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Trevor Fenn said…. I don’t believe so, the regs I recall specifically dealt with business advertising, which in my friends case was a small ad he placed on his plane for his real estate business.

What do you think is the reasoning behind such regs? It parallels a law here in Victoria, Australia, where if you advertise your car for sale (sign in window), you can be fined for it. Yet, McDonalds is allowed to plaster billboards on sides of roads, graphic billboards depicting a horror scene at a car crash line our freeways. If the reasoning is that it’ll distract the driver’s attention, then it should be a blanket thing. Is this the same for pilots – that they may be distracted by the advertising and accidently plough into another aircraft, perhaps?

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Uh yeah, was!! Quite right. — Bernie Samms Kingston Beach Tasmania Aero Club of Southern Tasmania  www.acst.com.au Prologic Pty Ltd                          www.prologic.com.au Out Mail has been checked by Norton Anti Virus but no absolute guarantee is made that mail or attachment(s) are virus free.

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And there is the F1 Grand Prix Qantas B747! —

    "Was" the F1 747… Back in normal livery now… Regards, BB.

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Hmmm. I wonder how a Big WWW.WARBIRDZ.NET would go

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Read some stuff in another forum this morning about Jetstar wanting to sell space on the fuselage of their aircraft for advertising purposes. I seem to recall some years back that there was some stuff in the CAR’s prohibiting advertising on aircraft and I actually know someone who had issues with the department over it. Anyone know if this is still in the regs? Trevor Fenn

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Read some stuff in another forum this morning about Jetstar wanting to sell space on the fuselage of their aircraft for advertising purposes. I seem to recall some years back that there was some stuff in the CAR’s prohibiting advertising on aircraft and I actually know someone who had issues with the department over it. Anyone know if this is still in the regs? Trevor Fenn    Don’t know… interesting point though… Did Ansett’s 747(s) painted in 2000 Olympics livery constitute advertising?… Regards, BB. I don’t believe so, the regs I recall specifically dealt with business advertising, which in my friends case was a small ad he placed on his plane for his real estate business.

Interesting …… Local trainer a/c (-LBI) has signwriting promoting a firm of accountants, and 94.5FM reporter’s own a/c (-CUK) has had sponsors ads all over it for several years.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Read some stuff in another forum this morning about Jetstar wanting to sell space on the fuselage of their aircraft for advertising purposes. I seem to recall some years back that there was some stuff in the CAR’s prohibiting advertising on aircraft and I actually know someone who had issues with the department over it. Anyone know if this is still in the regs? Trevor Fenn    Don’t know… interesting point though… Did Ansett’s 747(s) painted in 2000 Olympics livery constitute advertising?… Regards, BB.

I don’t believe so, the regs I recall specifically dealt with business advertising, which in my friends case was a small ad he placed on his plane for his real estate business. Trevor Fenn

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remember the ansett 727(aka east west) think it was VH-ANE in conrad jupiters high rollers colours??

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And there is the F1 Grand Prix Qantas B747! — Bernie Samms Kingston Beach Tasmania Aero Club of Southern Tasmania  www.acst.com.au Prologic Pty Ltd                          www.prologic.com.au Out Mail has been checked by Norton Anti Virus but no absolute guarantee is made that mail or attachment(s) are virus free.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – remember the ansett 727(aka east west) think it was VH-ANE in conrad jupiters high rollers colours??

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Read some stuff in another forum this morning about Jetstar wanting to sell space on the fuselage of their aircraft for advertising purposes. I seem to recall some years back that there was some stuff in the CAR’s prohibiting advertising on aircraft and I actually know someone who had issues with the department over it. Anyone know if this is still in the regs? Trevor Fenn

    Don’t know… interesting point though… Did Ansett’s 747(s) painted in 2000 Olympics livery constitute advertising?… Regards, BB.

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Read some stuff in another forum this morning about Jetstar wanting to sell   space on the fuselage of their aircraft for advertising purposes. I seem to recall some years back that there was some stuff in the CAR’s prohibiting advertising on aircraft and I actually know someone who had issues with the department over it. Anyone know if this is still in the regs? Trevor Fenn

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I am a student and study in university on major accounting. I really want to know how to become a cga.

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I am a student and study in university on major accounting. I really want to know how to become a cga.

http://www.cga-canada.org/ — "Its the bugs that keep it running."                                       -Joe Canuck

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I am taking over the books for my mother-in-laws preschool and I am trying to set them up on Quickbooks.  The previous bookkeeper was using DacEasy, which I am not familiar with, so I thought it would be best to stick with Quickbooks.  He is being less than helpful in answering any questions that I have, so I am trying to figure this out solo. One of the things I am having a hard time understanding is an account he has set up called "Adjust to Cash Basis".  It looks as though it ties in with the accounts receivable acount…But the business is on a cash basis of reporting, so why would that neee to be adjusted? Any thoughts on this matter would be GREATLY appreciated! Thank You!

