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General Software Discussion / Re: photo duplicate scanner

« Last post by Curt on November 11, 2010, 05:14 AM »

Seems like both AntiDupl & UniqueFiler have their bugs, AD finds a bunch of quasi-equal images (few pixels different for a 1280*1024 image)

-Szero (November 11, 2010, 01:27 AM)

I would not call this a bug, but a feature. They all try to find 'similar' pictures.

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You people are suffering from retrofixial!   

-Curt (November 05, 2010, 07:19 PM)

btw Curt it seems I need a larger (and I mean much much larger) dictionary.

-sajman99 (November 06, 2010, 01:55 PM)

It's an Americanism - ie. make up a word when the right one doesn't seem right, (or comes to mind)

-yeah, I know, the proper word is retrofixiation, but i couldn't spell it.
I already have all sorts of dictionaries, they couldn't spell it either...

-Curt (November 06, 2010, 07:36 PM)

-4wd (November 06, 2010, 07:18 PM)

Now, what must I do to get retrofixiation officially recognized? I guess I could try to write down an article to be posted in one of the major magazines, but I have a strong feeling this may sound a heck of a lot easier said than done. I had the same problem with Vistable. Hmm... maybe I should just try to learn proper English?
 

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General Software Discussion / SoftMaker Office beta testers wanted

« Last post by Curt on November 11, 2010, 02:36 AM »

Test new features for SoftMaker Office
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We are preparing new functionality for SoftMaker Office and want to make sure that it works properly.

Are you interested in participating in a feature beta test? Then get a forum account at our discussion forum (www.softmaker.com/forum) and send an e-mail to [email protected] mentioning your forum screen name.

There is no charge for participating in this beta test.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scrivener for Windows

« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2010, 09:35 AM »

Well, the new Scrivener version is not "extremely" buggy; I merely found a couple of items. But there will quite soon be another version to test. However, the "freeware" concept that I was assuming, is quite wrong: This is a test version and nothing more.





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I too can remember StorYBook ( Re: Plain text editor for writers ). It is though quite a different thing for a different purpose.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Duplicate Image Finder

« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2010, 05:37 AM »

You've reminded me of something I've been wanting to do for a long time now.

-Renegade (November 10, 2010, 05:30 AM)

-so, what is it, you want? To write a Duplicate-PROGRAM-Finder?
There should be market here at DC, I expect. 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Duplicate Image Finder

« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2010, 05:25 AM »

New Product:    Duplicate Image Finder  could be a good tool to help you detect and delete duplicated images. This software provides you an easy way to search images by visual or non-visual comparing, it also enables you to manually define similarity percent for scanning out duplicates, even help you to delete checked duplicates at once to save your disk space.

   Download Free Trial, and Learn More:
http://boxoft.com/du.../?20101110newproduct

Original Price: $27.00    
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Save 30% with coupon code: APDF-C0WH-DIF
Hurry up, expiry at 12/10/2010

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General Software Discussion / Scrivener for Windows

« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2010, 02:25 AM »

Just when Scrivener 2 for Mac has been launched, here comes Scrivener for Windows!


Scrivener for Windows Beta 3
The writing tool designed with serious writing in mind comes to Windows

Developer: Literature & Latte
Software Cost: Free

http://downloads.pca...r-for-windows-beta-3

I have heard so much good about Scrivener for Mac, that I am grabbing this free beta at once! Scrivener for Mac is listed as $45, so the freeware policy *may* be for this beta version only. I don't know.

As any writer will tell you, there are several obstacles that getting the way of words down on paper, or on screen. As well as time constraints and the ever-present spectre of writer's block, there is also the problem of organising notes and ideas as well as managing lengthy documents as your ideas start to come to life.


Whether you are writing a thesis, a novel or a script, Scrivener is a powerful writing aid that can be used to organise notes, try out different ideas, view ideas alongside completed passages of text and much more; the app is a word processor and project management tool rolled in to one.


