Fios availability - There must be a better way
I have truly worked hard to try to be a Fios customer! 6 phone calls for 4 hours and 3 weeks later I still can't give Verizon my money. For whatever reason my address is not listed in the "Fios available" directory and no one seems to be able to figure out why. Neighbors on both sides and across the street are all listed as available. I was solicited for Fios when they installed it on my street years ago. So here I am with money in hand, Fios in front of my house and I can't become a customer ... go figure! I feel that the main problem is that because I am not a current customer, there is no record of me calling or anything. Each time I have called I have had to go through the same speech, same information, different person. I have talked to everyone from sales, customer service, tech support and engineering. No solution!
I am the best customer possible ... no advertising required, no sales team required. I will even place my order online, so no people are required but here I sit with my money in my hand!
THIS SHOULD NOT BE THIS HARD!
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There must be a simpler way ( from start to finish ). .
( I did a search, but the keywords must have been too broad )
What i describe below worked, but i know a more experienced editor would smile at the unnecessary amount of effort . . .
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so
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Mostly after creating subclips from markers, when time came to recapture, they would run the deck (cam) over and over the same parts of the whole clip for just their little extent to be lifted, even though their defined regions were not overlapping and indeed nowhere near each other. I also remember a tim ewhen they'd recapture the full amount of the parent clip anywaywith the I/O markers set as per prior to recapture.
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//This function resizes the loaded images to the desired thumbnail dimensions and adds them
//to the display list.
function thumbResize():void {
//The highest level of organization of thumbnails is the batch. There are only as many batches
//as the length of the thumbArray divided by 8 (the max amount of thumbnails in a batch, as determined
//by mom.)
for (var batch = 0; batch < Math.ceil(thumbArray.length / 8); batch++) {
trace("batch " + batch);
//This Sprite serves as the container that we use to position entire batches
var batchSprite: Sprite = new Sprite();
//The logic behind setting the x position of the batchSprite to 800 x batch should be self-evident --
//we want each new batch to be 800 pixels to the right of the former one -- but the addition of (thumbW
//divided by 1.5) is a kluge fix for how much space to give the batches on left margin.
batchSprite.x = (thumbW / 1.5) + (batch * 800);
addChild(batchSprite);
//The second highest level of organization for our thumbnails is the row. Our grid of thumbnails is
//two rows deep.
for (var row = 0; row < 2; row++) {
trace(" row " + row);
//The third highest level of organization for our thumbnails is the column. Our grid of thumbnails is
//four columns deep.
for (var col = 0; col < 4; col++) {
trace(" col " + col);
trace(" thumb " + thumbNum);
if (thumbNum < thumbArray.length) {
//The following is the logic structure for handling the resizing of images. The goal was to develop
//a system robust enough to allow my mom to put whatever size images she wanted on the server and the
//app would use them. The logic is explained at each step...
//If the width of the image is greater than the ideal width, OR the height is greater than the ideal height...
if ( thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width > thumbW || thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height > thumbH) {
//And if the width of the image is greater than the height, apply Scaler 1...
if ( thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width > thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height ) {
//Scaler 1 is the ratio of the ideal width to the image width
var scaler1 = thumbW / thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width;
trace(" scaler1 = " + scaler1);
//Apply Scaler 1 to both the width and height of the image
thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleX = thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleY = scaler1;
trace(" image width:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width);
trace(" image height:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height);
//Otherwise, apply Scaler 2
} else {
//Scaler 2 is the ratio of the ideal width to the image height
var scaler2 = thumbW / thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height;
trace(" scaler2 = " + scaler2);
//Apply Scaler 2 to both the width and height of the image
thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleX = thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleY = scaler2;
trace(" image width:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width);
trace(" image height:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height);
//Otherwise... (that is, the image width and height are in both cases less than the ideal)
} else {
//And if the width of the image is greater than the heigh, apply Scaler 3
if ( thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width > thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height ) {
//Scaler 3 is the ratio of the ideal width to the image width
var scaler3 = thumbW / thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width;
trace(" scaler3 = " + scaler3);
//Apply Scaler 3 to both the width and height of the image
thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleX = thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleY = scaler3;
trace(" image width:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width);
trace(" image height:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height);
} else {
//Scaler 4 is the ratio of the ideal width to the image height
var scaler4 = thumbW / thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height;
trace(" scaler4 = " + scaler4);
//Apply Scaler 4 to both the width and height of the image
thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleX = thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleY = scaler4;
trace(" image width:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width);
trace(" image height:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height);
//Here is where we center the images vertically...
