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Developer's Corner / Re: Any DC members thinking of trying Kickstarter?

« Last post by Renegade on September 04, 2012, 09:04 AM »

Sounds like a plan!

5027

General Software Discussion / The MS Excel Clipboard

« Last post by Renegade on September 04, 2012, 07:27 AM »

Does anyone else here absolutely HATE the Excel clipboard and how it works?

I mean, once you do anything, the clipboard is emptied.

Is there any way to avoid this abomination? Can the heresy of the Excel clipboard be saved? Is there salvation for those of us damned to the sulphurous flames of Excel?

I would really just like to be able to keep what's on the clipboard.

(Can CHS give me hotkeys for specific clips so that I can paste those specific clips without using my mouse or any UI? i.e. Just a set of hotkeys?)

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

« Last post by Renegade on September 04, 2012, 06:05 AM »

And one of mouser:

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

« Last post by Renegade on September 04, 2012, 06:00 AM »

Saw these 2:





And this was just very cute!

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General Software Discussion / Re: IDEA: Portable application, file browser, specially for using on large screens

« Last post by Renegade on September 03, 2012, 11:20 PM »

I've been thinking the same thing lately... Nice to be able to see things on my monitors from my couch... I wonder if I could hack up a quick fix in WPF... hmmm...

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

« Last post by Renegade on September 03, 2012, 11:10 AM »

Bwahahahahaha~!

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

« Last post by Renegade on September 03, 2012, 11:05 AM »

The DALEK captions are cute. (I'm a long-standing Dr Who fan.)

Found this image in an article about Self-igniting euro collapse?
Though I think it maybe should have read "Spontaneous Combustion of the Euro Collapse". I think the clown's shoes and his red nose are priceless - and probably very apt: (see attachment in previous post)

-IainB (September 03, 2012, 08:09 AM)

hehehe! I think you already know my thoughts!

-mrHappy (September 03, 2012, 10:41 AM)

Hahahahah~! Clever, but dirty. Or maybe I just have a dirty mind...



Oh yeah!

Raise your hand if you remember this!

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Developer's Corner / Good Site for Windows Client Development

« Last post by Renegade on September 03, 2012, 09:44 AM »

Not sure if anyone has seen this... (but I'm sure a few have)... never the less...

http://windowsclient.net/

Has a lot of good videos and code for WPF, WinForms, Silverlight. Worth a look for anyone interested.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor - Discussion of Screencasting and Movie Frame Editing Features

« Last post by Renegade on September 03, 2012, 08:44 AM »

@mouser: Any new ideas about compression?

-cranioscopical (September 03, 2012, 07:59 AM)

Good point. It's a tough question to answer as different codecs have different strengths/weaknesses. If it's primarily software oriented, then the question is at least easier.

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

« Last post by Renegade on September 03, 2012, 02:37 AM »

Any Doctor Who fans here?



EXTERMINATE!

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

« Last post by Renegade on September 02, 2012, 11:48 PM »

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

« Last post by Renegade on September 02, 2012, 11:44 PM »

I rather like this cynical cartoon about stand-up desks: http://mashable.com/2012/09/02/stand-up-desks-sunday-comics/

-IainB (September 02, 2012, 11:38 PM)

Cute!

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General Software Discussion / Re: instant linux on winxp

« Last post by Renegade on September 02, 2012, 09:14 PM »

Have you considered the likes of virtualbox, vmware, and such?

-ewemoa (September 02, 2012, 09:04 PM)

+1

That's about the easiest way.

You can download LOTS of different Linux distros at the VMware site and use the VMware Player for free.

However, you need to have memory and CPU to use a VM. If not, a live CD/USB boot is probably better.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor - Discussion of Screencasting and Movie Frame Editing Features

« Last post by Renegade on September 02, 2012, 07:45 PM »

Quick and dirty is good enough. The full-fledged screencasting suites out there are rather cumbersome to use sometimes. I think the only important options that I'd want would be window, region, and full-screen recording.

I use Screenshot Captor everyday - multiple times. It's one of the top programs that I put on every single new installation, and one of the first. It's drop dead simple to use, cuts out all the crappy "helper" features that only slow you down, and just lets me get screenshots quickly with no fuss. It's really about workflow/usability. The design philosophy that you've put into SSC would rock for screencasting.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: aShampoo

« Last post by Renegade on September 02, 2012, 07:35 PM »

Dang... For $10, hard to go wrong! (I'm constantly having troubles with other titles... bought.)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor - Discussion of Screencasting and Movie Frame Editing Features

« Last post by Renegade on September 02, 2012, 07:26 PM »

Screencasting would be...

