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General Software Discussion / Re: windows 7 beta available for free Jan 9 (!)

« Last post by justice on January 09, 2009, 08:53 AM »

Best just stick with the usual sources like ars technica etc, anyone can write up an opinion.

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General Software Discussion / Re: windows 7 beta available for free Jan 9 (!)

« Last post by justice on January 09, 2009, 05:59 AM »

Windows 7 site seems already slow with people checking for the ISO, so be smart and use the Coral Content Delivery Network (add nyud.net to the hostname - should even work for the iso):
http://www.microsoft...t/windows/windows-7/

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General Software Discussion / Re: EULAlyzer™ 1.1

« Last post by justice on January 09, 2009, 05:20 AM »

So you hire the pro version, shame.

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General Software Discussion / Re: simple & easy way to exchange sensitive information?

« Last post by justice on January 09, 2009, 03:14 AM »

If you want them to be able to use your credit card, add them as an authorized user and the credit card company will send you a card just for them, with their name on it. But you will be responsible for any and all activity on the card, and the bill.

-app103 (January 09, 2009, 01:38 AM)

no this not about using it, but good suggestion thanks.

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General Software Discussion / Re: simple & easy way to exchange sensitive information?

« Last post by justice on January 08, 2009, 04:08 PM »

I just went home after work instead which solves my original issue ;-) but I still think it will be an issue for many people that it's not easy and simple enough to have a secure exchange of information online.

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: JustCloseSomeTasks

« Last post by justice on January 08, 2009, 10:37 AM »

Hey thanks again Phil! cheers and thanks for reminding me about adding it to the site.
I guess it's ok to load a webpage when asked for - for a program downloaded from the net anyways

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General Software Discussion / Re: simple & easy way to exchange sensitive information?

« Last post by justice on January 08, 2009, 06:51 AM »

Sending card details to a friend is a real risk if something goes wrong because any losses may not be covered by the card company if they think that doing that was imprudent.

didn't think at all about that. good point.

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General Software Discussion / simple & easy way to exchange sensitive information?

« Last post by justice on January 08, 2009, 05:41 AM »

A simple question, which is hard to answer:
I'd like to send some private information such as a password or my card details for example to a friend (not a power user), what is the easiest way to do this?

So far the easiest solution seems to be using logmein to securely login to their pc and type it there. Problem with this is setting up the account , complete pc access and unsecured at their end. (in my case only the third option is an issue). they don't have to know any password.

What EASY & SIMPLE (and relatively secure) method would you use?
* anything method using a password would mean they need to be told the password as well somehow, so please take this into account.
* no encryption keys are setup
* existing tools are preferred for simplicity.

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: contributing to a free program

« Last post by justice on January 08, 2009, 04:31 AM »

I'd like to encourage people to give something back if they like the program, if they find it useful there should be the opportunity for them to contribute and make it more useful for others. So I thought maybe a nice textbox that would allow people to send feedback to me directly from the program, from the about box.

Question is:
1) Would that encourage you to fill it in? no other information will be sent with the feedback.
2) are there other ways which you have in the past contributed back to free programs?

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: JustCloseSomeTasks

« Last post by justice on January 07, 2009, 11:43 AM »

Welcome all CybernetNews readers!!

And I’ll save what I consider to be the best for last. It’s called JustCloseSomeTasks ... . This is a great tool for anyone who finds themselves overwhelmed with the number of windows they have open.

-http://cybernetnews.com/2009/01/07/donationcoders-35-free-new-year-apps/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Online Multi Anti Virus Scanners?.

« Last post by justice on January 06, 2009, 08:28 AM »

I've never tested that gorinw13 but it's an interesting question. I think the virus would be in all parts (or at least all parts with infected executables).

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Living Room / Re: Apple Wheel macbook - revolutionary

« Last post by justice on January 06, 2009, 08:25 AM »

That would frustrate me  too. The majority of creative industries use macs and run photoshop by preference. I don't think bad software and unfamiliar keybaord shortcuts should be attributed to the OS Manufacterer though.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Online Multi Anti Virus Scanners?.

« Last post by justice on January 06, 2009, 06:55 AM »

maybe zip it in multiple volumes, at least some scanners should scan inside archives.

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Living Room / Re: Apple Wheel macbook - revolutionary

« Last post by justice on January 06, 2009, 06:53 AM »

this is a joke fenix

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Ribbon strikes again!

« Last post by justice on January 05, 2009, 04:50 AM »

To be honest I think they should do the same with the configuration panel, the multiple view modes just make it harder to help and learn it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Ribbon strikes again!

« Last post by justice on January 05, 2009, 04:18 AM »

I don't see how the choice to make it a big fat ribbon or nice slim toolbar would be worse for all people who use Windows and it's applications.

-Deozaan (January 05, 2009, 03:23 AM)

double the code to maintain making it more likely bugs creep in. if one is proven better than the other then why offer a choice.

