From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 1 17:11:22 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 16:11:22 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] For all you senior programmers In-Reply-To: <533882E1.2736.E599CB6@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <2025779255.15557354.1396390282028.JavaMail.root@cds018> Here is a link reposted to me that you other senior programmers might find right up your alley. https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/13095313?sf24509421=1 (This may be part of April the first but the opportunity is much too good to pass up. ;-)) Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 1 17:16:00 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 16:16:00 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Duktape In-Reply-To: <533882E1.2736.E599CB6@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <532811587.15560496.1396390560764.JavaMail.root@cds018> No this is not an April Fools joke. There is a developer's application that allows you to do more fancy mashups without all the fuss. Imagine being able to group blocks of C#, JaveScript and C with a couple of lines of code. That is exactly what this app promises. http://duktape.org/index.html Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 1 17:23:19 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 16:23:19 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] MariaDB 10 In-Reply-To: <533882E1.2736.E599CB6@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <1342484467.15566370.1396390999414.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: New developments: SQL and NoSQL come together with new MariaDB Enterprise offerings. Much like what Microsoft is trying to do by allowing links to such distributive layers like Hadoop, MariaDB enterprise version will allow a direct connection to NOSQL database Cassandra. The ease of a SQL DB and the clustered data capabilities of a Map Reduce DB, http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-management/sql-and-nosql-come-together-new-mariadb-enterprise-offerings-239501 It would appear that MariaDB is leaving MySQL far behind. Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 1 17:26:28 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 16:26:28 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down In-Reply-To: <533882E1.2736.E599CB6@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <410956742.15568745.1396391188652.JavaMail.root@cds018> Prices charged by Microsoft, Google and Amazon for Cloud services are coming down...by how much...well that is another question. http://readwrite.com/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-price-cut-amazon-google#awesm=~oAcmHbKpJcmUth Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 1 17:28:16 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 16:28:16 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering Ofgfice on iPad In-Reply-To: <533882E1.2736.E599CB6@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <67808112.15570166.1396391296923.JavaMail.root@cds018> It seems that MS Office will now be fully available on iPad. A good move on their part. http://www.techrepublic.com/pictures/microsoft-office-for-ipad-screenshots-of-word-excel-and-powerpoint/1/ Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 1 17:30:44 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 16:30:44 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] A code cleaner? In-Reply-To: <533882E1.2736.E599CB6@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <879306653.15571823.1396391444089.JavaMail.root@cds018> There have been many offering of Code cleaner but here is a new one. Traditionally code-cleaners has been more of a pain than a solution but this might break the mold. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/spring-cleaning-for-your-code-thanks-to-codemaid Jim From stuart.mclachlan at gmail.com Tue Apr 1 20:01:07 2014 From: stuart.mclachlan at gmail.com (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:01:07 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering Ofgfice on iPad In-Reply-To: <67808112.15570166.1396391296923.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <533882E1.2736.E599CB6@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, <67808112.15570166.1396391296923.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <533B6153.2989.137D6E4@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Access ???? On 1 Apr 2014 at 16:28, Jim Lawrence wrote: > It seems that MS Office will now be fully available on iPad. A good > move on their part. > > http://www.techrepublic.com/pictures/microsoft-office-for-ipad-screens > hots-of-word-excel-and-powerpoint/1/ > > Jim > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From peter.brawley at earthlink.net Tue Apr 1 23:36:25 2014 From: peter.brawley at earthlink.net (Peter Brawley) Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 23:36:25 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] MariaDB 10 In-Reply-To: <1342484467.15566370.1396390999414.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1342484467.15566370.1396390999414.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <533B93C9.70602@earthlink.net> On 2014-04-01 5:23 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi All: > > New developments: SQL and NoSQL come together with new MariaDB Enterprise offerings. Much like what Microsoft is trying to do by allowing links to such distributive layers like Hadoop, MariaDB enterprise version will allow a direct connection to NOSQL database Cassandra. The ease of a SQL DB and the clustered data capabilities of a Map Reduce DB, > > http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-management/sql-and-nosql-come-together-new-mariadb-enterprise-offerings-239501 > > It would appear that MariaDB is leaving MySQL far behind. MariaDB *is *MySQL, ie a fork of it. I guess you mean to say Monty is leaving Oracle behind. Before he accomplishes that, MariaDB has to produce a production quality release of version 10, a usable manual, a set of support fora, and enough incentives for big numbers of users to migrate from Oracle MySQL. PB ----- > > Jim > _______________________________________________ > 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 2 01:07:46 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 06:07:46 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] For all you senior programmers Message-ID: <0a15a03e9e7e45f29c0400f14d46e94d@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Thanks Jim > You are able to lift and carry a large program (box of punch cards) between lab rooms. That was funny! A true April fool - most are not so funny. /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 2. april 2014 00:11 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] For all you senior programmers Here is a link reposted to me that you other senior programmers might find right up your alley. https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/13095313?sf24509421=1 (This may be part of April the first but the opportunity is much too good to pass up. ;-)) Jim From gustav at cactus.dk Wed Apr 2 01:18:48 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 06:18:48 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down Message-ID: <3fe3290a9fd44a479f402dfaaa9ac429@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Hi Jim There are exact rates. No guessing. And for once, the price cut is not cosmetic but substantial: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-innovation-quality-and-price.aspx /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 2. april 2014 00:26 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down Prices charged by Microsoft, Google and Amazon for Cloud services are coming down...by how much...well that is another question. http://readwrite.com/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-price-cut-amazon-google#awesm=~oAcmHbKpJcmUth Jim From gustav at cactus.dk Wed Apr 2 01:30:09 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 06:30:09 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering Ofgfice on iPad Message-ID: <15511749341a4e15899d20e1445046c4@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Hi Stuart You have probably guessed it: No. /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Stuart McLachlan Sendt: 2. april 2014 03:01 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering Ofgfice on iPad Access ???? On 1 Apr 2014 at 16:28, Jim Lawrence wrote: > It seems that MS Office will now be fully available on iPad. A good move on their part. > > http://www.techrepublic.com/pictures/microsoft-office-for-ipad-screens hots-of-word-excel-and-powerpoint/1/ > > Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 2 02:45:41 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 01:45:41 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering Ofgfice on iPad In-Reply-To: <533B6153.2989.137D6E4@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <70197927.15815596.1396424741773.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Stuart: The Macro using version, at best, I would suspect. According to rumours, LibreOffice is going full Cloud and Internet and it has, what appears to be (it is all macro and function driven but I have not yet put it to its paces), its version called BASE, which may be an adequate replacement, of the MS Office version of Access. https://www.libreoffice.org Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart McLachlan" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 6:01:07 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering Ofgfice on iPad Access ???? On 1 Apr 2014 at 16:28, Jim Lawrence wrote: > It seems that MS Office will now be fully available on iPad. A good > move on their part. > > http://www.techrepublic.com/pictures/microsoft-office-for-ipad-screens > hots-of-word-excel-and-powerpoint/1/ > > 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 Wed Apr 2 03:07:51 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 02:07:51 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down In-Reply-To: <3fe3290a9fd44a479f402dfaaa9ac429@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: <207222358.15820094.1396426071511.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Gustav: It all sounds very good. Have you started testing software on Azure yet? If you want to get away from the big companies, for Cloud hosting, there is also some excellent rates out there. Here is one example: https://www.digitalocean.com ...and... https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing You can get one TB on SSD drives for $5.00 a month and with a code add another month free. No price increases after the initial month(s) are up...it is just the regular rate and a large number of droplets to choose from...deploy a site in around a minute...or you can rent space by the hour for testing projects. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 11:18:48 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down Hi Jim There are exact rates. No guessing. And for once, the price cut is not cosmetic but substantial: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-innovation-quality-and-price.aspx /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 2. april 2014 00:26 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down Prices charged by Microsoft, Google and Amazon for Cloud services are coming down...by how much...well that is another question. http://readwrite.com/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-price-cut-amazon-google#awesm=~oAcmHbKpJcmUth Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From mcp2004 at mail.ru Wed Apr 2 03:49:44 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:49:44 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Cloud_prices_are_=28have=29_coming_down?= In-Reply-To: <207222358.15820094.1396426071511.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <3fe3290a9fd44a479f402dfaaa9ac429@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> <207222358.15820094.1396426071511.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1396428584.344126463@f152.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- Thank you, these DigitalOcean's one-click, 55 seconds setup, hosting/development stacks look so tempting to try them out :-) https://www.digitalocean.com/one-click-apps/ IMO Microsoft will have to lower their hosting plans even more to effectively compete with such hosting proposals as DigitalOcean. Also (that could be only my impression?) when reading through MS Azure hosting plans and usage docs - it all looks so "heavy" to start with unlike DigitalOcean... -- Shamil Wed, 2 Apr 2014 02:07:51 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Gustav: > >It all sounds very good. Have you started testing software on Azure yet? > >If you want to get away from the big companies, for Cloud hosting, there is also some excellent rates out there. Here is one example: > >https://www.digitalocean.com > >...and... > >https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing > >You can get one TB on SSD drives for $5.00 a month and with a code add another month free. No price increases after the initial month(s) are up...it is just the regular rate and a large number of droplets to choose from...deploy a site in around a minute...or you can rent space by the hour for testing projects. > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gustav Brock" < gustav at cactus.dk > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 11:18:48 PM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down > >Hi Jim > >There are exact rates. No guessing. And for once, the price cut is not cosmetic but substantial: > >http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-innovation-quality-and-price.aspx > >/gustav > > >-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Jim Lawrence >Sendt: 2. april 2014 00:26 >Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Emne: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down > >Prices charged by Microsoft, Google and Amazon for Cloud services are coming down...by how much...well that is another question. > >http://readwrite.com/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-price-cut-amazon-google#awesm=~oAcmHbKpJcmUth > >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 gustav at cactus.dk Wed Apr 2 04:50:14 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 09:50:14 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down Message-ID: <2803205c911a458e86a52acf4b49e4bb@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Hi Shamil It appears to be Linux (LAMP) only, so ... If not, they really need to explain things better. /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil Sendt: 2. april 2014 10:50 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down Hi Jim -- Thank you, these DigitalOcean's one-click, 55 seconds setup, hosting/development stacks look so tempting to try them out :-) https://www.digitalocean.com/one-click-apps/ IMO Microsoft will have to lower their hosting plans even more to effectively compete with such hosting proposals as DigitalOcean. Also (that could be only my impression?) when reading through MS Azure hosting plans and usage docs - it all looks so "heavy" to start with unlike DigitalOcean... -- Shamil Wed, 2 Apr 2014 02:07:51 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Gustav: > >It all sounds very good. Have you started testing software on Azure yet? > >If you want to get away from the big companies, for Cloud hosting, there is also some excellent rates out there. Here is one example: > >https://www.digitalocean.com > >...and... > >https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing > >You can get one TB on SSD drives for $5.00 a month and with a code add another month free. No price increases after the initial month(s) are up...it is just the regular rate and a large number of droplets to choose from...deploy a site in around a minute...or you can rent space by the hour for testing projects. > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gustav Brock" < gustav at cactus.dk > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 11:18:48 PM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down > >Hi Jim > >There are exact rates. No guessing. And for once, the price cut is not cosmetic but substantial: > >http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-innovation-quality-and-price.aspx > >/gustav > > >-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Jim Lawrence >Sendt: 2. april 2014 00:26 >Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Emne: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down > >Prices charged by Microsoft, Google and Amazon for Cloud services are coming down...by how much...well that is another question. > >http://readwrite.com/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-price-cut-amazon-google#awesm=~oAcmHbKpJcmUth > >Jim From mcp2004 at mail.ru Wed Apr 2 06:07:17 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:07:17 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Cloud_prices_are_=28have=29_coming_down?= In-Reply-To: <2803205c911a458e86a52acf4b49e4bb@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> References: <2803205c911a458e86a52acf4b49e4bb@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: <1396436837.138279335@f273.i.mail.ru> Hi Gustav -- Did you scroll down on this web page:? https://www.digitalocean.com/one-click-apps/ ?? If I'm not mistaken besides "LAMP Stack" DigitalOcean seems to be supporting also Mean, Dokku, Docker etc. If they can add a "55 seconds setup" for Hadoop hosting and, e.g., add Go ( http://golang.org/ ) to support, let's call it "Mean+ Stack" that would be more than enough for me. -- Shamil Wed, 2 Apr 2014 09:50:14 +0000 from Gustav Brock : >Hi Shamil > >It appears to be Linux (LAMP) only, so ... > >If not, they really need to explain things better. > >/gustav > >-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil >Sendt: 2. april 2014 10:50 >Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down > >?Hi Jim -- > >Thank you, these DigitalOcean's one-click, 55 seconds setup, hosting/development stacks look so tempting to try them out :-) > >https://www.digitalocean.com/one-click-apps/ > >IMO Microsoft will have to lower their hosting plans even more to effectively compete with such hosting proposals as DigitalOcean. >Also (that could be only my impression?) when reading through MS Azure hosting plans and usage docs - it all looks so "heavy" to start with unlike DigitalOcean... > >-- Shamil > > >Wed, 2 Apr 2014 02:07:51 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca >: >>Hi Gustav: >> >>It all sounds very good. Have you started testing software on Azure yet? >> >>If you want to get away from the big companies, for Cloud hosting, there is also some excellent rates out there. Here is one example: >> >> https://www.digitalocean.com >> >>...and... >> >> https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing >> >>You can get one TB on SSD drives for $5.00 a month and with a code add another month free. No price increases after the initial month(s) are up...it is just the regular rate and a large number of droplets to choose from...deploy a site in around a minute...or you can rent space by the hour for testing projects. >> >>Jim >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Gustav Brock" < gustav at cactus.dk > >>To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >>Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 11:18:48 PM >>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down >> >>Hi Jim >> >>There are exact rates. No guessing. And for once, the price cut is not cosmetic but substantial: >> >> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-innovation-quality-and-price.aspx >> >>/gustav >> >> >>-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >>Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Jim Lawrence >>Sendt: 2. april 2014 00:26 >>Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >>Emne: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down >> >>Prices charged by Microsoft, Google and Amazon for Cloud services are coming down...by how much...well that is another question. >> >> http://readwrite.com/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-price-cut-amazon-google#awesm=~oAcmHbKpJcmUth >> >>Jim? From gustav at cactus.dk Wed Apr 2 06:34:12 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 11:34:12 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down Message-ID: Hi Shamil I did, and it looks all Linux to me. Nothing wrong with that but not very useful for me. /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil Sendt: 2. april 2014 13:07 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down Hi Gustav -- Did you scroll down on this web page:? https://www.digitalocean.com/one-click-apps/ ?? If I'm not mistaken besides "LAMP Stack" DigitalOcean seems to be supporting also Mean, Dokku, Docker etc. If they can add a "55 seconds setup" for Hadoop hosting and, e.g., add Go ( http://golang.org/ ) to support, let's call it "Mean+ Stack" that would be more than enough for me. -- Shamil Wed, 2 Apr 2014 09:50:14 +0000 from Gustav Brock : >Hi Shamil > >It appears to be Linux (LAMP) only, so ... > >If not, they really need to explain things better. > >/gustav From mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk Wed Apr 2 09:16:41 2014 From: mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk (Martin Reid) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 15:16:41 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Calling cell phones Message-ID: <631CF83223105545BF43EFB52CB08295A12FC6B958@EX2K7-VIRT-2.ads.qub.ac.uk> Does anyone know of a service that would allow you to transmit the organisation name to a cell phone as opposed to the cell phone number making the call? Martin Martin W Reid Business Services Team Leader Information Services 50 Elmwood Avenue Queen's University Belfast Belfast BT9 6AZ Tel: +44(0)28 9097 6174 Email: mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk From paul.hartland at googlemail.com Wed Apr 2 09:25:04 2014 From: paul.hartland at googlemail.com (Paul Hartland) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 15:25:04 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Calling cell phones In-Reply-To: <631CF83223105545BF43EFB52CB08295A12FC6B958@EX2K7-VIRT-2.ads.qub.ac.uk> References: <631CF83223105545BF43EFB52CB08295A12FC6B958@EX2K7-VIRT-2.ads.qub.ac.uk> Message-ID: In my old company we used to use a service called SMS2EMAIL you would send an email and the 3rd party service would send it as a text, we didn't try something like your asking, but I am sure they allow you to transmit a callerID of your choosing. Kind Regards, Paul On 2 April 2014 15:16, Martin Reid wrote: > Does anyone know of a service that would allow you to transmit the > organisation name to a cell phone as opposed to the cell phone number > making the call? > > Martin > > Martin W Reid > Business Services Team Leader > Information Services > 50 Elmwood Avenue > Queen's University Belfast > Belfast BT9 6AZ > > Tel: +44(0)28 9097 6174 > Email: mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Paul Hartland paul.hartland at googlemail.com From jon.tydda at lonza.com Wed Apr 2 09:24:05 2014 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Lonza Slough) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 14:24:05 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Calling cell phones In-Reply-To: <631CF83223105545BF43EFB52CB08295A12FC6B958@EX2K7-VIRT-2.ads.qub.ac.uk> References: <631CF83223105545BF43EFB52CB08295A12FC6B958@EX2K7-VIRT-2.ads.qub.ac.uk> Message-ID: <435434c4efd94302a2e8e0a7499bd23a@CHVEX12.lonzagroup.net> So you can send out spam texts about PPI claims? :-) Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Martin Reid Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 3:17 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues (dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com) Subject: [dba-Tech] Calling cell phones Does anyone know of a service that would allow you to transmit the organisation name to a cell phone as opposed to the cell phone number making the call? Martin Martin W Reid Business Services Team Leader Information Services 50 Elmwood Avenue Queen's University Belfast Belfast BT9 6AZ Tel: +44(0)28 9097 6174 Email: mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com ________________________________ This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. From mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk Wed Apr 2 09:28:02 2014 From: mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk (Martin Reid) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 15:28:02 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Calling cell phones In-Reply-To: <435434c4efd94302a2e8e0a7499bd23a@CHVEX12.lonzagroup.net> References: <631CF83223105545BF43EFB52CB08295A12FC6B958@EX2K7-VIRT-2.ads.qub.ac.uk> <435434c4efd94302a2e8e0a7499bd23a@CHVEX12.lonzagroup.net> Message-ID: <631CF83223105545BF43EFB52CB08295A12FC6B979@EX2K7-VIRT-2.ads.qub.ac.uk> nearly -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tydda Jon - Lonza Slough Sent: 02 April 2014 15:24 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Calling cell phones So you can send out spam texts about PPI claims? :-) Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Martin Reid Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 3:17 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues (dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com) Subject: [dba-Tech] Calling cell phones Does anyone know of a service that would allow you to transmit the organisation name to a cell phone as opposed to the cell phone number making the call? Martin Martin W Reid Business Services Team Leader Information Services 50 Elmwood Avenue Queen's University Belfast Belfast BT9 6AZ Tel: +44(0)28 9097 6174 Email: mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com ________________________________ This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From fuller.artful at gmail.com Wed Apr 2 10:25:41 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 11:25:41 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering Ofgfice on iPad In-Reply-To: <70197927.15815596.1396424741773.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <533B6153.2989.137D6E4@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <70197927.15815596.1396424741773.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: Stuart and all others on this thread... Later for Access. If you're committed to Windows then look at Alpha Anywhere. You can obtain a trial free. It's also true that the subscription price is significant, but when subtracted from you annual income, it's peanuts. Arthur From mcp2004 at mail.ru Wed Apr 2 11:29:54 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:29:54 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Cloud_prices_are_=28have=29_coming_down?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1396456194.582169893@f107.i.mail.ru> Hi Gustav -- Yes, Linux but different OSS development tools/hosting stacks: LAMP, Mean, Dokku, .... ?- they are also available for MS Windows. The issue here is that setup of an OSS tool on my main *Windows* dev PC or on a *Windows* VM is quite time consuming, and DigitalOcean (they claim) provides a ready to use OSS dev environment in 55 seconds. I don't have luxury/time to spend hours setting up my OSS dev environment(s) especially taking into account that their setups on Windows often goes with quite a few obscure issues to solve. So DigitalOcean looks like a true time/"life" saver. -- Shamil Wed, 2 Apr 2014 11:34:12 +0000 from Gustav Brock : >Hi Shamil > >I did, and it looks all Linux to me. >Nothing wrong with that but not very useful for me. > >/gustav > > >-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil >Sendt: 2. april 2014 13:07 >Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down > >?Hi Gustav -- > >Did you scroll down on this web page:? https://www.digitalocean.com/one-click-apps/ ?? > >If I'm not mistaken besides "LAMP Stack" DigitalOcean seems to be supporting also Mean, Dokku, Docker etc. > >If they can add a "55 seconds setup" for Hadoop hosting and, e.g., add Go ( http://golang.org/ ) to support, let's call it "Mean+ Stack" that would be more than enough for me. > >-- Shamil > >Wed, 2 Apr 2014 09:50:14 +0000 from Gustav Brock < gustav at cactus.dk >: >>Hi Shamil >> >>It appears to be Linux (LAMP) only, so ... >> >>If not, they really need to explain things better. >> >>/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 Wed Apr 2 17:19:42 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 16:19:42 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down In-Reply-To: <1396428584.344126463@f152.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <1721959438.16395538.1396477182261.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: If you do decide to go the DigialOcean route, use the promo code "unpluggedapril" and you will get a $10.00 credit which, if you had chosen the $5.00 entry level option, would give you another two months for free. :-) Additional note; DigitalOcean uses a TB broadband connection which will allow many users to simultaneously access your Cloud content. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Wednesday, 2 April, 2014 1:49:44 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down Hi Jim -- Thank you, these DigitalOcean's one-click, 55 seconds setup, hosting/development stacks look so tempting to try them out :-) https://www.digitalocean.com/one-click-apps/ IMO Microsoft will have to lower their hosting plans even more to effectively compete with such hosting proposals as DigitalOcean. Also (that could be only my impression?) when reading through MS Azure hosting plans and usage docs - it all looks so "heavy" to start with unlike DigitalOcean... -- Shamil Wed, 2 Apr 2014 02:07:51 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Gustav: > >It all sounds very good. Have you started testing software on Azure yet? > >If you want to get away from the big companies, for Cloud hosting, there is also some excellent rates out there. Here is one example: > >https://www.digitalocean.com > >...and... > >https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing > >You can get one TB on SSD drives for $5.00 a month and with a code add another month free. No price increases after the initial month(s) are up...it is just the regular rate and a large number of droplets to choose from...deploy a site in around a minute...or you can rent space by the hour for testing projects. > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gustav Brock" < gustav at cactus.dk > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 11:18:48 PM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down > >Hi Jim > >There are exact rates. No guessing. And for once, the price cut is not cosmetic but substantial: > >http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-innovation-quality-and-price.aspx > >/gustav > > >-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Jim Lawrence >Sendt: 2. april 2014 00:26 >Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Emne: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down > >Prices charged by Microsoft, Google and Amazon for Cloud services are coming down...by how much...well that is another question. > >http://readwrite.com/2014/03/31/microsoft-azure-price-cut-amazon-google#awesm=~oAcmHbKpJcmUth > >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 mcp2004 at mail.ru Wed Apr 2 17:56:12 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 02:56:12 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Cloud_prices_are_=28have=29_coming_down?= In-Reply-To: <1721959438.16395538.1396477182261.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396428584.344126463@f152.i.mail.ru> <1721959438.16395538.1396477182261.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1396479372.825207315@f392.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- Thank you, but I have already got DigitalOcean droplet hosted using $5/month plan. (Pity your promo code can't be used now :( ) >?DigitalOcean uses a TB broadband connection which will allow many users to simultaneously access your Cloud content. I have got Mean stack activated - here is my default demo app: http://188.226.192.87:3000/ I have connected to my VPS using PuTTY and then I have typed two shell commands: cd /opt/mean grunt to start node.js with sample express (framework) web site from?/opt/mean folder?(and mongodb backend). Not sure if it will continue running if I will get my dev PC offline. Do you know what Linux start-up command should I use to have this sample web site started on VPS reboot and running in unattended mode? As far as I have found I can edit crontab file from /etc folder but adding to it @reboot cd /opt/mean @reboot grunt and rebooting didn't work for me. Do you know what edits should I do in crontab to get my sample web site started in unattended mode on reboot? Thank you. -- Shamil Wed, 2 Apr 2014 16:19:42 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >If you do decide to go the DigialOcean route, use the promo code "unpluggedapril" and you will get a $10.00 credit which, if you had chosen the $5.00 entry level option, would give you another two months for free. :-) > >Additional note; DigitalOcean uses a TB broadband connection which will allow many users to simultaneously access your Cloud content. > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Wednesday, 2 April, 2014 1:49:44 AM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down > >?Hi Jim -- > >Thank you, these DigitalOcean's one-click, 55 seconds setup, hosting/development stacks look so tempting to try them out :-) > >https://www.digitalocean.com/one-click-apps/ > >IMO Microsoft will have to lower their hosting plans even more to effectively compete with such hosting proposals as DigitalOcean. >Also (that could be only my impression?) when reading through MS Azure hosting plans and usage docs - it all looks so "heavy" to start with unlike DigitalOcean... > >-- Shamil <<< skipped >>> > From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 2 18:08:02 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 17:08:02 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] A big opportunity In-Reply-To: <1721959438.16395538.1396477182261.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <672667278.16435646.1396480082852.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: Seeing the XP support is going to disappear in a little over six days: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enterprise/end-of-support.aspx ...for even a couple of young fellows, it would a great opportunity to migrate hundreds of XP PCs over to a vanilla version of Linux like Ubuntu. The web and newspaper advertisements, door to door for all the businesses without full-time techs on-board. The ad would read something like: "For a starting price of $200, move one or all your XP computers to Ubuntu, basic upgrade includes a full system backup on a virtual drive, replacement of all (most) software with products as good if not better, re-connection to all printers, regardless of product and other all stations and servers regardless of OS. All the new systems will have the highest level of security." The more computers the easier the process will go...twenty XP computers could be upgraded in less than four hours...if you have the skills and can setup Puppet, hundreds could be migrated, at the same time. If I was younger, not retired and/or just starting my contracting business I would jumped at the chance. ;-) Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 2 20:31:02 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 19:31:02 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down In-Reply-To: <1396479372.825207315@f392.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <970820423.16520294.1396488662482.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: Impressive...wow...that was quick. What droplet did you use? I am not absolutely sure but Hans will definitely know...I will forward him the post. To my way of thinking that once the website is up and running it should just keep running. I am sure there is a Apache configuration that will start your app. OTOH, the system will execute all scripts from which it finds a configuration in directory /etc/init. The following *.conf configuration script file is used to start up samba on restart or bootup. A similar version should work fine for your application. First create a text file: sudo gedit shamil.conf: # Her is an existing example cut and pasted with my comments added. # The original script can be found in the /etc/init directory and is named samba-ad-dc.conf description "SMB/CIFS File and Active Directory Server" author "Jelmer Vernooij " # start on bootup or restart start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up) # stop application in the event of a on serious system runlevel error stop on runlevel [!2345] # no major errors so continue. check to see if the system is completely # up and running...if not wait for return code expect fork # if an error exit politely without a respawn or error message normal exit 0 # Samba is not yet running so let's to see if all files are in place # and properly configured for execution and use under root pre-start script [ -r /etc/default/samba4 ] && . /etc/default/samba4 install -o root -g root -m 755 -d /var/run/samba install -o root -g root -m 755 -d /var/log/samba end script # In this case execute the SAMBA application. # the exec can also call a BASH script even with parameters exec samba -D ...and when the script is finished it would be written to /etc/init directory. So when ever Ubuntu Linux is running your application should also be. Check daemon job configuration scripts...seems similar to Windows power tools and scripts. HTH PS Your site looks really nice. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Wednesday, 2 April, 2014 3:56:12 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down Hi Jim -- Thank you, but I have already got DigitalOcean droplet hosted using $5/month plan. (Pity your promo code can't be used now :( ) >?DigitalOcean uses a TB broadband connection which will allow many users to simultaneously access your Cloud content. I have got Mean stack activated - here is my default demo app: http://188.226.192.87:3000/ I have connected to my VPS using PuTTY and then I have typed two shell commands: cd /opt/mean grunt to start node.js with sample express (framework) web site from?/opt/mean folder?(and mongodb backend). Not sure if it will continue running if I will get my dev PC offline. Do you know what Linux start-up command should I use to have this sample web site started on VPS reboot and running in unattended mode? As far as I have found I can edit crontab file from /etc folder but adding to it @reboot cd /opt/mean @reboot grunt and rebooting didn't work for me. Do you know what edits should I do in crontab to get my sample web site started in unattended mode on reboot? Thank you. -- Shamil Wed, 2 Apr 2014 16:19:42 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >If you do decide to go the DigialOcean route, use the promo code "unpluggedapril" and you will get a $10.00 credit which, if you had chosen the $5.00 entry level option, would give you another two months for free. :-) > >Additional note; DigitalOcean uses a TB broadband connection which will allow many users to simultaneously access your Cloud content. > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Wednesday, 2 April, 2014 1:49:44 AM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down > >?Hi Jim -- > >Thank you, these DigitalOcean's one-click, 55 seconds setup, hosting/development stacks look so tempting to try them out :-) > >https://www.digitalocean.com/one-click-apps/ > >IMO Microsoft will have to lower their hosting plans even more to effectively compete with such hosting proposals as DigitalOcean. >Also (that could be only my impression?) when reading through MS Azure hosting plans and usage docs - it all looks so "heavy" to start with unlike DigitalOcean... > >-- Shamil <<< skipped >>> > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From mcp2004 at mail.ru Thu Apr 3 02:16:54 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:16:54 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Handling_DigitalOcean_hosting_and_related_is?= =?utf-8?q?sue_Was=3A_Re=5B2=5D=3A__Cloud_prices_are_=28have=29_coming_dow?= =?utf-8?q?n?= In-Reply-To: <970820423.16520294.1396488662482.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396479372.825207315@f392.i.mail.ru> <970820423.16520294.1396488662482.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1396509414.689152393@f319.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- I used Ubuntu 12.04.3 x64 with MEAN application stack. It all took 55 seconds to setup as declared on DigitalOcean start web page:? https://www.digitalocean.com/ The web site at? http://188.226.192.87:3000/ ?is just a default Node.js (Express framework + MongoDB(?)) one I have started after initial setup using: cd /opt/mean grunt Thank you for your notes on how to organize start-up tasks activation. I will have to learn quite a lot. First of all I will have to make script to create my own users after a droplet setup. Second, I will have to find what is the best way to start an FTP service on droplet start-up. ... -- Shamil Wed, 2 Apr 2014 19:31:02 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >Impressive...wow...that was quick. What droplet did you use? > >I am not absolutely sure but Hans will definitely know...I will forward him the post. > >To my way of thinking that once the website is up and running it should just keep running. I am sure there is a Apache configuration that will start your app. > >OTOH, the system will execute all scripts from which it finds a configuration in directory /etc/init. The following *.conf configuration script file is used to start up samba on restart or bootup. A similar version should work fine for your application. First create a text file: sudo gedit shamil.conf: > > ># Her is an existing example cut and pasted with my comments added. ># The original script can be found in the /etc/init directory and is named samba-ad-dc.conf > >description "SMB/CIFS File and Active Directory Server" >author "Jelmer Vernooij < jelmer at ubuntu.com >" > ># start on bootup or restart >start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up) > ># stop application in the event of a on serious system runlevel error >stop on runlevel [!2345] > ># no major errors so continue. check to see if the system is completely ># up and running...if not wait for return code >expect fork ># if an error exit politely without a respawn or error message >normal exit 0 > ># Samba is not yet running so let's to see if all files are in place ># and properly configured for execution and use under root >pre-start script >[ -r /etc/default/samba4 ] && . /etc/default/samba4 >install -o root -g root -m 755 -d /var/run/samba >install -o root -g root -m 755 -d /var/log/samba >end script > ># In this case execute the SAMBA application. ># the exec can also call a BASH script even with parameters >exec samba -D > > >...and when the script is finished it would be written to /etc/init directory. So when ever Ubuntu Linux is running your application should also be. Check daemon job configuration scripts...seems similar to Windows power tools and scripts. > >HTH > >PS Your site looks really nice. > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Wednesday, 2 April, 2014 3:56:12 PM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Cloud prices are (have) coming down > >?Hi Jim -- > >Thank you, but I have already got DigitalOcean droplet hosted using $5/month plan. (Pity your promo code can't be used now :( ) > >>?DigitalOcean uses a TB broadband connection which will allow many users to simultaneously access your Cloud content. >I have got Mean stack activated - here is my default demo app: > >http://188.226.192.87:3000/ > >I have connected to my VPS using PuTTY and then I have typed two shell commands: > >cd /opt/mean >grunt > >to start node.js with sample express (framework) web site from?/opt/mean folder?(and mongodb backend). >Not sure if it will continue running if I will get my dev PC offline. > >Do you know what Linux start-up command should I use to have this sample web site started on VPS reboot and running in unattended mode? >As far as I have found I can edit crontab file from /etc folder but adding to it > >@reboot cd /opt/mean >@reboot grunt > >and rebooting didn't work for me. Do you know what edits should I do in crontab to get my sample web site started in unattended mode on reboot? > >Thank you. > >-- Shamil > ><<< skipped >>> From mcp2004 at mail.ru Thu Apr 3 02:46:51 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:46:51 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?b?RG9ja2VyKC5pbyksIEJvd2VyeSguaW8pLCBEaWdpdGFs?= =?utf-8?q?_Ocean_-_how_can_I_combine_all_that_hosting/dev_tools_for_custo?= =?utf-8?q?m_apps_development/deployment=2E=2E=2E?= Message-ID: <1396511211.677656348@f427.i.mail.ru> Hi All -- Docker (http://docker.io), Bowery (http://bowery.io) and DigitalOcean ( https://www.digitalocean.com/ ) - I still can't get how they can be combined for custom apps development/deployment? Let's say I have an app with the following deployment architecture (please correct me if you find such an app architecture is looking somehow incorrect/wrong): - (1) production DB MySql/MariaDB is running/hosted on LAMP stack and is available for the outer world via REST API developed using Python; - (2) front-end web site is running/hosted on MEAN stack and is developed using node.js (with Express framework) with (1) backend and local MongoDB keeping cached docs and reports; - (3) documentation/blogs/news web site is developed using WordPress and having its own MySQL/MariaDB back-end to keep documentation/blogs/news articles as well as communicating with (1) ; ? Thank you. -- ???????????? ?????? From mcp2004 at mail.ru Thu Apr 3 08:35:16 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 17:35:16 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Changing_coloring_scheme_for_Midnight_Comman?= =?utf-8?q?der_-_the_most_pupular_file_manager_on_unix_like_systems?= Message-ID: <1396532116.196437656@f173.i.mail.ru> Hi All -- I have got subj:? http://www.midnight-commander.org/ (MC) IMO it's a useful file manager (a la' NC) for *nix starters. But I wanted to change MC's coloring scheme. Here? http://ajnasz.hu/blog/20080101/midnight-commander-coloring they say that coloring scheme can be defined/changed in? ~/.mc/ini file. But on Ubuntu this ini file seems to be located at ~/.config/mc/ini Have you ever used MC? Have you ever tried to change its color scheme? - I have changed it to [Colors] base_color=lightgray,green:normal=green,default:selected=white,gray:marked=yellow,default:markselect=yellow,gray:directory=blue,default:executable=brightgreen,default:link=cyan,default:device=brightmagenta,default:special=lightgray,default:errors=red,default:reverse=green,default:gauge=green,default:input=white,gray:dnormal=green,gray:dfocus=brightgreen,gray:dhotnormal=cyan,gray:dhotfocus=brightcyan,gray:menu=green,default:menuhot=cyan,default:menusel=green,gray:menuhotsel=cyan,default:helpnormal=cyan,default:editnormal=green,default:editbold=blue,default:editmarked=gray,blue:stalelink=red,default still I cannot say I like it. And what is your preferred color scheme for MC? -- ???????????? ?????? From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Apr 3 15:36:25 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 14:36:25 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems In-Reply-To: <1396532116.196437656@f173.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <1881918613.17164448.1396557385833.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: Midnight Commander has been around since UNIX (SCO UNIX over twenty years ago...) and DOS days (used QDOS, a DOS variant of MC, which had the capabilities to prune and graft from/to the directory trees) and I have used it once or twice but until there was a GUI available... It is the best command line file manager there is and I understand there is a hundred different theme and patches around for it. Its main attributes are small memory requirements and speed of course. ...and of course real men don't use GUIs...just ask the Hyper-V server folks. ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 6:35:16 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems Hi All -- I have got subj:? http://www.midnight-commander.org/ (MC) IMO it's a useful file manager (a la' NC) for *nix starters. But I wanted to change MC's coloring scheme. Here? http://ajnasz.hu/blog/20080101/midnight-commander-coloring they say that coloring scheme can be defined/changed in? ~/.mc/ini file. But on Ubuntu this ini file seems to be located at ~/.config/mc/ini Have you ever used MC? Have you ever tried to change its color scheme? - I have changed it to [Colors] base_color=lightgray,green:normal=green,default:selected=white,gray:marked=yellow,default:markselect=yellow,gray:directory=blue,default:executable=brightgreen,default:link=cyan,default:device=brightmagenta,default:special=lightgray,default:errors=red,default:reverse=green,default:gauge=green,default:input=white,gray:dnormal=green,gray:dfocus=brightgreen,gray:dhotnormal=cyan,gray:dhotfocus=brightcyan,gray:menu=green,default:menuhot=cyan,default:menusel=green,gray:menuhotsel=cyan,default:helpnormal=cyan,default:editnormal=green,default:editbold=blue,default:editmarked=gray,blue:stalelink=red,default still I cannot say I like it. And what is your preferred color scheme for MC? -- ???????????? ?????? _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From mcp2004 at mail.ru Thu Apr 3 16:28:16 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 01:28:16 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Changing_coloring_scheme_for_Midnight_Comman?= =?utf-8?q?der_-_the_most_pupular_file_manager_on_unix_like_systems?= In-Reply-To: <1881918613.17164448.1396557385833.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396532116.196437656@f173.i.mail.ru> <1881918613.17164448.1396557385833.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1396560496.984311829@f96.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- >?..and of course real men don't use GUIs. Sure :) ?