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Living Room / Love - You have 4 minutes to choose your perfect mate

« Last post by Darwin on February 15, 2008, 07:53 AM »

I wanted to get this in yesterday, for Valentine's Day, but missed it. Better late than never!

Researchers at Northwestern University are studying speed dating in an effort to uncover the secret to finding the right partner:



Source: Nature News

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Scanahand RC1 Released

« Last post by Darwin on February 14, 2008, 10:19 PM »

You finished your PhD, Darwin? </offtopic>

-Lashiec (February 14, 2008, 07:20 PM)

 

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Scanahand RC1 Released

« Last post by Darwin on February 14, 2008, 05:01 PM »

That one worked - thanks Erwin 

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Scanahand RC1 Released

« Last post by Darwin on February 14, 2008, 03:34 PM »

Thanks erwind - it's all there now. I'm getting a 404 code when I try to download, but I'll try again later.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Scanahand RC1 Released

« Last post by Darwin on February 14, 2008, 02:40 PM »

OK - this doesn't bode well for that PhD defense... I can't find the download link on the page that I am directed to: http://www.high-logic.com/download.html 

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Living Room / Re: advice needed: weird lockup/freeze (process/dll/disk/cache?? issue in explorer)

« Last post by Darwin on February 14, 2008, 02:04 PM »

I experience this occasionally as well, iphigenie so would be interested in reading about the results of your investigation!

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Scanahand RC1 Released

« Last post by Darwin on February 14, 2008, 01:58 PM »

Thanks erwind  I just put in an order and am looking forward to generating fonts based on my handwriting (might submit my dissertation in this font - might as well give myself an edge, eh? If my examiners can't actually read what I've written it should be an easier defence, no?).

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by Darwin on February 13, 2008, 11:39 PM »

Or none at all... 

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by Darwin on February 13, 2008, 09:47 PM »

I knew I'd come to the right place for advice!

 

-cranioscopical (February 13, 2008, 09:17 PM)

Head over to the Dopus Resource Centre if you want a "real" solution!

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Living Room / Re: Would anyone want a free DonationCoder.com bumper sticker?

« Last post by Darwin on February 13, 2008, 09:46 PM »

Magnetic bumper stickers won't help with the majority of cars built in the last... I dunno, 20 years or so, anyway, because they have colour matched plastic body panels covering the bumpers.

You're right, Jesse. The focus should be on fun and if the bumper sticker is unique/stands out enough, people will stop to read it in a parking lot anyway.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Download Cheap software on http://softwarebackups.org, a Scam ?

« Last post by Darwin on February 13, 2008, 09:39 PM »

The "giveaway" (pun intended) for me is the first sentence from the screenshot:

You need software, but don't want to pay high retail price's.

That kind of grammatical error is a red flag, in my opinion. Nice detective work, scancode 

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Living Room / Re: Would anyone want a free DonationCoder.com bumper sticker?

« Last post by Darwin on February 13, 2008, 06:47 PM »

Good point, Chris! I second that idea. Actually, it occurred to me when I was looking at the mock-up that the most important thing is the web address. It should be as big as possible to ensure that people see it and remember it so that they can navigate here... and include the "www" to seal the deal, even though aesthetically it is not as pleasing.

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Living Room / Re: Would anyone want a free DonationCoder.com bumper sticker?

« Last post by Darwin on February 13, 2008, 06:29 PM »

I wouldn't go for a bumper sticker (because they're such a PIA to remove!) but how about those (electro-static?) stickers that University alumni put in their rear windows instead? Of course, for all I know these are much more expensive...?

I'd put something like that in my window and drive around displaying it with pride!

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Developer's Corner / Re: It's time for NANY and GOE mug pictures!

« Last post by Darwin on February 12, 2008, 11:39 PM »

Thanks for sharing that pic, ChalkTrauma  The recursion is a nice touch (hint: check out the monitor behind ChalkTrauma...).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Do You Purchase Software on Impulse?

