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  1. Your best (free) solution would most likely be a MySQL back end with PHP scripting. How to put it all together? Given that there are dozens of books on the subject I think a response to that is well beyond the scope of as message board reply. For the Databse I would take a look at my thread in the DB forums "Some useful database links". For Dreamweaver, run through the tutorials. They are well put together and informative. If you have specific questions put it in a new topic and we, the members of Xisto, will do our best to give an answer.
  2. Basically 99% of R&B "singers".Whoever sings for Green Day is awful. My niece likes some song called beautiful girl or something like that, the person seems to think whining is actually singing.Mariah Carey should learn how to actually hit a note instead of every note around it.Then of course there is the entire range of teeny "singers" manufactured by Disney or Nickelodeon PR machines. Essentially singers in general have increased in suck since the advent of MTV.
  3. I read somewhere that that EULA for Chrome basically states that Google can monitor every thing do and everywhere you go with it and can do whatever they want with that information. I think I'll pass.
  4. Gimp is OK it is not Photoshop's equal by ant stretch of the imagination however. Regardless it is certain to be sufficient for non-professional use. Where Photoshop truly separates itself from itself from other applications is in print. Last I checked Gimp had nothing for color trapping or any spot color options. It does not really need them though. Photoshop elements is a good option for not too expensive but with some of the more professional options of CS3.
  5. darasen

    Php To Java

    You are going to have a problem with this, obviously, given that PHP and JAVA are running on two different computers. Remeber that PHP is running on the web server and by the time a web page starts loading on the local client (or web site visitor) machine PHP is already done and no longer executing. Then once the page is loaded for the visitor any Java script or Java applet can run. Thus the best method for the two to share data seems to be the web page and/or the HTML created by PHP. Perhaps trying to have a form element (hidden if you wish) with a value written in by the PHP and then once the Java starts to execute have Java read that value into a variable. There may be other ways as well but this is off the top my head and sems to be a fairly simple solution.
  6. Simply put make every page the same with the exception of the area (Table or Div) that needs to have different content. The concept is very basic when you know a bit of HTML. If the post is any indicator you may wish to head to head over the W3Schools and get started learning some XHTML and CSS.
  7. Yes, DreamWeaver is the best WYSIWYG page creation software. Understand though that it is a professional level application and though some of the basic functions are easy it also has a tremendous amount of depth to it. Additionally its tight integration with other Adobe products such as Photoshop and Flash can come in rather handy. There are certainly other applications out there though I am not aware of any that easily allow the creation of dynamic content, particularly in such a wide array of programming options. DreamWeaver and ColdFusion are an amazing combination as well.
  8. Double check what I wrote. The CPU that shiped with the PC was a 1.8 Mhz Celeron running with a 400Mhz Front Side Bus. This information comes directly from the Dell's records. The CPU you list as the one you have tried to replace the older one with needs to run at an 800Mhz Front Side Bus. Front Side Bus is essentially the speed at with the information can run through the motherboard.
  9. Based upon the Service tag number you gave the machine is going to have several problems with the CPU you listed as a replacement. One of the issues is going to be that the Dell you listed only has a Front Side Bus (FSB) of 400 Mhz. Additionally your power supply only provides 200 watts. Thus in short the processor is simply too new for the rig in which you are trying to place it. Additonal information: The mPGA478B is simply the socket designation. That is your service tag number. This number gives you access to an array of information on the Dell site. Your model is a Dimension 2300. It was shipped on 10/3/2002. Your Bios revision should be the A02. Lastly you SHOULD be able to up the processor to a Celeron 2.5 Ghz. If I am not mistaken the 2.5 Celeron will run but a 2.5 Pentium will not. Why this is I do not know. The Dell documentation for a Dimension 4500 documentation makes that distinction. Though this may have changed since it was written. There are Pentium processors up to 2.8 Ghz that will run on a 400 FSB according to Intel's own documentation.
  10. Definitely avoid the distributions that restrict any access to the more inner workings of the OS. I, for one, preferred to dive straight into Linux and made Slackware the first Linus Distro I used. Linspire and even Ubuntu is closer to sticking your foot in the water to me. I thought it was fun to have the PC boot to a command prompt and have people assume something was wrong with it. Distrowatch.com list about every Linux distribution available is an excellent source for finding a flavor that may be right for you.
  11. darasen