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I am taking over the books for my mother-in-laws preschool and I am trying to set them up on Quickbooks.  The previous bookkeeper was using DacEasy, which I am not familiar with, so I thought it would be best to stick with Quickbooks.  He is being less than helpful in answering any questions that I have, so I am trying to figure this out solo. One of the things I am having a hard time understanding is an account he has set up called "Adjust to Cash Basis".  It looks as though it ties in with the accounts receivable acount…But the business is on a cash basis of reporting, so why would that neee to be adjusted? Any thoughts on this matter would be GREATLY appreciated! Thank You!

don’t know about DacEasy but if it was set up on accrual basis then an accounts payable balance would need to be reversed each month,  look at the transaction history in the "adjust to cash basis" account and see if something like this is going on –

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You did not mention whether this account is set up as a balance sheet account or an income account. In a true accrual to cash conversion, all receivables and payables have to be eliminated, but you still want to be able to keep a record of who owes you money.  The following example may help explain what you are seeing. A student owes $100 for a week at preschool.  The following entry could be made: Accounts Receivable                 $100 Adjust to Cash Basis (BS account)              $100 Note: This puts the receivables on the books but no revenue is recognized since the cash has not been received Cash                                $100 Accounts Receivable                            $100 Adjust to Cash Basis                $100 Revenue                                        $100 This would be the entry made when the cash is received.   Hopefully this will help you with your problem.  See if the adjust to cash basis account mirrors you accounts receivable account.  Most accounts I have seen like this are for cash basis entities that want to keep track of their billings and AR, but not recognize the income until the cash is received – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am taking over the books for my mother-in-laws preschool and I am trying to set them up on Quickbooks.  The previous bookkeeper was using DacEasy, which I am not familiar with, so I thought it would be best to stick with Quickbooks.  He is being less than helpful in answering any questions that I have, so I am trying to figure this out solo. One of the things I am having a hard time understanding is an account he has set up called "Adjust to Cash Basis".  It looks as though it ties in with the accounts receivable acount…But the business is on a cash basis of reporting, so why would that neee to be adjusted? Any thoughts on this matter would be GREATLY appreciated! Thank You!

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Wouldn’t be from Sydney would we? Jake

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<snipped They do not need Accountants in Melbourne. The People have no money and all the companies are foreign and have their Accunts done off-shore. PEM

What do they do off shore?  :-)) Oh … you are soooooooooooooooo rude!

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Does anybody know anything about KNP Chartered Accountants in Melbourne? There don’t appear to be any web-based resources for this company. Aren’t they in the 21st Century yet? They do not need Accountants in Melbourne. The People have no money and all the companies are foreign and have their Accunts done off-shore.

Oh, thanks, I was worried that I wouldn’t get a serious answer.

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 Does anybody know anything about KNP Chartered Accountants in Melbourne? I’m certain that KNP Chartered Accountants would.

There don’t appear to be any web-based resources for this company. You don’t appear to have a proper handle on the Queen’s English.

Aren’t they in the 21st Century yet? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Have you even reached the 20th century? Use a friggin’ telephone!

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Does anybody know anything about KNP Chartered Accountants in Melbourne? I’m certain that KNP Chartered Accountants would.

But would they tell me everything they know? Do you understand the concept of research? There don’t appear to be any web-based resources for this company. You don’t appear to have a proper handle on the Queen’s English.

Interesting…what, specifically, has led you to this hypothesis? Are you sure you aren’t merely an idiot in disguise? Aren’t they in the 21st Century yet? Have you even reached the 20th century? Use a friggin’ telephone!

Why should I do that when I am already in the 21st Century and waiting for retards like yourself to catch up?

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Does anybody know anything about KNP Chartered Accountants in Melbourne? There don’t appear to be any web-based resources for this company. Aren’t they in the 21st Century yet?

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Does anybody know anything about KNP Chartered Accountants in Melbourne? There don’t appear to be any web-based resources for this company. Aren’t they in the 21st Century yet?

They do not need Accountants in Melbourne. The People have no money and all the companies are foreign and have their Accunts done off-shore. PEM

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bienvenue — RB Cohors Praetoria

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For Judith: Sat, May 19, 2001 today’s quote: I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough. — Mark Twain Aries (March 21 – April 19) You need to do something about that nervous laugh. Practice an "evil laugh" and use that instead. Then at least, you’ll be able to hear everyone else’s nervous laughter. Taurus (April 20 – May 20) Good day to doodle. Gemini (May 21 – June 20) It’s ok to whistle while you work. Your co-workers will draw the line at yodelling while you work, however. They’re probably just jealous. Cancer (June 21 – July 22) Excellent day for standing barefoot on the lawn and wiggling your toes. Under no circumstance should you stand barefoot on the lawn and wiggle your nose. It simply isn’t done. Leo (July 23 – August 22) Soon you will get into accounting, "just for the thrill of it". Virgo (August 23 – September 22) Unbeknownst to thee, thou art over-fond of archaic terms. Prithee, wouldst thou kindly desist? Libra (September 22 – October 22) Good day to start saving up for that electron microscope you’ve always wanted. I hear Sears will be having a big sale on them this fall. Scorpio (October 23 – November 21) You will begin an evil project, in secret. You will be successful. Although why you want to produce a cross between a St. Bernard and a chihuahua is anybody’s guess. Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21) A very short and hairy person will bother you today. Unfortunately, you will be unable to ignore them, try though you might. Capricorn (December 22 – January 20) Excellent time to hum popular songs, just slightly off key. If you do that long enough, the people around you will change in appearance. You’ll be able to see the veins in their neck, for one thing. Aquarius (January 21 – February 18) Today you will see a free floating full torso vaporous apparition! It’ll turn out that your glasses are smudged. Pisces (February 19 – March 20) You will be conducting naval maneuvers in the bathtub today, when you will have an unfortunate accident involving your toy submarine. The visit to the emergency room will be most embarrasing. — RB what is fear but voices airy whispering harm where harm is not and deluding the unwary – till the fatal bolt is shot

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666 – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Lot of stuff happening on payments these days.

