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Going old school! Yeah, I found that interesting... although for that site to track it you have to input your ID and it'll ping the API. Otherwise I don't think it will. (If you're talking about this site) Facebook is turning into the new Myspace IMO. I see G+ as a more mature audience (as was FB at the beginning.) Of course, that'll change over time and when the next big thing hits all the bleeding edge folks will jump onto that and eventually that'll turn into the "new myspace." It's just the nature of this type of application. Just like you need an Apple account to use the iPhone, or a BB account to use a crackberry? I sort of agree - I see it as an enhancement to real life, not to take over it. Think of it like email on steroids - you can send photos, have a quick conversation when its convenient or if more than one person has time & can't meetup IRL, you can always "hangout" online. I'll beg to differ on this too. A monopoly would be that you had no choice but to use Google's apps. It's not the only kid on the block. Sure, all your friends are on G+ instead of MySpace/Facebook or you might prefer Google's search results, but that doesn't mean it's a monopoly. Can you explain more? I, for one, welcome this. It's super convenient, typically a lot more secure (since you're trusting one company that most likely knows WTF they are doing instead of hundreds of amateur developers that could store your password in plain text *cough*Sony*cough*) and the new GUI is a plus Edit - it makes me sad that after all of these years people still friend tom - the one that forced you to be friends with him: http://socialstatistics.com/?include=statistics&id=2015

Ok...? A) Why are you tired of it? B) What kind of drivers are you looking for? Giz posted a great link, and you can always check the manufacturers website to see if they officially support the linux version of the driver.

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Agreed. That's one thing I hate on SO is when people downvote you just so their answer gets more rep.

That wouldn't be too hard to make. So basically positive only karma + custom mod for select an answer & trigger solved? Does the selected answer get any extra "karma/rep" points?

Yup - I was gunna post something about it today. It's pretty nice, feels a lot more fluid than Facebook does. However, it is a shiny new toy to play with, so I'll hold any judgments until a few weeks of using it

Heh, I've been wondering why all my sales leads havent been calling me back!

Looks the same to me, but I typically only have short-term memory available for use :/

http://dev.twitter.com They do have an auth like the facebook connect and such... but you're not going to find as much.

Meh, maybe there IS a need for yet another language, but I don't see it.

I can hopefully answer some of your questions. I personally need to get in the habit of writing unit tests - but I can tell you it does make a difference. I've been able to track down bugs quicker because I know what tests failed and with what sort of values it failed on. Also, with unit testing (as with any testing) it's another layer of QA to be sure what you are releasing is as bug-free as possible. As far as a VC - it's definitely a good idea even if you are working alone now. Take a look into things like continuous integration (CI) to help out. You can automate many tasks (testing, doc writing, rebuild caches/minifiyng files, etc) via CI.

What kind of sites are you still able to view?

I second that To give more insight for Daniel: (the one in the green at the start)

Size matters.

I'll definitely second that - you learn from your mistakes. I still do, and I've been doing this for many years... just when you get to dealing high-end sites make sure to not make those mistakes on a large live site / database (e.g. deleting all the members.) And if you do... and you don't learn from those kind of mistakes, you shouldn't be playing around with code The PHP manual actually has pretty good explanations on each type of "control structure", with examples you can try. Like learning from your mistakes, learn by trying!

IMO you should test the file offline before committing it, especially when working with multiple people. If you don't test your code before you upload and you find a mistake, you just have to upload yet again. Why bother with that extra (granted its a small amount, but it adds up over time) work when you could have just found it locally to begin with? Plus if you are working with multiple people - nothing is more frustrating to have your stuff not work because somebody else did not bother to check their work before committing it. As far as dev vs live server. Ideally the dev server should be setup in the same type of environment as the live server, just with extra error reporting. For larger sites, this should be a separate box so you are not to take down the live site by accident with new dev code pushed to the box. Linode has a great library of info for you to use, and even version control stuff to help you along

What was the error?

That was hell. I need a vacation :-/

You just have to slap him around with a fish. He likes that sort of thing.

Personally I'm all for IPB (paid) or SMF/PHPbb (free)

IMO the code you are getting is way outdated & probably shouldn't be looked into more. Also, it is sort of lying in the fact that saying it is for PHP6 - when in fact there is no PHP6. Some alternatives... http://swiftmailer.org/ http://pear.php.net/package/Mail

I don't think you're going to get the answer you're looking for. It's going to vary wildly between sites

Just a heads up to all you gamers out there... Tomorrow (Tues 6/21) Amazon's gold box deals will be video game related all day, woo!