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Obsidium is a program used to prevent cracking of software, which would explain why it said that your trial was over. It's best to only accept files from people you know and trust on instant messengers, so if you follow that rule, you should be ok in the future. Prevention is better than cure. If all else fails, either restore a vackup, if you have one, or reformat and reinstall your operating system.

Very nice, though it won't be of use for me, as for when I'm in school, I uploaded net2ftp ( a similiar service that you can host yourself ) to my website. Still, it would be interesting for those who do not want to use net2ftp. I also use my cpanel for accessing my files and ftp whilst at school, as I find those more secure than these services.

Hello,A few years ago, I heard of an OS in development called ReactOS, designed to be compatible with windows programs. I didn't notice it again until a few months ago, when I downloaded an ISO of it and gave it a try. It didn't work with all windows programs I tried on it, but most worked. Many will wonder why this should be used rather than simply using WINE. Well, Linux was designed to be a clone of UNIX originally, and as such, is not designed to work with windows programs. ReactOS was actually programmed from the core to be compatible, and does take use of some WINE DLLs and codes. The OS is very small, a RARred live CD ISO is only 26MB to download. I suggest several people give this alternative OS a try, it's not done yet, but already quite impressive!

UPDATE:I've been checking more, this only works on websites in the "Uncategorized" category, which is all websites that haven't been pre-approved. I still need some more people to test this though, as I've not verified it yet.

Hello, One of my first ever projects I embarked on when I began to understand PHP well was a forum system. I've decided to begin writing a tutorial to help people start one of their own. The code for this project is based on that of OakumBoard/cBoard, my own forum software which can be seen running at http://www.sonicxtremegm.co.cc/ Anyways, time to start off, you must run this SQL query on an SQL database with a name of your choice: sCREATE TABLE `forums` ( `id` int(3) NOT NULL auto_increment, `name` varchar(80) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`id`)) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=3;INSERT INTO `forums` (`id`, `name`) VALUES(1, 'Test Forum'),CREATE TABLE `members` ( `id` int(4) NOT NULL auto_increment, `username` varchar(65) NOT NULL default '', `password` varchar(65) NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY (`id`)) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=3;CREATE TABLE `replies` ( `topicid` int(4) NOT NULL, `reply_id` int(4) NOT NULL, `reply_user` varchar(50) NOT NULL, `reply_text` longtext NOT NULL, `reply_datetime` varchar(25) NOT NULL) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;CREATE TABLE `topics` ( `id` tinyint(4) NOT NULL auto_increment, `title` varchar(180) NOT NULL, `text` longtext NOT NULL, `datetime` varchar(30) NOT NULL default '0', `user` varchar(80) NOT NULL, `reply` int(4) NOT NULL, `forumid` int(3) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`id`)) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=6; Now, you create a file called conf.php. Inside it should be the text: <?php$host= "[b]localhost[/b]"; // Host name $username="[b]admin[/b]"; // Mysql username $password="[b]adminone[/b]"; // Mysql password $db_name= "[b]admindb[/b]"; // Database name mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("Failed to connect to DB server"); mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("Failed to select DB");?> Replace the bolded areas with the appriate value for your data.

Hello,Aiming high, as you are doing, whilst many won't recommend it until you have a lot of PHP knowledge, is the way I amassed most of my programming knowledge. Despite people telling me not to, I made a 3D RPG style game in several game programming languages, always taking under a month to do so. My first javascript project was, interestingly, to make an isometric browser MMORPG. It's still in dvelopment, but a lot works (login, register, select a location, walk).Now, for your game, you will also be needing some javascript, as php alone could not do everything without a very, very, long time working out solutions. You'll also need mySQL, for storing data, or alternatively, if you have knowledge in any desktop programming languages, you could do what I done and create a server that sends back data quickly when it's needed, which itself reads from an SQlite database. For learning all those languages and technologies, you should visit a site for learing them, such as w3schools, recommended by many, or my personal favoruite, Tizag. All of them are great for beginners, and good luck with your project!

It's interesting to know more people want to make browser-based RPG's without using flash or java. I'm making one myself, it's isometric my one, though, what's more mine also uses javascript, which you *will* need to use, as on it's own, PHP cannot create the game. I'd be willing to help you with some of your rpg, but my time is limited, so dinnay expect a lot.

