Here's a good head scratcher . . .

I have a pair of half-sphere iMacs on my desk. I can connect with our local wifi with one of them, with good to excellent strength.
The other either cannot connect or when it does, it is a very weak signal. I have exchanged airport cards to no avail; I have totally isolated one from the other and still no improvement. No matter how I change the variables, it is always the same. Even IF I COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN THE STRONG COMPUTER, the signal to the other is too weak to be used.
I have them connected with a ethernet lan, going through a netgear router. Is there a set of settings in the sharing folder(s) that will allow computer A to use Computer B's connection? `Cause when I try to make the sharing work, the weak guy is still the weak guy.

On "strong" iMac, open System Preferences->Sharing and enable Internet sharing from AirPort to Ethernet.
Configure the "weak" iMac to use Ethernet and DHCP to get an IP address.
To have complete internet access you will need to either disable the firewall on the "strong" iMac or modify the firewall so that it allows connections on the Ethernet side.

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Head Scratcher - Default Field Values

have an issue that is truly a head scratcher and I could use a little help.
I created a number of fields - client name, client email, account manager etc. Most are just Unicode a couple are integer and one is a date. For two of them Client Name and Account Manager which I'm going have a lookup attached I enter a default value. Choose Client and Choose Account Manager.
For two of the fields (client name and account manager) I created lookups with a list of clients and the other with a list of account managers.
I then created a new group added all of the custom fields. For the two fields I want lookups on I select them in the group window and attach the lookups that I've previously created. I continue with where the group appears, attach it to a set etc and then save changes.
So everything is perfect I can see the group within the set but for the two lookups I don't have a default value just a blank pull down window. What's the deal. Is there a syntax I'm missing for entering the default value for the field? Do I also need to enter the default value in the lookup so they match?

actually the issue was with putting the default value in the lookup. That worked. I get what your saying though, however its really six of one half dozen of another. I created the fields first so editing the field in the lookup pulldown I didn't actually have the correct lookup values.
By creating the field and then lookup and then linking them up in the group it worked just fine. But after I read your post I created the lookup first and then attached it while creating a field and didn't attach it while creating the group and got the same result.

In My IPhone the sound device not working properly. I can here the sound through head set only.kindly send an idea ti solve this problems

In My IPhone the sound device not working properly. I can here the sound through head set only.kindly send an idea ti solve this problems

Hello. I sent my WRT1900AC V1 to Linksys four days ago (Monday) via UPS with a RMA. Linksys paid the shipping and everything. The router is still in route, and it should arrive to their offices tomorrow. Once they receive the WRT1900 AC V1, they are going to send me an EA8500 as a replacement. But I have been reading the comments about the EA8500 here in the forum and it seems to have the same problems. I guess the firmware is extremely flawed in both routers (maybe it is almost the same code?). Anyway, I will try the EA8500 and I hope it works. I bought a temporary router from Walmart and I paid $35 for it. It is a Belink N600 DB. I can't believe that a $35 router is working a lot, lot, lot better than my previous $250 WRT1900AC router. Unbelievable. If the EA8500 doesn't work, I'm going to try and get my money back from Linksys, or contact The Consumerist or someone to get my money back and get a Nighthawk instead.

Spry Collapsible Panel - Head Scratcher

Hello Spry Guru's,
Perhaps an easy question for you, but it has me scratching my
head:
When first displayed,
My Cary website's
CollapsiblePanel up-arrow does not display correctly. After you
open and close the panel it will display correctly.
Also when I edit my template, and then preview, all works
correctly, but previewing the pages based on that template have the
same error described above
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Anyone here found a good replacement for Version Cue?

First, yes I realize this is a Photoshop forum. :-P I also posted this in the Version Cue section, but that forum hasn't seen any action in a month so I thought I'd pop on over here too. I'm assuming there are a few Photoshop users in here that use some kind of file management software.
At my company we decided a while back we'd set up Version Cue, and of course it got put off. Today I learned Version Cue is getting ditched, and isn't even included in CS5. (http://www.adobe.com/products/versioncue/)
So, I'm wondering if any of you have moved on and found a good alternative option. Version Cue has some very useful things to offer, in theory if not in practice, so it would be great if there is something out there that can accomplish the same things. If it's relevant, we use both Windows and Mac here at work.
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Head Scratcher: PMG5 boots off of OEM disc, not off of HD

Here's a stumper:
Out of Warranty PM G5 1.6ghz machine, came into shop,
for MLB replacement ( wasn't putting out video, although vid card tested fine.)
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Everything passed muster, and then rebooted machine to boot off internal HD.
The PowerMac boots up, but never gets pass Grey Apple screen, and instead
wheel (gear) spins and then stops, and fans run.
Rebooted machine off of Diagnostic disc, passes muster again.
Rebooted off of Tiger 10.4 OEM disc, boots fine no issues.
So I erase the HD, and reinstall Tiger, goes smooth,
Machine reboots, same thing: will not go pas Grey Apple Screen.
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nothing beyond that....
anyone with any ideas?

