The Gang of Five
Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Party Room => Ask Me => Topic started by: landbeforetimelover on August 14, 2009, 04:18:27 PM
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Ask me anything, relating to computers or not. Didn't really wanna open the flood gates, but meh...why not? :p I think I can handle it. :lol
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Have you ever needed to program network communication into a application? I ask this because I'm struggling with networked multiplayer a bit for our LBT game. It *works* but it's proving to be rather unstable when lag and imperfect connection strength become factors.
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When I try to insert the google adsense code into a web page, and preview/upload the page, everything is gone except my background. Any ideas?
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What would you say is THE hardest thing to pull off with HTML coding for ANY website alive today?
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How do you refresh your browser cache? I'm sick of things telling me to do that and I don't know how.
I'd also like you to check my thread on what's a good computer (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=6217).
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Have you ever needed to program network communication into a application? I ask this because I'm struggling with networked multiplayer a bit for our LBT game. It *works* but it's proving to be rather unstable when lag and imperfect connection strength become factors.
Yes I've made network enabled programs and unfortunately the only true "right" way to make it work is to have a dependable dedicated connection. If you can't run it on a server it won't run very well on individual computers as network hosts as I believe you're planning to do. I thought you were going to research other methods of hosting the game?
When I try to insert the google adsense code into a web page, and preview/upload the page, everything is gone except my background. Any ideas?
It's most likely a element tag that hasn't been closed properly. I'd have to take a look at your code to be sure.
What would you say is THE hardest thing to pull off with HTML coding for ANY website alive today?
Just straight HTML? That would definitely be an image map. Crazy archaic things. I've only made one once and it was a real b****.
How do you refresh your browser cache? I'm sick of things telling me to do that and I don't know how.
It would depend on your browser. If you're using IE first off dump it. Use Firefox, Google Chrome, or Opera. In Firefox it's easy. Just take a look here:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to...product&s=cache (http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+clear+the+cache?style_mode=inproduct&s=cache)
I'd also like you to check my thread on what's a good computer.
Will check it out. I'll make a post there.
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*takes a good look at all you know*
Ugh! How can you wrap your head around all of that computer stuff? Some of the more complex things I would need a straight forward video of just to get a vague idea of.
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I thought you were going to research other methods of hosting the game?
I am but the bottom line is that I simply don't have the resources to host a server here, nor am I willing to pay for a server elsewhere that I'll never get the costs back for. I also am reluctant to use a server away from my location unless I have reasonable access privileges because I'll be wanting to install patches and updates to the server software regularily. I would hate to bug a network admin to do that for me all the time.
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What's the nastiest computer virus you've ever dealt with?
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How long have you been working with computers?
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What's the nastiest computer virus you've ever dealt with?
Oh gee.....funlove was pretty awful. All it would do is make your computer show a blank pink screen with the word "FunLove!" in the center of the screen. If a printer is attached it will print "FunLove!" over and over and over again till you turn off the printer or computer. Fortunately it only affects computers that have Windows 98 or earlier. I'll never get that sucker again. Didn't cure it either. I was too inexperienced when I got it back in 1999. I was only 8 years old after all! :p I just wiped it out and started over.....but I did lose everything that was on that machine.
How long have you been working with computers?
For about 13 years.....since I was 5 years old. Though I might have started a little earlier like a few months before I turned 5. Gee....I've been working with computers for 13 years! I feel old now. :lol
Any other questions?
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Considering the FACT that you are a Hacker, what was your first official hack?
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Considering the FACT that you are a Hacker, what was your first official hack?
