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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini Review: Espresso

« Last post by Deozaan on October 10, 2008, 12:57 AM »

Why are you bumping your own mini-review? What purpose does it serve and in what way is this considered acceptable behavior?

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Living Room / Re: Mouser's new book

« Last post by Deozaan on October 09, 2008, 10:28 PM »

I tried to buy the book but the website stops responding on the order confirmation page...

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Living Room / Re: The 150 Best Online Flash Games

« Last post by Deozaan on October 09, 2008, 11:05 AM »

The xkcd comic strip's a perfect match for the topic

-TPReal (October 09, 2008, 04:13 AM)

I think it just goes to show that, typically, we prefer gameplay over shiny graphics.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Easy remote access to my home pc?

« Last post by Deozaan on October 09, 2008, 02:41 AM »

You need to make sure the port isn't blocked by a firewall, you need to make sure the service is started (and iirc, you can only RDP to XP Pro setups, not home), and somewhere in System Properties you also need to tick a checkbox allowing remote desktop sessions.

-f0dder (October 07, 2008, 05:50 PM)

I can connect via LAN, so I think I've done all that. And I do have XP Pro. But for some reason when I'm trying to access from outside my LAN, it's a no go.

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Living Room / Re: One answered question before you died

« Last post by Deozaan on October 08, 2008, 11:16 PM »

my joke was hillarious, how come no one is laughing about it? 

-mouser (October 08, 2008, 04:12 PM)

We thought you were serious.

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General Software Discussion / Re: skype... how secure is it?

« Last post by Deozaan on October 07, 2008, 10:59 PM »

Skype has been in the news recently. See item #7 here:

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=15211.0

Though, I use Skype and I really like it so far. I'm not sure how the security issues affect me though. 

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Older Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter For October 7th, 2008 - Codename "Tech News Weekly"

« Last post by Deozaan on October 07, 2008, 04:31 PM »

Nice newsletter! Thanks for the work putting it together!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Easy remote access to my home pc?

« Last post by Deozaan on October 07, 2008, 03:44 PM »

Could someone give me a little more detailed info on how to connect the client to the server using Windows Remote Desktop (in XP)?

I have DynDNS set up to give me my IP address using deozaan.getmyip.com, but when I open the RDC client and type in deozaan.getmyip.com as the Computer it says:

"This computer can't connect to the remote computer.  Remote Desktop cannot find the remote computer. Type the computer name or IP address again, and then try connecting. If the problem continues, contact the owner of the remote computer or your network administrator."

I have multiple computers connected to the network. Do I need to include the Computer name somewhere in there?

EDIT: Okay, so I had the port forwarded to the wrong computer. But now when I try to connect it says:

"Remote Desktop Disconnected. This computer can't connect to the remote computer. Try connecting again. If the problem comtinues, contact the owner of the remote computer or your network administrator."

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Developer's Corner / Re: Dina in TTF format?

« Last post by Deozaan on October 07, 2008, 11:08 AM »

I just wanted to pop in here and say that i've converted Dina to truetype.

-Nathaniel Sabanski (October 07, 2008, 03:15 AM)

Awesome! Now I can import the font into TGB!

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Coding Snacks / Re: Managing tasks / windows like real time strategy games

« Last post by Deozaan on October 07, 2008, 03:12 AM »

Have you tried WinGroup?

-skrommel (October 07, 2008, 03:02 AM)

I don't see WinGroup in the list...

EDIT: There it is, as WinStep.

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Living Room / The 150 Best Online Flash Games

« Last post by Deozaan on October 07, 2008, 03:06 AM »

Tech Cult has compiled a list of the 150 best Flash games. As a testament to the quality of this list, many of these have already been mentioned on DonationCoder!

It was a long and exhausting task: playing hundreds of online games for hours in a row, day after day. It was hard, but someone had to do it.

The result is the list that you will find below. Enjoy!

-http://www.techcult.com/the-150-best-online-flash-games/

image courtesy of xkcd

from http://techcult.com/

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Hedgewars: Excellent Free Clone of the Classic Game "Worms"

« Last post by Deozaan on October 07, 2008, 02:26 AM »

So who wants to play?

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Photo Downloader Kiosk

« Last post by Deozaan on October 06, 2008, 06:45 PM »

Picasa works pretty well to import from a digital camera or something. I've never tried directly from a memory card though.

