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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 12, 2011, 09:39 AM »

In British military intelligence, deniable operations is the most dangerous tightrope you can walk. Ex-SAS man, Nick Stone, has no choice in the matter. He may be tough, resourceful, ruthless, highly trained, but he still must do what his masters want, whatever that might be.

Sarah Greenwood is beautiful, steel-willed, intelligent, cunning - the only woman Stone has ever let under his guard. And now he's been sent to hunt her down...

As the pair are pursued through the backwoods of the American South, Stone's mission becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse, and a journey to the heart of a terrifying conspiracy to which only Sarah holds the key. And as the tension builds to breaking point, the two are led to a confrontation that echoes our worst nightmares.

Only about 4 pages into it, but as always, Andy starts with some good humour, which is always fun, and grips you into the story as much as all his other books

**edit**
Forgot to upload ther picture lol

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Living Room / Re: Is there a better site than AllMusic.com?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 10, 2011, 05:33 AM »

very handy when you want to singalong to the latest Justin Beiber hit (whoever he is).
[/quote]

I think thats the 13 year old male lesbian Ive been hearing about 

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Living Room / Re: Is there a better site than AllMusic.com?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 09, 2011, 09:21 PM »

http://listen.grooveshark.com has a pretty awesome service.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 :: Wrap Up

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 09, 2011, 09:19 PM »

Well Done Everybody!

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Living Room / Re: Good Code diagram by XKCD

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 07, 2011, 03:58 PM »

 

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Living Room / Re: Link: Why Google does not qualify for searching the web anymore

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 06, 2011, 11:59 PM »

What could be an efficient way to filter our very own web experience?

Just a thought.

-Tuxman (January 06, 2011, 11:52 PM)

Making your own search engine, running on its own code, nothing re-used - That way, YOU filter what content appears.

(Im speaking in general terms, not just aiming at you Tux) 

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General Software Discussion / Re: remove objects from photos

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 05, 2011, 08:27 PM »

While Steve is great at removing objects, this is what I am good at doing in about 5 minutes...

You have heard of the honeymoon you will never forget? Here's the one you'll never remember.
 (see attachment in previous post)

-app103 (January 05, 2011, 08:23 PM)

Kudos on scaling

Heh, thats something I have been looking into, seems fairly straightforward. could never be bothered looking for a background haha.

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General Software Discussion / Re: remove objects from photos

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 05, 2011, 08:11 PM »

Wow. That's amazing. 4 minutes? Jeez.

-Renegade (January 05, 2011, 07:51 PM)

the 2nd set of 2 minutes was simply removing the cyclist and reconstructing the bus...theres a whole bunch of stuff that could be fixed with what I did, but visually, from a distance, you cant really see them.

-Stephen66515 (January 05, 2011, 07:58 PM)

Really, THIS is more like what computing should be -- the computer doing the work that you want/intend for it to do.

-Renegade (January 05, 2011, 08:05 PM)

The only problem with that, is a computer cant "see" what should be in the place of something, or "feel" what should be in its place...For instance, that Content Aware mearly places pixels from around the object, inwards, and doesnt always do the best of jobs.

For what it took me to hand-fix that image, would have taken me far longer using Content Aware, making sure my selection was precise, and then cleaning everything else up.

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General Software Discussion / Re: remove objects from photos

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 05, 2011, 07:58 PM »

Wow. That's amazing. 4 minutes? Jeez.

-Renegade (January 05, 2011, 07:51 PM)

the 2nd set of 2 minutes was simply removing the cyclist and reconstructing the bus...theres a whole bunch of stuff that could be fixed with what I did, but visually, from a distance, you cant really see them.

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General Software Discussion / Re: remove objects from photos

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 05, 2011, 07:28 PM »

Done in Photoshop, quick 2 minute edit



Continued for a further 2 minutes



4 Minutes work...results in this...imagine what could be done with 34 minutes

**edit**

Forgot to mention...no plugins have been used...this was purely by eye.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: cross-platform puzzle game - WhirlyWord

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 05, 2011, 06:48 PM »

Wouldnt mind a new game/re-credit button Its getting annoying having to close and open when im finished haha.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Your most used SPECIAL programs

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 05, 2011, 12:13 PM »

AA!!  40hz...that 4d thing looks great.  There are too many good options for outlining out there!

