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I get simalar problems with Opera. Best bet is to press the back button and see if the text is still there. For replys just copy and past. Whenever I post or send large texts over the websites, I copy and past it into Notepad also (it loads faster then word). I would like to know why Opera does this. I think it has to do with redirect or a website error. Now copy and pasting is very anoying, you might want to see if your site prefrences allow redirecting and check to make sure your firewall isn't blocking you from sending emails. It also appears that you have an error message at the top (in yellow) I don't know what that is in this case but sometimes I get that when I my browser doesnt support a code (mostly active X controls) but sometimes it is just a message from the website. If you still can't get it to work. Try using anouther browser (just to see if it you or the website). It may be the PHP used on the site is not working or just that the page is not loaded compleatly.Sorry I couldn't help more.Sparkx

Thanks, I think that link is broken. I found some good projects online but I think I will get the SB version 4 to go further. Has anyone used it yet? Is it a good book for C++ game programming? It is huge and costs a lot (for a book) I would like to get some oppinions on this. Or is it better to just use things posted on the web and sample projects. I was hoping to find a better way to test for collusion, afterall how do people that make big games get collusions for complex objects. Do they set up an array or is there a function that checks for collusion? It would seem crazy if they made all collusions by hand. I have found a few GREAT websites that have lots of content but they don't include some things I have been looking for.Thanks,Sparkx

Hello everyone. I am new to C++ game programming but I know so much already. I use 3D game programming in C++ at the moment. I was just wondering what the easiest way to check if two objects intersect in planes. Lets say I have two cubes with the sides of 5. My GL would be based off of float var x. Every vertex would be (x,x,x),(x,+5,x) est. Now to keep it simple I will assume that they are 2D not 3D. Here is an example of what my vertexes might be:1 (front only) 2 (front only)(0,5)(5,5) (-5,5)(0,5) (0,0)(5,0) (-5,0)(0,0)Up until now I have been running a long IF checking each side individually but this is long and doesn't work when I rotate my cube. What is the simplest way to check for plate intersection/collusion? I could set up a “while” statement for my current check, but first I want to check if anyone knows a better way.I don't know if any of that made since to you. Feel free to say so I will make it clearer. Basically I want to find the collusion point(s) (if it collides) so I can perform math based off of the collusion point.Thanks,Sparkx

I put this under Cpanel because that doesn't work either. This forum works fine but whenever I go to my site I get an odd error I have never seen before. First off it takes a long time to load and for the times that it actually does load I get some HTML tag showing. That is all that is on the page. Everything else is just blank. Usually when I get errors like this I wait a few hours and it works again, but this error has been happening on an off for a few days now. Is there a problem with my account? I have enough host credits. Maby other people have had a simalur error. Note: This is not the same as the time-out error. Maby it is my computer. (I don't see how because it is php but maby it is). I am using Windows XP Home SP 2 and browsing with Opera. I recently did some things with the registry but they shouldn't be affecting my web connection. Thanks and I hope that someone can find the cause of this problem. Sparkx

I use google toolbar's spellcheck on firefox. I couldn't ever get the new update to work. You need windows vista and there are no updates for XP but the update installing wizzard keeps coming up. I don't use firefox much because I have found a better browser that works better for me. Though this new browser doesn't support google toolbar spellcheck and page rank are not that inportant in my opinion. I am getting a little tired of all the new software only being for windows vista. I am surpised firefox started offering only vista updates so soon after it was released. I guess spellcheck is cool at first but soon you will realize how much you really use it (unless it is auto underline like Word). Thanks,Sparkx

I have seen lots of topics about this and people here (for the most part) like gmail. I would agree with your brother. Yahoo is OK but doesn't support POP3. This is only a problem if you don't like going to yahoo.com. If you want your emails to show up on Outlook then you need MSN, Hotmail or Gmail (some others support it also). Yahoo is best for a secoundary email because it has yahoo answers and an OK web host (but I guess if your here it wasn't good enough). But your question is not very spacific. What things do you want in an email? Lots of extra stuff? Then yahoo is the way to go. Or do you just want a nice control pannel and POP3? Gmail or MSN. If you wan't free then MSN is out (I don't think MSN offers a free version other then hotmail). There are lots of smaller email accounts if you want an un-usual ending (@example.com) and some places you can get it personalized (@skalman.com or something just as long as none else has it. But you may need to pay to get it).Hope this helps,Sparkx

