Forum quotes

When I insert quote, and review my post, I see this -
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
It's kind of embarrasing. Any clue why this is so? (I do frequently snip the original post for clarity)

Try a different browser, maybe...
Peter, it's not always there, even with the same browser ...
When things like these happen I usually say, "today must be an even day."

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2010 Forum Quotes

In remembrance of last year let me share my collected (funny) quotes from this forum:
| 2010 PL/SQL Forum |
Aketi> This thread is to discussion what is difference between wmsys.wm_concat and ListAgg.
michaels2> You might then also introduce a comparison with 11g's similar (undocumented) stragg function:
BluShadow>Have they been letting Tom at the source code again!
Slow_Moe>There is most certainly a difference here. I use Toad 10.5.1.3 in both cases, just pressing the button.
We do have some issues with the database, performance wise, though. I'm starting to think it is
not completely sane (upgraded from 9i, not installed from scratch).
BluShadow>That could be an issue in Toad.
We've just installed Toad 10.5.1.3 and they certainly have seemed to manage to introduce a multitude of bugs in it.
Op presenting some large select> This was actually a query that someone else put together and asked me to fix - so I'm not actually sure what their requirements are.
Tubby> I think you should stop immediately what you are doing, i mean this seriously.
If you don't understand the requirement there's very little chance you'll have any measurable success tuning this. The bulk of tuning (in my experience anyways) comes from understanding the data, their distributions and the exact requirement needed by the query in question. Sure you can throw in the odd bit of technical magic to save the day, but i would say this is the exception and not the norm.
It's entirely possible you could transform this query into an elegant 20 line query that executes in a fraction of the time, however, that's never going to happen without understanding the question you are trying to answer.
oP> Thanks for Information.I will do in the below method.Confirm me it is OK or not
amarkiewicz >I'm not exactly a machine and can't parse it as well as the db can. It looks like a good start. Try it out and see what happens.
sybrand_b>BTW will anything bad happen if you post a question consisting of more than 1 line. Salary substracted? Fingers chopped off by your boss?
John Spencer (about naming conventions in Sql Server Db)>
Given that an unqualified name is usually resolved (only?) in the current database, and doing master.dbo.sp_help table_name gets tedious after a while, they chose to use the sp_ convention to "force" initial resolution to the master database.
Billy> So it was introduced just because they were lazy to type a fully qualified name and rather hacked the object resolution scope and introduce exceptions to what should be sacred grounds - consistent behaviour in scope resolution....
Makes sense... if you happen to be a Ferengi and dislike everything Vulcan...
OP>I am finding out that explain plan and running the optimzer tools in SQL Navigator is much to read than in sql plus.
SomeoneElse>I shall alert the media.
OP>My database session has been locked. Please suggest something.
Karthick_Arp> Kill the session.
Saubhik>Find the lock and kill....
sree>pls try alter system kill session 'SID,SERIAL#
Ulfet>Firstly investigate why session was locked. If necessary kill session.
Sven>All of you are session terrorists! All you want to do is kill...kill...kill! ;)
William>The killing is regrettable but necessary to liberate the session ;)
Billy>With most the advice offered here, you just as well can get some PE4/C4 (plastic explosives) and blow up the server. That will not only kill the "locked" session, but also kill any other potential and imagined problem arising from that server.
As William said - a session is never locked. There is no such concept at session level in Oracle. A session can be blocked - something very different from being locked.
A session can also become unresponsive for a number of other reasons. Stuck in an infinite loop courtesy of buggy code. Doing tons of I/O courtesy of bad SQL design that results in a cartesian join. Or slow because of just plain shoddy PL/SQL code. Etc.
Killing that session will not tell you anything about what happened, what went wrong, and how to prevent that from happening again.
The very first step when dealing with any IT problem is to identify the problem. Once you know WHAT the problem is, you will know HOW to address it. Killing the problem.. that only works as a solution in the military. Not in software engineering.
Toon Koppelaars>Don't believe everything you read on the internet (even not this...)
OP> what is the view?
JS1>It's what you see when you look out your window.
Someoneelse>http://theview.abc.go.com/
OP> the application generates dynamically the condition in the form :
where <condition_string> in ( 'red','blue')
Billy> You need to consider what that means in actual terms.. in terms of the data model, in terms of dealing with end user requirements, and it terms of database performance.
In most cases. this approach is fatally flawed. Is due to a poor data model and not correctly dealing with end user requirements in a performant and scalable fashion. Never mind trashing fundamental database concepts dealing with performance and sharable SQL.
OP>of course, thats what I know. I looked for a quick workaround.
Billy> So instead of running into a brick wall at a 90 degree angle, you want to see if it hurts less using a 60 degree angle?
I would have thought that not running into the brick wall at all was the aim...
BluShadow(after some heated discussion about pros and cons of SQL language syntax elements)>
SQL> select * from dual;
SQL> please process your datafiles and return the data from all of the columns from the table that is referenced by the name of dual;I know which I'd prefer....
Munky>I like the way you said 'please'. Maybe, rather than all this 'tuning' nonense - response time could be directly correlated to how polite you are!
Boneist>That's certainly true of the forums, if not the database! *{;-)
Karthick_Arp>I would wish for MAKE_ME_RUN_FAST hint
Munky>But surely this would be better?
SQL> set timing on
SQL> Hi ther Mr. DB (I do hope you don''t mind me calling you that?).
     I''ve got some super stuff for you to do and I would be just
     thrilled if you could do it expediently.
     However - no pressure - you just do it at your earliest convenience.
     What I''m look for is all of the data from all of the columns
     that you've got in that dual fellow.
     Would that be okay?
     Jolly good, and thanks again old boy! xxx;
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Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
SQL>----------
Hari>Sorry Blushadow if my information went wrong, I copied it from a OTN Forum
Blueshadow>Don't believe everything you read on the OTN forums, it's full of people posting inaccurate information. ;)
William (in the "Wishlist" thread">I'd like BETWEEN to have an optional EXCLUSIVE clause for each end of the range so we didn't have to keep rewriting it using AND x < y etc.
I'd like them to drop the stupid MODEL clause so I didn't have to feel inadequate for not understanding it, along with GROUP BY CUBE and while they're at it, XML.----------
OP>If I need to remove some sensitive data from single field of a row in database (10g and 11g), is there a function provided by Oracle Db to do that? Just simplely set the value to null is not enough. I heard that 3 passes or more with certain set of values can do the trick. But I am not quite sure about it. Any suggestions? Thanks.
hoek>Tricks don't exist in Oracle database-world. Please turn you mumbo-jumbo into somethng humans and databases can read and understand.
Munky>You could get Prime's armed DBA to hack away at it? When NULL is not enough, use a chainsaw (sure I heard that somewhere?).
John>Wouldn't it be a bit insensitive to shoot sensitive data ? (armed DBA ... could be a new role ;) )
Munky>{code}SQL> CONNECT SYS as ARMED_DBA{code}
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:1156151916789#25335122556076
user11268895>..but i was wondering why:
user11268895> select count(distinct rowid) from mytable
user11268895> select count(rowid) from mytable
user11268895>were not rewirtten to the same thing (syntaxically/logically they are not the same, but an optimization can be made there (removal of the aggregate))...
BluShadow>It's probably not automatically rewritten to teach you a lesson for not understanding what rowid is and not knowing that rowid's are already distinct. :P
3360>Also it is a game of catch up. When Oracle protects developers from doing one stupid thing they seem to be infinitely resourceful in coming up with new ways to shoot themselves in the foot.
http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/2701
op> what is scalar subfactory .what is the purpose of it.
MichaelS>Do you - by any chance - actually mean Scalar Subquery?
op> scalar subfactory usage in performance tuning
WHiteHat>do you mean a sub-contracted industrial plant specialising in extreme musical instrument manipulation?
OP>I am getting an ORA-03113: error when executing the below trigger
CharlesRoos>This happens when you come to work in the morning run first query without reconnecting to database firstly.
OP: find first three highest salary from emp for each dept
Sven: John, Paul and George.
Munky: Got em! They were hiding under my desk! Do I get a reward for returning them safely?
OP: query to find first three highest salary from employee table for each department
Maxim: But really interesting is , what their salaries are... And whether their company still hire...
Munky: "query to find first three highest salary from employee table for each department " => I've have made the appropriate enquiry. Hope this helps!
Dbb: I suspect it is for fire them...
Riedelme: "Sven wrote: John, Paul and George." What do you have against Ringo?????
Munky: The OP only wants to fire the three that earned the most (obviously forgetting any additional income made from doing voice overs for children's programs)
Sven: Afaik Ringo doesn't earn as much as the other three.
OP: asking some question about dependencies
OP (30 minutes later): Is any one there????
Someoneelse: "Just nod if you can hear me"
OP: I'm noding can u c me?
Jay> First of all, whenever i try and put my attempted code for this in a thread it says 'sorry content not allowed'.
BluShadow> It could be that your code contains some words that aren't permitted on the forums. If it contains certain words that spammers use a lot e.g. "S h o e s" then it may be rejected by the forum on the belief that you're trying to post spam.
Billy> Or "d i s c o u n t" and similar words..
Munky> But not 'bollocks'! <cringes - sorry couldn't resist>
BluShadow>Of course not, we're allowed to talk bollocks. We do most of the time anyway. ;)
Mosaq> and some of it is necessory sometimes ;-)
| APEX forum 2010 |
Peter to Carl>but if you say it's possible, it should work!
carl>I say all sorts of things, that doesn't mean that it "should" work just that I think it "should" work . ;)
j4john>Now that Craig Venter is creating synthetic life and the Higgs boson is wearing a false nose to evade detection, it's probably time to up the game in Apex file uploads.

