Back in Malaysia, during a Penang Hill camp, I remember I was given a lipstick type mosquito repellent called "Taban" (if I have not mistaken the name brand). It seemed to have been banned later.
All I know is it is incredibly effective. I wish I could find it again, I would prefer to decide on its risk on my own.
Two clients I worked with insisted me to deal with their PBX system.
The first one was the Merlin Avaya system. Took a while to reach success. The second one has Nortel BCM50. That's a pain since Nortel is so paranoid they make these require a license called "Keycode" for different situations, companies, etc.
Thus I was being "motivated" to research more about the PBX phone systems. Learned a few interesting things. I'm surprised however, that with all the networking technology today, these PBX systems or the systems for phone networking could cost so much as thousands of dollars in equipments as well as licenses (for some, like Nortel).
Then There's the open source Asterisk. Which is a PC server PBX based mainly on Linux (or Mac, maybe Windows). However, I still find it a bit too much.
Since I am dealing with the requirement of more than 1 pots/FXO/Analog lines, I am more obliged to look into SOHO's PBX systems, which cost as little as $250-$300 on Ebay, supporting 4-8 analog lines, 16-32 extensions, on just one box.
Of course, there are the cheaper 2 POTS to 8 extensions (also by SOHO) for $70.
Well, since the last client, under my urge, has decided to go with a professional tech on this issue (instead of...me), I will just keep this information for my own future reference.
Now it is a hard thing for me to just waive all the time I've spent hoping to somehow get it done on my own. I was worried, since the first time was too time consuming. Perhaps both I and the client thought I could make it work again. I underestimated Nortel.
Youtube and Ebay are good sources of help.
Good and Evil depend not on one's creativity, but simply on whether or not one walks with God.
Q44 Bus station at Parkchester, Bronx, around 11:00 PM, Sunday.
Beggar: Hey man, help me, spare me some change so I could get home.
Poor guy: (staring)
Beggar: Look, I'm a former vet, I served in Iraq in the 90s, now I'm broke and all...
Poor guy: (Reaching into pocket) Here's 1 dollar.
Beggar: Thanks man...(some 5 second pause)...I know everyone's giving me a buck, but I need to get a train ride home man. (Taking out wallet) See, my vet ID.
Poor guy: (glanced at the ID, as if taking it seriously) Okay man, here's $20, and my pocket's empty now, just don't hurt me man (jokingly).
Beggar: Thank you man.
Poor guy: You sure that's enough now? $21. I got nothing now.
Beggar: Yes. I'm taking a cab now.
Poor guy: Try a train or something, taxi might hassle all your money away.
Beggar: Nah...I'll take a cab.
Poor guy: You sure?
Beggar: yes. Wow, you never know, some times when you ask for something you don't expect, and just out of the blue, what a fellow patriot...look give me a hug. (giving a hug)
Poor guy: Ahh...help me! (kiddingly)
Beggar: My name is BEGGAR, what is your name?
Poor guy: My name is POOR GUY.
Beggar: If there's anything I can do.
Poor guy: That's fine. Just know that I'm not an American. And my visa's expired.
Beggar: What does that mean?
Poor guy: It means, some may consider me illegal alien.
Beggar: Hey I'll hook you up with a wife.
Poor guy: No, it's not my principle.
Beggar: How can I help man?
Poor guy: Just know that you didn't fight for just the American Citizens.
Beggar: I fought for all the world! (waving his arms around). Let me know what can I do man!
Poor guy: It's not about patriotism for me. I'm just trying to be a good samaritan. Just a brother helping another brother out.
(Bus arriving)
Poor guy: Look I gotta go now.
Beggar: Look, take my numbers down, 0123456...
Poor guy: (Nervously looking at the bus) Never mind that man, really gotta go! (Running towards the departing bus)
Beggar: 789...
Poor guy: (Looking back, saw the Beggar leaving) What a day. Here's one for you, Arizona!
I've finally made the effort to do a long distance.
