Why is this so hard?

Apparently, the power of XML is being overcomplicated in Java if no one can give me a simple answer to describe how I validate the structure of an XML document against an XSD.
I've searched through the APIs and all I find is a spaghetti of objects and methods for traversing, transforming and serializing XML. This is classic Java in that something simple is usually overcomplicated by complex acronyms and under-implemented APIs. You've got SAX, JDOM, Xerces and a plethora of other cutely named packages which all efficiently obsfucate usuability and simplicity.
I challenge someone out there to help me understand why something as simple as XML validation against an XSD is apparently so complex? Please, can someone give me a simple answer to this because I'm starting to believe that there may not be one.
To me, XML should be as straight-forward as file I/O, and yet in the rush to tie everything into this wonderous "new" technology it seems that we've missed the boat on ease of use and simplicity.

To me, XML should be as straight-forward as file I/O,
and yet in the rush to tie everything into this
wonderous "new" technology it seems that we've missed
the boat on ease of use and simplicity.No - you've been suckered in by the marketing blurb. XML is not, and never was, simple. The push for its use was created by management types who mistakenly believed that because it was expressed in a text form that was vaguely readable by humans, this somehow meant that it would be simple to process by computer programs.
It is in reality a spectacularly bad protocol for communication between systems. It is incredibly verbose, highly redundant (though not in a way that gets used for anything), and about as expensive to parse as its possible for a serialization protocol to get (every character has to be examined).
The first thing any software designer does when faced with a demand that XML be used is to find or write software that abstracts away from it. Indeed, abstracting to the point that the XML is totally invisible makes a lot of sense, because XML is only a fad. Before long something else will be flavour of the month and the totally abstracted systems will be easy to modify accordingly.
Sylvia.

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All I want to do is upgrade two phones ... WHY IS THIS SO HARD? And, WHY CAN'T VERIZON DO THIS???!!!

In the past month, I've spoken to dozens of Verizon reps on the phone, been disconnected a few times, been at 4 different stores, been told several different things by EVERYONE, been told "oh sure, we can do that" only to be told by someone else "no we can't" ... how can you run a business like this??!!!
I AM SO FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW I COULD SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First, it was because our account was listed as a monthly paid cash account,
then, it was because we were trying to get phones at a franchise store,
then, it was because our account was set up as a business account (according to the Verizon rep I met at Wal-Mart, even though the Vz reps on the phone tell me it's listed as a personal account AND I sign onto our account as a personal account)
then, we were told to order our upgrades on over the phone (but then we were told we would have to pay for the phones and wait for a debit card rebate to be mailed to us, which my husband does not want to do)
then, we were told to order the upgrade phones online, but every time I try I get a processing error,
then, the computer tells us to call a specific phone number if we believe the error was not right,
then, the phone recording message repeats itself through multiple options TWICE and then hangs up on me,
then, I call another Verizon number and get a "helpful" rep who tells me we can order them on the phone ... only to come back to me after being on hold and telling me they have gone home for the day,
then, I try to get help online at Verizon.com and NO ONE IS AVAILABLE TO HELP ME.
I've been to Wal-Mart 3 or 4 times, been to the local franchise store, been to a store in the Chicago area, and have spoken with Verizon reps on the phone until I'm blue, and, still ... STILL ... I don't have new phones.
(removed) ALL I WANT IS TO UPGRADE OUR 2 PHONES ... WHY IS THIS SO HARD???!!!
We have been a Verizon customer for over 16 years, apparently that means NOTHING.
Edited as required by the Verizon Wireless Terms of Service
Message was edited by: Admin Moderator

That is because the people who edit the posts are NOT CS agents but instead are people who are employed by the vendor Verizon has contracted to host the forum. I don't even believe they are Verizon employees, but employees of the Jive forum platform.
For example, if a Verizon store had an electrician repairing the lighting in one of their stores, you wouldn't necessarily walk in and expect them to get off their ladder to assist you with information about a phone since they had nothing better to do than to work on the lights. First of all, they aren't salesmen or CS agents. Second, they may not even have the capability to give you the assistance you are requesting.

