From fuller.artful at gmail.com Wed Mar 2 10:19:16 2011 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:19:16 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers Message-ID: Here are the basic numbers on IBM's Watson computer, world Jeopardy champion. 15 TB of RAM 1870 processor cores 80 teraflops per second (80 trillion) Actual size of the data used is less than 1TB Each Power7 processor can handle 32 simultaneous tasks -- 8 cores, 4 threads per core. If you have to ask how much, you can't afford it. Arthur From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Mar 2 10:25:05 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:25:05 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0789E6D4C2294F00A3C0777B243BF878@creativesystemdesigns.com> I want two please... ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 8:19 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers Here are the basic numbers on IBM's Watson computer, world Jeopardy champion. 15 TB of RAM 1870 processor cores 80 teraflops per second (80 trillion) Actual size of the data used is less than 1TB Each Power7 processor can handle 32 simultaneous tasks -- 8 cores, 4 threads per core. If you have to ask how much, you can't afford it. Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From Gustav at cactus.dk Wed Mar 2 11:22:41 2011 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:22:41 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers Message-ID: Hi Arthur Another point of interest is the fact that this machine is the closest we yet have come to good old HAL9000. As you recall (I'm sure you do), it was able to understand the spoken word and read from lips as well (this feature is still missing), and output was the spoken word too. Also - and that was quite interesting when watching the Jeopardy show - Watson displayed how confident it/he was when supplying an answer (a question). The same did HAL9000 when it analysed some possible defect to be caused by a probably upcoming malfunction of a certain power supply (which conclusion the crew didn't trust and then the drama begins ...). Someone wrote that Watson could and should be used for medical diagnostics. Combine it with a future scanner as that used in Aliens and you can scan and diagnose a patient in a minute. Combine that with the robotic surgery already present ... some perspective indeed! /gustav >>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 02-03-2011 17:19 >>> Here are the basic numbers on IBM's Watson computer, world Jeopardy champion. 15 TB of RAM 1870 processor cores 80 teraflops per second (80 trillion) Actual size of the data used is less than 1TB Each Power7 processor can handle 32 simultaneous tasks -- 8 cores, 4 threads per core. If you have to ask how much, you can't afford it. Arthur From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Mar 2 12:57:14 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 10:57:14 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Do you know what language this server was using? Lisp? Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 9:23 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers Hi Arthur Another point of interest is the fact that this machine is the closest we yet have come to good old HAL9000. As you recall (I'm sure you do), it was able to understand the spoken word and read from lips as well (this feature is still missing), and output was the spoken word too. Also - and that was quite interesting when watching the Jeopardy show - Watson displayed how confident it/he was when supplying an answer (a question). The same did HAL9000 when it analysed some possible defect to be caused by a probably upcoming malfunction of a certain power supply (which conclusion the crew didn't trust and then the drama begins ...). Someone wrote that Watson could and should be used for medical diagnostics. Combine it with a future scanner as that used in Aliens and you can scan and diagnose a patient in a minute. Combine that with the robotic surgery already present ... some perspective indeed! /gustav >>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 02-03-2011 17:19 >>> Here are the basic numbers on IBM's Watson computer, world Jeopardy champion. 15 TB of RAM 1870 processor cores 80 teraflops per second (80 trillion) Actual size of the data used is less than 1TB Each Power7 processor can handle 32 simultaneous tasks -- 8 cores, 4 threads per core. If you have to ask how much, you can't afford it. Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From gustav at cactus.dk Wed Mar 2 14:01:12 2011 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:01:12 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers Message-ID: Hi Jim I don't know, but Lisp is a qualified guess. Or Prolog? /gustav >>> accessd at shaw.ca 02-03-2011 19:57 >>> Do you know what language this server was using? Lisp? Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 9:23 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers Hi Arthur Another point of interest is the fact that this machine is the closest we yet have come to good old HAL9000. As you recall (I'm sure you do), it was able to understand the spoken word and read from lips as well (this feature is still missing), and output was the spoken word too. Also - and that was quite interesting when watching the Jeopardy show - Watson displayed how confident it/he was when supplying an answer (a question). The same did HAL9000 when it analysed some possible defect to be caused by a probably upcoming malfunction of a certain power supply (which conclusion the crew didn't trust and then the drama begins ...). Someone wrote that Watson could and should be used for medical diagnostics. Combine it with a future scanner as that used in Aliens and you can scan and diagnose a patient in a minute. Combine that with the robotic surgery already present ... some perspective indeed! /gustav >>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 02-03-2011 17:19 >>> Here are the basic numbers on IBM's Watson computer, world Jeopardy champion. 15 TB of RAM 1870 processor cores 80 teraflops per second (80 trillion) Actual size of the data used is less than 1TB Each Power7 processor can handle 32 simultaneous tasks -- 8 cores, 4 threads per core. If you have to ask how much, you can't afford it. Arthur From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Mar 3 07:17:05 2011 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 08:17:05 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel dropdown list question Message-ID: <8EB3389D91784198B54F11A4F7E1CC7C@SusanHarkins> A reader wants to use a dropdown list to enter values in two cells, not just one. Has anyone done this before? I'm sure I can accomplish it with a bit of code, but I was wondering if the control itself can handle it? I've never tried it before. Susan H. From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Mar 6 13:21:08 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 11:21:08 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Mozilla In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It has been awhile since I have worked in a pressure cooker type programming environment, in team efforts. Do I miss it? Yes and no... It is a real thrill working with a group of buddies on complex and challenging projects but it is definitely a young person's career. If you keep up the pace into your 50s it is unlikely you will live to retire...as the commitment is so great. Anyway here is a site with a great video about Netscape's process of building the open source Mozilla: http://clickmovement.org/coderush Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Mar 8 21:42:20 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:42:20 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I received this post in the mail and thought I would pass it along Facebook is trying to control the market by only allowing business interests that that cater to them. It is using its massive monopoly to simply crush its competion. http://www.infoworld.com/t/application-development/developers-rage-after-fac ebook-blocks-google-adsense-735 Quote: "When Microsoft crushed Netscape, it did so by controlling the platform and making the alternative seem unnecessary, but it would have been unthinkably brutish for them to disallow another browser," he wrote." But what the App Store and Facebook are doing makes Microsoft's actions look positively charitable." Jim From df.waters at comcast.net Wed Mar 9 08:33:03 2011 From: df.waters at comcast.net (Dan Waters) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:33:03 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable Message-ID: <001501cbde66$e6f2bf90$b4d83eb0$@comcast.net> I like what Betty White said, "Facebook is a colossal waste of time!" Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:42 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable I received this post in the mail and thought I would pass it along Facebook is trying to control the market by only allowing business interests that that cater to them. It is using its massive monopoly to simply crush its competion. http://www.infoworld.com/t/application-development/developers-rage-after-fac ebook-blocks-google-adsense-735 Quote: "When Microsoft crushed Netscape, it did so by controlling the platform and making the alternative seem unnecessary, but it would have been unthinkably brutish for them to disallow another browser," he wrote." But what the App Store and Facebook are doing makes Microsoft's actions look positively charitable." Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From jon.tydda at lonza.com Wed Mar 9 08:40:04 2011 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Slough) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 15:40:04 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable In-Reply-To: <001501cbde66$e6f2bf90$b4d83eb0$@comcast.net> References: <001501cbde66$e6f2bf90$b4d83eb0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: I don't see what the problem is with Adsense and things like that. Just install AdBlock Pro (or equivalent) and you don't see ads any more... it makes the internet a much nicer place to visit :-) Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: 09 March 2011 14:33 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable I like what Betty White said, "Facebook is a colossal waste of time!" Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:42 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable I received this post in the mail and thought I would pass it along Facebook is trying to control the market by only allowing business interests that that cater to them. It is using its massive monopoly to simply crush its competion. http://www.infoworld.com/t/application-development/developers-rage-after-fac ebook-blocks-google-adsense-735 Quote: "When Microsoft crushed Netscape, it did so by controlling the platform and making the alternative seem unnecessary, but it would have been unthinkably brutish for them to disallow another browser," he wrote." But what the App Store and Facebook are doing makes Microsoft's actions look positively charitable." Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. From df.waters at comcast.net Wed Mar 9 08:48:43 2011 From: df.waters at comcast.net (Dan Waters) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:48:43 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable In-Reply-To: References: <001501cbde66$e6f2bf90$b4d83eb0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <001601cbde69$18c64350$4a52c9f0$@comcast.net> Really!! No more people jumping up and down celebrating low mortgage interest rates! Did anyone here write an ad blocking extension? I might want to donate to your cause! Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tydda Jon - Slough Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 8:40 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable I don't see what the problem is with Adsense and things like that. Just install AdBlock Pro (or equivalent) and you don't see ads any more... it makes the internet a much nicer place to visit :-) Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: 09 March 2011 14:33 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable I like what Betty White said, "Facebook is a colossal waste of time!" Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:42 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable I received this post in the mail and thought I would pass it along Facebook is trying to control the market by only allowing business interests that that cater to them. It is using its massive monopoly to simply crush its competion. http://www.infoworld.com/t/application-development/developers-rage-after-fac ebook-blocks-google-adsense-735 Quote: "When Microsoft crushed Netscape, it did so by controlling the platform and making the alternative seem unnecessary, but it would have been unthinkably brutish for them to disallow another browser," he wrote." But what the App Store and Facebook are doing makes Microsoft's actions look positively charitable." Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Sun Mar 20 00:52:23 2011 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:52:23 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Message-ID: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play Starcraft II. But I don't know anything about graphics cards. How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to look for? How do you know how much card you need? TIA Rocky From jon at tydda.plus.com Sun Mar 20 07:43:56 2011 From: jon at tydda.plus.com (Jon Tydda) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:43:56 -0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: Set a budget, and buy the best nVidia card you can afford in that budget. You can prtty much ignore everything except RAM and GPU speed, but in most cases, the bigger number, the better. Response time should be smaller. People will recommend ATI, but I've had bad experiences. I built a PC for a friend once, he insisted on an ATI card that cost a HUGE amount of money. The drivers on the CD supplied with it were incompatible. That's not a good advert for any company... Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 20 March 2011 05:52 To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play Starcraft II. But I don't know anything about graphics cards. How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to look for? How do you know how much card you need? TIA Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From bheid at sc.rr.com Sun Mar 20 09:36:05 2011 From: bheid at sc.rr.com (Bobby Heid) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:36:05 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: <004e01cbe70c$25133270$6f399750$@rr.com> I second the nVidia line. Note that there are variations in each number (460, 470, etc). Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 8:44 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Set a budget, and buy the best nVidia card you can afford in that budget. You can prtty much ignore everything except RAM and GPU speed, but in most cases, the bigger number, the better. Response time should be smaller. People will recommend ATI, but I've had bad experiences. I built a PC for a friend once, he insisted on an ATI card that cost a HUGE amount of money. The drivers on the CD supplied with it were incompatible. That's not a good advert for any company... Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 20 March 2011 05:52 To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play Starcraft II. But I don't know anything about graphics cards. How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to look for? How do you know how much card you need? TIA Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Sun Mar 20 12:26:04 2011 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:26:04 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: <84C850350CF746AC9857040DC0437246@HAL9005> Power supply in this box is 250W. Will he need a PS upgrade as well? Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 5:44 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Set a budget, and buy the best nVidia card you can afford in that budget. You can prtty much ignore everything except RAM and GPU speed, but in most cases, the bigger number, the better. Response time should be smaller. People will recommend ATI, but I've had bad experiences. I built a PC for a friend once, he insisted on an ATI card that cost a HUGE amount of money. The drivers on the CD supplied with it were incompatible. That's not a good advert for any company... Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 20 March 2011 05:52 To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play Starcraft II. But I don't know anything about graphics cards. How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to look for? How do you know how much card you need? TIA Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From jon at tydda.plus.com Sun Mar 20 13:08:06 2011 From: jon at tydda.plus.com (Jon Tydda) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:08:06 -0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: <84C850350CF746AC9857040DC0437246@HAL9005> References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> <84C850350CF746AC9857040DC0437246@HAL9005> Message-ID: <1B785D6E463A4946B5E5E52A3B2BA7A3@jt2c> It might not be a bad idea, yeah. My last card wanted a separate power supply as well as the PCI-E connector. Think I've got a 750W in at the moment. Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 20 March 2011 17:26 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Power supply in this box is 250W. Will he need a PS upgrade as well? Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 5:44 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Set a budget, and buy the best nVidia card you can afford in that budget. You can prtty much ignore everything except RAM and GPU speed, but in most cases, the bigger number, the better. Response time should be smaller. People will recommend ATI, but I've had bad experiences. I built a PC for a friend once, he insisted on an ATI card that cost a HUGE amount of money. The drivers on the CD supplied with it were incompatible. That's not a good advert for any company... Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 20 March 2011 05:52 To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play Starcraft II. But I don't know anything about graphics cards. How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to look for? How do you know how much card you need? TIA Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Mar 20 13:48:24 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:48:24 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: <84C850350CF746AC9857040DC0437246@HAL9005> References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> <84C850350CF746AC9857040DC0437246@HAL9005> Message-ID: Recommend upgrade... 350 watts minimum (got to keep that new video card purchase powered not to mention that 4 channel sound card) and it is not an expensive upgrade... $100.00 new and $20.00 recycled and it only takes 15 to 20 minutes to install. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 10:26 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Power supply in this box is 250W. Will he need a PS upgrade as well? Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 5:44 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Set a budget, and buy the best nVidia card you can afford in that budget. You can prtty much ignore everything except RAM and GPU speed, but in most cases, the bigger number, the better. Response time should be smaller. People will recommend ATI, but I've had bad experiences. I built a PC for a friend once, he insisted on an ATI card that cost a HUGE amount of money. The drivers on the CD supplied with it were incompatible. That's not a good advert for any company... Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 20 March 2011 05:52 To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play Starcraft II. But I don't know anything about graphics cards. How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to look for? How do you know how much card you need? TIA Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From garykjos at gmail.com Mon Mar 21 14:36:25 2011 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:36:25 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: >From the Starcraftii wiki article Several gaming and technology sites reported an "overheating bug" with StarCraft II that in some cases resulted in permanent damage to video cards. The source of the problem is the fact that the frame rate is not locked on menu screens. This causes the graphics card to continuously render the image, resulting in excessive heat. Blizzard has acknowledged the problem, and posted a temporary workaround.[82][83][84][85] They also recommended ensuring computer systems are well ventilated and contacting the videocard manufacturer for hardware-related issues.[86] In response to the reports, Blizzard's Public Relations Manager, Bob Colayco said: "There is no code in our software that will cause video cards to overheat. When we saw this issue first reported, we conducted thorough additional testing and determined that for those players experiencing this problem, the cause is most likely hardware-related."[86] CrunchGear has also suggested that the problem is not with StarCraft II, but rather due to poorly maintained hardware and inadequate cooling. They do however agree that the overheating only occurs on non-framerate locked screens and provide the fix that Blizzard has offered to users.[87] Other articles recommend that users regularly clean the dust out of their computer to improve the cooling efficiency of their systems.[85][88] Blizzard posted a message on their official forums regarding the issue that has since been removed.[85][89] The original message was: "Screens that are light on detail may make your system overheat if cooling is overall insufficient. This is because the game has nothing to do so it is primarily just working on drawing the screen very quickly."[85][89] On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play > Starcraft II. ?But I don't know anything about graphics cards. > > How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to > look for? > > How do you know how much card you need? > > TIA > > Rocky > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From garykjos at gmail.com Mon Mar 21 14:41:13 2011 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:41:13 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: Seems like the "official" requirements for this game are kind of a secret. Here's an article on what someone thinks they are; http://starcraft.incgamers.com/articles/comments/starcraft-2-system-requirements GK On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play > Starcraft II. ?But I don't know anything about graphics cards. > > How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to > look for? > > How do you know how much card you need? > > TIA > > Rocky > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From garykjos at gmail.com Mon Mar 21 14:45:06 2011 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:45:06 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: Here is the condensed version The Geforce 9600 GT is a very good buy, quite cheap these days, but if lower is necessary, the Geforce 8600 GT should do fine, as will the Radeon HD 3850. GK On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Gary Kjos wrote: > Seems like the "official" requirements for this game are kind of a secret. > > Here's an article on what someone thinks they are; > > http://starcraft.incgamers.com/articles/comments/starcraft-2-system-requirements > > GK > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote: >> Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play >> Starcraft II. ?But I don't know anything about graphics cards. >> >> How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to >> look for? >> >> How do you know how much card you need? >> >> TIA >> >> Rocky >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Mon Mar 21 14:54:57 2011 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:54:57 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: Good stuff Gary. Thanks. If it's true the Gforce 9600 might do the trick ~$50 on Ebay. But may still need a PS upgrade. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 12:41 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Seems like the "official" requirements for this game are kind of a secret. Here's an article on what someone thinks they are; http://starcraft.incgamers.com/articles/comments/starcraft-2-system-requirem ents GK On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play > Starcraft II. ?But I don't know anything about graphics cards. > > How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah > to look for? > > How do you know how much card you need? > > TIA > > Rocky > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Mon Mar 21 15:00:13 2011 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:00:13 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: <690169CA00EE4C2D84BC1C41D890F76D@HAL9005> Yeah - looked at the 9600 on EBay looks to be ~$50. