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Living Room / Re: application help

« Last post by Innuendo on April 05, 2014, 01:59 PM »

What do you mean exactly by training you in software development? Teaching you how to program? How to manage a team of programmers working on a product? More details will make it easier for someone to make suggestions.

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Living Room / Re: Recommend a 64GB\128GB pendrive

« Last post by Innuendo on April 04, 2014, 07:40 AM »

Being a techie has its upsides and downsides when it comes to dealing with technology. Because we know how things work, we have infinitely more patience in dealing with technology on a day to day basis and we're really good about staying mellow when the database is slow to update or things on the network are chugging lethargically...because we know what's going on behind the scenes.

However, because we know how things work, we have infinitely less patience in dealing with technology that has no good reason for being slow beyond it being a bad design. We have a tendency to get vocal and make sure all of those around us know exactly what we think of the situation. And woe to the person in purchasing who rubber-stamped an approval on a purchase order for that piece of crap. 

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Living Room / Re: Recommend a 64GB\128GB pendrive

« Last post by Innuendo on April 02, 2014, 07:40 AM »

I'd be careful buying any SanDisk flash drives these days. They had a seriously bad run of drives a while back with lots of people reporting drives showing up DOA or dying inexplicably after a few months. I would definitely make sure they've improved things before buying one.

I can recommend the Patriot Rage XT line of drives. They come in both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 varieties. Both sport a retractable design so you don't have to worry about losing a cap.

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Best Email Extractor?

« Last post by Innuendo on April 02, 2014, 07:33 AM »

So you're wanting something to help you send out spam? I don't think anyone here is going to help you do that.

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Living Room / Re: A three drive system - the sweet spot

« Last post by Innuendo on March 23, 2014, 07:26 PM »

I upgraded my boot drive to an SSD drive a year or two ago and it's been well worth it, especially if you do anything on your PC that loads a lot of data frequently like games.

I don't treat my SSD drive with kid gloves, either. I let the swap file and whatever else Windows normally stores on the C: drive to reside on it with no ill effects thus far. Knock wood. 

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Living Room / Re: OneNote now on Mac as well, +FREE everywhere, + Cloud service powered.

« Last post by Innuendo on March 22, 2014, 11:24 AM »

The reasons for the Mac's apparent decline seem to hinge mainly on over-pricing (so reducing quantities sold as demand is price-elastic), an insistence on remaining a relatively closed black-box/proprietary system (so these two points led to fewer applications being developed), and considerably slowed forward technological development. The Mac thus appeals to a relatively narrow market nowadays.

The PC, on the other hand, seems to have evolved rapidly to generally catch up and then eclipse the Mac. It has become the lowest common denominator for computer technology. Especially important here is the growth in the domain of applications development - making the PC appealing to a relatively wide market. The PC has become a ubiquitous commodity with a progressively reducing price (in real terms) due to economies of large-scale production, produced to meet a correspondingly increasing demand (which is price-elastic).

-IainB (March 22, 2014, 06:16 AM)

Now it's time for Fun With Words!!! The rules for playing are simple. Just take the excerpt from IainB's response above and replace the word 'Mac' with the word 'iOS', replace the word 'PC' with the word 'Android', and the term 'computer technology' with the term 'mobile technology'!  Aren't words fun? 

It's a fascinating study in technological evolution.

Apparently, it's also a fascinating study in history repeating itself.

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General Software Discussion / Re: OneNote is now free

« Last post by Innuendo on March 22, 2014, 11:15 AM »

Thus the farce of downloading the x86 installer and running it at their recommendation then finding that they apparently installed the x64 version instead ... without telling you.

-4wd (March 21, 2014, 10:49 PM)

Not that it excuses what is happening, but to be fair I don't think there are any plugins available for OneNote anyway. At least, I'm not aware of any.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: two 32GB Lexar jump drives for $22 and free shipping

« Last post by Innuendo on March 21, 2014, 07:32 PM »

A direct link to the product page to buy might be nice.

Here it is in case anyone's interested...
http://www.buydig.co...x?sku=E1LXLJDS5032GB

Appears these drives are typical no-frills devices...approx 23 MB/sec read & 8 MB/sec write. Might come in handy if you have a lot of data you need to schlep around.

