@thecreativeone91 said:

Yep, I'm sure it's some of the same people using it. I really never understood using these it's too risky. If you need a VPN get a virtual server you can use or something.

In this case, it's because you want to select the country out of a large list, some of which you cannot easily get a virtual server in. Normal people can't maintain a dozen virtual servers around the world and build their own VPNs just to watch television.

@Ambarishrh said:

@creayt That issue of losing data is covered mostly by all tools by default I guess. Manictime which I am evaluating now, has a backup restore option, and also a scheduled backup function. I can schedule the backup to go to my dropbox/One Drive or even an external hard drive if uploading to a third party an issue.

End of the day, its every users choice, which I understand, but was not in the side of moving all my browsing history & work details to a third party server. I am kind of a person who would love to look at a self hosted option first for anything.

I see. The slang term for that is a "privacy fiend" 🙂

For what it's worth, RescueTime lets you configure it on a schedule so it ignores everything say, outside of work hours.

I sent a request to Sales at Peplink today.. 8 hours later and still no reply ... I guess I'll have to call in the morning.

@anonymous said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@anonymous said:

So if I understand this right, the only thing the SSL cert does it protect the login?

Just the really important bit 🙂

With Two Factor Enabled, it's not that important.

I would say SSL is more important than two factor to security. A rapid replay attack will defeat two factor pretty easily in most cases. And it is completely vulnerable to man in the middle - to the point of doing nothing at all.

You are attempting to add NFS storage. Turn off root squash and make the IP address of the VMware server have read/write access.

Also, in the case of some partners, it's the partner doing beta testing, developing material for Pertino, etc. You can actually get some primarily support, not just supplemental support, with some partners.

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Thanks everyone! Usually I have 2 other PCs to work with, but recently they died and I haven't had time to work on them. i think i need to get that taken care of!

Its worth the investment!

That did fix it. Updates are now happening with out a warning.

That being said, I've had many local Burger Kings break the rules and customize for me. But they were officially not allowed to.

Trying anything I can think of, this part looks promising to maybe be the issue...

WSREP_SST: [INFO] Removing the sst_in_progress file (20150615 23:31:45.369) 150615 23:31:45 [ERROR] WSREP: Process completed with error: wsrep_sst_xtrabackup --role 'joiner' --address 'x.x.x.x' --auth 'no:no' --datadir '/db/mysql/' --defaults-file '/etc/mysql/my.cnf' --parent '16465': 32 (Broken pipe) 150615 23:31:45 [ERROR] WSREP: Failed to read uuid:seqno from joiner script. 150615 23:31:45 [ERROR] WSREP: SST failed: 32 (Broken pipe) 150615 23:31:45 [ERROR] Aborting

I'm running an instance of Gitlab (https://about.gitlab.com/) for myself. It seems to be pretty cool as well. Gitlab seems to be not too lightweight, but it is still pretty snappy.

We get from rapidssl https://www.rapidssl.com/ (single domain- $49, wild card $199) or network solutions

@thecreativeone91 said:

@garak0410 said:

I have the elements versions of Premiere and Photoshop and they tend to do a pretty good job. I'd love the power of Premiere Pro but the learning curve is steep. As far as HTML coding goes, there are good alternatives out there so I guess it does then boil down to the artistic end of "IT" with the rest of the suite and so then this answers my question as far the value to me goes. But that said, it would still be nice to put on a resume that I know how to use the entire suite... 🙂

The elements versions are like toys of the full versions if those are working for your needs there's no reason to upgrade.

Premiere doesn't have a steep learning curve. Especially if you have used Final Cut Pro 7 (and older) FCP X is not the same, nor does it have the same feature set. Avid Media Composer/Symphony on the other hand the other hand as well as Lightworks and Resolve (technically color grading but, has a NLE) are complex to learn. Smoke and after effect can be complex as well to learn but they are not.
NLE's.

