I have emailed the Geek Monthly people about my missing Oct. and Nov. issues and have not recieved any answer. This WAS my fav. magazine, I love the content of each issue, but it is rediculous that a loyal first-issue member is being treated like this! I demand they send me my missing issues, I do not want to have to pay $20 per issue on Ebay just to complete my collection!
Anyone else having problems?
Anyone else having problems?
- Mood:
angry
I'm currently working on integrating Scrapbook in my LJ client. When downloading pictures, I got a 403 Forbidden error when downloading pictures that were under a friends-lock. That's (of course) exactly as it should be.
So my strategy is to get an LJ session cookie (through the sessiongenerate interface call) and send that along with my request for the pictures. However, I can't get it to work with the cookie I get back from the sessiongenerate call. To check, I extracted my ljsession cookie from Firefox and pasted that into my code -- and then it worked. So it's not my code that is broken. Tt seems as if the return value from sessiongenerate is invalid...
I inspected the two cookies a bit further, and saw an interesting difference. The one from sessiongenerate has the following structure:
v1:u[some number]:s[some number]:[11 alphanumeric characters]//Thanks+for+signing+in+/+Liv
The one that I picked from Firefox (that does work) is like this:
v1:u[some number]:s[some number]:[11 alphanumeric characters]:[41 alphanumeric characters]//Thanks+for+signing+in+/+LiveJournal+lo
The ones I get back from sessiongenerate are consistent in their structure, and they miss the second string of alphanumeric characters that my working cookie does have. What is going on? Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?
So my strategy is to get an LJ session cookie (through the sessiongenerate interface call) and send that along with my request for the pictures. However, I can't get it to work with the cookie I get back from the sessiongenerate call. To check, I extracted my ljsession cookie from Firefox and pasted that into my code -- and then it worked. So it's not my code that is broken. Tt seems as if the return value from sessiongenerate is invalid...
I inspected the two cookies a bit further, and saw an interesting difference. The one from sessiongenerate has the following structure:
v1:u[some number]:s[some number]:[11 alphanumeric characters]//Thanks+for+signing+in+/+Liv
The one that I picked from Firefox (that does work) is like this:
v1:u[some number]:s[some number]:[11 alphanumeric characters]:[41 alphanumeric characters]//Thanks+for+signing+in+/+LiveJournal+lo
The ones I get back from sessiongenerate are consistent in their structure, and they miss the second string of alphanumeric characters that my working cookie does have. What is going on? Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?
- Mood:
confused
For no reason I can name, tonite's episode of V is the last one for 2009. Without looking it up or researching it, I can't think of a single reason for that. I could understand this week due to the Great Turkey Apocalypse...but not much beyond that.
Next big holiday isn't until the end of next month.
Please enlighten me if you know.
Due to Turkey Day festivities, lot of family around here so I've got multiple dinners setup over this week and the next, I'm setting up my VCR to tape V but sadly, that's all I'll be able to get. Can't tape on multiple channels, don't have that whole pricey DVR thing with my lil' converter box.
Well, that and The Forgotten.
Of the various places I follow for the series, one of the newer ones (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
v_tvshow) got deleted pretty damned quick. No idea why, thought it was a pretty decent comm while it was still up.
Next big holiday isn't until the end of next month.
Please enlighten me if you know.
Due to Turkey Day festivities, lot of family around here so I've got multiple dinners setup over this week and the next, I'm setting up my VCR to tape V but sadly, that's all I'll be able to get. Can't tape on multiple channels, don't have that whole pricey DVR thing with my lil' converter box.
Well, that and The Forgotten.
Of the various places I follow for the series, one of the newer ones (
v_tvshow) got deleted pretty damned quick. No idea why, thought it was a pretty decent comm while it was still up.- Location:94306
- Mood: confused
- Music:The View
My aunt's computer keeps restarting itself every time I start it up. Whenever I press F8 to pick a boot device (every time it starts) none of them work. It just kind of goes to load windows and then decides to restart again after the attempt.
