From erbachs at gmail.com Sun Apr 1 17:50:42 2012 From: erbachs at gmail.com (Steve Erbach) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 17:50:42 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Router connectivity robustness Message-ID: Dear Group, I've worked with four different routers at home in the past half dozen years. I wonder if any of you have preferences for routers when it comes to maintaining a connection. What I mean is, I have a client for whom I make off-site data backups every once in a while. I log into his Windows server, ZIP up the critical folders to make a ZIP file 250MB -350MB in size. Then I use the tsclient capability of Windows Remote Desktop to just drag the file from his server to a folder on my system. I've got RoadRunner cable service and it's been very reliable. The upload from my client's server to my workstation takes maybe an hour. My original router, a DLink DI-614+ never gave me any problems with dropping the connection during the upload from my client's system. A newer DLink I bought a couple of years ago as a replacement didn't cut it when it came to those long uploads...so I gave the router away and kept the DI-614+. Now I've got another new router, a NetGear N600 Dual Band hummer...and it drops the connection, too. Anybody experience anything like this? Is there anything I can do about it? Regards, Steve Erbach Neenah, WI From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Sun Apr 1 19:24:45 2012 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 17:24:45 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Router connectivity robustness In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1F37EBC128BA441091E138DBCFCBCDA1@HAL9007> What do the speed tests like speakeasy show you? I'm on Time Warner (roadrunner) - download ~13Mbps, upload ~1Mbps. I haven't found too much difference in routers - they crap out every 3-4 years. Right now I've got a Netgear WNR2000. Just runs with no problems. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 3:51 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Router connectivity robustness Dear Group, I've worked with four different routers at home in the past half dozen years. I wonder if any of you have preferences for routers when it comes to maintaining a connection. What I mean is, I have a client for whom I make off-site data backups every once in a while. I log into his Windows server, ZIP up the critical folders to make a ZIP file 250MB -350MB in size. Then I use the tsclient capability of Windows Remote Desktop to just drag the file from his server to a folder on my system. I've got RoadRunner cable service and it's been very reliable. The upload from my client's server to my workstation takes maybe an hour. My original router, a DLink DI-614+ never gave me any problems with dropping the connection during the upload from my client's system. A newer DLink I bought a couple of years ago as a replacement didn't cut it when it came to those long uploads...so I gave the router away and kept the DI-614+. Now I've got another new router, a NetGear N600 Dual Band hummer...and it drops the connection, too. Anybody experience anything like this? Is there anything I can do about it? Regards, Steve Erbach Neenah, WI _______________________________________________ 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 Mon Apr 2 00:28:14 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:28:14 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Router connectivity robustness In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9D361AED480C407E87BE2D3AF3D4F015@creativesystemdesigns.com> Hi Steve: I would not recommend the Dlink DIR-655. There are some coding errors and it can not upgraded as it now has the latest official release, no more are being made and any OSS router software will not install on this unit as it has a very unique design...and not in a good way. A leading edge product, for its day, is not always fully tested. This router has some bugs that would block certain IP address...it is also not very stable. Here is a link to the latest and greatest routers: http://wireless-router-review.toptenreviews.com/ There are some impressive claims from some of the proponents of the Tomato and DD-WRT OSS for routers If you have an old router you are replacing it anyway it might be worth giving it a try and a facelift...the worse you could do is "brick" it but if you backup the firmware no problem: http://lifehacker.com/344765/turn-your-60-router-into-a-user+friendly-super+ router-with-tomato ...and can download and install the new firmware from: http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato There are also a group of other router firmware replacements out there all with addition features, accelerate performance and stability claims: DD-WRT FreeWRT HyperWRT Thibor OpenWRT Tarifa X-Wrt Another piece of software you should download and use when checking out your router, local competition for bandwidth and the signal strength of your current computer, would be InSSider from: http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/ ...and for your Android Smartphone try Amped wireless then you can check out the best locations for placing your wireless router by simply strolling around the house. One last point: Your performance issues may not be anything to do with your current equipment. It seems that many ISPs are compressing bandwidth so they can add more subscribers on a their network without the expense of adding new lines or equipment. This issue can cause signal drop. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 3:51 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Router connectivity robustness Dear Group, I've worked with four different routers at home in the past half dozen years. I wonder if any of you have preferences for routers when it comes to maintaining a connection. What I mean is, I have a client for whom I make off-site data backups every once in a while. I log into his Windows server, ZIP up the critical folders to make a ZIP file 250MB -350MB in size. Then I use the tsclient capability of Windows Remote Desktop to just drag the file from his server to a folder on my system. I've got RoadRunner cable service and it's been very reliable. The upload from my client's server to my workstation takes maybe an hour. My original router, a DLink DI-614+ never gave me any problems with dropping the connection during the upload from my client's system. A newer DLink I bought a couple of years ago as a replacement didn't cut it when it came to those long uploads...so I gave the router away and kept the DI-614+. Now I've got another new router, a NetGear N600 Dual Band hummer...and it drops the connection, too. Anybody experience anything like this? Is there anything I can do about it? Regards, Steve Erbach Neenah, WI _______________________________________________ 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 Mon Apr 2 01:56:23 2012 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Router connectivity robustness Message-ID: Hi Steve We stick to Draytek and Zyxel models for small enterprise level like VigorPro 5300 Series. D-Link have had issues with the cheapest models, but you wouldn't use such a unit for your purpose. /gustav >>> erbachs at gmail.com 02-04-2012 00:50 >>> Dear Group, I've worked with four different routers at home in the past half dozen years. I wonder if any of you have preferences for routers when it comes to maintaining a connection. What I mean is, I have a client for whom I make off-site data backups every once in a while. I log into his Windows server, ZIP up the critical folders to make a ZIP file 250MB -350MB in size. Then I use the tsclient capability of Windows Remote Desktop to just drag the file from his server to a folder on my system. I've got RoadRunner cable service and it's been very reliable. The upload from my client's server to my workstation takes maybe an hour. My original router, a DLink DI-614+ never gave me any problems with dropping the connection during the upload from my client's system. A newer DLink I bought a couple of years ago as a replacement didn't cut it when it came to those long uploads...so I gave the router away and kept the DI-614+. Now I've got another new router, a NetGear N600 Dual Band hummer...and it drops the connection, too. Anybody experience anything like this? Is there anything I can do about it? Regards, Steve Erbach Neenah, WI From fuller.artful at gmail.com Mon Apr 2 09:33:31 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 10:33:31 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Short Filenames Message-ID: How does one determine the short filename (i.e. "D:\PROGRA~1\xxx\bin\my.exe" for a long filename such as "D:\Program Files (x86)\xxx\bin\my.exe"? On D:\ there is also D:\Program Files; whose short name is as above. Does this make the x86 directory ~2? -- Arthur Cell: 647.710.1314 Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. -- Niels Bohr From michael at mattysconsulting.com Mon Apr 2 09:42:30 2012 From: michael at mattysconsulting.com (Michael Mattys) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 10:42:30 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Short Filenames In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00b501cd10de$d5fb9030$81f2b090$@mattysconsulting.com> Hi Arthur, I think you'll like this utility called pathcopy http://cownap.com/~mtmg/misc/pathcopy/ Michael R Mattys Mattys Consulting, LLC www.mattysconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 10:34 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Short Filenames How does one determine the short filename (i.e. "D:\PROGRA~1\xxx\bin\my.exe" for a long filename such as "D:\Program Files (x86)\xxx\bin\my.exe"? On D:\ there is also D:\Program Files; whose short name is as above. Does this make the x86 directory ~2? -- Arthur Cell: 647.710.1314 Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. -- Niels Bohr _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From bhj at wrkblslns.com Mon Apr 2 09:44:47 2012 From: bhj at wrkblslns.com (Bruce H. Johnson) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 07:44:47 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Short Filenames In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00f001cd10df$2728f740$757ae5c0$@com> The Windows API has a "conversion". See http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0020.htm -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 7:34 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Short Filenames How does one determine the short filename (i.e. "D:\PROGRA~1\xxx\bin\my.exe" for a long filename such as "D:\Program Files (x86)\xxx\bin\my.exe"? On D:\ there is also D:\Program Files; whose short name is as above. Does this make the x86 directory ~2? -- Arthur Cell: 647.710.1314 Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. -- Niels Bohr _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From fuller.artful at gmail.com Mon Apr 2 10:43:23 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:43:23 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Short Filenames In-Reply-To: <00f001cd10df$2728f740$757ae5c0$@com> References: <00f001cd10df$2728f740$757ae5c0$@com> Message-ID: Thanks to both of you! A. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Bruce H. Johnson wrote: > The Windows API has a "conversion". See > http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0020.htm > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 7:34 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: [dba-Tech] Short Filenames > > How does one determine the short filename (i.e. > "D:\PROGRA~1\xxx\bin\my.exe" for a long filename such as "D:\Program Files > (x86)\xxx\bin\my.exe"? > > On D:\ there is also D:\Program Files; whose short name is as above. Does > this make the x86 directory ~2? > > From john at winhaven.net Mon Apr 2 22:52:25 2012 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 22:52:25 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Router connectivity robustness In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <002701cd114d$2f07d990$8d178cb0$@winhaven.net> Hi Steve, A bit late to the fire here but I've noticed a lot of stalled downloads lately and in general poorer high speed performance in the area. AT&T is installing their Uverse in the area and it is affecting DSL service. It's essentially the same thing but different equipment but it seems to be beyond coincidence of the two occurrences. Charter and RR appear to be, as Jim stated, compressing their traffic to increase bandwidth but I might add that there has been a lot of discussion as to whether or not these companies are interrupting data flows in order to discourage use of video services such as Netflix. I have, on the other hand had continued success using good old ftp. Since you have a domain and web site you might look into whether or not you have an ftp service that accompanies it (all of my domains do). Set it up, use Filezilla on both ends and Bob's your uncle! Good luck, John B -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 5:51 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Router connectivity robustness Dear Group, I've worked with four different routers at home in the past half dozen years. I wonder if any of you have preferences for routers when it comes to maintaining a connection. What I mean is, I have a client for whom I make off-site data backups every once in a while. I log into his Windows server, ZIP up the critical folders to make a ZIP file 250MB -350MB in size. Then I use the tsclient capability of Windows Remote Desktop to just drag the file from his server to a folder on my system. I've got RoadRunner cable service and it's been very reliable. The upload from my client's server to my workstation takes maybe