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Living Room / Re: Flash Toy of the Week: How Well Can you Differentiate Colors?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 23, 2008, 11:54 AM »

You'll be sorry when she says...
"Honey, I would have bought you that lovely red Sports Car! But as you can't see to drive it......." 

-CleverCat (September 23, 2008, 02:26 AM)

Rats! You women are so fiendishly clever!

[My score for the test was 19; the walls still look white to me.]

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Circle Dock / Re: Elliptical Circle Dock Works!

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 23, 2008, 11:49 AM »

That's a very nice amendment, Eric!

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Living Room / Re: Flash Toy of the Week: How Well Can you Differentiate Colors?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 22, 2008, 11:58 AM »

You do so many things better than we do...
washing up springs to mind 

-cranioscopical (September 17, 2008, 07:46 PM)

...that's because we can...well... see. 
That was fun. I scored a 0.

-SKesselman (September 22, 2008, 09:04 AM)

STOP!  HOLD EVERYTHING!

After lo, these many years, YOU have liberated me from the menial.
I cannot begin to tell you how profoundly grateful I am.

Let me practise for a moment...

Wife: Would you empty the garbage?
Self:  Sorry, I can't see!

Wife: Isn't it your turn to cook?
Self:  Sorry, I can't see!

Wife: Dishes?
Self:  Sorry, I can't see!

I sense the dawn of a new age 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mathematics symbols OCR

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 22, 2008, 11:49 AM »

Eóin is right, it's difficult to be beat paper and a pencil -- in terms of spead, of course. 

-Armando (September 22, 2008, 09:30 AM)

I've had a tablet for longer than I can remember. Ever since the Apple Newton tantalized and then fell I've lusted after some input combination that will handle cursive script. Even with today's high-resolution devices and phenomenal computing power I remain sadly disappointed.

For myself, I find that Tablets are fine for 'art', okay for the occasional quick (and crude) note/annotation, and inadequate for anything else.

Perhaps the truth is that I am inadequate at these tasks but, practically speaking, the end result is the same.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: simple timer

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 21, 2008, 09:02 AM »

Can you not achieve what you want by deploying the existing timer plug-in for Find And Run Robot (FARR)?
Timer plugin for FARR

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any Lynx(text based browser) lover-user?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 21, 2008, 08:53 AM »

Note that I couldn't even log into the forum and post with links2.

-Gothi[c] (September 21, 2008, 03:11 AM)

So, the Gothi[c]-links2 blocker does work then!   

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Improved URL button

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 20, 2008, 08:45 PM »

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: New Windows boot manager available

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 20, 2008, 07:12 PM »

Yes, thanks for the information, 40hz. I, too, would be interested in how things go from here.

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Living Room / Re: Flash Toy of the Week: How Well Can you Differentiate Colors?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 20, 2008, 10:48 AM »

Nor do I find it funny to be greeted as Mr. Custard!

-cranioscopical (September 17, 2008, 07:56 PM)

At least they didn't call you Colonel Mustard. 

-app103 (September 18, 2008, 07:48 AM)

 
As I said to Miss Scarlett, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 20, 2008, 10:43 AM »

Just discovered this thread - installed QT TabBar

-CleverCat (September 20, 2008, 02:16 AM)

Did you try 'QTAddressBar' as well? If not, see if you like it .

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Living Room / Re: Mark ye calendars, me hearties!! Septemer 19th...

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 19, 2008, 06:55 PM »

If you see a really fat boarder coming over the stern rail don't forget to yell "Avast behind!"

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mathematics symbols OCR

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 19, 2008, 06:50 PM »

on Wednesday, as I was teaching, a child jumped on my palm and broke it

-Armando (September 19, 2008, 02:09 PM)

Gee, you must have long arms!

Sorry to hear about your mishaps. You seem to be having fun with the tablet, at least.

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Living Room / Re: News Article: Microsoft & Cray Release $25,000 Supercomputer

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 18, 2008, 03:01 PM »

Can the dream of World Domination be far off?

-40hz (September 18, 2008, 05:45 AM)

Hey! Can the dream of World Domination!

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Living Room / Re: Flash Toy of the Week: How Well Can you Differentiate Colors?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 17, 2008, 07:56 PM »

The old guy opened a can of light yellow paint and asked my friend "Is this gray?"
Men also lose their sense of humor as they age. So if you know any older men who can't see yellow, you probably don't want to needle them about it. They won't think it's so funny.

