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Best FTP Server / Re: ASRT: 5/7/05 - BEST FTP SERVER - POST SUGGESTIONS PLEASE!
« Last post by KenR on January 12, 2007, 08:19 AM »
Sorry to raise an old one here, but like Mouser I've been a registered BlackMoonFTPServer user for a few years, however this software hasn't been updated for a LONG time now and there are many more new products so it may be worth doing a new review of these products now? Even the forums at blackmoon are down and out :(

I'm interested to hear of any other FTP Server's that are updated regularly that run under Vista.
-Fedorov (January 12, 2007, 05:52 AM)

Fedorov, when I started looking I experienced exactly the same response to Black Moon's situation. Otherwise, I might have purchased it. Instead, I bought Raiden FTP Server. It has lots of features, is in active development, and a bustling forum.

Ken
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Friday, January 12: ClipMate @ Bits du Jour
« Last post by KenR on January 12, 2007, 08:10 AM »
TODAY is the day. Go buy ClipMate. You be happy you did.
-tinjaw (January 12, 2007, 08:01 AM)
Wow Tin. What an amazing find/discount. I guess I need to start checking this website if they are going to have software that I love for a big discount.

Ken
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Living Room / Channel 102's Gemberling
« Last post by KenR on January 12, 2007, 04:26 AM »
Here's a hillarious low budget miniseries about a computer programmer.

Of all the shows in Channel 102's original prime time lineup, "Gemberling" lasted the longest -- a full eight episodes, the final one weighing in at over 17 minutes as a self-cancelling epilogue to the adventure series. A nerd-culture pastiche drawing heavily from "Tron," "Star Wars," and "Troll 2," it was the most dependably funny, best-paced show in 102 history when it ended. It will be fondly remembered by Channel 102's creators and fans. The good news is that there may be some feature-length action for Ken Gemberling in the very near future. "Gemberling" was produced by John Gemberling & Curtis Gwinn.


from http://www.boingboing.net/
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Official Announcements / Re: Cody's (Internet Citizens) Club Begins!
« Last post by KenR on January 11, 2007, 08:43 PM »
I'm sure that anything the group agrees on will be fine with me.

Ken
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Living Room / Wallet Test = Honesty Test -> How Will People Behave?
« Last post by KenR on January 11, 2007, 05:19 PM »
Here's an interesting situation. Will people keep or return the valuables when a wallet is dropped in front of them?

...Each of the 100 wallets contained $2.10 in real money, a fake $50.00 gift certificate, some miscellaneous items and a clearly written ID card identifying the lost wallet's rightful owner. We were curious as to how honest people would be and wanted to see how different groups would compare to each other. For example, who would return the wallets more often... men or women? Young or old?


from alex3f
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General Software Discussion / CyberNotes: Recover Deleted Files Free
« Last post by KenR on January 11, 2007, 02:59 PM »
On more than one occasion, I have accidentally deleted important data files. On those occasions that I did not have backups (or worse - I had deleted important files from someone else's computer) I had to turn to Undelete Utilities. While most of these cost money and can be pretty expensive, this article is about recovering your lost data without shelling out for one of these costly undelete utilities.

One of my worst nightmares is deleting a file from my PC just to realize that I still needed it. It has happened to me several times, especially since one of my favorite key combinations is Shift+Delete, which “permanently” deletes a file– bypassing the Recycling Bin. Then a few moments later is when you say “uh oh!” Have no fear, because Windows just deletes the reference to the file without actually removing the file from your hard disk…therefore giving you the possibility to recover your lost file. This is also important because if you can recover files that have been “deleted,” so can many other people.

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Developer's Corner / EditThisPagePHP: For Collaborative Document Creation
« Last post by KenR on January 11, 2007, 02:34 PM »
Here's a great tool to use when document creation requires the input and/or collaboration of more than one person. Take a look at this page if you have this need/situation.

What is EditThisPagePHP?

EditThisPagePHP is a tool for collaborative editing online. Pages can be made editable by authorized users, or anyone with something to contribute. Every version of a page is retained, so content is never lost.

