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Oh these weren't nice computers.
They were bought as Viglen Windows PCs that then had Red Hat Linux installed on them before being sent to live in the dirtiest, smallest transport offices you can imagine with no UPS.
I wired one directly into a heater switch because there was no available socket for it.
We lost one after rats chewed through the kettle lead. Others were often unplugged so people could use the sockets, once for a fan heater, although in a different office to the one mentioned above.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Yes, I know that feeling: you can add signs, gaffer tape and even threats, but some stupid sunshine is going to unplug anyway "because I needed the Hoover" 
In my case it was the file / db server. And the Hoover was needed for? An oil based ink spill... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Yeah, that sucks 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Yep. It sucked.
Then it sprayed.
Then it died.
Then the wall needed redecorating.
He tried to claim for new trousers since he couldn't get the ink out, but...um..."quiet words" were had with him 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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We had some computers serving as automated operator's consoles on a mainframe system handling operations for a BIG airline. I would get called in at 3am to investigate why they had gone off-line. I would get there, check everything, power up and all was well - weird! it turns out that the cleaners would come in at night, unplug the PC for the vacuum cleaner, clean, and then plug it back in. Occasionally the PC wouldn't restart automatically and I would get called at shift change when the operators would notice the console wasn't up! To fix it I spent several nights there until I saw the cleaners do it. I tried to tell them not to but my Spanish wasn't up to it. I managed to find their supervisor and told him to tell them not to do this. They still did because the alternative was to drag a long extension around with them and this was easier. I then told the supervisor that there was a risk of aeroplanes crashing if this system was unplugged and that they were on camera and would be found out in the crash investigation. This fixed it.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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chriselst wrote: I wired one directly into a heater switch because there was no available socket for it.
lol. There is just no way I want to see "server" and that above statement anywhere close to each other.
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Thank You to all for the replies
By changing the Boot Order in the BIOS so the USB device is last on the list provided the FIX
The reason for the Fix is when the Easeus Todo Free Back up software does a recovery
it wants to restart the computer with the External Hard Drive connected
What was confusing is the Windows 7 Pro Desktop did not require this change for the system to boot
with the external hard drive connected
enjoy
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Think about it. Fooling with Windows Device Manager isn't going to help the BIOS at boot time.
As Henry said, put your hard drive first in boot order.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I have seen far too many machines from various vendors with this issue and no USB BOOT Yes/No option.
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If it's USB, it could be similar to when my PC wouldn't boot with a USB printer connected and on. I disabled "Legacy USB support" or some such in the BIOS to get it work.
See if you can view http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/2676921/Stupid-Legacy-USB-support.aspx[^]
Stupid Legacy USB support by PIEBALDconsult
Forum Message 13 Aug 2008
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Choroid wrote: the system will not boot
That most likely means there is something wrong with the hard drive. It has nothing to do with the boot order in the BIOS.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I had something similar with an Acer box.
It turned out that the "added extras" from Acer couldn't handle "too many" drives during boot, so it froze. My workaround was to pull the USB plug until Windows was starting.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I spent probably the better part of two days putting together what I think is a decent "contact list". It uses jQuery, jQuery-tablesorter, and jQuery-UI, as well as a bunch of Javascript to avoid any server-side callbacks, and of course a bunch of CSS.
Now, the thing is, I'm constantly looking up the docs -- how do I sort table rows, how do move columns, how do I hide columns, how does the button-set work, why is $(this).hide() a function but row.hide() isn't, how do I get divs to align nicely horizontally, how do I get a div to right align, how do I get the last column of the table to right-align, how do I get the table columns to adjust to the width of their content, etc.etc.etc.
Now, please DO NOT answer these questions. I already know the answers, after spending countless hours Googling and Fiddling. I will say one thing, thank God (or the gods  ) for StackOverflow, the fount of amazing wisdom. I will admit that even after finding the answer, I enjoy reading all the rest of the possible solutions because often there are several options and it's highly educational.
So, back to my question -- is anyone actually fluent enough in these technologies so that if I give you the requirements:
I want:
a table of contacts
sortable by first name and last name
a slider button that lets you switch first / last name columns (affecting the sorting)
searchable with an A-Z index (like a physical address book with little "A", "B", "C..." etc. tabs)
and with columns for email address, home / work / cell phone numbers that can be selected by a button-set
...how long would it take you to write that? The amount of code is actually minimal, it seems like if you know what you're doing it shouldn't take more than 1/2 hour.
Oh, and I forgot to mention -- it needs to look good too. Mwahaha.
But does anyone really know how to do this stuff without looking up a gazillion things?
WinForm programming is child's play in comparison.
Anyways, an article on this will be forthcoming in the next day or two.
Here's the article.[^]
Marc
modified 26-Apr-14 20:36pm.
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Javascript makes me want to quit programming. CSS makes me want to quit web design. jQuery makes it all a tiny bit more bearable, but only a tiny bit.
Seriously looking at the Linux Bash console as a new platform...back to nice character mode programming like good old DOS.
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I'm starting to think the internet needs a label "Warning: No user serviceable parts".
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"No usable scripting languages inside" is more like
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I know what you mean, the entire "web development" idea/system is completely broken. HTML, CSS, another Javascript framework, etc.
All of it just feels like layers of broken systems designed to improve the lower system. It's absolutely awful. I spent hours attempting to get a Javascript/jQuery library working and all it was supposed to do is auto generate HTML tables from passed JSON. Don't even get me started on how long it took me from reading the "documentation" to send the JSON from PHP.
I'm looking into ASP.NET for the backend now.
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Lloyd Atkinson wrote: I know what you mean, the entire "web development" idea/system is completely broken.
That is why we get paid the big salaries. 
I have been doing web development for the past 15 years. It has gotten a whole lot easier over time. You should have been around when it was really broken.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Easy but I do code javascript all day 
I will be posting a new article soon. It's a C# to JavaScript runtime parser. Should make our lives a lot easier with JS. I've almost got it completely working. Also supports multi inheritance unlike C#.
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Isn't this what TypeScript is? :P
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Actually no
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M@dHatter wrote: I will be posting a new article soon. It's a C# to JavaScript runtime parser.
Parser or compiler or converter? There's http://scriptsharp.com/[^] for generating Javascript by compiling C#. I was looking at that a couple days ago. BTW, in the Ruby world, there's http://opalrb.org/[^]
Anyways, I'm looking forward to your article!
Marc
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I work with JavaScript, CSS and jQuery (the only enjoyable bit) all the time and I still have to look most things up! Weirdly, I work with C# and .NET all the time as well and only occasionally have to look things up. I haven't really figured out why one is so much easier to work with than the others, it's all just objects, classes and code after all.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: I haven't really figured out why one is so much easier to work with than the others,
I'm starting to think it's because there is no "standard" way of doing anything regarding JavaScript. Should it go in , , somewhere else? It's just a frustrating experience when most of the JavaScript libraries out there assume your already some kind of pro at using CSS.
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I can't do anything without looking up a gazzillion things, any more!
Brain's full.
Don't work on any one technology for long enough to become a guru, as the NBT comes along and grabs my interest.
Those that are able to use stuff without recourse to the interwebs or, heaven forfend, a manual, are doomed to obsolescence!
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