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You guys might want to check out Osmos[^]. Although it's not time waster, but nerve waster. 
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Looks like Spore in space.
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I'm trying to upgrade Word Press right now, so either everything will be up and running in next ~10 minutes or it will burning
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that was fun for a few hours when it came out on a humble bundle (me too bundle???) a year or two ago.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Particularly gorgeous today.
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Whoa! Purty 
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Poking characters into the keyboard buffer is a good way to automate an external application. It has worked in DOS and all windows OSes including XP. But now I have Win 7 and every time I tried to use it I get Denied!
Does anybody know of a workaround since sendkeys doesn't work anymore?
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Turn UAC off or see this[^]
Also, read the text near the top of this page.
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Member 10218314 wrote: Poking characters into the keyboard buffer is a good way to automate an external application
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Sounds dreadfull, right?
..imagine a robot poking at a keyboard. Shouldn't be too hard to mock an end-user with some Lego
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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What does Lego have to do with mocking users?
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Oi, User! Yo Mamma[^]
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: What does Lego have to do with mocking users?
Just wondering whether it's possible to mock one
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Agreed.
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Sendkeys work fine for me, elevate the application privileges and read the forum rules prior to posting.
Technical discussions are welcome, but if you need specific help please use the programming forums.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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As invented by Homer![^]
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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Older listeners may remember this tale[^] from March of last year, the important bit is the parking ticket.
Well I appealed, and several months later they turned down the appeal. So I waited for the Notice To Owner to turn up so I could make a formal appeal.
This didn't turn up, but I did eventually (July last year) receive a Charge Notice demanding immediate payment of £105. I wrote back to tell them I hadn't received the proper paperwork and they could bog off (or politer words to that effect).
Next thing I know is earlier on this year when I received a letter from a firm of hired goons bailiffs saying they were coming to recover a debt of £225, and a week or so later one turned up on my door.
He wanted £340 and I told him to bugger off as I didn't owe the debt, proper procedure hadn't been followed, and so on and so forth. He said it didn't matter what I did, they were going to get money or stuff from me.
Over the next few months I sent them many messages, they responded with threats, repeatedly said there was nothing I could do to halt their actions or avoid the debt, and turned up a couple of times, the debt rising to over £600.
Then 9 days ago a bailiff turned up at my door whilst I was at work, was extremely unpleasant to my wife, and said he was going to return with a locksmith, force entry, and take stuff away to the value of £862.
I raced home, phoned the bailiffs who said there was nothing I could do to avoid removal of my goods other than payment in full. My FIL suggested ringing the council and speaking to someone at the parking office for advice, which I did. They were very helpful and said I should ring the Traffic Enforcement Centre and ask to make a Late Witness Statement, which I also did.
Phoned the bailiffs to say I was doing this and could they hold off. They said no, they were coming for my stuff. The bailiff then phoned me back to say he would be at my house in half an hour and would be charging me £275 for the locksmith and removal van.
I phoned the council who agreed to get the bailiffs to suspend action to give them time to receive my appeal.
Today I got a letter from the court.
The parking notice has been cancelled.
Today, is a bloody good day.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Suddenly the old Monty Python's "...it's only a bloody parking offense" sketch makes sense.
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chriselst wrote: Today, is a bloody good day.
Gratz on having your peace again
You may want to buy a "bloody" big dog and feed it lots of Sriracha sauce.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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But the fact you have to go through all that sh*t in the first place is a piss-take.
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For a parking ticket?
Good to see there is some justice in this world.
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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Why they have to put people through all this stress is beyond me.
Oh...
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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They send a guy to your door for a parking ticket?
They can break into your house and take stuff?
WTF?
How are you guys not burning sh*t to the ground over there?
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