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Living Room / Re: Smart Rabbit Computer Buddy Gadget
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 02:25 PM »
for $150 i'll buy a real rabbit and train him to check my email.
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Flock: Web2.0 and all that buzz
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 02:11 PM »
that's pretty sweet.
30253
Living Room / Re: Smart Rabbit Computer Buddy Gadget
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 01:45 PM »
i guess it would depend on the price and how plaintively he was staring at me in the store.
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Tours and Tutorials / Screencast Tutorial: How to Donate to the Site
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 01:38 PM »
This one covers donating to the site using paypal.

All of his tours/tutorials can also be found at http://tour.donationcoder.com

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Living Room / Re: Smart Rabbit Computer Buddy Gadget
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 01:35 PM »
i like the idea of a little creature who lights up when i have email and turns mad when its spam.
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Living Room / comparative study of international acceptance of evolution
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 01:16 PM »
I post this without comment:

Science has just published a short comparative study of international acceptance of evolution. ..


from scienceblogs.com
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Flock: Web2.0 and all that buzz
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 01:10 PM »
mp3 interview with flock developer at readwriteweb.com:

"Future of Browsers: Interview with Flock's Geoffrey Arone"
http://www.readwrite...f_browsers_flock.php
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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a good Uninstaller App
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 01:08 PM »
one thing i always look for in such tools: can it sort by install date? if not, its dead to me  ;)
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Developer's Corner / Re: What's the Best Scripting Language?
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 01:01 PM »
and a nice programming language news page:
http://tacojuice.org/plnews/
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Developer's Corner / Re: What's the Best Scripting Language?
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 12:57 PM »
another nice comparison of syntax across languages:
http://merd.sourcefo...cross-languages.html
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Developer's Corner / What's the Best Scripting Language?
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 12:42 PM »
After a recent discussion about adding scripting to Screenshot Captor (https://www.donation...index.php?topic=4725), I thought it might be interesting to look at some recent discussions on the web about different scripting languages.

Here's a nice comparison of different scripting languages:


See also these interesting discussions:

Recently I'm intrigued by Squirrel: http://squirrel-lang.org/
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Living Room / Meez: your 3d avatar
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 11:50 AM »

What is a Meez?
A Meez is your 3D I-D which you create and use to represent yourself everywhere you go on the Internet. Hairstyle. Clothes. Eye Color. Everything. You can personalize your Meez to look like you do in real life --- or try on a completely new look. It's up to you.
Does it cost anything to have a Meez?
No, it's free. You only pay if you decide to purchase a premium item in the MeezMall.


from http://go2web2.blogspot.com/
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Living Room / Re: Article with Video: What's the difference between Microphones?
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 11:39 AM »
video seems down at the moment.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: Scripting to be added to Screenshot Captor
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 11:27 AM »
whatever scripting i add to sc will be built in and small; as f0dder says it really shouldnt have much of an impact and im not going to use anything big or anything that requires a separate install.

all of the discussion above is more philosophical.  for sc the script will be EXTREMELY simple:
it will be stuff like this
ResizeTo(320,200);
Border("white",2);
Border("blank",1);
DropShadow(4);
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Living Room / Re: Legend of Pliskin 2 - very well done flash click adventure
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 11:18 AM »
ps. the original pliskin #1 is here: http://uploads.ungro...0/118109_pliskin.swf
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Living Room / Legend of Pliskin 2 - very well done flash click adventure
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 11:17 AM »
Legend of Pliskin 2 - very well done flash click adventure

This is a really well done playfull click adventure game, with longish intro and story sections.


from http://flash.plasticthinking.org/
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Living Room / Re: Free blog hosting for members at DonationCoder - might be a good idea?
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 11:12 AM »
yes, that strikes a bell and would be a very reasonable approach to providing members with a full cms if thats the direction we go.  wordpress should also be able to do this i think, though obviously its more a blog engine than cms.  no reason we wouldnt install both of course.
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Living Room / Video: What's the difference between Microphones?
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 11:07 AM »
Video: What's the difference between Microphones?

