[poll] What does your dashboard look like? What
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oooohhh..black backgrounds? I'm sold. Thanks Dan. On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Dan Young <dyoung@tippett.com> wrote:
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PCoIP Clearcube | ||||||
| posted by on July 8, 2015, 9:25 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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I know the discussion went on a little while ago with respect to PCoIP stuff. We have eVGA in right now and are looking to upgrade to a newer version. In addition to others noting that eVGA might be getting out of the business, I also see they don't list any of the newer versions on their site, so that looks correct. My question is, do anyone have experience with Clearcube stuff or should I really be looking only for Leadtek? And if that's the case, can someone recommend a reseller in Western Canada? Regards, Craig |
HR/Finance Systems | ||||||
| posted by John Hickson on July 9, 2015, 11:53 a.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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All, We are looking at alternatives to our current Human Resources and Financial Systems. Can we get a quick poll on what other studios are using for this functionality. Any feedback as to any pros and cons would be great... :)
Thank you;
-- See you at SIGGRAPH? |
Need big bandwidth in Dominican Republic | ||||||
| posted by DougMielke on July 9, 2015, 1:02 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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I am researching bandwidth resources in the DR - need betweeen 300Mbps and 600Mbps for four+ months. DR is a somewhat curious place for rates and taxes so I would appreciate hearing form anyone that has had success there. Thanks! |
Rant: PSU power connectors | ||||||
| posted by Jean-Francois Panisset on July 9, 2015, 1:25 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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Here's a pet peeve of mine lately: IT equipment with external power adapters that use anything but C14 power connectors. I don't want to have to buy C13 to C7, C13 to C5 power cables to hook up to my PDUs, I want everything to use C13 to C14 power cables. And don't get me started about power adapters (or even worse gear itself) with molded power cords you can't replace...Thankfully mouser.com has a good UI for finding exactly the replacement power adapter you need... |
USB license dongle on VMWare | ||||||
| posted by Rob LaRose on July 9, 2015, 4:20 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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There have been a few threads about USB license dongles on virtual license servers. Were trying that now w/ PFTrack and VMWare, but the host doesnt seem to see the dongle. Anyone got any tips they can share? Pixelfarm is time-shifted so we wont be able to talk to them for a bit. Rob |
MIT "Helium" Software boosts Photoshop performance by
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| posted by Dan Mons on July 13, 2015, 5:50 a.m. (4 days ago) | ||||||
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| My shameless Slashdot copy/paste for the day: http://developers.slashdot.org/story/15/07/10/132204/computer-program-fixes-old-code-faster-than-expert-engineers http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/computer-program-fixes-old-code-faster-than-expert-engineers-0609 "From there, the Helium system then replaces the original bit-rotted components with the re-optimized ones. The net result: Helium can improve the performance of certain Photoshop filters by 75 percent, and the performance of less optimized programs such as Microsoft Windows IrfanView by 400 to 500 percent." Comments on Slashdot are along the lines of "faster software doesn't mean better business", which I guess is true for MS Office users, but I'd sure love to throw it at our render farm. ---------------- Dan Mons - R&D Sysadmin Cutting Edge http://cuttingedge.com.au To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe |
Experience with multiple Wacom Intuos Pro wireless
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| posted by Jean-Francois Panisset on July 14, 2015, 2:20 p.m. (3 days ago) | ||||||
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Bought a bunch of Wacom Intuos Pro tablets, they come with an optional wireless USB adapter. Does anyone have real world experience they are willing to share? - how often do you end up having to plug in the tablet anyway to recharge the battery? |
Hololens and maya | ||||||
| posted by on July 14, 2015, 2:40 p.m. (3 days ago) | ||||||
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Go to 2:45 for the real meat. How long until all model and texture people need massive open space next to their desks so they can walk around everything they are building? Pretty freakin cool! Thanks -Brent |
Strange 'sudoers' behavior | ||||||
| posted by Ian Haskin on July 14, 2015, 4:35 p.m. (3 days ago) | ||||||
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I'm re-building an internal-only archiving appliance that uses html/php to control LTO 4&6 drives. For testing purposes, apache has been granted full, no password access in /etc/sudoers (apache ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL). SELINUX is disabled. This will all be hardened after everything starts working. ---------------------------------------- The weirdness is below: [root@archive bin]# runuser -l apache -c '/bin/mt -f /dev/nst0 status' SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x46 (LTO-4). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (41010000): BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN [root@archive bin]# runuser -l apache -c '/bin/mt -f /dev/nst1 status' /dev/nst1: Permission denied [root@archive bin]# /bin/mt -f /dev/nst1 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0. Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (50000): DR_OPEN IM_REP_EN ---------------------------------------- TLDR: If there's a tape in the LTO4 drive, the status is returned correctly from PHP running 'mt -f [dev] status'. "Permission denied" is returned if there is no tape in the LTO4 drive, or the drive is LTO6. The terminal displays the expected behavior. Versions: CentOS 7,3.10.0-229.7.2.el7.x86_64 sudo.x86_64, 1.8.6p7-13.el7 httpd.x86_64, 2.4.6-31.el7.centos php.x86_64, 5.4.16-36.el7_1 mt-st.x86_64, 1.1-13.el7 Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Ian |
