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Archive for December, 2008

DB peeps: resolving circular references

Does anyone know of some good references to read up on regarding circular references (ie. why they’re bad and how to resolve them)? It’s been a while since I did a db course or worked in any depth with db structure and now I need the info for a side project. I know that circular [...]

SSH / PHP help

Okay here’s what I’m doing – I’m trying to get this php page to connect to a Unix box and (an ESX box)
and execute some commands.
It connects fine, and even executes SOME commands just fine.
Heres the code:

<?php

$doit = "vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms" ;
$connection = ssh2_connect(‘192.168.10.9′, 22);
ssh2_auth_password($connection, ‘root’, ‘mysecret’);

$cmd = shell_exec($doit)

if ($cmd){echo(‘pass <br><br>’);}
else{echo(‘fail<br><br>’);}
echo ($cmd);

?>

Now that if [...]

Problem with slideshow Pro (particularly a XML file working in Firefox)

Hey guys,
i am pretty stumped on this and was wondering if anybody has seen this issue and if familiar with slideshow pro.
The slideshow works perfectly fine when viewed in Internet Explorer, but when you view it in firefox or safari, it looks like it is having trouble reading the xml file to [...]

dell studio laptops?

Any users? What do you think?
Also, do I need an extended Dell warranty? Or is 1 year enough….
I’m cheap

I licked your iphone

I’m going to shoot my old iPhone, which is broken, with a .45 APC glaser safety slug wrapped in leather, with pork ribs and a watermelon behind it to simulate a guy wearing a leather jacket.

SSD’s use more power?

So, according to Tom’s Hardware, SSD drives actually use more battery power than regular drives.Dude, that suck. Considering that I get like 2 hours tops on my fucking piece of shit MBP battery right now when wifi is on.

I can pull 3h+ still with my MB with my battery at 74% life.

Looking for hard drive

What’s the difference between these? Both are Seagate 7200rpm 32Mb cache drives. One is 250Gb and the other is 500Gb, but they are only like $5 difference in price.

Would you recommend either? I know someone here recommended the 500Gb one recently to someone.The ES.2 is server grade, the 7200.11 is desktop grade.

thanks.

Misled during the interview process

Anyone else finding they are grossly misled during interviews?
Past 2 jobs I’ve taken have severely f-ed me over.
1st job I was hired as a dotNet Developer, in fact that is what my resume says I am looking for and it is the direction my resume is tailored. Well I land the job after a [...]

Can you copy and entire hard drive?

I am curious if there’s a way to copy an entire HDD? I just bought a new computer and the mobo only has 1 IDE cable and I need that cable to hook up the DVD Drive so I pretty much am forced to buy a SATA HDD since I cannot connect my current IDE [...]

Excel Problems

I’m taking an online computer class & I’ll admit upfront that I am not very good with Excel. (Obviously…that’s why I’m posting this thread.) I would appreciate any help someone could give me. I’m stuck on an assignment (the hardest & last assignment for the Excel section) for this class & have been beating my [...]