NYCPHP Meetup

[jon baer]

is this memo very old?  i can't seem to tell, i just found it ... its a good
read anyways ...

http://www.internalmemos.com/memos/memodetails.php?memo_id=1321

the "HelloWorld" problem is pretty funny (im sure the same applies to PHP as
it does to Python).

- jon

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More Annoyances from O'Reilly... please contact Marsee directly.

Great meeting last night guys.  Good to see everyone.

H=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marsee Henon [mailto:marsee at oreilly.com]=20
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:06 PM
> To: news at nyphp.org
> Subject: PC Hardware Annoyances Needed for New Book
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> Dear User Group Leader:
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> Thanks for the great response to our call, a few weeks ago, for
> annoyances, gripes, and complaints about Excel. The email we got was
> extremely useful and a lot of your members not only sent=20
> annoyances, but
> fixes! So, a thousand thanks for the help.
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> As you might guess, we have another book in the wings--this=20
> one focusing
> on PC hardware annoyances. We're not just talking about PCs=20
> and laptops
> per se--we also talking about all the hardware that's inside=20
> and attached
> to your computer, such as memory, motherboards, hard drives, printers,
> scanners, home networks, DSL/cable, CD/DVD, and host of other annoying
> hardware devices.
>=20
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> If any members of your group have PC hardware annoyances=20
> they'd like to
> see solved, have them email me (marsee at oreilly.com) with "PC Hardware
> Annoyances" in the subject. Just have them note what hardware=20
> is giving=20
> them grief (e.g. Dell Dimension 8100 with 1.3GHz P4; LaserJet 3150;=20
> Verbatim Producer 44 DVD+/-RW; etc.), and any relevant=20
> software that's=20
> involved (such as the OS, a driver, OCR software, etc.).
>=20
>=20
> As thanks for sharing, we'll make sure to get copies of "PC Hardware=20
> Annoyances" sent to your group shortly after publication.
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
> Marsee
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> ***
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> An example:
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> Hardware Windows Setting Blocks DVD Upgrade
>=20
> THE ANNOYANCE: I want to update the firmware for my Sony DRX510UL DVD
> burner, and the site said to disable the DMA setting in=20
> Windows XP before
> doing so. But it neglects to tell you how.
>=20
> THE FIX: The Sony drive is terrificit burns DVD+R and DVD-R discs, and
> uses both DVD-RW and DVD+RW rewritable media. But ask Sony=20
> for support,
> and it responds with a virtual raspberryits online instructions are
> complex and often impossible to understand. Luckily, fiddling with DMA
> isn't difficult. Here's how to turn it off:
>=20
> Windows XP/2000. Open the System control panel, choose the=20
> Hardware tab,
> and click the Device Manager button. Double-click "IDE ATA/ATAPI
> controllers" and double-click "Secondary IDE Channel" (your=20
> DVD drive is
> most likely located on the secondary channel; if not, choose=20
> "Primary IDE
> Channel"). Click the Advanced Settings tab, and under Device=20
> 0 (master) or
> Device 1 (slave) (depending on how your drive is set up),=20
> select PIO Only
> from the Transfer Mode drop-down menu. Click OK.
>=20
> Windows 98/Me. Open the System control panel and choose the=20
> Device Manager
> tab. Double-click CD-ROM, then double-click your drive. Select the
> Settings tab, uncheck the DMA option, and click OK. Remember=20
> to reverse
> the previous steps once your DVD drive's firmware is installed.
>=20
> ***
>=20
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