Comments and Suggestions Please

Dear Apple List,
We are looking for comments and suggestions on how to improve and enhance our website - both aesthetically and perhaps in terms of function.
We would really appreciate any advice you might have. Thank you
http://www.thebaandekmontessori.org

There is something mysterious in people's behaviour. If they bought something and they never experienced any problem with it, they tend to stay with that brand, but if they encountered difficulties and especially if that happened more than once, they tend to steer away from that brand. If you buy a certain brand of car and it is at the dealer for repairs more often than you like, your next car will probably be another brand.
I have had my share of problems with Seagate disks (7200.11 series that were notoriously bad and had a failure rate of more than 100% after several were replaced under warranty), so my natural tendency was to steer away from Seagate and look for other options. However, when I considered the price of their 7200.14 series, I was tempted again, but at the same time turned off by their meager 1 year warranty and the reviews on for instance NewEgg. Those reviews are generally rather meaningless, because you never know how people have handled and installed their stuff, but nevertheless it was a mark on the wall for me. In my specific case I needed 25 identical disks to start with and based on price, warranty and reputation I selected Seagate Constellation ES (the Enterprise editions) drives, which up to now have performed flawlessly for 6 months. I have to admit I have never used WD drives at all apart from the Velociraptor which is still going strong in my old system, but they seem to have a good reputation, have a nice warranty period and are somewhat reasonable priced.
I have no idea how much space you need, what future plans you have (do you need to get a parity raid in the future) and stuff like that, but WD Caviar Blacks have a solid reputation for single disk use or in striped arrays. OTOH in parity arrays they are lousy, so if you may consider a parity array on a dedicated controller, the Blacks are out.
For setting up your disks, have a look at http://forums.adobe.com/thread/662972

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New PC Build Comments and Suggestions please :)

I am going to build a new PC for Video editing etc.
Adobe Premiere, After Effects, the Whole CS6 package amoung others.
I want the best bang for the buck
Currently I have a tower case, and a corsair 650 powersupply.
This is what I was considering to build.
MY Max Budget is 1500, THAT IS MAX I really want around $1000-$1300
I7 3770 or 3770K (3770K is $229, 3770 $260) Not sure which is best is it worth $30
more for 3770 over 3770K
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO12 evo $30
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH LGA 1155 $185
http://www.microcenter.com/product/396870/GA-Z77X-UP4_TH_LGA_1155_Intel_Z77_ATX_Intel_Moth erboard
I like this board because it has thunderbolt. I have no use for thunderbolt yet, but may later
RAM 32 GB Hyper X Red 16GB DDR3-1600 $170 for 2 sets
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MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Twin Frozr III $209 After Rebate
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Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s
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Seagate of course
Seems like Western Digital Black may be more reliable
My plan would be to put whichever of these drives I get into
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Just for storage of Other files etc etc or whatever the best use may be for it.
If it can be used with Adobe apps as well great.
LG 14X Blu Ray Burner $60
perhaps a couple corsair case fans if needed $30 for 2
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Comments, Suggestions please???
If I cut the costs some I may put that towards another monitor, or perhaps
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There is something mysterious in people's behaviour. If they bought something and they never experienced any problem with it, they tend to stay with that brand, but if they encountered difficulties and especially if that happened more than once, they tend to steer away from that brand. If you buy a certain brand of car and it is at the dealer for repairs more often than you like, your next car will probably be another brand.
I have had my share of problems with Seagate disks (7200.11 series that were notoriously bad and had a failure rate of more than 100% after several were replaced under warranty), so my natural tendency was to steer away from Seagate and look for other options. However, when I considered the price of their 7200.14 series, I was tempted again, but at the same time turned off by their meager 1 year warranty and the reviews on for instance NewEgg. Those reviews are generally rather meaningless, because you never know how people have handled and installed their stuff, but nevertheless it was a mark on the wall for me. In my specific case I needed 25 identical disks to start with and based on price, warranty and reputation I selected Seagate Constellation ES (the Enterprise editions) drives, which up to now have performed flawlessly for 6 months. I have to admit I have never used WD drives at all apart from the Velociraptor which is still going strong in my old system, but they seem to have a good reputation, have a nice warranty period and are somewhat reasonable priced.
I have no idea how much space you need, what future plans you have (do you need to get a parity raid in the future) and stuff like that, but WD Caviar Blacks have a solid reputation for single disk use or in striped arrays. OTOH in parity arrays they are lousy, so if you may consider a parity array on a dedicated controller, the Blacks are out.
For setting up your disks, have a look at http://forums.adobe.com/thread/662972

