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Nicolaas Hawkins
Yup - you got it right.
Well done, that man!
--
Regards,
Nicolaas.
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Well done, that man!
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Regards,
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ggdbr01
Earth Viewers: "Google Earth" & NASA's "World Wind"
Pretend you have your own personal UFO and you want to zoom in and view
different regions of the Earth: well, that's the effect you get with
the "Google Earth" viewer:
http://earth.google.com/
It is often compared with NASA's "WorldWind":
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
Google Earth really is amazing. I provided it with a (U.S.) zip code
and street address, and it zoomed right in on my house! (The images
come from an enormous satellite photo database.)
So, if you enter an address like this (even omitting the city and state
in the US):
1234 Elm Street 94720
using only the address and zip code, you should be zoomed right in to
the place you want to see. There will probably be a "setup time" of 20
seconds to a minute for the images to really sharpen up, but it's worth
the wait!
In connection with a historical discussion about the 19th century New
Orleans Chess genius Paul Morphy (whom many regard as the greatest
Chessplayer in history), I quickly found and posted some images from
present day New Orleans:
http://www.100bestwebsites.org/alt/chess/morphy/morphysatellite.htm
Satellite images tend to exaggerate the brownish and greyish colors
somewhat.
With Google Earth, use the plus and minus buttons to zoom in and out
(allowing for setup time), and "click-hold-and-drag" the image
displayed to move north, south, east, and west, etc.
Once you've zoomed in very close to your desired image, it's fun to
click-and-hold the minus button and zooooooooooooom all the way out to
see the Earth!
Hope you enjoy this program!!
An aside: for anyone interested in the brilliant, mysterious, and
tragic figure Paul Morphy, sometimes called "the pride and sorrow of
Chess", please see "Serendipitous Sarah's" outstanding website devoted
to him:
http://www.PaulMorphy.com/
--
Brett
http://www.FreewareFriend.com/
Powerful non-profit website for finding great free software.
"Discover freeware jewels on the World Wide Web!"
Always free, no registration required.
Pretend you have your own personal UFO and you want to zoom in and view
different regions of the Earth: well, that's the effect you get with
the "Google Earth" viewer:
http://earth.google.com/
It is often compared with NASA's "WorldWind":
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
Google Earth really is amazing. I provided it with a (U.S.) zip code
and street address, and it zoomed right in on my house! (The images
come from an enormous satellite photo database.)
So, if you enter an address like this (even omitting the city and state
in the US):
1234 Elm Street 94720
using only the address and zip code, you should be zoomed right in to
the place you want to see. There will probably be a "setup time" of 20
seconds to a minute for the images to really sharpen up, but it's worth
the wait!
In connection with a historical discussion about the 19th century New
Orleans Chess genius Paul Morphy (whom many regard as the greatest
Chessplayer in history), I quickly found and posted some images from
present day New Orleans:
http://www.100bestwebsites.org/alt/chess/morphy/morphysatellite.htm
Satellite images tend to exaggerate the brownish and greyish colors
somewhat.
With Google Earth, use the plus and minus buttons to zoom in and out
(allowing for setup time), and "click-hold-and-drag" the image
displayed to move north, south, east, and west, etc.
Once you've zoomed in very close to your desired image, it's fun to
click-and-hold the minus button and zooooooooooooom all the way out to
see the Earth!
Hope you enjoy this program!!
An aside: for anyone interested in the brilliant, mysterious, and
tragic figure Paul Morphy, sometimes called "the pride and sorrow of
Chess", please see "Serendipitous Sarah's" outstanding website devoted
to him:
http://www.PaulMorphy.com/
--
Brett
http://www.FreewareFriend.com/
Powerful non-profit website for finding great free software.
"Discover freeware jewels on the World Wide Web!"
Always free, no registration required.
J
Jes
Nicolaas said:Yup - you got it right.
Well done, that man!
No, it's not right.
He used [--], but he has to use [-- ] (without the [] of course).
Just ad one little space after the hyphens, Brett.
Have a nice day.
Jes
J
Jes
I'd just like to ask anyone to post the names of their favorite
little-known freeware programs. Please list as many or as few as you'd
like, and no need to have links to download sites: we can probably find
those easily enough.
Nearly all freeware I'm using is quit common.
This are the only 3 programs I'm using and that are not mentioned
regularly in a.c.f:
Macorner
--------
http://www.geocities.com/pattyboo_online/
<quote>
As I learned to be a graphics designer, I've spend my time staring at
that good old Apple computer screen with those rounded corners. To add
some of that oldschool flair to the regular Microsoft desktop, I created
a small and minimal program. It adds rounded corners to the screen. No
configuration needed!
