Someone please get my wireless drivers for the RT2870 working with a quick and easy fix.....a 22 step diagram of system files that need edited and replaced manually doesn't help at all.
no our organization was the first to move in after the huge renovation. it was installed there during the construction, or before the construction for some reason
Well they can either be used for audio/video (your typical idea of MIDI), power (for lighting and simple low-wattage motors, such as in old fish tank pumps or cheap light controllers) or pure data (such as a tape drive, a connector between the Apple IIc and Imagewriter II printer, or a keyboard). I've also seen lighting controllers modified to be fan controllers for large industrial box fans for precise wattage control with a standardized interface.
And the midi cable specifications, when error checking is involved, give it a max range of 50ft. However, some manufacturers were known to go to 75ft and a few who required the extra distance and power used 100ft. If error checking was removed and unnecessary, it could have a much higher theoretical length, but only people that would use them for such applications would know that limit...I'd guess about 150-200ft before the signal would get useless for most people.
So I'm thinking that since the controller is typically for lights, it could either be for some ventilation fan, some emergency lights activated by the network, or just some forgotten piece of junk by the building crew. It makes no sense for it to be plugged into my network, as the rest of the building would have no access to it behind our firewalls.
I work at a small nonprofit that rents out 2 seperate offices to other businesses across the hall. The other day I noticed a computer on the network that connected for 2 seconds then disconnected ONCE A DAY. So I ran around the office and disconnected the wireless for a day. IT STILL HAPPENED. So I went around to all of the plugs and looked to see if there was anything behind the faceplates for the ethernet jacks.
Needless to say, in one of our rented rooms there was a small black box labeled "SKYNET" hidden behind the wall. It was plugged into our network, had a huge power brick behind the wall, and then had a midi cable running out from it. Further research shows it to be an old-skool lighting control box. I have NO IDEA why they embedded it in the wall, other than the fact that its ugly.
But yea, yesterday I found SKYNET and disconnected it.
No, it was actually Engadget (or maybe it was a comment on Engadget) a few weeks ago that sparked the idea. I remember saying "hahaha...just wait until someone makes this, then it'll be a reason to ban torrenting in the US".
No, I merely refuse to follow their skewed standards any longer, therefore I will use Normal standards. And when others follow suit, then maybe MS will catch on.
One could also consider that the time is ripe to throw IE off of its throne, and trying to conform to such shitty standards might actually make your website worse.
If MS really cared about the quality of their products, they wouldn't be releasing something that is this poor. In reality, they want to have their own set of standards for people to follow. We followed them for IE6 and IE7, and IE8 is where I draw the line.
My websites will block IE8, and a message will pop up telling people to go download Firefox, Opera, or Chrome.
I tried IE8, and it is a pitiful joke. I'm not going to work around it, and Microsoft should realize I'm not gonna jump through hoops just to please their idiotic decisions.
*fully extends third finger in direction of Microsoft*
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Someone please get my wireless drivers for the RT2870 working with a quick and easy fix.....a 22 step diagram of system files that need edited and replaced manually doesn't help at all.
As far as I've seen, I've never heard of a Verizon customer getting hit for it.
no our organization was the first to move in after the huge renovation. it was installed there during the construction, or before the construction for some reason
Well they can either be used for audio/video (your typical idea of MIDI), power (for lighting and simple low-wattage motors, such as in old fish tank pumps or cheap light controllers) or pure data (such as a tape drive, a connector between the Apple IIc and Imagewriter II printer, or a keyboard). I've also seen lighting controllers modified to be fan controllers for large industrial box fans for precise wattage control with a standardized interface.
And the midi cable specifications, when error checking is involved, give it a max range of 50ft. However, some manufacturers were known to go to 75ft and a few who required the extra distance and power used 100ft. If error checking was removed and unnecessary, it could have a much higher theoretical length, but only people that would use them for such applications would know that limit...I'd guess about 150-200ft before the signal would get useless for most people.
