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Programming › B2b Web-based Fulfilment Service by sbucareer(op): 9:07pm On Jun 16, 2006

I will like to communiqué this business case here in the forum. It will not only help me in my current project but will enable participants to learn J2EE and related technologies.

The business case is that a client would identify a new possible web market. The retailers would and can gain access to overseas market through web presence and also could use telemarketing provided and our client could address delivery/returns and warehousing issues

Our client will sought to be the middle ground between retailers, and warehousing and transport organisations.

Our client planned to charge small fee from each transaction, offering the retailers greater sales for no establishment cost

Technical case
The potential high volume message required in real-time to update dispatch, stock, financial and order information locally and centrally. Our solution would permit input in a number of format to handle bottlenecks at peak times, provide an audit trail and be scalable for future expansion.

Technical/software case

It is a web application and would be built under J2EE specification for later expansion and scalability, security and interopertability.

Finally if you are interested make you self available as I would be putting up the technical and other requirements specifications.

Programming › Re: SQL And MySQL by sbucareer(f): 8:05pm On Jun 14, 2006

My recommendation to learning Database, which covers Beginners to Professional, even used in the UK for MSc programme

Database Systems - by Thomas Connolly and Carolyn Begg - A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management - ISBN: 0-201-70857-4

Programming › Re: SQL And MySQL by sbucareer(f): 3:14pm On Jun 13, 2006

Sorry guys, I have been away for sometime now. I am working on a big project that will last nine months, as the project manager and programme director, I have limited time to share with you brilliant guys for now.

I hope everyone is well and fine, if so doxology. When I was reading my posts, which have accumulated quite some lot now. I couldn't wait to answer this particular question. All the answers above mine are quite correct but confusing for a newbie.

SQL (Sequential/Structured Query Language) is like programming. To program any language you will need that language-tool i.e. java, php in this case MYSQL. MYSQL is a RDMS (Relational Database Management System), which means it is a tool used in storing structured data i.e. age, name, lastname, address etc.

SQL is a programming language used in querying for example mysql. MYSQL is not the only tool used in storing structured data. We have oracle, db2, pointbase, derby etc. NOTE not all DB are relational ( Meaning you can relate one table to another table i.e. customer table might relate to booking table as customer book ticket to cinema (One2Many)

In retrospect, SQL is just a general language used for querying most database, including MSQL, Oracle, Pointbase, Derby, DB2 etc. SQL is NOT a database but a language like java, php, c# etc used in querying a database.

To query any database you must download the database driver for a particular database and programming language you want to use. JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity) is used to access most database from java application. MicroSoft has ODBC bridge on most of their product allowing you to bridge the connectivity.

To learn SQL visit Google

Nairaland General › Re: Should We Support Nairaland Financially? by sbucareer(op): 1:43pm On Apr 17, 2006

nuggard, I like you ideas about communism, but the truth is that if China tell you what they did to get to the position they are today, you would not believe it. They imprison anybody who did not believe in the reform (Communist) without trial. Shoot and cut off people arms and legs to the opposition to the ruling power.

Well, they might have gotten it right. What would have happened if they got it wrong? Their economy is booming and their GDP could be compared with the West. But the West did not cut peoples legs and arms to get to where they are today. It was slow and steady. You could argue imperialism, but the truth is that communist is another military rule.

You cannot take one good communist state and compare to bunch of good capitalist states.

Nairaland General › Re: Should We Support Nairaland Financially? by sbucareer(op): 9:54am On Apr 17, 2006

Communism, is not really a good practice of a system of government. It breads corruptions and central power, and state power. It discourages free market and personal development. Why on earth would you want to be involved in a communist party.

This is the dawn of new Millennium, new ideas, bright and intelligent people with great ideas, and you want to suppress it with your communist idea, nah!.

May be you are one of those people that still believe that women should not go to school and vote. They should be house wife and have children and satisfy the men sexually? Well I am sorry to disappoint you that those days has come and gone and women has equal power even more than we, at least in UK they do.

So, my brother communist has come and gone with it disadvantages it brought with it.

