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General Software Discussion / Re: malware or ? #1454789523

« Last post by wraith808 on February 16, 2016, 01:37 PM »

I'm thinking this might explain what you're experiencing: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1654402

-Dirhael (February 15, 2016, 12:06 PM)

Very good catch!

The only Adobe entry I could find in winpatrol's Start list was AdobeARM...

-holt (February 15, 2016, 11:27 PM)

"Adobe Speed Launcher" shows as the 3rd item in your "winpatrol 7.jpg" screen capture. Maybe it doesn't last long in the list due to whatever bug it has.  The directions in Dirhael's link should fix your problem.

-mwb1100 (February 16, 2016, 01:12 AM)

And look at the command- I didn't pay enough attention.  It appears to be a number.  WinPatrol strikes again!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Picasa to be 'phased out'

« Last post by wraith808 on February 15, 2016, 05:22 PM »

I do understand the sentiment- but they've provided it for a while now, and are a company.  What responsibility do the companies that provide these free services have to us, and what responsibilities do we have to ourselves?

I use this app FetchNotes. They recently announced that they are shutting down the service.  One of the owners said that he'd foot the bill for a while, while they found a way to keep going without their angels.  I think after the hue and cry, it would be an interesting statistical exercise to compare that to the donations.  I put up $3.50 a month- it was what it was worth to me.  How many others will follow suit, I wonder.

http://www.fetchnote.../donate_landing.html

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by wraith808 on February 15, 2016, 01:10 PM »

[ Invalid Attachment ]

iOS bug warning Setting this date on your iPhone or iPad will kill your device permanently

-Arizona Hot (February 13, 2016, 07:04 PM)

According to Ars Technica, this happens because January 1st, 1970 is the first day of the Unix epoch, and that allowing the phone’s battery to go completely dead (or disconnecting the battery) will reset the date.

-wraith808 (February 13, 2016, 10:20 PM)

Aren't the batteries non removable in those things? The rogue time server option sounds quite doable ... But IIRC there is - generally - a max adjustment limit built into the NTP protocol which Apple could/might/damn-well-better-start using.

-Stoic Joker (February 15, 2016, 06:52 AM)

They are (supposed to be) non-removable, but you can let it go dead like any other device.  Or if you don't care about the warranty, they are removable.

Here's an example for a 4s: http://www.cnet.com/...ne-4s-battery-for-8/

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General Software Discussion / Re: malware or ? #1454789523

« Last post by wraith808 on February 15, 2016, 01:07 PM »

I'm thinking this might explain what you're experiencing: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1654402

[...]Speed Launcher is adding a HKCU RunOnce entry over and over again and assigning a random number to it.  This is then of course alerting WinPatrol who is monitoring new startup programs[...]

-Dirhael (February 15, 2016, 12:06 PM)

Good find!  Hopefully that's it...

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Living Room / Re: Make a custom 20 key keypad for $10

« Last post by wraith808 on February 14, 2016, 08:27 PM »

I don't know anything about the Delphi world, so I have no idea how difficult it might be to port to something else (Lazarus, perhaps?).

-mwb1100 (February 14, 2016, 07:41 PM)

Depends on how he made the GUI.  If he used binary forms, it will be a pain.  But if not, I think that Lazarus will import the form.  I couldn't say for sure however without looking at the code, and I left Delphi behind many moons ago.

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General Software Discussion / Re: malware or ? #1454789523

« Last post by wraith808 on February 14, 2016, 08:24 PM »

It's already telling you in the image that they have nothing on the program, i.e. no description found under the blank image.  This is the standard dialog that happens when something tries to register itself.  It's likely that you have a larger problem.  I'd personally be worried.  But if you're not, let it register itself, and then look in the startup locations to see if something has truly registered there before you reboot.  I've had WinPatrol by the simple measure of monitoring save me a lot of trouble when the initial problem didn't trip any other antivirus.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Dice analyzer machine project

« Last post by wraith808 on February 14, 2016, 04:10 PM »

Nicely done!

