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Sredni:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on April 15, 2020, 02:06:44 am ---And the exact causes of deaths  is also highly questionable. Can we please stop talking about the stats on this thread, it's about the impact on our work and business and personal lives etc.

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Well, you closed the general thread about Covid-19.

You also closed the thread about what was good about Covid-19. It almost seems you are afraid of discussion about certain topics (one of my posts there even got deleted because of a joke, I mean... you are in Australia, how close is it to China?
What's the point of having a General Chat if you make topics taboo?

bd139:

--- Quote from: 0db on April 15, 2020, 09:41:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on April 15, 2020, 07:28:04 pm ---Do what we did and courier the workstations to our staff. Then VPN in for the license only.

--- End quote ---

what do you mean with "courier the workstations to our staff". I cannot physically move the computer out of the working place. My boss said something like "no way, the computer must stay here", and I cannot move the license over the internet because it's "node-locked" rather than floating-license and offered by a server that can be reached via a VPN link from home.

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Well he's an idiot then. You can show him this comment as well if you want.

NiHaoMike:

--- Quote from: 0db on April 15, 2020, 06:31:41 pm ---How to use a CAD at home if the server and the license cannot move from the working place?
I have already tried RDP through a VPN: it's practically not usable. I guess I am doom
...
I cannot physically move the computer out of the working place. My boss said something like "no way, the computer must stay here", and I cannot move the license over the internet because it's "node-locked" rather than floating-license and offered by a server that can be reached via a VPN link from home.

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Is it a Dell server with iDRAC by any chance? That would probably help if the problem is heavy graphics (hardware encoding handles that with ease), not so much if the problem is network latency.

mansaxel:

--- Quote from: 0db on April 15, 2020, 09:41:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on April 15, 2020, 07:28:04 pm ---Do what we did and courier the workstations to our staff. Then VPN in for the license only.

--- End quote ---

what do you mean with "courier the workstations to our staff". I cannot physically move the computer out of the working place. My boss said something like "no way, the computer must stay here", and I cannot move the license over the internet because it's "node-locked" rather than floating-license and offered by a server that can be reached via a VPN link from home.

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Apparently, your boss likes their computers more than they like their employees doing meaningful work.

I only had to unpack my laptop as I was called by my boss and told to stay home, so for me it was very easy. I also pioneered the concept of "managing complex broadcast networks from home" last winter, so it was more like slipping into same old shoes again. Not all staff, though, did have a portable computer, so the support dept. has been kept busy provisioning computers to people, but everyone that can WFH does that now. Since we're a TV company, some of us need to be in the studio, and since we've come up with a number of new shows (and fat rerun programs) for all those people stranded at home we have work cut out for us.

langwadt:

--- Quote from: 0db on April 15, 2020, 09:41:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on April 15, 2020, 07:28:04 pm ---Do what we did and courier the workstations to our staff. Then VPN in for the license only.

--- End quote ---

what do you mean with "courier the workstations to our staff". I cannot physically move the computer out of the working place. My boss said something like "no way, the computer must stay here", and I cannot move the license over the internet because it's "node-locked" rather than floating-license and offered by a server that can be reached via a VPN link from home.

--- End quote ---

have you tried talking to the supplier of the software? I'm sure most of them a willing to score some cheap points by being helpful with a temporary license or similar


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