Off topic: General comment

All,
I know this is totally off-topic but this is the best way to send a very important message.
One of those days, someone called to us to offer Solaris support services, because that person was reading this forum and saw our entries. I guess, if we are here asking for help, and helping others, the idea is to use the community to achieve better results.
I understand that every business needs to make money, but there are some limits as well. If we had any interest to hire a consulant and pay for him/her services, we would not be here making posts.
Also, what is much more important, is to share information and knowledge about a product, Solaris, which is open source now.
So, if there are any other business digger here, please do not contact us in anyway, unless we ask for that contact. Right now, that person and his company are on my personal "avoid contact at any cost" list.
Cheers
Andreas

Printers are the Demon Seed, the work of Beelzebub. While my Epson R340 will of course print for weeks on end just fine, if I suddenly need to print something urgently, it is 100% guaranteed to print it in purple. Or, the heads will need cleaning, resulting in two hours of listening to "neeeeeeeeh neh-neh-neh-neh-neh neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh neh neh neh'. Or, the DVD's doesn't get drawn into the printer properly, the resulting label is half off the disc, and it's just made a nice coaster.
I broke my last Epson while leaping up and down upon it in an apoplectic rage in such circumstances. Really.
But it seems you are right, we have no option. Finally, Print Shop by Broderbund is probably like a high-tech wunderkind chrome robot when compared to the Official Worst Appplication of All Time, Epson Print CD, which closely resembles a turd.
Rant rant rant.

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Suggestion: General Discussions\Off Topic Section

hi,
it would be great to have an off topic forum/section here for us to interact and have general discussions. almost every forum i'm a member of has an Off Topic section. we can get to know each other much better and share useful information and opinions about various topics, technology and others also. we can do the same through PM's, but getting everyone involved will feel much better.
Make it easier for other people to find solutions, by marking my answer with \'Accept as Solution\' if it solves your problem.
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I am an ex-HP Employee.

if they start posting technical questions or spam here, then they should be banned!
EDIT: in other news, my reputation level increased!
Message Edited by DexterM on 01-07-2009 11:44 PM
Make it easier for other people to find solutions, by marking my answer with \'Accept as Solution\' if it solves your problem.
Click on the BLUE KUDOS button on the left to say "Thanks"
I am an ex-HP Employee.

OFF Topic: JAVA Credit Card Processing

Hi All,
          This might be a bit off topic ...but I was wondering if any of you have used
          any payment processing service to process credit card using Java Servletes
          ...I'd like to know which one (CyberCash, CreditCard.com etc) has APIs that
          can be integrated with a Java Servlet ...
          Any comment is appreciated.
          Thanks
          farhang


Bryan Kearney wrote:
          >
          > We have looked at PaylinX and CyberCash. PaylinX has a Java Class which you can
          > use to connect to the NT only server. CyberCash, while internet based, can only
          > suppl static C libraries. Not very Java Freindly.
          >
          > >
          > > This might be a bit off topic ...but I was wondering if any of you have used
          > > any payment processing service to process credit card using Java Servletes
          > > ...I'd like to know which one (CyberCash, CreditCard.com etc) has APIs that
          > > can be integrated with a Java Servlet ...
          > > Any comment is appreciated.
          CCVS from Red Hat (http://www.redhat.com/products/ccvs/) has a Java api.
          We use CCVS but not the Java api so I can't comment on it.
          George
          [email protected] ITServices, UBC
          Programmer/Analyst
          phone: 604.822.4375 fax: 604.822.5116

Slightly off topic: Read-only tables pre 11g

Hi gang
I'm just writing up a database quiz for a local user group and I was hoping I could get a bit of inspiration from the database experts.
One of the questions will be "prior to 11g with the introduction of read-only tables, how could you make a table read-only?". The answers I've come up with:
1) Security priviliges (schema + grant SELECT)
2) Triggers
3) Create a check constraint with disable validate
4) Read-only tablespace
5) Read-only database (standby)
6) (Slightly crazy) Create view, and instead-of triggers that do nothing (similar to 2)
7) Write the query results on a piece of paper and then turn the database off
Anybody have any other answers, real or slightly off topic like mine please? ;)
Cheers,
CM.

