RE: [NF] Excel Question
try =VALUE(Cell with '325). IE Cell A1 = '325, Cell A2 =VALUE(A1), THE RESULT A number 325 is in cell A2 Jim -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Johnson Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 5:12 PM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] Excel Question Jeff Johnson wrote: http://www.ambience.sk/old/open-office-text-number-format-conversion It uses search and replace with regular expressions .* and . Not bad. Yikes! I can do this in Open Office but not in Excel. I am giving instructions to a client. They don't have Open Office. -- Jeff --- Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com (623) 582-0323 www.san-dc.com [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/01cb07ca$6931a300$3b94e9...@net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Vid session saved to disk?
Take a look at Windows Media Encoder Ver. 9. Free on MS site. Jim -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 12:50 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Vid session saved to disk? Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: On 05/17/2010 07:05 PM, Pete Theisen wrote: My piano teacher is including an out-of-town student or two in the class by using Vid on Windows 7 Home Deluxe. She tried Skype but it wouldn't do the whole class session. Is there a way to save the whole session, audio and video, to disk in a standard file she could put on her website so students could refer back to it? http://www.logitech.com/vid She is not adverse to a parallel process, if that's what it would take. Perhaps this will help: http://www.brighthub.com/computing/linux/articles/35927.aspx Hi Leland, I am sure she will want to stay in Windows, however. -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/01caf680$8cb5ec60$a621c5...@net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [OT] Another crappy enviro-car death trap.
I think I'll get the table. Jim -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 2:12 PM To: mikes horse racing Subject: [OT] Another crappy enviro-car death trap. The video is hilarious. http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2009/11/another_crappy.html#comments [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/b7bc0ca389af480586a50e2aa3565...@engineeringm ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Hot APC battery
Pete, we use APC UPSs all over the station. We have found they will run warm when on battery power. If they feel hot I would suggest you pull the battery and check for blistering. We have found the UPS will pass the self test and have a battery that has melted the plastic battery housing to the point they have blistered. Jim -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:59 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: [NF] Hot APC battery Hi Everybody, The last power failure one of my APCs did not maintain the power. The battery is quite hot, like a cheap notebook. However, the Replace Battery light is not on. Is the whole APC shot, or just the battery? Back-UPS CS 3 5 0 is on the front of it. Not a lot of info on the apc website http://www.apc.com/support/ -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/7c5bd7df6e834e52a7c06ec505baf...@engineeringm ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Hot APC battery
Pete, all the APC units we use are rack mounts. If you remove the front panel and the cover over the battery, you should find a set of plastic connectors with a red and black wire in each side. One end goes the batteries and the other to the charge circuit. Most of the time one of the connectors has a small rope pull attached to aid with disconnection of the connectors. Pull the connectors apart. If you have the connectors don't try to remove the wires from the batteries as the terminals on the battery tend to break off. This link will take you to the style of APC units we use. You can look up your UPS on the same site. http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SUR TA1500RMXL2Utotal_watts=50 Good luck, Jim -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:06 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Hot APC battery Jim Felton wrote: Pete, we use APC UPSs all over the station. We have found they will run warm when on battery power. If they feel hot I would suggest you pull the battery and check for blistering. We have found the UPS will pass the self test and have a battery that has melted the plastic battery housing to the point they have blistered. Hi Jim, The battery is connected by a couple of wires that don't *want* to come off. How do you remove them? Unless they are disconnected you can only see part of the battery. The last power failure one of my APCs did not maintain the power. The battery is quite hot, like a cheap notebook. However, the Replace Battery light is not on. Is the whole APC shot, or just the battery? Back-UPS CS 3 5 0 is on the front of it. Not a lot of info on the apc website http://www.apc.com/support/ -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/568c5086f3224398b467d59cc4706...@engineeringm ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Hot APC battery
-Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:37 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Hot APC battery Jim Felton wrote: Pete, all the APC units we use are rack mounts. If you remove the front panel and the cover over the battery, you should find a set of plastic connectors with a red and black wire in each side. One end goes the batteries and the other to the charge circuit. Most of the time one of the connectors has a small rope pull attached to aid with disconnection of the connectors. Pull the connectors apart. If you have the connectors don't try to remove the wires from the batteries as the terminals on the battery tend to break off. This link will take you to the style of APC units we use. You can look up your UPS on the same site. http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SUR TA1500RMXL2Utotal_watts=50 Hi Jim, I have these: http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BK3 50total_watts=200 Two good ones, and this one that doesn't work. I think they were around $40. The battery might be $50, if you could even find it. Oh, wait, there are links. http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=RBC2 http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=RBC2J Don't know which one to get - they look the same. -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ Pete, just a thought you can't buy a http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=RBC2J in the US, but you can buy a http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=RBC2 Things that my me go Hum. Jim [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/719fe1b919c24cb8a965472c5de1d...@engineeringm ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: Something free from M$
Kurt, I have been using the CA suite from about 7 years now. It works well if you take the time to tune it for your system by excluding some folders form real time protection. I dropped my swap file and temp folder I control in the exclusion list. Don't exclude the temp folders Windows, your Browser or your E-Mail client create. Jim -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Kurt Wendt Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 9:00 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: RE: Something free from M$ I've been reading a bit of this thread. And, today on the train I saw a sign which said that Optimum Online customers get free AV protection SW. And, at home - our internet is Optimum Online. So, just now I went online - and I found that it's the Comp. Assoc.'s Internet Security suite that they are offering up to us. Now - I also know that this Free MS AV is in the 1st release. So - I was curious. Anyone have any experience with it? And, anyone have any experience with the CA suite? Finally - for this one home PC of mine - I am considering just occasionally hitting the TrendMicro free InternetScan deal. (This particular computer - I don't do much Net stuff with it - mostly working with my 3D animation software.) Any thoughts??? TIA, -K- -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Russell Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:02 AM 2009/9/30 Ricardo Aráoz ricar...@gmail.com: Stephen Russell wrote: 2009/9/29 Ricardo Aráoz ricar...@gmail.com: An innovative marketing trick would be to ship a fully tested product, Doesn't everyone? I don't consider security breeches untested. Sure, Micro$hit has NEVER EVER shipped an insufficiently tested product. And customers do NEVER EVER say wait till SP2 to buy it. I was having this same argument with Cinderella and the Easter Bunny last night. - I know that wait till SP1 is released and approved has been my mantra with respect to PRODUCTION systems... [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/7aaa8e74e1464464bed2cdffae9c5...@engineeringm ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Screen Capture Utility
Give Gadwin PrintScreen a look. They have a free version that works for me and Pro version with a few extra options. The program is easy to control and triggered by the Prnt Scrn key. You can download it at http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/ Jim -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAP Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 12:11 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [NF] Screen Capture Utility I am looking for an OpenSource or FreeWare or ShareWare alternative to SnagIt 5.0. I want a Screen Capture tool that can scroll -- as does the updated version of SnagIt -- *Charles *-- Website: *http://homepages.uc.edu/ http://homepages.uc.edu/%7Eenzerch~enzerch http://homepages.uc.edu/%7Eenzerch* [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/a3805020b3474eb9afb4ede23e34d...@engineeringm ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Screen Capture Utility
Charles, I don't think you can do that with the free version. There may be an option in the pro version be I doubt it. I didn't think about the scroll when I suggested Gadwin. Sorry if I sent you on a wild goose chase. Good luck with your search. Jim -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Enzer, Charles (enzerch) Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 2:58 PM To: profox@leafe.com; profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: [NF] Screen Capture Utility Dear Jim: Thank you for the prompt reply. I can't figure out how to use PrintScreen to Capture Scrolled portions of the selected window. That is, how to capture more than a screen full of material. Please let me know. Charles From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Jim Felton [jfelt...@twcny.rr.com] Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 7:59 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: [NF] Screen Capture Utility Give Gadwin PrintScreen a look. They have a free version that works for me and Pro version with a few extra options. The program is easy to control and triggered by the Prnt Scrn key. You can download it at http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/ Jim -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAP Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 12:11 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [NF] Screen Capture Utility I am looking for an OpenSource or FreeWare or ShareWare alternative to SnagIt 5.0. I want a Screen Capture tool that can scroll -- as does the updated version of SnagIt -- *Charles *-- Website: *http://homepages.uc.edu/ http://homepages.uc.edu/%7Eenzerch~enzerch http://homepages.uc.edu/%7Eenzerch* [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/861e405eacac4380a77f7a4c4bb2b...@engineeringm ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] DOS Printing
Check the share name of the printer. It needs to be 8 characters or less with no spaces. Normally when you set up the printer sharing an error message comes up to tell you about the problem. Jim -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAP Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 5:48 PM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [NF] DOS Printing I want to print from WordStar 4 on my Network Printer -- HP Officejet Pro 8500. I use to be able to print from a local printer (LPT1) with the HP 520 inkjet. OS is XP Pro SP3. Thank you. Charles [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/367551e6947f4e768c382ac4024fb...@engineeringm ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Going to the dark side!!
