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General Software Discussion / Re: The Non-Notepad(MS) Thread!

« Last post by x16wda on July 22, 2013, 08:41 PM »

What about VIM? If you like FARR, try VIM.

-daanvink (July 21, 2013, 06:30 PM)

Please note signature. 

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Python / Re: Free Python & other books from Green Tea Press

« Last post by x16wda on July 22, 2013, 08:32 PM »

Hi Langston, welcome aboard!

I have to admin, every time I see your name I instantly think of the Langston field... and that makes me realize what a big reread stack I have... it's as big as my still-to-read pile... <sigh>

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any Screenshot Captor's Contemporary at MAC Platform?

« Last post by x16wda on July 21, 2013, 07:34 AM »

Has either person looked at these? It's a 2009 post but might still have some valid links.

Interesting, the page lists six programs and at the bottom says "I hope I’ve managed to cover most of the tools available for OS X". That said, the comments mention a few more possibilities.

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General Software Discussion / Re: text and files

« Last post by x16wda on July 20, 2013, 09:41 AM »

Another possibility is to use a desktop search engine like the freeware Agent Ransack

-cyberdiva (July 20, 2013, 08:22 AM)

+1 for Agent Ransack.

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General Software Discussion / Re: FileNanny

« Last post by x16wda on July 18, 2013, 05:21 AM »

The one I had set in the Context Menu and simply asked "File Nanny this". At which time, it created a folder, placed the target file in it, then left it in the originating folder.

-Fangas (July 18, 2013, 03:15 AM)

That's similar to FileMenuTools' "Pack to Folder".  Select one or more files and choose Pack to Folder from the FileMenuTools menu, and it will ask you for a name for the folder, create it in the same folder as the files, then move those files into it.  (Would be nice if it could figure out a logical name for you automatically, especially if it's just one file.)

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

« Last post by x16wda on July 17, 2013, 08:23 PM »

Chuck Norris the first time he went to the sea:

-Giampy (July 17, 2013, 06:54 AM)

So it's juvenile, I still have to cackle at some of those Chuck Norris Facts. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Cnet's Download.com and the installer scam

« Last post by x16wda on July 17, 2013, 08:14 PM »

Instead, you download something called SourceForge Installer which bundles the software with third party offers used for monetization.

-Jibz (July 17, 2013, 10:04 AM)

Would that be OpenSourceCandy?

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Living Room / Re: Domain Name Registrars

« Last post by x16wda on July 15, 2013, 08:46 PM »

I've been using 1&1 for my domains without an issue for several years.  Added some, changed some packages, cancelled some, no problem (once you find the right place to cancel).  Registered domains for my son and daughter for Christmas last year with them too.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Similar program to automation anywhere (integration software)

« Last post by x16wda on July 14, 2013, 07:21 PM »

That would be "Original Poster"...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Vim 7.2 - Vista compatible!

« Last post by x16wda on July 14, 2013, 07:17 PM »

All I can say is.... read the signature... 

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by x16wda on July 14, 2013, 07:15 PM »

As far as gadgets go, you can do a lot worse than a "weather station".

-mouser (July 14, 2013, 04:40 PM)

How good is the range on the remote sensor?  That's been a weak spot on the units I have tried.  (Longevity is another weak spot, probably because I have always gone with the cheaper units.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 8's Task Manager -- Slow as Hell.

« Last post by x16wda on July 14, 2013, 02:31 PM »

You're right, it seems very slow loading the first time.  But bring it up again and it's faster the second and subsequent times.

That said I usually use System Explorer instead, and leave it running.  It has most everything I need and some of the features are handy (like the running history of processes, connections and events).  If I need anything else I can fire up Process Explorer.  I don't replace the default Task Manager with either, as they are both simple to get at when I need them.

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Living Room / Re: Animal Friends thread

« Last post by x16wda on July 13, 2013, 08:25 PM »

Anyone else see the Bing desktop today with the alpacas?  The five of them look very individual.  But did anyone else notice the moustache on the middle one?  Is that for real??

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Developer's Corner / Re: The Danger of Naïveté

« Last post by x16wda on July 12, 2013, 05:35 AM »

For the O stuff... It all depends.

-Renegade (July 12, 2013, 03:25 AM)

Yeah, exactly - assuming there are no other applicable constraints, if there's nothing better for those millions of cycles to do then what the heck... it's like nanoaerobic exercise...

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Living Room / Re: Twinky widthdrawal .... really?? Oh please!! :)

« Last post by x16wda on July 11, 2013, 06:48 PM »

I gained 40 LBS in a couple of months after quitting smoking and ...

-MilesAhead (July 11, 2013, 12:28 PM)

Interesting, isn't it?  I also gained 40lbs in a couple months after quitting smoking.  Wasn't the Entemann's though... possibly Krispy Kreme, back then they made actual tasty real donuts that they prepared in the company store down the road...

