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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.

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General Software Discussion / Re: FBx eXtender's 'Click switch file box folder feature' - can this be done in AHK?

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2012, 05:10 AM »

It's low-cost and invaluable anyway, and at the Bits du Jour price it's unmissable.

-rjbull (October 18, 2012, 02:58 PM)

that offer is active now - for the next 20 hours & 45 minutes or so
http://bitsdujour.com/

Upgrades to future versions of the software will be free for the lifetime of the product.

sounds like you dont have to pay for later upgrades

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General Software Discussion / Re: How Windows 8 hopes to change everything - and likely not for the better.

« Last post by tomos on October 18, 2012, 06:25 AM »

Very off-topic:

Totalitarian tiptoe. 1 tiny step at a time...

-Renegade (October 18, 2012, 05:59 AM)

the makings of a very good boardgame/name/slogan there

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Living Room / Re: Dumbing-down of the educational system?

« Last post by tomos on October 18, 2012, 06:18 AM »

seen todays XKCD?

http://xkcd.com/1122/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 8 prices seem to have been announced during period to 31st January

« Last post by tomos on October 18, 2012, 04:32 AM »

Has anyone looked at the lovely shiny new Windows 8 N-editions?

Fantastic offer - only 3+ times the normal price. I am sure they will be snapped up very quickly - grab yours while you can!

-Carol Haynes (October 17, 2012, 05:29 PM)

this ms page claims they should be the same price - but maybe they just dont make any offers with 'N'.

Do you know does this mean that we in the EU can *only* get 'N', or is it simply another option?

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

« Last post by tomos on October 18, 2012, 04:19 AM »

Someone please tell me that this is intentionally awful.

[...]

It has to be a parody... Right?

Right?

Anyone?

-Deozaan (October 18, 2012, 01:43 AM)

but deo, it's lovely
I think you just have to listen a little harder!

did you read the comments, that gave me a laugh.
I think they have to be approved, but us people know how to get around that :-)

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Living Room / Re: Win 7, XP mode, & other first install queries

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2012, 03:22 PM »

Guess I'm the one who is confused here.

-40hz (October 17, 2012, 03:20 PM)

you're not the only one

@ Contro, this blitz of posts with multiple quotes is totally confusing


edt/ I give up

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Living Room / Re: Win 7, XP mode, & other first install queries

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2012, 03:17 PM »

In order:

-40hz (October 17, 2012, 03:04 PM)

 hi 40 -
nice seasonal avatar

I think you're answering my questions from last year that Contro quoted... might help him (I'm sorted at this stage).

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Living Room / Re: Win 7, XP mode, & other first install queries

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2012, 02:55 PM »

Contro,
please, could you quote just the text that you are replying to?

Makes it easier for me (and others) to read understand what you are saying.
Thanks!

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Living Room / Re: Win 7, XP mode, & other first install queries

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2012, 02:52 PM »

What's the meaning of SFA ?¿?¿?¿?

-Contro (October 17, 2012, 02:39 PM)

eh, it means "nothing"

or... (same thing)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is Readyboost for me ?

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2012, 02:49 PM »

Disconnect my seven disks
Connect the system disk (new of 2 TB)
Partition that disk
Install in the first partition C:

-Contro (October 17, 2012, 02:30 PM)

dont forget:
install on non-partitioned HD
let Win 7 to do the hidden partition and the C partition. (The rest you can do later.)


How many 'installs' did you have on your last computer

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General Software Discussion / Re: I love this click

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2012, 02:41 PM »

I am running FileBox eXtender on 64-bits Win 7 Premium, with no problems
-but I have only activated it in dialog boxes, not in the window title bar
(I don't remember if there were any problems with such):

-Curt (October 17, 2012, 02:35 PM)

does the feature Contro mentions work there Curt? (I think it might work for some apps, cause I'm caught off-guard by it occasionally, but it doesnt work in the few apps I just quickly tested).

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General Software Discussion / Re: I love this click

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2012, 02:27 PM »

no, that aspect doesnt work in Win7.