Why is this so hard!! NDSTRACE LDAP debugging

I have a web appication that uses LDAP to authenticate users. It is fairly simple and works very weel except for one single individual...
The web application uses apache mod_authnz_ldap. I cannot change this!
The error logs say:
Code:
[warn] auth_ldap authenticate: user USERNAME authentication failed; URI /webapp.php [User is not unique (search found two or more matches)][No such object]
[error] user USERNAME not found: /webapp.php
If I delete the user I get the error I would expect:
Code:
[warn] auth_ldap authenticate: user USERNAME authentication failed; URI /webapp.php [User not found][No such object]
[error] user USERNAME not found: /webapp.php
I have checked and double,triple checked that there is no other user with that cn, uid, uidNumber, email or anyother duplicate value!
I have deleted and recreated the user and as long as it is the same name, it will not work?? Other new users work fine!
The obvious solution is to use a different username, but that is not the point of this thread. I want to know WHY it is happening.
I have turned on debug level logging on the apache server and while this gives me all the information I would ever need to create a webserver from scratch, it is useless as to the exact LDAP conversation between Web Server and LDAP Server!
I have tried to use NDSTRACE, but all I can seem to get out of it is
Code:
09:39:20 0 00000000 FFFFFFFF -1 Event: LDAP Unbind (succeeded)
09:39:20 0 00000000 FFFFFFFF -1 Event: LDAP Connection (succeeded)
09:39:20 0 00000000 FFFFFFFF -1 Event: LDAP Bind (succeeded)
09:39:20 0 00000000 FFFFFFFF -1 Event: LDAP Bind Response (succeeded)
09:39:20 0 00000000 FFFFFFFF -1 Event: LDAP Search (succeeded)
09:39:20 0 00000000 FFFFFFFF -1 Event: LDAP Search Entry Response (succeeded)
Which is useless to me!
What I want to get is a detailed log of exactly what LDAP parameters are going to the server and the responses back! The LDAP Filter, Base, Search Scope, Attributes......
Bob

On 03/20/2015 05:56 AM, laurabuckley wrote:
>
> It is my understanding that the attribute "uniqueID" is used by LDAP on
> user lookups - I stand to be corrected on this.
Yes, it can be, as can anything else. LDAP itself does not care at all
about which attributes are on which objects, so long as relative DNs in a
given context are all unique (regardless of the attribute used as a naming
attribute), but apparently this application is doing more checking. What
that is, exactly, who knows; the vendor should be able to tell us, or
ndstrace will if they lack that information.
> To double-check that you don't have a conflicting entry try the
> following on your server:
>
> ldapsearch -x -h ipofserver "objectClass=inetOrgPerson" uniqueID |grep
> -i username
>
> Perhaps the above is worth a try?
What is interesting about this case is that it is either all or none...
either the username is found twice, or it is not found at all. This makes
me wonder if there is an alias somewhere being dereferenced, and perhaps
either the user exists and the alias is followed (looks like two use) or
the user does not exist and the broken alias returns nothing (no users).
Either way, the first step is to understand the web application's query
properly. Getting those details out of vendors can be hard unless you
find somebody who really knows the system better than "we look for a
user". ndstrace helps in those cases as long as the details are enabled
to be shown.
Good luck.
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Why is this so hard to use?

All the iLife software is a breeze to use. My grandmother can even manage her pictures and music using iTunes and iPhoto. So why is GarageBand so freaking complicated. I have no idea how to do anything in it. Earlier, I wanted to create a dance beat track for a party. So I make a new track and select "dance pop". I never could make that a basic track. I just wanted a simple track with additional drum/beat tracks layered onto it. I spent a good hour trying to do it, but I never could get it to work.
Does anyone else feel like GarageBand is way too complicated?