A W E S O M E ! ! !

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Atari Remakes for 40th Anniversary

« Last post by Renegade on September 02, 2012, 07:25 PM »

Lunar Lander didn't seem to work. Super Breakout sucks without paddles. Missile Command was nifty. Yars' Revenge needs paddles as well. Still, all pretty cool. Didn't try any others.

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General Software Discussion / Atari Remakes for 40th Anniversary

« Last post by Renegade on September 02, 2012, 07:12 PM »

This looks like a bit of retro fun:

http://www.huffingto...4.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Get ready to stop working: Atari and Microsoft have released an 'arcade' of classic games for free.

Celebrating Atari's 40th birthday - and Microsoft's upcoming launch of Internet Explorer 10 - the collaboration sees eight games brought back to life with HTML 5.

The games are all playable on Atari's website - ad-free if you use Internet Explorer.

The games are:

Asteroids
Pong
Lunar Lander
Missile Command
Centipede
Combat
Yars' Revenge
Super Breakout

A few games that I remember there.

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Living Room / Re: Apple v Samsung Verdict is in

« Last post by Renegade on September 02, 2012, 08:44 AM »

Maybe the idea is to let Apple clear the field first? Once Apple establishes everybody infringed on Apple all LG needs to do is show Apple infringed on LG and they'd have a clean sweep with minimal legal effort since if A=B and B=C then A=C.

 

-40hz (September 02, 2012, 08:25 AM)

That would be funny. Probably change-the-underwear-time funny even.

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Living Room / Re: Apple v Samsung Verdict is in

« Last post by Renegade on September 02, 2012, 06:52 AM »

So why aren't LG having some fun in court!

-Carol Haynes (September 02, 2012, 05:55 AM)

I was wondering the same...

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Living Room / Re: Non-Douchiness From the MAFIAA? Am I High?

« Last post by Renegade on September 02, 2012, 05:25 AM »

Nah Renegade, they've been posting "official" videos for years now. Cross deals with companies like Vimeo, etc.

The **AA just become (Insert adjectives here) when *other* people do it, except when it benefits them in breakout viral sales!  Then it's just fine! (Until the sales die off, then they DMCA it again.)

-TaoPhoenix (September 02, 2012, 04:43 AM)

I'd seen some, but this was the first that I'd seen EMI posting.

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Living Room / Re: Non-Douchiness From the MAFIAA? Am I High?

« Last post by Renegade on September 01, 2012, 11:01 PM »

Blah - had too much to drink and wasn't explicit enough.

The video is posted by EMI. The actual MAFIAA is posting music videos! I think they're trying to monetize with the in-video ads in YouTube.

Anyways, it looks like a step in the right direction for them. I'm sure they'll still try to claim that they've lost several trillion dollars and need to sue everyone to get it back, but this looks like they're kind of coming to grips with the idea of the Internet.

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Living Room / Re: Apple sues Samsung AGAIN - adds 21 additional devices to list

« Last post by Renegade on September 01, 2012, 11:07 AM »

I have deleted a lot - this post has been censored massively. Nothing civil to say...

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Living Room / Re: Non-Douchiness From the MAFIAA? Am I High?

« Last post by Renegade on September 01, 2012, 10:42 AM »

^Link is broken. Coincidence?

-40hz (September 01, 2012, 10:32 AM)

Ok... Don't fuck with me... I've had way too much to drink! Seriously?

Maybe trying searching on YouTube will work. The referrer may matter.

Maybe the douchiness level has been elevated...

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Living Room / Non-Douchiness From the MAFIAA? Am I High?

« Last post by Renegade on September 01, 2012, 09:56 AM »

Ok, I must admit... I've had a bottle or so of wine so far (a small departure from the hard stuff - hey 30% off 6 bottles - how can I refuse?), and I'm not too sure if I'm just hallucinating or what...

Now, I was farting around with WPF, but couldn't manage to get any piece of mind, so I left alone as my mind was blank, and I needed time to get the memories from my mind.

But what did I see? Could I believe? That what I saw this night was real and not just fantasy?

Just what I saw in my own dreams... Were they reflections for my warped mind staring back at me?

This can't go on! I must inform the law! Can this still be real or just some crazy dream?

6. 6. 6.

The number of the MAFIAA~! 

666

The one for you and me!






Hopefully I have entertained a few of you while pointing out a small point of non-douchieness that I really do not understand...

Now, I'll get back to drinking...