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General Software Discussion / Re: Software recommendations for writers

« Last post by Ath on May 07, 2011, 07:18 AM »

I'm not a writer (yet) but had a short look at both writing tools mentioned, q10 and WriteMonkey.
Seems like q10 is kinda dead, in the development part.
WriteMonkey seems to be alive and kicking, and has somewhat better/more/cleaner features, so I'll have a longer look at it during this summer. Hope to report here later.

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General Software Discussion / Re: InstallShield Install Issue

« Last post by Ath on May 06, 2011, 08:28 AM »

Silly question: You have Customizer 10000 Plus or Customizer 10000 already installed, before applying this update?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: EventID .Net OFFLINE/Portable Maybe?

« Last post by Ath on May 06, 2011, 08:18 AM »

If the data is not available as a download, you can either use scraping to get at it, or try to find other resources with equivalent content...

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Living Room / Re: Tinjaw, gone?

« Last post by Ath on May 06, 2011, 02:00 AM »

I usually keep an eye (in a separate Tab of course) on that page to see all recent forum posts

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Living Room / Re: Tinjaw, gone?

« Last post by Ath on May 06, 2011, 01:50 AM »

What is that? Is there a link to current members online or something?

-Deozaan (May 05, 2011, 11:55 PM)

Sure, the 'frontpage' of the forum, bottom of the page, here's a sample of just now:

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Living Room / Re: What's your experience with 3rd party color inkjet ink replacement?

« Last post by Ath on May 05, 2011, 03:22 PM »

Hm, pity they don't ship outside of USA/Canada

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Developer's Corner / Re: The Finch - $100 Robot for Teaching Computer Programming

« Last post by Ath on May 05, 2011, 03:12 PM »

Oh, and why for learning to program? I already know how to do that (in several ways)

This is just great fun (and quite affordable, too)

Now to find out if and how long it will take to ship to Europe

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Living Room / Re: Tinjaw, gone?

« Last post by Ath on May 05, 2011, 03:07 PM »

I've seen him, here, today, in a flash


Something or someone pulled him over, thanks for that!

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Developer's Corner / Re: The Finch - $100 Robot for Teaching Computer Programming

« Last post by Ath on May 05, 2011, 02:59 PM »

+1

But why for my kid(s)

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DonationCoder.com Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for May 5th, 2011 - "Calming Breeze"

« Last post by Ath on May 05, 2011, 02:26 PM »

That's a nice and to the point newsletter this month, thanks

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Living Room / Re: Daily Autohotkey

« Last post by Ath on May 05, 2011, 05:52 AM »

Why would you want to limit that request to AutoHotKey apps?
And there are several other threads on most used/useful apps already

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ProcessTamer / Re: Periodically re-apply force settings

« Last post by Ath on May 05, 2011, 01:22 AM »

Then ask you boss/manager what he wants you to do: work, and be able to work undisturbed/continuously, or several times a week sit and wait until some silly process/tool is done with 'examining' your working tools?

A carpenter doesn't get his hammer and saw checked a few times a week to see if he hasn't killed hurt anyone with it, does he?

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ProcessTamer / Re: Periodically re-apply force settings

« Last post by Ath on May 04, 2011, 04:59 PM »

<rant>
You should drop the PC on the sysadmins desk shouting it's unusable in this way, and they HAVE to do something about it. And take at least 5 more colleagues with you to impress them a bit.

It's absolutely unacceptable to get this kind of stuff pushed down our throats by these monopolistic monsters
</rant>

I hope the underlying message is clear

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by Ath on May 04, 2011, 10:31 AM »

I think the vertical separator is an improvement  :Thmbsup

-ewemoa (May 04, 2011, 09:09 AM)

+1 (again )

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by Ath on May 04, 2011, 02:13 AM »

I was thinking it might be a bit clearer if there were some border around the buttons or if the buttons were displayed more like a vanilla toolbar

-ewemoa (May 03, 2011, 06:12 PM)

+1

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General Software Discussion / Re: Question for those of you who use windows-based HTPC PCs with your tv

« Last post by Ath on May 04, 2011, 01:50 AM »

Run Android on an HTPC!

