michaelper22

I like a light background with dark page features. I used to like dark, but light is easier to read. If you look at my blogs you will see that one is dark and one is light; I have varying views on this.

I've had Verizon DSL in my house since Fall 2001, and had have mixed experiences. When we only had one computer connected, we would often have trouble connecting, and I would end up calling them for a problem that could be solved by either restarting the modem or the computer. When we installed a wireless router, these problems disaapeared (although getting the computers to connect to the router wirelessly was a challenge). In recent times, Verizon introduced MSN to their packages, and it took a little bit of effort to install it. Overall, I am happy with the service, but wished it would be a little (sorry, much) faster.

It didn't work. I managed to get the extention installed, however. I didn't find a profile folder, so I just put the CSS file in the chrome folder of the Netscape Program files folder. Any suggestions?

RAID has been proven to speed up data access by PC World Magazine. They always consistently get higher speeds in their tests. However, I feel that SATA is fine for most people. If you need to have reliability, you should use RAID 1, otherwise RAID 0, which gives speed.

How does the Coca Cola with Lime song go?Put the lime in the coke you nutand ....ORPut the lime in the coke and drink it all upI just can't seem to listen closely enough to the commercial.

To put data access functionality into your code (I assume you're using VB 6), you need to use ADO. The two major classes that accomplish this are ADODB.Connection and ADODB.Recordset. I can't give you a tutorial on this since I haven't touched anything non-.Net related in a really long time, but I'm sure you can find a good one somewhere on the Web. Sorry I can't help.

Thanks for the information. While we're on the subject, is the Hosts file used soley for keeping track of the IP addresses associated with domains? I might find good uses for the file... (probably not)

my English / social studies teacher gives way too much homework. We are supposed to read a story in the textbook and answer questions (first ones are easy, the second part is harder) and do a "Volcabulary Workshop" on words used in the story. My whole darn class (all of seven people) complained to the principle, but the teacher wouldn't stop. Also, when it comes to marking stuff (aside from tests), he just puts in in his roll book and it stays there fot about a week or so until he finally gets around to marking it. I didn't think high school would be this hard!!!

I am a member of another forum (BusTalk.net) and abide by similar rules. However, over there, we don't have any real moderators (the administrator feels that the people there are mature enough). We also agree in the terms of use to use correct grammar (however this does not apply for "international" mambers of the site). Thanks for the welcome.

In the Mambo content management system, there is a module that makes dropdown javascript menus. I forgot what it is called, but I got it from Mamboforge. I don't like it because the menus slide out instead of just appearing.

Sorry for the "language". One of the things with open-source is that these apps are free in cost and rights. You can do whatever you want (within reasonable boundries) with them. You could even make an almost total re-write of the program and put it up on the Internet for the world to download. You can do everything except remove the copyright statements.

In terms of pollusion, the hybrid buses really do help. If you are at a stop and an MCI Classic (mostly on express buses) pulls out, you will notice a huge cloud of exhaust. Be prepared to turn around and hold your breath for 10 seconds or you will be coughing like there's no tomorrow.

I saw daddy longlegs in camp all the time. Their long skinny legs make it easy to pick them up and case someone around with it. I get creeped out by many crawling things.

I use StatCounter and I am very happy with it. It is fast, free, clean and professional, and provides many features. I found out whether my a certain person visited my site through the drill-down options provided (Web host, OS and browser of visitor).

When I signed up for my free 3 year hosting from 1&1, I got a copy of NetObjects fusion 7. It was everything, except server-side script editing, in one download. You can make JavaScript drop-down menus. You can organize pages in a hierarchy. You can use one of dozens of templates. You can add various complex elements to your page without editing HTML. You can keep track of the links and images made in content (called Assets). Lastly, you can upload your site with two clicks. Version 8 has even more to offer (but I don't know much about it because I only have version 7). Although it is expensive, NetObjects Fusion make making a professional Web site easy.

If you would like to start another application in your .Net, there is a simple function that can be used for this: Process.Start(). The syntax is Process.Start("stringFileNameorURL"). To use it, you need the make a reference to the System.Diagnostics namespace.

It has major support for 64-bit processor, but according to the Microsoft TechNet page, it needs a "modern" processor. I wouldn't think that Microsoft would support 32-bit processors, although they are welcome to encourage it.

Here's my definition of targeted advertising: When a page with a targeted ad loads, a small snippet of JavaScript makes a request on the advertising agency's server. The server then scans the page being viewed, and looks for ads that match keywords on the page. Then, an ad / ads that fit the page content are shown to the user.

7-Zip is a wonderful little program for windows that can compress and decompress files in .tar, tar.gz, .zip, Bzip2, and 7z formats. The interface is a little clumsy: Instead of opening a compressd file, you browse your hard drive and compressed files as if the program were a file manager. Cost: free. You can download 7-Zip from sourceforge.net.

I have had Google Earth installed since before the summer, and feel that everyone who has Windows 2000 or XP should download it. The program is really worth the bandwidth it uses. A 3D view of the Earth, the various layers, and the bookmarks put it all together. I just wish the pictures could be a little more hi-resolution.

I tried installing the Google Toolbar in Netscape 7.2, but the install page insisted that I use FireFox. Is there any Netscape substitue for the little devil?

I bet you can make it work with Netscape 7.2, since I managed to get Mozilla calendar installed. The two use the same basic innards, you know.

I've used various Open-source programs over time. I used Knoppix to revive an almost-dead computer; 7-Zip to open .tar.gz files under Window$; and the Mambo CMS under PHP, Apache and Linux for my web site. I've found most open-source programs to be faster, leaner and easie to use than their commercial counterparts. Here's my reccomendation: use open-source software. Bugs are patched faster, there have more features, and much lower price tags (actually, free). You might have to do a little research to find these products; but once you do, they are worth the work.

I used to spend much of my time learning ASP.Net, but now just write bits and pieces of code and end up leaving it sitting on my hard drive after not knowing how to do a certain task. I like the .Net concept, I feel that it puts together many important features under one roof (and a single 20 MB download). I built a few really small programs in Visual Basic.NET 2005 (using the Express Edition Beta 2) and found everything I needed in the 400 something MB download (documentation, classes, IDE, etc.).

I used ASP at one point. It provides little debugging tools that I know of, ih any. It is tied to two languages, both not object-oriented. It is a pain to work with. PHP is open source. It has several good debugging tools (like Dev-PHP) and a large user community. Along with free software comes free software. This means that you can get everything needed to run PHP (aside from hardware) and many things that run under PHP for free. Personally, I perfer ASP.Net, but I think that ASP is old, outdated, unreliable and just stinks. (Note: Much of this is personal opinion, not fact.)