Re: [NF] Tech for Civilians, was Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread Alan Bourke
On Wed, Jan 9, 2013, at 06:07 PM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrote: Is is a geek thing that we *are* willing to tolerate stuff that we need to puzzle out to get it to work right? Tolerate? I'd go as far as to say 'seek out'. :) ___ Post Messages

[NF] Cheap computer for $168.00

2013-01-10 Thread Michael Madigan
My client has bought about 10 of these and I just bought one for the home.  I dont' see how you can beat this price.    http://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Refurbished-DC5850-Small-Form-Factor-Desktop-PC-with-AMD-Athlon-64-X2-Processor-2GB-Memory-160GB-Hard-Drive-and-Windows-7-Home-Premium/19900556

Re: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread AndyHC
You can get hdmi manual switches but I think it's a point-to-point protocol like ethernet cable (in fact you can get hdmi over ethernet adapters). AndyD 8-)# On 10/01/2013 12:11, Lew Schwartz wrote: It's surprising that no one has come up with an hdmi hub thingy. On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at

Re: [NF] Cheap computer for $168.00

2013-01-10 Thread Paul McNett
On 1/10/13 4:10 AM, Michael Madigan wrote: My client has bought about 10 of these and I just bought one for the home. I dont' see how you can beat this price.

Re: [NF] Tech for Civilians, was Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread Lew Schwartz
I think that the seamlessness of the technology is seen as a reflection on the self. ie My tech toy is perfect and so I must be, too and/or the other way around: the flawlessness of the toy is my imperfect me's perfect avatar. We perfect types bond together. Especially, since the gizmo's to which

Re: [NF] Cheap computer for $168.00

2013-01-10 Thread Alan Bourke
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013, at 01:42 PM, Paul McNett wrote: Wow, I guess it was the inclusion of Windows that dropped the price so low? It's a six year old model is what dropped the price so low. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

RE: Trouble with the programs in the VFP home directory

2013-01-10 Thread Tracy Pearson
Frank Cazabon wrote on 2013-01-09: Check out Doug Hennig's take on what to do: http://doughennig.com/papers/..%5CPub%5CVista.pdf Frank. Frank Cazabon Frank, I see Doug's paper mentions using the API IsUserAnAdmin. This was deprecated after Vista and honestly never worked

Re: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jan 10, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Lew Schwartz lew1...@gmail.com wrote: Oops! I meant switch (like an A/B switch), not hub. Hub doesn't really make any sense. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hdmi+switch ;-) -- Ed Leafe ___ Post Messages to:

Re: Trouble with the programs in the VFP home directory

2013-01-10 Thread Frank Cazabon
Tracy, to be honest I'm not sure if I ever used any of his code. I just made my installer change the rights to the folder where my application(s) get installed. So I don't think that affects me, but I'll double check if I can ever get my head above water. Frank. Frank Cazabon On

RE: Trouble with the programs in the VFP home directory

2013-01-10 Thread Tracy Pearson
Frank Cazabon wrote on 2013-01-10: Tracy, to be honest I'm not sure if I ever used any of his code. I just made my installer change the rights to the folder where my application(s) get installed. So I don't think that affects me, but I'll double check if I can ever get my head

Re: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread Ted Roche
On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Ken Dibble krdib...@stny.rr.com wrote: Maybe the next option is to use the TV as a dumb audio/visual terminal to run input from my computer. If that's an option, then here's my situation: I don't understand how you get to that conclusion. If that's what you

[NF] New Rails exploit with code in the wild

2013-01-10 Thread Ted Roche
Normally I don't post messages about exploits, because I'd have little time for anything else, but this one is severe, widespread, and there's exploit code in the wild, publicly available. If you or anyone in your organization has a Ruby on Rails app, of whatever vintage, current or legacy,

[NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread Ken Dibble
I'm researching health data security issues and came across a requirement for immutable electronic audit trails. The people who write these standards can't be serious, can they? There is no such thing as immutable electronic data. Are they really dumb enough to assume that the data is

