RE: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card

2011-04-12 Thread David Kean
I know people like to bag Microsoft for a lot of things, but with the music licensing the ball is solely in the content providers. They make it extremely hard for companies like Microsoft, Netflix, etc to provide content everywhere. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com

RE: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card

2011-04-12 Thread David Kean
They use this: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/windows-easy-transfer From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 8:35 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port

Re: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card

2011-04-12 Thread Stephen Price
Yeah I understand that, but cmon. It's Microsoft. If they don't have the power to wangle the deals, and Apple does, what's that tell me? Same deal when I was trying to buy an ebook. I found an ebook on a number of different ebook sites (including one that is run here in Claremont about 10 minutes

RE: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card

2011-04-12 Thread Ian Thomas
For quite a lot of user settings, I have found that Windows Easy Transfer is really helpful when migrating stuff from (say) XP to Win7 etc. _ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia _ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf

Re: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card

2011-04-12 Thread Michael Minutillo
Yeah I had this last week with an Amazon eBook too. Apparently there are laws in Australia to protect our local publishing industry (there is probably the same deal with music going on). I find it hilarious that this is happening and at the same time I'm getting multiple emails per week from

Re: [OT]Web hosting with lots of disk space

2011-04-12 Thread Bec Carter
G'day all! Sorry to hijack this thread but my question is related. 1) I am working on a site with a sql server express backend. What options do I have for hosting such a thing? I know lots of hosting providers offer SQL Server full (not express) but Im wondering what restrictions they got when

Re: adding ssl to asp.net website

2011-04-12 Thread Richard Carde
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Anthony asale...@tpg.com.au wrote: Thanks David...i have installed ssl cert etcmost ecommerce system only use ssl for login and checkout..so was looking for technique to do this... I don't understand the rationale for falling back to non-https mode.

RE: adding ssl to asp.net website

2011-04-12 Thread Ken Schaefer
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Richard Carde Sent: Tuesday, 12 April 2011 2:46 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: adding ssl to asp.net website On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Anthony asale...@tpg.com.aumailto:asale...@tpg.com.au wrote:

Re: adding ssl to asp.net website

2011-04-12 Thread David Connors
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: I don't understand the rationale for falling back to non-https mode. IMO, it's bad practice and increases risk to the user - see OWASP Top Ten 2010 https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Top_Ten_Projectrisks

RE: adding ssl to asp.net website

2011-04-12 Thread Ken Schaefer
Hi, I’m not advocating not using SSL – my personal position is the exact opposite and in accordance with yours. Previous poster says they don’t understand the rationale – I just pointed out two reasons. With everything in security, it’s about balancing cost vs. risks mitigated. Cheers Ken

RE: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card

2011-04-12 Thread Greg Keogh
Sheesh! How do normal suburban carbon blobs migrate to a new machine. They use this: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/windows-easy-t ransfer How does a carbon blob know this exists? I've never heard of it. Does it migrate someone OutLook Express files to

RE: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card

2011-04-12 Thread David Kean
Other than migrating from Outlook Express - Outlook and that iTunes thing (I'm not sure what that means), it should do everything else. It's been built into Windows since XP, I think for Windows 7 they pulled it out of the box. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com

RE: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card

2011-04-12 Thread Greg Keogh
Check whether the motherboard you bought actually has a parallel port on the motherboard itself (all mine do), if so you just need to buy a header card. Oh Lord! Don't tell me that's all I had to do? I don't know the brand of my friend's motherboard, but looking at the manual for my own

Re: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card

2011-04-12 Thread mike smith
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Check whether the motherboard you bought actually has a parallel port on the motherboard itself (all mine do), if so you just need to buy a header card. Oh Lord! Don’t tell me that’s all I had to do? No, you might still need

Re: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card

2011-04-12 Thread David Connors
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Check whether the motherboard you bought actually has a parallel port on the motherboard itself (all mine do), if so you just need to buy a header card. Oh Lord! Don’t tell me that’s all I had to do? I think a new printer

Re: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card

2011-04-12 Thread mike smith
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:40 AM, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Check whether the motherboard you bought actually has a parallel port on the motherboard itself (all mine do), if so you just need to buy a header card.

RE: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card

2011-04-12 Thread Alastair Waddell
Especially if you are $4,000/week Jeff -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Wednesday,13 April 2011 9:57 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at

Re: [OT] Windows 7 and Parallel port card

2011-04-12 Thread Michael Minutillo
Especially if you are $4,000/week Jeff I WANT MY CHICKO ROLL!

Re: [OT] BYO Computer @ Suncorp

2011-04-12 Thread Scott Barnes
Like. That being said, there is gray areas around IP and who owns what etc especially when it comes to Copyright. After just having to deal with a minor skirmish around Copyright ownership with a Govt Dept (I used a throw-away design I did on my blog as an example of metro.. the took offence to

Re: [OT] BYO Computer @ Suncorp

2011-04-12 Thread Stephen Price
The laws of Copyright are fun, no? I've learned a fair bit on the subject through my cartooning. Basically you can't copywrite an idea, only a work of art. So I can do my own version of something I saw somewhere else and its considered a new work of art. The piece is copywrited, and owned by the

Re: HTML vs Silverlight - comparative effort?

2011-04-12 Thread Scott Barnes
David / All. Thats not accurate. Ubiquity stats are a developer's placebo, as in the end we noticed at trend in around this argument when it came to Silverlight. Initially when we had ~10% ubiquity world wide Flash having 98% etc it was an extremely tough battle and what got us over the line

Re: HTML vs Silverlight - comparative effort?

2011-04-12 Thread Scott Barnes
oh example point and case: Adobe Flash has 98% ubiquity right? ok.. here's a math puzzle for you.. Flash on average has around 8million installs per day (365 days a year) and can spike up to 33million depending on release / campaigns in market. There are currently approx 1.6billion - 2billion