Check constraint and trigger solutions may have problems with sqlldr direct path operations, so using it together with alter table disable lock may be mandatory depending on the needs. Especially if DDLs are also wanted to be avoided.
This topic was once mentioned on Tom Kyte's blog or asktom but I couldn't find the source to link here.
SQL> conn hr/hr
Connected to Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0
Connected as hr
-- cleaning objects
SQL> drop table tong purge ;
Table dropped
SQL> drop view vw_tong ;
View dropped
-- creating the demo table
SQL> create table tong ( col1 number ) ;
Table created
SQL> alter table tong add constraint cc_tong check ( 1=0 ) disable validate;
Table altered
SQL> alter table tong disable table lock;
Table altered
-- some DDL tests
SQL> drop table tong ;
drop table tong
ORA-00069: cannot acquire lock -- table locks disabled for TONG
SQL> truncate table tong ;
truncate table tong
ORA-25128: No insert/update/delete on table with constraint (HR.CC_TONG) disabled and validated
SQL> alter table tong parallel ;
alter table tong parallel
ORA-00069: cannot acquire lock -- table locks disabled for TONG
SQL> lock table tong in exclusive mode ;
lock table tong in exclusive mode
ORA-00069: cannot acquire lock -- table locks disabled for TONG
-- some DML tests
SQL> select * from tong ;
COL1
SQL> update tong set col1 = col1 + 1 ;
update tong set col1 = col1 + 1
ORA-25128: No insert/update/delete on table with constraint (HR.CC_TONG) disabled and validated
-- creating dependent objects test
SQL> create index nui_tong on tong(col1) nologging ;
Index created
SQL> create view vw_tong as select * from tong ;
View created
added comments to the code
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Request to have off-topic posts moved

There are a number of posts accumulated in the Server and Storage Systems group of forums that are just not on-topic for them.
Generally they've been posted by people that care to not read anything nor drill down to an appropriate forum and just dump a question.
I've done the "report abuse" routine on a number of them but that seems to have been ignored.
Thus this new post.
These are from the last 60 days:
(need to be moved to a Glassfish forum)
How to start Galssfish when computer start
Glassfish 3.0.1 updatetool
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2128052
war for modify domain.xml in glassfish 3
Glassfish 2.1 + JPA 2: need some Sun/Oracle expert advice
(topics for Sun Java System "whatever" applications, posted to server forums)
AMPostAuthProcessInterface redirect problem
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2127174
Weblogic Spring/Sample Application Help
Cannot add new LDAP Group Members in Sun Java Server 7.0
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2134347
Help with iPlanet
iText vs Jasper Java Application Source Code
OpenMQ Unack'ed messages causing Java Heap overflow in STOMP
(database product questions posted to System Administration and hardware forums)
how can i release lock record?
Oracle for Mac
Problem using TNS_ADMIN in registry (Ora. 11g R2 Instant client in Win. 7)
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2154755
/opt/SUNWwbsvr7/bin/wadm exited with error: 125
Performance Testing tool
ORA-00202 and Fractured block found during control file header read
Performance Monitoring
Reg : Weblogic Server Installation
how can export from 11g to 9i
What's wrong with oracle database11g? Is it a serious problem?
Client download link needed
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2149037
Oracle 10G on VMware Redhat Linux
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2138098
I Can't Connect to Oracle
what is the function of autoextensible field in dba_data_files?
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2139323
databse copy
Advice needed regarding Database design practice
enterprise manager
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2128320
Problem with granting privileges
Inatalling IDM 11g on WondowsXp machine
Any good resources for info on specifications for a new 11g install?
During installation EMCA trows an error: Error uploading configuration data
I received Validation error in the Backup Setting
RMAN RESTORE
Find the user(s) using more CPU in a database
Oracle 10g 64-bit database on Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit) error ?
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1554073
Temporary tablespace not cleared
TNS -12541 TNS: no listener
Installing Oracle 11g on a server without network access
RMAN Shows the following error... Please any one can help me....
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2137784
java.lang.Exception
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2138186
ORA-12543 When creating a new oracle instance, Oracle 11g
Problem with Uninstalling Oracle 11.2 on Windows Server 2008
problem installing mod_plsql oracle 11g linux
Best practice for install oracle 11g r2 on Windows Server 2008 r2
ORA-12535: TNS:operation timed out
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1982259
move datafile/tablespace in a partitioned table
Orace 11g CRS installation ( windows server 2008 64 bit ) Error
Datapump import from a map drive
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1982528
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2126409
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2126802
Oracle Startup/Shutdown with SQLPLUS and ORADIM in Windows...
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1574872
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2123572
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2041227
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2077085
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2069660