Scrivener enables you to create order from chaos, making it possible to focus in on small sections of your text in isolation from your other notes and research, or view projects as a whole to get a better idea of what sort of progress is being made. Unlike a word processor, you are free to organise documents in any way that works best for you and the order of text can be easily adjusted.


Working in outliner mode, Scrivener can be used to plan a project, while virtual index cards can be used to brainstorm ideas. You can also use the app solely as a means of collecting research material or to edit through rough drafts of a file. Whatever way you prefer to work, Scrivener is on hand to help you along.


Verdict:
A hugely impressive writing aid that can be of assistance to everyone from script writers and novelists to students and professionals.

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Found Deals and Discounts / re: Grab Some Deals

« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2010, 02:02 AM »

http://grabsomedeals.com/

50% off the listed price, not 70%, (unless you're a premium member which you aren't because the membership procedure is not yet in place).

We proudly announce you that GrabSomeDeals.com is officially launched!

Today GrabSomeDeals went live, uOrganized - a great task list and GTD software is the first product featured on our website at 70% discount. http://grabsomedeals...ware/uorganized.html

Thank you for all your feedback and support over the last 2 months, together with you we built a great service and we'll continue to improve it based on your thoughts and suggestions.

Click here to get to the deal page of our first product - uOrganized at 70% discount
As you know, feedback is always appreciated, you can reply to this address or you can use our contact form.

Thank you,
Cioaca Virgil,
Founder GrabSomeDeals.com

uOrganized http://www.veetosoft.com/uOrganized.html

uOrganized is an attractive and powerful tasks and notes management software which allows you to schedule and organize you personal and business life efficiently.

The most flexible interface on the market
In few clicks uOrganized interface can be optimized to fit perfectly for a busy CEO or for a lazy student. It has the ability to auto-redesign it's interface to be extremely simple and light or heavier with more details, depending on your needs. There are 5 predefined layouts available, but it's easy to customize and can be changed at any time.

Organize information in folders, and, if is not enough, using tags
uOrganized is one of the few applications which allows you to organize your information using both folders and tags, or individualy, depending on your workload and number of details needed to be managed. That's why GTD (getting things done) method can be implemented pretty well.

Manage tasks with high precision
You can set begin date, end date of a task, the priority, status, level of completion and so on up to 13 fields. However, you can use a more simple task window if you don't want to set so many options. A handy feature allows you to group the items by most important fields making the information easier to read and organize.

Powerful reminders
Besides the standard sound notification, uOrganized can execute 9 types of actions including sending SMS and Email messages, Shutdown or Restart computer, Open files etc...

Store notes, ideas, tips etc...
The Notes section of uOrganized will keep your private information organized in the same easy way as in the Tasks section. You may also 'stick' your notes/tasks to desktop to have a better look of what's most important for you.

Safe and secure
The protection of personal data is a real problem these days, however, uOrganized can password protect and encrypt your information using Blowfish encryption algorithm. Also, uOrganized will make backups of your data automatically each day so if something unexpected happens your data is in the Backup folder.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: XYplorer Lifetime License 51% discount on BitsDuJour on Monday 8 Nov 2010

« Last post by Curt on November 09, 2010, 05:13 PM »

Tuxman, why don't you help the rest of us out and start a thread about... Windows Explorer Secrets revealed!

-CodeTRUCKER (November 08, 2010, 10:26 PM)

Should such a thread be anything but links to the many sites that already are covering the subject, and are covering it well? Quite a number of people have made a living out of revealing such alleged secrets!

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by Curt on November 08, 2010, 01:58 AM »

Keep 'em coming!

-Darwin (November 07, 2010, 07:15 PM)

Will do 

-Stephen66515 (November 07, 2010, 07:25 PM)

One certain way to get a high score is, to post every time someone else has made it to a special number of posts and say, keep 'em coming!

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Format Factory TOTAL-BULL installation of Ask.com (warning: cursing inside)

« Last post by Curt on November 07, 2010, 06:25 PM »

I was assuming he pressed Finish sooner than he remembers

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General Software Discussion / Re: Format Factory TOTAL-BULL installation of Ask.com (warning: cursing inside)

« Last post by Curt on November 07, 2010, 11:31 AM »

I cannot join the choir.