Have a look at this thread
FBx eXtender's 'Click switch file box folder feature' - can this be done in AHK?

(doesnt sound too positive for Windows 7), but just try it and let us know if it works

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is Readyboost for me ?

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2012, 02:17 PM »

Off-topic, but Just in Case:

Are you planning on installing 7 on a machine with more than one harddrive?

• It will automatically install the boot partition on Drive 0
• Best to have the install (C:\) on the same harddrive (0)
• If necessary, remove all other drives for it to install on the drive you want
• Best to install on a clean unpartitioned drive

discussed here & following posts
https://www.donation....msg255888#msg255888

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General Software Discussion / Re: How Windows 8 hopes to change everything - and likely not for the better.

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2012, 11:29 AM »

So, the future is *nix (?)

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Living Room / Re: What A Different World Than What I Grew Up In :(

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2012, 04:05 PM »

... people have reached the point where they're saying "enough is enough"

-40hz (October 16, 2012, 03:55 PM)

this is a good thing, quite apart from what happens to the people involved in bullying this girl. It also sends a message to people who are being bullied, that they dont have to stand for it either.

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Living Room / Re: What A Different World Than What I Grew Up In :(

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2012, 12:48 PM »

Very moving video...

I'm happy to hear that the relevant authorities know about him. I've heard reported that there's someone of the same name currently up on [unrelated] sex offence charges in Surrey, BC - possibly the same person*.

I can understand why anyone would repost his details, but FWIW I (also) dont think it's particularly helpful at this stage.

* from the video on this page (on the right of the video image scroll to & click: "Online community tries to track...")
http://www.vancouver...o/7384521/story.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: Portable alternative for Cathy (cataloging freeware) that runs on Win7 64 bit?

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2012, 06:33 AM »

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Portable alternative for Cathy (cataloging freeware) that runs on Win7 64 bit?

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2012, 05:17 AM »

@tomos
Sorry, but I don't know what you're trying to say in your latest post.

-zzynx (October 16, 2012, 02:17 AM)

nothing beyond giving the little bit of extra info: file extension & location - on the off-chance that something different was going on there.

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General Software Discussion / Re: database program needed (CRM?)

« Last post by tomos on October 15, 2012, 03:40 PM »

There's a 2010 thread here about CRM's that might still have something to offer, and a thread this year where urlwolf recommends InfoQube. (I know nothing about CRM's myself so cant really comment)

CRM (dc search)

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Living Room / Re: How To Be a Genius: This Is Apple’s Secret Employee Training Manual

« Last post by tomos on October 15, 2012, 12:17 PM »

^My fault. If I hadn't tried to be funny with the title you probably would have spotted it.    (And more people might have read it too!)

-40hz (October 15, 2012, 11:55 AM)

it was nice to see a thread title with hee-hee in it though

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General Software Discussion / Re: Portable alternative for Cathy (cataloging freeware) that runs on Win7 64 bit?

« Last post by tomos on October 15, 2012, 11:05 AM »

This might be of no help -but I'll post it just in case-
you can see the two catalogue files with .caf extension, stored in the same folder as the exe.



Win7 Pro 64bit
Admin a/c (as you say, uac seems to be irrelevant)

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Living Room / Re: How To Be a Genius: This Is Apple’s Secret Employee Training Manual

« Last post by tomos on October 15, 2012, 09:24 AM »

not so clearly titled, but already posted here:

Read this article before Apple makes them take it down! (hee-hee)

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Living Room / Re: Do Not Track

« Last post by tomos on October 15, 2012, 07:31 AM »

Re Ghostery & Trackerblock (from another thread):

I ... switched out Ghostery for TrackerBlock, on the theory that even if "less evil", Ghostery is run by an ad company, and hopefully PrivacyChoice.org ... isnt?

-TaoPhoenix (October 06, 2012, 07:46 PM)

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Living Room / Re: Staple of people from State and Europe !

« Last post by tomos on October 15, 2012, 07:18 AM »

Used cumin powder this time -- worked great!

-Renegade (October 14, 2012, 08:45 AM)

if I had to choose, my favourite spice