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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: askapic.com - Photo Q&A Site

« Last post by tomos on January 11, 2011, 02:48 PM »

I was just thinking that displaying name instead of username is a much more friendlier way of listing the questions. We will modify the website to display usernames instead of names as soon as possible.

-adi_barb (January 11, 2011, 01:52 PM)

I agree Adi that full names are friendlier - but when people have to fill in a user name they dont expect the full name to be used (that's the feedback I'm getting).
Another option would be to let them know which name is going to be chosen or let them choose which name is used - but these ideas are more complex and probably not worthwhile.


Re Facebook:
I would imagine that showing the full name is the norm - that's how FB works...

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: askapic.com - Photo Q&A Site

« Last post by tomos on January 11, 2011, 02:41 PM »

Curt,
I'm going to send you a PM (but I've got to finish another first!) with a suggestion so that your anwser need not be erased
Tom

EDIT/ PM sent

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Living Room / Re: Can we stop with the diagonal screen length thing?

« Last post by tomos on January 11, 2011, 03:08 AM »

I'm curious. Could you explain your complaints with 16:9? I believe my current monitor is 16:10, but I heard that is rare.

-Deozaan (January 09, 2011, 11:26 PM)

It does appear to be that 16:10 is becoming increasingly rare, which is another real annoyance.

-nudone (January 10, 2011, 02:40 AM)

Fact is with a 16:9 you get (what was it Andy..) roughly 10% less monitor. That's why 16:10 is getting harder to get - what the manufacturers offer with 16:9 has the same diagonal length, but they save around 10% on production costs ... ideal for them, innit?

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: askapic.com - Photo Q&A Site

« Last post by tomos on January 11, 2011, 02:48 AM »

Congratulation, Tom. This is quite exciting! :-)

-Curt (January 10, 2011, 06:31 PM)

I agree

I need to say that it made me feel uneasy when I saw my name spelled out in full, next to an enlarged copy of my facebook picture. Will it be possible to change these features, or Should/Must/Can I cancel my account?

-Curt (January 10, 2011, 06:31 PM)

Does anyone know what the norm is with Facebook logins - do they usually show the full name?
I have used FB to login places - but very little and cant remember how it worked..


Curt, this may help:
Initially I registered on the site, and gave the same name for user and full names (just "Tom") - after that, when loged in via Facebook, it just shows my registered name (Tom). I think this might be a workaround.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: askapic.com - Photo Q&A Site

« Last post by tomos on January 11, 2011, 02:19 AM »

I need to say that it made me feel uneasy when I saw my name spelled out in full, next to an enlarged copy of my facebook picture. Will it be possible to change these features, or Should/Must/Can I cancel my account?

-Curt (January 10, 2011, 06:31 PM)

Apologies about that Curt -
I've already reported this to Adi but I think it got forgotten about (did by me anyways ) - we'll see what he says.
It's actually also a problem if you register - you have to fill in a user name and a "Full name" - but it's the full name that's shown on the home/list-page.

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Living Room / Re: Spokeo - new stalking social networking site?

« Last post by tomos on January 10, 2011, 12:40 PM »

I'm not so worried:
 (see attachment in previous post)

-timns (January 10, 2011, 10:47 AM)

seems to only be for usa

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General Software Discussion / Re: FolderSize o DirectorySize with rules or filters

« Last post by tomos on January 10, 2011, 05:54 AM »

Go to the View menu, and choose "Flat View" - there are three options, so you'll need to find the one you like.

-timns (January 09, 2011, 07:25 PM)

Dunno if this any help:

I think the flat views show a "Location" column by default which shows the path (if not, you can add columns as in Explorer)
If you sort by that, the files and folders will be grouped according to the path.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 :: Wrap Up

« Last post by tomos on January 10, 2011, 05:34 AM »

Thanks to Perry and mouser for all the hard work!

great video mouser! Thanks for all the help

AskaPic.com (forum post)
AskApic is a new web site where people can post images ask questions about them -- where are they from, what are they of, etc.  Community driven with tons of features including tagging, friending, slideshows, etc.

-Perry Mowbray (January 09, 2011, 07:59 PM)

Cody's egg! - so that's what it was

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General Software Discussion / Re: remove objects from photos

« Last post by tomos on January 09, 2011, 03:08 PM »

Actually, it occured to me after I went to bed that what they've done is take 5 pictures of the same boy in different positions and then composited them to remove him.

-4wd (January 08, 2011, 05:11 PM)

I completely missed that! -
they also composited them to make the "before" picture, which just adds to the confusion

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General Software Discussion / Re: remove objects from photos

« Last post by tomos on January 09, 2011, 10:07 AM »

For what it took me to hand-fix that image, would have taken me far longer using Content Aware, making sure my selection was precise, and then cleaning everything else up.

