I get a lot of support from DCoT readers in various ways and I think that it is only fair that I help others that are trying to do the same. I received an e-mail from DCoT reader Nick a couple of weeks ago about a new website that he has put together called Windvis.com.
Windvis.com is a site dedicated to helping users with Windows Vista. Here is how the website described itself:
Windvis.com was created for users that are beginners or intermediate, but if you have been using Windows Vista since its early versions and became an expert, we may have some interesting things for you too!
WindVis is all about helping you protect your privacy when surfing the internet, keeping your computer secure and optimize your Windows Vista for better performance.
If you’re looking for free or commercial software that’s better than what you already got inside your Windows Vista edition, our software reviews can help you in making the right choice.
Don’t forget to return and check us for updates and tell all your friends that Windows Vista is no longer a mystery with WindVis.com!
There are some very interesting and useful articles at this site. Here are some that immediately caught my eye:
// cambridge word scrambler
// written by Josh Nimoy, September 2003, New York, NY
//According to a research at Cambridge University, it
//doesn’t matter in what order the letters in a word are.
//The only important thing is that the first and last
//letter be in the right place. The rest can be a total
//mess and you can still read it without problem. This is
//because the human mind does not read every letter by
//itself, but the word as a whole.
//Instructions: press the button and scramble the text.
var TOKEN_STRING=1;
var TOKEN_PUNCTUATION=0;
//——————————————————–
function mousePressed(){
var tokenhash = [];
var charbuffer = “”;
var c;
var n;
for(i=0;i<textbox1.length;i++){
c = textbox1.charAt(i);
n = c.charCodeAt(0);
//you go here, and you go there.
if(isAlphaNumeric(n)){
charbuffer += c;
}else{
//flush the buffer
if(charbuffer.length>0){
tokenhash.push(TOKEN_STRING);
tokenhash.push(charbuffer);
charbuffer=”";
}
//add the delimeter
tokenhash.push(TOKEN_PUNCTUATION);
tokenhash.push(c);
}
}
//parse the parts
var type;
var val;
var output_accum_lobby;
for(i=0;i<tokenhash.length;i+=2){
val = tokenhash[i+1];
if(tokenhash[i]==TOKEN_STRING){
output_accum_lobby += cambridgeFuckup(val);
}else{
output_accum_lobby += val;
}
}
textbox1 = output_accum_lobby;
}
//——————————————————–
function cambridgeFuckup(word){
var i;
for(i=0;i<30;i++){
if(word.length<=3){
return word;
}else{
var saved_first_char = word.charAt(0);
var lim = word.length-2;
var w = word.substr(1,lim+1);
var r1 = random(lim);
var r2 = random(lim);
while(r1==r2){
r2 = random(lim);
}
return saved_first_char + swapChars(w,r1,r2);
}
}
}
//———————————————————-
function swapChars(someText, a, b){
newString = “”;
var i;
for(i=0;i<someText.length;i++){
if(i==a){
newString += someText.charAt(b);
}else if(i==b){
newString += someText.charAt(a);
}else{
newString += someText.charAt(i);
}
}
return newString;
}
//— give these functions an ascii val, NOT a string.——-
function isAlphaNumeric(c){// is it a number OR letter?
return isAlphabetic(c) || isNumeric(c);
}
function isAlphabetic(c){ //is it a letter?
return( (c>=97 && c<=123) || (c>=65 && c <= 90));
}
function isNumeric(c){// is it a number?
return( c>=48 && c<=58);
}
//———————————————————-
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License
<!– Creative Commons License –>
<a href=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/”><img alt=”Creative Commons License” border=”0″ src=”http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights.gif” /></a><br />
This work is licensed under a
<a href=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/”>Creative Commons License</a>.
<!– /Creative Commons License –>
<!–
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xmlns:dc=”http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/”
xmlns:rdf=”http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#”>
<Work rdf:about=”">
<dc:type rdf:resource=”http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Interactive” />
<license rdf:resource=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/” />
</Work>
<License rdf:about=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/”>
<permits rdf:resource=”http://web.resource.org/cc/Reproduction” />
<permits rdf:resource=”http://web.resource.org/cc/Distribution” />
<requires rdf:resource=”http://web.resource.org/cc/Notice” />
<requires rdf:resource=”http://web.resource.org/cc/Attribution” />
<prohibits rdf:resource=”http://web.resource.org/cc/CommercialUse” />
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<requires rdf:resource=”http://web.resource.org/cc/ShareAlike” />
</License>
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–>
I get a lot of support from DCoT readers in various ways and I think that it is only fair that I help others that are trying to do the same. I received an e-mail from DCoT reader Nick a couple of weeks ago about a new website that he has put together called Windvis.com.
