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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 Release - Splat (Simple Program Launching and Termination)

« Last post by mouser on March 06, 2015, 12:42 AM »

nice 

6527

Living Room / 10th Anniversary - long time member check-in thread

« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2015, 10:49 PM »

One of the things I wish for to celebrate the 10th anniversary of DonationCoder is to hear briefly from some of our long time olden-days members who have gone awol and haven't posted in a long time.

You don't have to say much of anything if you don't want to -- a simple "hello" would do, just so we could see your avatars and smile.

Even better would be if you gave us an update on your life, your hobbies, projects, etc.  No need to explain why you have moved on from DC -- just give a little hello for those of us who remember you fondly.

I really hope to see some posts here from our lost members -- it would make me very happy.


Bounty hunters activate! Here are the top 122 lost sheep, who haven't posted in at least 300 days, and have made 100 or more posts in the past:

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• f0dder - posts: 8774, last: Thursday June 13, 2013
• nudone - posts: 4116, last: Saturday December 01, 2012
• Lashiec - posts: 2374, last: Wednesday May 29, 2013
• brotherS - posts: 2105, last: Monday October 15, 2012
• tinjaw - posts: 1926, last: Sunday February 05, 2012
• urlwolf - posts: 1784, last: Saturday April 19, 2014
• wreckedcarzz - posts: 1620, last: Wednesday April 24, 2013
• kartal - posts: 1529, last: Tuesday December 03, 2013
• PhilB66 - posts: 1510, last: Wednesday September 18, 2013
• Eoin - posts: 1400, last: Wednesday February 29, 2012
• housetier - posts: 1321, last: Tuesday May 03, 2011
• Ehtyar - posts: 1236, last: Tuesday March 12, 2013
• timns - posts: 1209, last: Tuesday January 08, 2013
• iphigenie - posts: 1166, last: Sunday May 04, 2014
• tranglos - posts: 1079, last: Friday November 23, 2012
• Veign - posts: 993, last: Tuesday September 27, 2011
• Ralf Maximus - posts: 927, last: Friday December 05, 2008
• KenR - posts: 825, last: Sunday January 06, 2013
• Grorgy - posts: 820, last: Wednesday October 05, 2011
• PPLandry - posts: 691, last: Monday January 27, 2014
• sri - posts: 673, last: Thursday October 18, 2012
• sajman99 - posts: 663, last: Friday May 09, 2014
• nontroppo - posts: 648, last: Tuesday February 17, 2009
• scancode - posts: 636, last: Sunday April 27, 2014
• Rover - posts: 628, last: Friday June 21, 2013
• Nighted - posts: 572, last: Wednesday October 08, 2008
• Hirudin - posts: 542, last: Sunday September 12, 2010
• nitrix-ud - posts: 482, last: Monday April 23, 2012
• Wordzilla - posts: 470, last: Friday April 04, 2008
• VideoInPicture - posts: 467, last: Saturday December 06, 2008
• mitzevo - posts: 460, last: Sunday December 15, 2013
• db90h - posts: 455, last: Saturday July 21, 2012
• tinyvillager - posts: 444, last: Friday January 04, 2008
• patteo - posts: 436, last: Tuesday December 17, 2013
• mrainey - posts: 433, last: Thursday April 19, 2012
• m_s - posts: 432, last: Thursday August 05, 2010
• edbro - posts: 425, last: Thursday October 03, 2013
• Bamse - posts: 410, last: Sunday February 27, 2011
• ecaradec - posts: 408, last: Tuesday September 17, 2013
• Markham - posts: 404, last: Thursday August 19, 2010
• moerl - posts: 404, last: Sunday June 28, 2009
• masu - posts: 401, last: Sunday May 22, 2011
• Scott - posts: 377, last: Thursday January 21, 2010
• wr975 - posts: 369, last: Monday June 03, 2013
• JeffK - posts: 362, last: Tuesday May 12, 2009
• kimmchii - posts: 360, last: Wednesday October 13, 2010
• vegas - posts: 352, last: Monday September 23, 2013
• czb - posts: 335, last: Saturday April 13, 2013
• Ruffnekk - posts: 331, last: Monday December 03, 2012
• MrCrispy - posts: 330, last: Monday September 23, 2013
