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As bluedragon said, hard booting just means shutting the computer all the way down (not necessarily by just pressing the power button), then starting it up using the power button.A soft boot is when you reboot from within the operating system without shutting all the way down (i.e. power is off).However, there are a lot of places you can boot from. Most modern BIOSes will allow you to boot from:- hard disk- floppy drive- cdrom drive- usb drive- network boot- over serial port (very specific, specialized BIOSes)I am sure there are others, but these are the main ones.Regards,z.

Yes, it is very possible. Just implement the path of the ball as a queue of locations to go to. With an empty queue, it would move randomly. Use mouse events to track the path of the mouse through the canvas. Then, take all those coordinates and add them to the queue for the ball. Since the queue is no longer empty, it will start to follow that path, discarding the front of the queue with each successful move operation.Things that can be added: interpolation so that the moves are smooth in case mouse events are not being reported properly. Automatic path finding so that if the path goes through a gap between obstacles that is not large enough for the ball, it searches for an alternate path (using A* or some other algorithm). Regards,z.

Jeune, Here are my observations (from personal experience and reading articles online). My primary experience is in developing backends and regular applications. I have very little experience with using .NET for web development, so my observations about that may be totally wrong: (1) ASP.NET (the main competitor to PHP) is something I've never used before. I have used regular ASP, and found it inferior to PHP (since PHP is supported on more platforms, has an opensource implementation, better documentation, etc.). (2) Java is very scalable as an application serving platform (JSP / servlets). When using both Java and PHP for an application with a database backend, I have found that PHP gets the "max connection" error more than the Java version. However, intelligent caching can usually fix that. (3) Because of how prolific some Java application servers are, you get ready-built frameworks like Spring, Struts, etc. that handle a LOT of the more "mundane" tasks in the background. While these things are being converted over to .NET as well (see Spring.NET), they are still further behind than their Java counterparts in most cases. (4) The same is true for PHP. The number of PHP frameworks available is astounding, everything from light-weight glue code to full-blown MVC frameworks. (5) If you search on a job site, as you stated, you will see Java and .NET jobs at the top of the list. For web jobs, PHP is a must. (6) I am currently learning to use the Google Web Toolkit (GWT), which translates Java code directly into Javascript, making it very easy to do web programming from a language that promotes well organized code. I don't know of a similar project for .NET, though I may be wrong (EDIT: I was wrong - see Script#). The great thing is GWT modules can use any web server technology as the back end through it's RPC and regular HTTP request interfaces, Java or PHP being quite popular. (7) There are more languages available for the JVM, which may or may not matter to you. For example, there is Scala, a combination of functional and imperative programming with a declarative UI, and Ocaml-Java, that allows OCaml (a type-inferring, functional language) to interact fully with Java. (8) Java has the best IDE I have ever used (and I've used every major and most minor IDEs there are) - Eclipse. Even veteran Java programmers can become 15-25% more productive while using Eclipse thanks to its excellent organization, refactoring and code help support. VS 2008 is a pretty good IDE also, but just doesn't compare due to lack of plugins and general community support. Plus, Eclipse has some very nice plugins for PHP as well. Personally, I have found that I like how organized Java code is compared to PHP. In a lot of ways, Java promotes very structured code (which can actually become a burden, but forces you to think about high level interactions at all times). However, overall, when designing a site, I would probably pick Ajax/PHP for a small site, Java for a large site, and .NET if and only if I had no other choice. Regards, z.

This will most likely be true. In addition, there are enough 3rd-party apps that use IE internally that, without it, the app will perform less than optimally or fail outright. Still, it is definitely good news. Regards, z.

I'm glad the tip was useful for you. Windows and linux both have issues with measuring memory management. I recommend reading http://www.opera.com/blogs/news/ and http://www.kejut.com/browsermemory for information. Basically, the working set (virtual pages in memory) are freed when minimizing the application, thus showing actual memory usage. Thank you for clarifying the Opera / GMail problem. It's very odd because I have never experienced it myself, and I've been using Opera since version 5/6 (when it was still ad-supported). Before I installed linux, I was using Opera as my primary browser on Windows XP. Every once in a while, a flash site would go haywire and send CPU usage up to 90+%. However, that only happened when something actually went wrong with the webpage or the plugin crashed. I'll keep an eye out for this problem (since I have a 2 core CPU, I never noticed it before since one of the cores could be totally occupied and I'd still have a fully responsive system). Regards, z.