I hacked into my own network through a friend's computer. It was fun! :D
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Dell just came out with a new laptop that supposedly is "futureistic" in where they don't have an optical drive or memory card reader. Supposedly this is because they think that we're moving into the download age where you won't need any physical storage. Do you think this is a smart move? So far its the first computer I've seen built like this.
http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/notebooks/l...14z&cs=19&s=dhs (http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/notebooks/laptop-studio-14z/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-studio-14z&cs=19&s=dhs)
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Is it a smart move to make one? Yes. We need to get away from archaic crap like CD's and such. Flash media and downloading through the internet is the future. I can't wait till I never have to see another CD again. Though one wonders how you'd wipe that thing if the recovery partition got corrupted? :unsure:
As for buying one right now, naw that's not such a smart move. Unless you're me of course. I haven't burnt or used a CD in years (aside from OS disks which I have to burn and use on a regular basis to restore people's computers). I haven't even played a real DVD in a couple of years. Disks are REALLY old, inefficient, and obsolete. I don't see any advantage to them. Flash media all the way! It doesn't cost them any more to make a flash drive then it does a blank CD. :p
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Your thoughts on the new Windows 7 OS that will be coming to stores in a few months?
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So the hosting service I use is free, so it sucks right, and it doesn't allow iframes. The amazon affliate program I use only gives me code with iframes.
Do you know any way to get the same result without using an iframe?
<iframe src="URL" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>
That's the code, I didn't know if you need it or not.
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Your thoughts on the new Windows 7 OS that will be coming to stores in a few months?
I can't wait, but I think I'll stick with my Vista for a little while after Windows 7 comes out. Next time I need to format I'll seriously consider Windows 7 though. I format every 6 months so I have no doubt that I'll have at least 1 permanent Windows 7 machine within a few months of it's official release.
So the hosting service I use is free, so it sucks right, and it doesn't allow iframes. The amazon affliate program I use only gives me code with iframes.
Do you know any way to get the same result without using an iframe?
<iframe src="URL" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>
That's the code, I didn't know if you need it or not.
The only thing I can think of doing is building a mini flash browser and embedding it in the page. If your hosting place wont allow you to do iframes, perhaps you should consider switching hosts. I think there are some free flash based browsers available for download online. I'd check 'em out. Of course you'd have to host the application yourself.
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So the hosting service I use is free, so it sucks right, and it doesn't allow iframes. The amazon affliate program I use only gives me code with iframes.
Do you know any way to get the same result without using an iframe?
<iframe src="URL" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>
That's the code, I didn't know if you need it or not.
The only thing I can think of doing is building a mini flash browser and embedding it in the page. If your hosting place wont allow you to do iframes, perhaps you should consider switching hosts. I think there are some free flash based browsers available for download online. I'd check 'em out. Of course you'd have to host the application yourself.
Bleh, it's not worth it for like 4 little squares per page. Definitely going to have to switch then. I've already switched once, and this new host is slower than the last. I'll just keep tryin' to get in touch with my buddy, I guess..see if he can help..
Anyway, another question, I don't know if you ever used advertisement on any of your projects. But, I love Google Adsense (it's like the coolest thing ever) and the Amazon thing I'm using currently. You know of any other affiliate/advertisement programs that are cool? (Not yahoo or that doubleclick.net place, they suck :p)
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Sorry but I try to stay away from ads. They've just never been a reliable source of income. They only really profit those who have 1 million or more visitors per day like cnet.com and ebay.com. I've studied web advertising, but I doubt I would know anything you don't. It's never been a subject of interest to me.
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Are you married and when if yes
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Nope I'm not married and I never will be. :p Techs are oftentimes private people with little to no personal life. But that's not why I'll never marry. I have no interest in such a relationship and I can assure you that will never change. It's by choice that I'm like this. I've fallen in love before and I have the normal desires to find a mate. I just don't choose to pursue those types of relationships.
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What do you enjoy doing aside from working around computers? Any other hobbies or interests besides gazing into a screen?
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What do you enjoy doing aside from working around computers? Any other hobbies or interests besides gazing into a screen?
Wow.....now that I think about it.....no.... I don't have any other hobbies besides working with computers. My job is my life. I suppose I like LBT. :p I used to like to write a lot but I don't seem to have time for that anymore. I'm sure my writing skills have gotten a bit rusty.
I have a couple of real life friends, but they're all older than me (one is 37 and the other is 51) and all we do is fix computers together and trade parts and stuff. I guess you could say I don't really have a "life". :p
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what method did you use to learn everything you know about computers? you obviously know a great deal, to the point of a high-level IT technician.
stuff like hacking, coding, C++ etc. did it come easy, or did you have to work at it for several years?
