RE: Geographic lookups
Stephen, I use this, works well, reliable - http://www.ipinfodb.com/ There is also the parent to the above www.IP2Location.com that may have more accuracy, more extensive options .. Cheers .. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Sunday, 17 August 2014 8:37 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Geographic lookups Cheers! will check it out. On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Tony McGee tmc...@pacific.net.au wrote: geonames.org has both free and premium web services, as well as downloadable sets of data if you wanted to roll your own. On 17/08/2014 19:59, Stephen Price wrote: Hey all, Am looking for some kind of service for lookups. Country, that gives states and regions. Citys optional. Any good ones ppl can recommend? cheers Stephen
RE: [OT] Earthquake?
That would be one hell of an eclipse !! An ‘eclipse of the earth’ in more ways than one !! From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Thursday, 24 April 2014 11:27 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Earthquake? No one here felt anything - East Hawthorn. Yeah, no search results yet for a tremor here, so it must have been a mighty wind gust that I can't remember or didn't notice due to my concentrated bug hunting. Speaking of nature's wonders ... a partial solar eclipse here next Tuesday at 5pm and sun sets half an hour later, so we're at the mercy of the weather. The Lunar eclipse last week was spectacular. I'm still waiting for the most incredible eclipse of all, the one where the Sun goes between the Earth and the Moon. Greg K
What's a million lines of code worth?
Hi All, Collins Class Submarine - 6 million lines of code. Joint Strike Fighter - 19 million lines of code. Seems plausible OR Over-bloated software development mismanagement ?? Not saying one way or the other, just interested in your professional gut-feels ? Article - http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2014/s3990236.htm Paul E ..
RE: payment gateways
Views ? - Is paypal needed to give buyers confidence in the payment process (buyer guarantees / claim investigation / refund process etc)? Particularly say for customers of a small start-up (inc Aussie start-up selling to US customers)? -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Jorke Odolphi Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2014 12:00 PM To: Jiri Kosar; ozDotNet Subject: Re: payment gateways Straight out PIN is much simpler - business model and API, it¹s quite similar to stripe in the US. Its been a while but last time I checked you still need a merchant account for Eway, if I was Œbootstrapping¹ a business today that was going to deliver a slick experience with minimal cost upfront - I¹d be using PIN. Eway has been around for a long time - they¹re very good, and I¹ve supported their platform for a long time (registering COM components etc on win2k) - they¹re great if you have a bricks and mortar business already with a merchant account. They also appear to have turned into the Godaddy of payments here, without being cheap. On 22/04/2014 10:26 am, Jiri Kosar jko...@asi.com.au wrote: Hi Jorke , I've just read your part about eway, Can you be more specific what you didn't like about eway api? I'm just curious, because I haven't found it difficult or not working. I'll have a look at your recommendation. Thank you Jiri Original message From: Jorke Odolphi jo...@jorke.net Date: To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Re: payment gateways I use Pin and its really good started out with Spreedly in the US which was for subscription management, (at that time the PG was worldpay I cannot recommend against them enough - but was best option at the time for AUD and USD billing) - Pin acquired spreedly an AU company acquiring a US company weird eh? They have a really nice API and billing in USD to your US account and their fees are pretty reasonable. Much better all round experience for a developer than eway/paypal From: William Luu will@gmail.commailto:will@gmail.com Reply-To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Date: Monday, 21 April 2014 2:45 pm To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Re: payment gateways I've never used one, but there was a bit of hype around PIN (https://pin.net.au) when it launched. On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.commailto:step...@perthprojects.com wrote: Hey all, Hope good Easter is being had by all :) I'm going to need some kind of payment gateway and would love to know if anyone has any good/bad experiences with them. Looking for something that deals with Australian banks, as well as has a good .Net friendly API. Have been looking at what eWay can do but don't want to rush in with the first I've come across without some research. cheers, Stephen
RE: payment gateways
I note PIN is about same cost as paypal - 3% + 30c per transaction. Paypal api is easy enough once you have coded it once and offers many features .. -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Evrat Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2014 12:57 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: payment gateways Views ? - Is paypal needed to give buyers confidence in the payment process (buyer guarantees / claim investigation / refund process etc)? Particularly say for customers of a small start-up (inc Aussie start-up selling to US customers)? -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Jorke Odolphi Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2014 12:00 PM To: Jiri Kosar; ozDotNet Subject: Re: payment gateways Straight out PIN is much simpler - business model and API, it¹s quite similar to stripe in the US. Its been a while but last time I checked you still need a merchant account for Eway, if I was Œbootstrapping¹ a business today that was going to deliver a slick experience with minimal cost upfront - I¹d be using PIN. Eway has been around for a long time - they¹re very good, and I¹ve supported their platform for a long time (registering COM components etc on win2k) - they¹re great if you have a bricks and mortar business already with a merchant account. They also appear to have turned into the Godaddy of payments here, without being cheap. On 22/04/2014 10:26 am, Jiri Kosar jko...@asi.com.au wrote: Hi Jorke , I've just read your part about eway, Can you be more specific what you didn't like about eway api? I'm just curious, because I haven't found it difficult or not working. I'll have a look at your recommendation. Thank you Jiri Original message From: Jorke Odolphi jo...@jorke.net Date: To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Re: payment gateways I use Pin and its really good started out with Spreedly in the US which was for subscription management, (at that time the PG was worldpay I cannot recommend against them enough - but was best option at the time for AUD and USD billing) - Pin acquired spreedly an AU company acquiring a US company weird eh? They have a really nice API and billing in USD to your US account and their fees are pretty reasonable. Much better all round experience for a developer than eway/paypal From: William Luu will@gmail.commailto:will@gmail.com Reply-To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Date: Monday, 21 April 2014 2:45 pm To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Re: payment gateways I've never used one, but there was a bit of hype around PIN (https://pin.net.au) when it launched. On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.commailto:step...@perthprojects.com wrote: Hey all, Hope good Easter is being had by all :) I'm going to need some kind of payment gateway and would love to know if anyone has any good/bad experiences with them. Looking for something that deals with Australian banks, as well as has a good .Net friendly API. Have been looking at what eWay can do but don't want to rush in with the first I've come across without some research. cheers, Stephen
Re: [OT] FTP diagnosis
Router port open and port fowarding set up? Original message From: Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.com Date: To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Re: [OT] FTP diagnosis Ah yes, you did try that... This link here has some stuff on it regarding permissions (file based - step 3) so might help? http://www.iis.net/learn/publish/using-the-ftp-service/configuring-ftp-firewall-settings-in-iis-7 On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.com wrote: Have you tried FTP from command line? might give more info? On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Folks, for the first time in a couple of years I have to get FTP working on a Win2008R2 Server. IIS seems to configured correctly (I think), I can see port 21 open to the world via Shields-Up, tcpmon shows 21 is listening, FTP is set to use basic authentication. So it looks alright, but all attempts to connect fail. IE says The page can't be displayed. Filezilla says can't connect to the server. Ftp.exe says Connection closed by the remote host. I just can't get any reason why it's failing? IIS FTP says it's logging but there are no files. Can anyone think of any trick to get more useful information about why it's failing? Greg K
Re: Migrating TFS
I'd like to see those graphs also if you are happy to group it .. Original message From: Greg Keogh g...@mira.net Date: To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Re: Migrating TFS As for the graphs – I’m using the Kendo (which is Telerik) graphs and data visualisation tools. They’re ok, and there are a couple of annoyances, like with any graph generator, but they’re pretty good. Tony, I'm really curious to see how graphs come out in HTML and JavaScript via Kendo, is it possible to see a sample? Contact me off-list g...@mira.net if it's okay -- Greg
RE: [OT] Taking iiNet to TIO