Mr. Large:
I really hate to break it to you, but I have been working with computer recording and synthesis programs for 20 years. I've tried everything. GarageBand is hands down the easiest program ever devised for recording and editing music. Nothing else comes close.
That being said, one has to understand the basics of what music is and how it is organized in order to be able to use GarageBand effectively. Composing a song is a much more elaborate undertaking than snapping a picture with a point-and-shoot camera and cropping it (as in iPhoto).
As for how to do anything in it, first, RTFM (Read the Fabulous Manual) in this case the built-in Help feature under the Help menu. Then you can go to Amazon.com and find a dozen or so books in print on working with GarageBand. If you really want to learn how to make music, I have two suggestions that I give to newbies: 1) Join a choir or chorus in your community or at your church, and obviously attend all the rehearsals, and 2) take piano lessons from a piano teacher. By doing these you will learn how music is organized and put together. That's the essence of GarageBand or any other program for recording music.

Why is this so hard for BT?

Here is a copy of an email I have sent to the top bloke in BT about theeir terrible home moving procedures:
Dear Sir,
I’m moving home at short notice on 29th April due to work commitments. This move was only confirmed at 10.00am this morning, 22nd April.
I called BT to arrange for me to have the Infinity line that is already connected to the new property switched back on on the April.
Apparently it is not fibre to the cabinet as usual, but fibre direct into the house.
After being passed through 4 different members of staff I was eventually connected to a lady who promised to call me back. After a couple of hours and no callback I managed to recount her by calling BT again.
She then informed me that the earliest reconnection date was May 22nd, over 4 weeks from today. Apparently an engineer has to visit the house to reconnect. Why? She couldn’t tell me.
Bt take an instant to cease the service, why is it impossible to reinstate within more than 4 weeks?
I presume when the previous owner vacated the house he didn’t take the fibre connection with him. I’m perfectly capable of plugging in a router to a socket which is all the engineer will do. As I understand it the re enabling is done at the exchange.
I would be grateful if you, or one of your exec team could look into this issue which I understand is widespread and expedite a recommissioning in a timely manner.
As a matter of interest, the girl I was speaking top whilst placing the order told me the way to get around this issue was to find a wifi hotspot in the garden! I didn’t realise hotspots were in everyones garden – I can’t connect to my own router in the garden, why on earth she thought I would have random connections in a large gardened detached property is incredible…
I realise everyone wants their internet connection yesterday and all have valid reasons for doing so, but my wife uses the connection for video conferencing with her job, so I guess that’s at least as valid a reason as anyones. Over 4 weeks is pretty much an insult I feel.
I look forward to your solution in the near future.
Kind regards,
andygo

Welcome to this forum.
This is a customer to customer forum only, where forum members, who are only BT customers, can help each other with BT Retail products and services.
Anything you post here does not go to BT. Although the forum is moderated by BT, not all posts are read.
This is a public forum which can be viewed worldwide, so please do not post any personal information, especially phone numbers, account numbers, fault numbers, address information or email addresses, as this could be used to impersonate you.
Its quite possible that the connection has been recovered, and re-used for another customer. The date you have been given would have been the next available date that a suitably skilled Openreach Field Technician would be available to re-provide the connection.
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

Time Machine ... Why is this so hard?

So what I have is 2 macs running Lion (10.8.4). One computer is a macbook pro and the other is a mac mini. The mac mini has a external hard drive connect to it. What I am trying to do is have my macbook pro do a time machine back up to the external hard drive connected to the mac mini. I have setup all the sharing permisions and I can access the harddrive without any issues via finder. I can read and write files with no problems from my macbook pro. But when I try to do a back up time machine failes with a popup saying "Time Machine couldn't complete the backup to "Mac mini" the backup disk is not available". Not sure how to get this work... I don't understand how its not available if I can access it. I can even select it as a disk to do backups. Any help? Anyone ever do this before? Here is a diagram of what the network looks like:
MBP ))))) wirless ))))) ROUTER ((((((wireless(((((( mac mini -------------- external
|

