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  1. ddrueding

    Which cam/lens for flowers? LM,Tan, ed, Handy?

    Heh, I've been running this 6000+ for longer than any CPU since my Celeron 300A.
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    Something Random

    OK, I'm now sick of the rain.
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    Which cam/lens for flowers? LM,Tan, ed, Handy?

    I wouldn't say LM throws money around. All the stuff he has seems to have been a wise purchase. He just spends more money on photography because that is his profession, just as I spend more money on computer stuff because that is my profession. Tannin, Handruin, and I have no such excuse...
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    RAID Adapter Advice

    The biggest problem with SoftRAIDs is that only in *nix land can you put the OS on one. Unless you know something I don't (highly likely).
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    RAID Adapter Advice

    That is exactly what I recommended, and honestly I don't have a second recommendation. These guys have never disappointed. I know that Areca also makes hardware RAID cards. But I've never used them.
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    Suggest a decent 19" LCD monitor

    On that screen, it seemed* like the dot pitch was considerably worse. Could have to do with the viewing angle, it was my 3rd monitor and was considerably off to the right. Not saying it was, just trying to describe my impressions.
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    RAID Adapter Advice

    I am very spoiled by 3Ware controllers. They are not cheap, and certainly overkill for a mirrored set. But they do work very well. This is their lowest-end card for $150 If you want SATAII, it will cost you another $50.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Thanks. My sister's friend wrote it (I think) she's a grad student at Cornell.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    This is likely what I'll end up doing. But I'm doing some research into Zotero. Perhaps it can get me some of the information I want.
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    DVD Hi-Def format war near end, Blu-ray wins?

    Udaman, I suppose I've just seen the wrong ones then. Those I've seen had virtually 0 difference between the DVD and HD-DVD version. Merc, I haven't been looking in some time to be honest. I suppose I'll look again when more than 2-3 movies I want in HD aren't available in HD-DVD.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Thanks Blake. You've been a great help. I'll need to put this on hold for the day so I can go make some money, but I'll be back.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Awesome. Working code and I feel like I almost know it. I understand the basic concept behind every line of code, I just need to go read up on the syntax. Thanks again.
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    DVD Hi-Def format war near end, Blu-ray wins?

    I got the XBox360 HD-DVD ROM when HD-DVD was first being cracked. I'll get a BR ROM when those are cracked. I like HiDef, I hate DRM. When I can get one without the other I'll buy in. I do appreciate the improved quality on new releases, though releasing older films on "HighDef" is a joke.
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    BitMicro preps 832GB SSD 2.5 inch SATA

    The market is certainly there, and I suspect the tech is really darn close. I wonder what is holding it up? Volume production? Lack of competition? Large vendors sucking up the supply at higher cost?
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    Samsung drives unreliable?

    I have a larger number (more than 100 less than 200) of these drives deployed, and I haven't had any fail yet. It could be a bad batch, but I would be more suspicious of a power supply or heat issue. How confident are you in your other components and configuration?
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Great idea. What is a logical choice?
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    I'm having some issues (no kidding) with the makeTags function. function makeTags($id) { // Lookup $result = "SELECT tags FROM movies WHERE movies.index = '$id'"; $result = mysql_fetch_row($result); // Tokenize $tokens = explode(" ", $result); // Loop through tokens foreach($tokens as...
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Awesome Blake. That is what I was just coming back to ask. I'm glad I hit "refresh" before typing out my post.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    In order to have different links to different searches, I'll need to do the hyperlinks based on the tokenized results? I haven't felt this stupid in a long time.
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    DVD Hi-Def format war near end, Blu-ray wins?

    Sony? Winning a format war? Looks like I picked the wrong one a few months ago. USB Blueray drives are still not cheap...
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Got #3 working the was I wanted by un-doing a bunch of Blake's work...sorry about that. I almost have #1 working as I want; the location is in the hyperlink, but it still starts with the server's address (http://192.168.1.7/ z:\movies\animated\Cinderella.avi ) I understand the explanation...
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    6 years of StorageForum!

    I was going by Handruin's account creation date: 01-12-2002.
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    6 years of StorageForum!

    What would I do without SF? Know a lot less and work a lot more ;) For years I haven't had any good friends living nearby, you guys have made me not even notice. Thanks.
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    BitMicro preps 832GB SSD 2.5 inch SATA

    128GB is over $3k, so I would guess this is around $10k. Just a guess. Also keep in mind this is one of the faster 100mbps devices.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Ideas are always welcome ;) Half of #3 is already done, I just need it to display all records when the page is first accessed as well. Thanks again.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Awesome. Thank you so much. The things left on my wish list are all HTML (I think) so I hope I can figure them out: 1. Hyperlink all the titles to launch the movie 2. Hyperlink all the tags to run a new search on that tag. 3. Display all records when no search or an empty search is run.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Damn. You guys are awesome. It will take me a while to chew through all that and learn what it means. Thanks muchly.
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    6 years of StorageForum!

