This one has been going the rounds for years! I first heard it in the days
of DOS, reputedly shouted from the audience during a demonstration of speech
controlled computers. Undoubtedly an urban myth.
Hope you are better soon and can continue with ProFox. I, for one, would
miss your very
Brian Abbott wrote:
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html
'The onerous nature of Vista's content protection also provides a
perverse incentive to remove the protection measures from the content,
since for many consumers that'll be the only way that they can enjoy
Bill Anderson wrote:
Derek Kalweit wrote:
I'm personally not a fan of .NET as a tool so much, but I'm not so
close-minded and arrogant to think I can do something about it by
refusing to install their little framework, or bitch about it on an
anti-.NET list like this. Just let the frickin'
This one has been going the rounds for years! I first heard it
in the days
of DOS
I never heard it myself, but the article made sense as I was reading it
(http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=416). The Urban Myth you are referring to
sounds like a fun story to spread around, though g...
Re: me
Vince Teachout wrote:
Hello,
I'm working under a deadline to transfer a DBC of VFP 9.0 tables to
MS SQL server. Before I get too far into it, I thought I'd ask for
better ideas than what I'm doing.
DTS or if SS2005 SSIS job. If you do inserts for a lot of data then your
log file will
Malcolm Greene wrote:
Are there any ways to optimize UNION performance - in general or with
an Oracle 8.17 backend?
I have 5 data sets that I need to merge via a UNION and the time to
its to build each set individually is 9 secs but the time it takes to
build the same set of data and
On Feb 2, 2007, at 7:37 AM, mrgmhale wrote:
So, no, y'all aren't getting rid of me that easily! heh-heh...
Damn!!
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Hey Dave,
Looks like we might be in with a chance off winning as looking at Ian's
blog, it says that they had 1000 winners (for the Vista competition)
within the first hour. Apparently we should find out this month.
Regards
Tristan
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Gil: Sorry to hear about your medical issues. Sounds like you have a good
approach to dealing with it. Good luck!
We had a guy in our user group - Tim Anderson I think his name was. He
scanned books like Code Complete. He said it didn't take long once you got
after it. He had a kid do it
Dave,
The link to the blog entry is here...
http://blogs.msdn.com/ianm/archive/2007/01/31/have-we-reached-1000-winne
rs-yet-uk-developer-launch.aspx
I found the answer by starting from the bottom up on the videos. IIRC
the second from last video had the company in it and there was a chapter
Yours back for only £10.
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I'm always willing to pass on information if it is useful and relevant. I
realized once I sent it that although the solution Tim used was great for
transforming books into audio, Gil wants to be able to transform his spoken
word into keystrokes; useful but not relevant.
Jeff
Jeff Johnson
[EMAIL
In case you wanted pictures too...
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She’s here!
Apologies to all of you that aren’t computer geeks, there’s some
Could be relavent to someone else, or even me for a future project. Good
info in any case. Thanks!
Gil
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heh-heh, Ed, you especially will continue to be plagued by me!
Gil
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On
Cute humorous techno-jabs. Cool!
Gil
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In case you wanted pictures too...
On Feb 2, 2007, at 9:16 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
Jeff Johnson would like to recall the message, [NF] Speech-To-Text
software
opinions sought.
Well, if you can't recall it, there's always the archives... ;-)
-- Ed Leafe
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in MS SQL, I could replace a carriage retrun [char(10)] and line feed [
char(13)] but how can I do that in FoxPro?
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Anyone have experience of integrating with JDE?
Any hints/tips/war stories gratefully appreciated!
We're looking at integrating at a fairly simple level, but haven't found
much useful info so far ...
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Voice recognition is getting more and more accurate by the day, but it is
important to realize that (1) it's still a very tough problem to solve and
(2) there are parallel efforts attacking the problem. The parallel tracks
are handling (1) an unlimited domain for a single speaker and (2)
a
myvalue=strtran(myvalue,chr(13)+chr(10))
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in MS SQL, I could replace a carriage retrun [char(10)] and line feed [
char(13)] but how can I do that in FoxPro?
