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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a music file tagger...with a twist

« Last post by Innuendo on July 05, 2010, 07:45 PM »

Last November I tested *everything*. 

But...I haven't played with Helium lately so I'll give that one a try next.

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Living Room / Re: TV Controls (rant)

« Last post by Innuendo on July 05, 2010, 07:43 PM »

Bah! Your parents either need to hook their stuff up in a more optimized fashion or invest in a universal remote that can manage powering up all the components for you.

Most set-top boxes, for example, have a switching power outlet in the back so that when you turn on the box the TV comes on as well automatically.

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General Software Discussion / Looking for a music file tagger...with a twist

« Last post by Innuendo on July 05, 2010, 01:21 PM »

I know I've seen one in the past that does what I'm wanting, but I can't remember which program fulfilled this need so I'll post this here in hopes the collective hive mind can come to my rescue.

I have both FLAC & MP3 files so the program will have to handle both. I want the program to be able to go out onto the internet & collect all relevant info for tagging. Easy so far, but here's the criteria that will cause most to fall by the wayside: Nearly all programs will download album art for the music file...for the front cover. Does there exit a tagger that will download all of the additional album art as well such as the back cover, auxillary album art like included booklets, etc?

I remember testing a humongous amount of taggers about 6 months ago & ran across one that would do it, but I cannot for the life of me remember which program will do this. Anyone have any clues?

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Best E-mail Client / Re: DreamMail

« Last post by Innuendo on July 05, 2010, 12:33 PM »

Don't *ever* let anyone use or buy Incredimail. Reading their TOS only the most kind of souls would classify it as spyware. It's more akin to EvilWare, IMHO. (and yes, capitalization is necessary to impart that)   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Request: How did DonationCoder take off? (Slightly NSFW)

« Last post by Innuendo on July 05, 2010, 12:31 PM »

I don't code. I don't blog. However, I come here almost every day.

Re NSFW: IMHO, typing "F it" is not worthy of a NSFW tag. Now I'm all disappointed....here I thought I was going to come in here and see how Mouser launched his site with a bikini car wash & we were going to see  pics of cars being washed alongside wet, scantily clad, soapy bodies....

....but I don't think any of us want to see pictures of 40hz and 4wd in poses like that. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 7, weird picture

« Last post by Innuendo on July 05, 2010, 12:27 PM »

I have no idea if this is part of your problem, but some graphics formats have the ability to save a thumbnail graphic into the file itself. However, not all graphics editing programs have the ability to save/edit this thumbnail.

If your picture was created with a graphics program that saved the thumbnail into the file, but the program used to edit the picture did not update/change this thumbnail then that may explain what you are experiencing.

This is just a WAG, though.

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Living Room / Re: Dell knowingly shipped millions of defective computers?

« Last post by Innuendo on July 05, 2010, 11:44 AM »

You can buy a Dell (or HP or Gateway or Acer or....) cheaper than it would typically cost you to build your own PC.

Typically users who build their own PCs use high quality components.


I leave it to the reader to read between the lines and come to one's own conclusions.

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Living Room / Re: iTunes accounts used to hack Apple Appstore

« Last post by Innuendo on July 05, 2010, 11:41 AM »

Reminds me of the big hack attack that happened right when iTunes was first released & there were many operations in China 'keygenning' iTunes gift card redemption codes.

Thankfully, this is DC, or else a swarm of Mac users would descend on this thread in the name of holy vengeance to explain why these are not security breaches in any way, shape, or form.

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General Software Discussion / Re: offline archiving with keyword integration (Linkman request)

« Last post by Innuendo on July 05, 2010, 11:35 AM »

Just saw this thread & was going to reply that this was a splendid idea.

Should have known the Linkman dudes would have our backs! Great news!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Alcohol 120%-50% DISCOUNT

« Last post by Innuendo on July 05, 2010, 11:33 AM »

Alcohol 120% is a really groovy piece of software if you need the functions it offers. It's really come in handy sometimes, but it's not really something many people would need nowadays.

I bought it when it was half price of what the half price is now so I got a very good deal & more than got my use out of it, but I think someone would need to evaluate their needs before puling the trigger on this one.

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Living Room / Re: Why does digital media cost so much?

« Last post by Innuendo on July 05, 2010, 11:31 AM »

Why does digital media cost so much?

Greed.

End of thread.