(BTW, in MS Windows I do usually use Far Manager ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAR_Manager ) not Windows Explorer...) Well, I'd use GUI - what is the usual way to setup and activate GUI shell/Window Manager for a hosted Linux VPS? AFAIU I have to setup Linux GUI shell/Window Manager on a VPS - what are the most often used lightweight Linux GUI shell distributions for VPS?? When I get such a Linux GUI shell/Window Manager up&running on my VPS, h ow do I run a remote Linux desktop in Windows? As described in the following article? http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/how-do-i-run-a-remote-linux-desktop-in-windows/ Thank you. Shamil Thu, 3 Apr 2014 14:36:25 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >Midnight Commander has been around since UNIX (SCO UNIX over twenty years ago...) and DOS days (used QDOS, a DOS variant of MC, which had the capabilities to prune and graft from/to the directory trees) and I have used it once or twice but until there was a GUI available... It is the best command line file manager there is and I understand there is a hundred different theme and patches around for it. > >Its main attributes are small memory requirements and speed of course. ...and of course real men don't use GUIs...just ask the Hyper-V server folks. ;-) > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 6:35:16 AM >Subject: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems > >?Hi All -- > >I have got subj:? http://www.midnight-commander.org/ (MC) > >IMO it's a useful file manager (a la' NC) for *nix starters. >But I wanted to change MC's coloring scheme. > >Here? > >http://ajnasz.hu/blog/20080101/midnight-commander-coloring > >they say that coloring scheme can be defined/changed in? ~/.mc/ini file. >But on Ubuntu this ini file seems to be located at ~/.config/mc/ini > >Have you ever used MC? >Have you ever tried to change its color scheme? - I have changed it to > >[Colors] >base_color=lightgray,green:normal=green,default:selected=white,gray:marked=yellow,default:markselect=yellow,gray:directory=blue,default:executable=brightgreen,default:link=cyan,default:device=brightmagenta,default:special=lightgray,default:errors=red,default:reverse=green,default:gauge=green,default:input=white,gray:dnormal=green,gray:dfocus=brightgreen,gray:dhotnormal=cyan,gray:dhotfocus=brightcyan,gray:menu=green,default:menuhot=cyan,default:menusel=green,gray:menuhotsel=cyan,default:helpnormal=cyan,default:editnormal=green,default:editbold=blue,default:editmarked=gray,blue:stalelink=red,default > >still I cannot say I like it. > >And what is your preferred color scheme for MC? -- >???????????? ?????? >_______________________________________________ >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 jbartow at winhaven.net Thu Apr 3 22:48:47 2014 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 22:48:47 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows Encryption - disabled Message-ID: <05a201cf4fb8$c8dfa330$5a9ee990$@winhaven.net> Hi All, Is there an easy way to disable Windows cryptographic infrastructure? TIA John B From mcp2004 at mail.ru Fri Apr 4 10:39:26 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 19:39:26 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?FYI=3A_=22Microsoft_is_turning_over_a_new_le?= =?utf-8?q?af=22=2E?= Message-ID: <1396625966.643222719@f358.i.mail.ru> Hi All, They finally did it. Isn't it too late? http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/microsoft-open-source-dot-net-foundation-roslyn-winjs See also: http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/roslyn.aspx http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/winjs-microsoft-javascript-library-framework-github -- ???????????? ?????? From hans.andersen at phulse.com Fri Apr 4 11:23:33 2014 From: hans.andersen at phulse.com (Hans-Christian Andersen) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 09:23:33 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". In-Reply-To: <1396625966.643222719@f358.i.mail.ru> References: <1396625966.643222719@f358.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <7291F3F9-6839-4A0C-9ACE-E38CB60B721D@phulse.com> I wouldn't call it opening up to open source, but rather desperation to gain more adoption. Best regards, Hans-Christian Andersen > On 4 Apr 2014, at 08:39, Salakhetdinov Shamil wrote: > > Hi All, > > They finally did it. Isn't it too late? > > http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/microsoft-open-source-dot-net-foundation-roslyn-winjs > > See also: > > http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/ > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/roslyn.aspx > > http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/winjs-microsoft-javascript-library-framework-github > > > -- > ???????????? ?????? > _______________________________________________ > 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 4 12:51:08 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 11:51:08 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". In-Reply-To: <1396625966.643222719@f358.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <1316544168.17850953.1396633868497.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: Now that is very good news...it was about time. I like this new guy, Satya Nadella. Aside: It took about two of weeks just to get Mono to stay stable and then attach a functional GUI...this should have been announced sooner. ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 8:39:26 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". Hi All, They finally did it. Isn't it too late? http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/microsoft-open-source-dot-net-foundation-roslyn-winjs See also: http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/roslyn.aspx http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/winjs-microsoft-javascript-library-framework-github -- ???????????? ?????? _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From mcp2004 at mail.ru Fri Apr 4 12:53:34 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 21:53:34 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?FYI=3A_=22Microsoft_is_turning_over_a_new_le?= =?utf-8?q?af=22=2E?= In-Reply-To: <1316544168.17850953.1396633868497.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396625966.643222719@f358.i.mail.ru> <1316544168.17850953.1396633868497.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1396634014.746620753@f353.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- >>?Aside: It took about two of weeks just to get Mono to stay stable and then attach a functional GUI... Sorry, I have missed something - what do you mean by that? Thank you. -- Shamil Fri, 4 Apr 2014 11:51:08 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >Now that is very good news...it was about time. I like this new guy, Satya Nadella. > >Aside: It took about two of weeks just to get Mono to stay stable and then attach a functional GUI...this should have been announced sooner. ;-) > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 8:39:26 AM >Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". > >?Hi All, > >They finally did it. Isn't it too late? > >http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/microsoft-open-source-dot-net-foundation-roslyn-winjs > >See also: > >http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/ > >http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/roslyn.aspx > >http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/winjs-microsoft-javascript-library-framework-github > > >-- >???????????? ?????? >_______________________________________________ >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 Fri Apr 4 13:11:20 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:11:20 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] More web stuff In-Reply-To: <1396532116.196437656@f173.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <664724275.17876339.1396635080622.JavaMail.root@cds018> Gustav posted that Microsoft has recently offered a full Metro library for doing web development work and if you like the new minimalist graphics this may be a perfect fit: http://metroui.org.ua Now MS has offered an extended HTML/JavaScript/CSS library and online editor: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dn632015 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dn632015 All good as far as I see. Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Apr 4 13:56:46 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:56:46 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". In-Reply-To: <1396634014.746620753@f353.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <203578305.17911393.1396637806922.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: In order to be able to program and compile C# applications, in Ubuntu, it takes a bit of configuration. The program Mono (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_%28software%29) was originally developed on OpenSuse but the installation has some issues running on top of Debian. My skill sets with managing the many library and dependencies is limited, so what should be simple, for someone that really knows his/her stuff, it is a daunting task for me. Once Mono is running with, out issues, there is still the adventure of finding just the right GUI. It is not that there is no support or options, it is just that there are so many finished and unfinished solutions that it has become a very big learning curve with much adding, testing, removing and then repeating. With Microsoft announcing they will be open sourcing their .Net development libraries it has the potential of creating a more unified .Net environment across all platforms...which should make it easier for someone like myself, who is training and learning on a budget. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 10:53:34 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". Hi Jim -- >>?Aside: It took about two of weeks just to get Mono to stay stable and then attach a functional GUI... Sorry, I have missed something - what do you mean by that? Thank you. -- Shamil Fri, 4 Apr 2014 11:51:08 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >Now that is very good news...it was about time. I like this new guy, Satya Nadella. > >Aside: It took about two of weeks just to get Mono to stay stable and then attach a functional GUI...this should have been announced sooner. ;-) > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 8:39:26 AM >Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". > >?Hi All, > >They finally did it. Isn't it too late? > >http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/microsoft-open-source-dot-net-foundation-roslyn-winjs > >See also: > >http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/ > >http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/roslyn.aspx > >http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/winjs-microsoft-javascript-library-framework-github > > >-- >???????????? ?????? >_______________________________________________ >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 Fri Apr 4 14:06:49 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 13:06:49 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". In-Reply-To: <7291F3F9-6839-4A0C-9ACE-E38CB60B721D@phulse.com> Message-ID: <2097202514.17921336.1396638409615.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Hans: My thoughts is what ever works. I care little with whether choice was out of fear or benevolence. It seems that Microsoft is the biggest bastion of proprietary software and one of its strongest proponents. It is good to see a change of faith even if it is only a little, tentative and a bit late. Every positive move should be encouraged. Now there is Apple. ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans-Christian Andersen" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 9:23:33 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". I wouldn't call it opening up to open source, but rather desperation to gain more adoption. Best regards, Hans-Christian Andersen > On 4 Apr 2014, at 08:39, Salakhetdinov Shamil wrote: > > Hi All, > > They finally did it. Isn't it too late? > > http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/microsoft-open-source-dot-net-foundation-roslyn-winjs > > See also: > > http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/ > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/roslyn.aspx > > http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/winjs-microsoft-javascript-library-framework-github > > > -- > ???????????? ?????? > _______________________________________________ > 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 peter.brawley at earthlink.net Fri Apr 4 14:58:10 2014 From: peter.brawley at earthlink.net (Peter Brawley) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:58:10 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". In-Reply-To: <2097202514.17921336.1396638409615.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <2097202514.17921336.1396638409615.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <533F0ED2.9080508@earthlink.net> On 2014-04-04 2:06 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Hans: > > My thoughts is what ever works. I care little with whether choice was out of fear or benevolence. > > It seems that Microsoft is the biggest bastion of proprietary software and one of its strongest proponents. It is good to see a change of faith even if it is only a little, tentative and a bit late. Every positive move should be encouraged. I agree. No matter what M$oft's motivation, and no matter one thinks of .Net, a change that makes .Net less entangled with Windows is a Good Thang. PB ----- > > Now there is Apple. ;-) > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hans-Christian Andersen" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 9:23:33 AM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". > > I wouldn't call it opening up to open source, but rather desperation to gain more adoption. > > Best regards, > Hans-Christian Andersen > > >> On 4 Apr 2014, at 08:39, Salakhetdinov Shamil wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> They finally did it. Isn't it too late? >> >> http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/microsoft-open-source-dot-net-foundation-roslyn-winjs >> >> See also: >> >> http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/ >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/roslyn.aspx >> >> http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/winjs-microsoft-javascript-library-framework-github >> >> >> -- >> ???????????? ?????? >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 mcp2004 at mail.ru Fri Apr 4 17:15:23 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 02:15:23 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?More_web_stuff?= In-Reply-To: <664724275.17876339.1396635080622.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396532116.196437656@f173.i.mail.ru> <664724275.17876339.1396635080622.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1396649723.490146429@f48.i.mail.ru> Yes, it looks good. I have quickly checked they both work with Android 4.4 but WinJS doesn't work with WinPhone 7.5. -- Shamil Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:11:20 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Gustav posted that Microsoft has recently offered a full Metro library for doing web development work and if you like the new minimalist graphics this may be a perfect fit: > >http://metroui.org.ua > >Now MS has offered an extended HTML/JavaScript/CSS library and online editor: > >http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dn632015 > >http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dn632015 > >All good as far as I see. > >Jim >? >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From mcp2004 at mail.ru Fri Apr 4 17:30:33 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 02:30:33 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?FYI=3A_=22Microsoft_is_turning_over_a_new_le?= =?utf-8?q?af=22=2E?= In-Reply-To: <203578305.17911393.1396637806922.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396634014.746620753@f353.i.mail.ru> <203578305.17911393.1396637806922.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1396650633.524609327@f48.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- I see now, thank you.? But Microsoft aren't opening their .Net development libraries,?are they? AFAIU they are just opening their .NET C# and VB compilers within Roslyn project http://roslyn.codeplex.com/ ? Thank you. -- Shamil Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:56:46 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >In order to be able to program and compile C# applications, in Ubuntu, it takes a bit of configuration. The program Mono ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_%28software%29 ) was originally developed on OpenSuse but the installation has some issues running on top of Debian. > >My skill sets with managing the many library and dependencies is limited, so what should be simple, for someone that really knows his/her stuff, it is a daunting task for me. Once Mono is running with, out issues, there is still the adventure of finding just the right GUI. It is not that there is no support or options, it is just that there are so many finished and unfinished solutions that it has become a very big learning curve with much adding, testing, removing and then repeating. > >With Microsoft announcing they will be open sourcing their .Net development libraries it has the potential of creating a more unified .Net environment across all platforms...which should make it easier for someone like myself, who is training and learning on a budget. > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 10:53:34 AM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". > >?Hi Jim -- > >>>?Aside: It took about two of weeks just to get Mono to stay stable and then attach a functional GUI... >Sorry, I have missed something - what do you mean by that? > >Thank you. > >-- Shamil > > >Fri, 4 Apr 2014 11:51:08 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca >: >>Hi Shamil: >> >>Now that is very good news...it was about time. I like this new guy, Satya Nadella. >> >>Aside: It took about two of weeks just to get Mono to stay stable and then attach a functional GUI...this should have been announced sooner. ;-) >> >>Jim >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >>To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >>Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 8:39:26 AM >>Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". >> >>?Hi All, >> >>They finally did it. Isn't it too late? >> >> http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/microsoft-open-source-dot-net-foundation-roslyn-winjs >> >>See also: >> >> http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/ >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/roslyn.aspx >> >> http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/winjs-microsoft-javascript-library-framework-github >> >> >>-- >>???????????? ?????? > From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Apr 4 18:22:52 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:22:52 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems In-Reply-To: <1396560496.984311829@f96.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <346263341.18090845.1396653772442.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: I understand there is a basic interface to the DigitalOcean Cloud and a web based option can be created, as you have proved. Connecting via RDP to a Linux box is fairly simple but it implies that there actually is a desktop on the remote system to receive and manage the requests. Basically, logging in using PuTTY and running Midnight Commander, on the Cloud host may be the simplest and best solution...which you are already doing. The smallest light-weight GUI desktop out there for Ubuntu is Xfce but it is still full featured. Here is a method I would try, so I, as a user would have a simple GUI desktop on my Ubuntu server and be able to remote-in via a standard Windows RDP client. (Note: there are no guarantees that this will work but it should.) 1. Using a ssh client like putty log into your server and install the xrdp package using the command: ...this package will allow you to remote in via your Windows RDP client. sudo apt-get install xrdp 2. Restart your server: sudo shutdown -r now 3. Log back in again, and add the Xfce Desktop, link and the libraries by runnning the following: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10 ...make sure all the required libraries are current and attached. sudo apt-get update ...now get and install the latest Xfce, light weight desktop. sudo apt-get install xfce4 4. Now configure your server to boot up using the xfce desktop: ...this command creates a hidden text file named .xsession, that resides in your login home directory saying "xfce4-session" which makes sure the Xfce desktop starts up upon you logging in. The good thing is that the server will only boot the desktop for your login. If other users need access to the GUI you would login as them and repeat the command. echo xfce4-session>~/.xsession 5. Now restart the xrdp daemon: sudo service xrdp restart Once out of the Linux server you should be able to log on from your windows, using a property setup Remote Desktop client. Note: I do not know whether the Cloud server supports the RDP connections but we will assume so. HTH and keep me posted. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Thursday, 3 April, 2014 2:28:16 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems Hi Jim -- >?..and of course real men don't use GUIs. Sure :) ?(BTW, in MS Windows I do usually use Far Manager ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAR_Manager ) not Windows Explorer...) Well, I'd use GUI - what is the usual way to setup and activate GUI shell/Window Manager for a hosted Linux VPS? AFAIU I have to setup Linux GUI shell/Window Manager on a VPS - what are the most often used lightweight Linux GUI shell distributions for VPS?? When I get such a Linux GUI shell/Window Manager up&running on my VPS, h ow do I run a remote Linux desktop in Windows? As described in the following article? http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/how-do-i-run-a-remote-linux-desktop-in-windows/ Thank you. Shamil Thu, 3 Apr 2014 14:36:25 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >Midnight Commander has been around since UNIX (SCO UNIX over twenty years ago...) and DOS days (used QDOS, a DOS variant of MC, which had the capabilities to prune and graft from/to the directory trees) and I have used it once or twice but until there was a GUI available... It is the best command line file manager there is and I understand there is a hundred different theme and patches around for it. > >Its main attributes are small memory requirements and speed of course. ...and of course real men don't use GUIs...just ask the Hyper-V server folks. ;-) > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 6:35:16 AM >Subject: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems > >?Hi All -- > >I have got subj:? http://www.midnight-commander.org/ (MC) > >IMO it's a useful file manager (a la' NC) for *nix starters. >But I wanted to change MC's coloring scheme. > >Here? > >http://ajnasz.hu/blog/20080101/midnight-commander-coloring > >they say that coloring scheme can be defined/changed in? ~/.mc/ini file. >But on Ubuntu this ini file seems to be located at ~/.config/mc/ini > >Have you ever used MC? >Have you ever tried to change its color scheme? - I have changed it to > >[Colors] >base_color=lightgray,green:normal=green,default:selected=white,gray:marked=yellow,default:markselect=yellow,gray:directory=blue,default:executable=brightgreen,default:link=cyan,default:device=brightmagenta,default:special=lightgray,default:errors=red,default:reverse=green,default:gauge=green,default:input=white,gray:dnormal=green,gray:dfocus=brightgreen,gray:dhotnormal=cyan,gray:dhotfocus=brightcyan,gray:menu=green,default:menuhot=cyan,default:menusel=green,gray:menuhotsel=cyan,default:helpnormal=cyan,default:editnormal=green,default:editbold=blue,default:editmarked=gray,blue:stalelink=red,default > >still I cannot say I like it. > >And what is your preferred color scheme for MC? -- >???????????? ?????? >_______________________________________________ >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 Fri Apr 4 18:28:10 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:28:10 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". In-Reply-To: <1396650633.524609327@f48.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <908208410.18094587.1396654089999.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: You may be right. I did not read the small print but hoped their new commitment was universal...it still may be a good thing. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Friday, 4 April, 2014 3:30:33 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". Hi Jim -- I see now, thank you.? But Microsoft aren't opening their .Net development libraries,?are they? AFAIU they are just opening their .NET C# and VB compilers within Roslyn project http://roslyn.codeplex.com/ ? Thank you. -- Shamil Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:56:46 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >In order to be able to program and compile C# applications, in Ubuntu, it takes a bit of configuration. The program Mono ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_%28software%29 ) was originally developed on OpenSuse but the installation has some issues running on top of Debian. > >My skill sets with managing the many library and dependencies is limited, so what should be simple, for someone that really knows his/her stuff, it is a daunting task for me. Once Mono is running with, out issues, there is still the adventure of finding just the right GUI. It is not that there is no support or options, it is just that there are so many finished and unfinished solutions that it has become a very big learning curve with much adding, testing, removing and then repeating. > >With Microsoft announcing they will be open sourcing their .Net development libraries it has the potential of creating a more unified .Net environment across all platforms...which should make it easier for someone like myself, who is training and learning on a budget. > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 10:53:34 AM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". > >?Hi Jim -- > >>>?Aside: It took about two of weeks just to get Mono to stay stable and then attach a functional GUI... >Sorry, I have missed something - what do you mean by that? > >Thank you. > >-- Shamil > > >Fri, 4 Apr 2014 11:51:08 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca >: >>Hi Shamil: >> >>Now that is very good news...it was about time. I like this new guy, Satya Nadella. >> >>Aside: It took about two of weeks just to get Mono to stay stable and then attach a functional GUI...this should have been announced sooner. ;-) >> >>Jim >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >>To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >>Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 8:39:26 AM >>Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". >> >>?Hi All, >> >>They finally did it. Isn't it too late? >> >> http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/microsoft-open-source-dot-net-foundation-roslyn-winjs >> >>See also: >> >> http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/ >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/roslyn.aspx >> >> http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/winjs-microsoft-javascript-library-framework-github >> >> >>-- >>???????????? ?????? > _______________________________________________ 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 Fri Apr 4 18:49:33 2014 From: hans.andersen at phulse.com (Hans-Christian Andersen) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 16:49:33 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". In-Reply-To: <2097202514.17921336.1396638409615.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <2097202514.17921336.1396638409615.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <9FCA5FCA-5545-4F8C-97AC-A7D926201A0B@phulse.com> Apple is not an open source company or a proponent of it in any significant way, but they have done more for open source than Microsoft has and they do contribute more to open source because much of their operating systems depend on it. Saying that, this was not a criticism of Microsoft. I think its great they are open sourcing some of their tools. I'm just being realistic about what their motives were. They didn't do it out of benevolence any more than Apple did with WebKit, for instance. It's a means to an end. Not some grand gesture of acceptance of open source software. - Hans > On Apr 4, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > Hi Hans: > > My thoughts is what ever works. I care little with whether choice was out of fear or benevolence. > > It seems that Microsoft is the biggest bastion of proprietary software and one of its strongest proponents. It is good to see a change of faith even if it is only a little, tentative and a bit late. Every positive move should be encouraged. > > Now there is Apple. ;-) > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hans-Christian Andersen" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 9:23:33 AM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". > > I wouldn't call it opening up to open source, but rather desperation to gain more adoption. > > Best regards, > Hans-Christian Andersen > > >> On 4 Apr 2014, at 08:39, Salakhetdinov Shamil wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> They finally did it. Isn't it too late? >> >> http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/microsoft-open-source-dot-net-foundation-roslyn-winjs >> >> See also: >> >> http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/ >> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/roslyn.aspx >> >> http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/winjs-microsoft-javascript-library-framework-github >> >> >> -- >> ???????????? ?????? >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 mcp2004 at mail.ru Sat Apr 5 05:07:07 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 14:07:07 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Changing_coloring_scheme_for_Midnight_Comman?= =?utf-8?q?der_-_the_most_pupular_file_manager_on_unix_like_systems?= In-Reply-To: <346263341.18090845.1396653772442.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396560496.984311829@f96.i.mail.ru> <346263341.18090845.1396653772442.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1396692427.472542428@f256.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- Thank you, it worked - I have got Xfce Desktop GUI shell up&running on DigitalCloud Ubuntu 12.x droplet. And I have got connected to that desktop via MS Windows 8 RDP. I will post video clips later this evening. Now, I will have to learn some Puppet ( http://puppetlabs.com/ ) "tricks" to get that setup automated - looking for a tutor... :) BTW, "New Integrations with Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio":? http://puppetlabs.com/blog/new-integrations-windows-azure-and-visual-studio ? -- Shamil Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:22:52 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >I understand there is a basic interface to the DigitalOcean Cloud and a web based option can be created, as you have proved. > >Connecting via RDP to a Linux box is fairly simple but it implies that there actually is a desktop on the remote system to receive and manage the requests. Basically, logging in using PuTTY and running Midnight Commander, on the Cloud host may be the simplest and best solution...which you are already doing. > >The smallest light-weight GUI desktop out there for Ubuntu is Xfce but it is still full featured. > >Here is a method I would try, so I, as a user would have a simple GUI desktop on my Ubuntu server and be able to remote-in via a standard Windows RDP client. (Note: there are no guarantees that this will work but it should.) > > >1. Using a ssh client like putty log into your server and install the xrdp package using the command: >...this package will allow you to remote in via your Windows RDP client. >sudo apt-get install xrdp > >2. Restart your server: >sudo shutdown -r now > >3. Log back in again, and add the Xfce Desktop, link and the libraries by runnning the following: >sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10 >...make sure all the required libraries are current and attached. >sudo apt-get update >...now get and install the latest Xfce, light weight desktop. >sudo apt-get install xfce4 > >4. Now configure your server to boot up using the xfce desktop: >...this command creates a hidden text file named .xsession, that resides in your login home directory saying "xfce4-session" which makes sure the Xfce desktop starts up upon you logging in. The good thing is that the server will only boot the desktop for your login. If other users need access to the GUI you would login as them and repeat the command. >echo xfce4-session>~/.xsession > >5. Now restart the xrdp daemon: >sudo service xrdp restart > > >Once out of the Linux server you should be able to log on from your windows, using a property setup Remote Desktop client. Note: I do not know whether the Cloud server supports the RDP connections but we will assume so. > >HTH and keep me posted. > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Thursday, 3 April, 2014 2:28:16 PM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems > >?Hi Jim -- > >>?..and of course real men don't use GUIs. >Sure :) ?(BTW, in MS Windows I do usually use Far Manager ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAR_Manager ) not Windows Explorer...) > >Well, I'd use GUI - what is the usual way to setup and activate GUI shell/Window Manager for a hosted Linux VPS? >AFAIU I have to setup Linux GUI shell/Window Manager on a VPS - what are the most often used lightweight Linux GUI shell distributions for VPS?? >When I get such a Linux GUI shell/Window Manager up&running on my VPS, h ow do I run a remote Linux desktop in Windows? As described in the following article? > >http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/how-do-i-run-a-remote-linux-desktop-in-windows/ > >Thank you. Shamil > >Thu, 3 Apr 2014 14:36:25 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca >: >>Hi Shamil: >> >>Midnight Commander has been around since UNIX (SCO UNIX over twenty years ago...) and DOS days (used QDOS, a DOS variant of MC, which had the capabilities to prune and graft from/to the directory trees) and I have used it once or twice but until there was a GUI available... It is the best command line file manager there is and I understand there is a hundred different theme and patches around for it. >> >>Its main attributes are small memory requirements and speed of course. ...and of course real men don't use GUIs...just ask the Hyper-V server folks. ;-) >> >>Jim >> <<< skipped >>> From mcp2004 at mail.ru Sat Apr 5 05:10:44 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 14:10:44 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?FYI=3A_=22Microsoft_is_turning_over_a_new_le?= =?utf-8?q?af=22=2E?= In-Reply-To: <9FCA5FCA-5545-4F8C-97AC-A7D926201A0B@phulse.com> References: <2097202514.17921336.1396638409615.JavaMail.root@cds018> <9FCA5FCA-5545-4F8C-97AC-A7D926201A0B@phulse.com> Message-ID: <1396692644.745907550@f256.i.mail.ru> >?Not some grand gesture of acceptance of open source software. Fri, 4 Apr 2014 16:49:33 -0700 from Hans-Christian Andersen : >Apple is not an open source company or a proponent of it in any significant way, but they have done more for open source than Microsoft has and they do contribute more to open source because much of their operating systems depend on it. > >Saying that, this was not a criticism of Microsoft. I think its great they are open sourcing some of their tools. I'm just being realistic about what their motives were. They didn't do it out of benevolence any more than Apple did with WebKit, for instance. It's a means to an end. Not some grand gesture of acceptance of open source software. > >- Hans > > >> On Apr 4, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca > wrote: >> >> Hi Hans: >> >> My thoughts is what ever works. I care little with whether choice was out of fear or benevolence. >> >> It seems that Microsoft is the biggest bastion of proprietary software and one of its strongest proponents. It is good to see a change of faith even if it is only a little, tentative and a bit late. Every positive move should be encouraged. >> >> Now there is Apple. ;-) >> >> Jim >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Hans-Christian Andersen" < hans.andersen at phulse.com > >> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >> Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 9:23:33 AM >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". >> >> I wouldn't call it opening up to open source, but rather desperation to gain more adoption. >> >> Best regards, >> Hans-Christian Andersen >> >> >>> On 4 Apr 2014, at 08:39, Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> They finally did it. Isn't it too late? >>> >>> http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/microsoft-open-source-dot-net-foundation-roslyn-winjs >>> >>> See also: >>> >>> http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/ >>> >>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/roslyn.aspx >>> >>> http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/winjs-microsoft-javascript-library-framework-github >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ???????????? ?????? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 mcp2004 at mail.ru Sat Apr 5 05:17:19 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 14:17:19 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?FYI=3A_=22Microsoft_is_turning_over_a_new_le?= =?utf-8?q?af=22=2E?= In-Reply-To: <9FCA5FCA-5545-4F8C-97AC-A7D926201A0B@phulse.com> References: <2097202514.17921336.1396638409615.JavaMail.root@cds018> <9FCA5FCA-5545-4F8C-97AC-A7D926201A0B@phulse.com> Message-ID: <1396693039.472542428@f256.i.mail.ru> Hi Hans -- >?It's a means to an end. Not some grand gesture of acceptance of open source software. Yes, I suppose you're correct. Going open source is a compelled measure for MIcrosoft. They probably finally found they are in a (big) trouble - now on custom (business) software development "front"... -- Shamil Fri, 4 Apr 2014 16:49:33 -0700 from Hans-Christian Andersen : >Apple is not an open source company or a proponent of it in any significant way, but they have done more for open source than Microsoft has and they do contribute more to open source because much of their operating systems depend on it. > >Saying that, this was not a criticism of Microsoft. I think its great they are open sourcing some of their tools. I'm just being realistic about what their motives were. They didn't do it out of benevolence any more than Apple did with WebKit, for instance. It's a means to an end. Not some grand gesture of acceptance of open source software. > >- Hans > > >> On Apr 4, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca > wrote: >> >> Hi Hans: >> >> My thoughts is what ever works. I care little with whether choice was out of fear or benevolence. >> >> It seems that Microsoft is the biggest bastion of proprietary software and one of its strongest proponents. It is good to see a change of faith even if it is only a little, tentative and a bit late. Every positive move should be encouraged. >> >> Now there is Apple. ;-) >> >> Jim >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Hans-Christian Andersen" < hans.andersen at phulse.com > >> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >> Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 9:23:33 AM >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf". >> >> I wouldn't call it opening up to open source, but rather desperation to gain more adoption. >> >> Best regards, >> Hans-Christian Andersen >> >> >>> On 4 Apr 2014, at 08:39, Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> They finally did it. Isn't it too late? >>> >>> http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/microsoft-open-source-dot-net-foundation-roslyn-winjs >>> >>> See also: >>> >>> http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/ >>> >>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/roslyn.aspx >>> >>> http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/winjs-microsoft-javascript-library-framework-github >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ???????????? ?????? > > From mcp2004 at mail.ru Sat Apr 5 06:04:52 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 15:04:52 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Do_you_know_what_Intel_tablet_hardware_and_s?= =?utf-8?q?oftware_they_use=3F?= Message-ID: <1396695892.268401367@f422.i.mail.ru> Hi All -- Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413332 http://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413396 Thank you. -- ???????????? ?????? From gustav at cactus.dk Sat Apr 5 06:49:01 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 11:49:01 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? In-Reply-To: <1396695892.268401367@f422.i.mail.ru> References: <1396695892.268401367@f422.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <0f5f95d13a5b44c682476ebb3a919d69@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Hi Shamil They are both Surface 2 Pro. Not sure about the software but the second looks like Blend with the dark theme. That would surprise me though. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil Sendt: 5. april 2014 13:04 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? Hi All -- Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413332 http://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413396 Thank you. -- ???????????? ?????? From mcp2004 at mail.ru Sat Apr 5 07:34:09 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 16:34:09 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Do_you_know_what_Intel_tablet_hardware_and_s?= =?utf-8?q?oftware_they_use=3F?= In-Reply-To: <0f5f95d13a5b44c682476ebb3a919d69@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> References: <1396695892.268401367@f422.i.mail.ru> <0f5f95d13a5b44c682476ebb3a919d69@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: <1396701249.489477951@f322.i.mail.ru> Hi Gustav -- I didn't know - does Surface 2 Pro has a docking station with "normal" keypad? Also, AFAIS when they draw on the screen by an electronic pencil then the screen gets a bit "sagged", and I thought that Surface 2 Pro screen has strong glass not plastic surface, which can be sagged. Is that a special transparent plastic they use on top of Surface 2 Pro screen glass? Thank you. -- Shamil Sat, 5 Apr 2014 11:49:01 +0000 from Gustav Brock : >Hi Shamil > >They are both Surface 2 Pro. >Not sure about the software but the second looks like Blend with the dark theme. That would surprise me though. > >/gustav > >________________________________________ >Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com < dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > p? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >Sendt: 5. april 2014 13:04 >Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Emne: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? > >?Hi All -- > >Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? > >https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413332 >http://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413396 >Thank you. > >-- >???????????? ?????? > >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From mcp2004 at mail.ru Sat Apr 5 07:53:46 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 16:53:46 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Changing_coloring_scheme_for_Midnight_Comman?= =?utf-8?q?der_-_the_most_pupular_file_manager_on_unix_like_systems?= In-Reply-To: <1396692427.472542428@f256.i.mail.ru> References: <1396560496.984311829@f96.i.mail.ru> <346263341.18090845.1396653772442.JavaMail.root@cds018> <1396692427.472542428@f256.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <1396702426.713411365@f322.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- Here is a short video clip to prove that it works -? http://vimeo.com/91060888 ?:) Posted it till tomorrow. Will delete it then. Thank you. -- Shamil Sat, 05 Apr 2014 14:07:07 +0400 from Salakhetdinov Shamil : >Hi Jim -- > >Thank you, it worked - I have got Xfce Desktop GUI shell up&running on DigitalCloud Ubuntu 12.x droplet. >And I have got connected to that desktop via MS Windows 8 RDP. >I will post video clips later this evening. > >Now, I will have to learn some Puppet ( http://puppetlabs.com/ ) "tricks" to get that setup automated - looking for a tutor... :) > >BTW, "New Integrations with Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio":? http://puppetlabs.com/blog/new-integrations-windows-azure-and-visual-studio ? > >-- Shamil > > >Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:22:52 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca >: >>Hi Shamil: >> >>I understand there is a basic interface to the DigitalOcean Cloud and a web based option can be created, as you have proved. >> >>Connecting via RDP to a Linux box is fairly simple but it implies that there actually is a desktop on the remote system to receive and manage the requests. Basically, logging in using PuTTY and running Midnight Commander, on the Cloud host may be the simplest and best solution...which you are already doing. >> >>The smallest light-weight GUI desktop out there for Ubuntu is Xfce but it is still full featured. >> >>Here is a method I would try, so I, as a user would have a simple GUI desktop on my Ubuntu server and be able to remote-in via a standard Windows RDP client. (Note: there are no guarantees that this will work but it should.) >> >> >>1. Using a ssh client like putty log into your server and install the xrdp package using the command: >>...this package will allow you to remote in via your Windows RDP client. >>sudo apt-get install xrdp >> >>2. Restart your server: >>sudo shutdown -r now >> >>3. Log back in again, and add the Xfce Desktop, link and the libraries by runnning the following: >>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10 >>...make sure all the required libraries are current and attached. >>sudo apt-get update >>...now get and install the latest Xfce, light weight desktop. >>sudo apt-get install xfce4 >> >>4. Now configure your server to boot up using the xfce desktop: >>...this command creates a hidden text file named .xsession, that resides in your login home directory saying "xfce4-session" which makes sure the Xfce desktop starts up upon you logging in. The good thing is that the server will only boot the desktop for your login. If other users need access to the GUI you would login as them and repeat the command. >>echo xfce4-session>~/.xsession >> >>5. Now restart the xrdp daemon: >>sudo service xrdp restart >> >> >>Once out of the Linux server you should be able to log on from your windows, using a property setup Remote Desktop client. Note: I do not know whether the Cloud server supports the RDP connections but we will assume so. >> >>HTH and keep me posted. >> >>Jim >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >>To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >>Sent: Thursday, 3 April, 2014 2:28:16 PM >>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems >> >>?Hi Jim -- >> >>>?..and of course real men don't use GUIs. >>Sure :) ?(BTW, in MS Windows I do usually use Far Manager ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAR_Manager ) not Windows Explorer...) >> >>Well, I'd use GUI - what is the usual way to setup and activate GUI shell/Window Manager for a hosted Linux VPS? >>AFAIU I have to setup Linux GUI shell/Window Manager on a VPS - what are the most often used lightweight Linux GUI shell distributions for VPS?? >>When I get such a Linux GUI shell/Window Manager up&running on my VPS, h ow do I run a remote Linux desktop in Windows? As described in the following article? >> >> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/how-do-i-run-a-remote-linux-desktop-in-windows/ >> >>Thank you. Shamil >> >>Thu, 3 Apr 2014 14:36:25 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca >: >>>Hi Shamil: >>> >>>Midnight Commander has been around since UNIX (SCO UNIX over twenty years ago...) and DOS days (used QDOS, a DOS variant of MC, which had the capabilities to prune and graft from/to the directory trees) and I have used it once or twice but until there was a GUI available... It is the best command line file manager there is and I understand there is a hundred different theme and patches around for it. >>> >>>Its main attributes are small memory requirements and speed of course. ...and of course real men don't use GUIs...just ask the Hyper-V server folks. ;-) >>> >>>Jim >>> ><<< skipped >>> >_______________________________________________ >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 5 08:11:01 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 13:11:01 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? In-Reply-To: <1396701249.489477951@f322.i.mail.ru> References: <1396695892.268401367@f422.i.mail.ru> <0f5f95d13a5b44c682476ebb3a919d69@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com>, <1396701249.489477951@f322.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <6760c2fd4b594d78858ff93d1fdfeb12@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Hi Shamil Yes, several keyboards are available with a magnetic Snap-On. The surface is glass but that's not a problem. Try with the free app, Fresh Paint. /gustav __________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil Sendt: 5. april 2014 14:34 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? Hi Gustav -- I didn't know - does Surface 2 Pro has a docking station with "normal" keypad? Also, AFAIS when they draw on the screen by an electronic pencil then the screen gets a bit "sagged", and I thought that Surface 2 Pro screen has strong glass not plastic surface, which can be sagged. Is that a special transparent plastic they use on top of Surface 2 Pro screen glass? Thank you. -- Shamil Sat, 5 Apr 2014 11:49:01 +0000 from Gustav Brock : >Hi Shamil > >They are both Surface 2 Pro. >Not sure about the software but the second looks like Blend with the dark theme. That would surprise me though. > >/gustav > >________________________________________ >Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com < dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > p? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >Sendt: 5. april 2014 13:04 >Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Emne: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? > >?Hi All -- > >Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? > >https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413332 >http://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413396 >Thank you. > >-- >???????????? ?????? From jbartow at winhaven.net Sat Apr 5 12:40:03 2014 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 12:40:03 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? In-Reply-To: <1396695892.268401367@f422.i.mail.ru> References: <1396695892.268401367@f422.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <001601cf50f6$14329570$3c97c050$@winhaven.net> That?s a Surface Pro 2 and she is using Manga Studio for sketching and later PhotoShop. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov Shamil Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 6:05 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? Hi All -- Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413332 http://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413396 Thank you. -- ???????????? ?????? _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From mcp2004 at mail.ru Sat Apr 5 13:12:22 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:12:22 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Do_you_know_what_Intel_tablet_hardware_and_s?= =?utf-8?q?oftware_they_use=3F?= In-Reply-To: <001601cf50f6$14329570$3c97c050$@winhaven.net> References: <1396695892.268401367@f422.i.mail.ru> <001601cf50f6$14329570$3c97c050$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <1396721542.156335950@f390.i.mail.ru> Hi John -- Thank you, yes, it's Manga Studio I see now at https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413332 - 00:57 - 00:59 and in another video is also Manga Studio used as well as "Microsoft - Type Cover 2 - Black" http://goo.gl/R1CZxV https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413396 - 02:10 ? Thank you. -- Shamil Sat, 5 Apr 2014 12:40:03 -0500 from "John Bartow" : >That?s a Surface Pro 2 and she is using Manga Studio for sketching and later PhotoShop. > >-----Original Message----- >From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov Shamil >Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 6:05 AM >To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Subject: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? > >?Hi All -- > >Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? > >https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413332 >http://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413396 >Thank you. > >-- >???????????? ?????? >_______________________________________________ >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 mcp2004 at mail.ru Sat Apr 5 13:24:43 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:24:43 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Do_you_know_what_Intel_tablet_hardware_and_s?