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General Software Discussion / Re: Wakoopa discontinuing service

« Last post by Renegade on July 07, 2012, 03:46 PM »

OT, but for the record: Comma-separated_values^w

-Ath (July 07, 2012, 02:15 AM)

Still OT, but... YAY~!

I love tabs, and loathe any other separator as they are all ambiguous. In most cases, tabs are the best. Mind you, you could have:

҈҈ ҈

To separate... Now would you really want THAT? (Combining Cyrillic hundred thousands sign)

Or what? Commas are too common to use. Semi-colons are the same. Tabs are more reliable.

I still feel sorry for Wakoopa.

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Living Room / Re: Help me design my next Tattoo!

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

Oh 40... That is just so WRONG~!

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Living Room / Re: Help me design my next Tattoo!

« Last post by Renegade on July 07, 2012, 01:07 PM »

Please no profanity or vulgarity as I try to avoid both.

-Stephen66515 (July 07, 2012, 06:18 AM)

So, in other words, you don't want any suggestions from me, eh?

Yeah, **** you too~! (Just kidding~! )

But seriously, it's impossible for anyone to give you any decent recommendations without seeing the ink around where you want it. It kind of needs to fit, right?

POST PICS~! YAY~!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Visual Basic or Visual C++

« Last post by Renegade on July 07, 2012, 01:01 PM »

Oh oh oh~! Forgot one thing...

No matter what... DO NOT got for any language that doesn't have an IDE with code completion.

Code completion (or Intellisense) is BRILLIANT~!

You can basically learn a language on the fly with it.

And, even better, go for Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 but NOT 2010+ because VS 2005 and 2008 have dynamic help. It's a f***ing incredible help that is just way beyond amazing!

You can learn VB.NET or C# in VS 2008 with almost zero effort with Intellisense and dynamic help. They're THAT good.

I CANNOT emphasize just how helpful code completion is. (Similar for dynamic help.)

But 110%, DO NOT get an IDE without code completion. Forget it. Too much work. Way too much.

Like seriously, do you give a shit whether it's "toString()" or "ToString()"? Yes. That is a very real example and will throw an error and mess you up. Code completion solves that 110%.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Visual Basic or Visual C++

« Last post by Renegade on July 07, 2012, 08:39 AM »

FWIW...

Just my $0.02...

While I love C#, I'm not so sure that I'd recommend it for beginning.

VB.NET is much more forgiving and you'll have less in the "&^(# I forgot the &*^%& semi-colon/brace/bracket/punctuation/whatever" cursing. Basic really is a lot nicer that way. Once you are comfortable with the most common things, then it's pretty easy to jump into C# or whatever.

But don't bother with Visual Basic 6.0. It's dying. Nobody is starting new projects with it. (Well, few anyways.)


As for popularity, I'm inclined to agree with Ath about the numbers. If it isn't C#, then it's C++. But I'm just guessing.

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Living Room / Re: O Fortuna Misheard Lyrics

« Last post by Renegade on July 07, 2012, 07:48 AM »

Too awesome for words~!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Create a file list from multiple folders

« Last post by Renegade on July 07, 2012, 02:31 AM »

Far less sophisticated, but a quick and easy hack for a recursive text dump of a directory and files:

http://renegademinds...abid/56/Default.aspx

Dump file and directory lists to text files

Need a complete list of files and directories from Windows? Don't feel like typing them manually? Here's the answer...

The following is a batch file that runs under command.exe or cmd.exe, depending upon whether you are using Windows 9x/Me or Windows NT/2000/XP/2003. Copy the file contents then save it in your SendTo directory as getDirListing.bat. In Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 the SendTo directory is in <DRIVE>:\Documents and Settings\<YOUR WINDOWS LOGIN>\SendTo.

Code: Text [Select]

1. @echo Directory and sub-directory file listing dump by RenegadeMinds.com.
2. @echo Visit http://Renegademinds.com for more Windows tips and tricks
3. @echo and free software applications.
4. @echo ==================================================================
5. @echo ==================================================================
6. @echo Save this file as getDirList.bat in your SendTo directory.
7. @echo SendTo is under Documents and Settings in each user's directory.
8. @echo Right-click on any directory in Windows Explorer and choose
9. @echo Send To - getDirList.bat
10. @echo ==================================================================
11. @echo ==================================================================
12. @echo Dumping directory listing to c:\dirListing.txt
13. @echo        (This may take some time for large directory trees.)
14. @REM the /A switch lists all hidden and system files as well.
15. @REM the /S switch lists all subdirectories and their contents.
16. @dir %1 /A /S > c:\dirListing.txt
17. @echo Opening c:\dirListing.txt in Notepad (Close notepad to delete file)
18. @notepad c:\dirListing.txt
19. @echo Deleting c:\dirListing.txt
20. @del c:\dirListing.txt
21. @pause

Right-click on any directory and choose SendTo > getDirListing.bat.

