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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by tomos on March 21, 2008, 03:01 PM »

hi paulo, welcome to the site.  your illustrations are remarkable. 

-mouser (March 21, 2008, 02:59 PM)

agreed    lovely photos too

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Living Room / Re: I hate this game...

« Last post by tomos on March 21, 2008, 10:11 AM »

I've only gotten as far as #10...
too many choices there and I have no ideas

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Living Room / Re: Kitty break

« Last post by tomos on March 21, 2008, 07:24 AM »

yup,
mouser is very hoarse today, isnt he

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Living Room / Re: how big is a webpage :) broadband - 1 or 10GB?

« Last post by tomos on March 21, 2008, 07:22 AM »

good point mediaguy

1GB costs €15, each extra gig costs €20 (that's O2 @.ie)
10GB cost €30

Clear choice there thanks for the tip

I hadnt even thought of updates for example
in the first post in my mind I was comparing my week & their month if you follow

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by tomos on March 21, 2008, 05:32 AM »

Kalos
have you tried XYPlorer - it's easy to try because you can get a portable trial version

far as I know all filemanagers use explorer - it is the shell, you can replace it with another shell - maybe someone else can comment there..

EDIT/  just saw Jim's post covering some same ground
It sounds like there is a problem soomewhere - have you also considered it might not be actually todo with explorer or your file manager?
Trying out a different shell can be very easy but - me- I cant recommend any

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Living Room / [SORTED] how big is a webpage :) broadband - 1 or 10GB?

« Last post by tomos on March 21, 2008, 05:27 AM »

a friend of mine is thinking of getting a broadband connection (via mobile phone network actually)
that offers 1GB per month or 10GB per month
They dont download music or films but will be surfing a bit (average - does that exist )
probably the odd YouTube session

I have absolutely no idea - had a look at the software that came with my connection and I seem to be averaging 3GB per week - but I tend to have 60 tabs open in FF and download a bit of software, but no music or films or, eh, anything else..mind you I listen to Last.FM a bit

So wondering have ye any opinions on whether they should go for the 10GB or the 1GB offer -
of course the 1GB is only half the price of the other in spite of being a 1/10th of the usage...

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Evernote Beta & Evernote free at Giveawayoftheday today

« Last post by tomos on March 21, 2008, 04:41 AM »

re the beta, have a look at this and following posts from the EverNote beta 2.2.0.372 has some nice new features thread

It seems to be moving towards an online database where you might not even be able to backup to local disk 
Nothing "wrong" with that but if you're coming from the current version you very possibly wont be happy with new developments in beta and plans for the programme

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Word Processor Roundup / Re: Textmaker (Softmaker/Ashampoo Office) 2008

« Last post by tomos on March 21, 2008, 04:34 AM »

Yeah,
I should point out I was mainly concerned with "saving a doc in textmaker and opening it in MS Word"
But as said already I havent really tested/pushed it much

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Living Room / Re: I hate this game...

« Last post by tomos on March 20, 2008, 05:32 PM »

Maybe you could try...

Impossible, No. Infuriating, Yes!

from Weird Daily

-Edvard (March 20, 2008, 03:36 PM)

best laugh in a while
esp loved this one

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Living Room / Re: "Grivitation-like" paradigm would have helped in the interim

« Last post by tomos on March 20, 2008, 04:40 PM »

gri analphabet here... Could someone please explain to me what's that all about and how does it work?

-PhilB66 (March 20, 2008, 01:28 PM)

maybe you should ask Gri about that (try his forum) 

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on March 20, 2008, 12:06 PM »

SQLCubed
infoCubed
iCubed
i³


iThree

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Word Processor Roundup / Re: Textmaker (Softmaker/Ashampoo Office) 2008

« Last post by tomos on March 20, 2008, 09:13 AM »

*BUMP*

I'm curious as to how well it writes (and reads) MS Office docs. I mostly use OpenOffice, but seeing as this company claims they have full compatibility with ms office I might be interested. Did any of you try to save documents with several pictures, frame boxes and formatting and then look at it in word?

-TucknDar (March 20, 2008, 09:04 AM)

that's why I got it TucknDar -
I was having trouble with formatting and tables getting messed up going from OOo to Word

I'm very happy with it but I dont put it to much use to be honest -
with tables seems fine, pics I dont know...

I know Darwin had a few reservations about formatting I'm sure he'll post about them..

