RE: [OT] Photography galley

2022-03-24 Thread Ken Schaefer
Flikr Or https://www.tomsguide.com/best-picks/best-photography-sites From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Saturday, 12 February 2022 7:24 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] Photography galley Folks, my neighbour is a retired photographer who wants to publish the

RE: Azure API Management documentation

2020-05-08 Thread Ken Schaefer
I'm not sure that $39/month or $5/month is "enterprise sized wallets" - I suspect most of us here cost that in an hour, let alone a month. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Monday, 20 April 2020 4:12 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Azure API Management

RE: [OT] Fines Victoria crisis deepens

2019-11-13 Thread Ken Schaefer
091526278=IU8tnAITCjBxWafi3A9XpO9lF3PIwZJ8ad3t36lnxvs%3D=0> From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>> On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Sunday, 27 October 2019 9:38 PM To: ozDotNet mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>> Subject: RE: [OT] Fines Vi

RE: [OT] Fines Victoria crisis deepens

2019-10-27 Thread Ken Schaefer
Depends on how your measure success. By the typical bottom-line, most projects aren’t “successes”. However, lots of organisations have: 1. Arbitrary limits on how much contingency can be included – which then doesn’t reflect the true level of uncertainty in the project 2. Requirements

RE: Friendly URL for intranet apps

2019-09-25 Thread Ken Schaefer
You do this in DNS You’d have records for: ServerA -> IP address ServerB -> IP address Already, so that browsers can find ServerA and ServerB. In the same DNS zone (if you are using AD at work, then you already most likely have Microsoft DNS running to support that AD domain), create a CNAME

RE: NUC

2019-05-12 Thread Ken Schaefer
I have an Intel NUC for my media centre PC. Similar footprint to an Mac Mini, but more flexible in terms of ports/access etc. When I last replaced my desktop, I bought an Alienware Alpha R2 (which I don’t think you can buy anymore). It was just that much bigger and more flexible (proper GPU,

RE: [OT] Server 2008 R2 to 2019

2018-12-27 Thread Ken Schaefer
You need to upgrade to 2012 R2 or 2016 first. Then you can upgrade to 2019. Everything can happen “in-place”. Do a Windows System Backup beforehand (e.g. to a USB drive) if you’re worried about it all dying in the middle. Make sure that your hardware is supported under 2019 – 99% is. Regards

RE: [Off Topic] Generic system vulnerabilities testing tool – Open ports etc

2018-06-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
Question: why does the client think that continuous scanning of a production system is required to identify “application data entry fields that do not have validation”? I would have thought a better place to detect this would be during development? Or does the client fear that this could happen

RE: Internet access from development machines [OT]

2018-01-22 Thread Ken Schaefer
dotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Tuesday, 23 January 2018 10:11 AM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>> Subject: RE: Internet access from development machines [OT] Tools like CyberArk exist for a good reason. And they can som

RE: Internet access from development machines [OT]

2018-01-22 Thread Ken Schaefer
Tools like CyberArk exist for a good reason. And they can sometimes be beneficial. Our platform admins only need to have a single account now – to login to CyberArk. Before they used to have numerous privileged accounts to login to all sorts of systems, and needed to remember and cycle

RE: Internet access from development machines [OT]

2018-01-22 Thread Ken Schaefer
There’s an endless amount of things that “could go wrong”, and no possible limit on the amount of money you could spend trying to mitigate these things. Security is about managing the trade-offs between “getting things done” and “risk”. Is leaking source code the biggest risk you currently

RE: [OT] Internet use on 4G LTE

2018-01-08 Thread Ken Schaefer
Without a script, you could just open the Windows Firewall control panel, and under “outbound rules” just Select All -> Disable. Though re-enabling would be a bit of a pain unless you knew which ones you wanted, so sorting by Status first might be useful  From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com

RE: [OT] Internet use on 4G LTE

2018-01-05 Thread Ken Schaefer
] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 3:01 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: [OT] Internet use on 4G LTE On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 at 13:52 Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>> wrote: And: 3. Handing over ownership of the co