Capitalist is the future will remain for sometime, till someone comes up with a better system of government module. Sorry to disappoint you man. You should not be thinking of communism. Look at what communism has done to our country, Nigeria. You may not know, the people in power today are bloody communist. Nigeria belongs to only one man, the president that presides at the seat of the presidency and bark orders from there.

Nairaland General › Re: Should We Support Nairaland Financially? by sbucareer(op): 8:57pm On Apr 15, 2006

But I think we already knew that? Anybody wanting to make money should know that power of marketing. The question is, should we support him financially?

If he becomes successful, he would create jobs and employment and that is down to our support. He has the balls to venture in the news group business and I see a bright future for him.

Whether he make one million a day or not, should we support him to grow quicker? I know if he does, he will provide jobs and help cut down on our unemployment issues in Nigeria.

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Programming › Re: Computer Science Degree Recommended For Programming Career? by sbucareer(f): 2:56am On Apr 15, 2006

The whole idea is that if you do not like W3C recommendation for HTML tags, you can develop your tags by using DTD and XML technologies to write your own tags for the web. The problem is that only you would be able to use it. Nobody would want to learn your recommendations, since there is a well known and proven recommendation for HTML tag out there

Programming › Re: Computer Science Degree Recommended For Programming Career? by sbucareer(f): 2:48am On Apr 15, 2006

Even if you do not like HTML that much or do not understand the tag libraries, you can define your tags by writing your on DTD (Document Type Definition) by using XML.

You do not need to use W3C recommended tags. You can develop your own HTML tags and tell browser where to find the DTD for the parser to translate.

XML, (Extensive Markup Language) is a powerful DTD. Even Microsoft word document uses DTD to map all the formating within the document UI. All the code is written behind the software so you do not have to see it.

If you want to write your own parser for your HTML DTD by using XML, is very easy. Just learn XML and write your DTD and tell XML where the DTD is and Use any language to write the parser. You can use java JAX (Java API for XML) for your parser.

Here is example of a DTD file called html.dtd

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE html [
<!ELEMENT html (b,font,heading,body)>
<!ELEMENT b (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT font (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT heading (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT body (#PCDATA)>]>

Here is example of a XML making use of html.dtd file

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE html SYSTEM "html.dtd">
<html>
<b>Bold</to>
<font>12</font>
<heading>Nairaland</heading>
<body>Learn XML using DTD</body>
</html>

Here is your web document file, making use of your DTD

var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM" wink

xmlDoc.async="false"
xmlDoc.validateOnParse="true"
xmlDoc.load("html.xml" wink

document.write("<b>Nairaland</b> " wink

document.write(xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode)
document.write("<font>What do you like</font> " wink

document.write(xmlDoc.parseError.reason)
document.write("<b>Error Line</b> " wink

document.write(xmlDoc.parseError.line)

This is just an overview, you can learn more from goole search.

Programming › Re: Computer Science Degree Recommended For Programming Career? by sbucareer(f): 7:55pm On Apr 14, 2006

ajiboyet, I'd thought HTML is the simplest language on earth I know of today. Even JustBasic is harder to HTML. HTML is just tags already written for you. You don't program HTML, you learn the tags and use it. All the tags you'd even needed is provided for you by W3C.

You NEVER program HTML. It is like writing word document. Did I say word Document? HTML is a document for the web. Like you use bold in the word document to highlight a word in bold and use italic to emphasis a phrase and use font, size color, ruler, align, position etc to formate your page that is how you use HTML tags to formate a web page, it is that simple.

Example of HTML tags are:

1. <b>Nairaland</b>
2. <font>Nairaland</font>
3. <size>Nairaland</size>
4.<table></table>

The thing is that when you use a tag <>, you must close it </>. The reason is that, for example if you want to bold a word you must tell the browser where to start and stop. If you don't it will bold every word, which is probably what you don't want. So, using tags in this way helps to tell the parser, which is the compiler that bold a word from here to there. ie. <b>Tutuorial</b>

There are hundreds of these tags defined by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) to help developer design web document. Like the way only MS word document can render a .doc extension file, that is how only browser can render a .htm, .html and other web related documents file.