Whenever I don't pick a boot device (letting it start up on its own) it prompts me to pick how I want it to boot (IE, in safe mode, in safe mode with command prompt, etc) and whatever way I pick for it to boot, all of a sudden a list comes up that's too stretched out to read; but it shows the system32 folder.
So what should I do? Nothing is working :/ Her computer has the main internet, yet I can still connect to her internet with my wireless laptop. It's weird. Any suggestions?
Whenever I don't pick a boot device (letting it start up on its own) it prompts me to pick how I want it to boot (IE, in safe mode, in safe mode with command prompt, etc) and whatever way I pick for it to boot, all of a sudden a list comes up that's too stretched out to read; but it shows the system32 folder.
So what should I do? Nothing is working :/ Her computer has the main internet, yet I can still connect to her internet with my wireless laptop. It's weird. Any suggestions?
Question/Problem: A few weeks back, I suspected my laptop had a virus so I downloaded McAfee Stinger (on the recommendation of a friend) on my desktop comp and it ended up getting a virus because it from an unreliable site. Since then, I managed to fix my laptop using ALYac, a Korean antivirus software my other friend gave me, but the viruses and spyware on my desktop comp still remain. My background keeps on blinking and changing colors (white for system recovery, bright blue, and bright blue with a “system infected - spyware” sign – my original background is the default XP wallpaper), windows security (cntrl+alt+dlt) doesn’t have any windows task manager, and I have absolutely NO INTERNET CONNECTION, although my laptop does.
Operating System, Version and Service Pack:
Windows XP
Media Center Edition 2002
I’m not sure about the service pack….
Web Browser and Version: Internet Explorer 8
Your level of experience (we simplify or explain instructions based on how you answer): Novice
When did the problem start? Has it been going on constantly since then? October 26, 2009
Any steps you've taken to troubleshoot?: I’ve tried/used AVG, Ad-Adware, HijackThis, Housecall Launcher, ALYac, Avast!, Spybot, and Malware Bytes…..TT
If you are receiving an error message, please include the entire text of the message. (If you have an error log, please post it under a LJ-Cut):
HijackThis: I successfully installed this, the message says Windows canot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have apporpiate permissions to acess this item (I have administrator rights).
AVG, Spybot, Housecall Launcher: Since these require internet during installation, setup stopped midway because of server connection issues.
Avast!: During installation, these messages appeared There was an error changing product configuration. and Connection error, check your settings error code(-1)
ALYac, Ad-Adware: Only opened and ran right after installation. Scanned the system for about a minute, then disappeared on it’s own. After that I couldn’t open it up again through the shortcut on the desktop or on the start menu or on run.
Sign on Desktop: System has been stopped due to a serious malfunction. Spyware activity has been detected.
Malware Bytes: Couldn’t find the .exe file and I tried run but I couldn’t find it.
ARHHH Under what circumstances should I try system restore?
I appreciate any and all help. I’m truly at my wit’s end in trying to fix this. Thank you!
My sister asked me to download a movie on to her ipod nano. I d/l it to her itunes thing and then plugged it in to the computer.. Is there anything different with videos than with songs?
Yesterday I made a post about problems I had after restoring my computer to factory settings. They've been resolved but now I'm having a new problem - windows updates keep failing. I get a bubble on my desktop telling me I need to install updates. So I go to Control Panel and click on update and it tells me all 74 updates have failed.
When I try to restart my computer or shutdown, instead of shutting down it goes to installing updates, but gets stuck there. Last night I left my computer on all night while I slept and when I woke up it was still on "installing update 2 of 6". The only way to get out of this is to unplug the pc because I can't even power off.
So, is there a solution? I'm sorry for posting twice within 2 days, but my computer is not cooperating with me since yesterday and google searches give solutions that are not working for me.
