Posts by happygeek

That makes no sense kavi_3. If you agree article sharing is useless then why ask for ways to share articles? Unless I'm missing something here...

I'm betting someone will be along soon to 'answer' all these various movie player questions (member has posted lots across various forums) with spam about some ripping/conversion/player software...

Yes, feel free to ask your questions here on DaniWeb, in the forum, where experienced members will be happy to help free of charge. No need to take it to chat with a 'consultant' who will no doubt charge for his services and where other members will not benefit from the solution.

Just saying...

Be warned though, the likes of Music Magpie (and the others) pay pennies for such things. I had a bunch of DVDs to sell, and was offered prices as low as 50p for a Big Bang Theory multi-series boxset FFS! and 10p for individual items. I would imagine the prices for CDs are even lower. I ended up giving them to a charity shop rather than letting some commercial outfit sell them on at a quid or two each time.

Did you have a question to ask other than repeating the title of that two year old post? Best to start a new thread if you do (rather than hijacking an old one) and explain fully what the problem you are having is so that others are in a position to offer some help. Thanks.

You are a bit late Dani, Gideon posted three years ago :-)

However, Robert is new. So a welcome to him :-)

Heh. Welcome back, whatever!

Erm, you joined DaniWeb an hour ago according to your profile...

To think in terms of white/grey/black hats is, IMHO, way too simplistic. Perhaps there need to be multiple terms rather than multiple definitions of one term? Take a look at the definitions here http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html which include everything from programmabkle system tweaking, obsessive coding, expert coders, enthusiasts/experts of any kind. The one definition missing, it has been deprecated from the list, is the malicious meddler/information thief - which it uses the older yet term of cracker for.

A survey of attendees at Infosecurity Europe earlier this month showed 70 percent in favour of the dictionary definition (in this case the Cambridge Dictionary) of a hacker being amended. The amendment in question being to remove 'illegality' from the definition. The current definition of a hacker is "a person who is skilled in the use of computer systems, often one who illegally obtains access to private computer systems".

So what do you reckon, DaniWebbers? Is it time that hacker was reclaimed entirely (rather than relying upon black and white labels) and if so what word should replace it as the default for those who illegally access systems and data? Cybercriminal (bit of a mouthful, and covers a much broader group than just 'hackers') or maybe the much less used these days cracker (which has a different pejorative meaning in US slang of course) or, well, what?

Discuss :-)

silpa_1 Please repost your question as a new post, this thread is eight years old and you are unlikely to get much help by tacking a new question onto it...

What an odd question for the owner of 'India's number one mobile and laptop reparing institute' to ask. Anyone would think that either the question is some kind of failed spam attempt or you don't actually know that much about repairing computers at all...

Methinks you are going to have to explain that question, as it isn't immediately clear what it is you are asking.

I can't remember the last time that 'paint' (ps. it's ink - there's a clue in the name) dried up in an inkjet printer. You'd have to leave it unused for a very long time for that to even stand a chance of happening. Unless you actually mean 'runs out of ink' in which case there's no difference there between the two types as lasers 'run out of toner' as well, neither will print without food.

As has already been mentioned, quality comes down to more than the printer itself (and most printer models are pretty much the same with regards to quality these days, the differentiators tend to be speed of print and other extras with regard to paper handling etc - unless you are looking at printers designed purely for photographic work, for example, which will be tweaked for this usage.) The inks you use make a difference, and some cheap third party inks aren't as good as the OEM ones - just to confuse matters not all OEM inks are equal either; some have better longevity than others for example. The paper is probably the biggest difference the end user can influence: use crappy, lightweight, cheap paper and the results will not be as good as heavier, more expensive and better paper. This is especially apt when printing mixed text and image sheets.

If you are an average office, with average office needs, then the speed of duplex printing you get from a laser (which doesn't …

Not making fun, but hinting that if you are doing a BSc, and if you are considering a title for a project as part of that, then understanding the language you are writing it in (and getting your spelling right) is actually quite important...

Not so. All sites require a SSL cert unless they are happy being either flagged as insecure by web browsers (or the user refused a connection) and being hit with a search ranking penalty. Your comment is now very dated indeed I'm afraid afia_1

Funnily enough, after I tweeted a couple of times about the lousy money back promise and being ripped off by eBay, someone from eBay support messaged me asking for details. Within 12 hours of this my moeny was refunded in full, even before the official case appeal verdict was returned. There followed a flurry of emails and messages from multiple parts of the eBay machine - all apologising and confirming that the case decision had been overturned and my money refunded. So, it would appear, the best way to deal with eBay is social media shaming. Which in itself is pants, it should employ people who can actually read documents in context and not just checkbox tickers in the case-handling operation (outsourced to a country where English isn't the first language I hasten to add, which doesn;t help when context is important) and apply a little common sense in the decision making process.

