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Sander Rossel wrote: It seems a lot of these smart products target dumb, rich clients
FTFY!
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abmv wrote: projectors are expensive...
When's the last time you've looked into projectors? If all you have to go by is what these guys want, then you're getting a very distorted view of reality. Projectors are quite affordable nowadays, if you want a huge, in-your-face picture. It's dumb ideas like this one that are expensive.
If you're going to spend 38,000 euros on the base model (...and it's just a bed...which doesn't include the projector and audio system), then adding 9000 euros for them doesn't seem all that much. OTOH, 9000 euros for a projector/sound system, by themselves, is seriously overpriced. The site doesn't even get into the hardware specs - is it even 4K? clearly, if someone's gonna buy this without knowing some of these fundamentals, it's clearly targeted at those who have more money than brains.
And if you're serious about wanting a home theater, you're already doing it wrong if you're looking for integration, just like you don't use a TV's built-in speakers. Combining this with a bed on top of that makes even less sense. Since the screen is placed at the foot of the bed, you're losing the benefit of having a projector -- that screen belongs on the opposite wall. For a projector, 70" is horrendously cramped. At that distance, why not mount a TV into that frame?
Bonus: If you keep everything separate, replacing one won't force you to replace the other.
More proof that anything that has "smart" in its name is most definitely not.
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dandy72 wrote: it's clearly targeted at those who have more money than brains.
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More proof that anything that has "smart" in its name is most definitely not
I think you already told everything that needed to be told with those two sentences
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modified 17-Aug-19 12:51pm.
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I'm...verbose in that way. 
I wish I had the ability to realize that's all I needed to say and had kept it at that. Seeing dumb products like this just get me going. 
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I don't need a smart bed, I want a smart...
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I've fixed my SQL Server connection problem, but I have no idea why it happened in the first place ...
I went right back to basics, and trying pinging the Dev server (my Desktop PC) ... and it was really slow, 25ms, or sometimes greater and outside the ping timeout.
Pinging the NAS was 2ms or less, reliable and solid.
So ... something there then, despite my internet connection being fine and dandy, and my PC unchanged. (Except for the 1903 update, but the problem was there before and after that, so that's not the cause.)
Ping the NAS from the desktop - <2ms
Ping the surface from the desktop >25ms.
Hang on a moment ...
Ping Desky from surface: >25ms and unreliable.
Ping Desky IP from surface: <2ms and solid.
Ping Surface from desky: >25ms and unreliable.
Ping Surface IP from desky: <2ms and solid.
Hmmm ... DHCP? DNS? Is everything I do going via the internet DNS? 
The NAS defines it's own static IP ... interesting.
Let's try an experiment. Hunt internet, give up, delve into bowels of router config ... Ah! "DHCP Reservation". Set two entries: MAC of Desky, MAC of Surface. IP's 99, and 98 respectively.
Reboot them.
Ping Desky from surface: <2ms and solid.
Ping Desky IP from surface: <2ms and solid.
Ping Surface from desky: <2ms and solid.
Ping Surface IP from desky: <2ms and solid.
SSMS: Desky instance, username password: straight in.
ELEPHANTing YES!
I can only assume that the mix of Home and Pro on the network confused something, or the DNS /DHCP service is a bit odd - but it all works now!
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99 and 98? I would recommend 37 and 73 to keep the back and forth of your network in Prime condition.
This space for rent.
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I had enough of Prime computers back in the seventies!
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You remember those do you? I worked on them at the tail end of their existence in 88-90.
This space for rent.
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I worked on 'em at the tail end of the 70's / early 80s. I thought they were quick in those days ... 
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"This will take a while"
Yep. You got that right ...
Fortunately the Surface isn't: and despite having only the one screen it's working just fine. I still can't connect to the dev SQL instance, but since that's updating ATM it'll have to wait anyway.
Suspicion is falling on the differences between Win 10 Home (Wookietab, worked fine) and Win 10 Pro (Surface, can see the instance but not connect to it).
It's a very capable little machine, much more so than I thought, and despite the silly battery connector it seems to last OK - nowhere near the Wookietab, but that had 11Ah instead of 5.5Ah and a more feeble processor to work with ...
I like the Type Cover, it's nice to work with even if the key travel is understandably short.
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So it's sat at 27% complete for half an hour.
I grab the Surface, and Google "Win 10 1903 update stuck at 27%" up comes the page, I start reading ... and the desktop reboots: immediately up to 60%.
I think MS is "being amusing" today ...
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modified 17-Aug-19 6:26am.
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ms progress figures have never been mathematical percentages.
They're statistical percentages, and we all know what statistics are.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Quote: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and political promises statistics".
Mind you: xkcd: Estimation[^] 
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Mine update to 1903 last week. Yes, it took quite a while, but otherwise was relatively painless. Good luck.
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OriginalGriff wrote: my desktop is updating Windows to 1903
And here I thought Windows 2000 was old!
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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honey the codewitch wrote: And here I thought Windows 2000 was old!
No, it's me that's old!
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but still the original. presumably in the original packaging. that's worth something these days.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Mine did that today. The update failed and then it wouldn't boot. I messed around with some things in the BIOS and when it finally came back up it decided to uninstall the update.
This has all the makings of a "Why I Hate MS Today" post.
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I kinda miss Christian Graus's "Why xxx Sucks Today" posts ...
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Missus had a day surgery on Thursday so no legs are getting thrown over tonight. So off to a pub of her choosing, says it has $4.00 schooners so I shall be happy and pissed.
She said it had karaoke at 20:00, don't think there are enough schooners in the world to get me up there.
As long as there are no pokies I'll be a happy pisshead.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: She said it had karaoke at 20:00, don't think there are enough schooners in the world to get me up there.
I'd drink faster then, I firmly believe nothing makes beer go flat faster then some tone deaf dopey git's excessively amplified karayodling.
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Michael Martin wrote: As long as there are no pokies I'll be a happy pisshead.
And if there are you'll be a sober, penniless, pisshead?
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OriginalGriff wrote: And if there are you'll be a sober, penniless, pisshead?
I hate them, Missus can't leave them alone. I bought a house at 22, at 27 it looked like I would pay it off at 32, at 29 I sold it as I couldn't stand robbing Peter to pay Paul and keep financially afloat. Now at 50 I only have about $30K in unsecured debt I am still paying off.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Ah. She picked the venue? Ouch ...
Sabotage the power grid?
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