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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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Living Room / Re: Startups and the Big Lie
« Last post by wraith808 on August 25, 2015, 09:56 AM »
Often it feels to me like economic success is one big pyramid scheme... Here's an article about the central role lying plays in the startup model where companies raise billions based on a mirage of get-rich-quick success they create.

Money begets money.  That's a seminal truth.  I would agree to you that it's as corrupt as you make it out to be- if not for one thing.  Haven't been in that situation, it's expected.  When we were doing it, we cut to the bone, and asked for only what we needed to get going.  And found that what someone had told us was true- scale matters.  If you ask for only a little money, they expect you to fail, and expect that the idea isn't worthy of consideration.  It's a system that those that you are asking for money made.  You're playing by their rules.  And their rules require you to lie.
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Details seem missing from the story.


I agree.  Details seem a bit sketchy.
He was quick on the draw.
 
-cranioscopical (August 23, 2015, 12:26 PM)

It was only penciled in at the time.

Canvasing the comments has proven quite interesting.


I still wouldn't draw any conclusions from it. I'd wait until we get the complete picture.

I see the fountain of wisdom in that penning.

I think it's time that somebody here took the lead.
 
-cranioscopical (August 23, 2015, 11:18 PM)

All is well that pens well.


That's penning review.
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Details seem missing from the story.


I agree.  Details seem a bit sketchy.
He was quick on the draw.
 
-cranioscopical (August 23, 2015, 12:26 PM)

It was only penciled in at the time.

Canvasing the comments has proven quite interesting.


I still wouldn't draw any conclusions from it. I'd wait until we get the complete picture.

I see the fountain of wisdom in that penning.
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Details seem missing from the story.


I agree.  Details seem a bit sketchy.
He was quick on the draw.
 
-cranioscopical (August 23, 2015, 12:26 PM)

It was only penciled in at the time.
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Weird. I hope I don't have any games that use SecuROM and SafeDisc. I haven't delved much into my game collection since installing Windows 10 on my machine.

There are some ON STEAM that use SecuROM.  I don't purchase those.  And I'm glad.

A couple of examples of games on my wishlist that I've held out from purchasing:

Tron: Evolution

Batman: Arkham Asylum did - they removed it from the GOTY (I'd already purchased it somewhere else because of that)

Blood Bowl Legendary Edition did... but they removed it, so I bought it.

PC Gaming's Wiki has a list of SecuROM games (and other DRM Games) on Steam.
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Well, there's also
Maybe Lintalist (Announcement on DC) is worth investigating for those searching for a FOSS tool?


Well, there's also Auspex and Ethervane Echo if you're going there.

But I think, to be fair, you can't really compare the feature set.  If you don't need that feature set, then those are options too.
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Living Room / Re: A Reddit AMA with John McAfee!
« Last post by wraith808 on August 22, 2015, 11:06 PM »
Thanks for this!  He's definitely fascinating!  I hope that movie/mini-series gets made.  And of course, by someone other than Hallmark/Lifetime
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General Software Discussion / Re: So, what pdf reader app is your fav?
« Last post by wraith808 on August 22, 2015, 08:06 PM »
I've started reading on my ipad truthfully.  The offerings there are much more reader friendly.
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http://mobirise.com/

I can't vouch for what it can do, but it is free during testing...
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There are.  As long as you don't mind hosted.
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^^ Yes, I saw that too.
I made a "request for invite". Making a "request for invite" doesn't seem to get responded to though. Message says they are maxed out on invites, or something.
It's a bit opaque. I wonder how many users they actually have, or if it's all a sham? Probably never be told.

I have an account, but the prior restrictions made me toss it when they originally opened, and the fact that the interface was archaic, and very much slow.

It seems better now.  Did you request for an invite recently?  I have a link for immediate account creation with 500MB of storage.  I'll PM it to you.
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I cannot help but wonder how much of a deal this really is.
The price tag of $150 is totally ridiculous, and even 30 bucks seems very steep, considering the many free alternatives.

The description on their website just mentions the usual run-of-the-mill features.
Do you - or anybody else - know what advantages it offers over free stuff, like say, PhraseExpress?
http://www.phraseexp...ess.com/features.htm

1. PhraseExpress isn't really free, unless you're aiming for only personal use, i.e. We give away the PhraseExpress productivity boost free-of-charge to personal users

http://www.phraseexp...m/docs11/09/shop.php

2. Both products are aimed at the medical transcription market.  That's a very high priced and revenue/income generating market, where productivity is paid for- as long as its accurate.  If you're in that market, then the price for either of the competing versions, i.e. professional version of PhraseExpress at $140 or professional version of PhraseExpander at $150 will help so much in income, that that is a paltry price.