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Well everything takes time. I didn't just wake up one day and become an expert at CSS by the time ma called me for dinner. :p Everything I know is self taught through experimentation. I've only read like 3 computer books and they were more on computer concepts than actual practical applications. When I was 7 years old I had to look up how to install that old type of memory because they had to be arranged in cascading sequence or something of that nature but to be honest I haven't had to look much up in my time. The most recent thing I had to look up was how to set up RAID but that was years ago.
I used to be nothing but a hardware expert. I could strip down ENTIRE computers and rebuild them from the ground up.....but I couldn't use Microsoft Word. I'd like to think it's evened out a bit more by now. :p In fact it seems to be turning the other way. Soon enough I'll know how to write drivers for a graphics card but have no clue how to install it. :lol I seriously need to study hardware more. I'm well versed in every detailed workings of Pentium 4 computers and older. Computers newer than I'd say 2004 I don't know everything about. I know enough to fix any problem they may have, but as for concepts I don't have that down. For all I know hard drives don't even work the same anymore. I know they use perpendicular drive bits on 750gb and larger hard drives, but that's about all I know about the newer drives. Of course I don't have to know how the newer hard drives work so long as I can install and replace them. I'm just curious.
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Out of ALL of the computer related stuff you have done, (Hardware, software, internet related, etc.) what was THE hardest thing for you to accomplish?
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What is PIN exactly?
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Out of ALL of the computer related stuff you have done, (Hardware, software, internet related, etc.) what was THE hardest thing for you to accomplish?
That is the question that prevents me from applying to Microsoft. I can't really answer that question with absolute certainty. Ya see, I've been doing this since I was 5 years old and things were most difficult for me back then. Setting up dialup for the first time when I was 7 has to be the hardest thing I've ever done. AOL 4.0. :p Of course it's not because it was something hard to do, but for a 7 year old who didn't even know how the phone system worked or what dialing was it was hard as hell. :p
Networking has never been my thing. Hardware ethernet port switches and other crap just doesn't work out too well with me. I'm very fortunate to have been able to program and successfully run and secure my own server. That has to be the hardest thing I've done recently. Running the LBT Server is no small matter. Networking all my computers together isn't very easy for me either. I have to work at it a lot.
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Why do you hate macs so much?
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Is there a way to save a picture in a Word document as a normal picture? You can't right click on it and save it, and moving it into Paint ruins the quality.
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Your opinion on Drupal?
(Found here (http://www.drupal.org) in case you don't know what it is.)
If you don't know what this is, trust me, you'll be surprised at what it can do. :)
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Why do you hate macs so much?
I don't hate macs per say, but I don't use them on a regular basis because they're 3 times as much as a PC with the same power. Also....there aren't many free mac programs. You gotta pay for EVERYTHING!
Is there a way to save a picture in a Word document as a normal picture? You can't right click on it and save it, and moving it into Paint ruins the quality.
Not that I know of. If I were you I'd upp the photo to photobucket and just include a link in the word document.
Your opinion on Drupal?
(Found here in case you don't know what it is.)
If you don't know what this is, trust me, you'll be surprised at what it can do.
I've used Drupal many a time. I just can't seem to keep one running! I've toyed with the idea of setting it up on my server, but the server I wrote (the LBT Server) isn't sophisticated enough to have PHP or MySQL.......both of which are required to run Drupal.
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Okay, here's a nice question.
Let's say I have a REALLY popular website and then I suddenly get hacked and said hacker takes over and changes the content to make it less popular. What should I do?
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Let's say I have a REALLY popular website and then I suddenly get hacked and said hacker takes over and changes the content to make it less popular. What should I do?
That's simple. If you own the server, check out what the hacker did and how they gained access to your system. Then patch the security vulnerabilities. If you don't own the server your website is hosted on, contact your host and let them know that you have been hacked. They'll help ya, trust me. They want to know EXACTLY how someone penetrated their system so they can prevent it in the future and protect their investment.
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Okay, I hope you can answer this one, because I am STUCK with it.
