

Nudone, -10x page. See above.

Edit: Also the -2x page (closer detail, more direct comparatives).

- Oshyan

-JavaJones (October 22, 2006, 02:37 PM)

ah, great, thanks javajones.

edit:

oh dear. seems i was mistaken all along. i thought the nostromo was connected to the big lump of rock they were mining. the ship that turns out to be the real nostromo is something that i thought just came out of the 'real' nostromo.

i need to find an image of what i'm talking about otherwise i bet no one will believe me.

another edit:

i've just remembered i had a pack of top trumps cards - it had the picture of the 'nostromo' that i'm talking about - i guess that must have set me off on the wrong path. i'll try and find it...

yet another edit:

here is the image.


i thought the nostromo was the whole lump - but now i see that the nostromo is just the little bit sticking out at the front. well, that's solved that little mystery for me - that's nearly 30 years of wondering finally put to rest.

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Living Room / Re: Starship dimensions

« Last post by nudone on October 22, 2006, 02:33 PM »

anyone seen the nostromo yet?

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Living Room / Re: DC's "EVIL DEAD" Get Together

« Last post by nudone on October 22, 2006, 02:09 PM »

Maybe someone can make a Cody UT skin

-Gothi[c] (October 22, 2006, 02:01 PM)

i've already offered to make a 3d model. i don't think an actual skin would look right - unless you have a model in mind that it would fit to.

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Living Room / Re: Amazing Flash Stickman Shooter Platformer (WPN Fire)

« Last post by nudone on October 22, 2006, 01:23 PM »

very impressive.

reminds me of 'soldat' http://www.soldat.pl/screens.html

maybe we could have an online game of soldat - it will run over even the slowest of pcs with the slowest of connections.

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: Goal Enforcer: great time management software find!

« Last post by nudone on October 22, 2006, 12:03 PM »

sounds like a very interesting idea.