Things you should know by now, but only just discovered

kaostheory wrote:
Gravey wrote:

You can stick a fully-functional Recycle Bin in the taskbar in Windows 7, and get it off the desktop.

This is something I've wanted to have work this way (i.e. like my Mac at home) for ages, so it's a "thing I should know by now" because I should have just Googled it—which I finally did this morning.

Morning made, every time I see it down by the system tray. It's the little things.

That people actually use the Recycle Bin in windows and don't just select things and press the Delete key.

Maybe I do that too? But I want the Recycle Bin around (to get things back out, or empty it), but not on the desktop—and if I'm going to keep it somewhere else, it had better keep all the same functionality.

Budo wrote:

I learned if you watch this video, and then play this song at exactly the 0:33 second point, you get a much better soundtrack.

Mute the left side after the voice over

MeatMan wrote:
kaostheory wrote:
Gravey wrote:

You can stick a fully-functional Recycle Bin in the taskbar in Windows 7, and get it off the desktop.

This is something I've wanted to have work this way (i.e. like my Mac at home) for ages, so it's a "thing I should know by now" because I should have just Googled it—which I finally did this morning.

Morning made, every time I see it down by the system tray. It's the little things.

That people actually use the Recycle Bin in windows and don't just select things and press the Delete key.

+1

The only time I "use" the recycle bin is when I right-click it to empty it.

This. I don't directly delete things just in case, I find out I need them later. I let them chill in the recycle bin for a few days.

McIrishJihad wrote:
Budo wrote:

I learned if you watch this video, and then play this song at exactly the 0:33 second point, you get a much better soundtrack.

Mute the left side after the voice over :)

I tried that, but I actually like the sound effects from the trailer. Also, you did a great job with that, but it is a tiny but misaligned. The first 2 laser blasts should align with the first 2 Dovakin lyrics. Otherwise that is awesome.

Budo wrote:
McIrishJihad wrote:
Budo wrote:

I learned if you watch this video, and then play this song at exactly the 0:33 second point, you get a much better soundtrack.

Mute the left side after the voice over :)

I tried that, but I actually like the sound effects from the trailer. Also, you did a great job with that, but it is a tiny but misaligned. The first 2 laser blasts should align with the first 2 Dovakin lyrics. Otherwise that is awesome.

Eh, I'm working with the fidelity that YouTube gives you - you can't drop below seconds when it comes to starting a video automatically.

Or at least, it's something I don't know how to do, which is very apropos for this thread

Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
kaostheory wrote:
Gravey wrote:

You can stick a fully-functional Recycle Bin in the taskbar in Windows 7, and get it off the desktop.

This is something I've wanted to have work this way (i.e. like my Mac at home) for ages, so it's a "thing I should know by now" because I should have just Googled it—which I finally did this morning.

Morning made, every time I see it down by the system tray. It's the little things.

That people actually use the Recycle Bin in windows and don't just select things and press the Delete key.

Shift-Delete actually skips the recycle bin. Delete puts the files in the bin.

First thing I do whenever I install new Windows since Win95 (I think) is turning off Recycle Bin. I regretted that only once in almost 20 years.

Also, whenever I do maintenance on other computers I just cannot believe how much trash some people have in the bin. 30 GB has to be the most I have ever seen - default setting on 300GB drive. My first computer had 40 MB drive and the "waste not" mentality still sticks with me

kaostheory wrote:
Gravey wrote:

You can stick a fully-functional Recycle Bin in the taskbar in Windows 7, and get it off the desktop.

This is something I've wanted to have work this way (i.e. like my Mac at home) for ages, so it's a "thing I should know by now" because I should have just Googled it—which I finally did this morning.

Morning made, every time I see it down by the system tray. It's the little things.

That people actually use the Recycle Bin in windows and don't just select things and press the Delete key.

I do the SHIFT-DEL thing most of the time. And even though it's deleted in a few stupidly deleted files I didn't intend, I still do it.

Parallax Abstraction wrote:
kaostheory wrote:
Gravey wrote:

You can stick a fully-functional Recycle Bin in the taskbar in Windows 7, and get it off the desktop.

This is something I've wanted to have work this way (i.e. like my Mac at home) for ages, so it's a "thing I should know by now" because I should have just Googled it—which I finally did this morning.

Morning made, every time I see it down by the system tray. It's the little things.

That people actually use the Recycle Bin in windows and don't just select things and press the Delete key.

I do the SHIFT-DEL thing most of the time. And even though it's deleted in a few stupidly deleted files I didn't intend, I still do it. :)

DAMN THE MAN! SHIFT-DELETE FOR LIFE!

wanderingtaoist wrote:

First thing I do whenever I install new Windows since Win95 (I think) is turning off Recycle Bin. I regretted that only once in almost 20 years.

Also, whenever I do maintenance on other computers I just cannot believe how much trash some people have in the bin. 30 GB has to be the most I have ever seen - default setting on 300GB drive. My first computer had 40 MB drive and the "waste not" mentality still sticks with me :)

40 MB, you were living the high life. I had a single 5 1/4 inch drive.

PRG013 wrote:
wanderingtaoist wrote:

First thing I do whenever I install new Windows since Win95 (I think) is turning off Recycle Bin. I regretted that only once in almost 20 years.

Also, whenever I do maintenance on other computers I just cannot believe how much trash some people have in the bin. 30 GB has to be the most I have ever seen - default setting on 300GB drive. My first computer had 40 MB drive and the "waste not" mentality still sticks with me :)

40 MB, you were living the high life. I had a single 5 1/4 inch drive.

I was in the middle of posting something similar.

