RE: [OT] Visual Studio 2010 RC

2010-03-26 Thread Tony Wright
Hi David, I am running VS2008 side by side with VS2010. I haven't hit any issues lately because I've stopped using it. After the 3 other patches (which were fine as far as I could tell), the final one was Silverlight 4, which wasn't available in the RC (not even sure if there was an RC released

RE: [OT] Visual Studio 2010 RC

2010-03-29 Thread Tony Wright
Maybe so, but I use many machines with many different configurations. I often don't have much control over particular machine configurations (clients' machines, sometime XP, sometimes low memory 2Gig.) So it seems that you're lucky, or I'm doing something that you're not. Most of the time, I am

RE: [OT] Friday - Conway (or.. Labor govt) once againdelaysInternet Filter

2010-07-09 Thread Tony Wright
Ah, naive, and so transparently biased. Labor do have a stack of policies, it's just that they're mostly failures. As opposed to Liberals who actually don't stand for anything other than telling us one thing and then implementing the complete opposite. A neighbour of mine used to say they

RE: Batching ids for submitting to a stored proc

2010-07-13 Thread Tony Wright
That is my traditional method, although building a string of comma delimited ids isn't exactly type safe. My existing client uses the xml method. I seem to recall seeing a sql trace where a temporary table was populated and then a stored proc was called all in the same transaction. I was

RE: Open Source .NET CMS?

2010-07-16 Thread Tony Wright
Umbraco, DotNetNuke -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Les Hughes Sent: Saturday, 17 July 2010 2:04 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Open Source .NET CMS? Hi All, Can anyone recommend an open source .NET CMS? Thanks in

RE: [OT] WP7 Handset/device

2010-11-07 Thread Tony Wright
Hi Greg, Did you have a phone (or phones) that do sync well with Outlook, regardless of whether you're wirelessly connected? Regards, Tony -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low (GregLow.com) Sent: Sunday, 7

RE: [OT] Usefulness of Microsoft Certifications

2010-11-11 Thread Tony Wright
I won't reject someone for not having a certification, however it is indicative that they are at least familiar with the technologies associated with the certification (assuming, of course, that they haven't had someone else sit the exam for them!) I have learnt heaps doing various

RE: [OT] Usefulness of Microsoft Certifications

2010-11-11 Thread Tony Wright
minor/small projects. Would a certification benefit me in an interview if I didn't have much commercial experience in .net technologies, but say 6-8 years in other languages/projects? On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Tony Wright ton...@tpg.com.au wrote: I won't reject someone for not having

RE: [OT] Developer Laptop

2010-12-01 Thread Tony Wright
Hi guys, We have one of those HP Envys - it's the PC version of the MacBook, right? But the screen res is 1920x1080, not x1200 I think? Got it during the HP clearance for $2000 (which is awesome given the chip is an i7-820M) Downside is the screen doesn't open fully and also HP would only

RE: Developer PC spec

2011-01-25 Thread Tony Wright
I have just installed one of those. The stats are really good. WEI went from 5.9 to 7.7. I'd say the performance improvement going from a 7200rpm drive to the SSD is about equivalent to going from a 4400rpm drive to a 7200rpm drive. T. -Original Message- From:

RE: Developer PC spec

2011-01-25 Thread Tony Wright
rant One of the problems with laptops these days is that most of the laptop manufacturers just don't get it. For developers it's all about the screen space and performance, and it seems to be quite difficult to find a laptop that it spec'd how we want it. For example, if I buy a 15 laptop, I

RE: Removing an entity

2011-03-15 Thread Tony Wright
Hi Stephen, It might be worth trying to isolate the bug as a standalone example (ie, copy the app, strip everything else out) . If you don't figure it out doing that, then you should be able to submit the issue to Telerik - their support is generally pretty good. Regards, Tony From:

RE: [OT] Lightweight laptop for dev and demos

2011-04-05 Thread Tony Wright
I have the 15 version with 1920x1080 screen. Couldn't justify the extra grand for 17 without getting more screen space. I got the lowest hard drive spec, then switched it out with a crucial realssd. Mine has the 2nd Gen i7 chip, and i chose the top chip i could get. Laptop cost about $2,200 inc

