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Living Room / Re: Google testing cars that drive themselves...

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 18, 2010, 05:55 PM »

It's amazing what sort of world our children will be living in, when they get to be our age!

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Living Room / New Supercomputer Accomplishes What Other Supercomputers Can't

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 18, 2010, 05:18 PM »

...The machine, which was completed more than a year ago, stakes its claim to fame on its ability to perform lengthy simulations that aren't possible on current supercomputers. The new results mark the first significant test of Anton's prowess...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best Executable Compressor Programs

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 17, 2010, 09:14 PM »

Interesting...

Total Virus shows 8 of 43 engines giving the thumbs down to "MPress".  But your Outpost Security Suite, and my MalWare Bytes and Spybot Search and Destroy say it's okay.  Wonder if I dare test it with one of my .NET executables?

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General Software Discussion / Re: In search of ideal backup utility

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 17, 2010, 04:18 PM »

I'm testing Cobian Backup Boletus.  Not sure yet if it fulfills all the requirements of the OP, but so far it seems sweet.

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 17, 2010, 02:39 PM »

Just finished "Life Expectancy" by Dean Koontz.  Have started reading "Dragon Tears" by same.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best Executable Compressor Programs

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 17, 2010, 12:38 PM »

Perhaps someone could confirm that MPress is/is not actually virus-laden?  Virus Total results were that 8 of 43 engines found virus/malware?  Yet even Primewares hosts this freeware.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best Executable Compressor Programs

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 17, 2010, 12:19 PM »

Anyone know of a freeware .NET packer for 32/64-bit .NET applications?  I found, and downloaded, MPress 1.27, but AVG says it's infected with 2 virii.

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Living Room / Re: Google testing cars that drive themselves...

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 16, 2010, 10:09 AM »

Google has tested several such cars in California, and the only mishap that occurred in 140,000 miles was one of the self-driving cars being rear-ended at a stoplight.

TechNewsWorld link

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 16, 2010, 09:17 AM »

Another of my limited number of favourite authors, his Frankenstein series is excellent.

+1.

I've read them all (that is, those he's completed.  He still lacks two in the second Frankenstein trilogy).

Books I've read in recent years:

link

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Living Room / Texting on the rise

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 15, 2010, 05:07 PM »

http://mashable.com/2010/10/14/nielsen-texting-stats/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29

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Developer's Corner / Re: Programming Ennui, Anyone?

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 15, 2010, 04:58 PM »

Although I already suspected it to be the case, it's reassuring to see I'm not alone in experiencing these things

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Developer's Corner / Re: Programming Ennui, Anyone?

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 15, 2010, 07:16 AM »

Another thing I notice is that, if I'm in a "programming mood" and work on my project for a considerable length of time prior to calling it a night and hitting the sack, I then have difficulty going to sleep.  It's like the act of programming is a stimulant like caffeine.  I'll toss and turn, and continue to think of the program.  I'll find myself making mental notes: okay, tomorrow, I need to refine method [whatever] by refactoring.  It's so clunky the way I wrote it.  And it'll actually bother me that there's something in my code that isn't well-written.  Anyone else experienced this?

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Living Room / Re: Trying to create an external enclosure I can slip a bare HDD into.

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 15, 2010, 06:56 AM »

On a related note, I recently purchased the Coolmax 3.5" HDD external enclosure, and have been using it in conjunction with Microsoft SyncToy to backup my laptop. 

Inexpensive, and works great.

But I'm getting ready to get a new desktop PC and I'm glad I read this thread.  I think having a hot-swappable bay for hard drives is the way to go.  Will definitely keep this in mind! 

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Living Room / Re: Filming Car Chases...

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 15, 2010, 06:38 AM »

Hehe, cute. 

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Living Room / Re: antivirus false postives - let's do someting about it

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 14, 2010, 09:48 PM »

I run AVG Personal and am satisfied with it.

I supplement with SpywareBlaster and SuperAntiSpyware.

___________

Sowing the seeds of a safer internet?
http://infoworld.com/d/security-central/sowing-the-seeds-safer-internet-441

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Developer's Corner / Programming Ennui, Anyone?

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 14, 2010, 09:44 PM »

I've been working on my N.A.N.Y. 2010 app since August.  It's going quite well, and is, by my estimation, about 90% "done".  Some of my RPG players have done some testing for me.  I still have some finishing-up touches to make.  Perhaps a few more hours of coding.  What I've been finding is that I've begun to lose a little "steam", or drive, to work on it.

I've noticed a similar pattern over the past four or five years when working on a fairly sizable project:  I start off great guns, working lots of hours per week with great enthusiasm.  As time goes on, a sense of ennui gradually steals over me.

Don't get me wrong:  I fully intend to finish the project, and it will be useful when completed -- albeit to a rather limited audience. 

I wonder if the rest of you coders experience a similar ennui-phenomenon?

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Developer's Corner / Re: Check Gmail using C#

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 14, 2010, 09:22 PM »

I'll check into it

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Developer's Corner / Re: Tuts+ free file of the month: Getting Good with Git ebook

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 14, 2010, 09:15 PM »

Interesting.  I've been using Tortoise SVN.   Anyone used both, and can give a comparison?

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Living Room / Re: Search for images by sample image, rather than keyword

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 14, 2010, 08:54 PM »

You're welcome, sajman99

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why the aversion to .NET Frameworks?

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 14, 2010, 08:25 PM »

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.NET and C# are wonderful technologies and a joy to develop for.

+1, Mr. Crispy

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Living Room / Search for images by sample image, rather than keyword

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 14, 2010, 08:12 PM »

Interesting...

Make Use Of Link

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Living Room / Re: I have a very hard announcement to make

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 13, 2010, 07:19 AM »

App, I think the first thing to say is that all of us here support you

+1 to that. 

Hope you won't leave the forum.  Sounds like there are many here who care about you!

As someone who has, in the past, struggled with clinical depression, I can tell you that there is always light at the end of the tunnel.  Surround yourself with friends and family, and any help you need.

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Living Room / Re: Anyone using Backup4All on Windows 7, please?

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 12, 2010, 09:58 PM »

UAC: good idea in theory; could have been implemented in a more user-friendly fashion.  In a sense, same problem you have with antivirus programs.  The software is choosing to err on the side of caution, but to the end-user it's "Grrrrrr....."

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Pledge: Backup Verification Utility

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 12, 2010, 09:56 PM »

"Verifack" 

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Developer's Corner / Re: Check Gmail using C#

« Last post by kyrathaba on October 12, 2010, 05:32 PM »

Unfortunately, the library is offered "as-is"; no documentation whatsoever, so far as I've been able to find.