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Living Room / Re: 800 lb Paper Airplane?

« Last post by Target on April 01, 2012, 11:09 PM »

Now you're on a roll 

-cranioscopical (April 01, 2012, 10:18 PM)

it's no stunt

Don't get in a flap — I'll pass.

-cranioscopical (April 01, 2012, 10:18 PM)

I'd rudder not get into that with yaw

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Post New Requests Here / Re: DONE: If you have a many-buttons-mouse, you'll like this

« Last post by Target on April 01, 2012, 09:01 PM »

Hey, great little mod. i love it! i'm having a small little problem. i activate it, everything works fine except the volume. I'm running a 64-bit Windows 7 and whenever i try to use the volume it changes itself and it won't effect my actual volume. so i'm not sure if there's anything i can do to change it myself. i've tried reshacker and a couple others and have failed. but otherwise everything is working great!

-DaNinjaSmurf (April 01, 2012, 08:34 PM)

try running it in XP compatibility mode

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Living Room / Re: 800 lb Paper Airplane?

« Last post by Target on April 01, 2012, 09:00 PM »

You certainly know how to propel a thought, even when it's a draft idea. You're diving me up the wall!

-cranioscopical (April 01, 2012, 08:26 PM)

so long as you don't crash and burn, I'd bank you'll be back in the loop in no time

That's the ticket!

book 'im danno!

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Living Room / Re: 800 lb Paper Airplane?

« Last post by Target on April 01, 2012, 07:58 PM »

we should stop this chit before we get into strife for derailing the thread

-Target (March 30, 2012, 12:41 AM)

That would be nothing to sneeze at but it's a tissue of lies.

-cranioscopical (March 30, 2012, 03:33 AM)

I glide? Like I could even begin to script something like that

That' snot what I was thinking, but then again, I know booger all.

-Renegade (March 30, 2012, 04:08 AM)

No need to mew 'cos you have your nose in the clouds, though it's a sorry tale. You'll just have to wing it.

-cranioscopical (March 30, 2012, 09:36 AM)

I think on this we are of a concorde

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Living Room / Re: 800 lb Paper Airplane?

« Last post by Target on March 30, 2012, 12:41 AM »

I don't know if you can handle this but we've come full circle; it's time to make the rough places plain.

-cranioscopical (March 29, 2012, 11:20 PM)

You're dishing it out just as much as anyone. Playing the victim is just plane wrong.

-Renegade (March 29, 2012, 11:35 PM)

I'll file that for later, in the mean time perhaps we should stop this chit before we get into strife for derailing the thread

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General Software Discussion / Re: POSTING 101

« Last post by Target on March 29, 2012, 10:36 PM »

Is there a Walkthrough Video or link to a step-by-step explaination, at DC, of how to insert a photo into a DC-PM ?   

I have inserted pics in Windows Mail emails before... but have never uploaded anything directly to the Internet.   

-crabby3 (March 29, 2012, 10:27 PM)

sadly there is currently no facility to do that - you may have to go with 1000 words instead

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Living Room / Re: 800 lb Paper Airplane?

« Last post by Target on March 29, 2012, 09:08 PM »

Here, try this foolscap for size!

-cranioscopical (March 29, 2012, 06:46 AM)

I'm not giving you any quarto on this one - try harder to think outside the box!

That's what it gets for being abrasive.

-40hz (March 29, 2012, 03:05 PM)

now you're rubbing me up the wrong way

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Living Room / Re: 800 lb Paper Airplane?

« Last post by Target on March 28, 2012, 11:14 PM »

you guys are too clever, I fold

-Target (March 28, 2012, 06:07 PM)

I didn't realize you were a fan!

-cranioscopical (March 28, 2012, 10:02 PM)

it's part of my folio

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Living Room / Re: 800 lb Paper Airplane?

« Last post by Target on March 28, 2012, 06:07 PM »

you guys are too clever, I fold

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Living Room / Re: 800 lb Paper Airplane?

« Last post by Target on March 27, 2012, 06:58 PM »

It's not easy, tracing paper.

