I must be blind or stupid

I just cannot find the place to click to quote a message if I'm responding. Help, please?

This happens to all of us....
When replying, at the top you will see "Subject". Under that is the box where you can modify the subject of your post as you see fit. Follow that box to the right side of the screen until it ends. Right under that, you will see "Quote".
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I must be doing SOMETHING stupid!

OK, so I'm the only person in San Francisco who does not have an iPod. But I would like to listen to some iPod broadcasts which are available from the iTunes store.
I can get to the correct destination in the iTunes music store: Podcasts>PBS>Shields and Brooks|NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Podcast|PBS. Once there, it looks a lot like the setup when I purchase and download regular music from the store (which I do with no problems).
The main difference is that there are various buttons which say "Subscribe" and "Get Episode", but when I push them nothing happens.
If I select an episode and double-click on it, it appears in the player window, but cannot be played.
Evidently there is more to this podcast stuff than I realize. Any help will be appreciated!
Thanks
OS10.4.9 / Dual 2ghz G5, 4.5g SDRAM / 1.5ghz G4, 2g SDRAM / SE30, 256k RAM Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Hello Joseph... what an amaziang new world this is: a question from San Francisco, an answer from London!
We were both right: Podcasts were disabled, and I WAS doing something stupid, as usual.
Thanks
Dan Banchero
OS10.3.9 / Dual 2ghz G5, 4.5g SDRAM / 1.5ghz G4, 2g SDRAM / SE30, 256k RAM Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I must be doing something stupid: Very poor quality DVD rendering!

I am new to Apple products and after trolling this forum, I was able to create a DVD using iDVD on my Mac mini Core Duo - 2Ghz model. But, the video is of very poor quality (compression artifacts). I am lookging for guidance to creating a better video quality. But first, let me give you some background...
I have created enough DVDs for my home videos captured both from my S-VHS camcorder and min-DV camcorders (both PAL and NTSC) using Pinnacle Studio (buggiest software in the world) and Adobe Premiere Elements under Windows. I have clear expectation of video quality and understand the quality differences between various standards.
I have a fairly new toy - Canon Powershot TX1 digital camera which is an amazing compact camera that shoots 720p video @ 30fps and stores them in MJPEG format. Very good optics (10x optical image stabilized zoom). The only con is that it has very poor low light shooting ability.
The steps I took to create this DVD...
1. Import the .avi and .jpeg files from my camera into iPhoto library.
2. Use iMovie (all part of iLife'08) to stitch the avi clips and also some of jpegs. Added transitions, titles and music in iMovie.
3. Also, added some of my old low resolution avi files (from my older Canon camera - probably in 640x480 resolution).
3. Exported it in the largest file mode (960x540) which created a 1.8GB file.
4. Opened this movie file in Garageband and added the Chapter markers.
5. Shared it with iDVD which automatically launched iDVD and showed the chapters in very nice scene selections menus.
6. Invoked the Burn menu to burn the movie into a DVD using iDVD.
Am I using the right methodology (I want the chapters)? I also observed that an earlier project which was pure 15 minutes of 720p content created a 4.7GB size exported file from iMovie whereas this current project has 51min of avi (of which about 10min is low res and the rest is in 720p format) and 12min of still photos produced a 1.8GB file when exported. This clearly tells me that the exported file is of poor quality. Why did that happen? Was it because I mixed the content and included low res videos?
I should probably try creating a DVD from the pure 720p content and see how that looks.
Any pointers would be a great help. BTW, the mac mini, iPhoto and iMovie forums are just awesome. The quality of posts and responses is very high.

Thanks a lot, F Shippey.
I exported it as a .dv file and then I was able to produce the DVD correctly with the Revolution theme and 11 chapters. I haven't done any editing any clips yet in iMovie. In most cases, I will not need to do that in most cases as the Canon TX1 creates individual avi clips every time I record and stop a recording. Having used a camcorder for over a decade now, I know how silly most of the recordings are.
I will be rendering most of my videos as h.264 so that I can use the mac mini as a media server instead of using DVDs. I have to rip my own DVDs as h.264 soon (back to handbrake).
PS: While creating my first DVD in OS X + iLife'08 tools, I noticed the following bugs:
1. The clips disappear from the display in the editing window when the project becomes large and I had to zoom in and out to make them reappear. I verified that I wasn't viewing past the end of the last clip. If I hover the mouse in the blank window, it will show the clip in the preview window on the right.
2. I had 11 chapters marked in Garageband and then I shared it with iDVD, it created two pages of scene selections with 6 chapters in each page. In the 2nd page, it added a random window (unconnected) for the 12th chapter that I didn't have. I didn't check for that and so my finished DVD has this weird 12th chapter with a copied moving clip in the window, but when selected, it doesn't do anything.
These two bugs are way few compared to what Pinnacle Studio threw at me.
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Can't see the error...very basic, must be blind :(