    3d And Php

    The best that you can hope for to Programmatically display a video of what ever you wish displayed. These videos, however, will have to be pre-rendered. Thus what ever you wish to have displayed you wil have t o have a video or image for already made, loaded to the server and loaded to the player when needed. Pre-rendered scene loads to client PC. This video will have to be in a frame or iframe or something of the sort. Page reloads It willwhere my character attack the other character, Another video has to be loaded to the frame. Page and video reloads. There would have to be a good deal of loading and reloading as described. It Could be done though it would neither be quick nor effective nor elegant. As stated Java script would be a better solution or Java or even Flash and ActionScript. Maya does not allow an animation to be rendered as a Flash video. Thus any animation would need to be rendered to an AVI or quicktime file then that file would ned to be converted to a Flash movie in Flash or a separate utility.
  12. Given that text based games have existed long before XML became a buzzword the short answer is no. Dependant upon the type of game you are trying to create XML may be a good option for some things. It certainly would be taking a look at the W3Schools XML page to see the capabilities and limitations of XML and if could help you. Toby, SQL is a language and just like any other language be it PHP, ASP, HTML or Java it holds no data in of itself. I am fairly certain you intended to say MySQL. I simply point this out for any who are unaware of the distinction.
  13. I went into edit but did not see where I could edit the title. My pinky finger does not always respond like I want it to hence, the missing A. Thanks Carpal! I did not put anything about installing MySQL or any specific RDBMS intentionally. Sparkx, it sounds like you have SQL and RDBMS's a bit confused. SQL is an acronym for Structured Query Language. It is the language used to form queries to run on a database. SQL holds no data it simply is a means of defining data and manipulating data from a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). The RDBMS is the engine that actually holds the data and its relationships. MySQL is is an RDBMS, as is MS-SQL Server. Personally, I think there be a punishment for putting SQL in the name of a RDMS product. I have been to interviews where alleged professionals IT managers do not know the difference between SQL ans SQL server.
  14. I thought I would take a moment to point the users here to some of the database resources available for reference and learning. First I will start with actually designing the database. This site by R937 covers the basics of database design. The author is professional database guru and a frequent helper at the at DB forums listed below. The Library of Free Data Models is an excellent resource for finding data models for projects you may have or as examples of well put together data models. With around 500 data models the chances are you find something at least close to what you may need. Additionally I like This article on Database Design Mistakes. On to the next step looking at some SQL help. As a side note I find it interesting, to say nothing of a bit telling, that it is easier to find SQL information than it is data modeling help. This is especially interesting given that SQL is designed around the principle of good DB design. I can not begin to tel you how many times I have people unable to make thier query work the way they needed because the the data model was goofy. So be certain you have a good design. Please note that there are differnt "flavors" of SQL from various relational database management system (RDBMS) vendors. However, any RDBMS worth using accept standard SQL commands with out a problem. W3 Schools is always a great place to look for any information or tutorial you need that anything to do with web technologies. Given that W3 schools is ran by the W3C you can oretty much consider data there to be cannon concerning web standards. SQL Zoo has their "Gentle introduction to SQL" which, in truth, I can not recommend enough. IF you know nothing about SQL or simply want to learn more this is a great web site to visit. It features the ability to actually write and execute SQL queries on the website and see some of the differences between SQL implementations. Need more SQL information? This site covers a lot of SQL syntax as well as offering tutorials on basic SQL and some more advanced SQL features such as sub queries. Whith a name like SQL Course you probably have a good idea what to expect here. Where to go when you need help! DB forums simply rocks. The people there are amazingly smart database professionals to say nothing of very helpful. There is one caveat. The people there will always help, they will not always simply do your thinking for you. Many of the users will point and guide in the right direction to let the person asking learn the answer instead of having of spoon fed to them. Also, if you have school work questions you want answered you will never be given a straight answer. Hope some of these links help. I am not associated with any of these sites in any way (other than being a poster at dbforums) but, used these sites in the past. I hope they help you.
