From fuller.artful at gmail.com Tue Apr 16 04:47:14 2019 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 05:47:14 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] WinRAR flaw causes flood of new exploits Message-ID: An ancient WinRAR flaw is being exploited b a flood of new security threats. Read about it here -- Arthur From fhtapia at gmail.com Wed Apr 17 00:43:58 2019 From: fhtapia at gmail.com (fhtapia at gmail.com) Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:43:58 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] WinRAR flaw causes flood of new exploits In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Been using 7-zip for years. On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 2:47 AM Arthur Fuller wrote: > An ancient WinRAR flaw is being exploited b a flood of new security > threats. Read about it here > < > https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/04/15/flood-of-exploits-targetting-ancient-winrar-flaw-continues/?utm_source=Naked+Security+-+Sophos+List&utm_campaign=2d7abcccec-Naked+Security+daily+news+email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_31623bb782-2d7abcccec-418482173 > > > > -- > Arthur > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- -Francisco From fuller.artful at gmail.com Wed Apr 17 03:20:53 2019 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 04:20:53 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Linux wallpaper question Message-ID: I chose an image and set it as my wallpaper, but now I want to go back to the Mint default. I can't figure out how to do this. Anyone know? -- Arthur From fuller.artful at gmail.com Wed Apr 17 05:32:48 2019 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:32:48 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Linux wallpaper question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Never mind. I found the answer about 2 seconds after hitting the Send button. On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 4:20 AM Arthur Fuller wrote: > I chose an image and set it as my wallpaper, but now I want to go back to > the Mint default. I can't figure out how to do this. Anyone know? > > -- > Arthur > > -- Arthur From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Fri Apr 26 12:32:50 2019 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 10:32:50 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album Message-ID: <016301d4fc56$12c897f0$3859c7d0$@bchacc.com> I have a friend who wants to put up a photo album on line - it's business related - a new congregation, actually. Anyway, she doesn't want to use her Google Drive and I know there's a lot slicker ways to do this. But of course, the offerings have changed a lot since I last looked at them (about 20 years ago J ). What's the best free on-line photo album for her application? MTIA Rocky From garykjos at gmail.com Fri Apr 26 12:41:46 2019 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:41:46 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album In-Reply-To: <016301d4fc56$12c897f0$3859c7d0$@bchacc.com> References: <016301d4fc56$12c897f0$3859c7d0$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: I don't know about "best" but I use Shutterfly. Easy to order prints or calendars or other things made from your photos as well. They took over the Kodak photo site I used to load pictures to. I've never looked at alternatives though. GK On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 12:33 PM Rocky Smolin wrote: > > I have a friend who wants to put up a photo album on line - it's business > related - a new congregation, actually. > > > > Anyway, she doesn't want to use her Google Drive and I know there's a lot > slicker ways to do this. But of course, the offerings have changed a lot > since I last looked at them (about 20 years ago J ). > > > > What's the best free on-line photo album for her application? > > > > MTIA > > > > Rocky > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From gustav at cactus.dk Fri Apr 26 12:42:51 2019 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 17:42:51 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album In-Reply-To: <016301d4fc56$12c897f0$3859c7d0$@bchacc.com> References: <016301d4fc56$12c897f0$3859c7d0$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: Hi Rocky We use imgur for such. Totally free and unlimited - and it by default offers links and code to retrieve the pictures for use elsewhere. https://imgur.com/ [https://s.imgur.com/images/logo-1200-630.jpg?2] Imgur: The magic of the Internet Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more. imgur.com Just ignore all the promotional stuff. /gustav ________________________________ Fra: dba-Tech p? vegne af Rocky Smolin Sendt: 26. april 2019 19:32 Til: List; 'Off Topic' Emne: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album I have a friend who wants to put up a photo album on line - it's business related - a new congregation, actually. Anyway, she doesn't want to use her Google Drive and I know there's a lot slicker ways to do this. But of course, the offerings have changed a lot since I last looked at them (about 20 years ago J ). What's the best free on-line photo album for her application? MTIA Rocky From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Fri Apr 26 13:00:37 2019 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:00:37 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album In-Reply-To: References: <016301d4fc56$12c897f0$3859c7d0$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: <017301d4fc59$f430ba30$dc922e90$@bchacc.com> Thanks r -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Friday, April 26, 2019 10:42 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Cc: Off Topic Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album I don't know about "best" but I use Shutterfly. Easy to order prints or calendars or other things made from your photos as well. They took over the Kodak photo site I used to load pictures to. I've never looked at alternatives though. GK On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 12:33 PM Rocky Smolin wrote: > > I have a friend who wants to put up a photo album on line - it's business > related - a new congregation, actually. > > > > Anyway, she doesn't want to use her Google Drive and I know there's a lot > slicker ways to do this. But of course, the offerings have changed a lot > since I last looked at them (about 20 years ago J ). > > > > What's the best free on-line photo album for her application? > > > > MTIA > > > > Rocky > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Fri Apr 26 13:05:03 2019 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:05:03 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album In-Reply-To: References: <016301d4fc56$12c897f0$3859c7d0$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: <017901d4fc5a$92d05510$b870ff30$@bchacc.com> Thanks Gustav. I'll forward. r -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Friday, April 26, 2019 10:43 