</quote>
Hamachi
-------
http://www.hamachi.cc/
<quote>
What it is
With Hamachi you can organize two or more computers with an Internet
connection into their own virtual network for direct secure communication.
Hamachi is fast, secure and simple. It is also free.
Think - LAN over the Internet.
Think - Zero-configuration VPN.
Think - Secure peer-to-peer.
Access computers remotely. Use Windows File Sharing. Play LAN games. Run
private Web or FTP servers. Communicate directly. Stay connected.
</quote>
Synergy
-------
http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
<quote>
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between
multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own
display, without special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple
computers on their desk since each system uses its own monitor(s).
Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the mouse off
the edge of your screen. Synergy also merges the clipboards of all the
systems into one, allowing cut-and-paste between systems. Furthermore,
it synchronizes screen savers so they all start and stop together and,
if screen locking is enabled, only one screen requires a password to
unlock them all.
</quote>
Have a nice day.
Jes
D
David
I can't get it to ping any of the servers but I am not in the US. Any
ideas?
Jack Purvis
I'm in Australia and it has no problems connecting at all.
T
tOm
(e-mail address removed) expressed this wish:
"Little-known" is relative of course. I think these programmes deserve
to be better known:
1by1, tiny, easy to use and versatile (directory) player of audio
files. Use the small WinAmp plugins and you can play cda, wav, mp3,
ogg, midi, flac, ape, shn, mp4 and perhaps other formats as well.
http://mpesch3.de1.cc/#1by1
ClCl, a clipboard extender.
http://www.nakka.com/soft/clcl/index_eng.html
You can have a collection of permanent clips for often used text
fragments (or pics) and startup menus. Highly configurable, but lack
of documentation means you have to figure things out yourself.
K-Meleon. Browser based on the Gecko engine. I prefer it to Firefox.
http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/ Check it out. Lively discussion
forum.
It's a good custom here to post links to recommended software. We
should stick to that.
tOm
I'd just like to ask anyone to post the names of their favorite
little-known freeware programs.
"Little-known" is relative of course. I think these programmes deserve
to be better known:
1by1, tiny, easy to use and versatile (directory) player of audio
files. Use the small WinAmp plugins and you can play cda, wav, mp3,
ogg, midi, flac, ape, shn, mp4 and perhaps other formats as well.
http://mpesch3.de1.cc/#1by1
ClCl, a clipboard extender.
http://www.nakka.com/soft/clcl/index_eng.html
You can have a collection of permanent clips for often used text
fragments (or pics) and startup menus. Highly configurable, but lack
of documentation means you have to figure things out yourself.
K-Meleon. Browser based on the Gecko engine. I prefer it to Firefox.
http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/ Check it out. Lively discussion
forum.
and no need to have links to download sites: we can probably find
those easily enough.
It's a good custom here to post links to recommended software. We
should stick to that.
tOm
G
Gary R. Schmidt
Most sensible to use your ISPs time server.Rob said:Try a local time server instead of one in the US.
If you're in Canada, use time.nrc.ca
If you're in Australia, use time.optusnet.com.au
Most of them (at least in Oz) have them.
Look for ntp.ISPsDomain or time.ISPsdomain.
Cheers,
Gary B-)
G
ggdbr01
Thank you, Jes! I think I will get it right this time!
--
Brett
http://www.FreewareFriend.com/
Powerful non-profit website for finding great free software.
"Discover freeware jewels on the World Wide Web!"
Always free, no registration required.
--
Brett
http://www.FreewareFriend.com/
Powerful non-profit website for finding great free software.
"Discover freeware jewels on the World Wide Web!"
Always free, no registration required.
R
Richard Steinfeld
Let me just butt in here and say that ECCO is a very complex and capableVic said:If you try it, how about posting a report? That would be interesting.
program that's like an onion -- you keep peeling and finding new layers.
It's also infinitely customizable, and one can get lost making it
one's own.
What's critical, though, in the year 2005, is how well it can deliver
under the latest OSs, and especially, interface with pocket computers.
The final version (which you can download) was intended to interface
with the original Palm software. Actually, Palm didn't even exist yet:
it was called US Robotics Pilot, and that's how you'll look it up in the
ECCO help system.
When that time comes, I'm thinking about how I'll make that transition.
It'll probably be in stages -- the appointment book and address book
will go to the new system, with the straight outlines remaining in ECCO
(we wouldn't be carrying those around anyway).
Richard
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badgolferman
(e-mail address removed), 7/11/2005, 12:36:08 PM,
Thanks for fixing it. You may also wish to "munge" your e-mail address
for use on newsgroups. As you have it now, it is easily picked up by
bots and/or spammers to use on their distribution lists. My suggestion
would be to change your display name to something without an e-amil
address and to change your newsreader's options to display your e-mail
address in a way that would be obvious to a human on how to change it.