Personally I see no value of the Creative Cloud right now, there are very few new features that aren't just "marketing fluff" from CS6. I have many seats of Production Premium CS5, CS5.5 and CS6.

Also have the specific software listed in the creative world on your resume isn't really a "hireable" trait. In the creative world it's about proven deliverable, and quality results every time that you can show. It doesn't matter what tools you used to create the work. That's like asking a artist what brand paint brushes he used to make a great painting before hiring them. "Sorry, We don't use those paint bushes here". It's assumed one can learn new tools, and in some cases pick their own. It's still a topic of discussion of course but has minimal impact. The Tools used aren't very important. Heck if someone can pick up cheap tools and make something great with it imagine what they can do with the really good tools.

Another thing to keep in mind with the creative cloud is with creative software there is extreme vendor lock in. You can use the deliverables (exports) of course. But for example PSD photoshop files while supported in other programs for import while be flat (no layers) making them useless and the same as a deliverable final image would be. Premiere Pro Projects can't be opened in other programs well either if at all. Sure there are industry standard EDL (Edit Decision Lists) which is just a CSV of edit points of the footage nothing more, It's from the print to film days so it doesn't support anything else. Also with Premiere you can't open newer projects with older versions of it, even opening and older project in a newer version will make you import it and save as a new project. While this vendor lock in is normal, when moving to a subscription model there are obvious concerns, where as something like a Word .Docx can be opened pretty well and supported in many programs (and also isn't ONLY subscription model).

The "Creative Cloud" (there is very little cloud about it as except some small amount of storage which can't really be used for serious professional work, really the only case where cloud storage will likely never be used.) is mostly there for adobe to get continual income without people skipping unneeded upgrades or having to work about adding ground breaking features to make sure people will want to upgrade. Some people say it's good because the initial purchase is cheaper (but it's only one month), long term it's a much more expensive model.

If you are just looking to learn you can just buy a month at a time and use it when you need it, keep in mind you will not be able to even view projects when you aren't paying. This has actually been a big deal for film projections on remote locations, as the software will deactivate even if you have paid if it doesn't phone home every 30 days. There as still many remote locations of the world that this is not possible. I know one major budget film that just bought more laptops installed in at the Home office and then mailed them over to the remote locations so they'd have new laptops every 30 days. a major added expense for sure.

Disclaimer: I'm part of Adobe's Product testing team.

Excellent response... gives me a lot to consider... thanks so much...

@g.jacobse said:

Never run the controller for my home ap at home? Curious -

If you have a VM infrastructure at home, and will dedicate (it can generally be turned off) a VM to it, then at home is fine.

The units tie themselves to the unique ID each controller install generates, so you cannot just pop up a new controller, configure it and have the PA get the info. It will not do it.

Like to know more about this... How you have yours set up.

I have a VM dedicated to it on one of our Hyper-V servers colocated in a datacenter. This controller runs all of the UniFi AP for our home office workers and all of our small clients with only 1 AP at a site.

I would generally agree that you should feel free to use this until/if the person you sold it to contacts you back.

I would not try to sell it again unless you can confirm 100% what happened to the last purchaser. If they did go under, there may be litigation against their assets and this could be considered part of it and found through the discovery process.

@thecreativeone91 said:

@g.jacobse said:

@dafyre said:

lol. Why would you want to make short cables (aside from patch cables). The shortest I've made is about 2 inches. (Full Admission: I did test it, but never used it, lol).

In practice, if I am making a non-standard length cable, I make it a little bit longer than I thik I need it to be.

The short cables are patch cables. I could go shorter than the six inches I made,.. but again, there stacked,.. old and a 'temporary' testing section.

However I may use this for 'field' use but that is unknown currently.

By field use,.. I mean a real field.

Why are you making patch cables.. buying in standard legths is much cheaper. making cables if you are paid more than min wage is expensive.

I'm making them for myself - so other than the plugs, I am out nothing.