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General Software Discussion / Re: AutoIt3 versus AutoHotKey
« Last post by f0dder on January 29, 2006, 04:17 AM »
Well yeah, I think it's a bit bloated... I would compile the script to bytecode, so the output .exe files don't need to have parser+compiler etc., but "just" the VM + engine. LUA would be pretty suitable for this. But well, I have an assembly background, so I might be a bit oversealous wrt. size ;)

The biggest flaw with AutoIt, IMHO, is that "compiling" doesn't actually compile (and thus, syntax check) the scripts - this sucks if you're 20 minutes into an unattended install, before you realize that your script misses a single string quote character...

LUA - www.lua.org . Lots of software uses it now, including games like Painkiller and World Of Warcraft.
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Living Room / Re: Fan Computer Case
« Last post by f0dder on January 29, 2006, 12:45 AM »
Hehe, cute.

You might want to check out http://mini-itx.com/ too, btw... lots of nice projects there.
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General Software Discussion / Re: AutoIt3 versus AutoHotKey
« Last post by f0dder on January 29, 2006, 12:44 AM »
I like AutoIt; I've been using it to script parts of my unattended XP setup, and I use it for tasks like automating SCP filecopy to my http server + copying URL to clipboard, using SSH (plink) to create SVN repositories on my server, etc.

I think the AutoIt exes are kind of bloated though, and the language could have been nicer. I'm almost tempted to do something of my own based on LUA, but... well... AI3 does the job and I can live with the exe sizes.
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Best Website Change Monitoring Tool / Re: compared with Check and Get
« Last post by f0dder on January 28, 2006, 09:07 AM »
Martin rocks!  :up:
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General Software Discussion / Re: U3 Smart Drives
« Last post by f0dder on January 27, 2006, 04:42 PM »
What's so revolutionary about these drives? How are they different from any other USB pendrive with software on it?
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Screenshot Captor / Re: What is the best image format to save screenshots from desktop programs?
« Last post by f0dder on January 27, 2006, 04:39 PM »
PNG, converted to 256 colors *without* dithering. Disable background images before taking screenshot.
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Living Room / Re: Coding Horror blog has become must reading for programmers
« Last post by f0dder on January 27, 2006, 12:34 AM »
Didn't know that one, looks interesting... http://www.thedailywtf.com/ is worth mentioning too, btw.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Which app stays open on your desktop all day?
« Last post by f0dder on January 27, 2006, 12:20 AM »
Well, not just batch files, but stuff that is directory-sensitive, as well as depends on non-global environment variables (set by batch files). So yeah, I do need cmd.exe :)

My own custom run-box for bblean is actually based on uberbox, but more or less rewritten from scratch - bugs fixed, features added. Still in beta and needs some additional bugfixes and features added, but I use it all the time and it's nice :)

I plan on adding "real" complete to it, and aliases with args are already supported a lot better than uberbox, plus silly hardcoded limits are removed, etc.

You still don't use farr?
Not yet *blush*. When I tried it, it had bugs wrt. UNC names that I reported to mouser, and I haven't checked it out since... when I've been at my computer, I've either been hung over or busy coding, so I haven't had time to play around with stuff that much.

Process Explorer from SysInternals.com for finding and killing BAD apps
I prefer their pskill - faster when you know the app name :P

Norton Ghost? I prefer Acronis TrueImage these days, Norton/symantec certainly fscked up ghost really well >_<
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General Software Discussion / Re: Which app stays open on your desktop all day?
« Last post by f0dder on January 26, 2006, 05:15 PM »
@fooder:
cmd.exe? nice..that's leet  :tellme:
check typeandrun i mentioned on my last post. i bet you will find it a bit handier that cmd.exe (at least, i do ;) )
-jgpaiva (January 26, 2006, 05:08 PM)

Dunno - I need cmd.exe when building doing development work. Like, I have visual studio open for a project, but use "mk.bat" to build a smaller side-tool, then launch a hexeditor to verify file structure, etc. Things that can be faster doing from a command prompt that a GUI, and are directory sensitive.

I also use xPlorer^2's smartness - ie, I can type "$ del *.bak" in the address line to delete all *.bak files in current folder, and other smart stuff. As for Run stuff, I currently use my own Win+R replacement for blackbox... but I'm considering checking out F&RR and perhaps TypeAndRun.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Which app stays open on your desktop all day?
« Last post by f0dder on January 26, 2006, 04:56 PM »
notepad++, xplorer^2, visual studio 2003, cmd.exe, mIRC, PuTTY, messenger or miranda, winamp, sysinternals' process explorer, firefox... those would have to be the apps that I run the most, and there's usually at least three of them running at any time.

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Living Room / Re: What's your "Autism Quotient"?
« Last post by f0dder on January 26, 2006, 04:19 AM »
What, I only got a 13? Weird :-s
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Living Room / Re: topview recorder or media center pc
« Last post by f0dder on January 25, 2006, 06:17 PM »
Hrm, sony based stuff?