This is the great thread ;-)
My favorite threads are below.
Munky posted great reply :8}
SQL Query Help
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Test of forum edit problem by a Moderator

Adding some test text in a quetion.
Possibly forum quotes feature has damaged editing feature.
''edited by the-edmeister - 01-02-2015 17:47 CST''
blah blah blah
Also are we shooting ourselves in the foot, giving a warning and effectively blocking our own troubleshooter app.
P.S.
And is there a bug filed for warnings about outdated Flash on Linux. I have not checked

''guigs2 [[#answer-673539|said]]''
<blockquote>
I created this about the gallery showing up for the edit question page: *[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1117945]
As a moderator can you click on the image attached and see an "x"?
</blockquote>
That's now closed as a duplicate of [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1117894 bug 1117894] "Unrelated screenshots attached when editing a question"
Yes I do see a bar with a cross. Presumably that allows deletion of the image. I have not got a post to hand with someone else's image attached but they have a cross for the OP and Mods.
Being able to browse all attached images may; very occasionally; be useful, if for instance there is a spam attack, but then we would need to know also which post the image was attached to.
Speaking of spam, maybe an Admin needs to look at the Mods forum and address the comments in https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums/forum-moderators/710686?last=63439#post-63439 [done]

[off-topic] How to {code} and {quote} tags?

