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Living Room / How Microsoft Chooses New Sounds

« Last post by app103 on November 11, 2006, 03:50 AM »

Some musicians spend 18 months working on a whole album. At Microsoft Corp., that's how long it took to perfect just four seconds of sound.

Of course, this isn't just any four-second clip. It's the sound — a soft da-dum, da-dumm, with a lush fade-out — that millions of computer users will hear every day, and perhaps thousands of times in total, when they turn on computers running Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Vista operating system.

http://www.showbuzz....ic/main2172953.shtml

5027

Developer's Corner / Gamefest 2006 slides and audio recording available

« Last post by app103 on November 11, 2006, 03:37 AM »

Covers such things as XNA, game middlewares, graphic programming and other game development areas.

http://msdn.microsof...rectx/presentations/

5028

Developer's Corner / 72 Hour Game Dev Competition

« Last post by app103 on November 11, 2006, 03:30 AM »

It's time for the 8th 72 Hour Game Development Competition! The general premise is this: At the start of the 72 hour period, a pre-determined theme is revealed. Teams collaborate to make the best game they can following that theme with only 72 hours to release something.

http://www.72hourgdc.com

5029

Developer's Corner / New Game Industry Scholarship for Women

« Last post by app103 on November 11, 2006, 03:25 AM »

Research Triangle Park, NC - WomenGamers.Com is happy to announce that for the 2007-2008 school year, we are co-sponsoring the DigiPen Institute of Technology Women's Scholarship, a new scholarship for women interested in a career in the gaming industry. DigiPen Institute of Technology is offering five $2000.00 scholarships to five qualifying female students who obtain all of the following qualifications...

http://www.gamedev.n....asp?topic_id=423163

5030

Developer's Corner / Mobile Media Developer podcast series

« Last post by app103 on November 11, 2006, 03:20 AM »

The Khronos Group has launched the first in their Mobile Media Developer podcast series. In this new series, the developers behind the industry standards for 3D, 2D, video and audio for mobile devices describe how the new technologies work and how they can be used by developers, carriers and manufacturers to create applications for mobile phone, handhelds and game consoles.

http://www.gamedev.n....asp?topic_id=422971

5031

General Software Discussion / Re: "Mouser": a new concept of a keyboard mouse.

« Last post by app103 on November 11, 2006, 01:05 AM »

Sorry to jump in, but have you seen/tried Numpad Mouse version 0.6c?
http://www.xs4all.nl/~zwitser1/kalvin/Numpad_Mouse_download.html

-cranioscopical (November 09, 2006, 03:56 PM)

Very cute license agreement:

3. Upon installation of this software, you agree that you shall not, directly or indirectly such as using mouse-traps or poisonous baits, nor allow your cat(s) to kill, murder, harm, hurt, crush, drown, kick, abuse any mice or mouse-like rodents including rats, mice, hamsters, jerboas, lemmings, and voles.

4. This Agreement is subject to the laws of the Kingdom of the Rodents and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Kingdom of the Rodents.

5. This Agreement is available in English, Dutch, and the language for Rodents versions.

5032

Living Room / Re: Go for a good laugh in this comparison between regular Europeans and Italian

« Last post by app103 on November 10, 2006, 03:13 PM »

Bozzetto is great! 

BTW- App103...

Please tell me capisci is correct, I lose sleep over these kind of things...

-Edvard (November 07, 2006, 12:11 PM)

It's written correctly. As for the pronunciation...

Spoiler

I would probably try to write it for an non-italian as: cupeeshee. That for proper Italian. The sound of the Wiktionary writing remind me more that of some southern dialects.

Bye!

-Mark0 (November 09, 2006, 05:32 PM)

Yeah...Sicilian. 

A lot of the 3rd+ generation Italians around here would even pronounce it 'Gobbeesh'. (like my husband...I live in NJ)

The funniest was Jesus Anthony's definition of "Guido" at the Urban Dictionary. (Written by one of valid Italian descent...)

-Edvard (November 07, 2006, 12:11 PM)

Does anybody remember Andrew Dice Clay's character 'Guido from Bloomfield' that he used to do in his stand up act?

I couldn't help but think of that when I read that whole page. 

btw...I married a Guido-wannabe. 

5033

Living Room / Re: does having many program windows open slow the sysem?

