Help for a clueless newbie...

I have just got my very first Blackberry (Curve 9300). I want to use it with my old vodafone sim rather than the one it came with. I am on the pay as you go free web and text freebee package. My problems are as follows: How do I sync my sim and my phone? I feel I am missing something obvious there but I just cant figure it out and the tutorials they have on the webside just baffle me! Also I would like to make use of the facebook and instant messinger apps on the phone but I am told that they are not activated/enabled. How do I go about doing this and does it require me switching to a contract?
I am sure this is all simple stuff, but as there is no manual with the phone and I have never before had a smart phone that works I really dont know where to begin! I would be forever greatful to anyone who could point me in the right direction.

Thank you for the advice- it seems my trouble with my sim is because for whatever reason it appears to have been wiped of all my numbers... Fortunately I still have them stored on my old phone as well though, so I can transfer them manually at least.
How do I go about getting a Blackberry data plan? Also, for whatever reason I cant seem to be able to use my free mobile internet package I get. Is there a setting I need to adjust? Everything works fine on my wrireless at home.

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Let's say, hypothetically, that I have no programming
experience beyond writing a random number generator in basic on my
Commodore 64 back in 1984. Let's pretend that I haven't the
slightest understanding of Javascript and only a handful of basic
HTML tags in my programming arsenal. Imagine that I have no real
idea of the method or syntax of any modern programming language.
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I have plenty of animation and design experience, am
extremely familiar with AfterEffects, Carrara and other
timeline-based animation programs, and am fairly intelligent, but
almost every "basic" Flash ActionScript resource I find online
seems to assume that I have a basic understanding of computer
programming. I need something that tells me how to "speak" AS3 -
what a bracket means as opposed to a parenthesis, what a "string"
is and how it's used, what's an "event handler", etc.
Can anyone recommend the best way for a non-programmer to get
a grasp on the basics? If I could learn those, I'm pretty sure I
could figure out much for myself. My sincere thanks in advance for
any advice.
PS - What's got me skeered is that I went online to find out
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being typed. It would seem such an effect would be pretty popular
and thus have an easy mechanism built in to accomplish it. The
answer I got pointed to a huge page of code that was entirely
cryptic to me. Is this pretty much what I'm in for?

Doyle,
> Can anyone recommend the best way for a non-programmer
> to get a grasp on the basics [of ActionScript]? If I
could learn
> those, I'm pretty sure I could figure out much for
myself.
The big break-through for me was when I was able to wrap my
head around
the concept of objects. In short, everything of useful value
in
ActionScript is an object. Movie clip symbols, button
symbols, text fields
... those are objects. But even nontangible (or only vaguely
tangible)
things, like math functions, glow effects, today's date ...
those are
objects too.
They have characteristics, such as a movie clip's width and
height, its
x and y position on the stage. They have things they can do,
such as
play(), stop(), gotoAndPlay(someFrameHere). They have things
they can react
to, such as a mouse click.
Characteristics are called properties. Things an object can
do are
called methods. Things an object can react to are called
events. Generally
speaking, you'll find these three categories (as applicable)
in the class
entry for every object in the documentation.
Objects are defined by something called a class, which is
basically a
recipe or blueprint for the object in question. Movie clips
are defined by
the MovieClip class, text fields by the TextField class, and
so on. The
date/time is defined by the Date class. Arrays (lists of
things) are
defined by the Array class. There's a math class for math
methods, a String
class for strings (collections of characters), and countless
more. Some
classes work in groups (consider the Sound, SoundChannel, and
SoundTransform
classes).
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consider
first what object you're dealing with. Is it a text field
(what you were
calling a text box)? Check out the TextField class. Your next
question is,
What aspect of this class am I intereted in: property
(characteristic),
method (thing it can do), or event (thing it can react to)?
Like us, classes take advantage of inheritance. I'm a human,
but I'm
also a mammal, and I'm also a vertibrate, etc. The closer you
get to the
branches of the family tree (i.e., the human side), the more
specific it
gets. For example, there's no reason for the Human class to
describe
spines, because that's already covered by the Vertibrate
class. That said,
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Method, and Event
headings of a given class entry, make sure to click the "Show
Inherited
Properties / Methods / Events" hyperlinks to see the full
functionality
available to that class.
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(transparency) that it inherits from the DisplayObject class.
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properties, which makes sense: clearly, text fields can be
positioned at
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property, which indicates the text content displayed by that
text field
(that property isn't inherited).
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setTextFormat()
method, which is something an instance of this class can do:
it can set the
formatting (visual style) of the text it contains. As you dig
deeper,
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object. :)
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more. If you
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field, you might
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with the keyDown
event.
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finally
grasped the organization of the Help docs ... it made all the
difference.
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called
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object. Could
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class. You use that variable as a "nickname" or "handle" to
the object you
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David Stiller
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http://tinyurl.com/2k29mj
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I am giving up trying to get BT to help me with this. I wont repeat the endless frustrations that I am sure you hear here all the time.
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Help for an Oracle Newbie???

