Not sure how to go about this...
I've been lurking around these forums for awhile now, I also read the installation Wiki. I am on Windows XP, and I have all my data backed up and ready to go. The only Linux distros I've used were Ubuntu and Fedora Core series. They were bloated in my opinion, and I want something minimal that you install from the ground up, so that is why I am here. I have Dell Inspiron 6000, and it has an Intel 2915ABG wireless card in it. I really can't plug this into an ethernet cable, so I'm guessing the network install wouldn't work?
I really just don't know what to do first, I'm afraid to try and fail miserably. I don't really know what modules are or how to find them, or which ones I'll need to put in where prompted. I really do want to learn so I'm not giving up, but if I could get pointed in the right direction it would be much appreciated.
Yorak, after running Arch for well over a year on another machine, I have just installed Arch 2007-05 onto a brand new machine, and I can confirm what Fubar said...the install CD does a pretty good job of figuring out what you need and loading it. Inexplicably, the only module it seems to have missed in my system is module "floppy", the floppy disk driver!! I had to manually load that myself - afterwards, I added it to the all important /etc/rc.conf modules list and now it auto loads each time. Another key item you should add there is module "fuse" as well. This enables a number of key new file systems written in user space, like sshfs and ntfs-3g (yes, full read write support for NTFS partitions! Long overdue).
Arch is likely just what you are looking for. When the installer is done, you have a command line linux install that is up on the net and supporting most of your hardware. From there on, you are on your own. Almost nothing else has been loaded. Do take the installer's advice, and at time of installation, ONLY select the BASE package. That way, you get the smallest, lightest initial install, and YOU are in control of what gets added after that.
Some quick advice. The Wiki is your friend. You can find "recipes" for almost everything you want to do there. Consult the wiki before posting here for help - it is a FASTER path to solution! Folks here are very helpful, so if you do post here, you will get good answers, but hey, if you can get them immediately by reading the wiki entry, so much the better.
After your baseline install is up and running, you will likely want to add package xorg, which is the X11 stuff, package mesa, which includes lots of X related extras like glxgears, and a good window manager. If you are looking for "light and fast", I would strongly recommend using XFCE4. This is an excellent window manager, and much lighter than KDE or Gnome. For the ultimate in speed, go to IceWM, but be prepared to configure it via config files - there are few GUI tools. However, the combo of IceWM plus Rox Desktop is unbeatable for raw speed. You type "startx" and it just snaps into existance. It is amazing. I have foregone heavier alternatives like KDE and Gnome and used XFCE4+Rox for well over a year now. It is great - fast, full functional, enough bells and whistles to meet your needs, but not a lot of bloat. A perfect combo.
Good luck!!
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public class Duelist
boolean charlie;
boolean aaron;
boolean bob;
double charlieAccuracy = (90/100);
double aaronAccuracy = (33/99);
double bobAccuracy = (50/100);
int duelCount;
int numKillsBob;
int numKillsCharlie;
int numKillsAaron;
boolean alive;
public void ShootAtTarget(Duelist target)
do
public void bobShoots()
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if (accuracy >= .5)
charlie == false;
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} //end bobShoots
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return
else
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bob == false;
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}while (duelCount < 10000);
} //end ShootAtTartget
int accuracy = (int)(Math.random();im having a very
hard time figuring out what to do with this program..Honestly, in that case you should talk to your teacher.
like how to write the code to make the program figure
out who to shoot at based on accuracy. if you have
any suggestions, i would greatly appreciate it!!
thanks ahead of time. heres wht i have so far:Again, you should talk to your teacher, and ask him to tell you folks about OO. Charlie et al are all shooters. So a class Shooter with name, health status and accuracy might be appropriate. Shooters shoot at possible targets.
void shoot(List possibleTargets) {
- determine target: is alive, has highest accuracy, not self
- shoot, determine hit
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Then create a big loop to run this 10000 times.
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A Podcast is a download and downloads are looked at legally as a mechanical copy.
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Not sure how to go about grouping this...
Hello all and thanks in advance for any help you can offer. I'm sorry if this is a bit long winded, but I'm at my wits end.
I'm using CRXI with SQLserver2000. I'm comfortable with SQL but new to CR which may be causing my problem.
I've been asked to create a report of accounts closed, by salesperson for the prior 60 days. In addition, I need a count of new accounts brought in by those same salespeople during the same 60 day period. Individually, these two are not the issue.
The third part is to create a count of new account statii by each sales person for the same new sales so the report would look a bit like this:
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Status:
Open: 16
Closed: 4
Pending:9
Declined:1
JSmith 2 16
Status:
etc.
etc.
