Why is Everybody so clueless on the importance of Desktop Search to the Masses?
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@belgariontheking said:
How do you make, say, an HTTP request using satellite internet without having a transmitter? I know they do it, I just don't understand how given what you've said.
You install some software from the satellite ISP and it splits your connection. All outgoing packets will be sent through the dialup line. I'm not sure of the exact details, but depending on your ISP, they might allow outgoing packets with the sat ISP's IP address as source (if not, they can be tunneled). That way the site's responses will go back to the sat ISP's gateway, and it'll do the magic involved in bouncing the packets off the satellite and down to your PC again.
You can do similar things if you're at a multi-homed site. Say you got an incredible deal with ISP #1 for downloads, but they charge arms/legs for outgoing, and an opposite deal with ISP #2. Great outgoing, pricey incoming. You can split things so the packets go/come via the "cheapest" interface and save yourself a few bucks.
@belgariontheking said:
I know I've played MMOs with people in iraq who are using satellite internet
Depends on the sat ISP. Given they're in Iraq, they could be using a military satcom network. Those are done via low-earth orbit satellites (a few hundred miles altitude at most). Commercial sat ISPs will have their own, or are leasing transponder time on, satellites out in geo-sync orbit (roughly 23,000 miles). So a packet has a absolute minimum round-trip of 46,000 miles, and always more since the tx/rx pairs won't be directly underneath the satellite.
Broadband wireless isps are going to be using microwaves, or wimax, or even wifi with directional antennas. Distances generaly won't be higher than a few miles, as they're line-of-sight operations.
Latencies will be high because the packets are going: you->dialup->satisp->site being hit -> satisp->uplink->downlink->you. Dialup's laggy enough as is (been a LONG time since I used an actual modem. What's a fair latency for you->isp->back again rountrip? 100ms?). On top of that, unless you're incredibly rich, your packets will be fighting for transponder time on the satellite with everyone else (fellow isp users and who knows what else that's renting time), so as traffic goes up, so does queieng time. Figure around 140ms for a *perfect* satellite bounce (just travel time, mind you). Few hundred ms for standard internet delay and whatnot, and you're up to 500ms already on an ideal link. Factor in transponder delays and all the other things that might happen, and you're easily pushing 750ms minimum.
If you're lucky enough to have a bi-directional satellite link, you're looking at around 500ms absolute minimum for a perfect bounce (you->sat->isp->sat->you) off a geosync satellite. Worse minimum latency, but things might be a bit speedier as you can eliminate the dialup ISP from the mix. And if the sat ISP does some decent cacheing, it can eliminate dirt-side delays for some content.
Either way, satellite's a crappy choice if you've got other options. But if you're out in the middle of nowhere with only dialup, satellite's definitely a contender.
And hey, I'm bored tonight, so here's a wonderful picture to explain it all. Not bored enough to draw in the wooden table and/or Swampify it with video, but at least it's somewhat clear:
Hop #1 will of course pass through your dialup ISP, so count that as two hops, really.
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@MarcB said:
All outgoing packets will be sent through the dialup line. I'm not sure of the exact details, but depending on your ISP, they might allow outgoing packets with the sat ISP's IP address as source
...or ISDN, or another link. Most of the satellite connections I've researched tunnel the outgoing packets.
@MarcB said:
Broadband wireless isps are going to be using microwaves, or wimax, or even wifi with directional antennas. Distances generaly won't be higher than a few miles, as they're line-of-sight operations.
Correct, but I've used a (permanently installed, directional) wimax link over about 40 kilometers.
There is also another type of Wireless ISP in Australia which uses the cellphone network for data.
Just contributing to the conversation :)
TRWTF is this post's title...
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@SpectateSwamp said:
120+ demo video views since yesterday.
Looks like somebody just invented "video spam"...
@SpectateSwamp said:
I want video proof.
I don't think that you're in a position to demand proof for anything. You failed to prove your program works as advertised, you failed to recognize any proof we've provided that it doesn't work better than anything else, you refused to take part in a showdown (which you demanded, by the way) to prove that your program is better than anything else.
We don't need to prove anything.
@SpectateSwamp said:
Am I the only one that can do video.
