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Joomla: Allows users to submit news

by Steve Hernandez on Dec.10, 2007, under Technology

To allow registered users to submit news and to edit their own published works, add the following code below line 180 in gacl.class.php

$this->_mos_add_acl( ‘action’, ‘add’, ‘users’, ‘registered’, ‘content’, ‘own’ );
$this->_mos_add_acl( ‘action’, ‘edit’, ‘users’, ‘registered’, ‘content’, ‘own’ );
$this->_mos_add_acl( ‘action’, ‘publish’, ‘users’, ‘registered’, ‘content’, ‘own’);

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My new (used) Fujitsu T3000 Tablet PC

by Steve Hernandez on Nov.30, 2007, under Technology

Specifications

Manufacturer:

Fujitsu
Part number:
FPCM10241

General

Platform Technology
Intel Centrino
System Type
Tablet PC
Built-in Devices
Wireless LAN antenna, SmartCard reader/writer
Width
11.5 in
Depth
9.3 in
Height
1.4 in
Weight
4.2 lbs

Processor

Processor
Intel Pentium M 1.4 GHz
Data bus speed
400 MHz
Processor features
Enhanced SpeedStep technology
Chipset type
Intel 855GM

Cache Memory

Type
L2 cache
Cache size
1 MB

RAM

Installed Size
256 MB / 2 GB(max)
Technology
DDR SDRAM – 266 MHz
Memory specification compliance
DDR266/PC2100

Storage Controller

Storage controller type
IDE

Storage

Floppy Drive
None
Hard Drive
40 GB
Storage Removable
None

Optical Storage (2nd)

2nd optical storage type
None

Display

Display Type
12.1 in TFT active matrix
Max Resolution
1024 x 768
Color support
24-bit (16.7 million colors)

Video

Graphics Processor / Vendor
Intel 855GM – AGP
Video Memory
Shared video memory (UMA)

Audio

Audio output type
Sound card
Audio output compliant standards
AC ‘97

Input Device(s)

Input device type
Keyboard, Touchpad, Digitizer, Digital pen, Scroll button

Telecom

Modem
Fax / modem
Max transfer rate
56 Kbps
Protocols & Specifications
ITU V.90

Networking

Networking
Network adapter
Networking / Wireless LAN Supported
Yes
Data link protocol
Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, Fast Ethernet
Networking standards
IEEE 802.11b

Expansion / Connectivity

Expansion Bays
None
Expansion Slots Total (Free)
2 ( 1 ) x Memory, 1 ( 1 ) x CardBus – Type III (2 x type I / II)
Interfaces
2 x Hi-Speed USB – 4 pin USB Type A, 1 x Modem – Phone line – RJ-11, 1 x Network – Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX – RJ-45, 1 x Display / video – VGA – 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15), 1 x Infrared – IrDA, 1 x Headphones – Output – Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x Microphone – Input – Mini-phone 3.5 mm, 1 x Docking / port replicator

Miscellaneous

Features
Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately)
Compliant Standards
CUL, TUV, EN55022, EN55024, EN 60950, ICES-003, UL 60950, CISPR 22 Class B, FCC Class B certified, FCC Class C certified

Power

Power device form factor
External
Voltage Required
AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz)

Battery

Technology
Lithium ion
Installed Qty
1
Mfr estimated battery life
4.5 hour(s)

Operating System / Software

OS Provided
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Software type
Zinio Reader, Microsoft Reader, NewsStand Reader, Drivers & Utilities, Fujitsu HotKey Utility, Microsoft Internet Explorer, FranklinCovey TabletPlanner (Trial), PowerQuest Drive Image Special Edition

