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I like it. The old logo, with the horrible horizontally-stretched letters and the coloured blobs, was just awful, like a bad pastiche. This new one is like a 1950s back-to-basics no-nonsense clean design. It's a bit like a post-office ink stamp.

Oooo that's interesting. Running Docker containers without destroying VirtualBox would be a great step forward.

^^^ This. Insurance companies will find any excuse to redact a claim. Any excuse. As soon as your circumstances change, update your insurance.

But if everyone did that, who'd do the testing?

Ironically, you can get a more valve-like sound with modern digital effects than with analogue effects. The software adds the correct harmonics, the analogue pedals can't do that without a real valve. I've tried software plugins like LePou guitar stack VSTs, but the latency always throws me. I use a Digitech RP pedal (with cabinet modelling switched on) or a Roland Cube's line-out into an Alesis IO2 interface with variable direct monitoring. This way there's zero latency. Reverb and echos are added during mixing; I never bake them in to the recorded sound.

Being in a real band can be great - don't get me wrong, but I remember the travelling, the arguments, the wasted time, etc. I've collected some nice gear over the years (an '85 Strat and a '74 Marshall stack) but I moved to digital amp modellers years ago. About 18 months ago I discovered Bandlab. I've done more on Bandlab that I did when I was in real bands. Bandlab has a phone app (which I don't really get on with), and a web-based DAW. It's quite rudimentary, but capable of surprisingly good results. I tend to record and mix on a DAW then upload the stems to Bandlab for 'forking' (publishing with modification allowed) http://bandlab.com PM me if you want my Bandlab handle to listen to some of my collaborations.

I've got mixed views on this. The GMT time in winter is good for me as I'm not keen on dark mornings, but there doesn't seem to be any sense in the asymmetric shift period. In other words, the period before the clocks go forward (end of March) is a month longer than the period after the clocks go back (end of October) taking the mid point at around the middle of December - the darkest days. Summertime should really start at the end of February. This would get my vote. B=clocks back, x=darkest days, F=clocks forward. B-----------x-----------------------F

A good guide here, with recommended limits for different memory configurations. https://www.brentozar.com/blitz/max-memory/

I've been out of the SIMS scene for a while (different department now) but this might still be an issue - it's do to with the cardinality estimator in SQL, and how setting your SQL compatibility to 2012 improves performance significantly. http://www.edugeek.net/forums/mis-systems/147490-sims-slow-after-upgrade-sql-2014-a.html These posts seem to suggest that it's still an issue, but of course I may be wrong. https://myaccount.capita-cs.co.uk/forums/thread/kk-lastSIMS-technical-su/cf533f8d-91bd-e811-80f2-000d3a2632b4

Just to check the obvious.... your OS, database files, log files and tempdb files should be on different drives/LUNs. Don't invite bottlenecks; keep busy I/O on separate channels. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/policy-based-management/place-data-and-log-files-on-separate-drives?view=sql-server-2017 Are your users running some insane widgets recompiling reports every minute on their desktops? Stuff like that can drag down your server. The script below lists the top users by CPU in the SQL realm, over a set time period. The script uses 10 seconds, but you can change that value in the line 'waitfor delay .......' Provided as is, up to you if you use it, but I've found it useful. At least it might help identifying the user(s) chewing up your CPU.... use master go -- drop temp tables if they exist IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..##cpuhog1','U') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE ##cpuhog1 IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..##cpuhog2','U') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE ##cpuhog2 -- build first table Select db1.name as 'DBName', spid, pr1.status, cmd, nt_username, pr1.loginame, hostname, program_name, cpu into ##cpuhog1 from sysprocesses pr1 (nolock) join sysdatabases db1 (nolock) on pr1.dbid = db1.dbid where name not in ('master', 'msdb', 'model') order by pr1.spid -- wait for a period of time print 'Waiting for a while...' waitfor delay '00:00:10' -- 'hh:mm:ss', you choose the delay -- build second table Select db2.name as 'DBName', spid, pr2.status, cmd, nt_username, pr2.loginame, hostname, program_name, cpu into ##cpuhog2 from sysprocesses pr2 (nolock) join sysdatabases db2 (nolock) on pr2.dbid = db2.dbid where name not in ('master', 'msdb', 'model') order by pr2.spid -- debug - check the two tables, later one sometimes shows lower CPU values - weird -- select * from ##cpuhog1 -- select * from ##cpuhog2 -- two tables made, calulate the differences between them and order by CPU select t1.DBName as 'Database Name', t1.spid, t1.status, t1.cmd as 'Command', t1.nt_username as 'Windows Username', t1.loginame as 'SQL Login', t1.hostname as 'Machine Name', t1.program_name, t2.cpu - t1.cpu as CPUDiff from ##cpuhog1 t1 join ##cpuhog2 t2 on t1.DBName = t2.DBName and t1.loginame = t2.loginame and t1.hostname = t2.hostname order by CPUDiff desc -- drop temp tables if they exist IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..##cpuhog1','U') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE ##cpuhog1 IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..##cpuhog2','U') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE ##cpuhog2