Not necessarily Telco's but I find a good way to get a response when the situation demands it is to write a snail mail letter using registered mail (that they have to sign for) addressed to their Legal Department (ie Att: Snr Legal Counsel, Legal Department). Lawyers feel obligated to reply, and have some power over those they have to go to for the answers .. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Harris Sent: Wednesday, 18 December 2013 12:30 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Taking iiNet to TIO One of the things I did on a similar problem (with an electricity supplier) was to request that all communications were in writing so I had a record. Sorry Mr Harris, we can't do that So the classic, can I talk to your manager and up a few layers, but still would not do it. So I asked to speak to the CEO, same Sorry Mr Harris, we can't do that So I looked up the email address of the CEO, not found, but I found about 25 other email addresses of others in the company and sent this email: Dear Recipient, As I have not been able to find Person's email address or a general complaints email address on your public web site and the on-line web form will not take this amount of text, I am forced into sending this email to every email address I can find on your web site and guessing at a few possible email addresses,. Would you please forward this email to Person Chief Executive Officer. Thank You. Dear Person, I am writing to you in frustration because I have not been able to resolve a matter through your customer service channel and am asking for your assistance to get this problem resolved. Our situation is ... Sent Sunday afternoon, response received that day, the quality of service was still shit, but mildly better shit. But at least I got all communications in writing from that point onwards. And I learned that there is an Electricity Ombudsman as well, because the department I was put through to was the one that deals with the Ombudsman. I think that the situation with resellers is that they are pushing the margins to the point that they can not afford to have a quality customer service department / process in place any more. So, we have to find ways to work around that. Good Luck On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Girish Madan girishma...@gmail.com wrote: There has been mutiple issues that went on ever since i signed up the contract. They chose to over charge for 10 months and ignore everything else until i used the word TIO :) Since then, the complaint went 3 levels up and i was offered compensation ($149.70) which i accepted and tried to move on. Unfortunately, another issue came up the same evening i accepted compensation. I called them up again and returned the Credit they gave me and said i'm finally going to TIO. I asked them to send me all the call records and notes they had on my account as i want to use them in my complaint to TIO. Then came another twist, they are finally sending their techii (free of cost) to resolve issues and replace faulty hardware. I guess this is their last chance to get their service working. In between using the word TIO for the first time and them agreed to send their techii, they have already taken more than 3 weeks and few hours on the phone (around 15 phone calls i guess). At the end of they day, for iiNet it is a matter of treating their customer with contempt and charging them as much as they can but for me it has become a matter of principle. In case anyone is interested, the actual fight is for $310 here. I'm not paying even a single dollar unless told by TIO that it was my mistake to sign up with iiNet. Let's see what their techii comes up... I'll keep eveyone posted on the progress... Thanks for your comments On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.com wrote: I took iiNet to TIO due to my FTTH being basically slow. I knew at the end of the day the fault was with OptiComm but got sick of waiting a year for iiNet/OptiComm to fight it out on who's to blame. After i lodged the complaint, 4 days later my issue was not only resolved but my monthly quota was unlimited for that month AND my entire bill was credited I think around 40% for the date the first fault was lodged (which was nearly a year @ $150.00 - 40%) You're supposed to give them ample opportunity to resolve your fault and you inform them i'm now going to TIO and when that happens, they usually respond. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Greg Harris g...@harrisconsultinggroup.com wrote: I am pleased to hear that the TIO has some teeth now. In the mid 1990's I worked for one of the many telco resellers (long since merged into a bigger telco reseller several times). They had a way of dealing with notices from the Ombudsman, they were stacked in the corner of an
RE: [OT] Facebook advertising
The Targeted Advertising under discussion is much more than just Adsense. Adsense is part of it but ‘old hat’ in terms of the links between Google, Facebook, Youtube, and the advertising networks that cause ads to keep reappearing if you every searched for something or went to a website using the networks .. From: mike smith [mailto:meski...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, 2 December 2013 1:54 PM To: Paul Evrat; ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Facebook advertising Adsense is Google's product for the phenomena. On this page in gmail, I see ads for Social Media Metrics, Restaurants in Melbourne (one of you guys) Low home rate loans, painter quotes, Debt consolidation, Tafe courses. Ghostery would let me turn it off, but it's ordinary text, not graphics, and to be frank, doesn't annoy me. On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Paul Evrat p...@paulevrat.com wrote: A social media advertising person explained that to me recently. Search for something on google or go to a website and the ads for matching products follow you around. There's a name for it that I have forgotten .. Original message From: Greg Keogh g...@mira.net Date: To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: [OT] Facebook advertising Hmmm! I just went into Facebook for the first time in a couple of weeks and I happened to notice an Ad at the top right for a DNS service. Now isn't that suspicious, as I just happened to mention this topic in the group last week and I've sent a few emails on the subject. Where did it get the data to make the association, from my Gmail, from forum posts, or where? I don't know why more people are scared out of their pants by things like this -- Greg K -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3629/6883 - Release Date: 12/01/13
RE: [OT] Email forwarding
www.noip.com may do what you want - Support for up to 5 MX Records MX records are responsible for making email delivery possible. Most DNS providers allow the use of one MX record. This is great if email is not important. With one MX record and a mail server outage, chances are emails to your domain will bounce. With multiple MX records you can specify up to 5 alternate mail servers that can receive email for your domain. Take a look at our Backup MX service if you are in need of another backup mail spool From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Friday, 29 November 2013 9:22 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] Email forwarding Hello Friday Folks, For more than 10 years I've had some DNS records maintained by DynDns. Some are free and some are $30/year because they later removed the free service. I just received an email from their sales to tell me that if I want MX wildcard forwarding of email from my five domains it will cost $49.95 per domain per year. Pardon me, but isn't that a lot for such a piddling little facility?! Is anyone here using someone else for DNS that has a better and more reasonable deal? Searches reveal some companies that do hosting and forwarding for free (like https://www.namecheap.com/ https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/546 ), but I find that hard to believe and would rather stick to someone reputable for a modest cost. Greg K No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3629/6876 - Release Date: 11/28/13
RE: NBN Petition
Turnbull's point was - 'don't anyone think that the Labor NBN was going to give everyone 100% always available unfettered 1 Gbps' .. There's no lie in that .. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Wednesday, 13 November 2013 8:23 AM To: David Connors Cc: ozDotNet Subject: RE: NBN Petition Actually it was you trying to propagate Malcolm Turnbulls lie that a 1Gbps was going to cost every household $20,000. But keep going trying to reflect from this lie, by all means. Sent from my Windows Phone _ From: David Connors Sent: 13/11/2013 9:04 AM To: Tony Wright Cc: ozDotNet Subject: Re: NBN Petition No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4158 / Virus Database: 3614/6773 - Release Date: 10/22/13 On 12 November 2013 20:36, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: Its quite simple really. The whole premise of CVC being delivered to 93% of the population is bogus and deceptive. This is the statement that was suggested. The statement was factually correct but based on a complete lie. Now you're not even making any sense at all. CVC is measured and charged at the POI, not the customer connection. It applies to all traffic as it egresses the NBN and enters the RSP. It is utterly bizarre to advocate for it. Anyway, as I said, both board members of NBN Co and Turnbull are on the record as arguing either against CVC or for a massive reduction. We can only hope they follow through. Go google nbn cvc = Hackett has argued that the CVC costs are far too high, creating an artifical scarcity in bandwidth that doesn't exist. = Hackett has consistently criticised NBN Co's CVC pricing over the past six months, arguing that it was insane and warning that no small ISPs would survive their walk through the valley of death transition from the current copper network to the fibre future envisioned by the Federal Government, if they wanted to maintain their spots as national providers. = iiNet has ongoing concerns over the economics of NBN Co's current CVC [Connectivity Virtual Circuit] charges. At the moment, the NBN's fee structure treats the abundant capacity on the NBN as if a scarcity existed. When access to abundance is irrationally constrained by NBN Co, bogus scarcity is created - like an artificially enforced famine. = NBN pricing in terms of access may be manageable if the CVC charge is brought into the world of the rational. iiNet continues to be very concerned about input costs from NBN Co which are disconnected from real-world costs. = Mr Malone said it was incomprehensible that international capacity costs were much cheaper than domestic transmission, which he described as a chokepoint. The cost of domestic transit is completely drowning out the cost of international capacity, he said. = After four years, it is fairly obvious that the previous NBN policy is an absolute failure: both in terms of failure to execute timely construction of the network and the inability to create a pricing framework, as evidenced by excessive megabit transmission (CVC) charges, which would actually encourage optimal use of the network and spur all those economic benefits currently touted for FTTH. - See more at: http://www.commsday.com/commsday-australasia/lynch-comment-regulators-yet-to -get-message-about-red-tape#sthash.peJmBqQb.dpuf = Telstra says the current price of the CVC of $20 per megabit per second assumes an average monthly usage of 30 gigabytes for each user, but this is already insufficient to cater for the requirements of end-users on high-speed broadband networks and, in the near term, this will create excessive CVC costs per end-user. - See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/in-depth/nbn-charges-could-quadrupl e-telco/story-e6frgaif-1226689784957#sthash.7jFSW3oj.dpuf Telstra estimates CVC costs could quadruple by 2016. = There is a material risk in the near term that RSPs will be forced to either significantly increase end-user service prices or reduce the quality in response to demand growth, its submission says. When coupled with the lack of ongoing regulatory recourse, there is significant risk and uncertainty to RSPs that is likely to impact their investment decisions for NBN-based services. Other telcos have backed the warning. - See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/in-depth/nbn-charges-could-quadrupl e-telco/story-e6frgaif-1226689784957#sthash.7jFSW3oj.dpuf = Speaking at the Communications and Policy Research Forum 2011, Market Clarity's Shara Evans suggested the fixed $20 per megabit per second CVC fee should be reviewed - particularly as it had an impact on whether it was economical for RPS to service regional Australia. David.