-cranioscopical (March 27, 2012, 01:50 PM)

it might have been easier if they'd used graph paper

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Automatically compute sizes of tangram pieces

« Last post by Target on March 01, 2012, 12:56 AM »

FWIW there are apps around that do similar things, ie calculating 'best fits' for cutting the maximum number of pieces out of a flat plane.

are there likely to be any more variables, eg varying the number of pieces?

and a suggestion - I have no idea if this possible or not, but it may get someone thinking.  Instead of measuring the sides, how about a drawing type application that lets you pick and place the various shapes into a defined outline.  The resulting image could be printed out and used as a 'template' (stick it onto your chosen material and cut along the lines)

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Living Room / Re: Stiff sentence for sending child to wrong school district

« Last post by Target on February 29, 2012, 08:57 PM »

author=Stoic Joker link=topic=30144.msg280188#msg280188 date=1330558905]
Well that's completely absurd. The woman has committed no crime. The prosecutor should be shot for concocting such a stupidly trumped up charge.[/quote]

time to call your congressman?

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Target on February 27, 2012, 06:54 PM »

Introducing...
 (see attachment in previous post)

-kyrathaba (February 21, 2012, 06:41 PM)

and I'm guessing there's no 'safety' either...

-Target (February 21, 2012, 07:04 PM)

hehe good one. It also appears to be a left-handed model (note the clip release), so it's bound to confuse the hell out of people.

-Stoic Joker (February 22, 2012, 06:53 AM)

and no silencer either

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Target on February 21, 2012, 07:04 PM »

Introducing...
 (see attachment in previous post)

-kyrathaba (February 21, 2012, 06:41 PM)

and I'm guessing there's no 'safety' either...

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by Target on February 19, 2012, 06:03 PM »

Well look who's back! Van Halen.

-40hz (February 19, 2012, 08:23 AM)

nice song, Diamond Dave sounds like he always did, but he looks like one of the beach boys

maybe it's just me, but somehow that just seems wrong

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Post New Requests Here / Re: time/activity tracking tool

« Last post by Target on February 09, 2012, 07:41 PM »

Damned if You Do = DIYD

The extra 'F' stands for ?

-PhilB66 (February 09, 2012, 07:30 PM)

dyslexia...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: time/activity tracking tool

« Last post by Target on February 09, 2012, 06:28 PM »

On the offchance that this is of interest/value to someone else here is 'a' solution (not necessarily 'the' solution)

the script generates up to four popups to enable you to track up to 4 () concurrent tasks or activites (this seemed like a reasonable number, plus it was the maximum number that would fit comfortably on my netbook screen)



first popup is generated on startup, and additional 'tasks' can be added via a hotkey (WIN+1 or WIN+NUMPAD1, and up to a maximum of 4 at any one time) .

each popup displays the task number and the start time in the title bar, and both the duration of that task (in minutes) and the current time in the status bar

Pressing continue hides the window for 5 minutes (after which it reappears)

Pressing Done cancels the window (task) and writes a log entry in the format "DD/MM/YY HH:MM (Duration) - content of the edit box" (the log file is in the same folder as the script/exe).  If the edit box is empty no log entry is written.

There is a 'lunch' hot key as well (WIN+0 or WIN+NUMPAD0) - invoke the hotkey and all tasks are hidden for 45 minutes.  After 45 minutes all active tasks are shown, AND the durations adjusted to allow for the 'lunch break'.

Worth noting that by definition this is nagware - that is to say that there will ALWAYS be at least one task window active, ie close all the active tasks and a fresh (blank) task will be presented.  Note that you don't actually have to enter anything for the task to run, but if you don't no log entry will be raised.

The title for this is fairly nominal 'cos I couldn't think of anything better that wasn't already in use - it's an acronym for Damned if You Do...

edit: adjusted screenshot size...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is WinZip still worth updating?

« Last post by Target on February 07, 2012, 07:11 PM »

I know a few people that still swear by it for reasons they're never quite able to explain in ways I can understand.

