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Dave Sag marked one of MMcCubbing's replies in Get Satisfaction as useful. MMcCubbing replied to the idea "How about making this community multilingual?".

Dave Sag replied on April 06, 2009 22:31 to the question "How can I get the VLC full screen mode to work on a secondary monitor?" in VideoLAN:

Just been experimenting with this and using the version I am using on my Mac (0.8.6d - man I should upgrade!) I simply move the playback window onto the second screen and go to full screen and voila - it works. And I still get the use of the laptop screen for surfing while watching video.

Dave Sag marked one of James' replies in Facebook as useful. James replied to the problem "I am tired of seeing dating ads. I am married. That is in my profile. I am not a good target customer and the advertiser is wasting their media buy on me.".

Dave Sag replied on March 09, 2009 08:42 to the problem "Drivers claim they are under no obligation to honour bookings." in Cabxpress (Taxi company in Canberra):

I got a very nice email from Jonny at Cabxpress today and so I thought I should comment that I still think Cabxpress are the best cab company in Canberra, but really there is still a long way to go. Still it's good to see the company got back to me, although I will urge them to make use of GS here.

Dave Sag reported a problem in Cabxpress (Taxi company in Canberra) on February 24, 2009 23:40:

Drivers claim they are under no obligation to honour bookings.

I have been a happy user of Cabxpress in Canberra for about a year but recently, indeed the last 4 times I have tried to book a cab the cab has not arrived. When I have phoned up to find out where my cab is I have been told that just because I have booked a taxi, does not mean there is any guarantee I will get one. Last night the call-centre guy I spoke to was very rude to me and basically implied that, because I wanted to go from my home to Parliament House (a reasonably short trip) it was no-wonder no drivers wanted to pick me up.

What use is a taxi service that can't reliably take bookings? Canberra is Australia's national capital and the cab services here are an absolute joke.

Dave Sag replied on February 24, 2009 23:24 to the problem "DON'T BUY XTORRENT, OR ANYTHING FROM THIS COMPANY" in Spectacular Apps:

Hi Scott,

I've emailed David Watanabe from XLife (That's the actual company btw, not xtorrent which is a product) directly and asked him to come check out this forum. You are right, he should never respond rudely to a customer and I would be just as mad as you are if that had happened to me.

I've never experienced the issue you describe so perhaps it's a preferences thing. Sometimes corrupt prefs files can cause apps to do weird things. But, as you say, you've rebuilt your mac (presumably by that you mean you've clean-installed a new system and installed all your old apps again. did you restore the preferences too? Try nixing ~/Library/Preferences/org.xlife.Xtorrent.plist first and see if that fixes the problem,


and if not then try nixing the folder ~/Library/Application Support/XTorrent

Dave Sag replied on February 22, 2009 10:10 to the question "What is alive other than the human species?" in Life Before Humans:

What a bizarre question. (both of them in fact)

Dave Sag replied on February 22, 2009 10:09 to the discussion "How long have you been with Internode?" in Internode:

I've been using Internode on and off since 1996 and have seldom had a harsh word to say about them.

Dave Sag gave praise in Atlassian on February 22, 2009 09:50:

Love your work people. Jira and Confluence are awesome.

Saw you are in here so just thought I'd mention how much I appreciate the long standing comradship Atlassian have shown to my company, Carbon Planet. Love your work people. Keep making Jira and Confluence even better.

Dave Sag reported a problem in Kiva on February 22, 2009 09:43:

Alternative payment methods to PayPal?

I have had to stop lending via Kiva as PayPal refuse to understand that I have a UK bank account with an Australian address (I used to live in the UK but moved) and so will not allow me to associate my bank with PayPal. Is there another way I can get money into my Kiva account from my UK Barclays account?

Dave Sag shared an idea in Hertz on February 22, 2009 09:38:

Airport fees are outrageous

I am a Hertz #1 Gold club member and usually pick up a hire car from the airport where I land. Recently I discovered that Hertz are now charging an 'airport handling fee' of around 10% (or so - this is from memory alas) over and above the usual rate. For a two-week hire this added hundreds of dollars to my bill.

So here's a tip. When hiring from Hertz (unsure if this applies to others), in Australia anyway, DO NOT hire from the airport. Hire from somewhere in town and save yourself a fortune.

Dave Sag replied on February 22, 2009 08:59 to the problem "DON'T BUY XTORRENT, OR ANYTHING FROM THIS COMPANY" in Spectacular Apps:

Hi Scott,

I am happy to try and help, and I'll encourage the developer to join in this discussion. I agree that customer support should always be top-of-mind and it's not your issue how many or few developers a company has. But your post had no details whatsoever so I though it was a little unfair. Maybe you were just very angry when you posted :-) Anyway, post the problem here and maybe me, or some other customer can help.

Dave Sag replied on February 22, 2009 08:38 to the question "How can I get the VLC full screen mode to work on a secondary monitor?" in VideoLAN:

On the mac version simply move the mouse onto the screen you want and hit command-F

Dave Sag replied on February 22, 2009 08:30 to the problem "DON'T BUY XTORRENT, OR ANYTHING FROM THIS COMPANY" in Spectacular Apps:

I think that's harsh. I have used this chap's software for about 5 years on and off and have found him to be quite agreeable, responsive and his pricing is good. I stopped using XTorrent in favour of Transmisson simply due to features and the fact the TVTorrents' tracker stopped allowing xtorrent for a while due to a technical issue. I think you'd be better off describing the actual issues you have had rather than just dissing what is, after all, just a one-man outfit.

Dave Sag replied on February 22, 2009 08:14 to the question "Jawbone ear pieces" in Aliph:

I have tried all of the little rubber things and ear-arches that came with my Jawbone but can't for the life of me get it to stay in my ear. I find myself constantly having to tap it in with my finger and then, inevitably end up hitting one of the little hidden buttons by mistake and cutting off my call. I am pretty much ready to give mine away.

Dave Sag started following the question "Jawbone ear pieces" in Aliph.

Dave Sag reported a problem in Sony on February 22, 2009 08:02:

It's Cybershot, not Cypershot

The Cybershot product is misspelled here. Someone has listed a product 'cypershot' which is not a Sony product I have ever heard of.

Dave Sag reported a problem in LinkedIn on February 22, 2009 07:56:

iPhone app will not retain my credentials

I can't get the LinkedIn iPhone app to keep my credentials, meaning I have to log in every time I want to use it. This is so boring it's put me right off using LinkedIn at all.

Dave Sag replied on February 19, 2009 09:55 to the problem "I am tired of seeing dating ads. I am married. That is in my profile. I am not a good target customer and the advertiser is wasting their media buy on me." in Facebook:

I guess it's one of those things they have the UI hooked up but no backend. Smoke and Mirrors.

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A comment on the discussion "Welcome!" in Carbon Planet:

Amy we're happy to help you there of course. (And it's "its" not "it's") – Dave Sag, on February 19, 2009 09:17