I'm trying to figure out the best way to do all the stuff necessary to write a story with.  I like Liquid Story binder as an all in one package, but these outliners and stuff have certain things that are very nice.  Between InfoQube, Onenote, Evernote, now this...I don't know.  I shouldn't stress...I should just use what I have and wait for the need to arise.

-superboyac (January 04, 2011, 03:04 PM)

Check this program out. The absolute best freebie for writers: http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter5.html

-sazzen (January 05, 2011, 09:01 AM)

Ill double that reccomendation...yWriter is extremely powerfull for a serious writer...however, try to get everything outlines in a non-feature-heavy software first (like notepad) otherwise you will spend most of your time playing with the features, and no time writing!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Your most used SPECIAL programs

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 05, 2011, 12:11 AM »

Does anyone here think that those who pirate software would be likely to purchase a copy and then request a refund? I don’t think so. I think that only someone seriously considering the program would shell out that much up front. But then again I am probably way off there. Who knows anymore!

Jim

As somebody who, will openly admiot to pirating software, I can say no, we wouldnt simply request a refund.

Now let me explain more about me being a pirate **arr**

Ever downloaded a "demo" of a product, only to find out it has a severe time limit, or 80% of its functions are locked out? or simply, have no demo at all, and you have to trust other users and screenshots to shell out what could be thousands of $$,  Annoying isnt it...hows that a true 'test' period? - This is why I pirate...If I come accross software I feel I may purchase, but want to take for a test run first, and the demos (or lack there of) have these constraints, I turn to piracy, take the software for a short test-run (usually a month or two), NEVER release anything created from that peice of illegal software, and figure out if its worth my time.  If it is, I simply backup my files, uninstall, return to the website, purchase, download, install, and use as normal...if not, uninstall, delete, forget...with no hole in my wallet

I honestly dont care about the ethics of that, and in fact, if I made software to the price of packages like Maya and Pinnacles...I would either offer a suitable demo, or reccomend people to head off to The Pirate Bay

-Stephen

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Living Room / Re: What would it look like if all DC visitors were gathered in one place?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 04, 2011, 12:15 AM »

Thats very, very, very cool 

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Adventures of Baby Cody / Re: Photos of BCs trip to Afghanistan

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 03, 2011, 09:16 PM »

Awesome!  We finally have photos!

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Living Room / Anybody in the UK notice the earthquake that happened?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 03, 2011, 04:45 PM »

http://www.lancashir...ts_North_of_England/

The north of England was tonight struck by a small earthquake, the British Geological Survey (BGS) said.

The tremor measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale is the second to hit the region in less than a month.

The epicentre of the quake is believed to have been near Ripon, North Yorkshire, but the tremor was felt as far afield as Cumbria and West Yorkshire.

Dr Brian Baptie from the BGS told Sky News: "We believe the earthquake was in North Yorkshire, just west of Ripon in the Yorkshire Dales region."

He said it struck at 9.02pm.

Tonight's tremor is the second to hit England in the space of a few weeks.

Last month the BGS confirmed that an earthquake of local magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale took place shortly before 11pm on December 21 in Coniston in the Lake District.

Dr Aoife O'Mongain from the BGS said the epicentre of the quake was 10 kilometres west of Ripon with a depth of six kilometres.

She added: "It would have only lasted for a couple of seconds.

"And at that strength it is not likely that it would have caused any damage.

"People living in the vicinity may have felt their windows rattling as if a lorry was going past."

Other recent quakes in the UK include one in February 2008, when a major tremor centred on Lincolnshire shook much of the UK, causing damage to buildings and leaving at least one person injured.

The tremor - which measured 5.2 on the Richter scale - struck at around 1am on February 27 at Market Rasen, Lincs.

And in Kent in April 2007, another tremor measured 4.3 on the Richter scale.

Homes were damaged as chimneys toppled, walls cracked and masonry fell as the tremor hit Folkestone.