RE: NBN Petition
Wasn’t that exactly his point ? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Tuesday, 12 November 2013 3:52 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: NBN Petition On Lateline when he gave that interview I was watching and Malcolm Turnbull specifically said, and I quote: “[Albanese] said that fibre to the premises can deliver one gigabit per second, 1,000 megs, and you’re quite right, it can,” Turnbull replied. “Do you know what it would cost to have a guaranteed one gig’ service? At least $20,000 a month. $20,000 a month in combined virtual circuit charges … The reality is this: if you want to have a guaranteed one gig service, your retail service provider will have to buy one gig of CVC for you and that is gonna cost $20,000 a month.” “For the average household?” asked Alberici. Turnbull responded: “Well, for any household, which is why, by the way, nobody will buy it other than businesses that need a very big … That is a typically deceptive political response and is a load of complete Liberal Party BS and Malcolm Turnbull lost any credibility he had with me when he said it. It won’t cost $20,000 a month for ANY household. A single household never needs a continuous stream of data getting a maximum of 1Gbps at all times, so it is shared among a whole bunch a households. So a single CVC line might be split between 10 to 20 houses. On top of this, CVC charges will have to come down over time due to economy of scale. See: http://drpeering.net/white-papers/Internet-Transit-Pricing-Historical-And-Projected.php Historically, transit pricing has dropped by around 1/3rd every year since 1998. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:19 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: NBN Petition On 12 November 2013 10:57, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.com wrote: Simon's pretty reasonable guy to... I had some major issues with my FTTH with OptiComm and he personally rang me, worked the problem through and in the end did everything but draw us all a mudmap back to OptiComm even though they kept deny they were at fault... suffice to say he won me back to the internode darkside that day :0 More than that he actually has significant commercial and telecommunications experience - of which, the previous board had zero. Cashing out Internode for 7% of iiNet or whatever it was he got is a financial feat few achieve in their lifetime. I would estimate that there is a very high correlation of FTTP die-hard to Simon Hackett fanboi. It will be funny to watch Whirlpool chew on an HFC/FTTP/FTTN plan endorsed by Hackett. SIMON! YOU'RE CHEATING ON ME! During the election, Turnbull wrote at length about CVC charges and correctly identified that an uncapped 1gbps service would cost $20K a month in wholesale fees and charges. Hackett is also an outspoken critic of the CVC charges as well. The only reason the NBN is affordable at all at the moment is that the rollout was so ballsed up that no single service area has enough connections so all the RSPs get a 100% CVC rebate. The entire financial edifice of the NBN is built upon a legally mandated monopoly funded by extortionate network access charges for the RSPs. It will be interesting to see how they address that as they're on the record as calling it out. David. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4158 / Virus Database: 3614/6773 - Release Date: 10/22/13
TCP Messages to Server
Hi All, I want to receive raw TCP messages from an industrial device (that has an in-built modem) at a shared web hosting service, is this possible? The modem requires an IP address and port number to send the messages to. I have received TCP messages before on a PC connected to the internet using TcpListener(My Static IP, port number) by opening that port number on the router but can it be done with a hosting service (pref shared hosting) instead? I imagine an IP would be necessary to attach to the hosting address but would this work given the Listener must address a port number? If not on shared hosting would a VPS do this? (Haven't used one before.) Any pointers greatly appreciated. Regards .. Paul ..