I'd stay clear of it, keeping in mind how sony has an affair with anything DRM.
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Living Room / Re: topview recorder or media center pc
« Last post by f0dder on January 25, 2006, 04:32 PM »
humm. I think Windows Media Center could easily be "the future" - but I wouldn't go out and get one right now, even if I had an abundance of cash. It still seems a bit flakey from what I've read, although the features are of course pretty nice. But sometimes you still get windows error messages and whatever popping up, ruining the whole "integrated" feel.

If you do go for a WMC machine, be sure to get one that's entirely passively cooled. There was some danish company that offered a pretty sweet one: http://www.zitech.dk...tails.aspx?ID=159766 . It's a bit sad that you can't get a not-so-beefy box, since WMC machines are mostly software based they do need some grunt to be able to handle DVD playback and HDTV smoothly... not to mention harddisk recording. And you do want that, if you go for a media box.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Offers (this week only) on WinRAR and Wintasks 5 Pro
« Last post by f0dder on January 25, 2006, 04:26 PM »
Thanks, carol!

I find it pays to be a bit paranoid these days, with all those phishing sites etc.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: What are characteristics of programs most likely to interfere with SC?
« Last post by f0dder on January 25, 2006, 04:25 PM »
Doncodfish, perhaps you should give info on operating system version(s) and the running processes - Process Explorer from www.sysinternals.com can save a list of the current running processes. Might help :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Offers (this week only) on WinRAR and Wintasks 5 Pro
« Last post by f0dder on January 25, 2006, 01:49 PM »
Hm, is that the official winrar site? I've always used http://rarlabs.com . I'm a bit suspicious :)
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Why Miranda might blow you away (do you use IRC, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, Google.talk..
« Last post by f0dder on January 24, 2006, 10:19 AM »
Yeah well, MSN is bugged. Bleh. I'd prefer using miranda for icq+msn and get rid of msn messenger, but mirandas msn protocol support is just too buged. Bleh.
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Why Miranda might blow you away (do you use IRC, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, Google.talk..
« Last post by f0dder on January 24, 2006, 06:38 AM »
...and 0.4.0.2 STILL has issues with the MSN protocol, and STILL sometimes gets caught in an infinite loop when you close it (leaving the process running which you then manually have to kill).

*sigh*.
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Living Room / Re: New iPod 'feature' ... criminals beware ...
« Last post by f0dder on January 23, 2006, 09:07 AM »
Hmmm, pretty interesting.

Does iPods require special crappy Apple software to transfer stuff to them, or do they show up as a drive without needing any drivers? They probably do require software (iTunes or whatever), otherwise I can't see how this user information would be stored on them.

Yet another reason to avoid Apple crap and get a Zen instead ^_^
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Living Room / Re: DIY Projector Project - Pre-Pre-Planning stage
« Last post by f0dder on January 23, 2006, 08:58 AM »
Hrm, you should look around some more before you start this project - I remember reading about it sometime (I think it was with a fresnel lens?), but quickly found some other sites stating that the quality was pretty poor, and required some pretty insane lighting to even work.
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Corel Paint Shop Pro 10 for $69 through 31 JAN 2006
« Last post by f0dder on January 23, 2006, 08:55 AM »
BrokenNails, I'd stay away from v10 - v9 is the last decent version, after corel bought it from JASC they messed it up (slower and more bloated, requires install now and thus can't be carried around on a USB pendrive, etc)
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Best Text Editor / Re: thanks for Notepad2 !!
« Last post by f0dder on January 23, 2006, 08:53 AM »
It's really great indeed, under active development, and (some, anyway :P) feature requests tend to be implemented. If you're a programmer, shouldn't be hard to write stuff for it yourself, since it's based on scintilla. I've written a couple of plugins I use, which are quite helpful :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: does anyone of you believe in defragmentation programs?
« Last post by f0dder on January 23, 2006, 08:52 AM »
NTFS, non-server. Lots of various disk activity, and yes defragging makes a BIG difference. Also, there's big difference between built-in defrag and PerfectDisk - it built-in defrag "gives up too early", kinda.

Sysinternals contig is *great* when you just need to defrag a single file, say an .iso before burning it. Not a replacement for a defrag tool, though.

mrainey, sounds like that Woody Leonhard guy doesn't know what he's talking about, then. Should't come as a surprise, though, seeing that he's the author of a "For Dummies" book.
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Best Text Editor / Re: thanks for Notepad2 !!
« Last post by f0dder on January 22, 2006, 03:09 PM »
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net - for the win :)

Base on scintilla (like scite), but IMHO better than scite.
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General Software Discussion / Re: does anyone of you believe in defragmentation programs?
« Last post by f0dder on January 22, 2006, 03:07 PM »
Yes, I do - but the market is a bit rotten. Some of the products look like they don't do much more than the built-in defrag, except look prettier.

I personally use Raxco PerfectDisk, which works pretty well, and has reordering as well as just defragmentation - infrequently modified data will be grouped together, making frequently modified data easier to defragment.

And defragmentation DOES help a lot - especially if you've used p2p downloaders that don't reserve space for your download. A linux ISO I downloaded was in more than thousand fragments, which would have resulted in a lot of buffer underruns if I hadn't defragged it before burning (sure, burnproof is nice, but lowers CD quality somewhat).

So yes, defragmentation tools are nice. Some of them.
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