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I recently purchased a Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router. I am currently using a Linksys BEFSR41 (wired) Router, so I am somewhat familiar with how they work.
I purchased the Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router so that I could connect with my Son's Dell Laptop (wirelessly). Right now, there's a 50 foot cable leading from the BEFSR41 to his bedroom.
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System.exit(0);
}

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O:\HomeWork\CIS 260\Assignment 5\EmployeeInfo.java:28: cannot find symbol
symbol : constructor Employee()
location: class Employee
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                               ^
O:\HomeWork\CIS 260\Assignment 5\EmployeeInfo.java:39: cannot find symbol
symbol : constructor Employee()
location: class Employee
       Employee Employee2 = new Employee();
                               ^
O:\HomeWork\CIS 260\Assignment 5\EmployeeInfo.java:50: cannot find symbol
symbol : constructor Employee()
location: class Employee
       Employee Employee3 = new Employee();
                               ^
O:\HomeWork\CIS 260\Assignment 5\EmployeeInfo.java:52: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable thirdEmployeeName
location: class EmployeeInfo
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                            ^
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i've just tried to compile my very first Java program, and i get the following error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: saluton
i have no idea what this means, if its any help i'm running win 2000
i'd be greatfull of anyhelp given

Jos
i bow down to you, thank you i have no idea what -cp is but it workedThat -cp flag tells the java virtual machine where it can find .class files, i.e. it
defines the ClassPath. Suppose those two .class files are stored in, say,
c:\usr\Stu000 and suppose your current directory is somewhere else, say, you're
roaming around in c:\tmp.
From within that c:\tmp directory, you can do this:java -cp c:\usr\Stu000 Salutonand it will simpy work. BTW, you can define more than one directory as the ClassPath,
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i have now compiled and run my first Java programCongrats.
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Urgent help for extremely new newbie - please.

I have been asked to set up a Labview program to graph and log
thermocouple temperature measurements from two Keithley 2001 Multimeters
and a DC voltage from HP 34420A nano Volt/Micro Ohm Meter. All three are
instruments are IEEE interfaced to a Windows 98 machine running Labview
(version 5.0 I think.) I have a couple of weeks to get the job done.
The problem is that I have never used Labview. I am an experienced C,
Fortran, BASIC programmer but this graphical system is completely new.
My situation is complicated because I am told the experienced person who
was originally going to set this up left under bad circumstances and
took many of the manuals. I would greatly appreciate any and all help I
can get.
Please feel free to send responses directly to me.
[email protected]
Thanks,
Stan Thomas