Scrap the hard drive. Even installing Tiger doesn't test for weak sectors, even if you were to zero the drive that isn't a guarantee. TechTool Pro is pretty good at media scan but it does not attempt to map out bad/weak sectors.
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Here's a goodie - anyone know how to use Skype and...

I would like to be able to do a tour guide for a Filipino friend of mine that is living in the Cayman Islands. I want to be able to talk to her through skype as usual but be able to control her Google maps from my screen here in the US. I would like to be able to show her my town's places of interest. She's never been to the US and this idea might be the closest she will ever be if I can make it work.

There should be a plus when you are in call with her on the call screen. Click on that, then you should see "Share screens"
Click on Share screens, you should then be able to choose share desktop or share window. Share desktop means that she can see everything you do on any window or any tab. Share window means she can only see a certain program, even if you can't. Select what you want to do, then click start. You should see a red border around where you are sharing.
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SDO_UTIL.TO_CLOB odd head scratcher

Hi folks,
I'll try to submit this to support but thought I should log it here in case anyone is interested.
Using Oracle 11.2.0.3.
I am still occasionally poking at the uber SDO_GEOMETRY issue (see Re: upgrading to uber SDO_GEOMETRY, looking for comments Anyhow one of the deal breakers has been the hassles to move geometries back and forth between uber-installed instances and regular instances. With datapump off the table, its kind of a bummer. Anyhow, I noticed that for reasons I cannot explain (any takers?) the following works to move SDO_GEOMETRY across a database link between uber and regular instances:
INSERT INTO local_table (shape)
SELECT
SDO_UTIL.FROM_CLOB(SDO_UTIL.TO_CLOB(a.shape))
FROM
remote_table@remote_instance a;I don't really understand why that works. But it does. Obviously over-sized geometries will fail if you try to move them to a regular instance. Performance is not too bad overall considering the deserialization and serialization taking place. I have not looked into what is occurring on what instance.
The only problem I found is a weird bug I think with the SDO_UTIL.FROM_CLOB for geometries with crazy precision.
SELECT
SDO_UTIL.TO_CLOB(SDO_GEOMETRY(2001,8265,NULL,SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1,1,1),SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY(-106.496121500000000992258719634264707565,43.01151182000000261496097664348781108856)))
FROM DUAL;When I plug the results into FROM_CLOB, I get
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_UTIL", line 3152
SELECT
SDO_UTIL.FROM_CLOB('2001||8265||NULL|NULL|NULL||1|1|1||-106.496121500000000992258719634264707565|43.01151182000000261496097664348781108856||')
FROM DUAL;Some kind of odd math bug I think. If I knock off 12 digits, then it works fine.
Cheers,
Paul

Paul,
As you know full well no one can measure the earth to the precision of the numbers of your 8265 SRIDed SDO_GEOMETRY.
Interestingly, the longitude in the example can't be represented in an Oracle NUMBER without loss of "precision" as can be seen following:
SELECT length('496121500000000992258719634264707565') as longPrecLength
FROM DUAL;
-- Results
LONGPRECLENGTH
36
-- The max precision for this longitude is 35.....
SELECT cast(-106.496121500000000992258719634264707565 as number(38,35)) as longitude
FROM DUAL;
-- Result
LONGITUDE
-106.49612150000000099225871963426470757
-- Trying to define 36 decimal digits throws an error
SELECT cast(-106.496121500000000992258719634264707565 as number(38,36)) as longitude
FROM DUAL;
-- Result
QL Error: ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allowed for this column
01438. 00000 - "value larger than specified precision allowed for this column"
*Cause: When inserting or updating records, a numeric value was entered
that exceeded the precision defined for the column.
-- Try binary_double
SELECT cast(-106.496121500000000992258719634264707565 as binary_double) as longitude
FROM DUAL;
-- Results
LONGITUDE
-106.4961215I have no idea what 1/10^36 decimal degrees of longitude or latitude is in meters but it ain't measurable via any GPS/Surveying method I know! Perhaps CERN can help!
Thanks for the reference to my new article. It has been sitting on my computer hard disk now for well over 6 months. I often wonder how many people actually read my articles (just like I wonder if anyone uses GeoRaptor)!
To be honest, when I first started using Oracle SDO_GEOMETRY I met end users who constantly asked why the number of decimal digits was greater than they expected. So, 10+ years ago I wrote a coordinate rounding function. (Perception management?) I never thought about the saving of space (most say it doesn't matter today due to large, cheap, fast disks, and fast networks) nor about performance aspects. I think my article points the way forward for others to investigate and, I hope, share* their results and experiences.
regards
Simon