Manufacturer Warranty

Service & support type
1 year warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty – 1 year
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Lifespan of Fish

by Steve Hernandez on Nov.26, 2007, under Fish

Adolfos Cory – 5 years
Angelfish – 10+ years
Apistogramma – 3 to 5 years
Archer Fish – 5 years
Armored Catfish – 7 to 15 years
Bala Shark – 10 years
Bandit Cory – 5 years
Banjo Cat – 7 to 15 years
Banjo Catfish – 5 to 8 years
Black Neon Tetra – 5 years
Black Phantom Tetra – 5 years
Black Shark – 4 to 10 years
Black Tetra – 5 years
Black Widow Tetra – 5 years
Blackfin Cory – 5+ years
Bleeding Heart Tetra – 5 years
Blindcave Fish – 5+ years
Bloodfin Tetra – 10+ years
Blue Gourami – 4 years
Boesman Rainbow – 5 years
Bronze Cory – 5 years
Bumble Bee Catfish – 5 to 8 years
Cardinal Tetra – 4 years
Cherry Barb – 5 to 7 years
Chocolate Gourami – 4 years
Clown Loach – 15+ years
Columbian Tetra – 5 years
Congo Tetra – 5 years
Convict – 10 to 18 years
Diamond Tetra – 5 years
Discus – 10 to 18 years
Dojo Loach – 10 years
Dwarf Gourami – 4 years
Emperor Tetra – 6 years
Festivum – 10+ years
Figure 8 Puffer – 5 years
Firemouth – 10 to 15 years
Frontosa – 8 to 15 years
Giant Danio – 5 to 7 years
Glass Catfish – 8 years
Glassfish – 8 years
Glowlight Tetra – 5 years
Goldfish – 10 to 30 years
Guppy – 3 to 5 years
Harlequin – 6 years
Hatchetfish – 5 years
Hog Nose Brochis – 10 years
Honey Gourami – 4 years
Jack Dempsey – 10 to 18 years
Jordan’s Catfish – 10+ years
Killifish – 1 to 2 years
Kissing Gourami – 5 years
Lemon Tetra – 5 years
Leopard Danio – 5 to 7 years
Leporinus – 5+ years
Livingstoni – 10+ years
Midas Cichlid – 15+ years
Mollie – 4 years
Moonlight Gourami – 4 years
Neon Rainbow – 3 to 4 years
Neon Tetra – 5 to 10 years
Oscar – 10 to 18 years
Otocinclus – 5 years
Pacu – 10 years
Pearl Danio – 5 years
Pearl Gourami – 4 years
Pictus Catfish – 8 years
Piranha – 10 years
Platy – 3 to 5 years
Pleco – 7 to 15 years
Rafael Catfish – 7 to 15 years
Rainbow Shark – 4 to 10 years
Rams – 4 years
Rasboras – 5 to 10 years
Red Eye Tetra – 5 years
Red Rainbow – 5 years
Red Tailed Catfish – 15 years
Redtail Shark – 8 years
Rosy Barb – 5 years
Royal Pleco – 10+ years
Rummy Nose Tetra – 5 to 10 years
Rumy Nose Tetra – 5 years
Severum – 10 to 18 years
Silver Dollar – 10+ years
Silvertip Tetra – 5 years
Swordtails – 3 to 5 years
Texas Cichlid – 10+ years
Tiger Barb – 6 years
Tigerfish – 5 years
Tinfoild Barb – 10 years
Upside Down Catfish – 5 years
Weather Loach – 10 years
Whiptail – 10+ years
White Cloud Mountain Minnow – 5 to 7 years
Zebra Cichlid – 10+ years
Zebra Danio – 5 years

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Event ID 2011

by Steve Hernandez on Nov.21, 2007, under Technology

Windows


Error – Event ID 2011

Error – Event ID 2011 – “Not enough server storage” or “Not enough memory to complete transaction. Close some applications and retry”

After you install Norton AntiVirus (or IBM AntiVirus 3.01N, in particular Build 301.590), you receive one or both of the following error messages:

Not enough server storage is available to process this command.

or

Not enough memory to complete transaction. Close some applications and retry.

The problem goes further then error messages – Clients also can’t access network shares.  Also, Event Viewer on the server computer (the computer with the shares, not the computer trying to access the shares) may have entries for one or more of the following event messages in the system log:

Event ID : 2011
Source : Srv
Description: The Server’s configuration parameter “IRPStackSize” is too small for the server to use a local device. Please
increase the value of this parameter.