RE: IE9: why do I hate it so much

2011-05-02 Thread Tony Wright
Oh yes, I forgot about the crashes. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Corneliu I. Tusnea Sent: Tuesday, 3 May 2011 3:11 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: IE9: why do I hate it so much I'm in the same boat. I totally dislike the tabs. Even

RE: IE9: why do I hate it so much

2011-05-03 Thread Tony Wright
only solution is to change Brands. T. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Tuesday, 3 May 2011 3:42 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: IE9: why do I hate it so much Oh yes, I forgot about the crashes. From: ozdotnet

RE: SSD minimum size question

2011-05-12 Thread Tony Wright
Personally I decided on the 256G. And I've got the same for 3 laptops now. I don't want to have to waste my time dealing with the possibility of running out of space. BTW, there are a number of 3rd gen SSDs out now, not just the Crucial M4, although they use newer technology which is

RE: SSD minimum size question

2011-05-12 Thread Tony Wright
Found the tom's hardware review: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-ssd-320-crucial-m4-realssd-c400,29 08-6.html From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Friday, 13 May 2011 12:28 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: SSD

Microsoft Build Conference

2011-09-12 Thread Tony Wright
Hi all, Microsoft Build will be starting tomorrow night. It has sold out, and I was under the impression that they were going to stream it. Does anyone know if this is true, and if so, where we will be able to see the streamed content? Regards, Tony

RE: Microsoft BUILD / Windows 8

2011-09-17 Thread Tony Wright
I have to agree with what you're saying about flicking between apps. And you've got a tablet - it's even harder with a mouse! As far as I can tell, you have to go so close to the left border of the desktop and then it seems to only show the previous view/app you were using. I would have

FW: SDDN Melbourne - September. Windows 8

2011-09-22 Thread Tony Wright
This probably deserves a wider audience than just the Silverlight group as it will be discussing Windows 8. As usual, Hazaa will be sponsoring the SDDN or whatever it will be calling itself in future! Kind regards, Tony Wright CEO Hazaa Pty Ltd From: ozsilverlight-boun

RE: [OT] Security clearance for work in Canberra

2011-09-26 Thread Tony Wright
It would be seen as irrelevant. No agency would rely on an outside obtained security clearance. What a massive hole in security that would be! They won't care about the cost of a security clearance if they think they have the right person. T. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com

Trusting a domain from my Windows 7 Ultimate laptop

2011-10-24 Thread Tony Wright
Hi all, Is it possible for my Windows 7 Ultimate laptop to trust a domain without actually adding my laptop to that domain? I'm not talking about needing to trust my laptop, but I am happy for one of the domain accounts to access a resource on my pc. It is currently complaining that I

RE: wp7 mailing list?

2011-11-07 Thread Tony Wright
It's predominantly Silverlight based - why don't you ask it on the Silverlight list? ozsilverli...@ozsilverlight.com T. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Mayan Sent: Tuesday, 8 November 2011 8:21 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: wp7

Visual Studio Installer Silent Installation

2011-11-09 Thread Tony Wright
Hi all, I am trying to find the details on how I set Visual Studio 2010 Installer package so that it (1)Silently installs .net framework 4.0 client profile if it is not present and (2)Silently installs SQL Server Compact Framework 3.5SP2 if it is not present To achieve this, I

RE: Visual Studio Installer Silent Installation

2011-11-09 Thread Tony Wright
Alright, that didn't get any response, so let's simplify it a bit. How do I get .net 4 to silently install using Visual Studio 2010 Installer? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2011 3:00 PM

RE: Visual Studio Installer Silent Installation

2011-11-12 Thread Tony Wright
impressed but couldn't get approval to purchase it, it has a scriptable bootstrapper but I've not tried it Hope this helps. On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Tony Wright ton...@tpg.com.au wrote: I started with a fresh setup program. I added the silent install of dot net framework, and it failed. So I

RE: getElementById failing

2012-01-04 Thread Tony Wright
I seem to recall that you can set client ids to predictable? Sent from my Windows Phone -- From: Greg Keogh Sent: 5/01/2012 12:06 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: getElementById failing I just noticed that the IDs don’t match. In the rendered page I see this: function

RE: Making an application that uses identity keys occassionallyconnected

2012-02-03 Thread Tony Wright
to be more efficient in their development, work out a strategy using ints and enjoy your jobs a little better. Regards, Tony Wright Hazaa From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low (GregLow.com) Sent: Saturday, 4 February 2012 4:43 PM

RE: Users who compulsively highlight or click text as they read it -are you out there?

