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| bio | website | orthogonaltonormal.com |
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| location | Johnstown, PA | |
| age | 31 | |
| visits | member for | 3 years, 6 months |
| seen | May 16 at 20:23 | |
| stats | profile views | 113 |
//TODO Glorious Lies
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Jun 25 |
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Is there a way to prevent a message from accidentally being sent? ...most of the time anyway. When you misclick send a second before the scheduled send time you're still SoL. |
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Jun 16 |
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Is there a modern browser that runs on Windows 3.1? @Steve314 many of the APIs being capable of being grafted onto win16 isn't surprising, since in many cases the only changes needed would be changing the default int from 16 to 32 bits in length. At deeper levels the change from win16 applications cooperatively sharing a single process/thread among the OS and all applications and win32 using process isolation and preemptive scheduling is a massive shift for complex applications. As they steadily race towards doing everything that an OS does, browsers have become among the most complex applications in existence. |
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May 25 |
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What is the longest file path that Windows can handle? @Phoshi The APIs to use longer paths aren't used by the OS by default, because passing in arbitarily long strings to applications that were poorly written by developers who knew the path could never be longer than 260 chars and decided to allocate a fixed length array to hold it would result in a huge number of buffer overflows leading to applications crashing and/or being exploited. Slightly better implementations by devs with the same mis-knowledge would abort because their path validation reported a too long error. |
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May 24 |
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Windows 7: Automatically login and lock @surfasb another reason is that hibernating won't help a desktop that loses power unexpectedly. You can configure the BIOS to restart the computer when power is restored; but only services are restarted not any usermode applications. |
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May 24 |
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Windows 7: Automatically login and lock @utapyngo if it works by replacing explorer I'd strongly disagree on the security assessment. Explorer is a popular target for malware trying to break into a system; and I find it highly unlikely that a third party is able to put anywhere near as much effort into testing a replacement as MS is into testing the original. |
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May 23 |
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Resized maximized windows after screen resolution change That's ... not an approach I'd've ever considered taking. Can I configure it to show my applications on both desktops by default? |
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May 20 |
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OCR Image based PDF I used a pdf splitter to cut the file down below the upload limit; but the GoogleDoc converter didn't OCR the text at all; unlike what their PDF viewer does. |
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May 20 |
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OCR Image based PDF @DanielAndersson Unfortunately, none of those were helpful. Blowing the file apart into hundreds of image files and then gluing them back together would be a massive waste of time (1st and 3rd link). I've already got plenty of tools that claim they'd do the job if I gave them money, but which I can't verify the claims of because the problematic parts of the file are beyond what they'd do for free (2nd link) |
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May 20 |
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OCR Image based PDF That service sort of works; but by trashing everything that's not an letter it breaks a moderate amount of formatting (most seriously some structural formulas for chemicals). |
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May 20 |
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OCR Image based PDF The upload converter maxes out at a 2MB file size. If I import it by emailing it to myself (what I tried originally), I don't run into the limitation; but don't get the conversion options. |
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May 18 |
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Is there a modern browser that runs on Windows 3.1? It's faq says win32; which isn't surprising. There were major architecture changes going from Win16 to Win32; it's not like the more recent 32-64bit transition which (for well written) code required little more than flipping a compiler switch. kmeleon.sourceforge.net/wiki/FAQ#platforms |
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May 11 |
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MS-Office 2000, XP or 2003. Which one is more light-weighted for legacy hardware? The compatibility pack is available for office 2000 now. |
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May 11 |
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Triple output video card nVidia's 670/680 single GPU cards support 3 DVI/HDMI outputs. It's possible the kepler based low/mid range end parts will as well (the ones based on the older Fermi design won't); but I can't find any specific information on the low end ones and the mid range parts aren't out yet. |
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May 11 |
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Second video card (PCI) under Windows 7 @milly7244: I've used a Matrox PCI gfx card pulled from a p-mmx box under win7. I suspect it may have been running under an MS generic driver, but it worked as an emergency spare. |
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May 9 |
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Differences between LCD with PIVOT and without PIVOT If you're shopping for a monitor online look for one with a VA/IPS panel instead of the more common and cheaper TN to get good viewing angles when rotated. If the specs don't mention the panel type (common) look at the claimed viewing angles. The actual numbers don't correspond to anything realistic; but you can ID panel type from them. TN panels are typically rated as 160/170*, VA as 176*, and IPS as 178*. |
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May 9 |
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What's the best audio format available when I want to convert my files? @hardlywired Don't complain too much about not being able to hear a significant difference between 128k mp3 and higher quality encodings. It'll save you a small fortune in audio gear vs audiophiles chasing speakers better than their ears. |
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May 8 |
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Netbook screen display is garbled (has black/white & horizontal line patterns, screen freezes, and/or wrong display position) Those numbers look normal. Your netbook does have a fan though; vent on the right side. This teardown guide is in Italian; but the pictures are universal: netbookitalia.it/… |
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May 7 |
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Is it easy to build a monitor from a latop screen? @SimonVerbeke The different internal cable problem should be going away in the near future. All major GPU vendors have committed to phasing out LVDS in favor of DisplayPort by 2013. While you'd still need to buy an cable adapter and find a suitable backlight powersupply; the adapter should be much simpler/less expensive since it would only need to change the shape/pin layout instead of doing signal conversion. pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2374034,00.asp |
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May 4 |
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Transatlantic ping faster than sending a pixel to the screen? @psusi doubledeej.blogspot.com/2009/07/… zdnet.com/blog/ou/… gizmodo.com/5669331/why-most-hardware-specs-are-total-bullshit maximumpc.com/article/features/display_myths_shattered |
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May 1 |
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Are there ways to browse a website blocked by my ISP? @vtest the legality of blocking is a matter of jurisdiction. Many authoritarian states run national firewalls; and even in parts of the 'free world' organizations have occasionally gone to court to force isps to block sites. |
