PidGin128's comments

PidGin128 | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Easel, web design in the browser

pagemaker?

PidGin128 | 13 years ago | on: PointerPointer: points to your cursor

This is technically interesting, but voyeur-istically creepy.

PidGin128 | 13 years ago | on: Microsoft Answers Coder Cries Over New Development Kit

yo. (of course, it did take two days to post...)

PidGin128 | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: The most beautiful places on earth

The social media bar is interfering somehow on chrome 21.0.1157.0 (Developer Build 139621 Windows) (with plugins set to click enable) and 1024*768 screen on xp.

Mainly, all the page under the bar is blank. this affects where the overview map thinks the center is, when you double click to zoom in. also, made the individual site pages uselessly narrow.

edit: deleting this node "<div id="share_btns" class="panel">" makes it usable.

PidGin128 | 14 years ago | on: Fear and Loathing and Windows 8

what device do you have that complies so quickly? My understanding was explicitly eight seconds for most things.

PidGin128 | 14 years ago | on: What Guide Books Tell Foreign Visitors to the U.S.

And then subsequently introduced into our water supply..

PidGin128 | 14 years ago | on: What Guide Books Tell Foreign Visitors to the U.S.

Wiki-Travel? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikitravel

PidGin128 | 14 years ago | on: IOS 6: Higher Hanging Fruit

Blackberry Pearl 8130. OS 4.5.

Right side convenience key assignment? "Application switcher".

Works exactly like desktop Alt-Tab.

Not that this one random four year old example proves you wrong. It's just the experience I can share. (Here's a screenshot that I found from elsewhere: http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd504/Kirkx1/utf-8BU25hc... )

PidGin128 | 14 years ago | on: Heavier people should pay more to fly

This is a reply to both of you:

Baggage handling type people don't have to haul you around and stow you beneath the plane. I was recently bitten by an overweight bag, and subsequently broke it into a second carry-on in a return flight. 25$ for extra bag, 100$ for overweight...

Anyways, what I was traveling with was unreasonably heavy, and would be a hassle to toss into the stowage, probably be a greater burden/wear on the conveyors etc.

PidGin128 | 14 years ago | on: Weird World War II Security Puzzle

Have you ever folded it?

PidGin128 | 14 years ago | on: Last.fm web site primary and failover down

Since the originally submitted link was deleted from last.fm's forums, here's the replacement, and a link to their blog:

http://blog.last.fm/2011/07/18/library-and-streaming-service...

http://www.last.fm/forum/21713/_/756231

PidGin128 | 14 years ago | on: User testing in the wild: he has never used a computer

I personally suspect that some of the confidence garnered on the word processor might have been because it was more of an appliance, and didn't have a persistant state? When powered on, it was set to work on a specific task already, everything to interact with to change functions or settings, would be reset if you pulled the plug, or switched it off.

PidGin128 | 14 years ago | on: Reverse Engineering Superbugs

It's interesting to note how a major issue in this field, is data volume itself. (As he points out.)

Also, amazing that the organization released the data initially.

PidGin128 | 15 years ago | on: Jamendo reaches 300k CC-licensed tracks, releases free mobile apps

I'm also surprised to see BB support. Does anyone know if I can install it without the AppWorld installed?

Edit: Doesn't appear so. Also, their webpage didn't seem very mobile friendly.

PidGin128 | 15 years ago | on: Settlement in George Hotz Case

Ford and John Deere are two brands that I believe have been integrated into the identity of some. I'm trying to think of other examples, news, maybe beverages? coke&pepsi is now obvious to me, others are harder. I guess apple/google/microsoft is the only other I can find.

PidGin128 | 15 years ago | on: Review my startup: sanetax.com - A real Tax Professional prepares your taxes

Is anybody aware of a similar service for finding (traffic) lawyers? Searching for such is unpleasant (especially in a different locality).

Edit: I've now signed up to the service, as I've procrastinated equally with my taxes, however- I still don't know what to do. I appreciate the goal is to match taxed/preparer, but I'm not sure what forms are appropriate, which makes uploading them difficult.

I see there is a progress indicator to communicate how far along the preparer is with the submitted paperwork, maybe a similar guide for what to submit, and what might be missing? (Also possibly augmented by the preparer if the site doesn't want to become a guide?)

PidGin128 | 15 years ago | on: Why does Adobe Reader need so many updates?

I assumed it changed the processor affinity for a running process. :/

PidGin128 | 15 years ago | on: OM: "My web without Facebook Connect"

https://www.facebook.com/download

I myself was surprised when I found it.

PidGin128 | 15 years ago | on: Structure Synth, an IDE for creating recursive 3D art

the shots on your flickr pool link are reminiscent of demoscene releases. Kind of makes sense though, since I presume much of the more abstract features of a compo are stored/drawn in the same [similar] way.

PidGin128 | 15 years ago | on: Amazon: New Kindles Selling at Record Rates

I was under the impression that towers had some type of signal baffle to prevent reception from devices a certain number of degrees from the horizon.

I have no merit or citation to exert with this claim.