-Stephen66515 (January 05, 2011, 08:11 PM)

Stephen I think you missed this query (below) - I'm curious too

How did you do it? Clone & pixel adjust?

-Renegade (January 05, 2011, 08:19 PM)

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Unfinished Requests / Re: One word, three dictionaries

« Last post by tomos on January 08, 2011, 12:49 PM »

Found it:

NANY 2011 Release: WordCaster

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Living Room / Re: Internet celebrity, unusual inspiration, unconventional art... win!

« Last post by tomos on January 08, 2011, 12:45 PM »

This is exactly what I'm talking about.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6kI_u3ho_c[/youtube]

- Oshyan

-JavaJones (January 07, 2011, 10:20 PM)

I estimate the video has had at least 17 million views in total...

with apologies - veering off-topic here:

funny there was a comment with over 1500 votes - when I went back to quote it it was gone

Basically it said the original video on YT had 14 million view but it got taken down, and then it was shown on some tv channels (maybe sold by the creator?). Very critical of youtube, strange it disappeared. Hah, now the second highest voted comment (also complaining about youtube) is removed. The poster is not online according to his channel - looks to me like youtube is censoring the comments

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General Software Discussion / Re: remove objects from photos

« Last post by tomos on January 08, 2011, 12:16 PM »

They've chosen a very poor example to use as a demo, one photo with people and then one without - why go to the trouble of doing a composite?

If they'd demonstrated by using 10 pictures of Piazzo San Marco, Venice, taken at 5 minute intervals from 10am on a sunny morning that they could remove all the tourists......now that would be impressive.

-4wd (January 08, 2011, 06:47 AM)

It's not clear what exactly they're doing (they dont give much details) - i- from the name, I would presume, as you do, that you need a few pics to work with.

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Living Room / Re: Can we stop with the diagonal screen length thing?

« Last post by tomos on January 08, 2011, 12:10 PM »

with widescreen monitors, the height is very important.
Mine is 16:10, I already miss the height - if it were 16:9 I'd need another one on top...

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Unfinished Requests / Re: One word, three dictionaries

« Last post by tomos on January 08, 2011, 11:59 AM »

If you wanted to search specific dictionaries then you may be able to cobble something together with a macro to open new tab, then use site:merriam-webster.com word or site:thefreedictionary.com sesquipedalian

-MilesAhead (November 18, 2010, 05:05 PM)

The dictionaries I am talking about are software ones, not on-line.

-lls (November 18, 2010, 09:09 PM)

Oh... I misunderstood too.  I was allowing to use the websites; I didn't realize they were software based.

-wraith808 (November 18, 2010, 09:14 PM)

Did someone do a NANY based on this idea? (using websites - I've lost track of the NANY entries...)

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Living Room / Re: Fodder for history buffs

« Last post by tomos on January 08, 2011, 11:55 AM »

I like sharing things that I find entertaining 

-kyrathaba (January 08, 2011, 10:03 AM)

I love em, true or no

In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted.  Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms.  Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted. Arms and legs are 'limbs,' therefore painting them would cost the buyer more.. Hence the expression, 'Okay, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg.'   (Artists know hands and arms are more difficult to paint)

-kyrathaba (January 07, 2011, 01:43 PM)

^ That one reminds me of a story about the expression "chancing an arm" (to risk something)

two families had a feud. One eventually took refuge in St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. They then wished to make peace, but were afraid for their lives if they ventured out; in consequence they cut a hole in one of the Cathedral's doors and put out an arm - the worst that could have happened was that an arm was lost. The hole is present to this day.

-http://www.english-for-students.com/To-Chance.html

unfortunately,
they end up by saying:
>> Sadly, the feud took place in 1492 and the saying is first recorded only in the 1880s

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by tomos on January 08, 2011, 03:30 AM »

A review in the New Yorker
Man of Mystery
Why do people love Stieg Larsson’s novels?
by Joan Acocella January 10, 2011

Very critical initially* (or should I say superficially? - critical of the writing & translation) but also a very interesting indepth analysis

-tomos (January 07, 2011, 10:57 AM)

Hmmm...  I'm glad I'm just a reader, not a critic!

-rjbull (January 07, 2011, 05:37 PM)

Yeah, I didnt mean to post it to knock his books - it was the psychological stuff I found interesting.

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Living Room / Re: Fodder for history buffs

« Last post by tomos on January 08, 2011, 03:26 AM »

There was another very entertaining post in a similar vein here a short while back (was that from you too kyrathaba?)

