Beware the evils of ATM

As most of you know I was having problems getting escript to connect to
local environments on a UNIX 9000 ver. B.10.20 Central Server. The jist of
the story is I could use escript to connect
to any environment on another similar UNIX Central Server, but when going
to a local environment it would hang up on the trace line just before the
escript> prompt.
We found the problem was with the configuration of an ATM network card. Our
Network Guru's explained it to me this way:
By default ATM uses Classical IP. I am told the main difference between
Classical IP and what ethernet uses is Classical IP has a larger packet
size. ATM could be configured to use ELAN which is supposed to be more in
line with ethernet. I am told that ELAN may or may not fix the problem, we
are not sure. We are going to take the
"If it is not broken don't fix it"
approach and stick with ethernet. To-date network speed has not been an
issue. If in the future we find that we need the speed that comes with ATM
we may experiment with ATM and ELAN then.
PS
If anyone out there use a similar UNIX box as a Central Server with ATM and
ELAN I'd like to know how everything is working.
Kelsey PetrychynSaskTel Forte System Administrator
ITM - Business Solns-consult Stds & Support
Tel (306) 777 - 4906, Fax (306) 359 - 0857
Internet:[email protected]

Quote from: meta_sin on 09-February-06, 01:39:11
maybe because its an ecs tool?
let me get this straight. are you using the software from the ecs mobo to flash your msi bios? ??? if yes, just lay off the beer.
for info on how to flash the bios read the stickies in the bios section of the forum.

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I was just wondering if there is an end-date for the $10 Gift Card offers with the pre-order of Shadow Warrior and Evil Within.
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dial-peer voice xxxxx voip ( the xxxxx is just a tag)
destination-pattern 45... (that would route any 5-digit calls beginning with 45)
session-target ipv4:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (ip address of the terminating router)
If digitones are to be dialed after the connection is established, use the statement:
dtmf-relay-h.245-alphanumeric
You could also use a statement to specify the codec to be used:
codec g711ulaw
You would need multiple voip dial peers if the calls were going to different routers based on the dialed digits. If all calls are sent to the same terminating router, use all wild cards in the dest-pattern statement.
At the terminating router configure pots dial peers:
dial-peer voice xxxxx pots
dest-pattern 45...
port x/x (whichever port the call is to be terminated on)
prefix 45 (this re-inserts matched digits which are stripped off by the pots dp)
Repeat for other ports which will receive calls.
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N95 on 3 - beware the repair man

This is for info for any 3 users who might need to try the 3 repair service. Beware, you could end up spending unnecessary money if you don't take extra advice.
I had a problem with my N95 freezing on startup. 5 months old and well looked after. Couldn't fathom it so contacted 3, my provider. Told to send for repair - returned with message that it was liquid damage - not covered by warranty. AAAAGGGGHHHH! not only that, when I phoned 3 to ask for clarification, was told it was irreparable - which is why no repair estimate was given.
I was given expensive replacement options - complained and was left feeling badly let down.
Last resort, should have been first, checked out this forum, found a similar problem tried the "3 finger reset" and IT WORKED. Phine back to A1 again. Thanks so much.
Shame on you you 3! Really bad and inaccurate advice from them.Pity I'm locked into 13 more months contract.
P.S. liquid damage? Well looked after, so I don't know how that could have happened. 3 staff said it could be moisture from the air! {is that possible?}. Wish I knew that before I bought it - didn't take out insurance.

Sometimes a phone can collect moisture if it's been in a steamy place like a bathroom or if it's been in a tight pocket next to your skin and you've got very warm or sweaty.
There are little labels inside that turn pink if they have been exposed to moisture.
There is one that you can see underneath the battery, a small white(or pink) label in an area about 1.5mm x 4mm neer the phones serial number sticker.