Just one question, why is he getting rid of a 3 month old Macbook? Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 5:43 AM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: [NF] Going to the dark side!! Well, Guys, Its that time of the year when the laptop needs updating as it is not 2 years old (2Ghz 15 widescreen Gateway Centrino single core with 2Gb ram and 200Gb disk) so last night I decided to take the plunge and replace it. As luck would have it my colleague who works as a freelance designer mentioned that he wanted to get rid of his Macbook so weve done a deal. Its a 3 month old 2.5Ghz dual core 17 screen Macbook Pro with 4Gb ram, 320Gb disk (7200rpm) the top of the range HD screen, 3 years Applecare extended warranty and all for £800 (about $1,200) so I THINK Ive got a good deal maybe others will confirm that. In addition hes throwing in VXFusion to run Windblows and Parallels as well as the latest Microsoft Office, a full Adobe suite and Photoshop legit disks and a hard and soft carrying case. So, over the weekend I'll be giving it a good workout and discovering all these goodies that Ed keeps on going on about. You never know I may even become a Mac convert. Still, as long as I can run VFP on it that's all I'm concerned about at the moment as everything else is a bonus. Dave Crozier [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: One Email in Two Days
Hi all, I'm getting to this a little late, but a service at www.no-ip.com could be used to solve the IP change problem. It is a little app that runs on the server to keep the NO-IP DNS tables up to date and redirect the request to the IP your server is reporting. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 12:07 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: One Email in Two Days Kevin Cully wrote: Here's the message from Ed on Twitter: Server problem solved! Turns out that RoadRunner changed my IP address. It's a dynamic account, but changes like every 2 years Hi Kevin! So much time, so few emails. Pete Theisen wrote: Jeff Johnson wrote: Paul's email today was the only one I received since Thursday. I noticed leafe.com was down also. Is it only me? It looks like everything I have posted has hit the archives but there was a gap in sending them out. Basically, everything in the last day or so. I suppose the rest of the posters will find a similar result. -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] No digital TV signal?
Leland, go read but thought you might like to see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television Nucomm and Microwave Radio Corp. (MRC) are the two big players in the microwave equipment suppliers. They both offer products for Studio to Transmitter Links (STL) and Live truck to station links. There is a government program being run by Sprint/Nextel to convert all Analog Live trucks to Digital. This was mandated by the FCC about 2 years ago. It does return part of the spectrum analog microware transmitter currently use to the government for use in Home Land security and other government agencies. That project was supposed to be completed by August of this year but has been extended to I think August of next year. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leland F. Jackson, CPA Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 1:01 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] No digital TV signal? The below article give a definition of HDTV signal, (eg digital signal), and how a digital signal can be used to carry more data over a given microwave frequency bandwidth. http://www.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=dtv.htmurl=http://www.pbs.or g/opb/crashcourse/digital_v_analog/ http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/dtv6.htm Regards, LelandJ Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: Yes, Nucomm has a patent for digital transmission over microwave analog, if that's what your talking about. I'm not qualified to discuss the technicalities of how a digital signal is transmitted, whether from the broadcast studio to the microwave tower, or from the microwave tower to the TV antenna, or from the TV antenna to the HDTV, or from microwave tower to microwave tower, etc. There seem to be a lot of RD in this area, so things can change in a hurry. g It does seem that a digital signal is the future for TV, and a high definition TV is designed to work natively with a digital signal, so I would look closely at the long term cost to purchase a new High Definition TV, as opposed tot he long term cost of retrofitting an analog TV with a tuner box to convert the digital signal to analog. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave http://www.cnet.com/1990-7874_1-5108854-1.html http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7359450/description.html http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/briefingroom/2008/05/21/nucomm-wins-p atent-for-its-cost-effective-digital-transmission-over-microwave-analog-link -concept/ Regards, LelandJ Jim Felton wrote: Leland, the only frequencies being free up are channels 51 to 88. The digital transmitters are assigned the current frequencies from channel 2 to 50. Not all Analog TV goes Black or off air on Feb 17th, Low power TV Stations can continue to transmit for at least 2 years past that date. The FCC has not pasted the ruling yet. Come on up to Northern NY and I'll get out the frequency analyzer and show what an 8VSB digital signal really analog signal looks like. Believe me it's an analog FM signal with phase encoding in the signal and its still 6 MHz wide, just like analog TV. At the station we tell are transmitter engineer he has a High Power Amplifier with the Random Bit Generator option, when the transmitter gets out of alignment and subcarriers don't sync up. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leland F. Jackson, CPA Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 11:19 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] No digital TV signal? The electromagnetic field contains ranges of energy, (eg waves or frequencies), with various ranges suited to different kinds of energy. For example radio, microwaves, lasers beams, TV signals, etc all exist within their own electromagnetic frequencies or ranges. The switch to digital TV in part is to free up a range of electromagnetic fields previously used for analog TV, so it can be dedicated for use by the government, for example by agencies like Homeland Security during an emergency. The government also has sold some of the analog frequencies of the private sector. Also, the switch to digital TV has to do with improved TV quality for consumers. A High Definition Television, (eg HDTV), is the product being sold, and a digital signal is used to deliver the picture/sound. An example of a analog system is the use of a modem to modulate and demodulate sound over an electric wire. This is an analog system, because it requires the communications to be modulated and demodulated using sounds, much like people talking on the phone. The numbers and letters of the alphabet that are represented by a string of 8 bits of 1s and 0s, or ons or offs, etc are carried over the wires between two computers via sounds. In a digital system, the 1s and 0s, or ons and offs, do not have to be modulated and demodulated into an analog signal. The 1 and 0, or the ons and offs exist in a pure
RE: [NF] No digital TV signal?
