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Living Room / Re: The geek galaxy: Explained!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 02, 2010, 12:11 PM »

I almost broke my screen trying to kill that #$@% bug.

-AndeT1 (August 02, 2010, 11:30 AM)

ROFL - Been there, done that.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft Office - Did you know?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 02, 2010, 12:07 PM »

Did you know that Microsoft office is licensed for use on 2 devices per license?

-Josh (August 02, 2010, 08:49 AM)

How would that work with the Office 2010 keyed-to-hardware license?

-cranioscopical (August 02, 2010, 09:42 AM)

IIRC that started with Office 2k3 (1 lic for desktop & laptop) but was a retail only option.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Sick and tired of this message!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 02, 2010, 12:04 PM »

If you can get and post the specifics, maybe we can help you out.

-40hz (August 02, 2010, 09:44 AM)

What specifics? Screenshots of event viewer?

-BCHOWDHURY (August 02, 2010, 11:55 AM)

That's a good place to start - at least then we can see the surrounding events leading up to the service failure. Also knowing what (or which) service(s) is/are failing would be helpful.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Sick and tired of this message!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on August 02, 2010, 12:01 PM »

As a second example to 40Hz's addendum: I frequently see Veritas/now Symantec BackupExec causing NLB (Network Load Balancing) service startup failures errors, because it automatically references the NLB service even if it's not installed/used/available.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Embeding content on your web pages -- iframes vs native content?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 28, 2010, 05:55 PM »

I don't think I've ever used an iFrame for anything I didn't end up regretting.

So, I'll vote script/proxy.

Granted most of my stuff pulls data from a SQL db and dumps it on a page as a report.

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Living Room / Re: New Government Rules make Jailbreaking Legal

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 28, 2010, 05:31 PM »

You may want to know the purpose of the gourd. . . well . . . It is the place where our nightmares are formed.

That's a nightmare ????????  Dream a little dream for me.......

-ljbirns (July 28, 2010, 12:23 PM)

ROFL - Touché ...I'd forgotten the gourd's purpose - But it has been almost 30 years since I read that series.

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Living Room / Re: New Government Rules make Jailbreaking Legal

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 28, 2010, 05:29 AM »

My god that picture is like a Xanthian peep Gourd ... So, what's all this about jailbait 's legal - She looks over 18?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend video conferencing software/solutions.

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 26, 2010, 03:49 PM »

I've used Skype to Video conference with both Windows and Mac users, all went well. It's idiot simple and passed my "If I have to open help to make a call you suck" test with flying colors.

Not sure what the (wife's) plan is for tonight, but if I'm free ... I'm game to play target.

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (beta - download)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 26, 2010, 06:59 AM »

  Well that'll teach me not to test a 64bit issue on a 32bit box... 

The internal scaling issue I've seen before, I hadn't addressed it yet because you'd never mentioned it -  which has been bugging me (I eluded to it a few pages back) - and I/we/one of us had to get the positioning issue nailed down first. Thanks for finding it.

All of the ListView controls are added/created at runtime so I'll just need to add a routine to size & position them based on current conditions after creation.

Thank you for your patience and assistance in resolving this.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Whoa, this gal hates MS Office 2010 -- 5 Reasons Why You Don't Need It

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 23, 2010, 02:09 PM »

I'm truly not fond of the new key card purchasing/licensing system for MS Office that ties the suite to one machine.

-zridling (July 23, 2010, 12:15 PM)

Any chance I can get you to elaborate on that? I'm thinking I may not of heard of this yet.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Whoa, this gal hates MS Office 2010 -- 5 Reasons Why You Don't Need It

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 23, 2010, 11:39 AM »

Did anyone read the comments on that article? They (made more sense) were better than the article.

I'm still using 2003 here at the office, but I've got 2007 at home. I don't really have a problem with either. apparently I should update one of them to 2010 so I can see what all the hub-bub is about.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to save/restore layout of windows on desktop?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 23, 2010, 11:18 AM »

Not sure if it was RDP v6 or Windows 7, but IIRC they "fixed" that by allowing the remote desktop to be side-scrolled so it isn't/wasn't/doesn't get resized/scrambled.

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Living Room / Re: Apple Leads in Security Vulnerabilities...

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 23, 2010, 10:45 AM »

So, is Apple going to market A/V and FW software as "Vulnerability on your MAC? Yeah, theres an app for that!"

-Josh (July 23, 2010, 10:00 AM)

Absolutely not. That would require admitting that Macs can be vulnerable... No, this too will fall squarely on the shoulders of the users. Granted "Holding it wrong" has been used, but maybe staring at it to hard could be the next (oddly common) user error to indemnify Apple.

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General Software Discussion / Re: iAds coming to OSX, possibly

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 23, 2010, 10:36 AM »

So they're going to issue a patent on something that's (simply) a sure fire way to piss people off? - -  It's totally free(ish) and completely useless due to constant interruptions (much like TV is today...).

...That sounds like just the proof folks were looking for to show that the patent system was broken.

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Living Room / Re: Slashdot Question: How to Recover Stolen Laptop if you Know Thief's IP Address?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 23, 2010, 06:48 AM »

Frustrating as it can be (been there so I know), the sad fact is (barring extenuating circumstances) laptop theft is just too 'small potatoes' a crime for most police departments to get lathered up about.