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For the fastest
Jeff,
Take a look at strtran() to replace strings or individual chartacters
Dave Crozier
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in MS SQL, I
Interesting! I maybe looking into this as well for a client, so keep us
informed on what you can find out for this Oracle system!
Thanks
Tristan
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On Feb 2, 2007, at 10:11 AM, Dave Crozier wrote:
Take a look at strtran() to replace strings or individual chartacters
I think CHRTRAN() is a better choice in this instance.
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REPLACE test_memo WITH STRTRAN(test_memo,CHR(13)+CHR(10))
works
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myvalue=strtran(myvalue,chr(13)+chr(10))
[EMAIL
We all know and have
agreed it's not as much the tools as the programmers using those tools
that distinguish the good software from the bad.
Well I would disagree on that.
Really? The programmer isn't more important than the tool?
I'm personally not a fan of .NET as a tool so much,
When you first start with anything, what you write won't be the best.
You have to learn the tricks to make things the best. Trust me, those
starting with VFP will often make horribly performing applications due
to ignorance of the things we all take foregranted, having worked with
VFP for at
Control Paneladd/remove programs.
John
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Subject: [NF] Remove Yahoo toolbar from IE7
I just installed IE7 and it created a Yahoo
I beg your pardon, it's properly spelled y'all.
John
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Voice
john harvey wrote:
I beg your pardon, it's properly spelled y'all.
I believe that's the singular formal. I was referring to the plural
casual form.
Sorry, if I'd been able to attach an audio clip of the message, it would
have been more obvious.
But my Windows computer says I'm pirating my
One gets into trouble if one won't exercise a little discipline
(speaking too fast, background noise, slurring words, using slang, etc.)
And even then, with just a single speaker, systems will learn to adapt,
and translate y'wl to the more proper you-all.
... Siberian Huskies howling at me in
Just when you thought you’d escaped the clutches of M$
HYPERLINK
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Aight, uv convinced me.
John
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john harvey wrote:
I beg your
Stephen the Cook wrote:
For starters, I've had two machines lock up solid because of .NET and
.NET runtime issues...complete reformats needed...
And I never have, on all the installations I've done. Funny old world.
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Vince Teachout wrote:
Hello,
I'm working under a deadline to transfer a DBC of VFP 9.0 tables to
MS SQL server. Before I get too far into it, I thought I'd ask for
better ideas than what I'm doing.
DTS or if SS2005 SSIS job. If you do inserts for a lot
Peachy Sex Soft Hair Often's Hot
You tormentor! g
Gil
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Hi Whil
When you first start with anything, what you write won't be the best.
You have to learn the tricks to make things the best. Trust me, those
starting with VFP will often make horribly performing applications due
to ignorance of the things we all take foregranted, having worked with
Yet another reason to avoid Vista like the plague!
By the way - what does DRM stand for?
John Weller
01380 723235
07976 393631
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html
'The onerous nature of Vista's content protection also provides a
perverse incentive to remove the
digital rights management, I believe.
John Weller wrote:
Yet another reason to avoid Vista like the plague!
By the way - what does DRM stand for?
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Fax: 617.219.1001
For the fastest response time, please send your
On Feb 2, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote:
EVERY FORM showed a huge list of 'public myvar...' statements...
You mean that's wrong?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
The programmer didn't know about form properties
Form What's? I thunkt that Properties thingie wuz only fer real-
estate typhoons.
Ed Leafe wrote:
On Feb 2, 2007, at 10:11 AM, Dave Crozier wrote:
Take a look at strtran() to replace strings or individual chartacters
I think CHRTRAN() is a better choice in this instance.
Why?
Seriously, just asking for information. Thanks.
John Weller wrote:
Yet another reason to avoid Vista like the plague!
By the way - what does DRM stand for?
MSFT, RIAA, etc will tell you Digital Rights Management but in
practical terms, it means Digital Restrictions Management.
