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Saturday, 31 July 2010
WoW irc
Sorry, but LOL...
09:03 [HRH_H_Crab] if you want support from aaisp employees just use the name of the classic wizards rpg weapon in your query.
09:04 [HRH_H_Crab] (i havent got the heart to set their highlights off so early on a saturday morning)
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Thursday, 29 July 2010
WoW BT
I know I do not use the "BT" word often and you have to guess if I mean BT or not when I say "favourite telco"...But well chuffed with BT today, rather indirectly, and I am sure not officially BT, of course.
After all my BT CRM (Customer Relationshop Mangaer) was on a conf call on "bribery and corruption" only the other day. I am not sure if WoW gold is covered by that :-)
But as a level 8 Blood Elf Warlock in Silvermoon City (Chamber of Aspects) - when someone drops you 1000 gold and some nice frostweave bags you say "thanks". BT CRM is an uber level 80 with a nice gnomigan motorcycle...
He has offered to strip naked and dual with me. How many people can say that any supplier representative has ever offered that. (I am asking for a female CRM next time, ooops, not PC?).
I suspect that even then I stand no chance. I'll post screen shots. He'll melt me I am sure.
Sorry about the mess on your screen/keyboard. I know SFI is not a "quest", honest... :-)
Doing a good job as a CRM!
iPassed
Well, Jacqueline ("iSat") has passed her driving test, first time. What can I say? I am actually quite impressed as I did not manage that myself. Well done.Only one small snag... When her brother passed I bought him a brand new car. I knew there would be a down side to having 5 kids somewhere along the line... Sounds like bank loan time :-)
Eye-Fi and Mi-Fi just work
OK, impressed. The Eye-fi cards just work! They start at £50, see www.eye.fi
It's an SD card that goes in the camera and uploads the pictures over wifi.
How the hell do they do that?
(Yes, I am involved in technology and electronics and I am shocked by the size of the thing)
But the good news is that it just works with my EOS 1Ds MkIII and my access points. It also just works with my MiFi so I can take pictures and have them on my web site automatically over cellular 3G just like that.
Down sides are :-
1. It seems to send the pictures via their server. I suspect this can be hacked around.
2. As the camera is unaware of what is happening you don't see any progress/status.
(Though if using the mifi it has a transfer counter on screen that shows it is working)
Clever bits:-
1. Skyhooks geotagging which seems pretty good so far
2. Auto handling of common public hotspots
3. Can configure from a Mac!
4. Endless memory - deleting old uploaded images at a configurable threshold.
5. Fucking small - its an SD card!!!!!!!
So, the fact James managed to break and lose respectively the two Canon WFT-E2's I used to use is less of a problem now. The damn things cost me £700 each and had such a broken IP stack that we had to configure proxy ARP responses on the LAN here to use them. Canon won't be selling any more of them ever again I imagine.
It's an SD card that goes in the camera and uploads the pictures over wifi.
How the hell do they do that?
(Yes, I am involved in technology and electronics and I am shocked by the size of the thing)
But the good news is that it just works with my EOS 1Ds MkIII and my access points. It also just works with my MiFi so I can take pictures and have them on my web site automatically over cellular 3G just like that.
Down sides are :-
1. It seems to send the pictures via their server. I suspect this can be hacked around.
2. As the camera is unaware of what is happening you don't see any progress/status.
(Though if using the mifi it has a transfer counter on screen that shows it is working)
Clever bits:-
1. Skyhooks geotagging which seems pretty good so far
2. Auto handling of common public hotspots
3. Can configure from a Mac!
4. Endless memory - deleting old uploaded images at a configurable threshold.
5. Fucking small - its an SD card!!!!!!!
So, the fact James managed to break and lose respectively the two Canon WFT-E2's I used to use is less of a problem now. The damn things cost me £700 each and had such a broken IP stack that we had to configure proxy ARP responses on the LAN here to use them. Canon won't be selling any more of them ever again I imagine.
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
iCracked
It seems leaving an iPad on the car roof and driving off, throwing it on block paving - no problem. (James)It seems that having the bike fall over throwing the iPad out of the basket on to block paving - no problem. (Me).
However, it seems that Jacqueline sitting on her iPad - not good. Poor thing never stood a chance. Jacqueline did fess up - saying "iSat".
What is amazing is that it still works even though it has a crack right across the front.
Way to look like scammers? (warehouseexpress.com)
It seems warehouseexpress.com won't sell me an eye.fi card unless I send them a copy of a bank statement or driving licence or utility bill. (For some reason council tax bills and water bills are not acceptable either!)
WTF! I am not asking for credit. I am paying by debit card with the verified-by-visa crap so they have no risk (as I understand it) and shipping to card holder address. How hard can it be?
