That's no downtime as in either Planned or Unplanned. Not a typcial enviroment as most places want to upgrade or patch software on occasion. Are you really telling me you expect individual servers applications to go on for multiple years with NO downtime whatsoever? Get real.
> How is any of this relevent to recent (if we can consider 2001 recent) versions?
It's called a massive installed base and maintaining backward compatibility. Admittedly, if you are mainly used to dealing with Microsoft, Backwards compatibility is probably a foreign concept to you.
On any Domino server you should be able to find the Designer Help file.
File | Database | Open - choose a server, scroll down to the Help folder and look for either Domino 5 Designer Help or Lotus Domino Designer 6 Help.
You will find the help is extremely comprehensive and detailed. For every @formula function and command, every Lotuscript function and every object property, method and event, you will find a detailed help document and usually an example doc with code that can be cut and pasted.
Your bigger issue may be obtaining the Domino Designer client software; the IT group inside large enterprises won't usually distribute that.
I know of Domino installations where there is vitually no downtime; literally know of servers that have been up for almost a year with NO downtime. Sounds like your university could use some consulting assistance or training on Domino admin.
Do you have any contacts for your IT department?:-)
Dude, have you ever refreshed the calculated fields inside a MS Word doc? If you did, you used F9. Microsoft isn't exactly consistent on this either.
As for adminstration, even Domino 5 admin was tons easier and infinitely more powerful than Exchange 5.5 or 2000 admin the proper comparison) and Domino 6.x is light-years beyond the comparable MS product.
Most of the "non-standard" features in Notes are a direct result of two factors; Notes was created prior to a market-dominating windowing interface and needed it's own paradigm and it was and is multi-platform (although the Mac client is the only non-Windoze one left these days, it previously had OS/2, AIX, and Solaris clients).
I'm amazed at how the normally anti-MS/. crowd so happily wishes everything to conform to Microsoft's interface views which aren't even completely consistent across all the Office suite products.
Edit | Paste Special... Choose 'Text' Click OK.
Notes is an OLE container so it lets you paste all kinds of things natively as embeds, like formated Word docs, Excel spreadsheet cells, and yes, HTML. I do normally use the method above when I'm pasting Web content however.
Oh please, most people using touchscreens will use the finger-tip to point at the desired entry. A fingerprint is taken using the pad (the big flat part) of the finger.
And having had the police dust for prints when my home was broken into some months ago, I know that the powder is messy and hard to clean, both off your physical items/surfaces and your own skin.
The state/jurisdiction workers set up each election on the silly things anyway. And the individual workstations aren't even networked! A modem is installed but it wouldn't necessarily ever be connected as each station will report/print it's own summary. Precinct workers can do machine by machine totals and get the precintct total results by hand, just like today.
It had a touch-screen with a display that was probably about 18" high and 9" wide. There was a card reader to the right where you
inserted your voting card. I'm not sure how the distribution of the cards will work. I don't know if they will issue every voter a card
or if you get the card when you go to vote. It looked like it had a smart chip on it instead of a magstripe.
More info on the SmartCard; they will not issue every voter a card. You will check in at a table with poll workers checking you against the registered voters list just like now. They will have a rotating supply of the cards that will be reprogrammed and will give the card to go vote on the machine. Then you return it.
Ummmm.... did you read the article? Just let your parnoia run away with you?
Between MS and the ultimate use at election is the software writer Diebold Election Systems. MS would have to have access to their code in order to write your theoretical background service. Plus, they would need to access the machines from the particular jurisdiction, know the appropriate candidate and effect the fraud there.
As for the controls and technology and disaster recovery; I'm sure Diebold employs engineers, lawyers, risk managers and probably election professionals who understand all the threats and concerns.
I am a Georgia voter and played with a demo system. It's literally so simple anyone can do it. It actually will be EASIER than Georgia's current punch card system, particularly for the elderly who only have to touch the screen now instead of manipulating the little hole puncher tool that is currently used.
Features included a final review of all your selections, ability to go back and change of coures, and the ability to print a copy of your vote to take with you.
As mentioned in the article, the first (not so) smartcard that was tried in my demo machine didn't work. Second one was the charm.
For those who have missed the connection, this is the same Justice who recently ruled that outlawing junk faxes was illegal because they were constituionally protected free speech. (Previously covered here.
