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I'm not looking for suggestions or help. I'm merely ranting (again). Nothing anyone suggests can be done, because...
I have no control or even input regarding what software the Air Force uses. We also can't use USB devices of any kind, and we don't even have dvd drives in our systems. We also can't download anything from the internet, or install software.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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#realJSOP wrote: I'm not looking for suggestions or help. I'm merely ranting (again). Nothing anyone suggests can be done, because...
I have no control or even input regarding what software the Air Force uses. We also can't use USB devices of any kind, and we don't even have dvd drives in our systems. We also can't download anything from the internet, or install software.
That would frustrate the hell out of me.
So, now you are waiting until you get proper permission to use a template?
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It is not a pleasant experience, to be sure...
I've spent the last three weeks trying to track down a connectivity problem, and it seems like we're no closer to resolving it than we were when I started. Our software was working great until the beginning of February, and then it suddenly started failing. The symptoms are (and have always been) that the software fires up multiple threads, and each thread is assigned an equal number of items to fetch via a web service. We expect an occasional request failure, and have written code to accommodate this in the form of a user-specified number of retries before terminating the app (the first thread that reaches the retry threshold terminates the app).
After running for a bit, the app starts getting consecutive failures on all threads. This might sound like a memory problem, but remember, up until February, it worked great. The length of time before the failures start is almost always different. To troubleshoot this, we even set up our own "remote" server and web service to return the same amount of data (500k records), which proved our app was working as intended.
I think our primary road block is that nobody wants to do as much work as we have in order to help us track it down. In other words, it's a typical federal government cluster-f*ck.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I hope the pay is good, might make it worth the extra nonsense 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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#realJSOP wrote: have no control or even input regarding what software the Air Force uses. We also can't use USB devices of any kind, and we don't even have dvd drives in our systems. We also can't download anything from the internet, or install software.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
That sounds like an even better excuse to go fishing or barhopping, or something.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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#realJSOP wrote: We also can't use USB devices of any kind, and we don't even have dvd drives in our systems. We also can't download anything from the internet, or install software.
No wonder nothing gets done in gov't. 
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Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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That is a good thing.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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#realJSOP wrote: some idiot in the IA department decided that the MS office template proxy needed to be blocked. I can't use ANY of the office apps installed on my system because of this.
Sounds like a good enough excuse to go fishing or whatever floats your boat!
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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#realJSOP wrote: I can't use ANY of the office apps installed on my system because of this.
And you reported this to those that can?
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Stone tablets. Clay tablets if you are feeling artsy-fartsy. We all need to get back to basics. Screw this technology crap. Nothing but misery and suffering.
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Hah! You try playing Doom on an abacus!
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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u can use word for flowcharts ...
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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he can't use office apps.
I'd rather be phishing!
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So 'IA' stands for 'Idiot Administrators'? 
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Your organisation's security is obviously flaky if you can rant about it! 
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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#realJSOP wrote: I can't use ANY of the office apps installed on my system
As one who is compelled to use office 365, at work, I am so frugging jealous of you, right now!
Screw that cr@p! I'll happily do everything in plain text!
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Notepad is making a comeback! You can also use WordPad if you want/need to get really fancy.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Rick York wrote: Notepad is making a comeback! You can also use WordPad if you want
BLEAAAAGH!!!
If a company I work for can't get me a license for TextPad, I demand Notepad++.
If they can't give me at least that, they're not a company I can work for.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Hi all,
Does anyone have this device? Chuwi Official 10.1 Inch Chuwi Hi10 Air Tablet[^]
Is it working smoothly?
I mean it's a Windows 10 convertible tablet with plenty of connections for a small price.
Is that processor capable to navigate the web, use PDF documents, excel and word files, Outlook?
I'm thinking about making a gift to my parents to replace an old computer that is giving them headaches...
Thank you all!
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I've got the Hi12 (2017, so it's two years old now) and it has a lower spec processor but the same RAM.
(See Take three tablets and call me in the morning - the Chuwi Hi12[^])
It'll browse the web, read PDF and epub, run LibreOffice, VS, email, Corel PaintShop Pro X9 ... everything I've thrown at it.
Gripes after two years? The magnetic keyboard connectors have bent, so I don't use the keyboard any more, and the pen was a waste of space. Oh, and it was too big to comfortably run Android as it felt like a preschool tablet with icons that big!
I'd say the Air will do everything that does, and more.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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A little - CP refresh can be slow using Chrome - but it's certainly not a real problem for me.
I suspect that's the WiFi module, which gives me a speed about half that of my desktop.
Before 08:00 and after 19:00 I'm usually on the Wookietab rather than the desktop, so it works pretty well for CP.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Thank you very much OG! 
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I've got two Chuwi tablets: a 10/1" and a 12".
They have both made me very happy -- the fact that they're not crippled by phone OSes and their USB ports are pretty big contributors to that.
I can't say enough good about them.
The bad (for the 10.1 inch, which I tend to be less gentle with) is that the screens break bloody easily -- I've had to replace it twice (at a cost of about a tenner, from ebay), because a single (biggish) crack stops touch working altogether.
But if you're not as physically abusive to your gadgets as I am (or if you don't have nightmares about fixing hardware), I'm sure you'll be much happier with it than you would be with an android or apple equivalent.
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