Posts by Dani

Alice is the TTF A.I. bot. She's an artificial intelligence forum member who is rather dumb. She has been disabled for the time being.

And, why thank you Dan :P

haha
OK I see what you mean
Even though I like her!!

Sorry Alice ... looks like you're not allowed to post in the Random Announcement board anymore!

Coffee House only!!

I just added a link to "Print Topic" when viewing a thread ... it displays a graphic-less version for easy printing :D

btw ... did anyone realize that the index page has a random computer quote towards the bottom?

btw peeps ....

Any opinions on the new TechTalk Forums logo up top?

Dan doesn't like the font ... I'm searching for a better one but I'm bad at that and so this one is staying for the time being at least ...

I pulled an all-nighter adding lotsa new features to the forums. (OK, so I just couldn't sleep b/c of really bad headaches, but ... well ... at least I got something accomplished).

There's a new logo up top.
There's Alice, an AI bot who loves to chat in the Coffee House forum.
There's a new JavaScript based chat room, which Alice is always in.

oooooooooh Grimm's Fairy Tales! Those used to be on Nick Jr. when Nick Jr. first debuted on Nickelodeon !! hehe I used to watch those nonstop when I was lil - I think I saw all of them 10X

Don't yell at me .... but ...
I lost those files AGAIN .... those 10 episodes (of that show where people's facial expressions wouldn't change for like 10 minutes despite overly exaggerated soap opera style plots) you kept sending me like 5000000 times)

Hey... I was just doing some browsing and I found this site:

http://www.iwantitcheap.com/

Is this an example of Amazon web services??

btw Dan ...

how did that jsp/oracle project for Dr Doboli turn out?

I hear ya ... I just thought it was a neat feature how you can create your own customized bookmark list. Especially the way it's so easy to look at the list of links posted by ppl, and then just click next to them, and there they are added to your own list!!

Just trying to convince ppl to test it out ... :P

Boo hoo I don't think anyone wants to use my new links section!

Yes, it's true that anything listed in the run key in the registry loads upon startup. However, I'm not sure if things listed in other parts of the registry can load as well ...

You've checked the Start Up tag in the start menu as well I take it?

Windows XP supports multiple users. Do you have administrator privileges?? You can tell by going to "User Accounts" in the Control Panel.

If a program adds stuff to the registry, this could be the problem. The registry might be set to automatically load certain files that you want to delete. That is why they are in use by the system as processes, etc.

(Windows XP uses NT system processes while Windows 98 doesn't - this might be a reason why it used to work and now it doesn't with this operating system.)

Just about every single program nowadays that comes with an installer puts itself in Add/Remove programs. Which program is this, by the way? You just tried deleting it by removing the folder from Windows Explorer?

You uninstalled via the Add/Remove Programs dialog box, right?

I have to admit, it seems like a cool idea. Especially to just do some quick stuff in Linux without even touching your hard drive.

But I can't see it being practical. Actually ... I'm a lil confused. It's a bootable cd? So *does* it touch your hard drive? I can't see running an operating system entirely off a CD.

:-P yeahyeahyeah :P

Hi blackcloud. Thank you for taking the time to respond. I'm doing fine now! (it was over ten months ago!) I ended up with concussions and contusions and a bunch of burns from the airbag going off, had to see a neurologist a few times, and was out of school for awhile. But i recovered 100% within a few months and I'm doing perfectly fine now :)

Haha - ok enuf of that ... finally all better and just in time for another site makeover. I just can't seem to come up with a style I'm happy with.

That last 3d grey/black one was very nice ... but a bit too flashy and cluttered for my taste.

What do y'all think?

Don't you mean Alice? :?:

Hey there!! Yes feeling a LOT LOT LOT better. The only bad thing is I'm on pain medicine now which puts me to sleep ... which gets quite interesting during classes.

But other than that the only complaints I have are all the work that has piled up that's due at the end of this weekend!!

