Hello,

I'm writing to see if there is anyone out there who would be interested in exchanging links with a brand new tech website. The address is http://www.sidebysidegeek.com, and our goal is to...

Oops! Ramy obviously knows there IS a discovery mechanism! Teme, disregard me on that one!

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Ramy - I was just going off of the OP, which said:

If there's some sort of mechanism built into MSSQL or MySQL that allows enumeration over a LAN without prior knowledge of a server's IP address,...

Ezzaral - That's interesting, especially the normalized list at the bottom. I think it's also very interesting to see which resources list which languages more... Craigslist seems to be a little...

Bummer about your current job. Sounds like it might be time for you to consider your options.

This market is bad right now for making moves, so perhaps the thing to do right now is just hang on...

I'm surprised no one has replied to this yet.

I work for a company that employs three people in its IT department, so I'm pretty much a jack-of-all-trades. The three of us do, however, have...

Yes, consulting would be very tough. Open-source solutions have to be "sold" to the customer, while Microsoft almost sells itself. Another very important thing to remember is that with open-source...

Ok... here we go...


Yeah, this is the ultimate Catch-22. Fortunately, you studied computers in school, so you have that added advantage. Is your degree actually in something computer-related,...

Hmm... I disagree with almostbob's assessment. He's right... JPEG is lossy, but that doesn't necessarily equate to the issue you're seeing.

Paint's JPEG implementation is crud. What I typically...

I think he's most focused on the US economy. This move has everything to do with trying to keep money in the United States. Yes, it will probably be bad for some other countries, but I highly doubt...

lionheart, you are not alone.

I am in the same boat as you... I want to push my career toward open-source. The work is more interesting, the technology is more exciting, and (let's not forget) on...

Exactly what I was going to say, unbeatable0. You are far better off learning from some sort of print media than video.

To be completely honest, if you're truly committed to learning how to...

These guys are right... Access will work on a very, very limited basis, but doesn't really qualify as a true database solution. We use MySQL for our projects, and it performs very well, plus it has...

I'm going to guess, though I've never done this myself, that you'd do that through preprocessor directives in your source code. I'm thinking it would look something like:

#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE...

It's a sign of the times, I think. And not a good or bad one, just a sign.

I don't agree with the comment at the end of the blog entry, the one that refers to the people as "idiots". I...

What language are you using?

Wow... where do I even start?

The first thing you've got to understand is that anything that starts with "MMO" is going to be a real challenge. I would never say "impossible", because if that...

Tried that already. Doesn't matter what browser I use.

This has got to be the hardest part of internet "development" for me. I'm pretty good at making a site work... lousy at marketing.

Dani, you're obviously pro at this. Thank you for your input.

Hello Everyone,

First I want to thank you for taking a look at this thread. I appreciate your time a great deal, as I've been living with this issue for quite some time, and really would love to...

I did some research and found information on what you're referring to. I wasn't sure exactly if that applied to me, so I've gone ahead and asked permission from the companies who's images I want to...

Ok...

To start out with, have you used PHP before? Do you know how to connect to a MySQL database? I promise I'm asking with no prejudice, not trying to belittle... just want to know where to...

MySQL user permissions can be very very confusing, for the reasons that verruckt24 mentioned. Just because you've set permissions for a user one way doesn't mean he/she will be able to connect...

Wow... seriously no thoughts or advice on this?

I've started the process, and am actually getting some positive responses from companies. It would still be nice to hear anything any experts on...

Well geez... where has time gone?

I promised some better blogging than this on the game, and I apologize for not delivering... so, here's an update:

We've been working more on it lately than in...

Hello, all...

I'm posting this here because I'm not exactly sure where this sort of discussion should be posted, and since it hinges around some of the graphics that I want to use on my website, I...

C++ and OpenGL is really the way to go. Blender is a 3D design tool more than it is a game language. From what I understand, you can do some limited programming in it, but for flexibility's sake,...

Here's another thought...

How are you coming at these servers? Meaning, are you on the same network when you're hitting them? Are you authenticated as a user on the server's domain when hitting...

I'm wondering if permissions are set correctly in the directories below the file that doesn't exist. What I'm thinking is that the server is trying to create the files, but doesn't have write...

I concur... I always close my DB connections right after I'm done with whatever group of transactions I needed the connection for. It makes it easier for me to remember when things are cleaned up,...

FireNet is absolutely right. I don't know of any tool that can automatically take a 2D image, no matter how detailed, and turn it into a 3D render-able object. There's just not enough data in the...

Kudos on taking the leap. It's quite a learning experience building one of these monsters. It takes knowledge in just about every aspect of computing, from software development to distaster...

OGRE3D

Your question is unclear, so I'll answer all the questions I can discern from your post.....

1. What graphics API should you use?

OGRE3D. It is platform independant (basically) and awesome.
...

Wow... that's some... good advice there, beefy.

I agree with Phaelax... trying to fit the whole thing in your head at once will lead to nosebleeds and blindness. Take it from someone who knows:...

It seems to me that the only thing that prevents developers from doing just what you're describing more often is red-tape. From a purely technical point-of-view, there's nothing keeping programmers...

I'm looking for a bit of advice. We're getting to the point in our game development where I need to start thinking how we're going to integrate scripting into the game engine. I was looking at Lua,...

My point was that there is no magical "gamecoder" profession, per se. The reality of writing games is the same reality that "normal" software engineers live in. Game code is no different than any...

Do you feel that Debian is more stable that Fedora? I'm not poking at you, or trying to start a distro-war... I'm honestly really curious. Is there any particular reason why you feel that way? Of...

Thanks for the suggestion, but I think I'm going to stick with Fedora. I've got nothing against Debian at all... heard really good things about it... but I'm so used to where everything is located...