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Hey, I have hopes. Don't spoil them.

Sungazer, if you can't accept a joke at face value you're probably in the wrong thread. There's no secret wishing well or water from the mountains of valhalla or item of invulnerability. Immortality is not feasible and neither is my joke.

The reason that this alleviates the problem is because people were buying CPUs from companies (like Newegg), attempting to improperly install the CPU, bending the pins, and then sending them back saying "it came like that". The pins on the motherboard are sunken into the board and are much less likely to be damaged in transit or during the packaging phase of manufacturing. When the CPU is laid on top of the motherboard there is only one way it can fit (the edge of the CPU has a slot that fits on the motherboard so it's impossible to have it any other way and it actually latch on). Once it's latched, you push down a lever and the pins raise and puncture the bottom of the CPU. Puncture is probably the wrong word. Think of it like a bullet. When the hammer comes down it makes a little dent. The pins sit in those dents. You can take the CPU off and put it on as many times. If it doesn't land exactly in the same spot, it'll just make another dent. Though, it's suggested you don't continuously take off your CPU. The pins are not difficult to get to and you shouldn't have any more difficulty fixing them than you would a regular CPU pin but I've not heard of any cases where it's been an issue. In other news, one of my friends once told me that he was playing with his computer and still had it on. He wasn't thinking about it and took off the heat sink and fan over his CPU. The CPU instantly exploded into a mushroom shape because of the heat. Luckily, he had left the fan plugged in so the company deemed it failure and replaced it.

That logic doesn't make sense. Let me break it down: First, you say you should make code that can compile and run on any platform. Why? What if your target contains only Windows users? What do you have to gain from platform independence? Generally, platform independent languages run far slower (case in point: Java) because of their constraints. Second, what is so great about being able to utilize open source tools and libraries? What if the open source tools and libraries are worse than the closed source ones? While open source development can result in great applications and platforms, just being open source is not much of a merit. BASIC is really not that different from C-based languages. Have you ever used it? It has a less intuitive syntax, more limits, and is generally less robust but I really don't see how BASIC makes you think like an idiot. A programming language makes you think based on its design style, ie. Java makes you think object oriented and C makes you think procedurally. BASIC is procedural as well; therefore, you can learn to think like a procedural programmer through its use. Why do you say that BASIC makes people think like idiots? Hey! Thanks for backing me up, djbob. And for a second I thought I was speaking out my rear. (Perhaps I still was, but knowing that someone thinks the same way I do still makes me feel better).

Are you saying you want php smart but no support for SQL or are you saying you want php smarty and SQL? If it's the prior, why would that matter?

C++.net is a framework language. I know there is a difference between C++ and C++.net, but everything that has .net will eventually only be supported that way. Aside from that, practicality has nothing to do with learning. You don't use pseudo code because it's practical. You use it to sort your ideas. It's an unnecessary but sometimes useful step. Same with flowcharts. They aren't practical in the long run. Way too much going on. But they have their purposes. QBASIC is about learning. That's what most colleges start their novice programmers on. That, Pascal, or some other very generic language. Whether it would be your first pick is opinion. I learned on BASIC and I found it to be very useful. Sometimes to be a programmer you have to think like an idiot to make it idiot proof. But, enough about this. You have very valid points and I have better things to do than to argue about whether BASIC still has its uses so I'll shut up now.

I didn't say that BASIC was practical. I said that it was easy to use and taught you how to think like a programmer. I also gave an example of a use for BASIC. How can you disagree with an example? Or the fact that it's easy to learn? As far as staying away from .net, most companies are starting to go to .net so telling someone to stay away from that would be silly. Yes, it's platform dependent. I don't like framework stuff at all but I still see a clear need for people who know how to use the languages. There are many companies willing to pay for that kind of knowledge. Not saying that python is a useless language or that people won't pay for it but it's much more likely to get a job with .net expertise. So again, what is there to disagree about? The only part where I guess you can disagree on is where you would say that BASIC is a bad language to start on. Sure, there are other languages you could start on but BASIC is a very generic and easy to understand language. It doesn't get any easier than that.

A quote from an unknown source: Food is the most addicting substance in the world. You don't actually need it to live, but the withdrawl will kill you.

Edit: Everything is up and running. I've begun setting up my site. The cPanel of this site if utterly fantastic and the amount of time you spent with me to fix this was exceptional. I'll be sure to go to those sites you mentioned and give a very deserving A+ review. Thanks again.

For this reason companies have started putting the pins on the circuit board and not on the CPU.

The easiest of those languages, by far, to learn is BASIC. Don't listen to the others that say that basic is useless. First of all, it's super easy to learn on and it helps develop your mind to think like a programmer. If you do anything with circuit boards BASIC is easy to impliment and files are generally small. In my computer class in high school we designed an alarm system using BASIC and a series of LEDs and speakers with a circuit board so we knew when the principal was coming. The teacher helped us! If you want a language that will be most beneficial down the road, learn a .net language. Most of the languages are very similar now and easy to transfer back and forth. And they're becoming the standard.

I typically use good ole notepad for my web design. This is obviously unfeasible for large sites but since I don't make sites for a living that's not really a problem. The reason I do this is because I can access the cPanel of most hosts and use the virtual notepad anywhere, where as FTP is obviously much more limited. When I'm forced to use a program, I generally use PSPad. It handles almost every language out there that doesn't require a compiler and it has a built in FTP and it doesn't "build my site for me" so to speak.

No, not upper case (all caps). I tried it like This. It didn't work.

With a PC you're going to be waiting a few months in between stellar games anyway so play through Crysis and R6V2 (or R6V if you have decided on not getting 2, but I think that would be a mistake) and wait for Fallout 3 and hopefully StarCraft II if it comes out soon (though it likely won't). Aside from that you're looking at Spore and perhaps S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

And now my password isn't working. I typed my username in all lowercase and tried the password with capital case and with all lowercase. Could you reset the password or PM me what it thinks my password is? Edit: Sorry for being a bit of a brat. I promise I'll be a good little user once I get everything setup.

I agree. asp.net is newer and more powerful but unless I'm working for a company or I have a server farm I really don't have the need for that kind of power. Installing the framework always makes me cringe.

I didn't get that page after I registered. It took me to a blank page. That's why I attempted to sign up twice. I thought it failed. By the time I made this thread I had found that the site had been completed and I just wanted to know what that next page said. Was there any other important information on that page that I didn't see? Thanks in advance.

I agree with most of the people who've voted on the poll. PHP is much easier to learn and much quicker to impliment. With .net you have to install the framework. PHP is supported on all platforms and comes pre-installed on some. Also, it's open source and has a great support team.

First of all, sorry djbob. I didn't see your sig before I sent you the PM. Secondly, I've found the information on the homepage that says I have to wait for activation. How long does activation typically take before I can begin building my site? I signed up for an ads standard site using the subdomain cribaby.

Hey all. First post, yay. Anyway, I've just recently learned PHP/MySQL. I generally try to write all of my sites using xHTML Strict with imported CSS using PHP and MySQL for my server-side and database needs.