Hi Experts,
In the old JIVE forum, we had two tags - { code } and { quote } (without spaces)
In this new forum, quote tags are there... but can anybody please tell me how to bring the { code } tags?
Like the one used here - https://forums.oracle.com/message/11041702
( { code } tags - White vertical stripes )
-- Ranit

Yes, the others have the correct answer, but you can also get the quoting lines by playing with the pre syntax in the html editor. You have to be careful to move the </pre> tags to the right place in the hierarchy, and there seems to be some pre- and post- processing going on that might mess it up anyways - when the system is slow and you go into the advanced editor, you can get a glimpse of some of that happening. I think that is why they can't get it right, it's too helpful. I gave up trying to figure it out, except when it won't work and I have to futz with it (sometimes when you quote, it all gets quoted and there's no way to add an unquoted line).
Here I added a <pre class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote" jivemacro="quote"> and an associated </pre> on your "Thanks for responding" line:
ranitB wrote:
Hi Dude,
Thanks for responding. Did you manage to check the link I posted previously? I used the { code } tags there.
Just wanted to know how to get those "white vertical lines" around my code. They look neat, decent and still preserve the code formatting. (unlike the Syntax highlighting >>)
I did some decoding in HTML mode, with <code> and <pre> tags and CSS "class=jive-pre" ... but no good.
Are you getting my concern... Any pointers?
-- Ranit

R835 P56X USB 3 problems

I have my R835 running nice now with Crucial M4 SSD, 8 gigs ram, 6230 wifi and the latest Bios & drivers. But, whenever I use the usb3 port to transfer files from or to my usb3 supported external drive, it starts out fast but then comes to a screaching halt at quarter or third into the transfer! The computer doesn't freeze or crash, its just like the port locks up! Then I'd have to use the other usb2 ports without any problems, but slower!
Any ideas? I made sure the usb3 driver is installed!
Thanks.

Check out this post from another forum:
[quote]
USB 3.0 problem appeared on my Satellite R830 after a month of everyday use. Controller started to power itself off not only on heavy file transfers, but sometimes even with simple USB mouse connected to it. Problem existed on both OSes which I have installed on my SSD: 32-bit WinXP Pro with latest driver from Toshiba's website ver. 2.0.34.1 and 64-bit FC16 Linux with 3.1.2 kernel (i've swapped stock HDD to Intel 320 SSD and said goodbye to Win7).
After a small research it seems that this is not Toshiba's problem, but a bug in old firmware of Renesas uPD720200 USB 3.0 controllers. It is described here for example. I've installed latest Renesas firmware (4.0.1.5) and latest Windows driver (2.1.28.0) found here, and it helped. I think problem has completely vanished now on all OSes, so solution was in firmware update, not in driver.
[/quote]
http://http://forum.notebookreview.com/toshiba/616670-satellite-r830-r835-serious-flaws-besides-phan...
Good luck
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Spry Accordion doesn't work properly

