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Living Room / Re: Bought a desktop and monitor today

« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2011, 11:36 AM »

Same price?  Where?  I've been looking for a monitor (looking at 24" or 27") and it seems that the big difference in the price points of the lower end vs the upper end is resolution...

-wraith808 (August 14, 2011, 01:36 PM)

Well, the 22" and 23" monitors offered closeby (next big city that is, 8 km away) in the bigger retail shop, are all between 100 and 180 Euro, where the 100 Euro one is 1680x1050 and only has VGA input, but the 180 Euro model has 1920x1080 and DVI or HDMI interface also. There's a choice in brands like LG, Samsung and Philips.
A 24" is available from around 200 Euro, and has DVI interface, and a 27" full HD can be had for 250 Euro, and comes with DVI as well. But this is all on special offer for this week

-Ath (August 15, 2011, 10:13 AM)

The difference between 100 and 180 euro isn't all that small, though, IMO.

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Living Room / Re: The Foreclosure Scam

« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2011, 07:18 AM »

I have some friends that both had good jobs years ago and had built their dream house. Then the economy went to shit.

They both lost their jobs, and the mortgage fell behind. The bank foreclosed, but took 3 years to get around to evicting them.

The house sat for a year or two during which time they both managed to find new stable jobs.

--Now here's the weird part--

When the house went back on the market, a friend in real estate let them know ... Which allowed them to once again buy the house. But this time at a substantial discount because of the markets devaluation.

So while the wife & I will probably never make it out from under our house payments. At least I get to laugh about ^that^.

-Stoic Joker (August 15, 2011, 06:40 AM)

Thanks for that.  It's good to hear at least someone profit from this mess that wasn't the cause of it.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: 40% off on Notezilla Sticky Notes Program only on 17th August

« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2011, 07:15 AM »

No, buying at BDJ gives you as much usage as you want.  Of course, if you want the spiffy new features, you pay the upgrade price, but your NoteZilla that you purchase today won't stop working... 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Google+

« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2011, 06:59 AM »

If someone follows you on G+, it means that your public posts will show up in their stream, nothing more. They would be able to see those public posts by going to your profile as well, that is the whole point of "public". There is no relation the other way unless you choose to follow them back.

Exactly.

-mahesh2k (August 15, 2011, 04:30 AM)

I think his point was to be in opposition to your point.  The idea is, if you don't want people to see anything, don't share public.  Public is not limited by G+ in any way.  So don't use it.

One more thing why i hate G+ is that, your friends and family influence the search results. So this could be a problem if you're connected to any profile which is made by link spammer or annoying friend who constantly posts links or stuff. This includes many top social media celebs who post too many links in their activity streams every hour.

-mahesh2k (August 15, 2011, 04:30 AM)

This only happens if you're connected to them.  If they're not in your circle, then you're not connected to them, as was quoted above.

G+ has problems (the real name thing is the biggest one- and with them being jerks about the whole thing after the fact, its worse), but this isn't one of them, IMO.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Google+

« Last post by wraith808 on August 14, 2011, 09:26 PM »

I just wish there was a way to back out of google+ without losing your google account, so I wouldn't have to deal with their asinine policies. 

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Living Room / Re: Operation Facebook (will you rejoice?)

« Last post by wraith808 on August 14, 2011, 06:25 PM »

Sorry, but I'm one of 'those people' who doesn't appreciate people who presume to speak or act on my behalf without my explicit consent. I have enough respect for myself and MY freedom that I don't willingly cede its support and maintenance to anyone - be they a big faceless government, or a group of trashers. Especially when their rhetoric about the "clueless masses" sounds just like the attitude of contempt towards humanity you perceive in the actions of so many of those already in power.

-40hz (August 14, 2011, 04:05 PM)

Agreed.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: 40% off on Notezilla Sticky Notes Program only on 17th August

« Last post by wraith808 on August 14, 2011, 06:23 PM »

And Notezilla is definitely worth it.

