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I have had both programs for some months by now, but I have still not found any use for them - except for the fun of it. I guess you have to have some kind of vision - and the proper material to make it happen. I have thousands of fine pictures, but I seem to be missing a vision...
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General Software Discussion / Re: Ideamason on special
« Last post by Curt on November 17, 2007, 05:36 AM »
... I write fiction in my spare time, everything from modules for games to actual novels, and I find it perfect for that, ....  I'd heartily recommend it to any writers, ...

As a writer you should give it to yourself to try out the portable Liquid Story Binder from Black Obelisk Software. The author of the program is constantly updating the program, and on the forum there are almost never any talk of bugs. The manual is somewhat poor / "unpedagogic", and support is via the forum, but as one can see on the forum, the author is answering many questions a day, so please don't ask this IT-illiterate (me) how it works (though I can tell that it has music playlists!).

The program: Liquid Story Binder at www.blackobelisksoftware.com
The asking price: $45.95 once (from Plimus) + 'Order CD' option
The forum: http://tech.groups.y.../group/Liquid_Story/

Features:

Dossiers: Create Dossiers for major characters and settings. Timelines: Plot your novel by organizing cards along colored timelines. Storyboards: Combine images and text to create a visual reference board. Outlines: Create a collapsible tree of plot ideas. Image Galleries: Organize your reference images into galleries. Builders: Organize complex scenes using titles, descriptions, and color indexing. Position Memory: Liquid Story Binder XE remembers just where you left off. Manuscript Building: Combine multiple chapters into a single manuscript automatically. Printing: Preserve your font and paragraph editing with Format Printing. Workspaces: Preserve your favorite window layouts for quick access. Project Goals: Words per day, words left to write, days remaining, multi-document word counts. Color Schemes: Create the perfect writing environment with your favorite window colors. Recordings: Record yourself reading your own novel. Test for pacing and time. File Listings: Organize all your files into easy-access file trees. Backups: Every Chapter has its own backup repository. Never lose a single word with automatic version and session backups. Compress your whole archive into a single ZIP file. Shortcuts: Quickly access your favorite external software and documents. Statistics: Times, Word Counts, Goals, Sessions, Versions, Days. Reader: Read over your work in a easy to view columned window, free of editing distractions. Music Playlists: Add your MP3s and sort them into playlists. Set the mood for writing. External Editing: Open your work outside of Liquid Story Binder.
-Liquid Story Binder
Current Version 1.91, Released November 9th, 2007
Liquid Story Binder XE by Black Obelisk Software
Word Processing, Outlining, Organizing.

A Portable Text Editor that Keeps You Organized
Liquid Story Binder XE is a uniquely designed word processor for professional and aspiring authors, poets, and novelists. Writing software for those who require the editing ability of a commercial text editor as well as a document tracking system. It is for those who want the freedom to create, outline and revise but are tired of losing track of their work.


Word Processing for Novelists
Liquid Story Binder XE is specifically designed for fiction writing.  XE includes all the standard features such as spell-checking, thesaurus, smart quotes, templates, font and paragraph styles -- everything you need to write your next great novel.

Chapter and Scene Based Writing
Liquid Story Binder XE can clean and combine many small documents into a single, font-unified manuscript. Use a Chapter Builder to quickly arrange complex scenes.

A Multimedia Organizer
Sort pictures into Galleries or Storyboards, quickly access custom MP3 playlists, even record yourself reading your latest chapter using a microphone.

Pick and Choose Flexible Features
Pick and choose the file types that work best for you. Liquid Story Binder never tells you how to write!  Flexible file types allow you to use your imagination.  Use a Dossier for characters, places or things, or a Builder to preserve important snippets.

Organize Your Novel
Create a Book folder and let Liquid Story Binder sort, search and combine your documents.

Create the Perfect Working Environment
Choose a color scheme that suits your writing style. Save window positions and open files for quick and easy access using Workspaces.  Open dozens of windows simultaneously -  or just a simple textbox centered in the screen.

Full Screen Editing
Even though Liquid Story Binder is packed with features, sometimes less is more.  Liquid Story Binder XE offers full screen editing, a feature that removes all distractions including menus and title bars


Advanced Outlining Tools
Timelines, Outlines, Dossiers, Sequences and Storyboards. Liquid Story Binder XE provides the tools you need to plan your next great novel.

Protect Your Work
For every Chapter, Liquid Story Binder XE creates a single, easy-to-access backup file. This backup file contains an entry for each day's changes. Liquid Story Binder XE also includes a complete book backup using ZIP compression.

Take Liquid Story Binder With You
Liquid Story Binder can be installed on a flash card or USB drive. Take your writing wherever you need to go. Use XE on a friend's computer, at school, or at work.