In article
<[email protected]>,
Stan Thomas
wrote:
> I have been asked to set up a Labview program
to graph and log
> thermocouple temperature measurements from two
Keithley 2001 Multimeters
> and a DC voltage from HP 34420A nano Volt/Micro
Ohm Meter. All three are
> instruments are IEEE interfaced to a Windows 98
machine running Labview
> (version 5.0 I think.) I have a couple of
weeks to get the job done.
> The problem is that I have never used Labview.
I am an experienced C,
> Fortran, BASIC programmer but this graphical
system is completely new.
> My situation is complicated because I am told
the experienced person who
> was originally going to set this up left under
bad circumstances and
> took man
y of the manuals. I would greatly
appreciate any and all help I
> can get.
>
> Please feel free to send responses directly to
me.
>
> [email protected]
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stan Thomas
>
>
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http://www.natinst.com/manuals/
They also have an example program database at
http://www.natinst.com/support/epd/
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Select statement help for sql/oracle newbie

I have a db for a fake airline. i have a route table that has columns for "FIRST_CLASS_FARE", "COACH_FARE", and "ECONOMY_FARE". I then have a flight table that references the route#, then a trip table that references the flight#. I also have a passenger table and a reservation table that has the passenger # in it. The reservation table also has a column called "reservation class" that has a 'f' for first class fare, 'c' for coach fare, 'e' for economy fare.
What I am trying to do is create a fill for each individual passenger that shows the total amount they spent on all of their reservations.
Any suggestions on how to join the tables to create this bill?
Thanks in advance!

Is it the way the passenger table has columns and is populated,
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If this is the way, then you get the bill from the fare column

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Guys
I just moved over to the 'Mac side of life' ... loving the simplicity of everything. But in for a tiny surprise. I wanted to start using iWeb for my personal site .. lo and behold - I am told that iWeb is officially discontinued. A bit of let down.
Any other decent alternatives that any of you have tried? ... or can i still get iWeb ... not avaialble anywhere on the app store
cheers ....

As you now know iWeb, and iDVD, has been discontinued by Apple. This is evidenced by the fact that new Macs are shipping with iLife 11 installed but without iWeb and iDVD.
On June 30, 2012 MobileMe will be shutdown. HOWEVER, iWeb will still continue to work but without the following:
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◼ Blog and photo comments
◼ Blog search
◼ Hit counter
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I found that if I published my site to a folder on my hard drive and then uploaded with a 3rd party FTP client subscriptions to slideshows and the RSS feed were broken. If I published directly from iWeb to the FPT server those two features continued to work correctly.
There's another problem and that's with iWeb's popup slideshows. Once the MMe servers are no longer online the popup slideshow buttons will not display their images.
Click to view full size
However, Roddy McKay and I have figured out a way to modify existing sites with those slideshows and iWeb itself so that those images will display as expected once MobileMe servers are gone. How to is described in this tutorial: #26 - How to Modify iWeb So Popup Slideshows Will Work After MobileMe is Discontinued.
In addition the iLife suite of applications offered on disc is now a discontinued product and the remaining supported iApps will only be available thru the App Store from now on.
HOWEVER, the iLife 11 boxed version that is still available at the online Apple Store (Store button at the top of this page) and those copies still on the shelves of retailers will include iWeb and iDVD.
This may be of some interest to you: Life After MobileMe.
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Help for an Apple newbie please???

Hi all, I have just acquired my first Apple computer which is an older PowerPC G3 running OS X 10.1.2
I would like to know how I go about upgrading the OS to a later version please? For example can I simply purchase a copy of OS X 10.3 or 4 and install it or do I need to go through the intermediate versions (10.2 to 10.3 etc)?
Does anyone know if these later OS are even compatible with the PowerPC G3?
Sorry for the basic questions, but as I say I am a complete novice with Apple computers and your guidance would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
Graham
PowerPC G3 Mac OS X (10.1.x)

Hi Graham,
you have to buy the retail full install disks, regardless whether you upgrade to 10.3. or 10.4. Please also post the exact model of G3 you have. Not all G3s are compatible with 10.3 and only a few can run 10.4. You might want to check out the system requirements:
Requirements for Mac OS X 10.3
Requirements for Mac OS X 10.4
Be aware that you cannot upgrade directly from 10.1.x to 10.4! You either have to upgrade to 10.2 or 10.3 first or you perform an Erase&Install.
Most likely you will need a firmware upgrade prior to the upgrade: Firmware Upgrades
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