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Living Room / Re: When it comes to EA, it just keeps getting better - or worse...

« Last post by tomos on April 17, 2013, 04:36 PM »

Just in case you have no idea what disgruntled players look like...

https://www.facebook...osts/638679509479839

-app103 (April 17, 2013, 10:27 AM)

Care to summarize? Some of us don't have Facebook accounts. And never will.

-40hz (April 17, 2013, 04:24 PM)

I was going to post a screenshot but I'm not sure of, eh, the etiquette :-) - is it okay to post people's thumbnails from FB etc.

Summary:
the message from "SimCity Social" is:

For players who have enjoyed our games, we will be making a special offer to introduce you to a PopCap game.
You’re a valued fan and we want to make sure you get a smooth transition to PopCap.

the response from *everyone* and their mother is very upset, and/or impolite - the general vibe is it's the end of the world for "SimCity Social".
And all those negative posts are getting hundreds of thumbs-up's (one has 477).

It's very entertaining - having a FB account has it's compensations

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

« Last post by tomos on April 17, 2013, 03:51 PM »

@pilgrim
I wouldnt have been so sure oblivion was English
-
was it the combination of him being so articulate and then saying "non-american" that gave it away?
or
was it the use of "<sniff>"

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Actual Window Menu - 24 hour Giveaway.

« Last post by tomos on April 17, 2013, 08:06 AM »

You can update to the latest version by downloading from official website and just running the setup (make sure you reg with the "glary" details beforehand)

-mitzevo (April 17, 2013, 06:11 AM)

well,
I dont understand your post, so I'll ask a few questions

1) do you mean I can somehow register with Glary pre-install - then just install the most recent version from site (?)
2) do I have to register with 'Glary' in order to use the software ? (I've donwloaded already but not installed)
3) or are you talking about getting the details from the registry ?!?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Actual Window Menu - 24 hour Giveaway.

« Last post by tomos on April 17, 2013, 04:55 AM »

sounds good,
homepage is http://www.actualtools.com/windowmenu/

Actual Window Menu adds several menu items to standard window menu accessible via application icon in the title bar. Among new commands are: Roll Up \ Unroll window, Set window transparency, change program priority, minimize to task tray and always keep window on top.

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Living Room / Re: Some Ars Technica articles

« Last post by tomos on April 17, 2013, 03:32 AM »

Is there anything I can do about it?

Just try not to let it keep you awake at night.

-mouser (April 16, 2013, 08:39 PM)

laugh of the day


(thanks!)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: 4.02 beta is up

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2013, 03:34 PM »

Still the same result:



(doesnt really affect me much - but happy to continue to report or test)

FF version is 20.0.1

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Screenshot Captor / Re: 4.02 beta is up

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2013, 02:46 PM »

Do you have any settings enabled on the "Window Capturing 2" tab?

-mouser (April 16, 2013, 11:35 AM)

pretty sure I havent changed them since reverting to default settings recently

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Screenshot Captor / Re: 4.02 beta is up

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2013, 11:33 AM »

If I turn off the setting in mouser's screenshot, I get a black titlebar when using an aero theme

can you post (or email me) the screenshot?

-mouser (April 16, 2013, 10:33 AM)

Looks like the problem is Firefox related:




here's notepad:

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Photodali Photo Manager

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2013, 09:13 AM »

@orlandodal--apart from the fact you're supposed to state affiliation when posting--I dont think there's much point advertising your product where people are looking for a feature that your product does not have.

Try the Announce Your Software/Service/Product board and give us a bit of info about it. You *will* get interest - many people here are interested in photo managers.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Xara Xtreme 5 Giveaway

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2013, 09:06 AM »

Throughout last year Xara Xtreme 5 came up on giveaways at least once every two months, sometimes more.
I am pretty certain it came up several times the year before as well.

-pilgrim (April 16, 2013, 07:43 AM)

Yeah, I went to install this and realised I already had it installed

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Screenshot Captor / Re: 4.02 beta is up

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2013, 09:05 AM »

@mouser[/b] - some feedback: I tried altering those transparency settings in all the different ways you suggested above. It didn't appear to make a blind bit of difference what I did.

-IainB (April 16, 2013, 05:25 AM)

If I turn off the setting in mouser's screenshot, I get a black titlebar when using an aero theme (using default 'architecture' theme, win7, 64bit)
I'm not sure if that's intended behaviour...

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2013, 07:21 AM »

^maybe we can actually use it as a currency now (if it's stabilises)

-tomos (April 16, 2013, 03:23 AM)

Some could. I wouldn't willingly. Would you? 

-40hz (April 16, 2013, 06:38 AM)

well, for example, if it stabilised, and I was buying from a trusted supplier, and it meant I could buy something a few percentage points cheaper - yes, I would.
I feel fairly neutral towards Bitcoin myself . . .

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Living Room / Re: Newly coined term, "internet fury"? A sad article...

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2013, 03:56 AM »

^Seems to me the problem got solved pretty well

(FWIW I try to avoid swearing myself as well in the main forums - but it isn't banned)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Multiple / Selective File Associations

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2013, 03:36 AM »

Bearpup, for files, another option would be XYplorer (file manager).
See "Portable File Associations" on this page
http://www.xyplorer....ex.php?page=portable

You can set up associations with each filetype and open a menu-list for selected file (I havent used it in a while but I think you can set it up so as a shortcut will open the menu for the selected file).

