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« Last post by Stoic Joker on March 14, 2011, 11:09 AM »Clear enough!-Darwin (March 14, 2011, 10:38 AM)
Yahoo! ...And thanks for getting that clarified.
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Clear enough!-Darwin (March 14, 2011, 10:38 AM)
Unfortunately even with the new build, I cannot make it to blink.
- I launch the new time through the keyboard shortcut
- I check the blink check-box
- When the timer ends there is only sound and not blink
I recorded all the above at a video, only 30 seconds long, which I hope you will take the time to watch.-Babis (March 14, 2011, 07:06 AM)
Further please note that the keyboard shortcut: "Display Time Watch Hotkey" is not working. I pressed it a couple of times during the video (and other times during my testing) and it launches a new timer window (not the current running timer) completely blank, with only the window's title and the column names. This little window automatically disappears within one second, without displaying anything, eventhough a timer is actually running in the background. To properly display the timer I have to right click the clock, scroll up to the timers and choose the one running, except if I am doing something wrong.-Babis (March 14, 2011, 07:06 AM)
Here is a real non critical one that just hit me...think about being able to open the help file from either the rt click menu or from inside properties (a Help tab or a link inside About?) or it could be a link to the file as a page on your site.-movrshakr (March 13, 2011, 03:15 PM)
It takes about 2 seconds on my machine to make the calendar pop up after I click. Is there a way to decrease the delay the calendar is shown, by configuration or such? Or is it just the time the calendar dates need to be calculated?-xcopy (March 13, 2011, 04:47 PM)
...Which calendar config are you using (1, 3, or 12 month), all should be fairly instant. Let me know how you're configured (and on what OS etc.) and I'll see if I can reproduce the behavior.How to Use the PC Beep (.pcb) Sound Files - For Those Without Sound Cards
For those that do not have sound T-Clock 2010 includes the option to use .pcb files to play a series of tones through the PC’s system speaker. The .pcb files are in a plain text format, and have a straight forward (duration, frequency) simple syntax. So they can be created or edited with any plain text editor (like Notepad).
There is one demo.pcb file included in the Waves directory. Set “Files of type” to “All (*.*)” to select it. Content of the file with line by line explanation is below:
100, 400 Creates 100ms long 400Hz tone.
100, -1 100ms Pause between tones.
100, 500 Creates 100ms long 500Hz tone.
100, -1 100ms Pause between tones.
100, 600 Creates 100ms long 600Hz tone.
100, -1 100ms Pause between tones.
100, 500 Creates 100ms long 500Hz tone.
100, -1 100ms Pause between tones.
100, 400 Creates 100ms long 400Hz tone.
500, -1 500ms Pause at end of file for smoother looping.
The first number (duration) is in milliseconds. It controls how long the tone or pause will be.
The second number (frequency) is in hertz, and controls the pitch of the tone being played. Valid values are from 37 to 32767.
Mine upgraded fine...license still shows as valid for v4.x-Josh (March 12, 2011, 06:40 AM)
18 bucks and we'll be OVER NINETHOUSAND!!!111
for those that remember this meme-housetier (March 12, 2011, 08:03 AM)
WRT AutoRun, one of the latest Windows updates, (KB971029), disables it completely for USB with XP onwards.-4wd (March 11, 2011, 10:25 PM)
Conversely, can Security/Group Policy be used to set USB drives to write-only so there's no chance of reading anything off of them?-4wd (March 11, 2011, 10:25 PM)
199mph is the record *for a hydrogen powered vehicle*. I'm not sure what your point is as the record for gasoline vehicles is over 400mph and even non-specialized road-legal cars can go over 200mph (e.g. McLaren F1, Bugatti EB110, etc, etc.). So I think the point that hydrogen is a less efficient fuel holds pretty darn strong.-JavaJones (March 11, 2011, 06:51 PM)
Jaguar is a famous British brand who made a nice looking "green" car, which uses concepts that would please Stoic Joker's mindset...I think.-Shades (March 11, 2011, 07:25 PM)
Which program could be used for such a scheduled transfer?-Lutz_ (March 11, 2011, 05:13 PM)
Stoic, looks like a different test. I had assumed it was the same as the one I'd seen before, sorry about that. The one I read about previously was actually much more real-world and realistic though, which is more compelling to me. In any case the results are similar, just more horse power in your version.-JavaJones (March 11, 2011, 05:48 PM)
Hydrogen is not a "drop-in" replacement for gasoline by any measure. It's *less* energy dense in combustible form, it does not store easily in vehicle-portable tanks (it needs to be stored as a liquid) and is, as I said, volatile, etc.-JavaJones (March 11, 2011, 05:48 PM)
For fuels, the energy per unit volume is sometimes a useful parameter. Comparing, for example, the effectiveness of hydrogen fuel to gasoline, hydrogen has a higher specific energy than gasoline does, but, even in liquid form, a much lower energy density. So it's really not a direct replacement for gasoline at all. The closest we have to that is biodiesel, which again suggests more widespread adoption of diesel as a stepping stone. I continue to be dismayed at the lack of support for that option.-JavaJones (March 11, 2011, 05:48 PM)
Don't forget to calculate how much extra they charge you for the "Hybrid" technology into your "savings" plan.