No, obviously you are not the only one. Some people here did post videos of your "tool" failing miserably and GDS being better than your tool. These were properly made and really easy to understand. From what I've seen (and I didn't dare turn up the speakers) I can say that obviously you're the only one that CAN'T do video.
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@SpectateSwamp said:
This ShowDown thing is poorly thought out. Files the size of 800 years of my outmail. What individual in their right mind has that much data.
ch0@hagbox:~$ du -hs ~/src ~/Mail ~ 4.7G /home/ch0/src 514M /home/ch0/Mail 16G /home/ch0
That is all.
EDIT: Oh, and this is after a filesystem crash lost about 1/3 of my ~/src - oh boy that hurt. Yes, yes, I know. I should have had it all in one large text file, that would have made it a lot easier to lose everything in one go.
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@MarcB said:
No, you're the only one who uses a camcorder to record yourself playing a video on your computer. Why don't you go for broke and record yourself playing a video you recorded of you playing a video on the computer? Every time you re-video one of your videos, you destroy more and more of the video content. Do it enough times and you end up with pure static for a picture, and your useless muttering in the background.
Why did I not have that idea myself?
I present the videoing-in-the-video-game!
If you want to do step n, you have to
- video in step n-1
- use your mouse so that at some point n+1 mouse cursors are visible
Here is step 1 (I did not bother including the mumbling, it can be added later on, I mean "YOU can do it!"):
[url=http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=-4019564716115160477]Step 1[/url]
Who's next?
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@TDC said:
I present the videoing-in-the-video-game!
If you want to do step n, you have to
- video in step n-1
- use your mouse so that at some point n+1 mouse cursors are visible
Here is step 1 (I did not bother including the mumbling, it can be added later on, I mean "YOU can do it!"):
Who's next?
Urg. It's the Blair Code Project. I wish I hadn't just eaten breakfast before watching that.
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@tdittmar said:
From what I've seen (and I didn't dare turn up the speakers)
No - do! The commentary's integral to the enjoyment - it's marvellous. Swampy'll move the mouse, and explain how he's moving the mouse..."and then I click on here, and then I type in this...". Personally, I'm thinking of working up a stand-up character just based on that audio...
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@TDC said:
I present the videoing-in-the-video-game!
Infinite Cat Project?If you want to do step n, you have to
- video in step n-1
- use your mouse so that at some point n+1 mouse cursors are visible
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SSDS not shunned at HOME
Right now I'm uploading #13 of 41 videos from last night. This has been going for 9 hrs now. How fast can you DownLoad one of these files to your CPU?
The politicos didn't want me. They asked the packed house if anybody felt uncomfortable with the CamCorder there. Nobody wanted me gone.
See what Desktop Search and Digital Video allow me to easily do. No hi-tech anything. Move your community.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/stonedan/HomeLessShelter.htm
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@SpectateSwamp said:
Random scrolling large font. Who wouldn't want this?
Why is there a glitchy flash of code on the display every time a new line is displayed?
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@SpectateSwamp said:
How fast can you DownLoad one of these files to your CPU?
Most normal people would probably download files to their hard-drive. If they were inclined to download them that is.
QFT, QFA, and Quelle surprise.Nobody wanted me
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I have to stop. I've been following this monster, post-by-post, every day for weeks now. I simply can't take any more. Deciphering (or "decripting?") every new post by SpectateSwamp makes me just a little dumber and a little less sane.
Really, this thread is bad for your health. 9 out of 10 doctors agree: SpectateSwamp rots your mind.
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@SpectateSwamp said:
Right now I'm uploading #13 of 41 videos from last night.
*WHY* do you persist in uploading videos like this? Your previous series of 60 videos has essentially *ZERO* viewers. I think there's less than 10 parts that have been viewed even ONCE.
Why do you think anyone else in the world cares what a middle-of-nowhere town in Alberta is doing about homeless shelters, or nuclear weapons?
At most, people might want to READ a transcript of the discussion. They're never going to sit at a computer and watch 41 x 10 minutes worth of bad video. Why don't you do something constructive and type up a transcript in SSDS and upload the .txt file somewhere?