You can use word document to design a simple web site. Write a good word document file and go to "save as" in the "save as type" select web, your document would be converted to internet document.

With you experience with Basic I am quite surprise you find it difficult to write a HTML document for the web. This is not joke, I learn HTML in just under one day, and so do many other people here and else where that want to involve their life with IT.

Webmasters › Re: Who Can Design A Website Like TakingItGlobal.org? by sbucareer(f): 7:06pm On Apr 14, 2006

Excellent, people have started to think open source and free work. It gives me great pleasure to see and hear Nigerians thinking towards open source and free work.

I will post a website that you can buy or download free web site templates that is more powerful than the website you showed us above. Some people from China and Malaysia have done free project on thousands of free website templates including flash works for free download. I will do a search later and update this post to include the URL link(s) you can download free web site template, even more powerful to the one above.

Programming › Re: Web Development Using PHP by sbucareer(f): 11:04am On Apr 14, 2006

Sorry folks, back to PHP tutorial.

Programming › Re: Web Development Using PHP by sbucareer(f): 10:36am On Apr 14, 2006

Hot_CoCo, I have the executable binary if you want it, visit yexon, username: visitor and password: letemin. Go to Tomcat and expand the link and download it. I have about 1.3Meg upstream it should be enough for you assuming you have a fast downstream from your ISP. It will take you just 10 minutes

The most important directory in tomcat is conf, and the most important file there is the server.xml. Be careful modifying this file any xml typo will make the server not to start.

Where you put your HTML files for the server to render is webapps. Any folder you create in there i.e. school MUST have a folder called WEB-INF and within WEB-INF MUST have a web.xml file

+apache tomcat
+webapps
+school
+WEB-INF
web.xml
index.jsp

To access the file from a URL, you do this http://localhost/school/index.jsp assuming you are using port 80. You can change your port number from server.xml configuration file.

Find this section in your server.xml and change to any desired port number and restart the server


<Connector className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector"
port="80"
minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75"
enableLookups="true" redirectPort="8443"
acceptCount="100" debug="0" connectionTimeout="20000"
useURIValidationHack="false" disableUploadTimeout="true" />

A good place to start learning the Servlet engine is the server.xml configuration file. Study it and understand what is going on in the server, then you would be able to understand the folders and where to put you files and classes.

If you are creating dynamic web page you need a directory called classes under the WEB-INF i.e.

+WEB-INF
web.xml
+classes
+lib

To map your classes into your application need to configure the web.xml in you application context i.e.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<!DOCTYPE web-app
PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">

<web-app>

<servlet>
<servlet-name>Controller</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.org.lis.Controller</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Controller</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/controller</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

You can see in this application I have the Controller.java mapped to /controller. So in many application I would do

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>WEB APPS</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<form name=id method=GET action="/controller">

</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Good luck

Programming › Re: Web Development Using PHP by sbucareer(f): 12:17pm On Apr 13, 2006

[size=24pt]DataBase Integration[/size]

[size=18pt]Installing MySQL[/size]

MYSQL is a transactional relational database management System (RDMS). Many people do not understand the license governing MYSQL. Most people think that MSQL is free. Well it is if you are using it for yourself and learning purposes. But if you plan to make money with it, you need a separate license for it.

The official MYSQL site is here. There you can download many different version of MYSQL. But this tutorial will be using version 4.1 or else someone object.

Download the binary for windows since I have mentioned earlier that the tutorial would be for window users. Most people using some flavor of Unix are well advance and can download and install it themselves without issues.

Save the binary to a location i.e. c:\temp go back and execute it and following the default installation wizard. If you do not know anything from the wizard just leave it and click next and next to complete the installation. Remember to remember you username and password.

If you can understand the wizard change some default setting to suit yourself. When you have finished go to your start, program files, MSQL, MYSQL Server 4.1, MYSQL Command Line Client. Enter your password and you are in.

Programming › Re: Sbu Career: Help. I Need Career Advice by sbucareer(f): 11:55am On Apr 13, 2006

MBA Information Systems Management, I would not know the modules they offer. It could be relating to business and management rather to information systems. I know the cultural-gap between IT and BA students will always be there.

