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Living Room / Re: To All My DC Friends!

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2013, 08:05 PM »

Stephen, you're a semtimental geezer, you are

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Living Room / Re: Classic Shell brings back start menu for Win8, plus lots more

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2013, 07:56 PM »

for posterity:
https://www.donation....msg313377#msg313377

I tried Classic Shell [CS] on windows 8 and have not been overly impressed - it doesnt recognise the language in use (yes, I changed it, but before CS install). It doesnt look good imo - default symbol looks like an add for Shell. I've tried the styles offered and cant find any that fits in with default 8 install (cant find my CS version number - it's about a month old so may be updateable).

I dont use either Explorer though, and do use FARR, so maybe all it's goodies are a bit wasted on me

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

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2013, 07:46 PM »

(see attachment in previous post)

-ewemoa (January 03, 2013, 12:32 AM)

and another schnapszahl:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Rumors of Adobe releasing CS2 for free? (true or NOT true)

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2013, 07:16 PM »

If they had an ounce of sense or creativity (yes, yes :p) they should treat it as an offer, and as advertising - and allow upgrade pricing to all downloads (it's possible that this is currently the case - if you can actually access any adobe pages).
They would pull in a lot of illegal users, most of whom simply could not afford the full price, and I reckon they would make a pretty penny.

-tomos (January 07, 2013, 05:45 PM)

of course, I forgot: what they want is for us to join the subscription parade - the ad on the relevant download page is for 'Creative Cloud'.

See, it's working already for them ;-)

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General Software Discussion / Re: "We changed your language to German"

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2013, 06:30 PM »

It's a while since I ran XP and I'm not fully sure what your problems were with the US English that the Oz English fixed, but seems to me the "English (Ireland)" choice would be closer to home (sounds like you're on the European continent) - with the advantage of metric and euros (but again, I cant remember what exactly is changed with the language choice).

I've since moved onto Windows 7 & 8.
I bought 7 -in Germany- very cheaply as a multi-language Dell OEM; and in 8 the language can be changed easily, just download the language of your choice.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is there a decent youtube downloader?

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2013, 06:19 PM »

I dont know what the competition is like but I use clipconverter (http://www.clipconverter.cc/addon/ or www.clipconverter.cc) for the occasional download with FF and am quite happy with it. It offers addons for:

Install <strong>Firefox Addon</strong>
Install Firefox Addon
(Click 'Allow' at the top bar)

Install <strong>Chrome Addon</strong>
Install Chrome Addon
(See below how to install)

Install <strong>Safari Addon</strong>
Install Safari Addon
(Click 'Open' and 'Install')

Install <strong>Opera Addon</strong>
Install Opera Addon
(Click 'OK' and 'Install')

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General Software Discussion / Re: Adobe CS2 for free? (NOT SPAM)

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2013, 05:45 PM »

Due to their past record I dont have any love for Adobe, and would have no sympathy for them if this is easily installable (does it even need a key?)

If they had an ounce of sense or creativity (yes, yes :p) they should treat it as an offer, and as advertising - and allow upgrade pricing to all downloads (it's possible that this is currently the case - if you can actually access any adobe pages).
They would pull in a lot of illegal users, most of whom simply could not afford the full price, and I reckon they would make a pretty penny.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Adobe CS2 for free? (NOT SPAM)

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2013, 05:12 PM »

Note CS2 isn't compatible (at least officially) with Vista or later.

-Carol Haynes (January 07, 2013, 12:45 PM)

I'm still using Photoshop from CS3 on Win7 x64 so hopefully CS2 will still run ok.