To solve the problem you have to reset the IRPStackSize parameter back to its default value of 15 on the server where the share is.  Using Regedit navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet
\Services
\lanmanserver
\parameters

Check for a value named IRPStackSize. If it doesn’t exist, create it as type DWORD.  With base set to decimal, enter the value 15.

Note:  Under Windows 2000, the default value of IRPStackSize is 15, and the range is from 11 to50.  Under Windows XP, the default value for IRPStackSize is 15, and the range is from 11 to 50.  Under Windows NT 4.0, the default value of IRPStackSize is 0×4, and the range is from 0×4 to 0xC (412). Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 5 or later ignores values less than 0×7.

Reboot the computer.

This bug is documented at:

Microsoft Knowledge base article 177078

Microsoft Knowledge base article 106167

Symantec Knowledge Base Article 2000021411512248

Symantec Knowledge Base Article 2003111315593848

This advice applies to the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64-Bit Edition (Itanium)
  • Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002
  • Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition
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Mouse doesn’t highlight in Word 2007

by Steve Hernandez on Nov.19, 2007, under Technology

(This is an excerpt from Microsoft Article ID: 921541)

Delete the Word Data registry key
Most of the frequently used options in Word are stored in the Word Data registry key. A common troubleshooting step is to delete the Word Data registry key. The next time that you start Word, Word rebuilds the Word Data registry key by using the default settings.

To view these options in Word 2002 or Word 2003, click Options on the Tools menu.

To view these options in Word 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.

Note When you delete the Word Data registry key, Word resets several options to their default settings. One such option is the “most recently used file” list on the File menu. Additionally, Word resets many settings that you customize in the Options dialog box.

To delete the Word Data registry key, follow these steps:
1. Exit all Office programs.
2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate the following registry subkey, as appropriate for the version of Word that you are running:

Word 2002:

KEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Data


Word 2003:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Data

Word 2007:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Data

 

4. Click Data, and then click Export on the File menu.
5. Name the file Wddata.reg, and then save the file to the desktop.
6. Click Delete on the Edit menu, and then click Yes.
7. Exit Registry Editor.
8. Start Word.


If Word starts and works correctly, you have resolved the problem. The problem was a damaged Word Data registry key. You may have to change several settings to restore your favorite options in Word.

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Redirect HTTP to HTTPS

by Steve Hernandez on Nov.07, 2007, under Technology

PHP:

<?php
if($_SERVER['HTTPS'] !== “on”) {
header(“Location: https://”.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
}
?>

 


ASP:

If (Request.ServerVariables(“https”) = “off”) Then
Response.Redirect(“https://” & _
Request.ServerVariables(“SERVER_NAME”) & _
Request.ServerVariables(“SCRIPT_NAME”))
End If

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Dvorak Right Keyboard

by Steve Hernandez on Oct.26, 2007, under Projects

I was recently made aware of this keyboard layout. I must say that it does seem a lot more efficient, however, the learning curve is quite tough to overcome at the beginning. I will attempt to become proficient with this technique in 30 days, to prove my mental resilience.

 

More information here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard

http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/Dvorak/

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Windows XP Auto Login

by Steve Hernandez on Oct.26, 2007, under Technology

You can configure Windows XP to automate the logon process if your computer is not part of a domain. Computers configured in a business environment generally have a domain and for those machines the option “Users must enter a username” does not appear because a password must be given to access the local area network or domain.

  1. Click Start, click Run, and type control userpasswords2.
  2. Uncheck the “Users must enter a username and password to use this computer” check box.
  3. Click Apply.
  4. Enter the user name and password you wish to automatically log on with, and then click OK.
  5. Click OK again and you’re all done.
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I Ain’t ‘Fraid of No Market Ghosts

by Steve Hernandez on Oct.25, 2007, under Personal

Below is a great article I read this morning regarding market drops, gut checking yourself, and those damn ghosts! Very well written… and true. Helpful to any investor from time to time. The original article can be found here.


