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NoClose gets the job doneThe lightweight application disables the X button in the Windows titlebar for the windows you select. Select the window you want to lock and then hit CTRL+1 to lock and unlock the window. You can also add rules for Windows so that NoClose will remember which windows you want locked. While locking your work station when you're away is the best way to keep things just as you left them, NoClose is a great solution to keep an errant mouse click or moment of thoughtlessness from closing a window or application you need open.
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TrueCrypt is Now Abandonware?! Their webpage at SourceForge now contains this "cryptic" message: WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/ And this article at BoingBoing explains why: http://boingboing.net/2014/05/29/mysterious-announcement-from-t.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter |
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The Internet With a Human FaceMarc [Thiele] emailed me a few weeks ago to ask if I thought my talk would be appropriate to close the conference. http://idlewords.com/bt14.htm |
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Blog Essay: The Indie (Game) Bubble Is PoppingRock, Paper, Shotgun continues to be a great site for thoughtful commentary on videogames. Today they point to a long blog essay on independent game developers, and the idea that we've seen a growing trend of indie games that has reached its apex, producing an unsustainable number of generic low-quality games, which is making it harder to find quality projects. Indie gaming started out as games written with passion for people who embraced and loved them. Now too much of it is about churning out giant mounds of decent but undifferentiated product to be bought for pennies by people who don't give a crap either way. It's not sustainable... http://jeff-vogel.bl...bble-is-popping.html posted by mouser
 discovered on http://www.rockpaper...he-sunday-papers-315 (permalink) (read 13 comments) |
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Super-sized Newsletter for May 20, 2014 - Codename: Slow and Steady Greetings!
It's been 125 days since the last newsletter. In that time, approximately 837 new threads were started on the forum, and 8500 new posts were made (133 of those have been selected for inclusion in this newsletter); 300 spammers were banned by our moderators, 3187 new members joined the forum, and 600 new people donated to the site (thank you!). In those 125 days, the site has registered over 20 million pageviews and served over 4 terabytes of data (most of that coming from our free software downloads). I highlight those stats because freeware has been getting a bad name lately, with adware, junkware, and toolbars being bundled into downloads by more and more formerly-respected software hosting sites (sometimes even against the will of the original coders) -- and our site has remained free of such things since we started 9 years ago. That's been possible only because of the support of normal everyday folks who have donated to the site. Your donations have meant that we have been able to pay for a fast dedicated server and have never had to depend on software hosting sites or the whims of advertisers. And that's made all the difference. Thank you for supporting our site and making it possible for us to keep doing things our way, as a small independent site. And now on to the newsletter -- a collection of some of the best posts on our forum in the last few months, and a summary of recent updates to our software. Hopefully you'll find something worth your time. -jesse (mouser) |
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Linux Lite - viable 1st Linux alternative for XP and Vista usersThe good folks over at Linux Lite have just announced the release of version 2.0 beta of their already fine distro which is geared up for first time Nix users and reluctant refugees from Windows XP and Vista. Based on Ubuntu LTS releases, the goal is stability, ongoing software support, a familiar interface, and high out-of-box usability. System requirements (700Mhz CPU/512Mb RAM/5Gb disk space/VGA 1024x768) are very modest and should run on anything Windows XP is currently running on.. If you're interested in seeing what this whole Linux thing is all about - or you're reaching the point where you have to move off Windows XP for whatever reason, this is an excellent distro to at least try out. Here is a quick overview of the current v1.0.8 stable release: Look here for more information on Linux Lite here. (Note: the homepage does not seem to be working correctly. So if you have trouble navigating the site, just return to www.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite.html. The tour and other pages don't appear to have this problem. The 688MB 32-bit ISO can be directly downloaded from here. |
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Correlation is not causationYou have heard that said, maybe even said it yourself. But there are those that still don't get it. Spurious Correlations will help illustrate it in a way that others can understand. 1000's of examples. Have fun finding the craziest ones. http://tylervigen.com/ |
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