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album Hi Rocky We use imgur for such. Totally free and unlimited - and it by default offers links and code to retrieve the pictures for use elsewhere. https://imgur.com/ [https://s.imgur.com/images/logo-1200-630.jpg?2] Imgur: The magic of the Internet Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more. imgur.com Just ignore all the promotional stuff. /gustav ________________________________ Fra: dba-Tech p? vegne af Rocky Smolin Sendt: 26. april 2019 19:32 Til: List; 'Off Topic' Emne: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album I have a friend who wants to put up a photo album on line - it's business related - a new congregation, actually. Anyway, she doesn't want to use her Google Drive and I know there's a lot slicker ways to do this. But of course, the offerings have changed a lot since I last looked at them (about 20 years ago J ). What's the best free on-line photo album for her application? MTIA Rocky _______________________________________________ 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 26 13:33:06 2019 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:33:06 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album In-Reply-To: References: <016301d4fc56$12c897f0$3859c7d0$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: <1564301510.67309052.1556303586949.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Hi Gustav: I would second that choice though I have little first hand experience and have not investigated the ease of modifying it. Do you have any suggestions or examples of imgur being used in a custom application? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Friday, April 26, 2019 10:42:51 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album Hi Rocky We use imgur for such. Totally free and unlimited - and it by default offers links and code to retrieve the pictures for use elsewhere. https://imgur.com/ [https://s.imgur.com/images/logo-1200-630.jpg?2] Imgur: The magic of the Internet Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more. imgur.com Just ignore all the promotional stuff. /gustav ________________________________ Fra: dba-Tech p? vegne af Rocky Smolin Sendt: 26. april 2019 19:32 Til: List; 'Off Topic' Emne: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album I have a friend who wants to put up a photo album on line - it's business related - a new congregation, actually. Anyway, she doesn't want to use her Google Drive and I know there's a lot slicker ways to do this. But of course, the offerings have changed a lot since I last looked at them (about 20 years ago J ). What's the best free on-line photo album for her application? MTIA Rocky _______________________________________________ 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 26 14:47:51 2019 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:47:51 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album In-Reply-To: <1564301510.67309052.1556303586949.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> References: <016301d4fc56$12c897f0$3859c7d0$@bchacc.com> , <1564301510.67309052.1556303586949.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Message-ID: Hi Jim Yes. We and some of our clients use it to store images linked to in e-mail signatures. Thus, you don't have to embed the pictures, which keeps the size of the e-mail to a minimum. /gustav ________________________________ Fra: dba-Tech p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 26. april 2019 20:33 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album Hi Gustav: I would second that choice though I have little first hand experience and have not investigated the ease of modifying it. Do you have any suggestions or examples of imgur being used in a custom application? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Friday, April 26, 2019 10:42:51 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album Hi Rocky We use imgur for such. Totally free and unlimited - and it by default offers links and code to retrieve the pictures for use elsewhere. https://imgur.com/ [https://s.imgur.com/images/logo-1200-630.jpg?2] Imgur: The magic of the Internet Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more. imgur.com Just ignore all the promotional stuff. /gustav ________________________________ Fra: dba-Tech p? vegne af Rocky Smolin Sendt: 26. april 2019 19:32 Til: List; 'Off Topic' Emne: [dba-Tech] Best Site for Photo Album I have a friend who wants to put up a photo album on line - it's business related - a new congregation, actually. Anyway, she doesn't want to use her Google Drive and I know there's a lot slicker ways to do this. But of course, the offerings have changed a lot since I last looked at them (about 20 years ago J ). What's the best free on-line photo album for her application? MTIA Rocky From df.waters at outlook.com Sat Apr 27 11:50:05 2019 From: df.waters at outlook.com (Daniel Waters) Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 16:50:05 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Finding a Windows Forms Developer in Minneapolis / St. Paul Area Message-ID: Hello Everyone! I'd like to get your thoughts on the business side of licensing a Windows Forms application. In a few months, I'm going to begin looking for new customers for the Windows Forms + SQL Server-based Business Process Management (BPM) system that I've upgraded from an Access platform. It's named TrueBPM(r). The business model will be that this is a Starter System - I'll get it deployed over 6 - 12 months and then turn it over to the customer company for them to add in all the remaining business processes they want to. A typical customer might be a manufacturing company of medium to large size and they will probably have 10 - 20 business process that they should automate within TrueBPM. The website for TrueBPM is at www.promationsystems.com Of course, TrueBPM is a client-server application, not a SaaS application, and I will be at the company site frequently. Also, this won't work well as a far remote job because the TrueBPM developer will be repeatedly working the business users as part of many different Process Design Teams (PDT). They will collaboratively design an application from scratch which is better-done face-to-face. Perhaps working from home but being available on-site might be OK. I think that this will be a 2 - 4 year position, depending on several things. A key part of this is that they hire a qualified WF developer who I can train to learn the specific BPM features of TrueBPM. So - where to find such a person? I have three thoughts on this: 1) From a recruiter - I've talked to one recruiter who said that he always has people he can find with WF developer skills. 2) An experienced Access developer who I can train to use WF. This might be the best choice if that Access developer is already in the company. 