MBA, is a powerful course for business student not necessary for IT. Because the only way business managers can understand IT managers is, to continue having a JAD (Joint Application Development) session or business meetings to discuss issues within the organization in corelation with information system management.

If you want to study IT and wanting to do MBA, you'd end up with two postgraduate qualifications because these two course complements each other in a very retrospect ways.

Programming › Re: Sbu Career: Help. I Need Career Advice by sbucareer(f): 11:24am On Apr 13, 2006

MSc.Information System Management, good choice for postgraduate course in respect to IT.

As you are good with database, this course will be easy for you with particular attention to UML. I love to work with data. Raw data is life. When you are given raw data to process and come up with information and extends it to knowledge and finally produce an Artificial Intelligence with it, men I can work 78hrs straight no stop till that intelligence data is produced.

I know you live in London, when I was enumerating intelligence something should have come into your mind. Who in this country uses intelligent data? You should know without reading further. Well if you did not remember Police, Scotland Yard, Immigration, housing, NHS, etc.

Couple with your programming skills, you will be a hot cake for these departments. Remember Java is not good for data mining. You need to learn prolog and other artificial intelligence data mining language.

I don't know if Cobol could be good but should think to some extend. Like satellite Navigator uses artificial intelligence to navigate people to their destination.

If you are into Java like I am and very serious advocate for Java then start learning architectural programming and do J2EE Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for J2EE Learn a lot about

1. Distributed systems
2. XML
3. HTML
4. Java
5. XHTML
6. SOAP
7. JAX-RCP
8. TCP/IP
9. JSP, JSF, JSTL
10. Framework i.e. strut, hibernate etc
11. Specification
12. UML design
13. System design
14. System testing and debuggin using JUnit, refactoring tool
15. Database design/implementation
16. Design Patterns

Lots of them, I have been a chief J2EE architecture for my organization for the fast 3 years. You need to work for some serious company and gain that experience.

My long time goal is to work for Sun Microsystems Inc. By the end of this year I will get there by grace of God. These are the sort of goals you set for yourself and work hard to achieving it

Good luck

Programming › Re: Computer Science Degree Recommended For Programming Career? by sbucareer(f): 10:57am On Apr 13, 2006

ajiboyet, at 13yrs you're this good with programming? It reminds me of myself at your age. I have already started writing QBasic, old Microsoft shell script that later become VB Visual Basic.

Although, you have not told us the language you are good at, but I will be assuming a less complicated language. I was fortunate my dad works for a foreign company that give him computer at home as his job was more into computer. I was able to learn with it.

Anyway, study or no study. Abroad or no abroad, the thing is, most IT Billionaires did not go or finished University QED. The only thing they had was a PC (Personal Computer) at home or where their dad work. It started as hacking, planting malicious code and coming back to the company to tell them I can remove the bug or solve the problem. This is how many people today became billionaire. The thing is they were there at the right time, the birth of computer.

Now, computer has become more popular, believe me nothing to do again. Programs have been taught and written, ideas have been formulated and re-invented. Nothing else for us to do than maintain the current systems.

The next final frontier is the space. Satellite communication, wireless application, anything to do with space is where you should be heading. If I can honestly give myself advice and people, seriously you should not study computer because computer is a hobby, very soon everyone will know that thing you know.

In London, a cleaning job requires some sort of IT skill and even certs. Can you imagine? Because most cleaning equipments come computerized. So IT certs will soon be legal prerequisite for any jobs in near future.

My advice is to keep IT as a hobby and study some useful course in the university that will guarantee you job after graduation i.e. Engineering, Biomedics, Data Satellite communication etc. if you really want to go into IT and learn, study this unit, it is the core junction of computer course. The unit information management is the center of IT. Again, it allows you to study business course modules and bridge that cultural-gap between IT and business students.

Finally, any course you study, learning IT will be easy for you. I know many law student that did IT at their MSc and with ease. The thing is that IT can be learn any time any age. But not all units in higher education can be learn at anytime any age.