thumbArray[thumbNum].content.x = - (thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width / 2);
//Here is where we center the images horizontally...
thumbArray[thumbNum].content.y = - (thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height / 2);
//Before placing them in their own container Sprite, so that their relative positions can be
//determined accurately (a task that would've been otherwise impossible after the
//adjustments to position made above.)
var thumby = new MovieClip();
thumby.addChild(thumbArray[thumbNum]);
//thumbW being the max possible length or width of any one thumbnail (this was done for visual
//consistency and codified in the logic tree above), placing two thumbnails thumbW
//apart (measuring from center point in either case) will put them edge to edge at best. This is why
//we add (thumbW / 8) as additional spacing.
thumby.y = (row * (thumbW + (thumbW / 8)));
thumby.x = (col * (thumbW + (thumbW / 8)));
thumby.buttonMode = true;
thumby.useHandCursor = true;
var fA:Array = new Array();
var dS:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(5, 45, 0x000000, 0.33, 5, 5, 1, 1);
fA.push(dS);
thumby.filters = fA;
trace("thumby.width = " + thumby.width);
trace("thumby.height = " + thumby.height);
batchSprite.addChild(thumby);
thumbNum++;
function enLarge(event:MouseEvent):void {
var indexNum:Number = new Number();
indexNum = thumbArray.indexOf(event.currentTarget);
trace("indexNum = " + indexNum);
darkStage = new Sprite();
darkStage.graphics.beginFill(0x333333, .9);
darkStage.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight);
darkStage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, reMove);
darkStage.buttonMode = true;
darkStage.useHandCursor = true;
(parent as MovieClip).addChild(darkStage);
loadSprite = new Sprite();
loadSprite.addChild(loadArray[indexNum]);
loadSprite.x = (stage.stageWidth / 2);
loadSprite.y = (stage.stageHeight / 2);
loadSprite.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, reMove);
loadSprite.buttonMode = true;
loadSprite.useHandCursor = true;
loadSprite.mouseEnabled = false;
(parent as MovieClip).addChild(loadSprite);
var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("xmls/" + indexNum + ".xml");
var titleURL:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
titleURL.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeListener);
titleURL.load(urlRequest);
function completeListener(event:Event):void {
titleText = new TextField();
titleText.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
var myFont:Font = new BOF();
var ttFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
ttFormat.color = 0xFFFFFF;
ttFormat.size = 18;
ttFormat.font = myFont.fontName;
textSprite = new Sprite();
textSprite.addChild(titleText);
(parent as MovieClip).addChild(textSprite);
var titleXML:XML = new XML(titleURL.data);
titleText.text = titleXML.toXMLString();
titleText.setTextFormat(ttFormat);
titleText.embedFonts = true;
textSprite.y = 570;
textSprite.x = ((stage.stageWidth / 2) - (titleText.textWidth / 2));
textSprite.mouseEnabled = false;
titleText.mouseEnabled = false;
function reMove(event:MouseEvent):void {
(parent as MovieClip).removeChild(textSprite);
(parent as MovieClip).removeChild(loadSprite);
(parent as MovieClip).removeChild(darkStage);
function addClickOnThumb():void {
var cot:ClickOnThumbnail = new ClickOnThumbnail();
cot.x = 400;
cot.y = 583;
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Wow, that's great; thanks! Can I ask what settings you used to get the files so small?
Yes, I am familiar with Photoshop and image optimization issues, but I didn't realize that PNG was so much bigger than JPG and that I had so much file size I could shed before I would notice a degradation in image quality. Your advice will certainly help greatly, and I will certainly apply it to the thumbs as well. I think my mom will be very pleased. : )
I look forward to hearing what collection of settings you used.
Thanks and Be Well
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Hello all
I have to perform what is essentially a simplification of an XML interface. There is a company, OurProvider, who do lots of clever stuff with XML, and have tens of interfaces, XSDs etc and many ways to skin a cat. My company is using them as a backbone/provider but is embarking on a consolidation and simplification of the services they provide. We've boiled it down to 2 interfaces and 1 report.
Taking just one of the interfaces as an example:
OurClient <-- xml --> Us <-- xml --> OurProviderI have the XSDs for both sides of this.
