Was seeing the following error when attempting to view the ODBC configuration for eDNA on a particular server that had the User Client and Business Connector installed. The setup routines for the InStep eDNA Business Connector ODBC driver could not be loaded due to system error code 126: The specified module could not be found … eDNA ODBC setup error
ssh: connect to host sftp.xyz.com port 22: Connection timed out Couldn’t read packet: Connection reset by peer In case anyone who uses ASO is wondering, you can’t do outbound SFTP from an SSH session. Just verified with their helpdesk.
Encountered the following error in PI OLEDB Tester while running a query using CASE: “Cannot determine the result data type of the CASE or COALESCE function” SELECT tag, time, CASE WHEN value < 0 THEN 0 ELSE value END FROM PIavg WHERE ... Casting the 0 expression fixes this: THEN CAST(0 AS float64)
Just knocked this one out myself (anti-virus SW didn’t find it), but I didn’t find much helpful info out there on the variant that affected my laptop. Likely became installed somehow from accessing a web site. Slightly embarrassed to note that I had 49 pending (high priority) Windows updates to apply when this happened… As … Antivirus Pro scamware
Another (messy) manual upgrade to WordPress (from version 2.7.1 to 2.8.4). Lost track of the number of reinstalls and restores, but I think everything is square, even the configuration in Fantastico. On the plus side, I was forced to free some disk space.
Help us test the latest beta of Beyond TV. Just happened to notice this today. Snapstream has a beta version of Beyond TV that supports recording via Clear QAM. Finally! And I was ready to dump my Hauppauge tuner card back on Ebay. This is exciting news as the occasional signal outages that occur with … Clear QAM support for Beyond TV
The second HD experiment… Figured I should do a cheap test before forking over a substantial chunk of change for an HDTV with QAM tuning capabilities. Grabbed a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 off Ebay and plugged the coax cable into the antenna connection. Worked exactly as I had hoped. In addition to getting all of the regular … Entouch and Clear QAM
Inexplicably, long distance overage charges are not listed anywhere on the Entouch web site. I have the 250 LD minutes per month feature ($4/month) and used some extra minutes last month. Once you hit the limit, expect to pay $0.18 per minute (taxes and surcharges not included). Yikes! My prepaid cell (T-Mobile) phone rate is … Entouch long distance per-minute overage charges
Finally completed a web-based prototype this evening to replace the functionality previously provided by the Texas PUC Power to Choose web site. This was a programming exercise as well as an opportunity to brush up on my Perl, PHP, and MySql skills. The current provider lookup is rather user-unfriendly with its inability to sort data … Perl, PHP, and the PUC
In Poker Match Against a Machine, Humans Are Better Bluffers. Aside from the obvious appeal of combining poker and computing, I got a kick out of this story because the Unabomber has made a name in the fashion world. Unlike computer chess programs, which require immense amounts of computing power to determine every possible future … Duplicate hold’em poker