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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

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

This brought a huge smile to my face (direct youtube link):

Have you ever had a dream that you can play the guitar effortlessly and produce beautiful music and it happens in your dreams like it just flows out of you without requiring any concentration or planning.. this video made me think of such dreams.

-mouser (March 18, 2010, 03:28 PM)

this guy - Ronnie Moipolai, from Botswana, is doing a concert in Cape Town in January
with a David Kramer (possibly the youtube uploader) and some guy from the desert that
plays a three stringed box fiddle style instrument (one for 40!).
Nice to see him getting around anyway

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

« Last post by tomos on November 06, 2012, 04:37 AM »

I enjoyed the top comment on this one:



the comment has either been removed since, or ewetube are filtering out 'older' comments.

And just in case you need some fluff in your life, here's the link
http://www.youtube.c...HECa3bAFAYk&NR=1

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Living Room / Re: Only 16GB Free on 32GB Surface

« Last post by tomos on November 06, 2012, 02:43 AM »

If you're mangling any metaphors, maybe switch "foot" to "face".

-Renegade (November 05, 2012, 10:49 PM)

Nah, they outsourced that. They hired someone to be shot in the face when something bad goes wrong.  

-TaoPhoenix (November 05, 2012, 11:43 PM)

... just had to show my appreciation of that

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

« Last post by tomos on November 05, 2012, 10:58 AM »

That looks nice Arizona, but I couldnt read a thing
Here's a higher resolution copy

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General Software Discussion / Re: Can 'Captor' go LITE like "Greenshot"!?

« Last post by tomos on November 05, 2012, 10:54 AM »

The enormous capability of "Greenshot" (considering its incredibly small download size ) have always amazed me, & for the same reason its utility/usage appears the 'Most affable' in terms of my daily dealings with Consumers & theirs respective follow-ups!

-saurabhdua (November 05, 2012, 10:02 AM)

For those of us that dont know Greenshot can you compare it to Screenshot Captor?
or,
if you're not that familiar with SC, maybe tell us what you especially like with Greenshot.
Thanks

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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 November 05, 2012, 09:46 AM »

This is for quick and dirty screencast recordings for people who can't be bothered to install and learn a full tool,

-mouser (November 04, 2012, 10:51 PM)

Ah, this is going to be one for me then

-Ath (November 05, 2012, 02:40 AM)

+1

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General Software Discussion / Re: mac icons

« Last post by tomos on November 05, 2012, 09:19 AM »

I wonder is there a way to create such nice icons and stuff using Mac? or is it just a coincidence

-kalos (November 04, 2012, 06:45 PM)

You cant make icons any better on a mac.

The Mac platform was always focused on design (always? - for a long time anways). Design work was traditionally done on a mac, but these days it doesnt make any difference which you use. But because of tradition, most graphic designers still use macs.
The whole apple/mac main-thing is design - in terms of *looking* good anyway.

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Unfinished Requests / Re: IDEA: List files Added or Removed and changes to plain txt files in given time

« Last post by tomos on November 04, 2012, 11:39 AM »

I thought it might be worth giving more info about this - in case you dont get anything better:

FWIW I'm currently using FileHamster, but that doesnt do exactly what you want either.

-tomos (September 10, 2012, 02:39 PM)

FileHamster ('Advanced' version) will backup any changes made to files within a watched folder, with the ability to comment on the backup.
You can then generate a report for export to text file, or 'to spreadsheet' (which opens automatically in my default programme).
The report will list:

• all backups made (or made within a period of time)
• date/time
• filesize
• comments

Obviously new files will be included, but it doesnt mark them as new.
You can see within FileHamster if a file has been deleted - but not that easily and info not included in the report.

More info about using FH in a thread I started here Using FileHamster to keep track of status of a job. It's an app that could be developed hugely but they dont seem interested in new ideas - it's more or less just kept at maintenance level.

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Coding Snacks / Re: Single click focus, double click bring to front

« Last post by tomos on November 04, 2012, 10:42 AM »

Is there a technical reason as to why this is difficult?

-bendecker (November 03, 2012, 06:05 PM)

Yes, actually, there is.  What you want, at its most basic, is easy to code.  What I mean is that it's fairly trivial to make single and double-clicking do what you request.  The hard part is not affecting all the other things that single and double-clicking already do in Window, e.g., selecting files, opening apps, single/double clicking titlebars, etc.  Does that make sense?

-skwire (November 03, 2012, 10:12 PM)

Would it be possible if, instead of single and double clicks, you used e.g.
single-click and control click -
or
giving both clicks qualifier keys
?

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Coding Snacks / Re: Single click focus, double click bring to front

« Last post by tomos on November 04, 2012, 10:40 AM »

Wizmouse works the same as Katmouse (I think Katmouse can have problems on win7).
I presume the advantage of the original request is that you could e.g. open a file from a window even while it is not on top.

Neither Wizmouse nor Katmouse allow that kind of thing.

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Living Room / Re: General av and anti-malware discussion

« Last post by tomos on November 03, 2012, 11:28 AM »

I used use ERUNT on XP - but according to the FAQs page, it will only work if uac is off, so I never bothered with it on Win7

http://www.larsheder...ine.de/erunt/faq.htm

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by tomos on November 03, 2012, 11:21 AM »

I like this song Catgroove by Parov Stelar, and TakeSomeCrime danced really well for it:

http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=twqM56f_cVo

And once you've seen that, check out this great wedding dance to the same song:

http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=0nKfBxjN3DI

It's great. But is that a Goatse reference at ~3:10?

