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Living Room / Re: Any suggestion for 3G Phone

« Last post by Ath on February 09, 2011, 03:58 PM »

I need phone's file manager and PC connection software to connect my laptop/PC to internet. Is it possible using blackberry ?

-mahesh2k (February 09, 2011, 03:01 PM)

Not sure, don't own a BB, but could be tricky.
Android 2.2 does that, and WiFi tethering, out of the box though, so...

I'm not sure android phones are good for PC-internet use, most of the Samsung models are touchscreen, so..  :/

-mahesh2k (February 09, 2011, 03:01 PM)

I'm using a Motorola Milestone (the Euro/GSM-version of the Droid) that has a real keyboard. It's also very usable as a touch-phone (without sliding it open). The internet speed is only depending on your 3G speed at that location. (But I'm still on Android 2.1, so no WiFi tethering yet)
Afaik the Droid2/Milestone2 has an even better keyboard (less 'tiles' layout, more 'brick wall' key placement), and the HTC Desire Z also has a real keyboard. There are also some LG models with actual keyboards, but I'm not too enthusiastic about LG phones

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Living Room / Re: Any suggestion for 3G Phone

« Last post by Ath on February 09, 2011, 02:36 PM »

I was first going to write:
If you're a techie, or just want to be able to do anything with the phone: Get an Android phone in your price-range.
If you need a penis-enlargement/boob-job*: Get an iPhone.

But then I saw the requirement of not having a touch-screen (), so the only viable alternative was a BB.


*: Discard depending on sex

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General Software Discussion / Re: Simple Commandline to send Keystrokes

« Last post by Ath on February 09, 2011, 01:40 PM »

I'll think about it for a bit, and write here what I decide.

-Ath (February 08, 2011, 04:48 PM)

Ok, I'll add a "-x" option, if it pleases you, that's fine (and fun) for me

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Living Room / Re: CPU Question: More Mhz per core or more cores?

« Last post by Ath on February 09, 2011, 01:37 PM »

Even a Quad-core is way overkill for that task, so I'd suggest to grab a high-MHz Intel Core i5-760 or i5-2400 processor, 4 or 8 GB Ram, Windows 7 x64, 1 TB 7200 rpm harddisk and a fine Videocard, using DVI or hdmi connection to a 24" LCD/LED monitor.

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Living Room / Re: Any suggestion for 3G Phone

« Last post by Ath on February 09, 2011, 01:28 PM »

Get a Blackberry Curve or Bold, no touch-screen, a descent keyboard, good 3G connections, stable hardware, lots of extra apps and other goodies.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is my computer hiccuping every few seconds?

« Last post by Ath on February 09, 2011, 10:47 AM »

?  What's a ramdisk?

-superboyac (February 09, 2011, 10:42 AM)

ROTFLOL

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Living Room / Re: NoteSlate - mono color tablet, nice price

« Last post by Ath on February 09, 2011, 07:47 AM »

I already thought this wasn't new, and no it isn't: Have a look in t his google search resultset
And the price is even better

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Living Room / Re: NoteSlate - mono color tablet, nice price

« Last post by Ath on February 09, 2011, 01:35 AM »

the language used almost makes it seem like a scam site.

-f0dder (February 08, 2011, 12:47 PM)

Isn't that true for all those sites screaming all the big marketing mumbo-jumbo

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General Software Discussion / Re: Simple Commandline to send Keystrokes

« Last post by Ath on February 08, 2011, 04:48 PM »

I thought about that when working on this extension, but could not make a decision whether to add that as a feature or not. It's quite a different feature, as the executable of the file to load usually doesn't have much relation with the title of an active window. It would most likely require an extra commandline parameter. And while that's not really bad, it's imho a bit off of the original idea.

I'll think about it for a bit, and write here what I decide.

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Living Room / Re: which is more important, system ram or video ram?

« Last post by Ath on February 08, 2011, 03:17 AM »

Going for that amount of RAM warrants looking for a descent mainboard first. One that supports this memory, and some extra if you might later need it. These boards support VMX in all cases, and the high-end CPU's supported also do.
Maybe you should go for a server mainboard, it can be had with multiple CPU sockets, so if a quad-core isn't enough for running all your VM's, you can add a couple more. Hm, then go straight for a XEON system, of the latest X56xx series, it really has superior VM performance, and is available on systems with lots of memory. But I'm not sure anything but Server OS's (Windows Server, VMWare ESX, Linux's) can boot from that board and what storage should be connected. 

Oefff, I got a little excited , but it was fun

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General Software Discussion / Re: Should MS open up Windows Update to 3rd parties?

« Last post by Ath on February 08, 2011, 03:07 AM »

Renegade: the whole point would be getting rid of all those FSCKING LAME "so ein ding mussen ich auch haben" 3rd-party auto-update tools, and have one centralized & stream-lined process to handle all updates. It would be very++ nice for the end-users.