WordWeb Integration
Liquid Story Binder integrates with WordWeb. WordWeb is a quick and powerful international English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows. It can be used to look up words from almost any Windows program, showing definitions, synonyms and related words. There are also many proper nouns and usage examples.

Universal Search
Liquid Story Binder XE can search every Chapter, Note, Builder, Timeline, Storyboard, Outline, Dossier, Sequence and Backup for a single lost word or phrase. Can't remember where you wrote that important paragraph? Just use XE's Universal Search.

Repetition Visualizer
Liquid Story Binder XE's Repetition Visualizer allows you to find, at-a-glance, repetitive words and phrases.

Simple File Formats
Liquid Story Binder XE uses basic TXT, RTF, and ZIP file formats guaranteeing future access no matter what software you use.

Many Features in a Very Small Download
The Liquid Story Binder XE installation package is only 2MB in size! It takes longer to download an MP3 file!

Vista Compatible
Liquid Story Binder is tested and developed on systems using Windows Vista. Liquid Story Binder XE is also compatible with Windows XP.

30 Day Free Trial Without Any Feature Limitations
Download Liquid Story Binder XE and test out it features before buying.  The download includes the entire XE package without limitations.  If you love what you see, return to our website a buy a special licensing code that will allow you to use Liquid Story Binder indefinitely.  After that, all future upgrades and updates are absolutely free!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Scott Finnie unimpressed by NOD32 ...
« Last post by Curt on November 16, 2007, 08:41 PM »
Your setup must suffer from some kind of mismatch, I think. I have not noticed any delay worth mentioning caused by NOD32.

NOD32.gif
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Living Room / Re: Sherlock Holmes and Texefex
« Last post by Curt on November 16, 2007, 11:50 AM »
Too soon to tell the answer, isn't it?  - the week-end is only at the beginning... 8)

However, I should mention and apologize that there has been some colour distortion in picture #2 - they are still pretty close to the original, but they are not the exact colours anymore.

.
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Living Room / Re: Sherlock Holmes and Texefex
« Last post by Curt on November 16, 2007, 11:20 AM »
I very much like the two questions on optical illusions Blacksun is asking:

(click thumb)

Math Problem:
HowCanThisBeTrue.gif


Colour Difference?:
ColourDifferential.gif

 :tellme:
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to open a 700MB picture?
« Last post by Curt on November 16, 2007, 10:08 AM »
Talk about large images... "The Last Supper", by Michelangeleo is 16 GB pixels
= 172.181 x 93.611 pixels (easy now, this is not a direct link...): http://www.haltadefi...n/cenacolo/index.asp

ultimecena.jpg

- by HAL9000 !!!
The Last Supper

Painted by: Leonardo da Vinci

Where? Milan, refectory of the Santa Maria delle Grazie convent

When? From 1494 to 1498 Size: 460 x 880 cm (181 x 346 in)

Technique: Tempera with oils on white lead and calcium carbonate

The Image:

Size: 16.118.035.591 pixel (172181 x 93611)

Color depth: 16 bit per channel

Shots: May, 7 - 2007

Number of shots: 1677

Computing: CPU: 2 Two Quad Core AMD Opteron™ processors
16 Gigabyte RAM memory, 2 Terabyte hard disk space

Photographic Equipment: Camera: "Nikon D2Xs"

Lens: "AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4D IF-ED II"

Real time acquisition Software: Nikon Camera Control Pro

Postprocessing and real time verification software: Nikon Capture NX

Pointing Device: Motorized

Panoramic Head: CLAUSS Rodeon VR

Notes: Great care has been adopted in the Last Supper illumination during shooting. Lighting system has been tested and validated in the Photometric Laboratory of the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro not to damage the painting

- and as "small" poster: http://shop.haltadefinizione.com/


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General Software Discussion / Re: Help needed (again): Miro "destroyed" all my videos!
« Last post by Curt on November 15, 2007, 03:27 PM »
Thanks.

It was and is "@C:\WINDOWS\inf\unregmp2.exe,-9905", as you said.  :tellme:

Another problem: I also tried to change the flash video types, but obviously forgot what the proper text was before I changed it - so now I have re-changed it into something wrong! I know I should have stayed in bed this morning! Please take yet a look in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and tell what text is in .flv > Default > Data [Edit: It was of course "Miro.1". Now I am going to bed!]

 :-[
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General Software Discussion / Re: Help needed (again): Miro "destroyed" all my videos!
« Last post by Curt on November 15, 2007, 02:50 PM »
Hmm... I now know that it doesn't help to merely change the text in the Data key. The file type is still described as a Miro.1 and will just open up the text editor, when db'clicked. Nothing seems to have changed. I am back in the dark.