Kernel26-ice comments and suggestions

hi.
Please post here comments and suggestions here...
enjoy kernel26-ice
bye

I'm using reiser4... I build kernel myself, so I patched reiser4 for 2.6.28.1 + additional little __grab_cache_page patch which I made myself, like 2-3 days ago or so... Worked like a charm...
Do You have any special complaints about reiser4?
As for the -ice thing, I tried it, I see logs that say pm-utils are replace by tuxonice, but my stupid nvidia doesn't hibernate and hangs up, there was that page allowance thing I think... Is it so that -ice + page allowance needs hibernate script? I would like to use standard gnome power manager, so I can hibernate / suspend easily, is there a workaround for gnome to use hibernate script?
Sorry, but I don't know details or whatever else about hibernate script and integration with gnome, so any suggestion would be beneficial...
Thanx in advance...
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Need some comments and suggestions

...please try to give some comments and suggestions to my
sites... thanks..
http://bizgraphix.com

Vey good graphic design.
A few suggestions:
1. Either slow down your animations, or make one of them
stop. It makes me a bit dizzy looking at both moving all the time.
2. Get someone to edit your text for you. There is too much
repetition, the lists are too long, and there are many grammatical
errors. If you would like help, email me.
Site looks great!
You have very good design skills.
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Just Created Website Looking For Comments and Suggestions

Hello all,
Just created a website and was hoping to solicit some comments and suggestions. The site is not complete and is still in its germinal stages, but would appreciate any guidance you all might have.
Thanks

Robert,
Personally, I found the color scheme very drab and depressing. On the Welcome page and the info on Maria Montessori, it's all grey on grey (background and font and pics). Even something as subtle as making the small topic title headings a color will really make the page pop and bring the page to life.
What about adding some pics of the facility? Just a thought.
Hope this helps.
Todd

Repeated 1212m errors. Comments and suggestions welcome.

Hello, all. Got a problem here I hope you can help me with.
I built my audio/video editing computer in July. It's an Asus P5N-E SLI with an EVGA 7950 graphics card, two gigs of memory, a lot of hard drives, and the E-Mu 1212m, running Windows XP SP2.
Everything worked perfectly until two days ago, when I booted the machine and got that "You don't have sufficient hardware to run PatchMix DSP" error.
I read on these boards and others that there is no fix for this, other than to restore the defaults and hope for the best. That didn't work for me. After hours of adjusting settings, installing and uninstalling the drivers and PatchMix application, it worked again. Then, this morning, it went back to not working at all.
If I play a song, I can see the meters going up and down, but hear no sound anywhere. I now have the 1010 connected to a receiver with an S/PDIF connector and the 0202 connected to a mixer through the two out jacks. I was hoping to get sound out of one of them.
Also, in the PatchMix screen (I tried several different sessions, none of which worked. It's currently on Product Default.), strips two and three--"I/O Card In L" and "I/O Card In R"--are in red with little exclamation points to the lower left of their names. I assume that means "This isn't working!" but I can't do anything to change it.
In the Control Panel, the E-Mu card is listed as working properly. The driver is Creative's version 5.12.4.1104 from 10/22/05.
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the card there. No change in performance. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the PatchMix application also with no success.
The MIDI ports on the 0202 do work. I can see the activity lights turning on and off in several VSTs
The FireWire port on the 1010 works, too. I plugged in my camcorder and Windows recognized it immediately.
The computer is not hooked up to the internet and I have not installed any new hardware or software since I built it back in July. I can't think of any reason why it would suddenly start giving me these errors.
The last thing to do now is physically remove the card from the computer, uninstall every piece of software related to it, and reinstall the card, probably in a different slot, then reload the software. I'll let you all know how that goes.
Since this glitch seems to have happened to several other people, if anyone has any suggestions or ideas--especially if someone found a proper fix--please post them here. I have a feeling that, since this happened for no apparent reason after four months of usage, it's bound to happen again.
Thanks!