I've been searching Google on how to embed multiple videos into a single player. (Much like what you did with the TV Series Episodes on your site. Seriously, that's a nice feature. :yes ) Results haven't turned up many helpful places and places I do find don't support my videos. (One place had Yahoo! Video compatibility, but that went south somehow. :( )
So, as a last ditch effort, I'm turning to the one on the forum who pulled it off. How do you embed multiple videos into a single player?
I want to do this for my own site in the hopes of making it look better.
I am seriously stuck here! :(
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You have to make a dynamic player using Flash. Combining a flash player with xml files will allow you to create an index that will play the individual flash files in a single player. This requires advanced knowledge of Action Script; the encoding language that's used in Adobe Flash as well as advanced Photoshop skills. You lack both of these, so I suggest you turn to another method.
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You wrote in another thread that you hate Minnesota (but still consider it a good thing that you moved there this year). What is it about Minnesota that you dislike Austin?
Are there any US states you are particularly fond of?
Which states have you seen so far?
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What is it about Minnesota that you dislike Austin?
EVERYTHING except for the lack of competition when it comes to the computer area. That's the only thing I like about this place. Comparing Minnesota to Washington is like comparing a K-Mart to a Nordstrom's (and I am NOT talking about Nordstrom rack. I'm talking about a real high-class Nordstrom's that sells $5,000 dresses and $350 pajamas). I know that comparison doesn't do much to those who aren't in the US, but...
Anyways, yeah. The entire "feel" of Minnesota is cheesiness. Everything's cheap and cheesy. There's no selection when it comes to stores. There's the same store on EVERY frickin' corner! Everything's just one big mess of houses and/or city. It reminds me of the dump behind McDonalds. The people here think they're owned everything. They have some sort of superiority complex when they're NOBODY! They think they're so freaking important and all they do is sit behind a desk and tell people to "go through that door" or "it's right around the corner." It's like dealing with snobby people that act like they're rich and famous when they scrape gum off the side of the road for a living!
People here think they know everything and they're so ignorant! 99% of the people who I've talked to have never even left Minnesota. It's like a child that's lived in a corner his whole life and refuses to do anything or go anywhere because he's "seen everything there is to see and done everything there is to do." People are whacked here! In Washington, everyone was a snob. But at least they didn't think that they were so important when they're no more important than an insect that just got squashed on the car window! People here have no idea what life is like and they all think they've got it so great. I tell ya, when someone moves from Minnesota...they NEVER come back!
Are there any US states you are particularly fond of?
Washington was my favorite....though the steep competition might have given me some trouble if I hadn't moved from there. There aren't many other states that I'm particularly "fond" of. They've all pretty much been the same except for Washington, which was beyond fantastic and Minnesota, which sucks nuts worse than getting stuck in the elevator and having to smell a$$ all the way up to floor 35.
Which states have you seen so far?
In the US I've seen a lot of states. Montana had to have been the worst. I swear, if a terrorist bombed the entire state of Montana, 3 people and 91 cows would be the only casualties.
I've been miserable in almost every state I've gone to because of the heat. I for one can't stand natural heat above 60 degrees F. If it gets hotter than that, I start b******g. :smile Washington was so great because it rarely got below 40 degrees F or above 60 degrees F. That's probably why I can't stand the heat. Oddly enough though, the cold doesn't bother me one bit. -40 degrees F is child's play.
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Okay, now for the ultimate question...
Have YOU ever been hacked and if so, what was it like the first time you were hacked?
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Have YOU ever been hacked and if so, what was it like the first time you were hacked?
Attempts have been made many times. Some have succeeded. I make sure all my stuff is secure though and I've never lost anything important to an intruder before. A large part of my security is a virtual "vault" that I've made. Any file that's put in the "vault" cannot be accessed out of network. I put stuff that's really important in there just in case of a network-wide attack. I have a lot of security around me though so the successful attacks are few and far between.
