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Living Room / Re: Amazon closes woman's account and wipes her Kindle

« Last post by tomos on October 22, 2012, 08:57 AM »

wow.
bad and odd and weird - and really bad press for Amazon.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Ramdisk

« Last post by tomos on October 22, 2012, 08:49 AM »

the other thread (that f0dder links) is very recent (September) -
The topic is exactly the same.
I'd suggest reading it all closely.

In search of ... RAMdisk opinions

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by tomos on October 22, 2012, 08:46 AM »

To fully disclose:
I have created this application as I was not satisfied with current solutions, I am doing another job half time and using this application every day in work ...

-ivanii (October 22, 2012, 02:34 AM)

there's also the Announce Your Software/Service/Product section.
Generally here, being a creator is something positive

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

« Last post by tomos on October 21, 2012, 12:53 PM »

I'm only as sharp as a marble, Iain. What does that pic mean? : (

-TaoPhoenix (October 21, 2012, 11:30 AM)

Well, have a quick look at the first two paragraphs of the Jimmy Saville page:
http://en.wikipedia....rg/wiki/Jimmy_Savile

(The other guy is Tony Blair.)

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Living Room / Re: DRONE - web video series

« Last post by tomos on October 21, 2012, 07:15 AM »

BTW - Episode 4 is out now - the link above works for the series.

-Renegade (October 21, 2012, 06:23 AM)

thanks Ren, looking forward to that

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

« Last post by tomos on October 21, 2012, 07:13 AM »

Seems to be a (relatively) recent addition, though:
http://www.outlookin.../article.aspx?220045

-Edvard (October 20, 2012, 10:57 PM)

thanks Edvard.

Interestingly, that article also says:

The trishul, Jha says, is being appropriated by political Hinduism the same way it claimed the cow as a holy symbol in the 19th century to counter British aggression.

I didnt know that about the 'holy cow'.

Anyways,
probably enough serious talk for a Silly Homour thread ;-)

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Photo Scanner 2.2.1

« Last post by tomos on October 21, 2012, 06:59 AM »

Sounds very interesting Trundicho

(I'll try and test it this week)

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Living Room / Re: Court Rules Mobile Phones Cause Cancer

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2012, 05:18 PM »

We just need a court to rule that kittens cause rainbows and the world will be a happier place.

Here's my proof:

http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=wZZ7oFKsKzY

-Deozaan (October 20, 2012, 04:04 PM)

@ 10 hours, do you think will it have negative affect on our health?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Text scraper (TextCatch for windows 7)

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2012, 04:35 PM »

Did you do the survey Contro?
which version did you get?

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Living Room / Re: Remember to make full drive image backups

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2012, 04:32 PM »

I have versioned document backups running in real time, onto a separate hard drive mounted on my pc; I do this to protect myself from accidentally deleted a file i later realize i need, or making changes to a document that i realize i shouldn't have, etc.  This has to run all the time.

Now this dual approach takes care of most of my WORRIES.  However, I have recently forced myself to use an online backup system.

-mouser (October 20, 2012, 03:57 PM)

I back up [my versioned backups of important stuff] online.
Should do the off-site backup as well but dont ...

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

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2012, 04:22 PM »

Gnesa's Wilder is still a better love story than Twilight. Cool

-Deozaan (October 20, 2012, 04:11 PM)

you mean you listened to the words


(I did go back for a second listen, but I haven't heard the whole video ...)

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

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2012, 04:19 PM »

thanks fenix, came across a couple of strange ones there (how about a religion that believes the earth was created by a species of extraterrestrials - their symbol is a swastika within a star of David ...)

- the table is actually a gate and is Shinto (Japanese)
- I never knew this one: the ship's steering wheel is for buddhism (the 'Wheel of Dharma'). I had thought the hand was Buddhist but that is Jainism.

- it's still not clear what the trident is (possibly paganism?)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Transpose 2.3.1.3

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2012, 01:28 PM »

seems to work via registry:

How do I use it? Getting Started
    Add a new key mapping or edit an existing one
    Click "Write to registry" and wait for a confirmation that the registry was successfully updated
    Close SharpKeys and either log out (and back in) or reboot to enforce the new mappings

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General Software Discussion / Re: Transpose 2.3.1.3

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2012, 12:49 PM »

Tao, FWIW,
recommendation for remap software via mouser:

Fannon -- thanks for the tip about using SharpKeys to reassign Capslock; i've added a tip about that in the FARR help file for people who want to use CapsLock -- it seems like a good choice especially for laptop users.

