Merci LeKanaw,

I feel much better now, but as I recovered I had a short internetless vacation for a while, so I couldn't reply.

As for 'pack Rat', I don't think there is a cure, at least that I know of. If you are succeeding I would love to learn how 'Volunteer Simplicity' works.

Ciao,

AxCut

Olà Muchacha/o
Pero siii claro, tiene uno en Español ...
Que tonta soy, no sólo soy vieja, me pongo ciega también ¿?¿?¡¡! *-)
Francamente!!!! ♣

Esperando q la salud se està ponendo un poco mejor, si? ♣

And for the "Pack Rat" thing, peuhliize don't even get me started. So I wont!!!
Lets just say, it's bad!! Been trying to adopt the "Simplicité Volontaire" motto!
I'm getting there :D Soon :D I hope :*)

Amicalement, Manu

Bonsoir LeKanaw and merci beaucoup pour ton labour.

Je suis desole parce que je nais pas suivre cette thread, pero si, hay un Forum en Español, pero no suele haber muchos comentarios las veces que lo he visitado.

Thank you for checking it for me though, it wasn't really a problem. more of a question. Things seem ok, so I think I did what I was supposed to do.

Sorry about taking so long to follow up on this thread. I have RUN into a (human) virus which, besides a little fever also gave me what you would get by adding and 'S' to the end of the only word in uppercase letters that's in this sentence :( Four days later I felt better, but the bugger came back, and it seemed to be angry at me or something. I found out later that this bug has been going around here (Phoenix, AZ) and after the second 'run' it goes away and so far it has.

You guys are serious pack-rats, but I like to think that I am one as well. I don't have thousands of disks but there is a reason for it, and my folks threw away most of my childhood stuff when I came to the States. If you don't mind, I'll add my contribution to the pack-rat team.

In a nutshell I had accumulated thousands of disks during my 20 years in school, but I lost most it four years ago. In two years I have filled half a TB of HD space, 200 or so optical disks, and I have a few hundred blank ones ready to be filled to make room for more stuff, so I am getting there. Bear in mind that I don't store music, or movies,... Most of what I save is software.

No catalog though, I print labels with contents and put 4 character codes from a password maker on both the label and the disk in case they get separated. I know that this approach will make it hard to find stuff for me, but I find cataloging very time consuming and in the end, like BuBBy, I only use a small portion of it all anyway. I also want to clear one of my disks so I can backup images of my OS disk or run some kind of RAID or something. For now I am backing up files, but a disk failure would be a pain (besides losing all the GA's), so I want to be ready.

Ah, and I still have the first HD I bought, an ISA Seagate ST-250 with a whooping 20 Mb of storage (some fools at e-bay are selling them for 100 bucks!) and a bunch of 5-1/4'' diskettes which came from a Borland C++ compiler distribution that contained at least 25 disks. The ancient diskettes contain backups of what is stored in the ancient drive which contains what I miss most, my early work.

Now I need a working computer with an XT case, ISA slots an HD controller and a 2-1/4'' diskette reader, because, I am very optimistic (yeah right) and I know the old HD will work. Well, not really, but my brother had a copy of what I wanted from it and sent it to me. One thing I lost that really hurt was my ZX Spectrum (The Spanish version) and games for it in cassette tapes. I know about the emulator and all, but it had a lot of sentimental value....

I never throw away the packages of the gadgets or games (the cellophane wrappers) I buy. I keep all receipts (I have all of them since 2004) and every single piece of paperwork I run across. I even save certain shopping bags. I collect printed circuits from broken phones, child toys, old TV's, etc., and I use them to make fun things with lasers and magnets and diodes and capacitors. I have two computers that I have built by saving parts people were throwing away, literally, dumpster diving. I also keep all the books I have already read that I own.

Anyway I hope this is enough to join the pack-rat clan, but if not, I have more examples.

AxCut

PS: If you want to read the gory details of my pack-rat adventures I'll post them in a more appropriate forum.

dan- that's really nice.
crazy.....but nice.

;D

You guys don't know the MEANING of the words "Pack Rat"! I still have Dell Crossword Puzzle magazines that my mother worked in, going all the way back to 1967! She has been gone for over 15 years, but every once in a while I will pull out a magazine and work a little of a puzzle that she didn't finish. So even though she is gone, I am still working puzzles with Mom. And true to what she taught me, I still never look in the back at the answers, even when the puzzle is done. -Dan

I'm embarrassed to even estimate my contribution to the optical storage market sales. I would cringe and say that conservatively it runs into several thousand discs - Some are catalogued - most are not. Some have been "in storage" (ie. In a folder, in a box, placed in a dark corner of the house rarely visited) for over 10 years. One day in the future archaeologists will dig it up - and Historians, amazed at the rare jems, will probably put them on eBay. Or put them on the kerb for rubbish collection. I think of it as a geek time capsule.

I'm probly at least in the running for Insane Packrat. Over a thousand optical discs, coming close to half dvd-r now, in my disc catalog?

storage is cheap....

Bonjour AxCut
This SW doesn't interest me, so I didn't read anything in the English section.
But I did take a look on the French one (mostly just to amuse myself w the daily craziness that goes on there). There were a couple of ppl w problems. So it's *not* just you.

I also took a look at the Portg. section, there is also 1 comment w problems.
Sorry, don't think we have a Spanish one? Not sure.

Since I don't know what their problems are, they could be totally different from yours, or not. Maybe u can go see if it's the same or different.
Hope it helps :)
I also really hate it when I'm the only one having a problem, so I understand your frustration!
Amicalement, Manu

Thanks goodgotd,

you're right it works and I should be happy, but I am a worrier and I worry about things most people do not, like, why has nobody mentioned this? or, is the software registered properly? Will it work tomorrow?

I know that the chance of trouble is slim, but it never hurts to ask either.

If something is wrong is not the end of the world. The software is not getting very good reviews, but I did a couple of tests and it worked fine.

I collect software that I may never use, but I am a pack rat can't help it. One thing I don't like is useless stuff, like trial software...

AxCut

By definition, if it worked you did it right.

That's not saying you did it the same as everyone else (or that you didn't, for that matter)- but wrong?

Not A Chance. You Win. Be Happy.

Me, I'm up in the air, haven't decided whether to install it or not.

Sorry.

I downloaded and unzipped today's GAOTD. The readme file AND the pop-up that comes after the installation is finished but before the "What next" GAOTD pages opens state

"Unzip the package you`ve downloaded and install the software,
then register the software using the registration name and activation key provided."

yet, when I register, it only asks for a "serial number". I pasted the activation key provided on the "serial number" box and it said thank you for registering and the program was no longer in trial mode and it works ok.

I am wondering if everybody had the same experience and why nobody has talked about it. Did I do something wrong?

AxCut