3) An experienced developer of any language, again who I can teach to use WF. This developer would be taking this position with the specific goal of eventually moving into a position which requires significant experience both as a developer and in knowing how the business side of a company really works. This might be a fairly well-paid position. So - any thoughts you folks have on finding a developer for this position would be really helpful! Thanks! Dan From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Sat Apr 27 12:39:04 2019 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 10:39:04 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Am I S.O.L.? Message-ID: <002b01d4fd20$1bb4c6c0$531e5440$@bchacc.com> When we bought our new house I bought a receiver because the house had surround sound built in. Works great! Recently I tried to hook up my old record player (Pioneer PL12D) to the receiver, but the sound is clear but faint. I called Sony and was told that the player is analog, but all the audio inputs to the receiver (STR-DH550) are digital. So It won't work. Is that true? Am I S.O.L. with this phonograph/receiver combo? I got a lot of records boxed up in the garage that I'm interested in hearing again. TIA Rocky From df.waters at outlook.com Sat Apr 27 14:29:53 2019 From: df.waters at outlook.com (Daniel Waters) Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 19:29:53 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Am I S.O.L.? In-Reply-To: <002b01d4fd20$1bb4c6c0$531e5440$@bchacc.com> References: <002b01d4fd20$1bb4c6c0$531e5440$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: >From Amazon ... https://www.amazon.com/Pyle-Phono-Turntable-Preamp-Preamplifier/dp/B004HJ1TTQ/ref=sr_1_20?keywords=phonograph+to+digital&qid=1556393121&s=gateway&sr=8-20 Looks like lots of older turntables that have the same issue. There are several of these preamps available. Good Luck! Dan PS - Weird that Sony would give you poor advice! -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: April 27, 2019 12:39 To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Am I S.O.L.? When we bought our new house I bought a receiver because the house had surround sound built in. Works great! Recently I tried to hook up my old record player (Pioneer PL12D) to the receiver, but the sound is clear but faint. I called Sony and was told that the player is analog, but all the audio inputs to the receiver (STR-DH550) are digital. So It won't work. Is that true? Am I S.O.L. with this phonograph/receiver combo? I got a lot of records boxed up in the garage that I'm interested in hearing again. TIA Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Sat Apr 27 14:41:10 2019 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 12:41:10 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Am I S.O.L.? In-Reply-To: References: <002b01d4fd20$1bb4c6c0$531e5440$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: <003b01d4fd31$2a9e0190$7fda04b0$@bchacc.com> Thanks Daniel. I think pre-amps was above the Sony guy's pay grade. He was right as far as he went. r -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Waters Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2019 12:30 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Am I S.O.L.? >From Amazon ... https://www.amazon.com/Pyle-Phono-Turntable-Preamp-Preamplifier/dp/B004HJ1TT Q/ref=sr_1_20?keywords=phonograph+to+digital&qid=1556393121&s=gateway&sr=8-2 0 Looks like lots of older turntables that have the same issue. There are several of these preamps available. Good Luck! Dan PS - Weird that Sony would give you poor advice! -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: April 27, 2019 12:39 To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Am I S.O.L.? When we bought our new house I bought a receiver because the house had surround sound built in. Works great! Recently I tried to hook up my old record player (Pioneer PL12D) to the receiver, but the sound is clear but faint. I called Sony and was told that the player is analog, but all the audio inputs to the receiver (STR-DH550) are digital. So It won't work. Is that true? Am I S.O.L. with this phonograph/receiver combo? I got a lot of records boxed up in the garage that I'm interested in hearing again. TIA Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From garykjos at gmail.com Sat Apr 27 17:14:47 2019 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 17:14:47 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Am I S.O.L.? In-Reply-To: <002b01d4fd20$1bb4c6c0$531e5440$@bchacc.com> References: <002b01d4fd20$1bb4c6c0$531e5440$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: Not digital vs analog as much as a line level issue I suspect. Phono inputs on receivers USED TO include an internal PHONO PREAMP. Newer receivers don't include that anymore. Many new turntables include a phono preamp in the turntable and a switch to chose if you use that one or not. But the good news is you can buy a separate phono preamp. Lots oto choose from at many price points. Audiophiles may say you can get a better preamp that way anyway and so you are better off. On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 12:39 PM Rocky Smolin wrote: > > When we bought our new house I bought a receiver because the house had > surround sound built in. Works great! > > > > Recently I tried to hook up my old record player (Pioneer PL12D) to the > receiver, but the sound is clear but faint. > > > > I called Sony and was told that the player is analog, but all the audio > inputs to the receiver (STR-DH550) are digital. So It won't work. > > > > Is that true? Am I S.O.L. with this phonograph/receiver combo? > > > > I got a lot of records boxed up in the garage that I'm interested in hearing > again. > > > > TIA > > > > Rocky > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com From accessd at shaw.ca Sun Apr 28 13:00:50 2019 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 12:00:50 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Python In-Reply-To: References: <016301d4fc56$12c897f0$3859c7d0$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: <1178690239.83337299.1556474450448.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Bringing the scientific Python stack to the browser Pyodide is an experimental project from Mozilla to create a full Python data science stack that runs entirely in the browser. https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/04/pyodide-bringing-the-scientific-python-stack-to-the-browser/ https://mzl.la/2XPu8Ar To get this browser application up and running go to https://github.com/iodide-project/pyodide/ and click the "Clone or Download" button. There is a full set of instruction on the best way to install everything or if you are lazy, like me (and you already have Docker installed) just download the appropriate container and run or more accurately ./run... The product is of course completely open source so you can spend a quiet evening code crawling. :-) Jim PS AttenTion Arthur From jbartow at winhaven.net Sun Apr 28 23:02:39 2019 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 04:02:39 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel Sheet Tab Naming routine Message-ID: Hi All, I have a roster of names on the first sheet. Each sheet after that copies the name from one line in the roster: =Roster!B3&" "&Roster!C3 into cell B1 of the sheet. I'm trying to use the routine listed below to rename sheets based on the text of Cell B1. This doesn't work, can someone spot why? