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Living Room / Re: Don't be a free user?

« Last post by wraith808 on December 15, 2011, 02:01 PM »

And while it's true that most free software isn't truly 'free' in the absolute sense, in practice it often is. Most FOSS projects go on for years and numerous revisions with little or no financial contributions - despite the fact they're often asked for.

-40hz (December 15, 2011, 12:52 PM)

But, though that's not money, it *is* a contribution in a very real sense.  The only thing more valuable than money is time that can be utilized towards the end.  For while money is generic and replaceable (i.e. money from person a and person b are interchangeable), time isn't.  And people just don't recognize how much in the way to of time is given to these 'free' projects.

As I said, and have always found to be true, TANSTAAFL*.  It's just that sometimes, someone else pays for your lunch.


*Heinlein over Roddenberry any day of the week.

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Living Room / Re: Don't be a free user?

« Last post by wraith808 on December 15, 2011, 12:29 PM »

+1 for that blog post.

-Renegade (December 15, 2011, 02:05 AM)

Agreed.

To avoid this problem, avoid mom-and-pop projects that don't take your money!

Or get your sh!t out of the "cloud", and stick to Free Software that you contribute to.

-Ehtyar (December 15, 2011, 12:11 AM)

+1! Yes indeedy-dee!

-40hz (December 15, 2011, 12:02 PM)

But then... it really isn't free... yes, it says free, but contributions are what keep it sustainable.  Whether its time or money or some other intangible or tangible, its still goods for something.  TANSTAAFL.  But some people think there is, and that's a drain.  Maybe not unsustainable in the long run if it doesn't overwhelm those that do contribute, but still...

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Release: EasyNotes (Beta)

« Last post by wraith808 on December 15, 2011, 12:11 PM »

1. "Whatever it is" that in Notepad comes through as square boxes etc (extra line feeds or whatever), usually from pasted data, always seems to go away whenever I open it in Wordpad and then save again as text. Then the second time it looks fine in Notepad. ("Whatever"  is ... expanded character/stroke interpretation?)

Could you perhaps explain this a little more, I don't fully understand what you mean

-Stephen66515 (December 15, 2011, 06:50 AM)

He'd have to say for sure, but it's probably non-printable non-plain-text characters that aren't in the default character table.  They show up as boxes when pasted to plain text.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Request

« Last post by wraith808 on December 14, 2011, 10:16 AM »

Ah... thanks!  I didn't know I'd messed up on the one on the blog post itself also!  That one is corrected, also.  Now I know why I usually make my file names all lower case! 

Thanks again for pointing that out!

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge and Early Beta: Christian Prayer Minder

« Last post by wraith808 on December 14, 2011, 09:00 AM »

I was painfully reminded of a .NET irritation: your program cannot write to the application directory. Silly: why not? Grrr...

-kyrathaba (December 14, 2011, 07:22 AM)

Because you're supposed to write to the AppData folder.  That's for security reasons, so that what's in the program files folder is only what you install, and that it can be locked down for UAC

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Request

« Last post by wraith808 on December 14, 2011, 08:56 AM »

I fixed the URL problem in the direct download, and it works on the site, so that shouldn't be a problem.  As far as the not being able to open it in 7-zip, that's still strange, as I compressed it with 7-zip.  Also attaching it in this post (didn't do that before for the sake of changes to the code... but maybe that will work for you?)

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Living Room / Re: my website hijacked

« Last post by wraith808 on December 14, 2011, 04:11 AM »

It's not just me, but for anyone. So the corrupted DNS explanation can't be right (I think, given I'm not knowledgeable about these matters)

-tsaint (December 14, 2011, 03:40 AM)

That's what I tried.  In fact, I clicked on all of the links on your site, and none of them went to russia.

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Living Room / Re: Kicked Off the Plane for Games

« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2011, 11:24 PM »

Regarding Alec Baldwin and Team America - that wasn't him! He read the script and VOLUNTEERED to do his own voice but was turned down. Can't remember where I read that...

-Darwin (December 13, 2011, 11:09 PM)

Here maybe?

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Living Room / Re: my website hijacked

« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2011, 11:19 PM »

For what it's worth, you site works fine for me now. It is possible you may have a DNS issue - corrupt/invalid cached lookup somewhere between you and the server.

-Stoic Joker (December 13, 2011, 09:47 PM)

It works fine for me, also.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Is Clojure the next C ?

« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2011, 05:52 PM »

Stop perpetuating that false quote

-f0dder (December 13, 2011, 04:27 PM)

Yes, I know it's false, but it's never going away, so why not use it... it's hilarious!

