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Living Room / Re: I'd like to get a Windows Tablet: help me decide.

« Last post by wraith808 on July 22, 2014, 09:55 AM »

^ Exactly what my experience was.  Even worse were the frequent switches to desktop mode, even for native apps, and the fact that the desktop is woefully unsuited to use in a tablet that small.  It was also not as responsive as I'd expect, especially as people say that the not-Metro mode is for apps.  

There's also the integration with the outside world.  Even with their native app (which they want you to use for storage), that integration just doesn't work.  I'd use a piece of software that had to download something, and it just wouldn't work, even though downloading normal would.  I think it has to do with the sleep mode and such.  But that's just not an excuse.  And as I work with Dropbox and Cubby quite a bit (and others), it just wasn't acceptable.

I see potential, and really wanted it to work.  But it needs serious work.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Data not being written to MySQL DB

« Last post by wraith808 on July 21, 2014, 07:52 PM »

I removed the php_xslt.dll from the php config as I don't use it in any case.  Not sure why you happened across this error as I'm using php with database access all across the server, but try again.

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Living Room / Re: I'd like to get a Windows Tablet: help me decide.

« Last post by wraith808 on July 21, 2014, 05:36 PM »

Which would I buy?  After my experience recently... none.  I really wanted a windows tablet, especially because I could code for it universally with my skillset I already possess.  Purchased a Dell Venue 8.  Sold it after trying for a couple of months to do anything similar to the experience I get on the iPad.

It just doesn't do the mobile experience well, from experience when downloading and the tablet sleeps, to limitations in applications that don't have similar limitations on iPad, to even using system menus and options (anything that's not in the system charm?  don't try to use it- it will still be built for standard windows.  and definitely not in portrait mode, as most are widescreen).

Wanted to like it, but wasn't successful in that.

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by wraith808 on July 18, 2014, 03:24 PM »

Regulating Bitcoin means having a hand in the actual coding of it and writing code and then being able to convince everyone in the Bitcoin economy (or 51%) to accept your version of it.

-Renegade (July 18, 2014, 11:02 AM)

Actually, this I will disagree with.  Effective regulation- yes.  But you can regulate without it being effective in and of itself- other than a yardstick for prosecution and persecution.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by wraith808 on July 18, 2014, 08:07 AM »

Which proves my long time assertion that after a certain level of power everything comes full circle back to the childish playground rules, and street posturing.

Guy gets arrested for allegedly having gay cooties...

-Stoic Joker (July 18, 2014, 06:42 AM)

... that article is satire? 

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Living Room / Re: Malwarebytes self-start problem

« Last post by wraith808 on July 15, 2014, 05:32 AM »

How do you know the BSODs are caused by Malwarebytes or the other security programs?

I've been suffering BSODs for about a year now - allegedly caused by a "third party driver". I've updated all drivers I can find to update, tested my memory and HDDs multiple times... Still getting the BSODs. It is almost impossible to find the driver or drivers at fault! Along the way throughout all my searching for a solution I have found that Windows 7x64 seems to be experiencing this issue more than other OS versions.

Jim

-J-Mac (July 14, 2014, 09:29 PM)

The Event Viewer.  There are also a couple of utilities that let you see the actual bsod and cause in place- for example BlueScreenView.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Basic Pop-Up Notice/Reminder Window

« Last post by wraith808 on July 14, 2014, 08:40 AM »

http://www.howtogeek...additional-software/

http://www.howtogeek...dows-task-scheduler/

You don't have the font... but the other bits are there.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Bitcasa alternative

« Last post by wraith808 on July 13, 2014, 08:10 PM »

did I mention monitor for changes in the local folders/fiiles and update automatically the files in cloud?

-kalos (July 13, 2014, 08:05 PM)

And all of them do that?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Bitcasa alternative

« Last post by wraith808 on July 13, 2014, 07:23 PM »

There are several, unless it does something other than what you said.

Dropbox - selected folders in drop box folder
Copy - selected folders in copy folder
Cubby - any folder
Onedrive - selected folders in onedrive folder


If none of those appeal to you, you can always check for alternatives.

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Living Room / Re: Malwarebytes self-start problem

« Last post by wraith808 on July 13, 2014, 11:04 AM »

Have you tried to contact support?

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Living Room / Re: The Rant Thread!

« Last post by wraith808 on July 12, 2014, 07:17 PM »

I don't see any images on that page.  I'm running Adblock Plus in Chrome.

https://chrome.googl...lbpkdaibdccddilifddb

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Living Room / Re: The Rant Thread!