Personally, I'd be interested in searching for the bits where people comment/question your presence, but I'm not gonna sift through 41 videos to find it.
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@SpectateSwamp said:
Right now I'm uploading #13 of 41 videos from last night. This has been going for 9 hrs now. How fast can you DownLoad one of these files to your CPU?
The politicos didn't want me. They asked the packed house if anybody felt uncomfortable with the CamCorder there. Nobody wanted me gone.
See what Desktop Search and Digital Video allow me to easily do. No hi-tech anything. Move your community.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/stonedan/HomeLessShelter.htm
You really should stop now, this is a forum for developers to make fun of poor quality code, ideas and implimentations within the software industry as a whole. SSDS has done admirably well on all counts so far, however you now seem to have given up evangelising SSDS and seem to think that people here actually give a toss about your videos - sorry to break the news to you but we don't.
Our interest and amusement pretty much stopped when you failed to respond to the challenge you had been requesting.
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Lose a random number of Sanity Points from 1 to 14.
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@emurphy said:
Lose a random number of Sanity Points from 1 to 14.
I just thought he got a touch of stupidity each meal (minus 1d6 to INT, WIZ and CHA); IIRC it lasts 24 hours.
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@SpectateSwamp said:
Right now I'm uploading #13 of 41 videos from last night. This has been going for 9 hrs now. How fast can you DownLoad one of these files to your CPU?
a) There's no way you're on DSL with speeds like that.
b) NO ONE wants to watch 41 2 minute clips about a random town in the middle of Canada. No one. Period. Would *you* even be willing to watch the whole thing (not using random) again?
c) To answer your question, it took Google Video about 30 seconds to load the whole file.
@SpectateSwamp said:
The politicos didn't want me.
I think the beard may have been more of an issue than the camcorder.
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@aleph said:
I think the beard may have been more of an issue than the camcorder.
And perhaps the incessant muttered background commentary. "Now the person is adjusting the microphone. They're wiping their noses. They're talking. Someone interjects. Back to the original person. And oooooh. look... there's a video artifact floating by my head".
Swampie's obviously missed his true calling... he should be a sportscaster.
Any photoshoppers want to redo his image with one of those massive sportscaster headsets/mike combos?
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@MarcB said:
Swampie's obviously missed his true calling... he should be a sportscaster.
Any photoshoppers want to redo his image with one of those massive sportscaster headsets/mike combos?
I'd be happy to...
[IMG]http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1245/swampcasterui2.png[/IMG]
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@flaquito said:
@MarcB said:
Swampie's obviously missed his true calling... he should be a sportscaster.
Any photoshoppers want to redo his image with one of those massive sportscaster headsets/mike combos?
I'd be happy to...
[snip]
WOW. You are the man.
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This thread sucks.
Delete it.
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@derula said:
This thread sucks.
Delete it.
What is it with these trolls?
You suck. Don't read it if you don't like it.
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This thread makes baby Jesus cry. It makes me long for the rambling, paranoid posts of CPound.
You wasted your time trying to engage SS in debate, his kind has gone so far to the side of crazy that he thinks he's wrapped back around to sane. SSDS is at best a hack customized for his specific needs, and at worst a crime against computing. So he thinks it's the future of desktop search...and? He'll continue to think that, and it will continue to be untrue, regardless of your Quixotesque tilting.
If you keep engaging him in conversation, this remains a viable thread. Stop responding to him and eventually one of the mods will start clearing out his "Why doesn't anyone recognize my genius?!" threads that remain empty. The poor guy clearly can't string two sentences together, not to mention the litany of psychological pathologies he's got going on. At this point you're just kicking an ugly puppy.
-cw
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@CodeWhisperer said:
This thread makes baby Jesus cry. It makes me long for the rambling, paranoid posts of CPound.
You wasted your time trying to engage SS in debate, his kind has gone so far to the side of crazy that he thinks he's wrapped back around to sane. SSDS is at best a hack customized for his specific needs, and at worst a crime against computing. So he thinks it's the future of desktop search...and? He'll continue to think that, and it will continue to be untrue, regardless of your Quixotesque tilting.