RE: [OT] Internet use on 4G LTE

2018-01-04 Thread Ken Schaefer
-telstra-optus-cables/ etc. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 2:33 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: [OT] Internet use on 4G LTE On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 at 12:03 Ken Schaef

RE: [OT] Internet use on 4G LTE

2018-01-04 Thread Ken Schaefer
All the other ISPs that have user bases, but no physical infrastructure, didn’t get compensated for their “user base” did they? Only those ISPs that had physical copper or HFC networks? If so, it seems very much like compensation for the physical infrastructure. The Telstra and Optus could

RE: [OT] Internet use on 4G LTE

2018-01-04 Thread Ken Schaefer
The HFC acquisitions were a stupid commercial decision, given the technical limitations of the product. CVC is a commercial construct, not a technical limitation. It can be changed on a whim, without affecting the ability of underlying infrastructure to deliver capability. When the original

RE: Using Azure blob storage for static web sites

2017-12-17 Thread Ken Schaefer
This isn’t a DNS redirect. It is either a HTTP based redirect, or it is using a HTML frame/iframe. DNS doesn’t do redirects – at most it does aliases (CNAME records -> A records) Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low Sent:

RE: [OT] Big Windows 10 update

2017-12-12 Thread Ken Schaefer
You might want to bookmark this link (note, the dates are displayed in US format). Expect a major update every ~6 months if you are on Current Branch. If you have access to installed Enterprise Edition, you can move to Long Term Servicing Branch, which means you only get major updates every 2-3

RE: Creating a browser-based product

2017-11-23 Thread Ken Schaefer
nnors.com<mailto:da...@connors.com>> wrote: On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 at 12:43 Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>> wrote: I haven’t seen the latest list, but my current (and previous two) employer was on the list a couple of years ago. And whilst we can proba

RE: Creating a browser-based product

2017-11-22 Thread Ken Schaefer
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Harris Sent: Wednesday, 22 November 2017 3:44 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Creating a browser-based product Plugins like Silverlight and Flash made web apps open to using a lot

RE: Creating a browser-based product

2017-11-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
..@ozdotnet.com>] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Wednesday, 22 November 2017 1:28 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>> Subject: RE: Creating a browser-based product Deployment is part of TCO, and the TCO sucks when you have lots and lots of thick clien

RE: Creating a browser-based product

2017-11-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
lves as virtual environments to separate the applications or services? I was reading an article suggesting that fortune 500 companies that bought Amazon, MS style cloud services were being lazy, and should be building their own. I'll look up the link On 21 Nov. 2017 19:11, "Ken Schaefer&

RE: Creating a browser-based product

2017-11-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
er.com<http://www.sqldownunder.com> On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 7:11 PM +1100, "Ken Schaefer" <k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>> wrote: We used to have everything as thick-client apps. And then every time we had to upgrade an OS, we have to regression tes

RE: Creating a browser-based product

2017-11-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
We used to have everything as thick-client apps. And then every time we had to upgrade an OS, we have to regression test, and sociability test 1000+ apps. That’s a huge waste of time. Then there’s the deployment issues of pushing thousands of apps out to thousands/tens of thousands/hundreds of

RE: Web debugging problem solved

2017-09-18 Thread Ken Schaefer
There are some funny t-shirts here: https://www.codetee.com/collections/t-shirt I LOLed From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of grant.maw Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2017 10:14 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Web debugging

RE: [OT] Comodo EV SSL

2017-07-11 Thread Ken Schaefer
Do you have more than one site hosted on your IIS server? If not, just remove all the Host header values – you only need an IP + Port binding – one for HTTP and one for HTTPS From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Wednesday, 12

RE: [OT] New surface laptop

2017-07-06 Thread Ken Schaefer
:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2017 10:02 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>> Subject: RE: [OT] New surface laptop The “look” of items is different to perfo