When I try to restart my computer or shutdown, instead of shutting down it goes to installing updates, but gets stuck there. Last night I left my computer on all night while I slept and when I woke up it was still on "installing update 2 of 6". The only way to get out of this is to unplug the pc because I can't even power off.
So, is there a solution? I'm sorry for posting twice within 2 days, but my computer is not cooperating with me since yesterday and google searches give solutions that are not working for me.
This has probably been asked before but I can't find anything in the memories or tags so please bear with me.
This is a tale of two computers, both running Windows XP. One (mine) has SP2 installed, the other (my wife's) has SP3. Both run a regular backup to separate external hard drives. I've lost everything in a hard drive crash before so I back up my email folders along with other stuff.
Those folders are easy to find on my computer so backing them up is easy. They were in the same place on my wife's computer before she installed SP3 so backing them up for her was easy too. (We had different user names, obviously, but the path was the same.)
After she installed SP3 I went looking for her inbox but it wasn't where I expected it to be. I did a search for it but nothing came up. All her old mail was still there and her email program still works fine but I'd like to be able to do a backup again.
If it helps any I'm using Outlook while she's using Outlook Express.
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This is a tale of two computers, both running Windows XP. One (mine) has SP2 installed, the other (my wife's) has SP3. Both run a regular backup to separate external hard drives. I've lost everything in a hard drive crash before so I back up my email folders along with other stuff.
Those folders are easy to find on my computer so backing them up is easy. They were in the same place on my wife's computer before she installed SP3 so backing them up for her was easy too. (We had different user names, obviously, but the path was the same.)
After she installed SP3 I went looking for her inbox but it wasn't where I expected it to be. I did a search for it but nothing came up. All her old mail was still there and her email program still works fine but I'd like to be able to do a backup again.
If it helps any I'm using Outlook while she's using Outlook Express.
( The basic info from the profile page: )
- Mood:
curious
This page contains the best explanation about freeware that I've ever read- Why freeware is free, why people make them, why free software are so good (i.e. function even better than commercial software) and how free software should be treated:
http://www.arachnoid.com/freeware/i
Here's an excerpt:
The article is a great read, and a must read in my opinion.
http://www.arachnoid.com/freeware/i
Here's an excerpt:
There's an old joke with relevance to this topic. After John Glenn's historic orbital flight, interviewers asked him what he thought as he waited for lift-off. He replied, "I was thinking that the rocket had twenty thousand components, and each was made by the lowest bidder". Commercial software is, by definition, built by the lowest bidder. By contrast, freeware (some if it, anyway) is built by people who actually like what they are doing, and some of them are people the big software corporations could not afford to hire.
Users of freeware must not forget that they didn't pay for the software, and therefore they cannot demand the satisfaction of an imaginary contract between the programmer and themselves. The usual adversarial relationship between a vendor and a consumer simply doesn't exist. I find that users below a certain age never grasp this fact, and invariably it is the youngest users who think they have the right to demand absolutely anything, and who expect satisfaction of any arbitrary whim.
The article is a great read, and a must read in my opinion.
Hi there! I have a kind of sort of quick question. Here's what I want to do. I have a D-Link wireless router, a Cisco wireless USB, cable modem and a Dell laptop. Can I hope up my D-link to my modem (without hooking either to my laptop) so that I could use my laptop in different areas of my small apartment?
After restoring my computer, it won't recognize my monitor or video card. It's showing generic VGA monitor and video card which are not the ones I bought.
So I'm stuck with a resolution that doesn't fit my monitor, and I guess my new graphics card also won't be used, but instead will be using the default standard VGA one.
How do I get my computer to recognize my video card and monitor again? And are there other things I have to do since restoring that I don't know about?
I'm on Vista Home Premium, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2GHz
2 gigs or RAM, 32-bit OS
My graphics card (which isn't being recognized now) is geforce 9800 gtx+
So I'm stuck with a resolution that doesn't fit my monitor, and I guess my new graphics card also won't be used, but instead will be using the default standard VGA one.