RE: TCP Messages to Server
Actually if I could turn it into a http request with a query string that would make the web code simple. Is it just a matter of having http headers? The modem data does attached to a web site. Hosting terms seem to allow a service as long as it integral to the site, which it is. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of anthonyatsmall...@mail.com Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 7:20 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: TCP Messages to Server You probably could if you use assumed port 80and got your modem to send a simulated page get with the headers From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 6:31 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: TCP Messages to Server Not possible on a shared web hosting service as I doubt they'll permit you to run any sort of service and may be locked down a lot further depending on how switched on the provider is. VPS will do it no dramas. You'll need to write some sort of service to bind to an external IP and port. Piece of piss and heaps of code around to start from. David. David Connors mailto:da...@connors.com da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 Download my v-card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidconnors Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Paul Evrat p...@paulevrat.com wrote: Hi All, I want to receive raw TCP messages from an industrial device (that has an in-built modem) at a shared web hosting service, is this possible? The modem requires an IP address and port number to send the messages to. I have received TCP messages before on a PC connected to the internet using TcpListener(My Static IP, port number) by opening that port number on the router but can it be done with a hosting service (pref shared hosting) instead? I imagine an IP would be necessary to attach to the hosting address but would this work given the Listener must address a port number? If not on shared hosting would a VPS do this? (Haven’t used one before.) Any pointers greatly appreciated. Regards .. Paul .. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3222/6651 - Release Date: 09/09/13
RE: TCP Messages to Server
Anthony / David, Thanks, seems to work well on shared hosting using port 80. The following seems to be the minimum construct for a raw TCP message to become a HTTP request - Message = GET /default.aspx?Msg=ddrrggffdd HTTP/1.1 vbCrLf Host: www.mugachino.com vbCrLf vbCrLf The server returned the following - HTTP/1.1 200 OK Cache-Control: private Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0 X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319 X-Powered-By: ASP.NET Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 05:24:15 GMT Content-Length: 1338 Strangely the HTML section did not come through in the NetworkStream ?? My objective is achieved (I don’t need the reply and only want to pass the query string) but it would be good to know what happened to the html portion. Regards, From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of anthonyatsmall...@mail.com Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 8:05 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: TCP Messages to Server Yes it is..use firebug or jsfiddler to get a standard template(with headers) you could use. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Evrat Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 7:29 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: TCP Messages to Server Actually if I could turn it into a http request with a query string that would make the web code simple. Is it just a matter of having http headers? The modem data does attached to a web site. Hosting terms seem to allow a service as long as it integral to the site, which it is. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of anthonyatsmall...@mail.com Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 7:20 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: TCP Messages to Server You probably could if you use assumed port 80and got your modem to send a simulated page get with the headers From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 6:31 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: TCP Messages to Server Not possible on a shared web hosting service as I doubt they'll permit you to run any sort of service and may be locked down a lot further depending on how switched on the provider is. VPS will do it no dramas. You'll need to write some sort of service to bind to an external IP and port. Piece of piss and heaps of code around to start from. David. David Connors mailto:da...@connors.com da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 Download my v-card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidconnors Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Paul Evrat p...@paulevrat.com wrote: Hi All, I want to receive raw TCP messages from an industrial device (that has an in-built modem) at a shared web hosting service, is this possible? The modem requires an IP address and port number to send the messages to. I have received TCP messages before on a PC connected to the internet using TcpListener(My Static IP, port number) by opening that port number on the router but can it be done with a hosting service (pref shared hosting) instead? I imagine an IP would be necessary to attach to the hosting address but would this work given the Listener must address a port number? If not on shared hosting would a VPS do this? (Haven’t used one before.) Any pointers greatly appreciated. Regards .. Paul .. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3222/6651 - Release Date: 09/09/13 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3222/6651 - Release Date: 09/09/13
RE: [OT] NBN revisited
True, Clive and his policies in total are a bit over the top but he knows he's not going to be PM, it will be a long time before there is other than a Lib or Labor PM, but there are too many balls and chains around business and economic progress at the moment and having a slightly over the top pro-business minor party with some kick-arse influence would be unprecedented (I think). Plus the current leaders on both sides are too dull, boring and lame, it's time for some colour and go-get-it influence. Agree that total free market is not good for business, the country is way too small for that. But in terms of balancing business and welfare safety nets Australia has the best chance. Don't agree business are rent seekers, they just want a decent playing field then for government to get out of the way. That's what business lobbying is about. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 9:26 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited There are multiple ways to cook an egg. Clive's policy platform isn't necessarily the best one. Pro free market (as opposed to pro-business) is what's generally best for consumers (even though it's not good for an individual business), whereas business people tend to become rent seekers lobbying for favours for their industries. Adam Smith noted something similar ~300 years ago in the Wealth of Nations, and nothing's changed. Silvio Berlusconi is an example of a successful businessman who's pro-business attitude didn't really extend to making life better for the general population. Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Evrat Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 8:37 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Any pro-business force in parliament can only be good for the country. If business isn't doing well we can't afford anything else .. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 7:52 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Oh I thought the only people ridiculous enough to vote for him were Queenslanders. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 10:02 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited Is anyone else just a little bit curious to see Clive Palmer in Parliament House or is that just me.. I mean the comedic value alone is worth it On Wednesday, September 4, 2013, wrote: Well said.I believe Julian Assange would get my vote..i see honesty in him.mmm..that could bring a change! Anthony Melbourne StuffUps.learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/ -- NOTICE : The information contained in this electronic mail message is privileged and confidential, and is intended only for use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or disclosing it. (*13POrtC*) --- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com javascript:_e(%7b%7d,%20'cvml',%20'ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com'); [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com javascript:_e(%7b%7d,%20'cvml',%20'ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com'); ] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 6:02 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Wow, he didn't even know what the policies of his party were. I think I know them better than he does! What are the 6 points of the 6 point Stop The Boats plan Er, the first one is stop the boats What are the other 5 points? Er we plan to stop the boats No, the other 5 points? Er we plan to stop the boats He should have said, well, so it's a 6 point plan but all 6 points are to stop the boats. What a vacuous bunch of pollie we have. Are these people worth $5? That's how much our first preference vote is worth together for the upper and lower house. I don't think they're worth it. Mine isn't going to Liberal or Labor. I'm finding someone closer to what I believe in and voting for them first and then voting for the party I want in. Why reward such mediocrity? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of anthonyatsmall...@mail.com Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 4:11 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrQPXXHUilU Full interview of Jaymes Diaz, Liberal
RE: [OT] NBN revisited
