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Non-Windows Software / Re: Debian Tails OS question

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 22, 2014, 03:03 PM »

On a parallel track a quick and dirty thing you could do is install ToolWiz TimeFreeze

It's free and there's nothing to using it.  Run it the first time and accept the defaults.  It uses the Shadow Service so that programs that think they are writing to the system partition are actually writing to a 1/2 GB cache(adjustable.)

I didn't really have a problem with it other than a bit of a performance hit.  If you try it I recommend not setting the option to come up on Windows start with the protection on.  It just makes it easier to shut it off when done.

Then I'd do a scan just to make sure none of the other partitions(if you have more than C:) got any malware.

Edit: Of course it's only good for system protection.  Not protection from search or tracking cookies etc. being active while you're browsing with it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Web Space if you already have free domain?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 21, 2014, 07:46 AM »

@TaoPhoenix I have no reason to think you would engage in some time wasting activity.  So I have to assume the distraction has another source.  The original admin web address I was given blocks/hangs as does the one you posted(for me I mean.)  Maybe https is broken on this WiFi network or there's some other reason.

The one at the public library is nearly useless for development as even downloads from sourceforge.net are blocked.


The trouble with email is it's pretty easy to start an argument between the parties on the ends if you are in the middle with total access.  So I have to give the sender the benefit of the doubt. Maybe it's Senior Prank Week or something.  I don't know.  I guess I'll put it in "try again later" mode.  

Sorry I let my frustration spill onto the thread.   It kind of reminds me of going through the self serve checkout at Walmart.  Every bar code scans except for the last one.  Everyone behind you in line looks at you like you are so stupid you can't pass the bar code by the scanner.  I don't use those anymore.  It's "faster" to wait in line for the clerk to check me out.

Edit: In any case it's not vital to tinker with the stuff "live." I can use AnalogX mini web server to start.  No biggie.    At this point I'm probably better off to search for a wage slave position.  Maybe I can get a part time help desk or something similar.

I appreciate your efforts and would never consider you a shill.  (Unless maybe we work the old fake "improv" bit together some time.) 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Raymond.cc compares 20 Drive Imaging Tools

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 20, 2014, 03:52 PM »

Regardless the tool(set) you choose to use, test it -- make sure restoration works on your hardware setup & you know how to use it.

-mikiem (May 20, 2014, 09:13 AM)

This is one thing that drives me a bit buggy about Macrium.  Seems I just make my restore USB, create a backup image, then boot the USB to make sure I can see the image and the HD.  OKJ, all is well.  Next time I run Reflect I get an update notice, we fixed a bug in the restore USB that could cause it to hang yadda yadda.  Back to the drawing board.  After awhile I just get tired of booting the damn machine. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Web Space if you already have free domain?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 19, 2014, 01:11 PM »

Free or not after 4 replies I can't get a simple 4 lines of information
ftp site
userid
pw
port#

I think I'm done with the guessing game.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Web Space if you already have free domain?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 19, 2014, 07:45 AM »

Hi Miles,

My other winner from my hosting contest, Charles Decker aka Deeplist just found my note, so I sent him the link to this thread, so we might hear from him soon. Then you can see if either of these guys can help you out! : )

-TaoPhoenix (May 18, 2014, 09:26 PM)

Thanks.  I received info an account was set up at SeraphimLabs.  It's been some time since I did anything on the web.  But it seems strange I can't get any ftp or admin access.  If I http using the ip address I get a page saying "It's Alive" but if I use the domain name I get access denied.  Support tells me to put an index.html page on and it will work.  But I have no means to do so.  https to the admin account hangs.  ftp times out.  Really bizarre.  Unless the WiFi I'm using is blocking it.  Which seems unlikely as I would think they would also block if I put the IP address in the browser.

Seems I can't get past go, no $200. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Web Space if you already have free domain?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 16, 2014, 09:14 AM »

Heh well fourth hand I wouldn't recommend anyone go from IT to opening a restaurant!

Yeah, if it was me I'd probably name it something stupid like Quick Bytes - get Brek Fist Fast Ham & Eggs $3.    So you want coffee?  Well it's gonna' run you a little more!

There was a kid in my grade school class in Catholic School who stuttered.  The nuns used the phonics method to teach reading.  The nun has him stand up.  She has the word "breakfast" split into syllables on the blackboard.  She's trying to get him to say the syllables individually.  Break Fast.  But every time he attempts it he says "Breakfast Fast."  Now I look back and think he was way ahead of his time.  People want to get their breakfast fast, no matter how you say it. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Web Space if you already have free domain?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 16, 2014, 08:31 AM »

I appreciate your thoughts.  My idea is to create the page, then it's up to the customer to host it someplace.  Then as long as my html is valid I'm out of the picture and all is between the customer and his hosting provider.  I see ads for up to 3 pages for about $120.  But that supposedly has functionality for business.  I'm looking more to do one off nice looking personal sites relatively cheaply.  More or less "if it works and looks good I'm gone" type of deal.  Of course I would fix some problem in my code etc..  But I don't want somebody to own my attention for years for $75 or whatever ends up being the price.

