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@irj said in Spouses, Furniture and Generic Cereal:

Google is now watching this thread....

Good because I just watched "Dear white people" and I didnt realize we were living in 1962 Kansas.

Or they could have had Ed Sheeran walk up to Bran Stark and sing "when your legs don't work like they used to before..."

Honestly I can't believe how far Zoho has come since 2009 when I last used it. Now if they would only change the daycare looking logo of theirs. Their product interfaces are modern and attractive but their website product icons and logo are very off-putting.

Wow so we are just spoiled in Ohio. New tags you pay about $80 now, renewals about $35 every year. Regardless of the car.

@tim_g GOT up through season 6 is a masterpiece. Particularly the final 2 episodes of last season. I cant think of anything better on TV than those two episodes.

What are your top shows?

And coincidentally they seem to have a stripe.com integrated payment and management platform like the one I was looking for in a previous post I made here...

So just as I am submitting Android/iOS apps to the app store Dialpad takes this nationwide.

https://www.dialpad.com/free

Previously it was for San Fran numbers only and you had to have a G Suite Account.

I just signed up to see whats what, here is what you get

• 5 free extensions, one free local number
• Sign up with email, G Suite or 0365 now
• You can add an Obi1000 IP Phone or Obi300 ATA to each extension
• It appears you can add free "room phones" for break your etc
• I had to agree they could contact me via phone or email about their products

I will find out soon enough whether they bother me with one phone call or harass me to death.

Its a really strong sales move but if 1 in 10 people end up buying service I would imagine it is worth it.

Youtube Video

There was a guy in here somewhere selling a use "scale" system that I am trying to find. I am sure it was in this thread. Please PM me.

Ah... some limits..

100 outbound minutes
No porting toll free numbers in

But you do get unlimited inbound

I buy Microsoft licenses when something stops working...

J/k

No but seriously

@Dashrender said in Has Windows 10 VDI Licensing changed yet?:

@scottalanmiller said in Has Windows 10 VDI Licensing changed yet?:

@bigbear said in Has Windows 10 VDI Licensing changed yet?:

So you prefer terminal services over VDI?

Of course, VDI is just a kludge for situations where you are stuck running bad software that doesn't behave properly with the operating system. You never "want" VDI, it's always a brute force fallback to fix other problems. And it is a unique problem to the Windows world, there is a reason that no other ecosystem talks about VDI... because only Windows software is considered acceptable to have been written so poorly.

While I'm sure this thinking is incorrect, at the same time, when has Apple ever had a server based solution like this at all? I've never personally seen another solution besides RDS or VDI both involving windows... but I know 'nix can do this, just never seen an actual use of it.

Linux has had it for at least 20 years

5 sold, 3 more pending and may only have 1 left, if anyone is still interested.

Thanks!

Half of my garage is half full of IT/Technology stuff, some new in the box but a lot of it open/used, etc. Most of it is from new office business split that ended in a buyout, so a lot of stuff ended up in my garage. Some of it is new in the box but most of it is used. So for the used stuff I am trying to figure out packaging and who to ship through.

I have mostly dropshipped or used our UPS shipper account to send things out. Even then the front desk girl was a master packer/shipper. So am I trying to decide the most streamlined way to do all this.

Is there Fedex/USPS packing/shipping services when you walk in the store? Or do I need to source all my packing materials and just ship through the cheapest route?

If pre-packaging is best I have a whole weekend and 4 kids who I am sure are eager to help daddy out...

@scottalanmiller said in Has Windows 10 VDI Licensing changed yet?:

@bigbear said in Has Windows 10 VDI Licensing changed yet?:

On one hand routing tables definitely matter, say in a site 2 site implementation and in any VPN where you are communicating with a remote network.

They matter, certainly, they are just outside of the VPN scope. VPNs exist whether routing tables are there or not or whether they come into play or not.

Agreed, I guess I am just coming around to accept what you originally postulated, that a VPN by definition isnt limited to the idea of connecting two routable networks. That VPN and SSL are very similar.

I had a guy years ago that used to confuse RDP and VPN, but not because of he knew what he was talking about. He just didn't understand what either of them were to begin with. So he was always telling me he was VPN'd in when in fact he was on our terminal server.

Now I am like...

I've been using it for 3+ years and it's definitely come a long way. The last year has been very stable.

@dustinb3403 said in I can't even:

WTF. . . the question is "how do I setup a vpn" yet he has no clue and is apparently working in IT based on the topic. . .

Sounds like a solution for.... RDSH

I will show myself out

~Official RDSH Fanboy

@scottalanmiller said in Dropbox Smart Sync:

Sounds good, looking forward to feedback on it.

Looking forward to trying to break it! lol

@quixoticjeremy said in Ubiquiti Frontrow:

@bigbear said in Ubiquiti Frontrow:

How in the hell will they stabilize these image?

Great question, they're actually expecting you to hold in place with your hand, the entire time. Last I checked when movies are going on they have HUGE RIGS that the camera man has to wear that take away all the motion and crap to give a smooth picture.

The problem this is solving vs whipping out your smartphone camera?

Would rather have seen them put all that engineering talent into maintaining their home/office automation gear.

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Wealthy San Francisco residents lose private street over tax bill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40861145

While I love the premise of sticking it to rich folk, this kind of stuff is why I hate local government. Those who can, do. Those who can't, govern?

Certainly some type of notice had to have been given to someone. Why am I so intrigued by this? lol