I think that layout of a site is a bigger part then most people think. You need to give credit to people with a good layout on there site. It really does not matter what the site has to offer untill it has a good background. I have found myself click out of a site even before it is completly loaded simply because it has a bad background.Now jbitkill I don't see how you could have learned to make an anti-virius (Probably C++) then list HTML/CSS/PHP "from scratch" as other major things. Maby it is just me but C++ is much more advanced then any of the web based languages (excluding java). Someone that knew C++ wouldn't need to list HTML/CSS as other major things they knew. I also don't really understand how you get images to pile up in a square unless you were using locations for images? Sorry if I seem questioning.You have some good advice Soto. Maby your post will stop anouther site from making their default theme (background) black.Thanks,Sparkx

I had at one time made an account for myspace but I have logged in twice in the past year. I don't like it, waisting your time online just doesn't seem very fun. If you want to meet someone just join a sport or something. Not that myspace is bad, but it just isn't for me. I could never keep up checking my comments ect. I do not see how myspace is even a little addicting? It is just like email only you have your own page. There really is not much you can do on it other the PM and Comment. Maby it is because I have a short attention span...Thanks,Sparkx

Thanks for the tutorial. Sorry for the late reply but at the time I didn't see a big need to reply. I used the preg-replace and I have been working with it a lot. I just has a quick additional question. Is it possible (like above) to set a variable to the BBCode? I would like to do something like the following: $var="[bbcode]<test>[/bbcode]";$var2=preg_replace(<this is the part I need help with>, <and this also>,$var);$var3=str_replace(array('<','>'), array('<', '>'), $var2);<then somehow get this statment back into the origonal var where it was replaced from.echo($var);I don't know if you can understand that but basicly what I want is to replace < and > with the HTML version of < and > for everything between [bbcode] and [/bbcode]. What I want is just like the [ code ] [/ code ] function on this BB. Thanks again for all the help and the link, Sparkx

You bring up a good point. It is hard to compair emails when they are aimed in different directions. Gmail is easy to use and has pop3 and that is why people like it but yahoo has it's advantages also. For this type of a question people will answer the email they use the most. It may not actually be the "simplist" email to use but because they have already started using it, they probably wont change to a new one just for some small feature or it is easier to use (unless it is a debate between pop3 and no pop3). But because this post is on the 3rd page already the author probably wont change it to a multi-question servay like:What Email do you think is the easiest to use? or What email do you think has the best spam guard?Thanks,Sparkx

I would rate google either eight or nine out of ten. I like the gmail and the search engine part. Google in my opinion at least is the best search engine because it has lots of results (more then some other search engines) and I am used to it I like the setup and how everything is possitioned. I also like google page rank because it can tell you if a site is relyable (and if lots of people use it). Gmail is just greate I use it because it is one of the only major free emails that supports POP3. I like igoogle because it is just like a dashboard for non-mac users. I have heard of some problems however with google adsense but I guess someone could expect to hear that from any ad software. I have had some trouble with thier message board (it is hard to navigate and people hardly ever reply). Even with that in mind I would still reacomend people use google rather then other sites like it (ask ect).My opinion,Sparkx

I don't get it. Why would you want to disable task manager? Unless you were a school, library ect that need the security so you don't turn off their keyloggers/spyware. But after reading this topic it does not look like it is a very secure way to disable task manager (apparently you could just re-add the key to the registry). I like jimmy89's code that re-enables it. I am very surprised how much you can do to windows xp (or any windows computer in this case) just by editing the registry. It is a little scarry how easy it would be to get a virus that deleated key things (that is if you don't have a firewall). Maby it is just me afterall I don't even trust my self to make major edits to the registry.Thanks,Sparkx

I use Yahoo, Msn and Gmail.Gmail is great because it has pop3 and allows you to check your emails without needing to log in or anything. I have not had any problems with it yet but I have only used it for a few months. I like it so far but I think they could step up costomer support (not that it matters much but I had a few questions and never got answers). Yahoo is good for keeping up to date on misc things like Finance and Sports but I don't like how it has adds all over after you email. It also has an anoying look if you reply to emails a lot. I have used if for a long time and only ran into problems when trying to switch to the new email list (The flash version). Other then that it is quite nice.Msn I don't use too much because it gets ads but I love how it is easy to remember and short email address no long words like @yahoo.com ect. I like the look and feel but I have had trouble in the past with it's spam gard that doesn't always work.I would need to say I like gmail the best but I am starting to think twice after reading the last few posts.Thanks,Sparkx

