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Living Room / Re: the award for most clueless pc user ever - my candidate.

« Last post by tomos on March 09, 2008, 01:21 PM »

My dearest friend comes twice a week to use my unstable PC to check her hotmail and facebook accounts, giving both of us a challenge. Mine is to stay a gentleman, and hers is to let go of the mouse and wait for the chosen feature to respond and for the page to load. Only, she can never wait that long. Over and over she will start click

-Curt (March 09, 2008, 04:17 AM)

hah,
ironically* I'm still a bit like that (well I've only been using computers since 1999 ) -
I'll bet she's an Aries no patience - nope none of that

* especially if you've just read the previous post

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Living Room / Re: the award for most clueless pc user ever - my candidate.

« Last post by tomos on March 09, 2008, 01:15 PM »

I mean.. They allowed developers to have single-click OR double-click on tray icons, how stupid is that?

-jgpaiva (March 09, 2008, 06:51 AM)

agreed
I think there's absolutely no logic to having to double click a tray icon - well...
maybe for those beginners   *
It's one of the few things in this world where I use the word ~hate~

For the desktop I guess the logic is you can select it if you want to edit the name
but trying to double click a tiny icon in the tray just does my head in

deep breath, okay, I'm better now...

* but if a single click works so should a double click ?? or I suppose sometimes that could open a second window of programme. Ah well..

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General Software Discussion / Re: Wacom Tablet - Bundled Software Question

« Last post by tomos on March 08, 2008, 11:38 AM »

hmm
Does providing serial number of the Wacom itself work

-datzme (March 08, 2008, 11:36 AM)

could alyways try it
and/or email wacom and explain situation

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General Software Discussion / Re: Wacom Tablet - Bundled Software Question

« Last post by tomos on March 08, 2008, 11:35 AM »

oh
I think I mixed up the CD cases... since I didnt care much about those softwares until today
is there anyway to retrieve the serial without the CD case?

-datzme (March 08, 2008, 10:33 AM)

doesnt sound too promising...

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Free PHP Script Installation Service

« Last post by tomos on March 08, 2008, 10:05 AM »

# What is in it for you? Why would you do this for free?

Nothing. Just the satisfaction that I am putting my free time to good use and helping others in the process.

why dont you then offer a service (for a fee) to

add plugins, configure stuff etc .... support your installs 'for life' ).

-urlwolf (March 08, 2008, 09:23 AM)

well maybe not for life but for a while at least

EDIT/ okay maybe I focus on money too much (cause I need more of it )... but it could be practical and helpful and a money making venture

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Official Announcements / Re: The site is now back online (March 6th, 2008) - Come Say Hello!

« Last post by tomos on March 08, 2008, 08:04 AM »

And while I'm at it: a big thank you to all who run this site even when all is smooth.

-Fred Nerd (March 08, 2008, 06:08 AM)

hear hear !!

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Official Announcements / Re: The site is now back online (March 6th, 2008) - Come Say Hello!

« Last post by tomos on March 08, 2008, 08:02 AM »

[donating topic]Will this link lead you to Curt's donating page? I merely right-clicked the  (see attachment in previous post) pic below my Homer van Gogh pic.[/donating topic]

-Curt (March 08, 2008, 03:11 AM)

that does the job Curt,
pity we couldnt all donate from jgpaiva's account

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Official Announcements / Re: The site is now back online (March 6th, 2008) - Come Say Hello!

« Last post by tomos on March 07, 2008, 02:30 PM »

dud link there jg 

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Official Announcements / Re: Thread about the DonationCoder.com server Shutdown on March 2nd, 2008

« Last post by tomos on March 07, 2008, 02:22 PM »

The quick way is checking whether you have a file called ntos.exe in %SystemRoot\system32, like mouser mentioned above.

-f0dder (March 07, 2008, 08:52 AM)

Is it only ntos.exe? I checked and I have an ntoskrnl.exe in the system32 folder. Is that safe?

-Deozaan (March 07, 2008, 02:13 PM)

a google search gives the impression it's more of a problem not to have that (ntoskrnl.exe) -
I had checked it out myself earlier
http://www.google.co....exe&btnG=Search

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General Software Discussion / Re: Imagine

« Last post by tomos on March 07, 2008, 07:45 AM »

I can't access their home page either. I get a "Critical error".

Jim

-J-Mac (March 07, 2008, 01:18 AM)

it works for me now - after not having worked the last couple months - maybe they take turns in terms of where can access

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Official Announcements / Re: The site is now back online (March 6th, 2008)

« Last post by tomos on March 07, 2008, 06:56 AM »

Its too bad that you were too busy fixing problems to put a stat-counter on the replacement page to see how many of us checked in hourly to see if things were back up.

-oldfart (March 07, 2008, 05:25 AM)

Parsing server logs should give that information, and in more detail (since you get IPs there too )

-f0dder (March 07, 2008, 06:39 AM)

wel I just left DCPostNotifierLite running in the tray which I think checks once a minute

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Living Room / Re: the award for most clueless pc user ever - my candidate.

« Last post by tomos on March 07, 2008, 06:35 AM »

so i bought the pc at the "floppy drive" price.