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Living Room / Re: Operation Facebook (will you rejoice?)

« Last post by wraith808 on August 14, 2011, 02:30 PM »

I do believe a lot of people have blind faith in services like Facebook and don't realize all the implications of putting their personal info out there. They could definitely use a wake up call. Having their faith in FB shaken a bit can't hurt.

-nosh (August 14, 2011, 02:01 PM)

I think that a lot of people just don't think about it.  But just because they don't, why is it anyone's right to try to make them?  And yes, for some people it can hurt.

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Living Room / Re: Bought a desktop and monitor today

« Last post by wraith808 on August 14, 2011, 01:36 PM »

Hm, you might have liked a 22" full-hd resolution (1920x1080) for even more screen real-estate better then 1680x1050, and the price shouldn't be a problem, as most of them have even the same price

-Ath (August 13, 2011, 05:58 AM)

Same price?  Where?  I've been looking for a monitor (looking at 24" or 27") and it seems that the big difference in the price points of the lower end vs the upper end is resolution...

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Living Room / Re: Operation Facebook (will you rejoice?)

« Last post by wraith808 on August 14, 2011, 01:35 PM »

^ But are those cases of identity theft caused by FB?  Are they the reason that they happened?  Or is it just that the act was enabled by facebook existing?  Sort of like the route that the RIAA and MPAA take- prosecuting the means rather than the people that are actually behind it...

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Developer's Corner / Re: HyperNext, anyone?

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

Sort of figured that from looking at it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software Hall of Fame

« Last post by wraith808 on August 12, 2011, 01:05 PM »

Norton Utilities (circa 1982)

-dspelley (August 12, 2011, 12:13 PM)

Those were the good old days for Norton.  These days, they're definitely a different animal.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Google+

« Last post by wraith808 on August 11, 2011, 04:56 PM »

Let there be games.

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Living Room / Re: Operation Facebook (will you rejoice?)

« Last post by wraith808 on August 10, 2011, 01:54 PM »

Have you ever known a politician to tell the truth?

-Renegade (August 10, 2011, 01:33 PM)

Actually.. I have.  Not overly successful politicians, but yes.

-wraith808 (August 10, 2011, 01:41 PM)

I have too - they are usually sacked fairly promptly and disowned by their colleagues as "disloyal"

-Carol Haynes (August 10, 2011, 01:48 PM)

I've noticed that the honesty of a politician is inversely proportionate to the amount of power he or she wields.  Of course, that's a maxim rather than a theory, but still...

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Living Room / Re: Operation Facebook (will you rejoice?)

« Last post by wraith808 on August 10, 2011, 01:41 PM »

Have you ever known a politician to tell the truth?

-Renegade (August 10, 2011, 01:33 PM)

Actually.. I have.  Not overly successful politicians, but yes.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free ASP.NET CMS

« Last post by wraith808 on August 10, 2011, 01:40 PM »

But... The hit limit... Not good.

-Renegade (August 10, 2011, 12:45 PM)

What hit limit?  I only saw a limit on the number of pages and members, unless I'm missing something?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free ASP.NET CMS

« Last post by wraith808 on August 10, 2011, 12:36 PM »

The limitations don't seem like much for a personal site, and for free, it's only a matter of support.  If its easier to deploy than DNN, than that's a win.  I'd not seen Umbraco before- thanks for the link!

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General Software Discussion / Free ASP.NET CMS

« Last post by wraith808 on August 10, 2011, 08:07 AM »

I just found out about this through a set of components that I'm evaluating.

http://www.kentico.com/

Kentico CMS for ASP.NET as a Content Management System (duh) written in ASP.NET (duh again).

They have a free edition that has the following limitations:

You can use Kentico CMS Free Edition for commercial and personal projects. There’s no hidden fee!
 
Whether you build a personal blog, corporate site or a small on-line store, you can use the Free Edition for unlimited time on your live server!
 