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DC Gamer Club / TIGSource Demake Competition Results

« Last post by Deozaan on October 06, 2008, 06:42 PM »

The good folks over at The Independent Gaming Source have announced the results of their recent Demake Competition.

If you're like me, you may be wondering what a "demake" is. Well, the word comes from the idea of reversing the process of "a remake" by taking a newer game and "demaking" it into a retro, ~8-bit style game.

TIGSource Demake Competition Results

The top 3 games are:

• Soundless Mountain II - (demake of Silent Hill 2)
• Gang Garrison II - (demake of Team Fortress 2)
• Aquarium - (demake of Aquaria)

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Living Room / Re: Stephen King's "N." - 25 Short Videos

« Last post by Deozaan on October 06, 2008, 05:21 PM »

The narrative style and even the story (kind of) reminds me of one of the best scary video games I've ever played:

Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

If you have a Gamecube or a Wii (which can play Gamecube games), do yourself a favor and find a copy of that game!

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Coding Snacks / Re: Managing tasks / windows like real time strategy games

« Last post by Deozaan on October 06, 2008, 04:47 AM »

Sounds like a good idea to me!

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by Deozaan on October 06, 2008, 12:18 AM »

Just saw this one:

Scancode celebrates his 200th post with a blank one.

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Living Room / Re: Garden Inventor: Tower Defense Game of the Week

« Last post by Deozaan on October 05, 2008, 12:12 AM »

I can't get the game to run. It loads and initializes but clicking "Start" or "Options" does nothing but make a click sound effect.

I've tried it in Firefox and IE and it just doesn't go.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Programs you can use during a financial meltdown!

« Last post by Deozaan on October 05, 2008, 12:08 AM »

Free software is software that gives you the user the freedom to share, study and modify it. We call this free software because the user is free.

-40hz (October 04, 2008, 07:33 AM)

Must be one of those "free as in freedom" things as opposed to a "free as in beer" thing.

Thanks for the clarification, 40hz.

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Mouser's Zone / Re: New Portable Mode for My Apps

« Last post by Deozaan on October 05, 2008, 12:02 AM »

Cool! Thanks mouser!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Programs you can use during a financial meltdown!

« Last post by Deozaan on October 03, 2008, 11:16 PM »

One of the criticisms of free software is that certain classes of applications are missing. Interestingly, the FSF agrees, up to a point, and has put together what it calls its high-priority projects list:

1. Gnash — the free software Flash player
2. Coreboot — the campaign for a free BIOS
3. Free software replacement for Skype
4. Membership and donor transaction and contact system
5. Free software video editing software
6. Free Google Earth Replacement
7. gNewSense — The all free software GNU/Linux operating system
8. GNU Octave — free software Matlab replacement
9. Replacement for OpenDWG libraries
10. Reversible Debugging in GDB
11. Free software drivers for network routers

-zridling (October 03, 2008, 10:59 PM)

Okay, I don't get this. I don't know about all of the software mentioned in this list, but Adobe Flash player is free, Skype is free (with subscription option), and Google Earth is also free (with subscription/Pro option).

Also, I never paid anything for my BIOS firmware or router drivers.

Or am I missing something?

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Living Room / Re: Selectively Print Only What You Want From Webpages

« Last post by Deozaan on October 03, 2008, 11:09 PM »

Wow that's amazing!

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Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: 41

« Last post by Deozaan on October 03, 2008, 11:03 PM »

Thanks Ehtyar for the Tech News Roundup. But why do they have to affect me this time? :-(

5. Nasty web bug descends on world's most popular sites
I use ING Direct. :-(

7. Time To Look For A Skype Alternative (Thanks 40hz)
Don't tell me that! I just paid for a year subscription to Skype! :-((

But I'm not sure I understand it. I don't think I use TOM-Skype. Is that a China-only product?

11. Plant Tweak Could Let Toxic Soil Feed Millions
Awesome. Lets use that soil to grow the crops used in Ethanol until it's proven safe for human consumption. In the meantime, let's get back to using our known good land to feed people instead of vehicles.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Raptr

« Last post by Deozaan on October 03, 2008, 08:14 PM »

My question is, how does it know what you're playing on Wii?

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General Software Discussion / Re: It's time to do something about these AutoHotkey antivirus false positives

« Last post by Deozaan on October 03, 2008, 04:54 PM »

My name is Deozaan and I approve of this statement.