RE: [OT] New surface laptop

2017-07-04 Thread Ken Schaefer
og off or reboot to make it look better. I have 3 Dell U2414H screens daisy chained into the mini display port - no dock needed. Greg Greg Wood e: g...@woodgreg.com<mailto:g...@woodgreg.com> t: +61417044439 On 3 July 2017 at 21:08, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstat

RE: [OT] New surface laptop

2017-07-03 Thread Ken Schaefer
Why would UI performance suck if the DPI were different? It’s just raw rendering data pumped out over displayPort – and surely driver only cares about how many horizontal vs. vertical pixels to render. If anything this would be a Microsoft OS problem surely? FWIW, I haven’t experienced

RE: [OT] WMWare slow Windows 10

2017-05-16 Thread Ken Schaefer
I guess you need to check whether it’s an OS issue (e.g. check Windows Event Log inside the guest VM), or a VMWare issue (are you running the latest version of VMWare Workstation? Updated the VMTools etc? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of

RE: Used Azure SQL DB? Why or why not?

2017-01-31 Thread Ken Schaefer
In the enterprise space, technology is 10% of the cost, and people/process is the other 90%. BUs might go to random cloud providers, because they don’t understand the implications, or they just outsource the work to some agency. But for an enterprise platform, we have the whole gamut of

RE: Used Azure SQL DB? Why or why not?

2017-01-31 Thread Ken Schaefer
Sounds like a small(er) shop then. Bigger shops usually don’t have technical people spending the money – they have a budget and need to fit that by whatever means they can, provided they can meet all the ROI, risk, regulatory hurdles and justify the transition cost. From:

RE: Used Azure SQL DB? Why or why not?

2017-01-31 Thread Ken Schaefer
People going around installing random binaries on servers makes for support nightmares. Not to mention licensing/contractual/audit issues. If it goes through “the bureaucracy”, as you term it, then it should be properly documented so that when issues arise, people know what’s on the server vs.

RE: WebApi all 404

2017-01-18 Thread Ken Schaefer
You can upgrade from 2008 to 2008 R2, but it’s a whole new OS Windows Server 2008 == Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 R2 == Windows 7 Some pretty big differences between the two From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent:

RE: [OT] IT in 'The Martian'

2017-01-07 Thread Ken Schaefer
In what way are they not "off the shelf"? The internal circuitry and firmware's the same, isn't it? Maybe the form factor might be different (shielding, cooling etc.) http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-todays-spacecraft-still-run-on-1990s-processors/ Cheers Ken -Original Message- From:

RE: [OT] HP Spectre x360 thoughts

2016-12-17 Thread Ken Schaefer
All the Surface Book problems I’ve heard of are all firmware/software related (and I experienced plenty of issues, getting my model on Day 1). But since about July, all my issues are fixed. There’s a bunch of new technology in the Skylake chipsets, and most vendors were struggling to get

RE: [OT] HP Spectre x360 thoughts

2016-12-15 Thread Ken Schaefer
First thing, given there are a huge number of laptops out there, are what are your requirements/constraints/use cases… a) What are the minimums you think you need (storage, RAM, battery life, screen res) b) What is your budget (or any other constraint – OS etc.) c) Is this

RE: [OT] Windows Server 2016 as guest

2016-12-04 Thread Ken Schaefer
Do you have Secure Boot enabled? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Monday, 5 December 2016 11:14 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Windows Server 2016 as guest Try gen1 vs gen2 machine and futz with

RE: [OT] Windows Server 2016 as guest

2016-12-04 Thread Ken Schaefer
Haven’t read anything that says your combo won’t work. Microsoft even lists Win Server 2016 Tech Preview as supported: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn792027.aspx From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Saturday, 3

RE: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-27 Thread Ken Schaefer
Whilst, as consultants, we might like the mess that the unqualified/naïve/incompetent generate, in the sense that it creates more work for the rest of us, I do fear that customers don’t like that sort of environment. Other professional industries have become regulated, standardised and/or

RE: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-24 Thread Ken Schaefer
rivers were for web-development), I said "accessibility". Thick clients are simply not transportable. So the simple answer is, you don't. On 23 November 2016 at 14:21, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>> wrote: From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdot

RE: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-22 Thread Ken Schaefer
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Nathan Schultz Sent: Wednesday, 23 November 2016 5:10 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] node.js and express @Ken, your definition of Technical Debt isn't that different from that of

RE: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-22 Thread Ken Schaefer
Visual InterDev (which is before Visual Studio's time). On 22 November 2016 at 12:13, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>> wrote: A couple of possible reasons: - All the emphasis is on centrally delivered applications (aka web based), s

RE: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
A couple of possible reasons: - All the emphasis is on centrally delivered applications (aka web based), so that’s where all the innovation and change is happening. It will take time for maturity and tooling to catch up. - It’s harder to bypass the full technical cost of

RE: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Nathan Schultz Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2016 1:53 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] node.js and express But many of the same problems persist on the web, and the web has brought

RE: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
I think that’s more likely the case when you have a single thick client, in isolation. It doesn’t really scale when you have an ecosystem of hundreds (or thousands) of thick-clients in your environment. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of

RE: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
; [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2016 12:15 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>> Subject: RE: [OT] node.js and express Typical Devs – all they talk about is how much faster/quicker they can w

RE: [OT] node.js and express

2016-11-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
Typical Devs – all they talk about is how much faster/quicker they can write an app in one tech vs. another. As if that’s the only thing that matters. ☺☺ (note, smiley faces!) Development time/cost/effort is generally a small fraction of the cost of supporting an app, let alone the cost of

RE: [OT] Ad tracking and security

2016-10-05 Thread Ken Schaefer
course boycott the sites that participate in this ad network (I would like to know the scope of the various networks) I would assume (hope) that adblock or similar prevents the javascript calls to the ad networks... [1]: https://meteora.co/user-tracking-without-cookies/ On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 7

RE: [OT] Ad tracking and security

2016-10-04 Thread Ken Schaefer
Lots of ways you can get tracked, from IP address to cookies, to running scripts in your browser to get a “fingerprint” Lots of ways to try to limit this. Google “how advertisers track you” (or maybe using www.DuckDuckGo.com might be more apropos) From:

RE: Entity Framework - the lay of the land

2016-09-19 Thread Ken Schaefer
A large bank (like one of the Big4 in Aus) has a staggering number of applications. Even running what you’d think is the simplest product results in multiple applications being involved, whether opening an account through to day-to-day transacting, especially given the multiple channels that

RE: Expired MSDN Subscription - Transfer of VS to a new machine

2016-08-14 Thread Ken Schaefer
VS2013 had a static product key – it just varied depending on the edition you wanted to install. From memory, if you login to the MSDN subscriber site, you can still get access to your old keys (though I could be wrong about that) From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com

RE: [OT] Windows 10 anniversary upgrade

2016-08-14 Thread Ken Schaefer
If you have access to MSDN, then switch to the LTSB (long term servicing branch) version – it might help avoid surprises. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Monday, 15 August 2016 8:46 AM To: ozDotNet

RE: [OT] Small pc

2016-06-01 Thread Ken Schaefer
In addition to the Intel NUC, Asus also make set of “small PCs”: http://www.asus.com/au/Mini-PCs/ Intel NUCs: http://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/?kw=nuc=kw And if you have lots of money to burn, there’s always the Apple Mac Mini + bootcamp ☺ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com

RE: [OT] Windows.old folder

2016-03-06 Thread Ken Schaefer
This will be from the 1511 update that happened to your machine a short while ago. It allows you to do a roll-back to the previous Windows 10 installation. From memory, you can use the Disk Cleanup Tool (diskmgr) to remove it. Otherwise, I believe it gets automatically removed after 30 days or

RE: SQL Server 2014 Books Online - bits missing?

2016-03-03 Thread Ken Schaefer
I think I've got it fixed - the missing content is showing up after installing SP1 + CU5, and re-downloading all the help files. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Friday, 4 March 2016 12:40 PM To: ozDotNet (ozdotnet

SQL Server 2014 Books Online - bits missing?