-Stoic Joker (January 07, 2013, 01:45 PM)

CS3 is fully Windows 7 compat - CS2 isn't

-Carol Haynes (January 07, 2013, 05:01 PM)

are you talking about officially or do you mean you've run into trouble on 7 with it?
EDIT/ I see you say 'officially' in an earlier post

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Living Room / Re: Chinese Laborer pleads for help in Halloween Decorations

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2013, 04:55 PM »

  And all of the companies that use Chinese forced labor say "We are aware of the conditions and are working on ways to improve them".
  BULLSHIT!!!  First of all, a product like Nike tennis shoes that sells from $75 to $200 in the U.S. and made for less than $10.00 in China should be a good sign that things aren't quite right, but yet they keep on selling them.  They've known this for years and years, but yet they are still made in China by forced labor.  They don't give a shit, their bottom line is $$$$, to hell with everything and everyone else, including human rights, or lack thereof.
  If they REALLY want to put a stop to this crap, move the factories back to the U.S. and take a little less profit.  You know the Chinese government isn't going to allow us to do inspections, at least not surprise inspections.  And if they did allow scheduled inspections, they would make everything really nice only for those inspection days.  Payroll records are just too easy to spoof, just keep two sets of records, one for the inspectors and one for the real slave labor records.  The only way they will EVER put a stop to this is to move the factories back to the U.S. where they know they can't get away with it.
  But we all know this will continue as long as people keep buying their products.....

-Tinman57 (December 31, 2012, 05:46 PM)

+1
let's face it - we are the consumer - with the influence
It can unfortunately be hard to find information, but if people express an interest and follow up on any info that is out there, things will get better.

I know I've avoided and supported products depending on their reputation with regard to their factories. I presume it would have been better if I let the relevant companies know this, but I'm afraid I'm not that motivated...

One concrete example (unfortunately it's a bit dated; and the PDF is only a summary with few relevant details, and it's in German): there's a PDF link on this page to a review of 19 running shoes (2009) here (stiftungwarentest.de).
results were:
Adidas, Reebok, New Balance all come out well.
Nike, Brooks, Asics - all refused to give any info - draw your own conclusions (I did).

I've read that Nike have done some related PR work since then - as to whether they've improved in any way, I have no idea.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: 3 Day Special on PageFour and AllMyJournals (2012-07-30 to 2012-08-01)

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2013, 01:45 PM »

All My Journals is reduced 25% until Jan 12th.

I havent used it myself.


http://www.allmyjournals.com/buy.html

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Easy Screencast Recorder / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - Easy Screencast Recorder - v1.12.01 - Apr 22, 2015

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2013, 01:37 PM »

Could you add a link to the first post mouser
(it's given as the location of the app from the NANY summary thread)

THanks

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N.A.N.Y. 2013 / Re: N.A.N.Y Pledge: Automatic GST calculator

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2013, 12:45 PM »

Uh oh, I ran out of time.
Here is the app as far as I got. Which works, BUT I did want to make it customiseable and other things.

-Fred Nerd (December 31, 2012, 08:08 PM)

would also be nice to make that 10% customisable - so it could be used for VAT in various countries

(disclaimer - I havent tried it yet, but sounds good/helpful)

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Living Room / Re: Happy New Year~!

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2013, 12:08 PM »

Belated 'happy' to everyone

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Another project timer

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2013, 09:26 AM »

Have you looked at NANY 2013 PLEDGE - Contractor's Work Log ?
Dont think it fits all your requirements, but might still be of interest.

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Living Room / Re: Cody shotglasses? What does the community think

« Last post by tomos on December 20, 2012, 04:10 PM »

Cody shotglass photos are here.

-mouser (December 20, 2012, 02:34 PM)

I love Hally's new stuff - actually it could look great on these glasses - but I still want that ^^ one

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Testing waters for radical dc ideas - feedback wanted

« Last post by tomos on December 20, 2012, 04:08 PM »

I dont have time to post much (apologies if a bit staccato):

we are in danger of stagnating, of having people who have an energy to create stuff or be involved in the site in some way, but are not finding what they need, and i find myself worrying that we are in danger of becoming to much of insiders talking to ourselves rather than getting the fresh influx of new ideas and fresh energy that we all thrive on.

-mouser (December 20, 2012, 03:49 PM)

agree here.