Good luck in your quest for knowledge and make Nairaland your choice of IT information.

Forum Games › Re: I Too Know (ITK) by sbucareer(f): 9:49pm On Apr 12, 2006

glamour, I like your style. I'd like if you give us a hint on the last item on your list? Maybe on a new thread.

Programming › Re: Web Development Using PHP by sbucareer(f): 9:35pm On Apr 12, 2006

Now, the father of every OOP, the class. Class encapsulate all the variables and functions a particular application uses. It helps to reduce re-writing code, bug free and faster application development by employing code resubality.

To write a class we use the reserved PHP word class i.e.

<?
class NairalandWebApplication{

Variables and function goes here

}//End NairalandWebApplication
?>

Notice something it uses class after ? not php, that is how you can tell class file from PHP file. Let say we want to write a class that holds username and password to login to our site. We had create a variables that will hold username and password and provide a function to authenticate the user. We could add other function we want to use in that particular application.

If we were developing a shopping site we could also have a function called calculateShopping, paymentProcessor, sendInvoice etc.

<?
class ShoppingApllication{

$username = "visitor";
$passwd = "letmein";

function login ($username, $password){
if ( ( $username eq "visitor" ) &&
( $passwd eq "letmein" wink

) {
header("Location:http://localhost/main.php");
exit();
}//End if
}//End login function

function calculateShopping ( $ShoppingCart ){

$_tempCalculation = $ShoppingCart ; // Mind you shoppingCart is an Object
$_quantity = $_tempCalculation.getQuantity();
$_price = $_tempCalculation.getPrice();

$_total = ($_quantity * $_price );

return ($_total );
}//End calculateShopping

, // Other function

, // Other function
}//End ShoppingApplication
?>

Now we have created a class called ShoppingApplication. How do we use it in an application? When you are writing a PHP script within a web application say HTML. You can do two things.

Use <?php -----------?> to render your sturf straight away to the web UI and use this <? -------------?> to import or include your external PHP files like the class file we created. So in our php file we will have some thing like this

<?
include "ShoppingApplication.php"
?>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>OOP IN PHP</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>

<?php
//Create new Object of ShoppingApplication.php
$instance = &New ShoppingApplication;

$instance.login( $_POST["username"], $_POST["passwd"] );
?>

<FORM name=id Method=POST Action="">
Username: <INPUT TYPE=text name=username><p />
Password: <INPUT TYPE=password name=passwd>
<INPUT TYPE=submit value=login>
</FORM>

</BODY>
</HTML>

Programming › Re: Web Development Using PHP by sbucareer(f): 8:47pm On Apr 12, 2006

Function can contain variables and they can hold object reference and many other thing. Like I said before programming is the manipulation of variables, simply. No long sorry. If you cannot understand what is variable, then you should condiser a course on Needle work.

Variable hold states and information. Informations like age, sex, address and account balance. Now, if I can get you address from an application I can manipulate this variable that holds your address the way I like.

I can present it this way, say your address is 1 Nairaland, Lagos, Nigeria.

1. 1 Nairaland, Lagos, Nigeria.
2 1 Nairaland, Lagos, Nigeria.
3. 1 Nairaland, Lagos, Nigeria.

You get the gist. I can change it any way I like and that is programming my brother.

Because variables are little locations in the actual physical computer memory, they are volatile that is why we employ database to persist it. Variables, Objects do not live after the power or computer goes off. They die unfortunately. So if you are writing application and you want to remember somebody when they come back to you site like Nairaland, you need a database.
Now, that we know more about variables and functions, won't it be nice if we can package them together into one file and call them when we need them.

Programming › Re: Web Development Using PHP by sbucareer(f): 8:24pm On Apr 12, 2006

I will not go into teaching classes without introducing first, function(s). A function is a particular task in a program language that only that block of code knows how to carry that task(s) out. Why do we have functions. Instead of repeating yourself all the time you could write a simple task and put it into a function and call that function as many times as possible, ie.

