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I work for a cellular provider in Canada and we use GSM (huge hint ) were coming out with a new data network I think Verison just beat us to it called HSDPA (High Speed Data Packet Access or something) its pretty interesting double the speed of the CDMA providers network right now. With data and now video calling starting to become the norm it will all depend on data speed not call quality in my opinion.-Jordan

Might sound corny but depending on what its for you can slow down the actors a bit and it does the same thing as shooting at a higher frame rate. Then you just need to slow it down a little to get a "special effects" feel while still maintaining frame rate.Takes alot of practice, we did it for a kung fu fight scene in a music video we shot for a drama class a few years back. It helps to work out the numbers (wasnt involved in that sorry) our guys had position points they hit when a guy called out time on a stop watch so they knew how much slower they were moving compared to 'real life'.You can rent high speed cameras if your in a city with a rental company of that type. But they are expensive.Good luck.-Jordan

Well I just did a fresh install instead of an upgrade. I wasnt far on the page so I didnt mind what I lost. You can check out the site as I work on it at http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ I really like the flexibility of drupal and after the fantastico version which had a bug that locked me out of my site 5.1 is a nice change. Im using the default theme right now before I start modification. The modules are going in quite nicely.Overall a very nice version. I would highly recommend this CMS if you have time to work it out.

When I first joined I read almost every sticky post I could find. One phrase that stuck with me went something like 'take your time posting, get to know the forum'. I don't post a lot, but I post steadily. I keep a week+ most of the time. I see a lot of questions without answers, perhaps if people who found their answers elsewhere come back to post the answers more people would use the forum as a resource and increase their credits as well.What if we think of a project to work on, then all posting could count towards hosting credits. Or have the mods approve projects to have a forum if they meet certain criteria. Could be interesting.-Jordan

unimatrix: Thank you for suggesting postgreSQL, after looking into it I like how the database can do alot of the work. Im trying to get it installed with 5.1 but am having problems (something about php.ini, had this problem?)Brian: Youve got it pretty much right, I want active rating as well as passive rating, length of time article is viewed. If links were clicked could all be factored in. At first I will just use aggregator for content but perhaps down the road something could analyze video and audio content ;)Can anyone help with the Drupal + PostgreSQL issue?-Jordan

I work for a cell phone company. As a user of one though I constantly use google sms (https://www.google.com/mobile/sms/). So you must be able to do this if were accessing google info through sms. Facebook does it as well.Im kind of interested in this myself I know that you can rent a 5 digit cell phone number for calling or sms (dreaded premium messages). Even if you just had a cell phone with a nothing plan (can receive unlm sms on most providers) you could connect it and write a script that uploads the info to mySQL.-Jordan

Looks like this will be the second time I post in this category before a response, this could potentially go in the programming or web design categories but since I plan to modify Drupals taxonomy module for this Im looking for readers/commenters familiar with Drupal (unless another CMS would be better).Im working on building my site and have the intention of designing a prefference engine for my visitors, based off the visitors history and off of user generated preference data I would like to have an engine that will present the viewer with content of interest to them. Always a hard thing to do but with the help of the Taxonomy module I have some ideas. (Looking for more).Since you can already link terms vertically and horizontally the only thing I can think to add would be values to the terms. For example an article could be a 7 on the news scale (from 1-10 so a person VERY interested in news would perhaps find it a little weak but a person not at all interested in news would find it too much. (Make sense?)This would be easy to impliment with another database entry to hold the value of the term both for user preferences and for values associated to the content it links too.The idea being as a user goes on the values will adjust as well as new terms being added or removed from the preferences array.Also I want to develop an automatic 'crawler' of sorts that will take in aggregator info or search it out itself and classify it using the taxonomy data. The database would be pretty big but im not worried about that right now.What do you guys think? There is a little more detail to go over but im at work right now and am running out of time. I will add more when I get a chance...-Jordan

