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Screenshot Captor / Re: 2.18.01 CTRL-D hotkey

« Last post by mouser on July 05, 2006, 08:43 AM »

agreed.
what do you think  of ctrl+q as delete hotkey?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it

« Last post by mouser on July 05, 2006, 06:35 AM »

id really like to have invisible hotkey, like
so just Hotkey+1 moves to 1 location
without having to hit enter or see dialog.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: A few suggestions

« Last post by mouser on July 05, 2006, 06:33 AM »

your 2nd suggestion is so easy i will add it in next minor update which will come this month.
your first idea sounds like it might make a good option (close after right click shell item)

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: spring cleaning

« Last post by mouser on July 05, 2006, 05:17 AM »

which one?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: spring cleaning

« Last post by mouser on July 05, 2006, 03:38 AM »

there is no how much.. these are free to whoever wants.

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Living Room / Re: Anyone know any good free font sites

« Last post by mouser on July 05, 2006, 01:26 AM »

this one looks cool (from stumbledupon): http://www.searchfreefonts.com/

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Living Room / Re: Anyone know any good free font sites

« Last post by mouser on July 05, 2006, 01:24 AM »

i know from experience your stumbledupon reviews are worth reading..
but when i select fonts it doesnt load the page with your font reviews, it stays on the same page and this is in url:
http://superticker2....dundefinedundefined/

could be my browser is acting up (ie engine)'

this link worked and was good though:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/tag/fonts/

clearly we need to start investigating stumbledupon more - it seems like it's a good thing.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it

« Last post by mouser on July 05, 2006, 01:21 AM »

i think this has huge potential to be a MUST HAVE util.
but its not quite right on multimon.
jgp says he will be working to get it perfect on multimon soon.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: spring cleaning

« Last post by mouser on July 05, 2006, 01:16 AM »

not good enough for you sods huh?

any takers for this watch:



pdf manual is here: http://ftp.casio.co....al/wat/en/qw1510.pdf

used to be the bees knees - basicly can store contact info, todo list, plus all the other normal watch stuff.  its a bit thick.  (see the manual above for all the details).


it's about 6 years old and still rund great, BUT i dont have the pc infrared link thingy to connect it to your pc, so you'll have to skip
that or find a way around it (i heard you can link to some pdas?) - so this might be good for a tinkerer.  preferences will be given to first requestor who likes tinkering with hardware, etc.  see this page to view the insides of it: http://www.electrics...o.uk/casiowatch.html



CLAIMED BY JOSH

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Living Room / Re: Anyone know any good free font sites

« Last post by mouser on July 05, 2006, 12:04 AM »

remember, this is what donationcredits were made for!

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Borland C++ Builder Contest / Re: Development Cleaning Suite Submission

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 11:53 PM »

wow - now this is how you make a professional tool..
beautiful documentation. very impressive. 

i'll be playing with it and report anything i see.

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Found Deals and Discounts / spring cleaning

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 11:12 PM »

thought we might have a thread for people who have stuff to get rid of that others might want.
do not post anything that you want money for - this is only if you have stuff to give away.

1. i have a giant box of 30 or 40 used audio books on cassette that i have accumulated over the years.  tons of stephen king books, stuff like that.  all unabridged.  i'll split it up into separate gifts if multiple people want, for first people that respond.  dont request unless you really want a big collection of such books on TAPE.

2. i have a few graphic novels (marvel universe x, cristis on infinite earths, from hell, inhumans, marvels, league of extraordinary gentlemen).  anyone who doesn't have these and wants them please post.

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Living Room / Re: calling all creative game inventing type people.. READ IN

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 10:11 PM »

sounds pretty straightforward.. and i have never heard of it..
let's make it a challenge in the programming school unless someone tries to write it before hand.
i'll put up a cody mug to whoever implements it, and we can make a web page for it if the coder wants.