Beware the "Bonus 500 Text Message Promotion"

I received a call from Verizon asking if I would be interested in upgrading my Casio Gz'one to a new phone. (I love my Casio, I went back to it after two Motoralas died miserably 4 months into the 2 year contact.) I have been eligible for a new every two since March so I was interested in what the Rep had to say but I didn't sign up for a new phone, so instead he offered to give me 500 text messages that I would have to use within a year. I have probably sent 10 text messages in my life but i thought that was nice of him, he said it was because I have been a loyal customer since 1999 so I said sure why not. Well today I received a confirmation email including the "Bonus" in my plan and advising me if I were to terminate before the "Bonus" expired I would be subject to a $175.00 fee! Thankfully a nice Verizon lady by the name of Reese removed it from my account today. My loyalty will die when my Casio does, The World is a treacherous place beware of samaritans in Verizon clothing!!

I just got the very same text message. I never reply to phone calls or text messages that i dont know the number.

Beware the instability of iPhoto

I have lost my iPhoto pictures twice in a fortnight simply while using iPhoto. The pictures are there ( on my "computer" so I am told) but there is no easy way for iPhoto to display them: you get the message that they are in iPhoto so iPhoto can't upload them. That's a fat lot of use if you can't see them. Apple are totally unhelpful: the first time I posted about this I got a knowall going on about directories and stuff. It all started with iPhoto 6, but Apple doesn't want to know.
I strongly advise anyone who needs pictures to beware of the proven instability of iPhoto 6.
Today I dragged my picture folders, "Originals" and "Modified" out of iPhoto Library and renamed them and reimported them into iPhoto but now I have three copies of everything. What I did is undoubtedly the wrong thing but as nowhere can anyone tell you what the right thing to do this might be a workaround if you are desperate and have nothing else to do for 2 days.

