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Are donationcredits supposed to be showing up?  And history?  Just curious as they don't seem to be.
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And this is the reason I usually don't try them... unless I'm thinking of imminently purchasing, or the size is small.  Downloading a demo to the tune of multi-GB downloads just doesn't seem productive to me.

It's an initial 6GB download and like any online-only game, it's best to play with people you know rather than a bunch of strangers from the internet.

6GB is 6GB, when you already get close to caps.  And if you're just doing it for something you might throw away...
* wraith808 shrugs

That's my thoughts anyway.  Not to begrudge anyone else... I just was contributing to the conversation. :)
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And just in case that didn't clear things up for you, in the case of ARK this weekend it means free during the weekend promo.

And this is the reason I usually don't try them... unless I'm thinking of imminently purchasing, or the size is small.  Downloading a demo to the tune of multi-GB downloads just doesn't seem productive to me.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Raymond.cc roundup of ad blocking extensions
« Last post by wraith808 on August 29, 2015, 12:06 PM »
I find the whole uBlock/uBlock Origin thing to be an unfortunate and confusing mess.
agreed -
the fact of it ('Origin') going beyond my idea of what an adblocker does, made me more active in reporting my preference.

Add me to this list, Origin just became too intrusive so I switched back to uBlock (non-Origin).

FWIW I'm currently using PaleMoon and 'Adblock Latitude' - I am still waiting for the ideal browser/adblocking extension ;-)

I'm using PM with uBlock (0.9.5.0) since they provided support for the pre-Australis interface I thought I may as well try it out - was using Adblock Latitude for a while.

It's also funny that they tested Ghostery, but not Disconnect.  I saw their reasoning, and found it... lacking.  I'm using Disconnect and uBlock and those two together seem to be covering it.  Disconnect blocks most of them first, and uBlock gets whatever slips through.
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General Software Discussion / Re: What's up with WinPatrol?
« Last post by wraith808 on August 29, 2015, 12:04 PM »
This thread made me actually install WinPrivacy and WinPatrol. I bought them during the 'last great hurrah because lifetime licenses are going away" and thought maybe I should check to see if the license information they sent me actually works.  ;D

Two things -

First: Holy crap! I can't believe what they are charging for these two programs now! I paid less than half of an annual license fee for one product & got two lifetime licenses.

Second: Holy crap again! These two programs look like their UIs escaped from the early 90s.

Agreed on both.  He tried to make the new one (WinPrivacy) look more modern.  He failed.

But their functionality can't be beat.  It's like having someone looking at your computer while you're using it, and seeing if someone else is trying to screw you and warning you. It can be annoying with the pop ups saying do you want to authorize this... but it's saved me a lot of time fixing the wife and kids computers...
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General Software Discussion / Re: Raymond.cc roundup of ad blocking extensions
« Last post by wraith808 on August 28, 2015, 06:52 PM »
^ FWIW I prefer the uBlock variation - the "origin" version started blocking whole webpages which I felt wasn't it's job:
https://www.donation....msg385536#msg385536

Same here.  And the direction that's been taken since the split has confirmed at least in my mind, my choice.
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I take it you're recommending it?  Why?  What do you like about it?  Just curious... I've been thinking, but it's priced too high right now for me to take a chance on it with the limited things I've seen.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced
« Last post by wraith808 on August 27, 2015, 08:50 PM »
Infoworld - 10 Reasons you shouldn't update to Windows 10 (Annoying slideshow alert!)

http://www.infoworld...e-to-windows-10.html

Very clickbait-y, with not always accurate info...

