• CIPWTTKT&GC V0x0F (v15): Scoot and Deeps Drama Diaries
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[QUOTE=David Tennant;32563564]That would also probably cost me though, I wonder how much...[/QUOTE] There is no free way to get out of your contract.
I suppose I'd be robbing them if that was the case, the phone is worth £400 and I've only payed £150 of that including using the phone service, I'm just being greedy, I don't even need a dual core phone. It just annoys me that I'll be looking at the same phone for another 18 months, It's like getting married except costs less and you know you'll get a divorce in exactly 24 months.
[QUOTE=David Tennant;32563796]I suppose I'd be robbing them if that was the case, the phone is worth £400 and I've only payed £150 of that including using the phone service, I'm just being greedy, I don't even need a dual core phone. It just annoys me that I'll be looking at the same phone for another 18 months, It's like getting married except costs less and you know you'll get a divorce in exactly 24 months.[/QUOTE] You usually get a call asking if you want a new phone and renew your contract for another 2 years.
Do they offer discounts for prolonged customers? If not there's really no incentive, I like to browse the market and look at tonnes of reviews and whatnot before I commit to a large purchase, as with most people really.
Alright, I think I've recovered enough to tell you about my adventures. I started my internship on Monday. That was just half a day, most of it spent being introduced to people, though, so it wasn't hard. Thursday, I worked a full 9-to-5. Same as today. I built an entire helpdesk issue-tracking/ticket system from scratch. It's pretty much all done, except for the report generator. Some of the SQL is insane. I've got one 44-line query with a total of five join statements. On a database with a total of three tables, one of which isn't used in that query yet. I'd actually point you to it, but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to (I didn't technically sign a NDA, but I did give my word of honor). It's also a bit insecure - even though passwords are stored encrypted in the database, they're being sent in plain-text to the server. Pretty sure that's a major security flaw. Easily fixed by using HTTPS, but probably unnecessary - if someone wants to hack in and spam the database with issues, I have three words for you: "TRUNCATE TABLE tickets;". Plus, I'm not too experienced with PHP, so I'm probably making a bunch of retarded mistakes. Like today, when I spent three hours trying to figure out why login cookies were broken. Turns out the variable is $_COOKIE, not $_COOKIES. Oops? It's been fun but bone-meltingly exhausting. Seriously, I haven't even started up Steam since Wednesday. I'm still kind of dead four hours after I left.
I have no idea how you guys can stay sane working with software so much, I went onto a two year games development and software programming diploma and quit after two months because of how mind numbingly boring it was, hardware is just much more fun in my opinion.
I'm terribly bored by software too
[QUOTE=David Tennant;32564103]I have no idea how you guys can stay sane working with software so much, I went onto a two year games development and software programming diploma and quit after two months because of how mind numbingly boring it was, hardware is just much more fun in my opinion.[/QUOTE] Hardware is boring, you click the different parts into eachother and bam, works. Software on the other hand, keeps challenging you.
From my experience with it I'd say it's more repetitive and memory intensive than challenging, once you've got it down you're limited by the ceiling of the hardware unless you're literally creating new software rather than using already matured languages.
[QUOTE=David Tennant;32564158]From my experience with it I'd say it's more repetitive and memory intensive than challenging, once you've got it down you're limited by the ceiling of the hardware unless you're literally creating new software rather than using already matured languages.[/QUOTE] Software is faster. Seriously - you decide to make new hardware, it's at least a week or two before you see results. Days, if you stretch it or just do improvements. I can shit out a new, useful script in an hour - remember that night I spend making a Lorem Ipsum replacement generator?
I envy you all people with half a brain It takes me 1 hour to write a simple calculator in Java :argh: [editline]30th September 2011[/editline] Most of that time is spent adding ";" to every line because I always forget it :v:
[QUOTE=ze beaver;32564262]I envy you all people with half a brain It takes me 1 hour to write a simple calculator in Java :argh: [editline]30th September 2011[/editline] Most of that time is spent adding ";" to every line because I always forget it :v:[/QUOTE] It becomes second nature after a while, then you get to the point where they are the most frustrating things ever, why? Because you go to compile and get some random error takes you 4 hours to find a missing fucking semicolon.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;32564060] Some of the SQL is insane. I've got one 44-line query with a total of five join statements.[/QUOTE] why would you ever need a 44 line query for a ticketing system what [QUOTE=gman003-main;32564060] It's also a bit insecure - even though passwords are stored encrypted in the database, they're being sent in plain-text to the server. Pretty sure that's a major security flaw.[/QUOTE] everyone does this, that's not really a "major security flaw", and is only a problem if your connection is being sniffed (if you really are concerned, get https, but it shouldnt be that bad)
[url=http://web.archive.org/web/20100815015601/http://steamcommunity.com/id/lavacano201014]The Wayback Machine apparently indexes Steam profiles in German.[/url]