I uploaded the site the other night and it worked out just fine. I made a change in some spacing between two words and added a letter to a word. Then all of the sudden it did not work on my next upload. The link to the page is http://www.tc.umn.edu/~aias/about.html#. I appreciate the time you put into solving this in advance!
The code of the page:
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                <strong class="lg_titlefonts">AIAS-MN</strong><br />
                AIAS Minnesota is a student group at the University   of Minnesota for anyone with an interest in Architecture. We hold   biweekly meetings where we invite influential speakers to come and   inform us about issues pertaining to architecture. We also attend local   events such as firm crawls, participate in design charrettes, and use   our design skills to help out community members in need through our   Freedom by Design team. AIAS Minnesota is part of a national group that   holds regional "quad" conferences twice yearly, and a national "forum"   held every year, over the weekend of New Year's Eve.<br />
                <strong><br />
                Mission:</strong>
                <ul>
                <li>To promote excellence in architecture education, training and practice.</li>
                  <li>To foster an appreciation of architecture and related disciplines.</li>
                  <li>To enrich communities in a spirit of collaboration.</li>
                  <li>To organize students and combine their efforts to advance the art and science of architecture</li>
                </ul>
                <span class="lg_titlefonts"><strong>Freedom By Design</strong></span><strong><br />
                </strong>Is the community service program for the AIAS Chapter at the University of Minnesota. We are a registered student group at the university.<br />
                  <br />
                  <strong>What we Do:</strong><br />
We utilizes our talents as design students to positively impact the lives of people in our community in need through modest design and construction solutions by addressing their struggles with thoughtful design solutions to provide them with safety, dignity, and comfort. While we serve any community members in the Twin Cities area in need, most of our work tends to deal with accessibility and safety issues for our low-income and disabled neighbors.<br />
<br />
<strong>Priority:</strong><br />
Our priority is improving the safety, dignity, and comfort of our community neighbors' living, learning, working, and playing environments through design.<br />
<br />
<strong>Group Members:</strong><br />
Any students (from any discipline) that are interested in positively enhancing the lives of their Twin Cities neighbors and community members are encouraged to join Freedom by Design and AIAS.
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              <div class="AccordionPanelContent"><strong>Contact: </strong>[email protected]<strong><br />
                Major/Minor: </strong>Bachelor of Science, Architecture/Sustainability, Psychology<br />
                <strong>Year in school:</strong> Senior<br />
                <strong>Hometown:</strong> Sauk Centre, MN<br />
                <strong>I enjoy: </strong>Architecture. Coffee. Food. Long walks on the beach. Books. Travel. Sleep. Tennis.<br />
                <strong>Best AIAS memory: </strong>I have too many. My best memories are yet to come because we're going to   Cincinnati (Fall Quad), Phoenix (Forum), and Detroit (Spring Quad) this   year!</div>
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              <div class="AccordionPanelContent"><strong>Contact: </strong>[email protected]<strong><br />
                Major/Minor: </strong>Bachelor of Design in Architecture/Spanish and Environmental Design<br />
                <strong>Year in school:</strong> Senior<br />
                <strong>Hometown: </strong>Stillwater, MN (go ponies?)<br />
                <strong>I enjoy: </strong>Coffee, kayaking, MN summer/fall, architecture, art, reading, dog-stalking at Calhoun, finding cool spots, and coffee.<br />
              <strong>Best AIAS memory:</strong> the masquerade ball from FORUM in Minneapolis 2010. And more to come this year!!</div>
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              <div class="AccordionPanelContent"><strong>Contact: </strong>[email protected]<strong><br />
                Major/Minor: </strong>Bachelor of Science, Architecture/Environmental Design<br />
                <strong>Year in school:</strong> Senior<br />
                <strong>Hometown: </strong>Minneapolis, MN<br />
                <strong>I enjoy:</strong> Lake Harriet, Lake Calhoun, running, coffee, family, friends, and of course architecture.<br />
              <strong>Best AIAS memory:</strong> New Years at McNamara.</div>
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                Major/Minor: </strong>Bachelor of Design in Architecture/Theatre Design<br />
                <strong>Year in school:</strong> Senior<br />
                <strong>Hometown: </strong>Wausau, WI<br />
                <strong>I enjoy: </strong>Painting<br />
              <strong>Best AIAS memory:</strong> New Years Eve masquerade at FORUM with AIAS!</div>
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                Major/Minor: </strong>Architecture/Environmental Design<br />
                <strong>Year in school:</strong> Sophomore<br />
                <strong>Hometown: </strong>North Sioux City, SD<br />
                <strong>I enjoy:</strong> Running, golfing, meeting new people, spontaneous activities, and the little things in life.<br />
              <strong>Best AIAS memory:</strong> 2011 spring quad trip to carbondale, IL.</div>
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                <strong>Major/Minor: </strong>Bachelor of Design in Architecture/Environmental Design<br />
                  <strong>Year in school:</strong> Junior<br />
                  <strong>Hometown:</strong> St. Cloud, MN<br />
                  <strong>I enjoy:</strong> Design, Architecture, Rowing, Soccer, Soccer, and other outdoor activities.<br />
                <strong>Best AIAS memory:</strong> Spring Quad at Carbondale!</div>
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                <strong>Hometown:</strong> Trat, Thailand<br />
                <strong>I enjoy:</strong> Trying new food<br />
              <strong>Best AIAS memory:</strong> Decorating cookie with my AIAS mentor, Joel, during the first AIAS mentor/mentee meeting. Our cookie won the third place.</div>
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Let me put it another way.
open the page in FF
right-click within the document and choose View Page Source
in the pop-up window, click ../SpryAssets/SpryAccordion.js
You will see
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>404 Not Found</TITLE>
</HEAD><BODY>
<H1>Not Found</H1>
The requested URL /SpryAssets/SpryAccordion.js was not found on this server.<P>
<HR>
<ADDRESS>Apache/1.3.37 Server at www.tc.umn.edu Port 80</ADDRESS>
</BODY></HTML>
This means that the document cannot be found.
I could also put it another way by translating ../SpryAssets/SpryAccordion.js as http://www.tc.umn.edu/SpryAssets/SpryAccordion.js
click on the latter and see what happens
now click on http://www.tc.umn.edu/~aias/SpryAssets/SpryAccordion.js
Gramps

Default OSX screenshot shortcuts not working

Problem started for me after my trial for SnapzX Pro ran out...
I uninstalled SnapzX, and no longer had OSX screen shot functionality.
I asked on the SnapzX forums, and did every step of the manual uninstall (multiple times) and still no love.
I've got the camera sound when I use the keyboard shortcuts, but
a. No file is produced
b. Nothing is copied to the clipboard
Using grab for the meantime, but would be fantastic to get the default functionality back...
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks.