• SKesselman - posts: 317, last: Monday March 01, 2010
• pilgrim - posts: 316, last: Sunday June 16, 2013
• Cpilot - posts: 293, last: Thursday April 28, 2011
• gjehle - posts: 285, last: Saturday December 07, 2013
• Coeluh - posts: 273, last: Monday November 23, 2009
• dk70 - posts: 269, last: Saturday May 26, 2007
• icekin - posts: 263, last: Friday October 07, 2011
• skywalka - posts: 253, last: Monday July 22, 2013
• gexecuter - posts: 252, last: Sunday January 16, 2011
• Redhat - posts: 249, last: Saturday December 28, 2013
• siouxdax - posts: 247, last: Saturday June 15, 2013
• johnk - posts: 245, last: Wednesday March 19, 2014
• mediaguycouk - posts: 244, last: Wednesday May 04, 2011
• SkyIDE - posts: 244, last: Thursday June 30, 2011
• ljbirns - posts: 229, last: Friday July 08, 2011
• Tekzel - posts: 227, last: Tuesday July 06, 2010
• momonan - posts: 227, last: Wednesday February 15, 2012
• ak_ - posts: 223, last: Sunday March 27, 2011
• jdd - posts: 214, last: Tuesday December 25, 2012
• Jammo the OrganizedFellow - posts: 212, last: Sunday August 18, 2013
• JennyB - posts: 209, last: Tuesday July 24, 2012
• mwang - posts: 204, last: Thursday May 26, 2011
• bgd77 - posts: 203, last: Saturday November 20, 2010
• clif_notes - posts: 198, last: Sunday July 18, 2010
• Cavalcader - posts: 192, last: Monday September 12, 2011
• jdmarch - posts: 185, last: Sunday October 21, 2012
• OldElmerFudd - posts: 181, last: Friday August 13, 2010
• BigJim - posts: 178, last: Sunday May 29, 2011
• mnemonic - posts: 176, last: Thursday July 28, 2011
• Archon of Fate - posts: 174, last: Wednesday September 18, 2013
• thunder7 - posts: 169, last: Wednesday December 21, 2011
• Outertech Support - posts: 168, last: Thursday May 23, 2013
• alivingspirit - posts: 165, last: Thursday March 14, 2013
• lotusrootstarch - posts: 160, last: Monday July 01, 2013
• Codebyte - posts: 160, last: Monday November 01, 2010
• taichimaster - posts: 159, last: Tuesday September 11, 2012
• Gerome - posts: 154, last: Sunday October 08, 2006
• tmpusr - posts: 154, last: Sunday March 04, 2012
• Dr-Leech - posts: 151, last: Wednesday February 25, 2009
• delwoode - posts: 142, last: Sunday January 08, 2012
• vitalyb - posts: 141, last: Wednesday November 27, 2013
• electronixtar - posts: 141, last: Sunday March 27, 2011
• RedPillow - posts: 140, last: Wednesday June 15, 2011
• Kamel - posts: 138, last: Tuesday June 07, 2011
• superticker - posts: 138, last: Friday August 23, 2013
• bmms - posts: 137, last: Wednesday March 26, 2014
• vixay - posts: 137, last: Thursday April 19, 2012
• LuckMan212 - posts: 137, last: Thursday October 01, 2009
• tenseiken - posts: 136, last: Wednesday December 31, 1969
• Bionic71 - posts: 134, last: Thursday January 17, 2013
• doctorfrog - posts: 134, last: Monday November 18, 2013
• hpearce - posts: 132, last: Friday November 22, 2013
• Sentinel - posts: 130, last: Sunday October 14, 2007
• seedling - posts: 129, last: Sunday January 24, 2010
• d4ni - posts: 128, last: Friday January 25, 2013
• brett - posts: 125, last: Saturday November 15, 2008
• herojoker - posts: 124, last: Friday May 01, 2009
• s.newave - posts: 124, last: Monday September 06, 2010
• city_zen - posts: 120, last: Saturday May 14, 2011
• TPReal - posts: 120, last: Monday December 30, 2013
• imtrobin - posts: 120, last: Sunday March 16, 2014
• parkint - posts: 119, last: Thursday November 18, 2010
• Davidtheo - posts: 119, last: Tuesday July 21, 2009
• suleika - posts: 117, last: Thursday July 23, 2009
• ChalkTrauma - posts: 116, last: Tuesday September 28, 2010
• cnewtonne - posts: 115, last: Wednesday January 26, 2011
• joby_toss - posts: 113, last: Wednesday February 05, 2014
• Loki15 - posts: 113, last: Monday July 27, 2009
• 2stepsback - posts: 110, last: Wednesday May 09, 2007
• Laughing Man - posts: 103, last: Tuesday November 20, 2007
• nevf - posts: 102, last: Tuesday January 22, 2013
• Rigel - posts: 100, last: Tuesday February 22, 2011

