Thinking Inside the Box
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One of the products we are presenting at a trade show tomorrow is around 30 dashboards in swf format with the data URL baked in. (a limitation of the designer) The URLs point to one of our web servers where the logic and raw XML data files reside. I found out this morning that we will not have internet access for the presentation. :omg: No connection to the webserver, and the dashboards fail with a nice XML data error. Big Fail! I told the designer that she was going to have to recompile each one (10 minutes each) for the show and she broke down in tears. Then I remembered a little file named hosts. Ten minutes later, and the problem was solved. :) Ain't loopback a wonderful thing?
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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One of the products we are presenting at a trade show tomorrow is around 30 dashboards in swf format with the data URL baked in. (a limitation of the designer) The URLs point to one of our web servers where the logic and raw XML data files reside. I found out this morning that we will not have internet access for the presentation. :omg: No connection to the webserver, and the dashboards fail with a nice XML data error. Big Fail! I told the designer that she was going to have to recompile each one (10 minutes each) for the show and she broke down in tears. Then I remembered a little file named hosts. Ten minutes later, and the problem was solved. :) Ain't loopback a wonderful thing?
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
Good thinking, and nice of you to be kind to the designer.
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One of the products we are presenting at a trade show tomorrow is around 30 dashboards in swf format with the data URL baked in. (a limitation of the designer) The URLs point to one of our web servers where the logic and raw XML data files reside. I found out this morning that we will not have internet access for the presentation. :omg: No connection to the webserver, and the dashboards fail with a nice XML data error. Big Fail! I told the designer that she was going to have to recompile each one (10 minutes each) for the show and she broke down in tears. Then I remembered a little file named hosts. Ten minutes later, and the problem was solved. :) Ain't loopback a wonderful thing?
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
If you're always thinking outside the box, chances are you're in the wrong box.
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If you're always thinking outside the box, chances are you're in the wrong box.
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One of the products we are presenting at a trade show tomorrow is around 30 dashboards in swf format with the data URL baked in. (a limitation of the designer) The URLs point to one of our web servers where the logic and raw XML data files reside. I found out this morning that we will not have internet access for the presentation. :omg: No connection to the webserver, and the dashboards fail with a nice XML data error. Big Fail! I told the designer that she was going to have to recompile each one (10 minutes each) for the show and she broke down in tears. Then I remembered a little file named hosts. Ten minutes later, and the problem was solved. :) Ain't loopback a wonderful thing?
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
:thumbsup: It's nice when developers know more than just how to copy and paste and tweak code. It's nice when they actually know how the computer works. Nice quick thinking.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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If you're always thinking outside the box, chances are you're in the wrong box.
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:thumbsup: Well, mine had a cat in it! :laugh: I think??? :confused:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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