Here's the code.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE shop_sales_sum_sp
IS
CURSOR cur_idsales
IS
SELECT b.idshopper id,
         (bi.price*bi.quantity) total
FROM bb_basket b, bb_basketitem bi
USING (idbasket)
WHERE b.orderplaced=1
GROUP BY b.idshopper;
BEGIN
FOR rec_idsales IN cur_idsales LOOP
INSERT INTO bb_shop_sales (idshopper, total)
VALUES (rec_idsales.id, rec_idsales.total);
END LOOP;
END;
LINE/COL ERROR
5/3      PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
8/3      PL/SQL: ORA-00933: SQL command not properly endedIt's saying I'm not ending line 8 properly, but line 8 is my USING statement???

This is one I did earlier that works beautiflly...what's the difference?
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE prod_sales_sum_sp
IS
CURSOR cur_sales
IS
SELECT bi.idproduct id,
    TO_CHAR(b.dtordered,'MON') mth,
    TO_CHAR(b.dtordered, 'YYYY') yr,
    SUM(bi.quantity) quantity,
    SUM(bi.quantity*bi.price) totalsum
     FROM bb_basket b INNER JOIN bb_basketitem bi
     USING (idbasket)
     WHERE b.orderplaced = 1
     GROUP BY bi.idproduct,TO_CHAR(b.dtordered,'MON'),TO_CHAR(b.dtordered, 'YYYY');
BEGIN
FOR rec_sales IN cur_sales LOOP
INSERT INTO bb_prod_sales (idproduct, month, year, qty, total)
VALUES (rec_sales.id, rec_sales.mth, rec_sales.yr, rec_sales.quantity, rec_sales.totalsum);
END LOOP;
END;
/

I must be missing something stupid (Flash Intro Skip - AS2)

Ok, i've been doing this awhile, for the life of me I can't seem to "Skip my Intro". I created a movie clip, and inside are all my little animations. Theres also another movieclip that I use as a button. There are a few of these, two load up a page in the browser and another skips to frame 848.
Everything works expect for the button that is supposed to skip to frame 848.
Here is my code (Very very basic):
on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(88);
Any idea why this button doesn't skip to the frame?
Heres the flash file: http://www.thealphacompany.net/issue.rar

1. 848 != 88
2. if 88 (or 848) aren't loaded when you click your button, flash can't goto that frame
3. if your button is a movieclip button you're directing the movieclip button to its 88th (or 848th) frame.

I must be blind

When I go to launch System Update under Lenovo Care, I get the error message "System Update could not be started properly" and then the system shuts down. I've been all over the site trying to find a place to download a new copy of system update. Could someone please help?

cyfinc, welcome to the forum,
at the top of the Lenovo home page, on the right, there is a search box. Enter "TVSU" in the box without the speech marks and it will bring you a load of results like this one.
Happy Updating
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Viewing iPhoto photos from another Mac..

I must be blind or stupid, but not so long ago, I was able to share my library, and from my wife's macbook, upon opening her iPhoto, she was able to see my library, see all the photos and even copy some to her local iPhoto..Or this has disappeared or I'm unable to see how to set it up, or why is it we don't see it anymore.
Browsed all the internet, but couldn't find anything clearly related, I'm using Mavericks and iPhoto 9.5.
If anybody can help, I'd appreciate.
Thank you,
all the best

That feature was discontinued with iPhoto 9.5. Now you'll have to use Shared Photo Streams to share/transfer photos between Macs.
Or if you just need to transfer a photo between your Macs you can use the Air Drop feature. Export out of iPhoto and activate Air Drop.
Any Mac with that capability will show up in the window above your icon and just drag the photos to it.
This Apple document describes it in much better detail: Mac Basics: AirDrop helps you share items with others nearby
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Soundblaster x-fi xtreme gamer soundcard.

hello, forgive my nooobness but this is my first time owning a comp.i have just bought a mesh comp(vista) with?the above card in it.i've installed the software on the cd and it doesnt work as you all know coz i've read the other posts.i've installed a driver dated 2006.....is there a more recent one that works and isnt a beta.....i've tried to find on the other posts but i must be blind or stupid(probably stupid as i can see my keyboard).any help would be greatfully appreciated and any slagging off accepted. thankyou all.

