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General Software Discussion / Re: Dopus 10 : Some question about it.

« Last post by 4wd on July 28, 2013, 12:33 AM »

right-click outside of a button (can be tricky on hi-res or small screen),

-hulkbuster (July 27, 2013, 09:45 PM)

Hold down the ALT key and left click on a button.

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Living Room / Re: Movie Banned By Censors Becomes a Piracy Hit With Kiwis

« Last post by 4wd on July 28, 2013, 12:25 AM »

For example, my 11½ y/o daughter drew my attention to some UK news the other day that ended up with my listening to an Oxford Union debate where it was mentioned that there had apparently been systematic grooming, raping and prostitution of underage (under 16) girls - some just children around the same age as my daughter - by a group of all/mostly Muslim men in the university town of Oxford.

-IainB (July 27, 2013, 07:24 PM)

That was on the news, (or possibly in an expose), over there in 2011 or maybe even 2010 - I remember watching it on the TV.

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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!

« Last post by 4wd on July 27, 2013, 08:56 AM »

nor ham in hamburger;

-kyrathaba (July 27, 2013, 07:29 AM)

Actually, there was a fast food place where I grew up, (40+ years ago), that did sell a hamburger that had nothing but ham in it.

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Living Room / Re: Movies or films you've seen lately

« Last post by 4wd on July 26, 2013, 10:44 PM »

Europa Report (somewhat eerie in parts, I love sci-fi/space flicks so I certainly wasn't bored but I wouldn't watch it again).

-nosh (July 26, 2013, 01:21 PM)

Same here, as I watched it I kept being reminded of Apollo 18.

Went back to a classic last night, Jason and the Argonauts, Ray Harryhausen's stop motion effects are brilliant.

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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!

« Last post by 4wd on July 26, 2013, 10:32 PM »

There's also WilliamBryanMiller.me for $8.99/yr.

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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!

« Last post by 4wd on July 26, 2013, 08:52 AM »

I'm thinking you need another badge:

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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel due on Amazon and B&N in August or September

« Last post by 4wd on July 25, 2013, 08:39 PM »

Yeah, I thought that was a real tip of the hat to Perry and 4wd, when a reviewer notes that great proofreading has occurred!

-kyrathaba (July 25, 2013, 05:15 PM)

My rates just went up 

BTW, you should update your OP in this thread.

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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel due on Amazon and B&N in August or September

« Last post by 4wd on July 24, 2013, 09:42 PM »

I'm reading the Help for Sigil. So far, it seems like a very decent ebook-authoring tool.

-kyrathaba (July 24, 2013, 09:24 PM)

But the real question is: Does it munge the export ?

 

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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel due on Amazon and B&N in August or September

« Last post by 4wd on July 23, 2013, 11:18 PM »

4wd, hold off on any further editing.

-kyrathaba (July 23, 2013, 11:00 PM)

No problem, I'll just note them for V2.

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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel due on Amazon and B&N in August or September

« Last post by 4wd on July 23, 2013, 07:41 PM »

We still have the latest epub on Gdocs, scrutinizing, pruning...

-kyrathaba (July 23, 2013, 10:19 AM)

I've found a few more if you want to go look, start at chapter 25, (yes, I'm reading it backwards - amazing what you find when the flow of the story no longer matters).

Just got first fan mail. A lady wanting the sequel NOW.  

-kyrathaba (July 23, 2013, 07:40 PM)

Hey, your wife doesn't count  

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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel due on Amazon and B&N in August or September

« Last post by 4wd on July 23, 2013, 07:32 PM »

@40hz, your name will be included under Proofreader's in "Acknowledgments" in next upload.

-kyrathaba (June 14, 2013, 07:06 PM)

A little late, but this walks into a funny little joke!
Can you spot the proofreading mistake in that sentence?

-TaoPhoenix (July 23, 2013, 02:08 PM)

Yes, it should be 40Hz, but I blame 40 for that 

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Living Room / Re: Why you should avoid using social media

« Last post by 4wd on July 20, 2013, 08:38 PM »

hehe, no ... That only happens on TV. Besides, by the time that call goes out I'll be sitting on the porch waiting for them.

-Stoic Joker (July 20, 2013, 08:53 AM)

Think more laterally: gang = people in picture

Given today's USA, is it more likely to be a street gang or the nice folks in the picture crashing through the door uninvited?

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Living Room / Re: Movies or films you've seen lately

« Last post by 4wd on July 19, 2013, 09:28 PM »

I just watched about 18 episodes of "Doc Martin". (British version of House.)