= =?utf-8?q?oftware_they_use=3F?= In-Reply-To: <6760c2fd4b594d78858ff93d1fdfeb12@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> References: <1396695892.268401367@f422.i.mail.ru> <1396701249.489477951@f322.i.mail.ru> <6760c2fd4b594d78858ff93d1fdfeb12@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: <1396722283.466357446@f390.i.mail.ru> Hi Gustav -- Yes, Fresh Paint looks not bad. But as John noted on videos Manga Studio ( http://manga.smithmicro.com/manga-studio.html ) is used. I didn't know about Manga Studio and I'm quite impressed with it. I'm not going to start comics/manga authoring but I suppose Manga Studio could be used (here) for web sites and/or UI/UX drafting/sketching. Do you own MS Surface Pro 2? If yes, do you like it? BTW, I have got collected links on the set of hardware/accessories, which could be used with MS Surface Pro 2 - here it's (do you have anything else/better to add to this list? ): Microsoft - Surface Pro 2 with 128GB - Dark Titanium ($999.99) http://goo.gl/9cfQy8 MoKo Rotatory Detachable Type / Touch Keyboard Cover Companion Sleeve Case for Microsoft Surface Pro / Surface Pro 2 10.6" Inch Windows 8 Tablet, BLACK ($24.99) http://goo.gl/dNbRK3 Microsoft Surface Pro Pen ($29.99) http://goo.gl/Dr11yG Microsoft - Type Cover 2 - Black ($119.00) http://goo.gl/R1CZxV Snugg Microsoft Surface 1 & 2 Leather Wallet Case in Black for RT and Pro - High Quality Case with Card Slot, Pocket and Premium Nubuck Fibre Interior ($29.99) http://goo.gl/0hYVq3 Car DC Adapter ($21.99) http://goo.gl/KpXmTU Microsoft Surface Car Charger ($49.99) http://goo.gl/brfftV StarTech.com MDP2HDMI Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Video Adapter Converter ($13.98) http://goo.gl/d6BRxf Plugable UD-3900 USB 3.0 Universal Docking Station with Dual Video Outputs for Windows 8.1, 8, 7, XP (HDMI and DVI/ VGA to 2048x1152, Gigabit Ethernet, Audio, 2 USB 3.0 Ports, 4 USB 2.0 Ports, 4A AC Power Adapter) ($109) http://goo.gl/Ag6DBO -------------------------------------------------------------------- Plugable Basic USB Keyboard and Mouse Bundle (Extra Long Cables) ($19.95) http://plugable.com/products/usb-kmb1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Docking Station for Surface Pro and Surface Pro 2 ($207.00) http://goo.gl/5g50al ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you. -- Shamil Sat, 5 Apr 2014 13:11:01 +0000 from Gustav Brock : >Hi Shamil > >Yes, several keyboards are available with a magnetic Snap-On. > >The surface is glass but that's not a problem. Try with the free app, Fresh Paint. > >/gustav > >__________________________________ >Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com < dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > p? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >Sendt: 5. april 2014 14:34 >Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? > >?Hi Gustav -- > >I didn't know - does Surface 2 Pro has a docking station with "normal" keypad? >Also, AFAIS when they draw on the screen by an electronic pencil then the screen gets a bit "sagged", and I thought that Surface 2 Pro screen has strong glass not plastic surface, which can be sagged. Is that a special transparent plastic they use on top of Surface 2 Pro screen glass? > >Thank you. > >-- Shamil > > >Sat, 5 Apr 2014 11:49:01 +0000 from Gustav Brock < gustav at cactus.dk >: >>Hi Shamil >> >>They are both Surface 2 Pro. >>Not sure about the software but the second looks like Blend with the dark theme. That would surprise me though. >> >>/gustav >> >>________________________________________ >>Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com < dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > p? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >>Sendt: 5. april 2014 13:04 >>Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >>Emne: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? >> >>?Hi All -- >> >>Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? >> >> https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413332 >> http://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413396 >>Thank you. >> >>-- >>???????????? ?????? > From mcp2004 at mail.ru Sat Apr 5 13:31:39 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:31:39 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Attaching_14_Monitors_on_Windows_8=2E1_with_?= =?utf-8?q?USB?= Message-ID: <1396722699.395234042@f390.i.mail.ru> Hi All -- FYI: I have just got impressed with that - dreaming to get four-five monitors "armored" laptop here: http://plugable.com/2014/03/10/attaching-14-monitors-on-windows-8-1-with-usb-2-0 -- ???????????? ?????? From mcp2004 at mail.ru Sat Apr 5 14:49:01 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 23:49:01 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Hardware_to_use_Manga_Studio_with_PC_-_Was?= =?utf-8?q?=3A_Re=5B2=5D=3A__Do_you_know_what_Intel_tablet_hardware_and_so?= =?utf-8?q?ftware_they_use=3F?= In-Reply-To: <1396721542.156335950@f390.i.mail.ru> References: <1396695892.268401367@f422.i.mail.ru> <001601cf50f6$14329570$3c97c050$@winhaven.net> <1396721542.156335950@f390.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <1396727341.994114461@f432.i.mail.ru> Hi All -- I have found some hardware, which can be used with Manga Studio running on a PC (laptop): Wacom Intuos Manga Pen and Touch Small (CTH480S2) ($99.95) (Free downloadable software: Manga Studio Debut 4 and Anime Studio Debut 8) http://goo.gl/nPbfN5 Wacom Wireless Accessory Kit for Bamboo and Intuos Tablets (ACK40401) ($39.00) http://goo.gl/FNuo3X Intuos4 / Intuos5 Small Case ($26.54) http://goo.gl/o7OkY5 Thank you. -- Shamil Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:12:22 +0400 from Salakhetdinov Shamil : >Hi John -- > >Thank you, yes, it's Manga Studio I see now at > >https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413332 - 00:57 - 00:59 > >and in another video is also Manga Studio used as well as > >"Microsoft - Type Cover 2 - Black" >http://goo.gl/R1CZxV https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413396 - 02:10 > >? > >Thank you. > >-- Shamil > >Sat, 5 Apr 2014 12:40:03 -0500 from "John Bartow" < jbartow at winhaven.net >: >>That?s a Surface Pro 2 and she is using Manga Studio for sketching and later PhotoShop. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov Shamil >>Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 6:05 AM >>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >>Subject: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? >> >>?Hi All -- >> >>Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? >> >> https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413332 >> http://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413396 >>Thank you. >> >>-- >>???????????? ?????? From gustav at cactus.dk Sat Apr 5 16:37:03 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 21:37:03 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Attaching 14 Monitors on Windows 8.1 with USB In-Reply-To: <1396722699.395234042@f390.i.mail.ru> References: <1396722699.395234042@f390.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <7b21b949ec0c444b962a42cd2357b951@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Hi Shamil It can't be simpler. USB 2.0/3.0 only. I love the close-up at the end of the display setup/configuration in Windows. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil Sendt: 5. april 2014 20:31 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] Attaching 14 Monitors on Windows 8.1 with USB Hi All -- FYI: I have just got impressed with that - dreaming to get four-five monitors "armored" laptop here: http://plugable.com/2014/03/10/attaching-14-monitors-on-windows-8-1-with-usb-2-0 -- ???????????? ?????? From gustav at cactus.dk Sat Apr 5 17:02:43 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 22:02:43 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? In-Reply-To: <1396722283.466357446@f390.i.mail.ru> References: <1396695892.268401367@f422.i.mail.ru> <1396701249.489477951@f322.i.mail.ru> <6760c2fd4b594d78858ff93d1fdfeb12@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com>, <1396722283.466357446@f390.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: Hi Shamil Yes, we (well, mostly Rita, my wife) have a Surface 2 Pro. With 256 GB disk, micro-SD Card slot, and standard USB 3.0 you don't need much more to start but can add as demand shows up. The only add-on is an Xtrfy Leather Case and the a Microsoft wedge mouse (Bluetooth). It's a lovely machine with clever details and a superb feeling of quality. We use it mostly as a tablet so we manage with the on-screen keyboard; for serious typing we have lots of other machines. Also, with the high screen resolution, working with the desktop is mostly a joke as everything is so small. It is doable, and a pen is included, but the small tablet screen proves why Microsoft had to create the Metro/Modern touch interface. The only feature I miss is built-in 3G/4G mobile data access as in smartphones. However, I have a USB device for my old laptop we can use, so we manage. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil Sendt: 5. april 2014 20:24 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? Hi Gustav -- Yes, Fresh Paint looks not bad. But as John noted on videos Manga Studio ( http://manga.smithmicro.com/manga-studio.html ) is used. I didn't know about Manga Studio and I'm quite impressed with it. I'm not going to start comics/manga authoring but I suppose Manga Studio could be used (here) for web sites and/or UI/UX drafting/sketching. Do you own MS Surface Pro 2? If yes, do you like it? BTW, I have got collected links on the set of hardware/accessories, which could be used with MS Surface Pro 2 - here it's (do you have anything else/better to add to this list? ): Microsoft - Surface Pro 2 with 128GB - Dark Titanium ($999.99) http://goo.gl/9cfQy8 MoKo Rotatory Detachable Type / Touch Keyboard Cover Companion Sleeve Case for Microsoft Surface Pro / Surface Pro 2 10.6" Inch Windows 8 Tablet, BLACK ($24.99) http://goo.gl/dNbRK3 Microsoft Surface Pro Pen ($29.99) http://goo.gl/Dr11yG Microsoft - Type Cover 2 - Black ($119.00) http://goo.gl/R1CZxV Snugg Microsoft Surface 1 & 2 Leather Wallet Case in Black for RT and Pro - High Quality Case with Card Slot, Pocket and Premium Nubuck Fibre Interior ($29.99) http://goo.gl/0hYVq3 Car DC Adapter ($21.99) http://goo.gl/KpXmTU Microsoft Surface Car Charger ($49.99) http://goo.gl/brfftV StarTech.com MDP2HDMI Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Video Adapter Converter ($13.98) http://goo.gl/d6BRxf Plugable UD-3900 USB 3.0 Universal Docking Station with Dual Video Outputs for Windows 8.1, 8, 7, XP (HDMI and DVI/ VGA to 2048x1152, Gigabit Ethernet, Audio, 2 USB 3.0 Ports, 4 USB 2.0 Ports, 4A AC Power Adapter) ($109) http://goo.gl/Ag6DBO -------------------------------------------------------------------- Plugable Basic USB Keyboard and Mouse Bundle (Extra Long Cables) ($19.95) http://plugable.com/products/usb-kmb1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Docking Station for Surface Pro and Surface Pro 2 ($207.00) http://goo.gl/5g50al ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you. -- Shamil Sat, 5 Apr 2014 13:11:01 +0000 from Gustav Brock : >Hi Shamil > >Yes, several keyboards are available with a magnetic Snap-On. > >The surface is glass but that's not a problem. Try with the free app, Fresh Paint. > >/gustav > >__________________________________ >Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com < dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > p? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >Sendt: 5. april 2014 14:34 >Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? > >?Hi Gustav -- > >I didn't know - does Surface 2 Pro has a docking station with "normal" keypad? >Also, AFAIS when they draw on the screen by an electronic pencil then the screen gets a bit "sagged", and I thought that Surface 2 Pro screen has strong glass not plastic surface, which can be sagged. Is that a special transparent plastic they use on top of Surface 2 Pro screen glass? > >Thank you. > >-- Shamil > > >Sat, 5 Apr 2014 11:49:01 +0000 from Gustav Brock < gustav at cactus.dk >: >>Hi Shamil >> >>They are both Surface 2 Pro. >>Not sure about the software but the second looks like Blend with the dark theme. That would surprise me though. >> >>/gustav >> >>________________________________________ >>Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com < dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > p? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >>Sendt: 5. april 2014 13:04 >>Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >>Emne: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? >> >>?Hi All -- >> >>Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? >> >> https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413332 >> http://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413396 >>Thank you. >> >>-- >>???????????? ?????? From accessd at shaw.ca Sat Apr 5 22:45:21 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 21:45:21 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems In-Reply-To: <1396692427.472542428@f256.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <743258142.18713984.1396755921001.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: Glad to hear everything worked out well. I think I will run up a site or two myself...with the current rate, of only $5.00, it is hard to resist...and it is a good opportunity to get up to speed in Cloud technology and deployment. I have never played with Puppet but do have some experience building scripts for rolling out Microsoft networks. With Microsoft's involvement with Puppet, it sounds like it could become a universal solution for all enterprise site...something well worth learning. If you find some good tutorials please let me know. Jim PS Hans has a fair bit of experience using Puppet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Saturday, 5 April, 2014 3:07:07 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems Hi Jim -- Thank you, it worked - I have got Xfce Desktop GUI shell up&running on DigitalCloud Ubuntu 12.x droplet. And I have got connected to that desktop via MS Windows 8 RDP. I will post video clips later this evening. Now, I will have to learn some Puppet ( http://puppetlabs.com/ ) "tricks" to get that setup automated - looking for a tutor... :) BTW, "New Integrations with Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio":? http://puppetlabs.com/blog/new-integrations-windows-azure-and-visual-studio ? -- Shamil Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:22:52 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >I understand there is a basic interface to the DigitalOcean Cloud and a web based option can be created, as you have proved. > >Connecting via RDP to a Linux box is fairly simple but it implies that there actually is a desktop on the remote system to receive and manage the requests. Basically, logging in using PuTTY and running Midnight Commander, on the Cloud host may be the simplest and best solution...which you are already doing. > >The smallest light-weight GUI desktop out there for Ubuntu is Xfce but it is still full featured. > >Here is a method I would try, so I, as a user would have a simple GUI desktop on my Ubuntu server and be able to remote-in via a standard Windows RDP client. (Note: there are no guarantees that this will work but it should.) > > >1. Using a ssh client like putty log into your server and install the xrdp package using the command: >...this package will allow you to remote in via your Windows RDP client. >sudo apt-get install xrdp > >2. Restart your server: >sudo shutdown -r now > >3. Log back in again, and add the Xfce Desktop, link and the libraries by runnning the following: >sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10 >...make sure all the required libraries are current and attached. >sudo apt-get update >...now get and install the latest Xfce, light weight desktop. >sudo apt-get install xfce4 > >4. Now configure your server to boot up using the xfce desktop: >...this command creates a hidden text file named .xsession, that resides in your login home directory saying "xfce4-session" which makes sure the Xfce desktop starts up upon you logging in. The good thing is that the server will only boot the desktop for your login. If other users need access to the GUI you would login as them and repeat the command. >echo xfce4-session>~/.xsession > >5. Now restart the xrdp daemon: >sudo service xrdp restart > > >Once out of the Linux server you should be able to log on from your windows, using a property setup Remote Desktop client. Note: I do not know whether the Cloud server supports the RDP connections but we will assume so. > >HTH and keep me posted. > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Thursday, 3 April, 2014 2:28:16 PM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems > >?Hi Jim -- > >>?..and of course real men don't use GUIs. >Sure :) ?(BTW, in MS Windows I do usually use Far Manager ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAR_Manager ) not Windows Explorer...) > >Well, I'd use GUI - what is the usual way to setup and activate GUI shell/Window Manager for a hosted Linux VPS? >AFAIU I have to setup Linux GUI shell/Window Manager on a VPS - what are the most often used lightweight Linux GUI shell distributions for VPS?? >When I get such a Linux GUI shell/Window Manager up&running on my VPS, h ow do I run a remote Linux desktop in Windows? As described in the following article? > >http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/how-do-i-run-a-remote-linux-desktop-in-windows/ > >Thank you. Shamil > >Thu, 3 Apr 2014 14:36:25 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca >: >>Hi Shamil: >> >>Midnight Commander has been around since UNIX (SCO UNIX over twenty years ago...) and DOS days (used QDOS, a DOS variant of MC, which had the capabilities to prune and graft from/to the directory trees) and I have used it once or twice but until there was a GUI available... It is the best command line file manager there is and I understand there is a hundred different theme and patches around for it. >> >>Its main attributes are small memory requirements and speed of course. ...and of course real men don't use GUIs...just ask the Hyper-V server folks. ;-) >> >>Jim >> <<< skipped >>> _______________________________________________ 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 5 23:02:00 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 22:02:00 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? In-Reply-To: <1396695892.268401367@f422.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <349352486.18717664.1396756920138.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: Love it...as both my daughters are artists (Illustrator and Animator) one has had a Cintiq tablet for years...the prices have sure come down. I have been listening to podcasts and have been reading about the new Intel super chip which has graphics capability built right in...incredibly fast and small...the chips will one day replace embedded or above board video cards and will allow tablets to compete with desktop PCs for high-end graphics and gaming. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Saturday, 5 April, 2014 4:04:52 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? Hi All -- Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413332 http://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413396 Thank you. -- ???????????? ?????? _______________________________________________ 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 5 23:07:22 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 22:07:22 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems In-Reply-To: <1396702426.713411365@f322.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <913089869.18719120.1396757242092.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: Impressive... Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Saturday, 5 April, 2014 5:53:46 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems Hi Jim -- Here is a short video clip to prove that it works -? http://vimeo.com/91060888 ?:) Posted it till tomorrow. Will delete it then. Thank you. -- Shamil Sat, 05 Apr 2014 14:07:07 +0400 from Salakhetdinov Shamil : >Hi Jim -- > >Thank you, it worked - I have got Xfce Desktop GUI shell up&running on DigitalCloud Ubuntu 12.x droplet. >And I have got connected to that desktop via MS Windows 8 RDP. >I will post video clips later this evening. > >Now, I will have to learn some Puppet ( http://puppetlabs.com/ ) "tricks" to get that setup automated - looking for a tutor... :) > >BTW, "New Integrations with Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio":? http://puppetlabs.com/blog/new-integrations-windows-azure-and-visual-studio ? > >-- Shamil > > >Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:22:52 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca >: >>Hi Shamil: >> >>I understand there is a basic interface to the DigitalOcean Cloud and a web based option can be created, as you have proved. >> >>Connecting via RDP to a Linux box is fairly simple but it implies that there actually is a desktop on the remote system to receive and manage the requests. Basically, logging in using PuTTY and running Midnight Commander, on the Cloud host may be the simplest and best solution...which you are already doing. >> >>The smallest light-weight GUI desktop out there for Ubuntu is Xfce but it is still full featured. >> >>Here is a method I would try, so I, as a user would have a simple GUI desktop on my Ubuntu server and be able to remote-in via a standard Windows RDP client. (Note: there are no guarantees that this will work but it should.) >> >> >>1. Using a ssh client like putty log into your server and install the xrdp package using the command: >>...this package will allow you to remote in via your Windows RDP client. >>sudo apt-get install xrdp >> >>2. Restart your server: >>sudo shutdown -r now >> >>3. Log back in again, and add the Xfce Desktop, link and the libraries by runnning the following: >>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10 >>...make sure all the required libraries are current and attached. >>sudo apt-get update >>...now get and install the latest Xfce, light weight desktop. >>sudo apt-get install xfce4 >> >>4. Now configure your server to boot up using the xfce desktop: >>...this command creates a hidden text file named .xsession, that resides in your login home directory saying "xfce4-session" which makes sure the Xfce desktop starts up upon you logging in. The good thing is that the server will only boot the desktop for your login. If other users need access to the GUI you would login as them and repeat the command. >>echo xfce4-session>~/.xsession >> >>5. Now restart the xrdp daemon: >>sudo service xrdp restart >> >> >>Once out of the Linux server you should be able to log on from your windows, using a property setup Remote Desktop client. Note: I do not know whether the Cloud server supports the RDP connections but we will assume so. >> >>HTH and keep me posted. >> >>Jim >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >>To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >>Sent: Thursday, 3 April, 2014 2:28:16 PM >>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems >> >>?Hi Jim -- >> >>>?..and of course real men don't use GUIs. >>Sure :) ?(BTW, in MS Windows I do usually use Far Manager ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAR_Manager ) not Windows Explorer...) >> >>Well, I'd use GUI - what is the usual way to setup and activate GUI shell/Window Manager for a hosted Linux VPS? >>AFAIU I have to setup Linux GUI shell/Window Manager on a VPS - what are the most often used lightweight Linux GUI shell distributions for VPS?? >>When I get such a Linux GUI shell/Window Manager up&running on my VPS, h ow do I run a remote Linux desktop in Windows? As described in the following article? >> >> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/how-do-i-run-a-remote-linux-desktop-in-windows/ >> >>Thank you. Shamil >> >>Thu, 3 Apr 2014 14:36:25 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca >: >>>Hi Shamil: >>> >>>Midnight Commander has been around since UNIX (SCO UNIX over twenty years ago...) and DOS days (used QDOS, a DOS variant of MC, which had the capabilities to prune and graft from/to the directory trees) and I have used it once or twice but until there was a GUI available... It is the best command line file manager there is and I understand there is a hundred different theme and patches around for it. >>> >>>Its main attributes are small memory requirements and speed of course. ...and of course real men don't use GUIs...just ask the Hyper-V server folks. ;-) >>> >>>Jim >>> ><<< skipped >>> >_______________________________________________ >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 Sat Apr 5 23:24:56 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 22:24:56 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? In-Reply-To: <1396722283.466357446@f390.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <1572450962.18722928.1396758296030.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: Just a note: As to the latest versions of Manga Studio and MS Surface Pro 2, stylus pressure sensitivity is not compatible...but single lines and block painting works just fine. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Saturday, 5 April, 2014 11:24:43 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? Hi Gustav -- Yes, Fresh Paint looks not bad. But as John noted on videos Manga Studio ( http://manga.smithmicro.com/manga-studio.html ) is used. I didn't know about Manga Studio and I'm quite impressed with it. I'm not going to start comics/manga authoring but I suppose Manga Studio could be used (here) for web sites and/or UI/UX drafting/sketching. Do you own MS Surface Pro 2? If yes, do you like it? BTW, I have got collected links on the set of hardware/accessories, which could be used with MS Surface Pro 2 - here it's (do you have anything else/better to add to this list? ): Microsoft - Surface Pro 2 with 128GB - Dark Titanium ($999.99) http://goo.gl/9cfQy8 MoKo Rotatory Detachable Type / Touch Keyboard Cover Companion Sleeve Case for Microsoft Surface Pro / Surface Pro 2 10.6" Inch Windows 8 Tablet, BLACK ($24.99) http://goo.gl/dNbRK3 Microsoft Surface Pro Pen ($29.99) http://goo.gl/Dr11yG Microsoft - Type Cover 2 - Black ($119.00) http://goo.gl/R1CZxV Snugg Microsoft Surface 1 & 2 Leather Wallet Case in Black for RT and Pro - High Quality Case with Card Slot, Pocket and Premium Nubuck Fibre Interior ($29.99) http://goo.gl/0hYVq3 Car DC Adapter ($21.99) http://goo.gl/KpXmTU Microsoft Surface Car Charger ($49.99) http://goo.gl/brfftV StarTech.com MDP2HDMI Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Video Adapter Converter ($13.98) http://goo.gl/d6BRxf Plugable UD-3900 USB 3.0 Universal Docking Station with Dual Video Outputs for Windows 8.1, 8, 7, XP (HDMI and DVI/ VGA to 2048x1152, Gigabit Ethernet, Audio, 2 USB 3.0 Ports, 4 USB 2.0 Ports, 4A AC Power Adapter) ($109) http://goo.gl/Ag6DBO -------------------------------------------------------------------- Plugable Basic USB Keyboard and Mouse Bundle (Extra Long Cables) ($19.95) http://plugable.com/products/usb-kmb1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Docking Station for Surface Pro and Surface Pro 2 ($207.00) http://goo.gl/5g50al ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you. -- Shamil Sat, 5 Apr 2014 13:11:01 +0000 from Gustav Brock : >Hi Shamil > >Yes, several keyboards are available with a magnetic Snap-On. > >The surface is glass but that's not a problem. Try with the free app, Fresh Paint. > >/gustav > >__________________________________ >Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com < dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > p? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >Sendt: 5. april 2014 14:34 >Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? > >?Hi Gustav -- > >I didn't know - does Surface 2 Pro has a docking station with "normal" keypad? >Also, AFAIS when they draw on the screen by an electronic pencil then the screen gets a bit "sagged", and I thought that Surface 2 Pro screen has strong glass not plastic surface, which can be sagged. Is that a special transparent plastic they use on top of Surface 2 Pro screen glass? > >Thank you. > >-- Shamil > > >Sat, 5 Apr 2014 11:49:01 +0000 from Gustav Brock < gustav at cactus.dk >: >>Hi Shamil >> >>They are both Surface 2 Pro. >>Not sure about the software but the second looks like Blend with the dark theme. That would surprise me though. >> >>/gustav >> >>________________________________________ >>Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com < dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > p? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >>Sendt: 5. april 2014 13:04 >>Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >>Emne: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? >> >>?Hi All -- >> >>Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? >> >> https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413332 >> http://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413396 >>Thank you. >> >>-- >>???????????? ?????? > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From mcp2004 at mail.ru Sun Apr 6 03:34:05 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 12:34:05 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Changing_coloring_scheme_for_Midnight_Comman?= =?utf-8?q?der_-_the_most_pupular_file_manager_on_unix_like_systems?= In-Reply-To: <913089869.18719120.1396757242092.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396702426.713411365@f322.i.mail.ru> <913089869.18719120.1396757242092.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1396773245.468392683@f181.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- Here is another short video clip presenting connection to the DigitalCloud Ubuntu droplet via MS Win8 RDP client: https://vimeo.com/91141154 FYI: I have a broadband internet connection. -- Shamil Sat, 5 Apr 2014 22:07:22 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >Impressive... > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Saturday, 5 April, 2014 5:53:46 AM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems > >?Hi Jim -- > >Here is a short video clip to prove that it works -? http://vimeo.com/91060888 ?:) >Posted it till tomorrow. Will delete it then. > >Thank you. > >-- Shamil > >Sat, 05 Apr 2014 14:07:07 +0400 from Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru >: >>Hi Jim -- >> >>Thank you, it worked - I have got Xfce Desktop GUI shell up&running on DigitalCloud Ubuntu 12.x droplet. >>And I have got connected to that desktop via MS Windows 8 RDP. >>I will post video clips later this evening. >> >>Now, I will have to learn some Puppet ( http://puppetlabs.com/ ) "tricks" to get that setup automated - looking for a tutor... :) >> >>BTW, "New Integrations with Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio":? http://puppetlabs.com/blog/new-integrations-windows-azure-and-visual-studio >> >>-- Shamil >> >> >>Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:22:52 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca >: >>>Hi Shamil: >>> >>>I understand there is a basic interface to the DigitalOcean Cloud and a web based option can be created, as you have proved. >>> >>>Connecting via RDP to a Linux box is fairly simple but it implies that there actually is a desktop on the remote system to receive and manage the requests. Basically, logging in using PuTTY and running Midnight Commander, on the Cloud host may be the simplest and best solution...which you are already doing. >>> >>>The smallest light-weight GUI desktop out there for Ubuntu is Xfce but it is still full featured. >>> >>>Here is a method I would try, so I, as a user would have a simple GUI desktop on my Ubuntu server and be able to remote-in via a standard Windows RDP client. (Note: there are no guarantees that this will work but it should.) >>> >>> >>>1. Using a ssh client like putty log into your server and install the xrdp package using the command: >>>...this package will allow you to remote in via your Windows RDP client. >>>sudo apt-get install xrdp >>> >>>2. Restart your server: >>>sudo shutdown -r now >>> >>>3. Log back in again, and add the Xfce Desktop, link and the libraries by runnning the following: >>>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10 >>>...make sure all the required libraries are current and attached. >>>sudo apt-get update >>>...now get and install the latest Xfce, light weight desktop. >>>sudo apt-get install xfce4 >>> >>>4. Now configure your server to boot up using the xfce desktop: >>>...this command creates a hidden text file named .xsession, that resides in your login home directory saying "xfce4-session" which makes sure the Xfce desktop starts up upon you logging in. The good thing is that the server will only boot the desktop for your login. If other users need access to the GUI you would login as them and repeat the command. >>>echo xfce4-session>~/.xsession >>> >>>5. Now restart the xrdp daemon: >>>sudo service xrdp restart >>> >>> >>>Once out of the Linux server you should be able to log on from your windows, using a property setup Remote Desktop client. Note: I do not know whether the Cloud server supports the RDP connections but we will assume so. >>> >>>HTH and keep me posted. >>> >>>Jim >>> <<< skipped >>> > From mcp2004 at mail.ru Sun Apr 6 03:39:56 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 12:39:56 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Do_you_know_what_Intel_tablet_hardware_and_s?= =?utf-8?q?oftware_they_use=3F?= In-Reply-To: <1572450962.18722928.1396758296030.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396722283.466357446@f390.i.mail.ru> <1572450962.18722928.1396758296030.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1396773596.485540515@f181.i.mail.ru> HI Jim -- As I don't currently have MS Surface Pro 2 I I will probably purchase something like "Wacom Intuos Manga Pen and Touch Small (CTH480S2)" http://goo.gl/nPbfN5 Do you know would it also work as an "ordinary PC mouse" with MS Windows programs? Thank you. -- Shamil Sat, 5 Apr 2014 22:24:56 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi All: > >Just a note: As to the latest versions of Manga Studio and MS Surface Pro 2, stylus pressure sensitivity is not compatible...but single lines and block painting works just fine. > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Saturday, 5 April, 2014 11:24:43 AM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? > >?Hi Gustav -- > >Yes, Fresh Paint looks not bad. >But as John noted on videos Manga Studio ( http://manga.smithmicro.com/manga-studio.html ) is used. >I didn't know about Manga Studio and I'm quite impressed with it. >I'm not going to start comics/manga authoring but I suppose Manga Studio could be used (here) for web sites and/or UI/UX drafting/sketching. > >Do you own MS Surface Pro 2? >If yes, do you like it? > >BTW, I have got collected links on the set of hardware/accessories, which could be used with MS Surface Pro 2 - here it's (do you have anything else/better to add to this list? ): > >Microsoft - Surface Pro 2 with 128GB - Dark Titanium ($999.99) >http://goo.gl/9cfQy8 >MoKo Rotatory Detachable Type / Touch Keyboard Cover Companion Sleeve >Case for Microsoft Surface Pro / Surface Pro 2 10.6" Inch Windows 8 Tablet, BLACK ($24.99) >http://goo.gl/dNbRK3 >Microsoft Surface Pro Pen ($29.99) >http://goo.gl/Dr11yG > >Microsoft - Type Cover 2 - Black ($119.00) >http://goo.gl/R1CZxV >Snugg Microsoft Surface 1 & 2 Leather Wallet Case in Black for RT and >Pro - High Quality Case with Card Slot, Pocket and Premium Nubuck Fibre Interior ($29.99) >http://goo.gl/0hYVq3 >Car DC Adapter ($21.99) >http://goo.gl/KpXmTU >Microsoft Surface Car Charger ($49.99) >http://goo.gl/brfftV >StarTech.com MDP2HDMI Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Video Adapter Converter ($13.98) >http://goo.gl/d6BRxf >Plugable UD-3900 USB 3.0 Universal Docking Station with Dual Video Outputs for Windows 8.1, >8, 7, XP (HDMI and DVI/ VGA to 2048x1152, Gigabit Ethernet, Audio, >2 USB 3.0 Ports, 4 USB 2.0 Ports, 4A AC Power Adapter) ($109) >http://goo.gl/Ag6DBO > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >Plugable Basic USB Keyboard and Mouse Bundle (Extra Long Cables) ($19.95) >http://plugable.com/products/usb-kmb1 >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >Microsoft Docking Station for Surface Pro and Surface Pro 2 ($207.00) >http://goo.gl/5g50al >----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you. > >-- Shamil > > >Sat, 5 Apr 2014 13:11:01 +0000 from Gustav Brock < gustav at cactus.dk >: >>Hi Shamil >> >>Yes, several keyboards are available with a magnetic Snap-On. >> >>The surface is glass but that's not a problem. Try with the free app, Fresh Paint. >> >>/gustav >> >>__________________________________ >>Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com < dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > p? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >>Sendt: 5. april 2014 14:34 >>Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >>Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? >> >>?Hi Gustav -- >> >>I didn't know - does Surface 2 Pro has a docking station with "normal" keypad? >>Also, AFAIS when they draw on the screen by an electronic pencil then the screen gets a bit "sagged", and I thought that Surface 2 Pro screen has strong glass not plastic surface, which can be sagged. Is that a special transparent plastic they use on top of Surface 2 Pro screen glass? >> >>Thank you. >> >>-- Shamil >> >> >>Sat, 5 Apr 2014 11:49:01 +0000 from Gustav Brock < gustav at cactus.dk >: >>>Hi Shamil >>> >>>They are both Surface 2 Pro. >>>Not sure about the software but the second looks like Blend with the dark theme. That would surprise me though. >>> >>>/gustav >>> >>>________________________________________ >>>Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com < dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > p? vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >>>Sendt: 5. april 2014 13:04 >>>Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >>>Emne: [dba-Tech] Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? >>> >>>?Hi All -- >>> >>>Do you know what Intel tablet hardware and software they use? >>> >>> https://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413332 >>> http://vimeo.com/originals/empoweringinnovators/84413396 >>>Thank you. >>> >>>-- >>>???????????? ?????? >> > >_______________________________________________ >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 mcp2004 at mail.ru Sun Apr 6 03:44:10 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 12:44:10 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?koding=2Ecom=3A_Develop=2C_Together!?= Message-ID: <1396773850.408889058@f181.i.mail.ru> Hi All -- Not sure if the subj wasn't mentioned here already:? https://koding.com/ BTW, it seems to be implemented using NodeJS and CoffeeScript. As for what software it uses for backend - do you have any idea? Thank you. -- ???????????? ?????? From mcp2004 at mail.ru Sun Apr 6 04:15:18 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 13:15:18 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Changing_coloring_scheme_for_Midnight_Comman?= =?utf-8?q?der_-_the_most_pupular_file_manager_on_unix_like_systems?= In-Reply-To: <743258142.18713984.1396755921001.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396692427.472542428@f256.i.mail.ru> <743258142.18713984.1396755921001.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1396775718.688344322@f358.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- >?with the current rate, of only $5.00, it is hard to resist... > and it is a good opportunity to get up to speed in Cloud technology and deployment.? Yes. >?If you find some good tutorials please let me know. This one seems to be good for starters: "Puppet Tutorial for Linux: Powering up with Puppet" http://bitfieldconsulting.com/puppet-tutorial Here is a "Learning Puppet" VM: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/ ?(Unfortunately there is no Hyper-V VM version - hopefully they make one real soon as they announced cooperation with MS Windows Azure). BTW, I have read somewhere that with Puppet manifest?files?you describe *what* target system configuration you wanted to get built by running Puppet not *how* this target system configuration should be built. And you can get at *any* target system configuration starting from *any* source system configuration. Correct? - it sounds quite a bit sci-fi/AI for me. Well, all that "magic" could probably happen within one operation system only. Now, if Hans could tutor us how to write a Puppet manifest file to get? Ubuntu Xfce setting-up for a clean Ubuntu 12.x DigitalOcean droplet? :) Here is intial info on " How To Install Puppet on a DigitalOcean VPS": https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-puppet-on-a-digitalocean-vps https://github.com/jalli/puppet-module-xfce/blob/master/manifests/init.pp Thank you. -- Shamil Sat, 5 Apr 2014 21:45:21 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >Glad to hear everything worked out well. I think I will run up a site or two myself...with the current rate, of only $5.00, it is hard to resist...and it is a good opportunity to get up to speed in Cloud technology and deployment. > >I have never played with Puppet but do have some experience building scripts for rolling out Microsoft networks. > >With Microsoft's involvement with Puppet, it sounds like it could become a universal solution for all enterprise site...something well worth learning. If you find some good tutorials please let me know. > >Jim > >PS Hans has a fair bit of experience using Puppet. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Saturday, 5 April, 2014 3:07:07 AM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems > >?Hi Jim -- > >Thank you, it worked - I have got Xfce Desktop GUI shell up&running on DigitalCloud Ubuntu 12.x droplet. >And I have got connected to that desktop via MS Windows 8 RDP. >I will post video clips later this evening. > >Now, I will have to learn some Puppet ( http://puppetlabs.com/ ) "tricks" to get that setup automated - looking for a tutor... :) > >BTW, "New Integrations with Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio":? http://puppetlabs.com/blog/new-integrations-windows-azure-and-visual-studio > >-- Shamil <<< skipped >>> > From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Apr 6 10:08:06 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 09:08:06 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems In-Reply-To: <1396773245.468392683@f181.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <1242605144.18888021.1396796886903.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: "FYI: I have a broadband internet connection." ...that is so nice. We can now expect some great innovations from you. ;-) If that desktop is not to your liking then there a dozens of different options. If you wish a different experience, with perhaps more features, then there are so many others. I just suggested Xfce because of its light-weight, about 15K I think. Also note that xrdp does not work with 3D desktops...at least not yet. I usually use the latest 3D Ubuntu desktop so when remoting in, a fall-back desktop option has to be added to the .xsession file. In some sites I have seen, a link/shortcut (ln), to a (universal) bash script is added to the .xsession file and then, within the script, any number of options can be added, depending on who is logging in or what mode has been setup for a user like remote, direct admin, from a terminal etc and even what applications are then run, at start up. This may be what you were looking for. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Sunday, 6 April, 2014 1:34:05 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems Hi Jim -- Here is another short video clip presenting connection to the DigitalCloud Ubuntu droplet via MS Win8 RDP client: https://vimeo.com/91141154 FYI: I have a broadband internet connection. -- Shamil Sat, 5 Apr 2014 22:07:22 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >Impressive... > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Saturday, 5 April, 2014 5:53:46 AM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems > >?Hi Jim -- > >Here is a short video clip to prove that it works -? http://vimeo.com/91060888 ?:) >Posted it till tomorrow. Will delete it then. > >Thank you. > >-- Shamil > >Sat, 05 Apr 2014 14:07:07 +0400 from Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru >: >>Hi Jim -- >> >>Thank you, it worked - I have got Xfce Desktop GUI shell up&running on DigitalCloud Ubuntu 12.x droplet. >>And I have got connected to that desktop via MS Windows 8 RDP. >>I will post video clips later this evening. >> >>Now, I will have to learn some Puppet ( http://puppetlabs.com/ ) "tricks" to get that setup automated - looking for a tutor... :) >> >>BTW, "New Integrations with Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio":? http://puppetlabs.com/blog/new-integrations-windows-azure-and-visual-studio >> >>-- Shamil >> >> >>Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:22:52 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence < accessd at shaw.ca >: >>>Hi Shamil: >>> >>>I understand there is a basic interface to the DigitalOcean Cloud and a web based option can be created, as you have proved. >>> >>>Connecting via RDP to a Linux box is fairly simple but it implies that there actually is a desktop on the remote system to receive and manage the requests. Basically, logging in using PuTTY and running Midnight Commander, on the Cloud host may be the simplest and best solution...which you are already doing. >>> >>>The smallest light-weight GUI desktop out there for Ubuntu is Xfce but it is still full featured. >>> >>>Here is a method I would try, so I, as a user would have a simple GUI desktop on my Ubuntu server and be able to remote-in via a standard Windows RDP client. (Note: there are no guarantees that this will work but it should.) >>> >>> >>>1. Using a ssh client like putty log into your server and install the xrdp package using the command: >>>...this package will allow you to remote in via your Windows RDP client. >>>sudo apt-get install xrdp >>> >>>2. Restart your server: >>>sudo shutdown -r now >>> >>>3. Log back in again, and add the Xfce Desktop, link and the libraries by runnning the following: >>>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10 >>>...make sure all the required libraries are current and attached. >>>sudo apt-get update >>>...now get and install the latest Xfce, light weight desktop. >>>sudo apt-get install xfce4 >>> >>>4. Now configure your server to boot up using the xfce desktop: >>>...this command creates a hidden text file named .xsession, that resides in your login home directory saying "xfce4-session" which makes sure the Xfce desktop starts up upon you logging in. The good thing is that the server will only boot the desktop for your login. If other users need access to the GUI you would login as them and repeat the command. >>>echo xfce4-session>~/.xsession >>> >>>5. Now restart the xrdp daemon: >>>sudo service xrdp restart >>> >>> >>>Once out of the Linux server you should be able to log on from your windows, using a property setup Remote Desktop client. Note: I do not know whether the Cloud server supports the RDP connections but we will assume so. >>> >>>HTH and keep me posted. >>> >>>Jim >>> <<< skipped >>> > _______________________________________________ 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 6 10:12:19 2014 From: marklbreen at gmail.com (Mark Breen) Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 16:12:19 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Attaching 14 Monitors on Windows 8.1 with USB In-Reply-To: <1396722699.395234042@f390.i.mail.ru> References: <1396722699.395234042@f390.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: Hello Shamil, a few years ago, I added two graphics cards to my pc and ran with 3/4 monitors for while. Four was two much, but I used three for a few years. 2 x 27inch and 1 x 24 inch. About a year ago I bought a new dell 29inch monitor that displays 2650 by 1080. That means that I have have SSMS and a browser all on the same screen in parallel. Since I bought this monitor, I removed the other thee and now only run on screen on my desk. I prefer the fresh air now rather than being cluttered with three screens, if I want to work on two items, I hit Win Key and left arrow and use the right hand side of the screen. just my experiences. mark On 5 April 2014 19:31, Salakhetdinov Shamil wrote: > Hi All -- > > FYI: I have just got impressed with that - dreaming to get four-five > monitors "armored" laptop here: > > http://plugable.com/2014/03/10/attaching-14-monitors-on-windows-8-1-with-usb-2-0 > > > -- > ???????????? ?????? > _______________________________________________ > 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 6 10:47:27 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 09:47:27 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] koding.com: Develop, Together! In-Reply-To: <1396773850.408889058@f181.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <1010928160.18910671.1396799247109.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: We could definitely assume that this is (Amazon) Cloud based Linux, given there is no mention of .Net or C#. It also supports tablets and smartphones. I would suspect, when someone logs in, a private container is spun up... As for what the rest of it is I can not say. As a BE to Node.js, I have only seen MondoDB examples. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Sunday, 6 April, 2014 1:44:10 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] koding.com: Develop, Together! Hi All -- Not sure if the subj wasn't mentioned here already:? https://koding.com/ BTW, it seems to be implemented using NodeJS and CoffeeScript. As for what software it uses for backend - do you have any idea? Thank you. -- ???????????? ?????? _______________________________________________ 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 6 11:33:35 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 10:33:35 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] koding.com: Develop, Together! In-Reply-To: <1396773850.408889058@f181.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <425731544.18938315.1396802015804.JavaMail.root@cds018> PS... Hi Shamil: One more comment about Node.js...as Node is totally event driven, any data it collects must be dumped fast or it locks up...that is why MongoDB is the tradition BE solution. Note: It appears that a fellow named Felix (geisendoerfler ? sp) has built a Node.js to MySQL driver. https://github.com/felixge Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Sunday, 6 April, 2014 1:44:10 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] koding.com: Develop, Together! Hi All -- Not sure if the subj wasn't mentioned here already:? https://koding.com/ BTW, it seems to be implemented using NodeJS and CoffeeScript. As for what software it uses for backend - do you have any idea? Thank you. -- ???????????? ?????? _______________________________________________ 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 6 11:48:43 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 10:48:43 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems In-Reply-To: <1396775718.688344322@f358.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <1245407961.18945410.1396802923938.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: There appears to be an article or two on MS Hyper-V and Puppet. http://puppetlabs.com/presentations/using-puppet-deploying-hyper-v-openstack-compute-nodes It would seem logical as Hyper-V is actually a product developed on OpenSuse Linux project, by a Microsoft development crew. This may be one reason why the Hyper-V server can not be sold as much of the internal workings are open licensed technology. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Sunday, 6 April, 2014 2:15:18 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems Hi Jim -- >?with the current rate, of only $5.00, it is hard to resist... > and it is a good opportunity to get up to speed in Cloud technology and deployment.? Yes. >?If you find some good tutorials please let me know. This one seems to be good for starters: "Puppet Tutorial for Linux: Powering up with Puppet" http://bitfieldconsulting.com/puppet-tutorial Here is a "Learning Puppet" VM: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/ ?(Unfortunately there is no Hyper-V VM version - hopefully they make one real soon as they announced cooperation with MS Windows Azure). BTW, I have read somewhere that with Puppet manifest?files?you describe *what* target system configuration you wanted to get built by running Puppet not *how* this target system configuration should be built. And you can get at *any* target system configuration starting from *any* source system configuration. Correct? - it sounds quite a bit sci-fi/AI for me. Well, all that "magic" could probably happen within one operation system only. Now, if Hans could tutor us how to write a Puppet manifest file to get? Ubuntu Xfce setting-up for a clean Ubuntu 12.x DigitalOcean droplet? :) Here is intial info on " How To Install Puppet on a DigitalOcean VPS": https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-puppet-on-a-digitalocean-vps https://github.com/jalli/puppet-module-xfce/blob/master/manifests/init.pp Thank you. -- Shamil Sat, 5 Apr 2014 21:45:21 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >Glad to hear everything worked out well. I think I will run up a site or two myself...with the current rate, of only $5.00, it is hard to resist...and it is a good opportunity to get up to speed in Cloud technology and deployment. > >I have never played with Puppet but do have some experience building scripts for rolling out Microsoft networks. > >With Microsoft's involvement with Puppet, it sounds like it could become a universal solution for all enterprise site...something well worth learning. If you find some good tutorials please let me know. > >Jim > >PS Hans has a fair bit of experience using Puppet. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Saturday, 5 April, 2014 3:07:07 AM >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Changing coloring scheme for Midnight Commander - the most pupular file manager on unix like systems > >?Hi Jim -- > >Thank you, it worked - I have got Xfce Desktop GUI shell up&running on DigitalCloud Ubuntu 12.x droplet. >And I have got connected to that desktop via MS Windows 8 RDP. >I will post video clips later this evening. > >Now, I will have to learn some Puppet ( http://puppetlabs.com/ ) "tricks" to get that setup automated - looking for a tutor... :) > >BTW, "New Integrations with Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio":? http://puppetlabs.com/blog/new-integrations-windows-azure-and-visual-studio > >-- Shamil <<< skipped >>> > _______________________________________________ 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 Sun Apr 6 14:02:04 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 15:02:04 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Just curious: How does Word implement its "Add to Dictionary" feature? Message-ID: I'm guessing that it's some sort of text file stored somewhere on my hard disk, and assuming that I'm correct, could I edit this file directly and add the numerous differences between American and correct spelling (i.e. Canadian and English) of words such as "color" vs. "colour", "honor" vs. "honour", and so on. I chose simple examples but the problem grows rapidly more complex as one progresses to larger words. Does anyone have any insights as to how MS does it inside Word and the other Office apps? -- Arthur From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Sun Apr 6 15:16:35 2014 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 13:16:35 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Just curious: How does Word implement its "Add toDictionary" feature? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Google "where is word dictionary" Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 12:02 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Just curious: How does Word implement its "Add toDictionary" feature? I'm guessing that it's some sort of text file stored somewhere on my hard disk, and assuming that I'm correct, could I edit this file directly and add the numerous differences between American and correct spelling (i.e. Canadian and English) of words such as "color" vs. "colour", "honor" vs. "honour", and so on. I chose simple examples but the problem grows rapidly more complex as one progresses to larger words. Does anyone have any insights as to how MS does it inside Word and the other Office apps? -- Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From mcp2004 at mail.ru Sun Apr 6 15:49:54 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:49:54 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?koding=2Ecom=3A_Develop=2C_Together!?= In-Reply-To: <1010928160.18910671.1396799247109.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396773850.408889058@f181.i.mail.ru> <1010928160.18910671.1396799247109.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1396817394.777189016@f431.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- I have read on Koding.com BE running using NodeJS and COffescript here:? http://blog.koding.com/2012/06/we-want-to-date-not-hire/ "8 months earlier, when we finally decided to rewrite the whole stack with nodejs and coffeescript. " -- Shamil Sun, 6 Apr 2014 09:47:27 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >We could definitely assume that this is (Amazon) Cloud based Linux, given there is no mention of .Net or C#. It also supports tablets and smartphones. I would suspect, when someone logs in, a private container is spun up... > >As for what the rest of it is I can not say. > >As a BE to Node.js, I have only seen MondoDB examples. > >Jim > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Sunday, 6 April, 2014 1:44:10 AM >Subject: [dba-Tech] koding.com: Develop, Together! > >?Hi All -- > >Not sure if the subj wasn't mentioned here already:? https://koding.com/ > >BTW, it seems to be implemented using NodeJS and CoffeeScript. As for what software it uses for backend - do you have any idea? > >Thank you. > >-- >???????????? ?????? >_______________________________________________ >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 mcp2004 at mail.ru Sun Apr 6 15:52:04 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:52:04 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Changing_coloring_scheme_for_Midnight_Comman?= =?utf-8?q?der_-_the_most_pupular_file_manager_on_unix_like_systems?= In-Reply-To: <1242605144.18888021.1396796886903.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396773245.468392683@f181.i.mail.ru> <1242605144.18888021.1396796886903.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1396817523.105175325@f431.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- Thank you for your notes. I have noted on my broadband Internet connection just to mark why my RDP connection/login/open VM GUI with DigitalCloud droplets happens so relatively fast. Actually, when, e.g, running a browser on RDP-connected droplet then VM screen refreshing happens with some delays. I have this broadband Internet connection for 10+ years now - not sure if all of you can expect any significant innovations coming from my side because of that broadband connection, sorry, ?I have to work for my family everyday living first of all, and that is mainly programming not Windows/Linux system administration. But if it will happen I accidentally make some innovations in the Windows/Linux administration or other IT areas I will share it with you, no doubts :) And as you also noted - "real men use CLI", so will I (at least this is my current intention). So DigitalCloud droplet's GUI over RDP was mainly an experiment inspired by you. Thank you for your help. <<<< In some sites I have seen, a link/shortcut (ln), to a (universal) bash script is added to the .xsession file and then,? within the script, any number of options can be added, depending on who is logging in or what mode has been? setup for a user like remote, direct admin, from a terminal etc and even what applications are then run, at start up. This may be what you were looking for. >>>> Thank you for the hint with .xsession. As I have noted above I have just been experimenting without clear goals. But now I see this experimenting might result in a custom .xsession config I would use when connecting/logging to DIgitalCloud droplets via RDP using different logins. BTW, here is the info on .xsession I have just found -? http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/47359/what-is-xsession-for Thank you. -- Shamil Sun, 6 Apr 2014 09:08:06 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >"FYI: I have a broadband internet connection." ...that is so nice. > >We can now expect some great innovations from you. ;-) <<< trimmed >>> P.S. I have 20KB limitation on my dba-Tech postings so I have to trim quoted posts significantly. > From mcp2004 at mail.ru Sun Apr 6 15:58:02 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:58:02 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Changing_coloring_scheme_for_Midnight_Comman?= =?utf-8?q?der_-_the_most_pupular_file_manager_on_unix_like_systems?= In-Reply-To: <1245407961.18945410.1396802923938.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396775718.688344322@f358.i.mail.ru> <1245407961.18945410.1396802923938.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1396817882.917244858@f431.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- Thank you for the link on presentation. Here are a few useful refrences I have got from it: https://github.com/ppouliot/puppet-quartermaster https://github.com/ppouliot/puppet-petools https://github.com/ppouliot/puppet-openstack_hyper_v http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn293271.aspx http://wiki.openstack.org/Hyper-V IRC: Freenode: #openstack-hyper-v Hyper-V MSIs for OpenStack: http://www.cloudbase.it http://www.cloudbase.it/create-windows-openstack-images/ http://www.cloudbase.it/openstack-windows-and-puppet/ They say: " Windows can be automated with Puppet!" - this is good news. ? Bad news is: *+ Windows IT Professionals and Devops: A problem Problem Devops is a new concept for the Windows IT Pro Continuous Integration and delivery are also new concepts for Windows IT Pro Skills need to be updated Enterprise shops usually have highly segregated skill sets Typical windows workflows are not automated or automation *- <<< Here is a "Learning Puppet" VM: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/ ??(Unfortunately there is no Hyper-V VM version - hopefully they make one real soon as they announced cooperation with MS Windows Azure). >>> What I meant - the absence of ready to use "Learning Puppet VM" to run under Hyper-V -- Shamil Sun, 6 Apr 2014 10:48:43 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >There appears to be an article or two on MS Hyper-V and Puppet. > >http://puppetlabs.com/presentations/using-puppet-deploying-hyper-v-openstack-compute-nodes > >It would seem logical as Hyper-V is actually a product developed on OpenSuse Linux project, by a Microsoft development crew. This may be one reason why the Hyper-V server can not be sold as much of the internal workings are open licensed technology. > >Jim? <<< trimmed >>> > From mcp2004 at mail.ru Sun Apr 6 16:08:38 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 01:08:38 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Any_reporting_tools_for_Linux_comparable_by_?= =?utf-8?q?functionality_to_MS_ReportViewer=3F?= Message-ID: <1396818518.318444197@f82.i.mail.ru> Hi All -- Do you know any reporting tools for Linux comparable by functionality to "MS ReportViewer for MS Windows .NET Framework" ( http://gotreportviewer.com/ )? Thank you. -- ???????????? ?????? From stuart.mclachlan at gmail.com Sun Apr 6 17:26:58 2014 From: stuart.mclachlan at gmail.com (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 08:26:58 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Just curious: How does Word implement its "Add to Dictionary" feature? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5341D4B2.15460.1A6A6245@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> My custom dictionary for Office 2010 is in: C:\Users\Stuart\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof It's a plain text file called Custom.dic On 6 Apr 2014 at 15:02, Arthur Fuller wrote: > I'm guessing that it's some sort of text file stored somewhere on my > hard disk, and assuming that I'm correct, could I edit this file > directly and add the numerous differences between American and correct > spelling (i.e. Canadian and English) of words such as "color" vs. > "colour", "honor" vs. "honour", and so on. I chose simple examples but > the problem grows rapidly more complex as one progresses to larger > words. > > Does anyone have any insights as to how MS does it inside Word and the > other Office apps? > > -- > 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 Mon Apr 7 09:44:36 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 10:44:36 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts Message-ID: Some of us hate Windows 8, and the necessity to learn it if for no better reason than to keep serving our clients. Some of us love the keyboard. This is a link to a list of all the keyboard shortcuts available in Windows 8. http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-8-keyboard-shortcuts-global-list -- Arthur From jbartow at winhaven.net Mon Apr 7 10:34:57 2014 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 10:34:57 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00bd01cf5276$eec3ed70$cc4bc850$@winhaven.net> Thanks Arthur, Unfortunately the big box stores are selling a lot of cheap windows 8 laptops without touch screens - insanity IMO. So I have learned more keyboard shortcuts than any version of windows since my DOS Word Perfect days! LOL - I despise Windows 8 without a touch screen - love it with one. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 9:45 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts Some of us hate Windows 8, and the necessity to learn it if for no better reason than to keep serving our clients. Some of us love the keyboard. This is a link to a list of all the keyboard shortcuts available in Windows 8. http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-8-keyboard-shortcuts-global-list -- Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From Lambert.Heenan at aig.com Mon Apr 7 14:04:44 2014 From: Lambert.Heenan at aig.com (Heenan, Lambert) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 15:04:44 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Just curious: How does Word implement its "Add to Dictionary" feature? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Within Word (2010 for example) go to File/Options. Select the Proofing tab. Click the Custom Dictionaries button and you get a dialog which tells you where the text file of the custom dictionary is, and has an Edit Word List button. Lambert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 3:02 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Just curious: How does Word implement its "Add to Dictionary" feature? I'm guessing that it's some sort of text file stored somewhere on my hard disk, and assuming that I'm correct, could I edit this file directly and add the numerous differences between American and correct spelling (i.e. Canadian and English) of words such as "color" vs. "colour", "honor" vs. "honour", and so on. I chose simple examples but the problem grows rapidly more complex as one progresses to larger words. Does anyone have any insights as to how MS does it inside Word and the other Office apps? -- Arthur _______________________________________________ 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 8 11:17:36 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 10:17:36 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Netflix OSS In-Reply-To: <425731544.18938315.1396802015804.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <479958507.20332344.1396973856250.JavaMail.root@cds018> NetFlix is built on a complete Open Source project that is running on the Amazon Cloud. It uses Cassandra as its main database (I am still wondering which is the best DB) but the company is providing access to many (all) of its steaming products. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/draw-inspiration-from-netflixoss-open-source-projects-aimed-at-aws-reliability/#ftag=RSS56d97e7 Here is the link to their tool/product library along with a description on how each is used and works. There is enough tools and products in their big library to keep any code freak interested for months. (Note: It is all Cloud and Linux (and Java and Groovy(?)...never learned Java and what is Groovy?). http://netflix.github.io/#repo Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 8 11:42:03 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 10:42:03 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Is Microsoft moving to the darkside In-Reply-To: <425731544.18938315.1396802015804.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1820998245.20356304.1396975323802.JavaMail.root@cds018> Some may think Microsoft is inching towards the "Dark side" but I believe it is becoming more enlightened (or moving away from the "Dark side")...If it continues on its present course I believe that MS has a great future. The article attached to the following link suggests that the company is not out of the woods yet...but it is on the right path. http://www.wired.com/2014/04/microsoft-new-company On a personal note, I think that Microsoft has grown from the desktop and is moving towards the enterprise and the OSS world (Linux) is moving from the enterprise towards the desktop. Eventually the two worlds will morph much like Microsoft's Azure which would not have existed if the company had not embraced the Open Source world. Jim From fuller.artful at gmail.com Tue Apr 8 12:24:12 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 13:24:12 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Just curious: How does Word implement its "Add to Dictionary" feature? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks, Lambert! I shall follow this lead and commence to customize my dictionary. On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Heenan, Lambert wrote: > Within Word (2010 for example) go to File/Options. > Select the Proofing tab. > Click the Custom Dictionaries button and you get a dialog which tells you > where the text file of the custom dictionary is, and has an Edit Word List > button. > > From fuller.artful at gmail.com Tue Apr 8 12:31:19 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 13:31:19 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Just curious: How does Word implement its "Add to Dictionary" feature? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Lambert, it worked! I just added about a dozen unique spellings of words (unique meaning mostly British but not entirely, and also not American), and then created a new Word file and typed in several examples and they were all recognized. Kewl! Oops, I forgot to add that one :) On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > Thanks, Lambert! I shall follow this lead and commence to customize my > dictionary. > > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Heenan, Lambert wrote: > >> Within Word (2010 for example) go to File/Options. >> Select the Proofing tab. >> Click the Custom Dictionaries button and you get a dialog which tells you >> where the text file of the custom dictionary is, and has an Edit Word List >> button. >> >> -- Arthur From Lambert.Heenan at aig.com Wed Apr 9 09:45:50 2014 From: Lambert.Heenan at aig.com (Heenan, Lambert) Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 10:45:50 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Just curious: How does Word implement its "Add to Dictionary" feature? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Arthur, My pleasure. Using the same dialog you can also add a new custom dictionary and set it as the default (meaning new words will be added to it). This can be handy if you know you are going to edit a specialized vocabulary document, such as one describing code and database objects. Type all those obscure terms ("dbDynaset", "RecordSet" etc.) and add them to the custom dictionary. Then you won't see all those squiggles. When editing a 'normal' document just turn off that specialized dictionary. Lambert -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 1:31 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Just curious: How does Word implement its "Add to Dictionary" feature? Lambert, it worked! I just added about a dozen unique spellings of words (unique meaning mostly British but not entirely, and also not American), and then created a new Word file and typed in several examples and they were all recognized. Kewl! Oops, I forgot to add that one :) On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > Thanks, Lambert! I shall follow this lead and commence to customize my > dictionary. > > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Heenan, Lambert wrote: > >> Within Word (2010 for example) go to File/Options. >> Select the Proofing tab. >> Click the Custom Dictionaries button and you get a dialog which tells >> you where the text file of the custom dictionary is, and has an Edit >> Word List button. >> >> -- 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 11 13:17:58 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:17:58 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Ban unsolicited ads from the Net Message-ID: I know that I don't stand a chance in hell of achieving this, but I'm still calling for the "un-businessing" of the net. To take just this morning's influx, I've received the usual "Nigerian Prince" mails, plus suddenly a bunch allegedly from Singapore, most of which promise large amounts of money if only I'll divulge my banking details so as to receive some large amount of loot. But that's not my only complaint. How did all these "legit" firms like eBay, TheSource, numerous headhunters, insurance firms, etc. get my name in the first place? I admit that on occasion it's humourous. For example, this morning's email included adjacent sends from one firm that promised Fuller Breasts and another promising Expanded Penis Size. Fortunately, these companies have not yet considered the cross-marketing opportunities, otherwise we might be inundated with a massive increase in the trannies population. Not that I am against LGTV folks, not at all. Wear what you wish, sleep with whom you wish. I just wonder, at times, how these search engines work, and why they don't realize that I'm over the hill, no matter in which direction they choose to spin their ploys. -- Arthur From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Apr 11 14:40:38 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:40:38 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Ban unsolicited ads from the Net In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1871237514.23034013.1397245238699.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Arthur: The trouble is if the internet ever becomes regulated and filtered to the point where we do not have all these unsavory businesses it will not be the internet any more. Right now the DRM folks are trying to limit, control and monetize everything, allow stiff penalties to all who do not pay and limit the ability, of those punished, to seek legal redress. If this DRM policy was to benefit the artists, it would be palatable but it appears to just be an attempt to entrench corporate supply chains and monopolies. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Friday, 11 April, 2014 11:17:58 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] Ban unsolicited ads from the Net I know that I don't stand a chance in hell of achieving this, but I'm still calling for the "un-businessing" of the net. To take just this morning's influx, I've received the usual "Nigerian Prince" mails, plus suddenly a bunch allegedly from Singapore, most of which promise large amounts of money if only I'll divulge my banking details so as to receive some large amount of loot. But that's not my only complaint. How did all these "legit" firms like eBay, TheSource, numerous headhunters, insurance firms, etc. get my name in the first place? I admit that on occasion it's humourous. For example, this morning's email included adjacent sends from one firm that promised Fuller Breasts and another promising Expanded Penis Size. Fortunately, these companies have not yet considered the cross-marketing opportunities, otherwise we might be inundated with a massive increase in the trannies population. Not that I am against LGTV folks, not at all. Wear what you wish, sleep with whom you wish. I just wonder, at times, how these search engines work, and why they don't realize that I'm over the hill, no matter in which direction they choose to spin their ploys. -- 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 11 15:02:01 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 16:02:01 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Ban unsolicited ads from the Net In-Reply-To: <1871237514.23034013.1397245238699.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1871237514.23034013.1397245238699.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: Jim, I totally agree with your take on DRMs. What I was fondly recalling were the days of DARPA, when the whole thing was about distributing information rather than ads. That vision, to my mind at least, has sadly disappeared. OTOH, there are some really cool sites devoted to my spheres of interest, such as philosophy, physics and literature, but somehow these other forkers are mining this data and sending me stuff of absolutely zero interest to me. Despite my surname, I do not want Fuller Breasts :) A. On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Arthur: > > The trouble is if the internet ever becomes regulated and filtered to the > point where we do not have all these unsavory businesses it will not be the > internet any more. Right now the DRM folks are trying to limit, control and > monetize everything, allow stiff penalties to all who do not pay and limit > the ability, of those punished, to seek legal redress. If this DRM policy > was to benefit the artists, it would be palatable but it appears to just be > an attempt to entrench corporate supply chains and monopolies. > > Jim From kathryn at bassett.net Fri Apr 11 15:30:33 2014 From: kathryn at bassett.net (Kathryn Bassett) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:30:33 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Ban unsolicited ads from the Net In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > that's not my only complaint. How did all these "legit" > firms like eBay, TheSource, numerous headhunters, insurance firms, etc. get > my name in the first place? I know exactly what you mean. I made an email address that was kathrynvista at ... That was for one purpose only, and that was NOT email. It was for LogMeIn on my old Vista computer. I have not had the Vista computer for two years, and LogMeIn Free ceased as of January 2014. I don't remember when it started, but it was before LogMeIn Free went away, I started getting emails addressed to kathrynvista at ... So I called them and asked if they had been compromised or sold their email addresses. They said no, and I believe them, but we were both in a quandary as to how that address got out there. I still have no idea. -- Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA) "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap" kathryn at bassett.net http://bassett.net?? From accessd at shaw.ca Sat Apr 12 14:16:11 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 13:16:11 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Privacy boom coming In-Reply-To: <1396818518.318444197@f82.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <1745037186.23655389.1397330171918.JavaMail.root@cds018> Most startups are currently deeply involved with social networks and the like but according to Dr Michio Kaku, the next big thing is security. This will mean a lot more transparency and open source products. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/privacy-program-boom-coming-once-we-are-done-with-social-media-dr-michio-kaku/#ftag=RSS56d97e7 Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Sat Apr 12 14:20:55 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 13:20:55 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] NetFlix is openning up its code base In-Reply-To: <1396818518.318444197@f82.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <202370858.23656754.1397330455356.JavaMail.root@cds018> Netflix has published its entire code base along with the tools needed to manage them. This will give Netflix an opportunity to have community support, give the developers the ability to harvest all the OSS products and use them in their own development. The list of products is substantial and well worth reviewing. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/draw-inspiration-from-netflixoss-open-source-projects-aimed-at-aws-reliability/#ftag=RSS56d97e7 Jim From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Sat Apr 12 17:52:54 2014 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 08:52:54 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] NoSQL? In-Reply-To: <202370858.23656754.1397330455356.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396818518.318444197@f82.i.mail.ru>, <202370858.23656754.1397330455356.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <5349C3C6.31837.39684A75@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Posted without further comment :-) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/11/nosql_to_sql_migration/ -- Stuart From marklbreen at gmail.com Sun Apr 13 06:01:28 2014 From: marklbreen at gmail.com (Mark Breen) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 12:01:28 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] NoSQL? In-Reply-To: <5349C3C6.31837.39684A75@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: <1396818518.318444197@f82.i.mail.ru> <202370858.23656754.1397330455356.JavaMail.root@cds018> <5349C3C6.31837.39684A75@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: Hello All, I have only one comment to make here, and it is a repeat of a comment made many times on AccessD over the years. "People on the bleeding edge, bleed a lot" I am interested in NoSQL technology, but to replace a natural relational requirement with a nosql seems to make no sense to me. I still see nosql as offering the following ability to process billions and trillions of records ability to scale to 10s and 100s of servers ability to scale to 10s of locations for data centres If you have additional benefits that SQL does not have, please add here. Finally, if anyone has good examples where we should use a bigdata database for smalldata application, please share it. thanks Mark On 12 April 2014 23:52, Stuart McLachlan wrote: > Posted without further comment :-) > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/11/nosql_to_sql_migration/ > > -- > Stuart > > _______________________________________________ > 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 13 13:26:40 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 12:26:40 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] NoSQL? In-Reply-To: <5349C3C6.31837.39684A75@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <2086300129.24081501.1397413600885.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Stewart: Anyone or company that thinks the NoSQL is a solution to all their database problems does not understand databases at all. MapReduce databases are built for huge amounts of very random data, received at very high rates and volumes, where complex queries are needed to extract it and all this has to be done in real time. If your data requirements are under a few million don't bother. Straight SQL is your solution. The limits of traditional SQL databases are rigid schemas, limited query joins, limited data sizes (as SQL by nature is a vertical data store), limit performance (designed for single server structure) and so on. OTOH, no modern major data search, analysis, warehouse or Cloud company would exist if it were not for NoSQL databases...yes, not even the threat of the NSA would exist. Most people buy Pickups instead of Euclid trucks for a good reason and it is not just that they are easier to park. The NOSQL databases, like the Cloud solutions, are still in their infancy and unless a company has the talent, can learn fast, creative enough to think outside the box and ability to rough it, they are at the wrong end of the business pool. Note: Many of the new data solutions are using mixed SQL and NoSQL hybrids. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart McLachlan" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 3:52:54 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] NoSQL? Posted without further comment :-) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/11/nosql_to_sql_migration/ -- Stuart _______________________________________________ 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 13 16:50:31 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 15:50:31 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] .Net on the internet and on Linux anyone? In-Reply-To: <202370858.23656754.1397330455356.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1930555068.24156713.1397425831073.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: You can now code in .Net desktop and/or then compile to TrueType web and/or then compile to JavaScript, all on your Linux box. https://github.com/praeclarum/Netjs Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Apr 13 16:54:38 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 15:54:38 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Mono and Roslyn In-Reply-To: <202370858.23656754.1397330455356.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <173604769.24157478.1397426078207.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: To install and get working together there are a few steps to take... http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2014/Apr-09.html ...but it is all possible even at this very early phase. Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Apr 13 16:59:06 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 15:59:06 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] .Net on the internet and on Linux anyone? In-Reply-To: <1930555068.24156713.1397425831073.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <2087428461.24159030.1397426346071.JavaMail.root@cds018> PS: This product may not work on Linux as I initially thought. Looking at the "sudo" command, I jumped to that conclusion but forgot that FreeBSD (Macs) also has the same syntax. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Lawrence" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 2:50:31 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] .Net on the internet and on Linux anyone? Hi All: You can now code in .Net desktop and/or then compile to TrueType web and/or then compile to JavaScript, all on your Linux box. https://github.com/praeclarum/Netjs 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 Mon Apr 14 16:08:10 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:08:10 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Any reporting tools for Linux comparable by functionality to MS ReportViewer? In-Reply-To: <1396818518.318444197@f82.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <1918992765.24848947.1397509690962.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: A little late but someone sent me a note and it said how much they like iReport Designer. I have never used the product before but it looks like quite a professional package and has a nice list of features and compatibilities. http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/ireport-designer Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Sunday, 6 April, 2014 2:08:38 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] Any reporting tools for Linux comparable by functionality to MS ReportViewer? Hi All -- Do you know any reporting tools for Linux comparable by functionality to "MS ReportViewer for MS Windows .NET Framework" ( http://gotreportviewer.com/ )? Thank you. -- ???????????? ?????? _______________________________________________ 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 14 16:48:51 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:48:51 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Any reporting tools for Linux comparable by functionality to MS ReportViewer? In-Reply-To: <1918992765.24848947.1397509690962.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396818518.318444197@f82.i.mail.ru> <1918992765.24848947.1397509690962.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: Jim, I followed your link and the stuff looks good. I assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that there would be a license fee at least for the report server, but I didn't see any information at all on pricing. Is everything free? That's hard to believe, though it would be lovely. Arthur On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Shamil: > > A little late but someone sent me a note and it said how much they like > iReport Designer. I have never used the product before but it looks like > quite a professional package and has a nice list of features and > compatibilities. > > http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/ireport-designer > > Jim From jbartow at winhaven.net Mon Apr 14 16:52:28 2014 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:52:28 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Web Calendar with attachments capabilities Message-ID: <017201cf582b$d4f99c40$7eecd4c0$@winhaven.net> Hi All, I'm looking for a web calendar that I can incorporate into a web site that allows uploading attachments for each event . Specifically agendas and minutes. Google Calendar can do this with a lab add-in but I don't want to have this disappear when the lab closes. It doesn't have to be free. TIA John B From marklbreen at gmail.com Mon Apr 14 17:26:20 2014 From: marklbreen at gmail.com (Mark Breen) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 23:26:20 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Web Calendar with attachments capabilities In-Reply-To: <017201cf582b$d4f99c40$7eecd4c0$@winhaven.net> References: <017201cf582b$d4f99c40$7eecd4c0$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: Hello John If you consider DotNetNuke as a platform, you could use the events calendar? It allows what you are describing and more. Let me know if you want help to set up DNN and to host it. Mark On 14 April 2014 22:52, John Bartow wrote: > Hi All, > I'm looking for a web calendar that I can incorporate into a web site that > allows uploading attachments for each event . Specifically agendas and > minutes. Google Calendar can do this with a lab add-in but I don't want to > have this disappear when the lab closes. It doesn't have to be free. > > TIA > John B > > _______________________________________________ > 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 14 20:52:33 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:52:33 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Any reporting tools for Linux comparable by functionality to MS ReportViewer? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <915006773.25015831.1397526753301.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Arthur: I believe so. But if I financially benefit from a good piece of code I figure it is always nice to post a good comment and maybe make a contribution. Many of these so called free applications are well funded through the Linux Foundation which is well funded through large corporate donations and built by some of the best programmers in the world. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 2:48:51 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Any reporting tools for Linux comparable by functionality to MS ReportViewer? Jim, I followed your link and the stuff looks good. I assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that there would be a license fee at least for the report server, but I didn't see any information at all on pricing. Is everything free? That's hard to believe, though it would be lovely. Arthur On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Shamil: > > A little late but someone sent me a note and it said how much they like > iReport Designer. I have never used the product before but it looks like > quite a professional package and has a nice list of features and > compatibilities. > > http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/ireport-designer > > Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From mcp2004 at mail.ru Tue Apr 15 04:33:48 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:33:48 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?Any_reporting_tools_for_Linux_comparable_by_?= =?utf-8?q?functionality_to_MS_ReportViewer=3F?= In-Reply-To: <1918992765.24848947.1397509690962.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1396818518.318444197@f82.i.mail.ru> <1918992765.24848947.1397509690962.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1397554428.187331891@f73.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- Thank you for your link. This reporting tool/runtime is free in its Community Edition only:? http://www.jaspersoft.com/editions -- Shamil Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:08:10 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >A little late but someone sent me a note and it said how much they like iReport Designer. I have never used the product before but it looks like quite a professional package and has a nice list of features and compatibilities. > >http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/ireport-designer > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Sunday, 6 April, 2014 2:08:38 PM >Subject: [dba-Tech] Any reporting tools for Linux comparable by functionality to MS ReportViewer? > >?Hi All -- > >Do you know any reporting tools for Linux comparable by functionality to "MS ReportViewer for MS Windows .NET Framework" ( http://gotreportviewer.com/ )? > >Thank you. > >-- >???????????? ?????? >_______________________________________________ >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 mcp2004 at mail.ru Tue Apr 15 04:34:56 2014 From: mcp2004 at mail.ru (=?UTF-8?B?U2FsYWtoZXRkaW5vdiBTaGFtaWw=?=) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:34:56 +0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] =?utf-8?q?=2ENet_on_the_internet_and_on_Linux_anyone?= =?utf-8?q?=3F?= In-Reply-To: <1930555068.24156713.1397425831073.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <202370858.23656754.1397330455356.JavaMail.root@cds018> <1930555068.24156713.1397425831073.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1397554496.217641904@f73.i.mail.ru> Hi Jim -- Thank you, it looks like a useful tool. -- Shamil Sun, 13 Apr 2014 15:50:31 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi All: > >You can now code in .Net desktop and/or then compile to TrueType web and/or then compile to JavaScript, all on your Linux box. > >https://github.com/praeclarum/Netjs > >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 Tue Apr 15 11:09:31 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:09:31 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Any reporting tools for Linux comparable by functionality to MS ReportViewer? In-Reply-To: <1397554428.187331891@f73.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <317489344.25409585.1397578171893.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Shamil: The two items that are not available in the community edition that would be very important, as far as I can see, are the Ad Hoc Report Designer and Data Virtualization. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 2:33:48 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Any reporting tools for Linux comparable by functionality to MS ReportViewer? Hi Jim -- Thank you for your link. This reporting tool/runtime is free in its Community Edition only:? http://www.jaspersoft.com/editions -- Shamil Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:08:10 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence : >Hi Shamil: > >A little late but someone sent me a note and it said how much they like iReport Designer. I have never used the product before but it looks like quite a professional package and has a nice list of features and compatibilities. > >http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/ireport-designer > >Jim > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru > >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > >Sent: Sunday, 6 April, 2014 2:08:38 PM >Subject: [dba-Tech] Any reporting tools for Linux comparable by functionality to MS ReportViewer? > >?Hi All -- > >Do you know any reporting tools for Linux comparable by functionality to "MS ReportViewer for MS Windows .NET Framework" ( http://gotreportviewer.com/ )? > >Thank you. > >-- >???????????? ?????? >_______________________________________________ >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 Tue Apr 15 15:06:38 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:06:38 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] A brilliant young fellow In-Reply-To: <1397554496.217641904@f73.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <790138433.25624043.1397592398117.JavaMail.root@cds018> The follow video of a young student is very inspirational. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQFrCwmi_cw Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 15 15:13:32 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:13:32 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Massive server deployments In-Reply-To: <1397554496.217641904@f73.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <1601944274.25629594.1397592812361.JavaMail.root@cds018> How to deploy a cluster of servers, the easy way...or easier way. Here is a new distro, that can expand easily across numerous servers, utilizes Docker containers and, don't laugh, was written on Google tablet OS. But of course Node.js was written on top of Google's browser engine. https://coreos.com Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 15 15:19:53 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:19:53 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] A webbased bookmarker In-Reply-To: <1397554496.217641904@f73.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <956924156.25635167.1397593193877.JavaMail.root@cds018> There are a number of applications out there that allow you to bookmark websites, pictures, articles etc. The app best known is Delicious at https://delicious.com but now there is also an OSS version for those more concerned with security. http://docs.bmark.us/en/latest Interesting note: Google is deciding whether to rank sites based on the attention to security and their use of encryption for data management. Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 15 15:28:48 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:28:48 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Alternative computing In-Reply-To: <1397554496.217641904@f73.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <2132159832.25642940.1397593728945.JavaMail.root@cds018> There are always people asking why Linux is not more dominant on the desktop than it currently is. The easiest explanation is because Linux desktop is not advertised or comes by default on virtually any PCs. Until these changes happen, Linux will remain the private preserve of the technical crowd but when thinking about where to go as XP fades from the world's memory, here is an article written by a novice and simply titled, "The Many Alternative Computing Worlds of Linux" http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/technology/personaltech/the-many-alternative-computing-worlds-of-linux.html?_r=2 Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 15 15:49:25 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:49:25 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] How and where to learn Linux In-Reply-To: <1397554496.217641904@f73.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <1627337174.25662295.1397594965557.JavaMail.root@cds018> There is a big demand to learn Linux but the costs of most instructions are limited by scope, cost, structure time frames for classes with limited certification. That has changed with a new Linux training Company, called Linux Academy, that can have you certified in such disciplines as RedHat and AWS. You can set the pacing and the direction of the training...learn server based or cloud based. When you have successfully completed a program the site even hosts a job board. I would assume the jobs are both onsite and remote. For the first two weeks the evaluation price is one dollar and then it is $10.00 a month there after. You don't even need a Linux computer as regardless of what course you are taking an appropriate distro is launched online. https://linuxacademy.com/ and https://linuxacademy.com/tour Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 15 16:00:47 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:00:47 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Time to change your password In-Reply-To: <1397554496.217641904@f73.i.mail.ru> Message-ID: <829816599.25672500.1397595647571.JavaMail.root@cds018> For those concerned about their or their client's passwords being compromised after the HeartBleed OpenSSL error was revealed and know full well, that under no circumstances will they ever remember complex passwords, here is a program that might help. Better than writing the password on the monitor, under the keyboard or tacking them on a bulletin board, in the server room, is an app called LastPass. It seems to be the product of choice as it has the highest general rating and works well on all platforms. https://lastpass.com Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 15 20:48:17 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:48:17 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] A new MongoDB In-Reply-To: <829816599.25672500.1397595647571.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <252336084.25861729.1397612897885.JavaMail.root@cds018> Of all the post relational databases, MongoDB is perhaps the best option for a new developers. It has some major ingredient which should make it at least the first choice. One, is is very mature at seven years, two, its development is well funded, three, many of the major companies have adopted the DB, four, there is excellent documentation and training available on the product, five Mongo has connectors to virtually all major products (nodejs, MarisDB, Postgres, Oracle and it may even have MS SQL connections) and finally, there is a 24 hour help desk (mind you help it will cost you $250 per hour but for a larger company that is hardly a deterrent). One of the major issues with the migration from relational databases to MapReduce databases is that the adopters have little understanding of the concepts, have not adequately researched their data needs, do not have the onsite expertise and the staff have not even availed themselves of the appropriate training or research. That all said, MongoDB has just released it new state-of-the-art engine with a pile of new features: http://blog.mongodb.org/post/82092813806/mongodb-2-6-our-biggest-release-ever Jim From fuller.artful at gmail.com Wed Apr 16 05:35:08 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 06:35:08 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Heartbleed Ain't Just for Servers Message-ID: A story on Ars Technica suggests that the virus can also attack smart phones and tablets running Android. http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/vicious-heartbleed-bug-bites-millions-of-android-phones-other-devices/ -- Arthur From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 16 13:24:29 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:24:29 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Heartbleed Ain't Just for Servers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <2115227712.26387232.1397672669121.