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by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 12, 11:48
Forum: Computers and internet
Topic: ebooks anyone?
Replies: 33
Views: 13494

Re: ebooks anyone?

That is an impressive collection of which you speak, Mugford. 42,000? That's not just impressive, it's... intimidating. :-| At least you've read the majority and aren't just letting all that verbal goodness go to waste. :beer: "Hey, they went to the moon thanks to two off-setting bugs that elim...
by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 12, 11:36
Forum: Computers and internet
Topic: Another "really simple question"... LOL!
Replies: 2
Views: 1770

Re: Another "really simple question"... LOL!

Now, Nikos, you know that tinkering with the system is the only way to learn! (Especially since MS won't give us good documentation of the registry.) So of course I have install disks handy. And backup images of my drive, too -- they're much quicker. I'm not afraid to break it, but it does mean more...
by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 12, 11:24
Forum: Crack Tracker
Topic: rapidshare going down
Replies: 6
Views: 9687

Re: rapidshare going down

This is obviously a subject that both you and I have already formed strong opinions on, Nikos, and it makes me sad because I really admire you for xplorer2 and for the massive amount of knowledge you obviously had to acquire in order to make it. It's one of the absolute best things that ever happene...
by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 12, 10:45
Forum: Crack Tracker
Topic: rapidshare going down
Replies: 6
Views: 9687

Re: rapidshare going down

No offense, but I see a flawed theory at work here. The idea is that if someone can't get an album or a piece of software for free, he'll be forced to pay for it, right? Hate to tell you, but (I can't believe this hasn't occurred to such intelligent people like yourselves!) it doesn't work out that ...
by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 12, 10:18
Forum: Computers and internet
Topic: Another "really simple question"... LOL!
Replies: 2
Views: 1770

Another "really simple question"... LOL!

I'm hoping you know the answer to this one -- err, two -- Nikos, since you've spent a lot of time getting sickeningly intimate with Window's architecture. (But I'll accept an answer from anyone, of course...) Can you replicate any structure from HKEY_CURRENT_USER in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE? Would extra k...
by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 12, 09:56
Forum: Computers and internet
Topic: ebooks anyone?
Replies: 33
Views: 13494

Re: ebooks anyone?

When you have a good system of organization, and take a little time every day or every few days to sort recent acquisitions into it, nothing else is really needed. I like simple tools. Henry Thoreau had it right when he said, "Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify! Simplify!" That...
by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 10, 14:48
Forum: Computers and internet
Topic: 'Better' Explorer app download
Replies: 7
Views: 6234

Re: 'Better' Explorer app download

I'm pretty sure the ribbon was developed by the same people who developed the "Common Core" standards. Gotta keep them young'uns confused, you know! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc3Pv5Q_AdA
by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 10, 14:44
Forum: Computers and internet
Topic: damn you to hell
Replies: 2
Views: 2452

Re: damn you to hell

Ah, the maddening little frustrations that those who don't code would never understand. :twisted:

Also, I always support any and all verbal abuse of Microsoft.
by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 10, 14:37
Forum: Computers and internet
Topic: ebooks anyone?
Replies: 33
Views: 13494

Re: ebooks anyone?

calibre is a nice piece of slow bloatware written by lazy "programmers". Probably all in MSHTML, or Java, or one of those other non-compiling, runtime-dependent "languages". It has ONE use, and that is to convert e-books from one format to another. At which, strangely enough, it ...
by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 10, 14:23
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: Really simple question (process tree)
Replies: 6
Views: 1259

Re: Really simple question (process tree)

Thanks for replying, Nikos. :)

So I guess the problem I've been having is due to my system and not xplorer2. Not happy news. :( Now I have to figure out *why*...
by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 10, 09:31
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: Really simple question (process tree)
Replies: 6
Views: 1259

Re: Really simple question (process tree)

Also, since having the proper terminology is essential when researching a problem, I've discovered that this is called a "parent-child" relationship between the xplorer2 process and the Avidemux process. Avidemux is a child process of xplorer2 (the parent ). If I close xplorer2, but leave ...
by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 10, 09:07
Forum: General
Topic: Had to Say It...
Replies: 4
Views: 4760

Re: Had to Say It...

Most excellent! I'm smiling now. :) See?

Too true, Tuxman -- the world is definitely spinnen faster. But the circle never closes... it just reaches the next "rung" of the spiral. ;)
by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 10, 08:55
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: Really simple question (process tree)
Replies: 6
Views: 1259

Re: Really simple question (process tree)

It's always been that way, for the years I used xplorer2 in Windows XP, and now in Windows 7. Here's a screenshot from Process Explorer. In xplorer2, I navigated to the folder where I keep Avidemux and double-clicked the .exe's icon to open it. As you can see, this causes Avidemux to run as a sub-pr...
by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 06, 10:27
Forum: General
Topic: Had to Say It...
Replies: 4
Views: 4760

Had to Say It...

"...render this, Merriam-Webster! I'll clobber you with my proper 22-volume definitive Oxford Edition, which can strike fear into the heart of even the most staunch philologistically lexicographic polyglottologist!" (from this thread)

Kilmatead:
I fucking love you, man! :beer:
by theo_neandonly
2014 Dec 06, 10:16
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: Really simple question (process tree)
Replies: 6
Views: 1259

Really simple question (process tree)

Whenever I run an application by double-clicking its icon within xplorer², I've noticed that it runs as a sub-process of the xplorer² process. This causes me a problem when I try to close xplorer² before closing the applications that are running "under" it -- it causes xplorer², the applic...