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 12:45 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Here is the condensed version The Geforce 9600 GT is a very good buy, quite cheap these days, but if lower is necessary, the Geforce 8600 GT should do fine, as will the Radeon HD 3850. GK On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Gary Kjos wrote: > Seems like the "official" requirements for this game are kind of a secret. > > Here's an article on what someone thinks they are; > > http://starcraft.incgamers.com/articles/comments/starcraft-2-system-re > quirements > > GK > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote: >> Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play >> Starcraft II. ?But I don't know anything about graphics cards. >> >> How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & >> blah to look for? >> >> How do you know how much card you need? >> >> TIA >> >> Rocky >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From garykjos at gmail.com Mon Mar 21 15:09:12 2011 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:09:12 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: <690169CA00EE4C2D84BC1C41D890F76D@HAL9005> References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> <690169CA00EE4C2D84BC1C41D890F76D@HAL9005> Message-ID: Saw a couple at Tiger Direct for around $42 I think it was. Perhaps a local computer parts store would have them too? GK On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Yeah - looked at the 9600 on EBay looks to be ~$50. > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 12:45 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice > > Here is the condensed version > > The Geforce 9600 GT is a very good buy, quite cheap these days, but if lower > is necessary, the Geforce 8600 GT should do fine, as will the Radeon HD > 3850. > > GK > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Gary Kjos wrote: >> Seems like the "official" requirements for this game are kind of a secret. >> >> Here's an article on what someone thinks they are; >> >> http://starcraft.incgamers.com/articles/comments/starcraft-2-system-re >> quirements >> >> GK >> >> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rocky Smolin > wrote: >>> Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play >>> Starcraft II. ?But I don't know anything about graphics cards. >>> >>> How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & >>> blah to look for? >>> >>> How do you know how much card you need? >>> >>> TIA >>> >>> Rocky >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dba-Tech mailing list >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Gary Kjos >> garykjos at gmail.com >> > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From listmaster at databaseadvisors.com Wed Mar 23 14:34:46 2011 From: listmaster at databaseadvisors.com (Bryan Carbonnell) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:34:46 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Administrivia - Spam Filtering on DBA Servers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We have made a change to the way our mailservers deal with spam filtering. We were getting too many false positive reports from one of the spam black list services we use, so we have discontinued using them. Hopefully your bounce troubles should be over, or at the very least greatly minimized. If you continue to have issues surrounding bounces, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE get in touch with me (listmaster at databaseadvisors OR carbonnb at gmail.com if the listmaster address bounces). -- Bryan Carbonnell - listmaster at databaseadvisors.com Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "What a great ride!" From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Mar 23 16:26:42 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:26:42 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Administrivia - Spam Filtering on DBA Servers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <366F424E1FDE496E900581D05AB55857@creativesystemdesigns.com> Thanks a lot Bryan...well done. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Carbonnell Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 12:35 PM To: administrivia at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [dba-Tech] Administrivia - Spam Filtering on DBA Servers We have made a change to the way our mailservers deal with spam filtering. We were getting too many false positive reports from one of the spam black list services we use, so we have discontinued using them. Hopefully your bounce troubles should be over, or at the very least greatly minimized. If you continue to have issues surrounding bounces, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE get in touch with me (listmaster at databaseadvisors OR carbonnb at gmail.com if the listmaster address bounces). -- Bryan Carbonnell - listmaster at databaseadvisors.com Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "What a great ride!" _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From ssharkins at gmail.com Mon Mar 28 12:57:04 2011 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:57:04 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word question Message-ID: <32A2E1DB7E4442789B45F6F6B06B8347@SusanHarkins> My copy of Word 2003 opens with hyperlink crap showing instead of just the link url or evaluated field results. I can't even copy an example, because it evaluates correctly even in an email. You know how you toggle between an evaluated field and it's keyword and settings by pressing Shift+F9? Well, my fields always show the guts -- I have to press Shift+F9, but the document doesn't save it that way -- soon as I open it, the guts are back. This is driving me nuts (Okay, short walk... but still, show mercy!). I have 2010 on the same system, it isn't experiencing the same problem, even using the same template. Other people opening the files after me aren't experiencing this -- this is just something on my system. I've repaired Word, but that didn't help. Any thoughts? Susan H. From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Mon Mar 28 17:12:37 2011 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:12:37 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word question In-Reply-To: <32A2E1DB7E4442789B45F6F6B06B8347@SusanHarkins> References: <32A2E1DB7E4442789B45F6F6B06B8347@SusanHarkins> Message-ID: <4D9107D5.2222.13B070F2@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Check bpx "Tools - Otions - View - Field Codes" -- Stuart On 28 Mar 2011 at 13:57, Susan Harkins wrote: > My copy of Word 2003 opens with hyperlink crap showing instead of just > the link url or evaluated field results. I can't even copy an example, > because it evaluates correctly even in an email. > > You know how you toggle between an evaluated field and it's keyword > and settings by pressing Shift+F9? Well, my fields always show the > guts -- I have to press Shift+F9, but the document doesn't save it > that way -- soon as I open it, the guts are back. This is driving me > nuts (Okay, short walk... but still, show mercy!). > > I have 2010 on the same system, it isn't experiencing the same > problem, even using the same template. Other people opening the files > after me aren't experiencing this -- this is just something on my > system. I've repaired Word, but that didn't help. > > Any thoughts? > Susan H. > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Mar 31 11:11:07 2011 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:11:07 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel question about validation list Message-ID: Can someone please share the syntax for returning the selected value of a validation list? This is driving me nuts... thought it would be as simple as referring to the cell that contains the list, but apparently not. WebBrowsing!A1.Value returns an error -- VBA wants an object. So, my guess is, VBA wants me to create a Validation object -- but I'm just clueless. I just want to know what the user has selected from a validation list. Should be simple. Susan H. From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Mar 31 11:37:07 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:37:07 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Google consumes yet another In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <62407559184C4CFB8EC1225CAA48FCA5@creativesystemdesigns.com> Google has just hired JAVA superstar and founder/creator of Java, James Gosling: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20047787-264.html Now what will they do with him? Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Mar 31 12:36:26 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:36:26 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Things to learn this year? In-Reply-To: <62407559184C4CFB8EC1225CAA48FCA5@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <62407559184C4CFB8EC1225CAA48FCA5@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <0CDB5A26EF2346D195A3144C947F3D09@creativesystemdesigns.com> For all you geeks with time on your hands here is a list of things to learn or at least become aquainted with: http://www.unorganizedmachines.com/site/other-stuff/41-general/113-10-things -to-learn-next-year Jim From fuller.artful at gmail.com Wed Mar 2 10:19:16 2011 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:19:16 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers Message-ID: Here are the basic numbers on IBM's Watson computer, world Jeopardy champion. 