There is Snow in my Dinosaur's Complaint Thread
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Where did the image come from originally? Looks like "The Scream" wearing a gas mask. :)
Decent weather. Cold but no rain, no snow, and roads are clear. Went out to take the garbage to the transfer station and then to the drug store to pick up a prescription. Before I left I was using the computer and a message from my UPS popped into the middle of my screen and said that it had experienced an internal error and that I should replace my unit and started beeping weirdly at me. It didn't say battery, it said "unit". Arghhhh..... Just a day or so ago we had a power outage and the UPS performed perfectly and let me shutdown gracefully. I even turned the system back on a couple hours later and did some more work but shut down before the battery died. Then the system sat all night with the power on and the computer off. The UPS should have been charging but now after the scary warning the battery level is depleted. :-(
So, while I was out I went to OfficeMax and got a replacement, paying the retail price of $149 instead of waiting for a sale at Newegg or TigerDirect where I could probably have gotten one for just over $100 if I was patient and waited for the right sale. I could have rigged up something to keep the computers running without an UPS but I've been running on UPS protection for decades and I've gotten used to knowing it's there. It's saved me from power crashes several times. I hate power crashes.
Then I started debugging the old UPS. It passes its diagnostics, and doesn't beep at me anymore. The good news is that it's almost three years old but still has 29 days on the Warrantee! (cool!). I navigated to the APC web service desk and "chat"ed with the foreign dude about my issue. He came to the conclusion that it was working OK and only needed a full recharge. Well, maybe. But as I said it had been charging all last night and should have been fully charged this morning. The only other thing he suggested that I hadn't thought of was to pull out and reseat the battery pack, which I have done. The unit has been charging for about 4 hours now and says it's fully charged but I'll let it charge overnight again and see what happens when I plug some devices into it tomorrow.
If it works I won't feel too guilty about buying a new unit because the old one's battery is almost three years old anyway, but the unit hasn't complained about it yet. New batteries directly from APC are $$$. And since they now package some of them in proprietary cartridges you have to get replacements from them. If this old unit does seem to be working properly and only needs a new battery I'll consider getting a battery when one of my older smaller UPS units craps out.
Where did the image come from originally? Looks like "The Scream" wearing a gas mask. :)
...I found it in the Net when looking for graffiti to use as overlays on walls and other items.
...I found it in the Net when looking for graffiti to use as overlays on walls and other items.
Apparently, so did Imaginary_House. :lol:
my spirit wantsa party, so sleepy :lol:
in jammies all set for sleepy, the 2.99 banner kept me up the last couple hours
ds grass shaders in fastgrab. iz an exe install :doh:
I don't have to imagine it...that's what I used to pay when I first started buying them...in the mid sixties.
Dana
I don't buy comics any more. I always go to Free Comic Book Day though. We always hoarded our and re-read and re-read them.
I don't buy comics any more. I always go to Free Comic Book Day though. We always hoarded our and re-read and re-read them.
I didn't buy them for many years. Then the first time they were planning to have Superman die, I started up again. I went for a couple of years, then I stopped again. I couldn't keep up, and couldn't afford it. I was out of work again.
Dana
Has subscribing ever worked at all? :)
My complaint: Boreds and lazy. Not a fun combo.
Busy as a one armed fly swatter this morning, snuck off to get lunch and some thinking time :)
...I found it in the Net when looking for graffiti to use as overlays on walls and other items.
Apparently, so did Imaginary_House. :lol:
a screaming meme-ing thing :lol:
I don't buy comics any more. I always go to Free Comic Book Day though. We always hoarded our and re-read and re-read them.
I didn't buy them for many years. Then the first time they were planning to have Superman die, I started up again. I went for a couple of years, then I stopped again. I couldn't keep up, and couldn't afford it. I was out of work again.
Dana
You dont need to buy comics anymore,, DL the movie instead :)
no... my mom turned of my Windows XP computer while Microsoft Visual Studio express was running. She should have asked me if I needed to use the computer. Now I need to turn on the computer and open my project again.
heading to work now. phone's battery is low so got to charge it at work.
Well, my old UPS has recharged completely. Or at least it says it's fully charged when running on battery with no devices drawing power from it. Now to see if it keeps providing power when running a computer and monitor.
I checked the APC catalog and found the replacement battery cost for this unit to be about $60 + shipping which I'm sure won't be cheap.
Hump Day, kiss a camel! %-P
New hardware guy is kicking butt, one problem is resolved, three more to go! Excellent progress, no complaints.
Looks like severe storms today and tomorrow.. :shut: I have my umbrella and poncho, but still, strong winds warning will mean a dead umbrella. I lost two umbrellas to the wind last year...
Stuffed with a ham egg and cheese toasted croissant and sipping a double shot Americano.. this week is WAY better than last week.