Thanks pyost,First off the GetAFreelancer.com site is pretty much exactly what I was looking for, I was hoping to get a sketch (nothing professional at first) just to approve the design. As far as what I'm looking for is at first just a header for the site, a banner that stretches across all the information. Below I will have file tabs for different content streams on my site. I dont think im looking for a logo just yet, that would be something id sit down with a graphic designer and get the whole site plan figured out then. Right now just something to put up the top instead of just the title.As far as hosting credits I would need some time to gather some, im living week to week at the moment but would definitely be interested in an arrangement like that. Thanks again for the help, if anyone would like more details or to discuss what im looking for on the logo my e-mail is vitoriousvita -at- gmail.com or you can msn me at armstrong80 -at- hotmail.comRegards,-Jordan

I am getting my site together http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ and will eventually be needing help with my graphic design. I know coding well but have very basic graphic skills the're clean but lack that little something extra.What I am looking for is a piece work site where you request a job and get submissions paying the one you like. Perhaps im asking for too much hoping someone let me see the idea before paying for it.Of course im not looking to pay too much however if the partnership works there will be work in the future. Does anyone have any suggestions? Perhaps someone is interested at this site?Regards,-Jordan

Wondering if anyone has tried to update to drupal 5? I have gone through their instructions on updating the install I did off the cPanel (from 4.7). I had to set the settings.php writable but now I get a crazy error: ray( 'content' => $content, 'region' => $region, 'title' => $title )); } /** * Default callback for PHPTemplate. * * Load a template file, and pass the variable array to it. * If the suggested file is not found, PHPTemplate will attempt to use * a $hook.tpl.php file in the template directory, and failing that a * $hook.tpl.php in the PHPTemplate directory. * * @param $hook * The name of the theme function being executed. * @param $variables * A sequential array of variables passed to the theme function. * @param $suggestions * An array of suggested template files to use. */ function _phptemplate_default($hook, $variables, $suggestions = array(), $extension = '.tpl.php') { global $theme_engine; // Loop through any suggestions in FIFO order. $suggestions = array_reverse($suggestions); foreach ($suggestions as $suggestion) { if (!empty($suggestion) && file_exists(path_to_theme() .'/'. $suggestion . $extension)) { $file = path_to_theme() .'/'. $suggestion . $extension; break; } } if (!isset($file)) { if (file_exists(path_to_theme() ."/$hook$extension")) { $file = path_to_theme() ."/$hook$extension"; } else { if (in_array($hook, array('node', 'block', 'box', 'comment'))) { $file = path_to_engine() .'/'. $hook . $extension; } else { $variables['hook'] = $hook; watchdog('error', t('%engine.engine was instructed to override the %name theme function, but no valid template file was found.', array('%engine' => $theme_engine, '%name' => $hook))); $file = path_to_engine() .'/default'. $extension; } } } if (isset($file)) { return call_user_func('_'. $theme_engine .'_render', $file, $variables); } } function _phptemplate_render($file, $variables) { extract($variables, EXTR_SKIP); // Extract the variables to a local namespace ob_start(); // Start output buffering include "./$file"; // Include the file $contents = ob_get_contents(); // Get the contents of the buffer ob_end_clean(); // End buffering and discard return $contents; // Return the contents } ?>Fatal error: Call to undefined function module_exist() in /home/vitoriou/public_html/cms/modules/node.module on line 834 Any help is appreciated. -Jordan

I had posted this on my Facebook a while back, here's an article on the discovery itself: LINK yordan: You're referring to an radio telescope I believe. The kind they use for the SETI project and deep space viewing, often set up in huge Y arrays. There they assign colour values to the different densities of sound much like they do on a cat scan to get a viewable image from data. This is an infrared telescope in this example see info on infrared astronomy HERE. Which is pretty much the same thing, "As infrared is essentially heat radiation." But depending on the type of telescope (not sure in this case the signal can be pretty close to viewable wavelengths so only minor tweaking is required. Other types could potentially present a vibrant image which would look alot different in person. So I guess the answer is no its not "real life" but its potentially alot closer than other telescope technologies. On a side note the image is of a system much like our own, in about 5 billion years our sun will do that. -Jordan

