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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: [Android OS] - DC Forum App (FREE)

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on November 14, 2011, 03:46 PM »

Fun! How about giving a link to the webservice you made it with?

-mouser (November 14, 2011, 03:37 PM)

Sorry, forgot to mention I created it with: http://ibuildapp.com

Stephen,
Could you elaborate on the vast amount of permissions requested by your app? About half of it shouldn't be needed, I guess

-Ath (November 14, 2011, 03:40 PM)

I have no idea why it asks for the permissions that it does, I created it using an online builder.  Just a fun simple app - I assume it just has a set of permissions it uses regardless of the type of app you make, rather than checking what you have included and only setting the permissions for it.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / [Android OS] - DC Forum App (FREE)

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on November 14, 2011, 03:25 PM »

Hey guys,

for those of you who want quick and easy access to the DonationCoder forums from your Android Device, It's nothing special but I have made a quick App which gives you full access to the forum, and its features!

This app will also allow you direct access to the Mibbit Chat Applet to connect directly to the DonatrionCoder Live Chat Room!

It is also 100% free to download!

How To Download:

Step 1. Scan QR Code (Or click if you are using your device)



You must scan this QR code with a Barcode Scanner.

 No QR code reader on your Android device? Have a look at the free Barcode Scanner from ZXing.

Step 2. Download Android App

Once the QR code has scanned, you can click on the link to download the .apk file straight to your device.

Step 3. Install Android App

After the .apk file has downloaded to your Android device you can install it by simply clicking on it and navigating through the installation pages.


Follow the instructions that are shown on your Android device to finish the instalation.

If you have not already done so, then you may need to allow access to none-android-market apps, installation rights on your device.

Once your install has finished you will find the following icon on your main menu/apps section of your device:

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Living Room / Re: National Novel Writing Month Has Started!

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on November 13, 2011, 03:08 PM »

So how's it going, all ye noble and dutiful participants?

Update! Update! 

-40hz (November 12, 2011, 03:23 PM)

Im on about 9000 words and ive hit the block

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Living Room / Increasing a Cell Phones INTERNAL Memory: Is it possible?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on November 11, 2011, 01:05 AM »

I put this question to my fellow DC members:

Is it POSSIBLE (albeit goddamn hard work) to increase the INTERNAL memory of a cell phone?

Im not talking about upgrading from an 8GB to a 16GB micro-sd card, I'm talking, its literal internal memory.

If you know its possible, would anybody be willing to share with me how to do it?

It would make for an interesting hardware project  

11/11/11

Lest We Forget


They shall grow not old

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

From Laurence Binyon's poem For the Fallen, written in September 1914

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Living Room / Re: NASA / Hubble: comparison images of galaxies?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on November 05, 2011, 12:58 PM »

Something like this?

http://www.cosmotogr...spitzer_compare.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: Copying with rules and VSS

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on November 04, 2011, 07:28 PM »

I should have mentioned, I am not affiliated with Bvckup in any sence.  I simply wrote a review on it a while ago and figured it may be of some use to you

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Living Room / Re: National Novel Writing Month Has Started!

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on November 04, 2011, 05:42 PM »

Good luck!!!

-vrgrrl (November 04, 2011, 05:18 PM)

Thanks, you too!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Copying with rules and VSS

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on November 04, 2011, 05:09 PM »

Not sure if its still under development, but it certainly sounds like something you could use

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=24281.0

First
Bvckup's default mode of operation is to constantly monitor for changes. Once the changes are detected, it propagates them to the destination. This makes Bvckup a real-time backup utility.

Second
Its default copying mode is delta copying. Which is a fancy way of saying that it copies only changed parts of the file. This makes Bvckup fast, really fast. Lots more details on why and how along, mind you, with the list of drawbacks of this particular approach is available here - Delta copying, explained.

Third
Bvckup is not a two-way sync utility, it's a backup utility and it makes full use of the core difference. By default it assumes that the destination copy does not change between the backups. This allows it to not scan the destination directory to detect what changed, but rather rely on a locally saved summary from the last backup.

I hear you say "bah, so what?". Two words - NAS backups. Not needing to scan the destination directory eliminates a lot of network traffic, and it removes the need for spinning up otherwise idle disks on NAS devices. This adds up to some major time savings, on top of those delivered by delta copying.

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Still with me? A bit more perhaps?

Fourth
The user interface. It is not about utilizing all 16 million colors in a single toolbar icon. Verbosity is not a feature, multitude of options is not a convenience. Properly designed user interface is all about simplicity and unobtrusiveness of the day-to-day interaction flow. A small example would probably go a long way here - Bvckup toolbar - but the only sure way to appreciate the UI polish is to take the app for a spin.

In fact Bvckup is as much about the UI design as it is about technical features. This bit explains how tightly these two are intertwined in case of Bvckup and how they shaped the design of the app - Short history of Bvckup.

Fifth
It is small and very lean. The installation package is about 480 KB. That's as much as a splash screen logo of some other backup products  The app is written in C++ but without any extensive use of ++ features. It's much more like C with Classes... just like Bjarne envisioned before he got sucked into that bloody language design committee... but I digress.

