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Living Room / Re: It's Official: Apple Is Now Worth More Than Microsoft*

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 26, 2010, 01:50 PM »

PS I did consider loading Vista Ultimate on their iMac but can't see them using a dual-boot setup and doubt they'd enjoy running Windows as a VM. Thoughts?

-Darwin (May 26, 2010, 12:20 PM)

If some schlockmeister Crapple sales tool did that to my parents? He'd be dragged out behind the boutique for a quick lesson in instant karma. I've got slightly less than half the patience of a coked-out badger when it comes to that brand of nonsense.

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Living Room / Re: What happened to my DC forum avatar?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 25, 2010, 06:06 PM »

I can hardly wait to find out what happened to 40hz's  avatar.

-ljbirns (May 24, 2010, 06:15 PM)

It's obviously being punnished for its absence

On a side note: Spell Check suggested I replace your name with lesbians   - Not an altogether bad idea...

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Living Room / Re: Power supply and SATA

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 25, 2010, 05:26 PM »

  A Y cable with three outputs?

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Living Room / Re: Power supply and SATA

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 25, 2010, 12:31 PM »

sfcables.com is a great place for (good cables cheap) stuff like that.

Adapter mentioned above: http://www.sfcable.c.../11W3-56800-6IN.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: (Help)Any Outlook 2007 Gurus Out There?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 25, 2010, 08:48 AM »

As for archive, it only deletes them, not moves them to another folder/PST that I can back up.

-y0himba (May 25, 2010, 08:22 AM)

The Outlook Archive function moves everything archived to Archive.pst. Which will be in the same location as the default Outlook.pst.

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Circle Dock / Re: "CleanDesktop" - The Sarge's latest challenge to the developers!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 25, 2010, 07:02 AM »

Cool thanks,

It's tempting to explore adding the same functionality to T-Clock - But I'm afraid I'd end up looking like a schmuck if I did.

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Circle Dock / Re: "CleanDesktop" - The Sarge's latest challenge to the developers!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 24, 2010, 10:20 PM »

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To avoid getting teh DOS screen from popping up, in teh properties window you are in, simply change the "Run" from "Normal Window" to "Minimized". This will prevent that annoying DOS window from popping up in teh middle of what ever you are doing and keep the function in teh task bar so you do not see it

-sgtevmckay (May 24, 2010, 04:12 PM)

Just out of curiosity (not trying to be difficult, but...) if the command window is an issue, being that there's no requirement for console output, why compile the app as a CLI? A standard (WinMain) application can still be used from a command prompt, yet doesn't require (or load) one.

Just a thought.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Sonar Power Manager

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 24, 2010, 05:06 PM »

Well... Good News/Bad News:

Good News; It installed and ran fine on my Windos 7 x64 desktop

Bad News; It could not resolve a point where the monitors were to be shut off.

It all seemed to be working fine values all had values with nothing flatlined but couldn't quite get there. However (in fair-ness) my speakers are slightly behind the monitors so it could be distorting the sound reflection a bit ... Laptops that do not have the speakers in the front may have issues with this also. It's just a theory (and I'm not a "Sound Guy").

Bummer really, this is a great idea - I may play with it more later.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Sonar Power Manager

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 24, 2010, 03:42 PM »

*Shrug* It comes with Source Code - So I'm guessing everything is adjustable.

I'm thinking of trying it on my desktop.

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Living Room / Re: Mouse annoyance - any ideas?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 23, 2010, 03:49 PM »

I've had several (MS) mice die in a similar fashion.

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

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 23, 2010, 03:40 PM »

Okay so in an attempt to get this thing back "on-track" There is now available a new build that has fixes for the Alarm Tab's crashing and other ill behavior.

I vaguely remember fiddling with some other stuff while romping through the weeds with this ]Expletive[ Time Sync fiasco. So some other stuff may (or may not) be changed/fixed/broken/updated/different ... I honestly do not recall.

Regarding the time Sync
  After a truly insane amount of digging, testing, futzing, swearing, & screaming (bad stoic...) I have officially come to the conclusion that the time synchronization option is impossible to do without running the program with administrative rights. Which is to say that from here on-out,  Time Synchronization is not (nor will ever be) Officially supported in T-Clock.

That being said... UnOfficially, if anyone wants to (fully of their own accord) run the damn clock with administrative (which I strongly disapprove of) rights. There is a (completely undocumented...) command line option /SyncOpt that will open the following dialog:


This is to be construed as an EasterEgg it will only be documented here, in this post, and shall never be officially mentioned in any documentation again. While all of the functions work, some require manual interaction (SNTP.log creation/permissions) - And never open the EE Time Sync Options Dialog and the Properties Dialog at the same time - It will crash. Beyond that it all works Hot keyed Time Syc with sound, message, & logging.

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

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 23, 2010, 12:15 PM »

Is there, as explained, a possibility to add the week number Wm in first coloumn of the Calendar???
It would be great.

-Miaz (May 21, 2010, 03:52 AM)

Hm... Well, the Calendar is on my To-Do list of things that need "help", so I'll definitely keep that in mind when I get to it.

