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by Nitrodist
Fri May 27, 2011 10:03 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Witcher 2 on GOG
Replies: 40
Views: 7452

Re: Witcher 2 on GOG

From what I heard, patch 1.1 removes all of the DRM.
by Nitrodist
Thu May 26, 2011 2:39 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Network Game Programming
Replies: 9
Views: 4956

Re: Network Game Programming

Right now it's set up to just serialize anything that's serializable and the deserialize on the other end. This is kind of annoying if you're only sending 1 float and it's 1+ KB in size. Is there any resources out there on working with this kind of information efficiently? We're willing to use othe...
by Nitrodist
Wed May 25, 2011 4:18 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Network Game Programming
Replies: 9
Views: 4956

Network Game Programming

I've been asked to rewrite some networking code for a friend's project (it's called revert -- github link ). Right now it's set up to just serialize anything that's serializable and the deserialize on the other end. This is kind of annoying if you're only sending 1 float and it's 1+ KB in size. Is t...
by Nitrodist
Thu May 19, 2011 11:05 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Windows 7 and Samba 3.5.2
Replies: 6
Views: 3362

Re: Windows 7 and Samba 3.5.2

Absolutely. That's what we're doing.
by Nitrodist
Thu May 19, 2011 9:22 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Windows 7 and Samba 3.5.2
Replies: 6
Views: 3362

Re: Windows 7 and Samba 3.5.2

Found out the problem thanks to a co-worker looking into it. The problem is that within our environment, by default, Windows 7 required all SMB packets to be signed. Samba servers, however, do not. So there are two ways to fix this: turn off client signing in Win7 or add a flag to the smb.conf file ...
by Nitrodist
Wed May 11, 2011 3:27 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Odd Oracle sqlplus command Error
Replies: 0
Views: 2879

Odd Oracle sqlplus command Error

We're running a script with sqlplus taking a .sql file to execute to anonymize some data in tables that have the column 'name'. The code works for certain schemas while others fail with the following cryptic message: declare * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00911: invalid character ORA-06512: at line 8 This i...
by Nitrodist
Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:05 am
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: Linux RAID success
Replies: 25
Views: 6266

Re: Linux RAID success

Are these configured with regular partitions or have you tried out LVM's?
by Nitrodist
Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:22 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Screwed, you're getting a Dell
Replies: 52
Views: 6202

Re: Screwed, you're getting a Dell

But, if my bosses are willing I'm going to look elsewhere in the future, i.e. I'm going to look to HP, give em a shot at least. This has been very upsetting. Anyone here ever built their own rack computer? I think I can speak directly to both of these issues. HP's enterprise-class server hardware i...
by Nitrodist
Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:35 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Windows 7 and Samba 3.5.2
Replies: 6
Views: 3362

Re: Windows 7 and Samba 3.5.2

Will do tomorrow, thanks.
by Nitrodist
Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:10 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Windows 7 and Samba 3.5.2
Replies: 6
Views: 3362

Windows 7 and Samba 3.5.2

I just posted a topic on ServerFault on an issue I'm having getting a Windows 7 PC that's attached to a domain to connect to any Samba share. It's quite ridiculous too and infuriating because it can connect to shares that it owns under Active Directory just fine. Anybody have any bright ideas? Addit...
by Nitrodist
Sun Feb 13, 2011 3:58 pm
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Remove data wipe 'feature' after password limit is reached
Replies: 1
Views: 1163

Remove data wipe 'feature' after password limit is reached

On the blackberry phones, one of the features is that the phone is wiped after 10 password attempts. Well, I don't want that! I would prefer it that my day isn't ruined and have to restore from my last backup (which may be whenever). Is there a way to remove this 'feature'? Most of the stuff that I ...
by Nitrodist
Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:58 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Enter our MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti giveaway here
Replies: 1004
Views: 70210

Re: Enter our MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti giveaway here

Sign me up, please. 8)
by Nitrodist
Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:27 am
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Compiling Ruby onto a PowerPC Arch (DS209+II NAS)
Replies: 8
Views: 4331

Re: Compiling Ruby onto a PowerPC Arch (DS209+II NAS)

I really wish I documented what I did to get it going... :roll: What I remember doing was having zlib installed through the package manager (used the ipkg package manager), but the kicker was that it was installed in a place that ruby wasn't looking for it. I think the package manager installs it to...
by Nitrodist
Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:10 am
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: password salting
Replies: 15
Views: 5513

Re: password salting

The way that Prag Prog's RoR book does the passwords is with salting, of course. They store the salt and the SHA-1 hash of the password + the salt. To generate the salt they take the ruby's object id (which is 8 decimal places long) and is added to the rand function which is 17-19 decimals long (wit...
by Nitrodist
Fri Dec 31, 2010 6:35 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: dymt reloaded
Replies: 26465
Views: 2506367

Re: dymt reloaded

ROFL at this 'rosylook01' guy on the forums here.

