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Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge 10 Days Ago
Replies: 7
Views: 366
Posted By jbennet
Oh right, an operations manual. Well, there isnt really a simple definition? A computer is a complex machine which performs operartions which is is programmed to do on some input, and returns some...
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge 12 Days Ago
Replies: 7
Views: 366
Posted By jbennet
I cant understand what you mean.
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge 12 Days Ago
Replies: 7
Views: 366
Posted By jbennet
A programmable machine. The programmable part is the key. Thats what seperates a computer from most other basic machines.

The option to run programs is what makes computers different from regular...
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 31st, 2009
Replies: 6
Solved: Md5 Question
Views: 671
Posted By jbennet
no hashes have a completely different meaning when used in the context of databases

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function

The first few paragraphs of this explain it
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 30th, 2009
Replies: 6
Solved: Md5 Question
Views: 671
Posted By jbennet
its not possible though

thats not what a hash is. A hash is a totally arbitrary thing, its meaningless without a context with which to apply it to.

if we are going to be really technical, an...
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 30th, 2009
Replies: 6
Solved: Md5 Question
Views: 671
Posted By jbennet
No. Hashing cant do that.
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Oct 27th, 2008
Replies: 16
Views: 2,326
Posted By jbennet
Free speech does not exist, in fact fully free speech cannot ever work in practice.





That comment, your use of block caps, and the link to your own site, by my defintion make you a spammer,...
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Oct 25th, 2008
Replies: 9
Views: 2,763
Posted By jbennet
Its illegal. Dont do it. a) its against the youtube TOS b) its against the daniweb rules and c) its copyright infringement



Links snipped. Please dont post any more references to download sites...
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Oct 21st, 2008
Replies: 7
Views: 1,417
Posted By jbennet
companies wont move because they want to maximuse thier investment. If you spend tens of thousands, you want to spread the cost over a large number of years, so most companies use the software for...
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Oct 20th, 2008
Replies: 7
Views: 1,118
Posted By jbennet
Dia yeah. Its opensource and i use it for UML - class diagrams, networks etc
opensource but not as good as visio in my view.
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Oct 20th, 2008
Replies: 3
Views: 777
Posted By jbennet
try microsoft virtual pc or openbox. Both are free and offer more features than the free vmware version
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Oct 20th, 2008
Replies: 3
Views: 777
Posted By jbennet
Basically its handy because you could virtualise a number of servers (whole different OSes, in fact, each virtual instance would appear to the os as a whole diferent physical machine) and in this...
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge May 11th, 2008
Replies: 9
Views: 2,719
Posted By jbennet
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Apr 22nd, 2008
Replies: 3
Views: 1,126
Posted By jbennet
and just for reference, gnome runs some KDE stuff to make KDE apps run nicely.
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Apr 21st, 2008
Replies: 1
Views: 2,126
Posted By jbennet
yeah its called dual booting but will be costly you will need to buy a full (not upgrade) copy of vista. If you do it as an upgrade from xp, and then reinstall xp, then microsoft will ban both keys....
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Apr 15th, 2008
Replies: 10
Solved: Rename
Views: 2,014
Posted By jbennet
switches can change that
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Apr 13th, 2008
Replies: 10
Solved: Rename
Views: 2,014
Posted By jbennet
yeah mv
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Apr 10th, 2008
Replies: 15
Views: 5,732
Posted By jbennet
yes, for connection to domains e.g college network. Also it has IIS which is good if you are a comp/sci student.

You can probably get it free through your college/uno - look into it
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 25th, 2008
Replies: 3
Views: 845
Posted By jbennet
keylock and a power on password are your solution
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 21st, 2008
Replies: 6
Views: 3,030
Posted By jbennet
go into administration and choose network
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 11th, 2008
Replies: 15
Views: 2,224
Posted By jbennet
sorry didnt see that

yeah, SD or CF is the way to go

in the past, the more expensive digital slrs etc... took CF as it was faster/bigger but now with SDHC its not such a big deal (Get an SDHC...
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 10th, 2008
Replies: 15
Views: 2,224
Posted By jbennet
sony tend to use expensive wierd cards too
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 8th, 2008
Replies: 7
Solved: installing java
Views: 1,519
Posted By jbennet
its not in the core debian repos i dont think
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 2nd, 2008
Replies: 6
Views: 1,218
Posted By jbennet
i mean, as in appearance -> desktop effects

e.g wobbly windows, spinning cube

these effects are known to make your xserver unstable.
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 2nd, 2008
Replies: 5
Solved: ip addresses
Views: 1,212
Posted By jbennet
indeed "or no reason other than cause trouble? " sounds a bit illegal
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 2nd, 2008
Replies: 6
Views: 1,218
Posted By jbennet
what version and dist of linux ?

are you using the desktop effects?
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Feb 29th, 2008
Replies: 12
Views: 1,103
Posted By jbennet
is HTTP allowed in the firewall?

type "setup" and choose "firewall configuration"
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Feb 29th, 2008
Replies: 12
Views: 1,103
Posted By jbennet
what version and brand of linux is it running
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Feb 26th, 2008
Replies: 15
Views: 2,224
Posted By jbennet
lens quality matters. go for the better manufactuer
optical zoom is bettter than digital zoom too

i have a 2mp olympus digital SLR . cost a fortune in 2000 but still holds its own in terms of...
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Feb 24th, 2008
Replies: 8
Views: 2,049
Posted By jbennet
yeah, thats probably easiest

dos, windows nt and linux can coexist but DOS MUST be first on the first drive.
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jan 31st, 2008
Replies: 6
Solved: Please help
Views: 866
Posted By jbennet
type startx
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jan 17th, 2008
Replies: 28
Views: 5,133
Posted By jbennet
you can modify users/groups with a gui. Should be under settings -> system. If not then its downloadable, probably called something like gnome-users
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jan 16th, 2008
Replies: 28
Views: 5,133
Posted By jbennet
visudo decrypts and recrypts the file when opened/saved rather than just editing it as text
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jan 16th, 2008
Replies: 28
Views: 5,133
Posted By jbennet
it sounds to me like you corrupted the sudoer file. You ONLY EVER edit the sudoers file with the visudo command, NEVER vi, gedit or nano etc...
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jan 15th, 2008
Replies: 28
Views: 5,133
Posted By jbennet
dunno, i never use armarok , i just use rythmbox and totem
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jan 15th, 2008
Replies: 28
Views: 5,133
Posted By jbennet
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jan 15th, 2008
Replies: 28
Views: 5,133
Posted By jbennet
try playing them in th rythmbox music manager
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jan 15th, 2008
Replies: 4
Views: 949
Posted By jbennet
linux home printer support is really crappy but support for business modele like lazers, especially HP ones is very good
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jan 15th, 2008
Replies: 28
Views: 5,133
Posted By jbennet
you also want gstreamer-good, gstreamer-bad and gstreamer-ugly
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jan 14th, 2008
Replies: 28
Views: 5,133
Posted By jbennet
Ubuntu?

Go into settings -> system -> software sources
*enable all repos and refresh them*

Go into add/remove programs in the gnome menu and install the package "ubuntu restricted extras"
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