What's the best way to build myself a custom arch installation cd ?

it should have xorg, window manager and some other programs that i use . Coould it also be both live cd and install cd or just an install cd. Also is it possible to make it installable in the easiest possible way even by say windows user by doing next, next...? That degree of customization i need. Is it possible?

Perhaps download CTKArchlive which is arch-based, uses openbox, pacmanfm...customize to your liking.
It is ~500mb of download and can be cd or flash.
It is normally in French but english is provided in the latest 0.6 versions i686 or 64 bit.
Easy to try out and can be modified at your leisure with addons.
Includes copy to ram and persistent home features.
A fine "live" system...
I have added feh mirage,kdenlive, vlc and hp printer to my 64bit CTKArchlive system.
It is fast...mine loads to ram in 23 seconds. Normal boot is 13 seconds.
Give it a go............

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what is the best way to build an app?

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If you really think your idea is great, then be sure to approach discussing it with a developer as a business transaction. Almost every company will have an unsolicted ideas policy in place (Apple explicitly does under their legal information page) and any unsolicited ideas sent in become the intellectual property of the company (by sending the idea unsolicited, you have legally "given" it to them).
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[Solved] What's the best way for me to help with Arch?

I've been using Linux for about 10 years and Arch for a little over a year. I used to do a lot of distro-hopping but I've found that since finding Arch, I haven't been doing much of that. I don't know why it took me so long to find it.
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I appreciate the length and detail of your post. I struggle answering questions from folks who give too little info. It's refreshing to have too much info for a change.
I'll summarize your post and give suggestions:
You have very strong end user experience, almost bordering on support level SD knowledge. You have experience with the way that at least one company implemented SAP SD but don't have many years of experience with different approaches, so you can't pitch yourself as someone who's "been-there, done-that" outside of the SD world and you can't bill yourself as having SD functional knowledge to the extend that you could be a consultant for SAP SD. (See FAQ: Different Career Paths in SAP for descriptions of different traditional SAP career paths.)
You've moved to Southern California, which is chock full of companies using SAP, by the way, and you're having a hard time finding the right job. Your education is probably going to be problematic at this point. Most SAP related jobs require a Bachelor's Degree at a minimum. Definitely keep on going with your degree. I don't know where you're doing your associate's degree, but you might want to look in to Cal State Fullerton, which has an *excellent* SAP focused business degree program. (http://business.fullerton.edu/).
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All of the above assumes that you want to continue on the functional side of SD. You didn't mention any aptitude or preference for programming. It is certainly easier to get programming jobs than functional jobs (see How did you get your start in SAP?), but it seems like you really enjoyed the functional side of SAP. I do *not* recommend learning an SAP skill for which you have no desire simply to get a job, hoping that you can switch later. Use the skills you have to get the job you really want, doing something that really excites you. It's far to easy to fall into a job simply because it's there and get trapped and burned out.
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
--Tom

What is the best way to build DC

Hello Friends,
This is a question for discussion.
There are 2 ways we can build and deploy DCs.
I. According to SAP documentation DC build
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II. Deploy new archive and run. Which is also in SAP Documentation for building a project.
Search for "[Building, Deploying, and Running the Project|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/f1/91fb3fc781ef28e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm]" in SAP help.
Is there any specific draw back in second method? if yes do we have any supporting documentation from SAP.
Thanks
Shobhan

H Shoban,
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What is the best way to untangle myself from my parent's phone plan while keeping my number?

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clarificationrequired wrote:
I know what I would like to accomplish I just need to figure out the correct steps to take. So the situation at present is that I have a line which is tied to my parents Verizon account that I would like to take over. However, I do not wish to alter my parents plan since they are grandfathered in for an unlimited data plan. Additionally, I am trying to start a new plan with my fiancé who does not currently have Verizon phone.
I have a series of questions so the answer to any of them would be greatly appreciated.
1) If do an assumption of liability for the line I currently use will it terminate my parents contract or result in any fees being charged to their account? Will they still have the same plan text, talk, data limitations? Will removing my line from their plan result in a price change for them (since it will be one less line on the plan) or will it remain the same because the plan they are enrolled in is no longer available? The AOL will not result in any additional fees on your parents plan, and will simply remove your line, leaving the rest of their plan intact. The cost of your line will be dropped, as it is no longer part of the plan. If they still have the unlimited data, then it sounds like the Nationwide plan, so your line would be either $10 or $10 + $30 if you have a smartphone. That amount would simply drop off.
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~~Disclaimer: This answer refers to email fonts only - landing page font imports are discussed below~~
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We are new to IPODS and lack any MAC skills.
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Not going to happen the way you want it to.
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in the cache could contain stale numProjects information. What I worry is that refreshIdentityMapResult()
will cause the query to always hit the database and beat the purpose of having a cache. Also, if
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transient int inside the pojo? Please advise.
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Thanks,
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Hello everone!
Need help with organizing my constants structrure.
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Another option is to create two separate enums for each table: columnNames enum and keys enum. That doesn't look great also.
The third option is to create inner class for each table and store two enums in each of that classes.
Also I can store all data in hashmaps, Strings etc.
(1) Finally, from your experience, what is the best way to organize all that stuff?
(2) I have heard that smart Java programmer should avoid using the enums by any means. Do you agree?
(3) Generally what will you prefer when creating a constant which has two values: two final Integers or enum?
Edited by: Dmitry_MSK on Jul 8, 2010 5:22 AM