If these last few are pruned out of the SysAdmin forums, that should finish the housekeeping task. They're the most recent entries of off-topic questions.
database postings to the SysAdmin forums
Backup database with RMAN
sql*NAT?
How can convert Oracle 10g trial to License
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2160796
Visual Web Developer 2010 Express and Oracle ODAC - Oracle data provider
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2160572
Huge amount of "db file sequential reads" while INSERT APPEND operation
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2160410
Oracle Universal Installer - Toad - Virtual Machine Windows 7 on Mac
What to check or can say from where to start?
Where and how does oracle store tables?
Oracle net configuration assitant failing while installing Oracle 11g.
Resolving Mview Complete Refresh Performance
Problem with silent install of 11gR1 on Windows 2008
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2157067
ORA-01991: invalid password file
Sequences incorrect after exporting and importing a scheme
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2153592
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2149027
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2128320
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2137784
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1982259
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1574872
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2123572
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2041227
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2077085
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2069660
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2113069
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1981627
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1981082
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1981287
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1979404
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1955376
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1844213
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1773975
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1773059
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1555844
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1555363
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1554035
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1518192
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1272113
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1134136
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1938192
Again, the community moderators don't have permissions to do that.
Thanks

Camera Settings and Printing -off topic

Hi Everyone;
My teenage cousin is going on a trip to Europe for a few weeks and she will be taking alot of digital pictures with her Canon point & shoot camera ( 5 MP SD30), but will not be able to unload her images from the SD card. She already has Three Cards totaling 1.5 GBs and does not want to buy more.
So in order to increase the number images the card will hold, do you recommend lowering the resolution OR lowering the image quality by increasing the JPEG compression in the camera settings, for the purposes of printing ? ( obviously not all her images, but she may want to have some for her school yearbook, friends etc ).
This is a question I have asked myself with my own digital cameras, over the years, if i have to shoot JPEG i usually have the settings to MAX resolution and Lowest compression, in case i want to print some.
Also what would you recommend as the lowest resolution setting (in general, with any camera) if you want to print the following sizes?
4 X 6
5 X 7
8 X 10 or US Letter
Thanks in advance, and i realize this is a little off topic.
Robert
Powermac G5 Dual 2.7Ghz, 4GB, X800, WD "Raptor" 74 GB 10K boot, 3.5 TB FW 800 Mac OS X (10.4.5) My first Computer was an Apple IIc !!

You could purchase an iPod along with the iPod Photo Connector to download the images for storage.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/70203/wo/oG40TPj AzNzm2xaoa3A25wLSBVg/2.SLID?mco=55EFC253&nplm=M9861G%2FA
Epson also makes two such a devices.
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oi d=49164278
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oi d=61555441
PowerMac G5 Quad 2.5Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.5) 4.5GB RAM, Nvidia 7800 GT, 600GB RAID

Off Topic/cross-post

Off Topic - Cross Post:
Does anybody here enjoy reading flamefull threads as much as I do? Like the ones where someone asks a stupid
question and get bombarded with rude, snappy, witty comments. I love to read them, even when there directed at me. I wish there was a thread that acted like a directory of these flaming threads so that I could directly read them all in sequence.
Thank you very much for endless humor and entertainment.
Keep up the good work guys and girls...
Ian Mechura

Thanx for ur answer to me - however dear i do not need password or hacking type stuff - actually i just wanna IDs as string into my vector class. look u can by clicking to any ID (yahoo messenger online IDs) can send message or so and can use just for messaging them - my intension is just like that - not to access her password or to use her id for any other thing - i just to message them. but first i had to take his/her id as string into a vector. then later send them message. Is this illegal or so.
please this is really an assignment of my college.
please reply me at
[email protected]
or in my question here i post -
i had also stop posting question again and again as i think people understand my question as wrong.
thanx in advance
thax again sir for ur advice in advance
Saeed

WebAssist Cart help? I know it's off topic but... Could really use some help...