The first time I was hacked, I noticed a few things missing from my desktop. Nothing that big. Just a few pictures I had saved. Then these icons started appearing. It took me a while to figure out that those icons were supposed to be...well....male sexual organs. I found the little f*****. He had gotten through an open port that I had forgotten to close when I removed the network device. Blocked him out then blasted his a$$ with everything I had at the time....which included a bunch of porn and three virus-infected word documents. I wasn't very experienced back then and he probably liked the porn, but at least he went away (he probably left to enjoy his new pictures). I closed the open port and never saw him again.
And about the porn...it wasn't mine. A friend of mine sent it to me and wiped it off his computer so him mom wouldn't find it. I couldn't resist though and I unzipped the archive and took a peek. :smile Glad I did though. Don't know if I could have unzipped the file when I was being hacked. Hell, one of the porn files probably had a virus in it anyway. :p
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How do you know when someone is attempting to hack your network?
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How do you know when someone is attempting to hack your network?
I have a program that will alert me to any hacking attempts. Of course, that's not always 100% reliable so I'm always checking my network history. I know every byte of in-network traffic. If someone's fooling around in my network, I'll know about it.
Of course, most hackers are blatantly obvious. They don't hide their tracks or try to hide themselves when they punch through because they're lazy. They just want to get in, see if there's anything good, and get out.
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Tell me, is computer coding almost like a second language to you by now or is it still greatly confusing?
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Can you teach me how to hack into the government? :lol:
Nah, serious question is this: Has your computer ever crashed on you completely? I mean to the point is that when you turn it back on, all you get is that evil blue screen of death?
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What is it about computers that caught your interest :)?
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Tell me, is computer coding almost like a second language to you by now or is it still greatly confusing?
It depends on what language you're talking about. I'm only 100% fluent in a few languages. When I want to use other languages, I look stuff up when necessary.
Has your computer ever crashed on you completely? I mean to the point is that when you turn it back on, all you get is that evil blue screen of death?
A personal computer of mine? Never. Unless you count the screwed up computers I purchase from clients that just don't want them anymore or can't afford to repair them. They're technically mine, but once a computer becomes mine, I take care of it very well and it never crashes.
What is it about computers that caught your interest smile.gif?
Let's face it. You can't do crap without them. It's even more true today then it was back when I first got into them. But they're such a large part of everyone's life, I just couldn't ignore them. The inability to pay for computer repair is what got me interested in repairing them in the first place.
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Okay, this is not a computer related question, but I hope you answer it all the same.
I know for a fact that you have watched a number of Anime Shows. Out of all you've seen, which one is your most favorite?
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Hi Austin. I have a question from the total computer idiot to the expert :p
My laptop came with Vista installed and the programs already installed included one scourge of mankind titled "Windows Media Center". To this day I have never found any practical use of that program which tends to freeze, is confusingly laid out, and doesn't come with a working TV application. Nor did I ever have to start it deliberately as I am using other software for the functions which I presume are supposed to be covered by that "Media Center" with the minor problem that they don't work there. Moreover the program probably takes up a great deal of free space as it comes with a lot of semitransparent and other space draining graphic elements. Apart from these "passive problems" it sometimes becomes an active pain in the... for starting randomly on its own accord sometimes causing other programs to crash as a consequence.
Long story short, I would like to get rid of the program, but I am not really sure how to get rid of it. It is not listed among the programs listed in the control panel and even searching it in the explorer will not find it. I am not sure if the makers consider it so integral a part of the "system programs" as to make it difficult to detect and remove and if therefore any special steps are necessary for the later.
I also wonder if it is somehow a basis for other programs which I may need (like the windows media player etc.). Is there any reason to keep the windows media center on the computer and if not, how to get rid of it?
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I know for a fact that you have watched a number of Anime Shows. Out of all you've seen, which one is your most favorite?
Well to be honest, I really don't like that much anime. A lot of it is just plain stupid. But as to my favorite? I'm sorry but I just can't choose. I like the anime's for different reasons. I liked Fullmetal Alchemist just because it was so epic and had such a great story behind it. I liked Inuyasha because of the great relationships that were featured in it and its close similarity to the inner workings of Japanese culture. You just have to go looking around. I recommend going and finding a list of ALL anime out there via Wikipedia and then searching for the first episode of each of 'em that catch your interest. Then you can download 'em if they don't air where you are, or buy them online.
