MikeB314

MikeB314

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Reply to OS X in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Most of the software Stardock writes is so specifically geared towards the Windows operating system, it simply wouldn't translate over to OSX. They would have to start from scratch, and most likey some other company already has a head start in that market. By the looks of this new OSX Dashboard thing, I'd say that company is Apple.

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Reply to Country identification blocking in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Could it be that your Internet Service Provider is registered in some other country, and the web site is using a simplistic method of determining what country you are in (like basing it solely on the home country of your isp)? We were working on something similar for our web site at work a while back, and that was one of the problems we had to overcome. AOL IP addresses, for example, always comes back as being in Virginia, USA, even if the user is somewhere completely different. We ha

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Reply to GUI !!! question !!! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

All I know is that the GUIO entries will automatically be moved to WinCustomize at some point in the very near future. If it works like it did after the 2002 GUI Olympics, they will actually be copied into the WindowBlinds library as new uploads and the counters and comments will start from scratch.

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Reply to Radeon vs nvidia in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I can tell you that the Radeon 9800 Pro works extremely well with WindowFX, while the nVidia drivers&nbspdon't handle it so well. I suppose it depends on what you intend to use it for though. Both have their pros and cons. I recently switched from a GeForce 4 5800 Ultra to a Radeon 9800 Pro and I have no regrets.

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Reply to Space Ship One Woohoooooooooo! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I suppose we put faith in our governments to regulate the industry. But we have more faith in private companies to innovate and accelerate the development of technologies. I think a lot of space enthusiasts have just been annoyed by the apparent lack of progress made by government space programs in the last 20 to 30 years, and the prospect of commercial involvement gives us hope that technology will

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Reply to Some problems with VectorCell skin in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

It looks like when the skin was built, the margins were adjusted just enough&nbspto push the English text "All Programs" off of the start menu. However, in French, that phrase has more characters in it and isn't completely moved out of view. I&nbspbet you can fix it like this: 1. Open VectorCell in SkinStudio 2. In the tree on the left, navigate to Start Panel -&gt More Programs Panel -&gt Background (click on Background) 3. Now look over in the Attributes pan

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Reply to Space Ship One Woohoooooooooo! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Private companies have been launching satellites into orbit for years. That's nothing new. This is about private manned spaced flight. It's not as if governments won't continue to regulate it. The SpaceShipOne folks did have to secure permits and get permission to proceed with their launch. History has demonstrated that once technology becomes available to the private sector, progress increases dramatically. Companies are drivin to innovate&nbspby competition. That is somethi

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Reply to Space Ship One Woohoooooooooo! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I'm&nbspexcited about. Mass media coverage was brief, but if you visit the right news sources ( http://www.space.com ), they've given it the attention it deserves since the beginning of the project. It's definately a significant event in the history of spaceflight. I watched it all on MSNBC's live video stream.

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Reply to GUI Olympics 2004: Top Team & Individual Awards in GUI Championships News WinCustomize Forums

This has been a ton of fun. Thanks Brad, Pat, and everyone else who made this happen. Thanks to all the skinners who participated and made this such a tough competition. Thanks to my team for putting up one hell of a fight. Thanks BareFootNNeked for your very kind words. Big thanks to my wife for letting me make skins when I should probably be mowing the lawn or something. ;)

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Reply to porting in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

That depends on what you asked the author permission for. If you only specified the MSStyles theme, then the wall isn't necessarily included. I would ask specifically for permission to submit the wallpapers. You're not really porting anything when you upload the wallpaper to the wallpapers library here. You're just submitting the original author's work directly without any modification at all. The author should be able to do that himself/herself.

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Reply to porting in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I second what Koasati said. The best thing to do, in this case, is to include the wallpaper with the WindowBlinds skin. Wallpapers do not automatically pass moderation just because they are part of a theme. [Message Edited]

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Reply to Do people need permission or not? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Permission is required to use someone's icons as shell pics, just like anything else. Feel free to email me (or any mod)&nbspany you found that don't include permission. The only exception I can think of is icons that are released under GPL. It's entirely possible for an otherwise completely original skin to slip by with ripped shell images. I might easily overlook something like that if there are&nbspno other clues to make me suspicious.

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