My older brother was a Senior Software Engineer.  He used to lament that programs never go away.  There's always a new bug to fix.  He wanted to open a restaurant instead.  His business theory being, if they don't get food poisoning, once they use the bathroom, the warranty period is over.  

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Web Space if you already have free domain?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 16, 2014, 05:25 AM »

Just PM me on here with what plan you had in mind. I need a username, the domain name you want to use, which plan you had in mind, and an email I can send the account info to and contact you at if there are issues.

Thanks for replying.  Is there copy where I can read about the available plans?  What I'm looking to try is to create a few sample pages to try out the tool and also the prospective customers can see on their own machines when they load the url.

I did a site for my own software some years ago.  It was all html/css but that's not my forte.  I'm trying to find a tool I can afford that gives more options than navbar on top or navbar on side, if you know what I mean.  To do it all by hand I'm not sure I could survive until I developed the skills.  I guess I'm looking for the mythical Golden Mean that would let me make a small site in a day or two that didn't have the "newspaper front page" look.

I took a look at some of the sites by web design companies and they seem to go with subdued backgrounds and orderly columns.  Nothing jarring.  But they may be aimed more towards businesses.  I'm thinking more of quickie but solid inexpensive personal pages.  Programming is all learning curve.  I'm sure I'll have more focus once I get in the water and paddle around a bit.  

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Living Room / Re: Groundhog Day Loops

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 15, 2014, 06:00 PM »

Yeah, TZ was one of the best.  Even though I've seen them all a number of times I used to get sucked into watching the New Years Marathon on syFy Channel quite often.  The half hour TZ episodes and the half hour Hitchcocks were the best.  Slam dunks. Too often on the hour shows you could feel the plot stretching tactics.

Hitchcock's putdowns of the commercials were hilarious.  Any anthology has to include the original commercials.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Web Space if you already have free domain?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 15, 2014, 12:15 PM »

Googled Seraphim Labs.  The page says to sign up via irc due to spam.  I don't have irc set up and I'm not sure if the college WiFi blocks it.  I would imagine the public library system does because they even block sourceforge.  That's how paranoid they are these days. 

Thanks for the suggestion though. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Web Space if you already have free domain?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 15, 2014, 07:17 AM »

Thanks App.  That sounds about my price range. 

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Living Room / Re: Groundhog Day Loops

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 14, 2014, 05:50 PM »

(This post has been brought to you by Crabby, who has now canonically documented my 12 minute obsessions that turn into 500 word posts that I only care about for a week!

But at the end of the week do you forget you already posted and ask the same question again? 

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Living Room / Re: Groundhog Day Loops

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 14, 2014, 05:43 PM »

I also loved Dark City.  I never did make it to Shell Beach.  But I did find an excellent HD version. Another "Loop" in Dark City is you don't quite know what's up the first time you watch it.  You have to loop through it to get it.  

Edit:  I would think there must be at least one Twilight Zone episode with a time loop.  I can't think of one at the moment.  But I can just picture Rod Serling coming up with something where some dude gets nagged by his wife forever or something similar. Like the main character is the only one aware it's going around in circles.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Web Space if you already have free domain?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 14, 2014, 04:44 PM »

Thank you both for the info.   

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General Software Discussion / Free Web Space if you already have free domain?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 14, 2014, 01:30 PM »

Is anyone using free web space for an existing free domain?  Search is difficult because all the hits offer a free domain if you sign up.  I already have a free .tk domain. I'm looking to try out a web creation tool and thought I might as well put it up on a real site instead of using a simulator. What I want to do is dummy up a few sample web pages.  See if I can get some work.

DotTK apparently has free DNS service if I can find a spot to plunk on.  I don't really know what html5 is.  But I want to find out.  

Edit: I should add I don't want a site that forces you to use their picture dragging tool etc.. I want to be able to upload the html files produced by this tool I'm trying ..(  Deleted tool link. I'm not spamming the site creation tool after all  )  

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Recommend Debian based image for VMWare Player on W8?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 14, 2014, 04:57 AM »

It's probably weird since it's a VM.  The software manager shows mate as installed.  But in any case I can mess with it if I really install on the metal.

The 3D accel. seems to be the reason the Windows VMs seemed faster.  The easy install must enable it by default.  Mint16 wasn't in the Linux list.

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Recommend Debian based image for VMWare Player on W8?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 13, 2014, 06:04 PM »

Just to update:  I downloaded Mint 16 64 bit iso.  I installed it. Defragged.  It was still sluggish but I saw a suggestion to enable 3D accel. in VM settings.  That really makes the difference.  No more "software rendering mode" on startup.  Stuff I type in Firefox echoes right away.

I'm still trying to figure out how to switch between cinnamon and mate.  But now it's not urgent.  

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Living Room / Re: Hey Mouser... you still drowning in student loan debt?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 13, 2014, 04:44 PM »

Heh heh.  Maybe it was just an excuse to find the guys wrong about some factual info. The way I first told it made it sound like the older brother went off for no reason.  But the two guys did make some slurs.  But they were all "yes sir" and "no sir" once the older brother sat on their table. 