Lobbyists are always going to keep themselves busy but that just counters the relentless lobbying by welfare groups for non-economy boosting government spending. Unless youre the big 4 banks or Coles or Woolworths with monopolistic characteristics business is pretty tough even in good times. Shouldnt the car industry lobby for government support to keep some sort of car manufacturing in Australia? Wouldnt you want some sort of lobbying against government outsourcing IT / coding to India etc? Or would that just be programmers trying to keep things cosy for themselves ??!! From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 11:21 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited I think you have a naïve view of what business lobbying is about then. Tax breaks or write-offs for x, import restrictions on y, government grants for z Free markets are best for consumers (and best for business as a whole). It just makes life hard for individual businesses, because it keeps them honest. Which is why so many business people are forever calling for government intervention to make their lives easier (maybe thats what a decent playing field is a euphemism for) Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Evrat Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 10:28 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited True, Clive and his policies in total are a bit over the top but he knows hes not going to be PM, it will be a long time before there is other than a Lib or Labor PM, but there are too many balls and chains around business and economic progress at the moment and having a slightly over the top pro-business minor party with some kick-arse influence would be unprecedented (I think). Plus the current leaders on both sides are too dull, boring and lame, its time for some colour and go-get-it influence. Agree that total free market is not good for business, the country is way too small for that. But in terms of balancing business and welfare safety nets Australia has the best chance. Dont agree business are rent seekers, they just want a decent playing field then for government to get out of the way. Thats what business lobbying is about. From: mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 9:26 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited There are multiple ways to cook an egg. Clives policy platform isnt necessarily the best one. Pro free market (as opposed to pro-business) is whats generally best for consumers (even though its not good for an individual business), whereas business people tend to become rent seekers lobbying for favours for their industries. Adam Smith noted something similar ~300 years ago in the Wealth of Nations, and nothings changed. Silvio Berlusconi is an example of a successful businessman whos pro-business attitude didnt really extend to making life better for the general population. Cheers Ken From: mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Evrat Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 8:37 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Any pro-business force in parliament can only be good for the country. If business isnt doing well we cant afford anything else .. From: mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 7:52 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Oh I thought the only people ridiculous enough to vote for him were Queenslanders. From: mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 10:02 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited Is anyone else just a little bit curious to see Clive Palmer in Parliament House or is that just me.. I mean the comedic value alone is worth it On Wednesday, September 4, 2013, wrote: Well said I believe Julian Assange would get my vote..i see honesty in him mmm..that could bring a change! Anthony Melbourne StuffUps learn from others, share with others! http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/ http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/ -- NOTICE : The information contained in this electronic mail message is privileged and confidential
RE: [OT] NBN revisited
Without doubt any elected official acting out their vested interests (no matter what) belongs behind bars, but we were talking about business lobbying, and Im saying its not about making easy lives easier. There is a role for government (and rent seeking beneficiaries if you like) when A. The country is trying to develop a new industry or grow an existing one, B. Phase out an uncompetitive old one, or C, Assist an industry in transition. My point was just that those areas are the main focus of business lobbying, and keeping those areas constant (level playing field) in the face of constant pressures for other changes left agenda / right agendas, other countrys protectionism etc .. Without that and with a fully free-market wed only have mining, some agriculture, tourism, and some construction serving the employees and needs of those industries that werent outsourced to cheap labour overseas. Everything else would come from China, India etc .. What sort of people do you want running the country? Havent we had enough ex-lawyers and unionists. Agree re Berlusconi etc but Turnbull wouldnt make a bad PM. Im not saying Clive would, but a minority role in government would be a good kick in the pants for the rest of them all and make TV a lot more interesting .. Maybe it comes back to basic political views, do you see the role of government as redistributing wealth from those that build it, or as setting the playing fields and enabling individuals and companies to build wealth so we can afford better welfare safety nets etc. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 12:34 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Wouldnt you want some sort of lobbying against government outsourcing IT / coding to India etc? And thats what an economist (and I) call rent seeking Im asking the government to impose an implicit tax/penalty on everyone else (e.g. through paying higher prices) to make life better for myself. Which is why Im not particularly enamoured of the idea that business people running the country is good for the economy, because whats good for a particular business person is the opposite of whats good for an economy. The same applies to unionists being good for the economy theyre not. Theyre good for their particular rent-seeking constituency. As I said before, theres plenty of business people that have gone into government (Thaksin, Berlusconi) that havent done anything particularly good for the overall economy, which ultimately is what makes us all better off. Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Evrat Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 11:58 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited Lobbyists are always going to keep themselves busy but that just counters the relentless lobbying by welfare groups for non-economy boosting government spending. Unless youre the big 4 banks or Coles or Woolworths with monopolistic characteristics business is pretty tough even in good times. Shouldnt the car industry lobby for government support to keep some sort of car manufacturing in Australia? Wouldnt you want some sort of lobbying against government outsourcing IT / coding to India etc? Or would that just be programmers trying to keep things cosy for themselves ??!! From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 11:21 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited I think you have a naïve view of what business lobbying is about then. Tax breaks or write-offs for x, import restrictions on y, government grants for z Free markets are best for consumers (and best for business as a whole). It just makes life hard for individual businesses, because it keeps them honest. Which is why so many business people are forever calling for government intervention to make their lives easier (maybe thats what a decent playing field is a euphemism for) Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Evrat Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 10:28 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited True, Clive and his policies in total are a bit over the top but he knows hes not going to be PM, it will be a long time before there is other than a Lib or Labor PM, but there are too many balls and chains around business and economic progress at the moment and having a slightly over the top pro-business minor party with some kick-arse influence would be unprecedented (I think). Plus the current leaders on both sides are too dull, boring and lame, its time for some colour and go-get-it influence. Agree that total free market is not good for business, the country is way too small
RE: [OT] Nokia sells smartphone business to Microsoft
Didn’t they originally make seal skin boots or such .. maybe it’s a return to core business (with a lot of cash to boot) .. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Nathan Chere Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 10:50 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Nokia sells smartphone business to Microsoft Enterprise telco infrastructure, RD and a substantial patent portfolio. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 10:45 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Nokia sells smartphone business to Microsoft On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 6:23 PM, osjasonrobe...@gmail.com wrote: It’s pretty amazing that 32,000 people will transfer from Nokia to Microsoft... Could be a great cross-pollination of ideas, marketing skills, etc. Wonder whether there will just be Microsoft Phone or whether they’ll keep (or be allowed to keep) the Lumia brand? Without phones, what does Nokia have? (don't twit me about phones vs smartphones, noone buys dumbphones anymore.) -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills Click here https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/MZbqvYs5QwJvpeaetUwhCQ== to report this email as spam. This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. http://www.websense.com/ www.websense.com No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3222/6636 - Release Date: 09/03/13
RE: Lots of data over a service
Greg, I saw the TED talk that you note was the inspiration for this. I thought at the time it was a brilliant way to present and understand data. Plus it and the presenter had the audience totally amused but it really made the data talk. Is this something you will use yourself or for a client, or propose to make available one way or another? Regards, From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Harris Sent: Wednesday, 7 August 2013 1:30 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Lots of data over a service Hi Greg, What I did with my Motion Chart software (http://www.eshiftlog.com/Silverlight/MotionGraphTestPage.html) to get better download performance was: . Move away from small WCF data transfers to transferring a single large encoded compressed text file . Only transfer raw data (no JSON/XML structure, which adds a LOT OF FAT) . Minor use of CSV format, otherwise fixed format . Define my own number formats to reduce size (remove unneeded decimal places) . Use zip file to transfer data This has improved data load time by a factor of ~50-100 times (sorry no hard numbers). My data ended up being 430KB for ~32K rows, just over 13 bytes/row. Example data: C,007,Australia,Oceania,1820,2007 3413340017010 3413310017070 3413290017280 3413290017530 3413320017950 3413330018330 As traditional CSV text, this would look like: CountryID,Year,LifeExpect,Population,GDP,CountryName,RegionCode,RegionName 007,1820,34.1,334000,000701.0,Australia,4S,Oceania 007,1821,34.1,331000,000707.0,Australia,4S,Oceania 007,1822,34.1,329000,000728.0,Australia,4S,Oceania 007,1823,34.1,329000,000753.0,Australia,4S,Oceania 007,1824,34.1,332000,000795.0,Australia,4S,Oceania 007,1825,34.1,333000,000833.0,Australia,4S,Oceania There are three row types in the file: Lines beginning with C are CSV country header lines - Like: C,007,Australia,Oceania,1820,2007 The values being: - C: Header - 007: Country number - Australia: Country name - Oceania: Country region - 1820: First year there is data - 2007: Last year there is data Lines starting with 0-9 are data for one individual year for the above country - The year is assumed to increment for every detail line - These detail lines are always 13 digits wide, fixed width