http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3116 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: A-One Converter Registration name en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:03:29 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3116#post-28345 Sat, 03 May 2008 12:35:01 +0000 AxCut 28345@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Merci LeKanaw,</p> <p>I feel much better now, but as I recovered I had a short internetless vacation for a while, so I couldn't reply.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Ciao,</p> <p>AxCut </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3116#post-26453 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:59:53 +0000 LeKanaw 26453@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Olà Muchacha/o<br /> Pero siii claro, tiene uno en Español ...<br /> Que tonta soy, no sólo soy vieja, me pongo ciega también ¿?¿?¡¡! *-)<br /> Francamente!!!! ♣</p> <p>Esperando q la salud se està ponendo un poco mejor, si? ♣</p> <p>And for the "<strong>Pack Rat</strong>" thing, peuhliize don't even get me started. So I wont!!!<br /> Lets just say, it's bad!! Been trying to adopt the "Simplicité Volontaire" motto!<br /> I'm getting there :D Soon :D I hope :*)</p> <p>Amicalement, Manu </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3116#post-26441 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:15:37 +0000 AxCut 26441@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Bonsoir LeKanaw and merci beaucoup pour ton labour. </p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>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 <strong>know</strong> 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....</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Anyway I hope this is enough to join the pack-rat clan, but if not, I have more examples. </p> <p>AxCut</p> <p>PS: If you want to read the gory details of my pack-rat adventures I'll post them in a more appropriate forum. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3116#post-26216 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:59:29 +0000 funkymom 26216@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>dan- that's really nice.<br /> crazy.....but nice.</p> <p>;D </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3116#post-26206 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:08:14 +0000 CreamyPretzel 26206@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>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 </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3116#post-26204 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:47:36 +0000 BuBBy 26204@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>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. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3116#post-26191 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:20:38 +0000 goodgotd 26191@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>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?</p> <p>storage is cheap.... </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3116#post-26187 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:55:52 +0000 LeKanaw 26187@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Bonjour AxCut<br /> This SW doesn't interest me, so I didn't read anything in the English section.<br /> 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.</p> <p>I also took a look at the Portg. section, there is also 1 comment w problems.<br /> Sorry, don't think we have a Spanish one? Not sure.</p> <p>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.<br /> Hope it helps :)<br /> I also really hate it when I'm the only one having a problem, so I understand your frustration!<br /> Amicalement, Manu </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3116#post-26185 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:17:59 +0000 AxCut 26185@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks goodgotd,</p> <p>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?</p> <p>I know that the chance of trouble is slim, but it never hurts to ask either.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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...</p> <p>AxCut </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3116#post-26183 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:58:27 +0000 goodgotd 26183@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>By definition, if it worked you did it right. </p> <p>That's not saying you did it the <em>same</em> as everyone else (or that you <em>didn't</em>, for that matter)- but <em>wrong</em>? </p> <p>Not A Chance. You Win. Be Happy.</p> <p>Me, I'm up in the air, haven't decided whether to install it or not.</p> <p>Sorry. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3116#post-26177 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:11:47 +0000 AxCut 26177@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>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</p> <p>"Unzip the package you`ve downloaded and install the software,<br /> then register the software using the registration name and activation key provided."</p> <p>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. </p> <p>I am wondering if everybody had the same experience and why nobody has talked about it. Did I do something wrong?</p> <p>AxCut </p>