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Living Room / Re: 20 years later, the movie "Total Recall" still kicks butt

« Last post by Innuendo on July 05, 2010, 11:29 AM »

Lovecraft was a genius. If you can get past his writing style you'll wonder what people see in Stephen King and Clive Barker. The man created from scratch a mythos and religion so vast & rich in detail that it actually spawned the real-world literary publication of a book that was created in Lovecraft's head & purely imaginary.

Oh, almost forgot....go, Miskatonic U!!!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Agnitum 50% Off Sale

« Last post by Innuendo on July 05, 2010, 11:11 AM »

sajman, I always get nervous when my favorite software packages get sold to other companies. You never know if you are going to end up under the draconian rule of another Electronic Arts or a Symantec.

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Living Room / Re: 20 years later, the movie "Total Recall" still kicks butt

« Last post by Innuendo on June 29, 2010, 07:22 AM »

Can you tell me how 'No country for old men' ends? I went to the theater to see it and was send out because I was snoring too loud. Rented it twice but I cannot get past the halfway point, before falling asleep. With 'There Will be Blood' I fell only asleep once.

-Shades (June 28, 2010, 07:04 PM)

See my spoiler above for No Country For Old Men, but I agree....both that and There Will Be Blood were way longer than they needed to be....and neither one had a real, proper ending, IMHO.

The most recent one with Nicolas Cage is hardly worth the trouble. Then again, I am not impressed by the latest works of N.C. in the first place. The first release was way more disturbing to me.

Yes, I was referring to the original, but even the remake has the bad guys winning. I don't know what to think about Cage. He was making some pretty good movies there for awhile. Oh well, at least he's off making Disney movies now so I won't have to put up with him anymore.

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Living Room / Re: 20 years later, the movie "Total Recall" still kicks butt

« Last post by Innuendo on June 29, 2010, 07:19 AM »

I wouldn't necessarily have classed the ending in No Country For Old Men as evil/bad guy winning because it's left too open, it's not final.  Hollywood could go on to make 13+ sequels as usual.

-4wd (June 28, 2010, 06:42 PM)

Not sure what you mean....it seemed pretty final to me.

Spoiler

The bad guy has gone on a spree killing everyone who has ever come into contact with the money. He has the money and no one knows where he is. The only law enforcement officer who was pursuing him in earnest is now back at home retired from the chase & beaten. Most likely he knows that the bad guy may very well come after him as well with a good chance of him dying.

Not much chance of a sequel, either, as the bad guy is a ghost. He was only seen when he needed to be seen in order to get what he wanted. At the end of the movie he had what he wanted & the only one who really lived to tell the tale was Tommy Lee Jones & again, who knows how long he'll remain alive.

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Living Room / Re: Weekend moment of zen -- Caturday!

« Last post by Innuendo on June 28, 2010, 09:04 AM »

What kind of Caturdays do you think I have when one of my cats thinks she's a dog. If one is not ever-vigilant one may find themselves pinned down on the couch being licked vigorously.

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Living Room / Re: 20 years later, the movie "Total Recall" still kicks butt

« Last post by Innuendo on June 28, 2010, 09:01 AM »

Can't say that I agree with you, 40hz regarding Usual Suspects.

Spoiler

He got away unpunished. You specifically asked for movies where the bad guys won. The police left standing with their collective thumbs up their butts qualifies. Sure, the points you made do compromise his position, but it is still a win. As the movie ends, he disappears with enough global resources to never be seen again and the authorities with no leads. None. The authorities know what he may look like, but they don't even have an inkling of a clue as to how to start looking for him. Therefore, it fits the criteria.

Chinatown was going to be another one I was going to mention. I've got a whole list over here if you have the desire.

Here's a few more:

The Wicker Man

There Will Be Blood

The Skeleton Key

P.S. And do see No Country For Old Men. The main Bad Guy in that movie takes being bad to a whole new level.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Rename files based on a list of similar names

« Last post by Innuendo on June 27, 2010, 08:03 PM »

The list I usually get is e.g. chronological list of shows. The filenames do not necessarily follow that order.

-Jabberwock (June 27, 2010, 05:18 PM)

Sounds like the source where you get these files needs to name them better in the first place.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Should we add tags to forum?

« Last post by Innuendo on June 27, 2010, 08:00 PM »

Suppose further the search engine can be tweaked so that if a thread is tagged with a certain tag, it gets the bottom priority in search results or is ignored completely. These "search the forum" threads could be tagged by the admin for that purpose, so that the n00b could actually find what he is looking for by searching the forums.