How do I get my computer to recognize my video card and monitor again? And are there other things I have to do since restoring that I don't know about?
I'm on Vista Home Premium, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2GHz
2 gigs or RAM, 32-bit OS
My graphics card (which isn't being recognized now) is geforce 9800 gtx+
I have a Dell Laptop Inspiron E1505. The battery has been dying for quite some time. I've been getting the messages when I load the computer that says "your battery is able to charge normally, however it is reaching the end of its usable life." But now the light on the bottom of the screen (to show that it's on) has a red blinking light of a battery. This just started a few days ago. I'm wondering if I need to stop using my laptop completely until I can get a new battery or it's still usable until I can get a new one, which will be in about a month. I just don't want to screw up my computer. Anyone know?
So, anyone else here subscribe to Geek Monthly? Having problems?
Cuz, yeah, I have not gotten anything since the Sep. issue, which I got in the beginning of October, and then when I emailed them I was told "Ooops, sorry, but we ran out of the Oct. issue!"
WHAT? That's it??? I told them very clearly that I have collected every issue of this mag since I was a subscriber at issue #2 and I am not about to take a one-sentence 'sorry' email as it being ok not to send me that issue. I am sure that there are a heck of a lot of people that did not get that issue, and they need to get their asses in gear and print more! I paid $40 for the first year of this mag, and then $20 per year since, and I LOVE the contents of this mag! I no longer love the publishers. And whoever answers the emails is not getting any love either.
This is BS.
I'm waiting to see if I even get the Nov. issue or if they will send me the same pathetic 'nope, sorry!' email!
Cuz, yeah, I have not gotten anything since the Sep. issue, which I got in the beginning of October, and then when I emailed them I was told "Ooops, sorry, but we ran out of the Oct. issue!"
WHAT? That's it??? I told them very clearly that I have collected every issue of this mag since I was a subscriber at issue #2 and I am not about to take a one-sentence 'sorry' email as it being ok not to send me that issue. I am sure that there are a heck of a lot of people that did not get that issue, and they need to get their asses in gear and print more! I paid $40 for the first year of this mag, and then $20 per year since, and I LOVE the contents of this mag! I no longer love the publishers. And whoever answers the emails is not getting any love either.
This is BS.
I'm waiting to see if I even get the Nov. issue or if they will send me the same pathetic 'nope, sorry!' email!
- Mood: angry
I bought a new laptop and it is being slower than my previous Pentium 4 2.13Ghz, 2GB RAM. That can't be right since I have a better one now, does anybody know how to make my laptop faster? The problem has been a problem ever since I first turned it on.
And while I do not know everything about computer I do know my way around it.
I have the following specs;
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P7450 (2.13Ghz)
Windows 7
500GB Harddisk
4096MB RAM Memory
1024MB NVIDEA GT220M
DVD Multi Super Drive Dual Layer
( Hijack this.. )
And while I do not know everything about computer I do know my way around it.
I have the following specs;
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P7450 (2.13Ghz)
Windows 7
500GB Harddisk
4096MB RAM Memory
1024MB NVIDEA GT220M
DVD Multi Super Drive Dual Layer
( Hijack this.. )
- Mood:
annoyed
9:38 AM 11/18/09 · After I eventually caved and got onto twitter I found, much as when I first came to livejournal, there's a lot of sockpuppet accounts! Originally set my own up to break up my own massive follows list, I've actually grown to really enjoy them.
Case in point:
http://tux.crystalxp.net/en.id.1565-t
@LtCuddles
http://www.twitter.com/LtCuddles
It was a much surprised fact that when allowed to live the full extent of their lives that penguins live an absurdly long time. Also that they're much smarter than anyone ever gave them credit for. Cuddles went through Stafleet Academy and graduated with honors and has had possibly the most unusual career that any Starfleet officer has ever had in the history of the Federation.