fields, no field separator, like: 341 334001 7010 (spaces added for clarity, not in actual file) - Life expectancy (x10), example: 341 = 34.1 years - Population (last digit is exponent multiplier) 334001 = 334,000; 334002 = 3,340,000. The last digit is effectively the number of zeros to add at the right hand side. - GDP (per person, last digit is exponent multiplier) 7010 = $7,010; 7011 = $70,100. Again, the last digit is effectively the number of zeros to add at the right hand side. You need to be careful with this technique, how much data can you afford to lose due to data rounding. You were looking for getting the data across with the least suffering and complexity, my complexity was continual refining to more and more simple data structures, that were more and more looking like a data structure from a 1960's COBOL program when storage was expensive and processing was slow. In hindsight, I feel that I still sent more data than I needed to down the wire, I could have taken one digit off the age range, two digits off the population and one digit off the GDP, saving another 4 bytes per row. Also, could have used base 64 numbers, that would have given me another ~4 bytes per row. But the performance was fine with this structure, so I did no more to cut it back. WARNING: This worked fine with my specific smallish well known data set, if I was putting this out into customer land, I would allow for a wider range of values. For example, if we were to need to express the values in Indonesian Rupiahs rather than US Dollars, the amounts would go up by a factor of 10,000 and my values would no longer fit. My values only work for large positive numbers, no room for a negative sign in front of the number or the exponent. So you need to design a file format that will work for your specific situation and data and keep an eye on it to make sure it stays working. After having done all of this, I am tempted to see what the performance would be like with just simple raw CSV, if I was going to re-code this today, that is what I would start with. Regards Greg #2 Harris On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Folks, I have to send several thousand database entities of different types to both a Silverlight 5 and WPF app for display in a grid. I can't page the data because it's all got to be loaded to allow a snappy response to filtering it. I'm fishing for ways of getting the data across with the least suffering and complexity ... don't forget that Silverlight is involved. Does a WCF service with http
RE: Lots of data over a service
In this age of 'big data' you'd think there would be a big commercialisation opportunity for visualising both small and large data sets in that way. Standardise the input data formats so people can prepare their own data and interpolate missing points and it would have to be huge for management and presentation software particularly if not available commercially already. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Harris Sent: Wednesday, 7 August 2013 11:11 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Lots of data over a service Hi Paul, Is this something you will use yourself or for a client, or propose to make available one way or another? This is work that I did myself as a side project some years ago to cement my Silverlight and C# knowledge. I tried to find some commercial interest in it, but it just was not there in 2009/2010 when I was looking. I am very open to suggestions. Some of my original notes on the project are: The web site where I first saw this style of graph on one of the TED talks (http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen .html) talks by Hans Rosling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rosling) of the Karolinska Institute, where he presented the work done at Gap Minder (http://gapminder.org http://gapminder.org/ ) I was very impressed and assumed that the graphics system behind the graph was some extensive university project that would be hard to reproduce. When I saw the graph again some months later during a presentation by Tristan Kurniawan (then at SSW) on good user interface design, it occurred to me that this could be done as a Silverlight project. At the time Adam Cogan said yeah sure Greg, you do that this weekend. While it was clear that it would be a lot more than a weekend job, I started on the project as my 'background project', which has took up about 18 Months of background work to complete (say equivalent of three-four months of full time work). While this work is strongly influenced by the GapMinder project all the code in this version is my own, I draw every pixel on the screen! The data sources I used is from GapMinder.org, specifically see: Life expectancy at birth: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=phAwcNAVuyj2tPLxKvvnNPA GDP per capita: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=phAwcNAVuyj1jiMAkmq1iMg Population : http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=phAwcNAVuyj0XOoBL_n5tAQ The data needed extensive massaging to get the data into a more usable format and to interpolate missing data between known values. See the data tabs on the left hand side of the graph for the raw data I ended up with. Where data is missing for some years for a country, that data is estimated by drawing a straight line between two known data points, this is then used to derive data for the missing years in between. The data displayed is not complete and may have errors and omissions, where there was a problem with part of the data set, that was left out rather than represent incorrect data. There was a problem merging separate data sets where countries showed different names, so a direct merge was not possible, in this case if clear merge did not present itself, the data was excluded. Other errors may have been introduced into the data during preparation the data for representation in this format (I welcome someone doing a through data validation). Once I had all of the data I worked on getting the graph drawn, the graph is drawn with many lines, circles and rectangles drawn on a Silverlight canvas. With the sheer volume of data and updates needed, this was a bit of a trial and error process to find processes that worked effectively at an acceptable performance. Regards Greg Harris On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Paul Evrat p...@paulevrat.com wrote: Greg, I saw the TED talk that you note was the inspiration for this. I thought at the time it was a brilliant way to present and understand data. Plus it and the presenter had the audience totally amused but it really made the data talk. Is this something you will use yourself or for a client, or propose to make available one way or another? Regards, From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Harris Sent: Wednesday, 7 August 2013 1:30 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Lots of data over a service Hi Greg, What I did with my Motion Chart software (http://www.eshiftlog.com/Silverlight/MotionGraphTestPage.html) to get better download performance was: . Move away from small WCF data transfers to transferring a single large encoded compressed text file . Only transfer raw data (no JSON/XML structure, which adds a LOT OF FAT) . Minor use of CSV format, otherwise fixed format . Define my own number formats to reduce size (remove unneeded decimal places) . Use zip file to transfer data This has improved data load time by a factor
RE: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
Interesting - Microsoft Businesss Intelligence Consultant with an Android phone .. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Monday, 29 July 2013 10:21 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn Even easier to do, from a mobile app :) Nevertheless, what happens if we click the 'confirm' button? :) On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Tejas Goradia byteb...@gmail.com wrote: I am very sorry for this one folks, I downloaded the LinkedIn andriod app and the next-next clicking in the crowded train let to this email. I wasn't my intent to send out these random linked in request. Sincere Apologies, Tejas Goradia On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: I don’t think this is spam – LinkedIn has a feature were you can add your “contacts” from your Yahoo!/Hotmail/Outlook/Gmail mail account. You just have to be careful that you haven’t added distribution lists etc. to your address book. Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Monday, 29 July 2013 9:55 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn You guys don't see the sheer insane volume of spam that mailman eats before getting to these lists. Sometimes it is several times the actual mail volume. I live in perpetual fear of the day spambots have gmail accounts and actually sign up to lists properly. This is a new one though. David Connors mailto:da...@connors.com da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 tel:%2B61%20417%20189%20363 Download my v-card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidconnors Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Corneliu I. Tusnea corne...@acorns.com.au wrote: Isn't this funny? :) Who will accept his request on our behalf? On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Tejas Goradia byteb...@gmail.com wrote: From Tejas Goradia Microsoft Businesss Intelligence Consultant at DWS Melbourne Area, Australia ozDotNet, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Tejas https://www.linkedin.com/e/-cinknh-hjorbuah-6y/isd/15335023803/p4Grcq37/?hs=falsetok=0dfuKa-0h5IlQ1 Confirm that you know Tejas You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. Unsubscribe http://www.linkedin.com/e/-cinknh-hjorbuah-6y/ucpwVuLvTnB_64m5IAAc8uLvcwxqUDCCsU/goo/ozdotnet%40ozdotnet%2Ecom/20061/I5105272669_1/?hs=falsetok=3O19kqM515IlQ1 © 2012, LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct. Mountain View, CA 94043, USA -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3349 / Virus Database: 3209/6528 - Release Date: 07/28/13
RE: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