Also, that situation today is vastly different from how things were back then. Yes, we have scalability issues on the back-end side of things that need to be fixed, but we're pretty well off on the end-user side of things, apart from a (relatively) few specialized niches.

-f0dder (December 13, 2011, 04:27 PM)

Well, when you consider that one of the specialized niches is pr0n (VR)... and everyone knows that the internet is for porn...

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Living Room / Re: NBA vetoes a trade: exposes the protection in place for large corporations

« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2011, 05:48 PM »

But after a re-read, I don't see many alternate ways it could be taken.

-40hz (December 13, 2011, 04:31 PM)

Unless you take into account the failings of the English language when combined with the internet. 

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Humble Indie Bundle 4 is now live

« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2011, 05:47 PM »

You have missed the point you don't play them - you collect them (like a stamp collection) ;-)

-Carol Haynes (December 13, 2011, 04:42 PM)

Thank you!  You've now made me feel better!

Then you stay up all night, lose your job and have a crap Christmas.

-Carol Haynes (December 13, 2011, 04:42 PM)

Or not... 

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Living Room / Re: NBA vetoes a trade: exposes the protection in place for large corporations

« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2011, 04:12 PM »

And I would say that the most important thing that I've learned (and important in this situation IMO) is to be slow to take offense.  I don't think any offense was meant in the statement.  I think that the normal usage of that statement is to cause offense, but not in this case.  And I always try to remember that offense is a choice.  Someone else can say whatever they want- but you have to choose to take offense.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Is Clojure the next C ?

« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2011, 03:58 PM »

a 2048-core laptop sounds plain old lame to me.

-f0dder (December 13, 2011, 03:24 PM)

And 640K of memory is all anyone will ever need. 

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Living Room / Re: NBA vetoes a trade: exposes the protection in place for large corporations

« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2011, 03:56 PM »

The "frankly, it's none of your business" comment is a pretty offensive thing to say to someone, especially in a discussion forum.  That's what an authority says to somebody when they don't want to answer a question, which is their right.  But why you would take that stance in their place doesn't make sense to me.  I mean, with that attitude, nothing is your business.  Don't have a discussion forum, don't talk about news, only speak about things that pertains directly to you.

-superboyac (December 13, 2011, 01:26 PM)

Agree 100% - both on the point of forum rudeness and the deeper issue mentioned.

"None of your business" has always been the knee-jerk response of authority challenged.

-40hz (December 13, 2011, 03:37 PM)

I don't think the "None of your Business" was rude in the slightest.  It wasn't directed at you as in a 'keep out of my business' but more of a 'it's not the public's business how a private sector is run.'

A many the problems and injustices we suffer with today are a direct result of far too many people minding their "own" business and remaining uninvolved for far too long.

-40hz (December 13, 2011, 03:37 PM)

And on the other foot, I think that the 'everything is my business' approach is also a source of many of the injustices we suffer with today.  From 'they're not raising their children right' to 'they have something that I don't', it smacks of jealousy and entitlement in a lot of cases.  A more reasoned approach is the best, i.e. know which fights are actually yours to fight.

 

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Humble Indie Bundle 4 is now live

« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2011, 03:04 PM »

For my input, GSB is pretty awesome!

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DC Gamer Club / Humble Indie Bundle 4 is now live

« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2011, 02:17 PM »

Humble Indie Bundle #4 is live, and this one was a no-brainer.

Pay what you want for Super Meat Boy, Shank, Jamestown, Bit.Trip Runner, and NightSky. And if you choose to pay more than the average price, you will also receive Gratuitous Space Battles and Cave Story+!

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Living Room / Re: More Hilarity - "Can I have my spy plane back?"

« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2011, 07:22 AM »

I nearly peed myself laughing at this:

http://www.usatoday....ama-drone/51855044/1

-Renegade (December 13, 2011, 03:53 AM)

What that doesn't include is the alternatives considered.  Considering the alternatives, this was a moderated approach.

Otherwise, we'd be at war.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Request

« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2011, 07:16 AM »

I was able to extract with 7zip and WinRAR, as for download URL, i noticed you posted the URL using all lowercase letters. I was able to download by changing the file name to RTFPrinting.zip in the URL

-hollowlife1987 (December 13, 2011, 07:14 AM)

Whoops!  I'll update.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Request

« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2011, 07:12 AM »

But the downloaded file can't be read by 7-zip

-Ath (December 13, 2011, 07:03 AM)

Eh?  It should be able to be read, considering that I made it with 7-zip.  Let me try again.  And try again on the page (or the download).  I'm just getting everything together on the site, so there may be a few quirks.  (Trying to separate my gaming from my development stuff)

...that's strange.  I downloaded it and opened it with 7-zip and it opened fine and I was able to browse it.  I re-compressed it and uploaded it again.  Let me know if you still have problems.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Request

« Last post by wraith808 on December 12, 2011, 11:00 PM »

This isn't really a NANY, but, I posted a solution on my tech blog.  A direct link is here.