While I thought it was annoying at times, I didn't see any non-accurate info.  What did you find?
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I thought it could be interesting for somebody to give it a try as there has not been discount like this for ages (I think back in 2014 or so). I have been truly unable to find anything active since. I use PhraseExpress and I am a bound to it as its export features are crippled (I know that Phrase Expander have some migration tool available). Both two previous work perfectly at home but are pretty useless when you have corporate restricted PC access - either no USB version (Pexp) or USB write restriction (PE needs to create xml on start up). Hence recently I realised that only Breevy does the work at best (btw new version should launch early) when one sets it up to work along Citrixvia clipboard.
I use them for medical reports as it speeds up the turnaround time together with my collection of canned reports.
Sorry for 2 posts only - I am usually just checking discounts forum here.


It's fine.  Thank you for posting it, as it created interesting conversation! 

I think what Curt was alluding to was the fact that some accounts are drive bys, that post a link and don't participate.  As a supporting member, you've already participated even if you haven't been verbally participating.  And any level of participation- from posts, to money, to time- is, I think, appreciated.  That's what makes DC works.  And I, for one, look forward to your next informative post!  You might only have 2 (3 now), but they've introduced welcome information, so your signal-to-noise ratio is very low, unlike some of us that post nonsense just for fun :)  Who... me?  :huh:

In a nutshell, you're very welcome, no matter how much you participate.  8) :Thmbsup:
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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced
« Last post by wraith808 on August 27, 2015, 10:35 AM »
Infoworld - 10 Reasons you shouldn't update to Windows 10 (Annoying slideshow alert!)

http://www.infoworld...e-to-windows-10.html
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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced
« Last post by wraith808 on August 27, 2015, 10:32 AM »
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Living Room / Re: Internet of Things thread (IoT)
« Last post by wraith808 on August 27, 2015, 10:29 AM »
Renegade is a Prophet and I think you ought to listen to what he has to say to you!

Samsung smart fridge leaves Gmail logins open to attack
Failures in exploit discovery process are cold comfort for IoT fridge owners

http://www.theregist...ridge_security_fubar

Samsung has contacted us to say that they were looking into the matter: "At Samsung, we understand that our success depends on consumers’ trust in us, and the products and services that we provide. We are investigating into this matter as quickly as possible. Protecting our consumers’ privacy is our top priority, and we work hard every day to safeguard our valued Samsung users.”

A bit late for that mea culpa...

IoT security is RUBBISH says IoT vendor collective
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I don't get how you use that for multiple sites?  And you just have to remember where the password is?  I like the Enigmaze idea better with a diary and UV light and you can trace any path, though that is an interesting idea I'd not seen.
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DC Gamer Club / Re: GOG Scores Bethesda!
« Last post by wraith808 on August 26, 2015, 02:56 PM »
Yes, I got it backwards.  My mind knew what I was saying, but my fingers didn't.

And yes, of course you are correct- but having them consolidated into a platform is a good thing... at least for me.
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DC Gamer Club / Re: GOG Scores Bethesda!
« Last post by wraith808 on August 26, 2015, 12:41 PM »
No Oblivion or Skyrim? :(

Still pretty cool. But I thought I had purchased the Fallout Trilogy on GOG before, but it says I don't own them.

Huh. I just checked and they are in my GOG library. But GOG still says I don't own them on the store page.

That's the latest incident that you can see on the thread.  I was confused too.

Basically, the one from before was by Interplay.  These are by Bethesda.  They're the same, but the new one is apparently enhanced.

There was some concern that they had taken the extras off of the classics- but they apparently moved them to a different menu.

http://www.gog.com/f...series_72e26/post121

DukeNukemForever: I would highly recommend that gog would add some more informations about the differences between Bethesdas re-releases and Interplay classic releases. So far I know the re-release has some mods added, like the Baldur's Gate remakes. Multilingual isn't also new, as the Interplay releases on Dotemu wee also multilingual. That's not a Bethesda excluse, only gogs late move to multilingual support. Also multiplatform support seems to be gone, but that's also no surprise, as GOG did back them for Interplay (first dosbox, later wine versions).

So yeah, some officieal explanations what's new would be very nice.

