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I believe it was something like "yay, mysql" - I already had webspace with my school but it's pretty much just free space + old PHP.

If you ever want to check what your virtual drives are you can just type "subst" and it will give you a list of all the (virtual-only) drive letters and paths.

Someone finally said it. It's kind of stupid to see a topic near the top of the list and the title seems familiar, then I realize: "Oh, I posted in this . . . a year ago." And it happens way too much. Lots of forums have a purge system where after a certain amount of time (based on the number of posts in the topic) a topic is locked or deleted. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to implement here (there may even be a mod for it already).

Do you mean y=7x? Wouldn't that just be 7?

The only thing I can think of would be that you might not be getting any rows. You could use mysql_num_rows or run that SQL statement directly to check.

That should be modified. There's a chance (albeit a small one) that the second time you choose $k that it will be the same as $j again. Just change "if" to "while" to remedy this.

Installing RAM in a laptop is not nearly as easy as installing RAM in a desktop. It probably doesn't have enough processing power to be useful, either, and XP would probably take up a good percent of the space on that computer.

I, for one, would just like to say, LOL SEXISM. Being a girl doesn't make someone bad at computers. Not having a natural affinity for technology does.

I sincerely doubt that Windows XP would be very fun to use on that thing. I have a computer made for Windows 95 with similar specs, and even Linux was slow on it. I mean really slow. However, I'll say what I think about the situation: They don't sound like they're very good with computers if they get viruses, so I'd recommend using a GUI similar to Windows, like Gnome. Gnome is what I installed (I had a choice of that or KDE, and KDE is way too heavy), and it took a long time to do anything. Because the computer isn't that great, I'd recommend a very simple GUI, like fluxbox or fvwm (I assume they don't want command line), but they're not that good with computers so a very simple GUI could be kind of scary and they'd have to use the command line to do a lot of stuff. The distribution doesn't matter too much if you're going to keep the use of the computer simple. Wikipedia has a lot of information that you probably don't need: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ All in all, though, I'd probably just get rid of the thing and/or take the RAM and put it in something else. Unless it's their only computer, it's kind of useless.

Thanks, that was really helpful. I'd still like to know how to run a script, though. Edit: It doesn't seem to want to let me in. I'm trying to connect in Python using this: conn = _mysql.connection(host='beeseven.trap17.com', user='beeseven', passwd='********', db='beeseven_forumz')But I'm getting this error:

It doesn't look like you changed anything aside from adding the form data check. Just take out the `Id` part so the query looks like this: mysql_query("INSERT INTO `user` (`username`, `password`, `name`, `surname`) VALUES ('$username', '$pass', '$name', '$surname'); ");Then it should work.

It's possible that it just uses the command line way of calling IE, which would be "IEXPLORE.exe <url>" If so, then you might be able to make a copy of the FireFox executable, rename it IEXPLORE.exe, and put it wherever MSN is starting IE.

Mine doesn't start for another week and a half, but I'm kind of looking forward to it. I'm taking an artificial intelligence class with the best. Teacher. Ever. I still have to write an essay for APUS, though >_<

Plenoptic stole some of what I was going to say, but I have a little more: 1. Astronauts have nothing to do with the classification of planets and whatnot. This was done by the IAU. 2. It's way too far to send people there. 3. Research on planets is done by probes and observation from high-powered telescopes, not by sending people to them.

The human mind has the remarkable ability to find patterns where there are none. Nobody in his right mind would spend so much time planning that all those things would be significant (and don't say "but they're not in their right minds because they attacked us!" - you know what I mean). Read http://www.snopes.com/rumors/elevens.asp for more stuff. Edit: Oh, and according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q33_NY, Q33 NY is not a real flight number - the planes that hit the towers were AA11 and UA175. Edit again: That's not 9:11 in the Quran: http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/quran911.asp

If the ID is auto-incremented (and my memory serves me correctly), you don't need to mention it when you're inserting a new row. Also, according to http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/, so I don't think that variables are expanded within single quotes.

10px on 1024x768 (I think that's what most people use, isn't it?) is just about 1%, so couldn't you have the width of the table as 100% and the spacers 1%?

Yes, that's the "have all the data about where people are and what they are doing sent to each person" part. But you make a good point, it is also necessary to send non-player things, like magic or bullets, enemies, and NPCs to each person. You also need to make AI to control the enemies and NPCs. A basic storyline wouldn't be a bad idea, and things like quests are common.

The mysql, I'm assuming is at mysql.trap17.com? And how would I run the script?

Firstly, you need to know how to network a game and keep multiple simultaneous connections. This can be hard to do, and you also have to make sure you're not using too much bandwidth. You also have to have all the data about where people are and what they are doing sent to each person. However, once that's done, implementing a chat system would be relatively easy.Clicking to move around would not be too hard, unless you want to do it in 3D. After you get your 3D engine working, you have to have the game figure out exactly where the user is clicking in the 3D world, which might take a few calculations.As for the language, Java is pretty easy to use, but most games are made in C or C++. If you want 3D, OpenGL is good. I'm pretty sure stuff like RPG maker only do single-person RPGs, which means you'll have to work out your own RPG system.Just a closing thought, I don't think I've seen any good 2D top-down MMORPGs, so if you wanted to do that, it could be fun.

I'll just explain each one to the best of my ability - Name - the name of the column, pretty self-explanatory (e.g., "username")Type - you got it, one of those data types (e.g., VARCHAR(20) = 20 char string)Value - the information stored in that column (e.g., "alexviii")2nd Value - I've never used it, I guess it's just another value, thoughAttributes - not sure, might be something like primary key, etc.Null - whether or not it can be null (an optional field would be able to be null)Default - the default value, usually null if it can be null

I like to experiment with a lot of things and I was thinking of making a sort of instant messenger in Python, but I want to let people have actual accounts so I need to be able to access the mySQL remotely. If that's not possible, are we allowed to run Python scripts on the server?

Mine also starts the day after Labor Day. We get out really late, though. I think last year ended on the 20th of June.

If you're going to host the videos once they're done, then the RIAA might get mad at you for providing free music.

If it works on its own but not on the JSP page, is it possible that the problem is there? Also, why do you have the Class.forName call if you don't assign the result to anything?