15 TB of RAM 1870 processor cores 80 teraflops per second (80 trillion) Actual size of the data used is less than 1TB Each Power7 processor can handle 32 simultaneous tasks -- 8 cores, 4 threads per core. If you have to ask how much, you can't afford it. Arthur From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Mar 2 10:25:05 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:25:05 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0789E6D4C2294F00A3C0777B243BF878@creativesystemdesigns.com> I want two please... ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 8:19 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers Here are the basic numbers on IBM's Watson computer, world Jeopardy champion. 15 TB of RAM 1870 processor cores 80 teraflops per second (80 trillion) Actual size of the data used is less than 1TB Each Power7 processor can handle 32 simultaneous tasks -- 8 cores, 4 threads per core. If you have to ask how much, you can't afford it. Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From Gustav at cactus.dk Wed Mar 2 11:22:41 2011 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:22:41 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers Message-ID: Hi Arthur Another point of interest is the fact that this machine is the closest we yet have come to good old HAL9000. As you recall (I'm sure you do), it was able to understand the spoken word and read from lips as well (this feature is still missing), and output was the spoken word too. Also - and that was quite interesting when watching the Jeopardy show - Watson displayed how confident it/he was when supplying an answer (a question). The same did HAL9000 when it analysed some possible defect to be caused by a probably upcoming malfunction of a certain power supply (which conclusion the crew didn't trust and then the drama begins ...). Someone wrote that Watson could and should be used for medical diagnostics. Combine it with a future scanner as that used in Aliens and you can scan and diagnose a patient in a minute. Combine that with the robotic surgery already present ... some perspective indeed! /gustav >>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 02-03-2011 17:19 >>> Here are the basic numbers on IBM's Watson computer, world Jeopardy champion. 15 TB of RAM 1870 processor cores 80 teraflops per second (80 trillion) Actual size of the data used is less than 1TB Each Power7 processor can handle 32 simultaneous tasks -- 8 cores, 4 threads per core. If you have to ask how much, you can't afford it. Arthur From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Mar 2 12:57:14 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 10:57:14 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Do you know what language this server was using? Lisp? Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 9:23 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers Hi Arthur Another point of interest is the fact that this machine is the closest we yet have come to good old HAL9000. As you recall (I'm sure you do), it was able to understand the spoken word and read from lips as well (this feature is still missing), and output was the spoken word too. Also - and that was quite interesting when watching the Jeopardy show - Watson displayed how confident it/he was when supplying an answer (a question). The same did HAL9000 when it analysed some possible defect to be caused by a probably upcoming malfunction of a certain power supply (which conclusion the crew didn't trust and then the drama begins ...). Someone wrote that Watson could and should be used for medical diagnostics. Combine it with a future scanner as that used in Aliens and you can scan and diagnose a patient in a minute. Combine that with the robotic surgery already present ... some perspective indeed! /gustav >>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 02-03-2011 17:19 >>> Here are the basic numbers on IBM's Watson computer, world Jeopardy champion. 15 TB of RAM 1870 processor cores 80 teraflops per second (80 trillion) Actual size of the data used is less than 1TB Each Power7 processor can handle 32 simultaneous tasks -- 8 cores, 4 threads per core. If you have to ask how much, you can't afford it. Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From gustav at cactus.dk Wed Mar 2 14:01:12 2011 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:01:12 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers Message-ID: Hi Jim I don't know, but Lisp is a qualified guess. Or Prolog? /gustav >>> accessd at shaw.ca 02-03-2011 19:57 >>> Do you know what language this server was using? Lisp? Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 9:23 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] IBM Watson's numbers Hi Arthur Another point of interest is the fact that this machine is the closest we yet have come to good old HAL9000. As you recall (I'm sure you do), it was able to understand the spoken word and read from lips as well (this feature is still missing), and output was the spoken word too. Also - and that was quite interesting when watching the Jeopardy show - Watson displayed how confident it/he was when supplying an answer (a question). The same did HAL9000 when it analysed some possible defect to be caused by a probably upcoming malfunction of a certain power supply (which conclusion the crew didn't trust and then the drama begins ...). Someone wrote that Watson could and should be used for medical diagnostics. Combine it with a future scanner as that used in Aliens and you can scan and diagnose a patient in a minute. Combine that with the robotic surgery already present ... some perspective indeed! /gustav >>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 02-03-2011 17:19 >>> Here are the basic numbers on IBM's Watson computer, world Jeopardy champion. 15 TB of RAM 1870 processor cores 80 teraflops per second (80 trillion) Actual size of the data used is less than 1TB Each Power7 processor can handle 32 simultaneous tasks -- 8 cores, 4 threads per core. If you have to ask how much, you can't afford it. Arthur From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Mar 3 07:17:05 2011 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 08:17:05 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel dropdown list question Message-ID: <8EB3389D91784198B54F11A4F7E1CC7C@SusanHarkins> A reader wants to use a dropdown list to enter values in two cells, not just one. Has anyone done this before? I'm sure I can accomplish it with a bit of code, but I was wondering if the control itself can handle it? I've never tried it before. Susan H. From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Mar 6 13:21:08 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 11:21:08 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Mozilla In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It has been awhile since I have worked in a pressure cooker type programming environment, in team efforts. Do I miss it? Yes and no... It is a real thrill working with a group of buddies on complex and challenging projects but it is definitely a young person's career. If you keep up the pace into your 50s it is unlikely you will live to retire...as the commitment is so great. Anyway here is a site with a great video about Netscape's process of building the open source Mozilla: http://clickmovement.org/coderush Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Mar 8 21:42:20 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:42:20 -0800 Subject: [dba-Tech] Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I received this post in the mail and thought I would pass it along Facebook is trying to control the market by only allowing business interests that that cater to them. It is using its massive monopoly to simply crush its competion. http://www.infoworld.com/t/application-development/developers-rage-after-fac ebook-blocks-google-adsense-735 Quote: "When Microsoft crushed Netscape, it did so by controlling the platform and making the alternative seem unnecessary, but it would have been unthinkably brutish for them to disallow another browser," he wrote." But what the App Store and Facebook are doing makes Microsoft's actions look positively charitable." Jim From df.waters at comcast.net Wed Mar 9 08:33:03 2011 From: df.waters at comcast.net (Dan Waters) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:33:03 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable Message-ID: <001501cbde66$e6f2bf90$b4d83eb0$@comcast.net> I like what Betty White said, "Facebook is a colossal waste of time!" Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:42 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable I received this post in the mail and thought I would pass it along Facebook is trying to control the market by only allowing business interests that that cater to them. It is using its massive monopoly to simply crush its competion. http://www.infoworld.com/t/application-development/developers-rage-after-fac ebook-blocks-google-adsense-735 Quote: "When Microsoft crushed Netscape, it did so by controlling the platform and making the alternative seem unnecessary, but it would have been unthinkably brutish for them to disallow another browser," he wrote." But what the App Store and Facebook are doing makes Microsoft's actions look positively charitable." Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From jon.tydda at lonza.com Wed Mar 9 08:40:04 2011 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Slough) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 15:40:04 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable In-Reply-To: <001501cbde66$e6f2bf90$b4d83eb0$@comcast.net> References: <001501cbde66$e6f2bf90$b4d83eb0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: I don't see what the problem is with Adsense and things like that. Just install AdBlock Pro (or equivalent) and you don't see ads any more... it makes the internet a much nicer place to visit :-) Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: 09 March 2011 14:33 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable I like what Betty White said, "Facebook is a colossal waste of time!" Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:42 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable I received this post in the mail and thought I would pass it along Facebook is trying to control the market by only allowing business interests that that cater to them. It is using its massive monopoly to simply crush its competion. http://www.infoworld.com/t/application-development/developers-rage-after-fac ebook-blocks-google-adsense-735 Quote: "When Microsoft crushed Netscape, it did so by controlling the platform and making the alternative seem unnecessary, but it would have been unthinkably brutish for them to disallow another browser," he wrote." But what the App Store and Facebook are doing makes Microsoft's actions look positively charitable." Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. From df.waters at comcast.net Wed Mar 9 08:48:43 2011 From: df.waters at comcast.net (Dan Waters) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:48:43 -0600 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable In-Reply-To: References: <001501cbde66$e6f2bf90$b4d83eb0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <001601cbde69$18c64350$4a52c9f0$@comcast.net> Really!! No more people jumping up and down celebrating low mortgage interest rates! Did anyone here write an ad blocking extension? I might want to donate to your cause! Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tydda Jon - Slough Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 8:40 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable I don't see what the problem is with Adsense and things like that. Just install AdBlock Pro (or equivalent) and you don't see ads any more... it makes the internet a much nicer place to visit :-) Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: 09 March 2011 14:33 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable I like what Betty White said, "Facebook is a colossal waste of time!" Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:42 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Facebooks assult makes Microsoft crushing of Netscape look charitable I received this post in the mail and thought I would pass it along Facebook is trying to control the market by only allowing business interests that that cater to them. It is using its massive monopoly to simply crush its competion. http://www.infoworld.com/t/application-development/developers-rage-after-fac ebook-blocks-google-adsense-735 Quote: "When Microsoft crushed Netscape, it did so by controlling the platform and making the alternative seem unnecessary, but it would have been unthinkably brutish for them to disallow another browser," he wrote." But what the App Store and Facebook are doing makes Microsoft's actions look positively charitable." Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Sun Mar 20 00:52:23 2011 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:52:23 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Message-ID: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play Starcraft II. But I don't know anything about graphics cards. How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to look for? How do you know how much card you need? TIA Rocky From jon at tydda.plus.com Sun Mar 20 07:43:56 2011 From: jon at tydda.plus.com (Jon Tydda) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:43:56 -0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: Set a budget, and buy the best nVidia card you can afford in that budget. You can prtty much ignore everything except RAM and GPU speed, but in most cases, the bigger number, the better. Response time should be smaller. People will recommend ATI, but I've had bad experiences. I built a PC for a friend once, he insisted on an ATI card that cost a HUGE amount of money. The drivers on the CD supplied with it were incompatible. That's not a good advert for any company... Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 20 March 2011 05:52 To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play Starcraft II. But I don't know anything about graphics cards. How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to look for? How do you know how much card you need? TIA Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From bheid at sc.rr.com Sun Mar 20 09:36:05 2011 From: bheid at sc.rr.com (Bobby Heid) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:36:05 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: <004e01cbe70c$25133270$6f399750$@rr.com> I second the nVidia line. Note that there are variations in each number (460, 470, etc). Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 8:44 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Set a budget, and buy the best nVidia card you can afford in that budget. You can prtty much ignore everything except RAM and GPU speed, but in most cases, the bigger number, the better. Response time should be smaller. People will recommend ATI, but I've had bad experiences. I built a PC for a friend once, he insisted on an ATI card that cost a HUGE amount of money. The drivers on the CD supplied with it were incompatible. That's not a good advert for any company... Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 20 March 2011 05:52 To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play Starcraft II. But I don't know anything about graphics cards. How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to look for? How do you know how much card you need? TIA Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Sun Mar 20 12:26:04 2011 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:26:04 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: <84C850350CF746AC9857040DC0437246@HAL9005> Power supply in this box is 250W. Will he need a PS upgrade as well? Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 5:44 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Set a budget, and buy the best nVidia card you can afford in that budget. You can prtty much ignore everything except RAM and GPU speed, but in most cases, the bigger number, the better. Response time should be smaller. People will recommend ATI, but I've had bad experiences. I built a PC for a friend once, he insisted on an ATI card that cost a HUGE amount of money. The drivers on the CD supplied with it were incompatible. That's not a good advert for any company... Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 20 March 2011 05:52 To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play Starcraft II. But I don't know anything about graphics cards. How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to look for? How do you know how much card you need? TIA Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From jon at tydda.plus.com Sun Mar 20 13:08:06 2011 From: jon at tydda.plus.com (Jon Tydda) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:08:06 -0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: <84C850350CF746AC9857040DC0437246@HAL9005> References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> <84C850350CF746AC9857040DC0437246@HAL9005> Message-ID: <1B785D6E463A4946B5E5E52A3B2BA7A3@jt2c> It might not be a bad idea, yeah. My last card wanted a separate power supply as well as the PCI-E connector. Think I've got a 750W in at the moment. Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 20 March 2011 17:26 To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Power supply in this box is 250W. Will he need a PS upgrade as well? Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 5:44 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Set a budget, and buy the best nVidia card you can afford in that budget. You can prtty much ignore everything except RAM and GPU speed, but in most cases, the bigger number, the better. Response time should be smaller. People will recommend ATI, but I've had bad experiences. I built a PC for a friend once, he insisted on an ATI card that cost a HUGE amount of money. The drivers on the CD supplied with it were incompatible. That's not a good advert for any company... Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 20 March 2011 05:52 To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play Starcraft II. But I don't know anything about graphics cards. How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to look for? How do you know how much card you need? TIA Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Mar 20 13:48:24 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:48:24 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: <84C850350CF746AC9857040DC0437246@HAL9005> References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> <84C850350CF746AC9857040DC0437246@HAL9005> Message-ID: Recommend upgrade... 350 watts minimum (got to keep that new video card purchase powered not to mention that 4 channel sound card) and it is not an expensive upgrade... $100.00 new and $20.00 recycled and it only takes 15 to 20 minutes to install. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 10:26 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Power supply in this box is 250W. Will he need a PS upgrade as well? Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 5:44 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Set a budget, and buy the best nVidia card you can afford in that budget. You can prtty much ignore everything except RAM and GPU speed, but in most cases, the bigger number, the better. Response time should be smaller. People will recommend ATI, but I've had bad experiences. I built a PC for a friend once, he insisted on an ATI card that cost a HUGE amount of money. The drivers on the CD supplied with it were incompatible. That's not a good advert for any company... Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 20 March 2011 05:52 To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play Starcraft II. But I don't know anything about graphics cards. How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to look for? How do you know how much card you need? TIA Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From garykjos at gmail.com Mon Mar 21 14:36:25 2011 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:36:25 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: >From the Starcraftii wiki article Several gaming and technology sites reported an "overheating bug" with StarCraft II that in some cases resulted in permanent damage to video cards. The source of the problem is the fact that the frame rate is not locked on menu screens. This causes the graphics card to continuously render the image, resulting in excessive heat. Blizzard has acknowledged the problem, and posted a temporary workaround.[82][83][84][85] They also recommended ensuring computer systems are well ventilated and contacting the videocard manufacturer for hardware-related issues.[86] In response to the reports, Blizzard's Public Relations Manager, Bob Colayco said: "There is no code in our software that will cause video cards to overheat. When we saw this issue first reported, we conducted thorough additional testing and determined that for those players experiencing this problem, the cause is most likely hardware-related."[86] CrunchGear has also suggested that the problem is not with StarCraft II, but rather due to poorly maintained hardware and inadequate cooling. They do however agree that the overheating only occurs on non-framerate locked screens and provide the fix that Blizzard has offered to users.[87] Other articles recommend that users regularly clean the dust out of their computer to improve the cooling efficiency of their systems.[85][88] Blizzard posted a message on their official forums regarding the issue that has since been removed.[85][89] The original message was: "Screens that are light on detail may make your system overheat if cooling is overall insufficient. This is because the game has nothing to do so it is primarily just working on drawing the screen very quickly."[85][89] On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play > Starcraft II. ?But I don't know anything about graphics cards. > > How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to > look for? > > How do you know how much card you need? > > TIA > > Rocky > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From garykjos at gmail.com Mon Mar 21 14:41:13 2011 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:41:13 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: Seems like the "official" requirements for this game are kind of a secret. Here's an article on what someone thinks they are; http://starcraft.incgamers.com/articles/comments/starcraft-2-system-requirements GK On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play > Starcraft II. ?But I don't know anything about graphics cards. > > How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to > look for? > > How do you know how much card you need? > > TIA > > Rocky > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From garykjos at gmail.com Mon Mar 21 14:45:06 2011 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:45:06 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: Here is the condensed version The Geforce 9600 GT is a very good buy, quite cheap these days, but if lower is necessary, the Geforce 8600 GT should do fine, as will the Radeon HD 3850. GK On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Gary Kjos wrote: > Seems like the "official" requirements for this game are kind of a secret. > > Here's an article on what someone thinks they are; > > http://starcraft.incgamers.com/articles/comments/starcraft-2-system-requirements > > GK > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote: >> Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play >> Starcraft II. ?But I don't know anything about graphics cards. >> >> How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah to >> look for? >> >> How do you know how much card you need? >> >> TIA >> >> Rocky >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Mon Mar 21 14:54:57 2011 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:54:57 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: Good stuff Gary. Thanks. If it's true the Gforce 9600 might do the trick ~$50 on Ebay. But may still need a PS upgrade. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 12:41 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Seems like the "official" requirements for this game are kind of a secret. Here's an article on what someone thinks they are; http://starcraft.incgamers.com/articles/comments/starcraft-2-system-requirem ents GK On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play > Starcraft II. ?But I don't know anything about graphics cards. > > How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & blah > to look for? > > How do you know how much card you need? > > TIA > > Rocky > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Mon Mar 21 15:00:13 2011 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:00:13 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> Message-ID: <690169CA00EE4C2D84BC1C41D890F76D@HAL9005> Yeah - looked at the 9600 on EBay looks to be ~$50. