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The only problem with the Sonic Blue is that the parent company was going under, and sold that division along with a DVR unit to another company at an auction. The parent company claims that it wants to keep the products in tact, but who knows for certain.

Many installers try to copy files to the Windows or System/System32 directories, and both of these will be covered by NTFS permissions (if using that filesystem) and will therefore halt the installation. Also, many of these apps will try to install registry keys in the HKLM portion of the registry, rather than HKCU (Current User) which is a portion that does allow user editing (assuming that is permitted as well). Since many installer designers still do not understand (or are simply too stupid/lazy to be bothered with learning) the NT security model, this is what causes issues with applications like AutoCAD. It can be installed by an admin, and yet still not work properly for any user that isn't an admin (even "power user" level doesn't work in some cases) because of all the keys it wants to screw with and its wide scattering of files. Now, why do some apps install for average users? Well, in some cases it is by accident where the application simply does not need to copy dll files or tons of reg keys to areas that aren't permitted under the current user credentials. However, in other cases, the application provider is doing this intentionally because they know the admin would never permit this app to be installed in the first place. Stupid utilities like "WebShots" and "Weather Bug" allow this to happen, and you have to lock down the workstations even further with policies to keep them from running the installer by name. HTH

You will have X, K, and Ka for radar and general Laser (lidar) support in most current models. The largest percentage of guns in use are K band based, while many are going to Ka. Laser is being adopted mostly by highway patrols, and has totally replaced all other speed detection (otherwise known as "revenue generating") devices in Hawaii. With radar, you are not allowed to jam it actively (and passive ones do not work, regardless of the gaurantees) by FCC jurisdiction in the US, while laser is controlled by the FDA is legally permitted to be jammed/shifted in almost all states in the US. You can scope out more info here: www.radartest.com

Bummer. You mentioned you have a radar detector, so what do you have? I have an Escort Passport 8500 that I bought for my Impreza, and I have the fixed-mount smart cord that I installed and mounted the mute/LED display next to my cup holder above the radio. http://www.escortradar.com/8500.htm

Neither will do that, as name caching is a separate function that's independent of the network adapters. This is something that's seen when you have a laptop that has a fixed network adapter, and you might have secondary adapters (like wireless PCMCIA adapters) that you add and remove all the time while the system is running. In this scenario, both of your options are addressed, and yet the system still retains the name resolution cache and will only dump it when told to manually, or rebooted.

Quote: Quote: Quote: Does only IE use the host file? It works there but doesn't seem to work for phoenix. It should work for Phoenix as well as it does ANY webbrowser... make sure in your browser you're not using a Proxy server... if you are, you are using THEIR DNS & HOSTS resolutions! APK Yeah, I guess I just needed to restart the browser. Also, if you are using this file and don't want to reboot the host PC, you can use "ipconfig /flushdns" in Win2K/XP to flush out your DNS cache. Then, restart any network enabled applications that are using DNS to resolve names/IPs.

Felix, I noticed that some of them seem to repeat in that one. Was this a problem with pasting the file into your browser? Search for "maximize" in it and you'll see what I mean.

He drove the Mustang, not the Charger. http://people.freenet.de/pony/bullit.htm http://www.carmemories.com/cmem/Ford/Mustang/Bullitt+Mustang Note how McQueen and the Mustang are seen together, yet McQueen and the Charger are only together in a pic of a chase scene.

Quote: Quote: I thought McQueen drove a Mustang in "Bullit".... ? Nope, 'twas a Charger... much like the one in "The Fast & the Furious" in fact! http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/rmx/rmx863366.htm * APK Actually, Jasbo is correct. From the article that you linked to... Quote: Steve McQueen, one of the greatest cult movie heroes of all time, was also something of a car enthusiast in his off-screen life. Being an avid car collector and race car driver, it was only natural that the movies he made reflected his love of anything automotive. One of his most famous films "Bullitt" features a wild, roller coaster chase scene through the streets of San Francisco, with Steve in his '68 Mustang and the bad guys in their '68 Dodge Charger. The scene is probably the first major car chase ever used in a feature film and every movie car chase that has followed over the years owes its allegiance to Steve McQueen for making it happen.

Quote: lol...from the front page it reads "Is anyone here a Martia..." I was expecting "Is anyone here a Martian?" Hah! Ditto...

All it needs is a rebel flag on it, an "01" on the side, a couple of rednecks, and a chick with exceptionally short shorts and you could make a whole TV series around it. So, do you think DaimlerChrysler would be pi$$ed if we put in a roll cage and welded the doors shut?

Well, if it's a cool car then it should be worth it.

Quote: Quote: Jesus on the dashboard? Oohhh yeah.... Nice to see someone else familiar with them. Check it:

Quote: Heard this one was good. http://www.ntcompatible.com Sorry, it isn't as good as the one DS3 provided...

You should be able to open the primary forward lookup zone, right click in the right hand pane, and add a new host. At that point, add a new record with just "www" and then put in the IP of the server that you want it to point to. This new record will inherit the parent domain (as indicated when you add the record) and will tack it on as the suffix to the "www" portion you created.