Bonus lost sheep: SKROMMEL, 40hz.

ps. even if you aren't on the top 122 list, I still want to hear from you if you haven't posted in a while!

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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder 10th Anniversary plans, ideas, changes, fundraiser?

« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2015, 10:41 PM »

This sounds like a whole spin-off thread

yes, i have created the thread:
https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=40373

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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder 10th Anniversary plans, ideas, changes, fundraiser?

« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2015, 09:43 PM »

One thing I want as a present for the anniversary is for all of the long-time hundred+ post members, who we haven't heard from in a long time, to stop by and make a hello post.  doesn't have to be a big long post, just a simple hello would make my heart swell.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 RELEASE: Portable Extension Warlock

« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2015, 06:07 PM »

Get better soon, ham!

6531

Living Room / Re: Animal Friends thread

« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2015, 12:53 PM »

cuteness overload!

6532

General Software Discussion / Re: metadata

« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2015, 10:55 AM »

The issue of filing electronic documents in a nice organized way and preserving extra info, and be able to search, etc.  is an important one.
There are surely some good articles about it online and some good software for it.
Do some research and let us know what you find -- it would be useful information for many.

6533

Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: MiniTool Partition Wizard PRO - do we need a mini review of this software?

« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2015, 10:47 AM »

The real problem with writing reviews of software like this -- is that you really need some descent familiarity with the main alternatives -- it's simply pointless for someone who hasn't used other partition tools to review just one.  And given how rarely people use partition tools, it's not something that most people have much experience with.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: MiniTool Partition Wizard PRO - do we need a mini review of this software?

« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2015, 09:27 AM »

I'll just chime in briefly to say this kind of thing isn't unusual or spam (at least in the traditional sense) -- it's just a company that wants to have their software publicly reviewed (positively they hope), to get more exposure and publicity.
If it's not software you are interested in, just ignore it

[edit]
I see now you received this not as an email but as a forum message -- ok well as long as this user is only sending out one or two messages to those people on the forum who have written reviews about similar tools (which i think you qualify for), there's no harm.  If they start spamming large numbers of people on forum, then we'll step in.

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Finished Programs / Re: How do I download Pick Me?

« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2015, 08:58 AM »

You can download PickMe from the second post on this page, see the
link labeled "Download":

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=17316.0

Where did you hear about it? If it doesn't do what you need, let us know!

6536

General Software Discussion / Re: Avoid AdBlock Plus for Android!

« Last post by mouser on March 04, 2015, 06:20 PM »

Appears to be an issue that has been raised before:

https://adblockplus....iewtopic.php?t=11849

https://adblockplus.org/en/android-faq
Why does Adblock Plus appear to consume so much traffic?
To filter ads, all traffic has to pass through Adblock Plus. Android considers this to be the traffic caused by the app, while it is in reality the sum of all traffic.

Note that the posters on that thread still don't seem in agreement about the nature of the bandwidth.. some say adblock plus is eating bandwidth, some say its just a reporting problem..

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General Software Discussion / Re: Avoid AdBlock Plus for Android!

« Last post by mouser on March 04, 2015, 06:03 PM »

It sounds like we need an answer from AdBlock..

6538

Webcam Video Diary / Re: WebcamVideoDiary: v1.03.01 - Mar 4, 2015

« Last post by mouser on March 04, 2015, 04:57 PM »

v1.03.01 - Mar 4, 2015

Portable version now available.
Older versions were expiring saying Private Beta Testing period had expired.

6539

General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for program that can copy folder hierarchy with checkboxes and size est.

« Last post by mouser on March 04, 2015, 02:54 PM »

A flat source file list may be useful in some cases, but not in my case -- I need to be able to quickly choose large folders from a hierarchy for copying.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Avoid AdBlock Plus for Android!