Fortunately the situation dissolved and we went back to having a good night out.

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General Software Discussion / Re: HashTab - Great little tool ...

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 13, 2014, 01:15 PM »

Seems to work on my copy of Windows 8 OK

-Carol Haynes (May 12, 2014, 06:34 PM)

Thanks for the report.  I have been using a Glass customization tool for W8.  Not as nice as W7.  But it looks pretty good when used with Aero Glass Tweaker, if the included resource file is used.  In that case the dialog looks sort of like clear plastic.  But the sums can be read easily.  If interested it's Aero Glass for DWM by Big Muscle.    Links for the files can be found in threads on the Windows8 Customization sub-forum.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is DoOver dead?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 13, 2014, 12:56 PM »

I have little experience with this type of utility.  What I do in that case is check Gizmo's site:

http://www.techsuppo...recorder-utility.htm

It's a good idea to read the comments at the bottom of the article. Often another program is suggested that may be better, or closer to what you want then those profiled.

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Living Room / Re: Hey Mouser... you still drowning in student loan debt?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 13, 2014, 12:50 PM »

yes, I'm Hispanic...but I'm not any good at it.

 Heh.  That's like people expected me to know Gaelic.  Especially around St. Patrick's Day.  The only reason I knew what Erin go Bragh meant was I figured it had to be "Ireland Forever" because that's what people said the most around that time.

All I know is if people at the mall aren't lollygagging it's probably because they're gallivanting.   Turns out I'm not very likely to have any Irish blood in me at all.  Although because I grew up in an Irish home I did get a big kick out of the movie The Guard.  But I posted about it in detail elsewhere.

When I was a mechanic I worked with 2 brothers. One was a mechanic, the other a truck tire changer/mechanic trainee.  We used to go out for a few beers after work quite often.  I remember at one restaurant someone mentioned his background saying it like "porch chew geese."  This provoked the mechanic to sit at their table and lecture them that the proper reference was "port a gee" phonetically.  At least he felt strongly enough to be willing to fight over it.  But they were from Brockton which explains it.  Anytime there was a headline in The Boston Globe with the word Brockton it was about a murder, prison break or similar.  This also annoyed these guys quite a bit.  

Edit:  What was interesting about the brothers was the mechanic was only about 5' 2" inches tall.  But he didn't take any crap from anyone.  His "little brother" was about 6' 2" with huge shoulders.  That's why he handled all the truck tire changes.  He was a gentle giant.  Very mellow guy.

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Living Room / Re: Valley of Dolls - remote village of Nagoro, Japan populated by dolls

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 12, 2014, 05:27 PM »

It's been awhile since I last watched Dolls.  I think the doll sequences are interspersed.  But I could be wrong.  Also I forget the other vignettes.  Kanno Miho stuck in my mind.  She is very popular and does many TV shows as well as films.  Everything from Tomi to Television.    Esp. when she was younger she played many quirky characters.  The American actress closest to that style was probably Rosanna Arquette.  If you have a chance to see her work as a teen you should check it out.  When she smiles it's all over.  You are on her side right away.  

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Recommend Debian based image for VMWare Player on W8?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 12, 2014, 05:09 PM »

I have to admit they seem to know exactly what they're doing when it comes to cornering a market. 

btw I'm downloading mint16 x64 iso now I just have to see how it runs when properly installed.  It doesn't seem sensible Linux would be slower than Windows.  Plus if I get lucky I may get to install it on a desktop. 

Now if PayPal would only bonus me that five large they have kicking around gathering dust.  Somebody not a brother inlaw must win sometime right? 

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Living Room / Re: Valley of Dolls - remote village of Nagoro, Japan populated by dolls

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 12, 2014, 04:59 PM »

Kabuki I guess is the term for the genre.  What kicks my ass is the writer/director is Takeshi Kitano.  Otherwise known as "Beat" Takeshi.  He's a stand up comic who often plays a gangster in Yakuza films.  Looking at the man's face you wouldn't suspect some of the work he produces.

One of his gangster films is an East/West merged flick called Brother.  Tatyana Ali has a bit part as a party chick. Takeshi is really ruthless.  But most of his gangster characters have no mercy.  

One of Beat Takeshi's greatest films is Fireworks or Hana-bi.  If you see it make sure it's not a butchered western cut.  That film shows you where his head is at.  A unique plot.

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Recommend Debian based image for VMWare Player on W8?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 12, 2014, 03:34 PM »

And I completely despise Microsoft's implementations (reinterpretations?) of GPT/UEFI.

  Sometimes I wonder how things would have gone without the presence of the 500 LB gorilla.  MS always did have a penchant for expropriating standards and morphing them so that the originator is out of compliance.  Kind of like a stock takeover where Joe Smith, founder, owner, and chief salesman for Joe Smith's Electronics, gets bought out.  They keep the name but get rid of Joe the person.  "But this is my company!"  Not anymore Joe.