Dunno about anybody else, but I didnt feel this, and im not a huge distance from the area  

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General Software Discussion / Re: What in the world is "Refactoring?"

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 03, 2011, 04:39 PM »

simply put

whole new code, for the same results.

kind of like this:

[Select]

<b>

in HTML will give you bold text

now, if you was to change that to BBCode (the stuff you use here)

[Select]

[b]

would give you bold text.

Different internal code, same external results.

It could get more technical, but its along those lines

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Living Room / Re: Anyone want to write an eBook in 2011?

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 02, 2011, 06:33 PM »

I think the main question is; is the following:

I understand that eBooks are hugely popular these days, but if you self publish on DTP, are you tied to them?

My reason for asking, is that, if I was to publish on DTP, I would also want to self-publish a physical version of the book also (Always nice to have a copy of your own book, in hardback, on the bookshelf).

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Living Room / Re: Holy Pirates~! =p

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 02, 2011, 06:28 PM »

I found this humorous. 2 pirates in the Vatican:

-Renegade (December 31, 2010, 08:26 AM)

Does the pope sh*t in the woods?

Spoiler

Yeah, but he also steals AV Software!

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Official Announcements / Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 FROM EVERYONE AT DONATIONCODER! Add a reply here!

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 02, 2011, 06:25 PM »

May everyone at DoCo have a HAPPY, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

-wraith808 (January 02, 2011, 03:34 PM)

Thought that said SAFE, and PHOSPHORUS for a moment there 

Anyhow, its the 3rd Jan here, but wth...HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Ethervane Radio

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 02, 2011, 06:17 PM »

Not quite, recently I've been playing with Cacoo:
(see attachment in previous post)

As it offers the ability to collaborate on interface...

Link to drawing: https://cacoo.com/di...ams/TYBg7dVsuVybmBla

-Perry Mowbray (January 02, 2011, 05:44 PM)

Ah, that looks really good, ill have to signup to it later

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Partial Download

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 02, 2011, 06:16 PM »

Either way, hes made this himself, therefor, it works the exact way he want it to, and theres never any harm in having several peices of software to do the same thing eh 

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Ethervane Radio

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

(What did you use to design this screenshot?)

-tranglos (January 02, 2011, 06:37 AM)

Knowing Perry, he probably just made the form (none-working ofc) lol - I know thats what I would have done....easiest way haha

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Partial Download

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 02, 2011, 12:08 AM »

GNU Wget has many features to make retrieving large files or mirroring entire web or FTP sites easy, including:

• Can resume aborted downloads, using REST and RANGE
  
• Can use filename wild cards and recursively mirror directories
  
• NLS-based message files for many different languages
  
• Optionally converts absolute links in downloaded documents to relative, so that downloaded documents may link to each other locally
  
• Runs on most UNIX-like operating systems as well as Microsoft Windows
  
• Supports HTTP proxies
  
• Supports HTTP cookies
  
• Supports persistent HTTP connections
  
• Unattended / background operation
  
• Uses local file timestamps to determine whether documents need to be re-downloaded when mirroring
  
• GNU Wget is distributed under the GNU General Public License.

@Cyeb: No specifics on "Partial Downloading" and not dedicated to that exact thing.

@anandcoral: Great tool, very very usefull indeed.  Ill be grabbing a copy of this for when I have to use my backup Mobile Broadband connection which is heavily limited and costs a lot to keep buying more usage.

I wonder if you could add "Partial Youtube Video Download" support, for the same reasons you made this.  Sometimes you get sent multiple links for the same thing, which has 8427289 different names on youtube, and, you cannot control how much it buffers, which, the more it buffers, the more usage I get charged for haha.  No problem if you cannot, it was worth asking

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Ethervane Radio

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on January 01, 2011, 11:42 PM »

For those who want no GUI, why not make all the functions work on a rightclick context menu that runs only in taskbar.  Obviously, if you wanted to manually input a URL then a window would come up, but it keeps it clean, and hidden

As for things like bookmarking, it could add a new item to menu itself, one click load

In regards to muting being global, allow the user to select program mute, or global mute, as sometimes you might wanna mute the software to watch something on youtube for example.