Sixth
It is technically sophisticated. It doesn't copy just the file contents and the attributes, but also the timestamps, NTFS security and ownership information. If it finds a file that it cannot copy (locked, open, etc), it will try and use Volume Shadow Copying to work around the problem. If it is running under stripped-down administrator account on Vista or W7, it will prompt and offer to elevate itself to full admin privileges.

Also, and it's for true Windows connoisseurs only - it can run in elevated and filtered modes using the same executable. In fact, the even more amazing feat is that the very same executable can interact with Shadow Copying service on both XP and Vista; even though Microsoft explicitly requires linking to two different VSS libraries for these two platforms. Took a while to figure this one out, I can tell you that

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A bit more...
Assorted bits and pieces of some interest - built-in software updates, linear regression ETA estimator, the built-in interactive Mini Guide shown on the first run, a bit of a logo and web design goodness and a bit about myself.

And lastly...
All beta versions are free, with some tasty perks in store for the beta users.

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Living Room / Re: National Novel Writing Month Has Started!

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on November 04, 2011, 01:09 PM »

Well, im signed up

Dunno if I will be able to do the assigned 175 pages, but im certainly gonna try!

A Little Teaser From My Novel

As John and Adam where getting into the car, they heard what sounded like a jet engine being started, then a bright flash where the radar was located.  "What the hell was that?!" John said, looking shocked.  "Not a bloody clue mate, came from up there though" Adam replied, pointing towards the dish installation.  "Good job we are going up there anyway, you armed just in case?" replied John.  Adam nodded, "You?" he added.  John patted his sidearm, and they started the cars engine and set off towards the dish.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Got Space?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 31, 2011, 10:35 AM »

Okay folks, you asked for it... Build 25 now available!

Whatz New:
Window height will now autosize itself to allow display of all drives without the need for scrolling (this behavior can be disabled in settings). When you add a drive, it gets bigger! Remove one and it'll shrink.

Drives can now be hidded by drive letter(s) ... Just enter a string of what you want to hide, and they disappear!

If you can't get the option you want/need on the context menu for drive X, just hold the Shift key while right clicking and all options will be added to the menu.

-Stoic Joker (October 30, 2011, 03:24 PM)

It...Is...Awesome! - Its now pinned to my taskbar so I dont need to find my calculator each time i need to check disk space

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Living Room / RIP Sir Jimmy :(

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 29, 2011, 12:36 PM »

Sir Jimmy Savile was a legend in his own right.  He passed away today.

Savile, who was one of the most famous names on British TV and radio in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, died Today.

Police said they were called to his home in Leeds, but that there was nothing suspicious about his death.

His family programme, Jim'll Fix It, drew in huge audiences and the programme received 20,000 letters a week at the height of its popularity.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...inment-arts-15507374

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 27, 2011, 02:15 AM »

The view outside your window General Discussions. ... So here's one, show us a pic of the front view from the front room in your ...
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Lisa
Ebooks

-lisanancybis (October 27, 2011, 12:36 AM)

Funny spam is funny  

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Living Room / Re: Any PHP/CSS Editing Software?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 25, 2011, 09:05 AM »

Cheers for the links so far guy's, gonna take a look at them all now

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Got Space?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 24, 2011, 08:18 AM »

Just tried in Greek, drives dissapeared.  Seems to be Western Characters only o_0

-Stephen66515 (October 23, 2011, 09:38 PM)

Can you give me a bit more detail as to what (exactly) was done, and what happened/failed next?

I may not be able to fix this without recompiling localized versions for multiple languages (which is hardly ideal).

-Stoic Joker (October 24, 2011, 06:45 AM)

oh, sorry, i should have specified, i didnt try re-mapping using ur tool, i tried using windows default thingy for remapping drive letters.  I tried Sigma and Beta and then got scared cause both drives became unavailable, so didnt wanna try anymore haha

I was answering your question on whether you could re-map to more than 26 characters.

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Living Room / Any PHP/CSS Editing Software?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 24, 2011, 05:28 AM »

Anybody know of any PHP/CSS Editing Software (Not Notepad++, but similar and maybe more powerful)???

Would be nice if its freeware, but shareware and payware would be OK (Price depending lol)

Also, only reccomend stuff you use personally, dont wanna sift through 30000 different products people just googled haha)

**Edit**

SMF Y U NO LET ME HAZ TITLE?!

TY Mousey for fixing it

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Got Space?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 23, 2011, 09:38 PM »

Okay regarding above request:

(Brace for incredibly stupid question) Does Windows identify drives as A - Z, in all languages??

I ask because I was going to try sanitizing the input string and it occurred to me that I'm not entirely sure what I should be checking for on say a Chinese machine. Being that I think they have more that 26 letters ... Which 26 do I pick??

...Or have I gone completely daft and started totally over-thinking this thing.

