Sembetu

Sembetu

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Reply to Am I the only New Zealander... in Community WinCustomize Forums

I am not from New Zealand, nor have I ever been there, but I would like to immigrate there from the U.S. in the fall of '06. I would also be open to Australia. Basically, I have met too many people from that half of the world who are awesome, and I have seen too much good press to pass it up. One roadblock, I need to know about finding a job in NZ or OZ. I am a digital creative: web, logo, type, and graphic design. Skilled in Illustrator, Photoshop, D

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Reply to I'd like to make a little suggestion. . . in Stardock Support General WinCustomize Forums

This could easily be accomplished both on WC and in WB5 by adding the capability of embedding XML metadata into each skin and then using an external common DTD to define the common characteristics. This accomplishes the goal of creating relevant embedded content while providing the access to it in a common usable structure. Additionally, once implemented in WB5, it is only a matter of programming to enable XML metadata tagging in additional Stardock pr

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Reply to Would You Buy This Magazine? in Community WinCustomize Forums

Well, there's the million dollar catch isn't it...?! I pay $15.99 US for magazines now that cost about £5.99 GBP. I don't know how the conversion works out going to Australia, but I imagine a U.S printing would go for a similar conversion of shipped. One way to avoid this would be to digitally distribute it to a print house in Australia and have it printed domestically there. I wish some of the Brit Rags would do that here. Sembetu<

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Reply to Wincustomize is getting harder to please... :( in Community WinCustomize Forums

The other main thing which is the most important thing is that they cater for ALL, not just "Stardock" skinning software and a few other very select freeware softwares. Well, here's an FYI. The following was copied directly from the FRONT PAGE of WC: Comm

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Reply to Personal Icon and Nickname meaning in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Wow, looks like I came in on the tail end of this one. Anyway... My nick is my initials: SMBII = SEMBETU... it's just simple phoenitcs. Came up with it when I was a DJ, and it stuck, plus it was easy to get e-mail addresses with it because nobody had that name for real. My avatar... First initial. Reading this it kind of seems narccissistic... hmmm. Need to think about this one.

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Reply to please remove in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Daddy, why are men bald? Sometimes they're bald because their head is shiny... and they don't have hair on it. So their head is just more of their face.

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Reply to iPod Nano....black or white? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I am so ashamed... I have to admit I have an iPod video... in black. I would recommend if you are getting a nano to go with the white... for only one reason: the scratches will show up worse on the black one. The video has the same problem, and my black one has already led an EXTREMELY sheltered existence... yet it has scratches a plenty. There is a company, though that can protect your asset, and at the same time allow you to be cool with (IMHO) t

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GURU Wanted - Submit Your Tutorial in Requests WinCustomize Forums

I will make this short. I have a request for anyone who is capable and willing to entertain it. Is there anyone willing to make a Cinema 4D Tutorial? I have always wanted to learn about modeling, but most of the material I have found is dry and bland. Suggestions, questions, or comments? Thanks, Sembetu

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Reply to Microsoft's Other OS in Microsoft WinCustomize Forums

I have a different spin on this. After watching the video of the developers who worked on this project, and keeping in mind some other technology pushes from Microsoft in the past 5 or so years, I think I have an idea of why this matters. I too, do not believe that MS would bother to develop this particular project into a commercially viable product. However, I do believe that they will take the knowledge learned from this project

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Reply to G-Mail - if you don't get one yet in Internet WinCustomize Forums

I own my own e-mail address (not used here), so I can administer it as I see fit. And as far as storage, I have a 30g 5th gen iPod, that's plenty for anything I need to carry with me or access. However, I do have a gmail address, just because I signed up for it a long time ago when the were accepting special requests and you had to wait to be included in the "circle of gMail". Whatever. In any case, I use my g

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Reply to Would You Buy This Magazine? in Community WinCustomize Forums

now only if it was real, That was kind of my point. I think there is real viability in the US market for a magazine like this. There are no real alternatives, so it is an instant self-made niche. Who can compete? Seems natural, and you have the opportunity for all sorts of advertising inside the m

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Reply to More from Sony's DRM kerfuffle in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I think this is very ironic. Sony's DRM scheme was implemented by them as a measure to protect copyright, hence avert copyright "cheaters"... It is slightly humorous to me that this very same scheme would be used to aid cheaters. I don't really know what to make of it, other than the original DRM scheme was a bad idea, and now it has gotten worse. Once this starts to affect other companies, you are going to have companies pitted against eac

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Reply to Would You Buy This Magazine? in Community WinCustomize Forums

As someone who modifies their windows operating system (that's me), if I saw that magazine on a shelf, I would consider it a complete waste of money. Looking at your profile, it would seem that you only modify through the work of others anyway. I would think that you especially would appreciate a few

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