In the zip file, this is the structure

+--Libraries\External\ThinkShui.Libraries.External.csproj - the actual implementation of the extension method
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+--PrintingTest\PrintingTest\PrintingTest.csproj - a simple example of how to use it
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+--Bin - the assembly and the example compiled

The core of this is not original work, I just wrapped it up into two extension methods: one for when you already have the printqueue and one for when you want it to prompt, and adjusted the main code accordingly.  The URL for the source of the code is in the primary method.

Sorry for all the levels of folders; I had to extract it from something else I'm working on.  I haven't extensively tested it, so let me know if you have any questions.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Request

« Last post by wraith808 on December 12, 2011, 07:57 PM »

So basically, all you need is the print functionality added to the current richtextbox?

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DC Gamer Club / Indie Royale's Christmas Bundle

« Last post by wraith808 on December 12, 2011, 07:43 PM »

Also online here.

Dear Indie Royale customer,

It's that time again - the Xmas Bundle is live and is available at IndieRoyale.com right now (those with preorders can download or redeem keys at any time.)

The six-game Bundle is led off by Wadjet Eye's The Blackwell Trilogy Remastered, which includes the first three games in the award winning supernatural 2D point-and-click adventure series starring young New York writer Rosangela Blackwell.

This specially updated version of the trilogy makes a world premiere in forms including Steam and Desura PC keys, plus a downloadable DRM-free Windows version. The remastered Trilogy includes updated voice acting and a 'five years later' audio commentary track for The Blackwell Legacy, as well as a number of other smaller enhancements.

Also included in the Xmas Bundle is Eets, a cult 2D puzzle platformer for Windows and Mac that was the first ever title from Shank creator Klei Entertainment. Described as Lemmings meets The Incredible Machine, Eets boasts over 100 developer-made puzzles, plus 200+ user-created levels in a bonus pack, and is available for Steam (both PC and Mac) and Desura (PC), as well as in DRM-free PC download form for the first time ever.



The Bundle also includes an unlikely-themed multiplayer action title in the form of 800 North and Digital Ranch’s Dino D-Day, a multiplayer Windows PC FPS featuring both dinosaurs and Nazis. The Steam-ready Dino D-Day, in which you can play both as a velociraptor and as Allied troops, is powered by Valve's Source engine, as used in games such as Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2.

Rounding out the initial Bundle titles is Vertigo Games' under-appreciated oil drilling action-sim The Oil Blue. The satirical title has you exploring islands and managing drilling machines, based around objectives set by your employer, the United Oil of Oceania company. It's included in Desura and standalone DRM-free PC versions.

As before, the Indie Royale bundle series runs on a multi-day model where price will automatically increase as more people buy the bundle. Generous purchasers, however, can help lower the price for everyone else by choosing to pay more than the current minimum. They will earn a mention on the front page of the site in the process, and an additional bonus in the form of Rush Coil's festive chiptune '8-Bit Christmas' album. (This bonus was also available to those who pre-ordered.)

We're continuing to monitor and react to your suggestions on how we're running things - please contact us if you have an questions about anything to do with Indie Royale.

And don't forget you can follow us on Twitter, Facebook and via Widgets + RSS for breaking news and info about this and other Indie Royale bundles.

Thanks again!
Scott, John, Mike, Lewie and Simon
Desura & IndieGames.com

Meh.  I'll wait

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Living Room / Re: Kicked Off the Plane for Games

« Last post by wraith808 on December 12, 2011, 02:47 PM »

Words with Friends kinda implies(*) it's not a single-player game.

-f0dder (December 07, 2011, 05:13 PM)

I've played it.  And you can play without being on a network, especially because some people have upwards of 30+ games going at once.  It's turn based, and if you're into those types of game, you can get into planning your move quite a bit before sending that packet off for your next turn.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Dungeon Defenders - A Tower Defense CO-OP RPG

« Last post by wraith808 on December 11, 2011, 08:34 PM »

There are ways around this which allow you to gift a 4-pack to someone else.

-Deozaan (December 11, 2011, 11:47 AM)

How, if I may ask?