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) 'Specify the target cell whose entry shall be the sheet tab name. If Target.Address <> "$B$1" Then Exit Sub 'If the target cell is empty (contents cleared) do not change the sheet name. If IsEmpty(Target) Then Exit Sub 'Disallow the entry if it is greater than 31 characters. If Len(Target.Value) > 31 Then MsgBox "Worksheet names cannot be more than 31 characters." & vbCrLf & _ Target.Value & " has " & Len(Target.Value) & " characters.", _ 48, "Keep it under 31 characters." Application.EnableEvents = False Target.ClearContents Application.EnableEvents = True Exit Sub End If 'Sheet tab names cannot contain the characters /, \, [, ], *, ?, or :. 'Verify that none of these characters are present in the cell's entry. Dim IllegalCharacter(1 To 7) As String, i As Integer IllegalCharacter(1) = "/" IllegalCharacter(2) = "\" IllegalCharacter(3) = "[" IllegalCharacter(4) = "]" IllegalCharacter(5) = "*" IllegalCharacter(6) = "?" IllegalCharacter(7) = ":" For i = 1 To 7 If InStr(Target.Value, (IllegalCharacter(i))) > 0 Then MsgBox "You used a character that violates sheet naming rules." & vbCrLf & _ "Enter a name without the ''" & IllegalCharacter(i) & "'' character.", _ 48, "Not a possible sheet name !!" Application.EnableEvents = False Target.ClearContents Application.EnableEvents = True Exit Sub End If Next i 'Verify that the proposed sheet name does not already exist in the workbook. Dim strSheetName As String, wks As Worksheet, bln As Boolean strSheetName = Trim(Target.Text) On Error Resume Next Set wks = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(strSheetName) On Error Resume Next If Not wks Is Nothing Then bln = True Else bln = False Err.Clear End If 'If the worksheet name does not already exist, name the sheet as cell value. 'Otherwise, advise the user that duplicate sheet names are not allowed. If bln = False Then ActiveSheet.Name = strSheetName Else MsgBox "There is already a sheet named " & strSheetName & "." & vbCrLf & _ "Please enter a unique name for this sheet." Application.EnableEvents = False Target.ClearContents Application.EnableEvents = True End If End Sub TIA John B From paul.hartland at googlemail.com Mon Apr 29 00:14:05 2019 From: paul.hartland at googlemail.com (Paul Hartland) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 06:14:05 +0100 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel Sheet Tab Naming routine In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I assume you have debugged the code to ensure this line gets $B$1 at some point and not just B1 If Target.Address <> "$B$1" Then Exit Sub Paul On Mon, 29 Apr 2019, 05:02 John Bartow via dba-Tech, < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> wrote: > Hi All, > I have a roster of names on the first sheet. > Each sheet after that copies the name from one line in the roster: > =Roster!B3&" "&Roster!C3 into cell B1 of the sheet. > I'm trying to use the routine listed below to rename sheets based on the > text of Cell B1. > This doesn't work, can someone spot why? > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) > 'Specify the target cell whose entry shall be the sheet tab name. > If Target.Address <> "$B$1" Then Exit Sub > 'If the target cell is empty (contents cleared) do not change the sheet > name. > If IsEmpty(Target) Then Exit Sub > > 'Disallow the entry if it is greater than 31 characters. > If Len(Target.Value) > 31 Then > MsgBox "Worksheet names cannot be more than 31 characters." & vbCrLf & _ > Target.Value & " has " & Len(Target.Value) & " characters.", _ > 48, "Keep it under 31 characters." > Application.EnableEvents = False > Target.ClearContents > Application.EnableEvents = True > Exit Sub > End If > > 'Sheet tab names cannot contain the characters /, \, [, ], *, ?, or :. > 'Verify that none of these characters are present in the cell's entry. > Dim IllegalCharacter(1 To 7) As String, i As Integer > IllegalCharacter(1) = "/" > IllegalCharacter(2) = "\" > IllegalCharacter(3) = "[" > IllegalCharacter(4) = "]" > IllegalCharacter(5) = "*" > IllegalCharacter(6) = "?" > IllegalCharacter(7) = ":" > For i = 1 To 7 > If InStr(Target.Value, (IllegalCharacter(i))) > 0 Then > MsgBox "You used a character that violates sheet naming rules." & vbCrLf & > _ > "Enter a name without the ''" & IllegalCharacter(i) & "'' character.", _ > 48, "Not a possible sheet name !!" > Application.EnableEvents = False > Target.ClearContents > Application.EnableEvents = True > Exit Sub > End If > Next i > > 'Verify that the proposed sheet name does not already exist in the > workbook. > Dim strSheetName As String, wks As Worksheet, bln As Boolean > strSheetName = Trim(Target.Text) > On Error Resume Next > Set wks = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(strSheetName) > On Error Resume Next > If Not wks Is Nothing Then > bln = True > Else > bln = False > Err.Clear > End If > > 'If the worksheet name does not already exist, name the sheet as cell > value. > 'Otherwise, advise the user that duplicate sheet names are not allowed. > If bln = False Then > ActiveSheet.Name = strSheetName > Else > MsgBox "There is already a sheet named " & strSheetName & "." & vbCrLf & _ > "Please enter a unique name for this sheet." > Application.EnableEvents = False > Target.ClearContents > Application.EnableEvents = True > End If > > End Sub > > 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 jbartow at winhaven.net Mon Apr 29 10:45:03 2019 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:45:03 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel Sheet Tab Naming routine In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Paul, It doesn't pick up the value if I B1 is set to the formula =Roster!B3&" "&Roster!C3 But if I type the text into B1 it works as planned. -John B -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech On Behalf Of Paul Hartland via dba-Tech Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019 12:14 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Cc: Paul Hartland Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Excel Sheet Tab Naming routine I assume you have debugged the code to ensure this line gets $B$1 at some point and not just B1 If Target.Address <> "$B$1" Then Exit Sub Paul On Mon, 29 Apr 2019, 05:02 John Bartow via dba-Tech, < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> wrote: > Hi All, > I have a roster of names on the first sheet. > Each sheet after that copies the name from one line in the roster: > =Roster!B3&" "&Roster!C3 into cell B1 of the sheet. > I'm trying to use the routine listed below to rename sheets based on > the text of Cell B1. > This doesn't