Leland, you are almost on target. The 6 MHz bandwidth applies to the broadcast transmitter. The microwave systems used to deliver the 292 ASI stream to the transmitter may or may not have a 6 MHz bandwidth. For example the MRC microwave system we use at the station carries 2 HD ASI streams at 19.34 Mb/s each and 1 SD that is a 6 MHz analog TV channel. If you want to see what an 8VBS transmitter signal looks go to Page 3 figure 6 of this article. http://www.axcera.com/downloads/technotes-whitepapers/technote_5.pdf You are right about the Japanese system, but they have a very limited number of broadcast stations compared to the USA. This allows them to allocate the 20 MHz required for their system. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leland F. Jackson, CPA Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 12:01 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] No digital TV signal? If I understand thing correctly, the Japanese TV networks each have 20 MHz of microwave bandwidth, so Japanese TV stations will stream a mirror image of the digital camera's picture over the air, and the Japanese people will have the highest quality TV picture. In America each TV network only has 6 MHz of microwave frequency bandwidth, so the USA has adopted a compressed digital signal. The signal loses quality the more it is compressed, but it reduces the amount of binary data to be processed, as well as the size of the file necessary to hold the binary information. The standard wrapper used in the USA to hold the digital information is mpeg- 2, I believe. I also see mpeg-4 a lot, which also seem to be popular. In the USA the digital signal is compressed. The more the signal is compress the low the quality of the picture, the lower the amount of digital data processed to create the picture, and the smaller the file need to hold a TV program. For better quality HDTV entertainment, you can stream your own huge files using a Blu-Ray DVD or via a huge movie file located in your computer. Both DVD and multimedia player are popular for delivering high quality video/sound content to an HDTV. A TV station delivers its products much like information is delivered in a computer network. Each USA TV network has 6 MHz of microwave frequency within its designated range to broadcast several streams of content over its channels, (eg multi-casting), using compression to fit it all into its limited 6MHz of microwave bandwidth. The images and sound from the digital camera is wrapped into a mpeg-2 signal for delivered over the network using microwave frequencies, and the picture will be displayed on the HDTV, which has been designed to work natively with a digital signal. There is plenty of change going on in the area of HDTV right now, so I'm hoping I will get the full 10 or 15 years out of my HDTV, before it goes obsolete. LOL Regards, LelandJ Jim Felton wrote: Leland, go read but thought you might like to see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television Nucomm and Microwave Radio Corp. (MRC) are the two big players in the microwave equipment suppliers. They both offer products for Studio to Transmitter Links (STL) and Live truck to station links. There is a government program being run by Sprint/Nextel to convert all Analog Live trucks to Digital. This was mandated by the FCC about 2 years ago. It does return part of the spectrum analog microware transmitter currently use to the government for use in Home Land security and other government agencies. That project was supposed to be completed by August of this year but has been extended to I think August of next year. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leland F. Jackson, CPA Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 1:01 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] No digital TV signal? The below article give a definition of HDTV signal, (eg digital signal), and how a digital signal can be used to carry more data over a given microwave frequency bandwidth. http://www.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=dtv.htmurl=http://www.pbs.or g/opb/crashcourse/digital_v_analog/ http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/dtv6.htm Regards, LelandJ Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: Yes, Nucomm has a patent for digital transmission over microwave analog, if that's what your talking about. I'm not qualified to discuss the technicalities of how a digital signal is transmitted, whether from the broadcast studio to the microwave tower, or from the microwave tower to the TV antenna, or from the TV antenna to the HDTV, or from microwave tower to microwave tower, etc. There seem to be a lot of RD in this area, so things can change in a hurry. g It does seem that a digital signal is the future for TV, and a high definition TV is designed to work natively with a digital signal, so I would look closely at the long
RE: [NF] No digital TV signal?
Leland, the only frequencies being free up are channels 51 to 88. The digital transmitters are assigned the current frequencies from channel 2 to 50. Not all Analog TV goes Black or off air on Feb 17th, Low power TV Stations can continue to transmit for at least 2 years past that date. The FCC has not pasted the ruling yet. Come on up to Northern NY and I'll get out the frequency analyzer and show what an 8VSB digital signal really analog signal looks like. Believe me it's an analog FM signal with phase encoding in the signal and its still 6 MHz wide, just like analog TV. At the station we tell are transmitter engineer he has a High Power Amplifier with the Random Bit Generator option, when the transmitter gets out of alignment and subcarriers don't sync up. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leland F. Jackson, CPA Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 11:19 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] No digital TV signal? The electromagnetic field contains ranges of energy, (eg waves or frequencies), with various ranges suited to different kinds of energy. For example radio, microwaves, lasers beams, TV signals, etc all exist within their own electromagnetic frequencies or ranges. The switch to digital TV in part is to free up a range of electromagnetic fields previously used for analog TV, so it can be dedicated for use by the government, for example by agencies like Homeland Security during an emergency. The government also has sold some of the analog frequencies of the private sector. Also, the switch to digital TV has to do with improved TV quality for consumers. A High Definition Television, (eg HDTV), is the product being sold, and a digital signal is used to deliver the picture/sound. An example of a analog system is the use of a modem to modulate and demodulate sound over an electric wire. This is an analog system, because it requires the communications to be modulated and demodulated using sounds, much like people talking on the phone. The numbers and letters of the alphabet that are represented by a string of 8 bits of 1s and 0s, or ons or offs, etc are carried over the wires between two computers via sounds. In a digital system, the 1s and 0s, or ons and offs, do not have to be modulated and demodulated into an analog signal. The 1 and 0, or the ons and offs exist in a pure energy state and are transmitted through space, like between two microwave towers or via pure light over fiber optic cables. The new HDTV are designed to work with a digital signal, but during the transition to digital TV, all newer HDTVs come with a tuner that allows the HDTV to show an analog channel. I suppose the tuner will become irrelevant after Feb 19, 2009 for anyone with a HDTV, as all TV will be delivered via a digital signal, so anyone that still has an analog TV will need a tuner to change the digital signal into an analog one. Regards, LelandJ Pete Theisen wrote: Stephen Russell wrote: On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Jerry Wolper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: don't you need a digital antenna too? No. The bowtie/halo part of the antenna should get the digital signal that's broadcast on UHF. It's an all-or-nothing proposition, though. Weak signals that came in poorly in analog won't come in at all digitally. --- Well it is all on the location of the towers. If the new digital ones are closer it will be better. My dad found that the digital reception was much better than the traditional because the digital towers were close to his house and the old ones were on the other side of town. Roswell NM. Hi Stephen! I think the same tower will host the digital signal. Florida companies are too cheap to do anything else. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] No digital TV signal?
