bakerstreet

bakerstreet

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Reply to To bakerstreet in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I'm not gonna even address 90% of the idiotic stuff you said. I'll address the idea that everyone around here, or in the community 'hates' me. You have to understand, when I call Jark an ass, or tell Jafo he's a nut; I've known these people for over 3 years. I was griping at Frogboy on the Skinz messageboard before 90% of the 'community' existed. Do I expect everyone in this little break room to be my friend or even like me? Nope. The modern world is losing the concept of '

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Reply to Litestep, dead or alive? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Jafo: the minute you do, they'll change something and you'll have to start over. I actually had a couple of pages done on a tutorial for LS when they changed it. I also had a sonique tutorial half done when they announced that the next format was gonna be totally different. Then there was my ICQ Plus tutorial that was valid for a couple of months. You have no idea how much stuff I deleted when I got fed up. Don't you guys ever get tired? Honestly it is hard to get started back. I'm

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Reply to Here's something to think 'bout in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

lmao... that was a good one, wombat. "thing, thing a thong, thing out loud, thing out thtrong!" but seriously, is this thong thing feasable? Is this something one should put in the 'pros' column for Hinduism? What about something more durable, like a recliner or a car seat? Heh, hold the leather... *cough* I'm an ass...

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Reply to What's special bout Bryce? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

JM: you said "You get what you pay for, period.... If that concept is unacceptable to you, then I don't want to know you... " maybe we are taking you up on it? "You get what you pay for" is meaningless. There is a lot of free software online that beats the crap out of its payware equivalent.

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Reply to What's special bout Bryce? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Bryce tops out at $200, so it is within the reach of any kid that can mow lawns in the summer. A kid probably isn't gonna pay $649 for Photoshop, so Adobe isnt' losing a sale when the crappy little d00d steals it. As cheap *cough* as Bryce is, that same d00d could save his allowance and 'do the right thing', and would be more apt to. Warez copies of Bryce more readily translate to monetary loss. Makes sense to me.

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Reply to What's special bout Bryce? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I think you can lay the blame for the loss of the beta squarely at the feet of warez pimps. I don't blame them. I would venture to say that at least 75% of all bryce work done on the amateur upload sites we are familiar with was done with warez copies. I would give Photoshop work an even higher percentage.

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Reply to Can I disable image preview in XP? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Just as a tip, don't forget the right click menu option 'Edit'. You can set it in the file associations, too, and it can be a quick way to open a file in a different app for editing. I have edit set to Photoshop and open set for ACDSee.

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Reply to WindowBlinds 4 features in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

sig said: 'The OS still functions and apps still run.' That isn't always true. The real death of any OS is when they stop releasing hardware drivers and DirextX upgrades for it. If you can't put a sound, video, or network card in it, or upgrade virus software, or even use new patches for programs you already have, it is pretty much dead. When Everquest patched last year, you *had* to upgrade to DX8. If you had an OS they didn't make DX8 for, you couldn't play... software you

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Reply to best way/program to re-colorize images? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Photoshop is a very expensive peice of equipment that is designed to do hundreds of differend jobs. It is complicated, but once you have it you can use those skills to do a lot of diverse things. Many people consider using it a pain, but I consider it an education. You can use adjustment layers as I said above, and set them to 'color' or one of the others to get the results you need, depending on the situation. Whatever you do don't paint on the same layer as the original. Adjustmen

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Reply to Can I disable image preview in XP? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Unless you leave it running all the time, PSP has to be started to check and reset associations. If Windows Image and Fax Viewer has stolen the file association, you aren't gonna run PSP by clicking on an image. Windows Image and Fax Viewer steals the association *back* when PSP isn't looking. Note Jafo's 7:09 post above.

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Reply to Is something wrong with 'Top Downloads'? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Yeah, i think i understand the question. fer instance, Carbon Fiber (WB) by boxxi has had 1651 downloads today. That's just one of his skins. God only knows how many times treetog's stuff has been downlaoded. Not that it is any big deal. It's just odd to see those numbers when you know they are much mucy higher.

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Reply to Can I disable image preview in XP? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I am really sick of apps that steal file associations. Almost every stinkin media app that I install completely ignores my installation choices and associates with all the filetypes I told them not too. then, in an unrelated note, there's the apps that monkey with your startup. This last install of quicktime set up a registry RUN on the systray app. There was *no* way in the preferences to turn it off. SO, I delete the registry setting. Guess what happens when I use quicktime to

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Reply to ObjectDock Beta coming in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Hrm... I have been monkeying around for a bit and I have found that it isn't working as well with Talisman as I thought. The taskbar doesn't seem to be refreshing now. I would *swear* it was originally. I get the apps that are running when I launch it, but new ones don't appear and old ones don't disappear. There have been some quirks with the beta systray and taskbar of late, perhaps that is the issue. I'll keep ya posted

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Reply to WindowBlinds 4 features in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

weeeeell... actually I didn't mean independantly skinned modules, rather optional segments of a single theme, that would load only if asked. If it could work, that would be cool too, but my suggestion was mainly to add functionality to a single app without causing bloat for those who didn't want to use it.

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