« Last post by Darwin on February 12, 2008, 09:55 PM »

That was on topic, Armando. Particularly if the imaging software was purchased on impulse! Better yet, the Vista machine that you image was purchased capriciously. Now you're talkin' 

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Developer's Corner / Re: It's time for NANY and GOE mug pictures!

« Last post by Darwin on February 12, 2008, 09:20 PM »

This whole thing has been nothing short of a religious experience for me. (see attachment in previous post)

-tinjaw (February 12, 2008, 04:59 PM)

I thought you had to be dead to be beatified 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Media Monkey 3 is the most exciting audio player yet

« Last post by Darwin on February 12, 2008, 10:53 AM »

I resolved the iPod issue... by assiduously avoiding the purchase of an iPod! I bought first a Samsung K3 and then a T9 (K3 was stolen 3 months after purchase)  (An aside - if anyone buys a Samsung mp3 player, stay away from the bundled music organizer. It installs a really annoying, and AFAICT impossible to remove, DRM service).

I'll wait for the final release of Helium MM 2008 to "go live" as I've never tried it and I've already got a number of media players on the go!  At the moment, I'm pretty happy with WinAmp 5.5 but also have MusicIP Mixer Pro, GOMPlayer, and WMP 11 installed. On the strictly player side I have XMPlay installed as well and on the strictly organizing and tagging side I have mp3 Collector (by collectorz.com)...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Media Monkey 3 is the most exciting audio player yet

« Last post by Darwin on February 12, 2008, 08:08 AM »

A beta for Helium MM 2008 was released on Feb. 11 - have you tried it, Beth? Just curious - I'd never even heard of HMM until you posted and followed your link!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Do You Purchase Software on Impulse?

« Last post by Darwin on February 11, 2008, 07:41 PM »

Sadly, Lashiec, I believe that such a song would wind up being C&W. C&W is an acquired taste. I haven't (really) acquired it yet.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Do You Purchase Software on Impulse?

« Last post by Darwin on February 11, 2008, 06:05 PM »

What I'm more interested in are the 12 steps from SW addiction!

-Darwin (February 11, 2008, 04:26 PM)

Let's try this. Every time you purchase a piece of software, you also have to buy me a copy and ship it to me. This way, at least I get something out of the deal. 

-tinjaw (February 11, 2008, 05:28 PM)

That would be more like one step to penury... 

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Activation/License/Language Help / Re: Licence key

« Last post by Darwin on February 11, 2008, 05:07 PM »

Bath - this board is for issues relating to entering licences for Donationcoder software. It is not setup to encourage or facilitate the sharing of hacks, cracks, or serialz for shareware.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Do You Purchase Software on Impulse?

« Last post by Darwin on February 11, 2008, 04:26 PM »

What I'm more interested in are the 12 steps from SW addiction!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Do You Purchase Software on Impulse?

« Last post by Darwin on February 11, 2008, 11:31 AM »

Heck. The Canadian $ is worth more! (Depending on the day...) But still! The CAN vs. the USD? Huh?

-Renegade (February 11, 2008, 09:47 AM)

The last 30 years were a blip - the Canadian dollar has tended to trade in the 90 cent to parity range over the past 140 years. In 1865 it was worth something like $2.30! US Civil War was the reason... I think the Canadian dollar has been undervalued for the last 30 years and the US dollar overvalued over the same period. But what do I know... 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Do You Purchase Software on Impulse?

« Last post by Darwin on February 11, 2008, 08:39 AM »

Yes - My name is Mike and I am a software addict.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Wanted: Calendar/to-do manager with special repeat patterns (for students)

« Last post by Darwin on February 10, 2008, 09:36 PM »

PaladinMJ, as far as I can tell, the big problem is

The request... to find a calendar (IMO, a task manager that somehow collaborates with a calendar would be better) that can repeat a task/event after one day, one week and one month, one time each.
All calendars I know of only allow a repeat pattern of either daily or weekly or monthly, not a mix of those patterns.

-alxwz (January 02, 2008, 09:56 AM)

Can Rainlendar do this?