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So it's taken them three years, but it looks like NPAS has finally succeeded in completely stealing our police helicopter and closing down the Sheffield helicopter base. BBC News: Police air service to cut 10 helicopter bases - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31557425 And whilst I suppose in some ways it will save us cash by not having to maintain the base, I very much doubt that they'll compensate us by having the NPAS service actually purchase the helicopter off of South Yorkshire Police to help balance it's budget - so it's our police's budget that's been used to buy the helicopter yet we are now going to be deriving very little benefit from it.

Whatever email client you eventually decide upon, setup all your email clients (desktop/laptop and tablet) to use IMAP rather than POP3. This way, you'll have less issues 'syncing' as whatever is seen is what is on the server. POP3 is set to download mail from the server to the client as default, and you usually have to manually tick a tickbox in the settings somewhere to just download a copy of your mail but leave the original on the server without deleting. You just need to remember that if you've got everything set up for IMAP, if you delete something then you're deleting it direct from the server, not a 'local copy' in your email client. *edit* brain fart - I originally said SMTP which is your outgoing/sending server, I meant IMAP, so now edited.

Hold on, so you're running 3 separate VMs on one host machine to balance intranet website traffic for one website? i.e you're trying to in effect do a virtual cluster? If this is the case, I personally don't see any real world performance improvements in what you're trying to achieve, and may be over complicating the issue. In fact, you'll probably be wasting CPU cycles of the host machine by having it run the VMs rather than just running the machine as a dedicated web server in this instance if my understanding of your situation is indeed correct? If you were running a small physical cluster of two machines with a primary and mirrored backup for redundancy then you could load balance against a decently managed switch and run DNS which would allow fall-over of the primary to secondary fairly easily. This doesn't sound too mission critical, else you could have also had some off-site redundancy built in too. From a network admin perspective, I'd say you'd probably want to get your devs to allow as much client side processing as possible in order to maintain server performance e.g have client side do as much form sanity checking via javascript as possible in order to mitigate some of the traffic and server processing. You can still have the server do it's own sanity checking of the form/data in order to act as a catch-all, but if the client side can somewhat process the data ranges as they're input then it would potentially save bandwidth and server cycles from having the server reject something back to the client. If it were me, I'd personally prefer any test environment to be physically separate from live if possible in order to provide maximum safety margin. If that's not possible, segment it as much as possible in order to minimise risk. I've heard too many stories and had to deal with fallout with a few things where someone thought that they were working on a test environment or backup when in reality their actions took out the live platform.

No, that's about right. Unless you can put multiple NICs in your host machine connected to a switch and serve each VM to a different NIC port or other which would reduce the bottleneck as then each VM's IP would be routed via it's own dedicated trunk. In reality, this situation would depend on a couple of things, including the type of load balancer you're using (Do you really need a load balancer? Can't your VMs be QoS'd from the host machine?), the type of VMs being served (mail server would probably process a lot less traffic than your firewall for instance) and the actual network that you're using... 100/1000/10GbE? In your instance, you're hosting 3 web servers. If all three of these are lightly used throughout the day and are connected to a single port 1000 then there'll probably be no noticeable bottleneck from the host machine's perspective, but it also would depend on the content being served i.e video streaming would take more bandwidth than standard HTML/CSS. You need to question how many concurrent clients are likely to connect at any one time. You're a lot more likely to encounter your bottleneck at the connection out to the 'net unless you're co-lo'd at a decent location such as Telehouse with a 10GbE connection out - your 'net connection itself will usually always be your bottleneck. You'll always have a bottleneck somewhere, even if it's not a physical one - timezones still create bottlenecks to different areas due to the fact that more people are online at certain times of the day creating capacity issues and are more likely to hit certain servers/routers at different times of the day. Sometimes, there's not much you can do to alleviate certain bottlenecks and just have to live with it.

