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Living Room / More April fools stories

« on: April 01, 2008, 05:51 AM »

Just copying them out of our works jokes making list

http://www.theregist...xplosion_april_fool/
http://thepiratebay.org/blog/102
http://googleblog.bl...-project-virgle.html
http://www.thinkgeek...ff/41/betamaxhd.html
http://www.mirror.co...ight-89520-20369432/
http://www.rightmove...uk/property/20394782 << Love this one
http://tinyurl.com/2zw7nd

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General Software Discussion / Login only during a specific timeframe

« on: March 31, 2008, 11:59 AM »

Does anyone know of any software similar to the Group Policy time of day policies?

http://www.clavister...ias_new_policy_2.gif

We want to stop someone logging in, and logging out a currently logged in user, when 'computer time' comes to an end.

Don't mind paying, but as we don't really want a fully featured parental control program it would be nice if it was free / cheap / donationware.

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Living Room / Google

« on: March 28, 2008, 06:08 PM »

You don't notice how much you use google every second of the day until it isn't there



60 seconds of downtime and I just can't cope!

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Living Room / Re: Flash Game: Spin the Balack Circle.

« on: March 27, 2008, 08:09 AM »

is it just me or have you missed the link?

http://www.newground...m/portal/view/422308

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Developer's Corner / Help with databases in Visual Studio C#

« on: March 27, 2008, 07:20 AM »

Hi everyone,
You might know that I'm trying to learn C# and have started on the small application that I'd write for work.

I've created a form that creates a int Staffnumber, string[] itemreference, datetime ReturnDate.

I also have a database that has key ID, number Staffnumber, text itemreference, datetime ReturnDate, amongst other things.

Visual studio seems to make it very easy to throw my dataset onto the form, but I need to do take my variables and place them into the dataset.

I don't really want someone to write my code for me, but I'm also finding it very hard to find examples and explanations on the internet. I'm hoping that someone who has learnt this before could let me know where they went.

MSDN seems to show me how to do addrow's and things but I can't seem to make inteletext give the options. I think I'm missing something obvious.

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Living Room / Re: How to Access Data in US, Britain & France

« on: March 26, 2008, 11:24 AM »

Us Europeans are getting screwed over travelling between different countries so I'd read the smallprint on your contract very closely to see what it will actually cost you.

You should be able to access anything on a triband phone (1800 and 900 in the EU. I think US is 1900).

Whatever you choose you will be paying roaming charges so I'm not sure the carriers really matter. Although if you have a TMobile wifi account you can always check your mail in Starbucks.

You might also like to look at BT OpenZone for Wifi
http://btopenzone.ho...492,-2.83447&z=7

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« on: March 24, 2008, 06:15 AM »

Now that I know this place is here I'll put my bit in

I'm Graham Robinson and I'm from Southampton, UK. I work for the University of Southampton in the IT department and generally fix computers.

When I'm not fixing computers I'm doing some PHP programming and create and maintain a flash media server and corresponding player for the modern languages department to play back TV recorded through IPTV.

I'm learning C# and am not doing too well at it (getting slowly through the donationcoder assignments). My GF is a Java programmer by education and a PHP programmer by trade.

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Developer's Corner / Re: [Solved] C# Arraylist

« on: March 24, 2008, 05:49 AM »

I admit that I do have a lot of trouble with that.

My GF comes from a Java background and finds all this very easy but I come from an actionscript / PHP background that just doesn't have these things.

But then that's why I love this forum. It has helpful people that don't mind sharing knowledge.

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Developer's Corner / Re: C# Arraylist

« on: March 23, 2008, 06:09 PM »

That's the error message that is stopping compiling, but you have fixed the error. It now compiles and I thank you

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Developer's Corner / [Solved] C# Arraylist

« on: March 23, 2008, 12:39 PM »

I'm getting stuck on the superhard c# assignment 6, but on the easy stuff.

I have this code...

Code: C# [Select]

1. // Create an instance of StreamReader to read from a file.
2. // The using statement also closes the StreamReader.
3. using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fileToEncryptText.Text))
4. {
5.     // Temp string for lines
6.     string line;
7.  
8.     // Create an array list for the file contents
9.     ArrayList fileContentsArrayList;
10.  
11.     int i = 0;
12.  
13.     // Read and display lines from the file until the end of
14.     // the file is reached.
15.     while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
16.     {
17.         // Place line into array
18.         fileContentsArrayList.Add(line);
19.  
20.         // Increase [i]
21.         i++;
22.        
23.         //encryptOutputText.Text += encrypt.EncryptSingleLine(line) + "\r\n";
24.     }
25.  
26.     // Convert ArrayList into an Array
27.     string[] fileContentsArray = (string[])fileContentsArrayList.ToArray();
28. }

but it isn't compiling due to 'Use of unassigned local variable fileContentsArrayList'. I know this is because there is a possibility that using() doesn't run and nothing gets put into it.

My problem is that I can't really add anything into the array to initialise it that isn't part of the streamreader. So how can I make sure that it initialises without breaking what the program does?

Many thanks 

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: The Ultimate Rescue CD

« on: March 23, 2008, 07:06 AM »

Not using 'CD' will allow you to move to a DVD in the future although http://www.google.co...nGB235GB235&aq=t URD has a few results already.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: The Ultimate Rescue CD

« on: March 23, 2008, 05:57 AM »

Also looking into the use of Bittorrent should help you with distribution. You can have a server hosting it but as more people download it there would be less slug on your server.

I'd certainly be interested in something like this for rescue, so keep us updated!