Are you OK using SQL queries from the Management Studio? If so, this will tell you the task count and the 'visibility' of each CPU/core from SQL Server. You want to see VISIBLE ONLINE for each of your assigned CPUs, a '1' for the 'is_online' field and a low-ish task count less than 5 tasks per CPU, ideally. select cpu_id,scheduler_id,is_online, current_tasks_count, status from sys.dm_os_schedulers where status IN ('VISIBLE OFFLINE', 'VISIBLE ONLINE')

Another vote for AutoAid. Been with them years, at one point had two cars and a camper van covered for £43. Used them twice, no problems whatsoever.

No I didn't. The arch procrastinator emerged and moved it to the 'to do' list, and I forgot about it. I'm glad this has come up today, as a scanner would make quite a nice Christmas present.

The disk has increased in size, but the partitions and/or volumes as seen by your OS have not. If you are using regular partitions, you'll need to use something like parted to increase the partition sizes. If you're using logical volumes, this is a very good guide to altering volume sizes. You can build physical volumes in new partitions then add these physical volumes to your logical volume(s). https://www.tecmint.com/extend-and-reduce-lvms-in-linux/ Anything involving disk resizing can go disasterously wrong, so make sure you have backups!

As an interesting tangent, Salvador Dali often wrote a cheque for meals at restaurants. He autographed and doodled on the back of the cheque. He knew that the owner wouldn't want to cash the cheque as it had novelty (and monetary) value. So, for Dali at least, there was such a thing as a free lunch.

No lateral force is acting on the helicopter in relation to the earth's surface, so it wouldn't move in relation to the earth's surface. Only a force can shift the helicopter. Where is this force coming from?

Why should it? What would cause the helicopter to move in relation to the earth's surface? The helicopter doesn't 'know' the earth is turning. Its frame of reference is the ground, and if no force acts upon it it will not move (in relation to the earth) or retard its motion (in relation to a point in space). Edit: Seriously, I can't believe people waste their time of flat earth stuff. Though it is good fun I suppose.....

This is another failing of flat-earth "theory". Gravity doesn't act 'downwards'; it acts towards the centre of mass. If you walked towards the edges of the flat earth, it would be as if you were trying to walk up a cliff as gravity is pulling you towards the centre of mass, not 'down'. Another thing - why can't everyone see Everest?

If you've got a proxy set up in your user environment, through exports or /etc/environment, you might have to pass the -E switch to sudo to preserve the environment (including proxy settings) Try this sudo -E apt-get update and if it works, continue with this: sudo -E apt-get upgrade If that fails, test your proxy with a simple curl request. curl www.microsoft.com You should see a response like this: If you get an error response from your proxy, you've got a fundamental authentication problem.

I did look at this a while back for home use. I couldn't get it to work with my cruddy camera. Not a direct-to-Google storage solution, but it might be worth a look. https://www.angelcam.com/business/pricing

@mole Really interested in this gizmo. We've had a bit of a cold snap recently, have you noticed any problems with the temperature of the house?

@mavhc is pointing out that, in this case, not all data is treated equally (Netflix traffic is not metered, but (as an example) Hulu traffic is metered) It's a valid point.

Well I've just cancelled my Virgin (broadband-only) - their price rises just were the last straw. I've got a month to sort out a new provision, I don't need very high speed as I mostly stream. I use Netflix a lot so my usage is way over a sensible amount for mobile/4G. Or so I thought. I found this SIM Only Contracts | Unlimited Data SIM Contracts | Three 100GB per month for £20. One important detail is a feature 3 call 'binge' which allows unlimited Netflix (among other) streaming service. Terms & Conditions | Three. If I omit Netflix from the equation, I certainly don't average 3GB per day so this Netflix-included deal might actually work for me. Hot spot function appears to be allowed, so I'm considering putting this SIM in a Mifi device and trying it. "Personal Hotspot If you're taking out one of our plans, you can use all of your data allowance as a Personal Hotspot in the UK." (my emphasis) Thoughts?

I would analyse the problem with Windows Performance Toolkit (recorder and analyser). Start here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/wpt/windows-performance-analyzer You can analyse your entire system or just Pulsar. The performance toolkit is part of ADK. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/get-started/adk-install

Another vote for Bulb here. There's no tie in, and there's just one tariff (which is cheaper than the big six).