-nudone (March 07, 2008, 06:21 AM)

 

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Official Announcements / Re: The site is now back online (March 6th, 2008)

« Last post by tomos on March 07, 2008, 04:57 AM »

Yes,
BIG THANKs to ALL, mouser Gothic wordzilla for all the hard work

I guess you guys are still busy (or sleeping)
but if you get a chance

...please take this time to walk outside and remember what your family looks like.

-tomos (March 07, 2008, 02:19 AM)

+1.  but I thought DC was pretty close to being family...   

-rjbull (March 07, 2008, 03:16 AM)

I confess ...
I was just having a little dig at the message on the "Server is down" page -
I do get to go out and get fresh air [most]everyday...but I guess dc time often tends to come out of my work time 
having had a break can help me break that habit...
but hey it is nice to be back

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Tudumo discounted till March 20

« Last post by tomos on March 07, 2008, 02:46 AM »

Looks interesting
http://tudumo.com/screenshots/

there's almost no info apart from the screenshots - which in fairness do give a very good idea of programme

It seems to work along the GTD lines

when you say

(It does not displace traditional calendar/PIM software, but rather supplements them.)

would that not mean that you have to add the info to two different programmes?

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Official Announcements / Re: The site is now back online (March 6th, 2008)

« Last post by tomos on March 07, 2008, 02:19 AM »

Yes,
BIG THANKs to ALL, mouser Gothic wordzilla for all the hard work

I guess you guys are still busy (or sleeping)
but if you get a chance

...please take this time to walk outside and remember what your family looks like.

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Living Room / Re: Haiku Poetry Messages for Microsoft Errors

« Last post by tomos on March 01, 2008, 12:17 PM »

trying my hand with fixing my sounds problem
(which mainly involves contacting Brandon and asking him can he fix it)
this sort of evolved...

sounds and audio says: No Audio Device and all is grey [OK]

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Free computer help online/CompuTech (my) programs

« Last post by tomos on March 01, 2008, 11:51 AM »

you were saying somewhere it almost fits in (...) screen (cant find it now)
you could try reducing the font a bit - I like it large but think it would look better a bit smaller
that way too it would fit better

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Living Room / Re: the award for most clueless pc user ever - my candidate.

« Last post by tomos on March 01, 2008, 11:43 AM »

you might enjoy this one..
(vaguely related)

http://www.dilbert.c...ilbert-20080212.html

where the boss gets ideas

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General Review Discussion / Re: Wovel

« Last post by tomos on March 01, 2008, 11:35 AM »

so,
is it pronounced Woe-vel or Wov-el or wuvel to rhyme with shovel (shuvel)

[it's been like spring here too (germany, north of alsace) but snow forecast, eh, which will make it about six inches this winter altogether...]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Imagine

« Last post by tomos on February 29, 2008, 01:23 PM »

That's weird, I can access its homepage just fine.

-Zero3K (February 29, 2008, 01:09 PM)

yeah I think it's mainly computer/here but I'll save that for another topic sometime

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General Software Discussion / Re: Imagine

« Last post by tomos on February 29, 2008, 01:00 PM »

I been using Imagine very briefly lately. as reported by Lanux

this came up in gHacks recently: Imagine. looks good but haven't tried it yet..

-lanux128 (January 18, 2008, 02:34 AM)

what I miss straight away in Faststone (compared to imagine) is that it wont go from last file in folder back to first ("Jump to the first file?" box pops up)
also miss the modifiable shortcuts..
but I'm finding Imagine either a bit buggy or else it has very strange defaults with regard to zoom - havent looked into it enough yet
[edit - what gets me most about imagine is no pan you have to use arrows - edit]

-tomos (February 01, 2008, 07:07 AM)

I liked it a lot, but moved on to FSViewer because of that
also I cant access it's homepage

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Living Room / Re: Haiku Poetry Messages for Microsoft Errors

« Last post by tomos on February 29, 2008, 12:53 PM »

Hmm... my note about the authorship of "Screen. Mind. Both are blank" got cut off - I had written that I wonder what became of Ian Hughes, ten years on? Perhaps he's even a member here?!

-Darwin (February 29, 2008, 12:50 PM)

  should we know this Ian ?
what do you mean it ... cut off
how do I finish....

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Living Room / Re: Haiku Poetry Messages for Microsoft Errors

« Last post by tomos on February 29, 2008, 12:50 PM »

here's another couple varying styles from the Salon link

I'm sorry, there's -- um -- insufficient -- what's-it-called? The term eludes me ... -- Owen Mathews

First snow, then silence. This thousand dollar screen dies so beautifully. -- Simon Firth

Hal, open the file Hal, open the damn file, Hal open the file, please Hal -- Jennifer Jo Lane

edit/
corrected the last one - file was missing last line

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Living Room / Re: Haiku Poetry Messages for Microsoft Errors

« Last post by tomos on February 29, 2008, 12:42 PM »

thought they was too poetic for ms
...
doesnt stop them from being -

just as haiku should be, so... peaceful.

-Darwin (February 29, 2008, 12:32 PM)

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Living Room / Re: Haiku Poetry Messages for Microsoft Errors

« Last post by tomos on February 29, 2008, 12:30 PM »

loads of gems there

You ask far too much

Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue screen of Death. No one hears your screams.

You step in the stream, But the water has moved on. This page is not here.

but my favourite has to be

Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

Screen.... Mind....   ....blank