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Living Room / Re: YouTube finally forces creation of google+ A/C to comment

« Last post by rgdot on February 27, 2014, 08:23 PM »

Yes I have. I meant you can't escape giving your real name if you own Android.

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Living Room / Re: YouTube finally forces creation of google+ A/C to comment

« Last post by rgdot on February 27, 2014, 12:59 PM »

If you own an Android you don't have to have given your name in the sense that you do when signing up for gmail or other service ... they have it and will use it

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General Software Discussion / Re: What the Heck is Happening to Windows? Article on Windows 8 Disaster

« Last post by rgdot on February 17, 2014, 08:06 AM »

Look at it this way. Think Android phones but for Windows .... Desktop is rooted and metro is stock 

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Living Room / Re: Security breach at Kickstarter

« Last post by rgdot on February 16, 2014, 09:03 AM »

Good point about 'easier ways', thanks

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General Software Discussion / Re: What the Heck is Happening to Windows? Article on Windows 8 Disaster

« Last post by rgdot on February 16, 2014, 08:59 AM »

"Destroyed"

It is still the mainstream form of computing and will be for a long time. Macs still, yes still, occupy a small section of where most people go to buy computers and most people don't associate the Apple store with computers but with "gadgets".

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Living Room / Re: Security breach at Kickstarter

« Last post by rgdot on February 15, 2014, 10:02 PM »

Thanks for posting this.

I have a serious (may be dumb) question. We often hear about credit card/password info was not breached. what about sites like this that ask for name and address (to ship stuff). Isn't name and address (as a combo) may be even more valuable than a card that can be cancelled and/or has zero liability if used maliciously?

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Living Room / Re: What Google Plus is all about

« Last post by rgdot on February 15, 2014, 09:41 AM »

Google Plus, the company’s social network, is like a ghost town

First sentence being false makes me not want to read the rest. I have only ~200 friends and member of a handful of communities and there is lots going on.

Also, even if ignoring my previous sentence .... it may not be as big as facebook but nothing is.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Continuing with XP

« Last post by rgdot on February 06, 2014, 01:37 PM »

Don't stay with XP on the basis that 'I am confident I can remain safe', I wouldn't recommend this course of action.
Even with fully patched systems (via MS and via thrid parties) malware gets through, without them ... just don't try.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Malwarebytes is moving away from lifetime licenses

« Last post by rgdot on February 06, 2014, 12:49 PM »

There is more to MBAM than free and pro (which has always been 1 pc lifetime)? (for non-business users)

Never seen anything beside the 2...

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014: Mug-shots here

« Last post by rgdot on February 03, 2014, 05:39 PM »

So, next year's NANY request pics to put on the mugs 

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Living Room / Re: Google sells Motorola to Lenovo for $3bn

« Last post by rgdot on January 30, 2014, 09:25 AM »

Why? Doesn't LG make those Nexus phones?

-Shades (January 30, 2014, 06:01 AM)

Those companies like Samsung and even LG are not exactly happy at seeing cheaper smartphones being sold directly by Google, another company making a big investment directly via Google will only add to that view.

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Living Room / Re: BitCloud: BitCoin concepts applied to... everything else.

« Last post by rgdot on January 22, 2014, 12:22 PM »

Things never change overnight but change is possible. I am almost tempted to call all these efforts lazy. The solution is to replace the regimes that make you want to develop stuff like this. Anybody who may be saying that it is impossible or unrealistic is, like I said, being lazy.

The people setting up and operating the likes of the NSA are still elected. There is no way change is impossible.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Websense (Directly and via VirusTotal) - DonationCoder is Malicious

« Last post by rgdot on January 19, 2014, 08:04 PM »

What you can do if you feel a website has been incorrectly categorized.

Ask your Help Desk or IT administrator to change a website's category (they can override the Websense category). You can also suggest that Websense researchers reevaluate a categorization by e-mailing [email protected].

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: MS Office 2013 US$9.95 Corporate/Enterprise Home Use Program - Mini-Review

« Last post by rgdot on January 19, 2014, 05:48 PM »

How I can get in on this? 


Seriously though, good deal, in my opinion for even OneNote alone

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Living Room / Re: Net neutrality is dead. Bow to Comcast and Verizon, your overlords (AKA DOOOOOM)

« Last post by rgdot on January 15, 2014, 08:20 PM »

What did I just read??? (actually only read half of it, may be the rest is great but I guess I will never know    )

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Living Room / Re: Net neutrality is dead. Bow to Comcast and Verizon, your overlords (AKA DOOOOOM)

« Last post by rgdot on January 15, 2014, 04:13 PM »

If other countries follow this model the internet will die, I have no doubt the US will find a sufficient (whatever that may mean) market for those $5 extras but a major portion of the rest of the world will not. So if CNN is happy to participate in a $5 extra scheme for premium content that someone will be able to see for free, not illegally but because of market conditions, in India then so be it.

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Living Room / Re: Net neutrality is dead. Bow to Comcast and Verizon, your overlords (AKA DOOOOOM)

« Last post by rgdot on January 15, 2014, 03:14 PM »

Well let's just say delivery and production/content are distinct and only one entity can force it to remain that way.

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Living Room / Re: Net neutrality is dead. Bow to Comcast and Verizon, your overlords (AKA DOOOOOM)

« Last post by rgdot on January 15, 2014, 03:04 PM »

Should I say something basement worthy? 

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release: Process Piglet

« Last post by rgdot on January 14, 2014, 07:03 PM »

Thanks for the mention mouser

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release: Process Piglet

« Last post by rgdot on January 14, 2014, 06:08 AM »

Mentioned on ghacks 

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General Software Discussion / Re: how do you know if an install has changed the registry ?

« Last post by rgdot on January 11, 2014, 03:28 PM »

^ http://www.softpedia...Tweak/Reg-Shot.shtml

RegShot
4.6/5 based on 111 ratings on Softpedia

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Community Giveaways / Re: Scrivener at 50% off

« Last post by rgdot on January 07, 2014, 07:31 PM »

Really cool program (know it from reading about it here and elsewhere), not a writer so won't ask because there are more deserving people but  nonetheless

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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: Clipjump - Clipboard Manager

« Last post by rgdot on January 07, 2014, 11:09 AM »

@rgdot
Thanks for the review  Please moderate my comment (http://www.rgdot.com...age-1/#comment-50826)   

-aviaryan (January 07, 2014, 06:17 AM)

Thanks, done.

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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: Clipjump - Clipboard Manager

« Last post by rgdot on January 06, 2014, 08:15 AM »

Softpedia have their own download too (I don't think any script is paranoid enough to block Softpedia)
http://www.softpedia...Download-234186.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: Cloned software and licensing issues

« Last post by rgdot on January 05, 2014, 06:20 PM »

Hi Jaex, thanks for posting here, I was about to reply to the email but wanted to check here to see if any other thoughts were posted.
Please check for a reply in a bit (from the time of this post).

Wanted to add another 1.5c here too, but my thoughts on the subject won't be coherent enough to matter.