First Magus wrote:
Do a search of your drive and be sure you have deleted all the files including the .plist files from the program. Sometimes these hang around even after a uninstall.
Thanks! But I should have posted originally, that was part of the manual uninstall instructions provided by the SnapzX forums.
{quote:title=SnapzX Forums}{quote}
1. Open Accounts in your System Preferences and select your account. Then click on the Login Items tab and remove Snapz if it has been added there.
2. Go to the Snapz folder in the Applications folder and double click on Snapz Pro X until it comes on screen with the palette that contains the Screen, Objects, Selection and Movie buttons. Press command-Q to quit out of it. If you can not invoke Snapz, open the Activity Monitor found in your Utilities folder. Look for a process named "Snapz Pro X", select it, and then select "Quit Process".
3. Drag the the entire Snapz Pro X folder to the trash.
4. Remove the Snapz preference file "com.ambrosiasw.snapz.plist" which is located in the Home/Library/Preferences folder
5. Snapz Pro X also places a folder in your Library folder for watermarks. Drag that folder to the trash.
6. Lastly, go to System/Library/Extensions and trash the AmbrosiaAudioSupport.kext file. You may be asked for an admin's username and password to verify you have permission to alter the System folder.

KT4 Ultra-BSR - Drive problems?

Yesterday I purchased a KT4 Ultra-BSR. I am doing a clean install.
I have an Athlon XP200+, 2 x 512MB DDR Ram (PC2100).
On IDE1 I have put 2 x 20GB Western Digital HDs.
On IDE2 I have put a Pioneer DVR-A04 as Master, and a 100GB Western Digital HD as the Slave.
On IDE3 I want a 30GB Western Digital HD as Master, and a 40x Liteon CD-R/W as Slave.
I have installed Windows XP Pro (SP1) from new, and I have installed all of the drivers and utilities from the Drivers CD. My motherboard was shipped with BIOS Version 1.1
When I boot into Windows, I do NOT see the CD-R/W at all.
Also, the only way ro see the HD that's on IDE3 is when it's configured as an array (even though there's only one HD).
I would have preferred to have two HD's on IDE3 but NOT with any form of RAID configuration - is there a way of doing this?
Many thanks

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Originally posted by Mastiff
[QUOTE[size=15]Also dudes, how did you get the Bluetooth to work on the KT4 Ultra-BSR??!? I'm desperate for help on this!![/SIZE]
I did it the simple way: Used Fujitsu-Siemens' Plugfree setup instead of the incredibly buggy MSI drivers. Then it worked perfectly with my PocketLoox and Ericsson T39. The hardware is the same. But still the range stinks (max 20 feet on my system), so I bought a full WLan setup instead.
Here's the URL (I belive it says it's only for Fujitsu-Siemens' computers, but that's just standard manufacturer's bull. 8)
Bluetoot-drivers
And an explanation concerning pocket pc's and the installation:
FirstLoox-forum
[/QUOTE]
You've misunderstood my problem. I have the MSI KT4 Ultra-BSR motherboard which has a bluetooth module which needs to be connected to the motherboard, however, I don't know how to connect it (PHYSICALLY).
Therefore I need someone with the same board to tell me how they did it.

Where are role and administrator settings saved?

We have had issues in the past that have caused us to have to
re-setup our site, including all administrative settings and all
roles and users. Surely all of this is saved somewhere. If we just
knew where, we could backup the info for an easier restore if
further problems ensue.
Anyone know how to backup site settings?

I got the following reply on a separate forum:
quote:
For a website that has been administered by Contribute
(Publishing server is not enabled), you would find an _mm folder in
the website root on the remove server. This is a contribute
specific folder and it contains the administrative settings, role
information and users.
For CPS managed sites, the _mm folder still holds the
information about the administrative settings and role information.
The user information of the sites are stored in the Database folder
of CPS. The Database folder can be found in the following location,
<CPS Install Path>\Database.

IMac G5 Screen Cracked!

My iMac G5 screen was cracked when my son threw a toy at it while throwing a fit. Some of the old background is still visible, but most of the screen is dominated by wierd colors and designs. Is it possible to get this fixed? If so, how do I go about doing it?
iMac G5

Hi,
I don't know if it is going to be cost effective for you to have your screen replaced. I've seen some posts here at the forum quoting prices in the $600+ range.
You might want to call Apple Service, I'm sure they have a standard price for replacing display. I would try to figure out how you can back up your data. I believe you can also add a 'second monitor' but you would have to do all the configs and if your screen isn't working that's nearly impossible...
Rick
iMac G5 iSight 20" - 30G iPOD in Slimming Black - Mac OS X (10.4.7) - HP Pav 15" WS and Toshiba Sat 17" WS LP's - Canon 20D & A620

DVD RW Compatibility for MSI MEGA651

Can anyone recommend a DVD Re Writer for use with an MSI 651? Will all MSI optical drives work as a CD player in HiFi mode? As far as I can tell DVD playback doesn't work in HiFI mode. Currently got an ancient Sanyo 32x cd ROM in mine, which doesn't play in HiFi mode, so want to be sure i'm upgrading with the right part....