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2013, 03:23 AM »

^maybe we can actually use it as a currency now (if it's stabilises)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Problems after you install Microsoft's security update 2823324

« Last post by tomos on April 15, 2013, 04:07 PM »

zdnet.com article says MS recommend uninstalling this patch.

Microsoft recommends that users uninstall the patch, and warns that another issue with the security update may cause anti-virus programs cease to work correctly. The Redmond giant says that Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstations and Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Servers versions 6.0.4.1424 and 6.0.4.1611 may display an error message stating that licenses for the products are not valid, and so the software will cease to function.

But they dont clarify if MS mean everyone should uninstall it - or just those with problems.
They link to this from MS which talks about *if* you revceive an error.

So I guess I'll leave it in place for the moment (maybe )

Shoddy journalism on the part of zdnet imo.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Xara Xtreme 5 Giveaway

« Last post by tomos on April 15, 2013, 02:39 PM »

Well not exactly : I installed it within sandboxie, got to the webpage to get the license. Then I erased the sandbox.  So the app is not installed and I have a valid license, but if online activation is required, they may forbid it after April 29th.

-MerleOne (April 15, 2013, 02:24 PM)

Another from the FAQ's:

Why are you giving me a free Xara Xtreme 5?
There are still tens of thousands of people using very old versions of Xara X, X1 and Xtreme 2,3 and 4, which are recorded, downloaded and unlocked (if you've lost your CD) through some very old systems. That is a problem for our customer support and network support staff.  We would really prefer that you were using a more up to date version, so we are simply offering you one for free!

Which makes it sound like future installs would *probably* not be a problem.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Xara Xtreme 5 Giveaway

« Last post by tomos on April 15, 2013, 02:15 PM »

FAQ's say:

How do I unlock/install Xara Xtreme 5?
Just run the download and follow the  prompts. You will be asked to register (best to use your existing account if you have one) and sent a serial number.  If you have any problems please visit our product installation and account queries troubleshooter for full step by step instructions.

I presume that means: will have to install-register before 29th (but that the serial works after that date for reinstall if necessary)

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Living Room / Re: inspector Gadget's wireless finger phone

« Last post by tomos on April 15, 2013, 09:30 AM »

^ seems to be in the Living Room now

I keep think what a plonker I'd look like, wearing and using one of these ....  

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General Software Discussion / Re: File history (time machine) in win 8: worth exploring?

« Last post by tomos on April 15, 2013, 09:12 AM »

I care about file history because I'm hoping to have something like version control for DAW files.
Here's an interesting thread describing a product that goes in that direction:
https://news.ycombin....com/item?id=1642419

-urlwolf (April 15, 2013, 07:39 AM)

I'm not familiar with the world you're describing (music/daws) but I'll chance asking:
why not use a dedicated app?
You would presumably have more control. Filehamster (FH) is the only one I know that allows you add comments to the saved version. It's limited in ways, but it works. (I'd dearly love if they developed that whole aspect of FH but they show no interest.) I use FH for some jobs, and Syncovery (formerly SFFS) for the others (where I dont need comments). Snycovery is more dependable in my experience and may be able to do partial file backup which would save you a lot of space (sounds like that work can be big).

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Xara Xtreme 5 Giveaway

« Last post by tomos on April 15, 2013, 08:58 AM »

Free Xara Xtreme 5!
Offer ends 29th April 2013.

• not sure if it has to be installed before that time (anyone know?)
• presumably it will work on x64 (Requirements: >Microsoft® Windows® XP | Vista® | 7 | 8)
• download is called Xara_Xtreme_5_Silver.exe

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Living Room / Re: Newly coined term, "internet fury"? A sad article...

« Last post by tomos on April 14, 2013, 12:43 PM »

Belated response -
yes, I see and acknowledge your points Stephen.
The video was great btw (the gratuitious use of unnecessary cushions was brilliant).
In retrospect I see I was mostly put off by your intro -

Vulgar?

As defined by who exactly?

Firstly...I don't even recall commenting on this thread o.0

1 came across as aggressive.
2 came off a bit like 'I dont care enough look at the post in question'.

That came across to me as not-respecting (and it still does - I realise it may not have been intended that way). My reading of that coloured the way I read the rest of the post. So I would say I over-reacted overall to the post in the end.
And one could even say that the whole episode is related to the topic too

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Deleting Files Permanently From Thumbnail Panel

« Last post by tomos on April 14, 2013, 11:11 AM »

Dialogues are now correct

sorry I never checked earlier where the file actually went -
I took the dialogue at it's word :-)

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Living Room / Re: Bing delivers five times more malicious sites than Google, says report

« Last post by tomos on April 14, 2013, 04:58 AM »

kryathaba had it covered:

Bing Delivers 5X As Many Malicious Websites As Google

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Deleting Files Permanently From Thumbnail Panel

« Last post by tomos on April 14, 2013, 04:55 AM »

Afraid not

I still get the same dialogue as in my post above
(install version - V4.02.0)