-Deozaan (May 03, 2011, 10:36 PM)

Hm, WinButtons doesn't run on Android, and there will be no need for an 'AndButtons', they're called Widgets in Android speak
The last 'Android on x86' seems to be pretty up to date, but I'm not up to speed on that project.


The gesture/swiping part on Windows could easily be handled by StrokeIt

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CHS New Sound Options

« Last post by Ath on May 02, 2011, 01:50 AM »

And then you also have to point 'm at the typo's as well?

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR window shrinks over time

« Last post by Ath on May 01, 2011, 02:07 PM »

If you let it shrink all the way to 0 it will open a black hole on your desktop and a thousand real life LOLCats will pour out and be your friends for life.

-mouser (May 01, 2011, 02:01 PM)

And I guestimate that will happen somewhere around the summer holidays

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Living Room / Re: Can you read this?

« Last post by Ath on April 30, 2011, 03:46 AM »

It seems to work best for English texts, other languages (even my primary) doen't read as easy as English when mangled up like this.

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Developer's Corner / Re: New Twist on Basic

« Last post by Ath on April 29, 2011, 03:25 PM »

I wasn't hitting on anyone, and put my (personal) verdict in a spoiler to be a little less public (to avoid any possible offense) about that. But I guess it wasn't subtle enough.
I'm sorry if I offended anyone with my message.
Had a quick look at the MB site, but did not see much to get a better view of the product. They promise a small exe size, no runtime dependencies, but I already have that. With AutoIt3 or AutoHotKey. And 'modular with new commands'? What that? No explanation found, and the More Information link? Directly to the forum index, but no info.
And they still want money for it? I'll keep my (personal) verdict the same.

Or grab a copy of the (free) Visual Studio Express Edition. That has a quite modern flavor of basic, and C#. It's not small, and requires a runtime installed. But it's still free, and has quite awesome support.

I'll pass on this one, thanks.

No offense.

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Living Room / Re: So I got an HTC Arrive

« Last post by Ath on April 27, 2011, 01:51 AM »

And it came with headphones ... Which I have no idea wtf to do with

-Stoic Joker (April 26, 2011, 06:11 PM)

You're supposed to treat it like a luxurious/expensive MP3 player, that happens to double-take as a phone

that's an Android? Either way, if it has Swype

-Deozaan (April 27, 2011, 12:59 AM)

Nope, it's WinPhone 7 (it's aka HTC 7 Pro), and no Swype available (yet)

I've previously never had a "Smart Phone", just getting to the board

-Stoic Joker (April 26, 2011, 06:11 PM)

What made you decide to go for a Windows Phone 7 device?

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Developer's Corner / Re: New Twist on Basic

« Last post by Ath on April 27, 2011, 01:43 AM »

Looks just like a kind of merger of AutoIt3 and AutoHotKey to me,

my verdict

I see no reason to pop out $21.95 for that

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Living Room / Re: So I got an HTC Arrive

« Last post by Ath on April 26, 2011, 05:23 PM »

That's why I too got one with a 'real' keyboard (Motorola Milestone / Droid), but experienced that I have to keep my thumb's nails in just the right shape to press the keys reliably. And you are IMHO a tad advantaged by the slightly better layout of the HTC keyboard. Quick it will probably never go...

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Living Room / Re: Easiest laptop (brand) to take apart ?

« Last post by Ath on April 26, 2011, 03:57 PM »

Wouldn't it be feasible to try one of the bto (build to order) laptop suppliers? Usually they assemble some crucial parts at the last stage, just before delivery, so it's quite possible that these machines are easier to dismantle than the 'far-east' produced (and optimally never to be opened) laptops.

You could contact a few and see what they have to offer. (Google should give you better hints then I can, me being in the GMT+1 timezone  )

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Announcing freeware/donationware "KyrCrypt 0.16"

« Last post by Ath on April 26, 2011, 11:54 AM »

and numerous sites carry them

-skwire (April 26, 2011, 11:49 AM)

That's the price you pay when you make great stuff, like you do