If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Enter the word "Starting" (without the quotes) in the String Matching text field. You should now see log messages with the words "Starting * backup," where * represents any of the words "automatic," "manual," or "standard." Note the timestamp of the last such message that corresponds to a failed backup. Now
CLEAR THE WORD "Starting" FROM THE TEXT FIELD
so that all messages are showning, and scroll back in the log to the time you noted. Select the messages timestamped from then until the end of the backup, or the end of the log if that's not clear. Copy them (command-C) to the Clipboard. Paste (command-V) into a reply to this message.
If all you see are messages that contain the word "Starting," you didn't clear the text field.
If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don't post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Some personal information, such as the names of your files, may be included — anonymize before posting.

Stuck in calculating time remaining, what do i do, its my second airport time capsule that i purchased as the first had a faulty hard drive, why is this soo hard!

This is my second airport time capsule as the first i purchaed had a faulty hard drive, so now, its been a while i keep trying hoping it will work but its always stuck in 'calculating time remaining'. i thought it was my wifi so i connected directly to the capsule using an ethernet cord, bought an adaptor as i have the new macbook air (4m old) 13 inch, still not working. Help please,i am thinknig of just returning it and getting a less expeecsive and easier one to use.
D

Mavericks is the pain here.
It can lose the network connection half way through a backup.
When you connect by ethernet (good to get that.. hope it is the thunderbolt to ethernet).. did you turn off the wireless.. this is important.. nothing changes if the wireless is still on.
I recommend you start over. Keep the wireless on for this part.
Stop the backup.
Factory reset the TC.
Redo the TC setup but this time use all short names, no spaces, pure alphanumeric.
I know the airport utility will suggest apple names..
Fred Blog's Airport Time Capsule.
Don't fall for it.
Use TCgen5
For wireless name use TCwifi (or if you want more control, TC24ghz and change 5ghz to TC5ghz).
Wipe the current TM setup.
Use A4 to reset it. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
With wireless off now and just ethernet connection try the backup again.
No luck manually mount the TC hard disk in finder. Go/Connect to Server.
AFP://TCname.local (replace TCname with your new nice short name.. and use the domain which is local by default).
OR
Use AFP://10.0.1.1 (Replace with whatever IP the TC uses.. but it must be static.. easy for router mode.. not so easy if the TC is in bridge mode).
The Computer will request the password.. type in whatever password you used for disk access.. by default it ithe device password. If you did not change it then default is public.
This setup has worked for other people.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5951390?tstart=0
I cannot guarantee you won't need to reboot the TC oocasionally as it does fall over.
There are other bits that I keep forgetting..
Make sure ipv6 is set to link-local for both wireless and ethernet in the computer.
Once you finish the main backup the short incremental backups can work over wireless.. so just turn wireless back on.

I need to delete existing website data created with FTP years ago...Why is this so HARD?

I know this haqs been re-hashed a milion times here on the board, but I don't want to keep calling in to the support number and getting people who have no idea what I am talking about trying to help me!
I have an old legacy website or two sitting out there that I am tired of being charges web space for. I no longer need or want the files. I just want them deleted. What is the best way to do this? Why on God's green earth can't I find an easy solution to this? Please help!!!!
Thanks in advance,
John