I Ain’t ‘Fraid of No Market Ghosts
By John Rosevear
October 25, 2007

October has historically been a spooky month for the markets. Almost as if haunted by the October crashes of 1929 and 1987, they seem to fall prey to gremlins and their scary gyrations in the weeks leading up to Halloween. Last Friday’s dramatic 367-point drop was just the most recent in a long, stomach-churning line of autumnal market frights.

Of course, market drops can be scary no matter the season. But what’s scarier still is how many people react to them.

Fleeing in panic
Big market drops are nearly always accompanied by lots of selling by individual investors. As I’ve noted before, there are two major reasons for this:

  • The speed of the market’s drops. Markets tend to march upward slowly and then “correct” (read: “plummet”) in big downward falls. The speed of these falls, when contrasted with the slower upward movements, can make a one-day plunge feel like the beginning of a long and devastating downturn.
  • Loss aversion. That’s the name psychologists and researchers give to the human tendency to hate losses more than they like gains. The difference can be twice as much in favor of dreading the losses, according to numerous studies.

Put those two things together, and it’s easy to see — and feel, if you’ve been there — how your brain and gut can get spooked by a big market dive and push you to sell. Losses hurt, and the specter of more losses to come hurts even more. We’re wired to avoid pain, so we sell. I’ve done it, and I know lots of others — including plenty of professional investment managers — who have done it at least once or twice.

Self-spooking
We all know that the market goes up and down. That’s its nature. On balance, over the long term, it tends to go up more than down, but sometimes those down periods are downright (so to speak) ugly. But here’s the thing: Those ugly periods don’t actually hit your portfolio unless you sell during one. If you sell in the wake a market drop, you lock in that drop. You own it. And the temptation to make that trade can be enormous.

But if you hold on, then the market drop becomes just one more period of volatility your portfolio went through on the way to your eventual goal — and if you can keep your cool and have cash available, then buying during corrections can be a great way to juice your returns.

How to be a ghostbuster
Surviving spooky market drops is mostly about understanding the temptation to sell out in a panic and not giving in to it. While you’re resisting temptation — or channeling that temptation toward the Halloween candy instead — keep these thoughts in mind:

  • The overall market will recover. It always has, and often it turns on a dime and shoots right back up to pre-correction levels. If you sell out, you may well miss that turnaround. How will you feel then?
  • Resist the urge to time the market. Along similar lines, don’t fool yourself into thinking that you can “see” a drop coming and sell out in advance. Remember the old joke about the economist who had predicted 18 of the past four recessions? Many who try to time market drops end up being the butts of similar jokes. If that’s not enough to persuade you to think twice, remember that successful market timing also involves knowing when to get back into the market. Do you trust your timing skills — or your luck — that much?
  • Consider re-evaluating your holdings. Are you really comfortable holding your portfolio through times of market volatility? It’s easy to convince yourself that you have a high risk tolerance — and load up on volatile small caps — when the market is in a smooth bullish phase. But if your portfolio’s gyrations are keeping you up at night, it’s time to reconsider.

One last note: Reconsidering your holdings doesn’t have to mean selling everything and buying bonds. But you may want to reorient your portfolio away from get-rich-or-broke-quick small caps in favor of stocks that are more likely to hold their ground when the goblins come out, yet still give you exposure to the market’s upside. I’m a fan of big dividend-payers, and good ones, such as health-care giant Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), chewing gum (and cash) producer William Wrigley (NYSE: WWY), and the ever-steady General Electric (NYSE: GE). These can all provide a steady backbone to your portfolio during scary times while they help you build your nest egg with solid appreciation — and reinvested dividends — during less spooky periods.

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VirtualBox F8 Error

by Steve Hernandez on Oct.23, 2007, under Technology

When running VirtualBox on Ubuntu (Fiesty) and trying to install Windows XP as the guest OS, you must press the F8 key to accept the Terms of Usage.  However, VirtualBox won’t let you for some strange reason.  After looking around for a little bit, I tried the combination Right Ctrl + F8 and it worked!  So I can only assume that either 1) the function keys (F-keys) need the Host Return key to work, or 2) this is a bug that was supposed to be fixed but wasn’t.

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