Anyone with an opinion on this matter?  :tellme:
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General Software Discussion / Re: Help needed (again): Miro "destroyed" all my videos!
« Last post by Curt on November 15, 2007, 02:43 PM »
I have noticed that MPC (= KLCP) in many situations is very modest. For example extension icons are not always changed when MPC becomes default - sometimes but not always. At least not on my PC.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Help needed (again): Miro "destroyed" all my videos!
« Last post by Curt on November 15, 2007, 02:23 PM »
@ jgpaiva, do you use BSPlayer for all the (common) video file types? I suddenly realize that I don't know what the text should say, if I try to change it - as I don't use BSPlayer. Does any of you guys have K-Lite's Media Player Classic as your default player, and care to tell what the text in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT > .avi > Data > Default is saying?

 :tellme:

Edit: I already know that, don't I. My screenshot is telling the answer: KLCP AVI File

- well, it has been a long and stressfull day. Hope you will forgive me. But of course, I have not yet tried to change the text, so I don't know yet if I am in the clear or not. Talk to you later!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Help needed (again): Miro "destroyed" all my videos!
« Last post by Curt on November 15, 2007, 02:02 PM »
This is hard for me to believe and just as hard to tell: I have done it again!

Well, not really "me", but Miro. The final version 1.0 is on the street and I just had to give it yet another try. But Miro is still far too sluggish for my weak and unstable XP, so I removed it again after a couple of hours, and Bang, there you have it!: All video file types are again miro.1 !!  :wallbash:

- and this time my "reset-trick " didn't work. The file types are still wrong.

The problem:

When uninstalling Miro 1, it did not change the file types back to what they were before Miro was installed. [Edit: .divx was and is okay because Miro does not change the divx type]

The problem now is not the file associations, but the file types.

The extension is right, but the description is wrong. In the Explorer column type, any .divx video is listed as a divx video file, and any avi file should be listed avi file, but is described as a miro.1 type.

I can right-click any video file and say "always open with X-Player", and X-Player will open it and play it, but that will not change the "perceived" video file type; it will still be wrong (miro.1), (except for .divx)

-  and the video file will just open the text editor when double-clicked.

 :tellme:
... Should the above fail, you could try to open regedit and under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT locate the extensions you're having problems with (like .mp3, .mp4, .aac, .mpg etc.). Each of these keys should have at least two string values that are important here:

PerceivedType = Should be either video or audio, depending on the filetype.
Content Type = The files mime type. For instance, AVI files should have video/avi, MP3 should have audio/mpeg etc. Just google <file extension> + mime type and you should have no problems finding the correct ones.

Now this might not work ...

In HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT the "problem" seems to be the first key listed, "(Standard)", which Dirhael did not mention. The data in the key named (Standard) is "Miro.1" - but should of course be something different, as I don't have Miro on my machine anymore. Please take a look in your HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT > .avi and tell me exactly what (Standard) says!  :tellme:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT > .avi > (Standard) :
(Standard).gif
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General Software Discussion / Re: Scott Finnie unimpressed by NOD32 ...
« Last post by Curt on November 14, 2007, 09:03 AM »
... Startup Monitor has saved me more times ...

It is good to realize that Mike Lin is still working [Edit: or is he?]- I used a lot of his programs in the previous century. Do you use the Startup Control Panel, as well?

---

I'd never actually been the victim of a trojan before.  I felt so *dirty*.  Are feelings of self-loathing and humiliation in the wake of such an event normal?

It is common for victims by rape to feel dirty afterwards. I guess the priciples are the same if you are rap.. ehh infected with trojans or the likes. You have taken pride in having a clean machine, but this 'person' (animal) treated you and your pc like worthless pieces of trash.
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Living Room / Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Last post by Curt on November 12, 2007, 05:56 PM »
 :o
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: BruteKill hotkey
« Last post by Curt on November 12, 2007, 01:10 PM »
Now I have tested it, and Yes, it is precisely what I wanted!   :-*
Thanks a lot, jgpaiva!


Thanks to all of you other guys and doll(s) for the advices!  :up:
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: BruteKill hotkey
« Last post by Curt on November 11, 2007, 05:43 PM »
http://www.majorgeek.../ClickZap_d3861.html
Ooops! 404 on that link.

Try again, the link is right.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: BruteKill hotkey
« Last post by Curt on November 11, 2007, 05:30 PM »
Hmm... 1) There was no installation, so when I run the ShutdownNow.exe from Start, there is the usual security warning box asking if I want to execute this unknown program. It would be nice not to have to answer this question at every startup.

2) I guess the hotkey was taken, or something, because there is no action at all when I run the program or when I press the F12 hotkey - and there is no response to see in the task manager.


