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Rodney, Thanks for the reply. I already knew how to do that in windows but I'm sure it will help someone. I know how to set up a network through windows.. the problem is that I con't have a way gurantee access to the drive for my roomate if my computer is booted into linux or broken. That's why I was looking for a HD enclosure so the HD could be accessed regardless of the state of my computer. If you have any insight into how I would be able to share that SATA HD without the need for a functioning Windows O/S on my side. -PatchCR

Thanks for your input. I don't think we'll be able set up a NAS box in the end. What if we get an enclosure that has SATA out as well as USB 2.0 out. Will I be able to connect the SATA to one computer and the USB 2.0 to another? Or will I have to attach it to a USB capable router.

I have a problem with the phpBB 1 and 2 forums that C Panel installed for me. I chose an admin name and password but when I try to access the administration panel... I get nowhere. It says I have to reauthenicate. When I do, It simply takes me back to the home page.This may be a part of a much larger problem for me, however; I am finding that in order to properly log in to any of the systems I've installed on the server, I HAVE to check the "remember me" box. If I do not check that box while I'm logging in, The login will fail and I will be taken right back to the login page.Currently I have phpBB, phpBB2, and Mambo installed in separate folders f the root. I can't imagine that they would interfere with each other, especially since this has been happening since I installed Mambo, (way before I attempted phpBB).Any ideas as to what might be causing this behavior? I use FF 1.0.6 normally but I tried it in IE6 and had the same problem. I could never get to the Administration Panel for phpBB 1 or 2. That's rather frustating as you might imagine.-PatchCRI also have to report another behavior that I just discovered. It seems that I cannot log out of my phpBB 1 or 2 installations. When I click the button to log out, it takes me to the main page and I'm still logged in. I can log out of Mambo if I want.-PatchCR

My roommate and I have been looking for a way to share a network drive. I recently bought a 250GB SATA HD for my computer because I desparately needed more space. When I go to college in August, my rommie and I want to share that space. Is there any enclosure that will support a SATA HD and still allow two computers to access it simultaneously.I know that this doesn't seem like a network issue but there is the possibility that we would use an Ethernet enclosure and try to attempt some type of NAS set up. We do not have a router and we really just want an ad hoc network. Also, he must be able to access the data even if I have Linux running, or if I'm restarting, and vice versa.We both have Firewire, USB 2.0, and Gigabit Ethernet.Thanks

whew, then I guess that means I either have to make a FAT32 partition somewhere on my storage drive or wait until they finish cracking through NTFS. That's almost depressing because someone will have to work on WinFS once it is released in 2006 or later. P.S. xboxrulz, I find it EXTREMELY ironic that you would be such a huge linux buff and yet seemingly love the xbox. Unless your only use for an xbox is for a subsidized linux box. In that case, you would love the xbox for the sole purpose of being able to screw with MS's product value. But if you actually let yourself enjoy the xbox platform and games then i think you would have a few internal issues to work out wouldn't you?

I have a problem with the phpBB 1 and 2 forums that C Panel installed for me. I chose an admin name and password but when I try to access the administration panel... I get nowhere. It says I have to reauthenicate. When I do, It simply takes me back to the home page. This may be a part of a much larger problem for me, however; I am finding that in order to properly log in to any of the systems I've installed on the server, I HAVE to check the "remember me" box. If I do not check that box while I'm logging in, The login will fail and I will be taken right back to the login page. Currently I have phpBB, phpBB2, and Mambo installed in separate root folders. I can't imagine that they would interfere with each other, especially since this has been happening since I installed Mambo, (way before I attempted phpBB). Thanks for any ideas. This may become a thread of its own. -PatchCR

C'mon everyone. I have only seen one post mentioning Gimp and no posts mentioning GIMPshop. I have to agree that PS CS2 is an awesome program that can do WAY more things than PSP. But what we have to realize is that most of us are not paying for it. Which is dangerous and stupid. GIMPshop is somewhere in between, PS and PSP, erring on the Photoshop side. If you are familiar with the Photoshop interface then GIMPshop eases your transition and helps you learn about the other, extra powerful features of GIMP itself because they look like "new" features to the Photoshop interface.I admit that you can't do everything in GIMPshop that you can do in PS and there are several convenient bridges between Adobe programs that make everything worlds easier. But how can you go wrong with a program that is well supported by the OS community, as powerful as you need it to be, and truly, deeply, madly, FREE.-PatchCR