work, can someone spot why? > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------ Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As > Range) 'Specify the target cell whose entry shall be the sheet tab > name. > If Target.Address <> "$B$1" Then Exit Sub 'If the target cell is empty > (contents cleared) do not change the sheet name. > If IsEmpty(Target) Then Exit Sub > > 'Disallow the entry if it is greater than 31 characters. > If Len(Target.Value) > 31 Then > MsgBox "Worksheet names cannot be more than 31 characters." & vbCrLf & > _ Target.Value & " has " & Len(Target.Value) & " characters.", _ 48, > "Keep it under 31 characters." > Application.EnableEvents = False > Target.ClearContents > Application.EnableEvents = True > Exit Sub > End If > > 'Sheet tab names cannot contain the characters /, \, [, ], *, ?, or :. > 'Verify that none of these characters are present in the cell's entry. > Dim IllegalCharacter(1 To 7) As String, i As Integer > IllegalCharacter(1) = "/" > IllegalCharacter(2) = "\" > IllegalCharacter(3) = "[" > IllegalCharacter(4) = "]" > IllegalCharacter(5) = "*" > IllegalCharacter(6) = "?" > IllegalCharacter(7) = ":" > For i = 1 To 7 > If InStr(Target.Value, (IllegalCharacter(i))) > 0 Then MsgBox "You > used a character that violates sheet naming rules." & vbCrLf & _ > "Enter a name without the ''" & IllegalCharacter(i) & "'' character.", > _ 48, "Not a possible sheet name !!" > Application.EnableEvents = False > Target.ClearContents > Application.EnableEvents = True > Exit Sub > End If > Next i > > 'Verify that the proposed sheet name does not already exist in the > workbook. > Dim strSheetName As String, wks As Worksheet, bln As Boolean > strSheetName = Trim(Target.Text) On Error Resume Next Set wks = > ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(strSheetName) > On Error Resume Next > If Not wks Is Nothing Then > bln = True > Else > bln = False > Err.Clear > End If > > 'If the worksheet name does not already exist, name the sheet as cell > value. > 'Otherwise, advise the user that duplicate sheet names are not allowed. > If bln = False Then > ActiveSheet.Name = strSheetName > Else > MsgBox "There is already a sheet named " & strSheetName & "." & vbCrLf > & _ "Please enter a unique name for this sheet." > Application.EnableEvents = False > Target.ClearContents > Application.EnableEvents = True > End If > > End Sub > > TIA > John B > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Mon Apr 29 10:52:00 2019 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:52:00 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Am I S.O.L.? In-Reply-To: References: <002b01d4fd20$1bb4c6c0$531e5440$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: <00a401d4fea3$7bd41d10$737c5730$@bchacc.com> Thanks all for the advice. I just ordered up the Pyle pre-amp PP999 after listening to this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9b5tOFPDZQ Fifteen buck on EBay from a top rated plus vendor with free returns. So, can't go wrong but I'm assuming it will work as advertised. Thanks again. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2019 3:15 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Cc: Off Topic Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Am I S.O.L.? Not digital vs analog as much as a line level issue I suspect. Phono inputs on receivers USED TO include an internal PHONO PREAMP. Newer receivers don't include that anymore. Many new turntables include a phono preamp in the turntable and a switch to chose if you use that one or not. But the good news is you can buy a separate phono preamp. Lots oto choose from at many price points. Audiophiles may say you can get a better preamp that way anyway and so you are better off. On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 12:39 PM Rocky Smolin wrote: > > When we bought our new house I bought a receiver because the house had > surround sound built in. Works great! > > > > Recently I tried to hook up my old record player (Pioneer PL12D) to the > receiver, but the sound is clear but faint. > > > > I called Sony and was told that the player is analog, but all the audio > inputs to the receiver (STR-DH550) are digital. So It won't work. > > > > Is that true? Am I S.O.L. with this phonograph/receiver combo? > > > > I got a lot of records boxed up in the garage that I'm interested in hearing > again. > > > > TIA > > > > Rocky > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From fuller.artful at gmail.com Mon Apr 29 10:59:29 2019 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:59:29 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] MsgBox2 Message-ID: I am writing a second version of MsgBox which I'm calling MsgBox2. It takes all the same parameters as the original MsgBox, and then some. Thus far, I have speculated several button-assemblies, the most frequent that I've experienced. I have also speculated that passing an array of button-texts might be a better option; I'm still guessing about that. But either way, I need to populate the window footer with buttons, and align them from right to left, and also size them according to the length of their prompts. The main question here is, How to create the buttons on the form footer, spacing them correctly from right to left? I confess that almost all the time, I have created forms using the Form Designer, rather than raw code. I need some help with this: create buttons on the fly, sizing and spacing them to suit the generally accepted design principles, and returning a value dependent upon the selected button. (That last part is easy; ir's the creation and placing parts that have me guessing and wildly experimenting, mostly with no success.) Arthur From gustav at cactus.dk Mon Apr 29 12:03:15 2019 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:03:15 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] MsgBox2 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Arthur If this is for fun: Spoiler alert. It takes a little, but I did get it sorted out here: "Modern/Metro style message box and input box for Microsoft Access 2013+" https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/17684/Modern-Metro-style-message-box-and-input-box-for-Microsoft-Access-2013.html Full code is also on GitHub: https://github.com/GustavBrock/VBA.ModernBox.git Browse to paragraph "Button sequence and form resizing". If you think you can't log in, locate the link "Click here to access the full article". /gustav ________________________________ Fra: dba-Tech p? vegne af Arthur Fuller Sendt: 29. april 2019 17:59 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: [dba-Tech] MsgBox2 I am writing a second version of MsgBox which I'm calling MsgBox2. It takes all the same parameters as the original MsgBox, and then some. Thus far, I have speculated several button-assemblies, the most frequent that I've experienced. I have also speculated that passing an array of button-texts might be a better option; I'm still guessing about that. But either way, I need to populate the window