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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 05, 2016, 09:50 AM »

Just wanted to say thanks for the update 

-mouser (August 04, 2016, 01:40 PM)

I too 

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General Software Discussion / Re: how should I roll back java?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 01, 2016, 08:35 AM »

The JavaRa crew now say that there's no longer a need for the software as the Oracle Java installer does a thorough job of removing older versions. On my own systems I have found this to be true.

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Living Room / Re: Kickstarter: Onion Omega2 just went live

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 27, 2016, 09:17 AM »

everytime it detects me about to buy another one

-4wd (July 20, 2016, 05:27 PM)

It's 'ard for u, i no

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: [100% discount] Glary Utilities Pro 5.5

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 21, 2016, 06:35 PM »

From the SoS web site... " It is a jack-of-all-trades-but-master-of-none system utility that includes over 20 functions you would normally require individual software for..."

Master of none, eh? Hardly a ringing endorsement 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Stardock's Object Desktop On Sale - 60% Off

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 11, 2016, 09:58 AM »

I'm interested in the start menu replacement and the app that lets you run modern ui apps as regular apps, so any info on that would help me decide whether this is worth it.

-wraith808 (July 10, 2016, 08:32 PM)

FWIW the drop-in start menu has worked well on any machine on which I've tried it (on 4 machines, from its inceptiion up to 10). My wife uses it but doesn't know that 

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Developer's Corner / Re: Is there a hardware kit to move an armature on a 2d grid?

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 09, 2016, 10:22 AM »

a cat toy

-mouser (July 08, 2016, 11:15 AM)

1) Attach Etch-A-Sketch to bungee cord
2) Attach bungee cord to door knob

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Living Room / Re: Mechanical Keyboards

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 26, 2016, 06:17 AM »

 I just built one from parts!

-wraith808 (June 25, 2016, 11:58 PM)

It's  a good-looking item.  Are you about to enter space?

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Living Room / Re: robust microusb cable

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 11, 2016, 10:23 AM »

I find these Anker cables more robust than most that I have. Given enough rough handling, though, practically any 'tip' is going to suffer.
 

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Adding back an Ignore Thread feature?

« Last post by cranioscopical on May 15, 2016, 02:28 PM »

Sure, everybody else ignores what I say so why shouldn't I ignore it too?

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Living Room / Re: Android - Observations from Long Term Use

« Last post by cranioscopical on April 20, 2016, 11:09 AM »

I found my Samsung phone annoying until I rooted it and kicked off some off the junk (a lot of which came from Google, and that seems to be ever increasing).

My Nexus 10 tablet was bought to consume stuff. I don't like laptops and they're too cumbersome for what I need these days. The Nexus 10 meets my needs when I'm away from the desktop but I'm pretty sure that I couldn't use it to produce much. I treat it entirely as a means to entertain (sometimes inform) myself. Samsung made the Nexus 10 btw and I've found nothing inherently bad about Samsung hardware.

Right now I'm wavering between a Surface 4 pro and the larger of the iPad plus models. That's because I'd like a larger screen than 10". I'd grab the iPad in a heartbeat except that I know nothing of Apple devices/operating systems apart from a rather lovely audio-only iPod bought years ago and still going strong.
 

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Living Room / Re: Surface Pro 4 (etc); observations from long term use?

« Last post by cranioscopical on April 19, 2016, 07:11 PM »

I've been thinking about getting a Surface Pro 4 or a Surface Book, so watching this thread with interest!

-wraith808 (April 18, 2016, 10:10 AM)

I too have some interest. I'm pleased to see w3bcrawler's remarks.
I'd own one by now were it not for what I consider to be an alarming number of user reviews that are critical of it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Start Menu 10 Pro "skip start screen"

« Last post by cranioscopical on April 08, 2016, 04:34 PM »

I tried Classic Shell awhile back.  It was flakier than Start Menu X or 10

-MilesAhead (March 29, 2016, 07:28 AM)

Hmm, it works for me FWIW. I have it on one machine of mine (4.2.5). Start 10 is on my wife's machine and it's behaving well also.

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

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 28, 2016, 09:57 AM »

so this is a bit belated, but who cares

-Ath (March 27, 2016, 04:17 PM)

I do, you should be much more attentive to important issues!



 

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Living Room / Re: Micro-Fundraiser for the Official DonationCoder CodyMobile!

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 14, 2016, 09:00 AM »

Looking for sump'n to do, I suppose.
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 10, 2016, 01:38 PM »

Piece

I thought I'd ask members on this forum of their experiences with making that change.