An example would be "ggdbr01atpacbelldotnet" or of some variety similar
to that.
Thank you, Jes! I think I will get it right this time!
Thanks for fixing it. You may also wish to "munge" your e-mail address
for use on newsgroups. As you have it now, it is easily picked up by
bots and/or spammers to use on their distribution lists. My suggestion
would be to change your display name to something without an e-amil
address and to change your newsreader's options to display your e-mail
address in a way that would be obvious to a human on how to change it.
An example would be "ggdbr01atpacbelldotnet" or of some variety similar
to that.
O
Obbop
Didn't see this one posted though I may have missed it while staring at the
screen with aged archaic squinched eyes.
Start-up Cop, the old freeware that is now a pay-for offering.
Used on Win 95/98/98 SE with excellent results...... at least on my
electronic brain.
http://mentor.creighton.edu/coolstuff/Win98/Start_Up_Cop/
Play with the URL..... there's udder stuff there.... just waiting for thee
to tickle the proper clicky thingys to expose..... expose in all its raw
nakedness, the sundry offerings offered with what is surely liver quivering
anticipation by the unknown Earth creature who placed said sundry offerings
upon the IntraWeb.
Or sumpthin' like that.
burp
screen with aged archaic squinched eyes.
Start-up Cop, the old freeware that is now a pay-for offering.
Used on Win 95/98/98 SE with excellent results...... at least on my
electronic brain.
http://mentor.creighton.edu/coolstuff/Win98/Start_Up_Cop/
Play with the URL..... there's udder stuff there.... just waiting for thee
to tickle the proper clicky thingys to expose..... expose in all its raw
nakedness, the sundry offerings offered with what is surely liver quivering
anticipation by the unknown Earth creature who placed said sundry offerings
upon the IntraWeb.
Or sumpthin' like that.
burp
M
Michael Salem
badgolferman said:... You may also wish to "munge" your e-mail address
for use on newsgroups. As you have it now, it is easily picked up by
bots and/or spammers to use on their distribution lists. My suggestion
would be to change your display name to something without an e-amil
address and to change your newsreader's options to display your e-mail
address in a way that would be obvious to a human on how to change it.
An example would be "ggdbr01atpacbelldotnet" or of some variety similar
to that.
An alternative which makes it easy for legitimate messages to be sent to
you with little added risk of getting junkmail is to use a "ReplyTo: "
address where you receive legitimate mail. I use an email address which
is valid, but which I rarely read, as the main "From: " address, but you
can use an invalid address, particularly if you only have one address.
If you put "nospam" in your valid address (e.g.
([email protected]), some email harvesters will ignore it.
A lot of address harvesters get confused if you include a "$" sign. Some
years ago I used the (valid) address 4ms2u$ms@<domain>. To this day I
receive immense amounts of junkmail to "ms@<domain>" (I occasionally
have a look), nut none to the full, valid, name.
Best wishes,
B
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
Thank you, Jes! I think I will get it right this time!
--
Brett
http://www.FreewareFriend.com/
Powerful non-profit website for finding great free software.
"Discover freeware jewels on the World Wide Web!"
Always free, no registration required.
LOL. Wrong *again*! Hm. I wonder if it is possible to tell you even
more explicit what others tried to elucidate, before. Very, *very*
difficult... ;-)
The Sig separator is a special *line* of text. It doesn't matter what
text you write on the line(s) before and it doesn't matter what text
you write on the lines behind the Sig separator line, either.
(Of course that's only the technical part. There are some *conventions*
like a 4 line max for the Sig part itself.)
Ergo: No need to include empty lines before or after the Sig.
The Sig line itself consists of 3 chars. [If one does not count the
line break char(s).] You already got the first two (2 hyphens) correct.
Add one (and only one!) <Space> char after the hyphens. Although *you*
most likely can't see that char, the newsreader programs will read
and interpret it.
Okay. And now I'm eager to see your next Sig... ;-)
BeAr
F
Frank Bohan
Here's another one for you:
Timer Wizard. <quote> Timer Wizard allows you to easily and quickly set a
reminder for an event in the future. You can choose how you wish to be
alerted. </quote>
http://www.ledset.com/timerwiz/
===
Frank Bohan
¶ French Pangram: Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
Timer Wizard. <quote> Timer Wizard allows you to easily and quickly set a
reminder for an event in the future. You can choose how you wish to be
alerted. </quote>
http://www.ledset.com/timerwiz/
===
Frank Bohan
¶ French Pangram: Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume.
G
ggdbr01
Well, this is obviously an intellectual puzzle of a most stupendous
kind for me! I shall try again!
