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Oh the irony. The site crashes for me. 
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"In the world of computer programming, 17 is widely considered the least random number."
Really? Why? (I'm too lazy to Google it)
And 4 is the most random.[^]
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The SSL certificate we bought through our webhost expired without a warning or renewal notice. This explains some weird things that started happening with some of our client file manager (updates) processes. It seems that a resource requested through https where the certificate is out of date does not throw an exception...it only creates 0 byte files! Yes, the https protocol was baked into the processes. The processes have been modified and posted, but if they are automatically downloaded through the version of the application that all current clients are using, the updates fail.  We have a secondary fallback server that still works, but only if the primary server is unreachable.
It should be a simple solution...either renew the existing cert or get one from another vendor and install it myself.
The first option seemed easy enough, except for some reason, my credentials to the webhost account no longer work. I can login to cPanel, but not to the account!  No problem, use their forgot password utility to recover it...nada...after a few tries I'm locked out. Fine, then I'll get an SSL elsewhere and undoubtably cheaper than $109/yr! I got a deal for 3 years at a decent price and bought it. Now, I just need to get a CSR from my webhost to create the certificate. No problem, I open a support ticket with my webhost and ask for one. Although they can identify me as the technical contact for the company, the primary account contact and CC holder (who just left for vacation) is the only one who can ask for a CSR and they refuse to help me since they charge $15 to generate the CSR and I'm not authorized for charges. 
I'm pretty close to moving the whole domain to Azure at this point! First though, I'll try another tech/support ticket to see if there's a way around this silly $15 charge. Edit: They now insist that they will need to install the cert (for an additional $30...am I wrong in thinking that it's only a freaking text file placed in the root folder?..and that I should be able to do this myself?
Update: I managed to get the last 4 of the cc on file, and got the process complete through their helpdesk. Once they had their money, it only took about 48 hours to get it done...but at least it's done and I don't have to think about it again for 3 years. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
modified 28-Sep-15 17:26pm.
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I don't envy you...horsing around with SSL certificates is a pain. The whole security certificate thing is a giant racket.
I'm hoping this takes off: https://letsencrypt.org/[^]
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This is the one from the Insider isn't it? I like the idea too, but I don't see how they can continue to operate for free. Are they going to depend on donations for funding?
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I don't remember where I first came across it...could be the Insider, for sure.
Not sure how they're going to pay for it...definitely worth donating if it flies. I donate every year to Wikipedia too
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Looks promising! I won't be needing a new one until 2018. Regarding my dilemma, another tech got involved and got things moving along...almost done! Thanks for the link.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Another "treasure of the internet" discovered:
The audio research and websites (non-profit, free, not selling anything, no ads) of Stephane Pigeon, Ph.D. (Belgian) are very interesting: [^]
Tinnitus hearing profile diagnostic: [^]
Drone take-off, tamboura assistance, music to wear tie-dyed t-shirts with: [^]
The drone page is just one of a remarkable collection of sound generators of every type ranging from very technical (pink, white, grey, noise) to ambient soundscapes.
I'm improvising to one of the drones right now with my guitar tuned EADac#d, and remembering 1966 in San Francisco ... those were the daze, my friend
enjoy, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
modified 26-Sep-15 16:08pm.
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Quote: Listen to the calibration audio file, then rub your hands together in front of your nose
My arms are too short, I failed 
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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This is great to watch. 
I need to find nearby coffee houses using gps asap ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
/pm
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
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I had the same idea. TED & COFFEE.
I was at my own "coffee" house watching.
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According to the Imagination Movers, ideas bubble to the top.
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I googled Imagination Movers.
I'd never heard of them before. I'll check them out, looks cool.
Thanks,
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I can't help thinking that where bad ideas come from would be a more useful thing to explore at the moment!
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Well, I think we all know where bad ideas originate
... people talking out their butts.
... politicians who fail to consider the unintended consequences of their "great ideas".
But, I think what you really want is a way to :
Destroy Bad Ideas.
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He clearly doesn't have a clue about the coffee houses in Amsterdam.
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I got an idea nine years ago. Waiting for the decade to complete, for it to materialize
modified 26-Sep-15 13:09pm.
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I think it was Plato who said this but apparently every idea mankind has ever came up with has already been thought of by someone else for example wasn't it da vinci who originally came up with the helicopter and there was a man by the name of Shivkar Bāpuji Talpade who invented the airplane decades before the Wright brothers.
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It is great that you have heard of Shivkar Talpade. Not many know him in India, as there is not much publicity; and moreover, there are conscious attempts to distort history to the convenience of some 'intellectuals'.
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newton.saber wrote: How We Got To Now : Six Innovations That Made the Modern World - Steven Johnson[^]
James Burke's Connections Series (especially the first season, there are three) covers a lot of that.
Highly recommended.
As well as his other series, The Day the Universe Changed.
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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Thanks, I will check those out.
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And I'm getting ready:
Helicopter cleaned, lubed and bagged... check
BEC battery charged ... check
Backup BEC battery charged ... check
Transmitter charged ... check
Transmitter battery loaded ... check
Camera checked and memory cleared ... check
Flight batteries charged ... waiting for the last two
Looks like I'm almost ready to go. For Griff I will try to get a decanted or deflagrated cow on video. If we can find a good soundtrack, I might patch together a little video clip of the results, but nobody wants to listen to the motor for a few minutes.
Edit:
Ready to go: With Ahnold's words...[^]
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
modified 26-Sep-15 9:40am.
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Soap it 
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Weapons check ?
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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