-daddydave (June 27, 2010, 07:25 PM)

Reminds me of what they do over on the DD-WRT forum. The most important thread that has all the must-read materials for newbies is named The Peacock Thread. That way all someone has to do is search for peacock & the desired thread comes right up.

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Living Room / Re: 20 years later, the movie "Total Recall" still kicks butt

« Last post by Innuendo on June 27, 2010, 06:15 PM »

40hz, here's a double-shot for you!  

Pitch Black...

...a movie where not only the unapologetic psychopathic murderer survives at the end but a child dies in a graphically violent scene by being swarmed by the alien creatures.

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Living Room / Re: 20 years later, the movie "Total Recall" still kicks butt

« Last post by Innuendo on June 27, 2010, 06:09 PM »

For evil winning, "The Empire Strikes Back". Hoth base destroyed. The rebellion routed. Luke gets his ass handed to him by Vader. Good only wins in that it isn't completely destroyed. Still, The Usual Suspects is a much better example of the bad guys winning.

-Renegade (June 27, 2010, 04:33 PM)

Excellent example except for the fact 40hz wanted an example where there wasn't a sequel where the good guys came back from behind and won. So, Return of the Jedi nullifies Empire. Although, Empire is one of the best movies *ever* that ends with the bad guys winning.

Evil kind of wins in a lot of horror movies. Or at least they leave it open for the evil to return in a sequel. Saw. Friday the 13th. A Nightmare on Elm Street. The Evil Dead. etc. etc.

More excellent movies, but 40hz gave himself the 'loophole' of the movies listed having to be *human* evil winning....AND no sequels where the good guys can come back to attempt to vanquish the bad guy another day.

Here's another example, 40hz, of a movie where human evil wins & no sequel to bring the bad guy to justice: No Country For Old Men.

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Living Room / Re: 20 years later, the movie "Total Recall" still kicks butt

« Last post by Innuendo on June 27, 2010, 06:09 PM »

[quote author=Renegade link=topic=23067.msg210798#msg210798 date=1277674432
For evil winning, "The Empire Strikes Back". Hoth base destroyed. The rebellion routed. Luke gets his ass handed to him by Vader. Good only wins in that it isn't completely destroyed. Still, The Usual Suspects is a much better example of the bad guys winning. [/quote]

Excellent example except for the fact 40hz wanted an example where there wasn't a sequel where the good guys came back from behind and won. So, Return of the Jedi nullifies Empire. Although, Empire is one of the best movies *ever* that ends with the bad guys winning.

Evil kind of wins in a lot of horror movies. Or at least they leave it open for the evil to return in a sequel. Saw. Friday the 13th. A Nightmare on Elm Street. The Evil Dead. etc. etc.

More excellent movies, but 40hz gave himself the 'loophole' of the movies listed having to be *human* evil winning.

Here's another example, 40hz, of a movie where human evil wins & no sequel to bring the bad guy to justice: No Country For Old Men.


[/quote]

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General Software Discussion / Re: which system tray network monitor - like a graph or something.

« Last post by Innuendo on June 27, 2010, 06:03 PM »

Heh, I think you might be surprised to find that 64-bit versions of Windows have been around a little longer than that.

-IainB (June 27, 2010, 05:17 PM)

I remember DEC & Itanium, but I was talking more along the lines of consumer-oriented OSes & while I loved to have had an Itanium-based system it was a lil out of my reach.

However, I have some "legacy" (= "old") proggies that I use, which have no software developer maintaining them now, and I wish to continue to be able to use them.

Unless those legacy programs are 16-bit you may be surprised how many do work even if you have to use some compatibility options. Of course, you won't know for sure till you try them.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Agnitum 50% Off Sale

« Last post by Innuendo on June 27, 2010, 04:28 PM »

Don't know if anyone has been considering any of Agnitum's products lately & are on the fence, but while checking out their site today (http://www.agnitum.com) I see they are having a sale:

Outpost Pro Antivirus - $14.97 reg. $29.95

Outpost Pro Firewall - $19.97 reg. $39.95

Outpost Pro Security Suite - $24.97 reg. $49.95

All seem to be 1 year / 3 user licenses.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend disk imaging software?

« Last post by Innuendo on June 27, 2010, 04:21 PM »

ShadowProtect I heard good things about and for $90.- you should get a great product.

-brahman (June 27, 2010, 12:35 PM)

There's a discount code here on DC somewhere for ShadowProtect. No clue, though, if it is still valid.