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Excalpius

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Reply to Active vs. Passive 3D–which is better? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Speaking as an industry expert here, I have to agree with the Frogboy on this. 8D Passive 3d is definitely the way to go when watching movies, until (many years into the future) we don't need them. There're are very solid technical reasons why it is the technology used in movie theaters. Also, the glasses are the same as used in RealD theaters so it's very cheap to have a lot of friends/family over to watch at home whereas that is just not affordable/p

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Reply to Do You Have a Tablet Device? iPad, Galaxy Tab, etc… in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I have an iPad(1). As a big expensive iPod Touch, I found it's really only useful for traveling. Otherwise, you can't really run anything on it except flash-grade games and mini-applications. I won't be buying another one until it can replace a laptop (re: a Windows 7 or 8 one). Then I can use it for all of the things a iPad is currently good for as well as all the things a laptop is great for.

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Reply to Fences Pro 1.1 Released in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

"Problem archibing installed application" I've reset the data, restarted Impulse. I can even manually archive with the RMB. But I try and do the install and it fails. [e digicons]:'([/e] Turning off auto-archiving on update seems to allow it to update correctly.

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Reply to WindowFX 4 Beta Has Arrived! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Hey there! I was really not interested in another FX incarnation as I never found the point of the previous ones, but I've decided to keep this version running 24/7 after just playing with it once! For me, I was looking for a solid solution for inactive window transparency and window momentum (very nice on a 3x30" screen desktop). So this is awesome! So far no bugs in either of those for me on my uber machine. Windows 7 x64 btw. &nbsp

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Reply to ObjectDock 2.0 Release Date? in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

Recently, most if not all of Stardock's resources seemed to be committed to the making and supporting of shovelware games via Impulse. However, with very recent updates to Windowblinds, Deskscapes, and ObjectDock 2's beta, perhaps the tide is turning back to their core, best-in-class customization business. [e digicons]:D[/e]

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Reply to ObjectDock Plus 2 (v1.99) Beta Released in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

[quote]I also read of (but haven't tried reproducing locally yet, hopefully i'll be able to) a problem whereby you can't move a zoomer dock to monitor #2 in a 3-monitor system. Will have to give that a try.[/quote] THANKS! Note that I believe this only in a two graphics card system, such that (running left to right): #1 (primary, card 1) #2 (secondary, card 1) #3 (primary, card 2) Since #2 is the main central monitor, this glitch is

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Reply to ObjectDock Plus 2 (v1.99) Beta Released in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Nice to see an update! THANKS! Two remaining bugs so far... 1) Under Windows 7 64-bit, only 32-bit applications show up with proper window thumbnails in the running tasks dock I have. 64 bit applications have the same old low-res non-skinned (via iconpackager) default icon whether they are open or minimized now. 32 bit applications behave as expected. 2) Using two adapters and three monitors (1|2,3), if I sele

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Reply to How's that "change" working for ya? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="CarGuy1" reply="87" id="2716000"] I'm pretty pissed off about the current administration funding terrorism with our tax dollars...way to go Obama. [/quote] Then stop reading a neocon tabloid/propaganda rag like the National Review. A REALLY big part of becoming an enlightened educated reader capable of cogent critical thought is learning how to filter sources of information for bias and agenda. The National Review is NOT an unbiased

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Reply to How's that "change" working for ya? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="kenwas" reply="81" id="2714769"]Yes. Obama made quite a stink about Bush's use of the Executive Order....at least until he became president and now of course, he uses it just like Bush did and it is yet to be determined if he will use it more. [/quote] Um, Obama has used many of them so far to UNDO Bush's Constitution and the Rule of Law breaking fiats... "uses it just like Bush did" is therefore grossly inaccurate. Even an amateur can rea

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Reply to How's that "change" working for ya? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Zubaz" reply="70" id="2713103"] we'd be sitting in a police state right now or close to it.We're closer now than we have ever been before. The gov't in more involved in the private lives of American people and corporations now than any time before. And each time it's allowed it gets easier for the next step.[/quote] Actually, we were MUCH closer under the Bush years of Executive Order fiat. Obama has undone many of those abominations already. <p