-Stoic Joker (October 23, 2011, 06:53 PM)

Now you have me wondering. - I have never tried mapping a drive outside the base English install, but could always check in Greek.

Just tried in Greek, drives dissapeared.  Seems to be Western Characters only o_0

http://en.wikipedia....ve_letter_assignment

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Got Space?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 23, 2011, 10:47 AM »

Any chance you could add a "Do not show Drive X" feature? (It may have already been asked, but I dont got the time to read through 4 pages of posts 

The reason behind this, is I have a few small partitions I use for backups and such, that I couldnt really care about their capacity or free space, so would like to remove them from the totals

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DC Gamer Club / Re: [BARGAIN] GTA Complete Collection - US$12.49

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 23, 2011, 09:54 AM »

refuses to work on Windows 7 x86

-Stephen66515 (October 22, 2011, 07:00 PM)

Eh?  I use Windows 7 x86 and it does work.  What kind of error are you getting?

I didn't think this is a problem with some versions.

-wraith808 (October 23, 2011, 09:12 AM)

At first it wouldnt even run, so I updated, and then it installed the new LIVE thing,, then it wouldnt even load, just gave some undefined error message...so then I tried in compatibility mode (Vista SP2) which gave a SecuROM Failed To Launch error.  So then I tried in compat mode for XP SP3, which allows me to login, get to the splash screens, which then DOESNT let me login on that menu, and when I start game, it gets to "Starting new game", I hear some guy talking (No visual) then it crashes with the following:



Im not even bothered about saving the game, as I bought it mainly cause I like the free-roam options, and on PC being able to update files and download addons (Graphical enhancements, extra vehicles etc...) and the draw of the Driving Physics alongside the crash detail make this better than any driving simulator out there!, so I have the sole intention of downloading a 100% save game file if I can ever get the game itself working (Not downloaded the savegame so thats not causing the issue)

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DC Gamer Club / Re: [BARGAIN] GTA Complete Collection - US$12.49

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 22, 2011, 07:00 PM »

Got myself this on GG while its on sale (£4.99 in the UK) as thats way to good of a deal to pass up!

Kinda getting annoyed with GTA IV though as it refuses to work on Windows 7 x86, yet san Adreas loads and plays with absolutly no problems at all!

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Living Room / Re: Moved: DC Gamer Zone

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 19, 2011, 12:08 AM »

before possibly being banished back to the nether regions of the forum.

-mouser (October 18, 2011, 02:49 PM)

DC's nether regions don't get enough love.

-Deozaan (October 18, 2011, 05:07 PM)

Not unlike mousers?  ^_^

-Stephen66515 (October 18, 2011, 06:06 PM)

I'll have to take your word for it. I wouldn't know anything about that.

-Deozaan (October 18, 2011, 07:31 PM)

No need to lie Deo   

-Stephen66515 (October 18, 2011, 07:37 PM)

Well, aside from his pinings in IRC, I mean.

-Deozaan (October 18, 2011, 11:42 PM)

 

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Living Room / Re: Moved: DC Gamer Zone

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 18, 2011, 07:37 PM »

before possibly being banished back to the nether regions of the forum.

-mouser (October 18, 2011, 02:49 PM)

DC's nether regions don't get enough love.

-Deozaan (October 18, 2011, 05:07 PM)

Not unlike mousers?  ^_^

-Stephen66515 (October 18, 2011, 06:06 PM)

I'll have to take your word for it. I wouldn't know anything about that.

-Deozaan (October 18, 2011, 07:31 PM)

No need to lie Deo   

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Living Room / Re: The Boozernet...

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 18, 2011, 06:10 PM »

Not PC related but one night I accidentally spilled a full pint of Guinness into and old CRT TV. Surprisingly even after turning it upside down on a towel barely a drop poured back out. Still worked perfectly the next day, if a bit smelly.

-Eóin (October 18, 2011, 06:09 PM)

You can power the world with that stuff lol

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Living Room / Re: Moved: DC Gamer Zone

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 18, 2011, 06:06 PM »

before possibly being banished back to the nether regions of the forum.

-mouser (October 18, 2011, 02:49 PM)

DC's nether regions don't get enough love.

-Deozaan (October 18, 2011, 05:07 PM)

Not unlike mousers?  ^_^

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Living Room / Moved: DC Gamer Zone

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 18, 2011, 02:05 PM »

DC Gamer Zone is now being featured in a more prominent position as a child board of "General Software Discussion"

https://www.donation...ndex.php?board=231.0

Lets all give 3 great big cheers to mouser for accomodating its move to this, less hidden position!

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Mini-Reviews by Members / (By Deozaan) - Harvest: Massive Encounter - A unique, moddable, indie Tower Def

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on October 18, 2011, 01:49 PM »

Somebody gifted me a copy of Harvest: Massive Encounter back in July and I was so busy I forgot all about it. I just found it in my Steam Library a couple days ago and after looking into the details and remembering it was a Tower Defense game I decided to try it out for the first time.

-Deozaan (October 18, 2011, 01:34 PM)

Read the full review here:

https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=28398