BTW, was this what you meant?  (Full blog post here)

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Living Room / Re: Micro-Fundraiser for the Official DonationCoder CodyMobile!

« Last post by x16wda on July 09, 2013, 06:47 PM »

Contributions still welcome

-mouser (July 09, 2013, 08:23 AM)

Goodness, must have missed this the first time through.  Been awhile since I last donated, but I skipped Starbucks for the last two weeks so let's keep this going...

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

« Last post by x16wda on July 09, 2013, 05:21 AM »

Very inventive!  (Though Tinman linked to the full clip earlier:)

OK, before anyone ask....

http://www.youtube.c..._popup?v=uFxnBrO9n7o

-Tinman57 (May 19, 2013, 04:58 PM)

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Living Room / Re: Post Your Cool Cinemagraphs Here!

« Last post by x16wda on July 08, 2013, 06:06 PM »

I expect in a cinemagraph much of the background is static (e.g., the clock in the first one isn't moving).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Enables/disable internet access based on a time schedule

« Last post by x16wda on July 05, 2013, 07:37 AM »

True there are a few commercial 'child minder' programs that are relatively bullet proof

-40hz (July 05, 2013, 07:30 AM)

I looked at these and didn't like any of them really, tried a few of the more highly ranked ones and every one of them caused problems of one sort or another, or would not respond to requests to modify the allowed or disallowed sites, etc., in a timely fashion.  They all seemed flaky to me, and the longer they ran the flakier they got.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Enables/disable internet access based on a time schedule

« Last post by x16wda on July 05, 2013, 07:25 AM »

Would it be possible to alter that task remotely?

-zzynx (July 05, 2013, 06:02 AM)

Set up the schedule to run on your PC instead of your son's and use psexec or beyondexec to run it on his box.  Of course you have to make sure the firewall settings allow you to get in.  But then you don't have to worry about his pc's time setting, and there's nothing on his pc for him to muck about with.

Of course if he has admin privileges then all bets are off. :-)

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Living Room / Re: How Google is Killing Honest (Organic) Search

« Last post by x16wda on July 02, 2013, 06:40 PM »

I remember back in The Olde Days, when I was so excited about this new search engine I had found - Google.  It always seemed to pull up the exact pages I needed!  Nobody had seen it before ("what did you say - Google??").  But it was the bomb!  Spot on almost every time!

That engine doesn't exist any longer.  The company that produced it doesn't either.  I'm sure there are some great theses about greed and how it has affected Google and everything else in our economy.  But in the end I go to Google for SEARCH.

These days Google's skewed results are back to so-so in my opinion... it's easy to get a page of dreck, with maybe a nugget or two of good stuff.  It's not as useful, not as efficient.  Not as good!  So why should I keep on Googling??

I'm really curious about how the competition stacks up.  Nobody has time to give them all a serious try.  But I know there are a lot of sharp people here who have been beating on the alternatives.  Has anyone else seen a search engine that gives you those same goosebumps, that same excited feeling, that the Google did back in the day?  Is there anything else that can give you the same great matches for what you really wanted to find?  Has the Bing vs Google blind comparison made you a believer?  Or has search engine technology pretty much evened things out?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Remove empty lines

« Last post by x16wda on June 30, 2013, 08:06 PM »

You may want to try Dolphin Text Editor Menu.
It runs in the tray, triggered via hotkey.

http://www.animal-software.com/index.php

-cmpm (June 30, 2013, 07:50 PM)

I'll second that.  Very convenient.

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General Software Discussion / Re: License Key BS

« Last post by x16wda on June 30, 2013, 11:16 AM »

Maybe you could include the first key in the registration validation email?  Accompanied, of course, with the appropriate verbage and additional links.

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Living Room / Re: How to concatenate a number of text files which may have different encoding?

« Last post by x16wda on June 30, 2013, 11:10 AM »

You could try using this command:

   for %i in (mbam*.txt) do type %i >> combined.txt

(If you put this in a batch file, you'd need to double the % sign.)  That's the quickie way (for a boring plain ANSI English user) although depending on content you might lose some of the more interesting characters.

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Living Room / Re: Legitimate app breaks popular encryption - EFS, BitLocker, TrueCrypt ...

« Last post by x16wda on June 30, 2013, 09:09 AM »

I wonder if this might be okay, or maybe have a backdoor.

-bit (June 29, 2013, 10:20 PM)

The NCH web site doesn't have a lot of info on what the program actually uses under the hood.  For individual files I'd rather stick with Axcrypt which is every bit as convenient and has the benefit of being free open source software.  (I haven't seen any peer reviews, but it doesn't show up in the National Vulnerability Database.

Now I just need to reread the original article to see how this relates...