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Reply to How's that "change" working for ya? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="WOM" reply="65" id="2713036"]Seems this thread morphed from how ya doing now to a political thread. 1. Lincoln freed the slaves but the afro americans like the democrates 2. Kennedy started Viet Nam but Nixon takes the heat for it. 3. Bush put us in debt even though congress approved or disaproved the money(democraticly controlled) 4. Bush started the was in Irac even though congress approved it (democraticly cont

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Reply to How's that "change" working for ya? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Island Dog" reply="27" id="2712393"] the fact is the current occupant of the White House has outspent 8 years of Bush in one single day. [/quote] Bush and his cronies threw a party for 8 years and you're blaming the guy who got stuck with the check. [e digicons]:D[/e]

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Reply to How's that "change" working for ya? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="k10w3" reply="14" id="2712317"] ... the reasons for the pain we're experiencing right now have been in place since the 1980s, when we ceased being a manufacturing economy and, instead, became a service economy.[/quote] [e digicons]:beer:[/e] macro-economic award of the day goes to you!

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Reply to How's that "change" working for ya? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Island Dog" reply="16" id="2712328"] Barney Frank is more responsible for the economy than "8 years" of Bush. [/quote] No, Barney is ALSO responsible. But to argue that Bush is less so defies the facts, history, and just plain logic.

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Reply to How's that "change" working for ya? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Lantec, the depreciation in the dollar due to our debts was incurred over 8 years of Bush tax cuts (which forced us to borrow from the Chinese just to pay for the day to day operation of our own country!), one unnecessary war for oil and vanity (which took our eyes off the real enemy long enough for them to regroup, costing us even more money in that arguably necessary police action), and an unregulated wall street/housing gambling "casino" run amok. It took 8 years to take us from th

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Reply to ObjectDock Plus 2 Beta Update v1.98 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

[quote]Still not able to get a "floating" dock so I will try one of the free one's on the internet. I am disappointed not to be able to do such a simple task.[/quote] I think only the tabbed docks can be dragged around. The zoomer docks require you to use sliders to repo them around into unusual locales.

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Reply to Inception... maybe the best movie i saw EVER. in Life, the Universe and Everything WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Tasunke" reply="66" id="2703228"]Okay .... I'd say my favorite movie of the hour is Memento. Seriously, good movie.[/quote] Agreed. It does an excellent job of making you care about the protagonist right from the outset. At that point, we actually want to know the "why of it all" and are therefore willingly investing our mental energies into navigating the story until its conclusion. That's why it's hard t

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Reply to Inception... maybe the best movie i saw EVER. in Life, the Universe and Everything WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="61" id="2701992"] Personally, I thought Inception was brilliant, a five star movie. Instead of borrowing ideas from better films and stealing action scenes, Nolan created a film that relies on the audiences abilitiy to comprehend it's intricate nature and subject matter. By sheer definition it requires more than one viewing to truly understand. Inception asks actual philosophical questions through it's resolution; if the worl

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Reply to Inception... maybe the best movie i saw EVER. in Life, the Universe and Everything WinCustomize Forums

The movie was a good idea and unique narrative/visual construction, but it failed a crucial test of all potentially great films...namely, that the audience never identifies or develops a rapport with the main character (Leo's). In INCEPTION, the goal to get back to the kids isn't fully fleshed out until the third act...and by then it is far too late. When one realizes this is actually just a bad heist genre film, plot/character-wise, you'll understand why so many people fall a

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Reply to ObjectDock Plus 2 Beta Update v1.98 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

FIXED: 64 bit applications now show properly as thumbnails in a running applications dock. FIXED: SysTray support also appears to be fixed for applications that had problems (64 bit native?). NOT FIXED: Tabbed docks still open on the wrong monitor in multimonitor situations unless the mouse is hovering in the primary monitor desktop area during startup. NOT FIXED: Can't select Monitor 2 for a Zoomer Dock in a 3 monitor configuration (2 dis

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