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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Explorer now has banner ads

« Last post by Stoic Joker on March 13, 2017, 11:11 AM »

It doesn't bother me too much as it is an ad for a MS product. If they started selling banner ads to other 3 party companies then that is different.

-c.gingerich (March 13, 2017, 08:15 AM)

While I'm inclined to agree with you ... The phrase 'War of Inches' does come to mind.

If the crowd reaction isn't harsh enough, this could easily get a lot worse rather fast.

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Living Room / Re: quick poll, please vote! (2 questions only)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on March 13, 2017, 06:37 AM »

But in reality I think Yogi Berra had it right.  "The future ain't what it used to be."

-MilesAhead (February 25, 2017, 09:02 AM)

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: alternative bullet-proof ways to print over home (or remote) puters

« Last post by Stoic Joker on March 07, 2017, 07:00 AM »

HP Eprint? Google Print?

-Steven Avery (March 06, 2017, 12:19 PM)

What are you printing from; tablet, cell phone? and are you needing to (reliably...) print from outside the network?

Print servers are fine if you need them due to a high number of users, or a need for usage auditing. Because the Point-and-Print install method outlined above makes it easy for the non-technical to get going quickly. But outside of that - in small fixed (Home/SOHO) networks - they're unnecessary complexity. For those it's best to statically address the printer, and avoid using the now default (broadcast based) WSD ports that are so (not ready for prime time) spastically error prone. I've actually seen print jobs take upwards of a half an hour to make it to a printer inside a perfectly functioning LAN...because of the "normal" (mis)behavior of a WSD port.

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on March 06, 2017, 06:35 AM »

Anyone happy with the new ATH?

-Renegade (March 05, 2017, 11:43 PM)

Um... ATH?? What is this ATH of which you speak? ...I'm waiting to see how the SEC/ETF thing plays out. Is it anything to do with (/like) that?

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Living Room / Re: If you have a Wordpress site you need to patch it against latest vulnerability

« Last post by Stoic Joker on March 02, 2017, 06:42 AM »

That was my problem - the fact that my partner put other WP sites on the server that I didn't know about.

-wraith808 (March 01, 2017, 12:16 PM)

Yikes!!! I would have come completely unwound on that one. I'm not much of an authoritarian - I basically hate rules - But breaking the 'everything must be documented' rule around here is all 5 of the top 3 absolute no-nos.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Stoic Joker on March 02, 2017, 06:30 AM »

I'll vote for the last two above..

@Iain - Compelling Arguments only work when 'Room Temperature' is low...

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Living Room / Re: Removing Spam classification from your mail server

« Last post by Stoic Joker on February 27, 2017, 06:44 AM »

I had a similar problem ages ago - the simplest solution is to have multiple IP addresses on your server and when a problem arises and you are sure nothing bad is going on simply ask the data centre to swap to an alternative IP and presto you are clear again.

-Carol Haynes (February 26, 2017, 11:42 AM)

I use a slightly different variation on the same theme. All of the traffic going out of our network (including various secondary web sites) is forced to one IP in our CIDR block except the primary mail server (we have 3) which stays segregated on it's own IP so it's allowed to rise (or fall...) based solely on its own reputation. The other two mail servers are a private authenticated relay server (for customers), and a hidden "Human Firewall" Phishing server (for IT access only) that we torture the staff with (both are on separate IPs).

However a few years back after running with a flawless reputation for almost a decade, an ISP swap landed us with an address that was blacklisted by one of the listers. But after a - bad Stoic moment - low grade ballistic phone call to the ISP it got sorted out in a matter of hours.

Most of the blacklist sites have an interface that - can be a bitch to find... - allows you to submit yourself or a "retest" to get delisted. First offence removals aren't usually difficult ... But second offences are intentionally treated quite harshly..

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Developer's Corner / Re: Recommendations for where to get SSL Certificates?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on February 24, 2017, 12:27 PM »

Although the price leaves something to be desired, I have to say I have been impressed with the smoothness of the process of using InstantSSL (comodo).

-mouser (February 24, 2017, 09:39 AM)

Same... I ended up going with Comodo for a wildcard cert. Price was a bit of an ouch, but the process was super smooth.

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Living Room / Re: I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again. Neither should you.

« Last post by Stoic Joker on February 15, 2017, 07:48 AM »

In case anybody tl;dr's the additional info links (I damn near did..). Here are direct links to the "USB Condom" charging cables that block data transfer - That I just found out existed - mentioned in one of the articles.

3 foot cable
1 foot cable
Mini Adapter

(all links go to Amazon)

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Developer's Corner / Re: Do you know how the "I am not a robot" anti-spam checkboxes work?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on February 09, 2017, 06:43 AM »

They might as well just turn on your web cam and get a look at you to see if you are "their kind of person" before they allow you to log on.

-MilesAhead (February 08, 2017, 04:04 PM)

Dude, don't say shit like that ... Somebody'll want to try it... (eek!)

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T-Clock / Re: Uninstalling T-clock

« Last post by Stoic Joker on February 09, 2017, 06:39 AM »

If the key is otherwise empty, then it's safe to delete me ... I'm not a "system" key of any kind..

