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General Software Discussion / Re: Strange Firefox Error:

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 07:15 PM »

Ha ha! 

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Living Room / Re: Tell me why I have to be a PowerSlave?

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 07:13 PM »

actually according the the uk's http://carbon trust wear and tear is neglible and you should power down your pc whenever your not using it 

-justice (December 08, 2007, 07:54 PM)

Just the name "Carbon Trust" is enough to make me discredit just about anything it says in the name of carbon emission reduction.

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Living Room / Re: Hilarious video about the Web 2.0

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 05:42 PM »

The video is gone.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Strange Firefox Error:

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 05:40 PM »

http://makeitbigingames.com/blog/

All that is on the from page from Dec 07 is one on the 13th. The article before that was back in Oct 07,

-tinjaw (December 15, 2007, 05:31 PM)

It was there when I made this post the other day! In fact, I added the blog to my RSS reader and it is showing up there! I finally found a way to reproduce the article! It's in my Google Reader Shared Items.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Strange Firefox Error:

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 05:11 PM »

Aha! I found it:

Dated June 12, 2006 (about 1.5 years ago!)
GarageGames.com

Also mentioned on Gamasutra.com

Carp! Now the article dated Dec 10 is missing from the Make It Big in Games blog and you can't navigate back to June 2006 because the blog is broken! That was a darn good article, too! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Strange Firefox Error:

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 05:05 PM »

Deozaan,

I investigated and the problem is with the webserver/blog. The pages on that blog are returning a 302/redirect that is pointing back to itself, creating an infinite loop. Firefox is detecting this and throwing up the error message you are seeing. The webmaster/blogger will have to fix it on their side.

-tinjaw (December 15, 2007, 05:01 PM)

Thanks tinjaw. Though the article is dated Dec 10th, 2007, I swear I read it some months ago. Since it's gaming related, maybe you know from where?

Maybe Gamedev.net...

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Living Room / Re: TOP 10 Theories Why Neanderthals Disappeared

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 04:57 PM »

Some of us are still hanging around, in secret.

-cranioscopical (December 08, 2007, 03:02 PM)

You're not the first to suggest it: The Man from Earth

What if a man from the Upper Paleolithic had survived until the present day?

-The Man from Earth

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: inappropriate word buster

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 04:54 PM »

Tell them to use Google with SAFE SEARCH on!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Userbar Generator: Cool Freeware

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 04:49 PM »

Here are a few things I think would be a nice addition to the software:

1. Recognize PNG transparency for the overlay image.
2. If I click to add/change the overlay image and cancel out of the dialog box, don't make me lose my overlay image size adjustments!
3. Load/Save Project really needs to be functional!
4. Multiple Overlay Images.
5. Maybe instead of two colors for a gradient, allow the colors to be images. This would look especially nice (if done right) for left and right images that gradually fade from one into the other.
6. An icon for the program.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Userbar Generator: Cool Freeware

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 04:38 PM »

I can read them all just fine, Curt. They're not blurry to me.

Although I must admit that having upper and lowercase letters would really help the readability.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Userbar Generator: Cool Freeware

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 04:15 PM »

If only the Save/Load Project functions worked...





EDIT: Fixed a typo in one of these bars.

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Living Room / Re: Sonic's Biblic Adventure - Crappiest Fangame Challenge

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 03:41 PM »

Watching it once was enough for me. No interest to play it

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General Software Discussion / Re: Userbar Generator: Cool Freeware

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 11:30 AM »

This would be even better if it accepted PNG transparency and could tile/repeat the overlay image.

EDIT: Here are some I made real quick:

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your favorite eBay/auction helping software?

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 11:16 AM »

How about just a list of the top few for starters?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Which app stays open on your desktop all day?

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 11:06 AM »

I generally have the following programs open at all times on my desktop:

2 or more Windows Explorers,
FireFox,
Internet Explorer,
Google Talk,


EDIT: And these:

IRC,
Hamachi,
xFire

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Official Announcements / Re: Draw Cody competition - win incredible prizes!

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 10:54 AM »

And a Cody badge would be great in my profile

done.

-mouser (December 14, 2007, 08:20 PM)

Thanks mouser! and nudone! And anyone else involved!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Strange Firefox Error:

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 12:46 AM »

I talked to the guy who made the latest post (Joshua Dallman) and he said the comment system broke with a WordPress version upgrade.