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Living Room / short article: Getting machines to think like us, intervie with John McCarthy

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 09:31 PM »

short general audience interview with one of the pioneers in artificial intelligence

Getting machines to think like us
newsmaker AI pioneer John McCarthy talks about early goals, recent gains and how "artificial intelligence" got its name.

http://news.com.com/...7.html?tag=nefd.lede

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: drag window to edge automatically resizes it

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 06:10 PM »

holy cow, this is worth a test.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is so much software cracked?

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 05:24 PM »

do unto others as you would have them do unto you

amen.
you don't have to be religious (i'm not) to realize that this is a good way to live and will really help guide you in answering morality questions.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is so much software cracked?

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 05:16 PM »

i was just asking the individual to consider their own views - leaving aside what your friends, neighbors, and congressmen and ceos think.  i just think it's important for each of us to think for ourselves and try to live a reasonable life being considerate of others.

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Living Room / Re: OpenOffice user - can you do me a favour please ...

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 05:12 PM »

ooh, nice find 369.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is so much software cracked?

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 05:09 PM »

i'm compelled to post yet again - it's nice to see this thread getting both more philosophical and also more interesting

i am always very skeptical of laws designed by ultra rich corporations in order to protect their interests.  i think for the most part, money drives the law, and lobbying money decides whats legal and what's not legal, so i do not view ethics and legality as the same thing.

i think we would all be very well served by reminding ourselves that actions have consequences.

first things first:

THINK about what you are doing.  don't just put it out of your mind because you don't want to think about your actions, whether it is stealing an apple from the neighborhood market, or making a copy of some sofware.  are your actions ethical? are you acting out of lazyness, greed, principal? do you have alternatives? are you acting in a way you can justify and would feel good if everyone acted the same? put yourself in the other persons shoes, would you be comfortable if someone else was taking the same approach to your work? I'm not saying at the end you will decide it is wrong to copy some software - you might decide it is ok.  I'm just saying - consider the issue rather than pretending it isn't an issue.

after that step, you can move on to think about the law and decide how much that does or does not affect you.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is so much software cracked?

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 04:59 PM »

i really enjoyed that post oshyan.

some more thoughts on my part on different side of this issue:

i do think there is a fundamental difference with the issues involved when talking about digital media that has no inherenent material cost.

it means that if some kid in india who makes $1 a week manages to make a copy of the Adobe Photoshop cd at some internet cafe, and use it on this ibm pc at to teach himself how to use it in hopes of getting a job one day, it's hard for me to see view that as unethical, even though it is against the law.

i understand of course that the real world issues are never this simple, and that this is an extreme example, but my point is that with digital media, some software which is priced at $1000, is not a loss of any real money in these cases.  in fact it has been argued that these scenarios actually benefit the company by increasing market share and thus future orders, while not exerting a drain on support staff.

again, i know things are never this simple - and i'm not sanctioning this.  i'm just saying that i think a differentiation needs to be made between cases where theft has a real negative impact on the author, and digital "theft" which may result in absolutely no loss to the author.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Using F11 key to spell check active text box

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 04:20 PM »

actually i already started working on this - if you check in hotkey options you will see hotkey configuration for Spell Windows Object.  It works on some programs but not all - i will keep working on it if its something people want.

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Living Room / Re: calling all creative game inventing type people.. READ IN

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 03:57 PM »

i just checked GameMaker website:
http://www.gamemaker...nl/registration.html

it costs $20 to register and their are tons of useful resources and tutorials, and it looks like a great way to get kids started programming and looks like the author has really spent time writing fun tutorials and stuff.

at $20 how can you go wrong?

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Living Room / Re: portable air conditioning - any good?

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 02:32 PM »

you know if you are feeling adventurous, there have been some stories in the last few months on creating your own organic air conditioner..

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Living Room / Re: portable air conditioning - any good?

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 02:09 PM »

you might be able to get one of those portable air conditioners to work if you built a little isolated mini tent around your workspace using betsheets or something draped from ceiling around you, almost like an isolated hospital bed, you know, like a 4ft x 4ft isolation chamber in your room.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Keepass Password Safe mini-review

« Last post by mouser on July 04, 2006, 01:32 PM »

as i've said before, as long as their is a link back to dc, i'm all for it.