There were FIVE (5) boxes to uncheck, not merely three (3):





All five boxes were pre-checked. I removed all the marks, and got no Askbar.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Grab Some Deals (beta)

« Last post by Curt on November 07, 2010, 06:49 AM »

Grab Some Deals, is a new competitor to Bits du Jour, etc, but even cheaper  and with longer periods of rebate! http://grabsomedeals.com/ is not officially launched yet but will be launching next week. You can of course Sign Up now to get notified by email when the promotions will be available for public (hopefully on 10th of November).

It will have two paths, the free way and the Premium way:








One of the first products will be the "old" but fine Desktop Icon Toy for less than $10. You can get that one, starting from Friday 12 Nov 2010.


I wish Grab Some Deals good luck; but I must say that we have seen more than one of the kind come and go. However, this one looks as if the people behind are very well prepared.
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: photo duplicate scanner

« Last post by Curt on November 06, 2010, 07:36 PM »

-yeah, I know, the proper word is retrofixiation, but i couldn't spell it.
I already all sorts of dictionaries, they couldn't spell it either...


Now, is it:    or:  ? Hmm..

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: XYplorer Lifetime License 51% discount on BitsDuJour on Monday 8 Nov 2010

« Last post by Curt on November 06, 2010, 07:26 PM »

Why should XYplorer customers care what name the new product has?:

XYplorer will not stop to exist (and being developed). Other than the name, both products will be 100% identical,  

-DonL (October 31, 2010, 04:03 AM)

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Living Room / Re: Truely awesome 404 page!

« Last post by Curt on November 06, 2010, 01:34 PM »

Really really well done!  
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http://www.bluedaniel.com/ > Trailers  
made me want to speed date...!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: XYplorer Lifetime License 51% discount on BitsDuJour on Monday 8 Nov 2010

« Last post by Curt on November 06, 2010, 12:34 PM »

xy in English is pronounced "zye" as in "xylophone"

-Darwin (November 06, 2010, 09:39 AM)

how do I know that this one is xy-plorer and not xyp-lorer or x-yplorer?
The three words are equally meaningless to Joe I.T. Average.

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General Software Discussion / Re: photo duplicate scanner

« Last post by Curt on November 05, 2010, 07:19 PM »

Now having tested Unique Filer 2 Beta, I cannot keep silent:
You people are suffering from retrofixial!  

1) Unique Filer is not "more intuitive". You have just used it for so long that you have come think this is how it should be, because this is how it always were!

2) Unique Filer is fast, but not "faster scanning". In fact, AntiDubl is twice as fast!
Unique Filer used 10 minutes, AntiDubl used 5 minutes. (5.800 jpg and png photos)

3a) Unique Filer's result is not quite "accurate enough" for me: During the initial scanning, ("Analyze All"), the program stopped twelve times to tell me that a file was missing! (The program didn't go back to work until I had clicked 'okay'! What a bummer!) MAYBE Unique Filer are having problems reading certain modern file types, I don't know, but no other program thinks I am missing 12 photos in my collection. And how can I know anything about these 12 photos? The program gave me no file name, no nothing, just "a file is missing > Okay"!

3b) The Dupe Finder part of Unique Filer is exceptional fast, and makes me agree with sajman99: "I would have loved to see Unique Filer developed further". But maybe it is just too fast. I don't see why these two pictures should be listed as almost identical:

1200x912 pixels:





1024x805 pixels:





Do you?

Yes, I would have loved to see Unique Filer developed further,
but Unique Filer is outdated  and not good enough for me.

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General Software Discussion / Re: photo duplicate scanner

« Last post by Curt on November 05, 2010, 06:01 PM »

Am I missing something or are you really forced to making a decision from looking at 2 thumbnails ?