2016-03-03 Thread Ken Schaefer
Hi, Anyone encountered this before? I've just tried to install SQL Server 2014 books online locally. I selected the 4 available books in Help Viewer, and it downloaded around 60MB of stuff. But there's vast swathes of stuff missing (e.g. isn't there supposed to be a section on Data

RE: [ot] upgrading to windows 10

2016-03-02 Thread Ken Schaefer
The upgrade process seems to use something like MDT – it gathers up all your files, registry settings etc. and creates an archive. It then puts down a new OS, and imports all your old files/settings. That’s what also allows the installer to do a roll-back, in case of problems, as all your old

RE: [OT] ACS - relevant?

2016-02-29 Thread Ken Schaefer
zdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Tuesday, 1 March 2016 10:46 AM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>> Subject: RE: [OT] ACS - relevant? Whilst you are

RE: [OT] ACS - relevant?

2016-02-29 Thread Ken Schaefer
Whilst you are right that Tony is conflating professionalism with desirable employee attributes, I think you’re also conflating professionalism with “avoidance of high failure rates in IT projects” – there are many “professional” endeavours that have failures (whether it be accounting issues

RE: [OT] Patchd radiation reducer

2016-02-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
Hi, Googling PatchD finds some stuff you can read (from memory – looked this up for a friend several months ago). That all said, if there was some way of magically reducing harmful emissions by 75%+ for the cost of some cheap raw materials, every phone manufacturer would have already done it.

RE: [OT] Windows 10 warning

2016-02-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
It was called “Threshold 2” or similar: http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/11/14/windows-10-threshold-2-surprises/#5577a17090f0 http://www.redmondpie.com/windows-10-1511-build-10586-november-update-is-out-heres-how-to-update-now/ It’s effectively an OS upgrade – it would have reset your

RE: [OT] Windows 10 warning

2016-02-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
Find out what update was installed. If it was Build 1511, then think of it as Windows 10.1 You can remove Flash via Add/Remove Programs except for inside IE – Microsoft maintains Flash within IE at the moment. Use Firefox/Edge/Chrome whatever to not have Flash. From:

RE: [OT] Old books

2016-02-21 Thread Ken Schaefer
Recycling is probably more environmentally friendly than fires or landfill. Some old paper stuff – Beethoven’s manuscripts for example, are probably worth a lot of money. VB6 or Java books, not so much ☺ I suspect a lot of these have been digitised already – if not, perhaps you could? From:

RE: [OT] New PC no video

2016-01-23 Thread Ken Schaefer
Could it be that someone’s already had a play with the board? Seems like an odd configuration, and if it were normal, I’d guess that it’d be the #1-10 hits on Google as every man and his dog would be running into the same problem. Also, just a thought, if the board supports Intel vPro, then the

RE: Have Surface Pro 4 multi monitor Display issues been resolved?

2016-01-10 Thread Ken Schaefer
DisplayPost ports support multiple streams, so you can either use an MST hub to split the stream -or- you can just buy a monitor that supports daisychaining (DP-in and DP-out), and you can daisychain your monitors together. The Intel HD GPUs support 4 streams (one is for the internal display,

RE: [OT] New laptop

2015-12-03 Thread Ken Schaefer
:adotnetd...@gmail.com>> wrote: I also read somewhere next version of Surface Pro likely to be announced oct 6 so anyone interested may want to wait to see what happens there On Thursday, 24 September 2015, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>> wrote: Microso

RE: [OT] New laptop

2015-11-29 Thread Ken Schaefer
;mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Friday, 27 November 2015 12:45 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com>> Subject: RE: [OT] New laptop Mine’s arguably getting less stable –

RE: Bindings

2015-11-23 Thread Ken Schaefer
e only redirects are assembly redirects!) On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>> wrote: SSRS registers an endpoint directly with http.sys IIRC, so that’s why you don’t see it in IIS Manager In web.config or applicationHost.conf

