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Developer's Corner / Re: Windows Update Controller
« Last post by wraith808 on January 03, 2017, 11:57 AM »Thanks! I'll have to check that out! 
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Have you tried using virtual machine for testing?-mouser (January 03, 2017, 01:55 AM)
I can be the change I want to see! Hopefully, it won't trigger the Microsoft update to fix the hole in their scheme.-wraith808 (October 28, 2016, 04:24 PM)
This is a 1-computer lifetime license, for commercial or noncommercial use
No free updates; if you update the giveaway, it may turn become unregistered
No free tech support
You must download the installer before this giveaway has ended
May not be resold
I tested version 4 and was pleasantly surprised. But because the program uses Google Desktop Search - and I don't want Google to be in my home - I removed it within the trial period.-Curt (December 30, 2016, 04:16 PM)
Is this considered a universal key? If not...how do i obtain a universal lincesne key that would work for basically any program-gantadamora (December 23, 2016, 09:14 AM)
Ok so with a rar. File if i purchase the key it will work in any rar. Based apllication?-gantadamora (December 23, 2016, 09:02 AM)
Aren't both of these threads (this one and this one) talking about the same thing?-wraith808 (December 21, 2016, 03:35 PM)
This thread is talking about a regulation that makes companies legally responsible for protecting against breaches (and disclosing them), the other thread is about a ruling that prohibits governments from requiring all emails for all users to be retained for 1 year.
Both of the threads have the common, uh... thread... that the ruling or regulation is by the EU, so there is the question about whether they will apply to the UK.-mwb1100 (December 21, 2016, 04:42 PM)
I also saw Rogue One.
I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about it. It was a decent film. Probably better, in my opinion, than the last 4 Star Wars episodic movies that were released (so 1-3, and 7). It had some really great moments, but also some silly/pointless moments. There were some things that happened that make no sense to me and as far as I can tell were never explained. They used CGI to resurrect or make young again a couple of actors from the original trilogy (episodes 4-6). The CGI was pretty good, but still not good enough to avoid the Uncanny Valleyw. I feel they did a good job of making Darth Vader feel menacing and powerful. But there was a weird moment in there where they had Vader make a CSI-like sunglasses-pun. Then again, maybe it was subtle enough that most people didn't catch it.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 03:55 PM)
I thought that was a reference to Man of Steel, not BvS. Especially since the other aliens that were there were just as powerful- but Superman was the one that survived. Never put together that they could be referring to BvS.It assumed you'd seen BvS? I didn't catch that, and so didn't lose out on anything from that.-wraith808 (December 21, 2016, 04:00 PM)
I think so. It mentioned a few times things like "what if we're not so lucky next time?" which was a reference to Superman being super powerful, but benevolent. I figured that the general idea of BvS (AFAIK) is that Batman thinks Superman is too powerful and therefore must be stopped because no one should have that much power. And the general idea of Suicide Squad is "we need to stop people/things who are too powerful." So I guess I just assumed it was a reference to BvS because I haven't seen it and don't know what happens in it.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
As for the characters, the following is all my opinion, so of course very subjective:-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Captain Boomerang sounds like one of the silliest supervillains ever. The movie gave no reason or information whatsoever why he was so evil and threatening as to be locked up with the likes of Harley Quinn or Deadshot. It also gave no indication of his "special abilities" that would make him an ideal person for the squad. He's a criminal who can throw a boomerang. Big whoop! That's even more lame than Hawkeye (who I think is pretty lame).There have been a few different incarnations. The first had no particular background that would seem to make him villain worthy- other than the fact that he made his boomerangs, and they had varied effects, paired with the unusual nature of the weapon, made him a threat for Flash. In Arrow (the TV show) they added the angle that he was Australian Special Forces, and an assassin. So it was his skills with an unusual modified weapon and the ability to get creative with the effects that makes him dangerous.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Slipknot maybe had potential, but obviously went completely unused, so we'll never know.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Killer Croc reminded me of some mashup of something from Spiderman and The Thing from Fantastic Four and the movie gave me no reason to care about him.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Harley Quinn was the only one of the group (not counting Joker as part of the group) who I knew of before the movie began and I didn't understand her role or her "abilities" in the film. Just because she's crazy doesn't mean she would survive combat (or "perform" it) any better than anyone else.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Katana was an unknown who was good with, you guessed it, a katana. But Deadshot could have easily shot her dead before she got to him, so what's the point of her?You underestimate her, and the Katana. She has great mystical powers from being tied to the Katana and all that have ever been killed by the sword. When Flagg said she could take all of them out easily, he wasn't kidding.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Katana is a highly proficient hand-to-hand combatant and swordswoman, having studied martial arts as a child and later being trained by the samurai Tadashi. From her time with the Outsiders and Batman, she has also developed strong tactical skills.
Katana's Soultaker sword, along with its non-powered twin, was forged in the 14th century by Muramasa, whose swords were said to be cursed and make those who were evil commit evil acts. It sometimes takes the souls of those it kills, storing them inside the sword, where they can engage in limited communication with whoever wields it. These souls can be reincarnated by the means of a sacred ritual, under which they serve their summoner, even if it is against their will. In The New 52, the Soultaker is established as being the 'Sword Totem' of the Outsiders, meaning like the other totems it supposedly bestows immortality and enlightenment upon its wielder, although some like Green Arrow are skeptical of the literal truths of these claims.
Diablo was somewhat interesting but his character and backstory wasn't developed/revealed enough until too close to the end of the movie. Ultimately I didn't really care about him or his story outside of the small part it played in the film.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Deadshot was the only one who, by the time the movie ended, I felt I'd like to know more about and see a movie about. That said, I kind of feel the novelty would wear off pretty quickly if they tried a full-length film all about him.Deadshot, other than Bronze Tiger (they didn't show him for some reason), and of course Deathstroke (who they will have in the next Batman film). They have had many different incarnations of him since the 40s, but the one characteristic that has defined him (that they took out) was that he has a deathwish and was a tragic character.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Floyd's parents were the most powerful people in his town, however, they were known to despise each other. Eventually Floyd's mother claimed his father had become "too abusive," prompting Floyd to kill him. When Floyd took the shot from his tree house, he missed and killed his brother, Eddie, instead. From that moment on, Floyd swore to never miss another shot again.
Probably his most defining trait is a desire to die in a spectacular fashion, this being his primary motivation for joining the Squad. He feels he has no reason to continue living, and, while he does not want to commit suicide, he simply does not care if he dies. Various reasons have been cited for this, but the most common thread in them is his parents' peculiar hatred for one another.
The Joker was a joke.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Enchantress was a super powerful being whose actions largely make no sense.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Incubus was a super powerful being whose actions largely make no sense, and whose name I only know after having looked it up on IMDB.Incubus was the entity that was inside of June's brother, and more powerful than she. They did an OK job of explaining this, I thought, if less than they should have.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Flag was OK, I guess, but I couldn't figure out what made him any more special than any of the other military folks.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
Waller was OK, I guess, but I couldn't figure out why Deadshot, or anyone else, for that matter, didn't just smash/break/shoot/steal her phone/tablet and then kill her and Flag.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 07:43 PM)
I saw Suicide Squad.
It was OK. It assumed I had already seen Batman vs. Superman (which I haven't), so some minor details of the plot were lost on me. But my biggest gripe about the movie is that it introduced a bunch of random characters (twice!) that nobody has ever heard of and expected me to care about them without giving me a reason to. That and the plot was generally stupid from beginning to end.-Deozaan (December 21, 2016, 03:55 PM)
Hi Curt.
Only one file gives an error.-JoelRoy (December 20, 2016, 05:37 PM)