EditThisPagePHP combines features of:

    * Blogs: optional user comments, sending and receiving trackbacks, and RSS feeds,
    * Wikis: an edit-this-page button, page history, page diffs, and it can email users when pages change,
    * Content Management Systems: multiple roles (by default a reader, an editor, and a super-editor), each with different privileges.

Originally created for management of a single page, EditThisPagePHP has been extended so that multiple pages can be managed from a single configuration file. You can copy a page from the administration panel, and the new page will use the same configuration as the original...


from http://www.newsforge.com/
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Developer's Corner / Estimates of "Normal People" who have .Net Installed
« Last post by KenR on January 10, 2007, 04:30 PM »
Interested in writing a .net app? These stats will help give you an understanding of those who will be able to use it.

What percent of normal people have the .net framework installed?

It's very hard to get a straight answer on this. And if you mine the stats of a Microsoft related website like this one, you'll get a very skewed answer.

Well a friend gave me some stats about his website, which is a non-technical site, dealing with the 'talent' industry. I think these stats will be closer to 'normal' people than stats I've seen previously...

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Developer's Corner / Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar Beta 3 - For Website Development
« Last post by KenR on January 10, 2007, 11:10 AM »
Here's a cool, early preview release of a developer's toolbar to make designing websites easier.

Brief Description: The Microsoft Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar provides a variety of tools for quickly creating, understanding, and troubleshooting Web pages. This version is a preview release and behavior may change in the final release...

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Living Room / Scam-O-Rama: Ridiculously Bad Attempts to Scam People Out of Something
« Last post by KenR on January 10, 2007, 08:48 AM »
Here's an informative and very funny site about scamming. There's good information about avoiding being scammed as well as outrageous examples of ridiculously bad attempts.

The letters posted here illustrate (hilariously unsuccessful) attempts at ADVANCE FEE FRAUD. The sender claims to be a bureaucrat, banker or royal toadie, who wants to cut you, and only you, in on the financial deal of a lifetime.

In plain English, the writer claims to be in a position to skim public accounts or in other ways move vast amounts of cash, ethically obtained or not, into your hands. Hint: There is no money to be laundered - except yours. Palms must be greased. With your money. Generally in the form of a Western Union money order. A few K here, a few K there... eventually you get wise, and retire to lick your wounds. Dead soldier, dead farmer, dead bank customer, reformed murderer, lotto prize, phony job offer, phony request for bid, different pot of money, different countries... same scam.

The scammer may send you pictures of "money" - see example on this page, or visit the Show Me The Money gallery. Same scam.

Setting aside the writer's attempt to rob you and (going through the mental contortions necessary to take the letter at face value) to steal from his own country, the letters are funny. Read them out loud at parties and see. The 100+ letters below introduce the literary genre of the Lads from Lagos. Some people write the scammers back. Welcome to the Scamology...


from http://3quarksdaily..../01/web_of_lies.html
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Living Room / Develop Your Own Game with the Nowhere Engine
« Last post by KenR on January 09, 2007, 12:51 PM »
Here's a game engine that you can try to see if you would like to use it to develop your own game.

After about 2 years of development of our own web MMORPG (http://www.nowhere-else.org) we decided to put parts of our game engine in the hands of nearly everybody. So we took our code, removed the look&feel of our game, removed parts which for the moment we believe should be available only in our online game, packaged every single file into a simple to install application which let you create your own worlds on your own PC or even create your very own web RPG online.

Our game engine will be delivered full of all the needed things to let you start right away, like an installer, a simple database, arts, and even a simple map with a simple quest to let you understand how you should proceed. But we didn't stopped here. We give you full access to the source code of the engine itself, which will let more advanced game developers modify the game engine or add their own content.

In order to let you start without investing a lot of money, we decided to deliver two standard packages. You may check the features on the table found on the left.