Cheers,

Renegade

It goes in the "Send to" menu in your context menu.

But like I said, far less sophisticated. The only real benefit is that it is fast, easy, and you don't need to bother opening any software for it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Used Software Can Be Sold, Says EU Court of Justice

« Last post by Renegade on July 06, 2012, 11:52 PM »

I thought I remembered something about a court case involving the sale of secondhand software in the USA: Court smacks Autodesk, affirms right to sell used software

-4wd (July 05, 2012, 05:14 AM)

That case involved software originally sold on physical media, and the original physical media was being resold. The exact same copy that was originally purchased was resold. No reproductions were made. Once the physical ownership changed hands, there was still only 1 copy and the original owner no longer had it in his possession.

In the US, First Sale doctrine only applies to sales in which once you sell the item, you don't have it any more.

It doesn't work the same with digital downloads in the US because you can't transfer ownership of the exact original copy that you downloaded. Transfer of ownership of downloaded digital goods involves reproduction. You upload it to the buyer, and now there is the original file you downloaded, which you still have in your possession, and now the person you sold it to has a copy too, leaving you both in a position to be able to sell the file again and again and again, with the number of copies existing increasing with each sale. That's why First Sale doesn't apply.

-app103 (July 06, 2012, 07:02 PM)

I'll have to side with 4wd on this.

Yes. First sale DOES apply.

No. The software isn't sold.

But what does that mean? It means COPYRIGHT or PATENT.

But software companies aren't selling that. They are selling LICENSES. Big difference.

Once they sell you a license, you OWN that license. So yes. First sale does apply as you can sell your license because it belongs to you.

Let's not confuse the issue of copyright and licensing here.

But, getting around it is very easy. You simply give the software away for free, like a free trial/shareware/trialware/etc., but make certain that it doesn't work, or is limited, then you sell "activations" as a "service". You've already performed the service, and have no further obligation to perform the service again, so you get around "first sale" entirely.

Like I said above, there's more than one way to be a prick.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unity Desktop (Ubuntu)

« Last post by Renegade on July 06, 2012, 11:27 PM »

Choose Ubuntu Classic when logging in and you won't have to deal with Unity. It will be like nothing changed. (that's what I did)

-app103 (July 06, 2012, 11:04 PM)

I'm only running VMs, so it wasn't available. If I'd installed it, I would have tricked it out a bit more.

I still really like Enlightenment... It's such a gorgeous desktop.

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Living Room / Re: Do we need other programs?

« Last post by Renegade on July 06, 2012, 10:33 PM »

Was just thinking... about my little Unity rant and whatnot...

Often it's not about WHAT the feature is, but HOW it's done. Makes a big difference.

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Developer's Corner / Cross Platform Development with MonoDevelop and GTK#

« Last post by Renegade on July 05, 2012, 01:36 PM »

I've started some cross platform "learning", and am having a great time. Well, when I'm not freaking out and cursing because Apple is so <insert long string of profanity here /> and makes it impossible to download Xcode 4.2 on my iMac after 20 minutes or more of searching, but somehow I can do it on my Windows box after 20 seconds... or freaking at the Unity interface in Ubuntu as it's so utterly alien compared to any other desktop. But, other than those, it's been fun.

I've farted around with a few different things and done a quick port of Frackin' Reserve in MonoDevelop in C# that now runs on Mac OS X and on Linux. It's been pretty smooth with only a few learning curve hiccups that were nicely below my freak out threshold. (Which I'm sure everyone knows is pretty low. )

Anyways, just thought that I'd put it out there for anyone looking at cross platform stuff.

I must admit that GTK# is pretty clunky if you're used to Windows Forms, but it works. Layout and all that is a bit of a bitch, but if you fiddle around, you can get much better results than my quick hacks in Frackin' Reserve. (Been using it as a learning tool.)

I've put up the source code for Frackin' Reserve here:

https://github.com/R...inds/Frackin-Reserve

So, if anyone wants to have a quick peek, you can download it and compile it for Windows, Mac OS X or Linux straight up with no farting around and doing a truckload of idiotic configurations that nobody gives a rat's ass about. It's just nice and easy. Just the way I like it.

(I'm still farting around, and will be updating it shortly.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Table Creator

« Last post by Renegade on July 05, 2012, 12:08 PM »

Find:
\n
Replace:
</td><td></td><td></td></tr>\n<tr><td>

Then fill in the <table></table> at the top/bottom.

Not a script, but a quick regex that should do what you want. Any decent text editor will work.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unity Desktop (Ubuntu)

« Last post by Renegade on July 05, 2012, 09:11 AM »

I already found it.

I was working on a larger screen before, but here:



The text was faded and smaller, and due to some bizarre reason, I had to sit farther away from the screen, so I didn't see it.