-40hz (July 22, 2010, 07:02 PM)

Yepper, Law Enforcement is a business like any other, the primary time focus is on the larger high value "accounts"...with only scant few crombs tossed at the tiny mom & pop stuff (which garner no votes in the next election). This is why neighborhood watches are so popular with all sides - The people get something done (or at least feel they are), and the fuzz just need to pop in and pickup vandal X with a bow attached.

...Then it's back out to the streets, to fight "real" (revenue generating) crime, like speeders, jay walkers, and kids loitering in parking lots.

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General Software Discussion / Re: UltraSearch: a competitor to Everything?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 22, 2010, 03:46 PM »

Damn, that is fast! ...And will export found file list too - It's a keeper.

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (beta - download)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 22, 2010, 06:50 AM »

Well this one runs.
But it isn't any different - except there is extra text on the about page - but it wraps after the second - and 3/4 of the second line gets clipped off.

-sagji (July 20, 2010, 04:41 PM)

Yeah, oops ... The test machine (looked fine, but) was at some weird res/DPI setting so I gotta redo that part - It was a bit of an (after thought) rush job.

It is still appearing off screen, and still shows scaled coordinates to window spy. If I move it so the right edge is adjacent to the taskbar then with the mouse at the right edge of T-Clock's window the x screen position  is about 1400 but when i move it right is suddenly jumps to over 2000.

Man, I've tried everything I can think of trying to duplicate this to aviod picking on your hardware. But, I think we may need to explore that possibility. I had hoped that someone else with that type of setup would chime in to confirm or disprove the behavior ... but it seems it just the two of us stuck head-2-head. I'm debating on adding a (work arround) option to save last dialog position as a last resort.

Everything I try makes it worse, and the more I research this everything points at the origional code as being correct.

*Shrug* I'm stumped...

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (beta - download)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 19, 2010, 06:45 PM »

Murphy was so impressed by your fix he slipped a x86 version into the x64 folders so it doesn't work on my system.

-sagji (July 19, 2010, 01:27 PM)

  40 downloads in 24 hours and its just got to be the one release I package wrong.

[Expletive Replete] Murphy. 

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (beta - download)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 16, 2010, 10:26 PM »

@kronckew - Build # added to about screen.

Okay, as luck would have it, my brother who just moved down here and is staying with us for a while has a 42" TV with a PC input. This gave me a much better test platform for the High DPI bugg. So...

Monitor: 42" Toshiba 1080p HD TV
OS: Windows 7 Professional
Resolution: 1920x1080
DPI: 150

Dialog Position: Where it Belongs... (Finally!)

In case anyone is wondering, the origional code was actually correct, I just needed to add the DPI aware option to the manifest file - which required VS2010. *Sigh* ...I really liked VS2005 better.


Only (other) down side at this point is I'm not sure if/how well it will run on Windows 2000 after being compiled with MSVS2010.

On a brighter note, I can finally get on with some of the other ideas/suggestions that have been mentioned/discussed/requested above.

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Living Room / Re: Best dense-information, detailed-illustration books of things?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 16, 2010, 01:59 PM »

There's a sad irony in a book about trees.

or perhaps there is a sublime honor in being a solitary tree from whose single trunk the entire catalog and history of all the world's arboretum might be set forth and passed on and studied.

-mouser (July 16, 2010, 01:44 PM)

Hm... I'm thinking that perhaps there is a fine line between "Sublime Honor", and Short Straw...

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Living Room / Re: Best dense-information, detailed-illustration books of things?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 16, 2010, 01:28 PM »

There's a sad irony in a book about trees.

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General Software Discussion / Re: weather.com

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 16, 2010, 10:58 AM »

Me too - 87 Harley Davidson FLHTP

Funny how 50mpg and 0 to 60 in 3sec go together so nicely on a bike isn't it...

Here in Florida it's not a question of if it'll rain it's what time of day it will rain. Local weather forcasts are usually next to useless as the clown on TV prattles on for so long about trivia you miss the actual forcast.

While I too have the AccuWeather gadget, (and frequently ride anyway depending on my call schedule) I have an appreciation for things that will give me a simple straight answer...So I'll be playing with 40Hz's link for quite some time.

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General Software Discussion / Re: weather.com

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 16, 2010, 09:41 AM »

Normally, a forecast such as comes from http://goingtorain.com/ is closer to my speed.

-40hz (July 16, 2010, 07:37 AM)

ROFL - Mine too apparently - I just pinned the link to IE!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Giving away Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN (free)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 16, 2010, 06:06 AM »

All I know is if I hit the SuperGigaZillaBucks or whatever they call it, I wouldn't be on TV saying "even though I now have 20 $Billion I'm going to keep my job at the Post Office because I love pushing the mail around that comes in on the conveyor belt."

-MilesAhead (July 15, 2010, 04:41 PM)

I have actually thought about this, and I would keep my current job, if I won the lottery - I like what I do, and the people I do it with.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommendations for home mail server

« Last post by Stoic Joker on July 15, 2010, 03:18 PM »

The Dell PowerEdge 1800 we have here has a fan speed control and is whisper quiet - Yours should also have that feature/option.

If you go with Windows Server 2003 the IIS SMTP & POP3 services work quite well, I've been running them for years. MS took the POP3 service out of Server 2008 so my 2k3 mail server is a Virtual (PC) Server - Which is available via HTTP.