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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by Target on August 20, 2011, 03:08 AM »

it was past my bedtime, so I had to go homer for the day

I'm here now, but you guys a-chilles me

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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by Target on August 19, 2011, 01:49 AM »

Clearly, you're from the land of Oz.

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 07:51 PM)

neigh, I'll not fall into your trap

I would have thought Troy

-Target (August 18, 2011, 08:13 PM)

There you go again, playing follow the Leda!

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 09:02 PM)

Indeed, I'd go to helen back

-Target (August 18, 2011, 09:14 PM)

Time to stop horsing about!

-cranioscopical (August 19, 2011, 01:16 AM)

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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by Target on August 18, 2011, 09:14 PM »

Clearly, you're from the land of Oz.

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 07:51 PM)

I would have thought Troy

-Target (August 18, 2011, 08:13 PM)

There you go again, playing follow the Leda!

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 09:02 PM)

Indeed, I'd go to helen back

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Living Room / Re: how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by Target on August 18, 2011, 08:13 PM »

Clearly, you're from the land of Oz.

-cranioscopical (August 18, 2011, 07:51 PM)

I would have thought Troy

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Living Room / Re: "Upgrade" Button is Patented -- Trolls Come Out of Sewers...

« Last post by Target on August 18, 2011, 07:32 PM »

What I would REALLY like is to patent a process for expelling waste fluids and solids from the human body.

My opening statement for my first patent suit would be, "Why aren't your eyes yellow? And why do you find it easy to sit?"

-Renegade (August 18, 2011, 07:29 PM)

Brilliant!! you're patenting trolling

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Living Room / an interesting response to a trademeark infringement action

« Last post by Target on August 17, 2011, 07:15 PM »

from slashdot this morning (apologies to those who've seen this, but I'm posting 'cos these things routinely get disgust here )

http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/08/17/1838230/Notch-Asks-For-Trial-By-Combat

Bethesda was apparently pursuing him because his latest game title uses a word contained in on of Bethesda's titles.

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Living Room / how does your <insert device here> stack up?

« Last post by Target on August 17, 2011, 07:09 PM »

this was posted on <url=http:\\tinyhacker.com)TinyHacker[/url] this morning



the march of progress is clearly relentless...

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Living Room / Re: Samsung hard drives - don't buy them unless you like subliminal mental torture

« Last post by Target on August 15, 2011, 10:51 PM »

at the risk of being on topic, have you considered adding some sound deadening to the case as well?

I'd try sitting the case on something (a piece of high density foam or polystyrene sheet, or even corrugated cardboard) and probably lining the sides as well (they make great drums!!)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Problem: I can't understand how to get a W7-64 machine into an XP-32 network

« Last post by Target on August 15, 2011, 10:33 PM »

if anyone was wondering where Chris has been today...

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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: OLD - Unfinished Web project: YUMPS

« Last post by Target on August 15, 2011, 06:15 PM »

I don't know much about the process, but might this be something you could 'float' through kickstarter?

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General Software Discussion / Re: 'new' file manager - Elyse

« Last post by Target on August 08, 2011, 08:53 PM »

So this is something like Win7's "libraries" as a separate software or what?

-Tuxman (August 08, 2011, 04:45 PM)

I don't think so...

YMMV, but for my money it appears to be something more like a cataloguing tool

Files are tagged (multiple tags can be used for any one file), and can be added to multiple groupings.

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Unstack Skwire's ClipTrap Output

« Last post by Target on August 04, 2011, 01:54 AM »

how is the conversion done? (depending on the answer it may be possible to process directly from the cliptrap file)

do they have to be Excel formatted?  CSV is a plain text alternative that is 'native' to Excel (and pretty much any other spreadsheeting app).

you might also consider processing the cliptrap file directly from Excel using a (VBA) macro

another alternative might be to use something other than cliptrap (I'm thinking of something that sends a copy of the current clipboard to a file)

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General Software Discussion / Re: 'new' file manager - Elyse

« Last post by Target on August 03, 2011, 10:29 PM »

personally I haven't used it beyond a cursory inspection, so I can't comment on the functionality or capabilities with any authority.  I rather liked the concept though, so I'll have a bit more of a game with it at some stage (HA!)

FWIW though I don't see it replacing a regular file manager, maybe complimenting it in some circumstances, but YMMV

Lots of files on your PC have the exact same name. They can't go in the same location without overwriting each other.

-Deozaan (August 03, 2011, 09:50 PM)

from what I can see, it doesn't actually move any of your files, but tracks their location in a database, so a single file could be tagged multiple ways without affecting the actual filename or location

Looks interesting. Any word on license terms and price?