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Lot of stuff happening on payments these days. MeT released their spec. for digital signing of any WAP message or other content using your cellphone or PTD.  This is truly differnt, boys.  You have a secure lockbox on your device containing your signing keys, together with a hardware control over both the keypad and the screen. This is what all the cypherpunks have been yelling for.  Saying that no smartcard or computer etc. can be secure unless there is a strongbox for your keys, and the I/O is completely hardware and unbreakable. http://www.mobiletransaction.org Too bad it is mostly WAP, i.e. WAP transport is always decrypted at the wireless host before re-encrypting stronger for onward transmission. And I am somewhat baffled by the provisioning cycle which they say, does not compromise your security but maybe it does in some hidden way.  One of the provisioning methods generates and stores the key on the device. Anyways, internet payments are goin’ crazy; there are 100 different payment providers.  Who can keep up. http://www.gtnews.com/payments/infrastructure.html http://lists.commerce.net/archives/internet-payments http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search=payments http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=payments etc. The oversupply is a sign of excess profits, artificially high due to regulation. A payment is just a reassignment of title of some integers at the central bank between one accountholder and another. Here is your money, in the US  (the dashes represent account balances:)                                   My Account         My General Central Bank     My Bank          in my bank          ledger Note that my receivables and payables, are really NOTHING but future- dated rows in the real money database, but with repudiability and risk built into them (which is absolutely NOT wanted by most people or businesses 99% of the time). Now, the above arrangement is VERY poorly administered by banks.  It takes heroic efforts and expense to get any changes posted to your row, in the bank.  You are the owner.  You can be totally sovereign and exclusive controller of these rows.  You can truly retake possession of these entries from the government or bank.  This is a quiet revolution that violates no law and is in complete harmony with our culture and society. You need a simple screen to process your SQL commands, to reassign your money to your payee at zero cost, considering the miniscule processing involved. But low costs are possible only where the customer assumes all risks. The cost of payments seems to be connected with frequency and severity of losses from fraud, and costs of systems to control fraud. The cost of a financial transfer would be trivial if not for the risk of fraud. So again, it comes back to technology.  As soon as we have any really secure signing mechanism, MeT being one possibility, it will become quite possible and prudent for an individual to put money on deposit in an ordinary business in the US and execute payments, essentially for free, by using smaller banks, and agreeing to bear all risks. http://www.mobiletransaction.org/pdf/MeT-Account-Based-Payment-200102… This MeT scenario is perfectly suited to transferring a journal entry such as a webledger settlement from one party to another, or for anybody who wants to setup a smalltime settlement agent business. There has never been a secure signing device (processor, memory, display and input device).  Smart cards are not even close, lacking integrated displays or keypad for inputting passwords. Initiatives by Microsoft or PC vendors, such as "trusted platform" http://www.trustedpc.org/home/home.htm or the IDs in Pentium processors, have been conceived (and perceived) more as enforcing copy protection than enabling consumer authentication, privacy or confidentiality.  As a result, there is broad resistance to the very features that would give us privacy and security. So authentication will be achieved with help of handheld devices or not at all.  That’s clear.  Computer vendors are AGAINST us. I will be confident enough to put *my own money* in an account where the money will not be released without my digital signature.  At my own risk. Because I will be achieving the economic benefits of dealings outside the fee structures and workflow inefficiencies caused by the banks, i.e. the 5%.  Why shouldn’t banking and money be this easy: log into a website:   ENTER YOUR ACCOUNT CODE:           [ KEYBANK:213467236 ]   ENTER THE PAYEE:                   [ BANKOFAMER:23650976667]   ENTER THE AMOUNT:                  [             237.50]   UPLOAD YOUR REMITTANCE ADVICE:     [../data/sleeter1245.xml ]   …pause   TRANSFERRING $237.50 TO:           SLEETER GROUP   ARE YOU SURE?              [             Y     ]   …pause   TRANSFER COMPLETED   NEW BALANCE                [          872.14   ] Obviously you could also hook your PeachQuick program to the TCP stack or email program, and push these payments right out from your software.   Duh. I wonder why nobody does this. When we have real security and authentication, then two things will immediately happen.  Small netting and settlement providers will appear all over the place, and companies will issue their own securitized payables, which will be transferable like money.  Why shouldn’t we? Settlement can be done with zero risk.  Parties will stop paying 5% to shift risks to banks for all their ordinary billing and paying, because it will be cheaper to self-insure. Meanwhile, we will keep using Mastercard and VISA for everything risky, such as online purchases–causing a death spiral of undesirable business for the credit card companies and exposing what a ripoff they have always been, and a moral hazard in society by harboring so much fraud. Individuals and small businesses will be able to issue securitized payables as well as the Fortune 500.  Also known as promissory notes. There is nothing illegal about them– the only thing different is that other businesses will begin to accept them, and, issuers will be able to redeem them with some confidence.  We will pass these obligations from party to party until redeemed.  Today, only treas. securities are money. This will change.  Small business may leave cash in banks as collateral, and issue obligations backed by bank balances just as in past centuries, they left gold in banks. Of course, the same identificatn/authenticatn improvements will be perfectly available to banks and governments.  But they won’t reduce their fees. They will typically pursue legislative and market coercion. Governments and banks get up early in the morning, thinking of ways to screw individuals, and forestall the day when individuals will have real security on the internet, or in the cellphone or anyplace else. And pushing privacy legislation.  Knowing that privacy wrecks reputation systems and credit reporting.  When customers have a right to hide their past, you cannot get information about the customer and it’s a lot harder to extend credit even to good companies, or accept his digitized obligations. Only the banks and governments will be able to know everything. The rest of us will not be allowed to know.  This forces up the cost of our settlement and reputation systems–forcing us back to the banks. TOdd 9745-128th Av NE, Kirkland WA 98033  http://www.gldialtone.com/ XML accounting, WebLedgers, ASPs, UML, EDI, whatever it takes.