A head Scratcher

I have an interesting problem that has so far been unsolveable. On my Dual G5 the OS has lost the ability to save files to the last folder used. Instead every save, for every app seems to go to the documents folder. This happens on Word, Photoshop, etc. It is a pain. It does not happen on my G4 laptop, whihc functions correctly. I can find no way to change this, and have tried some of the obvious things, like trashing finder prefs and repairing permissions.
I am STUMPED. Thanks for any help

Hi, I've never experienced this particular problem, but I would in this instance try re-installing (or updating if you need to) the OS from your system disks. Whenever I've had strange things begin to happen like this, after trying the usual suspects, I've found a complete system re-install usually works. It's a pain to do, but if it solves your problem...
Good Luck.

Ok here is a good one for you all

So here is the problem.
We use PPTP VPN for our Exe's at my company and most of them are using airbooks or power books now.
They also use the ATT USB Mercury/ATT USB lighting cards for in emergency no network connection while traveling.
10.5 - all works great no issues ... ATT cards VPN no issues
10.6 - ATT cards work fine to get to the internet but as soon as you fire up the vpn connection and get connected to the vpn all traffic stops no internet and no intranet access. ( we send all traffic over the PPTP connections )
Both are connected and with out errors .. sometimes if you wait 30 minutes it all starts working , disconnect and re try nada.
I have upgraded firmware in the ATT cards , using the new 3Gwatcher application provided by sierra wireless and still nothing.
The PPTP works fine form home wireless , hotels , hot-spots seems to be related to the att cards form all the troubleshooting I am doing
Anyone have any thoughts - i did send a support ticket into sierra for some help to but I figured maybe you guys have seen this and no a fix or solution

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THis Wireless Issue is a Head Scratcher

As some know, I bought 2 Macbooks in Dec '06 and was experiencing all sorts of wireless issues early on. Dropped connections, SLOW transfer speeds while networked to my Imac, etc.
At some point Netgear released new firmware for the 824, and all seemed right in the wireless world for at least 2 months.
No issues with OS updates or airport updates, it seemed.
Al of a sudden last week, I went back to the extremely slow speed when networked from the macbook (wireless) to the iMac G4 800 (wired) and nothing so far will fix it.
The wireless transfer happens in 500K packets and a 4 meg file takes 4 minutes to transfer. Yet if I plug in the ethernet cable to the macbook - it works as it should.
What I can't figure out is what happened to make this annoying issue return out of the blue.
I am also back to slow page loads via Safari and page hangs.
Of course I have rebooted the router -
I can't figure out why for at least 2 months everything worked perfectly after months of sub par wireless performance and then back to **** - with everything back to sub par except not dropping connection anymore.
Thoughts?

I think the first thing I'd check for is if some source of interference returned after a few months of absence. I have a 2.4 GHz cordless phone that will nuke my 2.4 GHz WiFi connections - but only sometimes - when the phone happens to pick a channel that coincides with my WiFi. It could well be that a phone in your neighbor's house gets on your channel, and if the the phone doesn't experience any trouble may sit on your WiFi channel for a long time. In my case, my Panasonic phone bothers the WiFi, but the WiFi never bothers the phone.
The other thing you might want to look for is how many IP packets are being discarded by your Mac's network interface. You can do that my opening a terminal window and doing "netstat -s | more" The -s option gets you a rather extensive list of Ethernet statistics. What you want to look for is anything related to retransmitted packets. If you are experiencing more than a 1% IP packet loss, Ethernet performance can degrade rather ungracefully. (Note, I'm talking about layer 3 and above IP packets). It isn't unusual for 15-20% frame loss at layer 2 in the WiFi connecdtion.
There are a lot of variables here, and it is difficult to give you an answer that would be a one-step magic pill. There could be several problems at once. The best test would be: does one computer have lousy web page load times over WiFi, but the other computer has quick web access.
If both computers are having problems loading web pages, then there is something wrong with the router and/or WiFi interference. If just one computer has poor performance, then you need to look at the software on that computer.
Best wishes for finding it.
Bill

