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Living Room / Happy New Year & NANY Deadline Day!
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 31, 2010, 01:18 PM »
And in case i don't see ya...good afternoon, good evening, and good night  :P
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Well done.

The page kept appearing and disappearing yesterday (presumably flaky DNS propogation and interesting attempts at routing).

Seem stable now though.  :-*

Yesterday there was some major problems with the internet backbone, amongst a few other things, which caused problems for a whole bunch of users.  I would say, only around 60% of people who tried to connect yesterday, did so with any luck, others where hit with a 404 page. (I was struck with 404 unless i used proxy)

Anyhow, all seems fine and dandy with the internet as of now, and everything is back to 100% (or as close as they can ever get to it lol)
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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Pledge: Ethervane Radio
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 30, 2010, 11:26 PM »
I adjusted the Title (we don't allow "last minute" Pledges: just Pledges  :P)

 :Thmbsup:

Perry likes neat and tidy post names ;)
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Living Room / Re: Are You Ready to Switch to GNU/Linux?
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 30, 2010, 10:46 PM »
That, and the fact that, I think most mac users are WAY to "up themselves" to ever ask for help on a forum, so finding good, usefull information, that is up to date, and actually works, is going to be a bigger task than saving £1200 to give to Apple.

Microsoft is the opposite there -- they almost care too much about backward compatibility.

Thats the sad but true fact, M$ seem to focus more on keeping old stuff working (down to like Win95) rather than focusing on creating greatness
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Living Room / Re: Are You Ready to Switch to GNU/Linux?
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 30, 2010, 10:31 PM »
Daily? Shoot, I can update once in *buntu and check again 3 hours later and have more. And I've seen a total of 80 patches appear 24 hours later after "fully patching" a system one day prior.

In *buntu, spoon bend you


The final factor which stopped me doing a perma-move to linux was the lack of people willing to help.  Looking on forums to see thousands of "RTFM n00b" and "wtf...stupid question...gtfo my forum" kinda put me off.  I know this happens with Winblows as well, but at least there are a few that you can find decent info on (like here); Makes you wonder if theres a forum, like DC, but for Linux...... Unlikely...anyway, the same reason goes for Mac...my main reason for not using them, is the insane pricing they have, and the fact theres a new one brought out every 16 seconds, which means, if you bought one when you started reading this, chances are, your 18 versions behind when your gonna get to the end.  That, and the fact that, I think most mac users are WAY to "up themselves" to ever ask for help on a forum, so finding good, usefull information, that is up to date, and actually works, is going to be a bigger task than saving £1200 to give to Apple.

Linux, IS, a viable option for a whole lot of people, even ones who don't even know about it, or say "nah, its not for me", but if your anything like me, then you can simply install VMWare, load a linux distro, play with it, use any software that doesnt come on winblows, and then when your done, close VMWare, and load windows back up to play those games that would require 6 hours of coding drivers for your linux distro, so they work.
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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 last minute Pledge: Ethervane Radio
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 30, 2010, 10:13 PM »
Wow, that looks great man, if you can apply custom skins so we can do like and old-school steroegram style thing to it, that would plain rock :P (With the possibility of adding static noise while stations are buffering so it gives users the feel of "Tuning" haha), id use that all day long :D
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Living Room / Re: Are You Ready to Switch to GNU/Linux?
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 30, 2010, 09:18 PM »
1. You’re Tired of Paying for Software
 - Not really, I dont generally pay for much in the way of software, and when I do, its generally "Donation Ware" so I pay what I want...because I wanted to.

2. You’re Tired of Upgrading Hardware
 - Actually...no...thats one of my favorite times of the year :D

3. You’re Tired of Malware
 - I think I had malware once...
4. You’ve Seen One Too Many Patch Tuesdays
 - wtf is a patch tuesday?  I have automatic updates turned off, and have done since M$ decided to ship a crap load of viruses with one of the XP SP versions (dont recall which exact one)

5. You Don’t Have the Time
 - To learn a new operating system?  No

6. You Like Speed
 - Yes...this is why I have good hardware, backed up by a good internet connection...

7. You Like Sharing
 - Yuhuh, thats why I have MSN, Dropbox, Facebook, DC, and P2P software........

8. You Don’t Actually Love Internet Explorer
 - Hell no, I hate it...and the only time it ever gets loaded is if some crappy ass peice of badly coded crap that I have the misfortune of finding, decided to open it cause the coder was to goddamn lazy to simply open my freakin default browser, like any SANE person would do.......

