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Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 26, 2009, 01:12 PM »
Awwww... but it's fun!

(Which reminds me... the overuse of ellipses - my own included!)
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Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 26, 2009, 12:31 PM »
Nothing wrong with a mini-flame. It's been much (way?) too quite around here (anyway?)(anyhow?) lately. :P

That reminds me!  When people use quite instead of quiet and quiet instead of quite!  :P
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Wraith, which AV or trojan software ? 
-Steven Avery (June 25, 2009, 04:48 PM)
Symantec Antivirus Corporate
http://securityrespo...=2004-021914-2822-99

I've become a bit skeptical of behaviour virus and trojan warnings. With even Online Armor tagging all sorts of excellent programs as potential "keyloggers", simply based on function, and not working too hard to whitelist, telling the users to take such warnings with a grain of salt if you trust the program. 
-Steven Avery (June 25, 2009, 04:48 PM)

Truthfully, I had reached the same point b/c of the AHC fiasco until I realized one thing- that level of mistrust was bringing AV to the same level as Vista UAC.  The prompts make us inured to the very real possibility of the danger it was created for in the first place.   The only software from the site I was interested in was the DB Utilities.  It was one of those things I wrote piecemeal as utilities for specific jobs rolled into one.  Unless it's the language that triggered it a la AHK, I don't see why a DB Utility program would trigger any low level warnings.

Just a bit more than I was willing to take a chance with, personally.
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Other than the scheduler, all of the other software on the site triggers AV warnings of Trojans on download.  Anyone else have the same problem?  With that, I'm hesitant to use any software from the site...

Thoughts?
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Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 25, 2009, 09:04 AM »
Well, I know BSG just ended, but that was a bright spot.  And Doctor Who for a while- it has redeemable qualities.  I also loved the Dune series.  It might not be as much as I want, but I still like to have it.  But then again, maybe I'm just not rarefied in my tastes.  :P

Oh yeah... and Dresden Files.  That show wouldn't have gotten made on any other channel.  And I loved the little they had- just wish it hadn't been canceled. :(
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Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 24, 2009, 02:58 PM »
Well, I know BSG just ended, but that was a bright spot.  And Doctor Who for a while- it has redeemable qualities.  I also loved the Dune series.  It might not be as much as I want, but I still like to have it.  But then again, maybe I'm just not rarefied in my tastes.  :P
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Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 24, 2009, 01:37 PM »
My second example is an easy pot shot....a channel specializing in science-fiction has no gosh-darned business airing programming consisting of reality shows and professional wrestling!
Damn Straight! ...That ones been bugging the hell outa me since it started.

That's exactly what it is ... business.  They have to get enough funding to keep it going to air the sci-fi stuff that we do like.  ECW brings in a lot of money.  Would you rather they took the high road, then went out of business, and we have no outlet for that stuff?
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Developer's Corner / Re: What (programming) languages are represented?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 23, 2009, 06:38 PM »
Has anyone used AIR or Silverlight?  Can anyone comment on the language structure?
AIR is (I think) a way of packaging your actionScript code. ActionScript is close to javascript, but with strong typing and better OO features.

Flash, Actionscript or HTML and JavaScript - but the explanations don't show how straightforward the interface to the runtime SDK is.
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@40Hz

I use TrueCrypt and rename the file to something else, but there's also AxCrypt (http://www.axantum.com/AxCrypt/).  I'm not sure how well it works, but it's an option...
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Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 23, 2009, 10:20 AM »
Maybe it's time to change doctors?

You know, I didn't even think of that!
Thanks! :Thmbsup:

Just in case- I wasn't trying to be snarky.  I just wouldn't take the stuff you said from any doctor.  I find your attitude is very important in maintaining your health, or recovering from illness.  My doctor doesn't need to treat me like I have an MD- that's why I go to him.  But I do expect him not to talk down to me, and not give me any BS answers.  And he does just that.  If he doesn't know, he tells me.  If he does, he tells me so that I can understand what he's saying.  So when I go to him, I get the feeling that we're working together to maintain my health.  And it seems to make a difference, at least from my perspective.
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Developer's Corner / Re: What (programming) languages are represented?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 23, 2009, 10:16 AM »
Has anyone used AIR or Silverlight?  Can anyone comment on the language structure?
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Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 22, 2009, 12:50 PM »
Maybe it's time to change doctors?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Source Code / Code Snippet Manager
« Last post by wraith808 on June 22, 2009, 11:58 AM »
I specified username and password, but not domain.  I also specified a port on the proxy.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Source Code / Code Snippet Manager
« Last post by wraith808 on June 22, 2009, 09:32 AM »
No joy on the Proxy settings, unfortunately.  I attempted to let it get default settings, then after that didn't work, I specified them manually, and never was able to get past the proxy.

