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

« Last post by tomos on July 05, 2012, 03:49 AM »

...
Some saying software doesnt wear out.
...

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

Apparently, Intuit customer service does:

http://omgplzstfukth...-need-exe-fluid.html
 

-Edvard (July 05, 2012, 02:14 AM)

  ... has your boss got pointy hair

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

« Last post by tomos on July 04, 2012, 04:10 PM »

It should perhaps be noted that the European Parliament voted against the European Commission which supported ACTA  ...

-joiwind (July 04, 2012, 04:00 PM)

AFAIK, with such a big majority, that means that the bill will not be brought to the table again (not in this form at any rate).
That is all just "AFAIK" though...

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

« Last post by tomos on July 04, 2012, 09:14 AM »

Great news!

and well done:

I (a citizen of Turkey, not EU) called a member of the european parliament, told him that I was calling from Turkey, and I had objections against ACTA. I asked him to reject the treaty, and he said he would consider it.

-eleman (July 04, 2012, 08:38 AM)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Screen Mask

« Last post by tomos on July 04, 2012, 06:16 AM »

That looks promising. Is it possible to set hot keys to activate & deactivate?
Thanks for pointing this one out.

-Clive (July 04, 2012, 04:32 AM)

here's the last post in the related thread
https://www.donation....msg253618#msg253618
Might be worth posting there (as well)

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Living Room / Re: Google's "Take action" - Celebrate freedom. Support a free and open Internet.

« Last post by tomos on July 04, 2012, 02:55 AM »

At least her name doesn't seem to be in this revolving door list:

-IainB (July 04, 2012, 02:35 AM)

she hasn't been in office since 1997 according to wikipedia.

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

« Last post by tomos on July 04, 2012, 02:41 AM »

Will be interesting to see what happens now.

Will software now have to cater to being passed on/sold and re-registered?
Commenter(s) make the point that this could end up with Software being sold as an expiring lisence model rather than "a permanent right to use the copy".

Some saying software doesnt wear out. But it does really - you've got to upgrade it eventually. So this must not be a negative thing for software companies imo.

In Germany (possibly in all EU?) "courts ... have ruled years ago that taking OEM software licenses out of a bundle and selling them separately is legal."
I bought windows that way (was originally intended for a Dell machine. I looked again lately though and there were almost no OEM copies on offer - I dunno did they clamp down on the supply or what happened.)

Adobe used to allow users to transfer registration. I dont know if that's still the case.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for creating a new entry in the main contextual menu

« Last post by tomos on July 03, 2012, 04:23 PM »

ehh... all that kissing - are you French?  

-Curt (July 03, 2012, 12:25 PM)

From Canary Islands

-Contro (July 03, 2012, 01:43 PM)

I guess it's a good-weather thing

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

« Last post by tomos on July 02, 2012, 02:13 PM »

Congrats CodeTrucker

I love the ..01's:

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General Software Discussion / Re: sorting units of text

« Last post by tomos on July 02, 2012, 02:11 PM »

btw, I am wondering if donation coder is the right forum for discussing AHK... seems like the ahk forums might solve the problem faster at this point... just an idea though.

-me_7834539 (July 02, 2012, 12:00 PM)

I think most of the "coding snacks" here are made using AHK.
Skwire's a meister at any rate ;-)


BTW I'm using a German keyboard with an English OS (7).
If it's any help I can test something - just say the word - keeping in mind you'll have to tell me exactly what to do

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Living Room / Re: Best Vodka IMHO

« Last post by tomos on July 01, 2012, 10:47 AM »

"Parlament" is okay for partying

-a.ki (June 28, 2012, 03:34 AM)

funny I just saw that on offer in my local supermarket on friday for €10 euro or so. (I probably would never have noticed it only for your post.)
I dont party much any more so I passed

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Super Flexible File Synchronizer Mini-Review

« Last post by tomos on July 01, 2012, 10:43 AM »

Seems SFFS 6 has just been released -
it *is* now called Syncovery.

-tomos (June 30, 2012, 03:55 PM)

Thanks for the alert — it was news to me.

-cranioscopical (July 01, 2012, 06:22 AM)

Yeah, I just accidentally came across it - I think it was just released this week, they probably havent sent notification yet (not to me at any rate).

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Super Flexible File Synchronizer Mini-Review

« Last post by tomos on July 01, 2012, 04:56 AM »

Just minor changes in the GUI, but things *are* clearer
(e.g. here it's clearer that there's more options related to Real Time Sync)



edit/
install went well - I went with recommended settings, which kept the older ini file (custom location) and uninstalled SFFS.
You can customise the whole thing, and even keep both programmes.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Special Script to change color to folders or see files

« Last post by tomos on June 30, 2012, 04:00 PM »

I am not talking about Color my folder.