BTW, this is US District Court Justice Stephen Limbaugh, SR. not Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Stephen Limbaugh, JR. as someone responding to the previous story confused the two.
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That's no downtime as in either Planned or Unplanned. Not a typcial enviroment as most places want to upgrade or patch software on occasion. Are you really telling me you expect individual servers applications to go on for multiple years with NO downtime whatsoever? Get real.
It's called a massive installed base and maintaining backward compatibility. Admittedly, if you are mainly used to dealing with Microsoft, Backwards compatibility is probably a foreign concept to you.
On any Domino server you should be able to find the Designer Help file.
File | Database | Open - choose a server, scroll down to the Help folder and look for either Domino 5 Designer Help or Lotus Domino Designer 6 Help.
You will find the help is extremely comprehensive and detailed. For every @formula function and command, every Lotuscript function and every object property, method and event, you will find a detailed help document and usually an example doc with code that can be cut and pasted.
Your bigger issue may be obtaining the Domino Designer client software; the IT group inside large enterprises won't usually distribute that.
I know of Domino installations where there is vitually no downtime; literally know of servers that have been up for almost a year with NO downtime. Sounds like your university could use some consulting assistance or training on Domino admin. :-)
Do you have any contacts for your IT department?
Dude, have you ever refreshed the calculated fields inside a MS Word doc? If you did, you used F9. Microsoft isn't exactly consistent on this either.
As for adminstration, even Domino 5 admin was tons easier and infinitely more powerful than Exchange 5.5 or 2000 admin the proper comparison) and Domino 6.x is light-years beyond the comparable MS product.
Most of the "non-standard" features in Notes are a direct result of two factors; Notes was created prior to a market-dominating windowing interface and needed it's own paradigm and it was and is multi-platform (although the Mac client is the only non-Windoze one left these days, it previously had OS/2, AIX, and Solaris clients). I'm amazed at how the normally anti-MS /. crowd so happily wishes everything to conform to Microsoft's interface views which aren't even completely consistent across all the Office suite products.
Edit | Paste Special... Choose 'Text' Click OK. Notes is an OLE container so it lets you paste all kinds of things natively as embeds, like formated Word docs, Excel spreadsheet cells, and yes, HTML. I do normally use the method above when I'm pasting Web content however.
All your IP are belong to us.
Sorry, it had to be done.
You honestly think Houston-based Enron got no help from Texas Gov. George W. Bush? LOL
Actually, I'm pretty sure this feature in Sametime goes back at least 4 years. It's been in AIM forever too.
Oh please, most people using touchscreens will use the finger-tip to point at the desired entry. A fingerprint is taken using the pad (the big flat part) of the finger. And having had the police dust for prints when my home was broken into some months ago, I know that the powder is messy and hard to clean, both off your physical items/surfaces and your own skin.
Oddly enough, this Friday, September 19, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Sounds like you and your friend should be celebrating.
Wow! A bama grad that can use a computer? I'm impressed. War Damn Eagle!!!! - j AU '92
The state/jurisdiction workers set up each election on the silly things anyway. And the individual workstations aren't even networked! A modem is installed but it wouldn't necessarily ever be connected as each station will report/print it's own summary. Precinct workers can do machine by machine totals and get the precintct total results by hand, just like today.
From the Diebold Election Systems website:
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http://www.diebold.com/whatsnews/images/touchscre
Ummmm.... did you read the article? Just let your parnoia run away with you? Between MS and the ultimate use at election is the software writer Diebold Election Systems. MS would have to have access to their code in order to write your theoretical background service. Plus, they would need to access the machines from the particular jurisdiction, know the appropriate candidate and effect the fraud there. As for the controls and technology and disaster recovery; I'm sure Diebold employs engineers, lawyers, risk managers and probably election professionals who understand all the threats and concerns.
I am a Georgia voter and played with a demo system. It's literally so simple anyone can do it. It actually will be EASIER than Georgia's current punch card system, particularly for the elderly who only have to touch the screen now instead of manipulating the little hole puncher tool that is currently used. Features included a final review of all your selections, ability to go back and change of coures, and the ability to print a copy of your vote to take with you. As mentioned in the article, the first (not so) smartcard that was tried in my demo machine didn't work. Second one was the charm.
BTW, this is US District Court Justice Stephen Limbaugh, SR. not Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Stephen Limbaugh, JR. as someone responding to the previous story confused the two.