Have a look in the Windows Vista forum here at Creative. You can find it below this forum.
I think you'll be able to find what you're looking for there...

How to stop receiving spam messages blindly addressed to user "admin"?

I've done a bit of searching but can't seem to find any relevant posts, so I'm hoping someone can be of help.
I'm using MacOS X Server 10.2.4. My user account on the server is "alan", and I set it up in Workgroup Manager so that all email addressed to me at "[email protected]" is automatically forwarded to my pacbell.net address. All that is working fine.
However, when I check my email at my pacbell.net address, in addition to the forwarded mail addressed to "[email protected]", I am also getting a lot of spam addressed to "[email protected]". Evidently, many spammers will just blindly spam "[email protected]" assuming that it will be a valid account. So what appears to be happening is since my user "alan" on the server is also an administrator account, there is some sort of default alias connecting the user "admin" to "alan", which in turn is causing me to receive the spam messages. They must be blind, because I've never used or referenced the address "[email protected]" anywhere.
So, the big question is --- how can I delink the alias "admin" from "alan"? It does not appear as a shortname in the Workgroup Manager under the user "alan", so I can't delete the alias there. I'm guessing there's probably a file somewhere I need to edit to do this, but can't seem to find it? I would be fine with redirecting mail addressed to "admin" to a null account that doesn't have email active, so those messages will just bounce back to the spammers.
Alternatively, is it possible to simply reject all mail sent to "[email protected]"?
Any help is appreciated!
Many thanks in advance,
Alan

David,
That would make sense, since user "alan" is definitely a member of the group "admin".
I see that sendmail is installed on the system, though I'm not sure that sendmail is in fact what is running the mail sever (although it could be).
I discovered this much at least -- the command to start the mail server is:
/usr/sbin/MailService-autostart on
So it would seem that "MailService" might be the name of the server app, or something to that effect. If so, how can I modify its configuration files to avert this behavior? Or is there some way to blanket reject all mail send to "admin"? (sorry if I've been repetitive) ...

Spell Check - Am I blind?

I must be blind...
There has got to be some sort of spell checker in a forms design package!?!?!
Is there a spell checker in Designer 7.0? If not, is there some sort of plug in?
I deal with legal docs and it's quite a hassle to have to manually proof or use some sort of external spell checker.
Thanks for your direction.
Sean

I feel your pain. I work with brokerage and annuity forms and there isn't a spell check. (sorry)
We copy all of the XML from Designer to Word and spell check in Word. Unfortunately - it catches all the xml coding as well.
Once finished, we copy and paste everything back into the XML. (usually without a problem).
Heck - even this discussion board allows you to spell check.
It IS a hassle. Hopefully Adobe comes up with something quick.
Some tech genious would make a killing with a plug in tool. (anyone? anyone?)

A really stupid question from newbie...

hello all,
i am very new to java and i am trying to build a j2ee application...
rite now....i need to let my app communicate w/ an outside program thru' XML..
i had just learnt many thing about java w/ xml and i decided to use the XMLEncoder... it seems quite simple to use...BUT i have no idea on how to send/receive these XML files...i had thought of using socket connection, but i just found out that an EJB wouldn't allow socket networking... i bet this must be quite a stupid question coz i found nowhere teaching me this...=P
if u know about this, pls point me to some relevant docs / sites....i am anxious to learn about it...
thx so much,
karloogunna~

