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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: new birdy comic website from nudone and timns
« Last post by Deozaan on November 19, 2008, 01:34 AM »
It had a popup window saying that malware could be bad for my computer and offered to do a virus scan on my PC.

It's definitely malware.

Head in the Clouds Malware.png

Head in the Clouds - Microsoft Security Warning.png

Head in the Clouds - Antivirus Malware.png

The above screnshot is shown so you can see the URL it sends me to. Once I closed the window, it automatically tried to get me to download a file:

Head in the Clouds - More Malware.png
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Living Room / Re: Thumb trackball wanted
« Last post by Deozaan on November 18, 2008, 10:20 PM »
I wish I had a thumb tackball. I tried to use one that had the ball in the center, but I did't like it. I need my scroll wheel.
-nite_monkey (November 17, 2008, 05:40 PM)

I thought a trackball with a ball in the center wouldn't work out too -- but I found a Kensington one that has a scroll ring around the ball and although it took a bit of getting used to, I'm happily adjusted to it now :)

http://us.kensington.com/html/2200.html
-ewemoa (November 17, 2008, 06:38 PM)

$100 for a mouse? It better be good for that price. As for me, I'll stick with my $30 thumb Trackman from Logitech.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Stardock doesn't treat you like a criminal!
« Last post by Deozaan on November 18, 2008, 10:08 PM »
Just reading that right there makes me want to support the company!
-Deozaan (June 25, 2008, 07:01 PM)

Well, the most important question: HAVE you supported them or do you just bullshit and pretend that you WOULD... blablabla.
-Merida (November 18, 2008, 07:18 PM)

No, naturally the first thing I did when I found this out was I went and pirated all their software. ::)
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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: new birdy comic website from nudone and timns
« Last post by Deozaan on November 18, 2008, 09:15 PM »
Hmm... I just saw the latest comic from the RSS feed, "K.I.S., Cobbe" but it didn't actually load the image. So I clicked on the link to view the strip and it took me to some malware website.

So either feedburner got hijacked or your website did.
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Living Room / Re: Thumb trackball wanted
« Last post by Deozaan on November 17, 2008, 10:48 AM »
Logitech still makes them:

http://www.logitech....kballs/&cl=us,en
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Living Room / Re: huge Google Calendar problem!
« Last post by Deozaan on November 16, 2008, 04:45 PM »
I'm not sure. Have you tried contacting Google?
-Deozaan (November 16, 2008, 03:27 PM)
No, and I'm not sure how and where would make most sense anyway. :-[
-brotherS (November 16, 2008, 03:59 PM)

I'd start here: http://www.google.co...port/calendar/?hl=en

Or specifically this one:

If you've noticed that you're no longer receiving event notifications, reset the calendar's notification settings to resolve this issue. To do so, follow these steps:

   1. In the calendar list on the left, click the down-arrow button next to the appropriate calendar, then select Notifications. (Alternatively, click the Settings link at the bottom of the calendar list, then click the Notifications link to the right of the appropriate calendar.)
   2. Click the remove link next to each reminder set in the Event reminder section.
   3. Deselect any selected boxes in the Choose how you would like to be notified section.
   4. Click Save.
   5. Return to the Notifications settings page.
   6. Enable your desired notification options again.
   7. Click Save.
-http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=52354&topic=15303
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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Intro
« Last post by Deozaan on November 16, 2008, 04:00 PM »
ps. If you are curious about past NANY events, you can read about the original first NANY challenge in 2006 here: https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=6231.0

-mouser (November 16, 2008, 12:32 PM)

Heh heh. I like how that was posted in November 2006 but it says all the apps will be posted by January 1st, 2006.
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Living Room / Re: huge Google Calendar problem!
« Last post by Deozaan on November 16, 2008, 03:27 PM »
I'm not sure. Have you tried contacting Google?
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General Software Discussion / Re: piss off your users?make a non-redefinable shortcut that clobbers a standard one
« Last post by Deozaan on November 16, 2008, 03:26 PM »
This is exactly what iRotate has done: mapped shift + ctrl + arrows (something everyone uses to move around text, select blocks in excel etc) as their main screen rotation shortcut.

It's fun to try to select a word and see your screen rotating... several times.

The tool is incredibly useful, but it should have user-defined shortcuts, and in any case, never redefine window's system-wide shortcuts for a good reason.
-urlwolf (May 12, 2008, 02:04 AM)

Sounds like they need to rename their app to iRate to better reflect how it makes end-users feel.
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Living Room / Re: Complaint: Why are 99.999% of all companys' customer service departments broken?
« Last post by Deozaan on November 16, 2008, 03:23 PM »
Idiots can be everywhere on either side ;-)
-Merida (November 16, 2008, 09:58 AM)

It's too bad we can't make it so that the idiot customers get the idiot customer support reps, and all the non-idiot customers get the non-idiot customer service reps. That would be bliss.  :-*
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Living Room / Re: RAPIDSHARE.COM sucks!
« Last post by Deozaan on November 16, 2008, 03:21 PM »
Why do you complain about their service if you are everything but not a customer?

They will certainly not miss you being a cheapskate... ;-)
-Merida (November 16, 2008, 09:44 AM)

But just think of all the advertisements they can show him while he waits 4 hours to download files!
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Living Room / Re: Introduction To Public Key Cryptography
« Last post by Deozaan on November 15, 2008, 02:09 PM »
The article is from 1983. That's 25 years ago. Actually, it's 2 months shy of 26 years ago.