« Last post by wraith808 on July 12, 2014, 02:23 PM »

Where are you reading it?  On Tor.com?

-wraith808 (July 11, 2014, 03:49 PM)

Yeah.

I have ignored most of the pics, only occasionally nuking a couple that really seemed annoying.

-TaoPhoenix (July 11, 2014, 10:33 PM)

Not sure... I have adblock plus and ghostery running... and didnt see any of what you were talking about.

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Living Room / Re: Malwarebytes self-start problem

« Last post by wraith808 on July 11, 2014, 06:29 PM »

It's a common problem that occurs when you do not have enough antivirus and antimalware.
Try adding a couple more, and you should have a completely unusable computer, instead of a partially messed up one.

Sorry for the sarcasm but couldn't help.

-eleman (July 10, 2014, 07:00 AM)

The ones that he's quoted so far are meant to be run at the same time since they cover different areas.

As far as Malwarebytes, there's a resident service that starts the app if it isn't running as a preventative against virii that shut down your protection.  In the menu it's referred to as the self-protection module.  Do you have this enabled?  And did you disable startup from within the app, or some other way?

-wraith808 (July 10, 2014, 09:09 AM)

Nope, I unticked the self-protection module in advanced settings, and it's still self-starting.
I do hate to speak like this of disabling such important software, but it's either that or get BSODs on an almost daily basis.

-bit (July 11, 2014, 04:23 PM)

Did you check to see if there is a related service that starts?

On mine, it seems that I have MBAMScheduler and MBAMService.  You could play around with those.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: NoteFrog lifetime license $9.95 - but no new licenses ever after??

« Last post by wraith808 on July 11, 2014, 03:58 PM »

posted my reply on the crosspost: https://www.donation....msg359252#msg359252 

Not sure if it's better to keep conversation here or there (hence why I hate crossposts)

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Living Room / Re: The Rant Thread!

« Last post by wraith808 on July 11, 2014, 03:49 PM »

Where are you reading it?  On Tor.com?

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: NoteFrog Pro (clipboard information manager) - Mini-Review

« Last post by wraith808 on July 11, 2014, 03:45 PM »

It makes sense to me, and I've done that before, personally.

You aren't making enough income for the level of effort, but you don't want to leave your current subscribers in the lurch and/or enjoy working on it.  But something has to be done, so to limit your support and such, you limit your base.  You cut out all advertising/PR efforts, but keep it going.

I've currently been supporting my users for 5 years after I stopped officially supporting, and have received some more by word of mouth, but it leaves enough time for me to work a full time job and have a life, without it getting in the way.

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Living Room / Re: Malwarebytes self-start problem

« Last post by wraith808 on July 10, 2014, 09:09 AM »

It's a common problem that occurs when you do not have enough antivirus and antimalware.
Try adding a couple more, and you should have a completely unusable computer, instead of a partially messed up one.

Sorry for the sarcasm but couldn't help.

-eleman (July 10, 2014, 07:00 AM)

The ones that he's quoted so far are meant to be run at the same time since they cover different areas.

As far as Malwarebytes, there's a resident service that starts the app if it isn't running as a preventative against virii that shut down your protection.  In the menu it's referred to as the self-protection module.  Do you have this enabled?  And did you disable startup from within the app, or some other way?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: free galileo board from MS

« Last post by wraith808 on July 09, 2014, 08:40 AM »

I filled out the form to get one but haven't rec'd any notification yet.  Nor did it ask for a mailing address.   

-techidave (July 09, 2014, 04:52 AM)

I did receive the second e-mail- just as a counter example that it does exist.  Maybe they're just overloaded at this point.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by wraith808 on July 08, 2014, 01:00 PM »

Having gone through several iphones between myself, my wife, and my son... I haven't had a reason to replace the battery in any of them, unlike my other phones.  So there is that...

-wraith808 (July 08, 2014, 12:10 PM)

My experience is you get about 3 years out of them under fairly heavy use (at least the 3 & 4s) before the battery starts to have trouble holding a charge. And though I can't speak for everyone, I have yet to get through a full and busy workday without needing to plug my iPhone in sometime in the course of the day. And that's even when it's brand new. But this is probably another one of those YMMV situations.

-40hz (July 08, 2014, 12:28 PM)

Probably.  On my personal one right now, I leave it off for a couple of days unless I'm heavily using it, and by the end of the third day or so, it's about 30-40%.  But then again, I don't make calls all that often.

