OK! I'm completely fed up with IBM's WEBSITE!
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OK! I'm completely fed up with IBM's WEBSITE!
 
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OK, I rarely log into that abysmal excuse for a web portal.
However I wanted to get the latest and greatest fix pack for my dear ver 22.0 I go through the gauntlet and end up at a change password screen which I dutifully fill out with my security question and a new password. Reenter it etc. EVERY TIME I GET THE FOLLOWING uninformative USELESS message. The contents of which are utter BS because my new password was just make up out of random crap. Anyone succeeded in updating their password in recent days? -- 
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I could download SPSS v22 FP 1 for win32 without any problem. There was some message about --what was it called again?-- hardware profile or something. This is where I downloaded the Fix pack:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24037142 I was checking the fix pack schedule every time, but that was not updated, so thanks for letting me know!http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21599157 Regards, Albert-Jan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Marso <[hidden email]> > To: [hidden email] > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 5:09 PM > Subject: [SPSSX-L] OK! I'm completely fed up with IBM's WEBSITE! > > OK, I rarely log into that abysmal excuse for a web portal. > However I wanted to get the latest and greatest fix pack for my dear ver > 22.0 > I go through the gauntlet and end up at a change password screen which I > dutifully fill out with my security question and a new password. Reenter it > etc. > EVERY TIME I GET THE FOLLOWING uninformative USELESS message. > The contents of which are utter BS because my new password was just make up > out of random crap. Anyone succeeded in updating their password in recent > days? > -- > <http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/file/n5725060/IBM_has_a_CRAP_website.jpg> > > > > > ----- > Please reply to the list and not to my personal email. > Those desiring my consulting or training services please feel free to email me. > --- > "Nolite dare sanctum canibus neque mittatis margaritas vestras ante porcos > ne forte conculcent eas pedibus suis." > Cum es damnatorum possederunt porcos iens ut salire off sanguinum cliff in > abyssum?" > -- > View this message in context: > http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/OK-I-m-completely-fed-up-with-IBM-s-WEBSITE-tp5725060.html > Sent from the SPSSX Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ===================== > To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to > [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the > command. To leave the list, send the command > SIGNOFF SPSSX-L > For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command > INFO REFCARD > ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD |
Re: OK! I'm completely fed up with IBM's WEBSITE!
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What I wonder is WHY WHY WHY doesn't the SW have a Check For Updates menu item and when you click it, it does the right thing!
1. Checks the site. 2. If found downloads to your favorite junk spot. 3. Before or after download prompts you to save your work and exits SPSS. 4. Updates the SW. Instead we need to jump through hoops to get on the goddamned site, somehow miraculously find the link to the update, god forbid you forget your password... Spend 2 hrs downloading a 256M file. etc.... Yeah, WTF?
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Re: OK! I'm completely fed up with IBM's WEBSITE!
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Did anybody notice that the heading on the screen capture says
Welcome Mr. David Marso in the top corner... Meanwhile it Can't give me access to a password. How completely F$%%ing STUPID IS THAT? Take the web bastards out of their cubes, put them on the wall and shootem -They're worthless wastes of human skin and oxygen!-
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Yeah, I had that same thought many times before! It wouldn't help me in the office because we have a secure internet connection, but for many users it'd be very handy.