I've got a shopping cart that is working and I'm trying to update the
quantities in inventory by subtracting the quantity ordered from the total
inventory in a table called ITEMS.
I can update a record after a sale in the cart, but right now it is
updating by completely replacing the value of the items in inventory with
the quantity in the checkout cart. So, if there are 800 items, after the
update, there are -1 total in inventory, not 799.
The problem is that I don't know how to coordinate the item(s) in the stored
shopping cart with a call to their ID and quantity in the online database.
Here's what I have so far:

Ahhhhhhhh Jeff... If I can get this going... I spent days looking for this solution. Thank you very much. Just bought Dreamweaver CS3 and am battling through the bells and whistles. Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "jefferis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:50 AM Subject: Re: WebAssist Cart help? I know it's off topic but... Could really use some help... >A new message was posted by jefferis in > > ADDT - PHP Application Development -- > WebAssist Cart help? I know it's off topic but... Could really use some > help... > > On 6/16/07 3:06 PM, in article [email protected], > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi jefferis.... >> >> How did you solve the problem? >> I am having the same problem trying to incorporate an inventory code into >> a >> shopping cart that will deduct the number of items purchased from my >> total >> inventory to let me and my customers know how many items I have remaining >> in >> stock. >> >> Ex: >> inventory: 500 plants >> purchased: 20 plants >> remaining inventory: 480 plants > > Yes I did. > > I've been struggling with this piece of pie for about 5 days and > thought it might benefit others, so here's a way to update your quantities > in INVENTORY after a checkout success. I read another thread but found it > way too complex and depended on holding inventory in the session: > http://www.webassist.com/professional/support/kbcompletethread.asp?DiscID=33 > 046 > But you may lose the info when you go offsite to Paypal, e.g., to complete > the transaction. > > Here's my approach using the "checkout_success.php" page. Using this page > works because user arrives here ONLY after a successful purchase. > First of all, I used the BSM php sample store as a starting point. I > added > an ItemQuantity field to the items DB to track the stock or items in > inventory in the store. > > In order for this automatic deduction of sold items to work, it must be > placed within the do while { area of the display page for the cart's > items. } The code is commented below: > > <?php > //WA eCart Show If Start > if (!$eCart->IsEmpty()) { // IF CART NOT EMPTY... > ?> > <h2>Order Receipt </h2> // STANDARD STUFF TILL NEXT COMMENT > > <h3 class="eCart_OrderHeaderInfo">Order number: <?php echo > session_id(); > ?></h3> > > This is your order receipt. Please > make > a copy for your records. An email will also be sent to you. > <table class="eC_ShoppingCart" border="0" cellspacing="0" > cellpadding="0"> > <tr> > > <th>Name</th> > > > <th>Price</th> > > > <th class="eC_FormItem" >Quantity</th> > > > <th>Total</th> > </tr> > <?php > while (!$eCart->EOF()) { // DO WHILE FOR EACH ITEM IN CART > ?> > <tr> > > <td><img src="/images/thumbs/<?php echo > $eCart->DisplayInfo("Thumbnail"); ?>" alt="" width="100" height="100" > class="eC_ProductThumb" /> > <?php echo > $eCart->DisplayInfo("Name"); ?> > <?php echo > $eCart->DisplayInfo("Description"); ?> <p > class="eC_ItemDescription"><?php echo $eCart->DisplayInfo("ID"); > $idCall = $eCart->DisplayInfo("ID");?>> // CREATE A VARIABLE FOR > //THE ITEM's ID NUMBER in the DB > //USE DISPLAY ID TO GET ID # and make it = $idCall > </td > <td class="eC_PriceItem" ><?php echo > WA_eCart_DisplayMoney($eCart, $eCart->DisplayInfo("Price")); ?></td> > > > <td class="eC_FormItem" ><?php echo > $eCart->DisplayInfo("Quantity"); > $solditems = $eCart->DisplayInfo("Quantity");?> //DO THE SAME FOR > QUANTITY > //SOLD, MAKE QUANTITY SOLD = $solditems > </td> > > // NOW UPDATE THE DATABASE. SUBTRACT $solditems from ItemQuantity ( YOUR > //INVENTORY OR STOCK) > //FOR EACH ITEM IN CART. SELECT the item's ID by $idCall: > <?php > mysql_select_db($database_connBSM, $connBSM); > $query_itemQ = "Update items SET items.ItemQuantity = > items.ItemQuantity - > $solditems WHERE items.ItemID = $idCall"; > $itemQ = mysql_query($query_itemQ, $connBSM) or die(mysql_error()); > > ?> > <td class="eC_PriceItem" ><?php echo > WA_eCart_DisplayMoney($eCart, $eCart->DisplayInfo("TotalPrice")); ?> </td> > </tr> > <?php > $eCart->MoveNext(); //// REPEATS BEHAVIOR FOR EACH ITEM IN CART > } > $eCart->MoveFirst(); > ?> > BTW, once the items in inventory = 0, the items do not appear in the > catalog. That is set in the catalog page's recordset. > Jeff > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jefferis Peterson, Pres. > Web Design and Marketing > http://www.PetersonSales.com > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > View/reply at <<a href="/cgi-bin/webx?13@@.3bc3e9d6/5">jefferis, "WebAssist Cart help? I know it's off topic but... Could really use some help..." #6, 19 Jun 2007 6:50 am</a>> > You must visit the conference to reply. Email replies are not allowed and > will be returned. > Use the unsubscribe form at > <a href=http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?280@@.3bc3e9d6!folder=.3bc3909c> > to cancel your email subscription.