Oh how technology has changed in just the past 25-26 years!
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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Intro
« Last post by Deozaan on November 15, 2008, 02:03 PM »
Let's all join NANY so we can make mouser to go broke sending us free mugs! ;)
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Post New Requests Here / Re: a modmanager for a game called Cortex Command [done]
« Last post by Deozaan on November 14, 2008, 01:51 PM »
I found a bug. I have a mod called "Desert" and another one called something like "Desert Base" but toggling either of them renames the same folder, and can actually lead to errors and, if I remember correctly, a crash of ccModManager.
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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Intro
« Last post by Deozaan on November 13, 2008, 10:56 PM »
I'll join in this year but only if the theme is optional. I'm pretty sure whatever I'm working on won't fit the theme.
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Living Room / Re: How To Keep Hostile Jerks From Taking Over Your Online Community
« Last post by Deozaan on November 12, 2008, 11:30 PM »
His solution is to find a "troll-whisperer"? Lame! What a waste of a 4 page article. :down:

Sure it's interesting, but not at all useful.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Dvorak keyboard converter
« Last post by Deozaan on November 12, 2008, 02:05 AM »
Since we're resurrecting old threads here, I thought I should point out that you can already do this with the Windows XP/Vista Language bar. It sits in the tray and you just click the keyboard to choose a different keyboard layout.

I've done it with dvorak before and my brother currently uses dvorak, so he has this set up as well.
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Living Room / Re: Things your kids will never know - old school tech!
« Last post by Deozaan on November 12, 2008, 02:01 AM »
Not a formula for Shell oil, but one that if followed may yield a cheaper and altogether more cozy way of heating your home:

62 O2 (g) + C52H84O22 (s) --> 52 CO2 (g) + 42 H2O (g)
-Darwin (November 12, 2008, 01:13 AM)

I seem to be needing lot's of help these days -
anyone else understanding that ?
I tried reading out loud but dont know what C52H84O22 is
Actually searching for it I found
http://answers.yahoo...0061130123830AAh3Sxc which gives the answer ...
-tomos (November 12, 2008, 01:55 AM)

I never took a chemistry class, so I was totally lost on this one.

Tangential: It's always fun to see people getting answers to their homework on sites like Yahoo! Answers.
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Living Room / Re: Things your kids will never know - old school tech!
« Last post by Deozaan on November 12, 2008, 01:59 AM »
Ha! You're right, Deozaan - I learned it as 22/7 as well. I'd forgotten about that  :o
-Darwin (November 12, 2008, 01:27 AM)

Although to be honest it was always easier for me to remember the first few digits of pi rather than some obscure division problem.

Just from memory I can go to 5 decimal places before I start to get confused, and that's nearly as accurate as 355/113 and definitely as accurate as you'd ever need for a calculator that doesn't have pi built in to it.
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Living Room / Re: Things your kids will never know - old school tech!
« Last post by Deozaan on November 12, 2008, 01:51 AM »
must be an age thing, if [cursive] isn't normal writing, what is??  :huh:
-Grorgy (October 28, 2008, 08:30 AM)

When I learned how to write in kindergarten, "normal writing" was called "denelian" AKA print. I don't think I learned cursive until maybe 2nd or 3rd grade. I only used cursive when required to by teachers, and to this day, I only use cursive for my signature.

An example practice sheet similar to those I used in kindergarten for learning denelian:
denelian3.jpg
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Living Room / Re: Things your kids will never know - old school tech!
« Last post by Deozaan on November 12, 2008, 01:19 AM »
I do remember that if you didn't have a Pi key (I didn't!), you could always generate it by dividing 355 by 113.

It was easy to remember because it was just the first three odd numbers duplicated:

113355

Split it in the middle

113     355

and divide the bigger number by the smaller and you get

3.1415929203539823008849557522124
-40hz (November 11, 2008, 09:37 AM)

I always thought it was 22/7. Though 355/113 is certainly a lot more accurate for estimating pi.

I guess I was part of the younger generation the teachers all thought was too stupid to remember clever mnemonics like that.
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Game Review: Cortex Command
« Last post by Deozaan on November 07, 2008, 07:33 PM »
Anyone else have problems changing the resolution to 1280x1024?

It also stops responding frequently, or doesn't recognize updates or something. I was playing the new Zombie campaign and briefly started my jet pack to fly a short distance and it kept flying for several seconds after I let go of the keyboard until my mobile brain flew off the screen and died.  :(
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Living Room / Re: Christmas Gift Ideas Under $25... Make a List!
« Last post by Deozaan on November 06, 2008, 09:49 PM »
If you're giving someone storage media like a flash drive, why don't you give them a bonus gift (free!) by filling it up with photo files?
-CWuestefeld (November 05, 2008, 04:47 PM)

That's actually a pretty good idea. But don't just stop there. Also fill it up with DonationCoder software and some PortableApps. :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: Christmas Gift Ideas Under $25... Make a List!
« Last post by Deozaan on November 06, 2008, 09:48 PM »
I like the poem idea for my hubby, but most of my poems start with "There once was a man from Nantuckett...."   :P
-TAF2000 (November 05, 2008, 06:35 PM)

Who kept all of his change in a bucket?
-Darwin (November 06, 2008, 09:44 PM)

he went out to sea...
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Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: Edition 45
« Last post by Deozaan on November 06, 2008, 09:46 PM »
Thanks Ehtyar, and congrats on the new position as Jr. IT Admin!

Amnesia Razorfish wouldn't happen to be the Australian internet censoring company would it? ;) :P
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