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Living Room / Re: Bought a desktop and monitor today
« Last post by wraith808 on August 16, 2011, 06:55 AM »
^ Unless I'm missing something, all of those are 1920 x 1080?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Google+
« Last post by wraith808 on August 16, 2011, 06:53 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.
Check the image again,they don't have to connect with you via G+ only. Even if you're in connection somehow using email or following them on G+ or blogger follow system etc, then this will affect SERP. For example, Matt cutts is connected to you in one way public stream activity but he's not going to follow you or many others, still his suggestions will appear in your SERP. Same goes with anyone with gmail account sending emails to you. You'll see the influence of their search pattern in your results page if they're searching google by logging in to any google service.


But you *are* connected to them.  If you follow their public stream, you're connected to them- they're just not connected to you.  And if they e-mail you, then I'd say that was a connection too.

I don't like the fact that they are using this information; that shows that they are mining my contacts for that, and I'd like a way to opt out of that.  But even with that caveat, you are connected.
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Living Room / Re: Bought a desktop and monitor today
« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2011, 08:32 PM »
^ thanks, but I meant the monitors that Ath was referring to.  :-[
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Living Room / Re: Bought a desktop and monitor today
« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2011, 03:50 PM »
I'd like to see where you see these prices, if you don't mind.  I'm just not seeing it.

My research for this has shown the non-refurbished 24" 1900 x 1080 going for $170, and the non-refurbished 24" 1920 x 1200 going for a minimum of $350 USD, so I want to know where you're shopping!
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^ Not sure why you haven't received it yet.  And no, I'm not being a "white hat" for the site, I just appreciate what they do, and want them to keep doing it so try to help people around problems. :)

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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...

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 :tellme:

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^.

:)

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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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...  :huh:
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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.
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.
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.  :down:
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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.


Agreed.
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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.

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 :up:

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)

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 »
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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?

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

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

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?

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.

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

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.

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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