What good are Creative cards then?

After reading the "Response to forum questions and latest updates" thread I have concluded that there's nothing special about Creative cards anymore.
Is there a difference in the Windows Vista and Windows XP implementation of the X-Fi CMSS3D feature?
Yes. The architecture of Vista doesn't allow a feature like CMSS-3D to operate in hardware for applications that use the Microsoft API's. If a game for example uses OpenAL, then CMSS-3D will run in hardware but if a Microsoft API is used it operates on the host within Windows Vista's application level effects architecture.
In other words, CMSS 3D, EAX and other technologies are only going to be hardware accelerated in games that support OpenAL (or going around this with Alchemy).
So what's so special about Creative cards then? What are we shelling most of our money on? The software/drivers?

Is there a difference in the Windows Vista and Windows XP implementation of the X-Fi CMSS3D feature?
Yes. The architecture of Vista doesn't allow a feature like CMSS-3D to operate in hardware for applications that use the Microsoft API's. If a game for example uses OpenAL, then CMSS-3D will run in hardware but if a Microsoft API is used it operates on the host within Windows Vista's application level effects architecture.
I also have read Creative's answer on CMSS and I want to ask a question. This answer about CMSS I have read is beatiful and has a lot of letters and words in it, but... it doesn't really answer the question. Will there be CMSS implemented into Creative's drivers? Personally I don't care how CMSS is going to be processed - with hardware or software, I am interested in button at EAX console called "CMSS", so when I press it - this function works.
I have Audigy 2 NX by the way.
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What good are databases if you cannot use them

Hello;
My company has the same model for access to database no matter if its Production, Test or Dev.
I believe the one size fits all model is incorrect and would like some feedback Pro and Con why access should be the same or different.
Pete

rp0428 wrote:
OP wrote:
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Version has nothing to do with the question.
I'm looking for feedback on what security differances there should be between different types of databases.
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The only reason version has nothing to do with the question is because you are now clarifying your question to state that you want version ignored. Mark was correct since different versions have different functionality, e.g. compression and encryption support. You can't expect the same policy for a DEV database that doesn't support encryption as you have for a PROD database that does. Same with RAC - many shops don't use RAC for dev.
Also you never responded to Mark's other comment:
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You provide no description of exactly what restrictions your employer has in place that you have difficulty with
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Would you support these policies for all of your environments?
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1. The schema owner can delete data from any table they choose whenever they want.
2. The schema owner can grant all privileges to their objects to whomever they want.
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I sure hope that isn't what you mean.
The point being that there are many restrictions that should be different between different environments in order to maintain the degree of control over those environments that is needed by the business.
The data in the PROD environment is usually more sensitive and can have legal requirements as to who is allowed access to that data and what they are allowed to do with the data. Those requirements can be vastly different than what are needed for a DEV environment.
So provide some specifics about what restrictions your employer has that you think cause a problem. Or provide an example of what you need to do in a particular environment and how you can get it done given the restrictions that are in place.
The only argument that I have ever found effective with management is to document the COST associated with a policy or rule that they have in place. The cost can be in resources, time. An example of this might be the overhead (resources, time) involved with having to log a service request, get a DBA or Weblogic person involved just to make a simple table change in DEV or see what errors might have been generated in a Weblogic log file.
If they realize that the turnaround for that is several days to do something you could have done in a few minutes if you had the proper access then sometimes (not often I agree) you can get some things changed.
But you have to make a convincing argument that the change is needed and that it won't compromise any of their other concerns.
Which gets us back to what Mark was trying to find out. What are the concerns that caused management to implement their current policy, whatever that policy is?But to counter that ... how often have we seen code go to production and fail, because it relied on the less restrictive environment in dev? With proper QA and code promotion management in place, this shouldn't happen, but I've too often seen that to not be the case. Certainly we've seen that situation with commercial software that "requires" the application to run with DBA authority - simply because the developers were too lazy to figure out what was really required.

What good are the Panic Logs?