Washington
D.C., particularly, the Smithsonian Mall, which is said to have 19
museums, of which I only visited not more than 6.
I didn't regret
not visiting the Air Space museum. First, it was too crowded with lines.
No museum should be that crowded, unless it's a theme park.
I
departed at 11PM from NYC, arriving 10th Street and H Avenue at 3:20 AM.
I
then tried to look for a late night cafe to do type some church
document but couldn't find one until 7 AM, when Starbucks opened. Until
then, I decided to tour around the tall War monument, walking along the
reflecting pool towards the Lincoln statue. I was too tired to have much
thought other than taking a few photos. The whole place was incredibly
quiet, for a capital, until daybreak.
After walking around the
Whitehouse, I worked on the addresses of STEMI past choir members
(transfer from paper to digital) at Starbucks until almost 11 AM.
After
that, I visited the Mall clock wise starting with the West Building art
gallery, of which I found a few paintings intriguing, such as Peter
Paul Reubens' Daniel in Lions' Den. I like the body of Reubens' young
Daniel but I prefer the settings and expression of Briton's Daniel. I
do not think Daniel should be portrayed as having a hint of fear.
I
then headed towards the Capitol building. Unlike others, I've tried not
to take too much vain photos. One thing brought to my attention was the
reflecting pool in front of the Capitol building was surrounded by
plenty of pineapple weeds. I wonder if that's deliberate.
Next was
the Native American Museum, the latest installment. Very artistic
architecture, mimicking the wavy canyons and caves. I realized that
using large space is key to architectural beauty. The more beauty, the
more space. Or rather, the more space needs to be sacrificed, although,
such use of space is not necessarily a waste, unless it is a neighbor's
complaint.
Then the Smithsonian Instutute, which is also the
information center. My last building was American History Museum, after I
quickly browsed through the natural History Museum, which is the
largest research insitute in the world.
Since the whole theme of
this trip is Washington D.C., and not "Museums", I took a quick stroll
through Chinatown, which isn't much. I measured only about 2 block
radius, around 7th Street and H Ave. And I don't see any small local
food stands other than more expensive restaurants.
And now I'm on
my way home, on the Megabus, which departed at 5:30 PM. Of the journey,
I paid $2.50 round trip.
It is 9:15 PM now, and the bus should
arrive in Manhattan at 10 PM.
After thought: Smithsonian Mall, worth revisiting. It is definitely more than an enlargement of NYC's Metropolitan & Natural History Museums.
Interesting how there are two opposing sides on this matter in this country, after hearing about the boycott of the boycott between Arizona and Los Angeles.
The database <Database name> could not be accessed. In order to access this database, check your network connection and verify that your database server is available. It may be necessary to disable any firewall software...
Condition: Windows 7 -64bit acting as sharing server. Client station: Windows Vista 32bit. (Reversing Client/Server roles for both platforms seems to have the same problem) So not a platform matter.
According to the solution source, and comments/reports online, it would seem that the solutions are circumstantial.
In my case, the solution has to do with Host name cannot be read. So change to IP address instead.
Solution:
In the hosting PAD file, change HOST="MOTI-PC" to HOST="192.168.166.101".
Took me more than 3 hours to resolve this. Submitted to the long steps on the site, tried multiple methods to solve the problem. I can't believe it took me to the last method to solve it.
On some systems, ACT! > Tools > Database Maintenance > Share Database is grayed out.
Solution: Disable UAC
Credit: http://sage.lithium.com/sage/board/message?board.id=ACT&thread.id=13160
1. Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
2. More than is needed, desired, or required
Definition by WordWeb
I used "snake-oiling" in a conversation with a printer toner salesperson once, I did find snake-oil as too harsh of a term, so superfluous is a good substitute.
Thanks to John Calvin's Commentary in English translation, I have much much English vocabularies to learn.
Firstly, they must have such ability. Then, how efficient is their ability.
Most failure comes from choosing a leader that either has no such skill or do not care about such skill.
Of course, this comes from the negligent of the one making the choosing.