If you keep engaging him in conversation, this remains a viable thread. Stop responding to him and eventually one of the mods will start clearing out his "Why doesn't anyone recognize my genius?!" threads that remain empty. The poor guy clearly can't string two sentences together, not to mention the litany of psychological pathologies he's got going on. At this point you're just kicking an ugly puppy.
-cw
Again, if you don't like this thread, you don't have to read it.
The rest of us are having fun making fun of the moron.
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@CodeWhisperer said:
At this point you're just kicking an ugly puppy.
Gladly
I wonder what SS thinks when he reads posts like that. Does he feel the knife twisting, or does he still hope he can get some "Swampies" where num(Swampies) > 0?
I shall now quote. I hope you're listnening, SS
@Weird Al Yankovic said:
You're the biggest joke on the internet
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Again, if you don't like this thread, you don't have to read it.
The rest of us are having fun making fun of the moron.
I've been reading it -- and making fun of the morons who can't figure out that they aren't going to get SS to change.
But, by all means, keep throwing yourself against his mule-thick skull. You'll just keep him posting and uploading video.
-cw
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@CodeWhisperer said:
Again, if you don't like this thread, you don't have to read it.
The rest of us are having fun making fun of the moron.
I've been reading it -- and making fun of the morons who can't figure out that they aren't going to get SS to change.
But, by all means, keep throwing yourself against his mule-thick skull. You'll just keep him posting and uploading video.
-cw
I don't think anybody here thinks they will change anybody. That would be TRWTF. But we sure have fun using him as our punching bag.
Did you get lonely and have no other threads to troll, and decide to steal Spectate's?
Oh wait lemme sign my post like a true hero. -mps
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@MasterPlanSoftware said:
Did you get lonely and have no other threads to troll, and decide to steal Spectate's?
Oh yes, ever so lonely. My life is a void that only your righteous indignation could fill.
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
Oh wait lemme sign my post like a true hero. -mps
Wow, and I've only been signing posts that way for 20 months. You're just razor sharp, aren't you?
-cw
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@CodeWhisperer said:
Wow, and I've only been signing posts that way for 20 months. You're just razor sharp, aren't you?
-cw
So you like the redundancy of signing your post with your initials with your name being displayed right next to it?
Wow.
And I wouldn't know/care how long you have been doing that. I don't follow people around and tell them the thread sucks and everyone is an idiot for being a part of it. I just don't have that level of ego where I need to tell everyone I am superior because *I* above everyone else... realize Spectate is a lost cause.
Seriously. Get a life.
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@MasterPlanSoftware said:
So you like the redundancy of signing your post with your initials with your name being displayed right next to it?
Yes. I also sign my name to the bottom of emails, even though my name appears in the "from" line. I'm old fashioned that way.
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
Get a life.
This from a guy who apparently has all day to spend declaring victory -- repeatedly -- over someone who can barely spell 'competition', and in front of a bunch of people for whom it was a foregone conclusion. Seems kind of like taking a victory lap after beating up Ralph Wiggum. Sure, you won... but it isn't exactly the stuff of legends.
But hey, to each their own. You just keep right on doing your thing, SS will keep on doing his.
It's going to be a long boring slog to post 2000.
-cw
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@CodeWhisperer said:
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
So you like the redundancy of signing your post with your initials with your name being displayed right next to it?
Yes. I also sign my name to the bottom of emails, even though my name appears in the "from" line. I'm old fashioned that way.
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
Get a life.
This from a guy who apparently has all day to spend declaring victory -- repeatedly -- over someone who can barely spell 'competition', and in front of a bunch of people for whom it was a foregone conclusion. Seems kind of like taking a victory lap after beating up Ralph Wiggum. Sure, you won... but it isn't exactly the stuff of legends.
But hey, to each their own. You just keep right on doing your thing, SS will keep on doing his.
It's going to be a long boring slog to post 2000.
-cw
Awww I'm sorry no one wants to play with you. You can take your ball and go home, it is ok.
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Err...ohhhhkay.
Didn't know I was trying to get people to play... But if it helps let you feel superior, who am I to step on your wee little dreams?
-cw
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Watch out, or he'll make another 17 blank posts with tags about you. And if you really provoke him, he'll ask for the mug.