I have reported Panic Logs to my local Apple store and ask that they check the codes to identify what is causing the kernel panics. Here is a sample code below:
I highlighted the codes I mentioned. It seems to me that these codes should identify the hardware or problem area to check. If not, why even produce a log. You would think Apple would have a book of codes to help identify problems. I know hardware testing is necessary and may help identify a problem but sometimes Apple may send memory chips, a logic board when it fact if someone could identify the codes, it may point to something different. When Apple bring parts to your house, they are limited to only 5 replacment parts. These codes would provide a valuable resource but no one seems to take advantage of them, or no one has a clue about how to read or identify what the panic log is saying. Apple will not even contact anyone in development for help. What is your opinion??
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Size: 4.74 KB
Last Modified: 12/11/06 2:25 PM
Location: /Library/Logs/panic.log
Recent Contents: Sat Dec 2 10:35:37 2006
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00670CD0): Uncorrectable Fbd memory error detected. ferr = 30000800 , nerr == 00000000
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)0x108cd8 : 0x128d1f (0x3c9540 0x108cfc 0x131df4 0x0)
0x108d18 : 0x670cd0 (0x672e64 0x30000800 0x0 0x8100a4)
0x108da8 : 0x670f64 (0x68ed080 0x68ed080 0x2 0x820044)
0x108e38 : 0x5f3712 (0x68ed080 0x0 0x6552e00 0x0)
0x108e68 : 0x5f359b (0x6544f00 0x0 0x0 0x1c)
0x108e88 : 0x60631c (0x1c 0x108ef8 0x8 0x607dd9)
0x108eb8 : 0x6064c6 (0x6540b1c 0x17 0x653a04a 0x6543d20)
0x108f18 : 0x61305d (0x64e4668 0x0 0x8e865c22 0x6543e00)
0x108f38 : 0x68d4fb (0x64e4668 0x0 0x646ec80 0x0)
0x108f68 : 0x5f97c5 (0x6535500 0x0 0x653ad00 0x49)
0x108f88 : 0x5f2c1f (0x6519800 0x0 0x653ad00 0x49)
0x108fa8 : 0x3b9d21 (0x653a880 0x0 0x653a700 0x49)
0x108fe8 : 0x19aa20 (0x47b93e30 0x47b93e30 0x19ba76 0xd92000)
0x47b93f18 : 0x1a42f5 (0x18 0x1 0x4ae85c 0x6)
0x47b93f38 : 0x19d871 (0x0 0x0 0x47b93f68 0x206)
0x47b93f58 : 0x135f23 (0x0 0x0 0x0 0x19d23a) Backtrace continues...
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver(1.1f1)@0x66d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.2.0)@0x5ed000
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC(1.2.0)@0x68c000
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform(1.0.5)@0x5f1000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.1)@0x5dd000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.2.0)@0x5ed000
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.1: Mon Sep 25 19:42:00 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.13.8.obj~1/RELEASE_I386

If you received this exact error code in your Panic Log:
Uncorrectable Fbd memory error detected. ferr = 30000800 , nerr == 00000000
please tell me how Apple solved the problem?
Did they replace the memory? If so, how did they narrow down what chip was at fault.
Did they replace the logic card? Apple came to my house and could not remove the screws to take out the old motherboard. They indicated they have found that to be a problem with others.
Any other solutions to this panic log that Apple was able to solve?

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Hi folks
Indeed things get a bit muddy with the Master Slides concept and placeholders. I think this is further exacerbated with the whole concept of the panels.
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I agree that it seems counterintuitive to have an ability to insert a placeholder into a Master Slide, then apparently prevent access to edit the placeholder unless you are editing the Master Slide. What would seem more intuitive to me is that if placeholders were used in a Master Slide, they would be transferred to any new slides created using Insert > New Slide. I stand to be corrected on this, but I believe that's how PowerPoint works. So it would make sense if Captivate worked in a similar fashion as folks are generally already accustomed to working the way PowerPoint does.
For anyone reading this thread that would like to see changes made, please consider submitting a Wish Form and advise Adobe as to how you would like to see the behavior change. Don't be fooled into thinking that submitting a Wish Form is just a way to make you feel you have had your say. Adobe does see these. And if they see enough asking for the same feature or reporting the same issue, the Feature or Issue gains much higher priority.
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What good are roles?

Greetings All,
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Snyds wrote:
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Frustration! Refund for apps that don't do what they are supposed to?