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Originally posted by laikarob
Can anyone recommend a DVD Re Writer for use with an MSI 651? Will all MSI optical drives work as a CD player in HiFi mode?
All MSI optical drives will work fine, but that does not mean that other drives will not.
Take a look here: http://forums.sudhian.com/messageview.cfm?catid=93&threadid=40517 (hope nobody gets upset 'cause I poseted a link to another forum)
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Q: Do I need a MSI propierarty CD/DVD-Rom player to be able to use the MegaPC as offline hifi station?
A: Probably not, MSI likes you to believe you do need something special though.
The problem is twofold:
1. The eject button sends a signal over the IDE cable that tells the drive to eject. The problem isn't in the sending to the drive, but receiving info from the drive (like status info, etc.). The VENDOR_IDs differs and every vendor uses different commands.
2. The MP3 playing part
The Bluebird VL+ handles both actions. Please be sure you have the latest version installed!

Enable Virtualization BIOS option

What about me? I have a X48C Platinum motherboard and a Core 2 Duo E6850. Thrust me... they both suport Intel VT. But in bios there is no on or of swich for vanderpool or Intel VT. I to want to use XP Mode in Windows 7, but it tells me that this option is disable and that I must enable it in bios. But in bios, no option fot this in the CPU Featurs. WHAT AM I GONA DO???? Pls Reply sombody with an answer not a link or a negative response. I`ve allready got those on other forums.

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So if I used a CPU with VT support, the mainboard (G31M3-L V2) will support it also?
It should.
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Can I find the VT option in BIOS also?
No.
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I will upgrade my CPU soon to 3.06 GHz E7600...
You still did not get the point, I think.
If you find out, which E7500 you have now, and if you have the revision that supports Intel VT, then you can check if the mainboard currently supports VT or if it doesn't. Once you have this information, you will automatically know, if VT will work with an E76000 or if it won't. In the latter case, you would have to contact MSI Technical Support to get a BIOS Fix.
However, since you don't want to find out which CPU you have or because you are unable to check that for some reason, I cannot really help you with your questions as there is no way to be sure about anything.
So, please find out what E7500 you currently have. Once we know this, all you questions can be answered.

Can't Flex apps scale to fit browser window?

This has been brought up a couple of times, but seems to be a
mystery: How does one scale all content to fit the browser window,
preserving aspect ratio, and centering the content vertically or
horizontally (depending on whether the window aspect ratio is less
than or greater than the content aspect ratio)?
Since Flash is vector-based, I would have thought this would
be straightforward and encouraged!
Some information in an earlier post, plus experimentation on
my part, has yielded a bizarre and inflexible partial solution -
using StageScaleMode, and sizing the app's base container to
exactly 500x375 pixels, I can get content that scales with
the window size and doesn't have mismatched margins (though I
haven't figured out how to center it yet). In addition, there are
ugly scaling artifacts (look at the drop-shadows as you change the
browser window size).
Again, not being a Flash programmer, I baffled that this
isn't better supported, but I have to admit, most of the Flash apps
I've seen in the wild seem to all be fixed at some ridiculous size
like 640x480 or something. Are there some serious bugs here, or am
I missing something? Is there a better approach?
Here's a simple, complete, example (based on an example from
an earlier thread, but simplified a good bit):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx='
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml'
pageTitle="Resize Test"
layout="absolute" autoLayout="false"
addedToStage="event.currentTarget.stage.scaleMode =
StageScaleMode.SHOW_ALL"
>
<mx:Style>
VBox {
cornerRadius: 4;
borderStyle: solid; border-color: #000000; borderSize: 1;
horizontalAlign: center; verticalAlign: middle;
dropShadowEnabled: true;
</mx:Style>
<mx:VBox width="500" height="375"
backgroundColor="#808080"
paddingTop="20" paddingBottom="20" paddingLeft="20"
paddingRight="20">
<mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%"
backgroundColor="#808000">
<mx:Label text="This is some text" fontSize="12"
width="128" textAlign="center"/>
<mx:Button label="Button"/>
</mx:VBox>
</mx:VBox>
</mx:Application>

