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General Software Discussion / Re: VirtualProtect

« Last post by Eóin on November 09, 2009, 04:11 AM »

With 32 bit it's a lot more guesswork to figure out which protection software I'm running

-MilesAhead (August 09, 2009, 06:16 PM)

That's just security through obscurity though, hardly something one can rely one.

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Living Room / Re: Google vs. the rest: Is it fair?

« Last post by Eóin on November 02, 2009, 08:44 AM »

Plaintext emails are like postcards, you didn't bother to put it in an envelope so the postman is perfectly entitled to read it

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N.A.N.Y. 2010 / Re: In the past there was the carrot.. for NANY 2010 there is the stick..

« Last post by Eóin on November 02, 2009, 07:37 AM »

Ok I've an idea so I'm in this year!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Free Microsoft book-Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2

« Last post by Eóin on November 02, 2009, 06:43 AM »

Well don't forget urlwolf the architectural switch is from the Vista SP1 base to Win7 so in some ways it a big step. Though I'm definitely not defending MS here, just playing devils advocate

Must glance through the book out of curiosity.

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Living Room / Re: Google vs. the rest: Is it fair?

« Last post by Eóin on November 01, 2009, 03:37 PM »

There are probably institutions out there with even more info on us than Google.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Beerware and Otherware categories besides Donationware, good or now gimmicky?

« Last post by Eóin on October 31, 2009, 01:45 PM »

Postcardware always seemed nice to me

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General Software Discussion / Re: How the mighty have fallen: TuneUp Utilities 2010

« Last post by Eóin on October 31, 2009, 01:43 PM »

The Registry Optimizer *always* breaks MS Office 2003 installation

-tranglos (October 30, 2009, 06:58 PM)

This is the reason why you show never let any program optimize the registry. Stay away from them all.

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Living Room / Re: Google vs. the rest: Is it fair?

« Last post by Eóin on October 31, 2009, 01:41 PM »

Of course people seem to be forgetting that this is just what capitalism is all about. It's not really surprising behaviour

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Living Room / Re: Google vs. the rest: Is it fair?

« Last post by Eóin on October 31, 2009, 09:59 AM »

A warning of things to come ?     

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Developer's Corner / Re: What's your Programming Language?

« Last post by Eóin on October 27, 2009, 08:51 AM »

I too would think that scripting languages are very real programming languages. There is a lot more to computing than just producing an exe.

[edit to clarify] I mean computing as in computation, not as in computing

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows vs. Mac: I'm starting to change.

« Last post by Eóin on October 27, 2009, 08:48 AM »

I suppose I should also add to that the bits I found so outrageous were the comments and conclusions on security which seemed to be based on nothing other than random notions.

That combined with how little concerned he seems to be about backwards compatibility meant I just couldn't take the comparison seriously.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows vs. Mac: I'm starting to change.

« Last post by Eóin on October 27, 2009, 07:42 AM »

Curtis Franklin agrees with Superboy!

-zridling (October 27, 2009, 04:13 AM)

Absolutely no ill towards you Zaine but that comparison linked is laughably naive and illogical. It baffles my sometimes how far removed some people are from reality.

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Developer's Corner / Re: What's your Programming Language?

« Last post by Eóin on October 26, 2009, 05:46 PM »

C++ is my language of choice these day. And since some of it's faults are being pointed out I'll add that once you use the Boost libraries it really feels like a different language entirely. I think it's an absolute joy to use and after getting up to speed I've found my opinions of templates changing from "have their uses" like MilesAhead to seeing them as almost being the essence of C++. Ok maybe exaggerated a bit but the sentiment is clear.

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Living Room / Re: What's required for Aero in Win7?

« Last post by Eóin on October 23, 2009, 01:22 PM »

Well Aero glass runs fine on my EeePC, a 1005HA with just integrate Intel graphics, so your card must definitely work.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Features removed from Win7 - do we miss them?

« Last post by Eóin on October 22, 2009, 09:27 AM »

I'm not at my Win 7 PC now but can you not just recover most of the Classic Start menu behaviour in a quicklaunch-esque toolbar?

Either way I don't miss it. In Vista initially I used to switch to the classic menu alright but once or twice of forgetting to do it showed me just how good the new menu was.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Win7: Anyone else getting excited?

« Last post by Eóin on October 15, 2009, 03:34 AM »

Thanks Nudel, that very much answers my question

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Living Room / Re: Scientists say: Alcohol DOES make people more attractive

« Last post by Eóin on October 13, 2009, 08:42 AM »

I just wish it worked in the reverse direction too, i.e. me drinking made me more attractive.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Google steals the Web

« Last post by Eóin on October 08, 2009, 10:44 AM »

Ha true. I'm sure there are advertising laws which prevent just this type of situation. The UK to the best of my knowledge has very good laws for protecting people for example.

Applying them to the internet though is a very different story.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Google steals the Web

« Last post by Eóin on October 08, 2009, 10:27 AM »

I'm inclined to agree. I guess if it were opt-in it'd be ok.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Do you use any Desktop Theme Software on Windows?

« Last post by Eóin on October 07, 2009, 07:39 PM »

shameless plug: Curt you might like one of my two Vista styles both are ports of lassekongo83's, designer of the already mentioned SlanXP.

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Developer's Corner / Re: ListView Control Hangs during Sort

« Last post by Eóin on October 07, 2009, 04:49 PM »

A ListView will hang if the CompareProc returns inconsistent results, eg a < b < c but c < a.

In the code posted there seems to be a logic error in line 20, really seems like it should be return i2-i1;

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Living Room / Re: If you have a samsung 204b or 204t or similar that doesnt work/blinks off

« Last post by Eóin on October 06, 2009, 09:56 AM »

I've a 204b coincidently, no troubles yet though. Will have to bookmark this just in case. Thanks

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Living Room / Re: Federal Trade Commission (USA): Bloggers Must Disclose Payments for Reviews

« Last post by Eóin on October 06, 2009, 07:54 AM »

Though not crystal clear on the matter they do at least seem to be less worried about such things

The FTC's proposal made many bloggers anxious. They said the scrutiny would make them nervous about posting even innocent comments.

To placate such fears, Cleland noted that the FTC's enforcement priorities make it more likely an advertiser would be targeted for disclosure or testimonial violations than a blogger. The exception would be a blogger who runs a ''substantial'' operation that violates FTC rules and already received a warning, he said.

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General Software Discussion / Re: At last: MP3 Lossless!!!

« Last post by Eóin on October 06, 2009, 07:37 AM »

You're right, that is very smart. Wonder what the audiophiles will have to say.

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Adventures of Baby Cody / Re: Baby Cody with Ampa... and time to move on.

« Last post by Eóin on September 30, 2009, 05:22 PM »

Wonderful pictures