The only people that ask me for such details are scammers and fraudsters (which is probably why their email tripped the spam score and was not read).
In my opinion, either they are scammers or they are really bad at business and like to make life difficult for customers.
Madness.
P.S. They would not tell my PA (AKA my daughter) what the email was about or anything about why the order was delayed as she was not me - but they are happy to take cancellation of order from her? What kind messed up idea of security do these people have?
WTF! I am not asking for credit. I am paying by debit card with the verified-by-visa crap so they have no risk (as I understand it) and shipping to card holder address. How hard can it be?
The only people that ask me for such details are scammers and fraudsters (which is probably why their email tripped the spam score and was not read).
In my opinion, either they are scammers or they are really bad at business and like to make life difficult for customers.
Madness.
P.S. They would not tell my PA (AKA my daughter) what the email was about or anything about why the order was delayed as she was not me - but they are happy to take cancellation of order from her? What kind messed up idea of security do these people have?
Monday, 26 July 2010
Stupid alarm systems
I suppose there may be some rules, and regulations and even logic, but it escapes me...
If I was making an alarm system* and someone tried to set the alarm and a fire escape was ajar, what would I do?
1. Beep in some cryptic way then set the alarm anyway so the bells go off and the idiot setting it (my son in this instance) realizes they have an issue.
2. Beep in some cryptic way then set the alarm ignoring the fire exit, so if someone does wander in the PIRs will pick them up and cause the alarm to go off.
3. Beep in some cryptic way and not set the bloody alarm at all.
To be honest I would probably do a bit of the first two. Set off the alarm but only long enough to make a point, and then go to a mode where set but ignoring the fire exit. Maybe if fire exit closes within a few minutes assume the problem was fixed and include it (and stop the bells).
What I would not do is option 3, not setting the alarm at all!
The alarm system in that case knows someone has tried setting the alarm and buggered off. It knows they have not canceled the setting and knows they have not gone back in the building. It basically knows they have not understood the cryptic beeps and have buggered off assuming all is well. So why on earth leave the building with an open door and alarm not set at all. That has to be the worst scenario of all.
As you can imagine, we have a nice high-end alarm system on the office and this is what the bloody thing does. Thankfuly I have extra monitoring on it and I get a text to say someone failed to set the alarm. So I had to go down there and sort it. Without that extra precaution we would have had an un-locked and un-alarmed office. At least the surveillance cameras are 24/7, but still!
* I say "if I was making an alarm system". Obviously I did, 20 years ago. I made a door entry and alarm system for my house in Newcastle. It was designed and built by hand using leaded components, wire wrap sockets and a bare breadboard. It used a lot of wire wrap. 6502 based. The door entry was mag card (credit card) using a head from an old cassette tape player. Obviously all my own software - I even wrote my own assembler. It worked well for many years until I re-made it from a PIC 16C84. Sadly, these days, double glazed uPVC doors mean I have to use a key at home.
If I was making an alarm system* and someone tried to set the alarm and a fire escape was ajar, what would I do?
1. Beep in some cryptic way then set the alarm anyway so the bells go off and the idiot setting it (my son in this instance) realizes they have an issue.
2. Beep in some cryptic way then set the alarm ignoring the fire exit, so if someone does wander in the PIRs will pick them up and cause the alarm to go off.
3. Beep in some cryptic way and not set the bloody alarm at all.
To be honest I would probably do a bit of the first two. Set off the alarm but only long enough to make a point, and then go to a mode where set but ignoring the fire exit. Maybe if fire exit closes within a few minutes assume the problem was fixed and include it (and stop the bells).
What I would not do is option 3, not setting the alarm at all!
The alarm system in that case knows someone has tried setting the alarm and buggered off. It knows they have not canceled the setting and knows they have not gone back in the building. It basically knows they have not understood the cryptic beeps and have buggered off assuming all is well. So why on earth leave the building with an open door and alarm not set at all. That has to be the worst scenario of all.
As you can imagine, we have a nice high-end alarm system on the office and this is what the bloody thing does. Thankfuly I have extra monitoring on it and I get a text to say someone failed to set the alarm. So I had to go down there and sort it. Without that extra precaution we would have had an un-locked and un-alarmed office. At least the surveillance cameras are 24/7, but still!
* I say "if I was making an alarm system". Obviously I did, 20 years ago. I made a door entry and alarm system for my house in Newcastle. It was designed and built by hand using leaded components, wire wrap sockets and a bare breadboard. It used a lot of wire wrap. 6502 based. The door entry was mag card (credit card) using a head from an old cassette tape player. Obviously all my own software - I even wrote my own assembler. It worked well for many years until I re-made it from a PIC 16C84. Sadly, these days, double glazed uPVC doors mean I have to use a key at home.
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