@Malte: Like all the useless s*** that MS includes on all their OS's, WMC can't be removed. If you want my advise, download the Vista restore disk from my server and wipe out your computer. Then you won't even have one useless program on there other than the crap that MS includes. And WMC doesn't really take up much. Though I wouldn't recommend using ANY of the useless crap that MS puts on their OS's including (but not limited to):
Paint
Windows Media Player
Windows Media Center
Windows Movie Maker
Wordpad
Paint and Wordpad are okay, but with OpenOffice and Gimp both being FREE, I don't see why anyone would use them except for ignorance. WMP and WMC are take up a HUGE amount of processing power and ram....and all they do is play a frickin' movie! Get VLC or just about any other player and trash 'em. There aren't really many free alternatives to WMM, but it's just a crashing piece of s*** that can only output videos on crappy formats and in crappy quality.
But anyway, yeah just download that Vista disk from my server and wipe out your computer. Make sure to get rid of the recovery partition too. It really does no good. Even if you use the disk or recovery partition that came with your computer, it'll just load all the s*** that came with it including trails to about a trillion different programs and all this "helpful" software that HP (or whoever your manufacturer is) thinks is so great. It's just a bunch of s***. Get rid of it.
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Any tips for those who don't know squat about computers and what they should do if they suspect their computer got hacked?
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What would you suggest for a Macintosh user, who can't keep their room cool enough to run their computer for more than a few hours?
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Any tips for those who don't know squat about computers and what they should do if they suspect their computer got hacked?
Hijackthis is an okay program. Honestly, it's much easier to just back everything up and wipe it all out. That's what I'd personally do. Oh, and next time secure your network better so they can't get in so easily. :p
What would you suggest for a Macintosh user, who can't keep their room cool enough to run their computer for more than a few hours?
Macs are frickin' expensive. If you have a Mac, you shouldn't be too cheap to run the air conditioner. If you have an air conditioner and it's not enough, get a better one or move. Unfortunately, there's not much you can do in this situation except cool the room down. I really hurt my server when I first came to Minnesota because I put it in such hot conditions. I make sure to keep the air on 24/7 in the summertime here.
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Okay, here's one that I've been trying to rack my brain into figuring out with zero luck.
I've seen on many sites that when you do a download that you have to put in a randomly generated code to prove you're a real person and not a bot.
What's the coding for that anyways? Seriously, that's such a great and necessary feature for a site that offers downloads of files.
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This might be an odd question, but do you believe in the term "guilty pleasure" as in having "LBT as a guilty pleasure" due to certain circumstances of what seems to be socially acceptable in society, or do you kick out the labels and just like what you like even if other people would call them guilty pleasures?
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How could I find out if a website named cellsea.com is safe? I want to download a ringtone from there, but I don't know if I can trust it.
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I've seen on many sites that when you do a download that you have to put in a randomly generated code to prove you're a real person and not a bot.
That requires PHP and (preferrably) MySql. You can do it without a MySql database, but having a database would be more secure and protect better against the more sophisticated bots.
This might be an odd question, but do you believe in the term "guilty pleasure" as in having "LBT as a guilty pleasure" due to certain circumstances of what seems to be socially acceptable in society, or do you kick out the labels and just like what you like even if other people would call them guilty pleasures?[/quote}
I'm not sure what you mean, but I'll try to answer as best I can. I wouldn't tell anyone I like LBT unless specifically asked, but I'm not ashamed of it. I don't care what other people deem as abnormal. Despite this, I am a business owner and giving that sort of information to a client would NOT be a good idea as I'm supposed to know what I'm doing. From what I've seen through the years, people tend to think that computer technicians are a thousand times smarter than they are and if the technician is watching LBT, they're not really living up to the God-like standard the people seem to compare them to. That's one thing I dislike about being a technician. I'm smart but I'm not exceptional or anything....much less a thousand times smarter than my clients.
How could I find out if a website named cellsea.com is safe? I want to download a ringtone from there, but I don't know if I can trust it.