What you are looking for is Split-Horizon DNS hosting. This simply means that you are using a DNS server internally that hosts the same domain name as your "real" one on another network (in this case, the Internet). What you want, is to have your internal network DNS server host your www host record and point it to your webserver as DS3 mentioned. Next, you might have to validate your webserver's handling of incoming requests with that name (it sounds like it is working though). If "company.com" is what your internal network is using as its domain, then just add "www.company.com" as an alias, and point it to the IP of the hosting box. Since you stated that the box is outside of your network, you just use the outside IP for it.

One last thing. If you should ever use Linux, get DVD::Rip (http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/). This is a simply wonderful application that can handle the entire ripping and conversion process. It is also very fast, and the defaults are good enough for the average user to just point and click, while there are more than enough options to tailor it for the advanced user.

Here ya go, I think this is more your bag: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;257249

I would guess having the ability for automagic cleanup is a mixed blessing. While it may let the programmer take a lazier route, it does (in theory) promote application stability, which inturn promotes the stability of the hosting system.

OK APK, one sentence for ya: you can't document skill. If your talents can be simply documented away in a manner that anyone can do them, then you deserve to be replaced. If you have actually experienced this, then so be it. I have never seen this in any company I have ever worked at, nor have I ever heard of the ISO, QS, or any other process contributing to this. Yes, places may need customization because their individual items of production are different, but there are many processes that are the same regardless of what you do. Things like "What do you do when a complaint comes in?" or "How is a sales quote handled?" are what is documented, yet the people that even did this documentation 7 years ago are still at work because they do their jobs well. People that have skill are ones that can contribute beyond the daily tasks of a job. I have documented a great many things I do at work, yet I wouldn't have been fired to make way for a cheaper person. Documentation wasn't even much of an issue until I gave them my 2 months notice (yep, 2 months, I have a fair amount of respect for this company so I let them know as soon as I knew I was moving) and now I am training the HR manager in some of the things I do, and I am helping in the search for my replacement by going over resumes and sitting in on interviews. This is how all the other companies that we deal with behave, including our sister companies in Illinois and Switzerland that have certifications. CUViper, I am in total agreement with you on garbage collection. I figured it was a lazy way to do things as well, and specifically asked how to destroy used objects. However, I was *strongly* advised (both in the text and in class/lab) not to adjust this behavior in Java or the results may not be what you expect. Not entirely encouraging, would you say?

Well, the topic has definately lost its point, but oh well. Basically, the point of being standardized is to make interoperability between companies similar, so that they speak the same language with respect to quality. If anything, having all this documentation *increases* workload and causes you to have more people for things such as "Six Sigma" (our HR manager pointed this out to me earlier when I was talking about this post). Being a properly documented and standardized company does *not* make it easier to replace people. This hasn't been the case with any of our customers, or any of their customers (you know, the Big 3, one of which made both the cars you bought recently). It just doesn't work like that. Work environments can be heavily documented to make training a position easier and have nothing to do with ISO. ISO standards are there as rules in some cases, and guidelines in others. They are not instructions on how to do jobs, nor do they require a company to make detailed directions on how to do every job so that a newbie can walk in and take care of it. Engineering doesn't work like that, Quality doesn't, Manufacturing doesn't, Materials and Accounting don't, nor IT or HR.

OK, following the ISO standards mean exactly that; you are following a set of standards. Now, if you had two potential vendors to work with, and one followed the exact same set of standards that you do (or in many cases exceed it), which would you go with? Both offer the same thing for the same price, and have proven that they have fully documented systems in place for quality issues with any product that you receive from them along with how they work with their own vendors. We have several customers that come to our plant and audit us to make sure that we are doing what we claim to. They follow the QS standard as well, and just want to make sure that we are "up to snuff" as it were. It sounds like you might have been on the outside of this, and not in a manufacturing atmosphere where you would be more exposed to this. Generally, anything with a great deal of quality control benefits greatly from this. Documentation of anything is a good thing, and documenting what you do in the same way as others you work with is even better, and as a coder you should be able to relate. That's all this is, no conspiracy to take away jobs or anything like that.

ISO, QS, and other standardizing bodies have purposes that are way beyond making it easier to replace one person with another. I would go further as to say that it doesn't pertain to that at all. Generally, it allows for a supplier to state how it will follow a set of rules, and how it will deal with issues as the come up. This ranges from how quotes are handled, to the moving of engineering drawings, and as far out as HR with the tracking of personnel training. The point of being certified is to show perspective clients that you do, in fact, have systems in place to handle all aspects of business in a given standard. In my case, I am an internal auditor for our company as well, and we follow ISO 9001/QS 9000 standards. We are stating (in documentation) how we handle issues that come up from the customer, how we deal with suppliers, how we track documentation, etc and then prove this every 6 months via a 3rd party audit with our original certifying body. They look for major and minor violations, and can point out areas of improvement via "observations" that can be used by our quality and management team to modify and extend our existing systems. Java and .NET both have garbage collection, and while I was told that explicitly calling it in Java is a pain it's supposed to be a little easier in .NET, but still frowned upon just the same.

If you have an Office 2K or XP CD, IE will be on it. There is a command to get the latest and greatest, but I can't think of it right now (I used it with SMS in the past).

Here's the certification info on C#: http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/ecma/