The bus operators have already had funding for the journey to be covered by way of the saver ticket. Buses currently run irrespective of how many people are on board them. Currently, if you purchase a paper-based saver ticket (day saver/weekly/monthly) then you can lend that to a friend or relative when you're not using it and they can have use of it. Of course, the operators don't like this which is why they're trying to bring in the e-ticketing stuff i.e the operators know that you're less likely to lend your phone to someone so that they can travel - or a smartcard if it's a PAYG or linked to your bank account. That being said, if it's a smartcard and it's got pre-paid saver tickets on then there again it's easy to lend someone. What they also don't like the idea of is that it will dilute the data that they can get from the smart tickets about passenger usage habits which is one of the main reasons that they're trying to bring smart ticketing on in the first place i.e they want to build profiles and demographics, as the data can be harvested as another revenue source. People lending their smartcards means that it isn't one person's journey history but multiple, which would corrupt the data and why it's written into the TnC's as to why smartcards are non-transferable.

First buses are doing that down here too, but they don't currently list Newcastle on their map of covered areas: https://www.firstgroup.com/etickets/ The trouble then becomes, what happens if you run out of charge on your phone? Smart cards are easier, can be loaned/transferred to other people if you want to (who cares about TnC's?) and mean you don't have to display to the other passengers what type of phone you have and where you put it. I personally don't see the benefit of the mobile phone ticket in comparison to smart cards, apart from that it gets other passengers to stop talking/texting at least whilst they display the eticket to the driver which means that passengers might have to interact with the driver more without the phone being a distraction.

It already is: http://travelsouthyorkshire.com/smartcard/

Youtube hasn't dropped flash, they just now favour HTML5 native video player functionality if it is supported by the client's browser and still fall back to Flash if they don't (Firefox...) This move by Youtube is probably a good impetus to the browser developers to fully implement HTML5 video standards, which will probably spell a death knell to Flash video. Currently, end users don't have much incentive to uninstall/disable flash when so many sites still rely on it - this will only really change when the browser devs catch up.

Constructive criticism for you then, especially for a web design/development company - put up a 'coming soon' holding page on your TLD. It looks a lot better having something there that's generic to you, rather than something completely misconfigured that then allows people to know what CMS you're using that will then help enable unscrupulous people to exploit any known vulnerabilities in it. Also, your main website doesn't render well with Firefox or chrome, displaying in the main a black screen with white links at top right until you scroll down. This doesn't bode well either as a design company. - Why use Visual Composer for Wordpress if you're a web developer and know how to optimise code?

I wonder if Hawkify is becoming the new Origin Pete i.e an ISP rep who estowes the virtues of their great ISP whilst it's on the way up, spamming the forum like crazy, but will be very absent when they're on the way down... Their offering puts me off straight away by their apparent inability to correctly configure their website (They're using a CMS - Cpanel, which returns a 404, and they're using CGI...) That is of course assuming http://www.hawkifyinternet.co.uk is them...

That's good, because it looks like you're not getting it. I have already stated the reasons of why we have requested your current website - even if it's something as basic as 'have you picked a good domain name that resonates and is easy to remember'. To post you an analogy, people here would have wanted more information in order to suggest to you if you wanted an architect or a surveyer (if you were doing something that required physical building/reparation). I gave you reasons for why we were requesting this information and you're unforthcoming even though you reqested help initially. Different people specialise in different things. There's even people/groups who specialise in SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) after a site has been designed/developed. You are now taking your frustration out on me because I have identified and advised shortcomings on your approach to your issue. The fact that your attitude continues to be unprofessional reinforces your own reasons for not wanting to now advise/publish what type of website you're wanting re-developed. I am at least pleased you must have read and understood my previous posting, because you have at least opened your mind slightly to the chance that you might not want a designer, but that you might want a developer. I don't foresee your attitude getting better any time soon, as you appear to be getting more frustrated and not trying to work towards resolving your issue, so this is where I'll leave it. Hope you eventually resolve your website issue - perhaps a calmer attitude and perspective may aid the path towards your goal.