Hello, all. Got a problem here I hope you can help me with.
I built my audio/video editing computer in July. It's an Asus P5N-E SLI with an EVGA 7950 graphics card, two gigs of memory, a lot of hard drives, and the E-Mu 1212m, running Windows XP SP2.
Everything worked perfectly until two days ago, when I booted the machine and got that "You don't have sufficient hardware to run PatchMix DSP" error.
I read on these boards and others that there is no fix for this, other than to restore the defaults and hope for the best. That didn't work for me. After hours of adjusting settings, installing and uninstalling the drivers and PatchMix application, it worked again. Then, this morning, it went back to not working at all.
If I play a song, I can see the meters going up and down, but hear no sound anywhere. I now have the 1010 connected to a receiver with an S/PDIF connector and the 0202 connected to a mixer through the two out jacks. I was hoping to get sound out of one of them.
Also, in the PatchMix screen (I tried several different sessions, none of which worked. It's currently on Product Default.), strips two and three--"I/O Card In L" and "I/O Card In R"--are in red with little exclamation points to the lower left of their names. I assume that means "This isn't working!" but I can't do anything to change it.
In the Control Panel, the E-Mu card is listed as working properly. The driver is Creative's version 5.12.4.1104 from 10/22/05.
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the card there. No change in performance. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the PatchMix application also with no success.
The MIDI ports on the 0202 do work. I can see the activity lights turning on and off in several VSTs
The FireWire port on the 1010 works, too. I plugged in my camcorder and Windows recognized it immediately.
The computer is not hooked up to the internet and I have not installed any new hardware or software since I built it back in July. I can't think of any reason why it would suddenly start giving me these errors.
The last thing to do now is physically remove the card from the computer, uninstall every piece of software related to it, and reinstall the card, probably in a different slot, then reload the software. I'll let you all know how that goes.
Since this glitch seems to have happened to several other people, if anyone has any suggestions or ideas--especially if someone found a proper fix--please post them here. I have a feeling that, since this happened for no apparent reason after four months of usage, it's bound to happen again.
Thanks!

I need your comments , your suggestions , please.

Use the necessary facilities of the Java Programming langgue to build a visual calculator which
can carry out tha following operation. The operation needed are :
+ - * / clear memorize recall
Each of these operations is represented by a button which a user can press in order to carry
out the task. This calculator can be used to work out the value of an expression such as :
23*12+22-3
Pressing a wrong commbination of keys may gererate a warning sound. Moreover an animated icon should
be used to indicate when "
- the calculator is idle and free to be used
- the calculator is busy ( being used )
***** This is the code :
import java.awt.event.*;//Abstract windows ToolKit
import java.awt.*;
public class calculator extends Frame implements ActionListener
TextField name;
Label aHeader;
Button b[];
String expression;
public calculator()
super("DUY 'S CALCULATOR");
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
Panel p1 = new Panel();
p1.setBackground(new Color(18,70,1));
p1.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
aHeader = new Label("DUY'S CALCULATOR");
aHeader.setFont(new Font("Times New Roman",Font.BOLD,24));
aHeader.setForeground(new Color(255,0,0));
p1.add(aHeader);
add("North",p1);
Panel p2 = new Panel();
p2.setBackground(new Color(27,183,100));
p2.setLayout(new GridLayout(0,1));
name = new TextField(20);
p2.add(name);
add("Center",p2);
Panel p3 = new Panel();
p3.setLayout(new GridLayout(0,6));
b = new Button[25];
b[0] = new Button("MC");
b[0].addActionListener(this);
b[1] = new Button("7");
b[1].addActionListener(this);
b[2] = new Button("8");
b[2].addActionListener(this);
b[3] = new Button("9");
b[3].addActionListener(this);
b[4] = new Button("/");
b[4].addActionListener(this);
b[5] = new Button("sqrt");
b[5].addActionListener(this);
b[6] = new Button("CE");
b[6].addActionListener(this);
b[7] = new Button("4");
b[7].addActionListener(this);
b[8] = new Button("5");
b[8].addActionListener(this);
b[9] = new Button("6");
b[9].addActionListener(this);
b[10] = new Button("*");
b[10].addActionListener(this);
b[11] = new Button("%");
b[11].addActionListener(this);
b[12] = new Button("MS");
b[12].addActionListener(this);
b[13] = new Button("1");
b[13].addActionListener(this);
b[14] = new Button("2");
b[14].addActionListener(this);
b[15] = new Button("3");
b[15].addActionListener(this);
b[16] = new Button("-");
b[16].addActionListener(this);
b[17] = new Button("1/x");
b[17].addActionListener(this);
b[18] = new Button("M+");
b[18].addActionListener(this);
b[19] = new Button("0");
b[19].addActionListener(this);
b[20] = new Button("+/-");
b[20].addActionListener(this);
b[21] = new Button(".");
b[21].addActionListener(this);
b[22] = new Button("+");
b[22].addActionListener(this);
b[23] = new Button("=");
b[23].addActionListener(this);
b[24] =new Button("exit");
b[24].addActionListener(this);
for(int i=0;i<=24;i++)
{ p3.add(b);
add("South",p3);
super.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter(){
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
{System.exit(0);}});
setLocation(200,100);
pack();
setVisible(true);
}//end of constructor
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt)
String command = evt.getActionCommand();
StringBuffer tmp, first, second;
int value, size, k;
char ch, op = ' ';
first = new StringBuffer();
second = new StringBuffer();
if ("CE".equals(command))
name.setText("");
else if("7".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
name.setText(expression+"7");
else if ("8".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
name.setText(expression+"8");
else if ("9".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
name.setText(expression+"9");
else if("4".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
name.setText(expression+"4");
else if("5".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
name.setText(expression+"5");
else if("6".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
name.setText(expression+"6");
else if("1".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
name.setText(expression+"1");
else if("2".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
name.setText(expression+"2");
else if("3".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
name.setText(expression+"3");
else if("0".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
name.setText(expression+"0");
else if("+".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
name.setText(expression+"+");
else if("-".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
name.setText(expression+"-");
else if("*".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
name.setText(expression+"*");
else if("/".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
name.setText(expression+"/");
else if("=".equals(command))
expression = name.getText();
size = expression.length();
tmp = new StringBuffer( expression );
for(int i = 0;i<size;i++)
ch = tmp.charAt(i);
if(ch != '+' && ch != '*' && ch != '-' && ch != '/')
first . insert(i, ch);
else
op = ch;
k = 0;
for(int j = i+1; j< size ; j++)
ch = tmp.charAt(j);
second.insert(k,ch);
k++;
break;
switch(op)
case '+' : value = Integer.parseInt(new String(first)) +
Integer.parseInt(new String(second));
name.setText(new Integer(value).toString());
break;
case '-' : value = Integer.parseInt(new String(first)) -
Integer.parseInt(new String(second));
name.setText(new Integer(value).toString());
break;
case '*' : value = Integer.parseInt(new String(first)) *
Integer.parseInt(new String(second));
name.setText(new Integer(value).toString());
break;
case '/' : value = Integer.parseInt(new String(first)) /
Integer.parseInt(new String(second));
name.setText(new Integer(value).toString());
break;
} //end of actionPerformed
/**main method to invoke from JVM.*/
public static void main(String args[])
new calculator();
This is the file calculator.java .I create this program follow the lecturer's guide . But actually
i think this is not good jobs . Anybody can help me to change something on this program ???? . And
please show me the reason why in each case of its . Thanks so much .
I have to submit it by this friday, so i think i can receive all reply soon . Again, thanks so much.