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 12:45 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice Here is the condensed version The Geforce 9600 GT is a very good buy, quite cheap these days, but if lower is necessary, the Geforce 8600 GT should do fine, as will the Radeon HD 3850. GK On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Gary Kjos wrote: > Seems like the "official" requirements for this game are kind of a secret. > > Here's an article on what someone thinks they are; > > http://starcraft.incgamers.com/articles/comments/starcraft-2-system-re > quirements > > GK > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote: >> Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play >> Starcraft II. ?But I don't know anything about graphics cards. >> >> How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & >> blah to look for? >> >> How do you know how much card you need? >> >> TIA >> >> Rocky >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From garykjos at gmail.com Mon Mar 21 15:09:12 2011 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:09:12 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice In-Reply-To: <690169CA00EE4C2D84BC1C41D890F76D@HAL9005> References: <0DD8938C1ADC4D22B268C89774C01D1B@HAL9005> <690169CA00EE4C2D84BC1C41D890F76D@HAL9005> Message-ID: Saw a couple at Tiger Direct for around $42 I think it was. Perhaps a local computer parts store would have them too? GK On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Yeah - looked at the 9600 on EBay looks to be ~$50. > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 12:45 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Graphic Advice > > Here is the condensed version > > The Geforce 9600 GT is a very good buy, quite cheap these days, but if lower > is necessary, the Geforce 8600 GT should do fine, as will the Radeon HD > 3850. > > GK > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Gary Kjos wrote: >> Seems like the "official" requirements for this game are kind of a secret. >> >> Here's an article on what someone thinks they are; >> >> http://starcraft.incgamers.com/articles/comments/starcraft-2-system-re >> quirements >> >> GK >> >> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rocky Smolin > wrote: >>> Noah needs to upgrade the graphics card in him comp in order to play >>> Starcraft II. ?But I don't know anything about graphics cards. >>> >>> How do you evaluate them? What are the specs/parameters/metrics & >>> blah to look for? >>> >>> How do you know how much card you need? >>> >>> TIA >>> >>> Rocky >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dba-Tech mailing list >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Gary Kjos >> garykjos at gmail.com >> > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From listmaster at databaseadvisors.com Wed Mar 23 14:34:46 2011 From: listmaster at databaseadvisors.com (Bryan Carbonnell) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:34:46 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Administrivia - Spam Filtering on DBA Servers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We have made a change to the way our mailservers deal with spam filtering. We were getting too many false positive reports from one of the spam black list services we use, so we have discontinued using them. Hopefully your bounce troubles should be over, or at the very least greatly minimized. If you continue to have issues surrounding bounces, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE get in touch with me (listmaster at databaseadvisors OR carbonnb at gmail.com if the listmaster address bounces). -- Bryan Carbonnell - listmaster at databaseadvisors.com Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "What a great ride!" From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Mar 23 16:26:42 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:26:42 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Administrivia - Spam Filtering on DBA Servers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <366F424E1FDE496E900581D05AB55857@creativesystemdesigns.com> Thanks a lot Bryan...well done. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Carbonnell Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 12:35 PM To: administrivia at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [dba-Tech] Administrivia - Spam Filtering on DBA Servers We have made a change to the way our mailservers deal with spam filtering. We were getting too many false positive reports from one of the spam black list services we use, so we have discontinued using them. Hopefully your bounce troubles should be over, or at the very least greatly minimized. If you continue to have issues surrounding bounces, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE get in touch with me (listmaster at databaseadvisors OR carbonnb at gmail.com if the listmaster address bounces). -- Bryan Carbonnell - listmaster at databaseadvisors.com Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "What a great ride!" _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From ssharkins at gmail.com Mon Mar 28 12:57:04 2011 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:57:04 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word question Message-ID: <32A2E1DB7E4442789B45F6F6B06B8347@SusanHarkins> My copy of Word 2003 opens with hyperlink crap showing instead of just the link url or evaluated field results. I can't even copy an example, because it evaluates correctly even in an email. You know how you toggle between an evaluated field and it's keyword and settings by pressing Shift+F9? Well, my fields always show the guts -- I have to press Shift+F9, but the document doesn't save it that way -- soon as I open it, the guts are back. This is driving me nuts (Okay, short walk... but still, show mercy!). I have 2010 on the same system, it isn't experiencing the same problem, even using the same template. Other people opening the files after me aren't experiencing this -- this is just something on my system. I've repaired Word, but that didn't help. Any thoughts? Susan H. From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Mon Mar 28 17:12:37 2011 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:12:37 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Word question In-Reply-To: <32A2E1DB7E4442789B45F6F6B06B8347@SusanHarkins> References: <32A2E1DB7E4442789B45F6F6B06B8347@SusanHarkins> Message-ID: <4D9107D5.2222.13B070F2@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Check bpx "Tools - Otions - View - Field Codes" -- Stuart On 28 Mar 2011 at 13:57, Susan Harkins wrote: > My copy of Word 2003 opens with hyperlink crap showing instead of just > the link url or evaluated field results. I can't even copy an example, > because it evaluates correctly even in an email. > > You know how you toggle between an evaluated field and it's keyword > and settings by pressing Shift+F9? Well, my fields always show the > guts -- I have to press Shift+F9, but the document doesn't save it > that way -- soon as I open it, the guts are back. This is driving me > nuts (Okay, short walk... but still, show mercy!). > > I have 2010 on the same system, it isn't experiencing the same > problem, even using the same template. Other people opening the files > after me aren't experiencing this -- this is just something on my > system. I've repaired Word, but that didn't help. > > Any thoughts? > Susan H. > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From ssharkins at gmail.com Thu Mar 31 11:11:07 2011 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:11:07 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel question about validation list Message-ID: Can someone please share the syntax for returning the selected value of a validation list? This is driving me nuts... thought it would be as simple as referring to the cell that contains the list, but apparently not. WebBrowsing!A1.Value returns an error -- VBA wants an object. So, my guess is, VBA wants me to create a Validation object -- but I'm just clueless. I just want to know what the user has selected from a validation list. Should be simple. Susan H. From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Mar 31 11:37:07 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:37:07 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Google consumes yet another In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <62407559184C4CFB8EC1225CAA48FCA5@creativesystemdesigns.com> Google has just hired JAVA superstar and founder/creator of Java, James Gosling: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20047787-264.html Now what will they do with him? Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Mar 31 12:36:26 2011 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:36:26 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Things to learn this year? In-Reply-To: <62407559184C4CFB8EC1225CAA48FCA5@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <62407559184C4CFB8EC1225CAA48FCA5@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <0CDB5A26EF2346D195A3144C947F3D09@creativesystemdesigns.com> For all you geeks with time on your hands here is a list of things to learn or at least become aquainted with: http://www.unorganizedmachines.com/site/other-stuff/41-general/113-10-things -to-learn-next-year Jim