an hour. My original router, a DLink DI-614+ never gave me any problems with dropping the connection during the upload from my client's system. A newer DLink I bought a couple of years ago as a replacement didn't cut it when it came to those long uploads...so I gave the router away and kept the DI-614+. Now I've got another new router, a NetGear N600 Dual Band hummer...and it drops the connection, too. Anybody experience anything like this? Is there anything I can do about it? Regards, Steve Erbach Neenah, WI _______________________________________________ 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 Tue Apr 3 08:16:59 2012 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 09:16:59 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook 2003 email messages coming in blank Message-ID: <92C80C6023D04988AE143029A5A99715@SusanHarkins> A reader has a strang problem and after a bit of research, I've turned up nothing that I think will actually help him. His Outlook 2003 email messages are arriving blank! Anyone encountered anything like this before? I suggested that he uninstall any new add-ins, make sure he has the latest service pack installed (standard responses really). I also sent him some information on encryption and plain/html issues. Other than that, I'm clueless. Susan H. From Gustav at cactus.dk Tue Apr 3 08:59:57 2012 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:59:57 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook 2003 email messages coming in blank Message-ID: Hi Susan Suggest to him to select black as the forecolour ... /gustav (doing a bit of boring work) >>> ssharkins at gmail.com 03-04-2012 15:16:59 >>> A reader has a strang problem and after a bit of research, I've turned up nothing that I think will actually help him. His Outlook 2003 email messages are arriving blank! Anyone encountered anything like this before? I suggested that he uninstall any new add-ins, make sure he has the latest service pack installed (standard responses really). I also sent him some information on encryption and plain/html issues. Other than that, I'm clueless. From tinanfields at torchlake.com Tue Apr 3 09:43:54 2012 From: tinanfields at torchlake.com (Tina Norris Fields) Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:43:54 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Router connectivity robustness In-Reply-To: <002701cd114d$2f07d990$8d178cb0$@winhaven.net> References: <002701cd114d$2f07d990$8d178cb0$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <4F7B0CAA.6040800@torchlake.com> Good answer - good info - thanks, John T Tina Norris Fields tinanfields at torchlake.com 231-322-2787 On 4/2/2012 11:52 PM, John Bartow wrote: > Hi Steve, > A bit late to the fire here but I've noticed a lot of stalled downloads > lately and in general poorer high speed performance in the area. AT&T is > installing their Uverse in the area and it is affecting DSL service. It's > essentially the same thing but different equipment but it seems to be beyond > coincidence of the two occurrences. > Charter and RR appear to be, as Jim stated, compressing their traffic to > increase bandwidth but I might add that there has been a lot of discussion > as to whether or not these companies are interrupting data flows in order to > discourage use of video services such as Netflix. > I have, on the other hand had continued success using good old ftp. Since > you have a domain and web site you might look into whether or not you have > an ftp service that accompanies it (all of my domains do). Set it up, use > Filezilla on both ends and Bob's your uncle! > > Good luck, > John B > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 5:51 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: [dba-Tech] Router connectivity robustness > > Dear Group, > > I've worked with four different routers at home in the past half dozen > years. I wonder if any of you have preferences for routers when it comes to > maintaining a connection. > > What I mean is, I have a client for whom I make off-site data backups every > once in a while. I log into his Windows server, ZIP up the critical folders > to make a ZIP file 250MB -350MB in size. Then I use the tsclient capability > of Windows Remote Desktop to just drag the file from his server to a folder > on my system. I've got RoadRunner cable service and it's been very reliable. > The upload from my client's server to my workstation takes maybe an hour. > > My original router, a DLink DI-614+ never gave me any problems with dropping > the connection during the upload from my client's system. A newer DLink I > bought a couple of years ago as a replacement didn't cut it when it came to > those long uploads...so I gave the router away and kept the DI-614+. > > Now I've got another new router, a NetGear N600 Dual Band hummer...and it > drops the connection, too. > > Anybody experience anything like this? Is there anything I can do about it? > > Regards, > > Steve Erbach > Neenah, WI > _______________________________________________ > 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 ssharkins at gmail.com Tue Apr 3 15:32:41 2012 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 16:32:41 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Outlook 2003 email messages coming in blank References: Message-ID: <23F6CC1A52CF4509A18AE4B05C9A9AE1@SusanHarkins> Thanks Gustav -- I'll suggest that -- certainly might help him regardless of what happens -- at least, he'll have a better idea of what he's dealing with. I wish I'd thought of it! ;) Susan H. > Hi Susan > > Suggest to him to select black as the forecolour ... > > /gustav (doing a bit of boring work) > > >>>> ssharkins at gmail.com 03-04-2012 15:16:59 >>> > A reader has a strang problem and after a bit of research, I've turned up > nothing that I think will actually help him. His Outlook 2003 email > messages are arriving blank! Anyone encountered anything like this before? > > I suggested that he uninstall any new add-ins, make sure he has the latest > service pack installed (standard responses really). I also sent him some > information on encryption and plain/html issues. Other than that, I'm > clueless. From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 3 23:59:48 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 21:59:48 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] So what is Linux In-Reply-To: <002701cd114d$2f07d990$8d178cb0$@winhaven.net> References: <002701cd114d$2f07d990$8d178cb0$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: Linux is the biggest, fastest growing OS in the world, by far. Even Microsoft contributes to Linux and is now in the top 20 or the thousands of contributor to the product design and advancements. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVpbFMhOAwE&feature=player_embedded Jim From hans.andersen at phulse.com Wed Apr 4 01:03:55 2012 From: hans.andersen at phulse.com (Hans-Christian Andersen) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 23:03:55 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] So what is Linux In-Reply-To: References: <002701cd114d$2f07d990$8d178cb0$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <3D6DB1E8-5832-4805-BB9A-AE6212FF4F55@phulse.com> This brings a tear to my eye. Hans On 2012-04-03, at 9:59 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Linux is the biggest, fastest growing OS in the world, by far. Even > Microsoft contributes to Linux and is now in the top 20 or the thousands of > contributor to the product design and advancements. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVpbFMhOAwE&feature=player_embedded > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Wed Apr 4 12:07:01 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 10:07:01 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Have you ever wanted to play with a NoSQL DB? In-Reply-To: References: <002701cd114d$2f07d990$8d178cb0$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: If you have ever want to just play with a NoSQL DB or go much further, here is a little example of how to get started: http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/.net-framework/mongodb-basics-for-.net-by- example/ In the linked blog, it describes MongoDB basics for .NET by example. You can start off running both the server and client from a single computer or/and expand the reduce set database across a network. MongoDB can run on either Linux or Windows, server or workstation but the example shown is running on a Windows7 station. The tutorial shows the basics of how you would use your .Net application to connect to the MongoDB, build "tables" and read and write data. This might be a fun project for those who have wondered how a NoSQL DB works and what it can do for you. Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Apr 5 14:38:45 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 12:38:45 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft and it windows phone In-Reply-To: References: <002701cd114d$2f07d990$8d178cb0$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <698ADE27CF184AB2848211BA240C3139@creativesystemdesigns.com> Microsoft and Finish phone maker Nokia, have produced an excellent product. It is the Nokia Lumia 900. Will this product make major inroads into the Smartphone world?...probably not but they, now together, have a solid product in the market place. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/hiner/nokia-lumia-900-a-review-for-business -professionals/10441?tag=nl.e101 Jim From fuller.artful at gmail.com Fri Apr 6 08:06:28 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:06:28 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question Message-ID: In Dostoevsky's The Gambler, what was the currency used? I don't think it was rubles but cannot remember. -- Arthur From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Fri Apr 6 08:13:43 2012 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 06:13:43 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Francs and Napoleons, IIRC. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 6:06 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question In Dostoevsky's The Gambler, what was the currency used? I don't think it was rubles but cannot remember. -- Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From fuller.artful at gmail.com Fri Apr 6 08:15:18 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:15:18 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: That makes sense. Thanks, Rocky. On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Francs and Napoleons, IIRC. > > From ssharkins at gmail.com Fri Apr 6 08:42:28 2012 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:42:28 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question References: Message-ID: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins> I love the way he phrased that like he knows the rest of us have actually read it... as if... ;) I've tried to read several of his books -- can't do it. Boring as hell. Susan H. > Francs and Napoleons, IIRC. > > > In Dostoevsky's The Gambler, what was the currency used? I don't think it > was rubles but cannot remember. > > -- From fuller.artful at gmail.com Fri Apr 6 08:57:57 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:57:57 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Office 2007 - Add new Style to Template Message-ID: In O2k7, I cannot figure out how to add a new style. I've looked at the help with no joy. I want to add a new paragraph style called Code, that will have Courier New as its font, won't add spacing between paragraphs of the same type, will have a one-inch indent, etc. I can't seem to do it. Anyone? -- TIA, Arthur From fuller.artful at gmail.com Fri Apr 6 09:00:18 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 10:00:18 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question In-Reply-To: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins> References: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins> Message-ID: Your loss, Susan. I've read almost all of them, some a couple of times, such as Brothers K and Crime and Punishment. If you can't make it through a whole one, at least read The Grand Inquisitor, which you can do from Google. On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Susan Harkins wrote: > I love the way he phrased that like he knows the rest of us have actually > read it... as if... ;) > > I've tried to read several of his books -- can't do it. Boring as hell. > > Susan H. > > From fuller.artful at gmail.com Fri Apr 6 09:09:19 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 10:09:19 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Google's self-driving car Message-ID: Here is a link to a video in which the car drives a blind man to Taco Bell. Obviously, the chip devoted to gastronomy needs a BIOS update :) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/29/google-self-driving-car-blind-man-taco-bell_n_1387930.html -- Arthur From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Fri Apr 6 09:14:01 2012 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 07:14:01 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question In-Reply-To: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins> References: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins> Message-ID: It was for Dostoevsky that the word turgid came into popular use in English. However, Rand raised it to an art form. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 6:42 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question I love the way he phrased that like he knows the rest of us have actually read it... as if... ;) I've tried to read several of his books -- can't do it. Boring as hell. Susan H. > Francs and Napoleons, IIRC. > > > In Dostoevsky's The Gambler, what was the currency used? I don't think > it was rubles but cannot remember. > > -- _______________________________________________ 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 Fri Apr 6 09:33:31 2012 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 10:33:31 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question References: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins> Message-ID: <8BEFC706A96A4182A62C54C225FE5076@SusanHarkins> Life is too short Arthur and I don't consider it a loss at all. A loss would be spending my time chasing something I don't enjoy! Susan H. > Your loss, Susan. I've read almost all of them, some a couple of times, > such as Brothers K and Crime and Punishment. If you can't make it through > a > whole one, at least read The Grand Inquisitor, which you can do from > Google. > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Susan Harkins wrote: > >> I love the way he phrased that like he knows the rest of us have actually >> read it... as if... ;) >> >> I've tried to read several of his books -- can't do it. Boring as hell. >> From jon at tydda.plus.com Fri Apr 6 10:10:46 2012 From: jon at tydda.plus.com (Jon Tydda) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:10:46 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question In-Reply-To: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins> References: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins> Message-ID: <4F0588A6BFE24D73B761523523969716@jt2c> I read Crime and Punishment. What a terrible, tedious book that was... It took me forever, and I generally read pretty quickly - I've been reading the new Tom Clancy book Against All Enemies - I'm averaging around 100 pages an hour. C&P took me four weeks. Mostly because I kept having to try not to nod off. Great Russian literature? I hardly think so. Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: 06 April 2012 14:42 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question I love the way he phrased that like he knows the rest of us have actually read it... as if... ;) I've tried to read several of his books -- can't do it. Boring as hell. Susan H. > Francs and Napoleons, IIRC. > > > In Dostoevsky's The Gambler, what was the currency used? I don't think > it was rubles but cannot remember. > > -- _______________________________________________ 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 Fri Apr 6 11:32:47 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:32:47 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Google's self-driving car In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <17253AB02FA943268CE96970E60D0537@creativesystemdesigns.com> I love it. Does the function depend on Google maps? (The would give me pause...) This would be great for night out on the town. ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 7:09 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Google's self-driving car Here is a link to a video in which the car drives a blind man to Taco Bell. Obviously, the chip devoted to gastronomy needs a BIOS update :) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/29/google-self-driving-car-blind-man-t aco-bell_n_1387930.html -- Arthur _______________________________________________ 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 Fri Apr 6 12:32:35 2012 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 13:32:35 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question References: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins> <4F0588A6BFE24D73B761523523969716@jt2c> Message-ID: Great Russian literature? I hardly think so. =======Amen! Another one I don't care for is James Joyce... geez... what a waste of good words. Susan H. From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Fri Apr 6 12:42:23 2012 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 10:42:23 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question In-Reply-To: References: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins><4F0588A6BFE24D73B761523523969716@jt2c> Message-ID: Now I read The Dubliners and thought it was terrific - little short stories - character sketches - stuff like that. You might read one or two of those to see if it changes your mind abut Joyce. They're quickies. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 10:33 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question Great Russian literature? I hardly think so. =======Amen! Another one I don't care for is James Joyce... geez... what a waste of good words. 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 Fri Apr 6 12:52:48 2012 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 13:52:48 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question References: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins><4F0588A6BFE24D73B761523523969716@jt2c> Message-ID: > Now I read The Dubliners and thought it was terrific - little short > stories > - character sketches - stuff like that. > > You might read one or two of those to see if it changes your mind abut > Joyce. They're quickies. =========I'll think about it... nah... decided not. :) Susan H. From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Apr 6 12:51:34 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 10:51:34 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question In-Reply-To: References: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins><4F0588A6BFE24D73B761523523969716@jt2c> Message-ID: <31FBB31805E846FFA3822C822F3D9430@creativesystemdesigns.com> James Joyce is probably one of the most brilliant writers in history but you are right, his prose is a very difficult read. Reading his works are not an easy Sunday read...always have the dictionary handy. ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 10:33 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question Great Russian literature? I hardly think so. =======Amen! Another one I don't care for is James Joyce... geez... what a waste of good words. Susan H. _______________________________________________ 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 Fri Apr 6 12:55:46 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 10:55:46 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Yuri Gagarin's night party is coming up. In-Reply-To: <17253AB02FA943268CE96970E60D0537@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <17253AB02FA943268CE96970E60D0537@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: Scientist now believe the planets around stars are the norm and not the exception. This is a perfect opportunity for all you Warp and Worm Hole specialists. If you are building a Hyper Drive, in your basement, keep working. http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1204/ This is a perfect opportunity for all you Warp and Worm Hole specialists. If you are building a Hyper Drive, in your basement, keep working. http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1204/ April 12 next week will mark the 51st anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's trip around the world in a spaceship. All are welcome to the world space party on April 12th: http://yurisnight.net/ David Brin (The writer of such books as Startide Rising, a world leading scientist) and Neil deGrasse Tyson (leading NASA scientist and supporter) encourages all of us to support of the space programs...will the Chinese be the first to go back to the moon and on to Mars and further? He believes that the US has lost it way and now needs to turn things around. http://davidbrin.blogspot.ca/2012/04/celebrating-space-solar-tornadoes.html http://discovermagazine.com/2012/apr/14-back-to-the-final-frontier Jim From peter.brawley at earthlink.net Fri Apr 6 12:56:34 2012 From: peter.brawley at earthlink.net (Peter Brawley) Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:56:34 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] If Oracle wins its Android suit, everyone loses Message-ID: <4F7F2E52.5080609@earthlink.net> http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/if-oracle-wins-its-android-suit-everyone-loses-190312 PB From ssharkins at gmail.com Fri Apr 6 13:03:49 2012 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 14:03:49 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question References: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins><4F0588A6BFE24D73B761523523969716@jt2c> <31FBB31805E846FFA3822C822F3D9430@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <00A10E31CDF947CBA0B5864D2FF32C27@SusanHarkins> It's not the words I don't understand... it's just... boring. Susan H. > James Joyce is probably one of the most brilliant writers in history but > you > are right, his prose is a very difficult read. Reading his works are not > an > easy Sunday read...always have the dictionary handy. ;-) > From gustav at cactus.dk Fri Apr 6 13:23:17 2012 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:23:17 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question Message-ID: Hi Susan Strange. I don't read many books these years - too busy with other tasks - but those books written by him that I read many years ago still stands as some of my best literary experiences. They are kept in a box somewhere should I ever find the time again. /gustav >>> ssharkins at gmail.com 06-04-12 15:42 >>> I love the way he phrased that like he knows the rest of us have actually read it... as if... ;) I've tried to read several of his books -- can't do it. Boring as hell. Susan H. > Francs and Napoleons, IIRC. > > > In Dostoevsky's The Gambler, what was the currency used? I don't think it > was rubles but cannot remember. > > -- From fuller.artful at gmail.com Fri Apr 6 13:18:48 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 14:18:48 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] If Oracle wins its Android suit, everyone loses In-Reply-To: <4F7F2E52.5080609@earthlink.net> References: <4F7F2E52.5080609@earthlink.net> Message-ID: I wasn't big on the way Apple kept the bulk of its loot off-shore and thus not subject to US tax laws, but this lawsuit makes me think that Google should abandon Silicon Valley and move its HQ to Europe. I don't know whether that would be enough, though. A. On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Peter Brawley wrote: > http://www.infoworld.com/d/**open-source-software/if-** > oracle-wins-its-android-suit-**everyone-loses-190312 > > PB > From ssharkins at gmail.com Fri Apr 6 13:22:58 2012 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 14:22:58 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question References: Message-ID: <4E622E902FEF4FDEAA30453B7FD5CA59@SusanHarkins> Gustav, that doesn't surprise me. They're supposed to be classics, but I just don't like his style nor his subjects. I do like many of the classics -- I'm not as well-read as many, but much more so than others -- so I can boast 1000's of classics, but I read a lot and always have. It's been a while and tastes change, so I might enjoy them more now. I use to read Jane Eyre every few years. I could easily claim it as my favorite story. The last time I read it, I found Jane tiresome and too good to be true... tastes do change. :) I haven't read it since. Susan H. > Hi Susan > > Strange. I don't read many books these years - too busy with other tasks - > but those books written by him that I read many years ago still stands as > some of my best literary experiences. > They are kept in a box somewhere should I ever find the time again. > From fuller.artful at gmail.com Fri Apr 6 13:24:29 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 14:24:29 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Google's self-driving car In-Reply-To: <17253AB02FA943268CE96970E60D0537@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <17253AB02FA943268CE96970E60D0537@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: No, Jim, at least not for the immediate picture. It's got lots of cameras and sensors and it recognizes stop signs and traffic lights, and the cameras provide 360 degree "vision" so it checks both ways before proceeding from a stop sign, and of course it can park itself, is aware of vehicles all around it and so on. Now the objective test would be to compare the accident rate of a driverless car with that of your average car piloted by a DUI. A. On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > I love it. > > Does the function depend on Google maps? (The would give me pause...) This > would be great for night out on the town. ;-) > > Jim > > From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Fri Apr 6 13:30:17 2012 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 11:30:17 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question In-Reply-To: References: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins><4F0588A6BFE24D73B761523523969716@jt2c> Message-ID: OK - but if you see a copy laying around somewhere like the doctor's waiting room, try one. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 10:53 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question > Now I read The Dubliners and thought it was terrific - little short > stories > - character sketches - stuff like that. > > You might read one or two of those to see if it changes your mind abut > Joyce. They're quickies. =========I'll think about it... nah... decided not. :) Susan H. _______________________________________________ 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 Fri Apr 6 13:43:19 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 11:43:19 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] If Oracle wins its Android suit, everyone loses In-Reply-To: <4F7F2E52.5080609@earthlink.net> References: <4F7F2E52.5080609@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <0CAE540B6D08470DBC42703A6DAD9698@creativesystemdesigns.com> If a lawsuit came out in Oracle's favour it could do much more than just wipe out Android; it could destroy much of the US computer and consumer market. Fortunately, the US patents do not extend outside US jurisdiction. I think any wise judge, when passing judgment on such a case, would rule, "In the Public Good" and that would end much of this nonsense forever. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 10:57 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] If Oracle wins its Android suit, everyone loses http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/if-oracle-wins-its-android-s uit-everyone-loses-190312 PB _______________________________________________ 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 Fri Apr 6 13:43:58 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 11:43:58 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question In-Reply-To: <00A10E31CDF947CBA0B5864D2FF32C27@SusanHarkins> References: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins><4F0588A6BFE24D73B761523523969716@jt2c><31FBB31805E846FFA3822C822F3D9430@creativesystemdesigns.com> <00A10E31CDF947CBA0B5864D2FF32C27@SusanHarkins> Message-ID: <2D03821B755D4847AFB25CEB73D1F930@creativesystemdesigns.com> Well, I needed a dictionary. ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 11:04 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question It's not the words I don't understand... it's just... boring. Susan H. > James Joyce is probably one of the most brilliant writers in history but > you > are right, his prose is a very difficult read. Reading his works are not > an > easy Sunday read...always have the dictionary handy. ;-) > _______________________________________________ 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 Fri Apr 6 13:49:20 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 11:49:20 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] If Oracle wins its Android suit, everyone loses In-Reply-To: References: <4F7F2E52.5080609@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Or better yet, just move North of the border like Microsoft threatened to do a few years ago. ;-) All the big companies are located, in the corridor, from the Silicon Valley, North, because that is where the cheapest electricity in the world is. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 11:19 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] If Oracle wins its Android suit, everyone loses I wasn't big on the way Apple kept the bulk of its loot off-shore and thus not subject to US tax laws, but this lawsuit makes me think that Google should abandon Silicon Valley and move its HQ to Europe. I don't know whether that would be enough, though. A. On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Peter Brawley wrote: > http://www.infoworld.com/d/**open-source-software/if-** > oracle-wins-its-android-suit-**everyone-loses-190312 > > PB > _______________________________________________ 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 Fri Apr 6 13:55:49 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 11:55:49 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Google's self-driving car In-Reply-To: References: <17253AB02FA943268CE96970E60D0537@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: Then how would the car actually know where to go? Just saying Taco Bell could take you anywhere. I wonder how good the vehicle would perform, during rush hour traffic, in the middle of the 401 or navigating across Toronto. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 11:24 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Google's self-driving car No, Jim, at least not for the immediate picture. It's got lots of cameras and sensors and it recognizes stop signs and traffic lights, and the cameras provide 360 degree "vision" so it checks both ways before proceeding from a stop sign, and of course it can park itself, is aware of vehicles all around it and so on. Now the objective test would be to compare the accident rate of a driverless car with that of your average car piloted by a DUI. A. On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > I love it. > > Does the function depend on Google maps? (The would give me pause...) This > would be great for night out on the town. ;-) > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ 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 Fri Apr 6 14:29:45 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 12:29:45 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question In-Reply-To: References: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins> Message-ID: Ha ha ha... ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 7:14 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question It was for Dostoevsky that the word turgid came into popular use in English. However, Rand raised it to an art form. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 6:42 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question I love the way he phrased that like he knows the rest of us have actually read it... as if... ;) I've tried to read several of his books -- can't do it. Boring as hell. Susan H. > Francs and Napoleons, IIRC. > > > In Dostoevsky's The Gambler, what was the currency used? I don't think > it was rubles but cannot remember. > > -- _______________________________________________ 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 tinanfields at torchlake.com Fri Apr 6 15:03:39 2012 From: tinanfields at torchlake.com (Tina Norris Fields) Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:03:39 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question In-Reply-To: References: <2F3FD3ABF3974A06A16D1280040191F4@SusanHarkins> Message-ID: <4F7F4C1B.1060005@torchlake.com> You do say some of the funniest things! :-) T Tina Norris Fields tinanfields at torchlake.com 231-322-2787 On 4/6/2012 10:14 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote: > It was for Dostoevsky that the word turgid came into popular use in English. > However, Rand raised it to an art form. > > R > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 6:42 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Literary Question > > I love the way he phrased that like he knows the rest of us have actually > read it... as if... ;) > > I've tried to read several of his books -- can't do it. Boring as hell. > > Susan H. > > >> Francs and Napoleons, IIRC. >> >> >> In Dostoevsky's The Gambler, what was the currency used? I don't think >> it was rubles but cannot remember. >> >> -- > _______________________________________________ > 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 tinanfields at torchlake.com Fri Apr 6 15:16:18 2012 From: tinanfields at torchlake.com (Tina Norris Fields) Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:16:18 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Office 2007 - Add new Style to Template In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4F7F4F12.7040405@torchlake.com> Hi Arthur, Well, I have a style I use for writing my comments in my students' essays. I just went to look at it a bit. I believe I started from normal or some such, and chose to modify, which opened up the "modify style" dialogue box. I gave it a new name and made my several adjustments, finally adding it to the Quick Style list, and making it available for any new document based on the normal template. Then, I also added it to the Style Gallery on the Ribbon, so I don't have to scroll down through my interminable list of styles to find it. Does this help? T Tina Norris Fields tinanfields at torchlake.com 231-322-2787 On 4/6/2012 9:57 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > In O2k7, I cannot figure out how to add a new style. I've looked at the > help with no joy. I want to add a new paragraph style called Code, that > will have Courier New as its font, won't add spacing between paragraphs of > the same type, will have a one-inch indent, etc. I can't seem to do it. > > Anyone? > From fuller.artful at gmail.com Fri Apr 6 15:43:18 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:43:18 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Office 2007 - Add new Style to Template In-Reply-To: <4F7F4F12.7040405@torchlake.com> References: <4F7F4F12.7040405@torchlake.com> Message-ID: I'll try that. Actually that's what I thought I did, but the attributes I applied got applied to Normal rather than a new style. I'll try again. A. On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Tina Norris Fields < tinanfields at torchlake.com> wrote: > Hi Arthur, > > Well, I have a style I use for writing my comments in my students' essays. > I just went to look at it a bit. I believe I started from normal or some > such, and chose to modify, which opened up the "modify style" dialogue box. > I gave it a new name and made my several adjustments, finally adding it to > the Quick Style list, and making it available for any new document based on > the normal template. Then, I also added it to the Style Gallery on the > Ribbon, so I don't have to scroll down through my interminable list of > styles to find it. Does this help? > T > > From ssharkins at gmail.com Fri Apr 6 20:59:34 2012 From: ssharkins at gmail.com (Susan Harkins) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 21:59:34 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel subtotal limitations questions Message-ID: <4640AEE4420647748C67D73CC1996E3D@SusanHarkins> Does anyone know how many rows Excel can subtotal using the subtotal feature? I can't find any mention of limitations on microsoft.com, or anywhere else for that matter. Thanks! Susan H. From tinanfields at torchlake.com Sat Apr 7 07:51:35 2012 From: tinanfields at torchlake.com (Tina Norris Fields) Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 08:51:35 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel subtotal limitations questions In-Reply-To: <4640AEE4420647748C67D73CC1996E3D@SusanHarkins> References: <4640AEE4420647748C67D73CC1996E3D@SusanHarkins> Message-ID: <4F803857.2050506@torchlake.com> Dunno - guessing 65535 rows - 1 fewer than the total available on a sheet. T Tina Norris Fields tinanfields at torchlake.com 231-322-2787 On 4/6/2012 9:59 PM, Susan Harkins wrote: > Does anyone know how many rows Excel can subtotal using the subtotal feature? I can't find any mention of limitations on microsoft.com, or anywhere else for that matter. > > Thanks! > Susan H. > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From jerbach at gmail.com Sat Apr 7 16:02:59 2012 From: jerbach at gmail.com (Janet Erbach) Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 16:02:59 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Yuri Gagarin's night party is coming up. In-Reply-To: References: <17253AB02FA943268CE96970E60D0537@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: Startide Rising is one of our family favorites. Steven's read it aloud to me and to the kids at least 3 times in the past 7 or 8 years... On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > Scientist now believe the planets around stars are the norm and not the > exception. This is a perfect opportunity for all you Warp and Worm Hole > specialists. If you are building a Hyper Drive, in your basement, keep > working. http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1204/ > > This is a perfect opportunity for all you Warp and Worm Hole specialists. > If you are building a Hyper Drive, in your basement, keep working. > http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1204/ > > April 12 next week will mark the 51st anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's trip > around the world in a spaceship. All are welcome to the world space party > on > April 12th: > http://yurisnight.net/ > > David Brin (The writer of such books as Startide Rising, a world leading > scientist) and Neil deGrasse Tyson (leading NASA scientist and supporter) > encourages all of us to support of the space programs...will the Chinese be > the first to go back to the moon and on to Mars and further? He believes > that the US has lost it way and now needs to turn things around. > http://davidbrin.blogspot.ca/2012/04/celebrating-space-solar-tornadoes.html > http://discovermagazine.com/2012/apr/14-back-to-the-final-frontier > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sat Apr 7 18:09:51 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 16:09:51 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Yuri Gagarin's night party is coming up. In-Reply-To: References: <17253AB02FA943268CE96970E60D0537@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <102893F3BCC44337948492301E798D9E@creativesystemdesigns.com> I wish I had been there... No one, in the last 30 years has ever read a book to me, let alone Startide Rising. ;-) (Always the Designated reader.) We hope you celebrated Yuri Gagarin day, last night and continue support the philosophy that our solar system should become our backyard. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Janet Erbach Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 2:03 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Yuri Gagarin's night party is coming up. Startide Rising is one of our family favorites. Steven's read it aloud to me and to the kids at least 3 times in the past 7 or 8 years... On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > Scientist now believe the planets around stars are the norm and not the > exception. This is a perfect opportunity for all you Warp and Worm Hole > specialists. If you are building a Hyper Drive, in your basement, keep > working. http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1204/ > > This is a perfect opportunity for all you Warp and Worm Hole specialists. > If you are building a Hyper Drive, in your basement, keep working. > http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1204/ > > April 12 next week will mark the 51st anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's trip > around the world in a spaceship. All are welcome to the world space party > on > April 12th: > http://yurisnight.net/ > > David Brin (The writer of such books as Startide Rising, a world leading > scientist) and Neil deGrasse Tyson (leading NASA scientist and supporter) > encourages all of us to support of the space programs...will the Chinese be > the first to go back to the moon and on to Mars and further? He believes > that the US has lost it way and now needs to turn things around. > http://davidbrin.blogspot.ca/2012/04/celebrating-space-solar-tornadoes.html > http://discovermagazine.com/2012/apr/14-back-to-the-final-frontier > > 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 From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Apr 8 19:47:13 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 17:47:13 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] What is old is new In-Reply-To: References: <17253AB02FA943268CE96970E60D0537@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <6430892FD572402EBF5C93BB16EACF3E@creativesystemdesigns.com> Morse Code anyone? It may now be the latest Smartphone updates. https://mail.google.com/mail/help/promos/tap/index.html ... --- ... repeat this again and again. Jim From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Sun Apr 8 20:35:21 2012 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:35:21 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] What is old is new In-Reply-To: <6430892FD572402EBF5C93BB16EACF3E@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: , , <6430892FD572402EBF5C93BB16EACF3E@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <4F823CD9.18174.4D3B4040@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> I think you posted this a week late. :-) On 8 Apr 2012 at 17:47, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Morse Code anyone? It may now be the latest Smartphone updates. > > https://mail.google.com/mail/help/promos/tap/index.html > > ... --- ... repeat this again and again. > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Apr 8 21:23:39 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 19:23:39 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] What is old is new In-Reply-To: <4F823CD9.18174.4D3B4040@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: , , <6430892FD572402EBF5C93BB16EACF3E@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4F823CD9.18174.4D3B4040@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: Ha ha, not me... or is it deja vu? Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 6:35 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] What is old is new I think you posted this a week late. :-) On 8 Apr 2012 at 17:47, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Morse Code anyone? It may now be the latest Smartphone updates. > > https://mail.google.com/mail/help/promos/tap/index.html > > ... --- ... repeat this again and again. > > 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 From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Sun Apr 8 21:53:50 2012 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:53:50 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] What is old is new In-Reply-To: References: , <4F823CD9.18174.4D3B4040@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, Message-ID: <4F824F3E.26030.4D831C4D@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Hint - a week ago was 1 April. Follow the Download link and read the end of the message: "Oops! Gmail Tap is a bit too popular right now. We suggest you try downloading it again next year." If you still don't get it, click on the Retry button. -- Stuart On 8 Apr 2012 at 19:23, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Ha ha, not me... or is it deja vu? > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 6:35 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] What is old is new > > I think you posted this a week late. :-) > > On 8 Apr 2012 at 17:47, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > Morse Code anyone? It may now be the latest Smartphone updates. > > > > https://mail.google.com/mail/help/promos/tap/index.html > > > > ... --- ... repeat this again and again. > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Mon Apr 9 06:33:39 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 04:33:39 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] What is old is new In-Reply-To: <4F824F3E.26030.4D831C4D@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: , <4F823CD9.18174.4D3B4040@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, <4F824F3E.26030.4D831C4D@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <069F87D9101742539041D5AD30F09358@creativesystemdesigns.com> Oh, yes...now that is obvious. A week after April the first so I never suspected. Good one. ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 7:54 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] What is old is new Hint - a week ago was 1 April. Follow the Download link and read the end of the message: "Oops! Gmail Tap is a bit too popular right now. We suggest you try downloading it again next year." If you still don't get it, click on the Retry button. -- Stuart On 8 Apr 2012 at 19:23, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Ha ha, not me... or is it deja vu? > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 6:35 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] What is old is new > > I think you posted this a week late. :-) > > On 8 Apr 2012 at 17:47, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > Morse Code anyone? It may now be the latest Smartphone updates. > > > > https://mail.google.com/mail/help/promos/tap/index.html > > > > ... --- ... repeat this again and again. > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Mon Apr 9 10:43:30 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 08:43:30 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix In-Reply-To: References: <17253AB02FA943268CE96970E60D0537@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: The future of much of all computer based industries is Open Source Software (OSS). As with a few articles posted recently, that assertion has been proven over and over again. It is not that OSS software developers are smarter, it is that collaborative effects produce smarter results. "...I'm sure, a decade ago, the folks at Encyclopedia Britannica would have believed the encyclopedia business was going to remain just the same. But the advent of Wikipedia proved that crowd-sourced knowledge curation provided broader, deeper, and more accurate results than the traditional small pool of experts..." This is the same effect felt with giant OSS projects like Linux. Now that group intelligence can and will be turned towards AI and Robotics. The future of robotics and artificial intelligence is open: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/the-futu re-of-robotics-and-artificial-intelligence-is-open Jim From john at winhaven.net Mon Apr 9 10:54:00 2012 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 10:54:00 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Mac computer infection Message-ID: Mac users, You may want your Macs users to check for this and apply all Mac, Adobe & Java security updates at this time. You should be aware of this: http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/232800374 Here's a link to a scanner that can detect this virus: http://macscan.securemac.com/ Good luck, John B From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Mon Apr 9 16:25:58 2012 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:25:58 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix In-Reply-To: References: , , Message-ID: <4F8353E6.28631.517D4F44@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> "deeper, more accurate"? ROTFLMAO On 9 Apr 2012 at 8:43, Jim Lawrence wrote: > the advent of Wikipedia proved that crowd-sourced knowledge curation > provided broader, deeper, and more accurate results than the traditional > small pool of experts..." > From michael at mattysconsulting.com Mon Apr 9 20:04:21 2012 From: michael at mattysconsulting.com (Michael Mattys) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 21:04:21 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix In-Reply-To: <4F8353E6.28631.517D4F44@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: , , <4F8353E6.28631.517D4F44@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <010d01cd16b5$dde97a50$99bc6ef0$@mattysconsulting.com> "Crowd-sourced knowledge curation" isn't deeper and more accurate? Heh :) Michael R Mattys Mattys Consulting, LLC www.mattysconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 5:26 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix "deeper, more accurate"? ROTFLMAO On 9 Apr 2012 at 8:43, Jim Lawrence wrote: > the advent of Wikipedia proved that crowd-sourced knowledge curation > provided broader, deeper, and more accurate results than the > traditional small pool of experts..." > _______________________________________________ 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 Mon Apr 9 23:42:34 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 21:42:34 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix In-Reply-To: <010d01cd16b5$dde97a50$99bc6ef0$@mattysconsulting.com> References: , , <4F8353E6.28631.517D4F44@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <010d01cd16b5$dde97a50$99bc6ef0$@mattysconsulting.com> Message-ID: Well, if you do see something wrong then at least you have the ability to change things to something more acurate. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Michael Mattys Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 6:04 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix "Crowd-sourced knowledge curation" isn't deeper and more accurate? Heh :) Michael R Mattys Mattys Consulting, LLC www.mattysconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 5:26 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix "deeper, more accurate"? ROTFLMAO On 9 Apr 2012 at 8:43, Jim Lawrence wrote: > the advent of Wikipedia proved that crowd-sourced knowledge curation > provided broader, deeper, and more accurate results than the > traditional small pool of experts..." > _______________________________________________ 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 Mon Apr 9 23:53:38 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 21:53:38 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix In-Reply-To: <4F8353E6.28631.517D4F44@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: , , <4F8353E6.28631.517D4F44@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <9D9AF5766B754E3FAC3CC0A58C4B6709@creativesystemdesigns.com> I was quoting but the truth is if you see something that is obviously wrong you can fix it. In theory, this means that the end results are more accurate. Wikipedia is probably the largest encyclopedia ever created covering more subjects and more people than any single source in history and it has the largest group of experts ever assembled that monitor the input. If there are some issues with it, that are blatantly wrong, get busy...after all eventually this may, eventually, be our single source of "trusted" information. ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 2:26 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix "deeper, more accurate"? ROTFLMAO On 9 Apr 2012 at 8:43, Jim Lawrence wrote: > the advent of Wikipedia proved that crowd-sourced knowledge curation > provided broader, deeper, and more accurate results than the traditional > small pool of experts..." > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Tue Apr 10 00:19:18 2012 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:19:18 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix In-Reply-To: <9D9AF5766B754E3FAC3CC0A58C4B6709@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: , <4F8353E6.28631.517D4F44@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, <9D9AF5766B754E3FAC3CC0A58C4B6709@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <4F83C2D6.9099.532EAA57@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> While Wikipedia is a Igood initial source of information and links on the basics of non-controversial subjects, it is severely polluted by "gatekeepers" on any subject over which there is a degree of controversy. Wikipedia can never be a "trusted" source. -- Stuart On 9 Apr 2012 at 21:53, Jim Lawrence wrote: > I was quoting but the truth is if you see something that is obviously wrong > you can fix it. In theory, this means that the end results are more > accurate. > > Wikipedia is probably the largest encyclopedia ever created covering more > subjects and more people than any single source in history and it has the > largest group of experts ever assembled that monitor the input. > > If there are some issues with it, that are blatantly wrong, get busy...after > all eventually this may, eventually, be our single source of "trusted" > information. ;-) > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 2:26 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix > > "deeper, more accurate"? > > ROTFLMAO > > On 9 Apr 2012 at 8:43, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > the advent of Wikipedia proved that crowd-sourced knowledge curation > > provided broader, deeper, and more accurate results than the traditional > > small pool of experts..." > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Tue Apr 10 01:10:32 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 23:10:32 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix In-Reply-To: <4F83C2D6.9099.532EAA57@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: , <4F8353E6.28631.517D4F44@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, <9D9AF5766B754E3FAC3CC0A58C4B6709@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4F83C2D6.9099.532EAA57@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <8F2F919D9184400CA8A3D199965C67BF@creativesystemdesigns.com> That is as it should be. Wikipedia should be topical but it is not just an opinion magazine of current events and editorials or a soap box for wing-nuts and radicals. ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 10:19 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix While Wikipedia is a Igood initial source of information and links on the basics of non-controversial subjects, it is severely polluted by "gatekeepers" on any subject over which there is a degree of controversy. Wikipedia can never be a "trusted" source. -- Stuart On 9 Apr 2012 at 21:53, Jim Lawrence wrote: > I was quoting but the truth is if you see something that is obviously wrong > you can fix it. In theory, this means that the end results are more > accurate. > > Wikipedia is probably the largest encyclopedia ever created covering more > subjects and more people than any single source in history and it has the > largest group of experts ever assembled that monitor the input. > > If there are some issues with it, that are blatantly wrong, get busy...after > all eventually this may, eventually, be our single source of "trusted" > information. ;-) > > Jim From hans.andersen at phulse.com Tue Apr 10 04:01:04 2012 From: hans.andersen at phulse.com (Hans-Christian Andersen) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:01:04 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Mac computer infection In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Word of warning: don't install java or flash if you want a secure system, be it Windows, Linux or Mac (or whatever other supported OS variant). Best regards, Hans-Christian Andersen On 9 Apr 2012, at 08:54, "John Bartow" wrote: > Mac users, > You may want your Macs users to check for this and apply all Mac, Adobe & > Java security updates at this time. > > You should be aware of this: > http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/232800374 > > Here's a link to a scanner that can detect this virus: > http://macscan.securemac.com/ > > Good luck, > John B > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From michael at mattysconsulting.com Tue Apr 10 16:24:48 2012 From: michael at mattysconsulting.com (Michael Mattys) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:24:48 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix In-Reply-To: <8F2F919D9184400CA8A3D199965C67BF@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: , <4F8353E6.28631.517D4F44@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, <9D9AF5766B754E3FAC3CC0A58C4B6709@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4F83C2D6.9099.532EAA57@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <8F2F919D9184400CA8A3D199965C67BF@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <016e01cd1760$5c7679e0$15636da0$@mattysconsulting.com> I use Wikipedia often in my searches. On certain topics, I trust the authors. Ai and Robotics would definitely be in that list of topics because I can verify the quality of the information. It is worthy of note that America's "founding fathers" would likely currently qualify for the epithet of wing-nut or radical. Michael R Mattys Mattys Consulting, LLC www.mattysconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:11 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix That is as it should be. Wikipedia should be topical but it is not just an opinion magazine of current events and editorials or a soap box for wing-nuts and radicals. ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 10:19 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix While Wikipedia is a Igood initial source of information and links on the basics of non-controversial subjects, it is severely polluted by "gatekeepers" on any subject over which there is a degree of controversy. Wikipedia can never be a "trusted" source. -- Stuart On 9 Apr 2012 at 21:53, Jim Lawrence wrote: > I was quoting but the truth is if you see something that is obviously wrong > you can fix it. In theory, this means that the end results are more > accurate. > > Wikipedia is probably the largest encyclopedia ever created covering > more subjects and more people than any single source in history and it > has the largest group of experts ever assembled that monitor the input. > > If there are some issues with it, that are blatantly wrong, get busy...after > all eventually this may, eventually, be our single source of "trusted" > information. ;-) > > Jim _______________________________________________ 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 Wed Apr 11 06:22:52 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:22:52 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix In-Reply-To: <016e01cd1760$5c7679e0$15636da0$@mattysconsulting.com> References: , <4F8353E6.28631.517D4F44@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, <9D9AF5766B754E3FAC3CC0A58C4B6709@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4F83C2D6.9099.532EAA57@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg><8F2F919D9184400CA8A3D199965C67BF@creativesystemdesigns.com> <016e01cd1760$5c7679e0$15636da0$@mattysconsulting.com> Message-ID: <3746954918744D6EB988C1F25275E019@creativesystemdesigns.com> Yes "...soap box for wing-nuts and radicals. ;-)" was a good natured attempt to get find out exactly where Wikipedia has been found to be grossly at fault or which article have been found to be a liitle thin in content. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Michael Mattys Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:25 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix I use Wikipedia often in my searches. On certain topics, I trust the authors. Ai and Robotics would definitely be in that list of topics because I can verify the quality of the information. It is worthy of note that America's "founding fathers" would likely currently qualify for the epithet of wing-nut or radical. Michael R Mattys Mattys Consulting, LLC www.mattysconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:11 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix That is as it should be. Wikipedia should be topical but it is not just an opinion magazine of current events and editorials or a soap box for wing-nuts and radicals. ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 10:19 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix While Wikipedia is a Igood initial source of information and links on the basics of non-controversial subjects, it is severely polluted by "gatekeepers" on any subject over which there is a degree of controversy. Wikipedia can never be a "trusted" source. -- Stuart On 9 Apr 2012 at 21:53, Jim Lawrence wrote: > I was quoting but the truth is if you see something that is obviously wrong > you can fix it. In theory, this means that the end results are more > accurate. > > Wikipedia is probably the largest encyclopedia ever created covering > more subjects and more people than any single source in history and it > has the largest group of experts ever assembled that monitor the input. > > If there are some issues with it, that are blatantly wrong, get busy...after > all eventually this may, eventually, be our single source of "trusted" > information. ;-) > > 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 From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Apr 12 08:21:00 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:21:00 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Free eBook In-Reply-To: <016e01cd1760$5c7679e0$15636da0$@mattysconsulting.com> References: , <4F8353E6.28631.517D4F44@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, <9D9AF5766B754E3FAC3CC0A58C4B6709@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4F83C2D6.9099.532EAA57@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg><8F2F919D9184400CA8A3D199965C67BF@creativesystemdesigns.com> <016e01cd1760$5c7679e0$15636da0$@mattysconsulting.com> Message-ID: <7F258A947BDA4B1DB53497FF02E64157@creativesystemdesigns.com> >From Microsoft Press download Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 http://tinyurl.com/6vcqhj3 Jim From tinanfields at torchlake.com Thu Apr 12 09:08:07 2012 From: tinanfields at torchlake.com (Tina Norris Fields) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:08:07 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Free eBook In-Reply-To: <7F258A947BDA4B1DB53497FF02E64157@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: , <4F8353E6.28631.517D4F44@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, <9D9AF5766B754E3FAC3CC0A58C4B6709@creativesystemdesigns.com> <4F83C2D6.9099.532EAA57@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg><8F2F919D9184400CA8A3D199965C67BF@creativesystemdesigns.com> <016e01cd1760$5c7679e0$15636da0$@mattysconsulting.com> <7F258A947BDA4B1DB53497FF02E64157@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <4F86E1C7.5090909@torchlake.com> Thank you, Jim. T Tina Norris Fields tinanfields at torchlake.com 231-322-2787 On 4/12/2012 9:21 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > From Microsoft Press download Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server > 2012 > > http://tinyurl.com/6vcqhj3 > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From fuller.artful at gmail.com Thu Apr 19 10:08:56 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:08:56 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Suddenly Weird behavior in Word 2007 Message-ID: For some time, I have been copying and pasting various tutorials etc. from CodePlex, TechRepublic, etc. into Word, then printing them later on. Recently, and for no apparent reason, whenever I perform this operation, the text gets copied fine, but none of the images arrive. I do have a workaround: I save the web page rather than the text, then go down the street to a computer resource center, run IE there, load the saved web page, and then copy/paste it into Word 2003. That works perfectly. I don't have Word 2003 installed at home, so I have to go to the resource center to accomplish this. Strange thing is, it used to work fine in Word 2007 at home, but suddenly ceased to work. Any ideas why this happened, and how I might fix it? TIA, -- Arthur Cell: 647.710.1314 Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. -- Niels Bohr From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Apr 19 11:08:28 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:08:28 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Suddenly Weird behavior in Word 2007 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Product update? Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 8:09 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Suddenly Weird behavior in Word 2007 For some time, I have been copying and pasting various tutorials etc. from CodePlex, TechRepublic, etc. into Word, then printing them later on. Recently, and for no apparent reason, whenever I perform this operation, the text gets copied fine, but none of the images arrive. I do have a workaround: I save the web page rather than the text, then go down the street to a computer resource center, run IE there, load the saved web page, and then copy/paste it into Word 2003. That works perfectly. I don't have Word 2003 installed at home, so I have to go to the resource center to accomplish this. Strange thing is, it used to work fine in Word 2007 at home, but suddenly ceased to work. Any ideas why this happened, and how I might fix it? TIA, -- Arthur Cell: 647.710.1314 Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. -- Niels Bohr _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From fuller.artful at gmail.com Thu Apr 19 12:33:25 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:33:25 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Suddenly Weird behavior in Word 2007 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Perhaps a good call. Office sp1 got installed a while back. Maybe that's it. A. On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Product update? > > Jim > > From gustav at cactus.dk Sat Apr 21 09:24:11 2012 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:24:11 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 8 Message-ID: Hi all Lots of improvement in the Consumer Preview version. Now the Desktop is readily available, finally a native PDF viewer (Reader) is at hand (no more Acrobat Reader updates), and ISO files can be mounted as a drive by a single click. But Flash is disabled in the Metro IE - for a good reason, many say - and the XNA Game Studio for Windows Phone is incompatible. Also, the Windows Phone Emulator won't run in 64-bit Windows 8 - and who would run 32-bit OS these days? Neither Windows XP Mode nor Virtual 2007 PC can be installed. You will have to use some other emulator. /gustav From accessd at shaw.ca Sat Apr 21 10:24:38 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:24:38 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 8 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2375EBF5547F404782D4D8BB5CAA2955@creativesystemdesigns.com> "...no more Acrobat Reader updates... "; excellent. "...ISO files can be mounted as a drive by a single click..."; catching up with Linux?...maybe no need for a emulator then? "...the Windows Phone Emulator won't run in 64-bit Windows..."; odd? VirtualBox? Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:24 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 8 Hi all Lots of improvement in the Consumer Preview version. Now the Desktop is readily available, finally a native PDF viewer (Reader) is at hand (no more Acrobat Reader updates), and ISO files can be mounted as a drive by a single click. But Flash is disabled in the Metro IE - for a good reason, many say - and the XNA Game Studio for Windows Phone is incompatible. Also, the Windows Phone Emulator won't run in 64-bit Windows 8 - and who would run 32-bit OS these days? Neither Windows XP Mode nor Virtual 2007 PC can be installed. You will have to use some other emulator. /gustav _______________________________________________ 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 Sat Apr 21 11:19:09 2012 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:19:09 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 8 Message-ID: Hi Jim The phone emulator will be fixed, of course, but no date yet. /gustav >>> accessd at shaw.ca 21-04-12 17:24 >>> "...no more Acrobat Reader updates... "; excellent. "...ISO files can be mounted as a drive by a single click..."; catching up with Linux?...maybe no need for a emulator then? "...the Windows Phone Emulator won't run in 64-bit Windows..."; odd? VirtualBox? Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:24 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 8 Hi all Lots of improvement in the Consumer Preview version. Now the Desktop is readily available, finally a native PDF viewer (Reader) is at hand (no more Acrobat Reader updates), and ISO files can be mounted as a drive by a single click. But Flash is disabled in the Metro IE - for a good reason, many say - and the XNA Game Studio for Windows Phone is incompatible. Also, the Windows Phone Emulator won't run in 64-bit Windows 8 - and who would run 32-bit OS these days? Neither Windows XP Mode nor Virtual 2007 PC can be installed. You will have to use some other emulator. /gustav From hans.andersen at phulse.com Sun Apr 22 02:07:22 2012 From: hans.andersen at phulse.com (Hans-Christian Andersen) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:07:22 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 8 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4AA11F50-41B0-4E8C-B7E3-A167C6697072@phulse.com> Is the start menu back yet? - Hans Sent from my iPhone On 2012-04-21, at 9:19 AM, "Gustav Brock" wrote: > Hi Jim > > The phone emulator will be fixed, of course, but no date yet. > > /gustav > > >>>> accessd at shaw.ca 21-04-12 17:24 >>> > "...no more Acrobat Reader updates... "; excellent. > "...ISO files can be mounted as a drive by a single click..."; catching up > with Linux?...maybe no need for a emulator then? > "...the Windows Phone Emulator won't run in 64-bit Windows..."; odd? > > VirtualBox? > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock > Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:24 AM > To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 8 > > Hi all > > Lots of improvement in the Consumer Preview version. > > Now the Desktop is readily available, finally a native PDF viewer (Reader) > is at hand (no more Acrobat Reader updates), and ISO files can be mounted as > a drive by a single click. > > But Flash is disabled in the Metro IE - for a good reason, many say - and > the XNA Game Studio for Windows Phone is incompatible. > Also, the Windows Phone Emulator won't run in 64-bit Windows 8 - and who > would run 32-bit OS these days? > Neither Windows XP Mode nor Virtual 2007 PC can be installed. You will have > to use some other emulator. > > /gustav > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From marklbreen at gmail.com Sun Apr 22 07:00:14 2012 From: marklbreen at gmail.com (Mark Breen) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:00:14 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Hardwiring Message-ID: Hello All, I have a really good amp but it was causing problems for a few years with the input selector. Cleaning the switch had not helped, so yesterday, I finally decided to hardwire it. Amp is working perfectly and we watched Iron Man 1 with it last night. Have a look if you like, https://plus.google.com/photos/114122814421039602606/albums/5734190935510188065 Mark From gustav at cactus.dk Sun Apr 22 11:40:58 2012 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:40:58 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Hardwiring Message-ID: Hi Mark Don't you think contact cleaning spray would have done it? A life expander for scratchy and noisy contacts that otherwise seem to work perfectly. /gustv >>> marklbreen at gmail.com 22-04-12 14:00 >>> Hello All, I have a really good amp but it was causing problems for a few years with the input selector. Cleaning the switch had not helped, so yesterday, I finally decided to hardwire it. Amp is working perfectly and we watched Iron Man 1 with it last night. Have a look if you like, https://plus.google.com/photos/114122814421039602606/albums/5734190935510188065 Mark From marklbreen at gmail.com Sun Apr 22 18:11:50 2012 From: marklbreen at gmail.com (Mark Breen) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:11:50 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Hardwiring In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Gustav, Tried the contact cleaner many times, but the breakdown would return after some months, we watched TV tonight with zero crackling and even my wife is delighted with it ! Funny how the smallest things can give the greatest satisfaction in life, Mark On 22 April 2012 17:40, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Mark > > Don't you think contact cleaning spray would have done it? > A life expander for scratchy and noisy contacts that otherwise seem to > work perfectly. > > /gustv > > > >>> marklbreen at gmail.com 22-04-12 14:00 >>> > Hello All, > > I have a really good amp but it was causing problems for a few years with > the input selector. > > Cleaning the switch had not helped, so yesterday, I finally decided to > hardwire it. > > Amp is working perfectly and we watched Iron Man 1 with it last night. > > Have a look if you like, > > > https://plus.google.com/photos/114122814421039602606/albums/5734190935510188065 > > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From fuller.artful at gmail.com Tue Apr 24 07:23:07 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:23:07 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Subversion packages Message-ID: It's time I finally set up a version-control system for my projects, primarily due to the imminent release of Red-Gate's SQL Connect package, which promises SQL Server version control from within Visual Studio. It's been tested against TFS and AnkhSVN. I can't afford the former so I downloaded the latter. I now have to choose an SVN package, and I note that there are several from which to choose: CollabNet SilkSVN VisualSVN WANdisco Win32SVN Given that Silk (and perhaps others) offers 64-bit, the last one in the list seems pointless. But beyond that I have no clue. Do you have experience/opinions on which one I should look at first? I don't want to go through them all. TIA, -- Arthur Cell: 647.710.1314 The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents. -Nathaniel Borenstein From Gustav at cactus.dk Tue Apr 24 07:47:58 2012 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:47:58 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Subversion packages Message-ID: Hi Arthur Visual Studio is 32-bit, so don't be afraid of a 32-bit client. I have set up a local VisualSVN server and it works OK for me despite the limitations of SVN that Shamil has listed previously. /gustav >>> 2011-04-21 13:59 So I asked VisualSVN if we could obtain a license for the updated client. The answer was yes. Thus, those of us who attend the Northwind.NET project (Shamil's SCRUM project) obtained a developer license for VisualSVN 2.x: Here is the new VisualSVN license for "Northwin.NET" project. You can use it with VisualSVN 1.x as well as with VisualSVN 2.x. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -- Best regards, Simon Atanasyan VisualSVN Limited I'll forward the license key to any of you members for the asking. Download is here: http://www.visualsvn.com/visualsvn I still plan to set up the server for this (free) server for VisualSVN but I haven't had the time yet: http://www.visualsvn.com/server/ ---- >>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 24-04-2012 14:23 >>> It's time I finally set up a version-control system for my projects, primarily due to the imminent release of Red-Gate's SQL Connect package, which promises SQL Server version control from within Visual Studio. It's been tested against TFS and AnkhSVN. I can't afford the former so I downloaded the latter. I now have to choose an SVN package, and I note that there are several from which to choose: CollabNet SilkSVN VisualSVN WANdisco Win32SVN Given that Silk (and perhaps others) offers 64-bit, the last one in the list seems pointless. But beyond that I have no clue. Do you have experience/opinions on which one I should look at first? I don't want to go through them all. TIA, -- Arthur Cell: 647.710.1314 The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents. -Nathaniel Borenstein _______________________________________________ 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 Tue Apr 24 10:07:47 2012 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:07:47 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] SkyDrive: Reclaim your 25 GB disk space now Message-ID: Hi all If you have Windows Live account(s) using SkyDrive, you will now have to log on an reclaim your disk space of 25 GB. This is because the update announced yesterday cuts down the normal free space to 7 GB: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/04/23/the-next-chapter-for-skydrive-personal-cloud-storage-for-windows-available-anywhere.aspx /gustav From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 24 11:01:48 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:01:48 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] SkyDrive: Reclaim your 25 GB disk space now In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It is about time. :-) Have been using Drop Box (https://www.dropbox.com/), for a couple of years, synced a book project between computers and locations, 6 months ago and then there is Ubuntu One (https://one.ubuntu.com/) There is lots of space out there that can accumulate between clients, friends and coworkers that can be used for building some big projects. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 8:08 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [dba-Tech] SkyDrive: Reclaim your 25 GB disk space now Hi all If you have Windows Live account(s) using SkyDrive, you will now have to log on an reclaim your disk space of 25 GB. This is because the update announced yesterday cuts down the normal free space to 7 GB: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/04/23/the-next-chapter-for-skydrive- personal-cloud-storage-for-windows-available-anywhere.aspx /gustav _______________________________________________ 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 Tue Apr 24 16:30:25 2012 From: jon at tydda.plus.com (Jon Tydda) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:30:25 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Student discount software Message-ID: <8B99563B126D4AC99F05E9DCF4EBCE42@jt2c> Hi all Thought I'd pass on this site, in case anyone can make use of it. All you need to do to get the student discount (which is frankly amazing in some cases) is to be registered as a student somewhere in the UK - online courses are valid too, I was able to register on this site because of the MS course I'm doing. I'm sure there are other equivalent sites out there for other countries, but as far as I know, this is UK only. www.software4students.co.uk Jon From djkr at msn.com Tue Apr 24 16:59:12 2012 From: djkr at msn.com (DJK (John) Robinson) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:59:12 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Student discount software In-Reply-To: <8B99563B126D4AC99F05E9DCF4EBCE42@jt2c> Message-ID: They've recently stopped and restarted their MS discounts - don't know why. But the discounts are deep and genuine, and the licenses permanent. Also way cheaper than 'Student Editions'. A few years back I persuaded my low-paid son to sign up for a short course in order to get a software package he really wanted and couldn't otherwise afford. He got the course free too, so was delighted! And is now better paid. Of course US prices have historically been substantially lower than UK ones, for no good reason - though I haven't checked recently. John -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda Sent: 24 April 2012 22:30 To: 'Off Topic'; 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Student discount software Hi all Thought I'd pass on this site, in case anyone can make use of it. All you need to do to get the student discount (which is frankly amazing in some cases) is to be registered as a student somewhere in the UK - online courses are valid too, I was able to register on this site because of the MS course I'm doing. I'm sure there are other equivalent sites out there for other countries, but as far as I know, this is UK only. www.software4students.co.uk Jon _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From fuller.artful at gmail.com Tue Apr 24 19:38:34 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:38:34 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Google Drive is Available Message-ID: I just got my notice and downloaded and installed Google Drive. 