I think some kind of value ranking would be nice, perhaps a rating system by readers. I started to participate in a discussion HERE on a topic I find interesting, however as you read through it sounds like Bob from '50 First Dates' Google lost its case in the UK 'OH NO WHAT ABOUT MY @GMAIL.COM ACCOUNT?' Dont worry, they lost the brand name not the domain but did you read how they got the brand name in the first place? 'Google should just use their money to buy back the domain! WHAT ABOUT MY @GMAIL.COM ACCOUNT?' Perhaps I'm being cynical but it seems people are quick to post without researching the subject simply to get the hosting credits. From my short time here it seems a frustration for the admins to deny request after request from people not truly interested in the idea of the site. Either way by allowing the readers to rate the articles and using that as an additional weight to the post length (loose eg: Hosting credits =post length * rating, with whatever kind of weighting and constants required) That way the admins wouldnt need to check people who have gotten the credits but added no value to the board as their posts would just be worth nothing because we rejected them as worthless. Thoughts? -Jordan

I have read a few articles about this, seems the wording varies on how 'techie' the reader base is. All computing sites say it was intense, but national news pages talked more about how its distributed and is designed to weather these kind of attacks. Probably just trying not to scare anyone. Check out what is looks like on a graph, interesting: HERE -Jordan

You should read the article he linked to its interesting. Were talking about the legal rights to a brand name. Gmail was a product by the company in the UK (IIIR) but Google did some shifty work to get the rights to the brand name first.If/when any action is taken in North America my guess is they would stop releasing new e-mails with the extension but current customers would get to keep their @gmail.com accounts. You would see no reference to Gmail on the site and there may even be an announcement from 'corporate'.Nothing to get worried about from a customer standpoint unless of course your concerned about branding legislation and shady corporate going ons -Jordan

Have you gotten more hosts to donate space or are your current hosts upgrading or releasing more of their systems? This is just incredible I will be setting up my account this week!Cheers!-Jordan

GMail has opened up their registration I think all you need now is a cell phone. Cheers, -Jordan

No worries my friend, the worst you will have to deal with is a change of name not of e-mail You will still be able to keep your original @gmail.com account. The article does say a lot about Googles reaction to corporate conflict... Thanks for the article. -Jordan

Great points, I wont be countering anything really I am completely on your side. Conservative propaganda is so good that to even mention it would be 'liberal propaganda' ;)I have been on Employment Insurance it isnt quite Social Assistance (Canadian welfare or as we like to call it Pogee) but its government supported (funded by all workers as deductions from your pay). Technically I was getting my own money back, I was only on assistance for 3 months but had I needed it longer for a physically ailment I would have drawn from the public 'pool'.The fact of the matter in smaller communities this type of thing happens all the time. Families will get together to support a sick relative, donations are taken for grieving parents. Perhaps its the voluntary basis that makes it easier to stomach.Income tax is so astronomically high here (after sales tax your paying around 50% of your earnings back to the government, depending on your tax bracket) that any talk of tax sends people into a panic but that has to do with inefficiencies and just poor management if you were to figure out how much it costs people to help those 'in need' it would be negligible.You are very right that the critics who have never been in that position have no right to judge.-Jordan

I would have to agree with you Herbert, when I was first starting out that was my #1 problem. Ever since I switched to debian based distros (ubuntu being my current) I havnt had any problems, even the software I have to compile I can generally find the dependencies in the package manager.Compiling code is a skill I hope doesnt get lost, being able to define the arguments for installs based on your computer is a fantastic idea, have a neat processor with more cache? or have an obscene amount of RAM and want the program to use a large file sizes? NO PROBLEM! Of course this is assuming the software has these options.While dependencies might be a hassle its much better than the same information being on your computer 10 times installed by different programs (*cough* DLLs *cough*).It still boils down to support for most people, I have an old Canon i320 printer that I have to use on my roomates computer because the only linux drivers out there are proprietary and charged for. Frustrating.