Last I heard, the "Hybrid" model Prius costs something like $10,000 more than the non-hybrid model Prius. Do you think you'll save $10,000 in gasoline over the lifetime of the vehicle? Things like that make Stoic Joker right when he says people are just pretending to save the environment.-Deozaan (March 11, 2011, 03:58 PM)
For the record, the Prius vs. BMW was an *M3* with *4 cylinders* and 177HP (0-60 time about 8 seconds vs. the Prius at 11). It's also a *diesel*, far more efficient than most gas engines.-JavaJones (March 11, 2011, 03:14 PM)
Q: What's the difference between a bad lawyer and a good lawyer?-wraith808 (March 11, 2011, 09:47 AM)
The US Center for Disease Control has announced they will no longer be using rats in their scientific research. Going forward, all experiments will be conducted using attorneys.
The reason for this change in protocol is threefold.
After an extensive study, the CDC concluded that:
1. Attorneys are easily bought, and available in almost unlimited supply.
2. Close observation has proven beyond any doubt that they are completely indifferent to pain and suffering.
3. The CDC occasionally conducts behavioral studies. And when it comes to individual behaviors, there are some which are so dirty, and utterly disgusting, that a rat will flat out refuse to do them.-40hz (March 11, 2011, 03:01 PM)
Sure, we have the Prius, but it's mostly a gimmick. They put that out there for the people who make an extra effort to save the environment.-superboyac (March 11, 2011, 01:12 PM)
Don't you mean it's for people that want to make a show of pretending to save the environment?-Stoic Joker (March 11, 2011, 01:18 PM)
I've never even heard of them before, but at 70+ miles per gallon according to wikipedia, and petrol being about 6 euro per gallon here, I'd be willing to make some sacrafices (are they really that slow to take off though lol)-tomos (March 11, 2011, 02:25 PM)
I think you're getting my comments about hydrogen wrong. I'm all for alternative energy sources, especially *truly renewable* and *primary* sources of energy. When I say "primary sources" what I mean are sources where you are directly converting an environmental resource (wind, sun, even coal) into energy that is then *directly* used.-JavaJones (March 11, 2011, 01:29 PM)
The problem with hydrogen as a "fuel source" is it is *not* readily available in a directly extractable form which can then be used directly as energy. As it stands now it is an *intermediary* or "secondary" energy source, in other words you have to produce energy in the first place *to* produce hydrogen which you then use to fuel something.-JavaJones (March 11, 2011, 01:29 PM)
That introduces inefficiencies in the process, inefficiencies that are potentially unnecessary. Instead of having a hydrogen powered car (burning hydrogen) or even a hydrogen fuel cell car, instead use a pure electric car with modern battery technology. The Nissan Leaf is one example and it does fine for mileage and speed (for example it would handle my daily ~2hr, 90 miles total commute).-JavaJones (March 11, 2011, 01:29 PM)
On the subject of "more difficult oil extraction is not my problem", you have to keep in mind that more difficult extraction generally also means more damaging to the environment, e.g. the reason the "Deep Water Horizon" spill was so bad and went on so long is it was drilled in *deep water*, which meant enormous pressures at the depth of the water where the entry was made, and hence much more difficult to repair, and also higher oil outflow rate. Another example is what is necessary to extract oil from "oil sands": http://en.wikipedia....Environmental_issues-JavaJones (March 11, 2011, 01:29 PM)
Sure, we have the Prius, but it's mostly a gimmick. They put that out there for the people who make an extra effort to save the environment.-superboyac (March 11, 2011, 01:12 PM)
I sometimes almost wish they'd abandon fuel efficiency and conservation measures.
Because the way things usually work, we won't begin to seriously and collectively start identifying viable energy alternatives until we completely run out of fossil fuels.
"Necessity furthers. It is advantageous to have some goal in view." as the I Ching so nicely reminds us.-40hz (March 11, 2011, 12:25 PM)
If rich are easy targets then the not rich (middle class, poor, etc.) are super duper mega easy targets.-rgdot (March 11, 2011, 10:05 AM)
Thanks for your prompt reply.It should accept any character you put in, unless the character is one of the format specifiers. In which case you need to encase it in "quotes" to ge it to display as-is. Note: \n is a line break. Can you post the string you are trying to use?-Stoic Joker (March 11, 2011, 06:55 AM)
The string is:dd/mm - hh:nn
And at the taskbar it looks like this:-Babis (March 11, 2011, 07:43 AM)
That is most peculiar as it is supposed to be saving any configured timer until the Delete Timer X button next to the configured timers drop down menu is clicked. Other wise all timer configuration should be stored in the registry under:
HKCU\Software\Stoic Joker's\T-Clock 2010\Timers\TimerX [X being the timer number]
Scrolling through the configured timers dropdown menu should automatically display the options selected for that timer. Can you confirm that the timer config is getting stored in that registry location when a timer is started?
Nice, I can confirm confirm. I edited it through registry and now it "remembers" the settings.-Babis (March 11, 2011, 07:43 AM)
Is it possible that the countdown timer instead of its own window, is shown next to the clock in the sys tray? Or to have the default option when I start the timer the window to show by default? Because now it shows only on demand.IIRC there was something like that requested before, but I haven't had time to address it yet. But yes, the default timer behavior is a bit coy/odd/annoying...and something I've been meaning to address at some point.-Babis (March 11, 2011, 07:43 AM)
Also what it is supposed to blink? As I do not see any blink.-Babis (March 11, 2011, 07:43 AM)