-Jimdoria (September 17, 2008, 12:52 PM)

I've been in and out of board-level meetings all week, wearing this yellow flannel suit that my wife assured me was grey.
I fail to see the humour in that.
Nor do I find it funny to be greeted as Mr. Custard!
Other than that, my sense of humour is just fine.

(Does anyone here recall Richard Hearne)?

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Living Room / Re: Flash Toy of the Week: How Well Can you Differentiate Colors?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 17, 2008, 07:46 PM »

Didn't u know women perceive colour better than men? 

-CleverCat (September 17, 2008, 02:20 AM)

You do so many things better than we do...
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washing up springs to mind 

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Site/Forum Features / Re: New Member Map Mod for the Forum -- Configure Your Profile Location!

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 17, 2008, 02:31 PM »

Now all we need is a dating system ....

-Carol Haynes (September 17, 2008, 11:37 AM)

Just send your personal details, plus a photo, to mouser who will find you a match in no time.

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Living Room / Re: Cortex Command Giveaway

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 16, 2008, 06:01 PM »

there may always native language issues

-mouser (September 16, 2008, 02:41 PM)

Oh really? 

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Living Room / Re: Flash Toy of the Week: How Well Can you Differentiate Colors?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 16, 2008, 05:45 PM »

I'm not taking the test.

For the past seven years I've been living in a house where a number of areas are painted white.

My wife recently informed me that NONE of these areas is white, that every one is a different pastel shade.

After a little thought I decided that if I believe the areas are white that's good enough for me.
I don't want to live in a house with pastel shades.

It all comes down to attitude, and that's all white with me.

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Podcast Radio Show / Re: Requesting Ideas for DonationCoder Podcast #7

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 16, 2008, 06:29 AM »

what if the podcast was mainly a series of short segments where various people on DC talked about what they were up to?
nudone and timns could talk about their latest webcomics
other people could talk about their websites,etc

-mouser (September 16, 2008, 02:06 AM)

What about a 5-minute segment from Mouser talking about his philosophy and hopes for DC?

(No, Jesse, 5 minutes of no voice, accompanied by off-mic a/c repair SFX won't do.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Volume Shadow Copy : how do you get this damn thing to work!

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 15, 2008, 10:21 PM »

Like they say, if VSS doesn't work well "we recommend you contact Microsoft Technical Support and not 2BrightSparks"... 

-Armando (September 15, 2008, 11:02 AM)

Sure, who wants bright sparks when dim bulbs are available?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Time to reinstall Windows? Or get a new desktop?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 13, 2008, 08:04 AM »

Another thought: If you spend top dollar on the latest hardware, it'll be outdated in six months. The bleeding edge ain't all it's cracked up to be.

-OldElmerFudd (September 13, 2008, 01:40 AM)

I'll endorse that one!  My own days on the bleeding edge are over, too much trouble, insufficient reward -- perhaps, simply, ennui.  My recent system came from behind the curve and I'm more than satisfied.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Time to reinstall Windows? Or get a new desktop?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 13, 2008, 08:00 AM »

I am grateful that I haven't had issues - maybe it is particular versions of nVidia's drivers causing the problems - have you looked to see if they have been updated?

-Carol Haynes (September 11, 2008, 07:29 PM)

Yes, thanks for the thought, but I've done all that stuff.

It doesn't concern me, I was just tossing my pebble into the 'post-SP3-turbulence' stream.

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Older Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter For September 11th, 2008 - Codename "Mapping the Members"

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 13, 2008, 07:56 AM »

Mouser  and Darwin,

Another good job with the newsletter!

Thanks 

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Site/Forum Features / Re: New Member Map Mod for the Forum -- Configure Your Profile Location!

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 12, 2008, 06:55 PM »

211 members on the map and counting!
go go go!!! let's make it 500 by monday!

-mouser (September 12, 2008, 06:17 PM)

I just moved you to Swaziland, does that help at all?

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Living Room / Re: Looking for a few good puns

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 12, 2008, 07:18 AM »

"I have come to seize your berry - not to praise it."

-40hz (September 11, 2008, 10:53 PM)

Headline from the Roman Gazette regarding a group who were getting a little too cozy with the neighbours...

Friends Romance Countrymen

(Edvard, you stipulated 'groaners')