Smiley face implied .. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Evrat Sent: Monday, 29 July 2013 10:35 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn Interesting - Microsoft Businesss Intelligence Consultant with an Android phone .. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Monday, 29 July 2013 10:21 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn Even easier to do, from a mobile app :) Nevertheless, what happens if we click the 'confirm' button? :) On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Tejas Goradia byteb...@gmail.com wrote: I am very sorry for this one folks, I downloaded the LinkedIn andriod app and the next-next clicking in the crowded train let to this email. I wasn't my intent to send out these random linked in request. Sincere Apologies, Tejas Goradia On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: I don’t think this is spam – LinkedIn has a feature were you can add your “contacts” from your Yahoo!/Hotmail/Outlook/Gmail mail account. You just have to be careful that you haven’t added distribution lists etc. to your address book. Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Monday, 29 July 2013 9:55 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn You guys don't see the sheer insane volume of spam that mailman eats before getting to these lists. Sometimes it is several times the actual mail volume. I live in perpetual fear of the day spambots have gmail accounts and actually sign up to lists properly. This is a new one though. David Connors mailto:da...@connors.com da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 tel:%2B61%20417%20189%20363 Download my v-card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidconnors Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Corneliu I. Tusnea corne...@acorns.com.au wrote: Isn't this funny? :) Who will accept his request on our behalf? On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Tejas Goradia byteb...@gmail.com wrote: From Tejas Goradia Microsoft Businesss Intelligence Consultant at DWS Melbourne Area, Australia ozDotNet, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Tejas https://www.linkedin.com/e/-cinknh-hjorbuah-6y/isd/15335023803/p4Grcq37/?hs=falsetok=0dfuKa-0h5IlQ1 Confirm that you know Tejas You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. Unsubscribe http://www.linkedin.com/e/-cinknh-hjorbuah-6y/ucpwVuLvTnB_64m5IAAc8uLvcwxqUDCCsU/goo/ozdotnet%40ozdotnet%2Ecom/20061/I5105272669_1/?hs=falsetok=3O19kqM515IlQ1 © 2012, LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct. Mountain View, CA 94043, USA -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3349 / Virus Database: 3209/6528 - Release Date: 07/28/13 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3349 / Virus Database: 3209/6528 - Release Date: 07/28/13
RE: [OT] Search engines (not a complaint)
Your you could cut out the ones that can’t be relevant such as foreign language countries. One of my web logs shows substantial access from Russian Federation, China, Latvia, Ukraine, France, Germany, Moldovia, Netherlands, Slovakia, Malaysia, KAZAKHSTAN, and Israel. Is this normal – or am I being spied on !!?? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Sunday, 21 July 2013 9:15 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Search engines (not a complaint) But if you can't be found on a search engine, who's going to come to your site? Word of mouth isn't how you get most traffic. If you cut out the 52% of search engine bots, the other 48% won't know you exist. On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Just a bit of Friday technical trivia that might warn others ... I analysed all of the 2013 data so far from my IIS web logs and found the following interesting facts: robots.txt was read 11270 times My total sent bytes was 10.2GB of which 5.3GB was searching engines and bots 143374 requests came from bots (%46 of the total) So %52 of all traffic out of my web site was food for bots. I think this is an extraordinary volume of data and I have declared war on them. I found a sample robots.txt file on the web which looks quite comprehensive, then I added others ones I found in my logs. I installed the IP Address and Domain Restrictions Role to IIS 7.5 so I can totally block the worst offenders (I'm looking at you Ezooms and GoogleImages!). It will be interesting to see how my web request stats change over the coming months. I think this search engine zoo is now well out of control in the wild. So I've got charities and market researchers pestering me on the phone all day while my web server is pestered with a flood of bots. Greg -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3349 / Virus Database: 3204/6507 - Release Date: 07/20/13
RE: [OT] My computer history page
You lived in luxury !! - I had to endure Chambers 7 figure log tables and my first PC had no hard disk only two 360k floppies. I later upgraded and added the biggest hard drive available at the time 10Mb !! From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Sunday, 14 July 2013 6:09 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] My computer history page Hi Folks, some of you in here who can remember further back than the 1990s might be interested in my hobby page here: http://www.orthogonal.com.au/computers/history/ Cheers, Greg K No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3349 / Virus Database: 3204/6489 - Release Date: 07/13/13
RE: [OT] My computer history page
Greg, we seem to be of the same vintage - Class of 74. Fresh publications of 'Chambers 7 figure log tables' could still be purchased in 1975 when, along with a slide rule, I was required to have them for first year engineering. Log Tables / Slide Rule, same principle - who'd have thought you could multiply numbers by adding their logs and looking up the reverse log. In mid-1974 I may have been one of the first in Australia to have a HP21 calculator. It began the love affair nearly all engineers have with Reverse Polish Notation (not sure if still the case today). 1975 was also the year of the PDP-8 and punch card machines (Fortran Basic) for me and then some main frame I only ever saw once because you had to deliver up a stack of pencil-mark cards for overnight processing only to get reams of large multi-fold paper the next day to say there was an error in line 276 (a crash). You could always resubmit the next night to find the error in line 305. Imagine today if you had to wait overnight for each error !! There was also an electric adding machine in my life a little at that time. It would clunk and churn for a minute or two to add numbers by spinning internal wheels after pushing the hundred or two mechanical buttons on the front. The PC and DOS came later. Did anyone ever use the DOS PDQ library for the US? PDQ for Pretty Damn Quick. It was for QuickBasic (probably only engineering types - not programmers who I believe went to COBOL like you). Enjoyed your computer history page .. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Sunday, 14 July 2013 9:13 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] My computer history page You lived in luxury !! - I had to endure Chambers 7 figure log tables Holey schmoley, I never knew that 7 figure tables existed. I ran a search and came up with a picture here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chambers-Seven-Figure-Mathematical-Tables-Trigonomet rical/dp/B00200WFG0 It's not just a thin booklet, it's a hardcover book. I imagine these were expensive and only used for real science. The one in the link is going for 5 quid, so maybe I'll buy it. It's from 1948, which makes sense in comparison to the timeline of the computer. Greg No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3349 / Virus Database: 3204/6489 - Release Date: 07/13/13
RE: [OT] My New Pluralsight Course
Personally I would like to hear about the products and services that people / organisations on the forum have to plug and about whatever they are working on. I would have a little more faith and recourse with such a product or service than some random finding on the web. Perhaps once a month the forum moderators could declare ShamelessPlugDay and of course some time later /ShamelessPlugDay ? Wouldn’t most people have some interest in this or curiosity at least? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Friday, 21 June 2013 11:15 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] My New Pluralsight Course True unsolicited goes in there with the meaning of spam, but it was not indiscriminately sent. It could easily be considered to be on topic. Since you are in the business of comedy, please share where you perform so those inclined can come and watch your show. :) Oh, and Jason is in Perth, not UK. I suspect his email address is a hangover from having lived there few years ago. Let me tell you, if *I* had a Pluralsight course available you'd never hear the bloody end of it. On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Nathan Chere nathan.ch...@saiglobal.com wrote: Pretty sure unsolicited advertisement does classify as spamming, regardless of volume. Not that it really bothers me in this instance, as it’s not completely out of nowhere and it is just one email. But WT’s call is fair enough too. If you choose to resort to spam to get the word out for whatever you’re trying to flog, you need to accept the bad will that comes with it. Since you are in the business of charity, let share where you spend your lunch times so those so inclined can best co-ordinate their cardboard signs. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Thursday, 20 June 2013 9:53 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] My New Pluralsight Course Pretty sure one email doesn't classify as spamming. Personally, I think if someone in our community produces anything they are proud of and want to share with us, they should be encouraged. If said emails were to become a regular thing then you could politely ask them to stop (off list preferably). Since you are in the business of begging, could you please make yourself a cardboard sign or something so we can all give you free stuff as we pass you in the street. On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Wallace Turner wallace.tur...@gmail.com wrote: since you are in the business of spamming the list could you provide a free copy of your content please? On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:11 AM, jasi...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi all, My new Pluralsight course has just been released “Automated Testing: End to End” http://bit.ly/pstesting http://bit.ly/pstesting We shouldn't live in fear of our code. Long-term customer satisfaction, product agility, and developer happiness are crucial. A quality suite of automated tests helps achieve this. This practical course covers how and what to test at the unit, integration, and functional UI levels; and how to bring them all together with continuous integration build server. Hope wherever you are in Oz you’re having a great morning Cheers Jason Sent from Windows Mail Click here https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/MZbqvYs5QwJvpeaetUwhCQ== to report this email as spam. This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. http://www.websense.com/ www.websense.com No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3199/6428 - Release Date: 06/20/13
Re: Super Sync Sports