Whil
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On Feb 2, 2007, at 12:52 PM, Vince Teachout wrote:
Take a look at strtran() to replace strings or individual
chartacters
I think CHRTRAN() is a better choice in this instance.
Why?
Seriously, just asking for information. Thanks.
Consistency. This is just one instance of
Jeff Johnson wrote:
We had a guy in our user group - Tim Anderson I think his name was. He
scanned books like Code Complete. He said it didn't take long once you got
after it. He had a kid do it for him. He reviewed the text and removed any
diagrams that would not convert to speech. He
Ed Leafe wrote:
Consistency. This is just one instance of the sort of task that
comes up a lot: having to remove bad characters from a string. The
next time you have this sort of problem, you may be removing all non-
digits or all non-alphas or all punctuation or ... By creating a
The programmer didn't know about form properties, so in order to
maintain access to variables through the running of a form, he used
globals that he then very conscientiously cleaned up afterward.
Why is that? I occasionally wonder if we must *toddle* before we walk
let alone run. Why not
I've thought that this idea could be great...or it could cause you to
crash because of the technical content putting you to sleep. g
Or from laughing so hard as vaporware claims that my eyes may tear up and
cause me to not see the car just 50' ahead of me, which I am approaching at
65mph, a
Any opinions on this webstore or other .NET web stores? Looking to
integrate with our point of sale system.
J
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On Feb 2, 2007, at 2:20 PM, Vince Teachout wrote:
ChrTran(MyString,Chr(13)+chr(10)+chr(141)) anytime, correct? Not bad.
Close: you need the replacement argument:
ChrTran(MyString, Chr(13)+chr(10)+chr(141), )
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I've used a couple discount check places online, but just wondered if
you could chime in as to where you got your best deal when reordering
bank (checking account) checks (or for you non-yanks: cheques.)
tia!
--Mike
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I can't comment on his .NET store, but I've done extensive work
customizing his VFP based web store for an intranet client. Excellent
framework. They were using it against a MSSQL back end. I'm sure the
.NET store is a quality product too.
-Kevin
Justin Darnell wrote:
Any opinions on this
Yes you did, you clicked ok
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Thanks. I thought some other trick was involved since
Ha. Ha.
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I print my own using VersaCheck:
http://tinyurl.com/23at7t
Or just Google VersaCheck.
At 03:23 PM 2/2/2007, you wrote:
I've used a couple discount check places online, but just wondered if
you could chime in as to where you got your best deal when reordering
bank (checking account)
Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. wrote:
I print my own using VersaCheck:
http://tinyurl.com/23at7t
Or just Google VersaCheck.
Don't you need MICR ink for that? That's what kept me from printing my
own years ago.
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Justin Darnell wrote:
Any opinions on this webstore or other .NET web stores? Looking to
integrate with our point of sale system.
I don't know about .NET, but I've never had any problems with other
stuff I've bought from them. Excellent products.
MICRS is not required by law. In fact, you could write up a demand draft on
a plain piece of paper, using handwriting. As long as you ID the Bank Name,
bank address, routing #, Account #, Payee, fill out the Pay To The Order Of
part, and sign the check it is a perfectly elgal document. The bank
mrgmhale wrote:
Two years ago I received a parking ticket from Sierra MAdre, CA, where there
was no sign on my daughter's street advising of no overnight parking. Turns
out the streets leading into the city have that little ordinance on them,
and of course posted in an area where I could not
ChrTran(MyString, Chr(13)+chr(10)+chr(141), )
I thought the trailing [,)] was optional if you wanted to replace the
String Searched For with BLANK. Then again, I usually use STRTRAN(). I
guess I ought to have looked before shooting off like that, eh? Oooops,
too late, the eMail went out on
mrgmhale wrote:
Amazing. So, I got my pound of flesh for them being unfair in how they post
their parking ordinances even if it did cost me $35 in the end. Perverse
sense of justice, no? heh-heh...