-mouser (October 16, 2012, 10:28 AM)

was looking at it lately - looks like it will change Ctrl key

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

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2012, 12:17 PM »

Priceless.
A piece of biting sarcasm and fair comment from reason.tv's Hit & Run Blog, about a Promotional Poster in the European Commission
 (see attachment in previous post)

-IainB (October 20, 2012, 07:06 AM)

also odd because it doesnt exist anymore....


Anyone know
- what's the symbol that looks like a table for?
- and the one that looks like a ship's steering wheel? (maybe simply seafarers)
- and the trident???  (seafarers covered already, some interesting possibilities in wikipedia http://en.wikipedia....ymbolism.2Fmythology)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Transpose 2.3.1.3

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2012, 11:56 AM »

Glad you like it. I don't believe there's any way to disable just a modifier key using ahk. But this site shows how to use a keyboard mapper software to disable a single key:

http://blog.enrii.co...ey-in-your-keyboard/

-MilesAhead (October 20, 2012, 10:01 AM)

(I believe) you could always just change it to shift with AHK -
wouldnt matter if you miss then

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General Software Discussion / Re: Text scraper (TextCatch for windows 7)

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2012, 11:53 AM »

ABBYY Screenshot Reader can do this. Looks like it's free if you fill out their survey:

http://www.abbyy.com/screenshot_reader/

-dr_andus (October 20, 2012, 10:48 AM)

or,
here's an even shorter route (but might be an older version):

I just checked and you can apparently still get the FREE ABBY Screenshot Reader "RETAIL" (2011 Christmas giveaway) software - download from http://fr7.abbyy.com...enshotReader_ESD.exe

The "newer" version I have (dated 2009-11-20) seems to work just the same as the giveaway version (apparently dated 2009-01), so I don't know what the difference is - if any.

-IainB (October 13, 2012, 09:46 PM)

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Living Room / Re: The Free Videos Thread

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2012, 04:29 AM »

I unfortunately cant make any comment on the video cause I cant see the beggar (again below), but if f you're going to post a controversial video, I think it deserves an appropriate title

-tomos (October 19, 2012, 09:08 AM)

I put the title as the producer has it, with a description. Not sure what else I can do. It's their perogative to give it a name - not mine.

-Renegade (October 20, 2012, 01:30 AM)

I left out an important word there
what I meant to say was that if you were going to post a controversial video, I think the thread deserves an appropriate (i.e. related) title.

Sorry for the confusion!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Listary Pro for only $9.95 on Friday 19 October

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2012, 09:15 AM »

i think this is probably your best bet (dont use it myself, yet)

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Living Room / Re: The Free Videos Thread

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2012, 09:08 AM »

I dont really understand - isn't every video on youtube and or vimeo etc 'free' - that is, until it's taken down, or blocked (see below).

I unfortunately cant make any comment on the video cause I cant see the beggar (again below), but if f you're going to post a controversial video, I think it deserves an appropriate title

Wasn't there a guy in Texas who claimed to have a cancer cure, and who the FDA tried to supress for years - there was a thread with a bit of discussion about him somewhere (found it).



( here we have the future already )

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Living Room / Re: Udacity - free online education for real

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2012, 08:06 AM »

Minnesota bans Coursera: State takes bold stand against free education.
[...]

Looks like another authoritarian clusterfark to me. It could only happen in the good ol' USA (I hope).

-IainB (October 19, 2012, 06:39 AM)

bizarre, an entertaining read though...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why I switched from Thunderbird to The Bat!

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2012, 06:42 AM »

Re reliability, the portable version should not be trusted according to oblivion
The Bat! and why I've given up with it.

RE the love/hate - there's a couple of negative 'bat' threads on offer here, mostly going along the lines it's the best but ... [wrapping/documentation-support].

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

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2012, 06:22 AM »

a good catch

This seems to be 40hz's 7,000th post:

-TaoPhoenix (October 19, 2012, 05:07 AM)

Always nice to have a screenshot as proof
 (see attachment in previous post)

-Ath (October 19, 2012, 05:26 AM)

looking good 40

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Paste As File 2.1.0.0

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2012, 05:43 AM »

Also, I just released Copy Contents. It's like Paste As File but in reverse. :-)

-c.gingerich (October 18, 2012, 08:02 PM)

looks very nice

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

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2012, 05:25 AM »

Please! My faith in humanity rests on the answer to this question! :tellme

-Deozaan (October 19, 2012, 02:49 AM)

(literally laughing out loud here)
you're in deep trouble here deo - or should I say humanity's in trouble

sometimes in life we just got to take things as they come,
and watch serenely as they drift on by
 

Seriously though:
if someone planned this - the raptourous comments, the 750,000 views in 12 days, (your bewilderment ), - if they planned all this, we gotta take our hats off to them.