Reposting from britechguy's post here:
To All Who Need Files Deleted From PWS That Were Created Via FTP Transfer:
Do call Verizon High Speed Internet Tech Support at 1-800-VERIZON (1-800-837-4966)
Expect that the Technical Support Representative may not be familiar with the issue you are calling about, but they may be. In any case, be polite as this is not their fault.
If the representative is not familiar with the issue, do tell them that you already know that this issue must ultimately be resolved by the Operations Support Center and that all you are asking for is that a ticket be created to delete all files from your Verizon PWS.
Make sure to state, and ask that they note in the session notes, that you clearly understand that the deleted files are unrecoverable/cannot be restored under any circumstances once they are removed. I say this because during today's conversations I was told that my previous request was put "on hold" because the prior representative had not specifically covered this information and they had been unable to reach me afterward to confirm that I knew it.
Specifically request an e-mail or phone verification that the deletion of the PWS files has been completed.
Expect that the deletion will take between 24 to 48 hours to actually occur.
Be prepared to call back and make the same request again if it does not occur.
If a forum member gives an answer you like, give them the Kudos they deserve. If a member gives you the answer to your question, mark the answer as Accepted Solution so others can see the solution to the problem.
"All knowledge is worth having."

Apple ID - Why is this so Hard? "Email in use" why can't I fix?

My son has an iPhone4s and a new Retina MAcBook we bought him to take to college.
He has an Apple ID [email protected] We can't think of any other apple ID that would've used that @me.com email.
When he tries to set up Messages on either his iPhone or MacBook, we get the error, "email can't be verified" beacuse it is already in use.
But we can't change the primary email on that account for some reason. I've looked at lots of other dicsussions and help files. Here is what we see when we log into my Apple ID:
Note there is not a button to re-verify the "primary" email, nor to edit or to delete it. We've tried deleteing the alternate email a few times, doesn't seem to help. I want him to call Apple, but you know kids, they don't want to do whatever it is you want them to do......
His Apple ID seems to work fine for the iTunes & App Store & iCloud for email
Any thoughts????? I'm stymied. Apple needs to make this easier.

Mr. Large:
I really hate to break it to you, but I have been working with computer recording and synthesis programs for 20 years. I've tried everything. GarageBand is hands down the easiest program ever devised for recording and editing music. Nothing else comes close.
That being said, one has to understand the basics of what music is and how it is organized in order to be able to use GarageBand effectively. Composing a song is a much more elaborate undertaking than snapping a picture with a point-and-shoot camera and cropping it (as in iPhoto).
As for how to do anything in it, first, RTFM (Read the Fabulous Manual) in this case the built-in Help feature under the Help menu. Then you can go to Amazon.com and find a dozen or so books in print on working with GarageBand. If you really want to learn how to make music, I have two suggestions that I give to newbies: 1) Join a choir or chorus in your community or at your church, and obviously attend all the rehearsals, and 2) take piano lessons from a piano teacher. By doing these you will learn how music is organized and put together. That's the essence of GarageBand or any other program for recording music.

No Keyboard / mouse..why is this so hard??

I have followed the beginners guide up to installing xorg and lxde. Whwnever I run startx lxde opens, but I have no mouse or keyboard control. I have HAL in daemons, I have installed evdev. I have tried without an xorg.conf. No luck. I have added
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection
No luck again. Shouldn't that disable hotplugging?
I also tried
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False"
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No luck. I believe I have followed the install guide. How do I figure out the problem?
Thanks

Are your mouse&keyboard working if you do the basic X test as described in the Beginners' Guide?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … ethod_1.29
If yes, then verify that a WM is installed. When I installed LXDE, Openbox was not automatically installed and I had to do that manually.

HT1386 i want to sync music from my itunes to my iphone? Why is this probably harder than discovering a cure for cancer? FFS im trippin out over this!!! 3 hours down the ****** today downloading itunes and redownloading it then tryin to sync! FML!!!

pretty much as above? any very simple answers coz everything ive tried to folloq doesnt exist!!! >:(

You are far more likely to get help if you calm down and explain the problem. By that I mean, what did you do? What happened when you did that? What error messages did you receive (be as exact as possible)? What steps did you take to troubleshoot ("everything" is not the correct answer here).
As it stands, all we really know is that you want to sync music and you can't and that you are upset. So, now that you have vented, start a new thread without the hyperbolic references to cancer. I'm sure someone will be able to help you.
Best of luck.