-Contro (June 30, 2012, 03:51 PM)

what "soft" were you talking about then?

> I am beginning to think don't exist software for this. I know several colouring software for folders and any does over folder's miniature view.

I'm not supprised, it seems like a pretty major hack...

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Super Flexible File Synchronizer Mini-Review

« Last post by tomos on June 30, 2012, 03:55 PM »

Seems SFFS 6 has just been released -
it *is* now called Syncovery.

I've had the software since version 3.xx and my upgrade price was
(current price) - (50% original price)
which was 25 euros in my case.

Seems nice and fair.

What's new here
http://www.syncovery.com/v6/

I havent installed it yet - kind of hoping for GUI improvements (or some way of helping a better overview/understanding of a job/profile settings).
BTW I dont think there's even *one* screenshot at the new site maybe it's too new yet. Or maybe Tobias is a geek ;-)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Special Script to change color to folders or see files

« Last post by tomos on June 30, 2012, 02:38 PM »

In the second point 2.

It's a folder in miniature view to change color and remain in the miniature view.
I see the soft change the icon , but in the miniature mode don't change the folder color.
 

-Contro (June 30, 2012, 12:33 PM)

if you're talking about the Colour my folder software, I think you're better off posting in a "Colour my folder" thread (I dont use it myself).

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Living Room / Re: DOTCOM saga - updates

« Last post by tomos on June 30, 2012, 04:25 AM »

I'm not fully clear Iain - who would be expected to pay damages if awarded?

I cant see the US paying anything. If the NZ "SS" officers/department (i.e. the NZ government) had to pay, they wouldn't do this again quite so casually, and neither would other countries with any sense.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Special Script to change color to folders or see files

« Last post by tomos on June 30, 2012, 04:17 AM »

1. Color My Folder 2.0.1.0 (DC Special)
(Color My Folder)

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

« Last post by tomos on June 29, 2012, 08:05 AM »

Made me smile
 I love the still before you start the video

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why Microsoft killed the Windows Start button

« Last post by tomos on June 29, 2012, 02:39 AM »

Most of the time I use the Start button to stop the computer.

-David1904 (June 28, 2012, 05:24 PM)

Well, in Windows 8, that's not in the start menu any more. Shutdown is almost an Easter egg.

-daddydave (June 28, 2012, 08:05 PM)

this seems impressivly complex:

In the Metro interface, hover your mouse over the Zoom icon that appears in the lower right corner of the screen. The Charms bar should then pop up displaying several icons. Moving your mouse up the screen will reveal the names of each icon, including Search, Share, Start, Devices, and Settings. Click the Settings icon and then the Power Icon. You should see three options: Sleep, Restart, and Shut down. Clicking Shut down will close Windows 8 and turn off your PC.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Empty Folder List Creator in the active window

« Last post by tomos on June 28, 2012, 11:08 AM »

Hey Contro,
can you make your screenshots smaller please?
Thanks!

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Living Room / Re: Best Vodka IMHO

« Last post by tomos on June 28, 2012, 03:20 AM »

Thanks for the tip

There was a mini vodka discussion a while back here (and the following couple of posts). 40hz recommended Chopin, I'm not a big vodka or spirit drinker so never got around to trying it. Svedka is much more affordable as well, IIR[price of Chopin]C.

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

« Last post by tomos on June 28, 2012, 03:08 AM »

Knights of Cydonia by Muse

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Not only is the music fantastic, the music video is a hilariously great homage to spaghetti westerns.

-p3lb0x (June 27, 2012, 09:02 PM)

that was brilliant

How about a bit of spaghetti western soundtrack. My favourite is:
Ennio Morricone - Il Grande Silenzio (Restless)

Sound quality is much better here (but no film intro)
http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=YoxFGsqLLAI)

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Living Room / Re: Soccer, Football, Fussball, etc.

« Last post by tomos on June 27, 2012, 04:54 PM »

Game today (Spain & Portugal) was a bit disappointing; went to penalties. Penalties always reminds me a bit of Russian Roulette. I know there's skill involved with penalties, & it's really tense and exciting in it's own way, but I'd much prefer to see a goal during the game. At least Italy won with penalties after having dominated the game.
Germany vs. Italy tomorrow could be the two best teams. Hopefully it's a good game :-) with a few bleeding goals during the game please :p

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Living Room / Re: Post Your Funny Videos Here [NSFW]

« Last post by tomos on June 27, 2012, 03:43 PM »

This was funny

-Renegade (June 27, 2012, 11:42 AM)

great transcriptions too

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Living Room / Re: Facebook Changed Everyone’s Email to @Facebook.com; Here’s How to Fix It

« Last post by tomos on June 26, 2012, 04:15 PM »

Seems there's at least 162 people with my name so I dont think this new email address will be a problem. Also they've left my original address as my main email, so I presume that is what apps will get (unfortunately).