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The manufacturers *could*, it’s true, design this extra bit of electonics into the meter itself, but, then, they’d be supplying extra bits that only a small percentage of their market use, and that would involve extra cost for no return…  very bad news in the business world.

Oh I suspect it would be a large percentage of the market.  It’s funny, you don’t even see the computer software or cable on the shelves of a typical pharmacy, and surely there are a bunch of diabetic computer users that would snatch it up if it were more readily available.  Bad Marketing 101 and then some.  The companies have practically no motivation, because people like me buy 200 strips a month and that’s all the money they really need. — headbeat

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 The Accu-chek is strange, because I don’t understand why such a huge box is needed on the cable.

Quite simply, most meters output signals in a form different to that required by the serial port on your computer…  hence, the need for a "box" in the middle of the cable, or some active electronics hidden in the connector shell, somewhere.   It’s, primarily, a level converter, to make the signals from each end compatible with the other.   The manufacturers *could*, it’s true, design this extra bit of electonics into the meter itself, but, then, they’d be supplying extra bits that only a small percentage of their market use, and that would involve extra cost for no return…  very bad news in the business world. So, they prefer to sell you a very odd and non-standard "cable" with the extra bits in the middle somewhere.   Costs covered, accountants satisfied

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –    What would be neat is if the meters had such a chip *in the    meter* and everyone did use the same cable.  You could probably    even make them USB devices.  The technology is there, it’s just    hindered by the overwhelming profit motive.  Companies like    proprietary, but consumers tend to benefit from universal    standards. In this case I don’t think it is the profit motive that causes them to each use a different interface, Most meter companies (Medisense is an exception here) Sell the cables for less than the cost of a single connector (the DB connectors often run, with shell, around 9 bucks) and thus I can’t believe there is much profit in the cables.

Hmmm… Accu-chek bundles the cable/software for $60 (although I got one without software for $40, I believe), and Freestyle does a similar bundle for $75.  The Accu-chek is strange, because I don’t understand why such a huge box is needed on the cable.  I don’t know much about the rest. It would be one thing if I expected to keep any given meter a long time, but I figure they have a pretty short life span if you care about new technology.   (And in the case of Accu-chek vs. Freestyle there has been a huge improvement from my perspective.)  It would be a great business opportunity if a third-party developed clones of either of those cables.  And better still, maybe there *is* a standard configuration for the meters that have the ’stereo’ jack — I hope so. — headbeat t1 – dx’d 02/00 – Humalog + Lente

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   What would be neat is if the meters had such a chip *in the    meter* and everyone did use the same cable.  You could probably    even make them USB devices.  The technology is there, it’s just    hindered by the overwhelming profit motive.  Companies like    proprietary, but consumers tend to benefit from universal    standards. In this case I don’t think it is the profit motive that causes them to each use a different interface, Most meter companies (Medisense is an exception here) Sell the cables for less than the cost of a single connector (the DB connectors often run, with shell, around 9 bucks) and thus I can’t believe there is much profit in the cables. I think it’s just different designers "Nothing adds excitement like something that is none of your business" CURSOR: What you become when your system crashes Net-Tamer V 1.12.0 – Registered

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The "RCA" or "Stereo" jack and the "Mini Telco" jack are both plain vanilla serial jacks – they match the 1 and 2 pins of the 9 pin and 25 pin DIN plugs and ground (usually on 4 or 7 as I recall) there MAY be an impedance matching capacitor, but the pin-out is standard.  Every plug I have seen is RCA to Rj45, and plugs into an active hub.  The hub connects to the computer serial port.  The hub is necessary for the dl to function. Which meter connects with the RJ45 and RCA?  I have only seen them with mini stereo or proprietary plugs that connect with the meter’s strip socket or a proprietary socket and either a DB 25 or DB 9 serial on the computer side.