szupie, I don't know java very well but I can tell from my programming knowledge how the for statement works. Above is the code from saga's javascript menu. Basically what the for function does is loop until a predefined end is met. Yes it is similar to a while loop but much more powerful. Inside the parentheses you see three statements: 1) var i=0 2) i<divs.length 3) i++ Statement #1 is run only once. When the for-loop is first entered, it initializes a variable "i" to the value 0. Next, statement #2 is evaluated. If the current value of "i" is less than the value stored in divs.length, then the body of the for-loop will run. In this case the body of the for-loop consists of the line directly below the for-statement: When this operation is complete, statement #3 is run. Statement #3 simply increments "i" by 1. So, if it was 0 to start with, after statement #3 is run, "i" will equal exactly 1. Next, statement #2 is evaluated. The loop continues to run in that sequence #2, body, #3, .... until statement #2 is no longer true, at which point the for loop exits and the code continues at the point after the last statement in the body of the for-loop. -PatchCR

xboxrulz, when you say that NTFS is built in to all modern kernels what kind of functionality does that give you. I have Novell Desktop 9 installed (which is basically SuSe). When I manage to find the "windows" drives, I could read any kind of data, but not change or create data on the drive.Is there a distro, package or kernel I can install that will allow me to access my files from an NTFS drive and treat them like I would if I was in a Windows environment. For example. I would love to be able to change the ID3 tags on my mp3's. This was the sole purpose I had to quit using Novell on a regular basis. I was learning a lot about installing packages and navigating the OS but if I can't actively improve my music collection then there was no point in using linux.-PatchCR

Also, you all might like to check out the FF extension called SmoothWheel. You can set preferences and it has a great feel for what you want it to do. It will even gracefully slow down as you reach the end of a page. It's basically the same as the smooth scrolling setting only with much more finesse and functionality. http://smoothwheel.mozdev.org/

I read the article and I fail to see how useful that service would be. The only reason I would care to know "where" I am with an accurace of 30m is if I was kidnapped and taken to a major urban center. Then if I managed to get a laptop, or if by chance the kidnappers let me keep my laptop, I could tell what part of the country I'm in or what part of what city I had been taken to. But heck. But hey, I'm glad MS is thinking about all those wealthy, computer-literate, laptop-toting, extremely lucky kidnapping victims.

My roommate and I have been looking for a way to share a network drive. I recently bought a 250GB SATA HD for my computer because I desparately needed more space. When I go to college in August, my rommie and I want to share that space. Is there any enclosure that will support a SATA HD and still allow two computers to access it simultaneously.I know that this doesn't seem like a network issue but there is the possibility that we would use an Ethernet enclosure and try to attempt some type of NAS set up. We do not have a router and we really just want an ad hoc network. Also, he must be able to access the data even if I have Linux running, or if I'm restarting, and vice versa.We both have Firewire, USB 2.0, and Gigabit Ethernet.Thanks

I would also like to digress on Google as a company if I may. I don't like these accusations that Google is planning to take over the world. Just do a little research on how Microsoft started up as opposed to how Google started up. Microsoft STOLE an operating system and has since consistently done everything in its power to keep the monopoly. Google on the other hand started with a couple of really smart guys who had a very very good idea. They also had a vision, not of world domination but of peace and symbiosis. They got rich very fast but once they were rich, did they start crowding out other markets? No, they offered fair competition to their direct competetors and then started a whole whirl wind of novel products. Next, you should look at the Google Foundation. 1% of all their profits are donated to the Foundation which "hopes to eclipse Google itself." Google was built with the Hacker Ethic in mind. Information is to be shared, progress is to be swift, create only if it is fun, and don't be evil.

The Google Desktop Search is a fine tool that I almost never use. I find it a bit dull. Yes it is great for logging conversations but there is no way to easily transport those logs and archive them forever, ready to be accessed by any program that can read html.Also if for some reason the crawler/indexer messes up and your index gets either broken or corrupt, you have to start all over and have it index all your files again. But its not as easy as it sounds. You have to locate the index and delete it by hand, what a pain. I think it is cool that it can recognize music and browser history and chat logs and pdfs and all that other stuff. But the reality is that I don't ever search for any of that stuff. If I have a need for a file with specific content I usually know exactly where it is located in my highly organized file tree. The only time i really need to "search" for something is when a program crashes and I need to search for the specific DLL that broke and see if I can find a replacement. The problem with Google Desktop Search is that it won't help me find those system files. Oh well, I guess i'm just too organized.I keep Google Desktop running because I know there will be one day that I really need to get to something quick and I have no idea where I put or even if I have it at all. And if it is content-based, Google Desktop will be there to answer my question in a flash.Also, the MS Desktop competitor and the Yahoo competitor Desktop Searches are very inferior. They are slower, less intuitive, and not as productive. But the one thing they do have going for them is their customizibility. But still i'll stick with google.

I don't care how often they come out with new versions. It's so painless to intall an update that I almost don't notice anymore. BTW, Safari rocks but only if you have a Mac. I think I read something recently that said firefox for Mac is actually faster than firefox for Windows. Also I think it said that the fastest browser for a windows machine was Opera 8.1. Oh well, it won't matter in a couple years I'll be able to dual boot Mac OSX and Windows Longhorn.