  15. I confess I did not read the entire post though it is short as there are a few glaring errors near the beginning. Multiple tables are to sort different data and avoid repetition of data. If using multiple tables makes the Data harder to understand then the data model is not good at all and the database in question needs to be redesigned. ANSI (the standard) SQL allows the use of multiple tables. That is what the JOINs are for Correction, this statement selects all the columns from a single row as written. Looking at the the statement SELECT starts the SQL command to select certain items from the database. After the select we tell the interpreter what exactly it is we wish to select starting with what columns (or fields if you will) of data we need. Using the asterisk will select all of the columns from the table not all of the rows. The WHERE statement is telling the DB to just pull row 1. Given the statement we have to assume that that row is a column name. Of course ROW is a reserved word in the SQL standard. = $sql = "SELECT row FROM table WHERE row=1"; Is only going to select the information in one field of one row.
  16. I all ready opted in for this. Though I have been playing WoW a bit, only because some friends and family do, I will likely return to CoH soon. I do enjoy being a beta tester though and have been for several games. I fully exoect to be a beta tester for Cryptic's Champion Online. I have been part of the beta for for the last several of their games.
  17. I am going to have to agree with FFR on this one. Additionally visiting the root site I find it isn't in English thus, I have no idea what it says about the program where the program comes from or any other information. TBK (take no offence please) is obviously a bit misinformed as Firefox takes more than 30k of memory closer to 30 thousand K at the least. So a bit of looking around seems to reveal that none of the more reputable download repositories carry the software. I typically consider that to be a bad sign. A bit further looking seems to indicate that this will not decrease CPU use (as one site claimed) but increase it instead. The program merely sets up a virtual memory space for Firefox.
  18. This is an interesting article I read the whole thing previously. (Being a bit of a science junkie). I always find it amazing how very little we actually know about the brain overall. As a side note please be aware of the rules here at Xisto. Copied text (in this case http://edboyden.org/07.03.han.comment.technologreview.pdf) is required to be in Quote tags. I noticed several of your other post are the same thus, you may wish to edit them.
  19. I just wanted to point out that I, for one, absolutely detest this practice. Perhaps it is my age or southern U.S upbringing showing but I get a bit offended when some one or something especially (like a mail bot) assumes familiarity as if we are on a first name basis, or worse shortening my name. This will always turn me away. What's my point? The first rule in any marketing or advertising is to know the intended audience. Thus if you are marketing skateboards a first name basis is going to be more effective. However, if you are marketing to an investments mailing list I would suggest a more formal approach. Double opt ins are certainly preferable and EASY opt outs. All in all a good post Arkad.
  20. The idea of disabling right clicking or plastering watermarks all over images is absolutely idiotic anyway. Interestingly the only places I have seen this done for "art" the images are absolute crap anyway. In large part those that use such practices are pornographers or deviant art dwellers who seem to think that any crappy anime rip off belongs in the Louvre. I also find it hysterical and insulting when someone does yet another Natruto (or whatever) image and then puts a copyright mark on it. For the record the most profesional art site out there Conceptart.org never does this with images. That to say I have never seen a disabling page that had anything worth capturing anyway.
  21. The 500 MB offered by Xisto should be more than sufficient. If your database requires more than that chances are that your site is doing well enough to purchase space. If you are even approaching the the column limit on a table the chances are that your data model needs some serious work.
  22. darasen

    Vga Issue

    It is really hard to make a determination with out more information. If you could supply your system specifications that would be most helpful.
  23. Correction, Windows 2000 was released before ME was. ME was easily the worst version oif windows, possibly the worst OS of all time. XP was largely regarded as craptastic when it was first released as well. I knew many people in the tech field who stuck with 98 SE or 2000 Pro for years after XP's release. I do not think ME, with its odd mix of 15 and 32 bit code, was ever intended to be a lasting OS anyway. Micorosft merely wanted to have a "new" OS for the "new" millennium and they made a good deal of money licensing ME on new PC's people thought they had to get to be Y2K compliant. (God, I had hoped to never see that term again and here I typed it in.) It was marketing. 2000 pro remain the best version, in my opinion anyway. Though the sytem I am using this very moment is XP I largely regard XP as a bloated mess supplanted only by the bloated dung pile known as Vista.
  24. The best thing to do is check the documentation for your particular router. Most likely the default is blank, administrator. or the manufacturer's name.
  25. There is really not enough information to answer you question completely. Most likely you will need more than one INSERT statement. The RDBMS may have a non ANSI SQL method for inserting into multiple tables with one statement though. Your best bet is to write a procedure for what ever insertion method you are using.
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