RE: [OT] New laptop

2015-11-16 Thread Ken Schaefer
oberts === I welcome VSRE emails. Learn more at http://vsre.info/ === From: Ken Schaefer<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com> Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎17‎ ‎November‎ ‎2015 ‎9‎:‎10‎ ‎AM To: ozDotNet<mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> I’ve found my key

RE: [OT] New laptop

2015-11-16 Thread Ken Schaefer
ailto:adotnetd...@gmail.com>> wrote: I also read somewhere next version of Surface Pro likely to be announced oct 6 so anyone interested may want to wait to see what happens there On Thursday, 24 September 2015, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>> w

RE: Mobile passwords

2015-11-10 Thread Ken Schaefer
I think the PIN idea is good, as long as you’re able to tie it to some unique device hardware ID. Then you have a form of two-factor authentication (something you have + something you know). This does limit the end user to only being able to use their PIN with a single active/authorised device

RE: [OT] SSL testing

2015-11-05 Thread Ken Schaefer
Reminds me of: [cid:image001.jpg@01D11886.43AF47E0] From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Friday, 6 November 2015 10:44 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] SSL testing Maybe that rating site is a hacker

RE: [OT] Office 365

2015-11-02 Thread Ken Schaefer
m/> Blog: www.michaelridland.com<http://www.michaelridland.com> On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>> wrote: Serious question – I have to look at this at work right now. We have SharePoint, but if there’s alternatives o

RE: Sql Server Patch Scripts

2015-11-02 Thread Ken Schaefer
Oops –I replied to the wrong email ☺ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Tuesday, 3 November 2015 10:42 AM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: RE: Sql Server Patch Scripts The other option might be t

RE: Sql Server Patch Scripts

2015-11-02 Thread Ken Schaefer
The other option might be to keep the Billion as a mere modem+NAT+router, then stick something behind that to handle your internal LAN and WiFi etc. I do that with a DLink 2890AL acting solely as a moden+NAT (turned off WiFi, single LAN uplink). I then have a Cisco SG-300 L3 switch (does

RE: [OT] Office 365

2015-11-01 Thread Ken Schaefer
What alternatives would you recommend? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of DotNet Dude Sent: Sunday, 1 November 2015 7:04 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Office 365 People still use sharepoint? Lol On Sunday, 1

RE: [OT] Office 365

2015-11-01 Thread Ken Schaefer
Of DotNet Dude Sent: Monday, 2 November 2015 12:57 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: [OT] Office 365 Damn I've been busted u... lotus notes On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>> wrote: What

RE: [OT] New laptop

2015-09-23 Thread Ken Schaefer
Microsoft are going to start offering Signature editions via their new stores in Aus (first one opening soon-ish in Sydney). They might offer the same online I guess, once the store opens. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tom Rutter

RE: Odd text encoding

2015-09-11 Thread Ken Schaefer
easing at such a rate? On Friday, 11 September 2015, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>> wrote: And what would those numbers have looked like 2 years ago? 4 years ago? 10 years ago? Assuming computing power doubles every 18-24 months, then that 5444

RE: Odd text encoding

2015-09-10 Thread Ken Schaefer
Security is more than just permitting/denying access. Security is also about maintaining your data’s integrity/fidelity. I think that’s what Davy was alluding to. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Nelson Sent: Thursday, 10 September 2015

RE: Odd text encoding

2015-09-10 Thread Ken Schaefer
And what would those numbers have looked like 2 years ago? 4 years ago? 10 years ago? Assuming computing power doubles every 18-24 months, then that 5444 years will become a lot less, relatively quickly. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of

RE: [OT] New laptop

2015-08-25 Thread Ken Schaefer
What are your requirements? Size? Weight? Workload? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tom Rutter Sent: Wednesday, 26 August 2015 10:06 AM To: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Re: [OT] New laptop Tried out the surface and found it too

RE: [OT] home server

2015-07-29 Thread Ken Schaefer
N54L – Windows Server 2012 R2 with Server Essentials role (this is my WHS replacement) Gen8 – Windows Server 2012 R2 Data Center Ed. (this is the VM host). On this box I run Exchange, AD, Forefront etc. I have a second Gen8 which is my testing box. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com