Assignments: Enterprise D, Deep Space Nine, Voyager (current assignment)
Field of Expertise: Medical & Sciences, dabbles in Engineering
Accomplishments:
Long range transporter, that can really only transport himself or toast
The Warp 2 Moped, made it 5 miles before the warp core breached
The Tribble Gun, small bazooka that fires tribbles at high velocity
Cure for Insomnia, omni·directional phaser permanently set to stun
Phaser Proof Vest...it survives fine but not so much the wearer
The perfect cup of coffee, only reason Janeway didn't toss him out an airlock
etc.
Quirks: Primarily uses tribbles as test subjects & test pilots, insofar as he duct tapes them to things he's working on. Claims the little fluffballs are secretly 'danger junkies' and that they actually started the Klingon/Tribble War.
Personality: Fairly confident but mildly frustrated nobody takes him seriously because he's so adorable.
Weird Factor: The mirror universe version, don't ask
Follows: primarily only Star Trek twits
Issues: Has a collapsable step ladder so he can reach the consoles
Primary means of tweeting: cell phone
le sigh: Fact of being a penguin that tweets has not been lost on him
Case in point:
http://tux.crystalxp.net/en.id.1565-t
@LtCuddles
http://www.twitter.com/LtCuddles
It was a much surprised fact that when allowed to live the full extent of their lives that penguins live an absurdly long time. Also that they're much smarter than anyone ever gave them credit for. Cuddles went through Stafleet Academy and graduated with honors and has had possibly the most unusual career that any Starfleet officer has ever had in the history of the Federation.
Assignments: Enterprise D, Deep Space Nine, Voyager (current assignment)
Field of Expertise: Medical & Sciences, dabbles in Engineering
Accomplishments:
Quirks: Primarily uses tribbles as test subjects & test pilots, insofar as he duct tapes them to things he's working on. Claims the little fluffballs are secretly 'danger junkies' and that they actually started the Klingon/Tribble War.
Personality: Fairly confident but mildly frustrated nobody takes him seriously because he's so adorable.
Weird Factor: The mirror universe version, don't ask
Follows: primarily only Star Trek twits
Issues: Has a collapsable step ladder so he can reach the consoles
Primary means of tweeting: cell phone
le sigh: Fact of being a penguin that tweets has not been lost on him
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- Mood:geeky
- Music:106.9FM KCBS
Is it possible in NMock2 to expect one of two different methods, A() or B(), on a mock to be called?
If there was a way to check how many times a given method had already been called, I could just
Expect.Once.On.(myMock).Method("A");
Expect.Once.On.(myMock).Method("B");
test(myMock);
..and then test to see if one of them had been called and forcibly call the other so the expectations would be met. Ugly but good enough, but I don't think NMock2 mocks expose any interface that allows that the number of calls to be tested?
If there was a way to check how many times a given method had already been called, I could just
Expect.Once.On.(myMock).Method("A");
Expect.Once.On.(myMock).Method("B");
test(myMock);
..and then test to see if one of them had been called and forcibly call the other so the expectations would be met. Ugly but good enough, but I don't think NMock2 mocks expose any interface that allows that the number of calls to be tested?
Hello!
What is the most simple way to post russian text into message and subject fields (using Qt4 + cURL, via plain or XML-RPC)? I use the .toUtf8() procedure to prepare the result post body code and insert it into the XML template, but after the operation this article is not editable simple way - charset error detected.
Also it would be wonderful to insert into the body html tags (via XML-RPC). Is it possible, maybe you know how to do it using Qt library fucntions? I'm new in XML and network programming, so excuse me my stupid questions. :-)
What is the most simple way to post russian text into message and subject fields (using Qt4 + cURL, via plain or XML-RPC)? I use the .toUtf8() procedure to prepare the result post body code and insert it into the XML template, but after the operation this article is not editable simple way - charset error detected.
Also it would be wonderful to insert into the body html tags (via XML-RPC). Is it possible, maybe you know how to do it using Qt library fucntions? I'm new in XML and network programming, so excuse me my stupid questions. :-)
Getting a CAD PC at work, for SolidWorks manipulation of medical images of the human body, and conversion (via. Mimics) to STL files for rapid prototyping.