footer with buttons, and align them from right to left, and also size them according to the length of their prompts. The main question here is, How to create the buttons on the form footer, spacing them correctly from right to left? I confess that almost all the time, I have created forms using the Form Designer, rather than raw code. I need some help with this: create buttons on the fly, sizing and spacing them to suit the generally accepted design principles, and returning a value dependent upon the selected button. (That last part is easy; ir's the creation and placing parts that have me guessing and wildly experimenting, mostly with no success.) Arthur From jbartow at winhaven.net Mon Apr 29 12:30:18 2019 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:30:18 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel Sheet Tab Naming routine In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Disregard this question. I decided to move this action to a Workbook routine instead. I'll post that code when I get it to the either the point of working or frustrating... -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech On Behalf Of John Bartow via dba-Tech Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2019 11:03 PM To: DBA-Tech (dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com) Cc: John Bartow Subject: [dba-Tech] Excel Sheet Tab Naming routine Hi All, I have a roster of names on the first sheet. Each sheet after that copies the name from one line in the roster: =Roster!B3&" "&Roster!C3 into cell B1 of the sheet. I'm trying to use the routine listed below to rename sheets based on the text of Cell B1. This doesn't work, can someone spot why? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) 'Specify the target cell whose entry shall be the sheet tab name. If Target.Address <> "$B$1" Then Exit Sub 'If the target cell is empty (contents cleared) do not change the sheet name. If IsEmpty(Target) Then Exit Sub 'Disallow the entry if it is greater than 31 characters. If Len(Target.Value) > 31 Then MsgBox "Worksheet names cannot be more than 31 characters." & vbCrLf & _ Target.Value & " has " & Len(Target.Value) & " characters.", _ 48, "Keep it under 31 characters." Application.EnableEvents = False Target.ClearContents Application.EnableEvents = True Exit Sub End If 'Sheet tab names cannot contain the characters /, \, [, ], *, ?, or :. 'Verify that none of these characters are present in the cell's entry. Dim IllegalCharacter(1 To 7) As String, i As Integer IllegalCharacter(1) = "/" IllegalCharacter(2) = "\" IllegalCharacter(3) = "[" IllegalCharacter(4) = "]" IllegalCharacter(5) = "*" IllegalCharacter(6) = "?" IllegalCharacter(7) = ":" For i = 1 To 7 If InStr(Target.Value, (IllegalCharacter(i))) > 0 Then MsgBox "You used a character that violates sheet naming rules." & vbCrLf & _ "Enter a name without the ''" & IllegalCharacter(i) & "'' character.", _ 48, "Not a possible sheet name !!" Application.EnableEvents = False Target.ClearContents Application.EnableEvents = True Exit Sub End If Next i 'Verify that the proposed sheet name does not already exist in the workbook. Dim strSheetName As String, wks As Worksheet, bln As Boolean strSheetName = Trim(Target.Text) On Error Resume Next Set wks = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(strSheetName) On Error Resume Next If Not wks Is Nothing Then bln = True Else bln = False Err.Clear End If 'If the worksheet name does not already exist, name the sheet as cell value. 'Otherwise, advise the user that duplicate sheet names are not allowed. If bln = False Then ActiveSheet.Name = strSheetName Else MsgBox "There is already a sheet named " & strSheetName & "." & vbCrLf & _ "Please enter a unique name for this sheet." Application.EnableEvents = False Target.ClearContents Application.EnableEvents = True End If End Sub 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 29 12:54:49 2019 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:54:49 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Joe Armstrong In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1969794160.91321363.1556560489360.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> The computer community has had the passing of one of the greats; Joe Armstrong, the father of Erlang, and the Erlang family. https://twitter.com/FrancescoC/status/1119596234166218754 Below is just a small sampling of tributes to the life and accomplishments of Joe Armstrong: https://ferd.ca/goodbye-joe.html https://github.com/lukego/blog/issues/32 So what is Erlang?: "...Erlang has some important features that made it worth learning. If you need to write programs that run super fast on a multicore computer, Erlang is a proper choice. Erlang is a Concurrency Oriented Programming Language (COPL) and processes are the primary components that construct an Erlang application." and "Erlang is a functional programming language. It's major strength is the concurrency and distributed programming. It has the ability to handle multiple threads (Process in Erlang terms) at the same time not utilizing double CPU processing power." Erlang, in a multi-anything environment is the fastest language. Without the features of Erlang, multi-user systems and super computers of today would not exist. https://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/mpi/ It is never too late to learn a little bit about Erlang. Note: that it is fully open source: http://erlang.org/doc/ https://www.erlang.org/downloads There is a host of other languages inspired by Erlang. Most of these languages are internet and server languages, so most of us, who work extensively on basic desktop and support of the desktop, rarely have obvious direct contact with Erlang type languages. (F# (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_Sharp_(programming_language)) is but one of as many a 50 development languages which were spawned from Erlang.) Most (all?) computer phones systems use either core Erlang or incorporate the Erlang principles. ie; "WhatsApp Messenger" has its whole core written in Erlang. All UNIX/Linux distros are built on Erlang principles. That is the reason, on your desktop or server Linux computer, you can be playing a game, listening to music, playing a movie, have someone doing remote access, sharing files back and forth, be running multiple websites and even with limited resources, never have a crash. If needed, Linux type operating systems can connect together like Lego blocks...that is why it is relatively inexpensive, using Erlang messaging components, to build your own super computer. So when you are running your Linux computers and they are massively over-loaded and everything is starting to slow down, this is why these systems never crash or "blue-screen" as many desktops are prone to do. One of the great fathers computer systems, Joe Armstrong has died and we will all miss him, whether we know it or not. Jim From fuller.artful at gmail.com Tue Apr 30 08:52:49 2019 From: fuller.artful at gmail.com (Arthur Fuller) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 09:52:49 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Stupid Phones, anyone? Message-ID: I guess that I'm on the distantly trailing edge of the phone domain. I have an LG phone two or three years old, which has some games on it, plus Chrome and email and God only knows what else. I have never even once used it to text or read email or surf the net. I think of it as a phone. As for all the other net-activities, I have laptops for that. Maybe I'm alone in this, but I wish that some manufacturers and service providers would wake up to the fact that I don't need all this superfluous crap, and charge me substantially less per month since I don't want, need, or use any of the other "features" they are peddling. -- Arthur From garykjos at gmail.com Tue Apr 30 09:04:30 2019 From: garykjos at gmail.com (Gary Kjos) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 09:04:30 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Stupid Phones, anyone? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There are plenty of "basic mobile phones" Arthur. On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 8:53 AM Arthur Fuller wrote: > > I guess that I'm on the distantly trailing edge of the phone domain. I have > an LG phone two or three years old, which has some games on it, plus Chrome > and email and God only knows what else. I have never even once used it to > text or read email or surf the net. I think of it as a phone. As for all > the other net-activities, I have laptops for that. > Maybe I'm alone in this, but I wish that some manufacturers and service > providers would wake up to the fact that I don't need all this superfluous > crap, and charge me substantially less per month since I don't want, need, > or use any of the other "features" they are peddling. > > -- > Arthur > _______________________________________________ > 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 fhtapia at gmail.com Tue Apr 30 09:06:54 2019 From: fhtapia at gmail.com (fhtapia at gmail.com) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 07:06:54 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Stupid Phones, anyone? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yup https://www.lifewire.com/basic-cell-phones-577534 On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 7:05 AM Gary Kjos wrote: > There are plenty of "basic mobile phones" Arthur. > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 8:53 AM Arthur Fuller > wrote: > > > > I guess that I'm on the distantly trailing edge of the phone domain. I > have > > an LG phone two or three years old, which has some games on it, plus > Chrome > > and email and God only knows what else. I have never even once used it to > > text or read email or surf the net. I think of it as a phone. As for all > > the other net-activities, I have laptops for that. > > Maybe I'm alone in this, but I wish that some manufacturers and service > > providers would wake up to the fact that I don't need all this > superfluous > > crap, and charge me substantially less per month since I don't want, > need, > > or use any of the other "features" they are peddling. > > > > -- > > Arthur > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- -Francisco From peter.brawley at earthlink.net Tue Apr 30 11:06:46 2019 From: peter.brawley at earthlink.net (Peter Brawley) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:06:46 -0500 Subject: [dba-Tech] Stupid Phones, anyone? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7c593cc3-a0de-fc1f-15da-5f123a4ce7d3@earthlink.net> On 4/30/2019 8:52, Arthur Fuller wrote: > I guess that I'm on the distantly trailing edge of the phone domain. I have > an LG phone two or three years old, which has some games on it, plus Chrome > and email and God only knows what else. I have never even once used it to > text or read email or surf the net. I think of it as a phone. As for all > the other net-activities, I have laptops for that. > Maybe I'm alone in this, but I wish that some manufacturers and service > providers would wake up to the fact that I don't need all this superfluous > crap, and charge me substantially less per month since I don't want, need, > or use any of the other "features" they are peddling. > Contracts typically scale on data GB/mo used. PB From kathryn at bassett.net Tue Apr 30 12:54:42 2019 From: kathryn at bassett.net (Kathryn Bassett) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:54:42 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Stupid Phones, anyone? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <007901d4ff7d$cab966d0$602c3470$@bassett.net> Verizon has "flip phones" - ask for one using that term, emphasizing that you don't want a data phone. I have 3 on my plan, one each for my sister, niece, and stepmother. Kathryn > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf > Of Arthur Fuller > Sent: Tuesday, 30 Apr 2019 6:53 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: [dba-Tech] Stupid Phones, anyone? > > I guess that I'm on the distantly trailing edge of the phone domain. I have an LG > phone two or three years old, which has some games on it, plus Chrome and > email and God only knows what else. I have never even once used it to text or > read email or surf the net. I think of it as a phone. As for all the other net- > activities, I have laptops for that. > Maybe I'm alone in this, but I wish that some manufacturers and service > providers would wake up to the fact that I don't need all this superfluous crap, > and charge me substantially less per month since I don't want, need, or use any > of the other "features" they are peddling. > > -- > 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 30 15:21:52 2019 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:21:52 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Stupid Phones, anyone? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1061293772.101338790.1556655712651.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Cell phone are built for people with good eyes and small fingers. But I limp along. OTOH, I love it. I can and virtually do anything on it; emails, listen to podcasts and music of every kind, phone conversations, voice or voice plus image, messaging, remotely connect to all my computers, transfer files from one computer to another, store files (added an 80GB chip), watch movies (can even connect and project phone display to a standard smart TV), take photos, edit those photos, keep timers and appointments, roam the internet, find any store/place/location and get directions on how to get there. A good laptop may be better, in some circumstances but a small device in the pocket is all I usually need when away from the house or just moving around. My system isn't at all new; version 5, Samsung. The only reason I may upgrade is for a much better camera (3D), 5G connection speeds and the potential of 512GB of simm space but I will wait for the Huawei phones to come down in price. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 6:52:49 AM Subject: [dba-Tech] Stupid Phones, anyone? I guess that I'm on the distantly trailing edge of the phone domain. I have an LG phone two or three years old, which has some games on it, plus Chrome and email and God only knows what else. I have never even once used it to text or read email or surf the net. I think of it as a phone. As for all the other net-activities, I have laptops for that. Maybe I'm alone in this, but I wish that some manufacturers and service providers would wake up to the fact that I don't need all this superfluous crap, and charge me substantially less per month since I don't want, need, or use any of the other "features" they are peddling. -- Arthur _______________________________________________ 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 30 15:28:36 2019 From: eptept at gmail.com (Ed Tesiny) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:28:36 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] Stupid Phones, anyone? In-Reply-To: <1061293772.101338790.1556655712651.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> References: <1061293772.101338790.1556655712651.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Message-ID: Almost everyone has a smart phone here, the phone has replaced newspapers as a way to "hide" on the subway. Frankly, I'm surprised more folks aren't hit by cars or bikes since their eyes are on the phone and they just cross the street and trust they won't get hit. On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 4:22 PM Jim Lawrence wrote: > Cell phone are built for people with good eyes and small fingers. But I > limp along. OTOH, I love it. I can and virtually do anything on it; emails, > listen to podcasts and music of every kind, phone conversations, voice or > voice plus image, messaging, remotely connect to all my computers, transfer > files from one computer to another, store files (added an 80GB chip), watch > movies (can even connect and project phone display to a standard smart TV), > take photos, edit those photos, keep timers and appointments, roam the > internet, find any store/place/location and get directions on how to get > there. A good laptop may be better, in some circumstances but a small > device in the pocket is all I usually need when away from the house or just > moving around. My system isn't at all new; version 5, Samsung. > > The only reason I may upgrade is for a much better camera (3D), 5G > connection speeds and the potential of 512GB of simm space but I will wait > for the Huawei phones to come down in price. > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arthur Fuller" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 6:52:49 AM > Subject: [dba-Tech] Stupid Phones, anyone? > > I guess that I'm on the distantly trailing edge of the phone domain. I have > an LG phone two or three years old, which has some games on it, plus Chrome > and email and God only knows what else. I have never even once used it to > text or read email or surf the net. I think of it as a phone. As for all > the other net-activities, I have laptops for that. > Maybe I'm alone in this, but I wish that some manufacturers and service > providers would wake up to the fact that I don't need all this superfluous > crap, and charge me substantially less per month since I don't want, need, > or use any of the other "features" they are peddling. > > -- > 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 mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk Tue Apr 30 15:32:54 2019 From: mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk (Martin Reid) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 20:32:54 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Stupid Phones, anyone? In-Reply-To: References: <1061293772.101338790.1556655712651.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca>, Message-ID: Huawei thats the phone i use. Great device. Martin Get Outlook for Android ________________________________ From: dba-Tech on behalf of Ed Tesiny Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 9:28:36 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Stupid Phones, anyone? Almost everyone has a smart phone here, the phone has replaced newspapers as a way to "hide" on the subway. Frankly, I'm surprised more folks aren't hit by cars or bikes since their eyes are on the phone and they just cross the street and trust they won't get hit. On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 4:22 PM Jim Lawrence wrote: > Cell phone are built for people with good eyes and small fingers. But I > limp along. OTOH, I love it. I can and virtually do anything on it; emails, > listen to podcasts and music of every kind, phone conversations, voice or > voice plus image, messaging, remotely connect to all my computers, transfer > files from one computer to another, store files (added an 80GB chip), watch > movies (can even connect and project phone display to a standard smart TV), > take photos, edit those photos, keep timers and appointments, roam the > internet, find any store/place/location and get directions on how to get > there. A good laptop may be better, in some circumstances but a small > device in the pocket is all I usually need when away from the house or just > moving around. My system isn't at all new; version 5, Samsung. > > The only reason I may upgrade is for a much better camera (3D), 5G > connection speeds and the potential of 512GB of simm space but I will wait > for the Huawei phones to come down in price. > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arthur Fuller" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 6:52:49 AM > Subject: [dba-Tech] Stupid Phones, anyone? > > I guess that I'm on the distantly trailing edge of the phone domain. I have > an LG phone two or three years old, which has some games on it, plus Chrome > and email and God only knows what else. I have never even once used it to > text or read email or surf the net. I think of it as a phone. As for all > the other net-activities, I have laptops for that. > Maybe I'm alone in this, but I wish that some manufacturers and service > providers would wake up to the fact that I don't need all this superfluous > crap, and charge me substantially less per month since I don't want, need, > or use any of the other "features" they are peddling. > > -- > 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 From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Tue Apr 30 16:42:45 2019 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:42:45 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Browser issue Message-ID: <00ec01d4ff9d$a5e0d2b0$f1a27810$@bchacc.com> I'm using Firefox 66.0.2 (64 bit). Somewhere a few weeks or couple of months ago something change and on pages with text - especially where I have to fill in name, address, etc., the text is in light gray instead of black. I can't find any setting that affects this. Does anyone know what's causing this and how to fix? MTIA Rocky