Still, it's quite awkward compared to other desktops. I suppose I just "don't get it".

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unity Desktop (Ubuntu)

« Last post by Renegade on July 05, 2012, 07:32 AM »

Just jumping into unity without any documentation, and knowing that in older versions of ubuntu, pressing the super key did nothing, he probably didn't know that you could push it to open the "start menu." I don't like unity either. Thats why I installed the kde desktop on top of ubuntu (can't remember why, but there is a reason I'm not using the physical kubuntu distro.)

-nite_monkey (July 05, 2012, 07:27 AM)

Cripes... I see it now... It's faded and barely visible... Great example of how to abuse alpha transparency...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unity Desktop (Ubuntu)

« Last post by Renegade on July 05, 2012, 07:30 AM »

You had trouble pressing the windows button and typing 'term'?

-justice (July 05, 2012, 07:19 AM)

There is no button... Nothing is obvious. I'd looked for bash - nada. And you can't browse any of the installed software - or at least not to run it.

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General Software Discussion / Unity Desktop (Ubuntu)

« Last post by Renegade on July 05, 2012, 07:19 AM »

Does anyone actually like Unity?

I needed to do some testing, and downloaded a more recent Ubuntu distro with Unity, and wow... hatred, loathing, and frustration. I really can't express just how much I hate Unity. I LOVE Enlightenment, but Unity? United in hiding everything perhaps. Took me forever to figure out how to get a terminal... sheesh... Is this where Windows 8 got some of it's bad ideas?

But seriously --- does anyone like it? If so, why? I'm curious. What is improved? What is actually useful in it? I can't see any good points in it. GNOME or KDE any day.

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Living Room / Re: "I am an Animal Rescuer" | Don't care what you say...I teared up.

« Last post by Renegade on July 05, 2012, 04:14 AM »

I rescued Fred on March 22, 2008.

He's a great friend and basset number 4.

-jadinolf (July 05, 2012, 02:32 AM)

Very cute~!

I don't know if I'd ever want a basset hound though. How much does puppy howl?

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: App to Stop "All" Network Traffic Until My VPN Connects

« Last post by Renegade on July 04, 2012, 01:05 PM »

Check out using OpenVPN rather than PPTP. Some VPN service providers support that. I just stuck it on my Mac and seems to be pretty good. You can configure a fair bit, but the firewall thing and TF link are probably still needed.

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General Software Discussion / Re: European Parliament Votes to Reject ACTA

« Last post by Renegade on July 04, 2012, 12:54 PM »

"So that's two for us" - but are we getting stronger or weaker? Will they spin all the parts like a Rubik's cube and succeed with a different version eventually?

But this is good, because this means that the EU Parliament is now fully aware, so hopefully if it re-emerges as a zombie it won't be the almost-skunking when people were going "huh?"

-TaoPhoenix (July 04, 2012, 12:09 PM)

(see attachment in previous post)

-Curt (July 04, 2012, 11:36 AM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Used Software Can Be Sold, Says EU Court of Justice

« Last post by Renegade on July 04, 2012, 08:31 AM »

Will be interesting to see what happens now.

Will software now have to cater to being passed on/sold and re-registered?

-tomos (July 04, 2012, 02:41 AM)

Not sure... I'm thinking that there may be a backlash, e.g. sell activations for software that are linked to email addresses -- all of a sudden, the software is unusable and unsellable for any after market.

There's more than one way to be a prick.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Right Align Numbers in GTK Spin Button?

« Last post by Renegade on July 01, 2012, 11:30 PM »

Sigh... That's what happens when you're overtired and working at 3 or 4 in the morning...

spinbutton1.Xalign = 1.0f;

You can't set it in Stetic. You have to do it in code. And you actually have to call the method that you put the call in before it can run...  Amazing how getting up and getting some coffee in you can "debug" an application...

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Living Room / Re: NAS Recommendations?

« Last post by Renegade on July 01, 2012, 03:08 PM »

@4wd - I think you're right about the OS. It seems to be Windows 7. I've gone through a few trouble-shooters, and made some changes with some minor improvements, but it's still not up to par. I even replaced the cables. Still some more tuning to do... Not making me love Win 7 there...

But man... I'm loving the massive storage (comparatively).

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Developer's Corner / Right Align Numbers in GTK Spin Button?

« Last post by Renegade on July 01, 2012, 02:19 PM »

Does anyone know how to right align number in a GTK (GTK# specifically) spin button?

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Developer's Corner / Re: Help me think of a small ipad app idea to code

« Last post by Renegade on July 01, 2012, 10:22 AM »

Codies & mousers? (x's & o's) Should be very small.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Help me think of a small ipad app idea to code

« Last post by Renegade on July 01, 2012, 09:42 AM »

A tower defense game maybe? Little mice running around with mouser & Cody towers~!