Thanks All. The Twitter Bootstrap and that video series look like two little gold mines to me .. Brett Christensen brett.christen...@gmail.com wrote:I can vouch for the Twitter Bootstrap. It's a godsend. On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Michael Ridland rid...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Paul I think you'll find the majority of developers hand code html via a texteditor. Since VS's primary function is a text editor it's been able to do html5 before html5 existed. Many companies try to create WYSIWYG editors but they never work well enough so they die. The best tool to help you get started at nice html5 UI would be bootstrappers, like html5boilerplate or twitter bootstraps. On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Paul Evrat p...@paulevrat.com wrote: Thanks for that. I didn't realise vs now supported html5. Does the editor give full html5 features though? Did anyone ever use vs for high end web presentation / graphics? I'd assumed the good layouts and graphics were done in something else and html inserted into vs for .net functionality programming. Wasn't expressions created to try to fill this gap? Also vs or webmatrix (if you just need .net and js)? I find ms literature tells you every product is the bees knees but provides little to discern similar products from each other. Mark Thompson matho...@internode.on.net wrote: Um, I might be missing something, but why not just use Visual Studio as your HTML5 editor? I haven’t tested it with the express editions, but according to the Product details I can’t see any reason why it wouldn’t work: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/visual-studio-express-for-web#product-express-web You may also want to have a look at WebMatrix 2 which is also free and supports a whole range of different languages: http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/ -Mark From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Evrat Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2013 4:47 PM To: katherine.m...@gordon.edu; ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: RE: Super Sync Sports I'm asking if you can mix html5 features from an editor then programme .net into it for the back end functionality? Also if there is a good and free html5 editor for the purpose. Do you can judge my level, I'm using vb express / asp.net ecpress edition .. Katherine Moss katherine.m...@gordon.edu wrote: By the way, where does ASP.net come into that? Writing a site in all HTML with no .net code is ... primitive. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Evrat Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:30 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Re: Super Sync Sports Immersed in snow on my android phone??!! Amateur question - is there a html5 editor (pref free) that can integrate with visual studio for programming? Or is expressions the only thing? Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote: Bloody interesting look at the future of immersive computing. On 28 February 2013 11:33, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: All HTML5. This is amazing. http://www.chrome.com/supersyncsports/ -- David Connors da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 Download my v-card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidconnors Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
Re: Super Sync Sports
Immersed in snow on my android phone??!! Amateur question - is there a html5 editor (pref free) that can integrate with visual studio for programming? Or is expressions the only thing? Preet Sangha preetsan...@gmail.com wrote:Bloody interesting look at the future of immersive computing. On 28 February 2013 11:33, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: All HTML5. This is amazing. http://www.chrome.com/supersyncsports/ -- David Connors da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 Download my v-card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidconnors Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
RE: [OT] PDF editor
Depends what you want it for exactly but I really like this one (free) - http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer Great for marking up pdf documents in all sorts of ways but a little inflexible with fonts and font sizes. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tom Rutter Sent: Tuesday, 18 September 2012 5:26 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] PDF editor Any recommendations for a pdf editor? Acrobat or NitroPDF or some other thing? Free preferred obviously
RE: ip2location
Hi Tom, I use - http://www.ipinfodb.com/ But it is just a free service and subset of www.ip2location.com data. Seems quick and reliable. I'm also interested if anyone knows a more accurate service. Regards, From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tom Gao Sent: Monday, 10 September 2012 11:52 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: ip2location Hi Guys, Does anyone know of a good ip2location service ? I've tried a number of them which are all bit of a hit and miss.. such as http://www.ip2location.com/ http://whatismyipaddress.com/ seems to be very accurate but I'm not sure if they have a service to consume Thanks, Tom
RE: ip2location
I think because they are more focused on US IP locations however I am only using at a Country level. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tom Gao Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2012 7:16 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: ip2location Hi sorry to tell you it's not very reliable. 203.47.149.66 is our corporate IP it should say ryde however it's showing queensland. However http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/203.47.149.66 shows this. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Evrat Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2012 6:42 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: ip2location Hi Tom, I use - http://www.ipinfodb.com/ But it is just a free service and subset of www.ip2location.com data. Seems quick and reliable. I'm also interested if anyone knows a more accurate service. Regards, From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tom Gao Sent: Monday, 10 September 2012 11:52 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: ip2location Hi Guys, Does anyone know of a good ip2location service ? I've tried a number of them which are all bit of a hit and miss.. such as http://www.ip2location.com/ http://whatismyipaddress.com/ seems to be very accurate but I'm not sure if they have a service to consume Thanks, Tom
RE: I'm getting port scanned ??!!
Thanks all .. If someone is going to repeatedly knock on every door of your house .. it cant be bad to answer each with .. ‘who’s there?, who’s there? .. etc .. ‘ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2011 12:54 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: I'm getting port scanned ??!! On Aug 30, 2011 7:24 PM, Stephen Price step...@littlevoices.com wrote: Not legally, anyway :) Take em out from orbit, its the only way :-)
I'm getting port scanned ??!!
Any suggestions? Over 2 weeks now my home office PC is getting port scanned repeatedly from - 174.141.226.96,3479 I get router security alerts so assume they are being blocked but the scanning continues - very annoying. My PC has no server applications, generally open for skype, othewise Office, programming, and mundane uses. Did have a port open a while ago for a server application but closed. On a fixed IP. I have looked up the source (USA) and sent the following email without reply. To m...@bodhost.com Mark, Port scanning from Bodhost server using - IP 174.141.226.123 Port 3479 Appears to being used for port scanning. Please advise urgently. Regards, Paul Evrat ..
RE: Web Development
All, A question from an amateur - What would the split be roughly of professional developers and larger developer organisations that use VB compared to C# ? Is one any better than the other for particular purposes? Regards ... Paul Evrat .. -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of DotNet Dude Sent: Wednesday, 10 August 2011 4:28 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Web Development On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Michael Ridland rid...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Smart Employers look for someone who's smart, can learn and gets things done. I would take on someone based on that not what specific platform knowledge they had. Haven't run into any of those recently. Nailed the interview last month but got turned down for doing vb the last 2 years and not c#. Probably better i didn't go there anyways i guess but left a sour taste in my mouth It's great to learn MVC first. Learning WebForms will teach you the wrong way to do web development. ps, where are you based? can you send me your CV I might know someone interested? Thanks, Michael Ridland | ThinkSmart Digital Managing Director P. 0404 865 350 E. mich...@thinksmartdigital.com.au W. www.thinksmartdigital.com.au T. www.twitter.com/rid00z L. au.linkedin.com/in/michaelridland On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Simon Kuldin sim...@prism-solutions.com.au wrote: Hi William, Thanks.. maybe Ill have a go at the exam once Ive done enough study via the pluralsight website. That being said, I probably should have started with WebForms rather than MVC, but Im already curious with MVC now. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of William Luu Sent: Wednesday, 10 August 2011 1:10 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Web Development Hi Simon, perhaps if you passed one of those MS ASP.NET exams it may help? Maybe this one? 70-515: Web Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-515 On 10 August 2011 13:02, Simon Kuldin sim...@prism-solutions.com.au wrote: Cheers for the feedback I guess I just have to continue on with my home attempts at building a website via ASP MVC 3 From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of William Luu Sent: Wednesday, 10 August 2011 12:48 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Web Development Simon, while I'd say no it doesn't make you un-employable. It does mean it may be a little more difficult to get through the door for the first interview compared with someone else who has the same amount of .NET experience as yourself, but as an ASP.NET dev. That said, it also depends on what the company that is hiring is after. I'm sure there are many companies out there that are actively searching for good .NET developers and would happily give you a go. On 10 August 2011 12:26, Simon Kuldin sim...@prism-solutions.com.au wrote: I meant *un*employable From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Simon Kuldin Sent: Wednesday, 10 August 2011 12:18 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Web Development Hey there everyone, It seems to me that almost all of the Dot Net jobs advertised out there, require a decent level of ASP.NET experience. Does that mean Im pretty much employable since I have little to no ASP.NET experience, despite my level of Dot Net experience in WinForms and Compact Framework development? I am studying ASP.NET when I can, but dont have any real work experience with it yet. I feel like Im fighting an uphill battle to try and get into a full-time Dot Net development role (Im only doing Dot Net development as a portion of my job at the moment).
Re: [OT] SMS Gateways
Kirsten, I have been using SMS Global and have had no real trouble. www.smsglobal.com.au . Easy to use and reliable. There are lots of options if you Google and volume and price considerations can become the basis for chosing. Regards .. Paul Evrat. -Original Message- From: Kirsten Greed kirst...@jobtalk.com.au Sender: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:52:41 To: 'ozDotNet'ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Reply-To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: [OT] SMS Gateways Hi All Can anyone recommend an SMS Gateway, so that I can write apps that send text messages? Thanks Kirsten
