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maniacdevnull: Apr 18, 2007; FOUR CUBIC FRAMES
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spankmeister posted:

I just print at work

Yeah that's really the way to go

# ? Jan 23, 2016 14:00

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# ? May 24, 2024 07:31

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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spankmeister posted:

I just print at work

this is the correct solution

# ? Jan 23, 2016 17:57

suck my woke dick: Oct 10, 2012; I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!

Put this cum-loving slave on ignore immediately!

i just discovered my department charges 7 pounds per month per device registered to use the wall mounted ethernet ports in our offices

in the year of our lord 2016

in the same offices that have free wifi

:pwn:

# ? Jan 24, 2016 10:51

theflyingexecutive: Apr 22, 2007

ok not a computer problem but here we go:

I need something that will controllably oscillate a ping pong ball on one axis with these specifications: 0.5-6 microns, 100-1000hz

I'm stuck and my coworkers keep dragging me down this problem's rabbit hole while I'm trying to work on my own poo poo

budget is a couple grand for a sure bet

# ? Jan 26, 2016 19:32

Silver Alicorn: Mar 30, 2008; 𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

are you gonna post your secret Santa gift or what

# ? Jan 26, 2016 19:39

Broken Machine: Oct 22, 2010

theflyingexecutive posted:

ok not a computer problem but here we go:

I need something that will controllably oscillate a ping pong ball on one axis with these specifications: 0.5-6 microns, 100-1000hz

I'm stuck and my coworkers keep dragging me down this problem's rabbit hole while I'm trying to work on my own poo poo

budget is a couple grand for a sure bet

what about something as simple as a variable speed blower motor? I'm just thinking back to when I was a kid and using a hair dryer to float a ping pong ball. You could have one to hold it in the air, and another to spin it. A half a micron isn't much tolerance though.

# ? Jan 26, 2016 19:55

spankmeister: Jun 15, 2008

Silver Alicorn posted:

are you gonna post your secret Santa gift or what

post or probe imo

# ? Jan 26, 2016 19:55

Corla Plankun: May 8, 2007; improve the lives of everyone

re:printerchat

my wife went out and bought a cheapo brother inkjet from the nearest big box store so i think the problem will be solved by me returning a printer every 14 days

# ? Jan 27, 2016 15:32

Sniep: Mar 28, 2004; All I needed was that fatty blunt...

King of Breakfast

blowfish posted:

inkjet: not crap, cheap ink,

is what i have, i payed $300 for hte printer but it owns and the ink is affordable and after 4 years i think im on my 3rd black cart and 2nd set of colors?

# ? Jan 27, 2016 16:51

fishmech: Jul 16, 2006; by VideoGames; Salad Prong

Anyone got a breakdown of VOIP providers that can handle modem/fax transmission? I know Comcast's home phone service does it, and so does MagicJack, but they're both somewhat pricey for a thing to just gently caress around with.

Doesn't even need to do full 56k speeds, because I'm aiming to mess around with dialup bbses that are still running and maybe run one of my own.

# ? Jan 31, 2016 04:00

Panty Saluter: Jan 17, 2004; Making learning fun!

I know TWC's VOIP works with faxes.

# ? Jan 31, 2016 04:02

fishmech: Jul 16, 2006; by VideoGames; Salad Prong

Panty Saluter posted:

I know TWC's VOIP works with faxes.

Yeah but you can't get that here, we have Comcast (and our RCN line broke, so we can't go through them)

# ? Jan 31, 2016 04:05

Panty Saluter: Jan 17, 2004; Making learning fun!

I think TWC uses G.711. If Comcast uses that you should be fine.

# ? Jan 31, 2016 05:16

fishmech: Jul 16, 2006; by VideoGames; Salad Prong

Panty Saluter posted:

I think TWC uses G.711. If Comcast uses that you should be fine.

The point is to have a voip provider besides Comcast or an isp in general, because I don't want to shell out $20 a month for this. I already know Comcast can do it, it's in my first post on the subject.

# ? Jan 31, 2016 15:48

Panty Saluter: Jan 17, 2004; Making learning fun!

oh you wanted to do it the hard way. my bad

# ? Jan 31, 2016 15:50

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

fishmech posted:

The point is to have a voip provider besides Comcast or an isp in general, because I don't want to shell out $20 a month for this. I already know Comcast can do it, it's in my first post on the subject.

a lot of voip providers support G.711

i can attest to callcentric being very good: http://www.callcentric.com/faq/8/100

you can get a free number (free inbound) from there that might meet your loving around needs: http://www.callcentric.com/dids/free_phone_number

otherwise, their per minute rates are pretty good/close to wholesale

# ? Jan 31, 2016 18:22

fishmech: Jul 16, 2006; by VideoGames; Salad Prong

mishaq posted:

a lot of voip providers support G.711

i can attest to callcentric being very good: http://www.callcentric.com/faq/8/100

you can get a free number (free inbound) from there that might meet your loving around needs: http://www.callcentric.com/dids/free_phone_number

otherwise, their per minute rates are pretty good/close to wholesale

hmm seems neat. what does the hardware you need to use look like/cost though?