Ewan,
I'm sorry you're having so much trouble. I think what you are experiencing is the learning curve in using a database application as opposed to a file browser.
With a file browser you keep your files in folders, then organize everything into subfolders in whatever structure you like. Then you browse through those folders to find your files. You have to decide if that picture of your dog with your kid belongs in the folder for your dog, your kid, the date it was taken, etc. To have it in each place would necessitate keeping multiple copies. You can do this yourself by using the Finder to navigate through the folders, or use an application that assists with file browsing and perhaps offers sorting and tagging. This is what you get with Adobe PhotoDeluxe. If you're happy with it, then that's good. Do what works best for you.
With a database application (iPhoto and iTunes are both examples) you import your files into the database. From that point, you no longer access those files from within their folders and subfolders. Instead, you open the application and access them from there. An advantage is that the photo of your dog with your kid can now be placed in your dog album your kid's album, your date-based album, your holiday album, etc. with no duplication of that photo eating up space on your hard drive. Plus, you have many features for tagging and sorting your photos so that you can easily find one picture or a whole group with a few clicks. This results in more power, using less storage, making iPhoto an efficient application. If you'd like to give it another try, then read on.
I have 2 tips so you can "avoid this timewasting glitch in future."
1. Keep out of the folder called "iPhoto Library." That folder contains the database and all necessary files. iPhoto will organize them in the way it is designed to do. Browsing into that folder and its subfolders is off-limits. Any changes you make while browsing them will damage the database. Use iPhoto to access, organize, and manipulate your files - that's why you bothered to import your photos there. If you need your files outside of iPhoto, then use iPhoto to select them and export a copy. You may do with the copy whatever you like (such as upload to a website for posting on eBay); iPhoto keeps the original photo inside its library unless you delete it.
I agree that something this important should be flashed on screen in giant red letters when you first install or launch iPhoto. It is stated in iPhoto Help, but it would be difficult to read the entire Help file prior to using the application. Many computer-savvy people just know that a database gets this special treatment. [If it were on a Windows machine the database would be hidden to prevent all user access. The result? You couldn't access your photos in the event of a database failure, and you'd be SOL.] I prefer this way of doing things, although I do wish there were a warning for those of us who don't understand the rules of the database. I made this mistake, read this forum, fixed my library, and learned the lesson. I've never had a problem with my library since then. Now I'm trying to help you learn the same lesson.
2. There is one thing that you can do to protect your library which requires going into the iPhoto Library folder. (Ironic, right?) Just inside the library folder is the file "Library6.iPhoto". This is the all-important database file. It holds your metadata: titles, comments, ratings, albums, keywords, books, and much more. When this file gets damaged you no longer have access to your photos from within iPhoto. Your photos still exist inside their folder structure, but without that file iPhoto forgets where they are. This is when you have to start over with a fresh library and import your pictures all over again. The file can get damaged by a user tampering and changing things inside the iPhoto Library folder. It can also be damaged by a power outage while iPhoto is running. You've experienced this, and it's very frustrating to say the least. A file with such huge importance should be protected.
Here's how. After you have used iPhoto and made changes to your library, Quit iPhoto. In the Finder, go just inside your iPhoto Library folder. [I keep my Finder window in column view to make this easy. Click on the Pictures folder, then iPhoto Library folder, and the contents of that folder are listed in the next column.] Click once on the file, "Library6.iPhoto," to select it. Pull down the File menu and select "Duplicate." (Or use the keyboard shortcut Command D.) This gives you a new file named "Library6 copy.iPhoto". I take the copy and move it out of the iPhoto Library folder. It doesn't matter where, as long as you remember. You could create a folder on your Desktop for it and just drag it there. Please notice that I made no change to the iPhoto Library - all I did was duplicate a file and remove the duplicate.
Now the database is backed up. If I have a power outage while using iPhoto (a common occurrence here) and the database gets corrupted, all I have to do is move the Library6 copy.iPhoto file back into the iPhoto Library folder, remove the damaged database file, and delete the word "copy" from the filename. When I launch iPhoto, everything will be intact. No starting over, rebuilding albums, etc.
Old Toad has written an automator script to make this even more convenient to do. With one click you can copy the database file and it will overwrite the previous copy automatically. Read his last paragraph and his Tip in this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1012489&tstart=0 and follow the link to Toad's cellar if you wish to download his tool.
3. (I know I said 2, so consider this a freebie.) Keep a current backup of the iPhoto Library folder. It's simple, just copy that entire folder to an external hard drive. That copies all of your photos with the database information. This protects you against hard drive failure. Step 2 only protects the database against damage, but will do nothing for you if your drive containing all the photos suddenly breaks. If you keep that backup current and you do have a database failure, all you need to do is copy the good Library6.iPhoto file from the backup into the damaged library (step 2) to get your library up and running.
"As a consumer I have no knowledge of how the technology works or what a "directory rebuild "is or blah, blah, blah."
Perhaps you're referring to the rebuild function for the iPhoto Library database. It's a way of telling iPhoto to recreate its database file, including the thumbnails that it creates. This can help repair a damaged library when the damage is minimal. What it cannot do is correct the damage caused by changing things inside the iPhoto Library folder. Once those links are broken, iPhoto has no way of knowing how to restore them.
I have no idea how my car's engine works. But I understand it's controls so that I can maintain and drive it. It's the same with computers. You don't have to be a programmer, but you do have to become familiar with maintenance and correct usage. Otherwise, the outcome is the same: fatal crash.
I have tried to describe things here in plain English. I'm no techie, either, but I have learned that with computers plain English can be imprecise, ambiguous, and get you into trouble. If used to really bug me when I would say "memory" and my hubbie would correct me with "storage". Now I appreciate the difference and know the confusion it causes when someone asking for help uses one term in place of the other. My point is that if you're not sure about something I've said here please ask me to clarify.
Peace.

Beware the new Kid Deleter...

There's a new kid on the block... quick on the draw... quicker still to shoot...
Apart from arbitrarily locking threads, s/he's now taken to deleting them.
Beware folks! The thought police are here!! (Or should it be speech police?)

Captiv8r wrote:
Hi Jay
I believe this particular forum has been a bit on the wild side.
Quite... driven to despair by the state of the forums and sheer indifference of Adobe. There are some Adobe foks like John C and Kanguyen who are making a definite attempt. However, my feeling is too little, too late.
Matters are definitely not helped by hosts arbitrarily locking and / or delteting threads. There was a moderator called Zoro or Zero or something... he vanished after a while and now we have 'Kid Deleter'...I posted a comment earlier about this and it just vanished. Without even a by-your-leave.
The pomposity of these guys...
There are always other ways to steer things back on track.

