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    Fancy taking a quick survey on live music events and merchandise?

    Hi folks. I'm doing a bit of research on live music events (gigs, festivals etc.) and merchandise at the moment. It's a subject I'm interested in and I'm trying to get some info from the audience perspective - so I created a quick survey. If you fancy taking part, I'd be very grateful! Live...
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    linux options for a very old pc?

    so... my mac met with a tragic accident last week; dreading the call from the repair shop. in the meantime I needed an alternative so I dragged my old desktop pc out of the attic. it's a 600MHz PIII gateway with 128MB ram and a 20GB hard drive; at ten years of age, it's quite literally from...
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    posting weirdness...

    just got a message from whathappen? she can't start new posts or reply to threads: this message keeps appearing even though the posts are longer. bit weird..
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    recyclable?

    hey there. I'm on a major spring cleaning buzz at the moment. I'm trying to recycle anything that can be recycled; currently I'm going through tons of accumulated kitchen junk. I'm here looking at a lot of pots, pans, plates, glasses, casserole dishes, plastic blender attachements etc...
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    zend php certification

    I guess this is mostly directed at egg_ and bladez :) anyone sat this exam or thought about it? thoughts/comments/experiences? I've been thinking about sitting it sometime in the next six months to a year. mostly for my own edification; I'm sure it'll force me to sit down and learn lots of...
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    enabling SQLite for use with PHP

    hello folx. I've been working on a small site locally (using MAMP) recently; because the site is small and there will likely be very, very few concurrent users I've been using sqlite to provide some database action. sqlite is enabled by default on MAMP so I've been working away with it...
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    Question! Digital photos. Average resolution?

    I know nothing about digital cameras. Perhaps a weird question, but what kind of resolution are people shooting at these days, if there is anything that you could possibly call an average... In dimension bounds, width x height in pixels. Average every day users. Literally the kind of person that...
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    another one for the php heads: weirdness and the gd library

    this is probably more to do with the server on which this script is running that the script itself, as I developed and tested it locally without problems... anyway it's wrecking my head something stupid. I created a couple of classes to handle the validation, upload and resize of images...
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    is it possible to tell if a windows xp disc is service pack 2 or what?

    I have a 'backup' copy of xp pro here. I need to know if it's a service pack version 2 disc. anyone know if this is possible? I'm installing xp on a partition on a mac; installing an earlier version of xp and then upgrading to service pack 2 isn't an option unfortunately. help!!!
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    PHP work - what to charge?

    I'm curious. I've been doing a fair bit of PHP work in web projects recently, alongside the usual design/markup side of things; but I've been offered a bit of a PHP specific project now and it got me to thinking about what kind of rates are reasonable for PHP work. specifically I'm going to...
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    alternatives to network cables?

    hola. just a quick question. I have a wireless modem setup in the house and it generally does the job of spreading my connection over most of the house pretty well. the problem is the connection is in the main living room, which is slightly under street level and I've been experiencing quite...
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    For Sale: Boss Loop Station RC20 XL - €200

    hey hey. I'm posting this on behalf of a bandmate. for sale: a practically new boss loopstation RC20 XL: - perfect working order and condition - one month old with receipt; still under guarantee - hardly used; never been gigged price: €200. if I can get a picture in the next day or...
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    so, the offies are closing from 10pm tonight...

    that should solve, er... what exactly? :confused:
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    advice on scrapping a car...

    hey hey. I haven't got a clue when it comes to this shit. I have this deadly old '90 corolla that I basically stopped using around january. they don't make 'em like they used to etc. I had been planning to just sell it on or something but I kind of forgot to run it over regularly and now it's...
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    Esbjörn Svensson RIP

    Just heard Esbjörn Svensson (of EST fame) died yesterday in a scuba diving accident. :( http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN631393.html
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    a PC power supply question this time...

    I'm basically clueless when it comes to amps/watts/voltage; I'm hoping someone on thumped can sprinkle some knowledge over this question... I have a dead AC adaptor for an advent 7109a laptop in my hands and I need to get a new one asap. I was looking at a few universal/replacement ones on...
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    Dublin to Newcastle (by land)

    anyone ever travel to newcastle over land? I could fly directly from cork, but that would be much, much too easy... so instead I'm thinking: bus to dublin, foot passenger on a boat to wherever, and then finally wherever to newcastle on a train. or a bus. oot on the tap. I'm thinking it...
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    where to get a replacement powerbook g4 power supply?

    for a relatively reasonable price? had a look on ebay... anyone ever bought one off ebay? is there somewhere better/more straightforward? so many questions... thanks! d
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    a question about our beloved gardai...

    I don't want to paint our keepers of law and order with the lazy stereotype as lazy, fat, negligent, choc-ice eating, work dodging motherfuckers; but I've recently become acutely aware of one simple fact. when you call the gardai to report something, they never, and I mean NEVER show up. I've...
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    Adobe Flex/Air, Microsoft Silverlight, AJAX etc.

    seems to be a lot of buzz about "rich internet applications" lately. future of the web and all that. I started getting curious about all of this stuff recently. I've been looking at Adobe Flex briefly in the last few days; I've hardly even messed around with it but it seems pretty deadly...
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