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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Confine Mouse to Specific Monitor in Multi-monitor setup

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 09, 2006, 07:19 PM »

I haven't got multi monitors to check but I assume that the X,Y coordinates just continue increasing/decreasing across the monitors as you move the mouse.

If this is the case it should be easy to write an AHK script using MouseGetPos and MouseMove that monitors the mouse position and if it goes outside certain boundaries it moves it back to the edge of the area.

It's too late at night here now but if noone else wants to do it I give it a stab tomorrow.

Can you confirm my first assumption is correct and if so give me the monitor size you are using where you want the mouse confined. (ie. the smallest and largest XY coordinates for the monitor,eg. my single monitor goes for X=0, Y=0 to X=1280, Y=1024)

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Best Music Service / Re: tech crunch article comparing music services

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 09, 2006, 06:52 PM »

Interesting link in that article is http://www.museekste...com/allofmp3info.htm and following on from that http://www.museekste...%20Allofmp3%20legal?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: DONE: a better PowerDimmer screensaver alternative?

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 09, 2006, 06:42 PM »

Is version 1.3 there? It is still listed as version 1.1 on the download page (even though you mention 1.2 in the text below)

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: abbreviations importer

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 09, 2006, 06:39 PM »

Thanks - I'll check out the new version.

Can I suggest you add links to your downloads in your signature so they are quick to find (I know you quoted it here but it would save looking for links). Also how about adding a version number as a comment.

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Borland C++ Builder Contest / Re: Please explain ...

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 09, 2006, 02:43 PM »

A) Otherwise the binary submitted could do something nasty like...
So I should trust in an unnamed person, which is not trusting in an identified me?
-Smirf (April 09, 2006, 02:39 PM)

No one is forcing anyone to enter if they don't want to abide by the rules.

C) ... you could help out by translating it into German ...
My question was meant to learn about all targeted programmers. I am not sure, who is included.

Anyone who wants to enter

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Borland C++ Builder Contest / Re: Please explain ...

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 09, 2006, 02:41 PM »

we could do all testing in a sandbox and so not require source until and if a program is chosen as a winner, if that makes people more comfortable, thought it would make testing more difficult.
-mouser (April 09, 2006, 02:34 PM)

Just a personal observation, I would have thought that a programming comptetion shouldn't be just about the final product but also how the quality solution is implemented. The style of code writing and the ability to maintain and develop the project in the future (even if it is not made open source) should (IMHO) be part of the judging process and this can only be done if the source code is made available to the judges at the start.

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Borland C++ Builder Contest / Re: Please explain ...

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 09, 2006, 02:36 PM »

Welcome Smirf.

I am not replying in any official capacity as I have nothing to do with the competition but here is my take:

a) It isn't necessary to make your source open to everybody if you don't want to - but it must be supplied for judging and security purposes. On the contest page it says "For security reasons, entries must include complete source code. However, authors can elect not to have the source code released to the public."

b) This is the basis of the competition. DonationCoder.com is a site committed to freely available software and donations are welcome but not mandatory.

c) I'd guess because Mouser (who runs DonationCoder.com) speaks English and doesn't speak German. I'm sure no offense was meant and that everyone is free to enter but I would imagine that may be difficult to judge if the entry is aimed at a German speaking audience only (unless we have German speakers involved in the judging).

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Best Music Service / Re: tech crunch article comparing music services

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 09, 2006, 01:58 PM »

I don't buy a huge amount from them (and I do buy from other sources like MSN and iTunes too, as well as CDs). My feeling is if I buy a product from a country where the supplier is behaving legally then I don't have a problem.

Technically it is illegal for suppliers to ship region 1 DVDs to the UK, but given that an awful lot of stuff is only available in NTSC region 1 format (or is considerably cheaper in the US even taking shipping into account) I don't have any moral objection to that. Am I wrong?

The other thing is when I have used AllOfMP3 it often prompts me to go out and buy CDs by that artist (including hard copies of the downloads I have made). There is no way iTunes or MSN encourage me to go out and buy CDs of downloads at their prices - and often I can buy brand new, or good second hand, CDs considerably cheaper than the download services prices. I know I am probably unusual in this but I find AllOfMP3 has actually got me to part with more cash that does provide royalties to the artist, and as far as I know AllOfMP3 complies with licensing laws in Russia, so if the artists don't get any royalties it is not their fault or my fault but the Russian authorities'.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: abbreviations importer

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 09, 2006, 09:38 AM »

Seems to work really nicely. You can even enter other keyboard keys like ENTER (just add {enter}) etc. (For details of all the keys you can use see the AHK help file for the SEND command).

The only 'bug' I have found using it is when you use the GUI element to create the script you have to enter a trigger everytime whereas all the other fields are remembered from the .INI file. Not sure how you can fix that though. If you don't enter a trigger the script generated has quite a bit missing.