hello maesj, rune, and others,
thx alot for your advice...
and here's the environment i am working in:
OS: w2k
JDK: 1.4.1.01
j2ee: 1.3.1
jboss: 3.0.2
i am using flash as my UI, so i need communication
between the j2ee app and flash.
the data transfer involves a number of arrays of
objects (each object w/ a list of attributes...) so, i
think using XML as data-exchange is quite suitable (am
i wrong on this??)I don't know the first thing about Flash, but using XML as a means for exchanging data seams like a good idea, for the scenario you described.
>
and i am reading about the message-driven beans, i see
that they got a function onMessage() from where i can
get the XML strings (?), but i don't know how i can
feed these strings into this JMS from flash...do i
need to write a small java program on the client
side?I haven't that much experience with Message Driven Beans. What I do know is that they employ the Java Messaging Service (JMS). If you write a small client appplication with JMS support... you might be close.
>
also, i am not sure if i can send out XML strings
through the message-driven beans, i am reading on the
JMS...it got the MessageProducer, MessageConsumer,
MessageListener, and MessageSelector....should i be
using this? or can i use this together with the
message-driven beans??
In a Messaging system you will need message producers, and message consumers. To enable two-way communication, you can setup both the EJB and the client to handle both. When a message arrives at the consumer (or subscriber if you like), the JMS Service invokes the onMessage method. So you should implement your logic in the onMessage method, for example inspect the XML content, and act upon its content.
i am very sorry for my disorganized questions...(i
used to do low-level programming =P)
and really thank you for your advice!!!!
No problem, the amount of information to read can be quite overwhelming. Using JMS is just a suggestion, and might be considered overkill for your application. If you're using an IDE, like Sun ONE, creating a message driven bean is easy, and can be tried out, without too much hours passing.
Kind Regards,
Rune Bj�rnstad.

Tuxedo 8.1 client

I'm either blind or stupid but I can't find the download URL for Tuxedo 8.1. Can'r fint under download at oracle.com or edelivery.com.
Please anyone?
ps.
I must say it was much better at Bea time

HI,
when i try clicking the links available fro download...
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/tuxedo/index.html
and then i click
**for Solaris Operating System (x86-64 64-bit) (82,078,413 bytes)**
it takes me to a new page ..showing a shell script and contents like below :
pls help
it seems instead of download it opens another url
http://download.oracle.com/otn/bea/tuxedo/11g/tuxedo11gR1_64_sol_10_x86.bin
Thanks Joyita

How does one change the folder to which scanned images are saved?

Using a CanoScan 9000F Mark II scanner
Using the ScanGear driver software that came with it
Right now every time I scan something, it is automatically saved in "My Documents", and I have to drag and drop the file where I really want it to go. How do I change it so that the file is saved where I want it to go in the first place. Also, it is automatically assigning a file name so that I have to go to the file and change that to what I would like it to be too. How do I make it so that I can name the file before it gets saved. Neither do I see where it gives me the option to choose the format in which the file is saved; it is saving the files automatically as JPG, but I would like to save them as TIFF or BMP.
These seem to be very standard options; so I don't know why I'm finding it so hard. I must be blind or something.
Thank you for your time and assistance.

Hello barbarossa,
Great question! You can change all these settings through the My Image Garden software. The exact procedure will vary depending on the version of Windows you are using.
If you are having any difficulty locating this software, feel free to visit the link below to let us know your operating system and we can follow-up with step-by-step directions. Thanks!
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/standard_display/contact_us_consumer
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Loops not changing tempo

wait wait wait, I must be making a stupid mistake
I set my new song tempo at 80..
I make sure its that way in the transport bar, etc etc
I audition a loop, like it, drop it in timeline
it plays the same tempo as it did in audition.
I go to the tempo slider and move it all the way to 50...no change in the loop tempo playing, then I move it to 120,,,,no change
when i used ACID for PC, I could just type in a new tempo and any loop I had in the timeline would act accordingly..
what am I missing?
thanks

Its yellow
its a drum loop that I had..
the other pieces on the timeline are purple, they are just recorded audio I did.
sorry, dont know why the colors arent what you listed
I just dont get it....the display changes when I change the tempo, but the speed does nothing

[SOLVED] Some layout functions not working on Awesome 3.5

Hi there,
Anyone else have this problem with the new awesome release? Some functions just doesn't work here, like awful.tag.incmwfact, awful.tag.incnmaster and awful.mouse.client.resize, those are the ones I noticed, tested with the default rc.lua and it just doesn't work, searched the release notes and nothing too.
SOLVED
Don't know how it got working, probably I wasn't testing the right way
Last edited by labp (2013-01-01 04:08:59)

I must have done something stupid here, its working now :x, delete it please, sry

I must be blind or stupid

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