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fSekrit / Re: LATEST VERSION: fSekrit 1.40 shrinkwrapped!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 23, 2010, 11:27 AM »

a.k.a The carefully applied usage of excessive force...

 

Love the cartoon

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Circle Dock / Re: "CleanDesktop" - The Sarge's latest challenge to the developers!

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 23, 2010, 08:58 AM »

Thank you for making this available!

FWIW, on my XP SP3 32-bit:
 -HideIcons and -ShowIcons work but -ToggleIcons has no effect.
 -HideAll and -ShowAll work but -ToggleAll has no effect.

-cranioscopical (May 23, 2010, 07:28 AM)

I can confirm said (XP SP3) behavior here also.

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General Software Discussion / Re: FavesSoft programs page on Softpedia

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 23, 2010, 08:51 AM »

Softpedia must be on some kind of a roll - They grabbed a bunch of my stuff too.

Must say it was nice of them to send the Emails saying what was added (and where) to their library so we know what is/was going on (many sites in the past haven't done that). Unfortunately none of my stuff is PAD filed because (most of it is crap) I never got around to it...(oops).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Does this exist?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 21, 2010, 02:54 PM »

Perhaps not exactly what you've described (ie. "randomly" and "various sizes"), but Osiva will do 52 card pick up.

http://www.noping.net/kent/osiva/

Good Luck.

-sajman99 (May 21, 2010, 02:08 PM)

What a strangely interesting little program - I have not a clue what to do with it - But I have a copy...

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: I changed my website layout: opinions?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 21, 2010, 07:02 AM »

In the end I found The Jello Mold site with lots of css templates

-Perry Mowbray (May 20, 2010, 05:48 PM)

Damn, that is an interesting option; I didn't know there even was a middle ground Solid vs. Liquid.

Thanks!


New layout looks great superboyac

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Living Room / Re: Apple won't take cash for iPads

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 20, 2010, 03:50 PM »

Apple's limitations are by design and motivated purely by a lock-in business model. (And a healthy dose of paranoia on the part of 'he who shall remain nameless.' Typical behavior on the part of somebody who never mastered any coding or technical skill and therefor decided the only role left was to put himself in charge of the real talent.)

-40hz (May 20, 2010, 03:39 PM)

While I really do try to stay quiet in these Apple threads...I just had to applaud this one!!

 

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Living Room / Re: Google demonstrates new communication platform "WAVE": mail, chat , wiki, ..

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 20, 2010, 01:17 PM »

@JavaJones:

I'll keep watching Wave and if anyone I work with has any enthusiasm for experimenting with it I'll gladly participate. But I don't have any such enthusiasm personally at this point.

What you said is pretty much the conclusion I had arrived at.

It's as though Wave is a really neat solution looking for a problem, or like the Onceler's "Thneed" in Dr Seuss' "The Lorax": "It's a scarf, it's a hat, it's a bicycle seat cover. A Thneed's a fine-something that all people need!" (or words to that effect).

-IainB (May 20, 2010, 12:55 PM)

I agree ... but am also at the same time rather frightened - - and have no real clue as to which order those two points go in...

 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Burning Studio 10

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 20, 2010, 05:48 AM »

# = No, it was from "Won't Get Fooled Again". Only thing is, I was, wasn't I; fooled again!

-Curt (May 19, 2010, 10:55 PM)

As I recall, the Who were one of many groups inolved in the "Rock Opera" Tommy - So tehnically either answer would be correct.

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Living Room / Re: MakeUseOf.com: 5 Computer Hardware Review Sites for the PC Enthusiast

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 20, 2010, 05:43 AM »

PCWorld's reviews came in quite handy when i was hunting for an AIO printer recently.

-lanux128 (May 20, 2010, 03:07 AM)

What did you end up getting?

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Living Room / Re: Sexual harassment taken too far...

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 19, 2010, 06:05 PM »

Okay (seriously) ...Zoologists aside ... How many of the guys here would feel comfortable sharing the fruit bat BJ article with a female coworker?

Me no, because the content is way to easy to misinterpret, intent wise.

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Living Room / Re: Sexual harassment taken too far...

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 19, 2010, 05:57 PM »

The fruit bats could probably sue, for invasion of privacy.

-cranioscopical (May 19, 2010, 03:41 PM)

Or Bat Porn CopyRight Infringement...

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Living Room / Re: Apple acquires music service Lala

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 19, 2010, 02:54 PM »

That's why most EULA's contain the line "We (the evil corp) reserve the right to update, modify, completely rewrite this agreement at any moment based entirely on our own whim.

-Stoic Joker (May 19, 2010, 01:43 PM)

But when they do it, don't they have to give you the chance to opt-out?

-wraith808 (May 19, 2010, 01:47 PM)

In a perfect world...

In ours it appears not, you have one shot to accept/reject the EULA and any changes/updates that follow. Which is why most people never read the silly things - They're long winded, god-awful boaring, and subject to change by the time you get to the end of the S.O.B.

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Living Room / Re: Apple acquires music service Lala

« Last post by Stoic Joker on May 19, 2010, 01:43 PM »

That's why most EULA's contain the line "We (the evil corp) reserve the right to update, modify, completely rewrite this agreement at any moment based entirely on our own whim.