SW guy said nVidia Quadro FX 3 model, and newer the better for this application - FX3800 has been quoted.
What about the rest of the PC? This is a much higher end graphics card than I've ever looked at, so have no idea what to ask for to match the rest of the PC to the card... Please help?
So far we have:
Fujitsu Siemens Large Tower
Core 2 Quad Core Q9550 Processor 2.83Ghz,
500Gb HDD,
4Gb RAM,
DVD+-RW,
NVidia Quadro FX3800 1Gb Graphics Card
Microsoft Office 2007 Small Business OEM
Windows 7 Pro Licence OEM
Comments?
SW guy said nVidia Quadro FX 3 model, and newer the better for this application - FX3800 has been quoted.
What about the rest of the PC? This is a much higher end graphics card than I've ever looked at, so have no idea what to ask for to match the rest of the PC to the card... Please help?
So far we have:
Fujitsu Siemens Large Tower
Core 2 Quad Core Q9550 Processor 2.83Ghz,
500Gb HDD,
4Gb RAM,
DVD+-RW,
NVidia Quadro FX3800 1Gb Graphics Card
Microsoft Office 2007 Small Business OEM
Windows 7 Pro Licence OEM
Comments?
- Mood:
excited
Why didn't I think of this? The Laptop Steering Wheel Desk is sheer genius. I can think up lots of GREAT uses for this thing, and it appears that so have the reviewers at Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Office-WM-0
The greatest thing ever invented!, October 26, 2009
Wow is this thing great! I use it as a "mini-bar" when the friends and I go out to the bars. I can quickly fix multiple shots of tequila for myself and the friends as we drive from one bar to the next. We also discovered that if you place a pillow on top of it and turn on the cruise control you can catch quick naps on the interstate. If you swerve to the left or right the rumble strips on the road wake you up in plenty of time before you get into trouble. I can now take longer trips without being tired!
I loved this so much I got one for my 90yr old mother, October 29, 2009
I loved this so much I got one for my 90yr old mother, October 29, 2009
I loved my Laptop Steering Wheel Desk so much I got one for my 90yr old mother. She is an avid crossword puzzle fan and now she can work on them while she is driving back and forth from bingo at the senior center. One cautionary note be careful of those jerks that stop at yellow lights, my poor mother rear ended one and the airbag drove the desk back into her stomach which ruptured her spleen, well after a short down time I'm glad to say she is back on the road and cranking out those NY Times crosswords once again. Thanks Laptop Steering Wheel Desk you have made my mothers life more complete.
Amazing! Holds my sheet music perfectly while driving., May 7, 2009
This has been a total lifesaver. It allows me to prop my sheet music against the wheel, allowing me to play the guitar with both hands while driving.
...and the raves just go on and on. Awesome. Buy 20 TODAY!
Halp! My Windows Media Player crashes every time I use it. I like to place a number of videos on the playlist and turn on the shuffle, but of late every time I do that I get, after two or three videos, the message that says "WMP has met an unexpected obstacle and needs to close".
My machine is an Asus EEE Box EBX 202, with a couple of external hard drives for extra memory.
System: Windows XP, home, 2002 version, service pack 3
My computer skills - very mediocre.
A suggestion: the C: disk's Random Access Memory has been very crowded of late, and more than once it has fallen beneath the danger limit - 200G, if I am correct. Could this have something to with it? And at any rate, what do I do about it?
My machine is an Asus EEE Box EBX 202, with a couple of external hard drives for extra memory.
System: Windows XP, home, 2002 version, service pack 3
My computer skills - very mediocre.
A suggestion: the C: disk's Random Access Memory has been very crowded of late, and more than once it has fallen beneath the danger limit - 200G, if I am correct. Could this have something to with it? And at any rate, what do I do about it?
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