This hump day you can buy a new camel to kiss, she is called Camelia http://www.daz3d.com/my-camel-camelia-hd
This hump day you can buy a new camel to kiss, she is called Camelia http://www.daz3d.com/my-camel-camelia-hd
ROFL - great catch! Need a belly dancer outfit (already wishlisted) and I can to desert pinups! :snake: :smirk:
Thanks! :)
ROFL - great catch! Need a belly dancer outfit (already wishlisted) and I can to desert pinups! :snake: :smirk:
Thanks! :)
I still want to know if these .duf files can be read by InterPoserPro hehe. Chances are the answer would be 'No', and the new Runtime layout would probably give IPP some hassle as well (Since it's programmed to use the old Poser layout). Doesn't look like the author is updating it anymore either. Might have to just learn how to rig myself urf, buy models and re-rig them in C4D. :-/
ROFL - great catch! Need a belly dancer outfit (already wishlisted) and I can to desert pinups! :snake: :smirk:
Thanks! :)
I still want to know if these .duf files can be read by InterPoserPro hehe. Chances are the answer would be 'No', and the new Runtime layout would probably give IPP some hassle as well (Since it's programmed to use the old Poser layout). Doesn't look like the author is updating it anymore either. Might have to just learn how to rig myself urf, buy models and re-rig them in C4D. :-/
Blargh, re-rigging weightmapped characters would be a screaming pain in the butt! :shut: There should be some way to export the rigged character to some format they have in common... :-S
ROFL - great catch! Need a belly dancer outfit (already wishlisted) and I can to desert pinups! :snake: :smirk:
Thanks! :)
imagining theme song from i dream of jeanie :)
the blonde one, not the brown hair. jeanie's ebil twin cousin
But they'll take the old battery back for free. You get a return authorization sticker to put onto the same package, so you don't even have to deal with the package.
Dana
no.. my parents turned off my Windows XP computer with asking me again. >:-(
ROFL - great catch! Need a belly dancer outfit (already wishlisted) and I can to desert pinups! :snake: :smirk:
Thanks! :)
I still want to know if these .duf files can be read by InterPoserPro hehe. Chances are the answer would be 'No', and the new Runtime layout would probably give IPP some hassle as well (Since it's programmed to use the old Poser layout). Doesn't look like the author is updating it anymore either. Might have to just learn how to rig myself urf, buy models and re-rig them in C4D. :-/
Does it read P9+ weightmapped rigging?
...bleagh, stupid cold still messing with me. Slept a little better last night but this cough is becoming really annoying. Would like to go out and get some proper meds, but have to go to the market that is further away to get them (the natural one is way overpriced and only has those expensive herbal types which don't do squat for me). However, there's a major threat of rain again today. Last thing I need the way I feel is to get caught in another downpour.
Guess I could take the bus, but that takes at least three times as long as it does to get there on my bike because of lousy connections (and costs an extra 5$ round trip).
May just have to wait until tomorrow as it's supposed to be sunny and 75°. Means having to endure this for another day and night though.
But they'll take the old battery back for free. You get a return authorization sticker to put onto the same package, so you don't even have to deal with the package.
Dana
Continued my discussion with the APC chat people. After my tests and their considered opinion, they've declared my unit working OK. :-s So, I guess that's good news, I don't have to send it back to them. I should however, seriously consider getting a new battery. To that end I attempted to use the APC on-line store to buy the battery needed and was boldly told in big red letters that that product is out of stock and that I should consider using one of their resellers. :-s OK, so I pick OfficeMax and go to their web store and discover that they sell the battery for $59 and free delivery. (I do have to pay state sales tax though) but I have to order it online. Hopefully if I get a new battery the UPS unit itself won't completely crap out on me 30 days from now after the warrantee has expired. 8-(
As a side note: I'm listening to Sir Hamilton Harty's Piano Concerto. Heard part of it on the radio a couple weeks ago and ordered the last copy of the CD that Amazon had. I absolutely love parts of it but some parts of it are meh. All in all though it's always exciting for me to discover a new piece that I like but haven't heard and say "where has this been all my life?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrauHSe-HTk
can you get your own place?
I still want to know if these .duf files can be read by InterPoserPro hehe. Chances are the answer would be 'No', and the new Runtime layout would probably give IPP some hassle as well (Since it's programmed to use the old Poser layout). Doesn't look like the author is updating it anymore either. Might have to just learn how to rig myself urf, buy models and re-rig them in C4D. :-/
Does it read P9+ weightmapped rigging?
Not sure... If the 'Unimplemented Features' page is still up-to-date (likely is not) the only rigging related point is # Poser 8 New Joint System.
As far as I know, the jump to universally using duf/etc files was recent - and it's unlikely IPP has been updated to read such files. I haven't tried yet though, haven't had the time to go reinstalling it and taking it for a test run on the new Runtime layout and file types. I'm expecting to have a bunch of errors thrown in my face :lol:
@TroutFace: I figure that depends on how good D|S's Collada or FBX exporting skills are. Otherwise I'd just try and get at the static OBJ and go from there - though C4D's OBJ import in the version I have um.... Is quite terrible %-P
my excel code is working - oh yeah.
took a couple of days, but now i can whip it out whenever i need named ranges defined.
' ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add _
' Name:="Range1Jan", _
' RefersTo:="=Sheet1!$H$13:$N$13"
'Dim MyN As String
'Dim MySheet, MySheet2 As String
'Dim MyNa As String
'Dim Wk1, Wk2, Wk3, Wk4, Wk5, Wk6, Wk7, Wk8 As String
'Wk1 = "Jan1"
'MySheet = "='MISTY'!"
'MySheet2 = ",'MISTY'!"
'MyN = MyNa & Wk1
'Names.Add Name:=MyN, RefersTo:=MySheet & "$E$11:$G$11" & MySheet2 & "$A$13:$G$13"
...same here (listening now). With all the music I studied over the years how did I miss this?
Morning. Dawn's first crimson fingers reaching out in a blue tinged sky and cold so far from a stiff south wind :)
...brrr....puts a heavy sweater on and puts the kettle on for more tea (sniffle sniffle cough...).