9. You Want to Be in Control
 - There is no spoon...

10. You’re One of a Kind
 - I might be unique, but using *nix doesnt make you one of a kind...it makes you opne of a bunch of other people who use that OS...




Also, why the hell do people switch to *nix then do things like install WINE to run everything...tbh, if i was gonna install *nix, i would do command line only, no desktop enviroment...desktop enviroment/gaming is for microsoft, command line/servers is linux, anything "edity" like "photoshop" or "pinnacle studios" which _can_ run on windows, should be run on mac.
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Seems to be lagging like hell when you try to atach any form of anything...

Just tried 3 times to post something in my personal area, so I could check the layout and such first, and every single time, i got timed out.

Before mouser asks...no, the image was not my usual 3MB+ file size, in fact, it was a measly 300kb (appx w300xh100)...1 singular image, no idea why its happening, or if this post will even get through lol.

Doesnt seem to be a problem on my side as I am able to visit and post on other sites.

-Stephen

*edit*

This post went through without a single problem or hint of lag.

*edit 2*

So did the last edit (Instead of getting stuck in an endless loop, im not going to post on the outcome of this edit)
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Living Room / Re: Naming and Shaming Bad Forums with Bad Ethics
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 29, 2010, 07:06 PM »
...ya know, that little island that basically owns America...

Little island...little island...that owns America...

What! Has China finally taken over Taiwan and moved it's capital there?  :P ;D

------

BTW: Looked up 'fanny' in my BritSlang dictionary. (Only you guys... :-\)

I seriously doubt she meant it the way some people over there might take it. Especially since the "smack" part would likely require some rather complicated choreography. Possibly even special equipment.

 ;D

I guess you would have to RTFM for that special equip 40hz

*dies laughing*
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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 29, 2010, 07:00 PM »
Go Go Curt...soon to be 40k? :P
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Living Room / Re: Naming and Shaming Bad Forums with Bad Ethics
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 29, 2010, 06:44 PM »
fannysmack

Either thats lost in translation or yeaaaaah....it doesnt mean the same thing in England  :huh:

I shudder to think.  :-\

But they drive on the 'wrong' side of the road over there to begin with, so I suppose anything is possible.  ;D

 :o.... :(.... >:(...bad 40hz!

lol yeah, a "fanny" here in England, ya know, that little island that basically owns America, and the country above it ;) means something TOTALLY different  8)
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Living Room / Re: Naming and Shaming Bad Forums with Bad Ethics
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 29, 2010, 06:22 PM »
fannysmack

Either thats lost in translation or yeaaaaah....it doesnt mean the same thing in England  :huh:
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Living Room / Re: People Who Get Paid To Touch Your 'Junk'
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 28, 2010, 10:08 PM »
 :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: Naming and Shaming Bad Forums with Bad Ethics
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 28, 2010, 12:18 PM »
Good list Gwen7

- if you must rant or flame, don't 'go live' immediately after the spellcheck. compose offline and let it sit for a few hours. then delete it.

or rewrite it ten times and then delete it :)

Or do as I did, and go to a legit forum, with nice users, and have a moan about it there haha
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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: My tribute to the guys and gals of NANY 2011
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 27, 2010, 06:45 PM »
Figured this deserved to be in a pretty picture format :P

timns poem small.jpg
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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 27, 2010, 05:34 PM »
Managed to capute some last shots before all the snow melted cause of the rain.

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Living Room / Re: Naming and Shaming Bad Forums with Bad Ethics
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 27, 2010, 04:37 PM »
Therefore, rather than tell people to "google it" or "RTFM", IF I decide to assist them at all, then - and even if I think that I know the answer already - I nowadays usually google it, or check Wikipedia (say) or RTFM for them, and then send them the results or source links, with the suggestion that  they could probably get even more useful information if they hunted around a bit more themselves or played about with the google search string. This is just helping people to help themselves.

