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General Software Discussion / Re: Want to send a Batch file - but gmail & prob AV dont...

« Last post by tomos on September 24, 2012, 10:45 AM »

good idea, but they're on XP so cannot open

-tomos (September 24, 2012, 09:53 AM)

7zip 

-app103 (September 24, 2012, 10:27 AM)

I know, but again: corporate environment, I dont want to ask them to 'install' software - even portable. I'm pushing it with the whole batch file thing already.
Put it this way - it's in both our interests if they can get this file list, but it's a much bigger help/priority for me than it is for them. Hence the attempt to keep it simple for them...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Want to send a Batch file - but gmail & prob AV dont...

« Last post by tomos on September 24, 2012, 09:53 AM »

I found that sending things like that in a .rar file always seems to slip through. ;-)

-app103 (September 24, 2012, 09:45 AM)

good idea, but they're on XP so cannot open

I was thinking of sending it as PDf but might just go with the screenshot to be on the safe side - more work for him, but it is short anyway (I wanted to keep it simple).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Want to send a Batch file - but gmail & prob AV dont...

« Last post by tomos on September 24, 2012, 09:38 AM »

of course,
I can send it as a screenshot

Pastebin or similar likely blocked too?

-rgdot (September 24, 2012, 09:37 AM)

I can always try!

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General Software Discussion / Want to send a Batch file - but gmail & prob AV dont...

« Last post by tomos on September 24, 2012, 09:28 AM »

I want to send a batch file to someone in a corporate environment. I thought I'd send it as a text file but then realised their AV will probably kickup a fuss.
Then I though to just have the 'code' in the body of the email but their AV might pick up on that too (?)  
I dont want to get my email (address) blocked
 
I know that google drive is blocked for them, so probably lots of other sites are too.

So, just wondering if you've any suggestions, or do you think I'd get away with pasting it in email body?

________________________
It's a simple batch file that will create a list of files in the folder the file is in (+ sub-folders).
I patched it together from various sources so it may be 'funny peculiar' - but it works ;-)

Code: Text [Select]

1. @ echo off
2. chdir /C %~dp0
3. dir/o /s >dir.txt
4. exit

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 10 ... Light!

« Last post by tomos on September 24, 2012, 09:11 AM »

I can get a copy of Windows and Office for cheaper than the cost of one license of DOpus.

-Josh (September 24, 2012, 09:00 AM)

we cant ;-)

but I still kind of agree with you.

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General Software Discussion / Re: In search of ... RAMdisk opinions

« Last post by tomos on September 24, 2012, 08:54 AM »

Every time is see a discussion like this I keep wishing we had a more formal tech KB at DoCo, Something along the lines of a nicely done wiki would be good. There is a deal of good information lurking down in the forum threads just waiting to be mined.

-40hz (September 24, 2012, 08:05 AM)

+1

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: aShampoo

« Last post by tomos on September 24, 2012, 07:48 AM »

Hi Tinman, any chance you could add "Burning Studio" to the title in the OP.
Will make it easier to find, thanks!

I got version 11. I havent tried much with it yet, but it's not working out well for me so far:

• burn .mp4 file to DVD - gave a codec error (I then installed DVD Flick and that worked fine)
• the "Add" dialogue for data discs is pretty wonky - sub-folders show sometimes, sometimes not, sometimes some. I get it now, they're trying to hide all sub-folders, but not successfully
• adding folders to a disc via the "Add" dialogue is almost impossible - I had to get the folder path and paste it. That may be intentional, but not helpful to me.

I think I'll leave it rest for a month or two, hopefully they'll bring out an update...

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Living Room / Re: DOTCOM saga - updates

« Last post by tomos on September 24, 2012, 07:26 AM »

"You seem to think rationality will preval".   

-TaoPhoenix (September 24, 2012, 12:15 AM)

Eh? What? Was that directed at me?

-IainB (September 24, 2012, 06:48 AM)

lol, I was wondering the same

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Newbie question on Dbl. Click to paste.

« Last post by tomos on September 24, 2012, 07:23 AM »

If you try a straightforward Ctrl+V afterwards, does it paste the correct clip?