Mike just so you know, the digital signal your talking about isn't really digital. It is actually an 8VSB analog signal with digital data encoded in 8 subcarriers that have to synchronize as a single block to be received as data. You are right that there is On/Off relationship in the encoding of the data stream (Spec. 292) that is feed into the transmitter, but that is more or less the end of the digital part until it is received and decoder by your receiver/TV at which time it become digital again to be processed by decompression algorithm in the receiver and then guess what it goes back to analog if you have a TV with a picture tube. Good luck with the class. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:09 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] No digital TV signal? Analog signals that come in weak will be seen as fussy, or not at all. Digital signals that come in weak will be able to be readjusted to look 100 percent perfect when initially sent out because of how digital signals are broadcasted / made. I am studying it in networking 101 right now. With digital, the signal is either on (1) or off (0)n therefore when the signal is recieved, if there is any signal measuring above (zero) then it is viewed as a on (1). If you want me to get into the science behind the digital signals, let me know and i will go more in depth. Mike Wohlrab Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:33:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] No digital TV signal? You don't need a digital antenna. The website below answered all of my questions; especially, since my signals come from three different compass points. To get all of the compass points without having to turn the indoor antenna, I got a GE Amplified Quantum Antenna #24775. From Froogle: http://www.google.com/products?q=Quantum+Antenna+%2324775btnG=Search+Produc tsscoring=p It has three panels so I was able to capture signals from three compass points up to 26 miles from me. My suggestion: try your current antenna first. Analog drops dead at midnight on February 17, 2009. All full-power television stations in the United States will stop broadcasting in analog and switch to 100% digital broadcasting. At 10:42 PM 10/29/2008, you wrote: Check out this website: http://www.antennaweb.org Enter your address (you don't need to enter your name) and it will tell you where the closest broadcasting stations are. I helped my neighbor hook up a large antenna inside his attic (HOA won't let us put one on our roof) and we did some tests. We then hooked up a signal booster very close to the antenna (within 5') and re-tested. The improvement was remarkable. These boosters need some power, but he had an outlet in his attic that also ran his furnace. The booster would not work as well if placed closer to his digital to analog converter box. Having the booster closer to the antenna is key. HTH, -Kevin CULLY Technologies, LLC Pete Theisen wrote: Hi Everybody! I popped 10 bucks and the government coupon for a digital TV converter. I hooked it all up and there is no signal. Of course, there was no analog reception to speak of. Aren't all the TV stations broadcasting digital by now? [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [OT] Which place is nicer to visit, Cincinatti or Indianapolis?
Indy has a children's museum that will bring the kid in senior citizen (More of science and nature center). The Indy 500 in May, The summer National Drag races in September (Labor Day weekend), and 11 championship golf courses open to the public. I lived in Indy for 10 years and love every minute. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Laeremans Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 6:05 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Which place is nicer to visit, Cincinatti or Indianapolis? On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:56 PM, Michael Madigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you had to choose, which place is nicer to visit, Cincinatti or Indianapolis? Mekka ? A+ jml [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
[NF] Keyboard remapping
Hi all, Does anyone know of a keyboard remapping program I can use outside of FoxPro. I need to remap all the Function keys on a standard keyboard to match the custom keyboard some It can be used remotely with a KVM. TIA Jim --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/mixed text/plain (text body -- kept) application/ms-tnef --- ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Keyboard remapping
Thanks, I'll give it a try next week. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rick Quilhot Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 8:38 AM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: [NF] Keyboard remapping Take a look at Sharpekeys http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/ Rick Q -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Felton Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 7:31 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: [NF] Keyboard remapping Hi all, Does anyone know of a keyboard remapping program I can use outside of FoxPro. I need to remap all the Function keys on a standard keyboard to match the custom keyboard some It can be used remotely with a KVM. TIA Jim --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/mixed text/plain (text body -- kept) application/ms-tnef --- [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [OT] High price for a load of hot air
Al has done it! He figured out how to make money without producing anything but hot air, which we all know he exceeds at. The best part is he will make millions convincing use he can stop. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 9:46 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] High price for a load of hot air On Monday 18 June 2007 19:13, Robert Calco wrote: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21920043-27197,00.html or http://tinyurl.com/373gab Hi Bob! Is it possible, that Al Gore, inventor of the internet, could be wrong? Or worse, cynically lying? -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [OT] Child support
Mike, 10 years ago when I was going thru the same thing the State (NY) set the support at 27% (for 2 kids) of my gross. It wasn't optional for either side, but the court also nailed me with all the medical insurance and unpaid medical cost on top of that. I you can do better before it gets to the support hearing go for it. Also avoid state collected support, I ending up paying support for 6 months after the order ended because the state don't process' the paperwork. The state told me I could apply to the state to have the money returned to me, but it could take years to recover it and the cost of my lawyer to fill the paperwork could not be recovered. Long story short, after one meting with my lawyer, I wrote off the money as gone. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Arnold Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 2:16 AM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: [OT] Child support Mike, did you work this out? Somehow it popped into my head tonight, and it led to a line of thinking that I thought I'd mention. Essentially, I'm thinking that since we live in an age of gender equality, that should be the guide in this case. That is, calculate the actual cost of providing the children with the basics, and split it 50/50, with frills/gifts/extras being contributory on a voluntary basis (that's between the parent and the child). Take living quarters for example. If it costs $2k/month, just for example, for a place suitable and customary (is that the language?) for her and the children, while it would cost $1k/month for a place to live alone, then that's $1k/month attributable to the kids. Apply same kind of thinking to other basics of life: add it up and divide by 2. Bill As many of you know, I'm going through a divorce. Wife wants child support for our 2 kids and suggested that we work up a figure outside of the courts, as that'd probably be better for both of us. I'm all for paying my fair share for the kids (but not 1 freakin' penny for her own use/gain), but I'm not sure how one determines what that payment amount should be? For those of you who've gone through this crap, any advice? I could send it through the lawyer, but of course that legal bill sucks at $175/hr. tia! --Mike [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] -- Looking to LINQ
While I would agree Foxbase was a command compatible clone of Dbase, It was a much superior product. Much faster, more stable and multi platform, which Dbase tried but failed at. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 3:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [NF] -- Looking to LINQ Derek Kalweit wrote: A few passing references to Foxpro here... http://reddevnews.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=707 Innovated? Na-- sticking with what they've always done-- steal ideas from elsewhere... Well, they legally acquired FoxPro, which in turn was a copy of dBase, so in fact it was Fox Software that 'stole' from elsewhere surely? [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [ot] joke