Head scratcher - startup problem

I've run into a problem that has me baffled. When the system starts up, I get the light grey screen with the apple, the next box that show Mac OS X loading, then it goes blue, then my desktop picture (one of the images supplied by Apple)loads, but shifted down and to the left about two inches. The only other thing I see besides the blue to the top and right of the desktop picture is a tiny corner of white in the upper right corner with the spotlight symbol. I don't get any of the rest of the menu bar at the top, nor any desktop icons, though I do get a cursor.
I have started up from the OS 10.4 install disk and run disk permissions repair and disk repair. The first instance of disk repair found a couple of issues it called "illegal name" but repaired them. I ran Repair disk permissions again, then Disk repair and it found nothing the second time. I have also started up from the system Hardware Test CD and run the Quick and Extended tests and it reported nothing wrong. I have a Diskwarrior 3.01 Disk and I startred to try it, but it reported that there were problems it could not fix, so would not try. Now I know this isn't the latest version of DW, so it may not be the right tool to use with a system running OS 10.4.x. I have reset the PRAM also. Nothing I have tried so far has made any difference. When started up from the Install disk and I run the Startup Disk utility, it lists the internal hard drive and OS. At this point - this is what I know.
The person using the system was wrangling with fonts in Font Reserve, Quark 6.1 and InDesign CS2, so decided to restart the system to get a fresh slate. When it came back - it came up with the scenario I described above.
I hope someone has some direction for me, as I'm really not sure what to try next. Everything I know is based on being able to at least start up.
FYI, the hard drive has only the system, applications, and fonts on it, so is nearly empty. All project files are stored on a server via ethernet. This system was rebuilt from the ground up about a month ago and has been working great, up until today.
G4 Dual 1 GHz, Mac OS 10.4.5, 1.5 GB RAM

Hi, WileEC. Welcome to the Discussions.
Thanks for the reply. Answers in each section.
1. You wrote: " I have a Diskwarrior
3.01 Disk and I startred to try it, but it reported
that there were problems it could not fix, so would
not try. "You need DiskWarrior 3.0.3 for
Tiger. Earlier versions are not compatible with
Tiger volumes.
I was pretty sure this was the case, so will have to invest in the current updated CD.
2. Have you tried a different display? Checked the
display connections? Perhaps the issue is the
display or the cable connecting it, not Mac OS X.
I have tried a different display and while the desktop picture isn't offset, as with the original display, all other elements are acting the same. In addition, I've noticed that if the cursor is any where on the screen, but the upper right corner (over the spotlight icon) it is the arrow; if in the small white area in the corner, the cursor is a beachball.
3. Perhaps an incompatible Startup or Login Item. See
my "
Troubleshooting Startup and Login Items" FAQ for
steps that might help you with this problem.
I'll have to check this out, but not sure how to do so, without being able to startup first. I'll check the link out to see if it can shed some light.
I have also tested the PRAM battery and it's above 3.6V, so I think it's fine.
Dual 1 Ghz PM G4, 1.5 GB RAM, Mac OS 10.4.5

Head scratcher--new HD, macbook won't boot on battery power

I needed a larger hard drive because the orig 60gb was getting full. replaced with a seagate 250gb. now, macbook will no longer boot on battery power. works fine if plugged in. if unplugged while running, macbook goes dead. battery is fully charged.
a puzzlement. any ideas, brain trust?
...joe

What is the model number of the HDD you bought?
Next, make sure you have the battery in all the way and that the HDD is securely installed. Then try a PRAM and SMC reset by shutting down, unplugging the magsafe, taking out the battery, and holding down the power button for at least five seconds. Next, put everything back and hold down commmand-option-p-r at startup until it chimes twice then let go.
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Here's a good stumper. Any ideas? Java BUG?

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        } catch (Exception ex) {
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            INT_VALUE = 1; // <-- javac will complain about this. why?
    static int getValue() throws Exception {
        throw new Exception("whoops");
}If you compile this, javac tells you the line
INT_VALUE = 1; is bad because the valriable might have been assigned to.
What order of operations could throw the exception and assign the value before the
INT_VALUE = 1; line is reached?

If you compile this, javac tells you the line
INT_VALUE = 1; is bad because the
valriable might have been assigned to.
What order of operations could throw the exception
and assign the value before the
INT_VALUE = 1; line is reached?The person who said the java compiler is dumb is just about right. The complaint that the compiler gives is that the value might be assigned already. This is beacuse the INT_VALUE varible has a chance to be assigned in the try block.
In your code you force a deterministic error which is usually not the case so the compiler doesn't search for it. Hence the compiler says that there is a chance that the value ha already been assigned. This is also because the value assignement, if it happened, will stay past the try block and the catch will try to reassign the final.
So the compiler just plays it safe and says the variable might have already been assigned rather than searching for possible exceptions and determining if the variable gets set to a value or not (remember your code is exceptionally deterministic with respect to the runtime error being thrown.)

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