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  1. Gagliano

    Non-Streaming Alternatives to iTunes/iPod

    For what it’s worth, I just bought the new 128 GB iPod touch after a lot of deliberation. Like you, I prefer to purchase my music and download it, and used iTunes for years. I also like that I could convert some of my old albums to MP3s and add them to iTunes. But, about six months ago I...
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    Tagging plants with barcode? An app to scan barcodes and populate forms?

    I only mentioned it because it's a way for somebody who hasn't done a lot of programming to become familiar with Java and python at the same time. Basically, you can write Java code using python syntax, while having access to the latest Java libraries. Just another option.
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    Tagging plants with barcode? An app to scan barcodes and populate forms?

    Writing SQL queries is easy once you understand some basic syntax, IF, and this is a big if, the tables are designed correctly. Write down every property of a plant that you can think of, and try to anticipate how they would be used. As an example of bad database design, let's say your plants...
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    Tagging plants with barcode? An app to scan barcodes and populate forms?

    I've done a lot of work using QR codes to track inventory, and can offer a few tips/options. I would use SQL Server instead of Access for storage (the Express version is free and unless you have millions of plants, you will have plenty of space). I would build a table that contains all of the...
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    Amazon to End mp3 Storage

    I've done that. It even replies with "playing music by....." but it doesn't actually play anything. I googled it, and apparently this is a problem elsewhere as well. But I didn't find any solutions.
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    Amazon to End mp3 Storage

    Ok, I set up a PC as a Plex server, and enabled remote access successfully. My Echo connects to it and even finds things on my server. I tell it to play music, and it tells me what it finds. I say "Barbara Thompson" and it says "Playing Barbara Thompson Paraphernalia", but doesn't start playing...
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    Amazon to End mp3 Storage

    Gotcha, thanks. I'm not an expert on this by any means. I just assumed it would be easier to have it stored on the cloud rather than having my own hardware running 24/7.
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    Amazon to End mp3 Storage

    I wanted to use my echo with it, and my echo can go anywhere I go.
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    Amazon to End mp3 Storage

    So which cloud storage would you guys recommend for Plex? I just made an attempt with OneDrive because I got a free 1 TB drive with Office365, but that was a flaming disaster due to the speed.
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    I wish to know more about Tom Yawkey

    I think our recently dearly departed Frank Malzone would agree with that. New England folk like to make a lot of fun about the south, but it was no picnic being Italian, Irish, Catholic, French, Black, or Native American even until very recently. Take a look at some late 70's Red Sox team...
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    Ghost Restore

    Hmmm, I'll download it and try it out. I'll see what it does with some of this old stuff. Sorry, I meant dBase II. He specifically mentioned that, and I was familiar with it because I worked on a POS that used it, and then I did some dBase III+ work later (that actually wasn't bad). I had DB2...
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    Ghost Restore

    Due to confidentiality agreements I can't give out explicit info, but it was a software package that was developed explicitly for NT, but the next version was developed for Windows 2000 and wasn't backward compatible, nor is the first version forward compatible. I guess the developers assumed...
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    Ghost Restore

    Yeah, one of my customers still has over 200 Windows NT computers running software that won't port over to XP, and they don't plan on phasing them out for 8 more years. Another still uses UNIX and DOS PCs to do critical tasks, and there are no plans to replace them. There is so much of that...
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    Ghost Restore

    When you said "That's correct", what were you referring to? The fact that the Ghost CD is bootable? I downloaded the VMware converter, but it doesn't support GHO images as a source. Harry is sending me some stuff too, so one way or another I'll get this working. I'll document and post the...
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    Ghost Restore

    Thanks Harry! Sent you a PM....
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    Ghost Restore

    I've got a problem that I'm quite sure how to address. I've seen several sites that suggest how to do it, but none quite fit my predicament. I need to upgrade some software on a hundred or so old NT machines for a customer. One key piece of development software is no longer available (trust me...
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    Self-Driving Cars: When will it become mainstream, and would you purchase one?

    Yes, I understand that automation is safer for everyone as a whole whether we are automating a French fry factory or automating cars. But, I just would like to know how the cars will be programmed- if it comes to a situation where either the other driver or me will most likely be killed, who...
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    Self-Driving Cars: When will it become mainstream, and would you purchase one?

    I think this will be part of the major pushback in self-driving cars. Let's look at it this way- I've driven for 41 years and have never been in an accident with another car (I hit a deer once; if there was a Deer Court, it would have been suicide by car). If I was put in a situation where I...
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    Joey Votto and the Persistence of Stupid

    Take a look at the Reds stats from the last ten years and you'll have your answer. They practically ran Adam Dunn out of town, and let Choo walk despite the fact that he and Votto were a perfect match. Yet, they let guys like Drew Stubbs flail around for years. They are enamored with gritty...
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    WSJ Looks at Why Kids Are Abandoning Baseball

    The fan base is aging. Twenty years ago in my town, thirty kids would show up to try out for 14 spots on the LL team. The last few years, eleven or twelve showed up and everyone made the team. Some surrounding towns even used to have two teams, and now some towns had to merge to even get one...