Version 2 NEW SUPERMARKET SURROUND-SOUND The new supermarket near my house has an automatic water mister to keep the produce fresh. Just before it goes on, you hear the sound of distant thunder and the smell of fresh rain. When you approach the milk cases, you hear cows mooing and witness the scent of fresh hay. When you approach the egg case, you hear hens cluck and cackle and the air is filled with the pleasing aroma of bacon and eggs frying. The veggie department features the smell of fresh buttered corn. And as I approached the famine care products aisle. The sound of a woman telling her husband just how useless he is and aroma of Summers Eve. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Russell Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:12 PM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject:[ot] joke NEW SUPERMARKET SURROUND-SOUND The new supermarket near my house has an automatic water mister to keep the produce fresh. Just before it goes on, you hear the sound of distant thunder and the smell of fresh rain. When you approach the milk cases, you hear cows mooing and witness the scent of fresh hay. When you approach the egg case, you hear hens cluck and cackle and the air is filled with the pleasing aroma of bacon and eggs frying. The veggie department features the smell of fresh buttered corn. I don't buy toilet paper there any more. Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 A good way to judge people is by observing how they treat those who can do them absolutely no good. ---Unknown http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.10/720 - Release Date: 3/12/2007 7:19 PM [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [OT] House equity versus it being sold (in divorce)
Don't get caught the way I did. I gave my ex two years to refinance and buy out my part of the house at a predetermined price. She trashed the place, the value has dropped and I'm still stuck with a joint mortgage and house I will have to put $20,000 into to sell it and get my money out of it. Oh did I mention if it sells for the new lower value after repairs I'll almost break even. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:45 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject:Re: [OT] House equity versus it being sold (in divorce) On Mar 6, 2007, at 8:30 PM, MB Software Solutions wrote: Well, as some of you know, I'm going through a divorce. The question I have is about the house: I was going to simply let her remain and take my 50% of the equity at divorce settlement, but someone told me that I'd get screwed somehow in that and that the house should be sold instead. To my understanding, it shouldn't matter, as the house equity is determined by the appraised value minus the mortgage balance. The appraised value is most likely what it would sell for, so again, to my thinking, isn't it the same regardless of selling versus her just getting a new mortgage and giving me my 50% equity share? I've always heard that if the market you are in is rising, sell it now. If it is falling, take your 50% and let her deal with the downturn. -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: Fox's Half Hour News Hour at 10:00 EST tonight on Fox New Channel
Many years ago a friend of mine told his 4 year old daughter NOTHING ON TV IS REAL. I think he may have been right! Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 9:16 PM To: profox@leafe.com Subject:Fox's Half Hour News Hour at 10:00 EST tonight on Fox New Channel Don't forget Fox's Half Hour News Hour at 10:00 EST tonight on Fox New Channel. Saint Patrick's Day Gear! http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/2269253 [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Windows has recovered from a serious error.
Had the same thing happen about a year ago when I was building a new system. I followed the links after the system rebooted and found I had a bad stick of DDR2 in the system. The interesting thing was none of my diag software would find the problem, but replaced the stick of DDR2 and the problem went away. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 6:59 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject:Re: [NF] Windows has recovered from a serious error. Alan Bourke wrote: No, Windows. Rebooting automatically due to an error and showing the above is not 'recovering'. Trapping the error and working around it without crashing is 'recovering'. It's all how you spin it. -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions! [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] OS Recalls, was: The Ultimate Vista Upgrade
I think your analogy is flawed. I is more like loading with the kids, dog, driving it to work and taking it on a vacation. The OS is the vehicle you drive, the applications are the tasks you perform with the vehicle. If you were to rewrite part of the OS, that would be equal to added a turbocharger. Do you really think Mercedes would void your warranty or refuse to supply service after you did any of these tings with your car? I think not, but even if they wouldn't service the car, they would sell the parts so you could service the car. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Buckland Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 5:18 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject:RE: [NF] OS Recalls, was: The Ultimate Vista Upgrade You don't expect manufacturers to support your Ford when you have changed the ignition, run a different type of fuel, have added a turbocharger, put in an NO2 system, changed the seats and pimped it to a point where no one would recognise it. If we kept the PC exactly as it was sold to you then maybe they would be able to offer a longer warranty, but we don't so they can't. My laptop is two weeks old, in that time, I have removed Norton, added AVG, added Office, Visual Studio, GNU Backgammon, Termlite, Ghostscript, Acrobat, changed hundreds of settings on a product that cost £900 with an OS that probably cost me less than £100. If I had the option to do so many changes on my car and Mercedes still had to support it with no ongoing maintenance revenue, you can be sure the cost would more than double, maybe triple as a one off cost. People won't pay ongoing service costs for an OS they want a one off cost, so the only way to maintain revenue and fund bug fixes etc. is to introduce new versions. $0.02 ::a -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Schummer Sent: 05 February 2007 21:03 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [NF] OS Recalls, was: The Ultimate Vista Upgrade And since MS isn't going to be selling or supporting their legacy OSes any more, how are they going to do that? I warned you not to get me started on this. g We discussed this very issue after the DAFUG meeting a couple of months ago. I am not a fan of legislating every darn thing in our lives, but I am leaning more towards this one getting the governments involved. It is my believe that all operating systems are mission critical to almost every human being in some fashion, and like cars should be subject to recalls. There are laws to force auto manufacturers to supply car parts for a long time (I am not exactly sure of the length of time). There are laws regulating cars that have safety or engineering defects get recalled and fixed for free (consumers do not have to pay for the fix other than the loss of their car while the dealer makes the correction). I think the same type of rules can be applied to *all* operating systems. The operating system has bugs (engineering defects) that affect the safety of the users losing data and work product. The operating system obviously needs security patches (parts). I think the correlation between the two means companies like Microsoft, Apple, the Linux Open Source groups, IBM, DEC, etc. have a responsibility to their customers to support the operating systems we count on. ___ Associated Packaging is the trading name of Eurohill Traders Ltd. Registered in England and Wales : 1114987 VAT : GB210390611 Eurohill Labels Ltd Registered in England and Wales : 1372024 VAT : GB312955757 195 Vale Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1SU. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Handy way to send someone a file without emailing it.
Sweet!! Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 4:17 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject:[NF] Handy way to send someone a file without emailing it. http://www.senduit.com/ Upload file, set expiry time, get URL, send URL to other person, they download. Free. -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Apple Computer, Inc., is dead!
I think I spy an iPhoney Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tristan Leask Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:48 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject:RE: [NF] Apple Computer, Inc., is dead! http://www.tleask.plus.com/iphone.bmp And here is the post with the plugins... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1097832postcount=70 Tristan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tristan Leask Posted At: 11 January 2007 15:46 Posted To: Profox Archive Conversation: [NF] Apple Computer, Inc., is dead! Subject: RE: [NF] Apple Computer, Inc., is dead! Doh, hang on Tristan -- This email was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unless otherwise agreed expressly in writing by Marine Software Limited, this communication and attachments are to be treated as confidential and the information in it may not be used or disclosed except for the purpose for which it was sent. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication you should destroy it without copying, disclosing or otherwise using its contents. Please notify the sender immediately of the error. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [OT] From the land of fruits and nuts
I think Larry the Cable Guy has it right. We have taken Politically Correct-PC to the point where PC isn't even PC. Our (the US) strength is in our diversity, not our ability to clone each other into a single paradigm. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:39 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject:[OT] From the land of fruits and nuts http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/16/nxmas216.xml Christmas gifts for Real Americans Free Shipping for orders over $50 http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF]Cluebie for Newbie? Rack vs Tower servers?
