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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Some Thoughts on Sony's DPT-S1 (Digital Paper System)

« Last post by kalos on March 20, 2016, 06:15 AM »

If we're dealing with a purely paper replica of reading, I actually prefer to keep the whitespace.

-wraith808 (June 28, 2015, 12:13 PM)

exactly, people use that whitespace to take notes

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Living Room / best portable device to read pdf and research web

« Last post by kalos on March 19, 2016, 07:18 PM »

hello!

I am looking for the best portable device to read pdf and browse the web, ie. do academic research

most e-readers are horrible, but I encountered the Sony Digital Paper system! it seems amazing

but I won't be able to browse the web with it

any ideas?

thanks!

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Living Room / Re: paint in word

« Last post by kalos on March 19, 2016, 06:19 PM »

thanks but that link doesn't fully apply
for example, I want to cut out a part of the picture (not crop its borders)
is that possible?
and I may want to paste it in another place in the picture

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Living Room / paint in word

« Last post by kalos on March 19, 2016, 02:01 PM »

hello!

Is it possible to have the features of MS Paint (very simplistic) in MS Word?

I mean to write on image, draw on it, insert shapes, etc, without having to copy it to MS Paint to do that stuff there and repaste it in MS Word

any plugin or something??

thanks!

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Living Room / liquid on keyboard

« Last post by kalos on February 15, 2016, 02:32 PM »

hello!

I poured diet coke on my lenovo yoga and now tapping the touchpad doesn't click and double finger scrolling doesn't work

is there a fix or I destroyed it and I need to buy another?

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / is it safe to delete C:\WINDOWS\Installer?

« Last post by kalos on January 03, 2016, 08:32 AM »

hello!

is it safe to delete my Win8.1 C:\WINDOWS\Installer folder?

it's over 16GB!

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: backup strategy

« Last post by kalos on December 28, 2015, 01:25 PM »

in case the laptop gets lost or stolen or corrupted, the data will always [may] be accessible online

-kalos (December 28, 2015, 01:20 PM)

ftfy kalos ;-)

-tomos (December 28, 2015, 01:23 PM)

why? do you often hear for data losses in gmail servers for example?? even if I have the previous version of the lost data, it would be very satisfying too from nothing!

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General Software Discussion / Re: backup strategy

« Last post by kalos on December 28, 2015, 01:20 PM »

@Shades
excuse me, how can having an online backup service be the same as having no backup strategy at all???

in case the laptop gets lost or stolen or corrupted, the data will always be accessible online so I won't completely lose it

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General Software Discussion / Re: backup strategy

« Last post by kalos on December 27, 2015, 06:40 PM »

OK, but it doesn't really make any sense to do that, I want to save my data in case someone breaks into my house and steal my laptop! He will also steal the usb as well!

-kalos (December 27, 2015, 06:36 PM)

Not if you have it on you?

-wraith808 (December 27, 2015, 06:38 PM)

and I will plug it in every time I want to use my laptop? that's very inconvenient!

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General Software Discussion / Re: backup strategy

« Last post by kalos on December 27, 2015, 06:36 PM »

OK, but it doesn't really make any sense to do that, I want to save my data in case someone breaks into my house and steal my laptop! He will also steal the usb as well!

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General Software Discussion / Re: backup strategy

« Last post by kalos on December 27, 2015, 05:18 PM »

I don't think a pen drive will do versioning and automatic backup realtime as I edit files!

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General Software Discussion / Re: backup strategy

« Last post by kalos on December 27, 2015, 04:11 PM »

just installed that, it doesn't even allow you to specify multiple folders in a backup job!
and so many settings are a bit overkill I think
do I have any other reliable option?

I think I 'll go for Google Drive, anything Google is reliable, but how do I set it up to copy my files whenever there is a change in them in the cloud?

-kalos (December 27, 2015, 12:36 PM)

e.g again using Syncovery
https://www.syncovery.com/googledocs/

-tomos (December 27, 2015, 03:45 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: backup strategy

« Last post by kalos on December 27, 2015, 12:36 PM »

I think I 'll go for Google Drive, anything Google is reliable, but how do I set it up to copy my files whenever there is a change in them in the cloud?

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General Software Discussion / Re: backup strategy

« Last post by kalos on December 27, 2015, 12:32 PM »

@tomos
thanks but I would need some software to do the automatic uploading!

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General Software Discussion / Re: backup strategy

« Last post by kalos on December 27, 2015, 11:45 AM »

which is the best of these services like SpiderOak and Syncovery???

maybe some reliable solution from big companies like Google, etc?