« Last post by app103 on November 09, 2006, 11:08 AM »

For most users, this is a question they might ask and then have to actually check to find the answer....and all the performance issues of minimizing to tray or taskbar might not be so obvious on a fairly decent pc.

I ran a ton of stuff on a very slow system with very little ram.

One of the ways I survived was by minimizing everything I could to the tray or taskbar when I wasn't actively using it....especially Winamp which had to run at all times if I wanted to maintain an internet connection. (don't ask...freaky hardware prob) I avoided using the Winamp GUI as much as possible...load the playlist, minimize, use hotkeys or tray menu.

There was an increase in speed and responsiveness of the active window by doing this...but my system was so slow normally, that I did notice a tradeoff. It was a bit slower bringing a window into focus, from being minimized to being restored, than it was if the window was in the background and just being brought to the foreground, as the active window.

I don't know if this would be an issue on your machine. I am sure you have a faster CPU and more RAM than I had and are using software in which your pc meets at least the minimum specifications to run it. I treated my P1 with 64mb ram as if it was a P3 with 256mb ram, running all kinds of stuff I shouldn't have been able to, so you might not notice the same things I observed.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best Auto-complete Intelli-sense type utility ?

« Last post by app103 on November 09, 2006, 05:40 AM »

As-U-Type 3.2 doesn´t do intelligent completion AFAIK...

-urlwolf (October 24, 2006, 11:22 AM)

You can set up specific codes to be replaced with the text you want. Just have to turn on Speed-Typing.

5035

General Software Discussion / Re: New Mozilla CERT Security Alert

« Last post by app103 on November 09, 2006, 12:04 AM »

Credit goes to Byte for passing along the info to me.

5036

General Software Discussion / New Mozilla CERT Security Alert

« Last post by app103 on November 08, 2006, 11:59 PM »

Systems Affected:

• Mozilla SeaMonkey
• Mozilla Firefox
• Mozilla Thunderbird
• Netscape web browser

Overview:
The Mozilla web browser and derived products contain several vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system

More info:  http://www.us-cert.g...lerts/TA06-312A.html

To sign up for CERT notifications visit:  http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/signup.html

5037

General Software Discussion / Re: SpyMe Tools: Monitors for install of malware

« Last post by app103 on November 08, 2006, 11:27 PM »

A small warning about this one:

Turn off the active protection while scanning....or may cause your system to lock up.

5038

Living Room / Re: WhatPulse...

« Last post by app103 on November 08, 2006, 10:20 PM »

I started the WhatPulse team for DC.

I removed the banner from my signature because there was some sort of problem with the hosting of it. The banner site disappeared. But now it's back, so the stat banner will be back in my signature again.

If you would like to join the team it's pretty simple.

Just make an account on their site first, install the client and get it running, then go here and join our team:  http://whatpulse.org/stats/teams/10466/

To get a forum banner, go here:  http://pulse.offbeat-zero.net

If you need any help designing your banner, send me a PM and I will help you personally.

5039

Living Room / Re: 1 Sheet of Paper

« Last post by app103 on November 08, 2006, 07:15 PM »

Visit the main site and explore from there too:

http://www.oncotton.co.uk/peter/

I was sent a copy of some of the pics, in an email, with the link I first gave. I wish the person that sent it to me had linked to the main page on the site instead.

I was in a rush and didn't look before. I am really sorry that I didn't. I almost missed some of this guy's best work. 

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Should we add a ratings/vote mod to the forum?

« Last post by app103 on November 08, 2006, 06:43 PM »

Absolutely NOT!

This is not digg...what are you thinking?

And that is all I am going to say on the matter. 

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Living Room / Re: Go for a good laugh in this comparison between regular Europeans and Italian

« Last post by app103 on November 08, 2006, 01:22 PM »

BTW- App103...

Please tell me capisci is correct, I lose sleep over these kind of things...

-Edvard (November 07, 2006, 12:11 PM)

It is as far as I know, but exact spelling and pronunciation could be regional.

5042

Living Room / 1 Sheet of Paper

« Last post by app103 on November 08, 2006, 11:53 AM »

It is absolutely amazing what some people can do with a sheet of paper.

http://www.oncotton....x/A4PAPERCUT_000.htm

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: GETTING ORGANIZED EXPERIMENT - WEEK NINE ASSIGNMENT

« Last post by app103 on November 08, 2006, 09:10 AM »

@app103 (even though I know you won't return here to read it ):  Your zen-like agenga says it all.   Makes me wonder why I spent so much time spinning my wheels.  We can probably all tear up our well-intentioned lists and go straight to yours.  When we finish this project, I suggest we distill it all down to app103's agenda list.

