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  1. If LILO screws up, you can always use the GRUB or GAG boot loader... Personally, I prefer LILO over the Windows boot menu because LILO can look very nice if you apply a good theme on it! I think that the newer versions of LILO can also support animated boot screens! (Although I haven't tried it yet, but they seem to look very nice on various screenshots) Links: Animated LILO boot screens: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ GRUB: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ GAG: http://gag.sourceforge.net/
  2. Hi there!You need to replace your image with this code:<INPUT TYPE="image" SRC="./images/kaufen.jpg" BORDER=0 ALT="Submit">This will make the image "./images/kaufen.jpg" act as a button. Make sure that the BORDER property is set to 0 (like in my example) to avoid your image from getting an ugly blue border.Don't forget, this code has to be inside the <form> </form> tags!
  3. A small tip for the Xisto administrators: Download the jIRC applet! http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Put this script in e.g. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ and everybody will be able to chat instantly without having to download and setup their IRC clients! Also, I think that you can use the ircg_list() PHP function to retrieve the number of users on the IRC channel, and display the result on the forums later on! http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
  4. WiFi is not going anywhere! There is a big difference between enjoying your broadband connection (through existing power lines) at home and relaxing in your back yard with a huge power chord hanging from your laptop! Wireless technology is the future of networking, but in this case, there is no point of making things more complicated for end users when everybody has a power plug in their home that can be used as a device to access an high speed internet connection! Unfortunately, I think that this will be a bit tricky to perform... A single power line will be used by many home users... is this technology able to give so much bandwidth? What about the wires themselves? In some cities, power lines are quite damaged and may cause a major decrease in surfing speed! What about lightning storms? How much will this equipment cost if it has to keep running even when the power through those power lines is very unstable? Allot of problems have to be solved before this technology steps into our homes... By the way, transferring data through power lines is not a major discovery! The Home Plug 1.0.1 standard transfers data through power lines at a frequency of about 4MHz and up to 21MHz, while the power itself is still able to be transferred through the power lines at a frequency of 50Hz (in some countries, itÂs 60Hz). There is a big difference between 50Hz and 21000000Hz, therefore, data should travel through the power lines without any problems. This standard is already implemented! Take a look at the MSI Ethernet to Powerline HomePlug Adapter: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ It can support data rates up to 14Mbps and it also supports 56-bit data encryption! Pretty neat, huh? Unfortunately, I read somewhere that these power adapters tend to heat up. And that's not the only thing that is wrong with it... The data rate dramatically decreases if the wiring in your house is not in a good condition, or if the distance between the two adapters increase. Some users complained that the connection is very unstable if you plug in and turn on a vacuum cleaner somewhere in the house! However, this is a good choice for users that don't want to drill holes in their houses just to connect two computers together!
  5. I recommend Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and Swish... You can also find some additional tools that you may need here: http://www.swftools.com/
  6. You didn't quite understand that PHP documentation page... I think I see what is the problem here... When OUTPUTTING something to the browser, that means that data is SENT to the user's browser! Registering a variable, or using a function that isn't die(), echo(), print() etc. is not outputting! echo("Hello world!"); <---- This is outputting data to the browser $hello="Hello world"; <---- This is NOT outputting data to the browser (the user's browser is not aware of the existence of this variable) The PHP manual page that you included in your post has lots of comments on the bottom, and here's a piece of code from one of them: <?$id = 473483478383834;session_id($id);session_start();?> He/she registered a variable and used a function before the session_start() command! This is perfectly valid! Did you actually try to run the example scripts that I wrote in the previous post? Try it! (But close the browser after testing each script, because session_destroy() isn't called in them)
  7. Sorry, but you are wrong! The session_start() line has to be started BEFORE ANY DATA IS OUTPUTTED to the browser! So, you can have white spaces, comments or php code before the session_start() function, but you cannot have a, let's say, <body> tag before it, or use the echo() command before the session is started! This code: <?php$thisvariable="nothing";session_start();echo("<meta http-equiv=\"Cache-Control\" content=\"private\">");?> ..is valid! But, this code: <?php$thisvariable="nothing";echo("<meta http-equiv=\"Cache-Control\" content=\"private\">");session_start();?> ... is invalid! The echo() command outputs data to the browser before the session is started!
  8. No, it's legal, don't worry! If you want to change the PHONECODE, that's find, but only if you FORGOT IT!However, changing someone else?s phonecode on his/hers phone that is stolen/borrowed is illegal!
  9. And then, special agents Mulder and Scully smashed the front door and entered into her house in order to find the TRUTH! But, alas, the little green aliens have already abducted her into their ship to stop the world from finding out anything about the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence! Yeah right... Thanks for the link theconman! But this... ...This made me laugh my guts out! 311 000 000 dollars? "Moral" damages??? Haah! She will be lucky if she gets a NASA bumper sticker!