Let say we are writing a game application and we want to tell winner a Congratulation message everytime they win. You could either do it this way all the time

<?php

echo "Congratulation you have won the race";
?>

or

function win ( $message ){
echo $message;
}

and use it in your application like this win("Congratulation you have won the race"; it is elegant and simple for maintainenace issues. But it saves your doing this every time

<?php

echo "Congratulation you have won the race";
?>

This is just a simple example believe, you code will get big and complex, re-writing all the algorithm you have written before is not funny.

To write a function, you simply use the PHP reserved name function followed by the function name with a paranthesis and openning brace and closing brace i.e.

function functionName(parameter is optional){
}

parameter is when you want to pass the function some information within the application. Say you are designing a shopping cart. The customer select and add the books to a shopping cart object, the object would be passed probably through a function parameter into checkOut object to calculate the shopping cart .

There are two types of function

1. Accessor
2. I can't remember the other one

But in Java it is called getters and setters. Basically Getter return information back to the calling object while setter do not, they change the behaviour of the function by changing the value of the function variable(s). We will cover this in a little while.

Programming › Re: Web Development Using PHP by sbucareer(f): 8:10pm On Apr 12, 2006

[size=24pt]OOP (Object Oriented Programming)[/size]

What is Object? (1) A computer representation of something that a user can work with to perform a task. An object can appear as text or an icon. (2) A collection of data and member functions that operate on that data, which together represent a logical entity in the system. In object-oriented programming, objects are grouped into classes that share common data definitions and member functions. Each object in the class is said to be an instance of the class. [1]

If you study the above definition, you will deduce that Object is simply a Class. You may want to ask now, What is a Class? Well, a Class is a group of varibles, functions, and static field put together into one file called class, so that developing application would be easier.

The major problem in software development is reusing the same function over and over again without you knowing. Imagine that in your web application, you have a page that allows someone to login and in another page you want a login solution, you would have coded two different login pages without knowing it, which is a waste of time. Beside you can introduce bugs into your application.

But if you have written it in an OOP way by writing a class called Login and call it as many times as you want in the application without having to re-write it all the time. Beside it makes your application development fast.

API's in all programming language are Objects, which can also be called class. It encapsulate repeated task so that you do not need to write it all the time.

Programming › Re: Web Development Using PHP by sbucareer(f): 7:49pm On Apr 12, 2006

Well done Skima, very good. Thanks for helping out. As you have enumerated on the content page I would like every chapter to have its content written in bold i.e

[size=24pt]OOP[/size]

I will modify my pages to reflect your content tables. Nice work Skima. He who teach learn more.

Programming › Re: Web Development Using PHP by sbucareer(f): 3:30pm On Apr 11, 2006

You can use XAMP, an open source apache and PHP. Everything is installed and configured to go. No need for that scratchy installation of PHP and apache configuration

Forum Games › Re: I Too Know (ITK) by sbucareer(f): 10:33am On Apr 11, 2006

I also know that all the Nigerian Presidents so far are very wicked and should go to hell fire, if there is such a place after death, Amen.

Programming › Re: Architectural Differences Between Virtual And Non-Virtual Machines by sbucareer(f): 8:25am On Apr 11, 2006

Virtual Machine, a self-contained operating environment that behaves as if it is a separate computer. For example, Java applets run in a Java virtual machine (VM) that has no access to the host operating system. Another big example of Virtual Machine is the internet. It sits nowhere on your operating system and perform tasks i.e. TCP/IP access to the internet

Non-virtual Machine, is the software that make use of operating environment. For example .COM/.COM++ and Microsoft .DLL executable software that links its native API code to the underlying operating system for features like language grammer and syntax computation.

In bias to OS, OS is the foundation software of a machine; that which schedules tasks, allocates storage, and presents a default interface to the user between applications. The facilities an operating system provides and its general design philosophy exert an extremely strong influence on programming style and on the technical cultures that grow up around its host machines, hence making Unix native API the ideal choice for secure systems.

Computers › Re: Fastest Broadband In The Uk by sbucareer(op): 8:05am On Apr 11, 2006

I see what you are saying now. Sometimes it is not the speed that matters in TCP/IP gaming. When you are hosting a game select from the continent you are in and if possible select from you country. Latency plays an important role in TCP/IP gaming.