The free edition has the following limits:
 
1 global administrator user account per installation
1 editor per web site
1000 documents/pages per web site
100 site members per web site
you are required to put the Powered by Kentico CMS logo or a visible link "Powered by Kentico CMS for ASP.NET" pointing to http://www.kentico.com in the footer of all pages managed by Kentico CMS
the support is available only through forums without any guarantee (e-mail and phone support is only available for the users of the paid editions and for evaluators)

I didn't know if anyone would be interested, but it looks pretty slick.

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Living Room / Re: In search of ... a lost note app

« Last post by wraith808 on August 09, 2011, 09:38 PM »

What's the extension of the data file?  That might help to locate the program.

PS: Why didn't you lock the room, or barring that your computers?  Doesn't excuse his actions (or the parents' who are more at fault IMO), but it would have prevented it...

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General Software Discussion / Re: In search of ... opinions/reviews of IDEs & Editors for Web code

« Last post by wraith808 on August 09, 2011, 10:47 AM »

PhpDesigner - works fine with PHP and other web dev tasks.

-mahesh2k (August 09, 2011, 12:53 AM)

Is it activation based?  i.e. do you have to activate it over the internet?

One suggestions I saw elsewhere was to try one of the JetBrains solutions: http://www.jetbrains.com/index.html

Either WebStorm or PhpStorm. They were recommended as faster alternatives to the more popular IDEs. None of the JetBrains stuff is free but they do seem quite nice.

-nudone (August 09, 2011, 03:39 AM)

Does anyone know what the difference in features is in WebStorm vs PhPStorm?  I couldn't readily tell from the site.

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General Software Discussion / Re: FlatPress blogging platform: flat text file stored, open source, freeware

« Last post by wraith808 on August 09, 2011, 10:06 AM »

Thanks wraith!  That does look like what I'm needing.  I'm only wanting a select few pages to be passworded.  Can I set up PMWiki in a subdirectory and just password-protect access to web-pages in that directory only?

I'll read more about PMWiki tonight.  Right now, I've got to leave for work.

Thanks for the info!

-kyrathaba (August 09, 2011, 07:51 AM)

You'll want to look at the topic on Passwords.  What I'd do is set up a WikiGroup, then password protect that.

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General Software Discussion / Re: FlatPress blogging platform: flat text file stored, open source, freeware

« Last post by wraith808 on August 09, 2011, 07:40 AM »

That's why I use PMWiki for my site.  You can password protect parts and leave other parts open, and it's easier to add to, and isn't date driven.  I'd suggest if you're going to use it as an information store, you should look at some sort of wiki.  I've just found that I like PMWiki the best, because of it's extensibility, the ease of the wiki language and adding pages, and the fact that it uses flat files like FlatPress.

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Living Room / Re: Steam: Savior or Slayer of PC Gaming?

« Last post by wraith808 on August 08, 2011, 07:09 PM »

Parallel conversation on G+ brought up an interesting podcast link

http://castroller.co...%20Duke%20University

From what I understood of the study from the podcast, the researcher has concluded that DRM is removed, then (a) many pirates will buy rather than pirate, and (b) the price of the non-digital formats will reduce in price, and (c) the decline in the sale of non-digital formats will subsequently reverse, and they will sell more of the non-digital formats.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Outlining software recommendations?

« Last post by wraith808 on August 08, 2011, 06:10 PM »

I'm interested.  I just don't pay full price for these kind of things.  A couple others that I've used before are LeaderTask and Achieve Planner, though if this one has a way to automatically fill out time from activities, I'm even more interested.

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Living Room / Re: Steam: Savior or Slayer of PC Gaming?

« Last post by wraith808 on August 08, 2011, 12:27 PM »

Agreed +1

And one of the comments from that post:

cracked versions of the constant drm and closed off games alike tend ot actualy be better in the performance seciton compared to drm filled games!! wtf arghh!

This is truly the WTF moment about the DRM.