The Roche Meters connect with a hub, some of them are edge connector to Rj45, some are a mini stereo.  There are TWO "mini stereo" plugs, and I can’t tell from the diagram which one the meter uses.  The most common stereo plug is the "RCA", which was the standard used by RCA, .  Less common was the "mini-telco", which used to be used mainly on commercial grade audio and is a small version of the old PBX jack. Since it seats better than the RCA, if I were designing a meter, that’s what I would use.

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I don’t know about any company other than Lifescan, The Ground pins on a LIfescan cable are connected to the "Sleeve" (Ground) of the plug.  The RD and SD pins, (Receive Data and Send Data) go to a chip that’s in the plug and connections from IT go to the meter.  Most meter cables have such a chip in them from what I understand and it’s important to have the right chip.

More ideas for a meter software/cable revolution. What would be neat is if the meters had such a chip *in the meter* and everyone did use the same cable.  You could probably even make them USB devices.  The technology is there, it’s just hindered by the overwhelming profit motive.  Companies like proprietary, but consumers tend to benefit from universal standards. — headbeat t1 – dx’d 02/00 – Humalog + Lente

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   I have been given a cable that was used to connect a glucometer to a    computer and told that it was a standard configuration and should    be usable with any modern meter that has a "stereo" jack.    Question 1 is:  Is that true, and is there a standard? No, each company has it’s own configuration    Question No.2 is:  If so, does anyone know which pin on the D25    serial connector  is connected to which contact on the stereo plug    so I can check with an ohmeter if it’s properly wired?   Or point    me to a pertinent reference? I don’t know about any company other than Lifescan, The Ground pins on a LIfescan cable are connected to the "Sleeve" (Ground) of the plug.  The RD and SD pins, (Receive Data and Send Data) go to a chip that’s in the plug and connections from IT go to the meter.  Most meter cables have such a chip in them from what I understand and it’s important to have the right chip. "Nothing adds excitement like something that is none of your business" Net-Tamer V 1.12.0 – Registered

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have been given a cable that was used to connect a glucometer to a computer and told that it was a standard configuration and should be usable with any modern meter that has a "stereo" jack. Question 1 is:  Is that true, and is there a standard? Question No.2 is:  If so, does anyone know which pin on the D25 serial connector  is connected to which contact on the stereo plug so I can check with an ohmeter if it’s properly wired?   Or point me to a pertinent reference? TIA.  Any help will be appreciated. The 25 pin ened has in it some electronics  capacitors resistors etc and a chip that converts the stereo plug to an rs-232  25 pin plug and matches violatges etc so it is not a straight thru pinout

OK.  That’s good to know; and it was just confirmed in some references that were sent to me. Thanks for the reply.

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The "RCA" or "Stereo" jack and the "Mini Telco" jack are both plain vanilla serial jacks – they match the 1 and 2 pins of the 9 pin and 25 pin DIN plugs and ground (usually on 4 or 7 as I recall) there MAY be an impedance matching capacitor, but the pin-out is standard.  Every plug I have seen is RCA to Rj45, and plugs into an active hub.  The hub connects to the computer serial port.  The hub is necessary for the dl to function. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have been given a cable that was used to connect a glucometer to a computer and told that it was a standard configuration and should be usable with any modern meter that has a "stereo" jack. Question 1 is:  Is that true, and is there a standard? Question No.2 is:  If so, does anyone know which pin on the D25 serial connector  is connected to which contact on the stereo plug so I can check with an ohmeter if it’s properly wired?   Or point me to a pertinent reference? TIA.  Any help will be appreciated. The 25 pin ened has in it some electronics  capacitors resistors etc and a chip that converts the stereo plug to an rs-232  25 pin plug and matches violatges etc so it is not a straight thru pinout now added Avandia " The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do"

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have been given a cable that was used to connect a glucometer to a computer and told that it was a standard configuration and should be usable with any modern meter that has a "stereo" jack. Question 1 is:  Is that true, and is there a standard? Question No.2 is:  If so, does anyone know which pin on the D25 serial connector  is connected to which contact on the stereo plug so I can check with an ohmeter if it’s properly wired?   Or point me to a pertinent reference? TIA.  Any help will be appreciated.

The 25 pin ened has in it some electronics  capacitors resistors etc and a chip that converts the stereo plug to an rs-232  25 pin plug and matches violatges etc so it is not a straight thru pinout now added Avandia " The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do"

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I have been given a cable that was used to connect a glucometer to a computer and told that it was a standard configuration and should be usable with any modern meter that has a "stereo" jack. Question 1 is:  Is that true, and is there a standard? Question No.2 is:  If so, does anyone know which pin on the D25 serial connector  is connected to which contact on the stereo plug so I can check with an ohmeter if it’s properly wired?   Or point me to a pertinent reference? TIA.  Any help will be appreciated.

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I have a diagram, the plug LOOKS like an "RCA" jack. The usual pinout for a serial cable is 1 and 2 for data and 7 for ground. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have been given a cable that was used to connect a glucometer to a computer and told that it was a standard configuration and should be usable with any modern meter that has a "stereo" jack. Question 1 is:  Is that true, and is there a standard? Question No.2 is:  If so, does anyone know which pin on the D25 serial connector  is connected to which contact on the stereo plug so I can check with an ohmeter if it’s properly wired?   Or point me to a pertinent reference? TIA.  Any help will be appreciated.