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SSDS class nears Graduation
30 Hours to upload 1.5 Gig of video. Now thats done. I can give some final Video lessons. These will be important so listen up class.
You are all more qualified in SSDS than you know. You can take the source code and build an executable. You can get by any startup glitches. The final video lessons will show how I use it in my daily wtf life. I'll use the source.txt as the main example for text search. Showing a few final key areas you should consider. Then a video of a backup and a Windows re-install and how SSDS makes it simple.
I was going to use my notes to demo some of this but decided on the source.txt file. I have given you all enough laughs already.
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@SpectateSwamp said:
Then a video of a backup and a Windows re-install and how SSDS makes it simple.
Yeah. Of course, that's the main target for Desktop Search, after all. Alternately, you could have used something like "folders" or "different files", but uh, who am I talking to.
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
I don't think anybody here thinks they will change anybody.
Er, the Swampling thinks he can change us, doesn't he? ^.^
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Not so pissy anymore!
@wooter said:
He thinks I was taking the piss at him by having him try SSDS.
And He will untill you show hime the fast fun and easy stuff that SSDS does. And I haven't done a video demo on that yet. Maybe today
In and add notes and out. In and check notes and out. In and search a large text file as a spell checker. In and out checking phone numbers. Cutting and pasting text from net to my special interest text files. In and move my emails to my text files. What every you can't figure out. Let me know. I do a video and give as much background as I can.
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@SpectateSwamp said:
What every you can't figure out. Let me know. I do a video and give as much background as I can.
WE! DO! NOT! CARE!!
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Just a Little Pissy - Maybe
@tdittmar said:
@SpectateSwamp said:
What every you can't figure out. Let me know. I do a video and give as much background as I can.
WE! DO! NOT! CARE!!
Is it just me or can others change your profile info. I like to change mine every day or two. Why can't I?
A couple of you are going to be held back and brought up to Swamp Shack for final training. You know who your are.
of the forum video from thursday. #16 and #17 best represented WhiteCourts youth. How I stopped it on the last frame in #17 shows incredible talent. Doesn't it.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/stonedan/HomeLessShelter.htm
Using a file of odd ball text extracts for you spell checker is far more fun than the standard method.
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@MasterPlanSoftware said:
I don't think anybody here thinks they will change anybody. That would be TRWTF. But we sure have fun using him as our punching bag.
If SS was frothing at the mouth and fighting back, then maybe it would be fun to continue baiting him and be amused at his reaction.
But really, it's just getting sad now. He not even responding to you - he's just posting random paragraphs.
Shooting fish in a barrel kinda gets boring after 1000 shots, huh?
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Let Video do my talking
@Quinnum said:
@MasterPlanSoftware said:
I don't think anybody here thinks they will change anybody. That would be TRWTF. But we sure have fun using him as our punching bag.
If SS was frothing at the mouth and fighting back, then maybe it would be fun to continue baiting him and be amused at his reaction.
But really, it's just getting sad now. He not even responding to you - he's just posting random paragraphs.
Shooting fish in a barrel kinda gets boring after 1000 shots, huh?
Words won't stand up to video. Never will. People soon forget what you said. They'll remember video. Good video anyway.
Your hard knocks are comming today.
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Look, Swampy. Nobody is interested in this thread anymore. Everybody's posting their last words and leaving. You failed to provide any coherent proof that your "application" is useful, and in fact, failed to provide any coherent sentences at all. Besides, everyone (but you) can see that it is a defective, worthless pile'o'crap, and you are just a sick delusional individual. The entertainment value of this thread has faded since you can't really provide any new arguments, and the folks here have enough things to do besides beating a dead horse (that is, you).
See figure 1, SpectateSwamp. The thread was fun, but it's over.
(And no, I'm not interested in your pointless videos, and my connection won't allow me to watch them anyway. And no, I will not reply to you. Bye-bye.)
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Where is the 5Th Star - Dammit
@Spectre said:
Lost one. Too bad. It was bound to happen. (just where is that 5th star *****)Look, Swampy. Nobody is interested in this thread anymore. Everybody's posting their last words and leaving. You failed to provide any coherent proof that your "application" is useful, and in fact, failed to provide any coherent sentences at all. Besides, everyone (but you) can see that it is a defective, worthless pile'o'crap, and you are just a sick delusional individual. The entertainment value of this thread has faded since you can't really provide any new arguments, and the folks here have enough things to do besides beating a dead horse (that is, you).