    I just checked, and we are a few days short of 6 years since the first accounts were created. I'd like to thank everyone here for making it such a nice and easy place to be. And of course special thanks to Handruin for running the place!
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Perfect. If I could search for "The Matrix" by just typing "matrix", that would be ideal. Bringing up some additional results is fine, this will mostly be a way to surf between titles.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Alright, I'm changing the location fields to length 100, that ought to do it. I am running MySQL 5.0.38, so that isn't an issue.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Handruin, What I want in an ideal world...alright, you asked for it ;) A single search box that will return the records of anything similar to the title or similar to any one of the tags in the tag field. Titles may contain spaces, but tags are alphanumeric and separated with spaces. It would...
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Thanks again Handruin. The HTML looks much cleaner with that quote removed, the backslashes in the form removed, and changing back to post didn't break anything. Now for what should be a simple question: $query = "SELECT title,tags FROM movies WHERE title LIKE 'Cinderella' OR tags LIKE...
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    Something Random

    Not yet, but I haven't had to commute in it yet. I've been working from home for the last week. Ask me again this time tomorrow and the answer will likely be different. Is it keeping you up? IIRC, you are PST as well.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    I feel bad posting this code, because I know it is complete crap. But if you guys are going to continue spending your time helping me, you should see the whole thing. So here 'goes: <?php //Connects to database mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "") or die(mysql_error())...
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    I created a unique auto-incrementing index, and my VARCHAR fields are length 50, that should be enough.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Yup, I tried this and it works fine: ...WHERE title='Cinderella'"; And this works fine, too: ...WHERE title LIKE 'Cinderella'";That leads me to believe that it is the syntax of the variable from the form that I got wrong. Awesome. I knew I had to, but I hadn't found out how yet. Thanks...
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Great question. I don't know. The HTML forms tutorial I was working from used post, so that is what I used. The pages I was reading didn't say how they were different.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    I have Webmin installed, but it doesn't look like it will let me run SQL statements. I'll install phpMyAdmin now and see how it goes.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    Wow, thank you so much for the in-depth assistance and tips. I'm off to give them a shot, and I'll report back my progress.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    I'm remembering why I hate coding... The syntax on these is wrong, and I don't know how. $query = "SELECT * FROM movies WHERE title=$_POST['titlesearch'] ";$query = "SELECT * FROM movies WHERE MATCH ( tags ) AGAINST ($tagsearch) ";'titlesearch' and 'tagsearch' are brought in from an HTML page...
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    I rip them using RipIt4Me and compress in AutoGK into a 1.85GB XviD file. That way I can fit them evenly onto thumbdrives for trips. The HD-DVDs I rip using AnyDVD and store whole on the drive (~30GB each).
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    I have now, and it looks good, thanks. I'll still be fighting my way through my own implementation though, I still want to learn this stuff.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    I've pretty much decided that I want to use a tagging method. A really, really simple one. A single table, with 5 fields: Index (do I need one?) Title (varchar) Tags (text) FileLocation1 (varchar) FileLocation2 (varchar) Now all I need to be able to do is fulltextsearch the tags field, insert...
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    I'm now looking at FreeTag.
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    Do I need a database for movies?

    So. For this project I was thinking of doing it one of two ways: 1. Defined fields per movie: Title Year Genre1 Genre2 Director1 Director2 Writer1 Writer2 Photography Music Actor1 Actor2 Actor3 Actor4 Actor5 Rating Time But I think I can be better served and with easier coding just using a tag...
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    Linux Certifications?

    Thanks Handruin. That was indeed the problem. I stumbled accross the answer earlier, and I thought I had posted the fix, but it doesn't look like it's here. Now I'm looking for a reference on getting form data into the database.
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    Which cam/lens for flowers? LM,Tan, ed, Handy?

    Wow. Is that sample picture representative? If so, I need to get me one of these in 52mm form for my landscapes/panos. The haze sucks at distances over 2 miles.
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    Something Random

    Got it. For some reason, the default LAMP installation was just a LAM install. No sign of PHP installed or associated with Apache2 whatsoever.
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    Where's everybody?

    Is he around Houston? I won't have a car, and will be staying with the GF's relatives.
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    Where's everybody?

    I did the trip to Disneyland. The next trip will be to Houston, TX in Feb and then Moscow in late May.
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