So I'm thinking that since the controller is typically for lights, it could either be for some ventilation fan, some emergency lights activated by the network, or just some forgotten piece of junk by the building crew. It makes no sense for it to be plugged into my network, as the rest of the building would have no access to it behind our firewalls.
I'm considering asking the building manager, but I doubt that he would know...He doesn't even know if he has all of the keys for the buildings.
The building is an old warehouse converted into office space.... http://www.riverwalkcorporatecentre.com/welcome.htm for more info about it. A total of 1million square feet.
More than likely I'll ask a friend who does plumbing to help me find where it goes. If its a midi cable for data I'd guess it has a 50-100ft range.
The only problem:
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MIDI CABLE IS GOING TO.
It heads in the direction of the men's bathroom, but there is nothing in there that could use it.
I work at a small nonprofit that rents out 2 seperate offices to other businesses across the hall. The other day I noticed a computer on the network that connected for 2 seconds then disconnected ONCE A DAY. So I ran around the office and disconnected the wireless for a day. IT STILL HAPPENED. So I went around to all of the plugs and looked to see if there was anything behind the faceplates for the ethernet jacks.
Needless to say, in one of our rented rooms there was a small black box labeled "SKYNET" hidden behind the wall. It was plugged into our network, had a huge power brick behind the wall, and then had a midi cable running out from it. Further research shows it to be an old-skool lighting control box. I have NO IDEA why they embedded it in the wall, other than the fact that its ugly.
But yea, yesterday I found SKYNET and disconnected it.
See, I thought the topic title was "Should Google Be Forced To Pay Fox News?"
Yup....here is what the insecure will use:
http://i39.tinypic.com/amwrjm.jpg
but this one will definitely come on all of them soon:
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/7407/windows7clientsoftwarel.png
I know what it makes me sound like, otherwise I wouldn't have said it.
It would have been funny son, but the sad fact of the matter is that probably half of the XP systems out there are unpatched and use IE6...
No, it was actually Engadget (or maybe it was a comment on Engadget) a few weeks ago that sparked the idea. I remember saying "hahaha...just wait until someone makes this, then it'll be a reason to ban torrenting in the US".
Yea, but Fox News has funnier 'live outtakes'.
nah....i heard it gets a 5.9 rating on the ram. I NEED ATLEAST 6!!!!
wtf is this, engadget?
I cry everytime I go to look for an antivirus that is free for non-profits and has an on-access scanner....
I thought AVG Free was one, but n000000....
and now I think Rising is one, but it probably isn't either.
There's no way in HELL i'm loading PC-Cillin 2002 back onto these machines just to have licenced AV.
well if it helps, you were at +2 insightful when i made my comment :(
+1 cause you're technically right, but seriously, if America thinks its illegal, they'll pressure someone else to think the same thing.
Only reason why tv-links went down was because of US involvement.
It's only inferior because some idiot picked horrible quality settings.
I used to love streaming some .rm back in the day, cause it used to have such a high quality to size ratio....
And if the US jumped on the bandwagon for asking for Windows 7 to have a "pick your browser to install" option, would you still feel the same way?
As I see it, if they had that in the US, there would be little need to do that stuff.
No, I merely refuse to follow their skewed standards any longer, therefore I will use Normal standards. And when others follow suit, then maybe MS will catch on.
jihad...nice touch :)
One could also consider that the time is ripe to throw IE off of its throne, and trying to conform to such shitty standards might actually make your website worse.
If MS really cared about the quality of their products, they wouldn't be releasing something that is this poor. In reality, they want to have their own set of standards for people to follow. We followed them for IE6 and IE7, and IE8 is where I draw the line.
My websites will block IE8, and a message will pop up telling people to go download Firefox, Opera, or Chrome.
I tried IE8, and it is a pitiful joke. I'm not going to work around it, and Microsoft should realize I'm not gonna jump through hoops just to please their idiotic decisions.
*fully extends third finger in direction of Microsoft*
Damn them, giving me more work to do :(
I read their first sentence on the same page and figured that it meant it was ok for non-profits:
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is only available for single computer use for home and non commercial use.
Then besides Comodo, is there any free AV with an active scanner?