« Last post by mouser on March 04, 2015, 01:40 PM »

that is insane if it's real..
but i wonder if it's some kind of mistake -- like if Adblock Plus was filtering all traffic and the Data usage calculator ended up double counting all bandwidth and assigning it all to Adblock Plus?  just a thought because that number seems insane.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Arrow does not remember end shapes

« Last post by mouser on March 04, 2015, 09:38 AM »

just tested -- i can see the problem you are talking about.  it's a bug. i will fix in next version -- which should be out in the next week or so.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need SSL Certificate Recomendations

« Last post by mouser on March 04, 2015, 08:14 AM »

I can only commiserate -- the ssl certificate renewal process at StartSSL is painful and confusing and feels like it's from an alternate dystopian dimension.. It's still what I use though, because of price.
If you find something better at a reasonable price, let me know.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor: A feature I would like added - precise region capture options

« Last post by mouser on March 03, 2015, 11:45 PM »

There's ALMOST a good way to do that now.. But I will try to improve it and make it truly useful in next release, so keep an eye out in the next two weeks.

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Activation/License/Language Help / Re: About signing up to download freeware license keys - READ IN PLEASE

« Last post by mouser on March 03, 2015, 10:41 PM »

Thanks for your kind words donnezg, please make yourself at home here 
Check out our latest newsletter and the user-to-user section for some good threads to post in: https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=40337

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Living Room / Nice essay on the Prisoner's Dilemma Tournaments

« Last post by mouser on March 03, 2015, 08:38 PM »

I remember one of the first things that got me truly interested in artificial intelligence as a young kid was talking with my father about a Scientific American article on the "Prisoner's Dilemma" with my father.
It's a wonderfully rich and accessible mathematical/game-theory problem, made all the more exciting by the idea of having these tournaments that pit different strategies against each other.

https://egtheory.wor....com/2015/03/02/ipd/



And another more recent interesting discussion: http://www.scientifi...tion-into-question1/

Found on: http://researchblogging.org/

6546

Developer's Corner / Re: Unity 5 now free for everyone!

« Last post by mouser on March 03, 2015, 01:53 PM »

Awesome.. we are truly entering an amazing age for indie game coders..

6547

Developer's Corner / Re: Unreal Engine 4 is now free* for everyone!

« Last post by mouser on March 03, 2015, 01:17 PM »

Very cool.

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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder 10th Anniversary plans, ideas, changes, fundraiser?

« Last post by mouser on March 03, 2015, 01:12 PM »

Should we put a link to the mobile pages at the bottom of each forum page?
To elaborate on what wraith says, you can visit the main forum in mobile mode like:

• https://www.donation.../forum/index.php?wap
• https://www.donation...forum/index.php?wap2
• https://www.donation...orum/index.php?imode

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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder 10th Anniversary plans, ideas, changes, fundraiser?

« Last post by mouser on March 03, 2015, 10:09 AM »

Wraith, excellent points.

And I think that your second part gets to a conflict of DC.  Is it a community site?  Or is it mouser's site that we contribute to?  I don't think that either is a wrong answer, but I think not having an answer to the question sort of drives the confusion.  And that can be one of the things that is firmly decided in this 10th anniversary.

I think the answer to that is part of the problem that needs to be solved.  I want this to be more of a true community website (not just a community forum).. but the site infrastructure makes it much harder than it should be for others to participate as first class participants in some areas.  While we are all pretty much on equal footing on the forum -- the software area of the site is not easily opened up to other coders without lots of manual effort (and vetting, which is a separate problem), and the infrastructure of the site makes it difficult for us to have content that gets much visibility other than in the forum, etc.

Right now we have a slightly schizophrenic situation where we have a true community forum that is fairly diverse in its interests, and an old school static website (that is much harder to update) with more narrowly focused software.
In many ways these two aspects of the site complement one another -- but in some ways they don't and create friction and confusion.

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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder 10th Anniversary plans, ideas, changes, fundraiser?

« Last post by mouser on March 03, 2015, 10:01 AM »

I am going to try to write up a tough critique of what i see as the problems with DC as it stands.. and then try to come up with some possible directions..
It's always possible that we should essentially let DC be DC, and not try to mess with it -- despite it's flaws.  But I think it will be healthy at this time to try to lay them all out on the table.
So.. stay tuned..