Beware the update of 2006-06-28 for the ipod nano!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ran this update and now the ipod never shows as connected
and itunes takes forever to load (if it does (50/50 chance).
The update window, looked ok, i clicked on update (realizing
that all my playlist would be wiped out) and waited, and
waited, etc, etc. Finally the update window blanked out
except for the top bar. I assumed that it was done (has
apple core never heard of a working or busy signal?)
So i disconnected the ipod, rebooted and everything was
slowed way down. Itunes still may or may not run. The one
time i got itunes to run, it said the ipod or a folder was
corrupt. The ipod never shows up in itunes but when i try
to disconnect it (via the task bar icon), it says it cant
be disconnected because a program is still using it.
Need help (and BTY apple, get your act togeather!),
thanks,
savagcl

I still not using the update.

Beware the Security Update - How I fixed my WIFI problem and a question

First of all I have read the "Latest Update from 21 January is A Disaster" thread and I basically agree with Andrew is Stuck so please don't feel the need repeat any of the stuff about it is not a bug in the update etc etc and I should have a Super Duper clone to hand etc etc . I have read that stuff. You are probably right but they should write on the Security Update info panel - "Be Careful this could really ruin your day".
I am ****** off and stressed out and I need to rant and I am not looking for that kind of lecture - even if it is partially or wholly true. I need to feel positive by warning people the way I wish I had been warned!
NB I am near the end of a professional dance tour as Musical Director running music on Logic on my MBP and it has been working fantastic - not a single glitch in 6 weeks. I would never upgrade my OS or Logic in the middle of job like this BUT Security Updates have always seem like something you should install because they will protect the Mac or protect against any new viruses etc. I have never had a problem with them before. (THAT ATTITUDE WILL NOW CHANGE!!!)
This update has caused a lot of people a lot of problems (check out this forum) and it has caused me more real world problems than anything I have downloaded and installed from anywhere in the last 3 years. Thus it has nothing to do with Security!!! HOw any people does a Security Uodate have to goose before it becomes an unsatisfactory Security Update?
This security update suddenly stopped my WIFI working and put me in a real hole.
(I am sure you don't care but I have a meeting tomorrow morning that I needed to do 3 hours of prep for including looking at VIDEO online. And the Security Update has just put paid to that. )
After 3 hours I have just got WIfi back- here's how:
I repaired permissions twice with Disk Utility - no joy. I found I could get online when I booted in Safe Mode (and I could get online with my Iphone on the same WIFi setup) so I knew it was not the router - though I did switch the router on and off a few times,
When I initially ran Repair permissions there was loads of things needing repair. I ran it again and 2 remained:
usr/share/derby it keeps trying to repair
and one of the package contents of the ARDAgent.app (System>Library>CoreServices>RemoteManagement>ARDAgent.app>Contents>MacOS>ARDAg ent) had a warning attached that it in the Disk Utility Repair Permissions report that it had been modified.
So I restored ARDAgent.app from a Time Machine Back up and replaced the offending file when in Safe Mode (Restart with Shift held down). - using Ctrl Click to open the ARDAgent.app package contents.
This seemed to sort it all out for me.
I guess people need to look in their Disk Utility Repair Permissions reports and see if any esoteric system files have been goosed by the update and see if they can get them back - although if you don't know what you are doing this could make things worse......
Anyway I DO have questions:
If this hadn't of worked:
1) Would reinstalling Snow Leopard from disks have upset my preferences, installs of Logic and Audio drivers and 3rd party application installs and the rest?
- the main stressor when this happens is not trying to lose the whole day.
2) Is there a way of just restoring the System from a Time Machine Backup or a SuperDuper clone or do you have to restore the whole state of the entire Hard Drive?
Best
Tommy Banana
PS I feel better now. Thanks for listening.