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Living Room / Re: how big is a webpage :) broadband - 1 or 10GB?

« on: March 21, 2008, 06:28 AM »

When I discuss these things with people at work I ask them to find out how much it costs to go over the limit.

For example if 1GB costs £20 and costs £1 per gig extra and 10GB costs £25 and £1 per gig extra then 1GB is worth while. You'd have to use 5GB before you'd be losing money.

If they are more like Pipex where 1GB costs £20 but 1GB extra costs £3 then you'd only have to install Vista SP1 to have made it an expensive choice.

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Developer's Corner / Re: c# assignment: Problem with random

« on: March 20, 2008, 06:48 PM »

This is why I'm still on the 'c# 2005 for dummies' book.

But at least the application works

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Living Room / Re: I hate this game...

« on: March 20, 2008, 05:22 PM »

Hi...

Since you posted this link I now hate you... damn you... damn you all.

 

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Developer's Corner / Re: c# assignment: Problem with random

« on: March 20, 2008, 12:23 PM »

So

Code: C# [Select]

1. public class Functions
2. {
3.        private int RandomNumber(int min, int max)
4.        {
5.            Random random = new Random();
6.            return random.Next(min, max);
7.        }
8. }

Becomes

Code: C# [Select]

1. public class Functions
2. {
3.        Random random = new Random();
4.  
5.        private int RandomNumber(int min, int max)
6.        {
7.            return random.Next(min, max);
8.        }
9. }

?

Thanks, I'll try it out

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Developer's Corner / c# assignment: Problem with random

« on: March 19, 2008, 05:21 PM »

I'm trying to pick two random numbers for assignment 5 of the c# school. I'm using the following code

Code: C# [Select]

1. private void fillFirstBoxes()
2.         {
3.             userCard1Text.Text = Convert.ToString(functions.GetRandomCard());
4.             dealerCard1Text.Text = Convert.ToString(functions.GetRandomCard());
5.         }
6.  
7. ...
8.  
9.     public class Functions
10.     {
11.         private int RandomNumber(int min, int max)
12.         {
13.             Random random = new Random();
14.             return random.Next(min, max);
15.         }
16.  
17.         public int GetRandomCard()
18.         {
19.             int[] cards = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10 };
20.             int random = RandomNumber(0, 12);
21.             return cards[random];
22.         }
23.     }

The trouble is that 90% of the time the two numbers are the same. Occasionally (about 10% of the time) the numbers are different but it is rare. So what am I doing wrong?

I know that computer random isn't really random, but surely it only takes a tick?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: OnScreen Display for Mute Status

« on: March 19, 2008, 08:47 AM »

Just found this software, brilliant work.

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Developer's Corner / Re: "1000 True Fans" - HOWTO Earn an artist's living in the 21st century

« on: March 18, 2008, 08:05 AM »

I like the fundable idea for fund raising, I was thinking about something along those lines while looking at your dcmembers website that got sent up a few years back.

I need $100, if I make it then you get the product, if I don't then you get your money back.

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Living Room / Re: Wanted: Setting/Option/Group Policy to Force Username On Each Printed Page.

« on: March 17, 2008, 06:02 PM »

It's a lot easier if it is before the print out

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/102712

However it does presume that you either print through a print server or you will go around to every pc that has the printer installed.

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General Software Discussion / Re: PHP IDE recommendations

« on: March 17, 2008, 03:16 AM »

I stumbled upon a list of Code Beautifiers and Formatters at Smashing Magazine. It is quite extensive and has screenies.

-tinjaw (March 16, 2008, 07:32 PM)

That page has found me two types of sites that I have been looking for for ages. Thank you.

I've been trying to find a way to print code in colour easily and http://quickhighligh...ntax-highlighter.php +  'Firefox: Print selection' is it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: User friendly . . .

« on: March 16, 2008, 02:13 PM »

Are you talking about creating one or trying to use a current one? If you want to use something like this then the biggest is probably www.istockphoto.com that has most, if not all, of the above.

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Macromedia Flash / Difficulty curve of the flash assignments

« on: March 16, 2008, 06:52 AM »

Is it just me that wonders whether the difficulty in the flash assignment (I've only seen #1) is massively harder than the other assignments here?

I can write in Actionscript and PHP also I'm learning c#. I've created a flash movie that has a security module to authenticate a user of a domain before sending an key to a flash media server. which then allows a video file to play.

But whereas the c# assignment one is basically writeline, readline and a for loop (chapter 1 of this c# 2005 for dummies book) designing a ship (graphics and creating symbols), listening for keypresses (buttons that pass instructions to movies plus checking over time that the button is still held down and how that creates acceleration) seems to go through the whole of my Flash 8 for Dummies book, into advanvced Flash 8 Actionscript and even into programming flash gaming book (which I never did read).

Shouldn't step one be something more like creating a menu system where you make 3 buttons and use gotoAndPlay(scene, frame)? You know, something that is Flash 101?

Graham's 2 cents.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Calculate number of CD/DVD needed to burn files

« on: March 16, 2008, 05:49 AM »

Can't you just drag the files into a CD Writing package and let it tell you how many it will need? I was sure that Nero and Roxio support this.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: access violation error

« on: February 07, 2008, 07:30 AM »

To me this is a very new error that I have never seen before today.

I am doing full screen captures with mouse visible by pressing the print screen button. I've had other screenshots work perfectly before today.

It only does it for me when I press the print screen button and then press 'keep image and hide'. If I do a print screen from the menu and keep image and hide it works. but this means I can't see the mouse cursor without a delay.