I agree with dafoot - registering your own domain (website address) isn't very expensive, most places are about a tenner or less for 2 years for a .uk ending address. It also helps that people can then look you up via Whois search and ensure that you are legit. Having your contact details as just a mobile phone number is counter-productive. You can explain that your primary and preferred method of communication is mobile due to the nature of your business, but you're still best off giving an idea of where you're based and the areas that you cover. Do you have any customer testimonials to offer from other businesses? Perhaps offer a discount if they're willing to offer a testimonial on your website that customers can then verify against. Lastly, your contact us page doesn't suggest a secure form (https) so as a customer, I'd not like to put my personal contact details in there. Other than that, nothing that's not already been mentioned. You can have the exact same style without the Weebly stuff if you can either code it yourself or get someone else to. The site would be a lot more optimised and load faster too as a consequence of getting rid of some of that redundant code. That aside, it's fairly clean in presentation.

Your business may struggle in the long run with that attitude. Statements such as "My present website is of no relevance" is counter productive when you come here requesting help. Your current website is at present your public face and image to the world and is indeed very relevent. Depending on your type of business gives us an idea of what your needs would be. It gives us an idea as to how old the site is doing by the style that it is coded in as web standards have changed over time, and may go some way to allowing us to explain/understand why your Google rankings have dropped, and to demonstrate how to get better. It would also help for you to then explain what you like/dislike about it and what you want in it's place, or if not and you actually do want a designer to restyle your whole image, though sometimes that may be fairly limited in real-world sceneario as you'd want a somewhat unified experience - we don't even know your company logo etc. A website designer will be just that, someone who designs a website - it is not the same thing as a web developer, that you may want to ultimately deal with if you're wanting things such as a CMS (Content Management System) for example, so that you can maintain the website longer-term without the need to keep paying your web designer/dev. Whilst one may be slightly more expensive in the short-term, in the longer term it works out better and more economical to you in that you can maintain things better yourself - you need to make sure that the payment for services transfers the rights and IP to you, rather than remain with them. Other things that a dev could bring to the table that a designer may not would be for database design/integration, to allow back-end systems for products (Does your product range change? If so, how often? And would you e-tail directly on the web? If so, eventually you may want to trade online via your portal as your own e-shop etc.) and security. The designation 'fairly simple website' is very broad - Look on the front page of Google and it's a fairly simple website, but we all know that in reality Google is actually not a fairly simple website. These are some things to consider. Anyway, I've explained my position as to why people here have asked for your website address. Usually, people's problems stem from not giving enough information/brief, which is exactly the issue that you fell into here. When people have requested more information, you've become argumentative. This is not a good trait for a prospective client. Developers have to be patient, but also expect patience from their clients too which is something that you clearly haven't exactly demonstrated thus far hence I'm sorry but I'll not be helping any further than what I already have here.

So you want help with going up google rankings and to generally improve the credibility and availability of your website, but your number 1 way of getting to you i.e your URL, you want to keep quiet from the people who you're asking for help from, to see what kind of things need doing to the already available code and content? You're also missing opportunities to get your website 'out there' very readily. Good luck... You'll certainly need it...

Opinion piece article on BBC News website about Pacer Trains suggesting that they may be revamped and continue running until 2032. Pacer trains may 'still have role' in North of England - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31164796 This alongside the news that BBC Look North broke on Friday evening, that the electrification of TPE North between Manchester and Leeds/York is running behind schedule - it's nice to see how much the ORR values the North, eh?

Because it costs them more to heat stuff up/keep it heated, and they probably don't want to have to pay the extra on their insurance/health and safety due to risk of burns etc.

I too wondered what would happen to the current City Centre Primark after the new one opens on the Moor. That building was empty for years after CnA left, and the whole area at the bottom end of High Street isn't going to give a good reflection of Sheffield to any potential visitors that may come - The Co-Op building also being large and empty too. With the new stuff coming to The Moor, Gormet Burger etc. I really wish they'd bring other 'high end' offerings to Sheffield too. I'd like to see Foyles and Chipotle in Sheffield.

]Obelix is correct in that DDR and DDR2 Sodimms look nearly identical and the pin count is the same, however DDR2's notch is differently off-set to that of DDR so that you don't (can't) insert the incorrect memory module into the socket due to different voltage requirements. Wikipedia's page on SO-DIMMs - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SO-DIMM gives you better explanation with pictures to demonstrate the different offset variance. Logic3, nobody has manufactured original spec DDR Ram in years due to it being superceeded by DDR2 and DDR3. Indeed, we're now on the cusp of the next RAM generation, as DDR4 hit last year.