If you use R under Linux you just add an entry in /etc/apt/sources.list and then all the updates/upgrades go along with the updates of linux itself, http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README.html: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade But that could get (in my experience, at least) annoying if you have lots of libraries that get updated all the time. It is time-consuming and in some cases existing code might get broken. And I am not sure whether this mechanism also applies to upgrades of R itself. Still, the idea is nice. Having the equivalent of install.packages for extension commands would also be cool. Regards, Albert-Jan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Marso <[hidden email]> > To: [hidden email] > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 9:21 PM > Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] OK! I'm completely fed up with IBM's WEBSITE! > > What I wonder is WHY WHY WHY doesn't the SW have a Check For Updates menu > item and when you click it, it does the right thing! > 1. Checks the site. > 2. If found downloads to your favorite junk spot. > 3. Before or after download prompts you to save your work and exits SPSS. > 4. Updates the SW. > Instead we need to jump through hoops to get on the goddamned site, somehow > miraculously find the link to the update, god forbid you forget your > password... Spend 2 hrs downloading a 256M file. > etc.... > Yeah, WTF? > > > > > Albert-Jan Roskam wrote >> I could download SPSS v22 FP 1 for win32 without any problem. There was >> some message about --what was it called again?-- hardware profile or >> something. This is where I downloaded the Fix pack: >> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24037142 >> >> >> I was checking the fix pack schedule every time, but that was not updated, >> so thanks for letting me >> know!http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21599157 >> >> Regards, >> >> Albert-Jan >> >> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, >> public order, irrigation, roads, a >> >> fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for >> us? >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: David Marso < > >> david.marso@ > >> > >>> To: > >> SPSSX-L@.UGA > >>> Cc: >>> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 5:09 PM >>> Subject: [SPSSX-L] OK! I'm completely fed up with IBM's > WEBSITE! >>> >>> OK, I rarely log into that abysmal excuse for a web portal. >>> However I wanted to get the latest and greatest fix pack for my dear > ver >>> 22.0 >>> I go through the gauntlet and end up at a change password screen which > I >>> dutifully fill out with my security question and a new password. > Reenter >>> it >>> etc. >>> EVERY TIME I GET THE FOLLOWING uninformative USELESS message. >>> The contents of which are utter BS because my new password was just > make >>> up >>> out of random crap. Anyone succeeded in updating their password in >>> recent >>> days? >>> -- >>> > <http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/file/n5725060/IBM_has_a_CRAP_website.jpg> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Please reply to the list and not to my personal email. >>> Those desiring my consulting or training services please feel free to >>> email me. >>> --- >>> "Nolite dare sanctum canibus neque mittatis margaritas vestras > ante >>> porcos >>> ne forte conculcent eas pedibus suis." >>> Cum es damnatorum possederunt porcos iens ut salire off sanguinum cliff >>> in >>> abyssum?" >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> > http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/OK-I-m-completely-fed-up-with-IBM-s-WEBSITE-tp5725060.html >>> Sent from the SPSSX Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> ===================== >>> To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to >>> > >> LISTSERV@.UGA > >> (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the >>> command. To leave the list, send the command >>> SIGNOFF SPSSX-L >>> For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command >>> INFO REFCARD >>> >> >> ===================== >> To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to > >> LISTSERV@.UGA > >> (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the >> command. To leave the list, send the command >> SIGNOFF SPSSX-L >> For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command >> INFO REFCARD > > > > > > ----- > Please reply to the list and not to my personal email. > Those desiring my consulting or training services please feel free to email me. > --- > "Nolite dare sanctum canibus neque mittatis margaritas vestras ante porcos > ne forte conculcent eas pedibus suis." > Cum es damnatorum possederunt porcos iens ut salire off sanguinum cliff in > abyssum?" > -- > View this message in context: > http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/OK-I-m-completely-fed-up-with-IBM-s-WEBSITE-tp5725060p5725062.html > > Sent from the SPSSX Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ===================== > To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to > [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the > command. To leave the list, send the command > SIGNOFF SPSSX-L > For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command > INFO REFCARD > ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD |
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Actually we used to have a check for updates
function, but with all the infrastructure and support changes that came
with the IBM acquisition, we lost this. I hope it will come back
some day.
As for R packages, though, if you install an extension command that requires any extra R packages, those are downloaded and installed automatically (if possible) along with the extension whether using the extension bundle installer directly or using the Download and Install Extension Bundles feature new in V22, and installing an update to an extension command also updates the R packages. Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim Senior Software Engineer, IBM [hidden email] phone: 720-342-5621 From: Albert-Jan Roskam <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email], Date: 03/27/2014 02:41 PM Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] OK! I'm completely fed up with IBM's WEBSITE! Sent by: "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]> Yeah, I had that same thought many times before! It wouldn't help me in the office because we have a secure internet connection, but for many users it'd be very handy. If you use R under Linux you just add an entry in /etc/apt/sources.list and then all the updates/upgrades go along with the updates of linux itself, http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README.html: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade But that could get (in my experience, at least) annoying if you have lots of libraries that get updated all the time. It is time-consuming and in some cases existing code might get broken. And I am not sure whether this mechanism also applies to upgrades of R itself. Still, the idea is nice. Having the equivalent of install.packages for extension commands would also be cool. Regards, Albert-Jan |
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