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12-15-2003, 07:46 PM
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And we'll all float on ok...
Location: Iowa City
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Essential Programs
I know this has been done before but I haven't seen it for a while. So, what software is essential to you? Mine would be:
MyIE2 - The Cadillac of web browsers IMO. Many features. K++ - No reason you should be using regular Kazaa with this. eDonkey\eMule - Excellent program for downloads, though slow. Alcohol 120% - All about the virtual drives. Nero 6 - Good CD Burning program. Winamp 2.xx - Still my fav program for playing MP3s. I'm sure I forgot a few, but that's good for now.
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For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us. --Charles Bukowski |
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12-15-2003, 07:51 PM
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I am Winter Born
Location: Alexandria, VA
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Trillian - without it, I'm isolated
XChat - when I do manage to get on the #tfp channel, XChat > Trillian's IRC support AvantBrowser - I prefer it to MyIE2 BCDC++ - campus runs a DC hub, this is the best Windows-based client there is WMP - Hate it all you like, but I prefer it to listen to MP3s with SSH - Gotta manage my servers somehow.  Cygwin/WinGNU32 - Very useful to have *n?x command line utilities in Windows Mathematica - I take notes in it, I do my homework in it, it's amazing. Edited to add: gVim - Best text editor ever (DOWN WITH EMACS) 
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Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy! Last edited by Pragma; 12-15-2003 at 07:58 PM.. |
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12-15-2003, 08:01 PM
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beauty in the breakdown
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Firebird -- Bar none, best browser Ive used
Mozilla -- I use the regular Mozilla on my Debian box, Firebird isnt optimized for Linux Instant Messenger Winamp 2.9 SSH -- Like Pragma, gotta manage the server somehow Textpad -- Best Windows text editor Ive ever seen Sygate Firewall -- great little firewall for use on my Windows box
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"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato |
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12-15-2003, 09:14 PM
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hip mama
Location: redmond, washington
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edit: on the freeBSD box, its a whole other story 
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I've eaten my veggies all my life so bring it on, I am educated and strong for the revolution. |
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12-15-2003, 09:42 PM
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back from sabbatical
Location: Mosptopia
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Ad-Aware
Spybot S&D POW! Trillian MaxMem NAV Atomic Time Synch DAP SoulSeek Winamp 2.9 (never, never, Never 3.++) dbPoweramp (for conversions) Winzip notepad IrfanView SpywareBlaster MRUBlaster MediaPlayerClassic and NiceMC for what MPC won't play. there are probably more, but those get regular use.
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12-15-2003, 10:32 PM
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Junkie
Location: North Hollywood
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developer studio
windows xp IE tortoiseCVS 4NT pro motion intel compiler x86/xscale ARM ADS vtune masm xoreax intellibuild dmake, nmake, opusmake fed sourceoffsite ultramon maxivista beyond compare EVC 3/4 MSDN pngcrush imagemagick thumbsplus winiso powerwarchiver asciipr0n yahoo messenger tightvnc network stumbler outlook express avg notepad wordpad for cr/lf messed up about 50 other CLI tools and feh to acrobat. |
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12-16-2003, 12:14 AM
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Junkie
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My most essential application would have to be Proxomitron. Beats the hell out of all those "embedded" Pop-up killers in other web-browsers, but also allows you to cut out adverts, sounds, annoying animated GIFs, blocks well-know banner ad sites etc. Essentially speeds up your browsing a significant amount.
After that... Opera 7.0 (liked it so much I paid for it) Notepad (great for drafting up posts, and I use it to take notes during meetings) Outlook (would be lost without it; absolutely essential for my job) Cisco VPN client (have to tunnel back into the office somehow) Cisco Aironet (wireless networking rocks; both for the office and my home wireless network) Word (use it everyday) Powerpoint (use it everyday) Excel (use it everyday) MS Project (use it every week) IE (some pages still don't like Opera) SameTime (IBM/Lotus Instant Messenger app; used in work to talk to my colleagues around the globe in different time-zones) I like Photoshop 7, but stopped using it as I didn't have a licensed copy. I don't like pirating. So now I use Photoshop Elements, a good entry level app by Adobe I got with my scanner. Mr Mephisto |
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12-16-2003, 01:04 AM
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Stonerific
Location: Colorado
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Safari, iTunes, MSN Messenger, Mail, Myth: The Fallen Lords, Acquisition, & Quicktime to watch my porn.
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12-16-2003, 08:01 AM
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I am not permanent.
Location: Tennessee
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Trillian
Bittorrent (any form) Spybot S&D Opera QCD player (the soma skin on top of everything in the minimized state is absolutely perfect) Pagemaker (I do form layout sometimes) Photoshop Office 2k3 (It really is pretty good) And too many games to mention. That's about it
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If you're flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit. - Mitch Hedberg |
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12-16-2003, 10:13 AM
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strangelove
Location: ...more here than there...
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hrm...kinda depends on how one defines 'Essential'...
meaning, 'Must Install' or 'Use Everyday'. ....assuming the latter...
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- + - ° GiRLie GeeK ° - + - ° 01110010011011110110111101110100001000000110110101100101 Therell be days/When Ill stray/I may appear to be/Constantly out of reach/I give in to sin/Because I like to practise what I preach
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12-16-2003, 11:20 PM
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Free Mars!
Location: I dunno, there's white people around me saying "eh" all the time
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Outlook Express
Winamp 5 MSN Messenger IE 6 SQL Plus 9 Visual Basic JEdit Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel DC++ Ad-ware ISOBuster Damon
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Looking out the window, that's an act of war. Staring at my shoes, that's an act of war. Committing an act of war? Oh you better believe that's an act of war |
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