I'm not sure why you don't just invent a generic data structure (e.g., table name, list of column names and aliases of column names) such as:
class QueryMetaData {
private final String tableName;
private final String[] columnNames;
private final String[] columnAliases;
}Read into the above structure from a properties file, database table, etc. You can store meta-data itself in places other than enum constants, particularly if would like to change the meta-data without requiring a new build of your application.
That having been said, WRT to your specific questions:
(1) Finally, from your experience, what is the best way to organize all that stuff?See above
(2) I have heard that smart Java programmer should avoid using the enums by any means. Do you agree?Enums are better than simple constants using int or String or something similar. If there are known, discrete values unlikely to change frequently, I see no issues with an enum. They improve the readability of code, and there are enough syntactic sugar features in the language (switch statements come to mind) to make them appealing.
(3) Generally what will you prefer when creating a constant which has two values: two final Integers or enum?
See above. Enums were introduced (in large part) to do away with storing constants as integers.
- Saish

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Hello everyone!
     With continued help from this forum I am getting closer to having a working program. I look forward to being able to help others like myself once I finish learning the AS3 ropes.
     I will briefly explain what I am trying to achieve and then follow it up with my question.
Background
     I have created a 12 x 9 random number grid that populates each cell with a corresponding image based on each cell's numeric value. I have also created a shuffle button that randomizes the numbers in the grid. The problem I am running into is getting my button-click event to clear the current images off the grid in order to assign new ones (i.e. deleting the display stack objects in order to place news ones in the same locations).
Question
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============================================================================
package
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.DisplayObject;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
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   var _number:int = 0;
   var _a:int = 0;
   var _b:int = 0;
   var _rand:int = 0;
   for (var i:int = _array.length - 1; i > 0; i--)
    _rand = Math.random() * (i - 1);
    _a = _array[i];
    _b = _array[_rand];
    _array[i] = _b;
    _array[_rand] = _a;
// Retrieves and assigns a custom image to a cell based on its numerical value.
private function drawCells(_numeral:int):Array
   var _classRef:Class = Class(getDefinitionByName("skin" + _numeral));
   _classRef.x = 30;
   imageArray.push(_classRef);
   imageArray.addChild(_classRef);
   return imageArray;
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     Any help with this is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Rothrock,
     Thank you for the reply. Let me address a few things here in the hopes of allowing you (and others) to better understand my reasoning for doing things in this manner (admittedly, there is probably a much better/easier approach to what I am trying to accomplish which is one of the things I hope to learn/discover from these posts).
     The elements inside my "imageArray" are all individual graphics that I had imported, changed their type to movie clips using .Sprite as their base class (instead of .MovieClip) and then saved as classes. The reason I did this was because the classes could then be referenced via "getDefinitionByName" by each cell value that was being passed to it. In this grid every number from 1 to 9 appears randomly 12 times each (making the 108 cells which populate the grid). I did not, at the time (nor do I now), know of a better method to implement for making sure that each image appears in the cell that has the corresponding value (i.e. every time a cell has the value of 8 then the custom graphic/class "skin8" will be assigned to it so that the viewer will be able to see a more aesthetically pleasing numerical representation, that is to say a slightly more fancy looking number with a picture behind it). I was advised to store these images in an array so that I could destroy them when I reshuffle the grid in order to make room for the new images (but I probably messed up the instructions).
     If the "drawCell" function only returns a sprite rather than the image array itself, doesn't that mean that my "eraseCells" function won't be able to delete the array's children as their values weren't first returned to the global variable which my erasing function is accessing?
     As for the function name "drawCells," you have to keep in mind that a) my program has been redesigned in stages as I add new functionality/remove old functionality (such as removing text labels and formatting which were originally in this function) and b) that my program is called "Blanko."
     I will try and attach an Illustrator exported JPG file that contains the image I am using as the class "skin7" just to give you an example of what I'm trying to use as labels (although it won't let me insert it here in this post, so I will try it in the next post).
Thank you for your help!

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