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Just felt like saying hi *wave* I’m at work, lunchbreak is almost over and I’m having problems keeping my eyes open. Have already over-dosed on caffiene, I feel like I could just curl up under the desk and have a snooze. *yawn* Well that wasted all of 2 minutes Bye! *wave* — The missing and not to be taken seriously under any circumstances garden gnome. ~~fairies are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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giggling.. gee.. this Hi made me feel good.. you sweet thing.. thank you.. ~waving~ wildly back at you from my chair..  somewhere as wild as I can at almost 1 am.. WAKE UP.. giggle Whatcha doing or working on that’s not so exciting that it stimulates the mind to keep ya awake.. BUZZZZZZZZZ.. YOUR AWAKE NOW.. giggle.. talk to me darlin.. Pamela "willow2000" <willow2…@my-deja.com> wrote in message

news:8tlivp$tqt$1@nnrp1.deja.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Just felt like saying hi > *wave* > I’m at work, lunchbreak is almost over and I’m having problems keeping > my eyes open. Have already over-dosed on caffiene, I feel like I could > just curl up under the desk and have a snooze. *yawn* > Well that wasted all of 2 minutes > Bye! *wave* > — > The missing and not to be taken seriously under any circumstances > garden gnome. > ~~fairies are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

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I’m glad it made you feel good. You’re able to stay awake until 1am and still function the next day? I haven’t been able to do that for a few years. My days of staying up on IRC until 3am and getting up at 6am to crawl into work are long gone. Going to bed any later than 10pm really knocks me around. It usually takes me a couple of days to get over a late night. I must be getting old Work in general is pretty boring at the moment. Draw a line in here. insert a symbol there. *yawn* It’s better than being a check-out chick, although I did enjoy meeting all those different people especially when the regulars would come in and have a chat. When I was working in a supermarket in the UK there was an old Irishman who used to come in regulary. He would always stop to tell me a joke or have a chat. Being the only Aussie (although most of the regulars thought I was English, Irish, Scottish, South African anything but an Aussie) I seemed to be pretty popular with most of the regulars, so at times I’d have a whole line of people stopping to have a chat. It was great What do you do for work? I don’t think you’ve mentioned it yet. Whatever it is I hope you have a great day. article <39fe5d30$…@spamkiller.newsfeeds.com>,   "Unicorn" <unicorn_4_ma…@yahoo.com> wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> giggling.. gee.. this Hi made me feel good.. > you sweet thing.. thank you.. > ~waving~ wildly back at you from my chair..  somewhere as wild as I > can at almost 1 am.. > WAKE UP.. giggle > Whatcha doing or working on that’s not so exciting that it stimulates > the mind to keep ya awake.. > BUZZZZZZZZZ.. YOUR AWAKE NOW.. giggle.. talk to me darlin.. > Pamela > "willow2000" <willow2…@my-deja.com> wrote in message > news:8tlivp$tqt$1@nnrp1.deja.com… > > Just felt like saying hi > > *wave* > > I’m at work, lunchbreak is almost over and I’m having problems > keeping > > my eyes open. Have already over-dosed on caffiene, I feel like I > could > > just curl up under the desk and have a snooze. *yawn* > > Well that wasted all of 2 minutes > > Bye! *wave* > > — > > The missing and not to be taken seriously under any circumstances > > garden gnome. > > ~~fairies are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy.

– The missing and not to be taken seriously under any circumstances garden gnome. ~~fairies are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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Hello lady, I go through cycles.. always have.. I can go on little sleep because I worked 12 night shifts for more than um 10 years.. if I think about it 20 years I was on nightshift.. my biorhythms are night oriented and I’ve never been a morning person.. my kids tease me that the first word out of my mouth is Coffeeeeeee.. and they actually have it made for me.. when they were babies I slept around their naps and sometimes only got 2 hours sleep between shifts.. it was just reality.. I don’t require much sleep, never did, and when my nightmares are occurring, I try not to sleep till I fall over, I was told I go into REM sleep, the dreaming state in less than 5 min and I found if I really exhaust myself, I don’t wake up with them overwhelming me. Hey.. I did watressing and check out in restaurants when I was younger.. I liked those jobs.. lots of people to talk to.. and I still remember some of the regulars from way back then to.. liked the story about the Irishman.. and you would have a cool accent to me..  when we went to the beach this summer I spent some time talking to some of the lifeguards and the girls that were Irish, oh.. I loved the lilt of their tongue.. twas beautiful to my ear.. My work, well, right now is hard to figure out because of situations that came to be out of my control, mostly computers, networks, design, internet hosting, associated services, education, consulting and its a season of refocus so to say,  I’m independent, I work for me, and I have my fingers into too many things pulling me in 10 directions, many that I now have had to say No to, I’m only one person, and I have to many unresolved  plans and dreams running rambid in my brain that now need attention.. At this time for the most part.. I’m working on what I need resolution and closure on. Closure is important. Forward motion always how old are you Willow.. I don’t think I ever ask this? Pamela "willow2000" <willow2…@my-deja.com> wrote in message

