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General Software Discussion / Re: how can I do this in excel?
« on: March 24, 2015, 08:03 AM »
What are the business requirements please? I might be able to help.
-IainB (March 23, 2015, 08:36 AM)

Exactly!

Particularly in light of the other threads which apparently relate back to this same project, this already sounds less like an Excel problem than a process issue. Specifically, it appears to be a content and/or document management problem, which would be much easier solved by addressing the entire process of document creation, access, modification, storage, metadata, and possibly even version control - all of which points to at least a document management system, if not a more full featured CMS.

I imagine you can kludge together what you're looking for using Excel. You can also steer a car with your feet. That doesn't make it a good idea.  :D

edit: I should probably mention, I have some experience with document management from the IT side. Setting it up really is so much easier than solving your Excel problem. It would also address the metadata question you posed on another thread.

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Living Room / Re: Do we have any musical people on DC?
« on: March 14, 2015, 04:33 PM »
Based on this new ruling, Living Colour would be infringing all over the place. They copy everybody's styles, except mixing it with their own.





I personally think it's as original as you can get to turn an influence like this:



into something like this:



Why yes, I am a big fan. And also jealous because they seem to be able to integrate whatever they happen to be listening to into their own music. After working with Vernon Reid, Jack Bruce actually called him the best guitarist he's ever played with. I'm not a fan of some of his solos, but he's like a walking encyclopedia of guitarists.

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Living Room / Re: 128GB USB 3.0 Flash price/performance/durability recommendations?
« on: March 14, 2015, 10:53 AM »
You're not likely to do better for flash storage than Lexar. There's a reason most professional photographers swear by their SD cards.

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Living Room / Re: Interested in doing my own car maintenance.. Advice?
« on: March 12, 2015, 06:37 PM »
One thing I would do once you have your setup for raising the car and pulling wheels, is check the disk brakes.  What happens especially when the calipers have a lot of time since the last service(or they never were serviced) is you push the piston(s) all the way in so that you can fit the new brake pads in.  This pushes the crud clinging to the piston through the seal inside the caliper.  Typically that is when they hang.  Usually after you drive the car for a few days one gets "frozen" so that the brake on that wheel drags.  You used to be able to tell by the car pulling to that side when you jabbed the brakes.  But with the computer controlled systems now you might not notice until stuff on that wheel overheats.

I got around it on an old Chevy Impala because in the shop there was a pile of Chevy disk brake pads we removed waiting to be sent for relining.  I picked out those about 70% worn and slid them in without having to do the caliper rebuild.  Just turning the rotors.  Nice and cheap.  $0 for parts.  :)  The moral of the story being never assume you can just put new pads in.  You may be lucky but more often than not it doesn't last.  You can end up wiping out the other brake and wheel components.

-MilesAhead (March 12, 2015, 05:43 AM)

I had that happen to me on the old ('92) cop car I owned. The one brake job I did turned into a major nightmare before I even got started, when the Napa counter monkey couldn't figure out the rear disc brakes. Fortunately, I had a friend with his own shop who was trading car repairs for computer work.

I left the rear brakes for him because it was pulling badly to the right when I hit the brakes, and I didn't want to open that can of worms in my driveway. I don't remember what all had to be replaced when everything was said and done, but it was extensive. I knew enough about cars to know when I'm in over my head

I miss that car, but it needed too much work to justify keeping it.

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Living Room / Re: Do we have any musical people on DC?
« on: March 12, 2015, 05:12 PM »
I think this explains the issue pretty well - except that his examples are actually much closer to the original, compositionally speaking.


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