As I said before, check out:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=31&thread=271751
I actually think there's some examples of what NOT to do in that message that look uncannily similar to what you've posted.
This is the third time you've asked somebody to do your homework for you. Read the javadocs, check out the tutorials, test the code yourself and experiment with it.
You can't just throw a bunch of code out and ask some vague questions and expect answers.
This is the file calculator.java .I create this program follow the lecturer's guide . But actually
i think this is not good jobs . Anybody can help me to change something on this program ???? . And
please show me the reason why in each case of its . Thanks so much .
I have to submit it by this friday, so i think i can receive all reply soon . Again, thanks so much.
Start by asking some specific questions.
And your code would be much easier to read if you put it in [ code ] blocks. Check out http://forum.java.sun.com/faq.jsp#messageformat for information on formatting.

2009 Survey is open - and a good place to offer comments and suggestions

Hi all:
The 2009 survey is a good place to make your voices heard about SDN, BPX, BusinessObjects communities. It'll take a few minutes and earns you a few points, plus someone will win a free ticket to TechEd '09. Go here please: http://sdnweb.sdn.sap.com/cnsurveys/SDNSurvey2009.htm

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Creating a custom realm for tomcat. Help and suggestions please.

Has anybody ever created a custom realm to authenticate users in tomcat.
I would like to use form based login with my own realm.
The form requires 3 fields to log in (hence the custom realm) . I would also like to be able to use the built-in functions like isuserinrole.
If anybody has experience with this or knows of a place where to get valuable information please let me know.
Thanks in advance!

