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mh wrote:If "do some stuff" modifies the value of $foo I reckon

Nope, it just checks some options and if they're absent bails out to a "You do not have permission" page.

I reckon the inner if statement must have been written first and then wrapped in the outer one without them realising they'd tested for $foo twice.

The bizarre thing is that the code works as expected. And there's the else-block sitting there all crying and lonely because no-one ever calls.

Well you know what they say about working code. Stick a comment on it and move on.

It was basically a case of "I want to copy functionality from place A to place B. Let's have a look at the code for place A."

*discovers that mess*

"OK, I'll write it myself."

got the kit from http://www.pvelectronics.co.uk and I'm quite satisfied that the clock is up and running after a few hours of soldering the stuff together I haven't finished the case yet that's why the PCB is exposed.

DocSommer wrote: got the kit from http://www.pvelectronics.co.uk and I'm quite satisfied that the clock is up and running after a few hours

Gorgeous! Thanks for the link... need to have one of those.

OMG, that's beautiful. Want!!!

LOL - yeah I shared the same feeling after discovering some nixie-clock vids on youtube^^

@nowayjose

The dealer seems to be a nice chap and if you like to get some informations about the kit you can read the assembly/instruction manual here:

http://www.pvelectronics.co.uk/kits/qtc/qtc_v6.pdf

The tubes are a bit too pricey there - got them via ebay.

been playing with this:

Sublime Text text editor
http://www.sublimetext.com

nice, lightweight code editor. cross platform and very configurable. neat code detection & completion too.

Quiff Boy wrote:been playing with this:

Sublime Text text editor
http://www.sublimetext.com

nice, lightweight code editor. cross platform and very configurable. neat code detection & completion too.

Not bad but can it do M-X butterfly?

markfiend wrote:

Quiff Boy wrote:been playing with this:

Sublime Text text editor
http://www.sublimetext.com

nice, lightweight code editor. cross platform and very configurable. neat code detection & completion too.

Not bad but can it do M-X butterfly?

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Sublime Text text editor
http://www.sublimetext.com

nice, lightweight code editor. cross platform and very configurable. neat code detection & completion too.

sweet - I've been using notepad++ so far but this looks very nice (59USD for a license is quite a lot though).

markfiend wrote:Not bad but can it do M-X butterfly?

M-x all-hail-emacs

DocSommer wrote:sweet - I've been using notepad++ so far but this looks very nice (59USD for a license is quite a lot though).

Get emacs. It's free.

DocSommer wrote:





got the kit from http://www.pvelectronics.co.uk and I'm quite satisfied that the clock is up and running after a few hours of soldering the stuff together I haven't finished the case yet that's why the PCB is exposed.

Oh wow, that looks great ... ... does it change the colours as well? ... ...

yep - you can either program fixed colours for every hour of the day or select some kind of randomized colour change mode in different speeds - unfortunately there's no tiny smoke machine installed

DocSommer wrote:yep - you can either program fixed colours for every hour of the day or select some kind of randomized colour change mode in different speeds - unfortunately there's no tiny smoke machine installed

markfiend wrote:

DocSommer wrote:sweet - I've been using notepad++ so far but this looks very nice (59USD for a license is quite a lot though).

Get emacs. It's free.

notepad++ is free as well - but I might check it out. I don't really do uber-fancy stuff with these editors - just some basic webstuff editing.

Yep, notepad++ is a good one, it's true. If all you're doing is a bit of editing emacs is probably using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, as the saying goes.

Got my work PC set up all nice and shiny with a fresh install of Arch Linux.

I still have a few wrinkles to iron out but I now have a boot-time under 30 seconds (and that includes the time it takes to type my password...)

2TB Seagate external hard drive set up. Now I just need to get into the habit of backing stuff up.

I bought one of these for a friend who uses Windows Vista and it took several restarts to set up. Bought one for myself, plugged it into my Linux (Kubuntu) box and it worked immediately - no restart necessary, no configuration, just automatically detected & working. We seem to have reached an age where Linux does plug-and-play better than Windows.

lazarus corporation wrote:We seem to have reached an age where Linux does plug-and-play better than Windows.

I thought we reached that age at least 5 years ago!

markfiend wrote:

lazarus corporation wrote:We seem to have reached an age where Linux does plug-and-play better than Windows.

I thought we reached that age at least 5 years ago!

You're mixing up with Mac I think

IZ.

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:

markfiend wrote:

lazarus corporation wrote:We seem to have reached an age where Linux does plug-and-play better than Windows.

I thought we reached that age at least 5 years ago!

You're mixing up with Mac I think

IZ.

Same difference - Linux & MacOS are both derived from a Unix system. Only difference is that MacOS costs $$$ and Linux is free.

I bought one of these for a friend who uses Windows Vista and it took several restarts to set up.

I've seen many trouble with vista but not recognizing mass storage devices is new to me - lucky I skipped that OS



...guess I'll pass the next one, too

Linux and MacOSX can plug&pray USB mass storage devices just fine for at least 10 years. The problems start when you want to exchange data between those, and have to resort to a DOS filesystem....

DocSommer wrote:

I bought one of these for a friend who uses Windows Vista and it took several restarts to set up.

I've seen many trouble with vista but not recognizing mass storage devices is new to me - lucky I skipped that OS



...guess I'll pass the next one, too

Missed out Windows 2000