2012-04-16 Thread Tony Wright
I do it. I actually thought about what I was doing too. I believe in my case it's the technological equivalent of pointing at text when you read - ya'know, wot the teachr seyd not to? T. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Peter Gfader Sent:

How to architect a modern best practice enterprise solution in the cloud or on-premise

2012-05-18 Thread Tony Wright
changes. So if you feel like it's something of interest, please register and come along. Register here: http://vicnet-may2012.eventbrite.com/ Regards, Tony http://www.hazaa.com.au/ Description: cid:image003.png@01CC7788.A7037120 Tony Wright Chief Executive Officer Hazaa Pty Ltd m

Re: Visual Studio 11 side by side

2012-05-31 Thread Tony Wright
No - except for Azure. Take a look at this article if you're planning to use it for Azure. http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/vs11/ Mind you, for the project I was working on, it made me abandon VS11. On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Dave Walker rangitat...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone have

[OT] Really bad Telstra phone reception

2012-09-16 Thread Tony Wright
Hi all, I am now experiencing really bad Telstra phone signal. It used to be fantastic, but is now appalling. I think they've deliberately downgraded the mobile phone network to make their 4G look better, but those of us that don't feel the need to upgrade our phones just yet are expected to

RE: [OT] Really bad Telstra phone reception

2012-09-16 Thread Tony Wright
] Really bad Telstra phone reception See if this applies: http://www.telstra.com.au/business-enterprise/help-support/announcements/ |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright |Sent: Monday, 17 September

RE: [OT] Really bad Telstra phone reception

2012-09-16 Thread Tony Wright
] Really bad Telstra phone reception Samsung Omnia 7 bought from Telstra? Or sourced outside of Telstra? -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Monday, 17 September 2012 1:36 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE

RE: [OT] Really bad Telstra phone reception

2012-09-16 Thread Tony Wright
, or wait for the new Lumia 820/920 phones. -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Monday, 17 September 2012 2:46 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] Really bad Telstra phone reception Ah yes, sourced outside

RE: JSON issue MVC4.5, EF5

2012-09-26 Thread Tony Wright
in the serialisation). Either way you are going to need to make sure that everything you want has already been loaded ie any related objects- either with a strategy at query time or by explicitly loading those sub tables. Hope that helps. Neil. On 27 September 2012 10:30, Tony Wright tonyw

More HTML5 fun with data-bind

2012-09-26 Thread Tony Wright
Hi all, I am currently using a template to generate rows in my table in my view. Date formatting appears to be non-trivial in these templates. Code attached below. In the line with data-bind=text: ForDate, visible: DisplayMode I have tried to put a data-format attribute, which doesn't

RE: JSON issue MVC4.5, EF5

2012-09-27 Thread Tony Wright
(); set.MergeOption = MergeOption.NoTracking and then building the query after that. Neil. On 27 September 2012 13:50, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Michael and Neil. Michael, I understand your point about ensuring that only the required data is returned to the client, however

Getting jQuery dialog to work in MVC4.5

2012-09-28 Thread Tony Wright
Hi all, I am having trouble getting the jQuery dialog to popup in an MVC4.5 view. Basically I have some divs set up: div id=DeleteConfirmation style=visibility:hidden div id=dialog-confirm title=Delete Confirmation? pspan class=ui-icon ui-icon-alert style=float:left; margin:0

RE: VS2012 and Metro Apps on Windows 8

2012-10-02 Thread Tony Wright
I agree with you Greg. Having used Win8 now for a development project, I find it so annoying having to switch between the screens. I moved the blocks around so that my most used apps were sitting in the middle of the tile screen, but it wasn't enough. Anything that I use more frequently now ends

Report Builder in VS2012

2012-10-11 Thread Tony Wright
Hi all, I am currently considering rebuilding a report previously created using Crystal Reports in VS2010. I am using VS2012, and as yet, Crystal Reports is not supported (read: I did discover a hack workaround but I'm not happy with it) That's sort of ok for me as I only have about 2

RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices....