-momonan (November 08, 2006, 07:49 AM)

I came back here because you begged me to.   

I have to respond to this...

This whole GOE project came at a bad time in my life...I have a lot on my mind. I can't focus on the things I want to focus on and get anything done.

GOE isn't helping me any and it's just making me feel bad about myself for not making any progress, which I don't need right now.

I am going to concentrate on fixing some other things for now...then maybe think about time management when I can better handle it.

If the whole GOE project has helped you, stick with it...keep going. Don't throw away good habits. Just don't lose sight of what is important either.

I think our goal in life should be the pursuit of happiness...not the pursuit of getting more done.

So now I will go pursue happiness...and get things done later when I can smile while doing it and it can mean something.

5044

Post New Requests Here / Re: Virtual button for local area connection.

« Last post by app103 on November 08, 2006, 03:51 AM »

You can disable it from that tray icon...just right click it. It's there as an option.

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: GETTING ORGANIZED EXPERIMENT - WEEK NINE ASSIGNMENT

« Last post by app103 on November 08, 2006, 03:44 AM »

Ok...I am out.

This section of the forum is off limits to me from now on.

But I leave with one final list...the most important one I have ever made.

My New ToDo List

Anything else I do is just filler in between.

5046

ContextMenu Commander / Re: ContextMenu Commander

« Last post by app103 on November 07, 2006, 10:42 AM »

Windows doesn't offer this for every file, by default, but should:

Open in Notepad

Yes, I know there are tools to add this and others to the menu, and I have done it myself, but it would be nice to include in an all-in-one tool.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: New feature (forum mod) - mark selected unread posts as read

« Last post by app103 on November 07, 2006, 10:17 AM »

THANK YOU MOUSER! 

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Deleting posts in My Personal Area?

« Last post by app103 on November 07, 2006, 09:59 AM »

Now that I'm here you'll doubtless also want to implement the universal 'delete asinine comment' button.

-cranioscopical (November 07, 2006, 09:48 AM)

mouser can't sell those to Google, so he will probably charge you on a per comment basis. 

5049

Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Static IP address changer

« Last post by app103 on November 07, 2006, 09:38 AM »

how can i download it  

-bad_man (November 07, 2006, 05:56 AM)

Just copy this to a text file and name it dhcp.bat:

[Select]

netsh -f dhcp.txt

then copy this to a text file and name it dhcp.txt:

[Select]

# ----------------------------------
# Interface IP Configuration         
# ----------------------------------
pushd interface ip
# Interface IP Configuration for "Local Area Connection"
set address name="Local Area Connection" source=dhcp
set wins name="Local Area Connection" source=dhcp
popd
# End of interface IP configuration

Then for any fixed IP config  eg 192.168.0.10) you can use a fixIP.txt like the following:

[Select]

# ----------------------------------
# Interface IP Configuration         
# ----------------------------------
pushd interface ip
# Interface IP Configuration for "Local Area Connection"

set address name="Local Area Connection" source=static addr=192.168.10 mask=255.255.255.0
set address name="Local Area Connection" gateway=192.168.1  gwmetric=0
set dns name="Local Area Connection" source=static addr=212.245.255.2
add dns name="Local Area Connection" addr=??.??.??.?? index=2
add dns name="Local Area Connection" addr=??.??.??.?? index=3
set wins name="Local Area Connection" source=static addr=none

popd
# End of interface IP configuration

then put them all in the same folder...or on your desktop.

replace the ??.??.??.?? with the appropriate IP's

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best free firewall for Windows?

« Last post by app103 on November 07, 2006, 09:31 AM »

Personally I've stopped using software firewalls; I depend on my NAT'ing router to keep incoming traffic away, and Kaspersky to keep malware from running. Of course I can't detect "phone home" in regular software that way, but oh well.

-f0dder (November 07, 2006, 09:18 AM)

I am kind of doing the same, with the addition of AVG, Spybot, the spyware detector built into my browser, and Windows Firewall...untill I can find an alternative that won't dump everyone from my chatroom. (which I need to discuss with other room hosts I know)