Thank you all for the tips on "munging" the email, etc. I will work
with this as soon as I have a few stray minutes (running around right
now!) I appreciate the good will!
Best to all.
And now, for my moment of TRIUMPH...
--
Brett
http://www.FreewareFriend.com/
Powerful non-profit website for finding great free software.
"Discover freeware jewels on the World Wide Web!"
kind for me! I shall try again!
Thank you all for the tips on "munging" the email, etc. I will work
with this as soon as I have a few stray minutes (running around right
now!) I appreciate the good will!
Best to all.
And now, for my moment of TRIUMPH...
--
Brett
http://www.FreewareFriend.com/
Powerful non-profit website for finding great free software.
"Discover freeware jewels on the World Wide Web!"
G
ggdbr01
Very Cool Email Signature Program...
Suppose you have a set of 20 quotations that are very important to you,
like:
"The heart has its reasons which the Reason does not know." -Pascal
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
-Arthur C. Clarke
"If I have seen further than others, it is because I have stood on the
shoulders of giants." -Sir Isaac Newton
"The future isn't what it used to be" -Yogi Berra, attributed
.... [more]
OK, so you'd like to have these quotations rotated regularly in the
signature of your email messages. I mean, you'd rather not just have
to have the same signature all the time, and you don't want to go in a
change it every other day.
Well, there is a very versatile free program that will enable you to
keep a collection of quotations of any size and insert them in a
"standard" signature at an insertion point of your choosing on a random
basis. This program is an absolute delight! It is optimized for
Outlook, but it also works with Netscape, Eudora, and many other email
programs.
It is "Quotes 2002":
http://www.download.com/Quotes/3000-2368_4-10137133.html?tag=lst-0-4
It comes with a number of "pre-packaged" quotation sets, but you will
probably want to create a brand new text file (.txt) with your own
favorite quotations.
If you enjoy this program one fifth as much as I have, you'll be
delighted with it!
--
Brett
http://www.FreewareFriend.com/
Powerful non-profit website for finding great free software.
"Discover freeware jewels on the World Wide Web!"
Suppose you have a set of 20 quotations that are very important to you,
like:
"The heart has its reasons which the Reason does not know." -Pascal
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
-Arthur C. Clarke
"If I have seen further than others, it is because I have stood on the
shoulders of giants." -Sir Isaac Newton
"The future isn't what it used to be" -Yogi Berra, attributed
.... [more]
OK, so you'd like to have these quotations rotated regularly in the
signature of your email messages. I mean, you'd rather not just have
to have the same signature all the time, and you don't want to go in a
change it every other day.
Well, there is a very versatile free program that will enable you to
keep a collection of quotations of any size and insert them in a
"standard" signature at an insertion point of your choosing on a random
basis. This program is an absolute delight! It is optimized for
Outlook, but it also works with Netscape, Eudora, and many other email
programs.
It is "Quotes 2002":
http://www.download.com/Quotes/3000-2368_4-10137133.html?tag=lst-0-4
It comes with a number of "pre-packaged" quotation sets, but you will
probably want to create a brand new text file (.txt) with your own
favorite quotations.
If you enjoy this program one fifth as much as I have, you'll be
delighted with it!
--
Brett
http://www.FreewareFriend.com/
Powerful non-profit website for finding great free software.
"Discover freeware jewels on the World Wide Web!"
B
badgolferman
Well, this is obviously an intellectual puzzle of a most stupendous
kind for me! I shall try again!
Thank you all for the tips on "munging" the email, etc. I will work
with this as soon as I have a few stray minutes (running around right
now!) I appreciate the good will!
Best to all.
And now, for my moment of TRIUMPH...
Your signature is formatted properly except that you have an extra line
between the [-- ] and the beginning of the signature text. That in
itself is not a problem, it just looks funny.
G
ggdbr01
I also had an errant '!' floating around out there! But I think I've
got it now...
got it now...
G
ggdbr01
Well, it isn't that I am irretrievably thick! The thing still isn't
coming out right. I use "Macro Express" to toss the signature up
there, and there's got to be some issue with invisible characters. In
the preview box, it looks great, but when posted it is fouled up!
Now, here is a HAND ENTERED signature! Let's see if this works...
coming out right. I use "Macro Express" to toss the signature up
there, and there's got to be some issue with invisible characters. In
the preview box, it looks great, but when posted it is fouled up!
Now, here is a HAND ENTERED signature! Let's see if this works...
I
Ivan V. Klattrup
badgolferman said:Your signature is formatted properly except that you have an extra
line between the [-- ]
Try to use the "Strict signature seperators" option in your program and
see that its not [-- ] but [--] that Brett use
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