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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft MASSIVELY improves JavaScript performance in IE8

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 24, 2008, 08:09 AM »

icekin:

Internet Explorer 7 scores an abysmal 90522ms. That makes it almost 58 times slower than Minefield.

-article posted above

IE8-beta2 scored at 9542ms. But, for reference, in the same virtual environment Firefox "Minefield" was still able to pull off 1873ms.

-article

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General Software Discussion / Re: OCR too expensive? Try freeloaders!

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 24, 2008, 06:02 AM »

icekin: the idea is that they can create myspace accounts using the captchas that were solved by the people trying to get software at their site.

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Official Announcements / MOVED: ThinkFree Netbook Edition

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 23, 2008, 04:53 AM »

This topic has been moved to Found Deals and Discounts.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=15452.0

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General Software Discussion / Re: split PDF files - context menu program?

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 22, 2008, 05:07 AM »

Hmmm at $350 ..... not even bothering with the demo

-Carol Haynes (March 09, 2008, 07:26 AM)

Thanks for posting that, Carol! I'm not even bothering following the link at that price!

-Darwin (October 21, 2008, 08:34 AM)

another first post recommending a commercial product..

-lanux128 (October 21, 2008, 10:05 AM)

Not only that, as they also didn't come back after july 11. I guess that means something.

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General Software Discussion / Re: which Linux version for my laptop

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 22, 2008, 04:46 AM »

housetier: by definition of beta and newbie, I wouldn't say it's a good idea to recommend a beta version to a newbie
Still, I also recommend ubuntu, but 8.04 instead

[edit] ok, 8.10 comes out of beta in 8 days. I guess that's not too bad, then. [/edit]

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: My First Ubuntu Program (MFUP) by Wreckedcarzz

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 22, 2008, 04:02 AM »

Hi brandon!
Could you just upload the images to DC?
It's more confortable to open them, and we're always assured that as long as the forum exists, the images will exist also

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Living Room / Re: My computer is older than YOUR computer!

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 21, 2008, 04:27 AM »

deozaan: I figured he was referring to this guy: Comic Book Guy^w.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: New Plugin: GooglePlus - View Google search results in FARR as you type

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 20, 2008, 06:25 PM »

scythe: see the previous posts, it's a false positive

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Where can I hide the FARR status bar?

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 19, 2008, 08:22 AM »

I think that since a few versions ago, that isn't possible anymore.
See this post for more info.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox 3.1

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 18, 2008, 08:38 PM »

As far as buttons go, the new one is a bit of a joke...

Ehtyar.

-Ehtyar (October 18, 2008, 05:56 PM)

Actually, I wouldn't say it's a joke. Even though it isn't the best position to place the button (imo ie7's choice - later copied by opera - is way better), I think it's important in terms of usability, people that never used tabs will much more easily press the button than double-click the tab bar.

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Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: Edition 42

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 18, 2008, 11:22 AM »

On the spoiler-tag idea: I think adding spoilers takes more space (don't forget that it takes one line for the button, and that the spoiler has a frame around it), and it might become anoying to open all of them.
Still, I think it's worth a shot as long as it isn't a huge work to do it.

Ehtyar: I love the format, and THANK YOU for the work, I specially like the touch of linking to threads on DC about the news that were already reported.
Also, I have a question: what's the ordering? Is it ordered by time or relevance? Not that it matters, I'm just curious

Also, thank you for the info on botnets (8 and 9), I didn't even know there were names for specific botnets

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: an indication that "start-up" is finished

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 16, 2008, 12:56 PM »

jdd: Do you mean make it wait for a press of a keypad key and then run the executable?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Self Distruct

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 14, 2008, 03:27 AM »

Shades: notice that f0dder mentioned that 'a single 0-pass should be enough', that means delete the stuff using a 'secure' deletion, but on its lower setting.

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General Software Discussion / Re: 100-fold WPA/WPA2 bruteforce speed increase

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 13, 2008, 07:42 PM »

Interesting.. Thanks for the heads-up, f0dder! 

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Developer's Corner / Re: Where to start with computer programing

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 13, 2008, 02:52 PM »

My professors would advise against eclipse because it helps people too much...
Still, I sure recomment it!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Magic Jack Phone ?

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 13, 2008, 12:33 PM »

I think most of the opinions on this thread are genuine happy customers (quite a few are donating members, and others long-time members), so I think this thread should be kept. Nevertheless, it's sad to know a company uses this kind of techniques to promote their product..

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General Software Discussion / Re: powerpoint to dvd software

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 13, 2008, 05:18 AM »

David Taylor: you are welcome to promote your product here at DC, but you are obliged to say you are affiliated with it. From a quick google search, I could see a few posts that demonstrate your are definitelly associated with moyea.

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Living Room / Re: Should Microsoft become an OEM (PC manufacturer)?

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 12, 2008, 08:35 PM »

No, please no!! Not another apple in the bussiness. Things are good as they are now, for me

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Developer's Corner / Re: Where to start with computer programing

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 12, 2008, 07:06 PM »

I believe the whole problem here is that recommending a programming language out of the blue really doesn't make much sense.

I think josephus would be much better served if he made some investigation of his own on exactly what kind of software does he want to create, and what direction he wants to follow, so that we can recomment the best road to go there.

Meanwhile, I should already be in bed, and thanks to this topic, I'm learning python instread.. 

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Developer's Corner / Re: Where to start with computer programing

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 12, 2008, 06:14 PM »

Ehtyar: I believe josephus really has no idea what an acomplishment it is to make his own OS. I recommended a good introductory language, as it is the one chosen at my university. (actually, the first language is scheme, but that's as useful as a comb for a bald man).

Something I consider very important here is for josephus to really acess the market he's targeting, as web-based apps are really rising, and might be a better investment of time at the moment.

Well, anyways, josephus: just grab one, try it for a while so you get the hang of it, and then switch to another one, and see what you like best.

ps: other interesting options could by python (where's tinjaw? ), perl or javascript for example.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Where to start with computer programing

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 12, 2008, 05:37 PM »

To be fair, I'd go for - don't learn ahk, learn c#. It's a bazilion more useful, although quite harder to use.

Java is cross-platform (works in several platforms - including windows and linux), c# "sort of" is cross-platform (because there's the Mono project for linux, but isn't exactly the same), and ahk is windows only.

For me, as a first language, I'd start with Java by reading Thinking In Java. It's a great book, and very within the reach of a begginer.

-note: I'm VERY partial to java, because I really love using it. Others would probably recommend something else, so I really recommend that you read the other threads linked in the post above.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Where to start with computer programing

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 12, 2008, 12:28 PM »

If your idea is to progress, I'd recommend something like Java or C#. A good start could be a web technology like php, if you intend to follow that path.

Anyways, even though autohotkey (the language mostly used here at DC for making coding snacks) is a great language for making fun and useful stuff, it really isn't very good for those that want to progress, as it's pretty limited.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Remapping F-keys (f1-f12) shortcuts

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 12, 2008, 08:00 AM »

Another happy costumer

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General Software Discussion / Re: Remapping F-keys (f1-f12) shortcuts

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 12, 2008, 05:46 AM »

Ok, found it! Check this out

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General Software Discussion / Re: Remapping F-keys (f1-f12) shortcuts

« Last post by jgpaiva on October 12, 2008, 05:31 AM »

I'm pretty sure there's a good-looking key remap utility, I just can't remember its name! 
It even resembles the mac interface, and shows you your whole keyboard and the application associated with each keystroke.. Does anyone know what I'm referring to?