  10. I had a similar problem, and I read somewhere that the PHP.ini file should be edited, so:I changed this line:session.auto_start= 0 ; initialize session on request startupTo this:session.auto_start= 1 ; initialize session on request startupIf anyone has a better solution for this, I would really like to hear it please, because you can't edit the PHP.ini file on a remote server, only locally.I have no idea what it does, but I will look it up on http://php.net/ later...
  11. No problem... You can get more info at: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ You can also watch NASA TV if you have a faster internet connection: www.nasa.gov/55644main_NASATV_Windows.asx And that's not all! It appears that a woman sued NASA because their probe (the one that hit the comet) has interfered with the comet's original route through space and, therefore, now she "WILL HAVE PROBLEMS WHILE MAKING NEW HOROSCOPES FOR PEOPLE"! Unfortunately, I can't drop everyone a link about this news article (because I heard it on my local TV station, if anyone finds some info about this, please post the link to the news article here). Some people can be really sick...
  12. NASA probe crashed on Comet Tempel 1 just after midnight (EDT) on the 4th of July! NASA scientists are very happy to see their probe crash into the exact spot on the comet where they aimed at. The probe is the size of a washing machine and collided with Comet Tempel 1 at a speed of 37.000km/h, making a huge crater, big as a football field! More about the news: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
  13. Open up your PC case and locate all of the coolers inside. Do this while the PC is on, and avoid touching the circuits on the motherboard, graphics card etc. because you may get electrocuted and fry your equipment. Once you have done that, try to figure out from which cooler is the noise coming from. Computers can be very loud sometimes because of these coolers: 1) The CPU (most common) cooler 2) The case cooler (the one that is attached on the back side of the PC case, most users don't have one) 3) The fan on your power supply 4) The built-in chipset cooler on your motherboard (most motherboards don't have one, nor do they need it, but be sure to double-check) In your case, the 3rd cooler (power supply fan) is not the loud one because you changed the PC case recently (the case is shipped with the power supply). I doubt that you have the 2nd cooler (the case cooler), because they are usually quiet (but become loud a few days before they go out of order, but their life span is more than 10 years!). You don't probably have the 4th cooler, and I haven't heard anyone complain about them. So, the cooler that should be replaced is probably the 1st one - the CPU cooler. You can buy a new cooler that is probably very silent for a very low price (if you decide not to choose to use a water cooling system). Here are some websites of cooler/cooling system manufacturers: http://www.coolermaster.com/ <--- The best! http://www.speeze.com/ http://www.silenx.com/ PS: Be careful! Only buy a cooler that is MADE FOR AMD CPU's! (they are called socket A coolers) A processor does not generate noise! End of story...AMD heats up less than Intel, but AMD can't stand high temperatures (>70 degrees C) while Intel works just fine at those high temperatures. If you have a newer motherboard, whether you have an Intel or an AMD system, the PC will shut down automatically to prevent any damage to the CPU. This feature is pretty much a standardized one, and many motherboards have it (example: my Asus A7N8X-E has C.O.P. - CPU overheating protection - I have witnessed it in action when my PC turned off because of a high room temperature). So, the BIOS decides if the PC will shut down because of a high temperature, not the CPU itself.
  14. Unzip the phpBB zip file into a folder in a folder called "forum" and copy it on your Xisto web space. Then, run the "install.php" script by typing yoursubdomainname.trap17.com/forum/install, and follow the instructions... That's just a quick explanation... If you haven't done anything similar to this before, then here's a useful tutorial (With lot's of pictures, only 9 steps): https://openmerchant.com/search.html?domain=forum-forum&searchType=contain&page=0
  15. Windows 2000 professional on those old computers!? I lost my mind when my teachers installed Windows NT on a bunch of old Pentium 1 machines (with RAM memory ranging from 16 to a maximum of 32MB)! Even on the "strongest machine" (233MHz, 32MB ram, 2.5GB HDD), Windows NT is sloooooow! I don't know how they even dared to try out Windows 2000...Thank God, we don't use these computers anymore, only the new ones, however, some classes are still learning Word 2000 on it!
  16. Those templates are not phpBB templates (And they are not free)! You can't use them for your forum... Try https://www.phpbb.com/styles/ , I think that you will find a skin there that will fit your needs.