VirtualBox - somewhat off-topic

I know this is somewhat off-topic, but I'm hoping there's some expertise here that will be a bit more helpful than when I asked this on the VirtualBox forums.
For a coupe of years now I've been running my own private test lab on my laptop, using VMworkstation. It's been working to my satisfaction, but with all the recommendations to use VirtualBox (after all, it's free) I thought I'd give it a try. This was a few months back, and I ran into a real problem with the way VB appears to handle networking vs. VMware.
With VMware, I set all my virtual machines to use NAT. This allows me to give the vm a fixed IP address, not reveal itself outside the host OS, and still reach the internet for things like yum updates. Obviousely, bridged network would allow me to access the inernet, but would make me have to play by the rules of whatever network I'm on -- my company or my home ISP. Host only would address that but not allow me to pull updates from the internet.
Now, with VirtualBox, I couldn't get NAT to work with a fixed IP address that I assigned to the vm. The guys at the VB forum couldn't seem to understand why that was an issue. They just kept saying to allow the vm to use a DHCP assigned address and 'everything just works'.
I don't have VB installed at the moment, so can't re-run tests, but thought I'd throw this out to see if it rings a bell with anyone, and if so if there might be a solution. I still tend to believe VB will do a fixed guest IP with NAT and I just wasn't seeing how to make it work, but perhaps not.
Comments?