It's the statii that are causing the trouble because they are all contained in the same field in our data. We'll call it: customer.dbo.info.CurrentStatus.
There are 7 possible statii: Open, Closed, Declined, Deactivated, Discarded, Pending and ReOpened.
I can get the sales data out of our sales dbase easily enough, and the statii from our customer data through SQL:
select S.sRep as Rep, C.CurrentStatus as Status, count (*) as Count
from sales.dbo.info A
inner join customer.dbo.info C on S.pkSalesCallID=C.fkSalesCallID
where
S.SalesCallDisposition='Sold'
and
S.dtSold>'6/21/08'
group by S.sRep, C.CurrentStatus
order by S.sRep
For the closed we have customer.dbo.table.customer.dtClosed This table also includes.sRep so finding the rep, the date closed and the count of the closed is no problem.
select C.sRep as Rep, count(*) as Count
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and c.dtClosed>'6/21/2008'
What I can't figure out is how in the world to make Crystal Display the data correctly. No matter what configurations, groupings, summaries or counts I try, I keep getting a huge mess when I try to add the various statii in the various sections of the report.
I get Command as a view (I think) that has 3 columns. Rep, Status and Count.
Then Command_1 that has Rep and Count. I don't really need that status here because it's only "Closed"
I would think I'd be able to have my group1 be Rep and drag the Rep column out of the field viewer and that would give me my Rep Name. Then drag out Command_1 Count right beside it to get my Closed count. So far so good. This actually works just fine.
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Anybody have a clue?
Thanks again for the help!Hi Mike,
From the sounds of it, in Crystal Reports:
1. You should create a group on "Sales Person" (Insert|Group)
2. For the totals on statii, you can place those fields in the Details section and insert a summary (right-click on the field and Insert Summary) or create a Running Total (in the Field Explorer).
3. For the date range you can either insert a date parameter (in the Field Explorer) and add it to the record selection formula (Report|Selection Formulas|Record...) or you can hard code the date in the record selection formula.
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I need to remove my photos from my ipad to make room for movies not sure how to go about doing this.
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If the photos were taken with the iPad, copied to it via the camera connection kit, or saved from emails/websites etc then you can copy them off the iPad first (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083) and you can then delete them directly on the iPad in the Photos app via the icon of the box with the arrow coming out of it -
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Not sure how to back up itunes
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Not sure how i should go about creating this flash to accomplish what i need.
First let me start by saying my flash file is currently 740kb
in .swf form and I'm not done with it. I'm taking this which was
developed from another developer and trying to customize it to work
for what i need. The flash was bought from template monster. I'm
using actionscript 2.0 in the flash.
Is 740kb big for a flash file that is basically an entire
website?
I'm trying to make this flash load as fast as possible while
implementing the best practices so i can use it for future
projects. Also i would like advice on using various techniques to
accomplish some functionality.
The flash file i'm working on is basically like a brochure
for a client. It consists of "8" main pages, along with several sub
pages.
I have the following questions though.
1. Currently the navigation is on the left hand side, and has
a mouse over animation as well as sound effects with rollover and
being clicked. The mouseover effect just moves the text to the
right a little and brings it back to the original position..
However each button in is an individual movie symbol.
- Should I consolidate the navigation so it's one movie
symbol instead of 8 movie symbols on one page? Keeping in mind that
even if i do make it just 1 symbol i might need to add the 8
navigation movie symbols into that one to maintain the animation.
- Should the buttons even be movie symbols or is there a
better way this should be done?
2. Because of the text for each page, I was using adobes
built in scrolling component for the dynamic text boxes.
Considering there is more then 8 dynamic text instances converted
to graphic symbols.... Is there a more efficient way of doing this,
or is the above method just fine?
3. The flash file contains a photo gallery. Currently all the
images from the gallery are in the same flash file. I was thinking
it would be more efficient to load the images in the gallery from
external .swf files. However i'm not sure if that would be the best
method, and i'm also not sure how to correctly accomplish within
standards.
4. I would like to implement a contact form within the flash
so users can contact me.
5. I would also like to have a testimonials page where users
can submit testimonials. However i'm not sure how to create the
form, but i had an idea on displaying the text in the flash using
xml so it can be easily updated . Just not sure on the proper and
more efficient way of doing this.
6. I would also like an event calendar that displays within
the flash. Was thinking of having this loaded from an external .swf
file as well. Would like the calendar to be xml based so I can
update it myself. Don't need nothing advance, just something that
says "Busy", "Not Busy", and "Book" which would just take them back
to the contact form to book me.
I know many of you don't know who i am, but I would really
appreciate some assistance. Whether its sample flash files, links
to tutorials, advice, anything.