Hi
Tomcatx.x.x uses the realm sandbox security tecnique
1)In you'r abcd/web-inf/WEB.xml file
write the realm config scripts for the required
jsp/servlet pages[similar will be found in
Tomcat/webapps/examples/web-inf/web.xml]
2)In Tomcatx.x.x/conf/tomcat_users.xml
declare the realm id/pass/roles
3)If still not able to do then study the web.xml (pdf)
avaliable at websiter http://www.moreservlets.com

Question about TC, Apple TV and iTunes. Thoughts/suggestions please :)

Hi guys,
I picked up a TC and Apple TV last weekend, and have finally got them both working through my Netgear 834G modem/router.
I have currently got iTunes library setup on my Macbook Pro, but would like to move this onto the TC to free up space on my laptop. How do I go about doing this? Is it literally just a matter of copying/moving the itunes music folder onto the TC?
When the files are sat on the TC will I still be able to synch the apple TV by pointing it at the Macbook Pro library which in turns does not contain any physical files but points to the TC music folder?
Also, will I be able to point my partner's PC with iTunes installed to the same library to allow it to stream from there?
I don't know the best way of doing this and would like some thoughts and suggestions please. I basically want the files on the TC, the apple TV synching with it, the ability to play the music in the study (where my partners PC is) and also in the future, the ability to play music in the bedroom & dining room. Could I do this via airtunes and will I need an airport express to do this?
Suggestions/thoughts etc very much appreciated.
Thanks!

I am interested in the iPhoto support as well. Are you able to zoom in and see photos in their native resolution- or is ATV downconverting them for 720P support. I would imagine that it must be doing something on the backend to shrink photos or else the wifi transfer would take a long time. Maybe the 8GB of cache is being used to store thumnails on the fly? Are you able to quickly move from photo to photo or is there a lag?
Can't wait for this to hit Canada!

Usage of CRM_ORDER_MAINTAIN SAP Help Link and Suggestions Required

This is regarding CRM_ORDER_MAINTAIN fm
Currently we are using function module crm_order_maintain outside Loop i.e calling once for all the contracts as sap crm performance standard ,
Is there any standard documentation where we can find that states CRM_ORDER_MAINTAIN should be only used outside loop,
As some are telling us to use in Loop Endloop because of timeout error in background job with contract having 180 line items,Which i feel that this create unneccessary load on execution (Not Recommendable)
Please share any comments and suggestion this and also provide me the SAP Help Link on this

Hi,
for example to you, look for FM CRM_LRP_APPOINTMENTS_GET_DIAG which using CRM_ORDER_MAINTAIN and parameter it_appointment.
Hope this helps.
Regards, Kostya Khveshchenik

I Tunes will not ley me play purchased songs from a computer that is broken, and from a previous e-mail address. I am at my wits end, as whenevr I try to authorise the computer I am using with my dead e-mail address. Any suggestions please?

i Tunes will not let me play purchased songs from a computer that is broken, and which has a previous e-mail address. I am at my wits end, as whenever I try to play the songs I receive a message to authorise the computer I am using with my dead e-mail address. I end up in a mess, changing I-Ds, etc. I have paid an IT company to sort things out, with some success, but still I keep getting thiese messages. Surely iTunes should be less complex than this. I am not brilliant with IT, but not at all stupid. Any suggestions please?

1. The forum suggestions and feedback section is not the proper section of this forum, as you question/issue is not an idea or feedback about this forum.
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I can't burn a cd of my own created music. I either get the error 4261, or after "Checking media" the process stops and nothing further happens. Have tried different burn speeds and cds. Have re-installed iTunes.Any suggestions please?

I can't burn a cd of my own created music. I either get the error 4261, or after "Checking media" the process stops and nothing further happens. Have tried different burn speeds and cds. Have re-installed iTunes.Any suggestions please?
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Sounds like the CD drive died. Luckily they cost next to nothing to replace. Or get an external LaCie instead. I have a dual G4 1.25 and the CD drive was always so anemic I use a LaCie Porsche with it.

Hi, my iphone 5 encountered an unknown error while updating to iOS 7 via itunes and is now stuck in recovery mode and prompts me to restore the phone when I connect it to itunes but then I would lose all my data. Any suggestions please?

Hi, my iphone 5 encountered an unknown error while updating to iOS 7 via itunes and is now stuck in recovery mode and prompts me to restore the phone when I connect it to itunes but then I would lose all my data. I DO NOT have any back ups on itunes. Is there anyway to get out of recovery mode without restoring or recover data after a restore?
Or any other suggestions please? Thanks

As pdroth said, you should have gotten a backup made when you started the update of iOS. If you cannot find a backup, and the phone is in recovery mode, there are no futher suggestions to make. To get the phone working again you have to restore. You cannot force a backup at this time since it is already in recovery mode. It will not allow anything else but a restore at this point.

My daughter disconnected her iPod nano from the lead before ejecting the device. It no longer syncs and we have re-set the device, but it now only occasionally appears on the computer screen any suggestions please?

My daughter disconnected her iPod nano from the lead before ejecting the device. It no longer syncs and we have re-set the device, but it now only occasionally appears on the computer screen any suggestions please?

Restoring the iPod will do nothing to his iPhone.
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