You're right, you need to be able to stand in front of the racks and open the back door on the racks, but no extra clearance is needed on the sides. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Hawksworth Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 8:56 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject:Re: [NF]Cluebie for Newbie? Rack vs Tower servers? Just remember that you need to be able to open doors on both sides of the rack which adds to the footprint quite considerably. -- Michael Hawksworth Visual Fox Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.foxpro.co.uk [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF]Cluebie for Newbie? Rack vs Tower servers?
Ok, I admit it most of the doors are in the basement, but these two racks are in arrow of 7, still have their doors. By the way the price if the racks (60 or 72) is only about $50.00 more with the sides and door. On the other hand the filler panels for the front may break the budget. As for cooling we use under floor, so it is piped into the bottom of the racks and vented out in the ceiling. I've learned to tell the bean counter you can't by standard racks with out doors or sides, I think they have to be special ordered. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen the Cook Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 7:14 PM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject:RE: [NF]Cluebie for Newbie? Rack vs Tower servers? Hal Kaplan wrote: You guys have doors on your racks? WOW! You must be loaded (or were, before you bought the doors g). My experience has been that putting doors on and/or side panels, etc., means you're going to need more fans, light, power. This is all good for the rack manufacturer, but not so good for your budget. But if you have the wherewithal to do it right ... doors, side panels, fans, lights, etc. ... by all means, have fun! That's what all this crap we do is all about anyway ... having fun. Funny but I put the door on the outside of the server room and poof! It's secure. It's windows so I know it's all good ;- Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.24/592 - Release Date: 12/18/2006 1:45 PM [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] HOWTO: DNS Explained posted
Great Read! You have explained DNS so well even an IT guy can understand it. Thanks, Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Whil Hentzen (Pro*) Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 11:36 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject:[NF] HOWTO: DNS Explained posted I've heard one or two of you do some things on the Internet. You might find the following interesting. The writeup for the November MLUG meeting's newbie session on DNS are posted. 14 pages of glory and blather. http://www.hentzenwerke.com/wp/dns_explained.htm Whil [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] What are people doing with cable interfaces?
If you look around the 10/100 NICs can be had for about $10.00 each, the 100/1000 for about $50.00, an old Pentium(anything w 32mb ram) $50.oo bucks, the time it takes to make it work PRICELESS. It's just an option, if you don't like don't use it. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 1:45 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject:Re: [NF] What are people doing with cable interfaces? On Tuesday 07 November 2006 09:41, Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: snip Hi Whil! An old PC will do - even a 486, and the Linux ones can run off of a floppy. But that means I need another PC. And four more cards. Suddenly we're talking a few hundred bucks. :) -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] What are people doing with cable interfaces?
Sorry Pete, this was pointed at Whil Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 1:45 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject:Re: [NF] What are people doing with cable interfaces? On Tuesday 07 November 2006 09:41, Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: snip Hi Whil! An old PC will do - even a 486, and the Linux ones can run off of a floppy. But that means I need another PC. And four more cards. Suddenly we're talking a few hundred bucks. :) -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] What are people doing with cable interfaces?
I'm wonder how you are dealing with the two T1 lines and how many IPs you had. If you had 4 IPs why not do the same thing you are now? A possible solution would be to put 5 NICs in PC, Use 4 (100Mb) to attach to the RR and the 5th (Gigabyte card) to attach to your Switch on your Intranet. You can run the firewall, active virus, ... on the PC and forward the unique IPs to the system you want on you net. This is basically a cheap multi port router with all the options you want to load. There are many free Linux router packages out there that can even run from a floppy. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Whil Hentzen (Pro*) Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:57 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject:[NF] What are people doing with cable interfaces? I've just acquired a line with Time-Warner BizClass. The rationale behind it, let's leave that for another time. s So now I've got some pretty basic questions I've been spoiled for so long, with a pair of T1s coming into the house right next to this TW line... Kind of like the frustration at having to deal with a dial-up. s Anyways, the fellow who installed it wasn't terribly helpful (BIG SURPRISE), nor were the folks on the other end of tech support. But that's OK, I can experiment. At the end of the line coming in from out-of-doors, there's a box the size of maybe six decks of playing cards. The line goes into it, and there are four Ethernet ports available. Tech support says that only one is active, but I don't quite believe him, as I can plug a box into any of them and get out. I've got four static IP addresses. I'm guessing this box-like thingee is a 'cable modem'. All it provides is access outside. No firewall, no nothing, right? So what do I do now? s I could hook up a single box that's running a firewall as well. Block everything but 80, for example. I could hook up four boxes, too. But I'm not sure I'm comfortable having to mess with four firewalls on four boxes; that begins to become a lot of admin that I should be able to handle in a central point. So I could also plug a firewall into one of the cable modem ports, then a hub into the other side of the firewall, and plug boxen into the hub. JUST CAN'T DECIDE!! So what are y'all doing with a setup like this? Whil [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Acer Laptop
I have used PCHUB http://www.pchub.com/uph/brand/-11/Acer-part-spare.html in the past. They seem to have parts for about anything, but delivery is slow. The last time I ordered parts it took 3 weeks for the parts to come for Hong Kong. The company has warehouses all over the world, the result lots of parts that can come from the other side of the world. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Hart Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 4:23 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject:RE: [NF] Acer Laptop Hi All Can anyone help I have a Client who purchased from me about two years ago an Acer Laptop. Its been back 3 times during the warranty lost for 4 months at Acer and now has failed again out of warranty. Its been back to Esplex who are Acer repair agents in the UK, they are quoting £850.00 Aprox to replace the motherboard. Laptop repairs are quoting £450.00. Both prices plus VAT. Has anyone access to Acer spares UK USA or any where else. The Model No is TravelMate 8006LMI The Part No of the Mother Board is LXT4206069420029B6EF00 with a Sub Part No of LB.T4206,001 Cheers Peter PETER HART COMPUTERS --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [OT] Insulting the Generals
As well as about 30% of the Dems. Seems they don't Kerry in their neighborhood either. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 10:56 AM To: ProFox Mailing List Subject:[OT] Insulting the Generals Gee, when someone makes an Iraq remark designed to ding the President's intelligence, the right wing machine responds in lock- step that they are outraged that Kerry is insulting the troops. But when a Republican insults the Generals - well, that's perfectly OK. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Majority Leader John Boehner: Wolf, I understand that, but let's not blame what's happening in Iraq on Rumsfeld. Wolf Blitzer: But he's in charge of the military. Boehner: But the fact is the generals on the ground are in charge and he works closely with them and the president. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - So let's blame the generals! It's all their fault! -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication
Thanks, I have copied our IT guy so he can put your info to work. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dawn Tierno-Culda Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:45 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject:RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication Jim, I used DATACLAS for our applications talking to SQL. It has a table that says what server you should talk to. When one goes down, I update the table to talk to the other server. All users were up and running in 5 minutes when one of the servers went down. A word of warning though, if the server that is hosting the replication goes down, you will need to rebuild it. Though, I can say I rebuild the replication once a year because it leaves stuff and the database grows. I keep saying I am going to do more research on this go get some sprocs to clean it up better, but never seem to find the time. We have been using replication for years. I think it is a wonderful tool. Dawn Jim Felton wrote: Dawn, we are looking at SQL 2000 replication right now. Can it be setup to do an automatic roll over to the backup server if the main server fails? -Original Message- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the originator of the message. This footer also confirms that this e-mail message has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifies and with authority, states them to be the views of Merle Norman Cosmetics. [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
[OT] - Joke - This must be a redneck