Thanks for asking :P

Hey there! Thanx for all the well wishes. Yeah, I'm slowly getting better. (Why is it a rule that you always get worse before you get better?) Right now I'm just ultra sore from head to toe.

Once again, thanks all!! Talk to uz all real soon!! :P

I was trying to test out a new Guest Admin mod I installed. Basically if a guest user just types a message, there's nothing you can do about it. But if they type a message AND anything (e.g. "blah") as a username, you can associate that username they typed in with a valid member. Ok Ok enough ranting. YES! That post was THAT IMPORTANT!!

Btw, did ya notice who's a global mod once again? wink wink

I'm still having a problem with guest administration. In order for me to change that post from "guest" to "inscissor" I had to manually edit the MySQL database. (ugh what a pain)

Hey hey peeps! Thanx for the quick recovery wishes. I still have a bad headache but it's beginning to feel a bit better. I'm just all around sore right now. While I'm stuck at home recovering I found the time to redo TechTalk! Other than that, I've been pretty busy with skewl ..........

It's going to be a looong year !

TechTalkGal here (yes, the forum admin) ... as if the lil text to the left saying "Admin" under my name didn't give it away. As for where I've been, friggin' busy with school!

I show up though, honest I do ... yes, yes ... *I keep telling myself that*

Sorry bout that .... there was a period at the end of the URL :shock: See what happens when ya let the forum parse and auto-link for ya?

I was just looking over some of the sample questions for the Dreamweaver certification from http://www.macromedia.com/support/training/certified_professional_program/dw_dev_questions.pdf It looks rather dumb.

I know I very rarely post in the programming section (and thank you Dan for continuously reminding me of that). But I do have a question for once.

Dan, you explained how one uses ODBC to connect to an Access database, and how to do it directly. Now my question ... What's the advantage of using ODBC?? Is it more powerful etc etc etc ?? Is it a Microsoft-only thingie?

Are you talking about Windows Me and XP's system restore feature (which by default uses about 10% per drive as "back-up"?)

weird ... I've never heard of anything like that before. A piece of hardware which overclocks a processor?

Actually ... I'm almost positive it's CMOS Setup

I guess the site was down or something, b/c it's working for me now too. Unfortunately, the site doesn't help me at all :( It just seems to show how to use an old version of Fetch - and I still can't find any .. for it :/ weird; thanx anyways! :)

I can't access the link. I'm getting a 404 error :/

Well, I've been using fetch for awhile, but I'm having some grievances against it.

First, it's not drag 'n' drop compatible? Second, how can I go up a directory - I'm looking for an ".." symbol somewhere I can click on, but it seems like it wants me to constantly be using the dropdown menu when browsing. Very obnoxious.

Also, anything that'll support s2s or fxp? Looking for a powerful ftp client and coming up very short.

Well ... I figured out what my problem is !! I tried using Fetch, and it looks as if my campus has firewalled me from OptOnline (boo hoo) - other ftp sites work tho ... so at least I know it's not me that's the problem!!

The first thing I tried was using Internet Explorer as an ftp server, and it didn't work at all :( At first it worked ... but then what it started doing was if I were to click on a folder, the folder icon would just disappear and show 0 files as the contents ?! It was getting very weird on me. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. Very quirky (just like IExplore for Win is when using it as an ftp client). Which is why I figured I needed a real ftp client ... and to my amazement they aren't popular for the mac at all ?! I'm thinking about Fetch ... I emailed them and got a free key for student/academic use.

help much needed ... i just bought myself an iMac for my dorm room and I can't for the life of me find a nice, freeware ftp client for OS X (jaguar)

pleeeez help !!

I just have to chuckle ;)

I spent quite awhile browsing the search engine. It seems really cool and I'm actually impressed - however, it doesn't seem very functional or practical.

Now I've got 5 ...