The fact that you saw no glitches while running Logic before applying the update means almost nothing because that uses only a small subset of system resources. Far more significant is that Safe Mode restored some missing functionality: because it disables non-essential items like user fonts, third party drivers, & so on, it points to problems in those areas.
Equally significant, the fact that there are relatively few reports of post-update problems among the several million Snow Leopard users points away from the update itself as the cause of your problems.
Separate & apart from that, it so happens that I'm a sound engineer/system designer/board operator with nearly 40 years of professional touring experience. FWIW, I never have & never will update the software of any system I must rely on professionally (whether it is running on a Mac, a PC, or dedicated hardware) unless & until I can thoroughly test it first and I have a trustworthy backup/recursion strategy to fall back on in case of problems.
I strongly suggest you learn from your unpleasant experience & do the same. I have had far fewer problems with Macs than with PC's, but nothing is 100% reliable to begin with. Changing the OS software part way through the tour is just asking for trouble, no matter how reliable that has been in the past. Even if the budget allows for nothing better than a stack of burned CD's & a couple of consumer grade CD players, no professional tour can afford to be without some fallback strategy in place. That should be self-evident & require no warning from Apple or anybody else.

OT: Macintosh Users: Beware the misleading advertising for Acrobat 9 Pro Extended

An important message to Macintosh users who are considering purchasing Acrobat 9:
I am writing to let you Mac users know that the current marketing for Acrobat Pro is very confusing.
On the page for Acrobat Pro,
here.
there is a very enticing sidebar that says "Consider Upgrading to Acrobat 9 Pro Extended"
It outlines all the cool things that Extended can do. I had seen some publicity for Extended and so I immediately clicked that button to find out more about this version. It is a very compelling product that has a presentation application, 3D capabilities, and the form creation product Live Cycle Designer.
I was very excited about this product, when I was lucky to have checked the System Requirements for this product. And was amazed to find that this product is Windows only!
It is one thing to shove the Mac market off to the side as Acrobat has in the past. For instance, in the past, Acrobat products have provided features for Windows that were missing on the Mac.
But the current advertising borders on misleading advertising. Rather than just hide the Windows -only features under the same name as the Macintosh product, Adobe has come out with a Windows-only product that doesn't clearly state it is Windows only!
To publicize a product on a page that is cross platform and then make it very hard to find out that the product is Windows only is terrible. And I guarantee that this will lead to many people ordering something they can not use. And will be very angry about!
I have written to several people I know at Adobe to complain about this.
I would suggest that others use the Adobe-feedback page:
http://www.adobe.com/bin/webfeedback.cgi
to tell Adobe how this makes you feel.
Meanwhile, I'm glad that I won't have to shell out the extra money for this Windows-only product.

Buko,
I appreciate your support, but it's even worse than you think.
Here are the features exclusive to Acrobat 9 Pro Extended:
Combine documents, drawings, e-mail, spreadsheets, and rich media including audio, video, 3D, and maps in a single, compressed PDF Portfolio.
b The Pro version does not support 3D.
Create interactive, on-demand presentations Use Adobe Presenter software now included with Adobe Acrobat® 9 Pro Extended software to liven up your slides with video, voice-over, demos, and interactive quizzes, and then output to PDF for reliable, cross-platform sharing.
b The Pro version does not contain Presenter.
This is the product I was most interested in.
Work with expanded 3D features Use new Adobe 3D Reviewer software to combine multiple CAD formats in one assembly; compare a revised design to an earlier version; measure and section on precise geometry; and create exploded views, animations, and balloons. Export your work to 2D vector or raster files or save as PDF.
b The Pro version does not support any 3D features.
View and interact with PDF maps Search, measure, and mark up geospatially enabled PDF maps. Discover the longitude and latitude by placing your cursor over a location. Measure PDF maps in kilometers or miles.
b The Pro version does not support the PDF maps features.
Create interactive forms with Adobe LiveCycle Designer.
b The Pro version does not have the LiveCycle Designer application.
Finally, there is a feature mentioned in the Pro 9 Extended product that I cannot find in the Acrobat Pro 9 features:
Convert a variety of video formats to FLV for reliable, cross-platform sharing of video, animations, and applications in PDF documents. With native support for Adobe® Flash® technology, no additional media player is necessary for playback.
b But I can't definitely tell if this feature is in the Pro 9 version.
As you can see, there are quite a few compelling features in Pro Extended. And I guarantee it is
b only marketing, and not code,
that is keeping these features from the Mac market.