Agreed, the best course of action is certainly to look for a valid google search string, and possibly give some links to WHY thats the string they SHOULD have searched for.

The main reason behind me posting this, was the fact that I _HAD_ googled for the answer, and when I clicked on a few links and didnt find anything, I found that forum, which then directed the original poster, and of course, anybody else who had GOOGLED it to find that post, BACK to google, which was kind of frustrating, and not exactly helpful.

I ALWAYS check google first before asking anybody outright, and ONLY if I cannot find my desired answer, or I find the answer but am still not 100% sure, will I ask somebody about it.
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Living Room / Naming and Shaming Bad Forums with Bad Ethics
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 26, 2010, 09:03 PM »
In this thread, I want to highlight one main forum that I feel needs to be named-and-shamed.

The following forum, is a supposed programming "help" forum...well...they might have SOME programming info on there...but thier forum is certainly not worth bothering with.

You see...unlike here, at Donation Coder, where users take the time and effort to help, the following site seems to love to use the phrase "Search on Google".
That phrase is an obvious "Go away, I cannot be bothered", which makes you wonder...why do they bother replying, if its not of any help?

I'm starting a small application and in it I want a very simple IRC client.
I can't find anything using google to where to start or how to do this?
Is there anyone here that knows or have worked with an IRC client before and can help me get a very simple app started or direct me in the right place.
Quite a normal question right?

I thought so...Now heres the FIRST reply...which I should mention...is from a MODERATOR!

Re: Simple IRC Client

Posted 26 May 2009 - 07:01 AM
Google Search

After a few other posts of the moderator saying "GTFO and Google it" and the user actually not clicking on that these people dont care, another user says the following:

Well... you probably didn't click on the 3rd link did you, because it has a complete solution ready for use.


Btw: 2nd link on the google search, redirects back to this thread.. Infinite loops atw

Now...I'm pretty sure its common knowledge that google is dynamic, and what shows up #2 for one person, might be #8 for another person 10 seconds later...


The site im going to name and shame is.........

Click To Reveal The Mentioned Site


The forum post that the quotes where taken from is...........







This is the reason I love DC...I have NEVER seen a user dismissed and told to GTFO and Google It :D


Do you know any other major forums who are guilty of this?  If so, post them!
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Yeah app, its not unique :P but figured id share it seeing as im on a mission releasing a ton of tray utilities haha.
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Am i the only one experiencing DC forum as being very fast to browse, but as having gotten verrrrrry sloooooooooooowwwwwww shen you submit a new post (or post modication).

I experience this as well.  Sometimes, they don't post at all so I have to go back, refresh, and click the post button again.

Last 3 or 4 posts I have noticed this also.
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a screenie please..  :)

Of the error dialog?  It's not going to be much help...
 (see attachment in previous post)

Thanks for the error report.

Ill get it fixed now and upload the fixed version :D
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Its going to eventually be added to an all-in-one installer, but for now, im keeping it seperate cause its not really anything big.
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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Teaser: Treat Yourself Nicely
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 24, 2010, 11:45 PM »
Update:

New installer
 - You can now choose if you want to install an online, or offline version of the software (online contains auto-updates, offline has no auto-updates)
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Hey guys, this is nothing special, just something ive been using for awhile and figured I may as well clean it up and post it here.

This does nothing special other than sits in your tray and gives you quick access to all the major sections here on Donation Coder.
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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Teaser: Llama Tray
« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on December 24, 2010, 09:38 PM »
Version 1.0.0.10 (Next Update) Info:

  • Hundreds more quotes for each section

Fixes:

  • Stopped application crashing after appx 2000 quote loads.

Possible Feature Additions:

  • Re-addition of "Random Poems"
  • Re-addition of "Random Jokes"
  • Addition of "Funny Pictures"

If anybody has any ideas for new content for this, please let me know :D
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