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Living Room / Re: TyperA - test your typing skills

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 09, 2006, 03:35 AM »

Just sent this suggestion to the TyperA test designer:

Suggestion for TyperA

There is currently a bit of a competition going on at https://www.donation...6;topicseen#msg21696 to see who can type fastest but one thing I notice is that people's speed is not reduced for errors.

Can I make two possible suggestions (both of which would probably mean making the test typing window a bit larger): either

1) force people to edit the text they have typed until it is 100% accurate before the test is complete (this means that the test would run for 1 or 2 minutes as it does now but after the time no new words would be given but the clock would not stop until the test is 100% accurate), or

2) deduct all letters in all words typed inaccurately, so for example if someone types "bit" instead of "bite" they lose 4 letters from their total letters typed.

Either of these would encourage accuracy and so there would be no benefit for typing fast but with little accuracy.

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Living Room / Re: TyperA - test your typing skills

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 09, 2006, 03:12 AM »

They are fast but is that sacrificing accuracy - 'board' for 'bored' wouldn't be picked up by a spell check so careful checking would be required - if that checking was included in the time taken to complete the typing task ...

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: abbreviations importer

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 08, 2006, 08:07 PM »

Don't know how I didn't see this thread before - but this looks really cool !! I'll try it out properly tomorrow.

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Best Music Service / Re: tech crunch article comparing music services

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 08, 2006, 12:23 PM »

In accordance to the licenses' terms MediaServices pays license fees for all materials downloaded from the site subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights". All these materials are solely for personal use.

First paragraph on the legal info page of AllOfMp3. Quite what this means is unclear (not knowing Russian law) but I assume if they are paying license fees than royalties must be paid somewhere.

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Best Music Service / Re: tech crunch article comparing music services

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 08, 2006, 10:22 AM »

First let me say: don't get me started on iTunes.
-Hirudin (April 08, 2006, 08:36 AM)

I like my Creative Zen - good sound (at least to my ears), good battery life (and you can change them), I can play audible files now.

I do use iTunes a bit, mainly for hard to find classical music (or some music that is significantly cheaper than the plastic version and difficult to find in MP3). I got quite a few albums for free from iTunes too (in the UK BTinternet were doing a promotion with free iTune tracks and I must have clocked up about 120 free tracks).

Whilst the iTunes format is annoying in practical terms it isn't really a problem - just use iTunes to burn your tracks to disc and then they have no DRM so you can rip them back as MP3 files. I may have poor ears but I can't really tell the difference. This makes me wonder what the point of DRM is - a question I asked of Audible.com and they confessed they only really do it because the book publishers insist (and they probably don't understand the issues anyway).

The one place iTunes scores over other download stores is that classical music can run on from track to track (without a pause) and iTunes is the only place I have found where I can actually burn CDs properly and the files are correctly formatted to allow for this.

Other than that AllOfMP3 is the place for me.

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Borland C++ Builder Contest / Re: Learning C++ Builder

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 08, 2006, 07:20 AM »

This would be good. I have a copy of C++ Builder 4 Pro - is that still serviceable as the upgrade prices are ridiculous for a novice/home user!

Does anyone know what is contained in their student offering? It is for sale on the website but you can only find it by typing the word 'student' in the search box and there are no details.

Here is the UK Borland store entry

It doesn't seem to exist on the US site?

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Living Room / Re: Webroot SpySweeper scores 0% success rate in malware test ...

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 08, 2006, 07:16 AM »

That's one of the reasons I found it so amusing.

I tried Sunbelt's offering - and yes they have a higher hit rate than SpySweeper but that was mostly because of the hundreds of false positives I got. When I complained they didn't didn't deny there was a problem but offered me the opportunity to come back and test it later when some of the 'wrinkles' were sorted out.

I still have Webroot's software on my system (because it is generally considered up there with best wherever you read reviews) but I don't use in realtime mode as it slows down my computer too much. I simply regularly scan my system manually. I also run Outpost with it's spyware plugin which runs in realtime without being a huge drain, but I'm not certain how effective that is as I haven't read any reviews of that.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: DONE: a better PowerDimmer screensaver alternative?

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 08, 2006, 07:11 AM »

Excellent - what a good idea

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Living Room / Webroot SpySweeper scores 0% success rate in malware test ...

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 08, 2006, 06:52 AM »

Shock horror ...

Well not really!

There is an interesting article on methodology (and a bit of developer rivallry) in this article from Sunbelt but it makes some interesting points.

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Living Room / Re: 10 minute video of Japanese Rube Goldberg Machines

« Last post by Carol Haynes on April 08, 2006, 06:29 AM »

I'm sure most of you have already seen this, but if you haven't; do yourself a favor and check out the Honda Cog comercial. I'ts amazing.
-Hirudin (April 08, 2006, 06:11 AM)

Thanks for that I hadn't seen it before - how fantastic!!

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