thehustler posted:

Would somebody be able to either write me or link me to an app that already exists that can take a folder full of files and arrange them into new folders for burning onto the smallest amount of DVDs?

I believe this is called the bin packing problem.

OSX preferred, Windows will do as well. Both? You can have my first born.

Colonel Sanders posted:

I am interested in a timer to help me with workout intervals.

Ephphatha posted:

I know this was posted a while ago but I'm giving it a go. The format isn't quite what you specified, I use json documents to save/load routines so you end up with a document structure like:

code:

{
  "Routine" : [
    {
      "Name" : "Jumping Jacks",
      "Type" : "Ladder",
      "TimeStep" : 10,
      "Starting Multiplier" : 1,
      "Ending Multiplier" : 9
    },
    {
      "Name" : "Burpees",
      "Type" : "Pyramid",
      "TimeStep" : 10,
      "Starting Multiplier" : 1,
      "Peak Multiplier" : 9,
      "Ending Multiplier" : 1
    }
  ]
}

This describes a simple routine that would have you doing Jumping Jacks for 10 seconds, rest for 10, jumping jacks for 20 seconds, rest for 20, all the way up to 90 seconds of jumping jacks followed by 90 seconds of rest (haven't implemented custom rest periods yet or finalised the format for an interval).

Writing it in Qt so I should be able to compile for linux (but that's untested because I haven't even implemented the fullscreen display yet). Android is not going to be an option.

Ephphatha posted:

Try http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897541

Gromit posted:

I'll take a look, thanks. At no point does it specify sleep per se, but maybe the other terms it uses are the same thing.

madeupfred posted:

Hey, I've asked for something here already, but this time you might be saving future heartbreak in my family and I will pay you. Is there someone out there willing to write an .exe that completely freezes all input into the computer and displays some message on the screen, like "Stop playing World of Tanks again you goddamn retard we're on to you" (preferably in red comic sans) and plays an mp3 on loop of someone in an obnoxious singsong voice saying "12 hundred United States dollars" over and over really really loud? Thanks in advance!

madeupfred posted:

Hey, I've asked for something here already, but this time you might be saving future heartbreak in my family and I will pay you. Is there someone out there willing to write an .exe that completely freezes all input into the computer and displays some message on the screen, like "Stop playing World of Tanks again you goddamn retard we're on to you" (preferably in red comic sans) and plays an mp3 on loop of someone in an obnoxious singsong voice saying "12 hundred United States dollars" over and over really really loud? Thanks in advance!

Jerry SanDisky posted:

What are the conditions in which it displays?

pwnyXpress posted:

I would like a simple app that I can use to get a quick overview list of my music collection. My collection is organized in a simple Artist>Album>Song folder structure. I would love to point an app at my music folder (containing all the artist folders) and read the folders and subfolders (but not song title files) to get output in the form of a text file like so:

Artist Name 1
(tab)Album Title 1
(tab)Album Title 2

Artist Name 2
(tab)Album Title 1

Artist Name 3
(tab)Album Title 1
(tab)Album Title 2
(tab)Album Title 3

and so on

SamDabbers posted:

Pympede posted:

I think this might be beyond the scope of this thread but I don't know anything about programming. If this is too large of a project can anyone point me in the right direction of where I could get this done for payment?

I work in retail and every summer and winter I need to make floorplans for the store. What would make my life way easier would be a program that could first make a floorplan (I attached what a typical blank floorplan for one department that I use now) and then allow me to enter what sections are needed in that department and their size. For example in sports I need to place hockey sticks, hockey equipment, sleds, etc.

What I was imagining would be that I could input each product class, for example 'Hockey sticks' which is 4 segments, and the program would allow you to drag it onto an aisle and occupy 4 segments of the aisle, or drag hockey so that two segments are either side of the aisle.

It would be great if I could see all of the product classes that still need to be placed on the floorplan, and if it would list how many segments I have filled/free on the floorplan and how many segments I have left to place.

Thanks for any help with this.

Ceros_X posted:

I'm looking for an FTP program that can be set to run only during certain hours and turns off at the appointed time - and supports auto-resume.

Right now I cobbled together WinSCP portable command lines and Task Scheduler but I have no faith that the program is stopping when it should or even that it is working correctly (worked the first day, no files downloaded last night) and pretty much is limited to syncing the remote directory. I only get 15 GB a month with free download hours from 0230-0730 so it is a bit of a pain in the rear end to get anything without staying up late. Ideally I'd be able to que up the files for download and see the program running in the foreground.

Forums upgrade/AV/etc for anyone who wants to take on that task or can recommend me a program that fits the bill (I have tried googleing it with no luck).

Arcsech posted:

This sounds like it would be pretty easy to bang out in Python - I may do it in the next couple days if nobody else gets to it. I don't know how hard auto-resume is, but I see some discussion on it with a quick Google so it doesn't look too bad.

Edit: I haven't looked to see if there's already something out there either.

Sagers posted:

I'd like to request a Greasemonkey script that automatically reveals spoilers on the SA forums without having to mouseover.

Ceros_X posted:

I'm looking for an FTP program that can be set to run only during certain hours and turns off at the appointed time - and supports auto-resume.

Right now I cobbled together WinSCP portable command lines and Task Scheduler but I have no faith that the program is stopping when it should or even that it is working correctly (worked the first day, no files downloaded last night) and pretty much is limited to syncing the remote directory. I only get 15 GB a month with free download hours from 0230-0730 so it is a bit of a pain in the rear end to get anything without staying up late. Ideally I'd be able to que up the files for download and see the program running in the foreground.

Forums upgrade/AV/etc for anyone who wants to take on that task or can recommend me a program that fits the bill (I have tried googleing it with no luck).

Mario posted:

How about a Stylish script instead? This is just a quick one tested in Firefox that should cover most spoilers; there's probably a few things it misses though:

CSS code:

@namespace url([url]http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml[/url]);

@-moz-document domain("forums.somethingawful.com") {
    .bbc-spoiler, .bbc-spoiler li {
        background-color: #FAFAFA !important;
        box-shadow: none !important;
        cursor: pointer !important;
    }
    
    .bbc-spoiler img {
        visibility: visible !important;
    }
}

e: This one will show them all without doing anything, I realize now you might have wanted a button to reveal on demand.