3. The price for the commensurate comparison products is $10 difference.  You're looking at an apples to oranges comparison.  Apples to apples, they are very much similar products, so much so that there have been some pretty ugly wars between the two- some even on this board.

That said, they have two different marketing strategies.  With PhraseExpress they give away a limited feature set, and as you use the expanded features, it converts into trialware.  With PhraseExpander, they sell a lesser version that is arguably better than the free version, but pretty close if not a little better than the commensurate PhraseExpress offering to show the same to users that might need the pro version, but probably don't.

I used PhraseExpander when it was Direct Access and it was a solid product.  I've also used PhraseExpress, and it is a solid product.  I also dislike the... attitudes of both companies, though NagarSoft is a little more palatable than Bartels, which has made me migrate away from both, and I now use software specifically for developers rather than using this to take the place of the same, i.e. Resharper, replacing CodeRush in my arsenal..  However, that is personal bias.  If you need the functionality, then yes, it is worth it.

As an aside, Breevy is also pretty comparable to both lower offerings.

And to both developers, this was kept as unbiased as possible in the comparison of the products, 'just in case' you happen to drop by.
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DC Gamer Club / Windows 10 won't run games with commonly hated DRM platforms
« Last post by wraith808 on August 20, 2015, 02:26 PM »
Windows 10 won't run games with SafeDisc or Securom DRM

Microsoft has announced that it will block games utilizing SafeDisc or Securom DRM on Windows 10, citing security concerns owing to a lack of support by the companies that made them.

To add insult to injury, SafeDisc is saying that Microsoft should have been the one to do the updates.
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ProtonMail goes open source with ProtonMail 2.0

https://blog.protonm...e-email-open-source/
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Living Room / Re: New Computer
« Last post by wraith808 on August 19, 2015, 08:06 PM »
But I do like your box!  But... why are they advertising the video as ATI?  And I have had problems before with workstation graphics for non-workstation use.  You get strange errors sometimes...

Thanks. I'm not sure what you're driving at on the ATi part, the base configuration came with no video card. So I picked the ATi W5100 out of their available line up, because that's what came in the Z420 workstation I have at the office ... And I've been running ATI video since XP x64.


Oh... I was just saying because ATI doesn't exist anymore.  In fact, if you go to the AMD website, it's advertised as AMD.  It was just idle curiosity.

http://www.amd.com/e...ion/firepro-3d/5100#

http://www.anandtech...00-w5100-w4100-w2100

They're nice cards.  It's just my own bias against using WS cards for Non-WS work from my work in a former life as a QA analyst.  Consumer appplications sometimes get weird results on WS grade cards in my experience.  But that was mostly for multimedia... and just, again, idle musings.
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I communicated with the developer, and he was very nice!  I downloaded it- and saw what you were saying, and I'll be trying it a bit more, and probably buying it.
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Living Room / Re: New Computer
« Last post by wraith808 on August 19, 2015, 12:49 PM »
^ Same here.  At one point, I was building computers for friends, family...  then I started doing it only if they paid me.  Then I switched to doing it for myself only.  Then I only cracked them open to upgrade.  Now I'm at the point of someone needing to pay me in order to get me to crack open my own case.  I really hate hardware now.

But I do like your box!  But... why are they advertising the video as ATI?  And I have had problems before with workstation graphics for non-workstation use.  You get strange errors sometimes...
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General Software Discussion / Re: Chrome Cleanup Tool
« Last post by wraith808 on August 19, 2015, 12:46 PM »
I was having some 'Aw, snap' errors and some cursory googling led me to Chrome Cleanup Tool and was wondering if anyone here have any experiences with this Chrome Cleanup Tool?

I have.  It does exactly what it says.  Which is more than you probably think it does.  It basically returns Chrome to the just installed state.  Everything.  Including profiles, bookmarks... everything.  I thought it was just to remove bad things.  But it removes EVERYTHING.  Can you tell I was a bit pissed when I used it?
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half of my "seriously?" was because I found it unlikely that you didn't remember Splinter. The author got quite some attention 3 years ago when he launched Splinter here on DonationCoder's forum - some of it because he talked like an lifestyle advert, instead of a pedagogic instructor - and some of it because it was (is!) very difficult for him to explain what the program actually does. His homepage: http://spli-stuff.blogspot.co.uk/

modified:
Oh, of course: His program is a system for grouping the desktop icons.


Unlikely as it is, I didn't, and even with your prompting, still don't.  I don't read everything on the forums.  I go to the show unread posts view... and if there's too many, in many cases just blindly mark them read.  I figure if it's something i want to see, it will come up again.  And I just don't have the time to read everything.
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