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "php test base games", are you wanting an engine for creating a game written in php, or something else?

They are very similiar services, however, I consider Xisto to be a little better, the reason being that Byethost is lacking some of the speed that Xisto has, plus byethost sometimes redirect you to their ad ridden pages, though this problem isn't common, fortunately. Xisto does require posting at a forum, however posting here is more like your standard posts at forums and less of a chore.

When I was young my father used to show me 'magic'. He took an empty box, rattled it around his back, and when he took it round, it had a few things to eat in it. It became obvious, of course, as I got older, that he just put some food in it when it was behind his back. No, I don't believe in magic, though it would be interesting if it was real.

Good tutorial, very simple, but works. Though I just use apt-get to retrieve anything I need, including compilers.

As many others say, you are the one responsible for eating too much high-fat food, not McDonalds. They merely make it availible for you, they don't force you to eat their food. It's all down to the greed of many people, as in this world, it seems many americans, and increasingly people of other countries, are suing for the purpose of getting money, not real compensation.

Second life isn't a fully free MMO, but it's still a very good one. Though you should be careful playing it, as some people, attempt to disrupt it. I got a swarm of flying penises heading in my direction one time when I was using the game.

A google OS would be interesting, but I doubt it would be commercial. Google seems to like open source software, so it would more likely be linux-based OS. If it was released, I'd install it on my spare PC, to try it out. It would be interesting, and I can see many users using it if it were to be created.

I use core-ftp on windows, it's good and reliable, however it's not always the best choice, fireftp is a better one. For linux, fireftp is again a good choice, as I've used it a lot before and found it great.

I seen this before when I still used MSN Messenger's official client, as others have said, it's just 3 emoticons, though I can't be fooled by these anymore, because on linux I use Pidgin, and on Windows I use Trillian, both of which can't interpret standard MSN Messenger Emoticons.

I'm an atheist and an agnostic, so I don't really worship any god. However, I too find Ganesh an interesting god.

C++ is a very powerful language, to answer your questions:1. Possibly, depends on your definition of a robot.2. Ditto, depends on your definition.3. Yes. That's easily possible with C++.4. Yes, but it'll require assembly language too, operating systems need assembly for the lower level tasks.

In some MMORPG's, the private server rules are relaxed and/or not enforced. However, in others, such as habbo hotel, you frequently get them threatening to sue you. It depends on what MMORPG it is. Most of the smaller less popular ones are more lax on private server rules. But world of warcraft, runescape, and the like, are all strict in this respect.

I agree with dBahn, if I go to a flash-based website, I quickly leave. In particular, if it tries to play any sounds, due to me liking to listen to music on the PC, I'm forced off it with a flea in my ear, so to speak.

I think she means to say "Can I make a site on freewebs with my own HTML work and show it to a website, that allows free domains, as proof I can design properly?". If my interpretation is correct, you can.

Msconfig is included with all versions of windows XP and is good for the purpose. Click on the start menu, find the option "Run..", and type in msconfig. It includes several tab for most of what you need.

I believe that SMF is the best free forum software availible, as it is highly popular, which means many modifications are created, all of which are useful. phpBB is good too though. It's fully open source and free, and has a lot of mods, too. Though some people are concerned with the security of 2.0 based versions, the 3.0 series are very good.

I agree with firefoxrocks, Ubuntu is very easy to use for beginners. However, before you jump into the great world of linux, I suggest you research compatibility with your hardware. In my case, this was easy, and all I needed to to was run a program to get all my hardware working. Though it's best to check first. After that, you can download an ISO of ubuntu or order a free live CD, which you can try out before installing. When you're ready to install, just press the install icon on the live cd desktop and follow the instructions. When it's installed, you'll find openoffice for office work, and firefox for browsing, ready to use.

A dedicated server is not the best option for an important website that can't have downtime, or a business site, if it's hosted locally by you, but if you want to have a small blog and don't have many visitors, it's not such a bad option. I have a server pc made from some old PC components I had lying around, with Ubuntu Server edition running on it, though I could easily switch to windows on it, which would probably be easier. Anyways, you would need to pay for a domain name, free or not, as the only 'free domain' services I've seen are ones like Uni.Cc and CO.cc. Aside from all that, it depends on what you want. If you want the best learning experiance, set up a dedicated server. If you just want a site, get a free hosting account.