Why is it so hard to get iTunes to find my library?

<rant>I don't understand why it's so difficult to get iTunes to find an existing library after a move. I wish I had left this alone from the beginning. Had I known it would be this hard, I wouldn't have done this.</rant>
I have tried to move my iTunes folder from beneath my home folder to the root. After following some instructions to get this moved (I forget the link), iTunes thinks my songs are in the trash. I verified this by looking at the iTunes Library.xml file, and saw the songs linked to the songs in the trash.
So now that I've deleted my trash, all of my songs are showing up with exclamation points, saying it can't find the original song. If I locate an individual song in the new folder, it works fine. But I have thousands of songs, and have little interest in doing this for my whole library.
I've tried manually updating the iTunes Library.xml file, pointing them to the proper location, but I've figured out iTunes doesn't really use this file -- it uses the binary "iTunes Library" (with no extension) file, which I can't edit (thanks Apple).
I've also tried the option+start trick to point it to the new library (at several different points along the way), and it still thinks my songs are in the trash, I believe.
I can only assume that this has something to do with digital rights, and them not making it easy to copy music, but for us legit people, this is really a pain.
So is there a way to get this back? Or, am I left to wiping out my library, and having iTunes import my songs from scratch, and lose all of my metadata and album art?
Also once again, why is this so hard anyway? Has Apple not seen the tons of blogs and discussions on this very topic enough to warrant actually addressing this?
Thanks in advance.

Thank Chris and Diane.
After looking into this more, it looks like after transferring my media folder, I also moved my iTunes library to the root following this article:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive/
Somehow, something got missed (though I'm almost positive I followed that first Apple support article). Anyway, my fix was this:
1) Move my iTunes media folder back to the exact trash location it thought the songs should be in, and confirmed that the songs were once again found through iTunes.
2) Follow the Apple support article, relocated my iTunes Media folder from the trash to the desired folder in the root
3) Moved my iTunes Library back to my home folder following the iLounge article above (move physical files, then option-open iTunes and point the library to the new location).
Once I did this, everything is as I wanted it.
By the way, Chris, the reason I want my iTunes in the root of my external rather than under the Home/Shared, is because I want my songs on the external, and my Shared folder is on my internal. I want to keep all my large files on my external.
Also, Diane, what I meant by digital rights issue, I didn't mean this was the cause of my problem, but rather speculating this was the reason Apple made it so hard to relocate your media files. Again, that was just speculation, I obviously have no way of knowing. It just seems unreasonably hard to relocate your iTunes songs (or even just tell iTunes where they are after it lost them) because Apple seems to try to make users' lives easier, not harder.
Anyway, thanks again for the help.

HT204088 I want a receipt for the payment taken from my visa card. Why am I finding this so hard?

I want a receipt for the payment taken from my visa card. Why am I finding this so hard to find/obtain?
Cheers, Paul.

Receipts are sent to your email address. It sometimes takes a couple of days to arrive, so if you just made an order, wait a couple of days and the receipt will probably show up. Otherwise the only option is the Purchase History as described in the support article from which you came, and there's no print mechanism so you would need to take a screen shot of the relevant page.
Regards.

Are stores open for canada day, why is it so hard to find this information anywhere

are stores open for canada day, why is it so hard to find this information anywhere

You can go to https://www-ssl.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/stores/store-locator.aspx and find you closest store. Than just click on Store Hours and Directions and it will list if it is open today. If not it will read as "Wednesday Jul 1 Closed"

When i was installing bootcamp, it deleted my coursework on my 1TB usb hard drive?? why is this?? can someone help??

When i was installing bootcamp, it deleted my coursework on my 1TB usb hard drive?? why is this?? can someone help??

You did something wrong. Why was your usb hard drive connected? Did you somehow format the external hard drive? If so, your files are gone.

Why is this so hard?

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