Don't install Flame Assist / Smoke on OS X 10.11 beta | ||||||
| posted by Jean-Francois Panisset on July 14, 2015, 4:50 p.m. (3 days ago) | ||||||
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An advisory went out today, don't try to install Flame Assist / Smoke on OS X 10.11 beta, it will fail. Autodesk says: So most likely the rootless stuff. That's probably going to trip up a lot of software. Of course the alternative is to provide layer upon layer upon layer of backwards compatibility so you can run Windows 3.1 software on today's version (just kidding, I think Win16 is now end-of-lifed?)."fail to install due to significant security changes made in the operating system" |
Clever Safe | ||||||
| posted by on July 16, 2015, 12:30 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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Has anyone some experience with these guys and their storage? https://www.cleversafe.com/ cheers jatha -- /////////////////////////// /////////////////////////// //////////////////// JATHAVAN SRIRAM HARVEST /DIGITAL AGRICULTURE GMBH Alter
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Wifi Trouble shooting | ||||||
| posted by Ali Poursamadi on July 16, 2015, 8:25 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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Hi Folks, I've been struggling to find the source of EMI/noise that is disrupting wifi in a part of our building for the past week. Inquiry from the neighbours regarding newly added equipment/ potential wifi sources wasn't very fruitful. The noise level fluctuates and disrupts the wifi but at times it works just fine with no latency and high throughput. What else would you look for in such situations ? Do you happen to know/trust any professional/consultant/firm that might help solve this issue ? -Ali |
SIGGRAPH 2015 | ||||||
| posted by Dan Young on July 16, 2015, 9:05 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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Clever Safe | ||||||
| posted by Peter Smith on July 17, 2015, 3:35 a.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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"At Least 15x More Efficient to Manage". Hmmmm. Going to have a look at it soon. Ceph in a box, Im guessing? -- Pete Smith Engineer Smoke & Mirrors d: +44 (0)20 3206 6511 m: +44 (0)7738 067455 e: petersmith@smoke-mirrors.com t: +44 (0)20 7468 1000 1-5 Poland St London W1F 8PR From: studiosysadmins-discuss-bounces@studiosysadmins.com [studiosysadmins-discuss-bounces@studiosysadmins.com] on behalf of Jathavan Sriram | Harvest [sriram@harvest-postproduction.com] Sent: 16 July 2015 17:28 To: studiosysadmins-discuss@studiosysadmins.com Subject: [SSA-Discuss] Clever Safe Has anyone some experience with these guys and their storage? https://www.cleversafe.com/ cheers jatha --
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SIGGRAPH 2015 | ||||||
| posted by Don Parker on July 17, 2015, 3 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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| We're throwing our customers and friends a big thank you bash on Wed night that should be lots of fun. Details coming soon! On Friday, July 17, 2015, Jathavan Sriram | Harvest <sriram@harvest-postproduction.com> wrote:
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File conversion to XML | ||||||
| posted by Jack Wenzinger on July 20, 2015, 10:45 a.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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HI Folks; I could use some help finding a great utility that can extract field variables from several file formats and create an XML file from the source. My need to extract specific data from PDFs and Excel files to create an XML that can be imported into a MAM. Anyone have a utility to can recommend for a MAC user? Cheers, Jack Wenzinger |
Optical Disk Archive | ||||||
| posted by Greg Whynott on July 20, 2015, 2:40 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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Hello, Been wondering if it is the time to move to optical disk archive storage, such as the Sony (https://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-datastorage/cat-opticaldiscarchive/ ) solutions. Panasonic has one too. Since its that time to spend money there, I want to consider both, even though optical is fairly new. Some nice things about them is they have a shelf life of 50 years, much more than tape. They don't require special environment considerations like tape does. The move data faster, its random access and its not tape. Anyone else using them or have considered them? I'm looking at the Petasite Library for our Avid project archiving requirements, I should check if SGL works with them... thanks, greg |
Google Cloud Platform Siggraph reception | ||||||
| posted by Todd Prives on July 20, 2015, 4:40 p.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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Hi all, We are hosting a reception at the Ace Hotel from 6-8pm on August 11th during Siggraph as part of our show presence. Pleaseregister here, hope to see many of you there. thanks, Todd |
We need to Lay Fibre at The Jim Henson Company - anyone know of contractors! | ||||||
| posted by Jorg-Ulrich Mohnen on July 21, 2015, 9:52 a.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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We reached out to Pinnacle but they haven't gotten back to us yet. Can you guys tell me where there are good resources (people & firms) to draw fibre (40G) across facilities!? We need the contracting done ASAP here in Los Angeles. Thanks, Jorg-Ulrich Mohnen, M.Sc. MBA Senior Systems Engineer & Technology The Jim Henson Company 1416 North La Brea Avenue Hollywood CA 90028 1416 North LaBrea Ave. Hollywood, CA 90028 Phone: 323.802.1500 Fax: 323.802.1825 Direct 310-951-7331 jmohnen@creatureshop.com
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