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 | Perl is an excellent language for doing shell work, log parsing, website backends, the list goes on. I wrote a site backend once that updated image galleries, video galleries, news headlines, archives, etc, all using Perl on the backend. Perl fits in so well with databases, apache, Windows, Unix. Perl …  |
 | [QUOTE=TheOgre][size=2] (/[b]dev[/b]ice/[b]h[/b]ard[b]d[/b]rive[b]a[/b]partition[b]1[/b] is an easy way to remember it) [/size][/QUOTE] "a" does not mean p[b]a[/b]rtition It's more like: Primary Master: hda Primary Slave: hdb Secondary Master: hdc Secondary Slave: hdd Tertiary Master: hde Tertiary Slave: hdf and so on...  |
| | The forums are meant to be used for sharing ideas and helping people out. By starting holy-wars about "Which operating system is cooler" you are shying people away in search of valuable information. Microsoft serves it's purpose in the world just as Linux or any other operating system does. Please … |
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| | If TallCool1's suggestion doesn't help any. (although it should...) then it is very possible that it is in fact the screen. I have an Inspiron 8200 myself, which is the same chassis style, and have had other such issues with my screen. (Mostly in the hinge sensor for open/close) I … |
| | [QUOTE=Eico]Well, you can directly connect two computers using a parallel to parallel, or serial to parallel cable ...[/QUOTE] I was under the impression that serial to parallel cable would not work. (At least not with the Windows Direct Connection software) Correct me if I am wrong. :) |
 | No reason to be ashamed of old hardware! As long as it posts, it's a usable machine! I too have one of the old Toshiba laptops that was given to me as a freebie, and I absolutely love it. PI-120mhz, 32mb RAM, and 2.0gb HD. Anyways... It is possible to … |
| | I really need to pick up on Mandrake, so I may be wrong, but on every other distro I have used, the proper file to edit is the XF86Config, not XF86Config-4. /etc/X11/XF86Config for example. Try that one, and tell how it works |
| | I don't have much Mandrake experience, but you may want to upgrade your kernel to 2.4.25. Many issues have been fixed since the 2.4.22 release ranging from driver issues, to exploit fixes. I myself have had issues compiling kernel drivers, and an update to 2.4.25 took care of my build … |