quote:
Originally posted by:
jpwrunyan
Not bitmaps. Externally loaded images that get converted to
bitmaps. What I said is that 90%+ are online catalogues. Logically
it would be safe to assume they display external images of a set
size. Sorry that was unclear. It would interesting to see an
official survey.
Yeah, I was using "bitmap" to mean raster graphics, whether
the actual source be jpg, png or what have you.
quote:
Originally posted by:
jpwrunyan
And good luck getting anyone from Adobe to pay attention to
this forum let alone comment. Better to contact their support if
you're ever really stuck.
Another reason I'm thinking MS is going to win this war - my
colleague is having great luck in the WPF forums.
quote:
Originally posted by:
jpwrunyan
Another reason I thought of why resizing does not result in
rescaling by default:
HTML and JSP applications don't rescale when you change the
browser size. Just go to hotmail or msn and check. They reposition.
Flex applications are intended to behave the same way but with RIA
capabilities. That is probably the more likely explanation than
bitmaps merely not scaling well. Anyway, this behaviour was a
thought-out decision and I happen to agree with it. By the way,
older Flash applications
do rescale to fit the window by default.
Exactly! That's the big problem, in my view, with the
HTML/JPG based web, and is what a vector-based solution
(discounting raster graphics) should solve.
Firefox, and now IE7, have features to allow you to scale web
pages to overcome, in a stop-gap way, this problem. IE even scales
images and Flash apps, though some Flash suffers problems when
scaled. Firefox does not (yet?) scale images or Flash along with
the other content. Flash-based Elmo games at sesamestree.org, at
640x480, look pretty stupid on my 42" 1920x1080 LCD (played by my
3-year old, not me!), but at least I can now (try) to scale them up
with IE7 for him.
I do not believe this was a thought-out decision, it's just
inertia from the bad old ways of doing things. There should be a
working option to easily scale content to the browser window, and
if Flex doesn't provide one, Microsoft certainly is going to (with
WPF/E) as they have with WPF. I'm not a big MS fan, but I think
they get the way things are going with the proliferation in the
range of screen resolutions and sizes that web content is being
displayed on.
That said, I realize there is more to dealing with different
screen sizes than just scaling - you may have to change the amount
of content on the screen, dependent on what the subject is.
quote:
Originally posted by:
jpwrunyan
Now if you want the Flash Player to be able to import huge
.jpg files with 1000px+ resolution and selectively only load enough
information to make a smaller size bitmap image so you can rescale
with impunity, more power to you. Sounds great. I would love this.
But it still doesn't address what should happen when the image goes
beyond the original size. I know you're only using vector graphics
so it's not an issue for you.
Yep, raster graphics are troublesome. Worst case, a beautiful
picture frame grows to surround the image as one zooms beyond its
original size (insert smiley icon of choice here)
quote:
Originally posted by:
jpwrunyan
Finally to get back on the main topic:
if SWFLoader isn't working well, you could programatically do
the same thing. Have a sub-contaier inside the application
container which adjusts its scale accordingly to the size of the
parent application container. I have done this myself with the
Image class for zooming in and out from images (ironically 1000px+
images which were displayed at much smaller sizes).
<Application resize="adjustSize()"
creationComplete="adjustSize()" paddingLeft="0" paddingRight="0"
paddingTop="0" paddingBottom="0">
<Script>
private function adjustSize():void {
var newScaleX = this.width/content.width
var newScaleY = this.height/content.height
content.scaleX = newScaleX;
content.scaleY = newScaleY;
</Script>
<Box id="content" borderStyle="none" width=400 height=300
/> 
</Application>
Something along the lines of the above should definitely
work. I am just basing it off my own previous code. You may have to
be careful of borders and padding if you decide to add them.
Whether it works better than the other suggestions you'll have to
decide.
Thanks for the code, and I'll try it. I'm new to Flex, and so
I'm still struggling with some things (such as when objects are
available for manipulation).

K8n won't boot off ATA drive

So with all this talk of unlocked SATA busses limiting o/c, and my frustration getting the bus over 240 with 5:6 (or even 2:3), or 225 with 1:1 I thought I'd give using an old ATA drive a shot.
But the board won't boot off it.
I've tried several installs of XP, formated clean for fat or ntfs, clean or quick, each time after windows copies over all the files and does it's first reboot, the board can't find the OS on the HD.
NTFS and FAT give slightly different error messages but the error is something like can't find operating system, or bad operating system.
Not your can't find ntldr or anything that would look software related.
I even moved the hd from the computer back to my main rig after one of these installs, and it went right into the install program where it shoulld have been.
!!

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Originally posted by sotti
yeah I ain't no newb.
wasn't ment personally, it's just that you can never tell for certain on forums
Quote
Originally posted by sotti
I'm on primary master in this box, I rejumpered the drive for my main box as it's a secondary slave there.
2nd boot device is set to HD (after floppy #1) and in the HD boot order menu it shows only this drive and external card.
It's completely bizarre
well it seems more people have these problems. Since I haven't tried yet I wouldn't know what's the trick behind this. Will let ye know more in 2 weeks orso when my exams are past tense

A must read for everyone....

The moderators have asked me to leave this forum and not return. I will respect their wishes and do just that.
What I won't tolerate is their complete lack of any answer to the honest and legitimate questions I have posed to them. In particular, as to why these moderators here are the only ones who claim that the GeForce 4 chipset based vga cards require so much power.
Show me some proof. Maybe an article on a PC vendor's website or a magazine article that backs up your claim. Even a vga card vendor or retailer that lists the power requirements???
You have failed miserably in the fact that you completely play dumb and ignore my questions. Maybe you are that dumb, I'm not sure.
You owe it to every person who comes here looking for help, to give them truthful statements and advice. If you can't, then don't say anything. There are many posts here where people ask for help on their vga cards and the knee-jerk response is "you need a bigger power supply". Syas who? Back it up!! Look through the threads and note how many people you have said that to whom go and spend their money on a new psu, on your recommendation, just to post that they STILL have the same problem.
The moderators here just regurgitate the same lame questionable solutions.
My advice to anyone seeking help here is to do your own homework before wasting money on these "solutions". Join another forum not related to MSI. Find one for NVidia. Or a general tech support forum like techimo. Even ask your local coputer parts stores.
I am not debating the benefits of having a large power supply.
I am, however, questioning your intelligence level and your commitment to helping others versus stroking your own ego.
I will now leave you in peace to say whatever you like about me, but rest assured, after I am done, someone from MSI will be examining this board and it's propensity for distributing inaccurate solutions as related to their products. I am sure MSI will be thrilled with their reputation being associated with inadequacy and unhappy customers
Elzie