-40hz (February 07, 2012, 06:20 PM)

I pretty much use 7Z exclusively these days, but winrar does a few things (via the GUI) that I haven't found in any of the others, specifically round building or extracting multiple archives (sorry I don't have it installed on my work machine, so I can't be more specific).

granted these aren't things I use very often, but they are very handy when you do

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Target on February 06, 2012, 07:53 PM »

you can make of this what you will, though I see it as some truth in advertising.

this was posted in the window of a game shop in one of our local shopping centres



EDIT - updated ridiculously oversized image...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: time/activity tracking tool

« Last post by Target on February 02, 2012, 07:37 PM »

Anuran? https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=20965.0

-PhilB66 (February 02, 2012, 07:13 PM)

hmmm, it pretty much does exactly what I'm already doing, albeit with some extra functionality.  It still doesn't allow for multiple concurrent tasks, and you have to make an entry every time (my script prompts with the last entry - if it changes you can just overwrite it)

I'll have a bit of a game with this one and see whether or not I can make it fit...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: time/activity tracking tool

« Last post by Target on February 02, 2012, 05:39 PM »

thanks for the suggestions

I've tried a few apps like manic time, but they're not really what I'm looking for - I don't really have a need to track my application usage.  It would include a lot of irrelevant data, and the apps I use routinely are common between activities, so allocating or identifying tasks becomes difficult and/or onerous (something I'm trying to avoid...)

Likewise punch clock type apps.  While they would probably fit the bill, the requirement for me to punch in and out of each task si something I can't guarantee (it's effectively a digital diary).

I'm trying to keep this as simple as possible, and I'd really like to stick with a prompt as that seems to be the only way I can 'guarantee' I'll use/maintain it

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Post New Requests Here / time/activity tracking tool

« Last post by Target on February 02, 2012, 05:09 PM »

this is less a request for a finished tool than it is for some input or discussion on how this might be done (a collaborative snack, if you will)

I have a requirement to track my activities during the day (I'm sure I'm not the only one), trouble is, my record keeping is undisciplined (at best) and I'm most assuredly not someone who can keep a diary or journal.

I have been using a little script that generates a simple popup every 5 minutes, allowing me to input a quick descriptive string of whatever it is I'm currently doing, which is then written to a log file. 

This works fine as far as it goes, but I now have a requirement to capture a little more info for some activity types, and I need to be able to record multiple concurrent jobs...

I've been working on a more sophisticated popup, but it's starting to become a bit more complicated than I was anticipating - basically it provides all the requisite detail for up to 3 tasks and with the output for each to be written as a separate entry in the log.  Trouble here is that I have no idea how to manage the analysis/processing of the logs, ie how to group the task entries together

I've also been wondering about the potential of using delimited strings (eg date/time - task 1 | task 2 | Task 3 | etc), but again analysing and/or processing the output could be problematic

I'm not ruling out an existing solution, if anyone knows one, but I've tried quite a few over the years (guilted into it by various posts banging on about GTD and productivity) and none of them do what I'm looking for (I suppose if they did I wouldn't be here now...)

so, over to you guys

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Living Room / Re: As a counter-point to the SOPA/PIPA demonstration

« Last post by Target on January 19, 2012, 06:43 PM »

As a sidenote, the Anonymous have responded. Try accessing www.justice.gov or www.universalmusic.com now.

-tranglos (January 19, 2012, 05:29 PM)

Sounds like a good start. I'm all in favor of a scorched earth response from the masses.

-Stoic Joker (January 19, 2012, 06:31 PM)

but isn't that ground already barren?

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Official Announcements / Re: DC going offline to protest SOPA on Jan 18

« Last post by Target on January 19, 2012, 12:52 AM »

I also fail to see the value of this, but I guess it makes a statement of sorts

I can't help wondering if there's a better way of registering a protest - I have no idea if it's possible, but is it possible to block access to certain domains (government, media, RIAA, etc).  While it could be seen as tit for tat, it's also a demonstration of what might be expected if the legislation goes through...

just a thought

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Headed List Builder

« Last post by Target on January 16, 2012, 05:08 PM »

what is the format of the output, eg is it columnar, or is it in blocks?

if it's columnar, will they be comma/tab separated, or some other schema?