[NF] Desktop recommendation to edit video

2013-01-10 Thread James Harvey
In the market for a new pc (desktop, not laptop) to edit my home videos. Does anyone have a recommendation for a particular brand/specs to fill this bill. I had a custom built years ago, but wondered if there was something more off the shelf that could handle this job. The video card is

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread Paul McNett
On 1/10/13 10:14 AM, Ken Dibble wrote: I'm researching health data security issues and came across a requirement for immutable electronic audit trails. The people who write these standards can't be serious, can they? There is no such thing as immutable electronic data. Are they really dumb

Re: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread Ken Dibble
Thanks Ted. I appreciate that you're trying to help. I'm sorry if I'm being unclear. Maybe the next option is to use the TV as a dumb audio/visual terminal to run input from my computer. If that's an option, then here's my situation: I don't understand how you get to that conclusion. If

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread Ken Dibble
I bet storing a SHA hash of each audit entry would suffice. Then validation could regularly choose audit entries at random, re-hash, and compare, proving that the values didn't mutate. Thank you. Proving that values didn't mutate isn't the same as preventing them from being mutated. Nor

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jan 10, 2013, at 12:54 PM, Ken Dibble krdib...@stny.rr.com wrote: Nor would hashing each entry separately prevent them from being deleted. Deleting an entry indicating that so-and-so accessed such-and-such a record at such-and-such a time would be a pretty serious form of tampering.

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread Ken Dibble
Nor would hashing each entry separately prevent them from being deleted. Deleting an entry indicating that so-and-so accessed such-and-such a record at such-and-such a time would be a pretty serious form of tampering. There are ways to deal with this, such as hash the previous

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jan 10, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Ken Dibble krdib...@stny.rr.com wrote: There are ways to deal with this, such as hash the previous record with the current record so that if a record is deleted, the hash won't match. You won't recover the data, buy you'll know that a change was made.

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread Paul McNett
On 1/10/13 11:16 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: On Jan 10, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Ken Dibble krdib...@stny.rr.com wrote: There are ways to deal with this, such as hash the previous record with the current record so that if a record is deleted, the hash won't match. You won't recover the data, buy

RE: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread Richard Kaye
Ummm. Write your immutable audit files to WORM media instead of R/W? :-) -- rk -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ken Dibble Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:14 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Ken Dibble krdib...@stny.rr.com wrote: I'm researching health data security issues and came across a requirement for immutable electronic audit trails. The people who write these standards can't be serious, can they? There is no such thing as immutable

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread Ken Dibble
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Ken Dibble krdib...@stny.rr.com wrote: I'm researching health data security issues and came across a requirement for immutable electronic audit trails. Is this the 'immutable' as in HIPAA requirements? I imagine it's similar. Have you dealt with this?

Re: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Ken Dibble krdib...@stny.rr.com wrote: Thanks Ted. I appreciate that you're trying to help. I'm sorry if I'm being unclear. The specific thing I really want to do is this: View and fully control a Flash-enabled web browser on the TV screen. Then I can go

Re: [NF] Desktop recommendation to edit video

2013-01-10 Thread Dan Covill
On 01/10/13 10:32 AM, James Harvey wrote: And, I've used a number of different software packages over the years (Adobe Premier/Nero/Pinnacle, etc.,etc), have never been happy with any of them, and have reverted back to Window Live Movie Maker. Is there a newer updated software package priced

Re: [NF] Desktop recommendation to edit video

2013-01-10 Thread Dan Covill
On 01/10/13 10:32 AM, James Harvey wrote: I guess I'm asking a lot, but it would give me some comfort to hear what hardware/software others have experience with when creating editing video. Oh, yeah. A big, fast hard drive (or likely 2) is priority #1. Dan

RE: [NF] Desktop recommendation to edit video

2013-01-10 Thread James Harvey
I wonder if the WMM is built into Win 8, or does it require a separate installation process like the last version. James E Harvey M.I.S. Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc. www.hanoverpa.com office: 717-637-8931 cell: 717-887-2565 fax: 717-637-6766 -Original Message- From: ProFox

Re: [NF] Desktop recommendation to edit video

2013-01-10 Thread Kurt @ VR-FX
Hey there Jim, Re: HW - my suggestion is to get as much Bang for the Buck as you can. Get the most powerful CPU U can afford, with the most RAM U can afford - and, if you can get something that also has a Flash HD - that may also help! As for Video card - I always figured it was MORE