When our client sends a file, I will transform it and add a unique transaction reference, then submit it to the provider
By way of return file, the provider sends us XML of what was done
Using the unique tx ref we submitted, we'll respond to the client
Later we might get a report in XML of activity the provider has engaged in on our behalf and some of that our client will want to know, so there is another feed that is "report" style rather than "request response" style
At the moment, I'm planning to receive the XML from the client, deserialize it in .net, insert it into a relational table (it's not a deeply nested or complex xml) having an oracle sequence provide the unique transaction reference. I'll then run a query to select the contents back into .net dataset constructed so that when I serialize it, it forms XML valid for the provider and then I can send it off.
On the return, I will deser the provider XML, look up the txn ref, look up the source record data from the client and append more info to it (sometimes jsut a result, but we return to them most of what they submit as confirmation), including THEIR ref
I'm just wondering if there is a more intelligent way of doing this? Maybe like having a table that has a column triggered to get an autonumber, and to be able to say to oracle "here's an xml document, store it into that table so that each node under the root becomes one row, then give me a document back after having applied this transform, and with the sequence number in the xml"
Example, the client presents:
<fruits>
<fruit>apple</fruit>
<fruit>pear</fruit>
</fruits>
The table could be:
id, xmltype
0, <fruit>apple</fruit>
1, <fruit>pear</fruit>
The provider wants:
<menu>
<desserts>
<dessert>
<id>0</id>
<name>apple</name>
</dessert>
<dessert>
<id>1</id>
<name>pear</name>
</dessert>
</desserts>
</menu>Any suggestions welcome!
Thanks
CJ
Edited by: charred on Aug 7, 2009 10:03 AMI would suggets using XSLT. With XSLT you can apply a transformation to the original xmldocument. For your example it would look something like this:
DECLARE
newxml sys.xmltype;
sourcexml sys.xmltype;
xsltsrc sys.xmltype;
reslt VARCHAR2(4000);
BEGIN
newxml := xmltype('<fruits>
<fruit>apple</fruit>
<fruit>pear</fruit>
</fruits>
xsltsrc := xmltype.createxml('<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<menu>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</menu>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="fruits">
<desserts>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</desserts>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="fruit">
<dessert>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="text() = ''apple''">
<id>0</id>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="text() = ''pear''">
<id>1</id>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<id>-1</id>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<name>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</name>
</dessert>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>');
sourcexml := newxml.transform(xsltsrc);
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dbms_output.put_line(substr(reslt, 1, 255));
END; -
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Going nuts trying to remember them allSquaddie123 wrote:
Hi all, has anyone come up with a way to access all of your secure websites without having to remember millions of passwords?
Going nuts trying to remember them all
Sure, I have them all written down on scraps of paper about 4"X4"--maybe 50 total--and stored under a loose floorboard beneath the kitchen sink. If they get wet from a drain leak, I can easily dry them out in a warm oven at 200° for several minutes.
Besides that, I keep some in Keychain, but most are in Firefox saved passwords. I've never felt the need to do anything else. Where it's important, I use long random strings. And I don't let Firefox save passwords for anything that involves purchases from C Cards.
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There should be a better way , while burning a playlist!
I have the latest version of iTunes, and, yesterday, I downloaded an album, but, I ended up wasting three CDs before I got the answer from another music player. iTunes gave me no clue.
The problem: a 13-track playlist took about 20 sec. to burn. I, even, remade the playlist. I was getting the list of songs when I put the CD in the CD player drive, and they played, but my external CD player indicated that I had a single song, and nothing played. Finally, I played the CD with Winamp, which confirmed that I had a single DATA file. I remember trying to burn some data a while back, so I changed my settings for burning, and they were set for Data. There was no further problem after changing to CD (burning DATA files, ironically, did not work).
I can understand the problem, but I am still wondering why iTunes tries to confuse me every time I try to make changes in my preferences, telling me that I "don't have enough permissions", although I am the administrator.
Then, changes to the format are not obvious, and I get no notice that I am burning music files as data. There are enough lame questioning about certain actions, but not for something so important. Why I am not asked:"are you sure that you want to burn the album as Data".
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I understand my problem,I am still wondering why iTunes tries to confuse me every time I try to make changes in my preferences, telling me that I "don't have enough permissions", although I am the administrator.
That's clearly a fault. Whether it's an iTunes problem or a Windows problem I can't say at this time. If you search the Using iTunes for Windows forum for "permissions", you should find threads that can help you sort out this problem.
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lamptramp wrote:
Hi there, I have just purchased an apple mac air and i want to delete some photos i have put on i photo
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lamptramp wrote:
... am used to windows ...
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