-f0dder (February 08, 2011, 02:54 AM)

Isn't that where DCUpdater comes in and fills a niche? All can conform to that standard as it's quite easy to setup and use. Maybe the UI could use a little W7 sauce to make the Apple fanboys using Windows a bit less unhappy, but it has a pretty much the same use-scheme as Windows Updates already.

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Living Room / Re: which is more important, system ram or video ram?

« Last post by Ath on February 07, 2011, 06:12 PM »

@Carol,

Why aren't you going for top performance and buying an Intel CPU for the same amount of money as the AMD CPU, but with 25 to 50% better 'tsjakka' through the opcodes Thought it was speed you're after? And next thing is bang for the buck?

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Find And Run Robot / Re: two little steps - Paste and Go

« Last post by Ath on February 07, 2011, 04:25 PM »

Added -c, -cc and -cn options and released WinSendKeys 2.6

I updated the other thread (at the end, but the rest is important enough to at least see) with all the relevant info and an updated download.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Simple Commandline to send Keystrokes

« Last post by Ath on February 07, 2011, 04:21 PM »

Another update and now WinSendKeys 2.6 is released.

Latest release & download moved to separate thread

The changelog for 2.6 since the previous 2.5 release:
; 2011-02-07, version 2.6
; + Added -c option to read keystrokes from the clipboard, as requested by mouser & kikon in this thread: https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=25553
; + Added -cn option, like -c, but does not send an {ENTER} after each line, can be added after -c or -cc to disable the {Enter} being sent
; + Added -cc option, like -c but embeds the clipboard into the KeyStrokes commandline sequence using #$ prefix, see readme for details

Attachment includes AutoIt3 source, updated readme, a sample strokefile (.stro) and .exe

(Edit: typo fixed)

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Find And Run Robot / Re: two little steps - Paste and Go

« Last post by Ath on February 07, 2011, 01:13 PM »

perhaps someone can suggest such a commandline tool that could be run from farr?

-mouser (February 07, 2011, 11:28 AM)

I can add that to WinSendKeys, I'm away for about an hour now, and then I'll have a look at it.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: app to rotate multi-page images

« Last post by Ath on February 07, 2011, 01:11 PM »

Just retried from another place, with another tube connected to the intertubes, and, although slow to start, got it in a few seconds this time.

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Living Room / Re: which is more important, system ram or video ram?

« Last post by Ath on February 07, 2011, 06:18 AM »

What's the OS? Most likely XP, and though XP does run better with more memory also, the increase of 64 or 96 MB isn't going to make much difference
Take into account the sluggish harddisk, and you've got a bad performing PC by its specs.
I'd indeed go for a new system, and not invest money in memory you (probably) can't re-use for a more modern PC.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: app to rotate multi-page images

« Last post by Ath on February 07, 2011, 04:47 AM »

Hm, looks like that server needs a kick in the butt (or a disk is failing). It's slow as mud through a coffee filter... from about 2 MB of 3.55 and stopped at 2.34 MB, first part was quite OK

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Living Room / Re: which is more important, system ram or video ram?

« Last post by Ath on February 07, 2011, 04:05 AM »

I'd even say that system-RAM is more important than CPU speed; if you have to choose, based on limited money ofcourse, between an i7-860 with 8 GB ram, or an i7-870 with 4 GB of ram, then choose the i7-860/8GB because of better performance in the long run and with heavy loads.

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Developer's Corner / Re: [PHP] 'Dynamin variable name' ?

« Last post by Ath on February 05, 2011, 04:16 PM »

Do as the man says, use an array.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Social Media Icons with Vector Art

« Last post by Ath on February 05, 2011, 04:06 PM »

IconShock seems to be having MySQL errors. I can't access their site.

-Deozaan (February 05, 2011, 02:19 PM)

Instead of being slashdotted, the're DC'd

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Official Announcements / Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted

« Last post by Ath on February 05, 2011, 08:07 AM »

quote author=vlastimil

Wait, what? You are not a native English speaker? You fooled me! 

-app103 (February 05, 2011, 08:04 AM)

Usually the giveaway is in the name

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General Software Discussion / Re: New (Feb 1 2011) "Starter" Editions of Delphi and C++ Builder

« Last post by Ath on February 05, 2011, 08:05 AM »

It would be nice to see some life breathed into Delphi/C++ Builder.

-Renegade (February 05, 2011, 07:54 AM)

I agree that would be nice, been using Borland stuff for 25+ years also (had a turbopascal on MS-DOS back then), but I'm afraid that this action of Embarcadero isn't going to improve on that...

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Timns Apps / Re: Auspex Build 1.1.1.92 uploaded

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

Found another minor issue in the 92 build:
When adding a replacement through the wizard, it gets auto-assigned a different icon then the one with index 0. That's fine, though it could be an option in the options screen. But when later selecting the replacement for editing, that icon isn't reflected in the Icon combobox in the editing area.

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Official Announcements / Re: Server Slow/Load Issue - Jan 22, 2011 - search temporarily offline

« Last post by Ath on February 03, 2011, 02:23 PM »

Ok, is there a time-window where backups are being made, so I can avoid hitting the barriers?