-TaoPhoenix (July 19, 2013, 05:42 PM)

Technically: House, USA version of Doc Martin.

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Living Room / Re: Secure Cloud backup -e.g., Digital Lifeboat - what alternatives are there?

« Last post by 4wd on July 19, 2013, 09:22 PM »

I only use it things I might want to access remotely and syncing of some software between machines:

For things that it doesn't matter if someone else can access: ADrive (free 50GB), Box.net (free 50GB+25GB)

Everything else is encrypted: SpiderOak (free 2GB), Tresorit (free 50GB)

So out of a possible 177GB I use about 5GB

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Living Room / Re: Why you should avoid using social media

« Last post by 4wd on July 19, 2013, 09:08 PM »

That's nice, but I was thinking more:



SJ:   "I'm at number 21, there's a gang breaking into my house!"
911: "We'll have officers there in seconds sir. Now, if you could please remain calm and lie do-"
SJ:   "Wait, did you say seconds?"

 

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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel due on Amazon and B&N in August or September

« Last post by 4wd on July 19, 2013, 01:52 AM »

She has decided you're going on holiday on the 11th.

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Living Room / Re: Why you should avoid using social media

« Last post by 4wd on July 18, 2013, 07:45 PM »

Oh... Did I mention it's a wireless monitored alarm system...so it'll dial 911 for me ... That way I can concentrate on aiming..

-Stoic Joker (July 18, 2013, 03:39 PM)

It's just too bad that it's the guys standing on the front porch that'll get the call.

 

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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel due on Amazon and B&N in August or September

« Last post by 4wd on July 17, 2013, 11:11 PM »

K, you need to check your manuscript, either due to a misedit or the import into GDocs screwed up, timecode 2283-07-14T09:31-5:00, Sewage Treatment Cavern occurs too early in the book.

I've marked it on GDocs.

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Living Room / Re: The Government Uses License Plate Scanners to Track Your Every Move

« Last post by 4wd on July 17, 2013, 11:01 PM »

UK has used them for years to automatically check whether the vehicle is registered, roadworthy, and insured, (all three are required before you can legally drive it on a public road, providing you have a license also).

The only thing they have to do is not delete the data, I'm surprised this is 'new' news.

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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel due on Amazon and B&N in August or September

« Last post by 4wd on July 17, 2013, 05:06 AM »

I took down the previous version and am waiting until you've ready to give me the next version 

-Perry Mowbray (July 17, 2013, 12:07 AM)

Guess I'll just keep reading then....

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Living Room / Re: Domain Name Registrars

« Last post by 4wd on July 15, 2013, 06:07 PM »

Another vote for NameCheap, they had a special around Christmas where you could transfer your domains to them for ~$3 each, (IIRC), and they threw in an extra year of registration.

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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel due on Amazon and B&N in August or September

« Last post by 4wd on July 15, 2013, 06:01 PM »

I apologize to Perry and 4wd for going ahead and working on the manuscript, because I'd said I'd pause until we caught up with proofing the existing material. But when inspiration struck, I had to get it written while it was fresh in my mind. Hope my two proofreaders will forgive me.

-kyrathaba (July 15, 2013, 10:21 AM)

No need, I was going to tell you to keep going today

It's also better this way due to the time difference, another reason that it would have good to have someone from USA/EU also.

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Living Room / Re: I'm sooo exhausted with the overhyping of everything.

« Last post by 4wd on July 15, 2013, 01:23 AM »

And here I thought it was just an effect caused by the current generation's Short Attention Span Disorder that results in everything needing to be repeated ad infinitum.

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Living Room / Re: Startpage.com Search Engine - Katherine Albrecht on The Corbett Report

« Last post by 4wd on July 15, 2013, 01:16 AM »

The IE version I try this on (8, may be?) doesn't seem to support POST-based things and that's all I seem to turn up at Mycroft Project.  Any success stories?

-ewemoa (July 14, 2013, 07:24 PM)

Startpage will also provide a GET based URL for your searches.  Go to Startpage->Settings and uncheck the following:



Set any other parameters you want, then click Generate URL if you don't want cookies, or Save if you do.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on July 14, 2013, 01:25 AM »

Update: 0.3.0.30
Changed: No longer requires rasdial.exe to get initial connection
Changed: No longer relies on text within EventLog entry for information
Fixed: If the PC itself runs a VPN server, Event IDs 20267 and 20268 weren't reported.  Now uses Event IDs 20225/20226.
Added: Shows IP in ToolTip