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Actually, a lot of programs use MySQL. A popular one is Amarok2. Amarok2 now requires MySQL—not sure why though. Qt, a GUI toolkit, has built-in support for many databases, MySQL being one of them. Many companies have desktop applications that require logging in to use the program, which they use a database to store the user information. Some have been known to use Oracle, others may use the other database programs out there. It's not odd for MySQL to be used with desktop applications.

I think i see the problem. The tutorial you followed probably assumes that you would have already been logged in as root before installing or before attempting to compile. This is common among tutorials. But now-a-days, people use sudo. CONSOLE sudo make install

Post any errors the configure script gives out. If none and it goes through without any problems, then post the make errors.

Make errors are due to coding errors in the source code or not being able to link to the header files. Configure errors are due to unsuccessfully locating needed header files. The configure script has to end properly before attempting to call make. Make errors should be reported to the developer (unless you want to go into the source code itself and find the problem, and submit to the devs a patch) if it's not related to missing header files. Header files are found within <package-name>-dev files in the repository. Installing those will allow the configure script to find those, and then make will have a higher chance of compiling all the way through.

I wouldn't call my handwriting an art. I'm sure there are people who would beg me to type it out on a computer. Like one of my old, high school English teachers. I thought she was joking when she said she uses a magnified glass to read my writing—that is, until i saw it myself. But after years of homework, after graduating, i figured i could use a break. Once people reach the age of having to pay bills, let them practice their writing when writing out checks. That should last... the rest of their lives.

You said Mplayer and others don't play videos as well. I don't think Mplayer uses gstreamer, so if it can't play in there and other media players that don't use gstreamer, then the problem should be somewhere else. If you could provide the output of Mplayer when trying to play a video, it might provide more insight.

I have installed the script on my local server for testing. After installing the SQL portion of it by importing the SQL file into PHPMyAdmin, you may delete the SQL file. Note, also, that any file that ends with a tilde (~) can be discarded as well. It's common, programmer practice (also done by some text editors) to name back-ups with a tilde at the end of the file. I haven't thoroughly tested out the script, but i can access it through the browser on my local server, which shows everything installed properly, so i don't think there's any bugs in their script that would prevent navigation of the site. Their script is pretty big, so i'll refrain from dissecting it.

Have you installed the restricted extras package(s)? That's what i do when i want to play DVDs, Quicktime, MP3s, etc. You could probably do a poor-man's install. It may require a separate partition, though; it's been a while since i attempted one, though i never succeeded. Try also, CONSOLE sudo apt-get install apt-file Follow the last printed statement on how to update the cache for apt-file, then do CONSOLE apt-file search libgstvolume.so

Doesn't the ability for programs to make full use of the version of the OpenGL found on the card come from the system? Microsoft have been known to have an implementation of OpenGL on top of DirectX on their system.* This should (obviously) cause a decrease in performance. A better comparison for your Shaders' demo test would have been with either at least OpenGL 2.0 or running the OpenGL portion of it on another system (if at all possible), since you appear to be using Windows XP, as i don't believe Vista was designed to use DirectX 8 or 9, where Windows XP—knowing of how it handles OpenGL—would be an unfair comparison. Using OpenGL 2.0, from my understanding, would mean Windows isn't using DirectX for many OpenGL calls but OpenGL itself. I don't believe it's the case that the reason why game developers develop for Windows is because of DirectX. The case is due to Microsoft's monopoly on the desktop market is why game developers develop for Windows. For if Apple had that kind of market share, these developers would be developing for OpenGL or whatever MacOS has. You never said DirectX isn't inherently faster, you only implied it through non-sequitur arguments. In your previous statements you explicitly said that DirectX was faster than OpenGL—you repeated this a few times and it implies that DirectX is inherently faster. The thing about your statements is that it doesn't follow, mostly due to how it repeats itself. The only factor you allowed was bad implementation by the card manufacturers. This does a few things: [1] it debunks your previous statement that DirectX is faster than OpenGL since it is not a problem that is directly related with OpenGL (i.e. it is not OpenGL's fault); [2] it debunks your Shaders' demo test, as you're using unfair comparisons again; [3] it also shows (or adds to the reason) why "in practice" DirectX is better. However, that is not without "in practice" implying generality. Generality leaves out (a lot of) subjective factors, since it is implied that it is being showed constantly what the case is, therefore giving the appearance of DirectX being inherently faster. My mere argument is that game developers do not need to develop for Windows or DirectX alone. I don't mind if they build for Windows and DirectX, i just don't see the need to limit themselves to them, especially if it causes unfair competition.

You might want to edit your post to include a link to the source, or provide more information on your difficulty in publishing these files.