Dear Friends, the mind is a wonderful thing; curiosity is not a wonderful thing. To much of one and not enough of the other in the wrong hands can be lethal in some cases. My wife is fond of saying that my last words on this earth will be something akin to, hey y'all, hold my beer and watch this! Well, I have outdone myself once again. No doubt you will see this true story chronicled in a LifeTime movie in the near future. Here goes... Last weekend I spied something at Larry's Pistol and Pawn (Name of the establishment changed to protect the innocent)that tickled my fancy. (Note: Keep in mind that my fancy is easily tickled). I bought something really cool for for my wife. The occasion was our anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my sweet girl. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized Tazer gun with a clip. For those of you who are not familiar with this product, it is a less-than-lethal stun gun with two metal prongs designed to incapacitate an assailant with a shock of high-voltage, low amperage electricity while you flee to safety. The effects are supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, but allowing you adequate time to retreat to safety. You simply jab the prongs into your 250 lb. Tattooed assailant, push the button, and it will render him a slobbering, goggle-eyed, muscle-twitching, whimpering, pencil-neck geek. If you've never seen one of these things in action, then you're truly missing out-way too cool! Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two triple-A batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was so disappointed. Upon reading the directions (we don't need no stinkin' directions), I found much to my chagrin that this particular model would not create an arch between the prongs. How disappointing! I do love fire for effect. I learned that, if I pushed the button, however, and pressed it against a metal surface that I'd get the blue arch of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs that I was so looking forward to. I did so. Awesome!!! Sparks, a blue arch of electricity, and a loud pop!!! Yipee . . I'm easily amused, just for your information, but I have yet to explain to the wife what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave. Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-A batteries, etc., etc. There I sat on my couch, my dog, Mini, looking on intently (trusting little soul), reading the directions (that would be me, not Mini) and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh and blood target. I must admit I thought about zapping Mini for a fraction of a second and thought better of it. She is such a sweet dog, after all. But, if I was going to give this thing to the wife to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong? Was I wrong to think that? Seemed reasonable to me at the time... So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt, and BBT hat on my head, directions in one hand, Tazer in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. All the while I'm looking at this little device (measuring about 5 long, less than ¾ inch in circumference, pretty cute really, and loaded with two itsy, bitsy triple-A batteries) thinking to myself, no friggin' way! Friggin' way-trust me, but I'm getting ahead of myself. What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best. Those of you who know me well have got a pretty good idea of what followed. I'm sitting there alone, Mini looking on with her head cocked to one side as if to say, Don't do it, buddy, reasoning that a one-second burst from such a tiny lil' ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad (sound, rational thinking under the circumstances, wouldn't you agree?). I decided to give myself a one-second burst just for the hell of it. (Note: You know, a bad decision is like hindsight-always twenty-twenty. It is so obvious that it was a bad decision after the fact, even though it seemed so right at the time. Don't ya hate that?) I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and HOLY **! DAuuMN!!! I'm pretty sure that Jessie Ventura ran in through the front door, picked me up out of that recliner, then body slammed me on the carpet over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, soaking wet, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position. Mini was standing over me making funny sounds I had never heard before, licking my face, undoubtedly thinking to herself, Do it again, do it
RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication
The two servers are on different power and UPS sources and have RS-422 interconnects to the Dual device servers that are very tightly tied together. While splitting the two systems into separate racks/rooms is possible, it's not practical. Thanks, Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Kaplan Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 9:38 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject:RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication = -Original Message- = From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Felton = Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 08:54 = To: ProFox Email List = Subject: RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication = = Stephen, The two server are mounted in the same rack. They = are used for a broadcast TV automation system. The SQL = servers hold the Metadata for video recording and playback. = The Metadata comes from user input, IP based Internet and = satellites feeds, Baseband recordings from tape or live = broadcasts, automated video ingestion and automation = control. We aren't looked for two systems updating one = database at the same time; we are looking for real time = redundancy to protect use from hardware failure. We are = trying to eliminate a singe point of failure and these = servers are the last piece to the puzzle. = All right, what am I missing here. IMHO, for such a critical system mounting both in the same rack is one of the dumbest things you can do. Am I wrong? Please explain. TIA HALinNY [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication
Hal, About 80% of the information on the servers is replaced in a matter of 14 days. If we loose the control at the TV station we are off air for many reasons beyond these servers. Our need for redundancy is to keep programming in the loop. If we had say a fire in the room, it would require many millions of dollars of equipment and months to rebuild. In the down time we would farm out the work and carry everything of fiber. Thanks, Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Kaplan Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 11:34 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject:RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication = -Original Message- = From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen the Cook = Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:48 = To: 'ProFox Email List' = Subject: RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication = = = Now Q about having both primary and backup on the same rack? = I know that in my last gig I had that set up and did a = logshipping through a crappy VPN back to my business office. = Distance was only 10 miles, but bulk transactions failed in = the every 15 min push because data size didn't fully copy = over. So watch out on those little aspects of covering your assets. = = Stephen Russell Uh, thanks for the Availability 101 course. It was a good refresher since I haven't been involved with that level of availability since 1981 when I was involved in clustering Univac mainframes. Back to all your eggs in one basket: I still don't get the point or sagacity of putting the primary and backup in the same rack, let alone the same location. Any type of catastrophe is going to wipe everything out. Depending on site specifics, even some things that are less than catastrophic can result in total loss. How do you protect yourself when everything is in one place? HALinNY [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication
Dawn, we are looking at SQL 2000 replication right now. Can it be setup to do an automatic roll over to the backup server if the main server fails? TIA, Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dawn Tierno-Culda Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 12:33 PM To: profox@leafe.com Subject:RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication Why not use SQL 2000's replication feature. -Original Message- From: Jim Felton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 12:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication The two servers are on different power and UPS sources and have RS-422 interconnects to the Dual device servers that are very tightly tied together. While splitting the two systems into separate racks/rooms is possible, it's not practical. Thanks, Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Kaplan Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 9:38 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject:RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication = -Original Message- = From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Felton = Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 08:54 = To: ProFox Email List = Subject: RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication = = Stephen, The two server are mounted in the same rack. They = are used for a broadcast TV automation system. The SQL = servers hold the Metadata for video recording and playback. = The Metadata comes from user input, IP based Internet and = satellites feeds, Baseband recordings from tape or live = broadcasts, automated video ingestion and automation = control. We aren't looked for two systems updating one = database at the same time; we are looking for real time = redundancy to protect use from hardware failure. We are = trying to eliminate a singe point of failure and these = servers are the last piece to the puzzle. = All right, what am I missing here. IMHO, for such a critical system mounting both in the same rack is one of the dumbest things you can do. Am I wrong? Please explain. TIA HALinNY [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication
Dave, Sounds like what we need, I going to have look at the product. Do you have a web address for them? Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 5:20 PM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject:RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication Jim, We have exactly the same system at work and we looked around for 18 months trying ALL the possibilities and the one which came out top and we installed was Doubletake. I looked at about 10 products for evaluation and none of them even came close. Our requirement was to be able to literally pull the plug on the main server and have the backup server take over control within 5 seconds. As a matter of course we do this every month to make sure the system performs OK. The secondary backup server immediately assumes an additional IP address which was held by the Primary (now dead) server and continues the live system. There is inbuilt additional support for SQL server which we also use. Most of the systems out there will cater for SQL server but only in as much as providing basic replication which is available as standard in SQL as it is. We run lots of VFP DBC/DBF files and none of the other systems could cater for the system dying whilst DBF's were open. The worse case scenario we have had was to have to do a reindex which we do as a matter of course once a month anyway. In addition Doubletake can do times snapshots to disk/tape and we have a tertiary server doing this from the secondary server every 30 minutes. Don't just take what manufacturers say for granted. Ask to see a LIVE demonstration with your files. That usually sorts out the men from the boys! Doubletake isn't exactly cheap but for a 24/7 system its unbeatable in my experience. Dave Crozier -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Felton Sent: 07 October 2006 21:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Com Subject: FW: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication -Original Message- From: Jim Felton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 9:31 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject:[NF] - SQL- Database Replication I'm hoping one of you SQL gurus can help me out. I have two MS SQL 2000 Servers which are used as a Main and Backup server. The Main is online 24X7. What I need to do is keep the Backup server up to date in a real time. So if I have a Main server failure I can fall back to Backup server with all the current information in the database. Does anyone have a similar environment and how did you solve the problem? TIA Jim --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/mixed text/plain (text body -- kept) application/ms-tnef --- [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication
Stephen, The two server are mounted in the same rack. They are used for a broadcast TV automation system. The SQL servers hold the Metadata for video recording and playback. The Metadata comes from user input, IP based Internet and satellites feeds, Baseband recordings from tape or live broadcasts, automated video ingestion and automation control. We aren't looked for two systems updating one database at the same time; we are looking for real time redundancy to protect use from hardware failure. We are trying to eliminate a singe point of failure and these servers are the last piece to the puzzle. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen the Cook Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 6:46 PM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication Jim Felton wrote: I'm hoping one of you SQL gurus can help me out. I have two MS SQL 2000 Servers which are used as a Main and Backup server. The Main is online 24X7. What I need to do is keep the Backup server up to date in a real time. So if I have a Main server failure I can fall back to Backup server with all the current information in the database. Does anyone have a similar environment and how did you solve the problem? How far apart are the servers? How is the data stored on the primary server? I have done a Cluster, where 2 servers will do the work of one. One is your primary and the second is a backup. Data must be on a SHARED drive (SAN, or similar type of data storage device). You will have to make a named instance of SQL instead of just the SeverName. Say that your server is thrashing in a blown away query. You can down that server and the other will pop up to handle all requests. When you bring it back up it's running at full bore. It's an every 90 days issue I have found. Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.0/465 - Release Date: 10/6/2006 [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication
Good Idea, but I am hoping for a software only solution. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Arnold Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 9:09 AM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject:RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication Stephen, The two server are mounted in the same rack. They are used for a broadcast TV automation system. The SQL servers hold the Metadata for video recording and playback. The Metadata comes from user input, IP based Internet and satellites feeds, Baseband recordings from tape or live broadcasts, automated video ingestion and automation control. We aren't looked for two systems updating one database at the same time; we are looking for real time redundancy to protect use from hardware failure. We are trying to eliminate a singe point of failure and these servers are the last piece to the puzzle. Have you considered Raid, with hot swappable disks? As I understand Raid, that would give you enough redundancy to rebuild failed drives. With the drives covered, you could possibly keep some spare parts in inventory for other points of failure. Bill [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication
Thanks to all of you, I'll look at all the possibilities. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen the Cook Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 6:40 PM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication Jim Felton wrote: Good Idea, but I am hoping for a software only solution. I looked at Neverfail. Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/466 - Release Date: 10/7/2006 [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
[NF] - SQL- Database Replication
I'm hoping one of you SQL gurus can help me out. I have two MS SQL 2000 Servers which are used as a Main and Backup server. The Main is online 24X7. What I need to do is keep the Backup server up to date in a real time. So if I have a Main server failure I can fall back to Backup server with all the current information in the database. Does anyone have a similar environment and how did you solve the problem? TIA Jim --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/mixed text/plain (text body -- kept) application/ms-tnef --- ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
FW: [NF] - SQL- Database Replication
-Original Message- From: Jim Felton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 9:31 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject:[NF] - SQL- Database Replication I'm hoping one of you SQL gurus can help me out. I have two MS SQL 2000 Servers which are used as a Main and Backup server. The Main is online 24X7. What I need to do is keep the Backup server up to date in a real time. So if I have a Main server failure I can fall back to Backup server with all the current information in the database. Does anyone have a similar environment and how did you solve the problem? TIA Jim --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/mixed text/plain (text body -- kept) application/ms-tnef --- ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: Anyone seen this ? Internet Paladin
Paladin?, It was a great western in the ? late 60's. I'd watch it if it
were on. Oops, maybe you were talked about something different.
Jim
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Subject:Anyone seen this ? Internet Paladin
Seems rather dead ?
https://sourceforge.net/projects/internetpaladin
regards [Bill]
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RE: [NF] 10,000 free (as in beer) fonts.
Alan, Great find! Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:52 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject:[NF] 10,000 free (as in beer) fonts. http://betterfonts.com/ -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Attention Mac users who are slagging Vista ...
Vista, the next coming of PERFECTION, YA RIGHT. I am glad to see the ship dates slide. The critics of MS will scream at the top of their lungs if there is a problem with Vista after it ships. If it takes MS two more years to get it right, so be it. This should send a message to all developers that shipping a 99% product is more important than shipping on time. Over the past 10 years or so, we have fallen into a ship it and fix it latter mentality vs. a do it right this first time, As a user, I would like the use the product, not debug it. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 7:21 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject:Re: [NF] Attention Mac users who are slagging Vista ... On Jul 27, 2006, at 5:42 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: Conveniently forgotten Copland and Gershwin have we? Those were certainly failed projects, but were never announced as actual products with shipping dates. Longhorn/Vista has been pushed by Microsoft sales for some time now, and has had several announced delivery dates come and go. That's the difference between RD development and vaporware. -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
RE: [NF] Laptop keyboard showing signs of failure
Michael, If you need a keyboard you might try www.pchub.com. I have purchased a few notebook parts from these guys and had good luck. One downside is the parts can come from anywhere in the world, delivery is about 10 days. This is a link to the keyboard I think you need. http://www.pchub.com/uph/catf/itemlist.aspx?catid=1mid=2419page=2 Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:08 PM To: Profox Subject:[NF] Laptop keyboard showing signs of failure I must comment too much. g The '' key is starting to stop responding. The rest of the laptop (Dell Inspiron 5100 -- 3 years old) appears to be fine. My thought is to get a can of air and blow out the keyboard as it sets. Other tips or suggestions? tia, --Michael -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions! [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