First off, get AVG. If you don't have it, get it. Do all updates and download the latest version. AVG has a feature that will tell you if a website is safe to visit. Simply Google the website in question and look for the green shield with a check mark on it. If that's there, then the website is probably safe. Even so, do another Google search. Search "driveby cellsea.com" and see if anyone has been talking about driveby downloads from that website. If they have, don't go to it.
But if you want my recommendation with cell phone ring tones, you should make your own. Ring tones are in a special format that can you can easily convert an MP3 or other sound file in to.
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Hi Austin,
I have one question about the windows explorer. Whenever I open it the default setting is that the folder "documents" will be opened from where I then have to navigate to the folder where I really want to get (which hardly ever is the default document folder). Can you tell me how to change the setting so that opening the windows explorer would open a different folder rather than "documents"?
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This fix should work on all versions of Windows (XP and newer):
1. Click Start, point to Programs, then Accessories, then right–click Windows Explorer, and click Properties.
2. Under Target field, which reads %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe, add to make the line read %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e, /select, C:\
3. Click OK.
The Windows explorer should be set to the start menu by default or will open the My Computer window if you use the keyboard shortcut (Win Key + E). It shouldn't be set to My Documents unless you changed the setting. :unsure:
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Awesome :)
Thanks a lot Austin!
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Okay, here's one. Take a look at what happened when I got onto YouTube earlier.
(http://www2.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/700af8ac6ce909ba3b2df506a6c3da2d6g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=59qhdc2vt7476qj&thumb=4)
Now, I've seen this sort of thing happen with other websites and I just have to ask, WHY does this happen exactly? Usually I just have to do a reload to fix it, but why exactly does this happen sometimes?
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First of all, get rid of all the shit toolbars and check your connection. This happens when the style sheet isn't properly loaded and the page displays only the HTML and nothing else (pretty cool, eh? That's how things would look if there was no CSS embedded on the page.). It could have been YouTube's servers but I doubt it since you say this has happened before. It's only happened to me probably 6 times in my life (not counting the development of my own websites) and I'm on the computer pretty much all day every day. If you're running off a wireless connection this could easily happen if you don't have a good signal. Or if your FF is packed with tons of crap (i.e. toolbars *nudge nudge* and/or addons/plugins). This can also happen if the installation of FF isn't working right (this is common on portable versions).
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Okay, here's an unrelated to computers question.
If you could go anywhere in the world for one day, where would that be?
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I as a web designer in-training I was wondering something. I know how to publish my own web page since it comes from my server but how do you publish a page for a customer? Someone walked up to me and asked if I could make and publish a page for them but I'm not sure how.
Would MSN be a good choice to host it, too?
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Okay, here's an unrelated to computers question.
If you could go anywhere in the world for one day, where would that be?
Honestly I'd probably rather stay at home. I'm not at a part in my life where I really want to travel around.
how do you publish a page for a customer?
So long as the site is clean and doesn't involve any "questionable" material (i.e. porn, file sharing, gambling, etc.), go sign up with GoDaddy. A single hosting account can actually store as many websites as you want. Then you could show the site to clients without any real trouble. When they finally wanted to pay for a domain and hosting themselves, transfer it to another account. But honestly you really shouldn't be offering web design services if you don't know how to host the sites and show them to your clients. I'd imagine you've been having quite a lot of trouble with this lately.
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Okay. And should this page be a web template or just a regular .htm?
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Okay. And should this page be a web template or just a regular .htm?
If you want multiple sites on the same hosting account and domain, then you'd have to code them manually. Templates are a big no-no, especially for web designers and developers. And if you want my advice, NEVER use .htm/.html as an extension when making a website. Always use .php (or asp if you prefer that language). Even if you don't plan to add any php to the website, it's a real b**** to change the extensions later after the site is already set up. And .php works exactly the same as .htm/.html except you can't execute PHP script in your web browser if the files aren't already on a server. Just upload it all to GoDaddy and use an FTP client like CuteFTP (my personal favorite) to manage and upload your files. The GoDaddy GUI sucks royally.