This is my experience with an outliner (InfoQube) that uses Internet Explorer for it's text pane (html) - I'm not sure whose 'fault' that is.

I dont use Outlook myself so cannot confirm, but I'm wondering if it uses the IE engine as well for html text.

_______________
FWIW, I have no problem pasting in a forum I frequent that uses html formatting (not BBCode) - but I always use Firefox. (Just tried it in IE, the forum doesnt work properly there )

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 10 ... Light!

« Last post by tomos on September 23, 2012, 01:47 PM »

I know that I'm not using DO to its fullest potential, but there's just so much there!

-wraith808 (September 23, 2012, 01:34 PM)

I'm no real power user myself but I've gotten into using a few aspects that make my worklife easier.

I presume you've seen the thread Configuring Directory Opus for Fun and Profit.
There's a few good tips there!
Practical tips start about here (but there are a couple before too, just more reading required...)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 10 ... Light!

« Last post by tomos on September 23, 2012, 01:08 PM »

Well Sync is straight-forward synchronising, can easily be replaced but is very convenient to compare folders within file manager.

Flat view will show all files in a folder *and* all it's sub-folders. They can be shown with or without folders; and grouped according to folder / or not.

Here's the FARR install folder - folders shown on top,
files below, parent folder shown in 'Location' column.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 10 ... Light!

« Last post by tomos on September 23, 2012, 10:43 AM »

They've cut out a lot I'd miss too - no flat view, no sync, no admin mode, no multi-level undo.

They claim new reduced pricing -
I wonder are those prices in US or AU dollars??? Oops, I see there's almost no difference these days...
http://www.gpsoft.co....au/order_intro.html

29 / 69 dollars - of some sort or other ;-)

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Living Room / Re: Cascading grammar trolls

« Last post by tomos on September 22, 2012, 12:50 PM »

... I think that should be we native speakers... - but that sounds very posh somehow

-tomos (September 18, 2012, 07:24 AM)

.Us, teh pplz!

-f0dder (September 22, 2012, 09:52 AM)

ah, that's what it was - reminded me of the US constitution
wonder if there's a lolcat version of it (...there doesnt seem to be)

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

« Last post by tomos on September 22, 2012, 12:45 PM »

There once was an Ontarian who's life long dream it was to be a Newfie. One day the man finally saw his doctor about it. The doctor examined him and gave him the prognosis, "Well, if you really want to be a Newfie there is a surgery I can perform, but I have to remove 1/3 of your brain." The Ontarian was so excited, he agreed to do it right away.

During the surgery however, the doctor's hand slipped. The doctor was so upset that he sat next to the man in the recovery room until he woke up. Finally the Ontarian woke up. The doctor immediately explain what happened, and told the Ontarian, "I am so sorry sir, my hand slipped during the surgery and I accidentally cut out 2/3 of your brain instead of 1/3."

The Ontarian looked confused and replied "Que ce que vous dit monsuier?"

-Renegade (September 22, 2012, 12:11 PM)

ouch -that was very funny- but not for the Quebecois

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Living Room / Re: Is my pen-drive performing okay?

« Last post by tomos on September 22, 2012, 09:13 AM »

that's a gigabit, isnt it?

The gigabit has the unit symbol Gbit or Gb

The packaging text indicates GB, not

Here's a scan of the packaging text from the 32GB card (I've drawn attention to the area in question by circling it in red):
 (see attachment in previous post)

-kyrathaba (September 22, 2012, 09:04 AM)

it would look like they're misleading us then? Which I suspect is common...

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Living Room / Re: Self-Portrait Camera - Casio EX-TR150

« Last post by tomos on September 22, 2012, 08:59 AM »

Man, I need one of those cameras.

Any idea how hard it was to snap this picture with a conventional IXUS? Also, I was all out of self-tan and eyeliner. #yolo #fml :-( (see attachment in previous post)

-f0dder (September 22, 2012, 08:09 AM)

we'll start a campaign to raise the funds for you f0dder lol

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Living Room / Re: Is my pen-drive performing okay?