Might be a DirectX COM object error, if such a thing even exists; not sure; not even sure how a DCOM error might even occur. Never ran into anything like that before when i was using Windows. I don't develop under Windows—and with MinGW, i hope to never have to. From my understanding of OpenGL, it was made to be hardware independent; merely a link to the hardware. But by switching over to OpenGL, the money wasted on royalties in order to be able to distribute your game under DirectX could be used for something else. And since these companies would be able to make their games supported on other systems easier (since there would be less code to modify), that would increase income. And, concerning emulating DirectX, though i wouldn't call it an emulator, i think Wine is as close as you can get to that today. They're not forced to. Concerning performance, i can easily pull up an article that says DirectX isn't inherently faster[*]—it's not hard. There are many things to consider when determining which one is faster. Good algorithms is one of them. And in your previous post you included support from hardware (though, obviously, there is more than that). As i've said before, i'm not sure about Vista and above, but i know for a fact that Windows XP has OpenGL 1.1. It would be unfair and false to run a game in Windows XP under both DirectX and OpenGL if they didn't upgrade the installed OpenGL to a newer version (if it's at all possible to upgrade it; which would only help DirectX's monopoly if it couldn't be). People now-a-days are bound to have DirectX 9 or greater on their systems. Most gamers are on Windows not because DirectX is faster than OpenGL—they probably couldn't care less, since most gamers don't design games anyway—but because Windows holds a monolopy for games. I know and have seen plenty of people who would move instantly to another operating system if their games were supported on these other systems. Gamers don't care what engine the developers use so long as they can play the game they purchased. I've never heard of anyone complain about Quake concerning performance where it wasn't their hardware that allowed for slow performance. Quake 3 Arena ran pretty well on my old Windows XP machine on an Intel i810. If anything, it could be argued that the reason why game developers would find OpenGL to be slower could be due to incompetence. Since they've been developing for DirectX for so long, OpenGL would be, if not already, a new language to them that would take time to get used to and increase in competence to the same degree as with DirectX. The problem with monolopies such as this is that in order for there to be a change, the consumer normally is the one that needs to change first. But the consumer is unlikely to change until the developers include diversity. People shouldn't do things for the love of money, they should do things because they enjoy doing what they do. If i were a developer, i wouldn't want just one market to play my game; not because of the extra income, but because i designed something and i would want it to be played by everyone.

So DirectX isn't faster than OpenGL but better supported? We're back to where i started then. If it's the card driver developers' fault, then complain that you're a paying customer and shouldn't be limited by the desires of others when it is more than possible to (better) support these other engines. Linux users that use Nvidia cards complained, and now Nvidia Linux drivers are increasing in support for 2D acceleration. No graphics card manufacturer would (or should) advertise that they support OpenGL 2.0 or greater if they didn't support it in the card itself; therefore leaving the card driver. PC has become synonymous with Windows, though not true.

You've just spoken a Linux taboo. But on a more serious level, rather than having Linux support DirectX, why not have the game developers develop their games using OpenGL? Isn't that more logical? Last i checked, you have to pay to use DirectX, where with OpenGL you don't. Not only would these companies save money, but it would make their development easier when trying to support multiple platforms. And from the comparisons i've seen (i.e. graphic-wise) of OpenGL vs DirectX, there's really very little difference. The thing is that some Windows versions either don't support OpenGL or only support OpenGL 1.1. I'm not sure about Vista or Windows 7, but if they have DirectX 10, then i don't see why they should be diverse by having OpenGL 2.0. That is, the same logic should be expected like with other Microsoft programs, like Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.

It's not the syntax that can be platform dependent but certain definitions. The Python documentation tells you which ones aren't supported on Windows and which ones aren't supported on Unix-like systems. The reason why some are platform dependent should be obvious, since these systems have their own way of doing things for certain tasks which are different from each other. And along side Python for desktop application development is Ruby and PHP, and others; but PHP still needs a bit more time to grow in this area.

Might want to check out AJAX Chat. Not sure if it supports Joomla, but it might be one of the "other PHP community software." I've never used the program, but might be helpful.

Knowing Joomla and Mambo, it would be annoying to edit a pre-made template, let alone make one from scratch. But the template you're using is going to require IE hacks, unless you can find one that doesn't or one that already has them. Unless you're willing to suggest (or force) users to use another browser. You could even use the report about the exploit in IE that affects IE5 through IE8 to have users switch.

This "installer," did it require the folder that it installs into to be chmodded to 777? If so, that would be your problem. When you let a script create anything on the server side, you lose permissions to whatever it creates because the user that owns those files is no longer you. Meaning in order for you to change anything, you would have to do it through a script on the server side. Yeah, even deleting those files.

Well, try to PM me instead, as i am bound to miss any other replies to this topic, and the topic may be closed by then.