Gil
Not that I don't think you weren't 100% in the Right, but I think you
got sorta
Matthew Jarvis wrote:
Not that I don't think you weren't 100% in the Right, but I think you
got sorta lucky...
Back in my city patrolman days if you'd done something like that, I'm
sure my Chief would have us circling your block waiting for you to move
and cite you for whatever we could
Once a wise-ass kid managed to turn an $8 equipment violation into a
$3500 PILE of citations
She lives in Sierra Madre, CA (Pasadena). I live in Pittsford, NY
(Rochester). I was in a rental car, and never received any citation IDing
me. They have no recourse realistic as I only go to
Damn! Ed was correct! I knew I should have tested CHRTRAN() first!!! But,
STRTRAN() only needs the replacement value if it is non-blank.
Gil
Damn!
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On Feb 2, 2007, at 4:26 PM, mrgmhale wrote:
Had the manual demand draft angle not worked out
OK, I don't know what a demand draft is. Googling it says that it is
a check, or a similar instrument with a fee paid by the person
*requesting* the draft, i.e., you.
What was the cost to the
The fee for issuing the demand draft, the $35, was paid by me. The cost
of negotiating the instrument by the recipient/payee is between them and the
bank they deposited the document at. I checked into that very carefully to
make certain that would not come back at me g...
Gil
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On Feb 2, 2007, at 5:01 PM, mrgmhale wrote:
The cost
of negotiating the instrument by the recipient/payee is between
them and the
bank at which they deposited the document.
OIC --- thanks --- (remind me to stay on your good side g)
Ken
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http://www.opinioneditorials.com/guestcontributors/hevans_20070201.html
Saddam - Hung for the Holidays
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Hey, tax consulting companies in Brazil are expert in doing that.*
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That’s why we should still have apprenticeship's.
As a team leader, a person should find people with trainable skills, but to
do as our HR depts do and expect you to be an expert in a 100 different
languages that have only been around for a few years and expect you to have
20 years experience in
I'm trying out Open Office on my new machine.
I have a document that was created in WORD 2000.
I then Protected the document in Word in order to track changes made
by me and my partner in this project (It's a book). Tools/Protect Document.
I made some changes to test the protection, all is
You know, anything that allows you to take your income as passive (rental or
dividend) income rather than as wages lowers your tax bill. Paying yourself
rent, having your company buy/lease your car, paying yourself dividends --
all are good ways to reduce the tax bite.
My own strategy is to pay
It's worse than I thought. OO not only doesn't see the versioning
information that Word puts in the document but after editing the
document in OO upon saving it the Versioning information is removed!!!
I don't think I can use OO for this project... Bummer...
Now I gotta find my Office disks
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070131/dell_ceo.html?.v=3
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DALLAS (AP) -- Dell Inc., battered by
On Feb 2, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
1. Find qualified people that they can work with.
2. Train these people in the techniques that they use to build the
type of
applications that they want
Unfortunately, that is not the way the world works these days. Even
so 25+ years
Kristyne McDaniel wrote:
You know, anything that allows you to take your income as passive (rental or
dividend) income rather than as wages lowers your tax bill. Paying yourself
rent, having your company buy/lease your car, paying yourself dividends --
all are good ways to reduce the tax bite.
At 10:06 AM 2/2/07, you wrote:
Voice recognition is getting more and more accurate by the day, but it is
important to realize that (1) it's still a very tough problem to solve and
(2) there are parallel efforts attacking the problem. The parallel tracks
are handling (1) an unlimited domain
Chet Gardiner wrote:
I'm trying out Open Office on my new machine.
I have a document that was created in WORD 2000.
I haven't used Word in years and years, but I don't think that
protected is the way to do that (track changes). Once you've got a
properly tagged Word document, open it in
Banks insist that I do need the MICR ink.
Yet, most of the time, the checks show up with clear detail.
And in any event, no check was every denied.
At 04:06 PM 2/2/2007, you wrote:
Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. wrote:
I print my own using VersaCheck:
http://tinyurl.com/23at7t
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