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The moderators have asked me to leave this forum and not return. I will respect their wishes and do just that.
No one asked you to leave other than invite you to visit another forum
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What I won't tolerate is their complete lack of any answer to the honest and legitimate questions I have posed to them. In particular, as to why these moderators here are the only ones who claim that the GeForce 4 chipset based vga cards require so much power.
It has been a known issue and has become one of the top solutions to many problems in and out of these forums. In fact, I would say approximately 50% of the time it is an inadequate power supply.
Ever Since the Athlon XP there have been serious issues with inadequate power supplies.
It became obvious that with the current peripherals populating today's PC's the power requirements have increased in performance based systems. Add a GF4 to the mix and it can cripple many supposed 300w power supplies.
If you called my reseller he'd tell you straight out that his tech recommends two or three brands of PSU that are rated over 400w with a AMDXP and GF4 combo, but won't tell you about the combined power requirement because it's like a trade secret.
Telling that to the layman or n00b usually results in a blank stare and that "I don't get it look" I often get from my coworkers when I try to explain anything technical.
Unfortunately, the generic answer from many PC shops is you must have at least a 300w power supply, and again we have the dilemma, whereas there is no set standard, and some will handle the requirements, then, other claimed 300 watters fail miserably and often cause damage to the PC.
Many of these shops don't build the high end systems that we often see in these forums and if they do, it's with tried and true hardware that works together.
There are times when we are wrong but in this medium (forum) it is virtually impossible to be correct in diagnosis all the time, as we cannot be present while troubleshooting.
In troubleshooting PC's and building them yourself without knowledge of these things, leads to many different outcomes.
1. you get lucky and the build goes well because you did a little homework before doing so.
2. You have problems that lead you to a medium such as this where you will get varied replies just as you would if you were to call a technician. Possibly solving your problem or leading you down the wrong path.
Ad infinitum.............
Either way, you take the risk of something not performing properly.
Symptoms can be the same for several problems that are encountered. The power supply is more often the solution than not. So my reasoning at least, is why not eliminate the problem before it happens. Remove it from the equation, and if you play your cards right when you purchase the PSU (that may not be the problem).
and you make sure you know the return policy should you not need it, you can then return it, and get your money back.
These are the risks you take when putting together a system or upgrading, novice or not.
You claim to be skilled in troubleshooting, but are you that naive in believing it's that cut and dry?
Neither I nor any of the other mods will tolerate your arrogance and insults to our intelligence, perhaps it is you who need to change your perception.
Offer your skills and help instead of your utter lack of respect. If it is a fight you are looking for, this is not the place or the medium in which to do it, and you have underestimated your opponent.
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Show me some proof. Maybe an article on a PC vendor's website or a magazine article that backs up your claim. Even a vga card vendor or retailer that lists the power requirements???
Below are a couple of things that come to mind, I do not have all my links as I lost them in the great IBM 60GXP crash of 2002
Inadequate and Deceptive Product Labeling:
Powersupply Calculation
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/guides/power_supply/
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You have failed miserably in the fact that you completely play dumb and ignore my questions. Maybe you are that dumb, I'm not sure.
I won't even go there, I will just play dumb, for your sake
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You owe it to every person who comes here looking for help, to give them truthful statements and advice. If you can't, then don't say anything. There are many posts here where people ask for help on their vga cards and the knee-jerk response is "you need a bigger power supply". Says who? Back it up!! Look through the threads and note how many people you have said that to whom go and spend their money on a new psu, on your recommendation, just to post that they STILL have the same problem.
You're right about truthful statements and advice, I never, nor have any other Mod, lie to anyone and the fact that you are insinuating we have lied, is a testament to your ignorance and arrogance in this matter.
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The moderators here just regurgitate the same lame questionable solutions.
My advice to anyone seeking help here is to do your own homework before wasting money on these "solutions". Join another forum not related to MSI. Find one for NVIDIA. Or a general tech support forum like techimo. Even ask your local computer parts stores.
I agree with you in part and I can see where you might see them as lame.
And the advice you give in the above quote is good advice, it's always good to get other opinions so you can make a better educated decision, and I invite any user to visit the other forums and then come back to share the experience with us.
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I am, however, questioning your intelligence level and your commitment to helping others versus stroking your own ego.
I believe I already addressed this one before except the ego part.
I don't get that part, only that the ego is obviously present in YOUR posts.
We don't work for MSI but volunteer our time (of which I have spent/wasted too much of my Saturday evening on this reply) This is a user to user community and we are just other users like everyone else but with privileges that allow us to moderate, not solve everyone's problems.
If you do not feel comfortable with the advice then it is ones prerogative to get another opinion or try another forum. We do hope that the user shares the outcome to benefit the community and later use it for reference.

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