Macintosh Users: Beware the misleading advertising for Acrobat 9 Pro Extended

b An important message to Macintosh users who are considering purchasing Acrobat 9:
I am writing to let you Mac users know that the current marketing for Acrobat Pro is very confusing.
On the page for Acrobat Pro,
https://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/store/flex/index.cfm?store=OLS-US&storeclient=flex&nr=0&d istributionmethod=FULL&promoid=DHFBK&category=/Applications/AcrobatProExtended&view=ols_pr od
there is a very enticing sidebar that says "Consider Upgrading to Acrobat 9 Pro Extended"
It outlines all the cool things that Extended can do. I had seen some publicity for Extended and so I immediately clicked that button to find out more about this version. It is a very compelling product that has a presentation application, 3D capabilities, and the form creation product Live Cycle Designer.
I was very excited about this product, when I was lucky to have checked the System Requirements for this product. And was amazed to find that this product is Windows only!
It is one thing to shove the Mac market off to the side as Acrobat has in the past. For instance, in the past, Acrobat products have provided features for Windows that were missing on the Mac.
But the current advertising borders on misleading advertising. Rather than just hide the Windows -only features under the same name as the Macintosh product, Adobe has come out with a Windows-only product that doesn't clearly state it is Windows only!
To publicize a product on a page that is cross platform and then make it very hard to find out that the product is Windows only is terrible. And I guarantee that this will lead to many people ordering something they can not use. And will be very angry about!
I have written to several people I know at Adobe to complain about this.
I would suggest that others use the Adobe-feedback page:
http://www.adobe.com/bin/webfeedback.cgi
to tell Adobe how this makes you feel.
Meanwhile, I'm glad that I won't have to shell out the extra money for this Windows-only product.

Acrobat 9 extended is just the new name for Acrobat 3D. Alas it has
always been Windows only. I agree that they could make it more obvious
that it is Windows only. I guess some in the Marketing department, may
not realize that anyone still uses a Mac ;-)
Mike

The evils of live update?

can someone explain to me why using liveupdate is so wrong?
the only reason i ask is because winflash performs an illegal operation as soon as i try to run it...
it used to work under my last build... not since the new mobo tho...
maybe because its an ecs tool?

Quote from: meta_sin on 09-February-06, 01:39:11
maybe because its an ecs tool?
let me get this straight. are you using the software from the ecs mobo to flash your msi bios? ??? if yes, just lay off the beer.
for info on how to flash the bios read the stickies in the bios section of the forum.

Beware the dangers of generic Exceptions

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2003/jw-1003-generics.html?
What do you think about that article?
I thought that it wasn't quite accurate. The author fails to address GUIs.
// some button was clicked or menu item was selected
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
    try {
        // try to open file here
        // try to save file here
        // could run out of memory (Error) or
        // IOException
        // or any other number of exceptions / errors that can't
        // be fixed by the user
    } catch (Throwable t) {
        Window w = SwingUtilities.windowForComponent(this);
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(w, "" + t, "ERROR", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
}

most people agree that catching Exception and
Throwable is usually a bad bad thing,Could you point me to statistically significant survey
where this conclusion was reached?no.. admit i should've prefixed it with something like "in my experience" - is that what you mean?
What does this assertion mean anyway? That randomly
putting try-catch(Throwable) into a program would be
bad thing. I guess that's true. That most appearances
of this construct in a random sample of programs were
in inappropriate places? Hard to say unless you've
done the sampling. That the appearance of this
construct in code written by engineers that I
supervise is usually a bad thing? No way.maybe its down to what kind of things you are dealing with, but taking these forums as a good (informal) example i often see bits of code that are wrapped with "catch(Exception e)" in a way that is almost certainly done just to get round the checked exception compilation errors. Its this that I'd still maintain is acknowledged as a bad bad thing - which is compatible with there being legitimate times when catching a general Exception is the right thing to do*
asjf
*saying that though, its v. rare i come across this - but i'm writing gui/application level code

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