Well, there's no such thing as unlimited storage space, even on your own home computer. However, I would recommend GMail for your needs.Regards,z.

If it is only the navbar that is causing problems, follow the instructions at http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ to remove it from your page. Also, before taking a web post at its word, try creating a blog on blogger so you can tell for yourself whether it is compliant or not. Regards, z.

BobyHikaru seems to be a hacker, and has hacked into your site. This is what looks to be a shell framework to allow someone to easily inspect and screw around with your site. Take a look at Google cache of site to see another example. Regards, z.

I agree with what you say about history. However, where in the Bible does it record events that are currently taking place in the world? What scripture do you have that backs up the claim that we are close to the Rapture?Regards,z.

I have to say Simpsons is better. Almost every joke from Family Guy originated in the Simpsons first. They just made the show more "in-your-face," otherwise it would have no audience. This is not to say I don't enjoy watching both, but the Simpsons is definitely the funnier and more original of the two.Regards,z.

This part has changed a lot too (for example, you can't adjust attributes during character creation anymore. And I completely agree about the trust / alliance part. I had meant to say, "if you don't like care-bears, ....". This is because, more than any other MMO I've played, you can go after care-bears in Eve anywhere, anytime. I know, because I am a carebear to a large degree and have felt the pain of losing my only mission running ship to pirates (luckily, I got into a PvP ship with some corp members and was able to hunt down and kill the pirate). I've added the other jobs to the review, thanks. Regards, z.

Here's a fixed version that works. Your echo at the top was wrong: <?phpecho "Welcome to Central-Gaming.net! Please make your way to our ";echo "<a href=\"forums.central-gaming.net; target=\"_blank\"><b>Community Forums</b></a> ";echo "after you have logged in. ";echo "Thank you.";if(true){ echo "<h1>Logged In</h1>"; echo "Welcome <b>$session->username</b>, you are logged in. <br><br>" ."[<a href=\"userinfo.php?user=$session->username\">My Account</a>] " ."[<a href=\"useredit.php\">Edit Account</a>] "; if(true){ echo "[<a href=\"admin/admin.php\">Admin Panel</a>] "; } echo "[<a href=\"process.php\">Logout</a>]";}?>EDIT: You can make all those echo statements at the top one statement. I just broke it up for readability's sake.Regards,z.

In the USA:For personal / small business use - QuickBooks by Quicken and Peachtree by Sage. For enterprise use - there are systems available from Oracle and SAP, as well as Sage, Microsoft, Epicor and many others. A lot of companies will use a slightly modified / custom version as well to fit their business model.Regards,z.

What are the server names and ports (POP / IMAP and SMTP)?Regards,z.

Sounds great. I've heard of Lineage 2 but never played it. I'll definitely have to check that out in the future. I think my biggest problem with grinding was time, since I was working a 60+ hour a week job when I started Eve. Nowadays, I have a little more available, but I'm just addicted now . If you don't like care-bearing, you will really love Eve. The kill anywhere rule is fantastic. If a player is running missions, you can loot the NPC wrecks behind them, tempting them to engage you. Plus, when you kill players, their ship will drop loot based on inventory and current equipped modules (can be worth a LOT). In addition, the player will end up in a pod (no-defense capsule that can exist in space). At that point, you can destroy the pod, destroying any implants they have currently equipped (some implants go for 100's of millions of ISK, so you can imagine they might be a little pissed). Look forward to seeing you there in the future! Regards, z.