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by Nitrodist
Sat Dec 25, 2010 2:26 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Suggestions for a cheap NAS
Replies: 9
Views: 3761

Re: Suggestions for a cheap NAS

Dredging up an old thread here (sorry), but I do have some questions. What is the recommended NAS device these days? I saw the D-Link DNS-321 which looked promising but since that's 2 years old, I think there might be some better alternatives out there by now. The latest system builder's guide unfor...
by Nitrodist
Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:43 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Recommended low-end 'good' headphones in Canada
Replies: 8
Views: 2201

Re: Recommended low-end 'good' headphones in Canada

Well, that's Google.com, but I did try looking in there for a bit, thanks anyway.
by Nitrodist
Fri Dec 17, 2010 12:16 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Recommended low-end 'good' headphones in Canada
Replies: 8
Views: 2201

Re: Recommended low-end 'good' headphones in Canada

Hmm, NCIX is out of stock as it turns out. Does anyone have an alternative place to purchase this from?
by Nitrodist
Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:11 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Recommended low-end 'good' headphones in Canada
Replies: 8
Views: 2201

Re: Recommended low-end 'good' headphones in Canada

Perfect. I'll buy them right now. Thanks morphine.
by Nitrodist
Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:01 am
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: password salting
Replies: 15
Views: 5513

Re: password salting

What is the platform you're targeting with this? For each platform, there are usually already packages out there that do exactly what you're asking. Creating something from scratch like that is dangerous because you don't know all of the pitfalls and it's pretty much guaranteed that the people who a...
by Nitrodist
Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:53 am
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Recommended low-end 'good' headphones in Canada
Replies: 8
Views: 2201

Recommended low-end 'good' headphones in Canada

As the title says, I'm looking for a good set of headphones that aren't the $50 throw-away sets that you buy from Best Buy or the like. It's going to be a Christmas present as well ;) A few years ago I purchased a set of Sennheiser HD 595 headphones and, while good and great sounding, I soon discove...
by Nitrodist
Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:57 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Microsoft Access Question
Replies: 14
Views: 2478

Re: Microsoft Access Question

I think the OP does not have a firm grip on normalization and/or table design (no offense).

Can you post your relationships view to see the relationships between the tables?
by Nitrodist
Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:48 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Router Question/Issue
Replies: 2
Views: 1295

Re: Router Question/Issue

You can set the number of DHCP addresses available to be assigned in some (if not all ) routers. If you're using all of the addresses, then perhaps disconnecting from the switch frees up one of the DHCP addresses, thus re-enabling the Wi-Fi.
by Nitrodist
Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:45 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Compiling Ruby onto a PowerPC Arch (DS209+II NAS)
Replies: 8
Views: 4331

Re: Compiling Ruby onto a PowerPC Arch (DS209+II NAS)

Got it sorted out notfred, thanks. RoR is now running!
by Nitrodist
Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:45 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Compiling Ruby onto a PowerPC Arch (DS209+II NAS)
Replies: 8
Views: 4331

Re: Compiling Ruby onto a PowerPC Arch (DS209+II NAS)

Unfortunately, ldd isn't included with this linux box (ld is though). Is there a way of getting it somehow? Googling 'install ldd linux' etc. only brings up results of how to use ldd or someone who is having trouble installing other piece of software (and then subsequently using ldd to troubleshoot).
by Nitrodist
Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:48 am
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Compiling Ruby onto a PowerPC Arch (DS209+II NAS)
Replies: 8
Views: 4331

Compiling Ruby onto a PowerPC Arch (DS209+II NAS)

Trying to compile Ruby here so I can run Ruby on Rails on that NAS, the DS209+II . I updated to the latest firmware (3.0) and tried to get to wokr. Installed the ipkg package maintainer for some things. Tried to use the built in ruby package (1.9.1) that's on the ipkg repo, but that failed miserably...
by Nitrodist
Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:38 am
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Find the Largest Number
Replies: 12
Views: 9915

Re: Find the Largest Number

Guys, I have made me changes, my tasks are as follows: "The process of finding the largest value is used frequently in computer applications (for eg: a program that determines the winner of a sales contest would input the number of units sold by each sales person. Teh salesperson who sells the...
by Nitrodist
Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:29 am
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: What is the easiest application server to implement?
Replies: 5
Views: 2275

Re: What is the easiest application server to implement?

Thanks for your input, guys. We are going to use the RoR solution.
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