Omnidirectional, Cardioid, Hypercardioid, Bi-directional, Shotgun? What makes these different types of microphones unique? The best way to discover the differences is to go out and experiment yourself. But for those that don't have access to all of these different mics (and the free time), the next best thing is to let Ty Ford explain it to you. In this video (28MB MP4)Ty lets you see and hear the differences between several different mics. He also shows where the best placement would be.

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Living Room / Smart Rabbit Computer Buddy Gadget
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 10:46 AM »
The Nabaztag Smart Rabbit from Violet is a Hello Kitty-like "smart object" connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi. The high-tech bunny is linked to the Nabaztag Web site and lights up and/or wiggles its ears to convey various data drawn from the Net. It can also be programmed to read RSS feeds, e-mails and text messages out loud. Owners set preferences for which items they'd like read. The rabbit can also play MP3s, voicemail messages (only in France), and Nabcasts--podcasts recorded by members of the Nabaztag community.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Scripting to be added to Screenshot Captor
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 10:25 AM »
writing a full language is something most coders dream of.. i only wish i had the time to spend on it - but i know i dont, so dont hold your breath.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: Scripting to be added to Screenshot Captor
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 09:22 AM »
i looked at Ch a long time ago (don't think it was free then), but it didn't really do it for me.
i'm going to have to give it more thought before i make a commitment to choosing one, and im not dead set against using something like lua or ruby or python in a program, i just cant help but feel not completely satisfied with any of them.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: Scripting to be added to Screenshot Captor
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 08:57 AM »
f0dder basically covered my point of view.  i'd rather have a hierarhcy of objects and function indirection that takes up 200 lines than 10 lines of code, IFF it seemed more logical and reusable to me.

however, longer code does not mean repeating code; any time you are repeating blocks of code is a good sign that the code is not as elegant as it should be.

your example above comparin a foreach type statement with c++ use of templates and iterators is a fair one.  personally i find iterators in c++ pretty damn ugly, though they are powerful.  don't get me wrong, i think c++ is full of flaws and ugly stuff.

and as you said the scripting languages today are becoming full oop programing languages (unlike the early days of toy scripting languages).

however, i am a fan of strong static typing.  any programming language where you can just start using a variable without declaring it, or do some weird assignments between incompatible types without generating an error, is not going to be something i am happy with.

i do believe this is represents a fundamental difference in the basic approach to using a scripting language and other languages.  scripting languages tend to be designed for quick and dirty coding, and try to save you the time and effort of writing elaborate stuff that the interpreter can do a pretty good job of guessing.  I prefer to have a language that requires strict declaration of type information and can catch potential errors at compilation time.

for me this is a fundamental (perhaps *THE* fundamental) mistake that language designers make - not taking seriously the idea that the language should be designed to make it as hard as possible to make a mistake without it being flagged as a mistake.

99% of the problems with css and html could be solved if the damn implementations threw up real errors when something was non-compliant, instead of silently just trying to do their best to guess what you wanted to do, which makes it 100x harder to find and fix bugs.
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Find And Run Robot / Re: Problem with white on black windows themes
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 05:24 AM »
i'm surprised it happens even with the noskin mode.. ok i'll add it to my todo list to check this out and see what can be done.  thank you for reporting it.
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Living Room / Re: New WEP attack found - cracks in seconds
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 05:23 AM »
YIPES! i didn't know that!
* mouser runs to change his home networking setup.
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Living Room / Re: New WEP attack found - cracks in seconds
« Last post by mouser on August 11, 2006, 05:08 AM »
nice find.

ps. another thing you can do is many routers now have an access control list where you can configure specific devices (by their mac addresses) that are allowed to connect to your wireless router.  just remember that if a friend comes over you will need to add their wireless cards mac adress to your allowed list.
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