I know dc isn't 'supposed' to get involved in politics but it's hard to avoid it these days. Along the way, we've lost people who tended towards one political side of the fence. As someone who either sees on both sides of the fence -or who is at least interested in seeing what people on the other side(s) see- I'm disappointed that they're gone. Makes the place a little (at times) like a club of people with the same viewpoint which is not great imo.
(To me this is pretty clear - I hope you all understand what I mean.)

I dont have ideas how to change this - but I dont know if it's been said before, so, if not, saying it is a start of sorts.

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Living Room / Re: Cody shotglasses? What does the community think

« Last post by tomos on December 20, 2012, 03:55 PM »

Cody shotglass photos are here.

-mouser (December 20, 2012, 02:34 PM)

I'm going to pester you in the new year (I know you're busy till then) till I get one of those (for 5,000+ posts)
 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Get a free office suite from SoftMaker AND they donate money for each download

« Last post by tomos on December 20, 2012, 06:23 AM »

I am into truck and car dealing business and i get to know about the the software revise sales tax,One of my friends suggested this LINK REMOVED ,and i found it quite reliable but i want some suggestion regarding this software,Is there any other software's in the market i can use which needs to be user friendly too.?

-lukebrown (December 18, 2012, 10:38 PM)

Really?! Off topic spam much?

-TaoPhoenix (December 18, 2012, 11:02 PM)

now you're the one spamming Tao
(maybe you'd remove the link :up)

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Living Room / Re: Kickstarter on CNN Money

« Last post by tomos on December 19, 2012, 03:27 PM »

^ we're just too logical wraith




... of course it could well be that CNN see that too but just want to have a go

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Expert PDF 8 Professional

« Last post by tomos on December 19, 2012, 02:27 PM »

Why does Expert PDF seem to have two companies associated with it, avanquest and visagesoft?

-superboyac (December 19, 2012, 12:51 PM)

I kind of had the impression that Avanquest were a bit like Ashampoo, doing some of their own and some relabelled stuff, but I really dont know (I see they also sell MS Office etc on their site).

Curt just posted, he knows better

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Living Room / Re: Kickstarter on CNN Money

« Last post by tomos on December 19, 2012, 04:09 AM »

I think the problem for the *most* funded projects is that they usually havent expected such support, and they then have to supply whatever was promised to the unexpectedly large amount of people...

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Bvckup 2

« Last post by tomos on December 19, 2012, 04:06 AM »

[got delayed by the forum backup!]

I would say Backup for Bvckup
to me the 'v' is an upsidedown 'A'. Also, it's difficult/unnatural for a native English speaker to actually pronounce B-v-etc.
(I dont know if most others would do the same or not.)

With Bwckup, I would say Bwackup which, well, just sounds silly to me...

The first tech demo is out, and I feel obligated to dedicate it to DNF for being such a great inspiration.

http://bvckup2.com/news/18-12-2012

-apankrat (December 19, 2012, 03:28 AM)

Sorry,
I didnt mean to distract so much from the main point which is the demo + progress info

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Bvckup 2

« Last post by tomos on December 19, 2012, 03:49 AM »

aaaagh
dont go calling it Bwckup

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Get a free office suite from SoftMaker AND they donate money for each download

« Last post by tomos on December 19, 2012, 03:44 AM »

On a second screen it tries to ask for your address and phone number and more.

-TaoPhoenix (December 18, 2012, 09:09 PM)

Your details are saved locally - then when you open a template (e.g. letter), your details will be automatically filled in. I love that myself
There's also a database where you can fill in details of other people you regularly write to - havent used that one much.

I'd highly recommend it, but this one does have the disadvantage of not being able to open the more recent MS office formats.

Over the years I've gotten various free versions and a couple of paid ones too - mostly via Ashampoo & then upgrade to the Softmaker version. I get very little mail - update notifications and occasional upgrade offers for older versions.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Expert PDF 8 Professional

« Last post by tomos on December 19, 2012, 03:33 AM »

thanks cmpm!

Via Avanquest.
When you get an email (html), you have to click on the link to get your serial number.
Also allowed for business use

(havent tried it - wont be able to either for a while)