2012-10-17 Thread Tony Wright
Also, which would you prefer - a device that you can plug a SIM into, or one that you can't? Microsoft's tablet only has WIFI, which is a major market killer for business applications. So if you had to splurge on a tab, which would you go for - a tab that supports 3G, or one that doesn't? Very

RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices....

2012-10-17 Thread Tony Wright
at sites. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2012 9:39 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com

RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices....

2012-10-17 Thread Tony Wright
pro or ultra hybrid as to replace my aging 13in laptop, I have a set boundaries of operations and see this piece of hardware a very good step up, but a RT what's it for? Dave. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent

[OT] BigPond You Tube throttling

2012-10-30 Thread Tony Wright
Hi all, rant I'm interested in seeing how many of you experience YouTube throttling. It irritates me that I have BigPond Cable Ultimate Liberty, experiencing download speeds of between 50Mbps and 100Mbps most of the time, but any time I visit YouTube or ABC iView, I get atrocious

RE: [OT] BigPond You Tube throttling

2012-11-04 Thread Tony Wright
Late to the thread but Cable is contended is a furphy. On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: I'm interested in seeing how many of you experience YouTube throttling. It irritates me that I have BigPond Cable Ultimate Liberty

RE: [OT] BigPond You Tube throttling

2012-11-04 Thread Tony Wright
Tube throttling Late to the thread but Cable is contended is a furphy. On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: I'm interested in seeing how many of you experience YouTube throttling. It irritates me that I have BigPond Cable Ultimate

RE: vs 2010 and 2012

2013-01-14 Thread Tony Wright
Yes, and it's even designed so that when you upgrade projects to 2012, hey can (mostly) still be reopened in VS2010. Only a few projects fail this - LINQ to SQL, and some reporting. T. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of

Re: IIS has no folders

2013-02-25 Thread Tony Wright
You should be able to remove IIS from Windows Components and then readd it. Perhaps a corrupted IIS metabase, or missing metabase keys? There are probably articles on google regarding how to recover from a corrupted metabase. On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Grant Maw grant@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [OT] Surface RT or Surface Pro?

2013-04-01 Thread Tony Wright
well RT does have a Remote Desktop App I believe... On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 11:38 AM, James Chapman-Smith ja...@chapman-smith.com wrote: I want a fairly portable device that is easier to lug around than my current laptop. I expect to get a light-weight device that I can remote into my

Re: [OT] Surface RT or Surface Pro?

2013-04-01 Thread Tony Wright
actually that said, you pay for what you get. The WinRT device is quite limiting, and its only when you hit those limitations that you will feel the regret. If you want full flexibility, then you would be better off with the Pro device. Reminds me of a quote: It's unwise to pay too much, but it's

Re: Office365 ?

2013-04-12 Thread Tony Wright
Perhaps they could use the drones to increase the pace a bit? On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:27 PM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: I wasn't aware they have stepped up the pace of the deployment. David Connors da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 Download my v-card:

Re: Office365 ?

2013-04-12 Thread Tony Wright
meski...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps they could use the drones to increase the pace a bit? Plenty of em in Parliament. On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:27 PM, David Connors da...@connors.com wrote: I wasn't aware they have

RE: Office365 ? Nope, now an argument on the NBN.

2013-04-13 Thread Tony Wright
Actually perhaps the word natural is confusing people. Technically the existing telephone network is a natural monopoly because it is prohibitively expensive for companies to compete with Telstra. The monopoly was created by the government when Telstra was government owned, because everyone had

Re: Office365 ? Nope, now an argument on the NBN.