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by wraith808 on February 13, 2016, 10:20 PM »

[ Invalid Attachment ]

iOS bug warning Setting this date on your iPhone or iPad will kill your device permanently

-Arizona Hot (February 13, 2016, 07:04 PM)

According to Ars Technica, this happens because January 1st, 1970 is the first day of the Unix epoch, and that allowing the phone’s battery to go completely dead (or disconnecting the battery) will reset the date.

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General Software Discussion / Re: malware or ? #1454789523

« Last post by wraith808 on February 13, 2016, 10:18 PM »

I am beginning to suspect these are just arbitrary code numbers assigned by winpatrol to make me buy the pro version.

-holt (February 13, 2016, 02:28 AM)

Also, considering the fact that many of us that are looking at the page already have plus, that seems unlikely.

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General Software Discussion / Re: malware or ? #1454789523

« Last post by wraith808 on February 13, 2016, 09:04 AM »

Did you ever contact them about it?

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Living Room / Re: More good web comics you've discovered

« Last post by wraith808 on February 12, 2016, 09:50 AM »

Questionable Content - he has a patreon at https://www.patreon.com/jephjacques (NSFW)

Giants in the Playground - Very good, especially if you play RPGs.  Updates irregularly.

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 11, 2016, 11:45 AM »

Valve is enabling Bitcoin transactions in steam.

http://bitcoinist.ne...on-gamers-worldwide/

Via Ghacks.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Opera Browser being sold off

« Last post by wraith808 on February 11, 2016, 11:33 AM »

The companies behind the acquisition and a bit more on them:

https://www.techinas...mpanies-bought-opera

Courtesy of GHacks.

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Living Room / Re: Do we have any musical people on DC?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 08, 2016, 08:37 PM »

Hmm, I'm getting double notifications from DC at the moment 

I did Chords 101 with no problem but Chords 102 was baffling; I just couldn't keep up. And the easiest songs just expect you to play chords that you've never "learned." I guess some out-of the-game practice is needed.

But for now I've moved it aside as I'm currently trying to learn violin (!) with my 7-year-old. If you thought listening to someone learn to play violin was painful, you should hear two people trying at once 

-ayryq (February 08, 2016, 06:23 PM)

In my personal play, I sorted by difficulty, and started at the top.  The lessons needed for the particular song seemed to come up in the Rocksmith Recommends area.  I haven't even done any of the 102 courses yet, though I probably should.   I've learned from that point organically, and from the games and the score attack.  As far as playing chords you haven't learned, they do recommend that you look at chords outside of their suggestions, though most of those have come in the Rocksmith Recommends area also.

I'd recommend when going back, just jump into the songs and follow the Rocksmith Recommends curriculum.  It's pretty good, I've found, about picking up what you don't know, and making it simpler, without doing that immediately.

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Living Room / Re: Do we have any musical people on DC?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 08, 2016, 05:36 PM »

What are you having a problem with starting off?  I might be able to help once I know that.

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Living Room / Re: Do we have any musical people on DC?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 08, 2016, 12:55 PM »

I've been playing Rocksmith 2014 lately to improve my guitar skills- I highly recommend it!  Some people talk about it not being conducive to good guitar habits- but all I know is that I've been playing regularly daily and keeping with it- which I haven't successfully done with my other forays into the instrument, and I can feel myself getting better.  (As far as background for comparison, I'm more of a keyboard/vocals guy)

Well, I unlocked this bonus song by a band I'd not heard before, and I love it!

The band's video

Some one else playing (I have a problem with that solo!)

(he has his fretboard upside down for some reason even though he's not playing left-handed)

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General Software Discussion / Re: malware or ? #1454789523

« Last post by wraith808 on February 08, 2016, 12:16 PM »

Why not just write to [email protected] and ask?  I suppose you could refer to this page, just to let the current developer (no longer BillP) know that this issue is getting some attention.  That might provide some encouragement for him to reply quickly.

-cyberdiva (February 08, 2016, 09:42 AM)

When I've had to contact him, he's responded just as quickly as Bill did.

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Living Room / Re: YouTube finally forces creation of google+ A/C to comment

« Last post by wraith808 on February 07, 2016, 08:28 AM »

Probably not a bad thing, because who knows how long g+ is going to last anyways...