I don't know what to do with the ahk script, and of course >ShutdownNow: press hotkey< must be different from >Shutdown: db'click icon<, but you made Shutdown.exe work so nice and easy (and with an installer and all [Edit: No, "installer" cannot be the right word, but I don't have to understand anything to make it work]) :Thmbsup:  so maybe you can make this one work just as smooth?
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: BruteKill hotkey
« Last post by Curt on November 11, 2007, 01:55 PM »
The combination Win+M/Ctrl+M/Ctrl+Shift+M (etcetera) followed by Alt+F4 is suspended / elegal. But it doesn't really matter, because I have found ClickZap. [/IDEA]

http://www.majorgeek.../ClickZap_d3861.html
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: BruteKill hotkey
« Last post by Curt on November 11, 2007, 08:53 AM »
Thanks for trying, Ralf. Ctrl+Alt+Delete will of course eventual bring up Process Explorer, BUT I will then have to click "File" and wait forever for the what-do-you-call-it to roll down and give access to Shutdown, and THEN I will have to click Shutdown AND THEN wait forever and ever for some stupid box to appear and ask if I really want to shutdown. It is not posible when the CPU usage is 100% and everything is a mess. It is 100% imposible. So there I don't go.

Edit: I've found a brandnew emergency task manager: AntiFreeze, I will try out.
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General Software Discussion / New gratis ScreenCapture with Editor
« Last post by Curt on November 11, 2007, 08:39 AM »
Added today at Freeware World: EasyCapture from XYStudio - XYDownload.com.

Current version: 1.0.0
Release date: 2007.11.10
Support OS: Win2K,XP,Vista

EasyCapture Features

Capture Anything
Region Capture
Select a specific rectangular region of the screen that you want to capture. Quickly capture an image.

Capture Screen Window / Object
Select any visible windows on the screen that you want to capture, Quickly capture an image.

Full screen capture
One click to capture the full screen to an image.

Active window capture
Select the current active window, Quickly capture an image.

Scrolling window capture
One click to capture scrolling window to an image.

Fix rectangle region capture
Select the fix size rectangle region of the screen that you want to capture, Quickly capture an image.

Edit and Add Effect
Adjust image size and color
If the color or size of your original capture isn't quite right, you can make adjustments easily in Cessna. With features like crop, resize, brightness, contrast, color level, color tone.

Add Professional Effects
EasyCapture lets you add special professional effects with Flip, invert, Hue or saturation and Image processing effects, like blur, emboss, oil paint, halftone, Mosaic and 3D grid.

Enhance Your Captures
Add Text annotation
EasyCapture enhance you capture with add text annotation.

Add Line
EasyCapture enhance you capture with add line.

Add Region
EasyCapture enhance you capture with add Region (Rectangle, Ellipse).

Add Highlight region
EasyCapture enhance you capture with add Highlight rectangle regions.

Add Arrow
EasyCapture enhance you capture with add Arrow.

Add Stamp
EasyCapture enhance you capture with add stamps.

Easily Output
Save to Clipboard
EasyCapture lets you easily output each capture to clipboard.

Save to File
EasyCapture lets you automatically save you capture to image file, including BMP, GIF, JPEG and PNG format.
EasyCapturegif.gif
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: BruteKill hotkey
« Last post by Curt on November 11, 2007, 07:47 AM »
Alt+F4 brings up the shut down menu. Then ...

Thats one of the reasons I asked for the hotkey to be editable. Alt+F4 brute-kills the active window. I don't remember which program gave me this feature.

That's easy!

Well, jgpaiva, it was easy... to read!   ;D

What an earth are you talking about?  :-[  Where and how do I change settings for a F button? Or were you referring to Shutdown.exe ?? or..??? Forgive me for being such an ignorrant on IT.

BTW: Shouldn't it be 24 instead of 13 ? Its for emergency 100% CPU-usage situations.
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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: BruteKill hotkey
« Last post by Curt on November 11, 2007, 02:32 AM »
My XP is getting more and more unstable, and The End is near, I am afraid. But meanwhile I would like to be able to still use it to some degree... Right now I am in the need of a hotkey version for the force / brutekill feature one can have in, say, jgpaiva's Shutdown, so I will be able to shutdown my computer even when the taskbar is unreachable and CPU usage is heavy. The hotkey must be editable.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Searching for the best read-aloud software
« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2007, 05:13 PM »
On the other hand, if money is no problem, I will recommend the pro version of the first one you mentioned, the $40 Natural Reader Professional (Basic)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Searching for the best read-aloud software
« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2007, 11:55 AM »
If money is an isue, and you think you can live with commercials nag messages, then you should (also) try out Cepstral's Callie. Normally it is $30, but with (oral) ads it is gratis.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Searching for the best read-aloud software
« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2007, 10:08 AM »
My experience is that it is far more important what voice you purchase. Forget about free ones; they stink (compared to $$ versions)!
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@ Grorgy: Did you try to merely raise the CPU priority of the service in question?
- this methode helped a weakling of mine - but it wasn't a service, though.

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FunFact2: The image would be 5 KB if saved as GIF.
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