See figure 1, SpectateSwamp. The thread was fun, but it's over.
(And no, I'm not interested in your pointless videos, and my connection won't allow me to watch them anyway. And no, I will not reply to you. Bye-bye.)
Just when the Real search fun was about to begin. We lose Spectre.
He couldn't watch the video. So Very hard to get the full lessons. Some just fall through the cracks.
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You should go & tell the *chans about SSDS , I'm sure all the /b/ tards would welcome you - you can post screenshots there eg 4chan
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Fantastic
Hi guys! Im a regular reader but first time poster.. this thread is made of the stuff of legend therefore I felt compelled to say hi and congratulate you all. I have literally had tears in my eyes when reading some of this Swamp shit.. simply phenomenal. Every day I expect him to come clean and admit hes been winding everyone up.. but the reality of the situation is beginning to set in.... he is real.
Some of my observations;
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At a glance SS seems like a regular troll.. I thought he was just extremely good at winding you all up but the more you sort of look into this the more apparent it is how serious he is about what he's peddling. This aided in enhancing the amusement for me and added a "reality TV" feel to the whole thing.
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SS clearly has a psychological condition.. yet is coherent enough to clag that amount of spaghetti code together.. I'm an experienced developer of 10+ years and would struggle to comprehend what is going on in that mess, and I'd be willing to bet you all would be the same.. maybe SS is one of those idiot genius types (like those that do math really well).. perhaps he is the ultimate coder but has picked up every bad habit through a poor self learning process.
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I belive SS is 30% troll, 60% serious and 10.52% magic.. for someone who I don't think has actually constructed a single proper sentence in anything I've read of his he has the most amazing ability to draw people in with the sheer entertainment value of the crap he provides BUT unlike many of the lesser trolls he manages to keep it going perpetually. His high seriousness factor and magic make him a clear league above the rest.
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He is quickly becoming one of those 10 minute internet icons (alongside "all your base", those exhaust whistles etc.) which I believe should give hope to all of the mentally ill out there.
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SS has the most uncanny ability to ignore and wash away the taunts and questions (think the great Desktop Search Showdown of 2008 which he bailed on) of everyone he meets.. it is not clear to me if he is purpoefully ignorant, unable to follow what people are telling him, or so far gone that his perception has been gradually warped to the point where he reads the most abusive reply as a positive, friendly review for his search... erm.. software?
Some of my questions;
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Where did SS's PC come from? How did he get into this stuff? I feel his talk of VAX/Mainframe is mainly BS.. I'm not sure if he just found an old PC in a dumpster or actually murdered someone who was transferring family footage to a PC.. took their equipment and has become some kind of sick, basterdized version of his victim.
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Is it true SS has a dungeon in his "shack" (not unlike the film Jeepers Creepers)? When you see those wierd Blair Witch style demos he does I'm on the edge of my seat hoping to catch a glimpse of where someone like this lives.. I half expect to see like animal bedding and feces on the floor.
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Following on from previous point.. SS - could we have a sort of "cribz" look around your shack?
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Is English SS's first language? If so why is he so bad at it? was he initially raised by animals as some believe?
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Is this thread an elaborate plan to have people meet him in person for "SSDS Training".. only to never be seen again?
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Is video really the answer to everything? (including apparently reading books)
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Is it true that in that wierd code that flashes up in between results shown in SSDS are subliminal messages and slightly too revealing photos of SS himself?
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Why does SS zoom in on inappropriate areas of female attendants at the meetings he films?
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Why does the camera sort of shake around more when he does this?
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Who is that other guy in some of the videos?
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What are the formulae which translate random pieces of text and media into relevant search results? Are they patented?
SS, hats off to you sir. Don't give up on your dream. I did not think I would ever meet such an amusing and in a way, real, troll.
Thank you everyone all for the laughs - keep it up!
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Strange Crow at Swamp Shack
@RobTF said:
Is this thread an elaborate plan to have people meet him in person for "SSDS Training".. only to never be seen again?