2013-04-15 Thread Tony Wright
No matter which party gets in, its still an investment that looks like its going to happen, so the ROI is actually irrelevant. I guess it's all moot given that Liberals are highly likely to win anyway and blow all that money on a substandard system that doesn't solve the problem. The point of the

Silverlight won't let me change service url

2013-05-02 Thread Tony Wright
Hi all, I'm having a problem deploying a silverlight application. Basically, I have a working Silverlight application that runs in casini under localhost:28446. I publish it to a folder, which I have made a virtual folder so I can browse directly to it. So I browse to

RE: Silverlight won't let me change service url

2013-05-03 Thread Tony Wright
services project. Do I just add it? How does the client determine where the services are located? From: Tony Wright [mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, 3 May 2013 2:43 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Silverlight won't let me change service url Hi all, I'm having a problem deploying

Re: Is Surface really failing?

2013-05-08 Thread Tony Wright
Um, people, as Ken so rightly points out, when you open the desktop, the quickest way back to the start screen is the Window Key. Give it a quick press and you're there. It's just like the Apple key in the Apple world. Stop looking for the tiny pixel area in the bottom left corner - it's a rookie

RE: [OT] Can't print from SSMS 2008

2013-05-29 Thread Tony Wright
I've experienced this when I run as another user. That user gives me win auth access to SQL but that user doesn't have print rights Sent from my Windows Phone -- From: Ian Thomas Sent: 29/05/2013 6:58 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Can't print from SSMS 2008 Can

Re: Scaling HTML

2013-07-11 Thread Tony Wright
Hi Greg, Have you considered using an IFRAME? It would compartmentalise the markup. Regards, Tony On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:09 PM, GregAtGregLowDotCom g...@greglow.comwrote: Hi Craig, ** ** One example would be an HTML report that normally opens as a web page. I have no control over

RE: Scaling HTML

2013-07-12 Thread Tony Wright
...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Friday, 12 July 2013 3:14 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Scaling HTML Hi Greg, Have you considered using an IFRAME? It would compartmentalise the markup. Regards, Tony On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:09 PM

Re: [OT] My computer history page

2013-07-14 Thread Tony Wright
As my daughter says back in my day Not quite your collective vintages, but I remember Dad having to leave the football (avid Carlton supporter and member) to go to Richmond to solve a problem for Venture stores, who had a large room containing their punch card computer. That was when I was 5 ish.

Re: Here's a thought: give them to devs.

2013-07-24 Thread Tony Wright
It would certainly be a clever way to get a presence in the market - look after the devs and it will eventually benefit the company. On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Katherine Moss katherine.m...@gordon.eduwrote: What about Using PowerShell; “Show-developerLicense”? I installed an RSS

Re: UPS

2013-07-24 Thread Tony Wright
Perhaps you could use solar power to help top it up? On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:09 PM, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: Run it off a switchmode that has an input range of 90-250? Laptop supplies have these, LCD displays have these. I haven't seen a desktop that doesn't have a switch to

Re: UPS

2013-07-24 Thread Tony Wright
Just spoke with my brother about it. He says unfortunately with grid connected solar you are still affected by the voltage of the grid. In his case, he can disconnect from the grid and in that case it outputs at 48v, then an inverter(?) boosts it up to close to 240v (48 x 5). He has measured and

Re: UPS

2013-07-24 Thread Tony Wright
would melt. My money would be on it not being the grid that melted :) Mike On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: Just spoke with my brother about it. He says unfortunately with grid connected solar you are still affected by the voltage of the grid. In his

Re: UPS

2013-07-25 Thread Tony Wright
** ** It states that Australia power standards are 230 volts, +10%, -6%. ** ** Apparently it changed a while ago from 240v to 230v. ** ** ** ** Dave ** ** ** ** *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Tony Wright *Sent

RE: Future of .NET

2013-08-22 Thread Tony Wright
I put in Objective Programmer and that's shot up 682%. Couldn't quite get Objective C in there, just Objective. Don't know if that means anything, of course! From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Cooney Sent: Thursday, 22 August 2013

[OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Tony Wright
Hi all, Now, I should start this by pointing out that it is looking like the Coalition is going to win this election, so this little excerpt is unlikely to change anything, but it’s always good to be informed. This is an excerpt from Peter Cochrane, ex-head of British Telecom, who