Dude wrote:
In NAT mode, the guest network interface is assigned to the IPv4 range 10.0.x.0/24 by default where x corresponds to the instance of the NAT interface +2. So x is 2 when there is only one NAT instance active. In that case the guest is assigned to the address 10.0.2.15, the gateway is set to 10.0.2.2 and the name server can be found at 10.0.2.3.
If, for any reason, the NAT network needs to be changed, this can be achieved with the following command:
VBoxManage modifyvm "VM name" --natnet1 "192.168/16"
This command would reserve the network addresses from 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.254.254 for the first NAT network instance of "VM name". The guest IP would be assigned to 192.168.0.15 and the default gateway could be found at 192.168.0.2.
I suggest to review the documentation for more details
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html
Sorry for the delayed response. I've just now re-installed VBox and created a 64-bit Oracle Linux 5.7 machine.
After reading yet again the networking chapter in the VBox user manual, I'm afraid I'm just as confused as ever. Perhaps if I detail exactly how I'm used to setting things up with VMware and the resulting behavior, we can see the corollary for VBox.
When I install VMware, it creates two network adapters on the host OS, vmnet1 and vmnet8. vmnet8 is used for NAT. I've installed on several machines and vmnet8 is always assigned an address of 192.168.something.1. The 'something' seems to vary from install to install. I'm not sure what controls the assigned value there, but have never really needed to explore that. My current setup is at 192.168.111.1.
Next, I create a virtual machine. There I configure eth0 to use a fixed IP address of 192.168.xxx.yyy, where 'xxx' matches the value of the vmnet8 adapter on the host os, and 'yyy' is assigned sequentially, starting with 101 for the first machine I create, 102 for the next, etc. When creating these machines, I've found I have to set the gateway and DNS address to 192.168.xxx.2.
With that setup,
- my guest vm can ping the host
- the host can ping the guest vm
- I can create an entry in the host os's 'hosts' file pointing to the guest vm (ie: 192.168.111.101 vmlnxsrv01.vmdomain vmlnsxrv01), then use that name to refer to the vm
- I can use an ssh client like putty (on the host os) to connect to the vm, exactly like I would connect to a remote box on my company's network
- The vm can reach the internet to do web browsing, download rpms, etc.
Now, when i installedVbox, it created one additional network adapter on the host os. It is running at 192.168.56.1
I created the virtual machine, giving it a fixed IP address of 192.168.56.111, gateway and dns address of 192.168.56.2
Ping of the vm ip address from the host returns 'host unreachable' doesn't work either direction
C:\Users\ed>ping 192.168.56.111
Pinging 192.168.56.111 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.56.1: Destination host unreachable.
Ping statistics for 192.168.56.111:
Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 1, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Control-C
^CSame from the other end, pinging 192.168.56.1 and 192.168.56.2 from the vm
Tried the vboxmanage, but not sure if I gave it the correct parameters.
C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>vboxmanage modifyvm "lnxsrv11" --natpf1 "gue
tssh,tcp,,2222,192.168.56.111,22"
C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>ping 192.168.56.111
Pinging 192.168.56.111 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.56.1: Destination host unreachable.Also at this point, an attempt to establish a putty session to 192.168.56.111 times out.

Off topic: Database Unique IDs

Hi folks,
This is a little off-topic, but I figure that there may be other people out
there whose Forte development would benefit from the discussion.
I am currently building a development framework for our new software
product. As part of that framework I'd like to include the facility for
generating unique, user-invisible, integer database IDs.
Now there is some doubt here that this is actually required and that the
primary key should be whatever the programmer wants it to be, including
multiple columns if necessary.
I was wondering if anyone can give us some rules-of-thumb regarding
the use of unique IDs as primary keys. Or if someone can point me to
some on-line resources (or even a good book) that can guide us in this
area.
The arguments I have given for using integer IDs are:
- Single, integer columns should be faster
- User invisible integer ID allows editing/duplicates of all user-visible fields
- Single, integer foreign keys would reduce storage requirements
- Standardising on integer IDs would allow generic functionality built into
framework
- More object-oriented as objects have "built-in" unique identity
I would appreciate any comments people have. We can take this
discussion off-list if that is preferable.
Cheers,
Duncan Kinnear,
McCarthy and Associates, Email: [email protected]
PO Box 764, McLean Towers, Phone: +64 6 834 3360
Shakespeare Road, Napier, New Zealand. Fax: +64 6 834 3369
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Hi folks,
This is a little off-topic, but I figure that there may be other people out
there whose Forte development would benefit from the discussion.
I am currently building a development framework for our new software
product. As part of that framework I'd like to include the facility for
generating unique, user-invisible, integer database IDs.
Now there is some doubt here that this is actually required and that the
primary key should be whatever the programmer wants it to be, including
multiple columns if necessary.
I was wondering if anyone can give us some rules-of-thumb regarding
the use of unique IDs as primary keys. Or if someone can point me to
some on-line resources (or even a good book) that can guide us in this
area.
The arguments I have given for using integer IDs are:
- Single, integer columns should be faster
- User invisible integer ID allows editing/duplicates of all user-visible fields
- Single, integer foreign keys would reduce storage requirements
- Standardising on integer IDs would allow generic functionality built into
framework
- More object-oriented as objects have "built-in" unique identity
I would appreciate any comments people have. We can take this
discussion off-list if that is preferable.
Cheers,
Duncan Kinnear,
McCarthy and Associates, Email: [email protected]
PO Box 764, McLean Towers, Phone: +64 6 834 3360
Shakespeare Road, Napier, New Zealand. Fax: +64 6 834 3369
Providing Integrated Software to the Meat Processing Industry for over 10 years
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Off-Topic Speculation?