-IainB (March 10, 2016, 03:45 AM)

Assuming you're okay with allowing or thwarting the Google-y phone-home stuff…

Mine were all in-place "upgrades" because I'm lazy and didn't want to mess around with a slew of Adobe CS and other licenses.
All of the machines run Pro versions of Windows.

Piece of cake on a relatively simple x32 (but x64 capable machine that stayed x32 for the time being). It was running 7, then 8.1, now 10.
The main requirement was that it look and behave like XP, which it does after a minimum of tweaking.
The machine has only 2GB RAM and seems to run slightly better than under 8.1.

Mild aggravation on a x64 machine with a ton of software. Nothing that couldn't be overcome by knocking out some security stuff and a couple of other pieces. W10 completely screwed up the reversion process. I tried that only to see what it could do. I have adequate backups, so I didn't much care. This one certainly runs okay but I don't think it runs better than it did with 8.1.

Serious aggravation on my own machine, to the point where I figured that only a clean installation would suffice.
Just before going to a clean installation I had one more go at an in-place upgrade. First, I uninstalled or disabled quite a bit of additional stuff.
That one worked but, by the time I got round to it, I was using a later release than I had been previously.
That machine runs perfectly well under W10 even after my bringing back all of the stuff that I had 'turned off'.

My main purpose in upgrading two of the three machines was to save myself the bother of remembering the ins and outs of different O/S versions. All in all I'd say that making the change was worth it to me for the small increments in security and, in one case, performance.

If you hope to exceed the display options provided by Microsoft, do make sure that you first collect video drivers that will work with your machines under W10. It sounds as if that won't be a problem with the machines that you described. With the computers you mentioned I believe that updates will be forced down your throat. I wouldn't consider allowing that unless there were scrupulously maintained backups. Several of those updates have caused me some grief (probably due to lingering issues deriving from in-place upgrades).
 

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 07, 2016, 08:36 AM »

What a ghastly shock!

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Living Room / Re: Any Opinions or Thoughts on Infinity 60% Keyboard Kit

« Last post by cranioscopical on February 25, 2016, 09:58 PM »

I don't get the appeal of a 60% size keyboard.

-mouser (February 25, 2016, 08:50 PM)

Just wait until you've tried the 40%!
 

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)

« Last post by cranioscopical on February 24, 2016, 11:04 PM »

Happily using it for full taskbar-height date and time on each of two sets of dual monitors, so that's       

Thanks!

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N.A.N.Y. 2016 / Re: NANY 2016 Release: Text Overlay Tool

« Last post by cranioscopical on February 01, 2016, 10:53 AM »

Done   Download from the same link, and let me know if there are any issues!

-cranioscopical (January 24, 2016, 03:16 PM)

    

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Living Room / Re: Micro-Fundraiser for the Official DonationCoder CodyMobile!

« Last post by cranioscopical on February 01, 2016, 10:51 AM »

Or one of those wheel nuts…

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Living Room / Re: Micro-Fundraiser for the Official DonationCoder CodyMobile!

« Last post by cranioscopical on February 01, 2016, 10:51 AM »

Every time i drive in it i talk to it and pet it and tell it how much i appreciate it.
"Such a good little car.. Such a good little car.."

-mouser (January 30, 2016, 11:06 PM)

You must be exhausted!

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N.A.N.Y. 2016 / Re: NANY 2016 Release: Text Overlay Tool

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 24, 2016, 03:16 PM »

   

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N.A.N.Y. 2016 / Re: NANY 2016 Release: Text Overlay Tool

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 23, 2016, 10:23 PM »

All you have to do is put the file name you want to open on the command line.

-wraith808 (January 22, 2016, 09:39 PM)

 

Could we have drag 'n drop by any chance?

Meanwhile, I stuck it into my 'Send To'

(Thanks for setting me straight, lanux128  )

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N.A.N.Y. 2016 / Re: NANY 2016 Release: Text Overlay Tool

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 23, 2016, 08:08 AM »

All you have to do is put the file name you want to open on the command line.

-lanux128 (January 22, 2016, 09:44 PM)

 

Could we have drag 'n drop by any chance?
 

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Developer's Corner / Re: Dice analyzer machine project

« Last post by cranioscopical on January 23, 2016, 06:54 AM »

The heart of the problem is getting something fully automatic and reliable

-mouser (January 20, 2016, 06:04 AM)

I had a go at this but… no dice.