5 gigs for free, and modest fee for lots more. It looks totally transparent. I think it's going to shake up the market for cloud storage. DropBox has some rethinking to do. -- Arthur Cell: 647.710.1314 Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. -- Niels Bohr From hans.andersen at phulse.com Wed Apr 25 01:04:05 2012 From: hans.andersen at phulse.com (Hans-Christian Andersen) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:04:05 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Google Drive is Available In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: So now Google now has the ability read all my emails, know all my friends and family, know which sites I browse, track everything I search for, and, like DropBox, look inside all my personal files. This is exactly what I've been waiting for. Hans On 2012-04-24, at 5:38 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > I just got my notice and downloaded and installed Google Drive. 5 gigs for > free, and modest fee for lots more. It looks totally transparent. I think > it's going to shake up the market for cloud storage. DropBox has some > rethinking to do. > > -- > Arthur > Cell: 647.710.1314 > > Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. > -- Niels Bohr > _______________________________________________ > 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 Apr 25 02:12:43 2012 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:12:43 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Google Drive is Available Message-ID: Hi Hans If that is your concern, you should encrypt everything. That counts for any information containing privacy or confidential data, no matter at which cloud location, as soon as you feel you are not in control of that location. There has been a heated discussion here if public authorities could allow non-anonymous data to be stored in the cloud. It goes without saying that you can't get any absolute control of where, say, Google store your data regardless of what the hosting provider may tell you. It always ends up in trust in the hosting provider, which is legally useless; thus, the only method to keep such data private is to encrypt them. Doing so, however, they can be stored just about anywhere. Any responsible corporation should have the same considerations. /gustav >>> hans.andersen at phulse.com 25-04-2012 08:04 >>> So now Google now has the ability read all my emails, know all my friends and family, know which sites I browse, track everything I search for, and, like DropBox, look inside all my personal files. This is exactly what I've been waiting for. Hans On 2012-04-24, at 5:38 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > I just got my notice and downloaded and installed Google Drive. 5 gigs for > free, and modest fee for lots more. It looks totally transparent. I think > it's going to shake up the market for cloud storage. DropBox has some > rethinking to do. > > -- > Arthur > Cell: 647.710.1314 > > Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. > -- Niels Bohr From Gustav at cactus.dk Wed Apr 25 02:17:16 2012 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:17:16 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] SkyDrive: Reclaim your 25 GB disk space now Message-ID: Hi Jim Yep, but the big advantage of SkyDrive was the 25 GB limit which is useful if it not was that filesize were limited to 50 MB which rendered SkyDrive close to useless. Now it is 7 GB free which still is larger than any other (Dropbox: 2 GB, Ubuntu and Google: 5 GB). /gustav >>> accessd at shaw.ca 24-04-2012 18:01 >>> It is about time. :-) Have been using Drop Box (https://www.dropbox.com/), for a couple of years, synced a book project between computers and locations, 6 months ago and then there is Ubuntu One (https://one.ubuntu.com/) There is lots of space out there that can accumulate between clients, friends and coworkers that can be used for building some big projects. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 8:08 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [dba-Tech] SkyDrive: Reclaim your 25 GB disk space now Hi all If you have Windows Live account(s) using SkyDrive, you will now have to log on an reclaim your disk space of 25 GB. This is because the update announced yesterday cuts down the normal free space to 7 GB: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/04/23/the-next-chapter-for-skydrive- personal-cloud-storage-for-windows-available-anywhere.aspx /gustav From hans.andersen at phulse.com Wed Apr 25 03:15:49 2012 From: hans.andersen at phulse.com (Hans-Christian Andersen) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:15:49 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Google Drive is Available In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5ADC6924-EC32-4553-8DB1-FE541F31E393@phulse.com> There are serious downsides to encrypting your data manually and storing it in the cloud. You are always most welcome to do that, if you don't mind the hassle and the downsides, but my personal recommendation is do not use services like DropBox, SkyDrive and Google Drive at all if the files you are storing is personal in any way and pick an alternative that encrypts your data for you on the client side with your own personal encryption key. For instance: https://spideroak.com/ or https://www.jungledisk.com/ In my opinion, privacy should be the default and not a inconvenient option. It's trivial for them to do it, so one has to wonder why it isn't that way. Hans On 2012-04-25, at 12:12 AM, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Hans > > If that is your concern, you should encrypt everything. That counts for any information containing privacy or confidential data, no matter at which cloud location, as soon as you feel you are not in control of that location. > > There has been a heated discussion here if public authorities could allow non-anonymous data to be stored in the cloud. It goes without saying that you can't get any absolute control of where, say, Google store your data regardless of what the hosting provider may tell you. It always ends up in trust in the hosting provider, which is legally useless; thus, the only method to keep such data private is to encrypt them. Doing so, however, they can be stored just about anywhere. > > Any responsible corporation should have the same considerations. > > /gustav > > >>>> hans.andersen at phulse.com 25-04-2012 08:04 >>> > > So now Google now has the ability read all my emails, know all my friends and family, know which sites I browse, track everything I search for, and, like DropBox, look inside all my personal files. This is exactly what I've been waiting for. > > Hans > > > > On 2012-04-24, at 5:38 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > >> I just got my notice and downloaded and installed Google Drive. 5 gigs for >> free, and modest fee for lots more. It looks totally transparent. I think >> it's going to shake up the market for cloud storage. DropBox has some >> rethinking to do. >> >> -- >> Arthur >> Cell: 647.710.1314 >> >> Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. >> -- Niels Bohr > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Apr 25 04:00:50 2012 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:00:50 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] Google Drive is Available Message-ID: Hi Hans Exactly. That's why we use - and recommend - Jungle Disk as, say, second or third level backup. It costs us about USD 6 per month for 50 GB storage which we consider a very cheap insurance should first or second level backup fail. /gustav >>> hans.andersen at phulse.com 25-04-2012 10:15 >>> There are serious downsides to encrypting your data manually and storing it in the cloud. You are always most welcome to do that, if you don't mind the hassle and the downsides, but my personal recommendation is do not use services like DropBox, SkyDrive and Google Drive at all if the files you are storing is personal in any way and pick an alternative that encrypts your data for you on the client side with your own personal encryption key. For instance: https://spideroak.com/ or https://www.jungledisk.com/ In my opinion, privacy should be the default and not a inconvenient option. It's trivial for them to do it, so one has to wonder why it isn't that way. Hans On 2012-04-25, at 12:12 AM, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Hans > > If that is your concern, you should encrypt everything. That counts for any information containing privacy or confidential data, no matter at which cloud location, as soon as you feel you are not in control of that location. > > There has been a heated discussion here if public authorities could allow non-anonymous data to be stored in the cloud. It goes without saying that you can't get any absolute control of where, say, Google store your data regardless of what the hosting provider may tell you. It always ends up in trust in the hosting provider, which is legally useless; thus, the only method to keep such data private is to encrypt them. Doing so, however, they can be stored just about anywhere. > > Any responsible corporation should have the same considerations. > > /gustav > > >>>> hans.andersen at phulse.com 25-04-2012 08:04 >>> > > So now Google now has the ability read all my emails, know all my friends and family, know which sites I browse, track everything I search for, and, like DropBox, look inside all my personal files. This is exactly what I've been waiting for. > > Hans > > > > On 2012-04-24, at 5:38 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > >> I just got my notice and downloaded and installed Google Drive. 5 gigs for >> free, and modest fee for lots more. It looks totally transparent. I think >> it's going to shake up the market for cloud storage. DropBox has some >> rethinking to do. >> >> -- >> Arthur >> Cell: 647.710.1314 >> >> Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. >> -- Niels Bohr From fuller.artful at gmail.com Wed Apr 25 06:06:31 2012 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:06:31 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Google Drive is Available In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hans, They also know all about your visible scars and birthmarks. :) A. From hans.andersen at phulse.com Wed Apr 25 08:54:48 2012 From: hans.andersen at phulse.com (Hans-Christian Andersen) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:54:48 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Google Drive is Available In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3B776315-72B4-463B-B9C1-9FFEE0BD6AAF@phulse.com> Not the ones on my head. They can't penetrate tin foil. yet?. Hans On 2012-04-25, at 4:06 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > Hans, > > They also know all about your visible scars and birthmarks. :) > A. > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From hans.andersen at phulse.com Wed Apr 25 10:33:22 2012 From: hans.andersen at phulse.com (Hans-Christian Andersen) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:33:22 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] The Descriptive Camera In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3B211837-2FFB-4761-A6BD-923CF2970073@phulse.com> The Descriptive Camera works a lot like a regular camera?point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype outputs a text description of the scene. http://mattrichardson.com/Descriptive-Camera/ - Hans From john at winhaven.net Wed Apr 25 11:51:53 2012 From: john at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:51:53 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Google Drive is Available In-Reply-To: <3B776315-72B4-463B-B9C1-9FFEE0BD6AAF@phulse.com> References: <3B776315-72B4-463B-B9C1-9FFEE0BD6AAF@phulse.com> Message-ID: <021a01cd2303$b7f1bec0$27d53c40$@winhaven.net> lol -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian Andersen Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 8:55 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Google Drive is Available Not the ones on my head. They can't penetrate tin foil. yet.. Hans On 2012-04-25, at 4:06 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > Hans, > > They also know all about your visible scars and birthmarks. :) A. > _______________________________________________ > 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 Gustav at cactus.dk Thu Apr 26 10:22:58 2012 From: Gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:22:58 +0200 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: (Sun) Cobalt Cube 2 for sale Message-ID: Hi all I've given up finding a worthy job for our old Cobalt Cube 2. Should you or your friend wish to obtain such a nice unit, it's now for sale on eBay: Very long link so use: http://bit.ly/JZA6Ga /gustav From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Apr 26 10:46:33 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:46:33 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: (Sun) Cobalt Cube 2 for sale In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <39DC174D6C424309BAF3F0BBA8A2C7FA@creativesystemdesigns.com> Awesome, 64 GB of RAM; oh sorry it reads 64 MB of RAM...always needed a sever for my 64K of RAM C-64; perfect symmetry. ;-) The Cobalt Cube 2 was an incredible server in its day. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 8:23 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: (Sun) Cobalt Cube 2 for sale Hi all I've given up finding a worthy job for our old Cobalt Cube 2. Should you or your friend wish to obtain such a nice unit, it's now for sale on eBay: Very long link so use: http://bit.ly/JZA6Ga /gustav _______________________________________________ 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 Apr 29 19:50:07 2012 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:50:07 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Visual Studio and Active Directory In-Reply-To: <39DC174D6C424309BAF3F0BBA8A2C7FA@creativesystemdesigns.com> References: <39DC174D6C424309BAF3F0BBA8A2C7FA@creativesystemdesigns.com> Message-ID: <18C21674D67F4055B8D7CE910C87B952@creativesystemdesigns.com> Hi All: Does any one know how Visual Studio could connect to Active Directory? TIA Jim