Common Sense 4 Common People

"Play Results"

Gosh... I am so happy!!!

I finally found my PERFECT music player...

Just picture this:

• I feel happy.
• I search "happy" in my music library (titles and lyrics).
• It finds 135 songs.
• I press this unbelievable option called "Play Results"
• I continue feeling happy :-)

And PERFECT does not mean it cannot get any better ;-)

史德衡

It's the browser stupid

<object width="640" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BrXPcaRlBqo&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BrXPcaRlBqo&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></embed></object>

I am done with the browser wars, now is time for mobile wars!

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Cats make my kids allergic, so I'll just listen to WhiteSnake in low whispers...

Eloquent Certainties

Angel Anger Danger Dancer Cancer Ancer (answer) Acer Cer (sir) "Sir 10" (certain)

Have fun ;-)

Dimitrios Staikos

Process Explorer contest

Here is a screenshot of Process Explorer from my workstation.

From this photo, which is intentionally small, the one with the appropriate understanding should be able to derive that Process Explorer has a serious flaw, or so I think :-) That's why I call it "flaw" and not "bug".

The one who finds what I think is the flaw will get as prize my precious OSR Online WDK Bug Bash technical award t-shirt:

To make things just a bit interesting, I will accept a challenge from the first that claims that "This is not a flaw, it is intended by design". However the challenger must bet something that's of value equivalent to my t-shirt.

The contest is open to anyone who publicly declares his entry in the comments section of this post.

Hint: "I just clicked one menu item of PE" .
Hint: This is not an artificially generated situation. It is real usage.

Have Fun!

Dimitrios Staikos - Δημήτρης Στάικος - 史德衡

PS: I didn't check the Process Explorer forums about this. If I can't see why this is intended by design then most likely no one has noticed. If I am such a grand fool, then I deserve grand humiliation :-)

Desktop Magic: a Practical Joke from an engineer

I am in a baaaaad mood today...

Thank God I am not the bastard administrator from hell. Or I might do this to a friend who left his workstation unlocked:

1. Minimize all windows.
2. Press PRINTSCREEN
3. Save the image to disk as BMP.
4. Create a new folder on the desktop, call it "Got ya".
5. Select and move all desktop shortcuts in this folder.
6. Set the desktop background as the new image :-)
7. Watch the fun :-D

If you are really nasty then do the following too:

• Blur the image a bit before setting it as background.
• Select a blurred icon for the GotYa icon, or some innocent looking icon.
• When your friend sees his desktop and ask you to help him then tell him everything looks OK to you, not blurred.
• Help him take a day off ;-)
• Make sure your friend is sitting, because he might get scared and think he got a stroke or something and faint...

Have Fun,

Dimitrios Staikos

Digital Misfortunes: Mouse "Snap To"

Some features are meant for the advanced users, some for the lazy.

The mouse "Snap To" default button option is so poorly implemented (in Windows at least) that it is potentially dangerous.

I enabled it for some testing. Later I started a print operation, but for some reason the print dialog box took ages to appear so in the meanwhile I shifted my attention and the mouse cursor to the 2nd monitor doing other stuff... Guess what... While I was looking at the 2nd monitor the print dialog appeared (on the first monitor) exactly as I was about to click on something, so I clicked blindly at the OK button and the print job started with wrong settings...

DISQUALIFIED

1394 Maximizes Value in Security Camera Networks

This is my first real technical article publication!

Originally published in the 1394 Trade Association web site, then also to EE Times and Vision Systems Design.

If you are involved in the security & surveillance business, please give me some feedback.

Thanks in advance!
史德衡 - Dimitrios Staikos - Δημήτριος Στάικος

EETimes version

Vision Systems Design version

 Full article on 1394 Trade Association