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MERRYCHRISTMAS!!!
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(http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd515/Adder2/Whathappened.png)
What happend to your website? I clicked 'Song Clips' under Downloads,
and this page came up. Its the only page on the website that does this. :confused
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^It's definitely on your end. This happens when the style sheet fails to load. There's nothing inherently wrong with the style sheet on the server, and it loads up for me and a few other people just fine. If it still does it, try clearing your cache and reloading the page.
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What did you do to become a comp tech and web designer? self-study or school education?
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There are several ways to become a computer repair technician. The first is to go to school and study book after book after book with little practical experience then take the exam and pass because you're book smart. Those are the absolute WORST kind of technicians out there. I know because I've hired them before. Frankly they're idiots. Not just anyone can be a computer tech. It takes patience and a skill in troubleshooting that can only be acquired by being out in the field. And even if you have a lot of experience, the skill to troubleshoot and think like a technician is something you're born with. It's not something you can just learn and be very good at. The people that run the show know this. That's why they allow you to take the certification exams without having to take the classes. You can just teach yourself and then go get certified.
Web design and development on the other hand is a lot different. It's run by money hungry bastards that don't know or care about what it's all about. If you want to be a professional web designer and/or developer, you have to go to college and get a degree. It's essential that you learn web design CORRECTLY and actually understand the concepts rather than just saying "Oh, when I do this it does this." I took web design classes throughout high school just so I could get an easy class and they were NOT teaching it right. They just wanted you to shoot the assignments out and didn't care how you made it work so long as it worked. I actually taught the web design class my senior year because I knew more about CSS than the web design teacher did. It was really sad.
But as I said, CONCEPTS are what matter, not results. It took me nearly three weeks to get the class to understand anything but once people started getting the concepts, they were able to shoot assignment after assignment out like it was nothing. And most importantly, they understood HOW it worked and WHY it did what it did. THAT is what being a web designer/developer is.
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I have noticed that you have talked quite a bit about your mother since you came here. What can you tell us about your father, whom it seems you NEVER mention?
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I don't know to what degree you may or may not be familiar with the differences between the differences between the official microsoft office products and the free open office alternatives. But since you are the greatest expert in computer matters I know I'm wondering if you can tell / recommend anything about that?
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I have noticed that you have talked quite a bit about your mother since you came here. What can you tell us about your father, whom it seems you NEVER mention?
I'd prefer not to discuss this, sorry.
I don't know to what degree you may or may not be familiar with the differences between the differences between the official microsoft office products and the free open office alternatives. But since you are the greatest expert in computer matters I know I'm wondering if you can tell / recommend anything about that?
OpenOffice is a great alternative to Microsoft Office if you either have Linux or just don't want to pay the obscene prices that Microsoft charges for a simple word processor. The differences are minimal and OpenOffice can save in .doc and .docx formats (the formats used by Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007-2010 respectively). One disadvantage to OpenOffice is if you run into trouble or need to know how to do something real quick, chances are you won't be able to find someone else that has OpenOffice to help you.
In addition, all instructions at schools and universities apply to Microsoft Office. OpenOffice is capable of doing everything Microsoft Office is capable of doing, but the steps are somewhat different so you'll occasionally be left to figure things out on your own. There's nothing more frustrating than not being able to get your work done because you can't figure out how to work a damned program.
Me personally? I used Microsoft Office. But I only do so because I can get the program for free (I'm a hacker and pirate after all). If I had to pay for it, you'd be your ass I'd use OpenOffice. I can think of a lot better uses for my ~$300 than spending it on a program that just allows you to type and print crap out.
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I'm glad to see you back posting Austin. How is your injury doing? I hope it healed up well?
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Okay, so you don't like talking about your father. Fine! I'll leave that alone!
What about other relatives like your Grandparents? Aunts? Uncles? Cousins? What can you tell us about them?
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I think I might be late on asking this question, but I figured I should ask it while it's still 2011.
What are your thoughts on the news of hacker groups in the last few months that briefly brought down websites for companies like Sony, PBS, etc.? (those are the only ones I can remember off the top of my head)