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Arthur: This whole HeartBleed bug issue is upsetting to say the least. Note: that it is not a virus or piece of malware like the article seems to claim but coding error that was not officially discovered before or even a year after the OpenSSL version was release. There is basically three individuals who wrote and maintain the whole OpenSSL project. It is all open source so the errors, if any, are clearly visible and can be fixed easily. Just about every large company in the world uses OpenSSL not only because it is free and OSS but because it is simply the best solution built. You would think that at least one of these companies would invest some effort and/or financial backing in the product as it is clear that their business depends on it. There is really no excuse as in proprietary solutions the users can always rightfully claim, the errors were hidden. Some of the companies and governments agencies that now have been apparently affected by the HeartBleed bug were being affected, some weeks after the public announcements and patches were released and I think they should have their tech departments dragged over the carpet for gross negligence. IMHO, any company that now releases products into the public while still possessing the unpatched OpenSSL should fined. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:35:08 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] Heartbleed Ain't Just for Servers A story on Ars Technica suggests that the virus can also attack smart phones and tablets running Android. http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/vicious-heartbleed-bug-bites-millions-of-android-phones-other-devices/ -- Arthur _______________________________________________ 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 16 14:32:38 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 13:32:38 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] A replacement for LAMP stack? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <666827586.26440615.1397676758160.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: The LAMP stack has been around for years, since the mid-nineties but it has been updated a number of times. Now a days Linux or Windows OS is assumed, Apache is a continual standard, the databases can be a variety of options, MySQL, MariaDB or MongoDB and programming languages could be PHP, Perl, or Python though Perl's appeal is fading rapidly. There is a new stack called MEAN, which is comprised of MongoDB, (the fifth most used database in the world and the only post relational database in the top ten), Express, (I have never heard of but those in the business probably know it well) is a web application framework that incorporates Node, AngularJS, Google's new and very popular JavaScript framework (which also incorporates JQuery) and of course NodeJS, the super fast JavaScript event server. http://www.mean.io/#!/ Limitations are of course 64 bit hardware and sorry no Windows version as of yet...but quite possibly within six months. Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 16 16:23:31 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:23:31 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] More on the "magic" graphene In-Reply-To: <666827586.26440615.1397676758160.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1228708563.26539740.1397683411759.JavaMail.root@cds018> Graphene's use in new products is just starting: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/bend-it-charge-it-dunk-it-graphene-the-material-of-tomorrow/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 16 16:25:08 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:25:08 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? In-Reply-To: <666827586.26440615.1397676758160.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1188842379.26540927.1397683508941.JavaMail.root@cds018> According to the following article Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support...a little quick. ;-) http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-confirms-its-dropping-windows-81-support-240407 Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 16 16:27:51 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:27:51 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics In-Reply-To: <666827586.26440615.1397676758160.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1526211127.26542933.1397683671655.JavaMail.root@cds018> Free ebook: Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Second Edition See: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2014/04/08/free-ebook-programming-windows-store-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript-second-edition.aspx Download it at: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 16 16:28:54 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:28:54 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] XP demontion too late In-Reply-To: <666827586.26440615.1397676758160.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1489229131.26543576.1397683734353.JavaMail.root@cds018> As if we didn't know this was going to happen: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2014/041114-irs-misses-xp-deadline-pays-280625.html Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 16 16:31:20 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:31:20 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] What is old is new In-Reply-To: <666827586.26440615.1397676758160.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <859112958.26545808.1397683880977.JavaMail.root@cds018> Microsoft seems to be turning the page and it is starting to look more like the company of old...sharing, out-going and embracing the new age of computing: http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/ Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 16 16:38:00 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:38:00 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] The new-age generalist In-Reply-To: <666827586.26440615.1397676758160.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <226172006.26550991.1397684280871.JavaMail.root@cds018> Development work and the agile programmer. If you are still active in the business, no longer is it good enough to be a specialize in a specific area. No longer is it good enough to only know one OS. The computer world is now the age of generalists: https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=461505383919 ...and... Developers Need to Broaden Their Range: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-loukides/fullstack-developer-is-a-_b_5134310.html Jim From fuller.artful at gmail.com Wed Apr 16 17:01:07 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:01:07 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? In-Reply-To: <1188842379.26540927.1397683508941.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <666827586.26440615.1397676758160.JavaMail.root@cds018> <1188842379.26540927.1397683508941.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: Jim, I think you read it a bit too quickly. What MS means is that they want us to upgrade from Windows 8 or 8.1 and install the free update 1 to Windows 8.1, which will then become the subsequent baseline. Arthur On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > According to the following article Microsoft confirms it's dropping > Windows 8.1 support...a little quick. ;-) > > > http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-confirms-its-dropping-windows-81-support-240407 > > Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 16 17:23:58 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:23:58 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <2006235858.26584977.1397687038928.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Arthur: Actually I noticed but the article's title and it was just too good to pass up..just too much fun. ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:01:07 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? Jim, I think you read it a bit too quickly. What MS means is that they want us to upgrade from Windows 8 or 8.1 and install the free update 1 to Windows 8.1, which will then become the subsequent baseline. Arthur On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > According to the following article Microsoft confirms it's dropping > Windows 8.1 support...a little quick. ;-) > > > http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-confirms-its-dropping-windows-81-support-240407 > > Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From garykjos at gmail.com Wed Apr 16 17:45:56 2014 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:45:56 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? In-Reply-To: <2006235858.26584977.1397687038928.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <2006235858.26584977.1397687038928.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: I've seen this same thing in a lot of places and it still seems very weird that they are even doing this. Every article has been confusing. Is the update 1 available already? My system claims to be 8.1 but no notice of Update 1 when I look at My Computer Information. GK On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Arthur: > > Actually I noticed but the article's title and it was just too good to > pass up..just too much fun. ;-) > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arthur Fuller" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:01:07 PM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 > support? > > Jim, > > I think you read it a bit too quickly. What MS means is that they want us > to upgrade from Windows 8 or 8.1 and install the free update 1 to Windows > 8.1, which will then become the subsequent baseline. > > Arthur > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > According to the following article Microsoft confirms it's dropping > > Windows 8.1 support...a little quick. ;-) > > > > > > > http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-confirms-its-dropping-windows-81-support-240407 > > > > 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 > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 16 18:56:24 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:56:24 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Has anyone heard of? In-Reply-To: <226172006.26550991.1397684280871.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1957340575.26641021.1397692584843.JavaMail.root@cds018> Has anyone heard of Processing.js. http://processingjs.org At first blush the JavaScript compiler seems to work very well but I am still cautious about using it as it may conflict with other libraries. Anyone heard anything good or bad about the enhancement? Jim From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Wed Apr 16 18:57:03 2014 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 09:57:03 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] B4J Ver 2 release In-Reply-To: References: , <2006235858.26584977.1397687038928.JavaMail.root@cds018>, Message-ID: <534F18CF.7033.30348D1@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> >From the makers of Basic4Android. New release fo Basic4Java I'm happy to release B4J v2.00. This is a major update. It includes a new web app framework built over HTML 5 WebSocket technology. The web app framework makes it relatively simple to build powerful web applications with the same libraries and similar code that you use to build Android and desktop applications. http://www.basic4ppc.com/android/forum/threads/b4j-v2-00-is-released.39975/#post-238258 From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 16 19:05:24 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:05:24 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] B4J Ver 2 release In-Reply-To: <534F18CF.7033.30348D1@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <1382403538.26646436.1397693124081.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Stewart: It is looking like a very compelling language. Have you built any code with it that is suitable demonstration? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart McLachlan" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 4:57:03 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] B4J Ver 2 release >From the makers of Basic4Android. New release fo Basic4Java I'm happy to release B4J v2.00. This is a major update. It includes a new web app framework built over HTML 5 WebSocket technology. The web app framework makes it relatively simple to build powerful web applications with the same libraries and similar code that you use to build Android and desktop applications. http://www.basic4ppc.com/android/forum/threads/b4j-v2-00-is-released.39975/#post-238258 _______________________________________________ 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 16 19:57:25 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:57:25 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <2069417354.26673502.1397696245129.JavaMail.root@cds018> I too, don't really fully understand the article but I do remember how IE6,7,8,9,10,11 and soon to be 12 abandoned various older Windows OSs. Most browser and many OS releases are what you would call rolling releases rather than version updates and their advancements are made in small increments as a major release can be quite jarring and they can break a number of products/plug-ins along the way. I am still not sure what is the best method for advancing application/OS while keeping their features current but stable. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Kjos" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:45:56 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? I've seen this same thing in a lot of places and it still seems very weird that they are even doing this. Every article has been confusing. Is the update 1 available already? My system claims to be 8.1 but no notice of Update 1 when I look at My Computer Information. GK On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Arthur: > > Actually I noticed but the article's title and it was just too good to > pass up..just too much fun. ;-) > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arthur Fuller" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:01:07 PM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 > support? > > Jim, > > I think you read it a bit too quickly. What MS means is that they want us > to upgrade from Windows 8 or 8.1 and install the free update 1 to Windows > 8.1, which will then become the subsequent baseline. > > Arthur > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > According to the following article Microsoft confirms it's dropping > > Windows 8.1 support...a little quick. ;-) > > > > > > > http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-confirms-its-dropping-windows-81-support-240407 > > > > 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 > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Wed Apr 16 20:37:52 2014 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:37:52 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] B4J Ver 2 release In-Reply-To: <1382403538.26646436.1397693124081.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <534F18CF.7033.30348D1@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, <1382403538.26646436.1397693124081.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <534F3070.14128.35F94B1@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Only a couple of tests, but I'm starting to build some quite complex tablet based data capture applications in B4A. When I get some spare time, I will take a look at the new B4J in some detail. On 16 Apr 2014 at 18:05, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Stewart: > > It is looking like a very compelling language. > > Have you built any code with it that is suitable demonstration? > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart McLachlan" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 > 4:57:03 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] B4J Ver 2 release > > From the makers of Basic4Android. New release fo Basic4Java > > I'm happy to release B4J v2.00. > This is a major update. It includes a new web app framework built over > HTML 5 WebSocket technology. The web app framework makes it relatively > simple to build powerful web applications with the same libraries and > similar code that you use to build Android and desktop applications. > > > http://www.basic4ppc.com/android/forum/threads/b4j-v2-00-is-released.3 > 9975/#post-238258 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Wed Apr 16 21:13:56 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:13:56 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] B4J Ver 2 release In-Reply-To: <534F3070.14128.35F94B1@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <454114390.26714367.1397700836459.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Stuart: OK, When you do something please post it. PS Tonight I am going to run up a DigitalOcean droplet on the cloud...the $5.00 a month package and with the promo code LASApril I will get another couple of months to the purchase. My plan is to start working on a couple of new websites. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart McLachlan" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 6:37:52 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] B4J Ver 2 release Only a couple of tests, but I'm starting to build some quite complex tablet based data capture applications in B4A. When I get some spare time, I will take a look at the new B4J in some detail. On 16 Apr 2014 at 18:05, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Stewart: > > It is looking like a very compelling language. > > Have you built any code with it that is suitable demonstration? > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart McLachlan" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 > 4:57:03 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] B4J Ver 2 release > > From the makers of Basic4Android. New release fo Basic4Java > > I'm happy to release B4J v2.00. > This is a major update. It includes a new web app framework built over > HTML 5 WebSocket technology. The web app framework makes it relatively > simple to build powerful web applications with the same libraries and > similar code that you use to build Android and desktop applications. > > > http://www.basic4ppc.com/android/forum/threads/b4j-v2-00-is-released.3 > 9975/#post-238258 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 jon.tydda at lonza.com Thu Apr 17 02:49:33 2014 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Lonza Slough) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 07:49:33 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? In-Reply-To: References: <2006235858.26584977.1397687038928.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <72aac42dbdcc4f349e8d197818b5e47a@CHVEX12.lonzagroup.net> I got the update this week - it's nearly 1gb to download, and took a while to install... You'd know if you had it :-) Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 11:46 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? I've seen this same thing in a lot of places and it still seems very weird that they are even doing this. Every article has been confusing. Is the update 1 available already? My system claims to be 8.1 but no notice of Update 1 when I look at My Computer Information. GK On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Arthur: > > Actually I noticed but the article's title and it was just too good to > pass up..just too much fun. ;-) > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arthur Fuller" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:01:07 PM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 > support? > > Jim, > > I think you read it a bit too quickly. What MS means is that they want > us to upgrade from Windows 8 or 8.1 and install the free update 1 to > Windows 8.1, which will then become the subsequent baseline. > > Arthur > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > According to the following article Microsoft confirms it's dropping > > Windows 8.1 support...a little quick. ;-) > > > > > > > http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-confirms-its-dr > opping-windows-81-support-240407 > > > > 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 > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com ________________________________ This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. From gustav at cactus.dk Thu Apr 17 04:00:09 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 09:00:09 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? In-Reply-To: <72aac42dbdcc4f349e8d197818b5e47a@CHVEX12.lonzagroup.net> References: <2006235858.26584977.1397687038928.JavaMail.root@cds018> , <72aac42dbdcc4f349e8d197818b5e47a@CHVEX12.lonzagroup.net> Message-ID: Hi all It was out a week ago and is a huge download, so it is not listed as a forced update - you have to select it. Actually, it is a compilation of downloads also valid for Windows Server 2012 R2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2919355/ You can download the full package once for later install on all your machines: http://www.microsoft.com/en-ph/download/details.aspx?id=42335 These KB's must be installed in the following order: KB2919442 KB2919355 KB2932046 KB2937592 KB2938439 KB2934018 It takes the time to install you would expect for such a download. On SSD drives it isn't bad at all. It is far from the .Net updates that can take "forever". The update works very well. I see no reason not to install it, except if you are using custom deployment images for which an issue has been reported. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Tydda Jon - Lonza Slough Sendt: 17. april 2014 09:49 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? I got the update this week - it's nearly 1gb to download, and took a while to install... You'd know if you had it :-) Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 11:46 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? I've seen this same thing in a lot of places and it still seems very weird that they are even doing this. Every article has been confusing. Is the update 1 available already? My system claims to be 8.1 but no notice of Update 1 when I look at My Computer Information. GK On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Arthur: > > Actually I noticed but the article's title and it was just too good to > pass up..just too much fun. ;-) > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arthur Fuller" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:01:07 PM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 > support? > > Jim, > > I think you read it a bit too quickly. What MS means is that they want > us to upgrade from Windows 8 or 8.1 and install the free update 1 to > Windows 8.1, which will then become the subsequent baseline. > > Arthur > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > According to the following article Microsoft confirms it's dropping > > Windows 8.1 support...a little quick. ;-) > > > > > > > http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-confirms-its-dr > opping-windows-81-support-240407 > > > > Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Apr 17 12:03:03 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:03:03 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <834964688.27177793.1397754183615.JavaMail.root@cds018> The 2014 Microsoft Build conference is over and Microsoft is moving forward. After hearing from a podcast, in which it noted, that the new Microsoft is changing and changing fast. In the conference, many of the keynote speeches were discussing cross-platform compatibility, how to incorporate other software within Windows, how to utilize other OS platforms and integrate them. It seems that this is the year of the big change, the change driven by the reality that Microsoft is no longer "the platform" but just another platform. All I can say it is refreshing and it is about time. To listen to various speeches and sessions check out the following link: http://www.buildwindows.com Jim From gustav at cactus.dk Thu Apr 17 12:44:33 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:44:33 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft In-Reply-To: <834964688.27177793.1397754183615.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: , <834964688.27177793.1397754183615.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: Hi Jim That depends what you mean by platform. Regarding the cloud, a major milestone was met some days ago when Azure as the first and only cloud service was approved by the European Union for handling confident data to the highest standards: http://www.microsoft.com/eu/on-the-issues/article/Privacy_authorities_across_Europe_approve_Microsoft_cloud_commitments.aspx This I expected would have taken many more years to accomplish. But not so. It seriously sets the competition behind for a while and ceases any reasonable doubt that cloud storage and computing somehow should be unsafe. How Microsoft has managed to get this fixed and what resources must have been spent to achieve this, one can only guess. But it has changed the options for cloud computing for authorities and enterprises completely. Thus, Azure is no longer just another cloud platform but "the cloud platform". In a tiny corner of Azure, I enjoy OneDrive and Office 365. Minutes after I have taken a Photo on my Lumia, it is ready in OneDrive on my desktops and Surface; and vice versa. Same for documents. Without clicking anything. Gone are copying or syncing, it works really well. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 17. april 2014 19:03 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft The 2014 Microsoft Build conference is over and Microsoft is moving forward. After hearing from a podcast, in which it noted, that the new Microsoft is changing and changing fast. In the conference, many of the keynote speeches were discussing cross-platform compatibility, how to incorporate other software within Windows, how to utilize other OS platforms and integrate them. It seems that this is the year of the big change, the change driven by the reality that Microsoft is no longer "the platform" but just another platform. All I can say it is refreshing and it is about time. To listen to various speeches and sessions check out the following link: http://www.buildwindows.com Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Apr 17 16:02:20 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:02:20 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1388313189.27401725.1397768540298.JavaMail.root@cds018> That is excellent. But note that the praises of Microsoft is for their williness and signed agreement to comply with the restriction and structure put forth by the EU. The main corner post in this agreement is that Azure cloud computing will respect individual national security. Does this mean that Cloud information will remain within regional servers and not be disseminated through out Microsoft's world server system or does it mean that all the information will have high levels of encryption while within their systems? It should be noted that the Azure infrastructure sits on top of various open applications and therefore will be no more inherently secure than any other Cloud cluster. Maybe Microsoft's front end, which is totally proprietary is more secure than their competitors. I have read no indication that is the case but I am always willing to be pleasantly surprised. In summary; whether this rating if from a williness to comply with the Safe Harbor Agreement with the U.S. or from Microsoft's superior security, is the question. I suspect the former and find the latter very unlikely. It should also be noted, that if Microsoft is ordered by the NSA to release all information all previous agreement would be null and void and even a public acknowledgment of compliance would be illegal. This of course asks the question, so how secure is your information with any company based out of the US? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Thursday, 17 April, 2014 10:44:33 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft Hi Jim That depends what you mean by platform. Regarding the cloud, a major milestone was met some days ago when Azure as the first and only cloud service was approved by the European Union for handling confident data to the highest standards: http://www.microsoft.com/eu/on-the-issues/article/Privacy_authorities_across_Europe_approve_Microsoft_cloud_commitments.aspx This I expected would have taken many more years to accomplish. But not so. It seriously sets the competition behind for a while and ceases any reasonable doubt that cloud storage and computing somehow should be unsafe. How Microsoft has managed to get this fixed and what resources must have been spent to achieve this, one can only guess. But it has changed the options for cloud computing for authorities and enterprises completely. Thus, Azure is no longer just another cloud platform but "the cloud platform". In a tiny corner of Azure, I enjoy OneDrive and Office 365. Minutes after I have taken a Photo on my Lumia, it is ready in OneDrive on my desktops and Surface; and vice versa. Same for documents. Without clicking anything. Gone are copying or syncing, it works really well. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 17. april 2014 19:03 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft The 2014 Microsoft Build conference is over and Microsoft is moving forward. After hearing from a podcast, in which it noted, that the new Microsoft is changing and changing fast. In the conference, many of the keynote speeches were discussing cross-platform compatibility, how to incorporate other software within Windows, how to utilize other OS platforms and integrate them. It seems that this is the year of the big change, the change driven by the reality that Microsoft is no longer "the platform" but just another platform. All I can say it is refreshing and it is about time. To listen to various speeches and sessions check out the following link: http://www.buildwindows.com Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From jbartow at winhaven.net Thu Apr 17 17:02:57 2014 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:02:57 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft In-Reply-To: <1388313189.27401725.1397768540298.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1388313189.27401725.1397768540298.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <011301cf5a88$cad87830$60896890$@winhaven.net> Jim, do you honestly have faith your country's government (or any for that matter) is any less able to force data from company than the U.S. government? -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:02 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft That is excellent. But note that the praises of Microsoft is for their williness and signed agreement to comply with the restriction and structure put forth by the EU. The main corner post in this agreement is that Azure cloud computing will respect individual national security. Does this mean that Cloud information will remain within regional servers and not be disseminated through out Microsoft's world server system or does it mean that all the information will have high levels of encryption while within their systems? It should be noted that the Azure infrastructure sits on top of various open applications and therefore will be no more inherently secure than any other Cloud cluster. Maybe Microsoft's front end, which is totally proprietary is more secure than their competitors. I have read no indication that is the case but I am always willing to be pleasantly surprised. In summary; whether this rating if from a williness to comply with the Safe Harbor Agreement with the U.S. or from Microsoft's superior security, is the question. I suspect the former and find the latter very unlikely. It should also be noted, that if Microsoft is ordered by the NSA to release all information all previous agreement would be null and void and even a public acknowledgment of compliance would be illegal. This of course asks the question, so how secure is your information with any company based out of the US? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Thursday, 17 April, 2014 10:44:33 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft Hi Jim That depends what you mean by platform. Regarding the cloud, a major milestone was met some days ago when Azure as the first and only cloud service was approved by the European Union for handling confident data to the highest standards: http://www.microsoft.com/eu/on-the-issues/article/Privacy_authorities_across_Europe_approve_Microsoft_cloud_commitments.aspx This I expected would have taken many more years to accomplish. But not so. It seriously sets the competition behind for a while and ceases any reasonable doubt that cloud storage and computing somehow should be unsafe. How Microsoft has managed to get this fixed and what resources must have been spent to achieve this, one can only guess. But it has changed the options for cloud computing for authorities and enterprises completely. Thus, Azure is no longer just another cloud platform but "the cloud platform". In a tiny corner of Azure, I enjoy OneDrive and Office 365. Minutes after I have taken a Photo on my Lumia, it is ready in OneDrive on my desktops and Surface; and vice versa. Same for documents. Without clicking anything. Gone are copying or syncing, it works really well. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 17. april 2014 19:03 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft The 2014 Microsoft Build conference is over and Microsoft is moving forward. After hearing from a podcast, in which it noted, that the new Microsoft is changing and changing fast. In the conference, many of the keynote speeches were discussing cross-platform compatibility, how to incorporate other software within Windows, how to utilize other OS platforms and integrate them. It seems that this is the year of the big change, the change driven by the reality that Microsoft is no longer "the platform" but just another platform. All I can say it is refreshing and it is about time. To listen to various speeches and sessions check out the following link: http://www.buildwindows.com 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 17 17:14:10 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:14:10 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft In-Reply-To: <011301cf5a88$cad87830$60896890$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <833096024.27492751.1397772850133.JavaMail.root@cds018> I would like to think so but I am afraid you are right. The best we can ever hope for is to inconvenience anyone taking our personal data and maybe in that way limit the extent of their drag-net by exponentially increasing their costs. In this I would not totally blame the NSA as I am well aware that every major and minor countries or business, for that matter, are falling all over each other trying document and profile us all. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bartow" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Thursday, 17 April, 2014 3:02:57 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft Jim, do you honestly have faith your country's government (or any for that matter) is any less able to force data from company than the U.S. government? -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:02 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft That is excellent. But note that the praises of Microsoft is for their williness and signed agreement to comply with the restriction and structure put forth by the EU. The main corner post in this agreement is that Azure cloud computing will respect individual national security. Does this mean that Cloud information will remain within regional servers and not be disseminated through out Microsoft's world server system or does it mean that all the information will have high levels of encryption while within their systems? It should be noted that the Azure infrastructure sits on top of various open applications and therefore will be no more inherently secure than any other Cloud cluster. Maybe Microsoft's front end, which is totally proprietary is more secure than their competitors. I have read no indication that is the case but I am always willing to be pleasantly surprised. In summary; whether this rating if from a williness to comply with the Safe Harbor Agreement with the U.S. or from Microsoft's superior security, is the question. I suspect the former and find the latter very unlikely. It should also be noted, that if Microsoft is ordered by the NSA to release all information all previous agreement would be null and void and even a public acknowledgment of compliance would be illegal. This of course asks the question, so how secure is your information with any company based out of the US? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Thursday, 17 April, 2014 10:44:33 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft Hi Jim That depends what you mean by platform. Regarding the cloud, a major milestone was met some days ago when Azure as the first and only cloud service was approved by the European Union for handling confident data to the highest standards: http://www.microsoft.com/eu/on-the-issues/article/Privacy_authorities_across_Europe_approve_Microsoft_cloud_commitments.aspx This I expected would have taken many more years to accomplish. But not so. It seriously sets the competition behind for a while and ceases any reasonable doubt that cloud storage and computing somehow should be unsafe. How Microsoft has managed to get this fixed and what resources must have been spent to achieve this, one can only guess. But it has changed the options for cloud computing for authorities and enterprises completely. Thus, Azure is no longer just another cloud platform but "the cloud platform". In a tiny corner of Azure, I enjoy OneDrive and Office 365. Minutes after I have taken a Photo on my Lumia, it is ready in OneDrive on my desktops and Surface; and vice versa. Same for documents. Without clicking anything. Gone are copying or syncing, it works really well. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 17. april 2014 19:03 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft The 2014 Microsoft Build conference is over and Microsoft is moving forward. After hearing from a podcast, in which it noted, that the new Microsoft is changing and changing fast. In the conference, many of the keynote speeches were discussing cross-platform compatibility, how to incorporate other software within Windows, how to utilize other OS platforms and integrate them. It seems that this is the year of the big change, the change driven by the reality that Microsoft is no longer "the platform" but just another platform. All I can say it is refreshing and it is about time. To listen to various speeches and sessions check out the following link: http://www.buildwindows.com 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 gustav at cactus.dk Thu Apr 17 17:43:15 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 22:43:15 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft In-Reply-To: <1388313189.27401725.1397768540298.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: , <1388313189.27401725.1397768540298.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <08b77ddc217845e1a4ac1bf325dec08c@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Hi Jim I don't know anything more than is written here including the links. But given that this whole topic perhaps currently is the highest rated within European IT security, and that you don't play games with the EU authorities and the intelligence services of UK, France, and Germany combined, I believe this has to be the case. Perhaps at some point some details will flow regarding how the implementation is being audited. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 17. april 2014 23:02 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft That is excellent. But note that the praises of Microsoft is for their williness and signed agreement to comply with the restriction and structure put forth by the EU. The main corner post in this agreement is that Azure cloud computing will respect individual national security. Does this mean that Cloud information will remain within regional servers and not be disseminated through out Microsoft's world server system or does it mean that all the information will have high levels of encryption while within their systems? It should be noted that the Azure infrastructure sits on top of various open applications and therefore will be no more inherently secure than any other Cloud cluster. Maybe Microsoft's front end, which is totally proprietary is more secure than their competitors. I have read no indication that is the case but I am always willing to be pleasantly surprised. In summary; whether this rating if from a williness to comply with the Safe Harbor Agreement with the U.S. or from Microsoft's superior security, is the question. I suspect the former and find the latter very unlikely. It should also be noted, that if Microsoft is ordered by the NSA to release all information all previous agreement would be null and void and even a public acknowledgment of compliance would be illegal. This of course asks the question, so how secure is your information with any company based out of the US? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Thursday, 17 April, 2014 10:44:33 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft Hi Jim That depends what you mean by platform. Regarding the cloud, a major milestone was met some days ago when Azure as the first and only cloud service was approved by the European Union for handling confident data to the highest standards: http://www.microsoft.com/eu/on-the-issues/article/Privacy_authorities_across_Europe_approve_Microsoft_cloud_commitments.aspx This I expected would have taken many more years to accomplish. But not so. It seriously sets the competition behind for a while and ceases any reasonable doubt that cloud storage and computing somehow should be unsafe. How Microsoft has managed to get this fixed and what resources must have been spent to achieve this, one can only guess. But it has changed the options for cloud computing for authorities and enterprises completely. Thus, Azure is no longer just another cloud platform but "the cloud platform". In a tiny corner of Azure, I enjoy OneDrive and Office 365. Minutes after I have taken a Photo on my Lumia, it is ready in OneDrive on my desktops and Surface; and vice versa. Same for documents. Without clicking anything. Gone are copying or syncing, it works really well. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 17. april 2014 19:03 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] A new Microsoft The 2014 Microsoft Build conference is over and Microsoft is moving forward. After hearing from a podcast, in which it noted, that the new Microsoft is changing and changing fast. In the conference, many of the keynote speeches were discussing cross-platform compatibility, how to incorporate other software within Windows, how to utilize other OS platforms and integrate them. It seems that this is the year of the big change, the change driven by the reality that Microsoft is no longer "the platform" but just another platform. All I can say it is refreshing and it is about time. To listen to various speeches and sessions check out the following link: http://www.buildwindows.com 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 marklbreen at gmail.com Fri Apr 18 08:43:09 2014 From: marklbreen at gmail.com (Mark Breen) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:43:09 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? In-Reply-To: References: <2006235858.26584977.1397687038928.JavaMail.root@cds018> <72aac42dbdcc4f349e8d197818b5e47a@CHVEX12.lonzagroup.net> Message-ID: Hello All tried that download on my W8.1 machine but it failed to install - now what ???? On 17 April 2014 10:00, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi all > > It was out a week ago and is a huge download, so it is not listed as a > forced update - you have to select it. > Actually, it is a compilation of downloads also valid for Windows Server > 2012 R2. > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2919355/ > > You can download the full package once for later install on all your > machines: > > http://www.microsoft.com/en-ph/download/details.aspx?id=42335 > > These KB's must be installed in the following order: > > KB2919442 > KB2919355 > KB2932046 > KB2937592 > KB2938439 > KB2934018 > > It takes the time to install you would expect for such a download. On SSD > drives it isn't bad at all. It is far from the .Net updates that can take > "forever". > > The update works very well. I see no reason not to install it, except if > you are using custom deployment images for which an issue has been reported. > > /gustav > > ________________________________________ > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com < > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> p? vegne af Tydda Jon - Lonza > Slough > Sendt: 17. april 2014 09:49 > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? > > I got the update this week - it's nearly 1gb to download, and took a while > to install... You'd know if you had it :-) > > > Jon > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 11:46 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 > support? > > I've seen this same thing in a lot of places and it still seems very weird > that they are even doing this. Every article has been confusing. Is the > update 1 available already? My system claims to be 8.1 but no notice of > Update 1 when I look at My Computer Information. > > GK > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > Hi Arthur: > > > > Actually I noticed but the article's title and it was just too good to > > pass up..just too much fun. ;-) > > > > Jim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Arthur Fuller" > > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:01:07 PM > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 > > support? > > > > Jim, > > > > I think you read it a bit too quickly. What MS means is that they want > > us to upgrade from Windows 8 or 8.1 and install the free update 1 to > > Windows 8.1, which will then become the subsequent baseline. > > > > Arthur > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > > > According to the following article Microsoft confirms it's dropping > > > Windows 8.1 support...a little quick. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-confirms-its-dr > > opping-windows-81-support-240407 > > > > > > Jim > _______________________________________________ > 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 Fri Apr 18 08:50:14 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:50:14 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics In-Reply-To: <1526211127.26542933.1397683671655.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <666827586.26440615.1397676758160.JavaMail.root@cds018>, <1526211127.26542933.1397683671655.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <044ddc5a913f4b6eb55cb638d3353643@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Hi Jim Thanks. I wasn't even aware that you could program Windows apps (for Win8) with JavaScript, CSS3, and HTML5 before I some days ago studied the on-line material that exists as about 2 x 2 x 3 hours videos at MVA. The demo tool these two happy fellows use is ready as a Windows 8 app in the app store, as well as a the full source download at Git: http://codeshow.codeplex.com/ It is quite comprehensive and a good reference for those chosing this route. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 16. april 2014 23:27 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics Free ebook: Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Second Edition See: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2014/04/08/free-ebook-programming-windows-store-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript-second-edition.aspx Download it at: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks Jim From gustav at cactus.dk Fri Apr 18 08:53:41 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:53:41 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? In-Reply-To: References: <2006235858.26584977.1397687038928.JavaMail.root@cds018> <72aac42dbdcc4f349e8d197818b5e47a@CHVEX12.lonzagroup.net> , Message-ID: <3de9bb89f69a434c960b3b3258416baa@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Hi Mark Try again and/or bing/google on the error code. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Mark Breen Sendt: 18. april 2014 15:43 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? Hello All tried that download on my W8.1 machine but it failed to install - now what ???? On 17 April 2014 10:00, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi all > > It was out a week ago and is a huge download, so it is not listed as a > forced update - you have to select it. > Actually, it is a compilation of downloads also valid for Windows Server > 2012 R2. > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2919355/ > > You can download the full package once for later install on all your > machines: > > http://www.microsoft.com/en-ph/download/details.aspx?id=42335 > > These KB's must be installed in the following order: > > KB2919442 > KB2919355 > KB2932046 > KB2937592 > KB2938439 > KB2934018 > > It takes the time to install you would expect for such a download. On SSD > drives it isn't bad at all. It is far from the .Net updates that can take "forever". > > The update works very well. I see no reason not to install it, except if > you are using custom deployment images for which an issue has been reported. > > /gustav > > ________________________________________ > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com < > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> p? vegne af Tydda Jon - Lonza > Slough > Sendt: 17. april 2014 09:49 > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? > > I got the update this week - it's nearly 1gb to download, and took a while to install... You'd know if you had it :-) > > > Jon > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 11:46 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? > > I've seen this same thing in a lot of places and it still seems very weird > that they are even doing this. Every article has been confusing. Is the > update 1 available already? My system claims to be 8.1 but no notice of > Update 1 when I look at My Computer Information. > > GK > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > Hi Arthur: > > > > Actually I noticed but the article's title and it was just too good to > > pass up..just too much fun. ;-) > > > > Jim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Arthur Fuller" > > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:01:07 PM > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? > > > > Jim, > > > > I think you read it a bit too quickly. What MS means is that they want > > us to upgrade from Windows 8 or 8.1 and install the free update 1 to > > Windows 8.1, which will then become the subsequent baseline. > > > > Arthur > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > > > According to the following article Microsoft confirms it's dropping > > > Windows 8.1 support...a little quick. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-confirms-its-dropping-windows-81-support-240407 > > > > > > Jim From garykjos at gmail.com Fri Apr 18 11:29:35 2014 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 11:29:35 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support? In-Reply-To: References: <2006235858.26584977.1397687038928.JavaMail.root@cds018> <72aac42dbdcc4f349e8d197818b5e47a@CHVEX12.lonzagroup.net> Message-ID: I tried again and have seemed to get through the major ones but there are still ones that failed. Looking at my update history it appears to be 10 failed updates for every successful one. But they all eventually go through. GK On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Mark Breen wrote: > Hello All > > tried that download on my W8.1 machine but it failed to install - now what > ???? > > > > > On 17 April 2014 10:00, Gustav Brock wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > It was out a week ago and is a huge download, so it is not listed as a > > forced update - you have to select it. > > Actually, it is a compilation of downloads also valid for Windows Server > > 2012 R2. > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2919355/ > > > > You can download the full package once for later install on all your > > machines: > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/en-ph/download/details.aspx?id=42335 > > > > These KB's must be installed in the following order: > > > > KB2919442 > > KB2919355 > > KB2932046 > > KB2937592 > > KB2938439 > > KB2934018 > > > > It takes the time to install you would expect for such a download. On SSD > > drives it isn't bad at all. It is far from the .Net updates that can take > > "forever". > > > > The update works very well. I see no reason not to install it, except if > > you are using custom deployment images for which an issue has been > reported. > > > > /gustav > > > > ________________________________________ > > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com < > > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> p? vegne af Tydda Jon - Lonza > > Slough > > Sendt: 17. april 2014 09:49 > > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 > support? > > > > I got the update this week - it's nearly 1gb to download, and took a > while > > to install... You'd know if you had it :-) > > > > > > Jon > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 11:46 PM > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 > > support? > > > > I've seen this same thing in a lot of places and it still seems very > weird > > that they are even doing this. Every article has been confusing. Is the > > update 1 available already? My system claims to be 8.1 but no notice of > > Update 1 when I look at My Computer Information. > > > > GK > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > > > Hi Arthur: > > > > > > Actually I noticed but the article's title and it was just too good to > > > pass up..just too much fun. ;-) > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Arthur Fuller" > > > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > > > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:01:07 PM > > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 > > > support? > > > > > > Jim, > > > > > > I think you read it a bit too quickly. What MS means is that they want > > > us to upgrade from Windows 8 or 8.1 and install the free update 1 to > > > Windows 8.1, which will then become the subsequent baseline. > > > > > > Arthur > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > > > > > According to the following article Microsoft confirms it's dropping > > > > Windows 8.1 support...a little quick. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-confirms-its-dr > > > opping-windows-81-support-240407 > > > > > > > > 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 > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From gustav at cactus.dk Sun Apr 20 17:01:29 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 22:01:29 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Shortcut for non-admin users to connect to Hyper-V machine in Windows 8 Pro Message-ID: <93f1c82f2805469f8dd94c71290cd8d8@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Hi all Hyper-V is very powerful. I had to create a 32-bit environment for some tests, and configured a Windows 8.1 Update 1 32-bit VM with 2 GB ram. It's a speed daemon. I've never seen 32- and 16-bit apps run this fast before. Of course it helps that it is powered by a Xeon CPU and runs on a SSD but still. By default, the Hyper-V Manager of Windows 8 Pro is for administrators only. This is fine for setup and configuration of the Virtual Machines and to check out these. However, if the machine is in an Active Directory, this is not very useful as normal users are not granted administrator rights, thus will be incapable of accessing the VMs. To solve this, the users' group - Domain Users - has to be granted rights to connect to the VMs. Luckily, this is a simple task. First go to the host: 1. As Administrator, open Computer Administration and go to Local Users and Groups 2. Locate the group: Hyper-V Administrators 3. Add to the list of members the group: Domain Users 4. Close the group and Computer Administration Then - as Administrator - start and go to the Virtual Machine 1. As Administrator, open Computer Administration and go to Local Users and Groups 2. Locate the group: Users of Remote Desktop 3. Add to the list of members the group: Domain Users 4. Close the group and Computer Administration Now a normal user can open the Hyper-V Manager, connect to a Virtual Machine, and log on to this. This is usable but for frequent use you will prefer to provide the user a shortcut to connect to the VM. To do so, somewhere - like on the Desktop - right-click and select to create a new shortcut. The New Shortcut wizard opens and asks you to type the location of the item. Write: vmconnect.exe localhost nameofyourvmachine where "nameofyourvmachine" is the name from the Hyper-V Manager of the Hyper-V machine to open. Click Next. The wizard asks you to name the shortcut. This will be the text label under the icon. Write for example: Hyper-V Windows 8 32-bit Click Finish to create the shortcut. Double-click it to confirm that the VM opens and you are connected. If you prefer a tile on the Start screen for the user to select, copy the shortcut to this folder: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs The shortcut will now appear as a tile on the "show all" pane of the Start screen. To copy it to the main pane, right-click on the tile and select: Pin to Start. Before using this option, make sure the label of the tile is quite short or it will be cut off when applied to the tile. /gustav From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Apr 20 19:26:05 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:26:05 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Shortcut for non-admin users to connect to Hyper-V machine in Windows 8 Pro In-Reply-To: <93f1c82f2805469f8dd94c71290cd8d8@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: <1823408423.29109613.1398039965440.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Gustav: Glad you are enjoying the performance. Removing the GUI and leaving only the command prompt or maybe just throwing on a simple shell can be so liberating. The performance is always stellar in comparison. If you ever feel bold try a bare bones Debian box with Docker on it...all the Cloud systems use it, even Azure. I would think a Hyper-V install could provide the same features and performance. (I have all the components for a very nice 64bit box but it needs to be assembled...Have been enjoy a little DigitalOcean droplet and hope to have a new website up and running in a couple of weeks.) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Sunday, 20 April, 2014 3:01:29 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] Shortcut for non-admin users to connect to Hyper-V machine in Windows 8 Pro Hi all Hyper-V is very powerful. I had to create a 32-bit environment for some tests, and configured a Windows 8.1 Update 1 32-bit VM with 2 GB ram. It's a speed daemon. I've never seen 32- and 16-bit apps run this fast before. Of course it helps that it is powered by a Xeon CPU and runs on a SSD but still. By default, the Hyper-V Manager of Windows 8 Pro is for administrators only. This is fine for setup and configuration of the Virtual Machines and to check out these. However, if the machine is in an Active Directory, this is not very useful as normal users are not granted administrator rights, thus will be incapable of accessing the VMs. To solve this, the users' group - Domain Users - has to be granted rights to connect to the VMs. Luckily, this is a simple task. First go to the host: 1. As Administrator, open Computer Administration and go to Local Users and Groups 2. Locate the group: Hyper-V Administrators 3. Add to the list of members the group: Domain Users 4. Close the group and Computer Administration Then - as Administrator - start and go to the Virtual Machine 1. As Administrator, open Computer Administration and go to Local Users and Groups 2. Locate the group: Users of Remote Desktop 3. Add to the list of members the group: Domain Users 4. Close the group and Computer Administration Now a normal user can open the Hyper-V Manager, connect to a Virtual Machine, and log on to this. This is usable but for frequent use you will prefer to provide the user a shortcut to connect to the VM. To do so, somewhere - like on the Desktop - right-click and select to create a new shortcut. The New Shortcut wizard opens and asks you to type the location of the item. Write: vmconnect.exe localhost nameofyourvmachine where "nameofyourvmachine" is the name from the Hyper-V Manager of the Hyper-V machine to open. Click Next. The wizard asks you to name the shortcut. This will be the text label under the icon. Write for example: Hyper-V Windows 8 32-bit Click Finish to create the shortcut. Double-click it to confirm that the VM opens and you are connected. If you prefer a tile on the Start screen for the user to select, copy the shortcut to this folder: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs The shortcut will now appear as a tile on the "show all" pane of the Start screen. To copy it to the main pane, right-click on the tile and select: Pin to Start. Before using this option, make sure the label of the tile is quite short or it will be cut off when applied to the tile. /gustav _______________________________________________ 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 20 21:03:44 2014 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:03:44 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] The new-age generalist In-Reply-To: <226172006.26550991.1397684280871.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <666827586.26440615.1397676758160.JavaMail.root@cds018>, <226172006.26550991.1397684280871.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <53547C80.25125.18108EB5@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Yep that's why I am now working in: HTML/CSS/PHP/MySQL Basic4Android/SQLite Basic4Java as well as my long standing Access/SQL Server and PowerBASIC for Windows :) -- Stuart On 16 Apr 2014 at 15:38, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Development work and the agile programmer. > > If you are still active in the business, no longer is it good enough > to be a specialize in a specific area. No longer is it good enough to > only know one OS. The computer world is now the age of generalists: > > https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=461505383919 > > ...and... > > Developers Need to Broaden Their Range: > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-loukides/fullstack-developer-is-a-_ > b_5134310.html > > 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 Sun Apr 20 22:02:26 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 23:02:26 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format Message-ID: Well, my attempts to install Linux on my old box royally forked everything up. What I'd like to do next is low-level format both hard disks and then start completely over, as if it were a brand new box. Do you know how to do that? Gone are the days of fdisk, apparently. What can I do instead? -- Arthur From fuller.artful at gmail.com Sun Apr 20 22:03:55 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 23:03:55 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: R.I.P. Hurricane Message-ID: Hurricane Carter passed away last night. -- Arthur From hans.andersen at phulse.com Mon Apr 21 01:32:41 2014 From: hans.andersen at phulse.com (Hans-Christian Andersen) Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 23:32:41 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Most Linux distros installers have a facility to add/modify/delete your partitions. Deleting your partitions and creating new ones is the equivalent of formatting. If your installer doesn't, I guess you could always boot a live cd (or usb) with the Gparted livecd/usb ( http://gparted.org/livecd.php ). Would this suit your needs? Otherwise, if you just want to delete all the files, mount your partition and use the "rm" tool to delete all your files on that mount. - Hans On Apr 20, 2014, at 8:02 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > Well, my attempts to install Linux on my old box royally forked everything > up. What I'd like to do next is low-level format both hard disks and then > start completely over, as if it were a brand new box. Do you know how to do > that? Gone are the days of fdisk, apparently. What can I do instead? > > -- > Arthur > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From gustav at cactus.dk Mon Apr 21 03:35:37 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 08:35:37 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Shortcut for non-admin users to connect to Hyper-V machine in Windows 8 Pro In-Reply-To: <1823408423.29109613.1398039965440.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <93f1c82f2805469f8dd94c71290cd8d8@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com>, <1823408423.29109613.1398039965440.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: Hi Jim But I do have the GUI both on host and guest. This is to compare with an XP Mode install on Windows 7 but where this is quite slow, the Hyper-V install screams. By the way, the install of the 32-bit OS from the ISO file took only about five minutes and - as I used the new Update 1 compilation which rolls up updates - it was the full install requering zero updates. I can't remember the last time I'v seen this, perhaps in the early days of Windows 2000. I would get that 64-bit unit assembled and fire it up with Hyper-V Server 2012 R2. An amazing piece of software. You can start with just a 32 GB boot disk, create a bare-metal backup and play with that. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 21. april 2014 02:26 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Shortcut for non-admin users to connect to Hyper-V machine in Windows 8 Pro Hi Gustav: Glad you are enjoying the performance. Removing the GUI and leaving only the command prompt or maybe just throwing on a simple shell can be so liberating. The performance is always stellar in comparison. If you ever feel bold try a bare bones Debian box with Docker on it...all the Cloud systems use it, even Azure. I would think a Hyper-V install could provide the same features and performance. (I have all the components for a very nice 64bit box but it needs to be assembled...Have been enjoy a little DigitalOcean droplet and hope to have a new website up and running in a couple of weeks.) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Sunday, 20 April, 2014 3:01:29 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] Shortcut for non-admin users to connect to Hyper-V machine in Windows 8 Pro Hi all Hyper-V is very powerful. I had to create a 32-bit environment for some tests, and configured a Windows 8.1 Update 1 32-bit VM with 2 GB ram. It's a speed daemon. I've never seen 32- and 16-bit apps run this fast before. Of course it helps that it is powered by a Xeon CPU and runs on a SSD but still. By default, the Hyper-V Manager of Windows 8 Pro is for administrators only. This is fine for setup and configuration of the Virtual Machines and to check out these. However, if the machine is in an Active Directory, this is not very useful as normal users are not granted administrator rights, thus will be incapable of accessing the VMs. To solve this, the users' group - Domain Users - has to be granted rights to connect to the VMs. Luckily, this is a simple task. First go to the host: 1. As Administrator, open Computer Administration and go to Local Users and Groups 2. Locate the group: Hyper-V Administrators 3. Add to the list of members the group: Domain Users 4. Close the group and Computer Administration Then - as Administrator - start and go to the Virtual Machine 1. As Administrator, open Computer Administration and go to Local Users and Groups 2. Locate the group: Users of Remote Desktop 3. Add to the list of members the group: Domain Users 4. Close the group and Computer Administration Now a normal user can open the Hyper-V Manager, connect to a Virtual Machine, and log on to this. This is usable but for frequent use you will prefer to provide the user a shortcut to connect to the VM. To do so, somewhere - like on the Desktop - right-click and select to create a new shortcut. The New Shortcut wizard opens and asks you to type the location of the item. Write: vmconnect.exe localhost nameofyourvmachine where "nameofyourvmachine" is the name from the Hyper-V Manager of the Hyper-V machine to open. Click Next. The wizard asks you to name the shortcut. This will be the text label under the icon. Write for example: Hyper-V Windows 8 32-bit Click Finish to create the shortcut. Double-click it to confirm that the VM opens and you are connected. If you prefer a tile on the Start screen for the user to select, copy the shortcut to this folder: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs The shortcut will now appear as a tile on the "show all" pane of the Start screen. To copy it to the main pane, right-click on the tile and select: Pin to Start. Before using this option, make sure the label of the tile is quite short or it will be cut off when applied to the tile. /gustav _______________________________________________ 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 fuller.artful at gmail.com Mon Apr 21 07:00:50 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 08:00:50 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: After much toil and trouble, I managed to get my old desktop to boot (into Windows 7) once again. For some reason, I'm having a helluva time getting a dual-boot setup to work (the other boot being Linux). Rather than risk grub wrecking my setup, I think that this time I'll install Linux on a USB thumb drive and set the boot sequence to look there first, the DVD drive second, and the hard disk third. Not precisely what I had hoped for, but 32 gig thumb drives are dirt cheap now, and I would guess that 64 gig drives are not much more. On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 2:32 AM, Hans-Christian Andersen < hans.andersen at phulse.com> wrote: > > Most Linux distros installers have a facility to add/modify/delete your > partitions. Deleting your partitions and creating new ones is the > equivalent of formatting. If your installer doesn't, I guess you could > always boot a live cd (or usb) with the Gparted livecd/usb ( > http://gparted.org/livecd.php ). Would this suit your needs? > > Otherwise, if you just want to delete all the files, mount your partition > and use the "rm" tool to delete all your files on that mount. > > - Hans > > From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Apr 21 11:13:30 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 10:13:30 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <869244930.29442407.1398096810947.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Arthur: It all depends on what type of Linux you tried to install. I personally never have had a problem installing Ubuntu but there are some Linux distros that require some knowledge of drivers, settings and libraries... I will assume you are installing Ubuntu and continue with that assumption. Sometimes it is a good idea to first, download the ISO of the Linux version you will be installing on some computer, second, burn the ISO so it will boot from the CD/DVD, third, make sure the CD/DVD boots first on the new computer, fourth, when the CD/DVD gives you the install options select LIVE install and this will allow you to run the version as if you have installed it but nothing will install. The speed will be slower of course but this will give you an idea of how the ISO would run if installed. Note: If the LIVE copy doesn't run the hardware is borked. I have never seem a situation like that but theoretically it is possible. >From the LIVE install you will be able to test all the components and hardware of the new computer, view all the directories, copy files, directories and even the entire hard drive contents, to an external drive. You can use the system tools to interrogate the drive and even run a full lower-level format...the options are endless. When all is complete and you satisfied that everything works and is configured the way you like, reboot and this time select install and let it run from there. Note: The computer on which you are doing the install should have a functioning internet connection but you will have tested that in the LIVE install. Hope this answers your questions. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 8:02:26 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format Well, my attempts to install Linux on my old box royally forked everything up. What I'd like to do next is low-level format both hard disks and then start completely over, as if it were a brand new box. Do you know how to do that? Gone are the days of fdisk, apparently. What can I do instead? -- Arthur _______________________________________________ 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 21 11:42:49 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 10:42:49 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Shortcut for non-admin users to connect to Hyper-V machine in Windows 8 Pro In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <716645529.29469705.1398098569337.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Gustav: It does appear that Hyper-V is an excellent package. (The DBA web site is running off a Hyper-V server) (It is sounding more like a good Linux installation every day. ;-)) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 1:35:37 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Shortcut for non-admin users to connect to Hyper-V machine in Windows 8 Pro Hi Jim But I do have the GUI both on host and guest. This is to compare with an XP Mode install on Windows 7 but where this is quite slow, the Hyper-V install screams. By the way, the install of the 32-bit OS from the ISO file took only about five minutes and - as I used the new Update 1 compilation which rolls up updates - it was the full install requering zero updates. I can't remember the last time I'v seen this, perhaps in the early days of Windows 2000. I would get that 64-bit unit assembled and fire it up with Hyper-V Server 2012 R2. An amazing piece of software. You can start with just a 32 GB boot disk, create a bare-metal backup and play with that. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 21. april 2014 02:26 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Shortcut for non-admin users to connect to Hyper-V machine in Windows 8 Pro Hi Gustav: Glad you are enjoying the performance. Removing the GUI and leaving only the command prompt or maybe just throwing on a simple shell can be so liberating. The performance is always stellar in comparison. If you ever feel bold try a bare bones Debian box with Docker on it...all the Cloud systems use it, even Azure. I would think a Hyper-V install could provide the same features and performance. (I have all the components for a very nice 64bit box but it needs to be assembled...Have been enjoy a little DigitalOcean droplet and hope to have a new website up and running in a couple of weeks.) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Sunday, 20 April, 2014 3:01:29 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] Shortcut for non-admin users to connect to Hyper-V machine in Windows 8 Pro Hi all Hyper-V is very powerful. I had to create a 32-bit environment for some tests, and configured a Windows 8.1 Update 1 32-bit VM with 2 GB ram. It's a speed daemon. I've never seen 32- and 16-bit apps run this fast before. Of course it helps that it is powered by a Xeon CPU and runs on a SSD but still. By default, the Hyper-V Manager of Windows 8 Pro is for administrators only. This is fine for setup and configuration of the Virtual Machines and to check out these. However, if the machine is in an Active Directory, this is not very useful as normal users are not granted administrator rights, thus will be incapable of accessing the VMs. To solve this, the users' group - Domain Users - has to be granted rights to connect to the VMs. Luckily, this is a simple task. First go to the host: 1. As Administrator, open Computer Administration and go to Local Users and Groups 2. Locate the group: Hyper-V Administrators 3. Add to the list of members the group: Domain Users 4. Close the group and Computer Administration Then - as Administrator - start and go to the Virtual Machine 1. As Administrator, open Computer Administration and go to Local Users and Groups 2. Locate the group: Users of Remote Desktop 3. Add to the list of members the group: Domain Users 4. Close the group and Computer Administration Now a normal user can open the Hyper-V Manager, connect to a Virtual Machine, and log on to this. This is usable but for frequent use you will prefer to provide the user a shortcut to connect to the VM. To do so, somewhere - like on the Desktop - right-click and select to create a new shortcut. The New Shortcut wizard opens and asks you to type the location of the item. Write: vmconnect.exe localhost nameofyourvmachine where "nameofyourvmachine" is the name from the Hyper-V Manager of the Hyper-V machine to open. Click Next. The wizard asks you to name the shortcut. This will be the text label under the icon. Write for example: Hyper-V Windows 8 32-bit Click Finish to create the shortcut. Double-click it to confirm that the VM opens and you are connected. If you prefer a tile on the Start screen for the user to select, copy the shortcut to this folder: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs The shortcut will now appear as a tile on the "show all" pane of the Start screen. To copy it to the main pane, right-click on the tile and select: Pin to Start. Before using this option, make sure the label of the tile is quite short or it will be cut off when applied to the tile. /gustav _______________________________________________ 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 fuller.artful at gmail.com Mon Apr 21 11:56:16 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:56:16 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format In-Reply-To: <869244930.29442407.1398096810947.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <869244930.29442407.1398096810947.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: Hi Jim, What I have decided to do is dedicate a 32GB thumb drive to the Linux install. I have checked the BIOS and discovered that I can specify the boot-order to USB then CD/DVD and finally hard disk. One of the hard disks in my old squeeze is 250GB so I'm going to partition it into 3 pieces, one Ext2, one swap and the rest NTFS. Then, I hope, when I install Linux again, I'll tell it to use the swap partition for Swap, and use the Ext2 partition for data storage. On a side note, there's a free utility called MS-Access-to-MySQL available from BullZip.com that does just what its title says. It will inhale any Access database and then create its equivalent in your MySQL installation. I've done this numerous times and it works like a charm. From there it's a cinch to copy the Access FE to a new name and then redirect the copy to look at MySQL instead of the Access BE. BullZip has two other similar utilities which convert Access databases to SQL Server and Postgres. These are Windows utilities but once you've got the databases into your Windows MySQL then it's a cinch to copy the files into the Linux installation. The folks at BullZip have done their homework: pesky things like data-type conversion are automatic and painless. For anybody wishing to port their Access databases to MySQL, BullZip has my hearty endorsement. Arthur From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Apr 21 12:06:31 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:06:31 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] The new-age generalist In-Reply-To: <53547C80.25125.18108EB5@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <750791705.29487319.1398099991337.JavaMail.root@cds018> An excellent selection of products. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart McLachlan" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 7:03:44 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The new-age generalist Yep that's why I am now working in: HTML/CSS/PHP/MySQL Basic4Android/SQLite Basic4Java as well as my long standing Access/SQL Server and PowerBASIC for Windows :) -- Stuart On 16 Apr 2014 at 15:38, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Development work and the agile programmer. > > If you are still active in the business, no longer is it good enough > to be a specialize in a specific area. No longer is it good enough to > only know one OS. The computer world is now the age of generalists: > > https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=461505383919 > > ...and... > > Developers Need to Broaden Their Range: > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-loukides/fullstack-developer-is-a-_ > b_5134310.html > > 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 fuller.artful at gmail.com Mon Apr 21 12:25:23 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:25:23 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] The new-age generalist In-Reply-To: <750791705.29487319.1398099991337.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <53547C80.25125.18108EB5@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <750791705.29487319.1398099991337.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: Stuart and Jim, An excellent selection of technologies to master. I'm with Jim on the necessity to be able to deliver cross-platform. I'm not so big on Basic4Android but that's just me, I'd rather learn the Android stuff than work through another layer that purports to simplify things, but I also recognize that my choice derives from my status as semi-retired (I keep trying to get out, but they keep dragging me back in... c.f. The Godfather). On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > An excellent selection of products. > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart McLachlan" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 7:03:44 PM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The new-age generalist > > Yep that's why I am now working in: > > HTML/CSS/PHP/MySQL > > Basic4Android/SQLite > > Basic4Java > > > as well as my long standing Access/SQL Server and PowerBASIC for Windows > :) > > -- > Stuart > > On 16 Apr 2014 at 15:38, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > Development work and the agile programmer. > > > > If you are still active in the business, no longer is it good enough > > to be a specialize in a specific area. No longer is it good enough to > > only know one OS. The computer world is now the age of generalists: > > > > https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=461505383919 > > > > ...and... > > > > Developers Need to Broaden Their Range: > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-loukides/fullstack-developer-is-a-_ > > b_5134310.html > > > > 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 > -- Arthur From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Apr 21 13:03:53 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:03:53 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] New In-Reply-To: <53547C80.25125.18108EB5@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <1646749100.29532320.1398103433182.JavaMail.root@cds018> News ways to create a business, run a business and support a business. Even giant GE is trying to get a piece of the new booming startup market by refurbishing an old warehouse, next to a university, setting it up was all the appropriate power and internet connectivity, adding easy access to seed funds and encouraging local entrepreneurs to setup shop. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/ges-firstbuild-can-a-big-company-harness-startup-mojo-on-the-backs-of-upstart-entrepreneurs/#ftag=RSS56d97e7 Companies try and find the sweet spot, that gets the best results from their workers and keeps them working at their facility. Will this company's successful experiment be duplicated? http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/04/18/3428463/treehouse-four-day-workweek So what is the hot new languages and implementations of core software. This is all very exciting. Ten relatively new programming languages have found their niche are continuing to grow: http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/146094/not-the-usual-suspects-10-plucky-programming-languages-the-rise-240677 As data volumes continue to grow, the go to software Hadoop, that is the de facto infrastructure technology for big data, now has a number of Startup are adding enhancements...and this is not even counting Microsoft/Hortonworks partnership which has MSs own add-on allowing support for its own enterprise product line. It seems the key to these Hadoop enhancement products is their ability to combine the ease of use of SQL/drag and drop/auto query building and the flexibility and scaling of NoSQL. Which products will emerge as the new industry standards is hard to say as the competition and diversity is fierce. http://www.cio.com/article/751572/10_Hot_Hadoop_Startups_to_Watch_ ...and... http://www.cio.com/slideshow/detail/146238/How-the-9-Leading-Commercial-Hadoop-Distributions-Stack-Up#slide1 IMHO, I think I will hardly recognize the computer market in ten years, it will have changed so much. Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Apr 21 13:07:15 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:07:15 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] What technologies every developer should at least have a passing aquaintance with In-Reply-To: <53547C80.25125.18108EB5@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <248235824.29535076.1398103635379.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: Here is a short list of the hottest technologies in the market today: http://www.cio.com/slideshow/detail/51062/9-Open-Source-Big-Data-Technologies-to-Watch#slide1 Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Apr 21 13:13:28 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:13:28 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1591432094.29540029.1398104008587.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Arthur: I really like the BullZip product line. When I first looked at it, it was a pay product with a lot of limitations. There was a demo version that would run but only create the first hundred records in each table. It worked just fine as I would then just go and manually export and import the data. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:56:16 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format Hi Jim, What I have decided to do is dedicate a 32GB thumb drive to the Linux install. I have checked the BIOS and discovered that I can specify the boot-order to USB then CD/DVD and finally hard disk. One of the hard disks in my old squeeze is 250GB so I'm going to partition it into 3 pieces, one Ext2, one swap and the rest NTFS. Then, I hope, when I install Linux again, I'll tell it to use the swap partition for Swap, and use the Ext2 partition for data storage. On a side note, there's a free utility called MS-Access-to-MySQL available from BullZip.com that does just what its title says. It will inhale any Access database and then create its equivalent in your MySQL installation. I've done this numerous times and it works like a charm. From there it's a cinch to copy the Access FE to a new name and then redirect the copy to look at MySQL instead of the Access BE. BullZip has two other similar utilities which convert Access databases to SQL Server and Postgres. These are Windows utilities but once you've got the databases into your Windows MySQL then it's a cinch to copy the files into the Linux installation. The folks at BullZip have done their homework: pesky things like data-type conversion are automatic and painless. For anybody wishing to port their Access databases to MySQL, BullZip has my hearty endorsement. Arthur _______________________________________________ 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 Mon Apr 21 16:57:43 2014 From: hans.andersen at phulse.com (Hans-Christian Andersen) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:57:43 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format In-Reply-To: <1591432094.29540029.1398104008587.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1591432094.29540029.1398104008587.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <0E5D3E0D-E44F-4DA9-BD13-A2D90F204F5B@phulse.com> Back in the day when I used to be a Windows user, there was an awesome boot loader that handled dual booting fantabulously. I forget it?s name though. For some reason I keep thinking partition magic, but I?m not sure. maybe that was just a partitioning tool and, in any case, it?s been discontinued. Speaking of dual booting Windows & Linux, I never used to have a problem with any of the distros & grub. But, saying that, I haven?t tried it on Vista or any of the more recent versions of Windows. Quite likely, Microsoft has done something to bugger it up. I do recall that Windows had a nasty habit of removing grub if it ever booted up and ran through some filesystem checks. I guess the best solution is the one you have, which is having a boot loader on a USB drive that boots up a local install of linux. Shouldn?t have to be that way though! - Hans On Apr 21, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Arthur: > > I really like the BullZip product line. When I first looked at it, it was a pay product with a lot of limitations. There was a demo version that would run but only create the first hundred records in each table. It worked just fine as I would then just go and manually export and import the data. > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arthur Fuller" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:56:16 AM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format > > Hi Jim, > > What I have decided to do is dedicate a 32GB thumb drive to the Linux > install. I have checked the BIOS and discovered that I can specify the > boot-order to USB then CD/DVD and finally hard disk. One of the hard disks > in my old squeeze is 250GB so I'm going to partition it into 3 pieces, one > Ext2, one swap and the rest NTFS. Then, I hope, when I install Linux again, > I'll tell it to use the swap partition for Swap, and use the Ext2 partition > for data storage. > > On a side note, there's a free utility called MS-Access-to-MySQL available > from BullZip.com that does just what its title says. It will inhale any > Access database and then create its equivalent in your MySQL installation. > I've done this numerous times and it works like a charm. From there it's a > cinch to copy the Access FE to a new name and then redirect the copy to > look at MySQL instead of the Access BE. BullZip has two other similar > utilities which convert Access databases to SQL Server and Postgres. These > are Windows utilities but once you've got the databases into your Windows > MySQL then it's a cinch to copy the files into the Linux installation. The > folks at BullZip have done their homework: pesky things like data-type > conversion are automatic and painless. For anybody wishing to port their > Access databases to MySQL, BullZip has my hearty endorsement. > > Arthur > _______________________________________________ > 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 fuller.artful at gmail.com Mon Apr 21 18:23:51 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:23:51 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format In-Reply-To: <0E5D3E0D-E44F-4DA9-BD13-A2D90F204F5B@phulse.com> References: <1591432094.29540029.1398104008587.JavaMail.root@cds018> <0E5D3E0D-E44F-4DA9-BD13-A2D90F204F5B@phulse.com> Message-ID: Hans, Yeah, read me a fairy tale in keeping with your namesake. Tell me that it shall all work out beautifully in the end, if only I persist through the MSadversities. All will be beautiful if only I swallow the (which was it, blue or red?) pill. On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen < hans.andersen at phulse.com> wrote: > Back in the day when I used to be a Windows user, there was an awesome > boot loader that handled dual booting fantabulously. I forget it?s name > though. For some reason I keep thinking partition magic, but I?m not sure. > maybe that was just a partitioning tool and, in any case, it?s been > discontinued. > > Speaking of dual booting Windows & Linux, I never used to have a problem > with any of the distros & grub. But, saying that, I haven?t tried it on > Vista or any of the more recent versions of Windows. Quite likely, > Microsoft has done something to bugger it up. I do recall that Windows had > a nasty habit of removing grub if it ever booted up and ran through some > filesystem checks. > > I guess the best solution is the one you have, which is having a boot > loader on a USB drive that boots up a local install of linux. Shouldn?t > have to be that way though! > > - Hans > > > On Apr 21, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > Hi Arthur: > > > > I really like the BullZip product line. When I first looked at it, it > was a pay product with a lot of limitations. There was a demo version that > would run but only create the first hundred records in each table. It > worked just fine as I would then just go and manually export and import the > data. > > > > Jim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Arthur Fuller" > > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:56:16 AM > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format > > > > Hi Jim, > > > > What I have decided to do is dedicate a 32GB thumb drive to the Linux > > install. I have checked the BIOS and discovered that I can specify the > > boot-order to USB then CD/DVD and finally hard disk. One of the hard > disks > > in my old squeeze is 250GB so I'm going to partition it into 3 pieces, > one > > Ext2, one swap and the rest NTFS. Then, I hope, when I install Linux > again, > > I'll tell it to use the swap partition for Swap, and use the Ext2 > partition > > for data storage. > > > > On a side note, there's a free utility called MS-Access-to-MySQL > available > > from BullZip.com that does just what its title says. It will inhale any > > Access database and then create its equivalent in your MySQL > installation. > > I've done this numerous times and it works like a charm. From there it's > a > > cinch to copy the Access FE to a new name and then redirect the copy to > > look at MySQL instead of the Access BE. BullZip has two other similar > > utilities which convert Access databases to SQL Server and Postgres. > These > > are Windows utilities but once you've got the databases into your Windows > > MySQL then it's a cinch to copy the files into the Linux installation. > The > > folks at BullZip have done their homework: pesky things like data-type > > conversion are automatic and painless. For anybody wishing to port their > > Access databases to MySQL, BullZip has my hearty endorsement. > > > > Arthur > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Arthur From gustav at cactus.dk Tue Apr 22 01:29:59 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:29:59 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics Message-ID: <1a2fc28d182041df91fa1f613ef50e6c@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Hi Jim Gosh. This is 1300 pages! More than a weekend is needed. /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 16. april 2014 23:28 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics Free ebook: Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Second Edition See: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2014/04/08/free-ebook-programming-windows-store-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript-second-edition.aspx Download it at: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 22 16:17:33 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:17:33 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics In-Reply-To: <1a2fc28d182041df91fa1f613ef50e6c@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: <1430875609.30494511.1398201453457.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Gustav: Nothing like some good reading material. :-) I have posted the ebook to my tutorial pages and now it can be easily read via the TV screen...it is a little too big for my (dated) Smartphone. ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 11:29:59 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics Hi Jim Gosh. This is 1300 pages! More than a weekend is needed. /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 16. april 2014 23:28 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics Free ebook: Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Second Edition See: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2014/04/08/free-ebook-programming-windows-store-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript-second-edition.aspx Download it at: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks 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 Tue Apr 22 16:23:00 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:23:00 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] The new Windows9 has ben leaked In-Reply-To: <1a2fc28d182041df91fa1f613ef50e6c@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: <1201400196.30498712.1398201780303.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: A copy of a screen of the new Windows9 has been leaked. If this is a true representation, it could put Microsoft back in game. It looks very nice to my way of thinking. It takes the best from Windows8 and Windows7 but it might also be the new look for the Windows8.2 upgrade as the changes may be expedited. http://www.myce.com/news/wzor-leaks-info-about-windows-8-2-windows-9-and-cloud-based-os-71232 Jim From hans.andersen at phulse.com Tue Apr 22 16:29:18 2014 From: hans.andersen at phulse.com (Hans-Christian Andersen) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 14:29:18 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] The new Windows9 has ben leaked In-Reply-To: <1201400196.30498712.1398201780303.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1201400196.30498712.1398201780303.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <7F716BFC-F711-41CF-9D63-1DCE5602A0C3@phulse.com> Looks great. Here are some more screenshots: https://www.google.ca/search?q=kde+4+screenshot&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=595WU8P-L6byyAGI14DwDA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=986&bih=647#q=kde4+screenshot&rls=en&safe=off&spell=1&tbm=isch - Hans On Apr 22, 2014, at 2:23 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi All: > > A copy of a screen of the new Windows9 has been leaked. If this is a true representation, it could put Microsoft back in game. It looks very nice to my way of thinking. It takes the best from Windows8 and Windows7 but it might also be the new look for the Windows8.2 upgrade as the changes may be expedited. > > http://www.myce.com/news/wzor-leaks-info-about-windows-8-2-windows-9-and-cloud-based-os-71232 > > 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 Tue Apr 22 16:53:00 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:53:00 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] The new Windows9 has ben leaked In-Reply-To: <7F716BFC-F711-41CF-9D63-1DCE5602A0C3@phulse.com> Message-ID: <217798437.30517477.1398203580089.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Hans: I find it hard to tell the difference between the new Windows and any Linux distro. ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans-Christian Andersen" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 2:29:18 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The new Windows9 has ben leaked Looks great. Here are some more screenshots: https://www.google.ca/search?q=kde+4+screenshot&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=595WU8P-L6byyAGI14DwDA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=986&bih=647#q=kde4+screenshot&rls=en&safe=off&spell=1&tbm=isch - Hans On Apr 22, 2014, at 2:23 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi All: > > A copy of a screen of the new Windows9 has been leaked. If this is a true representation, it could put Microsoft back in game. It looks very nice to my way of thinking. It takes the best from Windows8 and Windows7 but it might also be the new look for the Windows8.2 upgrade as the changes may be expedited. > > http://www.myce.com/news/wzor-leaks-info-about-windows-8-2-windows-9-and-cloud-based-os-71232 > > 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 peter.brawley at earthlink.net Tue Apr 22 17:05:58 2014 From: peter.brawley at earthlink.net (Peter Brawley) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:05:58 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics In-Reply-To: <1526211127.26542933.1397683671655.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1526211127.26542933.1397683671655.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <5356E7C6.4050605@earthlink.net> On 2014-04-16 4:27 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Free ebook: Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Second Edition > > See: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2014/04/08/free-ebook-programming-windows-store-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript-second-edition.aspx > > Download it at: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks Having all kinds of problems getting rounded window corners (a CSS border-radius setting) to work correctly in IE, let's see if this ebook can help. Nary a mention. Meh. PB ----- > > Jim > _______________________________________________ > 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 23 02:05:48 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 07:05:48 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics Message-ID: Hi Peter Don't worry. Rounded corners are so much yesterday. /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Peter Brawley Sendt: 23. april 2014 00:06 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics On 2014-04-16 4:27 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Free ebook: Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and > JavaScript, Second Edition > > See: > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2014/04/08/free-ebook- > programming-windows-store-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript-second-edi > tion.aspx > > Download it at: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks Having all kinds of problems getting rounded window corners (a CSS border-radius setting) to work correctly in IE, let's see if this ebook can help. Nary a mention. Meh. PB From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 23 03:15:03 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 02:15:03 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <406766771.30819528.1398240903893.