[QUOTE=anton;32564485]why would you ever need a 44 line query for a ticketing system what[/QUOTE] That query is basically to build up the following table (I'm going off memory here, might be a few other things): [code] +----------+-------+----------+----------+------------------+----------------------+---------+---------+---------+ | Priority | Total | Unsolved | Resolved | Most Common User | Most Common Category | Min TTS | Avg TTS | Max TTS | | High | 9 | 1 | 8 | Steve Steveson | Networking Problem | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | | Medium | 6 | 3 | 3 | Ivan Ivanovic | Lost Password | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | | Low | 10 | 6 | 4 | Jonah Jameson | Website Problem | 2 | 2.2 | 8 | +----------+-------+----------+----------+------------------+----------------------+---------+---------+---------+[/code] The problem was mainly in finding the most common user, since SQL isn't really designed to do that well. The most common category isn't implemented yet - that'll take another couple dozen lines.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;32564692]That query is basically to build up the following table (I'm going off memory here, might be a few other things): [code] +----------+-------+----------+----------+------------------+----------------------+---------+---------+---------+ | Priority | Total | Unsolved | Resolved | Most Common User | Most Common Category | Min TTS | Avg TTS | Max TTS | | High | 9 | 1 | 8 | Steve Steveson | Networking Problem | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | | Medium | 6 | 3 | 3 | Ivan Ivanovic | Lost Password | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | | Low | 10 | 6 | 4 | Jonah Jameson | Website Problem | 2 | 2.2 | 8 | +----------+-------+----------+----------+------------------+----------------------+---------+---------+---------+[/code] The problem was mainly in finding the most common user, since SQL isn't really designed to do that well. The most common category isn't implemented yet - that'll take another couple dozen lines.[/QUOTE] why are you building an entire view in a single query this system would fall over so quickly in the real world
[QUOTE=lavacano;32564608][url=http://web.archive.org/web/20100815015601/http://steamcommunity.com/id/lavacano201014]The Wayback Machine apparently indexes Steam profiles in German.[/url][/QUOTE] That's Dutch. Both languages look similar, so I can sort of understand it.
[QUOTE=anton;32564744]why are you building an entire view in a single query this system would fall over so quickly in the real world[/QUOTE] It's a system with 24 registered users, several of whom are never going to enter a ticket, much less run a status report. Although I'd like to know how you'd do it - my experience with SQL consists of two classes, so I'm not too experienced.
Oh good, gman, just the computer wizard I was looking for. is it true that OEM-based cards(such as GTX 545) are not comparable to the rest of the line they are marketed in?
You mean these cards? [QUOTE=Makol;32440094][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/JJt8C.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/tVbAY.jpg[/IMG] Saw these the other day, never knew a GT 545 even existed.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=LordCrypto;32564975]Oh good, gman, just the computer wizard I was looking for. is it true that OEM-based cards(such as GTX 545) are not comparable to the rest of the line they are marketed in?[/QUOTE] Depends. Some of them are identical to the rest; some are rebadges of older hardware; some are weaker models. I can pull up my list if you really want specifics.
[QUOTE=Niteshifter;32564783]That's Dutch. Both languages look similar, so I can sort of understand it.[/QUOTE] It doesn't help that the German word for German is Deutsch.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;32565102]Depends. Some of them are identical to the rest; some are rebadges of older hardware; some are weaker models. I can pull up my list if you really want specifics.[/QUOTE] It's okay, there is some "holier-than-thou" person in my new school program who thinks that he is right 100 percent of the time. He also believes that a 40mm grenade is not a grenade, because a grenade is a "Hand thrown, timer fuse explosive device"
[QUOTE=gman003-main;32564692] The problem was mainly in finding the most common user, since SQL isn't really designed to do that well. The most common category isn't implemented yet - that'll take another couple dozen lines.[/QUOTE] Did you ever hear of [code] SELECT ROW, COUNT(*) FROM DERPTABLE GROUP BY ROW [/code] It will take row ROW, and output how many times each thing occurs..
[QUOTE=horsedrowner;32557620] Where the fuck did all that noise come from?![/QUOTE] Turn down your ISO speed
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;32567671]Turn down your ISO speed[/QUOTE] Eh, what? I was using gifsicle, on the manpage all it said with resize was that it was optimized for speed and if you want something that looks okay, you should find something else. :v:
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Can somebody send me a CD with Windows 8 64 bit ? and one with 32 bit? Every time i download it its a bad iso / something doesnt work and.. im fed up with this... Im trying to install to Oracle VM VirtualBox but it wont read the Iso... HALP! please.... I want to try windows 8 [editline]1st October 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Anti Christ;32568182]I'm broke and I share a dedicated server with unlimited bandwidth and 1tb of HDD space with a friend. Does anyone know what I can do with it to make some cash? (I'll give free service to anyone that actually helps me)[/QUOTE] Ugggaaa! Fucking erased all of that... Minecraft server , webhosting , blog hosting , fastDL , seedbox , FTP , backup server , make your own dropbox ( will help with this ) , own webmail Post specs please
Woop lvl 16 on BF3 :v:
[QUOTE=Aloveoftheworld;32568289] Ugggaaa! Fucking erased all of that... Minecraft server , webhosting , blog hosting , fastDL , seedbox , FTP , backup server , make your own dropbox ( will help with this ) , own webmail Post specs please[/QUOTE] Specs: [img]http://imgf.tw/311290604.png[/img] Speed: [img]http://www.speedtest.net/result/1510648849.png[/img]
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