-Szero (November 05, 2010, 03:55 PM)

-yes, you are missing something ;-)

First of all, regarding the thumbnails, well, you can db-click them, and they will open in your default viewer. Secondly, between the two thumbnails, the size of each picture is listed. Thirdly, the word "difference", means "not identical". Just how different the two pictures are from each other, is listed in percentage.

Actually, I only came to tell that AntiDubl.NET once again has been updated, and now is at version 1.6.





Regarding Unique Filer; their "secure server", sohosafe.com, cannot be confirmed to be safe.
The fine AntiDubl.NET is freeware ;-) http://antidupl.naro...u/english/index.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: XYplorer sale at BDJ

« Last post by Curt on November 05, 2010, 06:00 AM »

Worth it? Of course! -most would say. Like many others, I purchased such a discounted Pro lifetime license just a few months ago. Now I don't even have the program installed! I simply don't bother to TRY to learn how to use the (powerful) scripting. If you understand scripting at all, XYplorer Pro may just be the thing for you, but if you don't, XYplorer may still be a fine Explorer replacement, but only just. Is what I think.

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General Software Discussion / Re: remove objects from photos

« Last post by Curt on November 05, 2010, 05:17 AM »

the content-aware feature in the Adobe Photoshop CS5 ...

-Arizona Hot (November 05, 2010, 12:12 AM)

-wow, that is an impressive feature!

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General Software Discussion / Re: My favorite software! What's yours?

« Last post by Curt on November 04, 2010, 09:25 PM »

Proxomitron download + ...

-Szero (November 04, 2010, 03:19 PM)

ATTENTION! When Proxomitron is warning: "Demo  showing a couple of events that may trigger popups and other things. Not for use without Proxomitron" - they mean it!! 220 windows will pop up, if you click 'allow', without Proxomitron installed !!!

It was almost funny...

Almost.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Frigate 3 free today on giveawayoftheday.com

« Last post by Curt on November 03, 2010, 05:09 PM »

-ehh... this thread Mini-Review and Discount (Sep 2010): USB Safely Remove and Zentimo ?

 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Frigate 3 free today on giveawayoftheday.com

« Last post by Curt on November 03, 2010, 02:28 PM »

I wonder if they will run Monday's History Explorer offer again. I, for one, never got the chance to get it. "This giveaway is not available any more" - hopefully they don't mean it too literally!


Also, I am a little mad at myself. I won DC's previous drawing, and was given the choice between a lifetime license for USB Safely Remove or 1 year's license for Zentimo. I clicked 'Zentimo', but today Zentimo is free for everybody, and I wish I had clicked a lifetime license for the other one instead. Zentimo is overkill.

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Living Room / Re: I have a very hard announcement to make

« Last post by Curt on November 02, 2010, 01:51 PM »

I attended two very prestigious universities and have often been asked how I was able to get into them: I applied!

-Darwin (November 02, 2010, 01:22 PM)

     


I sometimes have to be in the company of this guy who has nothing but evil crap to say about any athlete not being a World or Olympic champion. Of course he has never achieved anything himself, but so far I have managed to just walk away, even though he is tempting me to take up boxing or karate... He doesn't get the point: they TRY, and for this they deserve RESPECT!

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Living Room / Re: I have a very hard announcement to make

« Last post by Curt on November 02, 2010, 01:02 PM »

Dear April

It made me sad to read your post, because you have helped me (and others) so many times, that it seems double unfair that you should feel bad about anything related to computing. You have been a beam of sunshine on DC's forum, and I thank you and hope you will keep hanging out here.

You have had to realize something unpleasant and take a hard decision, and to this I can relate. (Only, I screwed up my plans myself). But today I know from experience that killing your darlings, is important, when they turn out to merely be fixed poor ideas. My point being that from NOW on it is more likely to be getting better and even better, with your life, simply because you've said goodbye to a fixed unrealistic idea, and your next ideas will be of a more mature and realistic nature.

This poster is not a cheap street-wise joke to me, nor should it be to you or anyone else:

(click to enlarge to 814x1085 pixels)

You're not a failure if you don't make it. You're a success because you tried!