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Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:40:55 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
>
>> My point was that it might not just be the yahoo tool bar which
>> triggers the problem. The problem is probably not the toolbar
>> but something underlying, just waiting to be triggered.
>
> "it's highly probable that the machine at Baker Street has been
> running for a good few weeks and that the cache has become full.
> Unfortunately, Wyse have admitted that these machines were never
> designed for 24/7 use"
>
> How did the cache getting full cause the screen to rotate 90 degrees
> right and this message to appear.
>
> The instruction at "0x02f28ee8" referenced memory at "0x00000020". The
> memory could not be "written".
>
> "Wyse have admitted that these machines were never designed for 24/7
> use and, as such, we're looking at approaches for the automatic reboot
> of the devices during engineering hours"
>
> You're seriously telling us that there is no current method to
> remotely reboot a thin client. Now I know you're spinning.
>
>
> "Remote management including configuration, device health, reboot, and
> more"
>
> http://www.wyse.com/products/winterm/S10/index.asp
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/17/tube_crash_solved/
How could anyone pay good money, good *public* money, for such cr*p? It
really is about time that we good some proper computers, proper software
and proper developers and integrators on the job, isn't it? Some
people who really know how this stuff works, not some people who've done
a 2-week intensive course in visual basic.
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