I work with large datasets that are often moved by scripting. You think people can mess stuff up by hand....

Worst I've ever seen was a miss-aimed parsing process that got through 250+ gigs and then in an attempt to clean up after itself dropped that entire load in the Recycle Bin on a Win2k desktop that didn't have a brand, per se - the sticker on the box was the name of the asthmatic squirrel inside. That took a good long while to clear out. Now that I think about it, I posted about that one here. That was the day the day I had that memorably idiotic doctor visit where I got a beaker of blood-testing chemicals poured on me.

Thanks to jollyeskimo...

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BadKen wrote:

Thanks to jollyeskimo...

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My exact thought on seeing that jpg was "Oh, THAT's how that works!"

soonerjudd wrote:
BadKen wrote:

Thanks to jollyeskimo...

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My exact thought on seeing that jpg was "Oh, THAT's how that works!"

Locks are fascinating, I remember learning how they work when I was trying to learn how to pick locks.

Yeah...

Thankfully I never did get the knack for it.

Redwing wrote:
soonerjudd wrote:
BadKen wrote:

Thanks to jollyeskimo...

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My exact thought on seeing that jpg was "Oh, THAT's how that works!"

Locks are fascinating, I remember learning how they work when I was trying to learn how to pick locks.

Yeah...

Thankfully I never did get the knack for it. :P

Many locks are vulnerable to this. Ars Technica posted a set of articles about it a few years back.

I'm having flashbacks of Oblivion's lockpicking minigame.

misplacedbravado wrote:

I'm having flashbacks of Oblivion's lockpicking minigame.

Yeah it's funny, it was a pretty dopey mini-game really, but it's about the only lock picking mini-game that's even vaguely accurate to how you might really pick a lock.

I posted this in the picture thread, but how did I not know about this?
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RedJen wrote:

Bacon pancakes

Aaaaugh! It cannot be unseen!

BadKen wrote:

Thanks to jollyeskimo...

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This really excites the 13 year old boy in me that still thought that being a cat burglar was an option.

It took me like 20 views to realize that the tumblers are cut to different lengths and they only line up to turn when the key pushes them flush with the core. I now know that Oblivion lock-picking was not quite accurate, or I missed a very important detail.

To pick tumbler locks (likes those illustrated), you have two options but they both accomplish the same thing.

One is to use two tools - a tension rod and a pick. The tension rod is used to apply torque to the core, while you use the pick to gently manipulate each pin. The torque applies to the core will cause a pin to "seat" when it has been hit just right, allowing you to move on to the next pin. Once all the pins are seated, the core rotates freely by your tension rod.

The other method, as described above, is to "bump" the lock. Using a special key cut with peaks that are low enough to touch each pin, you instert it into the lock most of the way, apply a little torque, and then hit the key with some percussive force. You keep tapping and turning the key until all the pins are seated, and the lock opens. By bumping the key, directional force is transmitted to all the pins at the same time - like a traditional pick, your are trying to get each pin to seat, but in this case you are brute forcing and hitting all the pins at the same time.

The only game I've seen come close to either of these procedures was the first Splinter Cell. One analog stick controlled your tension rod, the other used left/right to move in and out of the tumbler, and up/down to trigger each individual pin.

Don't even get me started on AC3's take - while it appears Connor is trying to bump the locks, the fact that you rotate both sticks to find the right point on a dial for both the tension rod and the pick and then he just jams them up and down as fast as he can to open the lock just baffles me.

And yes, the set of picks I bought in college certainly helped when I was locked out of places that I was supposed to have access to and campus safety wouldn't let me in...

McIrishJihad wrote:

Don't even get me started on AC3's take - while it appears Connor is trying to bump the locks, the fact that you rotate both sticks to find the right point on a dial for both the tension rod and the pick and then he just jams them up and down as fast as he can to open the lock just baffles me.

Is it possible that picking an old fashioned lever tumbler lock might have been similar to what's going on in AC3? You'd have to keep pressure on the bolt and rake back and forth over the levers to get the bolt to move past the blocking points on the levers. According to Wikipedia, "double acting" lever tumbler locks, in which pushing the lever too far will prevent moving the bolt weren't invented until 1778 in England. Only simpler locks which required less finesse would have been in use in 18th century America.

Remind me to never tell McIrish Jihad where I live...

soonerjudd wrote:
BadKen wrote:

Thanks to jollyeskimo...

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My exact thought on seeing that jpg was "Oh, THAT's how that works!"

That's exactly what I said to myself just before I read your post.

sometimesdee wrote:

Remind me to never tell McIrish Jihad where I live...

I've hung my picks up, and haven't needed them in 10 years - no worries

sometimesdee wrote:

Remind me to never tell McIrish Jihad where I live...

He already knows.

McIrishJihad wrote:
sometimesdee wrote:

Remind me to never tell McIrish Jihad where I live...

I've hung my picks up, and haven't needed them in 10 years - no worries :)

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New lock pick?

EDIT: In theme with this thread. Javier Bardem's character in No Country For Old Men looks a lot like a Scooby Doo Villain unmasked.

trichy wrote:
sometimesdee wrote:

Remind me to never tell McIrish Jihad where I live...

He already knows.

and he knows too much.

That piece of music I keep hearing that I could never place is actually Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E Minor From the New World. 2nd movement, natch.

Falchion wrote:
trichy wrote:
sometimesdee wrote:

Remind me to never tell McIrishJihad where I live...

He already knows.

and he knows too much.

I collect knowledge like other men collect trinkets. Eventually this will pay off for me.