If they don't behave. I'll leave em to the Huge White Crow that stalks my backyard.
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=2376230616419548093
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-5558865044769037262
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@SpectateSwamp said:
And He will untill you show hime the fast fun and easy stuff that SSDS does.
The thing is:
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Notepad does searching in a single file quicker than SSDS
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GDS does making an index quicker than SSDS
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GDS makes it possible to search for text in all his files, even when they're PDF or emails!
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Windows Media Player works like a VCR, so he can handle that without making elaborate playlists
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Windows Photo Gallery indexes his pictures, can do slideshows easily
@SpectateSwamp said:
What every you can't figure out. Let me know.
My dad just doesn't see the use of having a paper full of notes with all SSDS commandos ready to be able to search in one text file, when Notepad and GDS work easier and give quicker results. All other software he uses is more userfriendly because it uses controls which are common with real life, and that makes it easier for him as common man to adapt to his computer. SSDS not only lacks these controls, but has a very limited featurescope.
I mean: the guy types with one finger, each letter at a time. How can you expect him to be using SSDS in any productive way?!
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@boomzilla said:
@TDC said:
I present the videoing-in-the-video-game!
If you want to do step n, you have to
- video in step n-1
- use your mouse so that at some point n+1 mouse cursors are visible
Here is step 1 (I did not bother including the mumbling, it can be added later on, I mean "YOU can do it!"):
Who's next?
Urg. It's the Blair Code Project. I wish I hadn't just eaten breakfast before watching that.
I laughed out loud 3 times!
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SSDS faster than NotePad
@wooter said:
Notepad does searching in a single file quicker than SSDS
Not by my test.
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For notepad I Double Click a shortcut on my desktop
Then (Ctrl/o) for open - A quick (Ctrl/V) to paste the source.txt as the target file and then (enter). Grab the slider and drag it to the bottom showing last page.
Close out using upper right close tab.
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for SSDS I have it hi-lited - Hit (enter) to start, (enter) to select the default file search.txt (enter) for the 'y' option default to show last page
the last page appears ( I always want to see my latest notes)
Keep hitting enter to close out.
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SSDS can be started; show last page and stopped time and again. As quick as one can hit enter.
SSDS is quite a bit faster for this option. I'll do a quick video showing both. Not much difference. Other than SSDS requires just Enter enter enter WordPad uses ctrl/? characters a little slower. But not major.
I'm sure viewers will see a slight advantage to SSDS
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@SpectateSwamp said:
@wooter said:
Notepad does searching in a single file quicker than SSDS
Not by my test.
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For notepad I Double Click a shortcut on my desktop
Then (Ctrl/o) for open - A quick (Ctrl/V) to paste the source.txt as the target file and then (enter). Grab the slider and drag it to the bottom showing last page.
Close out using upper right close tab.
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for SSDS I have it hi-lited - Hit (enter) to start, (enter) to select the default file search.txt (enter) for the 'y' option default to show last page
the last page appears ( I always want to see my latest notes)
Keep hitting enter to close out.
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SSDS can be started; show last page and stopped time and again. As quick as one can hit enter.
SSDS is quite a bit faster for this option. I'll do a quick video showing both. Not much difference. Other than SSDS requires just Enter enter enter WordPad uses ctrl/? characters a little slower. But not major.
I'm sure viewers will see a slight advantage to SSDS
Don't bother. You had your chance for a fair showdown. No one is interested in other videos.
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@SpectateSwamp said:
For notepad I Double Click a shortcut on my desktop
Then (Ctrl/o) for open - A quick (Ctrl/V) to paste the source.txt as the target file and then (enter). Grab the slider and drag it to the bottom showing last page.
Close out using upper right close tab.
You see mate, this is why we've given up. If/when the rest of us use Notepad , or whatever text editor is the default app for a textfile, we simply double click on the file itself, then do (usually) CTRL + End to get to the end of a file - no grabbing of "slider" necessary. But WTF has that got to do with searching anyway? That's called - ermmm - viewing. And having looked at those notes in SSDS, how do you then add to / edit them? Let me guess - in Notepad?