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Peter and Gustav: The real basics...your browser must support CSS3 which became the official industry standard in 2012...but most modern browsers did not need these engines as of 2008, as they then supported CSS3 features natively. Older browser versions (pre 2008) use to use the following engines: IE used the Trident engine Firefox/Seamonkey used the Gecko engine Opera used the Presto engine Safari/Chrome used the WebKit engine Today code: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_borders.asp Note: IE did not fully support css3 until version 10 and it did not come out until 2012 but it only runs on Windows7 and greater so in web sites, if IE is detected and the version is below IE10, a special set of CSS and JavaScripts must be made to accommodation these browsers. I usually just go to a Microsoft website and cut and paste their code for supporting IE7, IE8 and IE9 as each version is different and therefore needs a different working set...IE6 is no longer supported so you will have to send anyone using that old browser to a page that tells them to get a new browser. IMHO, tell them to get any browser, anything but IE ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 12:05:48 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics Hi Peter Don't worry. Rounded corners are so much yesterday. /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Peter Brawley Sendt: 23. april 2014 00:06 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics On 2014-04-16 4:27 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Free ebook: Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and > JavaScript, Second Edition > > See: > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2014/04/08/free-ebook- > programming-windows-store-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript-second-edi > tion.aspx > > Download it at: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks Having all kinds of problems getting rounded window corners (a CSS border-radius setting) to work correctly in IE, let's see if this ebook can help. Nary a mention. Meh. 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 Wed Apr 23 03:36:18 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 02:36:18 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows version 10 rumour In-Reply-To: <406766771.30819528.1398240903893.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <758073376.30825965.1398242178355.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: It seems that Windows 9 may be the last PC version. It is rumoured Windows 10 may be all cloud based. What I have been reading is that with the evolution and deployment of container/droplet systems, for example docker, it will become impossible to protect Windows, activation code or not. All it will take is one version being created in a container and then hundreds of copies can be made, in seconds. Containers can be easily transferred anywhere in the web and the operation can be repeated... Right now for example, the latest version, 64bit version of Ubuntu server, 14.04, Docker is a built in feature. I would suspect that soon every Linux distribution will have a similar engine by default, but unlike Microsoft's Hyper-V engine, has no specific code to protect multiple versions of a single Windows licence from being duplicated. IMO, the only viable direction Microsoft can take to protect their Windows licensing is to migrate their OS to the Cloud. http://www.myce.com/news/rumor-windows-10-to-become-a-cloud-based-os-68623/ Jim From peter.brawley at earthlink.net Wed Apr 23 10:15:16 2014 From: peter.brawley at earthlink.net (Peter Brawley) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 10:15:16 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5357D904.2010706@earthlink.net> On 2014-04-23 2:05 AM, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Peter > > Don't worry. Rounded corners are so much yesterday. ?! It ain't a popular trend issue. PB ---- > > /gustav > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Peter Brawley > Sendt: 23. april 2014 00:06 > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics > > On 2014-04-16 4:27 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: >> Free ebook: Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and >> JavaScript, Second Edition >> >> See: >> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2014/04/08/free-ebook- >> programming-windows-store-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript-second-edi >> tion.aspx >> >> Download it at: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks > Having all kinds of problems getting rounded window corners (a CSS border-radius setting) to work correctly in IE, let's see if this ebook can help. > > Nary a mention. > > Meh. > > PB > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From peter.brawley at earthlink.net Wed Apr 23 10:16:48 2014 From: peter.brawley at earthlink.net (Peter Brawley) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 10:16:48 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics In-Reply-To: <406766771.30819528.1398240903893.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <406766771.30819528.1398240903893.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <5357D960.3010209@earthlink.net> On 2014-04-23 3:15 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Peter and Gustav: > > The real basics...your browser must support CSS3 which became the official industry standard in 2012...but most modern browsers did not need these engines as of 2008, as they then supported CSS3 features natively. > > Older browser versions (pre 2008) use to use the following engines: > IE used the Trident engine > Firefox/Seamonkey used the Gecko engine > Opera used the Presto engine > Safari/Chrome used the WebKit engine > > Today code: > http://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_borders.asp > > Note: IE did not fully support css3 until version 10 and it did not come out until 2012 but it only runs on Windows7 and greater so in web sites, if IE is detected and the version is below IE10, a special set of CSS and JavaScripts must be made to accommodation these browsers. Exactly. PB > I usually just go to a Microsoft website and cut and paste their code for supporting IE7, IE8 and IE9 as each version is different and therefore needs a different working set...IE6 is no longer supported so you will have to send anyone using that old browser to a page that tells them to get a new browser. IMHO, tell them to get any browser, anything but IE ;-) > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gustav Brock" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 12:05:48 AM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics > > Hi Peter > > Don't worry. Rounded corners are so much yesterday. > > /gustav > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Peter Brawley > Sendt: 23. april 2014 00:06 > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft is offering another free ebook on web basics > > On 2014-04-16 4:27 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: >> Free ebook: Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and >> JavaScript, Second Edition >> >> See: >> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2014/04/08/free-ebook- >> programming-windows-store-apps-with-html-css-and-javascript-second-edi >> tion.aspx >> >> Download it at: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks > Having all kinds of problems getting rounded window corners (a CSS border-radius setting) to work correctly in IE, let's see if this ebook can help. > > Nary a mention. > > Meh. > > PB > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Wed Apr 23 13:11:43 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 12:11:43 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Recommendation In-Reply-To: <0E5D3E0D-E44F-4DA9-BD13-A2D90F204F5B@phulse.com> Message-ID: <1699716794.31206509.1398276703843.JavaMail.root@cds018> So what would features would you suggest? https://www.system76.com/laptops/model/bonx8 Jim From eptept at gmail.com Wed Apr 23 13:21:00 2014 From: eptept at gmail.com (Ed Tesiny) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 14:21:00 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Recommendation In-Reply-To: <1699716794.31206509.1398276703843.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <0E5D3E0D-E44F-4DA9-BD13-A2D90F204F5B@phulse.com> <1699716794.31206509.1398276703843.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: What more do you need? BTW, not inexpensive but if it's for work, eh... On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > So what would features would you suggest? > > https://www.system76.com/laptops/model/bonx8 > > Jim > _______________________________________________ > 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 23 14:08:24 2014 From: hans.andersen at phulse.com (Hans-Christian Andersen) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 12:08:24 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format In-Reply-To: References: <1591432094.29540029.1398104008587.JavaMail.root@cds018> <0E5D3E0D-E44F-4DA9-BD13-A2D90F204F5B@phulse.com> Message-ID: <0E3DDF46-FDA6-4C32-BCAC-8EAA20C33428@phulse.com> I regret to tell you that many (most?) Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales are fairly gruesome. ;) - Hans > On Apr 21, 2014, at 4:23 PM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > > Hans, > > Yeah, read me a fairy tale in keeping with your namesake. Tell me that it > shall all work out beautifully in the end, if only I persist through the > MSadversities. All will be beautiful if only I swallow the (which was it, > blue or red?) pill. > > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen < > hans.andersen at phulse.com> wrote: > >> Back in the day when I used to be a Windows user, there was an awesome >> boot loader that handled dual booting fantabulously. I forget it?s name >> though. For some reason I keep thinking partition magic, but I?m not sure. >> maybe that was just a partitioning tool and, in any case, it?s been >> discontinued. >> >> Speaking of dual booting Windows & Linux, I never used to have a problem >> with any of the distros & grub. But, saying that, I haven?t tried it on >> Vista or any of the more recent versions of Windows. Quite likely, >> Microsoft has done something to bugger it up. I do recall that Windows had >> a nasty habit of removing grub if it ever booted up and ran through some >> filesystem checks. >> >> I guess the best solution is the one you have, which is having a boot >> loader on a USB drive that boots up a local install of linux. Shouldn?t >> have to be that way though! >> >> - Hans >> >> >>> On Apr 21, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote: >>> >>> Hi Arthur: >>> >>> I really like the BullZip product line. When I first looked at it, it >> was a pay product with a lot of limitations. There was a demo version that >> would run but only create the first hundred records in each table. It >> worked just fine as I would then just go and manually export and import the >> data. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Arthur Fuller" >>> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < >> dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> >>> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:56:16 AM >>> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format >>> >>> Hi Jim, >>> >>> What I have decided to do is dedicate a 32GB thumb drive to the Linux >>> install. I have checked the BIOS and discovered that I can specify the >>> boot-order to USB then CD/DVD and finally hard disk. One of the hard >> disks >>> in my old squeeze is 250GB so I'm going to partition it into 3 pieces, >> one >>> Ext2, one swap and the rest NTFS. Then, I hope, when I install Linux >> again, >>> I'll tell it to use the swap partition for Swap, and use the Ext2 >> partition >>> for data storage. >>> >>> On a side note, there's a free utility called MS-Access-to-MySQL >> available >>> from BullZip.com that does just what its title says. It will inhale any >>> Access database and then create its equivalent in your MySQL >> installation. >>> I've done this numerous times and it works like a charm. From there it's >> a >>> cinch to copy the Access FE to a new name and then redirect the copy to >>> look at MySQL instead of the Access BE. BullZip has two other similar >>> utilities which convert Access databases to SQL Server and Postgres. >> These >>> are Windows utilities but once you've got the databases into your Windows >>> MySQL then it's a cinch to copy the files into the Linux installation. >> The >>> folks at BullZip have done their homework: pesky things like data-type >>> conversion are automatic and painless. For anybody wishing to port their >>> Access databases to MySQL, BullZip has my hearty endorsement. >>> >>> Arthur >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > > -- > 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 Wed Apr 23 16:23:22 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:23:22 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format In-Reply-To: <0E3DDF46-FDA6-4C32-BCAC-8EAA20C33428@phulse.com> References: <1591432094.29540029.1398104008587.JavaMail.root@cds018> <0E5D3E0D-E44F-4DA9-BD13-A2D90F204F5B@phulse.com> <0E3DDF46-FDA6-4C32-BCAC-8EAA20C33428@phulse.com> Message-ID: Hans, I read them all as a child. On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen < hans.andersen at phulse.com> wrote: > I regret to tell you that many (most?) Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales > are fairly gruesome. ;) > > - Hans > > > > On Apr 21, 2014, at 4:23 PM, Arthur Fuller > wrote: > > > > Hans, > > > > Yeah, read me a fairy tale in keeping with your namesake. Tell me that it > > shall all work out beautifully in the end, if only I persist through the > > MSadversities. All will be beautiful if only I swallow the (which was it, > > blue or red?) pill. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen < > > hans.andersen at phulse.com> wrote: > > > >> Back in the day when I used to be a Windows user, there was an awesome > >> boot loader that handled dual booting fantabulously. I forget it?s name > >> though. For some reason I keep thinking partition magic, but I?m not > sure. > >> maybe that was just a partitioning tool and, in any case, it?s been > >> discontinued. > >> > >> Speaking of dual booting Windows & Linux, I never used to have a problem > >> with any of the distros & grub. But, saying that, I haven?t tried it on > >> Vista or any of the more recent versions of Windows. Quite likely, > >> Microsoft has done something to bugger it up. I do recall that Windows > had > >> a nasty habit of removing grub if it ever booted up and ran through some > >> filesystem checks. > >> > >> I guess the best solution is the one you have, which is having a boot > >> loader on a USB drive that boots up a local install of linux. Shouldn?t > >> have to be that way though! > >> > >> - Hans > >> > >> > >>> On Apr 21, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Arthur: > >>> > >>> I really like the BullZip product line. When I first looked at it, it > >> was a pay product with a lot of limitations. There was a demo version > that > >> would run but only create the first hundred records in each table. It > >> worked just fine as I would then just go and manually export and import > the > >> data. > >>> > >>> Jim > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Arthur Fuller" > >>> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > >> dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > >>> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 9:56:16 AM > >>> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Low-Level Format > >>> > >>> Hi Jim, > >>> > >>> What I have decided to do is dedicate a 32GB thumb drive to the Linux > >>> install. I have checked the BIOS and discovered that I can specify the > >>> boot-order to USB then CD/DVD and finally hard disk. One of the hard > >> disks > >>> in my old squeeze is 250GB so I'm going to partition it into 3 pieces, > >> one > >>> Ext2, one swap and the rest NTFS. Then, I hope, when I install Linux > >> again, > >>> I'll tell it to use the swap partition for Swap, and use the Ext2 > >> partition > >>> for data storage. > >>> > >>> On a side note, there's a free utility called MS-Access-to-MySQL > >> available > >>> from BullZip.com that does just what its title says. It will inhale any > >>> Access database and then create its equivalent in your MySQL > >> installation. > >>> I've done this numerous times and it works like a charm. From there > it's > >> a > >>> cinch to copy the Access FE to a new name and then redirect the copy to > >>> look at MySQL instead of the Access BE. BullZip has two other similar > >>> utilities which convert Access databases to SQL Server and Postgres. > >> These > >>> are Windows utilities but once you've got the databases into your > Windows > >>> MySQL then it's a cinch to copy the files into the Linux installation. > >> The > >>> folks at BullZip have done their homework: pesky things like data-type > >>> conversion are automatic and painless. For anybody wishing to port > their > >>> Access databases to MySQL, BullZip has my hearty endorsement. > >>> > >>> Arthur > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > > > > > -- > > Arthur > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Arthur From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 23 18:15:46 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:15:46 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Recommendation In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1531466234.31441264.1398294946037.JavaMail.root@cds018> It is more powerful than all the servers I have. ;-) JIm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Tesiny" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 11:21:00 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Recommendation What more do you need? BTW, not inexpensive but if it's for work, eh... On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > So what would features would you suggest? > > https://www.system76.com/laptops/model/bonx8 > > 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 24 15:09:20 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 14:09:20 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] LibreSSL anyone? In-Reply-To: <758073376.30825965.1398242178355.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <2112678138.32132907.1398370160063.JavaMail.root@cds018> There is now a group of developers from the OpenBSD projects that are working on an updated version of OpenSSL. Comparisons between the OpenOffice and LibreOffice packages are apparent...LibreOffice is a complete rebuild of OO and superior in so many ways. http://www.libressl.org How long this just announced project will take before it is ready for prime time is anyone's guess. I would assume it will have the attention of a number of users and players that have been using OpenSSL. The only downside I can see is that it is being developed first in OpenBSD (UNIX) but the migration to Linux is inevitable. Right now though the project is actively looking for donations but it should be noted the some of the A team in the developers world would be working on the project. For example: Theo de Raadt who is one of the strong proponents and main developer of the OpenBSD project will be actively assisting. Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Thu Apr 24 17:14:53 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 16:14:53 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] LibreSSL anyone? In-Reply-To: <2112678138.32132907.1398370160063.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1974913099.32230080.1398377693474.JavaMail.root@cds018> PS: A new announcement that Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Dell, Facebook, Intel, Microsoft, NetApp, Qualcomm, Rackspace, VMware, IBM, Google, Fujitsu, HP, Red Hat, Oracle and Ubuntu and probably many more of the major and minor players, under the Linux Foundation, Core Infrastructure Initiative, on the web have decided that it is about time to participate, in fixing OpenSSL. (They must have been listening to my rant of a week ago.) No project could be more important for anyone wishing to deter hackers, thieves, foreign spies and government agents from hacking everyone's company. It is good to see them all working together against a common enemy. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/24/linux_foundation_core_infrastructure I would suspect some of the finest code ever created will come out of this venture. I also think that this could be the start off a master Core Infrastructure Initiative, that will build out our enterprise Linux internet towards a fully encrypted and secure web. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Lawrence" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Thursday, 24 April, 2014 1:09:20 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] LibreSSL anyone? There is now a group of developers from the OpenBSD projects that are working on an updated version of OpenSSL. Comparisons between the OpenOffice and LibreOffice packages are apparent...LibreOffice is a complete rebuild of OO and superior in so many ways. http://www.libressl.org How long this just announced project will take before it is ready for prime time is anyone's guess. I would assume it will have the attention of a number of users and players that have been using OpenSSL. The only downside I can see is that it is being developed first in OpenBSD (UNIX) but the migration to Linux is inevitable. Right now though the project is actively looking for donations but it should be noted the some of the A team in the developers world would be working on the project. For example: Theo de Raadt who is one of the strong proponents and main developer of the OpenBSD project will be actively assisting. Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From jbartow at winhaven.net Thu Apr 24 20:08:30 2014 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 20:08:30 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Powershel script help Message-ID: <014c01cf6022$dfbcf150$9f36d3f0$@winhaven.net> Hi all, Any ideas as to why this doesn't work? If I replace: "$remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining " With $remaining = 272 Then it works correctly. Otherwise it works inversely in regards to the -gt operator. Code ------------------------------------------------- # Display Vipre license expiration date # Runs on Windows 7 Try { $xml = [xml](get-content C:\ProgramData\VIPRE\RegistrationConfig.xml) #C:\Programdata\GFI Software\Antimalware\RegistrationConfig.xml $remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining #days until expiration - currently evaluates to 272 $expires = $xml.RegistrationConfig.ExpireDate #date of expiration If ($remaining -gt 45) { Write-Host "Vipre License expires in" $remaining "days on" "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" -f [datetime]$expires Write-Host "Successfully passed" exit 0 } else { Write-Host "Vipre License expires in" $remaining "days on" "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" -f [datetime]$expires Write-Host "Vipre License is Expiring Soon!" exit 1001 } } Catch { Write-Host "Failure" exit 1001 } End Code ------------------------------------------------- TIA John B From paul.hartland at googlemail.com Thu Apr 24 23:46:53 2014 From: paul.hartland at googlemail.com (Paul Hartland) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 05:46:53 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Powershel script help In-Reply-To: <014c01cf6022$dfbcf150$9f36d3f0$@winhaven.net> References: <014c01cf6022$dfbcf150$9f36d3f0$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: John, Was intrigued by powershell a while back but never done anything with it so I am probably wrong here or you may of already tried. You say that if you replace the $remaining with 272 it works, have you tried converting the $remaining to an int before the If ($remaining -gt 45) like below $xml = [xml](get-content C:\ProgramData\VIPRE\RegistrationConfig.xml) #C:\Programdata\GFI Software\Antimalware\RegistrationConfig.xml $remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining #days until expiration - currently evaluates to 272 $expires = $xml.RegistrationConfig.ExpireDate #date of expiration $remainingint = $remaining -as [int] If ($remainingint -gt 45) It may not work as only had a quick look and had to refresh my memory with the help of good old google, but may be worth a try. Paul On 25 April 2014 02:08, John Bartow wrote: > Hi all, > Any ideas as to why this doesn't work? If I replace: > "$remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining " > With $remaining = 272 > Then it works correctly. Otherwise it works inversely in regards to the -gt > operator. > > Code ------------------------------------------------- > # Display Vipre license expiration date > # Runs on Windows 7 > Try { > $xml = [xml](get-content C:\ProgramData\VIPRE\RegistrationConfig.xml) > #C:\Programdata\GFI Software\Antimalware\RegistrationConfig.xml > $remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining #days until > expiration - currently evaluates to 272 > $expires = $xml.RegistrationConfig.ExpireDate #date of expiration > > If ($remaining -gt 45) > { > Write-Host "Vipre License expires in" $remaining "days on" > "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" -f [datetime]$expires > Write-Host "Successfully passed" > exit 0 > } > else > { > Write-Host "Vipre License expires in" $remaining "days on" > "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" -f [datetime]$expires > Write-Host "Vipre License is Expiring Soon!" > exit 1001 > } > } > Catch { > Write-Host "Failure" > exit 1001 > } > End Code ------------------------------------------------- > > TIA > John B > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Paul Hartland paul.hartland at googlemail.com From listmaster at databaseadvisors.com Fri Apr 25 08:28:15 2014 From: listmaster at databaseadvisors.com (Bryan Carbonnell) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:28:15 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Administrivia - IMPORTANT Information RE: Yahoo and AOL Users Message-ID: Hi All, Recently Yahoo and AOL have changed the way they are fighting spam. On April 12 Yahoo and on Apr 22 AOL implemented a strict DMARC policy that will cause posts to mailing lists, such as ours from yahoo.com and aol.com users to be bounced by many other services. What does this mean to you, the DBA list member? 1) If you are sending from yahoo.com or aol.com, list members may not see your email. 2) If you are receiving email from the list that was sent by a yahoo.com or aol.com users, your list subscription may be put on hold because your mail server bounces these emails. 3) If you are receiving email from the list that was sent by a yahoo.com or aol.com users, these emails may be ending up in your spam folder. 4) Nothing at all will be different, if your mail server doesn't do any DMARC checking. Currently there is no easy way for DBA to fix this. Each of the 5 possible "fixes" comes with it's own set of issues. The developers of the mailing list software are currently working on a release to partially deal with these issues, but that won't be ready for a week or two. At which point, I will let you know when the lists are going down for upgrading. In the meantime, please check your spam folder for list mail. If you have any questions or concerns contact me at listmaster at databaseadvisors.com or my personal account, carbonnb at gmail.com. -- Bryan Carbonnell - listmaster at databaseadvisors.com Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "What a great ride!" From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Apr 25 10:12:51 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:12:51 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Routers our weakest link In-Reply-To: <1974913099.32230080.1398377693474.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1655556146.32701839.1398438771969.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: It seems that many of our routers compromised right from the beginning. The problem is that issues are pointed out but the companies supposedly take action, provide a new firmware and the router is still compromised. The question that has to be asked is is this just poor programming or intentional for some reason? http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/easter-egg-dsl-router-patch-merely-hides-backdoor-instead-of-closing-it These backdoor errors seem to affect a number of models of Netgear, Cisco and Linksys. For those concerned and have a compromised router there is a number of open source solutions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wireless_router_firmware_projects Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Apr 25 10:20:33 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:20:33 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] IPV6 is closer In-Reply-To: <1974913099.32230080.1398377693474.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1136675103.32708542.1398439233429.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: We may have to start configuring our equipment and software sooner than later. We all knew that IPv4 available addresses were running out but at the time of the initial observation that prediction was a good decade or two away. Today, it looks like two years is a more realistic figure as one of the main suppliers has ran out addresses: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/85275 Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Apr 25 10:54:17 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:54:17 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Reading characters from images In-Reply-To: <1974913099.32230080.1398377693474.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <176953119.32739904.1398441257507.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: Here is a very interesting technology. The ability for your web browser to read characters right out of images. Not all browsers have the ability to utilize the Project Naptha plug-in but most of the modern browsers can. I am using a FireFox browser and the page tells me that my browser is not supported but it can read writing out of the example graphic any away...so maybe that feature is now built into the latest version of FF. I believe that both Chrome and the latest versions of IE also have this capability. http://projectnaptha.com Aside: This goes to show how weak software password protection that utilizes the Captcha (http://www.captcha.net) type graphics really is...which I have used on a number of sites. Jim From jbartow at winhaven.net Fri Apr 25 10:57:11 2014 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:57:11 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Powershel script help In-Reply-To: References: <014c01cf6022$dfbcf150$9f36d3f0$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <008701cf609f$05e4c8e0$11ae5aa0$@winhaven.net> Hi Paul, That was exactly the problem. Thanks! John B -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hartland Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 11:47 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Powershel script help John, Was intrigued by powershell a while back but never done anything with it so I am probably wrong here or you may of already tried. You say that if you replace the $remaining with 272 it works, have you tried converting the $remaining to an int before the If ($remaining -gt 45) like below $xml = [xml](get-content C:\ProgramData\VIPRE\RegistrationConfig.xml) #C:\Programdata\GFI Software\Antimalware\RegistrationConfig.xml $remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining #days until expiration - currently evaluates to 272 $expires = $xml.RegistrationConfig.ExpireDate #date of expiration $remainingint = $remaining -as [int] If ($remainingint -gt 45) It may not work as only had a quick look and had to refresh my memory with the help of good old google, but may be worth a try. Paul On 25 April 2014 02:08, John Bartow wrote: > Hi all, > Any ideas as to why this doesn't work? If I replace: > "$remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining " > With $remaining = 272 > Then it works correctly. Otherwise it works inversely in regards to > the -gt operator. > > Code ------------------------------------------------- > # Display Vipre license expiration date # Runs on Windows 7 Try { > $xml = [xml](get-content > C:\ProgramData\VIPRE\RegistrationConfig.xml) > #C:\Programdata\GFI Software\Antimalware\RegistrationConfig.xml > $remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining #days until > expiration - currently evaluates to 272 > $expires = $xml.RegistrationConfig.ExpireDate #date of expiration > > If ($remaining -gt 45) > { > Write-Host "Vipre License expires in" $remaining "days on" > "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" -f [datetime]$expires > Write-Host "Successfully passed" > exit 0 > } > else > { > Write-Host "Vipre License expires in" $remaining "days on" > "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" -f [datetime]$expires > Write-Host "Vipre License is Expiring Soon!" > exit 1001 > } > } > Catch { > Write-Host "Failure" > exit 1001 > } > End Code ------------------------------------------------- > > TIA > John B > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Paul Hartland paul.hartland at googlemail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From paul.hartland at googlemail.com Fri Apr 25 11:06:11 2014 From: paul.hartland at googlemail.com (Paul Hartland) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 17:06:11 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Powershel script help In-Reply-To: <008701cf609f$05e4c8e0$11ae5aa0$@winhaven.net> References: <014c01cf6022$dfbcf150$9f36d3f0$@winhaven.net> <008701cf609f$05e4c8e0$11ae5aa0$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: My pleasure, it's very rare I get to help people on these lists and all they help I have received over the years. The only reason I thought of that was a similar problem with a language many years ago. Anyway glad to have helped. Paul On 25 April 2014 16:57, John Bartow wrote: > Hi Paul, > That was exactly the problem. > Thanks! > John B > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hartland > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 11:47 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Powershel script help > > John, > > Was intrigued by powershell a while back but never done anything with it so > I am probably wrong here or you may of already tried. You say that if you > replace the $remaining with 272 it works, have you tried converting the > $remaining to an int before the If ($remaining -gt 45) like below > > $xml = [xml](get-content C:\ProgramData\VIPRE\RegistrationConfig.xml) > #C:\Programdata\GFI Software\Antimalware\RegistrationConfig.xml > $remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining #days until > expiration - currently evaluates to 272 > $expires = $xml.RegistrationConfig.ExpireDate #date of expiration > > $remainingint = $remaining -as [int] > > If ($remainingint -gt 45) > > It may not work as only had a quick look and had to refresh my memory with > the help of good old google, but may be worth a try. > > Paul > > > > > > On 25 April 2014 02:08, John Bartow wrote: > > > Hi all, > > Any ideas as to why this doesn't work? If I replace: > > "$remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining " > > With $remaining = 272 > > Then it works correctly. Otherwise it works inversely in regards to > > the -gt operator. > > > > Code ------------------------------------------------- > > # Display Vipre license expiration date # Runs on Windows 7 Try { > > $xml = [xml](get-content > > C:\ProgramData\VIPRE\RegistrationConfig.xml) > > #C:\Programdata\GFI Software\Antimalware\RegistrationConfig.xml > > $remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining #days until > > expiration - currently evaluates to 272 > > $expires = $xml.RegistrationConfig.ExpireDate #date of expiration > > > > If ($remaining -gt 45) > > { > > Write-Host "Vipre License expires in" $remaining "days on" > > "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" -f [datetime]$expires > > Write-Host "Successfully passed" > > exit 0 > > } > > else > > { > > Write-Host "Vipre License expires in" $remaining "days on" > > "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" -f [datetime]$expires > > Write-Host "Vipre License is Expiring Soon!" > > exit 1001 > > } > > } > > Catch { > > Write-Host "Failure" > > exit 1001 > > } > > End Code ------------------------------------------------- > > > > TIA > > John B > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > Paul Hartland > paul.hartland at googlemail.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 > -- Paul Hartland paul.hartland at googlemail.com From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Apr 25 11:13:11 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:13:11 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Powershel script help In-Reply-To: <014c01cf6022$dfbcf150$9f36d3f0$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <1260254959.32763508.1398442391731.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi John: So what does the variable $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining look like? Does it retrieve a value? Does: $remaining = 0 $remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining ...or $remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining + 0 produce a result? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bartow" To: "DBA-Tech" Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 6:08:30 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] Powershel script help Hi all, Any ideas as to why this doesn't work? If I replace: "$remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining " With $remaining = 272 Then it works correctly. Otherwise it works inversely in regards to the -gt operator. Code ------------------------------------------------- # Display Vipre license expiration date # Runs on Windows 7 Try { $xml = [xml](get-content C:\ProgramData\VIPRE\RegistrationConfig.xml) #C:\Programdata\GFI Software\Antimalware\RegistrationConfig.xml $remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining #days until expiration - currently evaluates to 272 $expires = $xml.RegistrationConfig.ExpireDate #date of expiration If ($remaining -gt 45) { Write-Host "Vipre License expires in" $remaining "days on" "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" -f [datetime]$expires Write-Host "Successfully passed" exit 0 } else { Write-Host "Vipre License expires in" $remaining "days on" "{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" -f [datetime]$expires Write-Host "Vipre License is Expiring Soon!" exit 1001 } } Catch { Write-Host "Failure" exit 1001 } End Code ------------------------------------------------- TIA John B _______________________________________________ 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 25 13:05:43 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:05:43 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Replacement for Ubuntu One In-Reply-To: <1974913099.32230080.1398377693474.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <428306816.32868441.1398449143378.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Linux users: For any of you who is using a Ubuntu distro, you have probably are aware that the Ubuntu One Cloud option is being phased out and will close as of July. You can of course use DropBox but I do have issues with the product as they only have one encryption value for every user, they monitor your directories for DRM conflicts (I didn't remember tagging my wife's picture) and now Condoleezza Rice is on their board of directors... I have a hard time separating Ms Rice from thoughts of the NSA, but that may be just me. I have not researched to see if Microsoft's Cloud option is available to Linux users but one of you can if you would like...but don't be surprised if the answer is NO. But then there is Google Drive with 15 free GB...enough to backup your desktop. Below is a fairly straight forward method of installing and mounting GD as just another directory off you home directory using the terminal method: # open up access to the online library, update all your libraries and then install the package sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alessandro-strada/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install google-drive-ocamlfuse # Now authorize Google Drive. This may take Google a few moments if you are a new user and even if you are already a user. Watch the terminal as the replies will be appear there and not on your browser. google-drive-ocamlfuse # Now make a directory from which to mount GD. Note: The "~" symbol is just a quick method for saying create off your home directory mkdir ~/gdrive # And finally mount Google Drive to the new directory you have created google-drive-ocamlfuse ~/gdrive Done. If you use you new Cloud drive in combination with BitTorrent Sync it can become a completely secure method for transferring personal or client company data. Jim From jbartow at winhaven.net Fri Apr 25 13:24:52 2014 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:24:52 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Powershel script help In-Reply-To: <1260254959.32763508.1398442391731.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <014c01cf6022$dfbcf150$9f36d3f0$@winhaven.net> <1260254959.32763508.1398442391731.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <00a601cf60b3$a7384910$f5a8db30$@winhaven.net> I tried setting $remaining to an integer: $remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining -as [int] But that didn't work. Paul's suggestion of setting the variable value to another variable defined as integer worked out though: $remainingint = $remaining -as [int] So either my syntax in the first attempt is incorrect or setting the variable when pulling data from the xml field's data just doesn't work. I sometimes, well most of the time, think in VB terms and PS isn't the same animal. John B From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Apr 25 15:39:12 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:39:12 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Powershel script help In-Reply-To: <00a601cf60b3$a7384910$f5a8db30$@winhaven.net> Message-ID: <1380332465.32993518.1398458352031.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi John: It seems the the variables have to be clearly pre-defined, in the powershell and just establishing a variable by applying a value type to the variable is not enough...actually that is a lot better the loosey-goosey methods used to define variables like in JavaScript or the old versions of command DOS. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bartow" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 11:24:52 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Powershel script help I tried setting $remaining to an integer: $remaining = $xml.RegistrationConfig.DaysRemaining -as [int] But that didn't work. Paul's suggestion of setting the variable value to another variable defined as integer worked out though: $remainingint = $remaining -as [int] So either my syntax in the first attempt is incorrect or setting the variable when pulling data from the xml field's data just doesn't work. I sometimes, well most of the time, think in VB terms and PS isn't the same animal. John B _______________________________________________ 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 Sat Apr 26 04:17:36 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 05:17:36 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] A Nice DVD cataloguer Message-ID: I have a collection of close to 500 DVD movies, and have tried several cataloguers. A few days ago I received a notice from the makers of Ant Movie Catalog that a new release is available. I downloaded it at once and within a couple of days I have catalogued almost my whole collection. The program works by invoking scripts that login to various sites like IMDB and DVDEmpire (and many others, for languages other than English). It comes with quite a few reports, all of which can be customized using the included report designer. I wanted a report similar to an existing one, but including a couple of new fields and dropping a couple of others. The change took all of two minutes at most. If you're a movie nut like I am, this free program will prove invaluable to you. You can visit the site here: www.antp.be. For those who care about such things, the program was written in Delphi. -- Arthur From fuller.artful at gmail.com Sat Apr 26 04:42:34 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 05:42:34 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Driver who hit teen bicyclist sues dead youth Message-ID: We Canadians often make fun of the US predilection for lawsuits. But it would seem we have egg on our face. A woman driving a car that struck and killed a teenager and seriously injured another is now suing the dead 17-year-old in a twist the boy?s family lawyer calls ?distasteful.? For the whole story, see: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/04/25/driver_who_struck_teen_suing_dead_youth.html -- Arthur From gustav at cactus.dk Sat Apr 26 06:44:24 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 11:44:24 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Cheap SSL certificate Message-ID: <1398512663931.28018@cactus.dk> Hi all I had to have an official SSL certificate for our Remote Web Access server running on Windows Server 2012 R2 to avoid the scaring red URL bar when the user opens the web page. These are normally charged at "enterprise" prices, so I had to browse a little. But it paid off; at Enom I found RapidSSL at a flat rate of only USD 20 per year: http://www.enomcentral.com/secure/geotrust-ssl-certificates.aspx? I was a bit sceptic as this is about 1/10 of the price at most other suppliers but hey, at 20 bucks for a GeoTrust certificate it was worth the trying even though this product is not listed on GeoTrust's own site. It may be some kind of white-label discount product. However, it worked and the process is really rapid. Pay with your credit card, a few mails back and forth to confirm that you are you and the URL is real, and the certificate arrives minutes later in your mailbox ready for a copy and paste. You can look up and check for yourself at: remote.cactus.dk /Gustav From accessd at shaw.ca Sat Apr 26 10:55:37 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:55:37 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] A Nice DVD cataloguer In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <2122204508.33455040.1398527737127.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Arthur: Thanks for the link. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Saturday, 26 April, 2014 2:17:36 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] A Nice DVD cataloguer I have a collection of close to 500 DVD movies, and have tried several cataloguers. A few days ago I received a notice from the makers of Ant Movie Catalog that a new release is available. I downloaded it at once and within a couple of days I have catalogued almost my whole collection. The program works by invoking scripts that login to various sites like IMDB and DVDEmpire (and many others, for languages other than English). It comes with quite a few reports, all of which can be customized using the included report designer. I wanted a report similar to an existing one, but including a couple of new fields and dropping a couple of others. The change took all of two minutes at most. If you're a movie nut like I am, this free program will prove invaluable to you. You can visit the site here: www.antp.be. For those who care about such things, the program was written in Delphi. -- Arthur _______________________________________________ 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 26 11:20:20 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 10:20:20 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Cheap SSL certificate In-Reply-To: <1398512663931.28018@cactus.dk> Message-ID: <1396974988.33470075.1398529220244.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Gustav: Your site looks good...nice and clean. The price for the SSL certificate is definitely very good. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Saturday, 26 April, 2014 4:44:24 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] Cheap SSL certificate Hi all I had to have an official SSL certificate for our Remote Web Access server running on Windows Server 2012 R2 to avoid the scaring red URL bar when the user opens the web page. These are normally charged at "enterprise" prices, so I had to browse a little. But it paid off; at Enom I found RapidSSL at a flat rate of only USD 20 per year: http://www.enomcentral.com/secure/geotrust-ssl-certificates.aspx? I was a bit sceptic as this is about 1/10 of the price at most other suppliers but hey, at 20 bucks for a GeoTrust certificate it was worth the trying even though this product is not listed on GeoTrust's own site. It may be some kind of white-label discount product. However, it worked and the process is really rapid. Pay with your credit card, a few mails back and forth to confirm that you are you and the URL is real, and the certificate arrives minutes later in your mailbox ready for a copy and paste. You can look up and check for yourself at: remote.cactus.dk /Gustav _______________________________________________ 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 Sat Apr 26 11:48:57 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 12:48:57 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Gary Kildall Finally Gets His Due Message-ID: *"GeekWire reports that Gary Kildall , the creator of the landmark personal computer operating system CP/M, will be recognized posthumously by the IEEE for that contribution , in addition to his invention of BIOS, with a rare IEEE Milestone plaque .* I started with CP/M, and thought it superior to DOS in several ways. -- Arthur From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Sat Apr 26 22:43:40 2014 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 13:43:40 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Gary Kildall Finally Gets His Due In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <535C7CEC.20979.8DC8821@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Even better was C/CPM. Ran it on several "networked"* ICL Quattro's back on the mid '80s http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=852 *using serial communications over a cable with line drivers between two buildings several hundred meters apart.. That's where I cut my teeth on relational database development and Dataflex (aong with word processing with Wordstar) -- Stuart On 26 Apr 2014 at 12:48, Arthur Fuller wrote: > *"GeekWire reports that Gary Kildall > , the creator of the > landmark personal computer operating system CP/M, will be recognized > posthumously by the IEEE for that contribution > -os-recognized-landmark-contributions/>, in addition to his invention > of BIOS, with a rare IEEE Milestone plaque > -gary-kildall-with-milestone/>.