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: show transfer rate within copy/move dialogue in explorer

« Last post by tomos on March 20, 2008, 08:27 AM »

@justice

-PhilB66 (March 20, 2008, 07:40 AM)

maybe he's hyping us up for his new release 

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General Software Discussion / Re: EverNote beta 2.2.0.372 has some nice new features

« Last post by tomos on March 20, 2008, 05:31 AM »

sounds like a Dilbert scenario - new CEO takes company..eh..somewhere completely different..

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Living Room / Re: Help with translating a video from Deutsch

« Last post by tomos on March 20, 2008, 03:24 AM »

try this one, it has an english translation on the video.

-nite_monkey (March 19, 2008, 11:22 PM)

thanks nite_monkey 

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General Software Discussion / Re: EverNote beta 2.2.0.372 has some nice new features

« Last post by tomos on March 20, 2008, 02:59 AM »

a sad day by the sounds of it...

Take a look at this thread. Tell me what you think...

Jim

-J-Mac (March 19, 2008, 09:48 PM)

was there a link to go with that Jim ?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: show transfer rate within copy/move dialogue in explorer

« Last post by tomos on March 19, 2008, 04:06 PM »

just for comparision here's the Directory Opus 8 copy move dialogue box

copy doesnt seem to show speeds 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for: ToDo List plus Calendar plus Countdown Timer

« Last post by tomos on March 19, 2008, 03:51 PM »

But 46% saving coming up on Bitsdujour on 26th March. $18.95. If it is worth it.

-Dormouse (March 19, 2008, 12:52 PM)

I know a couple of people (LaughingLizard, I know there was someone else..) here have said they like it a lot (Swift To-Do List)

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General Software Discussion / Inkscape

« Last post by tomos on March 19, 2008, 03:37 PM »

Anyone here using Inkscape ? -
if so, is that on Windows or Linux (or are there other options )
any comments

I tried it a good while ago (1 and 1/2yrs ago maybe) and it was a challenge to use
was thinking of trying it again but this wasnt over encouraging (see below) although maybe encouraging me to move away from windows

Inkscape 0.46-pre3 March 7, 2008 Our third (and probably final) pre-release of Inkscape is available for download. Unfortunately, we've found that the remainder of our release blocking bugs are Windows-specific issues, but there aren't enough Windows-based developers to solve them all. If you are comfortable programming C/C++ on Windows with Ming32 and are interested in helping ensure the Inkscape Windows port is as stable as on other platforms, we can sure use your help! Review our bug tracker for windows bug priorities and to submit patches. For more information on Inkscape development on Windows, see our Win32Port wiki page. http://www.inkscape.org/

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: List of disc catalogers

« Last post by tomos on March 19, 2008, 12:37 PM »

hah! PhilB66, the quickest draw in the .. er .. net

It sounds very good AMJFisher - I dont know many most of the programmes on the lists but maybe Crush will respond at some stage - he made the long list on post #two of this thread (unfortunately he missed out on yours..)

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Living Room / Re: Strange problem - Cannot access a few sites through my router...

« Last post by tomos on March 19, 2008, 05:53 AM »

Lanux gave this link a while back when I couldnt access a certain page (that everyone else could)
no decisive conclusions but it might help nevertheless*

http://www.sitepoint...wthread.php?t=242638
from this thread
https://www.donation...94.msg63615#msg63615

* I didnt really follow up on it because the site I couldnt reach wasnt anything of major importance
and it's only happened once since with a different site.

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Living Room / Re: Help with translating a video from Deutsch

« Last post by tomos on March 19, 2008, 04:25 AM »

thanks Stefan,
but I think too complicated, I just wanted to give someone a link for it...

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Living Room / Re: Help with translating a video from Deutsch

« Last post by tomos on March 19, 2008, 03:43 AM »

This is very funny, but I don't speak the language.
Any takers?

One of the best pranks I have ever seen. It’s in German so I’ll explain first. A restroom, a mirror, and a young woman putting on make-up. Only the mirror is not a real mirror, but a sheet of glass.
The restroom on the other side is exactly the same but built in reflection. And the young lady has a twin sister on the other side of the glass. Then other people come in...

http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=5lv0-ftyMKE

-Edvard (October 18, 2007, 06:43 PM)

wanted to show this to someone, unfortunately the video is removed... copyright I guess

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Living Room / Re: The MacBook Air is So Thin…

« Last post by tomos on March 19, 2008, 03:00 AM »

How does Steve Jobs do it time and again?

-icekin (March 17, 2008, 08:15 AM)

Come to MacWorld! Free Kool-Aid for everyone!

-Renegade (March 17, 2008, 08:43 AM)

is that spiked perchance...

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Living Room / Re: Poo time?

« Last post by tomos on March 19, 2008, 02:53 AM »

jeez,
what a way to start my day