I'm glad you liked the review. It's a little light on the details, so I'll try to make additional posts about it. Just like you, I am much more into fantasy type games (started with Final Fantasy and Phantasy Star on the original NES / Sega). I've played WoW and still play Guild Wars. However, the biggest reason I moved to Eve Online was that I couldn't stand the grind required to increase level and improve skill. After reaching level 40-45 in WoW, I just got bored running to the same areas and killing the same monsters over and over. In contrast, there was a battle involving a few hundred ships in Eve recently. All happened in one region of space between a couple of large player alliances. I believe over a hundred large ships were killed. Very spectacular. If you do use the trial, do post your character (not account!) name here. I'll try to help you out if I can. Best of luck. Regards, z.

Here are some images to show people what Eve is like: A stargate activating, allowing you to jump between solar systems: My Rifter (a frigate class ship, very nice): Flying to a stargate (that streak in the middle is me): Warping through a solar system at 6 AU/s, very nice indeed: Regards, z.

If you are using Windows, an interesting item to note is that Chrome was the only browser that came out unscathed. It doesn't really mean that Chrome is uncrackable, probably only that the market share it holds is too low for people to waste time attacking it during a contest. Here's an interview with one of the contestants - http://www.zdnet.com/topic/security/?p=2941 . He mentions that though he has a Chrome vulnerability, but doesn't know how to currently exploit it. I do wish they would test OpenBSD as well. With the amount of care that goes into it, I wouldn't be surprised if it came out unscathed. Regards, z.

Since my website is in the VERY beginning stages of development, it has quite a ways to go before I need to sign up with Xisto. However, I definitely intend to do this once I get going. Thanks, bk2070. I hope to make some decent contributions here where I can. See you around the forums. Regards, z.

I'd say C++ because it is much more widely used. Thanks to this, the number of libraries, tutorials, books and online help is greatly improved over what is available for Objective-C. Regards,z.

Yes, it is possible. The easiest way to do it is to set up your e-mail program so that when there is an incoming e-mail, it sends you an SMS using the e-mail to SMS bridge almost all network carriers in the US have. This site is a little older (2005 - http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/939/sms_email_cingular_nextel_sprint_tmobile_verizon_virgin/ ), but it contains the e-mail address formats to use. I know that e-mail to a sprint number works, because I've used it before. There is no guarantee that the SMS will reach you in a timely manner, but it shouldn't really be a problem as it is just a notification. Regards, z.

Browsershots is really fantastic and makes it much easier to test websites from different browsers without having to do all the leg work yourself.I have searched long and hard to find a site that will validate SQL queries (not necessarily checking table references, but just making sure all the syntax is correct, especially on a large query). I have been using PHPMyAdmin, but I would prefer something that is DB-agnostic. If anyone know of something like this, please let me know.Regards,z.

That's pretty much it. You will come across a LOT of technologies while doing this, but just remember that each technology fills a certain niche, and until you have a need for it, you can safely ignore it. As rpgsearcherz mentioned, there are many WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) tools available. There are also many frameworks available (CMS - content management system) that hide all the complexity from you. However, if you every want to go into the details of the framework, you will have to know the technologies mentioned here and how they work, at the very least. For most people, they can simply follow the simple installation steps and be done with it, since they'll never need anything more complex. I use Wordpress and Blogger myself, and they are amazing tools that hide ALL the complexity from the user. There is nothing that says that you can't start making a website using a framework like Wordpress or Joomla and learn HTML/CSS/PHP/... simultaneously. Remember, if you need to get a site up ASAP, go with some kind of CMS and learn as you go. Regards, z.

The biggest problem I've always found was that Photoshop extensions never worked with Gimp. I don't know if that has changed in recent years, but that is what always held me back from using Gimp too much. As mentioned, Photoshop is quite expensive. However, once you start working or designing professionally, it is not that big of a "cost of doing business".I really love free software and use Ubuntu as my primary (and only) OS, but I never got used to using Gimp.Regards,z.

Popups are extremely annoying. Even one or two. However, popunders are even worse. They hang around long after you've moved away from the site and pop up again later, like an unwelcome guest.Ads in the page are okay, and many sites do these tastefully. However, popups are definitely a "bad thing" for the internet.Regards,z.