I used to use Bitcasa, but these idiots migrated their servers and lost my data!!!

maybe this?  https://tresorit.com...d-storage-comparison

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Living Room / Re: pass time during flights

« Last post by kalos on December 26, 2015, 08:51 PM »

I'd think any good mp3 player has a "skip track" so don't bother "fast forwarding" the actual song, just skip.

-TaoPhoenix (December 26, 2015, 08:47 PM)

you mean they will skip a song, if the whole mp3 file contains many songs, ie. a whole album?

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Living Room / Re: pass time during flights

« Last post by kalos on December 26, 2015, 07:27 PM »

as for the slimjet, it seems very promising, but could I disable the automatic merging of audio and video? I only need the audio! (or ideally only save the audio!)

-kalos (December 25, 2015, 09:08 PM)

http://www.slimjet.c...video-downloader.htm

If you only want to quickly download the audio track without wasting time downloading the video data, you also have to wait until the video has started playing for at least 5 seconds. After that, click the "Download Audio" button to start downloading the audio track in mp3 format.

Otherwise just cancel the MP4 component of the download in the downloader.

-4wd (December 26, 2015, 12:01 AM)

thanks, I think I will just delete the mp4 as may not have the time for the video to start for 5 seconds
excellent solution though, I did very good job, gathering many songs and albums within few minutes
now any good mp3 player for android please, that will have fast forward while listening to the sound? or maybe automatic detection of songs for single files of whole albums?

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General Software Discussion / Re: backup strategy

« Last post by kalos on December 26, 2015, 06:02 PM »

As usual with your queries kalos, more info would be helpful !
e.g.

• How important is the info to you?

extremely important!

• How much do you want to backup?

less than 1GB, perhaps if I can backup more, up to 5GB

• Are you always on the go or usually based in one location?

I am usually based in one location
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I need to backup specific files and folders in my laptop realtime on cloud. Or maybe there is a better backup strategy in case something goes wrong?

Much better would be online plus regular rotating local -- to ext hds or even usb sticks, one of which is always kept off-site.

-tomos (December 26, 2015, 05:52 AM)

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Living Room / Re: pass time during flights

« Last post by kalos on December 25, 2015, 09:08 PM »

thanks!

as for the youtube-to-mp3 button, unfortunately it's not a single click operation! it opens a website and you need to go to that and download it manually!
as for the slimjet, it seems very promising, but could I disable the automatic merging of audio and video? I only need the audio! (or ideally only save the audio!)

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General Software Discussion / backup strategy

« Last post by kalos on December 25, 2015, 08:45 PM »

hello!

I need to backup specific files and folders in my laptop realtime on cloud. Or maybe there is a better backup strategy in case something goes wrong? Could you advise me please?

If not, then which service would be the best? Easy, reliable, free preferably, secure, etc?

Thanks!

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Living Room / pass time during flights

« Last post by kalos on December 24, 2015, 09:09 PM »

hello!

my flight is 3.5h and I need something to help the time pass

what could you suggest me?

I was thinking of music. But how can I browse youtube and with one click save the sound of these songs (without having to sit and listen to all the clip) and create a folder with these songs to put in my Samsung Note 2 to listen? I need, in other words, a fast and convenient way to create a folder with songs from free repositories. Any idea?

also will the phone last these 3.5h?

thanks!

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Living Room / strong micro usb cable

« Last post by kalos on October 10, 2015, 09:11 AM »

hello!

I tend to break micro usb cables I use to charge my mobile.
They bend and no longer make good connection to charge the phone. (I need to rebend them and hold them in a specific position to charge, etc)

can you find me please a usb cable that won't have that problem?

it should also charge/sync fast (not like cheap alternatives that make the phone charge in 12h)

thanks!

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Living Room / Re: whatsapp anonymous

« Last post by kalos on October 06, 2015, 02:37 PM »

ok I can pay a miniscule amount, which is the cheapest service?? I need UK number!
thanks!

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Living Room / Re: whatsapp anonymous

« Last post by kalos on October 05, 2015, 04:31 PM »

seems cool but I need something free and anonymous

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Living Room / whatsapp anonymous

« Last post by kalos on October 05, 2015, 03:06 PM »

hello!

I want to use whatsapp (talk with a person) without him learning my real number or by using a fake number

is that possible?

there are several guides on the net, but I couldn't find a decent one!

thanks!