hello everyone, I'm really new to these boards so please don't be too harsh on a newbie lol. I just received an email stating my post had been deleted from the "does anybody know when the i5/i7 imacs will actually ship?" thread. All I did was ask whether anybody thought the delay in setting a specific date might be due to overheating issues and my post was removed as being "off-topic" and "speculative"....isn't the premise of that entire board speculative? I see all kind of comments on there speculating reasons for the lack of a set date but yet I merely ask if it might be due to heat issues and BAM...its gone. I wasn't claiming it was because of overheating I was only asking if maybe it was possible....because I ordered an i5. It said my post was removed by host....does that mean the person who started the thread deleted my post or an Apple employee? I certainly hope its not the latter because like I said, that whole thread is based on speculation so for my post to be removed so quickly by an Apple employee makes me wonder if maybe there is a problem if so I think those of us who have put 2000 or more toward these computers deserve to know...or at the very least, not be censored for asking. Like I said I don't know if thats even the case with post deletion...I'm fairly new here.

KJH1986 wrote:
Again thanks everyone and Apple...I love ya but I feel like even though these forums are for your customers you are forcing some of us to discuss the products we bought from you elsewhere on the web if we want to do so freely. I'm sure that is not the intention of these boards : )
Actually, I think it is Apple's overt intention to limit these forums to user-to-user discussion of technical issues with Apple products, just as the Terms of Use explain. The ToU expressly forbid discussion of unreleased products or of Apple policies here, so if you want to do that, you should do so elsewhere on the web.
The ToU exist not so much to protect Apple's reputation or its well-known penchant for secrecy about unreleased products as they do to insure that these forums are useful & productive for those who use them. Because we are just users, & because Apple employees are expressly forbidden from posting anything here that could be considered as officially from any Apple source other than Discussions moderators or hosts, any reply to comments about these things would of necessity be conjecture -- IOW, just wild guesses. But because these forums are hosted by Apple, some users will assume otherwise, as if we are somehow Apple insiders, or that comments to Apple (like your mention of "your customers") are actually somehow reaching those officially empowered to speak for Apple about such things.

Forum Atom feed and the Off-Topic forum

I'm subscribed via https://bbs.archlinux.org/extern.php?ac … der=posted and I've just noticed I don't get any notification if a new thread gets opened in Off-Topic forum. I haven't yet checked if any other forum is also excluded.
I know that I can subscribe to this forum via 'Subscribe to this forum' but according to http://projects.archlinux.org/vhosts/bb … extern.php the default feed shouldn't miss any subforums, as there are no nfids mentioned.
What am I missing?

ngoonee wrote:
Inxsible wrote:I don't mind opening the off-topic section as read only to not logged-in users/non-members
As I recall off-topic, dustbin, and TGN are log-in so that moderation there can be slightly more lenient, since its guaranteed its only our community in the place (no lurkers)? Not part of the 'main' forums in that sense, then.
EDIT: lurkers and/or bots, which is the main point.
This is correct. We don't want someone to type "Arch Linux" in a search engine and to get, as the first link, an off-topic forum thread about some random absurdities or some TGN rant. The same goes with someone visiting the forum to see what kind of community Arch Linux has before installing it. It's a question of giving a good first impression while still being able to have a good time.