Re: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread Ken Dibble
XBMC will do everything you want. Find a device with a wireless keyboard it will run on and you should be all set. Good luck! Here's a partial list of the TV you can watch: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Category:Video_add-ons Yeah.. finding the device it will run on with a wireless

Re: [NF] Desktop recommendation to edit video

2013-01-10 Thread Frank Cazabon
I recently got a Windows 8 laptop and it looks like it's built in. Frank. Frank Cazabon On 10/01/2013 04:05 PM, James Harvey wrote: I wonder if the WMM is built into Win 8, or does it require a separate installation process like the last version. James E Harvey M.I.S. Hanover Shoe Farms,

Re: [NF] Desktop recommendation to edit video

2013-01-10 Thread Paul Hill
Running Windows 8 Pro here and I can't seem to find it. Looks like you have to download it: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows/get-movie-maker-download On 10 January 2013 20:12, Frank Cazabon frank.caza...@gmail.com wrote: I recently got a Windows 8 laptop and it looks like it's built

Re: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread lelandj
Why not buy a cheap PC with hdmi video built into the motherboard, and use your HDTV as its monitor? You could connect the PC to your router for internet access. You could then change between your hdtv being a pc monitor or a tv by using your hdtv remote to navigate the menu to select/change

Re: [NF] Desktop recommendation to edit video

2013-01-10 Thread Frank Cazabon
Mine's not Pro, so maybe that's the difference Frank. Frank Cazabon On 10/01/2013 04:16 PM, Paul Hill wrote: Running Windows 8 Pro here and I can't seem to find it. Looks like you have to download it: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows/get-movie-maker-download On 10 January 2013

RE: [NF] Desktop recommendation to edit video

2013-01-10 Thread James Harvey
Thanks for info Kurt, I'll do some more research on Sony's offering; have not heard of it before. It looks like a custom built might be the road to go for the PC part. WMM was the fallback software, mainly because it didn't crash my pc like the other products, but that was probably due to the

Re: [NF] Desktop recommendation to edit video

2013-01-10 Thread Paul Hill
Could also be because your Windows was pre-installed. p.s. Have you given up and installed a Start Menu replacement yet? On 10 January 2013 20:28, Frank Cazabon frank.caza...@gmail.com wrote: Mine's not Pro, so maybe that's the difference Frank. Frank Cazabon On 10/01/2013 04:16 PM, Paul

RE: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread Adam Buckland
And back to the Raspberry Pi.. or should that be Mornington Crescent* * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game) -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of lelandj Sent: 10 January 2013 20:29 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re:

Re: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread Lew Schwartz
Still need a piece to play mp3's, 4's etc ... stuff on HD. On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Adam Buckland adam.buckl...@eurohill.com wrote: And back to the Raspberry Pi.. or should that be Mornington Crescent* * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game) -Original

RE: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread Adam Buckland
XBMC if my 8 year old can get it working with a bit of help from an 11 year old I'm sure any Foxpro geek can do it But then for $35 it's the ideal techy geek gadget -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Lew Schwartz Sent: 10 January 2013

Re: [NF] Desktop recommendation to edit video

2013-01-10 Thread Frank Cazabon
True, that could be it. I decided to give myself some time to get used to it and if I'm not comfortable then get a start menu. The first few days were rough but I'm getting used to it now. I also spend most of my time in the desktop so it hasn't been too bad. Paul Hill

Re: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread Lew Schwartz
I am really trying to retire and lose my geek. You've no idea (actually you probably do) how many dumb ass questions I get asked due to my background. I just tell them that my ideal program requires no hardware, has no code and no end users. What's your 8yo's hourly rate? On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at

Re: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread Lew Schwartz
Who was that masked man? You're our hero, Ted! Don't go! On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Ken Dibble krdib...@stny.rr.com wrote: And the device, including OS, it runs on, controls whether it can handle a Flash-enabled

Re: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread lelandj
On 01/10/2013 03:28 PM, Adam Buckland wrote: And back to the Raspberry Pi.. or should that be Mornington Crescent* * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game) -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of lelandj Sent: 10