  17. Funny websites: http://joecartoon.com/ http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ http://www.killsometime.com/ http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ And some more flash game sites (since the author of this topic mentioned it): http://www.addictinggames.com/ http://www.flash-game.net/ <-- Has lot's of ads and popups http://www.2flashgames.com/ Both categories:http://www.killsometime.com/
  18. Then you should update the Xisto.com home page! (it still says CPanel9 there) I did a 1px dark gray border around the images, I think that that's enough (and corrected some text): https://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ I also made a 728x90 version: https://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ @KuBi Those lines are RJ45 network cables plugged in a hub. You can clearly see it in the 728x90 banner version. PS: Here's the zip file that contains the PSD file of the 728x90px sized banner, and of the large version also: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
  19. I think you meant to say PHONECODE, right?PIN and PUK numbers cannot be retrieved, nor changed.If you want to reset your phonecode to the default one (12345) you have to take it to a mobile phone repair shop.If you don't want to, you can get a cable and "unlock" your mobile phone. You can do that with a program called "Freia" (the newest version is Freia 15, I think). Use the "unlock with using original imei" option and try that. There are allot of nice articles that teach you how to unlock your phone in no time! Google a bit! (Keyword: ?Freia?, ?Siemens C60 unlock? etc.)WARNING: By messing around with your mobile phone's software, you can "kill" it (render it -almost- unusable). If you do that, you can try and flash it ("reinstall mobile phone software") again and again with different options and different flash files (usually this is successful, after you seek help from someone who has done this before), but if you fail and run out of options, then you must take it to a repair shop.PS: Remember to backup your phone's data before doing this!1. Make a backup of all of your pictures, melodies, messages, games etc.2. Make a full flash backup of your phone (I think that Freia has that option)PS2: You phone must be switched off when doing this, and make sure that your battery is 100% full (we don't want the flashing to stop because of a flat battery, right?). When Freia tells you something like "waiting for phone to switch on", you need to press the RED button on your phone just ONCE (don't hold it).
  20. I am pretty bored this evening, so I did some Photoshopping... I did a Xisto banner with the new Xisto logo, does it look OK? https://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ This is the "full" version, and it's quite large because I don't know what resolutions are appropriate here... I will post the PSD file here if anybody needs it...
  21. PhpBB, one of the most popular PHP based forums is here out in the form of a new version - 2.0.16. A few critical issues were corrected, but other than that, nothing special... Still waiting for Olympus
  22. Keeping my personal information on my hard disk is OK! But I would like that info to stay there, where it should be - on my computer! I wouldn't like if it would be sent across the internet to a company doesn't have a good security reputation. By the way, Microsoft isn't that stupid to announce these "advanced features" in the form "spyware"! I think that there was a Windows XP edition available for the east Asian market (called "starter edition")? That was basically Windows XP home edition, but it was stripped off from some of it's features so that it can be sold at a lower price (in order to reduce software piracy). Microsoft didn't call it "Windows XP home edition - but with allot of reduced features", instead it gave it a fancy name - "Windows XP starter edition"). Microsoft is selling Windows XP N (Windows XP without the Windows Media Player) in Europe (because of a court order), but it was supposed to be called "Windows XP reduced media edition". Fortunately, Microsoft's name suggestion was not accepted. So, who would buy a copy of Windows XP that contains the word "reduced" in it's title for the same price as the "Full edition"??? That's the point! The future version of windows will not be called "Longhorn - Spyware enabled edition"! It's "hidden features" will stay behind a fancy product title. More about Windows XP - Starter Edition: http://news.a.com.com/ Why wouldn't Microsoft create a bug-free operating system and earn even more millions? Why did Microsoft release an operating system that slows down in a matter of one day, that requires frequent reinstallation, that has allot of security holes etc.? Here we are in the same situation...
  23. True, but that still doesn't mean that we should use Turbo C instead of Borland's C++ builder (that can also compile C code). If we type our code in Turbo C (windowed mode), the letters appear very slowly, and it is very annoying and difficult to do our work, the situation is better if we switch to full screen mode, but then the resolution drops and the screen refresh rate is 70Hz... Plus, if we want to switch to graphics mode, we have to type a very large portion of code just to draw a line on the screen (in C++ builder, we would just put a button onto a form).
  24. OMG! No kidding!? At my school (high school), we learn C (no, not C++, but C)!!! We are learning to write console (CIR) programs!!! No OOP (object oriented programming) at all... Here's the thing: I know more about programming than my teacher! She literally copies already written programs from her book onto the blackboard and starts to read the explanation from that same book! (Not to mention, she is always 15-20 minutes late for class). Hello! Reality check! It's the year 2005, and we are still learning technologies that were used in 1990! I respect that, and I know that we must learn the basics of programming, but why do we have to run Borland's Turbo C that is struggling to work on AMD 2000+ (512MB or RAM) machines with Windows XP!? We are going to learn C, Pascal, Basic and ASM in our school, but the programs that will be used for compiling programs are Turbo C, Turbo Pascal and Microsoft's QBASIC! Now, that's old! Because we haven't learned anything from this teacher (I didn't had any problems with this teacher because I already knew C), we requested a new teacher for the next year, and hopefully we will get one because we can't take this no more! Counter Strike? Quake? Warcraft? No way! The school staff made a Norton Ghost image of the hard disk and they restore it every week! Therefore, installing a program or a game on this PC is not worth it...
  25. If you fail to enable Hyper Threading, don't cry your eyes out because of it! Take a look at this online article from the PCWorld magazine: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Here is straight-forward comment from them:
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