-tomos (February 07, 2016, 08:04 AM)

Hopefully a while.  There's quite a bit of activity on there, no matter what all of the pundits who are waiting for it to fail say.  And their communities are better than boards in the format of them, and definitely better than facebook.

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General Software Discussion / Re: OSX - Replace Finder as default file browser?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 06, 2016, 07:22 PM »

I used TotalFinder when I was using OSX.  There's also Path Finder, XtraFinder, and CRAX Commander, though I've never used them.  The largest impediment to Finder replacements (especially today) is System Integrity Protection.  I posted about this a while ago.  With that there, Finder replacement could be more of a dying breed than it was before.

I also used Default Folder X, and Forklift, but I don't really consider those Finder replacements (though some do).

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Living Room / Re: Why GOD has not updated the world ?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 05, 2016, 01:00 PM »

I meant that in the same tongue in cheek manner as the rest of this thread, especially as there are macs vs vi battles all over (I fall more or less firmly on the emacs side)

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Living Room / Re: Why GOD has not updated the world ?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 05, 2016, 08:07 AM »

vi vi vi - editor of the beast

-x16wda (February 04, 2016, 06:09 PM)

Heh heh heh.

-MilesAhead (February 05, 2016, 07:47 AM)

Pretty nifty

So what's Emacs?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Sync Laptop & Desktop

« Last post by wraith808 on February 03, 2016, 10:37 AM »

^ Have you installed dropbox on both machines?

I'm not 100% clear what you mean by 'target folder' -- as I said above Dropbox will sync the contents of the chosen 'dropbox' folder from one machine to another.
You'll have to install it, and log in on both machines

-tomos (February 03, 2016, 09:22 AM)

I have Dropbox installed on both PC and Laptop and I'm signed in on both.

As the PC is new I want to transfer a lot of files from my Laptop across and then keep them synced - so I select some files from their parent folder on my Laptop and then drop them into the Dropbox folder (which I've previously named).  Now I know I can access these files from my PC (I saw them appear in the Dropbox folder on my PC) but I'd like them to be synced with a folder on the PC (target folder) but I'm not sure how to do that.

Or am I missing the point?  Are you supposed to use the files in the Dropbox folder?  Ideally I'd like to add or amend files in their parent folder (either on PC or Laptop) and they update in their parent folder on the other device???

Sorry for this confusion!!

-keithy397 (February 03, 2016, 10:12 AM)

In general, for the use of cloud sync clients like Dropbox, OneDrive, and their ilk, it is assumed that you will use the files in place.  Which is why I like Cubby.  You can turn any folder into a cubby, and have it in place where ever it is on that machine.  It does cost a bit more for a bit less space than the competitors.  But I've found it the one that I use- even though I have 1TB on OneDrive. 

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Developer's Corner / Re: More Git

« Last post by wraith808 on February 03, 2016, 10:33 AM »

Admittedly this is becoming harder and harder with GitKraken which is really nice. 

-Tuxman (February 01, 2016, 12:13 PM)

I looked at it the other day, and it seems quite interesting. I like that it does not call out to git-on-windows. Not sure about the license agreement, which looks more like a NDA.

-Jibz (February 03, 2016, 10:25 AM)

That is exactly how I felt when I looked at it in closed beta.  I thought it would switch once they left closed beta.  Maybe it will become clearer when they are out of beta?  It's also not clear if it will ever be a paid app.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Sync Laptop & Desktop

« Last post by wraith808 on February 02, 2016, 05:25 PM »

I use DropBox. I sync my Laptop, Desktop, and MS Surface. It works great

-c.gingerich

So it's possible to sync folders from one device to another both ways with Dropbox?

-keithy397 (February 02, 2016, 11:14 AM)

Yes.  Changes are synced to all linked machines

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General Software Discussion / Re: The tool from the chinese shop in my neighborhood (image search)

« Last post by wraith808 on February 02, 2016, 04:12 PM »

It is a Kickstarter that has a Chinese Knock off.  Apparently on a lot of these tooling Kickstarter projects, there are Chinese knock offs that are not as durable as the originals.