Yeah, these are great fun, but I wouldnt actually believe any without some sort of research ;-)

the only one I checked was gossip:

http://en.wikipedia....iki/Gossip#Etymology

The word is from Old English godsibb, from god and sibb, the term for godparents, i.e. a child's godfather or godmother. In the 16th century, the word assumed the meaning of a person, mostly a woman, one who delights in idle talk, a newsmonger, a tattler.[4] In the early 19th century, the term was extended from the talker to the conversation of such persons. The verb to gossip, meaning "to be a gossip", first appears in Shakespeare.

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2011, 10:57 AM »

Just downloaded "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" to my Kindle!  OooOooOoohh, excited.

-kyrathaba (January 03, 2011, 06:01 PM)

You won't be sorry - all three books left me wanting more (and hoping that Steig Larsson's estate gets sorted out soon so that whatever nuggets that remain unpublished WILL be published (from what I understand, there is one more book, about 80% finished, along with outlines for 6 more)!

-Darwin (January 03, 2011, 10:42 PM)

EDIT/ I didnt mean to post this to knock his books - it was the psychological stuff I found interesting.

A review in the New Yorker
Man of Mystery
Why do people love Stieg Larsson’s novels?
by Joan Acocella January 10, 2011

Very critical initially* (or should I say superficially? - critical of the writing & translation) but also a very interesting indepth analysis


*EDIT/ if you're a fan you could always skip to (roughly) the second half for the psychological analysis....
EDIT/ I didnt mean to post this to knock his books - it was the psychological stuff I found interesting.

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Living Room / Re: Should I buy a tablet pc, ipad, netbook, or other?

« Last post by tomos on January 07, 2011, 10:18 AM »

The badge could be like an apple with horns coming out or something.

-superboyac (January 07, 2011, 09:41 AM)

  go for it lol

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: askapic.com - Photo Q&A Site

« Last post by tomos on January 06, 2011, 12:18 PM »

I find it hard to comment on the colours thing. While I realize I haven't spoken up till now, I'm not personally a fan of the light blue background your website has going as a theme, and the logos as they are aren't even set to that colour background, making it even harder to make a right decision.

-worstje (January 06, 2011, 12:01 PM)

True.
The whole thing happened so quickly that there wasnt much time to spend on design - well actually I spent a share of late nights in that role, but, the fact is - while I have some experience with layout - I'm not a designer...

I actually like the blue myself. I've gotten mixed responses from others about it.

On a white bg, the greish one looks best. The other two.. I don't know. The colours aren't all that bad, but I just don't like the chemistry the way I see it atm. Dropshadows are overdone imo and I'd recommend taking it out to look less cheap.

-worstje (January 06, 2011, 12:01 PM)

I'm happy with the design at any rate - there is a version for the site too - colours would definitely have to be changed, but I've got to install illustrator first...

EDIT/ ahh, I see you also posted on-site worstje

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: askapic.com - Photo Q&A Site

« Last post by tomos on January 06, 2011, 12:00 PM »

ps. the slide show is a really nice interface..

-mouser (January 06, 2011, 11:47 AM)

I agree - it's lovely and clean and smooth 


>> ps. the slide show is a really nice interface.. if you can get the questions showing for each photo at the top of the photo, you might actually make that the default view.

there's an interesting idea!


>> answered

I agree with you there - I just wasnt sure which one!

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Living Room / Re: complete 180 on mouse preference - what's the best cheap mouse?

« Last post by tomos on January 06, 2011, 11:52 AM »

How many people on DC are ambidextrous, I wonder? Random curiosity...

-Darwin (January 06, 2011, 10:57 AM)

depends on your definition -
I use the mouse in both hands but if I have to do fine work it's much easier with my left.
I only started cause I totally screwed up my main hand (for a good while too) when I began using computers (drawing). I was working on a high table with the hard right-angled edge sticking into my wrist....

I used my right hand almost exclusively as training (& to give my left a rest). Brushing teeth with the wrong hand is actually very challenging if you havent done it before!

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: askapic.com - Photo Q&A Site

« Last post by tomos on January 06, 2011, 11:35 AM »

Latest query - to everybody!




EDIT:  http://askapic.com/

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: askapic.com - Photo Q&A Site

« Last post by tomos on January 06, 2011, 05:13 AM »

that's great.
I've just discovered a small bug when adding friends. They aren't displayed in the public profile pages. We'll solve this right away.

-adi_barb (January 06, 2011, 04:30 AM)

another "Friends" bug there & some related queries per PM