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Living Room / Re: Judge posesses a bomb-proof bullshit detector - and ain't afraid to use it!

« Last post by Innuendo on March 21, 2014, 07:23 PM »

Now if only we could get the honorable judge to weigh in with his thoughts on parallel construction.

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Living Room / Re: OneNote now on Mac as well, +FREE everywhere, + Cloud service powered.

« Last post by Innuendo on March 21, 2014, 07:21 PM »

Looks like OneNote FREE for the Mac is a seriously hobbled version: OneNote now free… or is it? | Welcome to Sherwood

-IainB (March 20, 2014, 05:15 AM)

Well, to be fair, one could argue that Macs are seriously hobbled versions of computers. 



Sorry. Tried to resist, but couldn't.

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General Software Discussion / Re: OneNote is now free

« Last post by Innuendo on March 21, 2014, 07:04 PM »

3rd party plugins for Office are usually written for 32-bit Office versions and these are more than likely useless on a 64-bit Office version. Hence the advice that MS gave when I downloaded Office 2010 way back then.

-Shades (March 20, 2014, 07:13 PM)

This is exactly the reason for Microsoft's recommendations. 99% of the MS Office plugins available are 32-bit & they will not work with the 64-bit version of Office.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Joint Text encryption on PC and IOS 6

« Last post by Innuendo on March 21, 2014, 05:23 PM »

Can't vouch for either since I don't trust my iPhone to begin with. It's a proprietary black box - so any sense of real personal data security you may have is either wishful thinking, or misplaced hope at best.

-40hz (March 20, 2014, 08:24 AM)

At least with Android, if you are brave enough to root your device and get a grip on things. A lot of people either don't have the knowledge or inclination to do that, though.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: [Android] JuiceSSH PRO *FREE* until Tuesday 18th March 11:00 GMT

« Last post by Innuendo on March 16, 2014, 02:30 PM »

I can't speak for others, but I'm sure I'll be able to put it to good use. I've been thinking about scoping out a good SSH client for my phone anyway so this might save me some time searching if I like what I see.

Their emailed instructions worked perfectly and I was a little surprised the 'normal' price for this app was nearly seven bucks. I advise anyone who thinks there's even a remote chance they might need an app like this to go ahead and pick it up.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 8.1 and the future of PCs

« Last post by Innuendo on March 16, 2014, 10:34 AM »

We're heading towards the era of convergence, which is just a fancy two-dollar word for all data on all devices all the time. All the big names in the industry have been talking about convergence for years and it when it finally arrives it's really going to be nice. And awesome.

The problem isn't that some people don't think we need to get there, because everyone agrees on that. The problem is no one knows *how* to get there. This means there are going to be lots of rough patches and failed experiments as this and that company try this and that new idea. Most of these ideas are going to fail, it's not a matter of debating if, but a matter of debating how spectacularly they are going to fail.

It may get worse before it gets better, but at least companies like Microsoft, Apple, and Google are willing to experiment and take chances rather than be content to rest on their laurels and enjoy their past victories.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: [Android] JuiceSSH PRO *FREE* until Tuesday 18th March 11:00 GMT

« Last post by Innuendo on March 16, 2014, 10:24 AM »

Well, I bit although I've never heard of the program before. I'll give it a chance.

Very odd that both the OP and the OZBargain link don't give any details what the program is or does.

I guess it's a case of you'll know if you need it or not just by reading the name. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Malwarebytes is moving away from lifetime licenses

« Last post by Innuendo on March 15, 2014, 06:39 PM »

And BitDefender played a painful recurring billing scheme, a fairly common trick where they try to gotcha on the install, which may be part of some super-duper-special, and then a year later can bill you on a credit card that you might not notice.

-Steven Avery (March 15, 2014, 03:45 PM)

Thank you for jogging my memory regarding this. I worked for a credit card processor for a couple years (and got an education on credit cards that can't be learned in any school at any price) and we had thousands upon thousands of calls from cardholders who disputed a BitDefender charge on their monthly statement.

