For the IT people reading this...lack of simplicity?

I've been involved in IT consulting for the last several years spending a lot of time switching many users over from Windows. I just spent the last week getting my family on iChat AV with iSights on PBG4's and built-in iSights on the new MB/MBPros. Some of us are at locations with regular cable modems and an AX - what I would consider an average, simple setup.
Even as a tech-oriented person, I found it incredibly annoying to deal with all the issues with getting video chat to work. Port forwarding or DMZ hosting? The average user should NOT have to do that to get iChat to work. I can understand having to deal with technical issues involving a corporate firewall - but this should all work out of the box on your typical AX or linksys router. Why not send all the information over port 80? Also - if port forwarding is necessary, that allows ONLY ONE computer behind each router to use iChat AV. The avg. home is going to have more than one mac - but if you activate port forwarding or DMZ hosting, then you limit iChat Video to one computer.
Someone please explain the insane logic behind all this...
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After further reading, the simple question becomes:
Why doesn't Apple support UPnP on their Airport family of devices? It seems the UPnP technology would solve most issues on this forum - why not offer it?
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young.Yeah, I am pessimistic you got that right. Butwhen
one has been in the software industry as long as I
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b .

Is there any way these image portfolios can be opened within Preview so I don't have to install Adobe Reader bloatware again?
I doubt it, but perhaps others have better info...
You can ask Apple to expand Preview's capabilities here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
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HT5312 Every time I click send e-mail for instructions on resetting my security questions, I don't get them? I just want to play minecraft. I already put $15 in my balance and I can't even spend it. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

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I wonder if my company can have the name of the apple. to sell everything that Apple may offer for the Brazilian people, Para. Respond to my email please

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gloucester
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that appears at the top of this forum.
Premiere Elements 10 NVIDIA Video Card Driver Roll Back
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back the video card driver version instead of assuring that it is up to date.
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Elements 10. Neither NVIDIA nor Adobe has taken any corrective action in this regard to date, and none is expected moving forward.
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I'm not very familiar with the whole Blu-ray thing, I hope that someone can help me out."
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I hope this link help you.
[http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/ora/sql/create_directory.html]
create or replace directory exp_dir as '/tmp';
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2    fhandle utl_file.file_type;
3 begin
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6    utl_file.put_line(fhandle , 'eygle test write two');
7    utl_file.fclose(fhandle);
8 end;
9 /
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2    fhandle   utl_file.file_type;
3    fp_buffer varchar2(4000);
4 begin
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6
7    utl_file.get_line (fhandle , fp_buffer );
8    dbms_output.put_line(fp_buffer );
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10    dbms_output.put_line(fp_buffer );
11    utl_file.fclose(fhandle);
12 end;
13 /
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SQL> select * from dba_directories;
OWNER                          DIRECTORY_NAME                 DIRECTORY_PATH
SYS                            UTL_FILE_DIR                   /opt/oracle/utl_file
SYS                            BDUMP_DIR                      /opt/oracle/admin/conner/bdump
SYS                            EXP_DIR                        /opt/oracle/utl_file
SQL> drop directory exp_dir;
Directory dropped
SQL> select * from dba_directories;
OWNER                          DIRECTORY_NAME                 DIRECTORY_PATH
SYS                            UTL_FILE_DIR                   /opt/oracle/utl_file
SYS                            BDUMP_DIR                      /opt/oracle/admin/conner/bdumpRegards salim.
Edited by: Salim Chelabi on Apr 4, 2009 4:33 PM

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