news:8tm8fb$dvd$1@nnrp1.deja.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’m glad it made you feel good. > You’re able to stay awake until 1am and still function the next day? I > haven’t been able to do that for a few years. My days of staying up on > IRC until 3am and getting up at 6am to crawl into work are long gone. > Going to bed any later than 10pm really knocks me around. It usually > takes me a couple of days to get over a late night. I must be getting > old > Work in general is pretty boring at the moment. Draw a line in here. > insert a symbol there. *yawn* It’s better than being a check-out chick, > although I did enjoy meeting all those different people especially when > the regulars would come in and have a chat. When I was working in a > supermarket in the UK there was an old Irishman who used to come in > regulary. He would always stop to tell me a joke or have a chat. Being > the only Aussie (although most of the regulars thought I was English, > Irish, Scottish, South African anything but an Aussie) I seemed to be > pretty popular with most of the regulars, so at times I’d have a whole > line of people stopping to have a chat. It was great > What do you do for work? I don’t think you’ve mentioned it yet. > Whatever it is I hope you have a great day.

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Hooley dooley! Do you find your work interesting? Inspiring? Do you wake up each day looking forward to going into work? Do you enjoy having a variety of things to do? Variety is the spice of life after all I’m amazed that anyone could take on that much responsibility. You want the mental or physical age? *grin* Physically I’m 27. Mentally… well… that depends. ) Eek time to get to work. In article <39fedf6…@spamkiller.newsfeeds.com>,   "Unicorn" <unicorn_4_ma…@yahoo.com> wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hello lady, > I go through cycles.. always have.. I can go on little sleep because I > worked 12 night shifts for more than um 10 years.. if I think about it > 20 years I was on nightshift.. my biorhythms are night oriented and > I’ve never been a morning person.. my kids tease me that the first > word out of my mouth is Coffeeeeeee.. and they actually have it made > for me.. when they were babies I slept around their naps and sometimes > only got 2 hours sleep between shifts.. it was just reality.. I don’t > require much sleep, never did, and when my nightmares are occurring, I > try not to sleep till I fall over, I was told I go into REM sleep, the > dreaming state in less than 5 min and I found if I really exhaust > myself, I don’t wake up with them overwhelming me. > Hey.. I did watressing and check out in restaurants when I was > younger.. I liked those jobs.. lots of people to talk to.. > and I still remember some of the regulars from way back then to.. > liked the story about the Irishman.. > and you would have a cool accent to me..  when we went to the beach > this summer I spent some time talking to some of the lifeguards and > the girls that were Irish, oh.. I loved the lilt of their tongue.. > twas beautiful to my ear.. > My work, well, right now is hard to figure out because of situations > that came to be out of my control, mostly computers, networks, design, > internet hosting, associated services, education, consulting and its a > season of refocus so to say,  I’m independent, I work for me, and I > have my fingers into too many things pulling me in 10 directions, many > that I now have had to say No to, I’m only one person, and I have to > many unresolved  plans and dreams running rambid in my brain that now > need attention.. At this time for the most part.. I’m working on what > I need resolution and closure on. Closure is important. Forward motion > always > how old are you Willow.. I don’t think I ever ask this? > Pamela > "willow2000" <willow2…@my-deja.com> wrote in message > news:8tm8fb$dvd$1@nnrp1.deja.com… > > I’m glad it made you feel good. > > You’re able to stay awake until 1am and still function the next day? > I > > haven’t been able to do that for a few years. My days of staying up > on > > IRC until 3am and getting up at 6am to crawl into work are long > gone. > > Going to bed any later than 10pm really knocks me around. It usually > > takes me a couple of days to get over a late night. I must be > getting > > old > > Work in general is pretty boring at the moment. Draw a line in here. > > insert a symbol there. *yawn* It’s better than being a check-out > chick, > > although I did enjoy meeting all those different people especially > when > > the regulars would come in and have a chat. When I was working in a > > supermarket in the UK there was an old Irishman who used to come in > > regulary. He would always stop to tell me a joke or have a chat. > Being > > the only Aussie (although most of the regulars thought I was > English, > > Irish, Scottish, South African anything but an Aussie) I seemed to > be > > pretty popular with most of the regulars, so at times I’d have a > whole > > line of people stopping to have a chat. It was great > > What do you do for work? I don’t think you’ve mentioned it yet. > > Whatever it is I hope you have a great day.

– The missing and not to be taken seriously under any circumstances garden gnome. ~~fairies are able to fly because they take themselves lightly~ Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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<grin> mentally I am younger than my 8 year old sometimes.. giggle.. so they tell me mmm.. I did find what I was doing originally inspiring and pushed me to greater challenges than I believed I was even capable of.. kinda set me apart from other’s though and not in a negative way, I felt good about my goals and my achievements, I grew to quickly though and wasn’t prepared for the growth rate, buncha things happened, then I felt like a failure, now I can look back objectively and say I did not fail, I didn’t catch the message God was sending me so he kinda stripped me emotionally till I could redirect. I’m a stubborn Taurus though.. he had to keep popping me with a whole lotta negatives .. <grin> That’s what they told me in a Self Awareness Session too.. my personality type almost had to get bombarded to let go and once again redirect and grow. Yeah actually as I think about the benefits, each day is my own to schedule me and decide.. today my little girl is ill so I moved today’s appointments to tomorrow and she’s going to the Doc, ..and I can keep painting and work on some things remotely for other’s and do my accounting later..  but up to now I have had my hand in to many things.. transitional stage..  tis a season now of focusing me and pulling back from the things that are either not supporting us effectively and closure from what was binding me emotionally.  Part of the closure is I guess is ASL for it affected my life in many ways. Pamela "willow2000" <willow2…@my-deja.com> wrote in message

news:8tnmje$mlj$1@nnrp1.deja.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hooley dooley! Do you find your work interesting? Inspiring? Do you > wake up each day looking forward to going into work? Do you enjoy > having a variety of things to do? Variety is the spice of life after > all I’m amazed that anyone could take on that much responsibility. > You want the mental or physical age? *grin* Physically I’m 27. > Mentally… well… that depends. ) > Eek time to get to work.