RE: [OT] home server

2015-07-29 Thread Ken Schaefer
do retain Tb-sized amounts of stuff) than spend on another box. Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 1

RE: [OT] home server

2015-07-28 Thread Ken Schaefer
do retain Tb-sized amounts of stuff) than spend on another box. Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 1

RE: [OT] Not so amusing phone story

2015-07-02 Thread Ken Schaefer
You should get a Windows Phone. There are no apps for it, so nothing ever changes. Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Friday, 3 July 2015 11:27 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Not so amusing phone story Yeah,

RE: [OT] Not so amusing phone story

2015-07-02 Thread Ken Schaefer
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Friday, 3 July 2015 1:07 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Not so amusing phone story Ken, lol. so true. There are some underlaying questions that need answering. Like WHY are we still

RE: [OT] Not so amusing phone story

2015-07-02 Thread Ken Schaefer
bandwidth would go down drastically. It's much like net neutrality, controlling data speeds for a price, but the inverse, controlling available download quantities for a price. Don't want. On Fri, 3 Jul 2015 at 11:18 Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.commailto:k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: From

RE: [OT] More targeted advertising

2015-05-28 Thread Ken Schaefer
Well, you went to a Microsoft site to activate your subscription – so I’m guessing you have cookies from Microsoft’s ad network. Then, I guess any other site that’s using MSFT ad network behind the covers will be able to access that same data. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com

RE: MSDN Subscription renewal

2015-04-22 Thread Ken Schaefer
Downloads link - Top Downloads - Community Edition. Seems like it’s VS only. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Thursday, 23 April 2015 10:40 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: MSDN Subscription renewal I am a one-man business and

RE: WCF service and https 404

2015-04-20 Thread Ken Schaefer
What is the HTTP substatus code in the IIS log file for that website? What does Failed Request Tracing telling you? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, 21 April 2015 2:42 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: WCF service and

RE: Azure and security trust

2015-02-26 Thread Ken Schaefer
Putting data “into the cloud” isn’t just about theft of data (that’s obviously one very important part of information security). Information Security Management includes, at the very least: a) Ensuring that non-authorized parties don’t get access (so theft of online data via application

RE: [OT] Unbelievable ad tracking

2014-12-23 Thread Ken Schaefer
I don’t see an issue with targeted ads. The collection of vast amounts of information about me, without my informed consent, by commercial parties in a mostly unregulated legal vacuum is somewhat concerning however. We’ve seen over the past couple of years how companies from Target to Sony to

RE: AzMan viability

2014-12-14 Thread Ken Schaefer
Would AD LDS or similar be of any use? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Monday, 15 December 2014 9:18 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: AzMan viability Googling seemed to point to this as being a replacement.

RE: [OT] Mini portable desktop

2014-10-17 Thread Ken Schaefer
2014 5:02 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Mini portable desktop Nah one that I can take to work and back On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.commailto:k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: You want a small desktop device – one for home and one for work? Gigabyte Brix, Intel

RE: [OT] Mini portable desktop

2014-10-16 Thread Ken Schaefer
You want a small desktop device – one for home and one for work? Gigabyte Brix, Intel NUC, Apple Mac Mini all spring to mind. Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tom Rutter Sent: Friday, 17 October 2014 4:36 PM To: ozDotNet

RE: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Ken Schaefer
Aren’t there a half dozen laptops out there that have specs like a MBP that you can run Windows? What’s so special about the MBP (assuming you don’t want to run MacOSX)? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tom Rutter Sent: Wednesday, 15

RE: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Ken Schaefer
. The touchpad on mbp is nice though. Only one that I've found usable. On 15 Oct 2014, at 7:50 am, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.commailto:k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: Aren’t there a half dozen laptops out there that have specs like a MBP that you can run Windows? What’s so special about the MBP

RE: [OT] Surface

2014-09-20 Thread Ken Schaefer
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Piers Williams Sent: Friday, 19 September 2014 10:57 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Surface I was really surprised they went for a another clip-in arrangement. I'd always assumed that design was an

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