As we think it's always better to check before spending some money, even if it's only 50$, we suggest that you either play our game to have an idea of what a web MMORPG could look like, and/or try the demo of the game engine as you would have it running on your PC. To avoid problems, we have however disabled any save functionalities.


from http://www.gdse.com
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Living Room / Flash Element TD: Another Tower Defense Flash Game
« Last post by KenR on January 09, 2007, 12:26 PM »
If memeory serves, this well-done tower defense game is the third of its kind to add to our collection.

A Macromedia Flash based Tower Defence game inspired by Elemental TD for Warcraft III. All programming has been done, from scratch, by me (David Scott) Graphics and sound effects have been made using the level editor that comes with WarcraftIII and Adobe Photoshop. A thanks to Bluey, Sencerd and Yo-Sushi for their help testing and a big thanks to Grrr for balancing the towers.

The aim of the game is to kill the creeps before they reach the end of the maze, do this by building attacking towers on the grass around the maze.

To build a tower click on it on the right hand side then click on the map where you want it to be built. Once built you can clock on towers to upgrade or sell them.

To get a high score keep as much of your gold in the bank as possible, at the end of each round you earn interest on the gold in the bank. Remember score = towers + upgrades + gold, selling towers will lower your score as you only get 75% of your money back...


from www.downloadsquad.com
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Official Announcements / Re: Cody's (Internet Citizens) Club Begins!
« Last post by KenR on January 08, 2007, 07:18 PM »
Count me in.

Ken
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Living Room / Why Blurring Sensitive Information is a Bad Choice for Hiding It
« Last post by KenR on January 07, 2007, 07:23 PM »
Here's an interesting post about how blurred-out information can be recovered

Undoubtedly you have all seen photographs of people on TV and online who have been blurred to hide faces. For example, here's one of Bill Gates:
[See Image Below]

For the most part this is all fine with peoples' faces as there isn't a convenient way to reverse the blur back into a photo so detailed that you can recognise the photo. So that's good if that is what you intended. However, many people also resort to blurring sensitive numbers and text. I'll illustrate why that is a BAD idea.

Suppose someone posted a photo of their check or credit card online for whatever awful reason (proving to Digg that I earned a million dollars, showing something funny about a check, comparing the size of something to a credit card, etc.), blurring out the image with the far-too-common mosaic effect to hide the numbers...

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General Software Discussion / 2000+ Freeware Links
« Last post by KenR on January 05, 2007, 10:30 PM »
Here is a fantastic looking site with lots of different kinds of free stuff: links, books, software, etc.

Welcome to Dubber's Freeware Links page.

There are 2385 links to Freeware websites listed on this page. These linked websites can list Freeware sites, or individual Freeware program links, or programs that are written by individuals who offer them to you for free.

Since you may be on a slow dialup or for some other reason do not want to load this rather large page every time you look for Freeware sites, I have divided this page into several pages listing only one to three letters of Freeware sites. Here are links to them:

A | B | C | D | E | F1 | F2 | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U-V | W | X-Y-Z

Below, and at the bottom of this page, are more Alphabetical menus to use for direct access to Freeware sites on this page beginning with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the one you want. At the end of each letter's list of sites is a link to go back to the top of the page. So, if you are looking in the Y section, you can just click to go to the top of the page and, once there, you can click on the C in the letters at the top and go right down to the C section. That's much easier than scrolling up and down....


from www.shellcity.net
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General Software Discussion / Re: Goodness! Is there NO Win utility to do "DIR /S/B C:\ZZZ\*.JPG > RESULT.TXT"?
« Last post by KenR on January 05, 2007, 02:57 PM »
Hey Veign,

Just FYI: I believe you could get what you wanted from Directory Opus using a "flat view" and appropriate filters.

Ken
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General Software Discussion / Bzflags: Free Multiplayer Tank Game
« Last post by KenR on January 05, 2007, 02:10 PM »
Here is a great FREE multiplayer tank game with lots of action. In addition to fighting for your life online, there is also a mode where you set up a game and play the computer for practice and experience. It's a nice way to get going.