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Tony Wright
To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: Now to my position – lest you think me some impractical academic. In my BT life I was employed as: 1) A digger of trenches 2) An installer of poles, cables

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Tony Wright
I just find it surprising that instead of focussing on the issues, there is an attack an exceptionally credible personality who is an adviser to the UK parliament! Calling Peter Cochrane OBE a hack just because of your political beliefs is quite an insult. Here is his CV:

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Tony Wright
I still haven’t heard anything from you that convinces me David. The NBN is likely to bring in A$105 billion dollars to A$237 billion dollars. That’s a lot of economic activity. A lot of business. A lot of jobs. Even if it breaks even we will be ahead. I think you most definitely fit

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-03 Thread Tony Wright
, money etc. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 2:22 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] NBN revisited On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Tony Wright
*) --- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 3:48 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited What I don’t understand is that if you’re in a built up

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

2013-09-04 Thread Tony Wright
*) --- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 3:48 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] NBN revisited What I don’t understand is that if you’re in a built up

RE: [OT] Surface Pro 2

2013-09-06 Thread Tony Wright
Surface Pro on a phone - plug in a keyboard mouse, hit a projector button, fully fledged windows dev on a phone, now that would truly be cool. They own a phone company now, but will they ever have a vision? Sent from my Windows Phone -- From: Ken Schaefer Sent:

RE: Telstra Cable 3.0

2013-09-11 Thread Tony Wright
Also getting over 100 Mbps down and about 2.2Mbps up. I think the main reason they don’t like business using the cable is that then they have to provide quality of service, and might even be liable in some circumstances. They would have to provide business support as well. I have a

Re: Mark II

2013-09-23 Thread Tony Wright
I don't believe that anyone buys a Surface Pro for the app store alone. In fact, the biggest issue with the Surface Pro in particular is the abundance of apps that are available that are not in the app store. It's also why I don't think you can compare the iPad to the Surface Pro - they actually

RE: Basic MVC4 question on Form Post

2013-11-03 Thread Tony Wright
Add an id to your BeginForm statement, in case you have a second form to the page (there's usually a separate form tag for logout button, if I recall correctly.) using (Html.BeginForm(foo, bar, FormMethod.Post, new { id = myID })) You need to add a click handler to the span containing the

RE: NBN Petition

2013-11-04 Thread Tony Wright
To keep it simple, I can look at a single function and see what it would be like under an NBN. Backups for disaster recovery. I currently backup to a NAS within my environment. The backup of a server usually takes between 20 minutes and 1 hour, over my internal 1Gbps network. I have

RE: NBN Petition

2013-11-04 Thread Tony Wright
it then you wouldn't. That's how markets usually work. On 5 Nov 2013 14:01, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: To keep it simple, I can look at a single function and see what it would be like under an NBN. Backups for disaster recovery. I currently backup

RE: NBN Petition

2013-11-04 Thread Tony Wright
worth it then you wouldn't. That's how markets usually work. On 5 Nov 2013 14:01, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: To keep it simple, I can look at a single function and see what it would be like under an NBN. Backups for disaster recovery. I currently

RE: NBN Petition

2013-11-11 Thread Tony Wright
On Lateline when he gave that interview I was watching and Malcolm Turnbull specifically said, and I quote: “[Albanese] said that fibre to the premises can deliver one gigabit per second, 1,000 megs, and you’re quite right, it can,” Turnbull replied. “Do you know what it would cost to have a

RE: NBN Petition

2013-11-11 Thread Tony Wright
: NBN Petition On 12 November 2013 15:51, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: [ ... ] That is a typically deceptive political response and is a load of complete Liberal Party BS and Malcolm Turnbull lost any credibility he had with me when he said

RE: NBN Petition

2013-11-11 Thread Tony Wright
To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: NBN Petition Wasn’t that exactly his point ? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Tuesday, 12 November 2013 3:52 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: NBN Petition