Our experience with it won't necessarily be the same as yours. It has its own pros and cons like every other language. I haven't had any problems with it (that i couldn't fix or work around). It's about as easy to learn as PHP. One way to tell how easy a program is is by checking how big would a "Hello World" script would be. If you can pull it off in less than 3-5 lines, then it shouldn't be hard; even better if it can be done in one line. In Python, just make sure that the whitespace from the left margin is the same, and you should be fine. But concerning one of your statements, it's not necessarily true that a pure Python script will be completely platform independent, 'cause there are some Python definitions that only work on Unix-like systems, and probably some that only work on Windows—but i haven't checked concerning Windows.

Here is what i came up with. Couldn't find any good, free images of Africans, though.

A torrent is a file with information about other, predefined files which informs a torrent client about them. It's a more manual way for peer-to-peer file sharing. Ethical websites tend to use them to reduce bandwidth. Many Linux distributers provide torrents for that reason.

M'ks, so it's not necessarily the case about wanting the extra programs. There is a problem with your analogy concerning its context: You're implying that if you or someone else lost your game (i.e. "radio"), or if someone stole it, which you still have the keys (i.e. game license) to, you'd go out and buy a new one rather than "download" (couldn't find a better word to fit the analogy) a new "radio" (i.e. game). Therefore speaking against downloading from torrents. "Some download sites," just go to the ones that aren't slow—that's what i do when my download doesn't seem to want to start; download sites almost always have multiple mirrors. That is slightly outside the scope of my statement. You are entitled to a back-up, but using the extra programs that come with the torrents that are made to act against the program you are downloading is illegal. And torrents are used for illegal purposes because there will always be people with such agendas.

How about actually posting something about God and not using anything Biblical for things related to advertisements and money making? Provide proof that this isn't a hidden agenda for posting a link for the sake of gaining referrals, so that this topic may be seen as following the rules. Otherwise, i will have to remove this topic. Or just post a screenshot and remove the link.

If you can download the software outside of torrents on another site, then there would be no need for torrents. Speed would not be the issue here; if the program can be purchased, there's not going to be any download issues. The intent or motive for wanting a torrent in this case would be for the extra programs that are bound to come with it. Use of those extra programs are illegal. No one's going to go through the effort of finding these torrents if they only wanted to use the demo or purchase the program. There's a reason behind every human act.

9 pages and i didn't see myself before this post. Somewhat old topic, but i'll add to it regardless. The topic starter states not to include religion into the topic; however, ironically, they did so in their own post, so adherence is even more voluntary. The main argument (though really the only argument i've seen or heard from them) that homosexuals argue is that they want equality of rights. The burden of proof, though, is on them to show that they have lost rights which the government sanctioned and ordained and not religion. The right they argue for has been generally the right for gay marriage (which is the only "right" i've seen them argue for). If we side step for a moment to think about it for a bit, gay marriage, obviously, excludes heterosexual marriage. Therefore "equality" here is rhetoric and misleading. Homosexuals generally want separation of state and church. I'm not sure if there have been any homosexuals out there who have ever wanted union of church and state, but it would seem (be) oxymoronic to me. But what does separation of church and state have to do with homosexuals and their wants? I am alluding to the fact that separation of church and state is in contradiction of their argument for the right to marry—that is, you can't have both separation of church and state, and gay marriage. Marriage was never a government ordained right for the public, but rather a religious right given to heterosexuals alone. Homosexuals aren't trying to obtain a right they lost, they are trying to gain a right they never had. Separation of church and state does not mean the state has the right to take a religious ritual and use it as a secular ritual. That goes against separation of church and state, as marriage is non-secular[*] in that it is the union of a man and a woman by God[*]. (As a historical note, separation of church and state wasn't necessarily for the benefit of the government, but rather to prevent the state from shutting down church establishments. [*]) However, even if there was a union of church and state, it would still be futile to seek the ability for a man to marry a man and for a woman to marry a woman. So what rights did homosexuals lose? None, for they still have the right to marry, just not in the way they want; that is, they still have the right to heterosexual marriage. They are merely pleading with the government to act unconstitutionally by insisting that there be a union of church and state on a level that can only appear secular but really isn't. Their actions, due to emotions, are quite contradictive to each other. You cannot bring in certain fundamentals from a religious context and expect it to fit well within a secular context by excluding anything undesirable. By stripping down marriage, you are in turn degrading marriage. Why, then, would anyone seek the right to marry? No one seeks something without value or something that has lost its value. So what is it about marriage that homosexuals are willing to argue (and fight) for? Therefore, if you want marriage to keep its value, and if you want separation of church and state, then the fight for the right for gay marriage needs to come to an end. And they should stop preaching falsely about equality, for you can't lose what you never had, and they still have the right to marry the opposite gender, which makes them as equal to heterosexuals as heterosexuals to heterosexuals. I rest my case.