How quickly a $2 app turns into a $50 waste of time!
I purchased a $2 unit converter app to use at work and whenever else I needed it. After playing with it for about 20-30 minutes, I realized that there were several calculation errors. The unit converter simply didn't do correct conversions! (1 foot equals 11.986 inches!?) Now, If I'm noticing some simple conversion errors myself, how many conversion errors are happening that I don't realize? Needless to say, this app is useless to me because I can't trust its data.
So I contacted the dev, and even got a response within a day. I sent a second message where I had done a lot of troubleshooting for them, hoping they could correct the problems. Nothing. No update, no response, nothing.
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Yes, yes, I realize the "all sales are final" thing. But this is where Apple's usual high level of customer service fails. Am I supposed to buy apps on blind faith that they work, knowing there is no refund? If I was assured that someone was testing these apps and assuring me that they do what they are supposed to, then okay. But that's not happening.
Oh, wait... read reviews before buying? How is that possible for new(er) apps? If nobody buys it because they are waiting for reviews, then nobody can review it. I'd hate to be a dev and make a great app and have nobody buy it because they were afraid it wouldn't work.
Not all apps have free/lite/trial versions.
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I do see where you are coming from.
However I'm just personally against people buying something with the intent of taking it back and that's what would worry me here. I'm talking about girls I know who buy 4 dresses to take home and try out (and perhaps wear) and then take some or all of them back. Now that's one way to shop but I don't agree with it as I think it makes it more expensive for the rest of us as there is a cost involved in customer service and repackaging returned items. Note that is an example and I don't particularly care about buying dresses myself - except on Fridays when I log on as BettyDP
And you mention you only want this for broken apps (i.e. ones that fail to deliver what the are for), rather than apps you bought and decided you didn't like/need. But this is a fine line and some people would use such a system to try to claim money back on an app they bought and thought wasn't that good, even if it did what it said. So who's to judge where that line is? And to have Apple employing people to make that call would push up the cost to all the apps.
Now you genuinely have an issue with this particular app and, in my opinion, deserve your money back. However if you buy 100s of apps and end up wanting your money back on a large proportion of them then I do not agree with you, for the above reasons. When spending money, in my opinion, you should do your research and read reviews to make sure it suits. Sometimes, for a new app, you can't do as much in which case you either take a risk or hope you can get your money back if it doesn't suit. Yes, an item sold should do what it says to meet basic trading standards (and otherwise it's basically fraud), but, IMHO, there should also be a level of caveat emptor (buyer beware).
Ultimately, for $2, I personally would probably chalk it up to experience and not try to reclaim it - thinking that the time spent trying to claim it back would be more hassle than it's worth. But then maybe that's just me.
Now your demo point is a good one. Some app developers make a demo or lite version of their app to give you a free preview. That's their choice and not something Apple enforces and they think the extra coding to make this version is worth it in that it hopefully will drive up more sales. I agree it would be nice if Apple put some funky time limit on ALL apps so developers don't have to do this, and so you get it for free for 24hours to trial. It would certainly help in your situation and I myself would also find this useful.
Finally the time you spent debugging the app is your time. You didn't need to do that and I don't think that's really that relevant here (I presume you aren't expecting to get you $2 back AND some extra because you spent some time fiddling with it?)
Anyway, now I've made my opinion known (which you are perfectly entitled to disagree with), I'll get off my high horse and actually point you out to something helpful:
http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/2009/07/09/iphone-app-refund/
(note I did read your comment about this form not working but I'd say try it again later or on another browser).
Also note the interesting comments on this link which give more reasons (from a Developers point of view) why this is possibly a bad idea...

What files are in the "All My Files" folder in an iMAC? I accidentally deleted all files in this folder. Any way to recover them?

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
You can't de-authorise just the computers you no longer have access to.
Your only option is to de-authorise all your computers and then re-authorise those you wish to be authorised. You can do this by logging into your account settings in iTunes on your computer (Store > View My ID) and selecting the option to de-authorise all.
Please note however, you are only permitted to do this once in each 12 month period, therefore you would be better de-authorising your computers before you lose access to them. you can do this from the 'Store' menu in iTunes.

If you don't have a credit card then you might be able to use iTunes gift cards instead - that's what I currently use for purchases. You might be getting the 'billing problem' message due to it being a debit card, which as I said I don't think are still a

If you don't have a credit card then you might be able to use iTunes gift cards instead - that's what I currently use for purchases. You might be getting the 'billing problem' message due to it being a debit card, which as I said I don't think are still accepted - you might want to contact iTunes Support via the link that I gave to confirm one way or the other if that is the case.

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