Although, the other peoples connection to your XBOX 360 matters as well. If they have crappy connection, pinging your xbox will curse the IP to drop packets especially if you are paying a powerful graphics game normally associated with xbox consoles as their are the best console in the market place now.

Having a powerful ADSL connection helps, my recommendation to game enthusiast is to find a good ISP that is rolling out ADSL 24+. It is a new technology that allows them to push 24Meg downstream through a copper wire to your house using BT existing connection.

Computers › Re: Fastest Broadband In The Uk by sbucareer(op): 2:49pm On Apr 10, 2006

PPPoE is Point to Point Protocol Over Ethernet or ASDL for PPPoA. Ethernet is for networking. RJ11, which is the PPPoA is not really my ideal network communication point.

I am finishing from here and Iam going to my other work. I will reply as soon as I get home at 11pm. Have a good day.

Computers › Re: Fastest Broadband In The Uk by sbucareer(op): 2:42pm On Apr 10, 2006

Call them first, and make sure you know what to expect. Even you can email then from their website. The first time I switched to them from AOL on 2Meg, which was 128Kb/2Meg to be, I was only getting 1.2Meg/6.1Meg I complained and complained. I think the customer service girl I usually speak with would have been tired with me. After two weeks on them I got 1.3/17Meg, which was reassuring and sometimes I get 20Meg downstream.

But lets face it you don't need 24Meg to search google and read emails. 512Kb should be enough for people in that line. But if you host a web server, email server, and application server like me I need all the 24Meg and even more.

My internet access is reasonably fast now I can fell it and my download is good. I download in excess of 6Gb in just 10 minutes. It is very good and rewording for me.

Computers › Re: Fastest Broadband In The Uk by sbucareer(op): 2:20pm On Apr 10, 2006

ShadowSpar: when i host a room and people search for it for some reason they can't see it but my freidn has a craper connection but with telewest in birmingham but loads of people join his and ive got like 180more kb then he does or something on uploads speed.hes 2mb 256k im 10mb 384kb

Which room are you referring to? Do you want to host a game server? Which game server are you using? Are you using PPPoA or PPPoE? Which router are you using? Upstream is always smaller to Downstream, so you maybe referring to 384Kb/10Mb and your friends connection as 256Kb/2Mb.

I have not yet understand your post very well. Please shine some light on it so I could help if I can. Some time your distant to your ISP exchanger server may cause attenuation problem and ISP has reported that BT (British Telecom) are still using old copper wires that is why the slow down in speed. New companies are not trying a new technology called ADSL 24+, it is a way to push digital data through BT copper wire at a more faster rate with minimum attenuation distance.

Try be for 24Meg, call them first and give them your BT phone number and postcode they would tell you how far you are to the nearest exchange and the rate you would get if you sign up.

They are the only foreign company that I know that is trying out the new technology ADSL 24+.

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Computers › Re: Fastest Broadband In The Uk by sbucareer(op): 2:04pm On Apr 10, 2006

ShadowSpar, I never understood your post particularly xbox issues, what is it all about?

Programming › Re: Java Programming For Dummies by sbucareer(f): 1:05pm On Apr 10, 2006

Wow!!! Excellent, Skima you are a guru, when I was learning I was not this good. Good work. I am very much impressed with your Visual diagram and Layout Management diagram.

I would be looking forward to seeing the code behind this beautiful UI. Well done Skima. You choice of BorderLayout and Border Managers is wise. The diagram depicted what your UI was telling. Goooooood work, Skima.

Change the JLable in the NORTH panel from JLabel to Image. i.e. Image:icon Use this example

Image displayImage;

displayImage = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("skima.jpg" wink

;
JPanel panel = new JPanel();

panel.setLayout (new BorderLayout() );
panel.add ( BorderLayout.NORTH, displayImage );

Use this example

Programming › Re: Web Development Using PHP by sbucareer(f): 12:50pm On Apr 10, 2006

Remember echo is like System.out.print() in java and printf in C/C++, it is a way of sending bits stream out from the standard input output.

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