Is that dog gromming or personal gromming?

We do already have measures in place to deal with spam, and on the whole they are working well. These include a spambot that automatically detects spam and permabans the offenders. Not all spam is caught this way, however, but mods/admins already catch it and deal with it before most members see it. The view of spam that was mentioned is not seen by members, just mods and admins.

Various algo tweaks hit DaniWeb, and other forum-based sites, more than the likes of SO for example.

However, what I meant was the simple fact that DaniWeb used to be top three, first page, for many of the programming/dev queries that drove people to the site. Now DaniWeb is lucky to be in the top three pages at all.

As for what should be done other than is already being done, as I have already said - I'm no SEO expert so cannot answer. I would, however, suggest that looking at what those sites that are ranking highly for the kind of queries we would like to get traffic from is a good move, and seeing if DaniWeb can change anything that might make it more attractive from the Google <insert other search engine here> perspective might help.

I suspect Dani has already taken much of this on board long before now, of course, but just throwing it out there regardless :-)

There are three things wrong with DaniWeb: no traffic, no traffic and no traffic. Pain points were never an issue before Google sunk DaniWeb search results.

I am at a loss as to how to solve this issue, I'm sad to say. We have a superb core of experienced members happy to help those actually looking for help. We have a great community feel that stretches across everything that DaniWeb does. What we don't have is the exposure on search engines, well Google, and without that nobody gets to discover the good things about DaniWeb. I'm no SEO expert, but there must be some traction in looking at what Google doesn't like about DaniWeb and changing that (even if only at the cosmetic/surface level) to be more Google friendly?

Yes. I suspect that if I opened a small claims court case against eBay UK for breach of contract on the specific issue of the money back guarantee that I would have won. Indeed, I doubt that eBay would even have turned up in court. The evidence was such that the magistrate would have ruled in my favour without doubt.

Oh, I get more than enough requests from recruiters. However, I apply my usual common sense filtering and 99.9% of them are just diverted into the etherial dev null trash. Ditto the the crap that's designed to get you to sign up to the totally pointless (as far as I can see) premium subscription plan.

The offers of work that turn into client contracts have all come from existing contacts or people requesting contact who are what they say (and a quick Google on them/their company usually confirms or otherwsie).

I must be the only person on DaniWeb that doesn't think LinkedIn is a steaming pile of poop. Not that I'm a huge fan, but I've had a profile their for the longest time, post links to my editorial and have had (and continue to have) offers of work that turn into paying clients. Beyond that, I've also made some interesting contacts that I wouldn't otherwsie have done (differrent to my Twitter or Facebook networks).

Skype, can't comment as I don't do videoconferencing or phone calls for that matter - I've been phonephobic for many years so it's email/sms/f2f or nothing. Yes, as a journalist this can make life more complicated than it should be :-)

As for Github, can't see much bad coming out of the MS acquisition if I'm honest - other than maybe the haters finding an alternative, just because they've gotta hate.

The claim is most certainly against eBay as the 'money back guarantee' states that if an item is not delivered your money will be refunded, simple as. Breach of contract. Also, in the UK, the buyer has no contract with the courier but with the vendor. In the case of a lost package the buyer claims against the seller, the seller claims against the courier.

However, it appears that slagging eBay off, with details, on Twitter did the trick. Someone from eBay US (not UK) got in touch via PM and said they would investigate. Within 12 hours the decision not to refund was overturned and the case found in my favour.

I've been using eBay since 2001. This was my first claim on the money back guarantee, yet eBay is treating me like I'm attempting to defraud the company. I only purchased from this seller as the money back thing meant it was no risk. Wasn't her fault, she sent the item but the postal service delivered it to the wrong place. However, it should be her responsibility - she can claim from the postal service, I cannot. I should be able to claim from eBay as it's pretty straightforward - except eBay appears to not want to pay out under any circumstances, even the most blindingly obvious ones. I won't be giving it my custom any more (after 17 years of use) and I will be advising my readers across various publications to do likewise.

eBay is susscessful, no doubt. However, it's customer service and in particular the 'money back guarantee' really sucks. Other ecommerce sites could do well to learn from the tragedy that is eBay and do a better job. I've been an eBay user since 2001, and for the first time needed to claim under the money back guarantee. Item from Ukraine showed as delivered by Royal Mail tracking, but not to me or even to my address. In fact the tracking clearly states it was delivered in a postal district some six miles away from me (in the UK). Suposedly signed for by 'NEXT' (which is a shop in the district six miles away) by someone with a name nothing like mine. According to eBay resolution centre this is enough proof that it was delivered to me, and my case was closed. I have appealed, and eBay now wants a formal letter from the courier stating it was delivered to the wrong address. Something it is impossible for me to provide as Royal Mail won't talk to me as I'm the recipient, not the sender who it has the contract with. I've pointed them to the Royal Mail FAQ which states this, and pointed out not only the tracking document evidence, but also that the sender originally agreed it had gone missing and is pursuing a claim with Urkiane post (so she gets my money and comepnsation by the looks of it). There's also the fact that when the parcel was …

Pasting that into Google, the first hit gives the answer as:

Open launcher with the FIFA 18 desktop shortcut > Press "play" (nothing will happen) > Close the launcher > Click the FIFA 18 desktop shortcut again

I'm an old Amiga fan myself. Cut my teeth as a writer for various Amiga magazines (Just Amiga Monthly, Amiga Shopper, Amiga Format, Amiga Computing etc) and was part of a demo/cracking crew back in the day.