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John, I have successfully used Microsoft Access to do this.  However, you need to have some knowledge of the software and the time to set it up properly or pay someone else to do it. — Jason Hagerman Carroll Publishing Federal Charts and Directories 1058 Thomas Jefferson St, Washington DC, 20037 voice (202)333-8620 Fax: (202)337-7020 – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m looking for either a small business accounting package that has contact management functions built in, or some combo of accounting and contact management software. Customers will often repeat, and I’d like to automatically import invoice/product information into the contact management software. Any clues? I’ve looked at Act! And GoldMine, but they do not really seem to be setup to do this easily. Thanks for any help. -John Baima

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I’m looking for either a small business accounting package that has contact management functions built in, or some combo of accounting and contact management software. Customers will often repeat, and I’d like to automatically import invoice/product information into the contact management software. Any clues? I’ve looked at Act! And GoldMine, but they do not really seem to be setup to do this easily. Thanks for any help. -John Baima

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In my opinion, you should avoid MAS90 and State of the Art… I use the DOS version and it isn’t very flexible for inventory use, especially if you need to use one part number internally and one for the customer on invoices. I’ve heard the Window version is a little more flexible, but we can’t afford to upgrade to it… State of the Art price gouges and wants 60-75% of our DOS purchase price to upgrade each module…   It would be just as cheap to switch to a different software program than it would be to upgrade.  They are also dropping the DOS version so we’ll be left hanging with no future upgrades and no direct support. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have a client who generates 1200+ invoices a month and has 3000 to 4000 inventory items.  Many of these items are bulk product which is then resized to smaller units.  He has really outgrown Peachtree sometime ago and experienced a significant number of Peachtree failures.  The last required 40+ hours of my time and 70+ hours of capable Peachtree support to solve. He generates sales order as the customer calls, selecting inventory items, then shipping and billing the same day. I do not believe that any of the low-end products (Peachtree, MYOB Premier, Champion Profit or the new networked QuickBooks) will be robust enough to handle his needs I know that there are few products between the very low-end and the much more expensive.  He would like to stay below $3,000.  The best possibility for a package in that arena that I know of for his needs is Orders Plus and Business Works.  Do any users here have experience with this package, particularly as concerns "robustness."  We do not want to do this a coupld of years from now again. I’m also interested in what packages in the Great Plains Dynamics price range users might recommend.

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I have a client who generates 1200+ invoices a month and has 3000 to 4000 inventory items.  Many of these items are bulk product which is then resized to smaller units.  He has really outgrown Peachtree sometime ago and experienced a significant number of Peachtree failures.  The last required 40+ hours of my time and 70+ hours of capable Peachtree support to solve. He generates sales order as the customer calls, selecting inventory items, then shipping and billing the same day. I do not believe that any of the low-end products (Peachtree, MYOB Premier, Champion Profit or the new networked QuickBooks) will be robust enough to handle his needs I know that there are few products between the very low-end and the much more expensive.  He would like to stay below $3,000.  The best possibility for a package in that arena that I know of for his needs is Orders Plus and Business Works.  Do any users here have experience with this package, particularly as concerns "robustness."  We do not want to do this a coupld of years from now again. I’m also interested in what packages in the Great Plains Dynamics price range users might recommend.

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Macola will do what your client needs, but it’s not cheap. It will handle the volume load and has great flexibility in inventory handling. For instance, you can buy bulk and sell individually. I’m biased since I’m a reseller. Dana

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MAS-90 or Business Works should meet your client’s needs- Both products are sold by State of the Art. see http://www.20-20.com/mas90w.htm for more info Mike Albright – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have a client who generates 1200+ invoices a month and has 3000 to 4000 inventory items.  Many of these items are bulk product which is then resized to smaller units.  He has really outgrown Peachtree sometime ago and experienced a significant number of Peachtree failures.  The last required 40+ hours of my time and 70+ hours of capable Peachtree support to solve. He generates sales order as the customer calls, selecting inventory items, then shipping and billing the same day. I do not believe that any of the low-end products (Peachtree, MYOB Premier, Champion Profit or the new networked QuickBooks) will be robust enough to handle his needs I know that there are few products between the very low-end and the much more expensive.  He would like to stay below $3,000.  The best possibility for a package in that arena that I know of for his needs is Orders Plus and Business Works.  Do any users here have experience with this package, particularly as concerns "robustness."  We do not want to do this a coupld of years from now again. I’m also interested in what packages in the Great Plains Dynamics price range users might recommend.

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