* > > I started with CP/M, and thought it superior to DOS in several ways. > -- 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 Sun Apr 27 00:29:21 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 01:29:21 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Gary Kildall Finally Gets His Due In-Reply-To: <535C7CEC.20979.8DC8821@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: <535C7CEC.20979.8DC8821@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: Stuart, I remember that as deploed in this country by an outfit called Molecular: Group CP/M. Those were the days!! 64K RAM on multiple machines and it was enough for that day. Nowadays 8GB of RAM is barely enouh. Software has grown fat and needs to do some sit-ups. To be fair, so do I. I can barely fit into my 30" pants anymore. On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 11:43 PM, Stuart McLachlan wrote: > Even better was C/CPM. > > Ran it on several "networked"* ICL Quattro's back on the mid '80s > > http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=852 > > *using serial communications over a cable with line drivers between two > buildings several > hundred meters apart.. > > That's where I cut my teeth on relational database development and > Dataflex (aong with word > processing with Wordstar) > > -- > Stuart > > > On 26 Apr 2014 at 12:48, Arthur Fuller wrote: > > > *"GeekWire reports that Gary Kildall > > , the creator of the > > landmark personal computer operating system CP/M, will be recognized > > posthumously by the IEEE for that contribution > > > -os-recognized-landmark-contributions/>, in addition to his invention > > of BIOS, with a rare IEEE Milestone plaque > > > -gary-kildall-with-milestone/>.* > > > > I started with CP/M, and thought it superior to DOS in several ways. > > -- Arthur _______________________________________________ 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 > -- Arthur From gustav at cactus.dk Sun Apr 27 01:46:14 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 06:46:14 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Cheap SSL certificate In-Reply-To: <1396974988.33470075.1398529220244.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1398512663931.28018@cactus.dk>, <1396974988.33470075.1398529220244.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1398581174241.28977@cactus.dk> Hi Jim Well, that's the default layout from Microsoft. Nothing fancy - which I think is right for the purpose. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 26. april 2014 18:20 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Cheap SSL certificate Hi Gustav: Your site looks good...nice and clean. The price for the SSL certificate is definitely very good. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Saturday, 26 April, 2014 4:44:24 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] Cheap SSL certificate Hi all I had to have an official SSL certificate for our Remote Web Access server running on Windows Server 2012 R2 to avoid the scaring red URL bar when the user opens the web page. These are normally charged at "enterprise" prices, so I had to browse a little. But it paid off; at Enom I found RapidSSL at a flat rate of only USD 20 per year: http://www.enomcentral.com/secure/geotrust-ssl-certificates.aspx? I was a bit sceptic as this is about 1/10 of the price at most other suppliers but hey, at 20 bucks for a GeoTrust certificate it was worth the trying even though this product is not listed on GeoTrust's own site. It may be some kind of white-label discount product. However, it worked and the process is really rapid. Pay with your credit card, a few mails back and forth to confirm that you are you and the URL is real, and the certificate arrives minutes later in your mailbox ready for a copy and paste. You can look up and check for yourself at: remote.cactus.dk /Gustav From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Apr 27 14:26:24 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 13:26:24 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Gary Kildall Finally Gets His Due In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1353655829.34001651.1398626784559.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Arthur: That is great history. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 9:48:57 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] Gary Kildall Finally Gets His Due *"GeekWire reports that Gary Kildall , the creator of the landmark personal computer operating system CP/M, will be recognized posthumously by the IEEE for that contribution , in addition to his invention of BIOS, with a rare IEEE Milestone plaque .* I started with CP/M, and thought it superior to DOS in several ways. -- Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From jbartow at winhaven.net Sun Apr 27 22:12:25 2014 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 22:12:25 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Driver who hit teen bicyclist sues dead youth In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01df01cf628f$ae968860$0bc39920$@winhaven.net> I'm have no idea WHY this is on the Tech list. It has nothing to do with technology. We have a completely open to anything OT list for non-technological posts. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 4:43 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] OT: Driver who hit teen bicyclist sues dead youth We Canadians often make fun of the US predilection for lawsuits. But it would seem we have egg on our face. A woman driving a car that struck and killed a teenager and seriously injured another is now suing the dead 17-year-old in a twist the boy?s family lawyer calls ?distasteful.? For the whole story, see: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/04/25/driver_who_struck_teen_suing_dead_youth.html -- Arthur _______________________________________________ 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 28 12:12:06 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:12:06 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Face Recognition In-Reply-To: <1398581174241.28977@cactus.dk> Message-ID: <483506325.34551386.1398705126808.JavaMail.root@cds018> It seems that programs have reached the sophistication in Face Recognition that outperforms humans. https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/2c567adbf7fc Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Apr 28 12:16:31 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:16:31 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Mesh networks In-Reply-To: <1398581174241.28977@cactus.dk> Message-ID: <1929076830.34555293.1398705391230.JavaMail.root@cds018> According to the following article Mesh Networks Are the future Of the internet. It may seem like a good idea but a lot more emphasis will have to be put on security and data encryption and how are how are suppliers of the hardware going to be able to access who and what is using their torrent infrastructure. http://curiousmatic.com/forget-your-isp-mesh-networks-are-the-future-of-the-internet Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Apr 28 12:27:34 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:27:34 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Full ADO on .Net In-Reply-To: <1398581174241.28977@cactus.dk> Message-ID: <1669009357.34566079.1398706054284.JavaMail.root@cds018> If some would have their way ADO would be a depreciated technology. Personally, I love ADO and have spent many years becoming proficient using all the ADO features. The linked site provided a host of products but ADO support is an excellent feature. http://getglimpse.com ...and... http://getglimpse.com/Docs //for a glimpse of the range of products... PS: It is free and OSS Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Apr 28 12:35:37 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:35:37 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] MongoDB and Azure In-Reply-To: <1398581174241.28977@cactus.dk> Message-ID: <1706860156.34573179.1398706537136.JavaMail.root@cds018> Along with MS SQL, if you are using Azure, MongoDB will also be an option. Whether the system will allow building a mashup of both technologies is an interesting question. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2014/04/22/announcing-new-mongodb-instances-on-microsoft-azure.aspx There are many new applications, appearing on the market, that have been blending SQL and MapReduce together. Jim From peter.brawley at earthlink.net Mon Apr 28 12:44:23 2014 From: peter.brawley at earthlink.net (Peter Brawley) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:44:23 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Full ADO on .Net In-Reply-To: <1669009357.34566079.1398706054284.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1669009357.34566079.1398706054284.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <535E9377.4070105@earthlink.net> On 2014-04-28 12:27 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > If some would have their way ADO would be a depreciated technology. Heh it's been depreciated since its inception :-) Deprecating ADO is progress? PB ----- > > Personally, I love ADO and have spent many years becoming proficient using all the ADO features. The linked site provided a host of products but ADO support is an excellent feature. > > http://getglimpse.com > > ...and... > > http://getglimpse.com/Docs //for a glimpse of the range of products... > > PS: It is free and OSS > > 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 Mon Apr 28 13:31:25 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:31:25 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Full ADO on .Net In-Reply-To: <535E9377.4070105@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <1683105125.34624513.1398709885363.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Peter: ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Brawley" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 10:44:23 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Full ADO on .Net On 2014-04-28 12:27 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > If some would have their way ADO would be a depreciated technology. Heh it's been depreciated since its inception :-) Deprecating ADO is progress? PB ----- > > Personally, I love ADO and have spent many years becoming proficient using all the ADO features. The linked site provided a host of products but ADO support is an excellent feature. > > http://getglimpse.com > > ...and... > > http://getglimpse.com/Docs //for a glimpse of the range of products... > > PS: It is free and OSS > > 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 Mon Apr 28 13:56:33 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:56:33 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 In-Reply-To: <1669009357.34566079.1398706054284.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <10527748.34643212.1398711393209.JavaMail.root@cds018> With a Raspberry PI and a few pieces of off the shelf parts you can hack your own cell phone. It is not a Smartphone by any means but for real cheap communications... http://www.davidhunt.ie/piphone-a-raspberry-pi-based-smartphone Costs: Raspberry Pi Model B ? $40 PiTFT Touchscreen 320?240 ? $35 2500mAh LiPo battery ? $15 SIM900 GSM/GPRS module ? $48 DC-DC boost converter 3.3V ? 5V 1A ? $10 Cables, connectors, switch, etc. - $10 Total: $158 There is a full set of plans and source code up on Guthub Jim From gustav at cactus.dk Mon Apr 28 14:01:46 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:01:46 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 In-Reply-To: <10527748.34643212.1398711393209.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1669009357.34566079.1398706054284.JavaMail.root@cds018>, <10527748.34643212.1398711393209.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1398711706077.73446@cactus.dk> USD 158? Real cheap? You can get a real Nokia Lumia for less. And it is ready to go. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 28. april 2014 20:56 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 With a Raspberry PI and a few pieces of off the shelf parts you can hack your own cell phone. It is not a Smartphone by any means but for real cheap communications... http://www.davidhunt.ie/piphone-a-raspberry-pi-based-smartphone Costs: Raspberry Pi Model B ? $40 PiTFT Touchscreen 320?240 ? $35 2500mAh LiPo battery ? $15 SIM900 GSM/GPRS module ? $48 DC-DC boost converter 3.3V ? 5V 1A ? $10 Cables, connectors, switch, etc. - $10 Total: $158 There is a full set of plans and source code up on Guthub Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Apr 28 14:15:05 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:15:05 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] If you use DigitalOcean Cloud In-Reply-To: <1669009357.34566079.1398706054284.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1854594347.34659924.1398712505871.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: If you use the new DigitalOcean Cloud site here is an API that you must get. (Unfortunately it only runs on Linux (Ubuntu) for now but I am sure some fine C# developer could put together similar interface for other OSs as the source code downloaded from GitHub.) http://blog.andrewsomething.com/2014/04/25/digitalocean-indicator-release Note: Using the promo code LASApril will get you 3 months, of a entrance level development site, for $5.00. Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Apr 28 14:22:30 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:22:30 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 In-Reply-To: <1398711706077.73446@cactus.dk> Message-ID: <1085980267.34664899.1398712950650.JavaMail.root@cds018> Nokia Lumia prices can be real cheap. I have seem an unlocked Nokia Lumia selling for $145.00 OTOH this is a fun home made project for hardware hackers, that shows just what can be done. (It looks more like a sandwich than a cell phone.) ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 12:01:46 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 USD 158? Real cheap? You can get a real Nokia Lumia for less. And it is ready to go. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 28. april 2014 20:56 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 With a Raspberry PI and a few pieces of off the shelf parts you can hack your own cell phone. It is not a Smartphone by any means but for real cheap communications... http://www.davidhunt.ie/piphone-a-raspberry-pi-based-smartphone Costs: Raspberry Pi Model B ? $40 PiTFT Touchscreen 320?240 ? $35 2500mAh LiPo battery ? $15 SIM900 GSM/GPRS module ? $48 DC-DC boost converter 3.3V ? 5V 1A ? $10 Cables, connectors, switch, etc. - $10 Total: $158 There is a full set of plans and source code up on Guthub Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From df.waters at comcast.net Mon Apr 28 15:28:10 2014 From: df.waters at comcast.net (Dan Waters) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:28:10 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 In-Reply-To: <1085980267.34664899.1398712950650.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1398711706077.73446@cactus.dk> <1085980267.34664899.1398712950650.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <001701cf6320$5f81d040$1e8570c0$@comcast.net> http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-Lumia-521-T-Mobile/dp/B00COYOAYW/ref=sr_1_1/186-8259034-9741428?ie=UTF8&qid=1398716436&sr=8-1&keywords=lumia+521 Nokia Lumia 521 new unlocked - $88.74. I've had this for several months and it is nice. Will receive WP 8.1 Update this summer which will include voice assist feature Cortana. Dan (OK yes - this is a little marketing ;-)) -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 2:23 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 Nokia Lumia prices can be real cheap. I have seem an unlocked Nokia Lumia selling for $145.00 OTOH this is a fun home made project for hardware hackers, that shows just what can be done. (It looks more like a sandwich than a cell phone.) ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 12:01:46 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 USD 158? Real cheap? You can get a real Nokia Lumia for less. And it is ready to go. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 28. april 2014 20:56 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 With a Raspberry PI and a few pieces of off the shelf parts you can hack your own cell phone. It is not a Smartphone by any means but for real cheap communications... http://www.davidhunt.ie/piphone-a-raspberry-pi-based-smartphone Costs: Raspberry Pi Model B ? $40 PiTFT Touchscreen 320?240 ? $35 2500mAh LiPo battery ? $15 SIM900 GSM/GPRS module ? $48 DC-DC boost converter 3.3V ? 5V 1A ? $10 Cables, connectors, switch, etc. - $10 Total: $158 There is a full set of plans and source code up on Guthub 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 Mon Apr 28 15:41:41 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 14:41:41 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 In-Reply-To: <001701cf6320$5f81d040$1e8570c0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <139987632.34728844.1398717701769.JavaMail.root@cds018> That definitely is a nice price. Cortana has been causing a bit of a stir as some bloggers have been saying that is should be restricted to people over 15. That would suggest the lady is a little more risque which means it will be a big hit, especially for those under 15. ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Waters" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 1:28:10 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-Lumia-521-T-Mobile/dp/B00COYOAYW/ref=sr_1_1/186-8259034-9741428?ie=UTF8&qid=1398716436&sr=8-1&keywords=lumia+521 Nokia Lumia 521 new unlocked - $88.74. I've had this for several months and it is nice. Will receive WP 8.1 Update this summer which will include voice assist feature Cortana. Dan (OK yes - this is a little marketing ;-)) -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 2:23 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 Nokia Lumia prices can be real cheap. I have seem an unlocked Nokia Lumia selling for $145.00 OTOH this is a fun home made project for hardware hackers, that shows just what can be done. (It looks more like a sandwich than a cell phone.) ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 12:01:46 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 USD 158? Real cheap? You can get a real Nokia Lumia for less. And it is ready to go. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 28. april 2014 20:56 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00 With a Raspberry PI and a few pieces of off the shelf parts you can hack your own cell phone. It is not a Smartphone by any means but for real cheap communications... http://www.davidhunt.ie/piphone-a-raspberry-pi-based-smartphone Costs: Raspberry Pi Model B ? $40 PiTFT Touchscreen 320?240 ? $35 2500mAh LiPo battery ? $15 SIM900 GSM/GPRS module ? $48 DC-DC boost converter 3.3V ? 5V 1A ? $10 Cables, connectors, switch, etc. - $10 Total: $158 There is a full set of plans and source code up on Guthub 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 stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Mon Apr 28 16:52:25 2014 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 07:52:25 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00I can buy In-Reply-To: <10527748.34643212.1398711393209.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1669009357.34566079.1398706054284.JavaMail.root@cds018>, <10527748.34643212.1398711393209.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <535ECD99.24454.11E78B5B@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> I can buy a decent ohone from my telco for the equivalent of about $20 if i need "real cheap communications" -- Stuart On 28 Apr 2014 at 12:56, Jim Lawrence wrote: > With a Raspberry PI and a few pieces of off the shelf parts you can > hack your own cell phone. > > It is not a Smartphone by any means but for real cheap > communications... > > http://www.davidhunt.ie/piphone-a-raspberry-pi-based-smartphone > > Costs: > > Raspberry Pi Model B - $40 > PiTFT Touchscreen 320?240 - $35 > 2500mAh LiPo battery - $15 > SIM900 GSM/GPRS module - $48 > DC-DC boost converter 3.3V - 5V 1A - $10 > Cables, connectors, switch, etc. - $10 > > Total: $158 > > There is a full set of plans and source code up on Guthub > > 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 Mon Apr 28 20:00:29 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:00:29 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00I can buy In-Reply-To: <535ECD99.24454.11E78B5B@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <1760979015.34898989.1398733229126.JavaMail.root@cds018> Yeah, but can you build your own phone? ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart McLachlan" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 2:52:25 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00I can buy I can buy a decent ohone from my telco for the equivalent of about $20 if i need "real cheap communications" -- Stuart On 28 Apr 2014 at 12:56, Jim Lawrence wrote: > With a Raspberry PI and a few pieces of off the shelf parts you can > hack your own cell phone. > > It is not a Smartphone by any means but for real cheap > communications... > > http://www.davidhunt.ie/piphone-a-raspberry-pi-based-smartphone > > Costs: > > Raspberry Pi Model B - $40 > PiTFT Touchscreen 320?240 - $35 > 2500mAh LiPo battery - $15 > SIM900 GSM/GPRS module - $48 > DC-DC boost converter 3.3V - 5V 1A - $10 > Cables, connectors, switch, etc. - $10 > > Total: $158 > > There is a full set of plans and source code up on Guthub > > 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 eptept at gmail.com Tue Apr 29 06:02:08 2014 From: eptept at gmail.com (Ed Tesiny) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 07:02:08 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00I can buy In-Reply-To: <1760979015.34898989.1398733229126.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <535ECD99.24454.11E78B5B@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <1760979015.34898989.1398733229126.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: Sorry, need my Razr Maxx HD, think it's the best phone I've ever had. On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Yeah, but can you build your own phone? ;-) > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart McLachlan" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 2:52:25 PM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Build your own cell phone for $158.00I can buy > > I can buy a decent ohone from my telco for the equivalent of about $20 if > i need "real cheap > communications" > > -- > Stuart > > On 28 Apr 2014 at 12:56, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > With a Raspberry PI and a few pieces of off the shelf parts you can > > hack your own cell phone. > > > > It is not a Smartphone by any means but for real cheap > > communications... > > > > http://www.davidhunt.ie/piphone-a-raspberry-pi-based-smartphone > > > > Costs: > > > > Raspberry Pi Model B - $40 > > PiTFT Touchscreen 320?240 - $35 > > 2500mAh LiPo battery - $15 > > SIM900 GSM/GPRS module - $48 > > DC-DC boost converter 3.3V - 5V 1A - $10 > > Cables, connectors, switch, etc. - $10 > > > > Total: $158 > > > > There is a full set of plans and source code up on Guthub > > > > 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 peter.brawley at earthlink.net Tue Apr 29 15:22:04 2014 From: peter.brawley at earthlink.net (Peter Brawley) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:22:04 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie Message-ID: <536009EC.50001@earthlink.net> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/27/oops_we_did_it_again_microsoft_warns_of_ie_zero_day/? Apparently the safest rule is to never browse the internet with any version of Internet Explorer. If you need to download sonmething from a Microsoft site, or if you need an IE-requiring functionality on another site you trust, navigate there with FF or Chrome or Safari, copy the url to IE, do you business, then close IE right away. Any exceptions? PB From fuller.artful at gmail.com Tue Apr 29 15:24:39 2014 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 16:24:39 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie In-Reply-To: <536009EC.50001@earthlink.net> References: <536009EC.50001@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Nope On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Peter Brawley wrote: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/27/oops_we_did_it_ > again_microsoft_warns_of_ie_zero_day/? > > Apparently the safest rule is to never browse the internet with any > version of Internet Explorer. If you need to download sonmething from a > Microsoft site, or if you need an IE-requiring functionality on another > site you trust, navigate there with FF or Chrome or Safari, copy the url to > IE, do you business, then close IE right away. > > Any exceptions? > > PB > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Arthur From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Apr 29 18:57:12 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:57:12 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Best online tools for testing your web coding In-Reply-To: <535C7CEC.20979.8DC8821@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <242970245.35699657.1398815832581.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: Here is a link giving a list of the best online testing sites for your web projects. http://designzum.com/2014/04/25/16-best-online-tools-for-testing-code-snippets Jim From gustav at cactus.dk Wed Apr 30 02:55:58 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 07:55:58 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie Message-ID: Hi Peter Indeed. Use SecureDNS: http://www.csis.dk/en/business/securedns/ It blocks access to malicious domains. Extremely effective and quite cheap. Your accounting clients will love it. Also, it is a very powerful tool if your are audited as it logs and documents all outgoing activity where DNS requests take place. See this example: http://1drv.ms/QYzhna Disclaimer: We are a dealer for CSIS. /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Peter Brawley Sendt: 29. april 2014 22:22 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/27/oops_we_did_it_again_microsoft_warns_of_ie_zero_day/? Apparently the safest rule is to never browse the internet with any version of Internet Explorer. If you need to download sonmething from a Microsoft site, or if you need an IE-requiring functionality on another site you trust, navigate there with FF or Chrome or Safari, copy the url to IE, do you business, then close IE right away. Any exceptions? PB From marklbreen at gmail.com Wed Apr 30 03:19:31 2014 From: marklbreen at gmail.com (Mark Breen) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 09:19:31 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Gustav I looked at secureDNS last time you post it, and I think I did see pricing, but I cannot today is there publicly quoted prices ? Or if not, is there approximate pricing ? thank you Mark On 30 April 2014 08:55, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Peter > > Indeed. Use SecureDNS: > > http://www.csis.dk/en/business/securedns/ > > It blocks access to malicious domains. Extremely effective and quite > cheap. Your accounting clients will love it. > Also, it is a very powerful tool if your are audited as it logs and > documents all outgoing activity where DNS requests take place. > See this example: > > http://1drv.ms/QYzhna > > Disclaimer: We are a dealer for CSIS. > > /gustav > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Peter Brawley > Sendt: 29. april 2014 22:22 > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Emne: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/27/oops_we_did_it_again_microsoft_warns_of_ie_zero_day/ > ? > > Apparently the safest rule is to never browse the internet with any > version of Internet Explorer. If you need to download sonmething from a > Microsoft site, or if you need an IE-requiring functionality on another > site you trust, navigate there with FF or Chrome or Safari, copy the url to > IE, do you business, then close IE right away. > > Any exceptions? > > PB > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From jon.tydda at lonza.com Wed Apr 30 03:23:22 2014 From: jon.tydda at lonza.com (Tydda Jon - Lonza Slough) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:23:22 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I use OpenDNS at home - you can choose the categories of things you want blocked. Works pretty well too. Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 9:20 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie Hello Gustav I looked at secureDNS last time you post it, and I think I did see pricing, but I cannot today is there publicly quoted prices ? Or if not, is there approximate pricing ? thank you Mark On 30 April 2014 08:55, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Peter > > Indeed. Use SecureDNS: > > http://www.csis.dk/en/business/securedns/ > > It blocks access to malicious domains. Extremely effective and quite > cheap. Your accounting clients will love it. > Also, it is a very powerful tool if your are audited as it logs and > documents all outgoing activity where DNS requests take place. > See this example: > > http://1drv.ms/QYzhna > > Disclaimer: We are a dealer for CSIS. > > /gustav > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Peter Brawley > Sendt: 29. april 2014 22:22 > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Emne: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/27/oops_we_did_it_again_microsoft > _warns_of_ie_zero_day/ > ? > > Apparently the safest rule is to never browse the internet with any > version of Internet Explorer. If you need to download sonmething from > a Microsoft site, or if you need an IE-requiring functionality on > another site you trust, navigate there with FF or Chrome or Safari, > copy the url to IE, do you business, then close IE right away. > > Any exceptions? > > PB > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com ________________________________ This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. From gustav at cactus.dk Wed Apr 30 03:56:25 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:56:25 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie Message-ID: <34898e08ee864606907abfa502c9e3cf@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Hi Mark Yes, even with the "corporate" label, these services are priced fair. Secure DNS is about USD 30 per user per year. In practice, it is "all or none" as you normally will include all users in a department or - for a small business - the whole shop. Of course, you can manually adjust network settings of individual machines but then you miss the overall security. We use it here, and it has brought relief indeed to the ladies as these previously were scared to death by all the stories in the press about hijacked keyboards and stolen passwords. You can tell from here to eternity that everything is safe (antivirus is installed on workstations, and these users really behave when browsing, so risk is minimal) but they want documentation and that is the bright accessory in the SecureDNS package. /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Mark Breen Sendt: 30. april 2014 10:20 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie Hello Gustav I looked at secureDNS last time you post it, and I think I did see pricing, but I cannot today is there publicly quoted prices ? Or if not, is there approximate pricing ? thank you Mark On 30 April 2014 08:55, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Peter > > Indeed. Use SecureDNS: > > http://www.csis.dk/en/business/securedns/ > > It blocks access to malicious domains. Extremely effective and quite > cheap. Your accounting clients will love it. > Also, it is a very powerful tool if your are audited as it logs and > documents all outgoing activity where DNS requests take place. > See this example: > > http://1drv.ms/QYzhna > > Disclaimer: We are a dealer for CSIS. > > /gustav > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Peter Brawley > Sendt: 29. april 2014 22:22 > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Emne: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/27/oops_we_did_it_again_microsoft > _warns_of_ie_zero_day/ > ? > > Apparently the safest rule is to never browse the internet with any > version of Internet Explorer. If you need to download sonmething from > a Microsoft site, or if you need an IE-requiring functionality on > another site you trust, navigate there with FF or Chrome or Safari, > copy the url to IE, do you business, then close IE right away. > > Any exceptions? > > PB From marklbreen at gmail.com Wed Apr 30 05:00:18 2014 From: marklbreen at gmail.com (Mark Breen) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 11:00:18 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie In-Reply-To: <34898e08ee864606907abfa502c9e3cf@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> References: <34898e08ee864606907abfa502c9e3cf@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: Hi Gustav so in a house, or in a small company, is the means of using SecureDNS to set the external DNS lookup to a special IP address, IOW, in my house I would put my router to point to secureDNS server instead of 8.8.8.8 and that it, the whole house is protected ? If it was like that, it looks good?? On 30 April 2014 09:56, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Mark > > Yes, even with the "corporate" label, these services are priced fair. > Secure DNS is about USD 30 per user per year. > In practice, it is "all or none" as you normally will include all users in > a department or - for a small business - the whole shop. > Of course, you can manually adjust network settings of individual machines > but then you miss the overall security. > > We use it here, and it has brought relief indeed to the ladies as these > previously were scared to death by all the stories in the press about > hijacked keyboards and stolen passwords. You can tell from here to eternity > that everything is safe (antivirus is installed on workstations, and these > users really behave when browsing, so risk is minimal) but they want > documentation and that is the bright accessory in the SecureDNS package. > > /gustav > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Mark Breen > Sendt: 30. april 2014 10:20 > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie > > Hello Gustav > > I looked at secureDNS last time you post it, and I think I did see > pricing, but I cannot today > > is there publicly quoted prices ? Or if not, is there approximate pricing > ? > > thank you > > Mark > > > > > On 30 April 2014 08:55, Gustav Brock wrote: > > > Hi Peter > > > > Indeed. Use SecureDNS: > > > > http://www.csis.dk/en/business/securedns/ > > > > It blocks access to malicious domains. Extremely effective and quite > > cheap. Your accounting clients will love it. > > Also, it is a very powerful tool if your are audited as it logs and > > documents all outgoing activity where DNS requests take place. > > See this example: > > > > http://1drv.ms/QYzhna > > > > Disclaimer: We are a dealer for CSIS. > > > > /gustav > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Peter Brawley > > Sendt: 29. april 2014 22:22 > > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Emne: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie > > > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/27/oops_we_did_it_again_microsoft > > _warns_of_ie_zero_day/ > > ? > > > > Apparently the safest rule is to never browse the internet with any > > version of Internet Explorer. If you need to download sonmething from > > a Microsoft site, or if you need an IE-requiring functionality on > > another site you trust, navigate there with FF or Chrome or Safari, > > copy the url to IE, do you business, then close IE right away. > > > > Any exceptions? > > > > PB > > _______________________________________________ > 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 30 05:54:21 2014 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:54:21 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie Message-ID: Hi Mark Yes, and at the same time Google's recordings of your doings will cease (if you don't use Chrome or Gmail, of course). /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Mark Breen Sendt: 30. april 2014 12:00 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie Hi Gustav so in a house, or in a small company, is the means of using SecureDNS to set the external DNS lookup to a special IP address, IOW, in my house I would put my router to point to secureDNS server instead of 8.8.8.8 and that it, the whole house is protected ? If it was like that, it looks good?? On 30 April 2014 09:56, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Mark > > Yes, even with the "corporate" label, these services are priced fair. > Secure DNS is about USD 30 per user per year. > In practice, it is "all or none" as you normally will include all > users in a department or - for a small business - the whole shop. > Of course, you can manually adjust network settings of individual > machines but then you miss the overall security. > > We use it here, and it has brought relief indeed to the ladies as > these previously were scared to death by all the stories in the press > about hijacked keyboards and stolen passwords. You can tell from here > to eternity that everything is safe (antivirus is installed on > workstations, and these users really behave when browsing, so risk is > minimal) but they want documentation and that is the bright accessory in the SecureDNS package. > > /gustav > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Mark Breen > Sendt: 30. april 2014 10:20 > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie > > Hello Gustav > > I looked at secureDNS last time you post it, and I think I did see pricing, but I cannot today > > is there publicly quoted prices ? Or if not, is there approximate pricing ? > > thank you > > Mark > > > > > On 30 April 2014 08:55, Gustav Brock wrote: > > > Hi Peter > > > > Indeed. Use SecureDNS: > > > > http://www.csis.dk/en/business/securedns/ > > > > It blocks access to malicious domains. Extremely effective and quite > > cheap. Your accounting clients will love it. > > Also, it is a very powerful tool if your are audited as it logs and > > documents all outgoing activity where DNS requests take place. > > See this example: > > > > http://1drv.ms/QYzhna > > > > Disclaimer: We are a dealer for CSIS. > > > > /gustav > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Peter Brawley > > Sendt: 29. april 2014 22:22 > > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Emne: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie > > > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/27/oops_we_did_it_again_microsoft_warns_of_ie_zero_day/ > > ? > > > > Apparently the safest rule is to never browse the internet with any > > version of Internet Explorer. If you need to download sonmething > > from a Microsoft site, or if you need an IE-requiring functionality > > on another site you trust, navigate there with FF or Chrome or > > Safari, copy the url to IE, do you business, then close IE right away. > > > > Any exceptions? > > > > PB From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 30 12:57:24 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 11:57:24 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] How emulate any web device? In-Reply-To: <242970245.35699657.1398815832581.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1588209472.36274182.1398880644799.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: Via the latest Google Chrome there are some new added features so when you go to the console and emulate any mobile device. It makes it so simple if you are wanting to see how you code/web site will appear like on various devices. Look for the three horizontal bars at the extreme right of the Chromes main display and entry menu, click > Tools > Developer tools and you might/should see a console menu. If the menu does not appear right-mouse-click over the code display and select any item from the list and the console menu should appear. From the console menu you can then select the emulation pop down list and there are all the latest smartphone and tablets to choose from. It is really simple and I wonder why I did not find it before. Hope this helps someone. Jim From peter.brawley at earthlink.net Wed Apr 30 13:50:55 2014 From: peter.brawley at earthlink.net (Peter Brawley) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:50:55 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] How emulate any web device? In-Reply-To: <1588209472.36274182.1398880644799.JavaMail.root@cds018> References: <1588209472.36274182.1398880644799.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <5361460F.2080106@earthlink.net> On 2014-04-30 12:57 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi All: > > Via the latest Google Chrome there are some new added features so when you go to the console and emulate any mobile device. It makes it so simple if you are wanting to see how you code/web site will appear like on various devices. > > Look for the three horizontal bars at the extreme right of the Chromes main display and entry menu, click > Tools > Developer tools and you might/should see a console menu. If the menu does not appear right-mouse-click over the code display and select any item from the list and the console menu should appear. From the console menu you can then select the emulation pop down list and there are all the latest smartphone and tablets to choose from. Your instructions didn't quite work for me, but these did: http://www.sitepoint.com/use-mobile-emulation-mode-chrome/. Terrific tool. > > It is really simple and I wonder why I did not find it before. Mebbe 'cuz it's sortta hidden. Unless the screen's huge, the console menu can escape notice at the very bottom till you grow it. PB ----- > > Hope this helps someone. > > 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 30 14:00:01 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:00:01 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] So who is getting the next Gigabit internet In-Reply-To: <242970245.35699657.1398815832581.JavaMail.root@cds018> Message-ID: <1481165049.36333091.1398884401991.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: Google has big plans for internet: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-google-fiber-lottery/#ftag=RSS56d97e7 Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 30 15:01:59 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:01:59 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] How emulate any web device? In-Reply-To: <5361460F.2080106@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <313965159.36381845.1398888119208.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Peter: I mostly stumbled upon the feature, which is now persistent on my working PCs browser and could quite remember how I got there. Thanks for posting that link. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Brawley" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Wednesday, 30 April, 2014 11:50:55 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] How emulate any web device? On 2014-04-30 12:57 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi All: > > Via the latest Google Chrome there are some new added features so when you go to the console and emulate any mobile device. It makes it so simple if you are wanting to see how you code/web site will appear like on various devices. > > Look for the three horizontal bars at the extreme right of the Chromes main display and entry menu, click > Tools > Developer tools and you might/should see a console menu. If the menu does not appear right-mouse-click over the code display and select any item from the list and the console menu should appear. From the console menu you can then select the emulation pop down list and there are all the latest smartphone and tablets to choose from. Your instructions didn't quite work for me, but these did: http://www.sitepoint.com/use-mobile-emulation-mode-chrome/. Terrific tool. > > It is really simple and I wonder why I did not find it before. Mebbe 'cuz it's sortta hidden. Unless the screen's huge, the console menu can escape notice at the very bottom till you grow it. PB ----- > > Hope this helps someone. > > 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 Wed Apr 30 16:43:58 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:43:58 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Again, the usual suspects In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1084123383.36464319.1398894238941.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi All: Yet another adventure with Flash. Though it has been a very useful program maybe it is about time that it was retired, at least the proprietary version. Steve Jobs saw right away how potentially dangerous Flash could be and swore off it. Being an Open source product may not guarantee that there are never any errors, as proved by OpenSSL but look what happened when an error was discovered. Within hours there were half a dozen fixes and the entire market has since rallied together, to stop any such future errors. This of course will never happen with proprietary software, or should it, but when such a product becomes little more than a menace maybe it is time to be giving two option: To be banned or to be allow to join the ranks of the OSS community. (Notice that I did not mention IE...) http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/windows-0day-flash-bug-under-active-attack-threatens-os-x-linux-too Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Apr 30 19:47:26 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 18:47:26 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie In-Reply-To: <34898e08ee864606907abfa502c9e3cf@AMSPR06MB311.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> Message-ID: <365874556.36573090.1398905246185.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Gustav: Sounds like a great packaged deal. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:56:25 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie Hi Mark Yes, even with the "corporate" label, these services are priced fair. Secure DNS is about USD 30 per user per year. In practice, it is "all or none" as you normally will include all users in a department or - for a small business - the whole shop. Of course, you can manually adjust network settings of individual machines but then you miss the overall security. We use it here, and it has brought relief indeed to the ladies as these previously were scared to death by all the stories in the press about hijacked keyboards and stolen passwords. You can tell from here to eternity that everything is safe (antivirus is installed on workstations, and these users really behave when browsing, so risk is minimal) but they want documentation and that is the bright accessory in the SecureDNS package. /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Mark Breen Sendt: 30. april 2014 10:20 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie Hello Gustav I looked at secureDNS last time you post it, and I think I did see pricing, but I cannot today is there publicly quoted prices ? Or if not, is there approximate pricing ? thank you Mark On 30 April 2014 08:55, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Peter > > Indeed. Use SecureDNS: > > http://www.csis.dk/en/business/securedns/ > > It blocks access to malicious domains. Extremely effective and quite > cheap. Your accounting clients will love it. > Also, it is a very powerful tool if your are audited as it logs and > documents all outgoing activity where DNS requests take place. > See this example: > > http://1drv.ms/QYzhna > > Disclaimer: We are a dealer for CSIS. > > /gustav > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Peter Brawley > Sendt: 29. april 2014 22:22 > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Emne: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/27/oops_we_did_it_again_microsoft > _warns_of_ie_zero_day/ > ? > > Apparently the safest rule is to never browse the internet with any > version of Internet Explorer. If you need to download sonmething from > a Microsoft site, or if you need an IE-requiring functionality on > another site you trust, navigate there with FF or Chrome or Safari, > copy the url to IE, do you business, then close IE right away. > > Any exceptions? > > 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 Wed Apr 30 19:55:27 2014 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 18:55:27 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <2002266699.36576451.1398905727546.JavaMail.root@cds018> Hi Gustav: If you could guarantee unanimity of anonymous surfing and absolute identity privacy...being as you are a CSIS dealer, I would be very interested. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 3:54:21 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie Hi Mark Yes, and at the same time Google's recordings of your doings will cease (if you don't use Chrome or Gmail, of course). /gustav -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Mark Breen Sendt: 30. april 2014 12:00 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie Hi Gustav so in a house, or in a small company, is the means of using SecureDNS to set the external DNS lookup to a special IP address, IOW, in my house I would put my router to point to secureDNS server instead of 8.8.8.8 and that it, the whole house is protected ? If it was like that, it looks good?? On 30 April 2014 09:56, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Mark > > Yes, even with the "corporate" label, these services are priced fair. > Secure DNS is about USD 30 per user per year. > In practice, it is "all or none" as you normally will include all > users in a department or - for a small business - the whole shop. > Of course, you can manually adjust network settings of individual > machines but then you miss the overall security. > > We use it here, and it has brought relief indeed to the ladies as > these previously were scared to death by all the stories in the press > about hijacked keyboards and stolen passwords. You can tell from here > to eternity that everything is safe (antivirus is installed on > workstations, and these users really behave when browsing, so risk is > minimal) but they want documentation and that is the bright accessory in the SecureDNS package. > > /gustav > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Mark Breen > Sendt: 30. april 2014 10:20 > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie > > Hello Gustav > > I looked at secureDNS last time you post it, and I think I did see pricing, but I cannot today > > is there publicly quoted prices ? Or if not, is there approximate pricing ? > > thank you > > Mark > > > > > On 30 April 2014 08:55, Gustav Brock wrote: > > > Hi Peter > > > > Indeed. Use SecureDNS: > > > > http://www.csis.dk/en/business/securedns/ > > > > It blocks access to malicious domains. Extremely effective and quite > > cheap. Your accounting clients will love it. > > Also, it is a very powerful tool if your are audited as it logs and > > documents all outgoing activity where DNS requests take place. > > See this example: > > > > http://1drv.ms/QYzhna > > > > Disclaimer: We are a dealer for CSIS. > > > > /gustav > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto: > > dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] P? vegne af Peter Brawley > > Sendt: 29. april 2014 22:22 > > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Emne: [dba-Tech] friends don't let friends use ie > > > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/27/oops_we_did_it_again_microsoft_warns_of_ie_zero_day/ > > ? > > > > Apparently the safest rule is to never browse the internet with any > > version of Internet Explorer. If you need to download sonmething > > from a Microsoft site, or if you need an IE-requiring functionality > > on another site you trust, navigate there with FF or Chrome or > > Safari, copy the url to IE, do you business, then close IE right away. > > > > Any exceptions? > > > > PB _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com