RE: NBN Petition

2013-11-11 Thread Tony Wright
...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Cooney Sent: Tuesday, 12 November 2013 6:14 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: NBN Petition I'm confused. What WOULD a dedicated gigabit connection cost under the NBN? On Nov 12, 2013 5:10 PM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: It was deceptive

RE: NBN Petition

2013-11-11 Thread Tony Wright
, otherwise the service would exist already, and we wouldn't be having this conversation. So, given the distinction you've created between 'dedicated' and 'continuous' what would the prices be for those two different types of services under the NBN? On Nov 12, 2013 5:18 PM, Tony Wright tonyw

RE: NBN Petition

2013-11-12 Thread Tony Wright
Connors Sent: 12/11/2013 8:38 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: NBN Petition On 12 November 2013 17:50, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: (Mind you, this is what is supposed to be in the NBN plan - The NBNCo Corporate Plan contains these examples on page 67: * The 1Gbps AVC price will fall from $150

RE: NBN Petition

2013-11-12 Thread Tony Wright
Wright Cc: ozDotNet Subject: Re: NBN Petition On 12 November 2013 20:36, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: Its quite simple really. The whole premise of CVC being delivered to 93% of the population is bogus and deceptive. This is the statement that was suggested. The statement was factually

RE: NBN Petition

2013-11-12 Thread Tony Wright
Deflect. Damned autocorrect. Sent from my Windows Phone -- From: Tony Wright Sent: 13/11/2013 9:23 AM To: David Connors Cc: ozDotNet Subject: RE: NBN Petition Actually it was you trying to propagate Malcolm Turnbulls lie that a 1Gbps was going to cost every household

RE: NBN Petition

2013-11-12 Thread Tony Wright
was - 'don't anyone think that the Labor NBN was going to give everyone 100% always available unfettered 1 Gbps' .. There's no lie in that .. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Wednesday

RE: NBN Petition

2013-11-12 Thread Tony Wright
that it’s going to cost them $20,000 per month, because it isn’t. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Wednesday, 13 November 2013 11:50 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: NBN Petition On 13 November 2013 10:26, Tony Wright tonyw

Re: Plurasight training

2013-11-29 Thread Tony Wright
It all depends on your learning style. If you're a visual learner you'll be fine. You also have to assign a fair bit of time to do the courses as they are time intensive. You can usually google a 3 month trial key. On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Richard Jones rjjone...@hotmail.comwrote: Has

Re: NBN Petition

2013-12-06 Thread Tony Wright
, which could be quite soon. On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: Its quite simple really. The whole premise of CVC being delivered to 93% of the population is bogus and deceptive. This is the statement that was suggested. The statement was factually

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-11 Thread Tony Wright
: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Saturday, 7 December 2013 6:19 PM To: David Connors; ozDotNet Subject: Re: NBN Petition If anyone is interested, The Age has an article that talks about how

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-11 Thread Tony Wright
Of course, I'm interested in why they are so interested in building non-productive infrastructure, such as roads, that we spend, maybe 1 hour a day on, yet we often spend 8+ hours of our time, many of them productive (for some of us, anyway), on computers, yet they won't invest in a productive

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-11 Thread Tony Wright
:14 PM To: 'Tony Wright'; 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: NBN Petition I love the idea of the country building infrastructure. It's the speed of public projects here that concerns me. For example, we've been talking about high-speed rail for how long? China started planning in the early 1990's

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-12 Thread Tony Wright
mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Thursday, 12 December 2013 5:36 PM To: g...@greglow.com mailto:g...@greglow.com ; 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: NBN Petition Come on, Malcolm has promised you 1Gbps by 2030, what more could you want

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-12 Thread Tony Wright
:00 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: NBN Petition You're lucky to have a telecommunications infrastructure economics analyst in the family to advise you on these matters. On Dec 13, 2013 7:57 AM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: It’s actually worse than that Ken

RE: NBN Petition

2013-12-12 Thread Tony Wright
...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Cooney Sent: Friday, 13 December 2013 9:00 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: NBN Petition You're lucky to have a telecommunications infrastructure economics analyst in the family to advise you on these matters. On Dec 13, 2013 7:57 AM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com

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