Could you mady tell more about the game? Is it a download or is it a jave or Macromedia powered game? Is it and MMORPG or just a one person game? That might help get some feedback on the game.I have never heard of it before but it looks cool. I am not so sure about the animation on the site. The screenshots make it look like it has low graphics but what did you think about the graphics? I may try it out if I get the time to make an account and/or download it (though if it is a download I probably wont even bother). I like playing racing games from time to time but if it is a mult-player online game then I may play it for a few more hours then if it was just a regular 1 person game.Thanks,Sparkx

I think Vista can support new formats of files (so games/software that are made for vista wont work on anything else ect). Vista should be just a real big sp3 of windows XP in my opinion. It is all flash and graphics with microsoft. Some day they will learn that proformance along with security matters also. But by then Linux, Mac or some other OS will have become popular and it will be too late. Not that I have anything against microsoft but they could use some new origional Ideas like Mac with The Iphone and Mac with the run multiple systems at once deal. Thats my opinion,Sparkx

Personally I use Macromedia of you are really wanting to make high qualty and long moving gifs. I also like it because you do not need to make each frame, but rather add in effects so it can slowly show the effect. But if you want free UnFREEz is probably the best way. In Macromedia I thing you just go to export-->movie then click animated gif (correct me if I am wrong).Thanks,Sparkx

Maby it is just a habbet but I use Google.com because it is just simple and I don't have to think about it. Ask.com ect just has too much extra stuff and takes too long to load on my computer. I also like google's toolbar that allows me to search without needing to visit the site itself. I have used yahoo in the past but I don't really see what is better about it. MSN is OK but has some ads that are not relevent to the search.Thanks,Sparkx

If you must you should put them under your top banner and (if pressent) your top link bar. Also near the bottem above the copyright. It really depends on your forum layout though. I wouldn't recomend in the center of a page because it doesn't look very good in my opinion. I suggest not getting ads unless you get a lot of visits on your site. Otherwise you will make very little and just make your website look bad. Most sites only make money if they get 1 million hits in a month. This also depends on how many people click/view the ads and if they are relevent.Hope this helps,Sparkx

What I want is here is one column: 5+5 and I simply:echo($row['Column']);and that displayes 10 not 5+5. So the echo is:10I don't really know how else to say it. Im sorry if I am still a little confusing.Thanks,Sparkx

Now this topic could fit under lots of subforums but this isn't really a programming question but rather asking what asthosts mysql host is?Long story short I need to connect to a mysql database via c++ (I dont even know if that is possible) but I cant use localhost (for obviouse reasons). Could you tell me how to find the mysql host for my account?Thanks,Sparkx

I cant get php to do simple math. Anyway I need to run a math problem from the mysql database (dont ask why). So lets say I have an entrie: 5+5. I get it from my db then eval it but nothing happens? How could I make it so that it runs the 5+5 rather then just displaying it?Thanks,SparkxAlso: I have no clue if it is just my browser or what but my post breaks to boarder for some odd reason?

They could just advertise on their website. They already have a large number of people that use it. Anything that is put on google's main page will probably get thousands of hit a minute. One thing with google is that they dont need to advertise. You never see a TV comercial for it (or at least I haven't) and I dont get popups that say come to google (other then the powered by google text). So if they did come out with an OS I am sure it wouldn't be a problem getting people to buy it.Thanks,Sparkx

I dont think I would buy an os from Google. Even if they made one it probably wouldnt be very good. They are mostly a web based complany (Not to much work in C++ other then some toolbars). It would be hard to imagen what a google OS would look like. When I picture google I think of a plate white background and colored letters (that are bold). Thanks,Sparkx

I use Google Email (gmail) but I have it set up for POP3 on my web browser so I rarely ever go to the actuall site (unless I am searching for a website). I dont really need anything else. I dont need instant chat and I dont need HTML site builders. I would log into google more if they offered more things I needed. They dont have a very good support forum which makes me wounder about ever getting google ad-sense on my site or ad-words to advertise for my site.I havent ever heard of googles you@yourdomain.com email but I may need to look into that.Thanks,Sparkx

Hmm... Im a little late to read this post. Halo 3 already came out. I dont have an xbox 360 so it doesnt matter to me but I know a few friends that went and got one and then got the Halo 3 game. From the beta things on youtube, it looks cool with some cool new vehicals and weapons. I am not the biggest Halo Fan (mostly because I hardly ever play it and when I do it is never on campain). I am just woundering if it will hit the $20 million mark on it's first day. That is a lot of people buying a game (on its first day of release even), then again I guess lots of people will buy multiple copys and sell them on Ebay hoping for a shortage.Sparkx