Excellent! Glad you are sorted now, but hang around for a bit anyway :-)

What an odd question, from someone who has just posted an advert for their SEO/Social Media Marketing company (now deleted, as is the case with all such spam).

Of course, if your idea of SEO is posting adverts on forums then you need all the help you can get buddy!

I imagine you've googled yourself to death already, but just in case there's also this: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/games_windows_10/windowsdefender-is-blocking-steam-from-making/da01b3d8-fc3b-453d-b8eb-9cd29b86e017

and this https://beamdog.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000322872-Windows-10-Save-games-aren-t-saving

Turn Defender off, and use something else, would be my suggestion to be honest. There are plenty of other free security solutions that do as good a job, and mostly a better job, than Defender so why bother jumping through hoops with it? Avast, Avira or even Kaspersky Free for example...

Welcome back Grim! Wow, so much has changed in 10 years - bet you don't recognise the place, huh?

In fairness, that intro is all mixed up. The guy says that he is both 'an SEO expert' and 'I want to be an SEO expert' so, given that he's studying EEE at college/uni, I'm assuming the latter rather than the former. Whatever, it would still be useful to expand upon his own own ideas rather than just throw the questions out. Whaddya say Bivhab, what are your thoughts on website ranking?

Hehe, I know what you mean. It's an odd company name, and I feel slightly awkward when writing it - hence the inverted commas.

Easy to raise and lower monitors, one-handed as they are proper hydraulic struts. It was this one, or a similar model (I've had them a few years now). https://www.properav.com/collections/computing-accessories/products/proper-cantilever-dual-arm-counter-balance-desk-monitor-mount

My desk is against a wall, I bought a 'Proper' brand dual arm cantilever mount. This clamps to the desk with no overhang, and the screens can be brought forward to the front of the desk if I wanted... Wasn't cheap, but is very sturdy and in the two years I have been using it has not let me down - the movement is still smooth, the hold is still strong.

What ddanbe said, nobody knows what help you need until you show us where you are getting stuck. You need to post your code (or pseudocode) as is, and explain the problems you are having.

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Funnily enough, the main purpose of any social media is to bring users together in order to share information, communicate with each other, build friendships. The clue can be found in the name.

I'll start by drawing your attention to the site rules, in particular: "provide evidence of having done some work yourself if posting questions from school or work assignments"

Which leads me nicely onto: post the code you have already and let us know where exactly you are having problems. Then someone may be able to help you with this. Nobody is going to just do your assignment for you...

That's not a lot of information to go on, but to start with I'd suggest launching Task Manager (press ctrl+shift+esc) and look at the processes tab. Click the CPU column to sort by resource usage and you should be able to see what's eating it all. Then report back here...

Bugs can be reported over in Community Feedback using a 'bug' tag, or in Area 51 if you have access (I know it used to be an invite only place, but I think it was made open to all? Shame I can't get my personal memory bug fixed :-)

There is no evidence to counter the argument. Researchers reached out, but all the porn addicts were unable to type courtesy of an overly musclebound right arm coupled with chronic RSA of the wrist...

Hi ALHANOUF

Even though you've obviously searched for and found a relevant thread to which you have attached your question, you may have failed to notice that this particular discussion has been dead for NINE years. Resurrecting long dead threads is frowned upon in forums such as ours, and does you no favours in getting the help you seek.

May I suggest that you ask your question again, but as a new post and with as much background information as is required to help our experts answer it for you in a timely fashion? That way you are much more likely to get the help you want, thanks...

Or just Googled it...

Heh. Weird Bing regional customisation I suspect. Although why it should interpret goggles differently is beyond me :-)

If you go to google and search for bing, the second hit is for a CBeebies TV show "Meet Bing, his carer Flop and all their friends. Watch clips and make a picture with Bing. Based on the books by Ted Dewan" although I'm not sure that tells us much.

However, when I go to bing ands search for goggles there are no hits for google on the first page, just hits for goggles. So not sure what's happening at your end Rev!

You can if you want. Or you could use Duck Duck Go and have your privacy protected for good measure...

Great. So show us your code so far, and where you are getting stuck. Then someone might be able to help you.