Somewhat off topic, wedding lighting and wireless lav. question

Hello everyone! This question is slightly off topic, but I'm desperate for an answer. I've been doing wedding videos for some time now and it's time to upgrade my setup. I'm currently in the market for a good, reliable wireless lavaliere mic, and a good quality on camera light. I use a panasonic DVX100b for all of my footage. For the light I'd like to spend about $400.00 ish or less, but I will spend more if the price jump dramatically increases the performance. I also have about $600 to spend on a wireless lav. system, again I will pay more if the jump in price brings a considerable jump in quality. Can anyone make any recommendations?
Thanks

Gotta go with the Sennheiser Evolution series as well. Although I can't say that the actual mics they ships with are the best, they're not bad and I've had very few issues with the range and reception.
And if you're shooting solo, aside from the mics, make sure you pick up a 2 or 3 foot XLR cable so that you have enough hose to allow you to hook the receiver on to your belt. Beats clipping it to the handle strap.
You can also get a little adapter for the DVX that will allow you to mount the mics on the camera hot shoe on the top of the handle. I'm sure you can get these for just about and wireless you buy.
rh

Newbie wireless question (slightly off-topic)

I didn't want to post this here as it's not entirely an Airport-specific question. I posted this to the iBook forums, but nobody there has answered so my apologies if this is not welcome here. (Any moderators can remove it if that's the case.)
I've been using computers extensively for over a decade, but I'm a total newbie to wifi. I just set up a wireless network in my house and would appreciate some advice/feedback.
My main concerns are whether or not my network is reasonably secure. I know there is no such thing as perfect security, but I don't know if what I've done is good enough or not.
I don't have an Airport base station, but I do have a D-Link Airplus G and an Airport card in my iBook. I have WEP set up on the router and I have enabled MAC filtering, listing only my desktop and my iBook, excluding all others from the network.
I'm fairly certain that nobody in my neighborhood is going to get into my machines this way or be able to sniff my network data stream, but am I right in assuming that nobody can "piggyback" on my Internet connection too? Presumably, if everyone but my own machines are MAC-filtered and kept out, then the Internet connection is also protected. Is that how it works?

WEP and MAC filtering are better than nothing, but you can do better. These are my suggestions:
1. Use WPA with a pre-shared key (PSK) and TKIP encryption on your Netgear router, along with an alphanumeric passphrase of at least eight characters not found in any dictionary. The equivalent setting on your Mac is "WPA Personal". Unlike WEP security (which an expert can crack in under half an hour), WPA security is currently unhackable by any practical means as long as you use a non-dictionary passphrase. One last point - WPA security requires all your wireless Macs to be running MacOS 10.3 or newer.
2. MAC filtering is (these days) essentially useless as a wireless security method. Using "packet sniffing" of traffic on your wireless network to find out what MAC addresses are used by computers on your network, and a PC that allows its MAC address to be cloned so that it is identical to the MAC address of one your own wireless computers (which is possible with most PC wireless network adapters) even an amateur hacker can defeat MAC address filtering in minutes.
By the way - I don't think your posted message here is off topic. In my opinion, the Airport discussion forums are the best place to post any questions related to usage of wireless networks. Questions of this nature are virtually never specific to any Mac model.

Slightly off topic - ATI test demos

Hi,
Slightly off topic question but...
Many years ago a friend of mine (albeit a PC user) showed me a graphics card render demo which was a take on the Lobby Scene from The Matrix, designed to show of his (then) high powered graphics card (this was about 8 years ago)
I was wondering if anyone knew of any websites that had these ATI graphics card rendering demos that would show off the power of the ATI X1900 card - I don't mean the .mov and .avi pre-rendered demo videos that are on ATi's site - I've already checked and the only ones they have are the ones for the older x800, what I'm after are things that are more like applications you run that render the video live. (ATI/AMD do have some but they are very old - when SmartShader 2.0 was released)
Anyone know? or alternatively, any other rendering apps that can show of my 512mb's of graphics card-age?
This is purely for entertainment...
Many thanks!
Regards,
Ben
I hope this makes sense!

Usually push connectors for bare wires are designed for less or up to 200 circles ....
Depending on the number of test performed, mounting time, ... I would ask the push button manufacturers for test fixture connectors . Take the linecard of some distributors (digikey, RS ... ) to find them.
Might not be the cheapest solution on the first run, but for daily use good connectors are always worth the money.
Greetings from Germany
Henrik
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