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Finished Programs / Re: JustToDoIt - Fast ToDo lister

« Last post by justice on December 27, 2008, 05:06 PM »

The zip file includes the source, if you download the opensource AutoHotkey then you right click on the .ahk file and make your own .exe file.

Scan taken on 27 Dec 2008 23:06:51 (GMT)
A-Squared    
Found Trojan-Spy.Win32.Agent.bqt!IK
AntiVir    
Found nothing
ArcaVir    
Found Trojan.Agent.Aehd
Avast    
Found nothing
AVG Antivirus    
Found nothing
BitDefender    
Found nothing
ClamAV    
Found nothing
CPsecure    
Found Troj.Spy.W32.Agent.btl
Dr.Web    
Found nothing
F-Prot Antivirus    
Found nothing
F-Secure Anti-Virus    
Found nothing
G DATA    
Found nothing
Ikarus    
Found Trojan-Spy.Win32.Agent.bqt
Kaspersky Anti-Virus    
Found nothing
NOD32    
Found nothing
Norman Virus Control    
Found nothing
Panda Antivirus    
Found nothing
Sophos Antivirus    
Found nothing
VirusBuster    
Found nothing
VBA32    
Found nothing

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: JustCloseSomeTasks

« Last post by justice on December 26, 2008, 08:42 AM »

Version 1.12 is the final NANY release. I have enclosed the zip to the opening post for archiving. I'll keep developing it with your suggestions - so watch this space, the latest version link will keep working as well as dcupdater.

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: JustCloseSomeTasks

« Last post by justice on December 22, 2008, 04:30 AM »

Woo thanks ghacks! I noticed some confusion in the terminology that's used - and I have originated that by maybe not choosing the best words to describe things.

Active tasks are interpreted as 'the window you are working with' - from a person's view not the system's view (not processes that use resources at a point in time). Which is why background processes would still be marked as inactive - the user hasn't worked with that window for a while. Task manager and the taskbar seemed to indicate that this is the terminology, and on windows systems there's a 1:1 relationship from windows to processes (not like mac os x). Autohotkey however calls it windows and processes - and I see how system administrators would see a task as a process not as a window - and if that's the view then the application doesn't behave as you expect a process/resource manager would.

Argh the confusion

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Finished Programs / Re: JustToDoIt - Fast ToDo lister

« Last post by justice on December 22, 2008, 04:12 AM »

Thanks for your comments Dormouse will be looked at in time for an update in the new year!

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Living Room / Re: IncrediBots - for fans of Fantastic Contraption

« Last post by justice on December 18, 2008, 07:41 AM »

Too hard for me, I lost it during the Rotate CW Floppy Rotating Joint I was creating for my DumpBot, instead of so many tutorials the game should been made easier imho.

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Teaser: HexCards

« Last post by justice on December 18, 2008, 06:30 AM »

Great video btw and idea! Just wondering why is there one card left? Is this for a game mechanic reason? I thought it would be great to turn the game around  with the last card of the game. muhahah

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: JustCloseSomeTasks v1.12

« Last post by justice on December 18, 2008, 05:52 AM »

Good suggestions thanks Perry.
re minimizing: I'd like to try a scoring system for a major version update actually! Think I can actually add something in before that happens though now I think about it more.

re per application learning: Sounds good on paper Id need to track application closures outside JCST too to get enough data for this. And management options per application.

At the moment I'm just calculating by "total tasks closed"/"total inactive seconds" but as you experience for edge cases although simpler it's not as accurate as a scoring system like FARR. Should have called it Find and Close Robot

So good ideas keep them coming


Today's release v1.12
* JCST now will always take averages to calculate Expiry time, but it's always changeable in preferences. If you experience weird expiry / stats values, please reset training data in the Preferences. This means that its behaviour is more consistent and predictable.
* Always on Top feature (view menu)
* maximize task (right click)
* Hide option (file menu)
* Updating Expiry time fixes
* Expiry time now correctly updates after closing a single task via right click menu. oops.
* layout fixes

Background Info
When no tasks have ever been closed or after Reset it starts as if 20 tasks that have been inactive for 3 minutes each have been closed, the first task closed is task 21, meaning it will slowly adjust to your behaviour.

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: JustCloseSomeTasks

« Last post by justice on December 18, 2008, 03:36 AM »

Thanks Phil great ideas to increase its usefulness. With regards to:

"Would it be possible to add a history list of closed tasks from which one can restore a closed window/task?"
You should look at GoneIn60s, Skrommel's AHK utility that recovers closed windows. I don't see why it wouldn't work well with this program.

I don't have another monitor currently - but I've looked at another AHK script and JCST is already recognising the amount of monitors on the system, it's not doing anything with it at the moment. (but I'll try and add it in)

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Intro

« Last post by justice on December 17, 2008, 05:58 PM »

Have to say great discussion.