Edit: Another thing, thread title is talking about Fallout classics while the versions are not the new labelled classics from Interplay. So yeah, kind of confusing. So, are these versions the Bethesdas updated and modded versions like on steam, or are these just the old Interplay versions just new branded?

The only difference between the Classic editions and the Fallouts from Bethesda is that the Classic versions (as we've decided to call them) have more bonus goodies and support one additional platform - OS X. Other than that, those two editions should be identical. The main reason for this difference is that the approval process for the remaining bonus goodies takes a lot of time and we didn't want to hold up the release just because of that. ;)
To answer another question - will we ever have them included in the Bethesda versions? We will do everything in our power, of course, but I can't say for certain that we will.

And apparently the free games are a permanent deal.
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DC Gamer Club / GOG Scores Bethesda!
« Last post by wraith808 on August 26, 2015, 10:20 AM »
BETHESDA (SOFT)WORKS ITS WAY TO GOG.COM

BETHESDA CLASSICS NOW DRM-FREE - BUY ANY BETHESDA GAME, GET THE ELDER SCROLLS: ARENA & DAGGERFALL FOR FREE

I think we're seeing a contender in GOG's moves as of late.

Fallout is back on GOG also with this announcement.
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General Software Discussion / Re: MySpace anyone?
« Last post by wraith808 on August 26, 2015, 09:55 AM »
Button only works on Edge  :P

I'm already on edge without this nonsense.  :)


Do you have adblockers and such installed?  One of them might be causing the problems.
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Unfortunately, nobody is quite sure what to replace passwords with. So passwords it is for now.

I'm actually starting to use Enigmaze.  

Enigmaze is a Premium Hardcover Notebook Specifically Designed to Quickly Create and Store Strong Passwords.

enigmaze.png

enigmaze features.jpg


I backed it in the Kickstarter.  But that doesn't solve my problem with sharing with my wife, so I don't use it for all of them (of course, 2 factor has that problem too- but with lastpass, I authenticate once and am done).  It's now on Amazon if you're interested.
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General Software Discussion / Re: What's up with WinPatrol?
« Last post by wraith808 on August 26, 2015, 09:45 AM »
I've been trying the Slimjet version of Chrome for several months and it has no issues with WinPatrol or WinPrivacy downloads/updates.

The site is fine currently.  At least in Chrome
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Thanks Deo, for that information.  Without a browser extension, I won't be trying it.  I use mine a lot to have my passwords available to my wife, and she's not really technical.

It can import from LastPass. So you can continue to use LastPass in your browser on your desktop, and just use Enpass on your mobile device, if you'd like.

LastPass is $12/year on mobile. Enpass is a one-time $10 purchase.

Why would I do that?  Seems like two vectors instead of just one.  And two places to keep passwords updated, unless I continually import.  And no way to go back from an update in Enpass to Lasspass.  But thanks for the suggestion.
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Thanks Deo, for that information.  Without a browser extension, I won't be trying it.  I use mine a lot to have my passwords available to my wife, and she's not really technical.
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Thanks!  I haven't upgraded my gaming box to W10, but I'll keep this in mind for when I do.
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I wrote to LastPass support about this and they said it was for their stupid LastPass browser that is also built into the app. I told them the browser was superfluous and that they should separate it into another app if they wanted to include that functionality, because all I wanted from them was to be able to store and retrieve my passwords. They didn't really respond to that.
Isn't the problem that Google won't allow extensions to be added to any Android browser by a third party, so the only way to make logins seamless is for the password program's authors make their own browser with the functionality built in?  At least, that's what I thought from reading Sticky Password's information.

I'm on iOS, and that problem hasn't presented itself- it asked me once, and I said no.  It still works fine.
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General Software Discussion / Re: So, what pdf reader app is your fav?
« Last post by wraith808 on August 25, 2015, 10:00 AM »
I was using Foxit reader for the longest time- then they grew to big for common sense and started including stuff in the installer and in the program for advertising.  Has that changed?
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