I really want to do all of the above, but also as i'm
learning i would like to make sure i'm doing the above in the most
efficient way possible and up to standards while also keeping the
size low. Would like to do it right the first time, so as i
continue making flash files in the future I'm not writing sloppy
actionscript coding, having sloppy timelines, and or having sloppy
structure in my .fla files.
Also i know alot of you are very busy people, and i'm not
asking for you to do the flash for me but any and all help will be
very greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for you comments, advice, and replies.
:)Wow, you're really looking to get your money's worth here. :)
I haven't read through your entire list of questions, but
I'll do what I can to help - others here will probably have
different ideas, so feel free to pick and choose which (if any - or
all) you want to integrate.
1. So far, my experience has been that the people that create
the templates on TemplateMonster have a pretty good handle on what
they are doing, and have done what they do for a pretty good
reason. Unless you are quite good at ActionScript, I probably
wouldn't make any major changes to the back end. After all, you
bought the template for a reason. If you want to move the buttons
around the stage, great - edit them to change the colors, great.
But to try to create a button array may be more than you want to
bite into here. That said, it can be done. I've done it. If you
want a sample of the code, drop me an e-mail and I'll send it to
you. FYI: I only do AS3.0 at this point. If your template is in AS2
then one of the other Flash gods would be better suited for code
samples.
1a. The buttons are movie clips for a reason - flexibility.
Leave them as movie clips unless you really like migraines.
2. I hate having to convert text to symbols, but sometimes it
is the most efficient (or only) way to do things. If you want to do
any tweens with the text, it has to be a symbol.
3. You can load the photos from external SWF's or you can
load the JPG's directly using XML. If you are using AS3, I know
that there is tight, simple integration with XML. I'd review a
couple tutorials on XML from some place like www.tutorialized.com
to get a feel for it. Also, look up "Working with XML" in the Flash
Help file (F1). Once you have decided on an approach, come back
here with specific questions and you will get good answers.
4. Doable. Search these forums for "Email from Text Box".
This was covered several times in the last couple of days.
5. XML is one option. You can even have XML give a photo of
the person doing the testimonial and load it all into a single
page. What you can do with this is limited only by your
imagination. This is a very broad question.
6. Someone posted a message about a calendar on here today.
Search for "Calendar" and I'm sure you will get some ideas from
there. Also (and again) www.tutorialized.com is a great resource
for general code and ideas.
You're right, we don't know you. And guess what? That doesn't
matter. We are equal opportunity abusers here. :) I mean that with
the kindest grin.
The things you have asked are very broad in nature and
therefore are quite difficult to give specific answers. We are
always happy to help you when you get stuck, and even to spend a
great deal of time walking you through a specific topic. However,
what you've asked here would take a six-week course to answer to
the level you will need. Grab some free code. Try it out. Play with
it. Break it. The Flash gods will rescue you. But remember, the
more specific your question, the better answer you will get.
I hope this helps (at least some). -
Hi,
I have an iPhone and I sync playlists to it from iTunes. (I have far in excess of 16GB of music/podcasts.)
What I want to do is permanently share my music library with all devices in the house, so I'm planning on buying a NAS server that has a built-in iTunes server. (I don't want to just use my computer to share and leave it on 24/7 because that is a phenominal waste of power.) That way all networked computers can just load the library under the 'SHARED' option in the left pane. However, this had me wondering about how I will continue to sync my music to my iPhone? I wondered if I will need to maintain a duplicate of the library on one of my computers, and then have my iPhone sync with that. Otherwise I'm not sure how it'll work.
Any help/comments/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Tom.Incidentally, my first thought was to map a network share from the NAS to my computer, so that my music files appear on the Z: drive, say on my computer. I could then set up iTunes to store music etc in that folder, and to copy all new items to that folder. However, if I do that, all that'll happen is that on my NAS, the library file will become out of date as I add music to the collection but not to the index.
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Can anyone help me figure out how to sync my ipod with my purchased music? I have used several computer and at one point synced my ipod with a computer that only had about half of my music. My other computers are no longer working. Not sure how to get my purchased music back onto my ipod?
Hi kimcinma!
Your previous purchases are saved on iCloud even if you bought them on another computer. If you can't find them on your current computer, you might need to unhide them. Go to iTunes preferences, and click on Store Preferences. Then click the box for "show iTunes in the Cloud purchases". Then click on OK, and everything you've ever bought from iTunes on that Apple ID will show up in your library. You will need to download them from iCloud first before you can synch them to your iPod Classic. To do this, click on the little cloud with the arrow in it next to your song, and it will download to your computer. When you have the music that you want downloaded, plug in your iPod and synch away. Hope this helps!
Sandygirl
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