My GF handles it with her usual "don't screw with me" approach. She refuses to service any of her consumer-level technology. The minute her iPhone starts acting up, she trades it in for a new one. Her feeling is a smartphone is too important a factor in her daily routine to bother fooling around with an unreliable unit.

-40hz (July 08, 2014, 12:28 PM)

I'm not quite that bad, but I'm definitely at the I don't want to screw with my phone level- when I want to make a call, it needs to just work.

(Note: as an iPhone user I land somewhere between The Hacker and the Whiner in the spectrum of iPhone owners.)

-40hz (July 08, 2014, 12:28 PM)

Interesting article!  I don't really fall in any of those areas, though.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by wraith808 on July 08, 2014, 12:10 PM »

Having gone through several iphones between myself, my wife, and my son... I haven't had a reason to replace the battery in any of them, unlike my other phones.  So there is that...

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Living Room / Re: YaCy - Decentralised Search

« Last post by wraith808 on July 08, 2014, 07:52 AM »

I just found out about this:

http://yacy.net/en/

-Renegade (July 08, 2014, 07:08 AM)

Interesting- I'll have to keep an eye on this.  Have you installed it yet?

(re Smoking Gun Proof, check google vs bing vs DDG.  That was enough of a smoking gun for me)

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Living Room / Re: Movies or films you've seen lately

« Last post by wraith808 on July 07, 2014, 12:18 PM »

Elysium

In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.

This was totally not what I was expecting when I started watching it- and it was a great movie.  The visual story telling is awesome.  The story falls down at times with inconsistencies and improbabilities, and the characters could have used a bit more development.  But it's a great movie and I'd recommend it, and don't want to give anything else away with any of my takes on the movie.  By Neill Blomkamp, it's not as good as District 9, but pretty darned close.

Repo Men

In the future humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called "The Union". The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, "The Union" sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property... with no concern for your comfort or survival. Former soldier Remy is one of the best organ repo men in the business. But when he suffers a cardiac failure on the job, he awakens to find himself fitted with the company's top-of-the-line heart-replacement... as well as a hefty debt. But a side effect of the procedure is that his heart's no longer in the job. When he can't make the payments, The Union sends its toughest enforcer, Remy's former partner Jake, to track him down.

Disturbing and thought provoking- and not necessarily for the movie itself at times, but the implications for us and our medical debt system, this violent romp is really good, but like many movies, falls short of classic in a bit of a slip up in the last act.  Still, very good- both in the visual storytelling and the story, though it could have used a bit more character development, Jude Law and Forrest Whitaker really sell what they're given.

... Just noticed that Alice Braga is in both.  And... is one of the things that brings both of them down.

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Living Room / Re: Knight to queen's bishop 3 - Snowden charged with espionage.

« Last post by wraith808 on July 07, 2014, 10:27 AM »

The post that they are referring to has been removed, because it was a spammer.

-wraith808 (July 07, 2014, 09:20 AM)

That post actually wasn't spam. It was a valid response. I only quoted a bit. Perhaps he spammed elsewhere - I didn't see that.

-Renegade (July 07, 2014, 09:23 AM)

It was a possibly valid response, which is why I didn't report it... but it did have the cadence and grammatical organization of a typical spam reply... it just fit this particular thread.  I was assuming it was a spammer since (a) the user is removed (b) the post is removed and (c) we can't remove our own posts.

PabloSaulw

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Living Room / Re: Knight to queen's bishop 3 - Snowden charged with espionage.

« Last post by wraith808 on July 07, 2014, 09:20 AM »

^^ Can surveillance be addictive? I hadn't known that.

-PabloSaulw (July 05, 2014, 12:10 AM)

I think it's probably more along the lines of being addicted to power, and surveillance just being a tool of power.

And then a little splash of voyeurism to boot!

-Renegade (July 06, 2014, 01:46 AM)

Or perhaps you have quoted someone addicted to forum spamming, who had nothing of real value to add to this conversation.

-app103 (July 07, 2014, 04:14 AM)

I think I missed something here...

-40hz (July 07, 2014, 07:30 AM)

The post that they are referring to has been removed, because it was a spammer.

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Living Room / Re: TrueCrypt - new and genuinely open project born to replace it

« Last post by wraith808 on July 06, 2014, 09:33 PM »

Under what license is the code? Can it be used on closed source, or only open source?

-rxantos (July 06, 2014, 09:30 PM)

The license should be at one or both of the links above.