-Deozaan (November 02, 2012, 10:11 PM)

1) Really great track, really great dancing
2) Brilliant wedding dance
3) Re 3:10 - I think it's more of a show-us-your-bums kind of move

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General Software Discussion / Re: EXACT duplicate photo file finder

« Last post by tomos on November 01, 2012, 06:42 PM »

have u tried antidup.net ?  that is easily the fastest I have tried so far.

-hpearce (January 23, 2012, 05:59 PM)

Have a web ? i can't locate. Best Regards
 

-Contro (November 01, 2012, 06:32 PM)

Please read posts 19, 20 & 21 (just above yours)


Just wondering- why all the sudden interest in antidup?
is it supposed to be especially good?

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Living Room / Re: Facebook's New Orwellian Censorship

« Last post by tomos on November 01, 2012, 04:40 PM »

Corporations have none other than whatever "customer agreement" it cares to offer - and which is subject to change without notice.

-40hz (November 01, 2012, 02:36 PM)

I know that most customers are pretty mindless, but you still gotta look after them:
They're seriously losing business support with their pay (a fortune) per view tactics. With censorship, they're also now getting bad press.
If they can keep the masses posting, I guess they'll be okay.
For a while ...

I barely ever check in there now myself, (was even considering deleting my account lately, but probably wont bother - for a while anyway).

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Living Room / Re: Facebook's New Orwellian Censorship

« Last post by tomos on November 01, 2012, 11:30 AM »

My main point was that -whether they are considered controversial or not- I dont see why FB should be censoring them.

Debating whether they're controversial or not is kinda besides the point imo
(FB obviously finds them controversial enough to censor)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Where can I download BitLocker to Go?

« Last post by tomos on November 01, 2012, 11:25 AM »

Personally, I'd go for TrueCrypt instead, unless you have some very specific reasons for going with BitLocker.

-f0dder (November 01, 2012, 11:18 AM)

no I dont - thanks for the recommendation f0dder - makes things simpler ;-)

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Living Room / Re: Facebook's New Orwellian Censorship

« Last post by tomos on November 01, 2012, 10:59 AM »

Ach, they're a bit controversial all right -
but that doesn't excuse the censorship...

Combine that with the fact that only 10-20% of your friends/fans actually see what you post - unless you pay exorbitant amounts. They better cop on or they'll just go down the drain.
See especially the dangerousminds link:

http://dangerousmind...want_my_friends_back

http://www.stuff.co....te-posts?cid=dlvr.it

So .. pay $10 a post if you want it to reach more than 20% of the people who should be able to see it?

-Jibz (October 31, 2012, 08:03 AM)

(from the other current FB thread)

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Living Room / Re: Hurricane Sandy Discussion Thread

« Last post by tomos on November 01, 2012, 06:53 AM »

@Tao -
I think you're missing the important 'as' in that sentence:

"In contrast to Hazel, however, Sandy was not as strong a hurricane."
that equals:
Sandy was not as strong a hurricane as Hazel.
-
Which means that they were both hurricanes - but Hazel was stronger.

Geddit

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Living Room / Re: Hurricane Sandy Discussion Thread

« Last post by tomos on November 01, 2012, 06:50 AM »

Yaah App,
welcome back

The 19th century doesnt sound half bad, I'm trying to get away from the net evenings myself - life seems so much more enjoyable then

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General Software Discussion / Re: Where can I download BitLocker to Go?

« Last post by tomos on November 01, 2012, 05:47 AM »

Vaguely related query so thought I'd post here:

For Bitlocker to work you need:
> BitLocker requires Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2
Windows 7 system requirements (MS)

I was planning on buying a small laptop and installing 7 Ultimate on it (but havent any particular model in mind yet).

Just wondering could this 'TPM' be a problem or is it standard?

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Living Room / Re: The Free Videos Thread

« Last post by tomos on October 31, 2012, 11:00 AM »

^ you're good Ren ;-)


(that one's working, thanks!)

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Living Room / Re: The Free Videos Thread

« Last post by tomos on October 31, 2012, 10:01 AM »

^ link looks okay, but I get
 
uWSGI Error
Python application not found

will try again later.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Malwarebytes FREE and PRO - Mini-Review (as at 2012-10-30).

« Last post by tomos on October 30, 2012, 07:28 AM »

Thanks Iain
I've had a license for the pro version for a couple of months now, but haven't installed it yet - this might be me moving.

Here's their 'compare' link for the two versions:
http://www.malwareby...s/malwarebytes_free/

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Screenshot Captor / Re: How can I obtain scrolling captures from Firefox ?

« Last post by tomos on October 29, 2012, 08:25 AM »

I was able to capture this page successfully with SC - but I had to manually set the amount of overlap.

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General Software Discussion / Re: tool to check if TIFF files compressed ?

« Last post by tomos on October 29, 2012, 08:16 AM »

All changes working well - in action:




Oh yeah -
the download has a second copy of the files in a sub-folder - I went for the more recently modified version (17:18)