The aim of this article is to introduce the reader to Bzflags. Bzflags is a free software multiplayer 3D tank game that is frantic, full of immediate action, with a kill or be killed emphasis. The game is best served in multiplayer mode where you can hunt in packs, fight to the last ounce while chatting. Instant violent fun, gratification for those of you that need to let off steam and clear your minds living for the moment. However, because of my cowardly disposition and weak trigger finger, not to mention my poor reaction times, I have once again hired in my ten-year-old son Nelson to test out the various parts of the game and pretend to the world that he is me. I will interview him later in this article and take online credit for his kill ratios.

The name Bzflags is an abbreviation of Battle Zone Capture Flags. Named after, one assumes, Battlezone, a classic, vector-based arcade game that came out just after space invaders. Showing my age, I was addicted to Battlezone and never had quite enough pocket money to kill all the enemies my psyche required of me. I even ended up doing a paper round to pay for my addiction. Capturing the flag involves exactly that, one of your team members needs to ride over the enemy flag and then take the flag back to your rest zone. This is of course made more complex by the horde of charging tanks that wish to communicate with the flag capturer their physical respect. Yes, frantic, fast, and furious. If you don’t die ten times in any given game then you haven’t lived. Four teams play at any one time.

If you don’t die ten times in any given game then you haven’t lived...

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Developer's Corner / Allows Putting Audio Comments on Your Websites
« Last post by KenR on January 04, 2007, 09:41 PM »
Here's a cool site that will help you enhance your web sites with audio comments.

Tdefren tells the story of the Social Media News Release
The history of the Social Media News Release is told across the web. Tdefren’s trail gives you a look at the history behind the social media news release and how to use it as part of a public relations campaign.

Jakeiswild brings 5 comedians together with Trailfire
Jakeiswild has assembled his list of the 5 best comedians with these YouTube clips. Connecting them together with a trail lets you compare and decide for yourself. Try this with a bookmarking tool.


from www.stumbleupon.com
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General Software Discussion / Ways to optimize your (Windows XP) computer
« Last post by KenR on January 04, 2007, 09:15 PM »
This site discusses ways to optimize your system beside from defragmenting.

To defrag, or not to defrag? If you're looking for ways to speed WinXP machines used by your customers, then the answer is Not.

Defragmenting, of course, is the process of reorganizing all data on a hard-disk drive so that each file is arranged into a single uninterrupted, or contiguous, location on the disk. Many system builders and technicians have been taught, and still believe, that defragmenting hard disk drives on a regular basis keeps PCs operating at peak performance. But that idea is behind the times.

While it was true that defragmenting helped older PCs, it no longer applies. Today we have 7200-RPM (rotations per minute) hard-disk drives with improved seek and latency times; many also contain an 8-MB cache buffer. Let's not forget Windows XP's ultra-efficient NTFS (NT File System). For PCs, servers, and workstations equipped with these innovations, defragmenting no longer makes much improvement, if any, to system performance.

This is even more of an issue with the new Serial ATA hard disk drives, which are soon to become the new standards utilized in the market. Examples of SATA drives include the Seagate Barracuda line and new 10,000-RPM IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) hard-disk drives, such as the Western Digital Raptor.

Still, defragmenting remains an important task. Why? For one, power consumption and heat can be directly related to a fragmented hard drive. When the computer's operating system requests data, if a file is not contiguous, then extra seeking on the disk may be required. But a more important consideration is disk failure. Should a hard drive fail, the likelihood of successfully recovering data from the dead or damaged drive improves significantly if the data is contiguous rather than randomly scattered about the drive platters.

The software companies that create defragmentation software would like you to believe that their software does improve system performance. But my own in-house testing refutes that, as do recent findings from Steve Gibson and other system testers.

So What Works?

Since defragging the disk won't do much to improve Windows XP performance, here are 23 suggestions that will. Each can enhance the performance and reliability of your customers' PCs. Best of all, most of them will cost you nothing.