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

Heh, confusing stuff... so the storage vendors using 10^(3n) system is why the 32GB microSDHC card I bought says on the packaging:

1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes

-kyrathaba (September 22, 2012, 08:51 AM)

that's a gigabit, isnt it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit

"The gigabit has the unit symbol Gbit or Gb"

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Living Room / Re: For XKCD fans

« Last post by tomos on September 22, 2012, 08:15 AM »

on the .de link, it works like google maps:

• you can zoom in and out with just the mouse wheel (doesnt work with control) and
• it will zoom into wherever the mouse pointer is

Makes it easier to find the interesting bits without killing your wrist with all that click and drag

http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/

-tomos (September 21, 2012, 03:14 PM)

That would definitely be a godsend -- as the clicking is killing me (arthritis) -- but is this a FF only thing?? The lower map frame doesn't show up for me in IE.

-Stoic Joker (September 21, 2012, 03:49 PM)

weird - it's totally different in IE.
In FF, it just shows the whole image with a +/- button to zoom (and as said above works like google maps).

The actual comic link (http://xkcd.com/1110/) shows here in IE8 but click and drag keeps dragging, even when you let the mouse button up - which means it goes over and back, and over and back, and...

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Living Room / Re: For XKCD fans

« Last post by tomos on September 21, 2012, 03:14 PM »

on the .de link, it works like google maps:

• you can zoom in and out with just the mouse wheel (doesnt work with control) and
• it will zoom into wherever the mouse pointer is

Makes it easier to find the interesting bits without killing your wrist with all that click and drag

http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: DonationCoder.com on an iPad is Kinda Weird

« Last post by tomos on September 21, 2012, 03:04 PM »

Gotta tell you - I'm getting the same behavior in Firefox on my computer. If I use the scroll wheel on my mouse within most posts nothing happens; I have to keep moving my mouse around to get it to scroll

-J-Mac (September 21, 2012, 01:13 PM)

that's been reported in the Firefox 15 thread - are you using FF 15?
I'vd experienced it too - but only since going up to # 15. (Other sites have also been problematic since upgrading.)


EDIT/ link for the FF15 thread - this and following posts:
https://www.donation....msg299647#msg299647

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Living Room / Re: Help scientists decipher 'lost' gospel

« Last post by tomos on September 21, 2012, 03:06 AM »

Just in case people think they need ancient Greek:

How you can help
The beauty part is that you don't even have to know Greek to help out. The online interface asks only that you compare the letters on each fragment with the shapes displayed on a keyboard. Lintott told me that the current plan calls for each fragment to be checked five times or so, to take advantage of the wisdom of crowds. Think of it as a variant of the "Captcha" type-in-the-phrase system that's used to block spammers.

The interface looks impressive
http://ancientlives..../tutorial/transcribe

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General Software Discussion / Re: What went wrong with Linux on the Desktop

« Last post by tomos on September 20, 2012, 01:05 PM »

Yeah, look at the (well deserved) fuss over Roboform cause they've limited export capability.
I'd probably prefer to have as much as possible locally myself but that's got nothing to do with the Linux desktop anyways ;-)

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Living Room / Re: Thread to annoy mouser

« Last post by tomos on September 20, 2012, 12:30 PM »

it's funny how in the smaller size, I confused the horse with a dragon..

-jgpaiva (September 20, 2012, 12:24 PM)

that was my problem too & I didnt click on it - I thought that he thought that he was in his film-making thread
(https://www.donation....msg300495#msg300495)

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Living Room / Re: Thread to annoy mouser

« Last post by tomos on September 20, 2012, 12:09 PM »

I freaking love Gustave Dore.  My real fantasy would be to make animation in the style of Dore etchings: (see attachment in previous post)

-superboyac (September 20, 2012, 11:03 AM)

lol, is that posted in the wrong thread (or am I missing something?)

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Living Room / Re: Thread to annoy mouser

« Last post by tomos on September 20, 2012, 09:23 AM »

o0, Who moved it back? lol

-Stephen66515 (September 20, 2012, 07:00 AM)

According to the moderator log, it was mouser himself

-jgpaiva (September 20, 2012, 08:14 AM)

I confess, I kicked up a bit of a fuss