LilPutie - Intel P4 3ghz with HT technology 1 gig DDR Ram - Windows XP Pro
Below is a post about my systems that I made on a different forum (with some amendments):

My Putieville Home Network:
Linksys router with a cable modem

LilPutie: Windows XP Pro
Intel P4 3.06ghz w/ HT technology
1024 mb PC2600 DDR Ram
Asus P4PE motherboard
2 120 gig 7200rpm WD caviar SE's with 8mb cache striped (raid0 array)
NVidia Geforce4 Ti 4600
Sony DVD+RW drive
hp cd-writer
onboard gigabit nic
on-board sound (not too shabby, hooked up to 4.1 speakers)
SideWinder force feedback 2 joystick
intelliMouse Explorer and Logitech keybd
Sony 18.1" LCD monitor

CodaPutie: RedHat 9
Intel P4 1.8ghz
512 mb PC2100 DDR Ram
Asus P4B266 motherboard
2 60 gig 7200rpm WD caviars
(mostly filled with back-up files from my WinXP pc)
same hp cd-writer as is in my WinXP box
linksys gigabit nic card
SB Live! Platinum sound card (hooked up to 2.1 speakers)
wireless Logitech mouse
same Logitech keybd as my WinXP box
Sony 21" monitor (I'm in love!)
A case that looks like Tux the penguin

PortaPutie: laptop running Win98se
Sony Vaio Z505-JS
ultra-slim model (very lightweight)
650mhz P3 with 256mb RAM
12 gig hdd
on-board everything else
pcmcia …

More coming soon!!

Finally!! It's been awhile and I've been busy. But finally I have a TechTalkGal bio for PCModKingdom!!

TechTalkGal currently attends Hofstra University with a major in Computer Science (B.S. degree) and a minor in BCIS (Business Computer Information Systems). She considers herself a C++ programmer and works well in Linux, Windows, as well as Mac platforms.

TechTalkGal's PCs ...

Gigaputie - AMD Athlon XP 1900+ 512MB DDR Ram - Windows XP Pro
Codaputie - Intel Pentium 4 1.8 Ghz 512MB DDR Ram - Red Hat Linux
Portaputie - Sony Vaio laptop (Intel Pentium III 650) - Windows 98 SE
Dormputie - (dorm room) Apple iMac 800 MHz 512MB Ram 17" widescreen LCD - Mac OS X (Jaguar 10.2)

Ummm seem to be having a problem getting to PCMod Kingdom. I can see the whole Flash intro but then I just get a page cannot be displayed error.

Here at TechTalk Forums, we've been honored to have been selected to be the forum of choice for PC Mod Kingdom, run by TechTalk's own Tekmaven and MAD_DOG !!

If you've arrived here from PC Mod Kingdom, welcome !! Feel free to post here - in the pc mod section - or browse TechTalk for anything else you may be interested in!

Be sure to visit us again real soon !

Hey, peeps! Everyone over here of course knows Tekmaven and MAD_DOG ... they've been huge helps over here since the start! In fact, Tekmaven was just promoted to global moderator.

In any case, the two of them are in the middle of revamping http://www.pcmodkingdom.tk and it's coming along very, very nicely! It's full of pictures, eye candy, and different ways people rigged their pcs to make them truly unique!

They've even been gracious enough to provide a link to TechTalk Forums ... so give their site a visit and tell us all what you think of it!

I'm getting a page cannot be displayed error :!: :!:

link please?

Personally, I never understood why Outlook always makes the name of the default profile "Default" instead of using the username of the person logged in.

I know I must be appearing mighty scarce from the boards lately. I just want y'all to know I'm really here in spirit (hehe) - I've been working day in, day out on all the back-end stuff non-stop. It's almost done ... just to let ya all know I really do check these boards quite often.

Let me know if there's anything you wish to see, or have changed, etc etc ... I know a lot of you don't like the new frontpage - can ya tell me what you don't like about it?? What would you like to see on it that isn't there now? What makes the board index as a front page better? Let me know so maybe I can come up with a design that's the best of both worlds!