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Stoic Joker on February 03, 2017, 06:38 AM »

Unofficial Northern Territory tourism ad:

Quite possibly NSFW for those in a place where they don't fully read things

[ Invalid Attachment ]

-4wd (February 02, 2017, 08:42 PM)

O_o ...Okay, that's funny!

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General Software Discussion / Re: how to find out what's mysteriously eating HD space (file sync)

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 24, 2017, 06:39 AM »

Could File History (fka Previous Versions) be using one of the drives?

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Living Room / Re: Any school psychologists out there?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 23, 2017, 06:37 AM »

There's only one way to find out...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best Keyloger detector and other theories on how the deed could have been done

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 12, 2017, 06:42 AM »

I believe I've mentioned this before, but it sounds like they might be softened up enough - post breach - to pitch the Human Firewall idea to them.

It really does work.

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..

« Last post by Stoic Joker on January 05, 2017, 06:41 AM »

it seems to me you need to get yourself a white dog bed!

-mouser (January 05, 2017, 05:32 AM)

That's what I was thinking...in the interest of fair play..

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Living Room / Re: Non IT Project Website

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 31, 2016, 03:09 PM »

Also liked the way you bought the manual *after* having worked on it for most of a year :-)

-tomos (December 30, 2016, 02:14 PM)

Good Catch!  - Yes, memory server me well ... Right up until it didn't...

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Living Room / Re: Non IT Project Website

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 31, 2016, 08:24 AM »

Thanks guys, good to hear it was entertaining...as that was kinda the point of the site.

@Stephen - IIRC you're a BMW guy aren't you...

-Stoic Joker (December 30, 2016, 01:09 PM)

Wait...wat...ew no!

-Stephen66515 (December 30, 2016, 07:54 PM)

LOL Okay... Just checking

Years ago I worked on the big 4 from Japan at a motorcycle salvage/repair shop. They also did the Britts...and pretty much everything else except Harleys. I found back then that I really liked how both Honda and Kawasaki build their machines. Yamaha and Suzuki however both drove me nuts with some of their design choices that frequently left me wondering WTF were they thinking when they cobbled this thing together??

The Britts were always fun to work on/ride because of the delightful - stick-to-the-basics - simplicity of their designs ... This also is/was/remains a big part of my attraction to Harley.

So at least we share some common ground in the Honda/Triumph arena.

But I have to stick with the Sport Touring class of bike, as - even being over 50 - the full on Sport bikes are just too much of a temptation for me to keep a Driver's License with.

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Living Room / Re: Non IT Project Website

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 30, 2016, 01:09 PM »

Thanks guys, good to hear it was entertaining...as that was kinda the point of the site.

@Stephen - IIRC you're a BMW guy aren't you...

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Living Room / Non IT Project Website

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 28, 2016, 04:11 PM »

So for the past year I've been working on an antique Harley custom/restoration project. So while I was on Christmas vacation I decided to slap together a website for the project that chronicles some of the (hopefully) more interesting parts of the project.

Granted I still haven't done anything with my main site ... But this has been way more fun.

Project Alice

In the garage I get to use a hammer!

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: OPLIMIT & ocrawr32.exe removal problem

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 06, 2016, 07:05 AM »

Use Sysinternals Autoruns to kill the load line, then just delete it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: C Users Journal Nostalgia

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 06, 2016, 06:56 AM »

I am a completely self-taught guy.  GED is the only degree I hold.

-MilesAhead (December 05, 2016, 07:18 AM)

Same here. ...I think it shows more drive to make it that way than being led by the hand and told what to learn.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: [free] Delphi 10.1 Berlin Starter Edition

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 01, 2016, 11:11 AM »

I have a recent Pro edition of Visual Studio but I cannot feature xaml.

-MilesAhead (November 30, 2016, 06:17 PM)

I'm not a fan of XAML either. But you can do a forms based project in VS that will give you the drag and drop components option. The last few project I've done were all in C# using a forms project (using the free VS Community Edition), and it's surprisingly easy to work with.

-Stoic Joker (December 01, 2016, 09:35 AM)

At some point, if I use drag and drop components, the ordering and such gets really messed up- which is the reason I stopped using it other than as a reference to how the form looks.  And when you're dealing with it from a programmatic standpoint, figuring out focus and such becomes a nightmare!

-wraith808 (December 01, 2016, 10:16 AM)

True, but I usually just edit the file that says 'never edit this file' to get the tab order to cooperate. Risky...but I'm used to doing it that way from the old .rc files.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: [free] Delphi 10.1 Berlin Starter Edition

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 01, 2016, 09:35 AM »

I have a recent Pro edition of Visual Studio but I cannot feature xaml.

-MilesAhead (November 30, 2016, 06:17 PM)

I'm not a fan of XAML either. But you can do a forms based project in VS that will give you the drag and drop components option. The last few project I've done were all in C# using a forms project (using the free VS Community Edition), and it's surprisingly easy to work with.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Recommendations for where to get SSL Certificates?

« Last post by Stoic Joker on December 01, 2016, 06:43 AM »

Can you point me (link) at where you got that (untrusted) impression.

a search gives a bunch of results.. here's one:
https://www.lowendta...ertificate-authority

-mouser (November 30, 2016, 12:03 PM)

Shit ... Well that's reasonably damning.

So... does anyone offer certs for a longer than 1 year period? I really hate playing with SSL so it would - possibly... - be worth the money to not have to futz with it quite so often.