Back on-topic, I bought a MBAM license a few years back, not because I wanted/needed the real-time protection, but because I wanted to support them because they have helped me get *metric tons* of crap off of the computers that people have dragged in front of me begging me to fix over the years.

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Found Deals and Discounts / BitDefender Leap Year Sale - Any Product for $29

« Last post by Innuendo on March 15, 2014, 11:34 AM »

Choose between Bitdefender's AntiVirus Plus, Internet Security, and Total Security software packages.

$29 will get you protection for 3 PCs for 1 year.

Check out the sale here.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Office 365 and Outlook

« Last post by Innuendo on March 14, 2014, 06:00 PM »

Stupid question time...more for my curiosity than any attempt at problem-solving...

If they aren't online *all* the time then why are they buying Office 365 rather than Office 2013?

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General Software Discussion / Re: jv16 PowerTools - using Indiegogo to 'fund'' open-sourcing it

« Last post by Innuendo on March 13, 2014, 07:00 PM »

Let me preface my comment by saying I do not use this product, I have had no experience with the author, and those two factors are likely to continue unchanged. I have no leanings towards supporting or condemning him or anything he does.

I did want to weigh on the 'you will be charged immediately' portion of the conversation. I think this is acceptable behavior because you will be receiving a license key immediately in return for your pledge. Places like Kickstarter don't charge you until after the goal has been reached, but...you also don't receive anything immediately & if the goal is not reached you don't receive anything at all as well as not being charged at all.

I think mwb1100 has the right way to look at this. Look at it as a sale with a fringe benefit if the sale/fund-raiser is a success. Regardless of how things turn out, you'll at least be walking away with a license for one-third the normal price.

I'll close by saying registry cleaners are dangerous. If you are not knowledgeable and don't closely supervise what they often wish to do to your system you're probably going to end up re-installing your OS.

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Living Room / Re: FREE SAT testing/drilling and solutions (via Khan Academy).

« Last post by Innuendo on March 10, 2014, 07:23 AM »

Wish I had access to stuff like this back when I was in high school...We were all thrown into the SAT testing without being given any idea what to expect, but that was a long time ago.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is my desktop email client breaking mail message headers?

« Last post by Innuendo on March 10, 2014, 07:20 AM »

Oh, Shades is on the case now....if anyone can figure this out, he can...he deals with Exchange servers and hasn't killed anyone yet. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is my desktop email client breaking mail message headers?

« Last post by Innuendo on March 09, 2014, 07:50 PM »

WireShark, to give a simplified explanation, lets you take a look at the raw data packets and analyze them as they enter and leave your computer. It's got a bit of a learning curve to it so it may not be something you have the time or energy to invest in.

Are the usual headers blank or are extra blank headers being added?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is my desktop email client breaking mail message headers?

« Last post by Innuendo on March 09, 2014, 04:29 PM »

Depending on how motivated you are, you could either fire up WireShark to monitor the data stream or you could start simple and just use a different email client to retrieve your mail once and observe the results.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 11 Released!

« Last post by Innuendo on March 09, 2014, 04:27 PM »

I wonder when they added that.  As I said, I have 9, don't have it blocked from the internet, and don't see any access like this.  Unless it's so infrequent that I just missed it.

-wraith808 (March 09, 2014, 11:57 AM)

It's been a part of DOpus for as far back as v6.xx. You can do a Google search and find many forum posts across the internet from software pirates wondering why their previously working serial got blacklisted all of a sudden one day when they fired up DOpus.

It's easy to miss because DOpus doesn't phone home every day...or even every week. I never was curious enough to observe over a long period to find out what the frequency is, but I'd wager it's something along the lines of 'once in a blue moon'.

I absolutely hate software that phones home, but since I can block it with no ill effects I choose to ignore that it does...or at least tries.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why I consider file managers inferior tothe file M solution you'd ideally expect

« Last post by Innuendo on March 09, 2014, 04:19 PM »

I'm on explorer now, after having an extensively tweaked TC, and DO before that.
IMO sticking to defaults has lots of advantages. I don't miss any advanced features.

-urlwolf (March 09, 2014, 02:08 PM)

Using what's best for you is key when choosing a file manager. Choosing something that has the most features isn't always the right choice if it doesn't work the way you do.