Using WinXP Professional SP2.  Let me know if you need me to check anything else.
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I bought GMail Keeper from BDJ.  Glad I got it so cheap.  I'm still working through it, but so far, it seems to do half of what it is supposed to.  I was able to download messages from one gmail account and it kept labels.  So far, so good.  But when I tried to upload it to the other account, though it created the labels it was supposed to restore to, it didn't restore the e-mails.  I've tried a couple of times, but no dice.

I'm still trying as I have time- I haven't contacted the developer yet, so there's still hope.
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Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 21, 2009, 11:32 AM »
Trying to load a site, and the advertising server makes the site take forever to respond.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Source Code / Code Snippet Manager
« Last post by wraith808 on June 21, 2009, 09:46 AM »
Thanks!  I'll check it out when I get to work... it looks really good- both the app, and snipplr!
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Developer's Corner / What (programming) languages are represented?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 19, 2009, 05:11 PM »
I know we have a country thread, an introduction thread, and a couple of other threads about demographics, but I was wondering what people use to program- just idle curiousity.

Personally, I use Delphi 7 and 2006 (toying with the idea of getting 2009), C# (WinForms and WebForms) 2.0 and 3.5 Framework, and still have a bit of left over classic ASP out there (using a combination of JavaScript and VBScript).  I've been toying with the idea of learning Ruby or Perl or even PHP, but keeping up with the tech I know is exhausting enough.  I'm also thinking about getting into AIR or Silverlight, but haven't decided which yet.
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<snip />
-Steven Avery (June 17, 2009, 07:33 AM)

Nice list... but no love for DC apps in there?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Source Code / Code Snippet Manager
« Last post by wraith808 on June 19, 2009, 10:27 AM »
I always allow a choice personally.  There might be a reason not to use the default proxy, so I just put a radio button to allow (a) default proxies or (b) custom proxy.  This also takes care of the case where IE won't play right, which I've had a problem with before.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Source Code / Code Snippet Manager
« Last post by wraith808 on June 19, 2009, 10:04 AM »
I see you're using .NET.  Not sure if it's C#, or what libraries you're using to connect, but if you're using the out of the box support and are using C#, here's an example of setting a proxy...

Code: C# [Select]
  1. var result = new StringBuilder();
  2.             try
  3.             {
  4.               var transferProxy = new WebProxy("http://proxy:80/", true);
  5.               transferProxy.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("userId", "password", "Domain");
  6.               var transferRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://www.snipplr.com");
  7.               transferRequest.Proxy = transferProxy;
  8.               HttpWebResponse transferResponse = (HttpWebResponse)transferRequest.GetResponse();
  9.               System.IO.Stream outputStream = transferResponse.GetResponseStream();
  10.               System.Text.Encoding outputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8");
  11.               System.IO.StreamReader outputReader = new System.IO.StreamReader(outputStream, outputEncoding);
  12.               char[] chars = new Char[256];
  13.               int readCount = outputReader.Read(chars, 0, 256);
  14.               int totalRead = readCount;
  15.               while(readCount > 0)
  16.               {
  17.                 string str = new String(chars, 0, 256);
  18.                 result.Append(str);
  19.                 readCount = outputReader.Read(chars, 0, 256);
  20.               }
  21.               transferResponse.Close();
  22.               outputStream.Close();
  23.               outputReader.Close();
  24.             }
  25.             catch(Exception ex)
  26.             {
  27.               string str = ex.Message;
  28.             }

Caveat- I pulled this from some other code and scrubbed some of the identifying lines, so there may be extraneous lines in there or it may not compile offhand, but the code is correct.  Let me know if you have any questions, but it's pretty straightforward, and from what you've already done with snip-it, I'm sure it shouldn't be an issue.  :Thmbsup:

UPDATE: Made sure it still compiled and fixed an embarrassing oversight.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Source Code / Code Snippet Manager
« Last post by wraith808 on June 19, 2009, 09:00 AM »
One of the first things I notice is a lack of the ability to set your internet proxy.  Without that, I can't use it to access snipplr.  Do you have any intention of adding that ability?
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Thanx Tinjaw.  You don't need to access Experts-Exchange to get the answer (read how here).

Oooh... thanks!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Database for Homeschool
« Last post by wraith808 on June 17, 2009, 04:12 PM »
Hi-

My wife is a homeschooler also, and we've talked about doing something like this for a while.  Maybe once you get your list together, we can work together to come up with something that satisfies our needs, and perhaps is out there for other homeschoolers also.

Let me know if you're interested- and also if there's anyone else on the boards that might be interested.

Thanks!
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My understanding is that System Restore does not always play nice with low-level programs, including image save-restores.  Also it triggers false positive anti-virus stuff.  So to me the only issue is whether to get rid of it completely or leave it at minimum size. 
-Steven Avery (June 17, 2009, 09:21 AM)

I'd also like to know more about that, as I've never heard about the AV before.  And I use Acronis religiously and have never had a problem with it, and I keep system restore around because I don't want to have to restore the whole partition whenever I have a problem; I like to go back to the last checkpoint and see if it works.
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