-40hz (August 03, 2011, 09:55 PM)

As far as I can tell it's freeware - the app can be unpacked (using UniExtract) and runs fine as portable, and you can view the licence through the help menu

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General Software Discussion / 'new' file manager - Elyse

« Last post by Target on August 03, 2011, 09:12 PM »

apologies if this is not news to you

spotted this one a few weeks ago on addictive tips (it's since popped up in a few other places) and thought it may be of interest to some here (if a calendar based app (Nemo) can get some traction, who knows...)

Elyse is a tag based file manager.  Seems like it would be particular interest to those working with significant media collections, or possibly for project workers

From the homepage

Elyse is a file management system which solves the major problem with traditional methods of managing large numbers files on computers: paths and folders. Storing files in Elyse eliminates the need to decide precisely where to store a file, or to subsequently find where it was stored. Any logical method of grouping and arranging files can be used. In short, you the user are given the power to impose your own logic, and change your mind as often you like with just a few clicks.
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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by Target on August 03, 2011, 07:49 PM »

Great to hear.  As for official link, it must be a caching issue on your side since I'm certain the correct file is there.  Does your work/ISP run some sort of transparent proxy?  Do you see the same issue with different browsers?

-skwire (August 03, 2011, 07:28 PM)

we're behind a proxy which I suspect is the issue - same results from IE and FireFox

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by Target on August 03, 2011, 06:40 PM »

I'd assume this as well since build 10 is on the server.  In the meantime, try grabbing this (same zip, diff name):
Apologies for the trouble.  

-skwire (August 03, 2011, 08:35 AM)

no apologies necessary, just another of the marvels of modern technology

That did the trick, and FWIW I'm still getting build 9 off the official link

many thanks for your time and attention

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by Target on August 03, 2011, 12:44 AM »

And you're, for sure, running v1.0.6 build 10?

-skwire (August 02, 2011, 10:59 PM)

interestingly it appears to be build 9, though I have downloaded and overwritten with the latest versions a few times in the last week (including once this morning)

and just confirmed that the copy I downloaded and installed this morning was build 9 so there could be some sort of caching issue at work here...

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by Target on August 02, 2011, 10:56 PM »

Hmmm...seems to be okay here.  With Trout running, I'm able to press F1 in other applications and launch, say, their help file.  Do you happen to have an F1 hotkey defined under Trout's options?

-skwire (August 02, 2011, 10:40 PM)

nope, no hotkeys, and confirmed that with Trout running all F1 key presses are waylaid

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by Target on August 02, 2011, 09:34 PM »

the problems still occurring - did you perhaps forget to update the portable version?

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Edit Text Anywhere with Your Favorite Editor [Freeware]

« Last post by Target on July 28, 2011, 11:20 PM »

FYI, the link to the portable version download is pointing to the setup exe

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by Target on July 27, 2011, 09:32 PM »

cool, thanks!!

just out of curiosity, what was the trigger?

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by Target on July 27, 2011, 06:31 PM »

bug report - running version 1.0.6 build 3 and it appears to periodically steal/disable the F1 key

I generally leave it running in the background while I'm working and at some point in the day the F1 key stops working (an essential key for logging into one of our mainframe systems) - I have no idea what triggers it, but isolated it to Trout by progressively closing the running apps until the functionality returned... 

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Finished Programs / Re: Open with Script

« Last post by Target on July 21, 2011, 08:40 PM »

+1 for OpenExpert

and FYI I'm pretty sure you can set up multiple file associations - just name them to suit the end application and they'll come up in the context menu when you click on a file

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Living Room / Re: what are the merits and limitations of the different types of flash memory?

« Last post by Target on July 19, 2011, 06:17 PM »

I have a micro SD card usb adapter as well, but i like the idea of using an SD card cos it goes straight in the slot (no adaptor required) and nothings exposed, and if needs be I can take it out and put it in the laptop at work too.  And if I need to access it at home I can use a card reader

Just seemed a neater solution as USB keys could be vulnerable in certain situations, but you never seem to see them 'promoted' this way - it's always this is a camera card, this is a phone card, etc

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Living Room / what are the merits and limitations of the different types of flash memory?

« Last post by Target on July 19, 2011, 12:46 AM »

Like most everyone these days I have a handful of USB drives that I use for all sorts of things, however I just bought a netbook to do a bit of stuff on and I was wondering why I couldn't use an SD card instead of my usual key.

I assume the internals are pretty much the same as USB keys, but the SD cards form factor is a bit more user friendly (it goes in the slot, out of harms way)

What I don't know is if there are any limitations on using these things like a 'normal' drive.  It doesn't seem logical to me that there would be, but then what do I know

I've had a hunt around and I don't seem to be able to find anything that discusses the relative merits of the different types of removable flash memory, though of course having said that, the first thing you guys will do is google the answer straight away 

Anyone able to shed some light on the subject (don't limit yourselves just to SD cards and/or USB keys either)