# ? Jan 31, 2016 18:27

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

fishmech posted:

hmm seems neat. what does the hardware you need to use look like/cost though?

im partial to obitalks because they're the only devices that work with google talk for the free callcentric inbound + google voice outbound voip setups ive done before

very open and customizable

http://www.obitalk.com/obinet/

# ? Jan 31, 2016 18:31

fishmech: Jul 16, 2006; by VideoGames; Salad Prong

mishaq posted:

im partial to obitalks because they're the only devices that work with google talk for the free callcentric inbound + google voice outbound voip setups ive done before

very open and customizable

http://www.obitalk.com/obinet/

hmm those seem reasonable, i just might try them

# ? Jan 31, 2016 18:39

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

might want to look into voip.ms as well, because they have a lot of endpoints around the us

i have a voip.ms setup in the dc area and my round trip latency to their washington servers stay within 6-9 ms

ive never done analog modem/fax poo poo over voip lines but i would imagine limiting as much potential latency/packet loss as possible is key

# ? Jan 31, 2016 19:02

Farmer Crack-Ass: Jan 2, 2001; this is me posting irl

Captain Foo posted:

this is the correct solution

especially when your office is only using like maybe half of its color pages allotment on the lease

# ? Jan 31, 2016 20:55

Malloc Voidstar: May 7, 2007; Fuck the cowboys. Unf. Fuck em hard.

how do i write an httpseverywhere rule for sa that actually works
so far i ended up with

code:

<ruleset name="SomethingAwful">
	<target host="*.somethingawful.com" />

	<rule from="^http:" to="https:" />
</ruleset>

and this "works" in that pages are always https. but afaict it only redirects images after the fact to https instead of rewriting them before they load, so everything still gives mixed content errors. firefox says stuff like
Loading mixed (insecure) display content "http://fi.somethingawful.com/forums/posticons/icons-08/drugs.png" on a secure page
Loading mixed (insecure) display content "https://fi.somethingawful.com/forums/posticons/icons-08/drugs.png" on a secure page

i have no idea how to fix this. it's based on their example rule
or is httpseverywhere just somehow incapable of doing this

# ? Feb 1, 2016 02:09

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

Malloc Voidstar posted:

how do i write an httpseverywhere rule for sa that actually works
so far i ended up with
code:
<ruleset name="SomethingAwful">
	<target host="*.somethingawful.com" />

	<rule from="^http:" to="https:" />
</ruleset>
and this "works" in that pages are always https. but afaict it only redirects images after the fact to https instead of rewriting them before they load, so everything still gives mixed content errors. firefox says stuff like
Loading mixed (insecure) display content "http://fi.somethingawful.com/forums/posticons/icons-08/drugs.png" on a secure page
Loading mixed (insecure) display content "https://fi.somethingawful.com/forums/posticons/icons-08/drugs.png" on a secure page

i have no idea how to fix this. it's based on their example rule
or is httpseverywhere just somehow incapable of doing this

if you make explicit rules for fi.somethingawful.com or whatever, does that make the errors go away

# ? Feb 1, 2016 02:27

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

so if there was some kind of database or system ideal for sales? like tracking items sold, when, expiries, etc? i could use a spreadsheet I GUESS but

# ? Feb 1, 2016 03:33

Sniep: Mar 28, 2004; All I needed was that fatty blunt...

King of Breakfast

echinopsis posted:

so if there was some kind of database or system ideal for sales? like tracking items sold, when, expiries, etc? i could use a spreadsheet I GUESS but

SFDC!!!!!!!111a

# ? Feb 1, 2016 03:38

lampey: Mar 27, 2012

echinopsis posted:

so if there was some kind of database or system ideal for sales? like tracking items sold, when, expiries, etc? i could use a spreadsheet I GUESS but

microsoft dynamics crm can track assets and customer relationships. maybe salesforce? is everyone just using sticky notes and remembering it all in their head now?

# ? Feb 1, 2016 03:38

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

i have no idea. i guess I just wanna start on something good

# ? Feb 1, 2016 05:50

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

Sniep posted:

SFDC!!!!!!!111a

# ? Feb 1, 2016 05:51

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

Sniep posted:

SFDC!!!!!!!111a

# ? Feb 1, 2016 13:25

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

I don't "get it" but drat you guys sure know what I should be doing

# ? Feb 1, 2016 17:46

Farmer Crack-Ass: Jan 2, 2001; this is me posting irl

anthonypants posted:

if you make explicit rules for fi.somethingawful.com or whatever, does that make the errors go away

_{Roast Beef saw through that lie basically immediately}

# ? Feb 1, 2016 22:06

obstipator: Nov 8, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

_{Roast Beef saw through that lie basically immediately}

Lol

# ? Feb 1, 2016 22:47

bobbilljim: May 29, 2013; this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me

echinopsis posted:

I don't "get it" but drat you guys sure know what I should be doing

gppgle says... " Why does SFDC mean Salesforce? - Salesforce Stack ..."

so i think tehy mean use salesforce

# ? Feb 1, 2016 22:53

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

is salesfroce a thing or do you have to make it into a thing first

its confusing as hell

# ? Feb 1, 2016 23:18

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

bobbilljim posted:

gppgle says... " Why does SFDC mean Salesforce? - Salesforce Stack ..."

so i think tehy mean use salesforce

sales force dot com

# ? Feb 1, 2016 23:32

Cocoa Crispies: Jul 20, 2001; Vehicular Manslaughter!; Pillbug

echinopsis posted:

is salesfroce a thing or do you have to make it into a thing first

its confusing as hell

i think it's software for people who say "i want software to do this" but don't understand that "this" is so you get a lotta consultants

and confusingly their thing is that they're not "software" but just software you pay monthly for

only good salesforce thing is heroku

# ? Feb 2, 2016 00:19