I don't know about the business permits, but for the residential ones at least you have to register your full address and a licence plate number so the permit is tied to one vehicle. From what you describe, you just need to go through the process twice, once for each one of your vehicles. You'll then get the two permits that you're wanting.

You'll probably need to register them both seperately i.e two seperate transactions and two seperate forms. Failing that, just phone them about it.

If you don't excercise your rights to your band name/logo etc then they will still be able to 'bad mouth' you on what appears to be a legitimate website. If you register a new domain name, no matter how much work you do with the new website, you'll still have people stumbling across the other site and they may still be able to derive revenue from your hard efforts in the form of adverts/clicks. If you don't nip this in the bud and get them to cease and disist/hand over the website and domain - if you go down the re-registration/name change so different website route, if you eventually take them to court then it will be a more difficult case as the judge will look at what was registered first and this will be their offering, even if the actual band isn't located on that website address now it will be reviewed that it used to be so they have rights to use it for that purpose. There's been numerous cases of other 'newer' websites coming along and trying to emulate the official website by Typosquatting/URL hijacking - judges tend to side with the people who had first mover advantage unless it can be proven that there's other mechanisms that have been infringed upon (usually copyright/trademark/patent/IP etc.)

I'd be careful of saying that - older stand-alone versions of Adobe Premiere used to retail at hundreds of pounds before their software became a subscription service. Likewise, other industry standard software such as Avid Media Composer/Protools is also not exactly cheap.

Have you registered any copyright to your logo or other materials anywhere? Have you registered any Trademarks? If not, and they manage to register copyright/TM before you do then there'll be pretty much nothing that you can do. Copyright was the only way that victims of 'revenge porn' were able to get pictures/videos taken down in other instances where people were wanting to push a takedown notice on a website, but had no other means of doing so. ---------- Post added 02-02-2015 at 16:51 ---------- As an afterthought to my previous: Did your band pay the drummer's brother for the website to be built, and if so have you got any receipt/paperwork where by the website designer relinquished all rights regarding the intelectual property? You basically need ammuniton that a legal rep can put to them as a threat of taking them to court unless they relinquish the site/take it down.

Nobody is suggesting that powerline is ideal, however people use it primarily because it is the most convenient for particular situations, and in those situations the technology is adequate, perhaps not perfect but sometimes you have to go with a 'best fit' option in real world scenarios and this technology helps fulfil a very relevant gap that existed. If it didn't, the devices wouldn't sell so wouldn't be stocked by retailers - as it stands, over the past few years the technology hence the speeds and reliability of the available adaptors has improved than when they were first released. Powerline adaptors aren't going to go away anytime soon, even if people slag them off as being a poor means of data transfer. Perhaps some people's view of this is due to negative impressions of the tech as early adopters. Modern powerline adapters are a lot more reliable than their first generation counterparts. Your argument also falls down on the very fact that people buy into the system because of the convenience factor, so hence the standard has evolved. I could and possibly would agree with you on the fact that powerline isn't a good data transfer mechanism from a security standpoint, but from a raw data throughput perspective, especially considering the underlying cable architecture is working on a task that it wasn't actually specified for then the tech is actually fairly remarkable.

You don't need a shielded solution to send data. There's an abundence of UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) networking cable around that passes data perfectly adequately. Also, almost all copper cabling systems are subject to crosstalk - shielding reduces or eliminates this but sometimes not entirely (your ends aren't shielded) that is why there are other systems in play in a networking environment to negate some of the effects of crosstalk. Indeed, unless you're on Virgin Media for broadband then you'll invariably be using a cable data system that was originally intended for one purpose by the Post Office/BT (PSTN POTS Voice), but actually utilising it for another (xDSL) and that cable definately isn't shielded, yet can still push over 100Mbit of data depending on distance and quality of cable. Other cable standards have also been re-provisioned over the years that changed their original intentions. I've known Audiophiles hook up speakers with mains cables or Cat5/6 for example. Oh, and of course Wifi is also lossy and not a fully optimised data transport mechanism that is also susceptible to interference. The 2.4ghz spectrum is also very crowded now and Wifi might not be a viable option for the OP due to the building's construction and layout.