Re: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread lelandj
On 01/10/2013 03:28 PM, Adam Buckland wrote: And back to the Raspberry Pi.. or should that be Mornington Crescent* *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game) -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of lelandj Sent: 10 January

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 1/10/2013 1:58 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: On Jan 10, 2013, at 12:54 PM, Ken Dibble krdib...@stny.rr.com wrote: Nor would hashing each entry separately prevent them from being deleted. Deleting an entry indicating that so-and-so accessed such-and-such a record at such-and-such a time would be a

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jan 10, 2013, at 4:24 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: How do you tie to the previous record? Outside of Foxpro, there's no such thing as RECNO I thought? You can order records by timestamp. Almost everything that needs to be

Re: [NF] Cheap computer for $168.00

2013-01-10 Thread Michael Madigan
It's that old? From: Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm To: profox@leafe.com Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [NF] Cheap computer for $168.00 On Thu, Jan 10, 2013, at 01:42 PM, Paul McNett wrote: Wow, I guess it was the inclusion of

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread lelandj
Perhaps this will help: http://dgz.dyndns.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=%28RHEL%29_HOWTO_configure_the_auditing_of_the_system_%28auditd%29 Regards, LelandJ On 01/10/2013 12:14 PM, Ken Dibble wrote: I'm researching health data security issues and came across a requirement for immutable

Error executing SQL commands on a SQL table

2013-01-10 Thread John J. Mihaljevic
Hi all, I'm trying to execute commands on a SQL table from with a VFP 6.0 application. Here's the section of code that's causing me problems: cnTransfer=sqlstringconnect(cnstr) cnTransfer has a value of 1, so the above command and cnstr (my connection string) are apparently fine.

Re: Error executing SQL commands on a SQL table

2013-01-10 Thread Brian Erickson
It would help to see how you are formatting your startdate variable and it should be in quotes. Brian Erickson -- Who is John Galt -- Original Message -- From: John J. Mihaljevic john.mihalje...@gmail.com To: profoxt...@leafe.com Sent: 1/10/2013 9:28:37 PM

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread AndyHC
The nearest I've seen to immutable electronic data are the TPM's (Tamper Proof Modules) used by banks to hold ATM software. They are hardened steel boxes with several layers of very sophisticated self-destruct anti-tampering hardware, are transported in securely guarded vehicles and installed

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread Dan Covill
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Ken Dibble krdib...@stny.rr.com wrote: I'm researching health data security issues and came across a requirement for immutable electronic audit trails. Ken: If you google HIPAA immutable audit you'll get plenty of info, including a paper on exactly what the

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread Ken Dibble
I'm researching health data security issues and came across a requirement for immutable electronic audit trails. Ken: If you google HIPAA immutable audit you'll get plenty of info, including a paper on exactly what the legal requirement is. Ah..okay... finally. After searching through

Re: Error executing SQL commands on a SQL table

2013-01-10 Thread Fred Taylor
Use the AERROR() function to return the SQL error. IF xexec=-1 AERROR(aErrInfo) ENDIF The aErrInfo array will contain why the SQLEXEC() function failed. Fred On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 9:28 PM, John J. Mihaljevic john.mihalje...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to execute commands on

Re: Cheapo media player.

2013-01-10 Thread AndyHC
On 11/01/2013 01:59, lelandj wrote: Why not buy a cheap PC with hdmi video built into the motherboard, and use your HDTV as its monitor? You could connect the PC to your router for internet access. snip We're back to Raspberry Pi then! AndyD 8-)#

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread AndyHC
The first requirement is a locked down db server in a secure location (with physical access to the hardware *all* security is invalidated - even a bank TPM given sufficient time and technology). The WORM approach can be circumvented by re-coding the whole disk, or all the disks, or the entire

Re: [NF] Immutable Audit Trails

2013-01-10 Thread AndyHC
According to the ITlaw wiki: An *immutable audit log* is a tamper-resistant http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/Tamper-resistant recording http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/Recording of how a system http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/System has been used. tamper-resistant is do-able ... but it also says: A