1.) To decrease a system's boot time and increase system performance, use the money you save by not buying defragmentation software -- the built-in Windows defragmenter works just fine -- and instead equip the computer with an Ultra-133 or Serial ATA hard drive with 8-MB cache buffer.

2.) If a PC has less than 512 MB of RAM, add more memory. This is a relatively inexpensive and easy upgrade that can dramatically improve system performance.


from www.stumbleupon.com
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Developer's Corner / Sorting Algorithms Compared
« Last post by KenR on January 04, 2007, 08:42 PM »
This is a great site. It allows you to directly compare the performance of numerous sort algorithms. You can pick 3 at a time, start them, and watch them sort - they way they sort as well as how long it takes. Code for the sorting algorithms is also presented. HIGHLY recommended!

This page has visualizations of some comparison based sorting algorithms. The quick sort, bubble sort and cocktail shaker sort are due to the good folks at Sun Microsystems. The original SortItem applet was written by James Gosling.


from www.stumbleupon.com
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Living Room / Very Cool Flash Game: Tunnel Rush
« Last post by KenR on January 04, 2007, 05:33 PM »
Here's a fun, easy to play, fast-moving game. There is no learning curve to play, just to improve performance. Give it a try when you have 5 minutes.


from www.stumbleupon.com
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General Software Discussion / Program to Convert Applications to Run Off U3 USB Flash Drives
« Last post by KenR on January 04, 2007, 01:55 PM »
Here is the program of your dreams for all of you that live off your USB drives (instead of a laptop or notebook pc the way you should :) ).

Now you too can convert applications to run on your new U3 USB Flash Drive. PackageFactory for U3 lets you convert any* application or EXE into a U3P Package File, for free! You can then install this U3P file onto any U3-compatible flash drive. PackageFactory for U3 works best for simple programs and applications with few support files (although you can add as many supporting DLLs and other EXEs as you need).

· Download PackageFactory for U3 (658 Kb)

PackageFactory for U3 is free to use for non-commercial purposes. The free version above has no restrictions and it will append "U3 build by Eure.ca" to the description of the U3P Package file.

To use PackageFactory for U3 for business purposes please support us by registering ($39.95).

* To take full advantage of U3 platform the application you convert also needs to be U3-aware, or at least rely minimally on Windows Registry.


from www.Shellcity.net
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General Software Discussion / Re: Remoting Software Questions
« Last post by KenR on January 04, 2007, 01:40 PM »
I keep trying to get someone on DC to do a big review of these tools, but the tasks has driven both of them insane (Josh + Ken)..
-mouser (January 04, 2007, 01:22 PM)

Is that what did it ?!
Ken
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General Software Discussion / CyberNotes: 10 Firefox Productivity Extensions
« Last post by KenR on January 03, 2007, 02:31 PM »
Here is a great article on 10 really cool, less well-known firefox extensions.

Firefox extensions do all kinds of things, but how many that you use actually make you more productive? If you think about it I’m sure that you can come up with a reason for nearly all of your extensions as to why your more productive for using them. That’s why I’m not going to hit at some of the obvious ones that most people talk about, like IE Tab, DownThemAll, or Tab Mix Plus. I went browsing around the Web looking for ones that even I have never heard of, but I made sure that they are useful. Now you may have heard of a few of these, but they were all new to me so I thought there was a pretty good chance that most of them will be new to you, too.

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Living Room / Spluch: Piggy bank with a life
« Last post by KenR on January 02, 2007, 06:36 PM »
Piggybanks have really evolved I see. This one, for example, is called "The Bank of Life." The one I used to have was called a "jar" :)

This is a programmable LCD piggy bank called “The Bank of Life” produced by toy maker, Takara Tomy. It is able to hold up to 200 pieces of 500 yen coins. A little Japanese man living in the screen starts off by living in a shoebox home and gradually upgrades to a luxury apartment reflecting on the amount of money in it. The company has just started selling this product in Japan on the 28 Dec 2006 at the price of US $40 each.


from http://www.ohgizmo.com/
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