It's not a get rich quick scheme. It's a guy who has over 20 years experience in the video game industry giving advice on how to be successful. In the post I linked to, it even explains that going out on your own to do this can take years, and he likens it to learning to play an instrument. You practice a lot on your own and it can take a few years to get good enough to produce anything good enough other people want to listen to (or pay for!).

Nothing quick about a few years before first real sales start to happen.

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Living Room / Re: How often do you reboot your primary workstation?

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 12:44 AM »

I reboot when the power goes out. Or I'll shut down if I'm going out of town for a few days.

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Living Room / Re: SnowGlobe Boy

« Last post by Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 12:41 AM »

I don't get it. He spent 78.5 hours inside the snowglobe? That's not that hard. People waited longer than that outside in the cold for an iPhone.

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Living Room / Re: Help Name Our Cat!

« Last post by Deozaan on December 14, 2007, 01:03 PM »

Check out http://lolcat.com/ - Funny Cat Pictures.

-PhilB66 (December 01, 2007, 12:11 PM)

I'm really tired. I hope that's the explanation for why it took me so long to figure out why the Firefox logo was in that picture.

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Living Room / Re: Applications Stealing Focus...

« Last post by Deozaan on December 14, 2007, 12:55 PM »

Biggest Offender:

Windows Update Restart notification window! I HATE THAT THING!

-Deozaan (December 14, 2007, 12:53 AM)

<a href="http://lifehacker.co...start-nag-289998.php">Solution</a>

-icekin (December 14, 2007, 09:18 AM)

There was one I heard about some time ago that let me change it so instead of asking me every 4 minutes I could change it to 24 hours or something. Anyone know about that one?

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Official Announcements / Re: Draw Cody competition - win incredible prizes!

« Last post by Deozaan on December 14, 2007, 01:46 AM »

I'd like to see the mug from whoever got that, as well as the unique poster!

1. A DonationCoder Cody Mug (unbelievable!)

2. A signed picture of Cody (beautiful!)

3. A deluxe member kit and certificate of Cody Club Special Member (brain meltingly generous!)

4. A special Cody badge in your forum profile to demonstrate you entered the competition (fair!)

and for the overall winner, a signed genuinely unique limited edition of one single print special poster (absolutely insane!! <- look, 2 exclamation marks)

-nudone (October 10, 2007, 04:41 PM)

And a Cody badge would be great in my profile. 

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Official Announcements / Re: Draw Cody competition - win incredible prizes!

« Last post by Deozaan on December 14, 2007, 01:15 AM »

I received my prize in the mail a few days ago. I also requested a DC Membership Kit since I never claimed one before.

What a nice surprise! I love the glossy print of the picture, signed by Cody. The postcards, iron-on-transfer, etc. are all fun too! I was especially glad to see a magnet in there. I'm not sure why, but I like it.

Also, my daughter will love the one made out to her--when she's born in 5 years.

The truth about my Daughter

I thought I was being clear when I joked about my "daughter" drawing that terrible picture I made:

This was done by my daughter. Who is -5 years old.

-Deozaan (October 11, 2007, 01:22 AM)

Then when Ralf (and others, apparently) missed the negative sign before the 5, I fessed up:

Deozaan: Too cute!  She captured the likeness of Cody perfectly.

-Ralf Maximus (October 11, 2007, 07:55 AM)

Honestly, I did that drawing. It's like my best drawing ever. I spent three hours shading the upper lip.

-Deozaan (October 11, 2007, 09:46 AM)

But apparently it still wasn't clear. So let me make it clear: I don't have any children. Yet!

Thanks mouser and nudone!

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Living Room / Re: Greetings from Costa Rica

« Last post by Deozaan on December 14, 2007, 01:00 AM »

Welcome to DonationCoder, Richard.

I don't have much to say, except that we've got a thread for longer introductions here. Feel free to read more about fellow forum members there and maybe tell about yourself a bit more there as well.

Enjoy your stay! I have been enjoying mine for the nearly two years since I signed up. 

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DcUpdater / Re: How Many DCUpdaters Do I Have Here!?

« Last post by Deozaan on December 14, 2007, 12:57 AM »

Nope - latest version.  (If you look at my first post it says "dcuppdater", with the two p's).

Jim

What I meant was maybe you have two versions installed. The old one and the new one. But since you directed me back to your first post again, I noticed you said you already thought of this.