After all the link back farms and everything its gotta be hard for them to stay on top of people trying to raise their rank without necessarily being the #1 choice for their search string.I guess as site designers were stuck in the middle wanting on one side our pages to rank high but on the other wishing we didnt get Google Rage daily.Nothing frustrates me more than not being able to find what im looking for on a search engine but with how many billions of pages out there im still amazed I find anything.Google has a pretty good community support if you have specifics about search strings that are not performing as well theyd probably like to hear about it. Hell you might even get yourself a job! (Id like to work for them).I have used google for years, only gone to Yahoo a couple times for directory based searching but even now Google is getting better at that aspect too (imo).Google seems to be positioning to be the be all and end all of internet resources, I wonder if they will spread themselves too thin or not. Great idea for a discussion!-Jordan

Im sitting here in the last few minutes of my lunch at work with my favorite hobby in front of me. Three crosswords from our local papers.Are there any other crossword junkies out there? Three letter word for leather punch anyone? Or three letter word for 'born as'? (Couple of my favorite clues)I am able to complete any of the local paper puzzles any day of the week, the New York times gives me some troubles around Friday. I highly recommend signing up to get their puzzle online, it works out to around 10 cents a day for the puzzle and you can play with people online.Anyone seen the movie Word Play? Will Shortz is my hero.Comments welcome.-Jordan

You'll really enjoy PHP programming, I would consider it a good place to start even though I had some Turing and C under my belt before I started. Php.net has all the resources you will need, I would recommend setting up a web server (Apache) database server (mySQL) and PHP on your own pc so you can understand how the programs work together and have fun messing with the settings (VERY educational).As pyost said PHP is 'real' programing where you can dynamically create data (for example the first real project I made was a 'Hot or Not' clone for a overclocking site I frequented). In PHP you have alot of freedom with variables so while some may say it will teach you bad habits early I say it gives you room to learn without being bombarded by variable management (often for alot of your code you will just swap out one or two variables for all your arguments).Php has also spawned a compilable version of their web language I have never used it but it would be fun. Regardless of where you decide to start my #1 piece of advice is get a book with examples it will become your bible, research amazon for the best reviewed title in the language your thinking of.As far as long term goals C++ I think will always be a mainstay in programming for the foreseeable (18 months?) future. Read everything you can on object oriented programming it will save your life. The basics of coding, the algorithms and solutions are fundamental once you learn the basics of computational problem solving you'll transition easily from language to language. Focus now on learning how to solve various problems. (Check out topcoder.com for some interesting problems). Good luck! Programming opens a world of possibilities, for me it really changed my mindset about my PC, its a tool now more than an entertainment machine.-Jordan

The Dell XPS series has Core 2 Duo with 7900 Ge Force cards. Their warranty is good for the parts, tech support over the phone could be frustrating for the experienced. A good brand name if that means anything to you. Not to mention the XPS notebooks have a cool case design IMHO.

Well it depends on your usage really. I am the opposite where after my first try I never used explorer again, you don't get much in the way of logging or reporting in general as far as I can remember, as well (correct me if I'm wrong) advanced settings would be difficult(?).'If it ain't broke don't fix it' I don't see why you would *need* to switch. But if you have the time to experiment you might find the software is more functional. If during the install of an FTP program you would pick "Basic Install" I'd say you would be just as happy with explorer.Features I'm unsure explorer supports but FTP software would:-File resume-Folder sync-Multiple connections (I guess just multiple windows?)Ive used all three before I made the final switch to Linux only at the time cuteFTP was my favorite.-Jordan

I work for a *gasp* call center in Ottawa Canada. Rogers Wireless (Cell phone provider). Pretty good pay and generally good customers just looking for help. I get a great discount on my cell/cable/internet services which is a huge bonus.