I''m back... and need some help (for a change...)

Tue May 04, 2004 1:30 pm by cardam|ne

Well hey again folks... sorry I've been gone for a while, and I apologise to anybody (if there is anyone) interested in Freelancer: Rebirth... So anyways, here's why I buggered off for a bit...

I was at college studying A levels in Mathematics (woe betide anyone attempting this and thinking it's as easy as GCSE Mathmatics...), Graphic Design, ICT (not as fun as it's cracked up to be...), and a BTEC in eBusiness (also not as fun as it's cracked up to be...). I was behind with most, if not all, of my coursework, add to that the fact that half of my lecturers never turned up, then add to that student absence, and then (just goes on doesn't it... just keep swimming... just keep swim... oops sorry... too much Nemo... M U S T . . . R E A C H . . . O F F . . . B U T T O N . . . lol sorry...) add to that that if and when lecturer and student met in the classroom (of all places), the lecturer attempted to backtrack to where he thought we were... and on and on and on...

So anyways, I am now working full-time at a local theme park, The American Adventure, in the bank and cash/change desks... so if you bump into Dale, a lad with spiky hair and a fan club (girls, and one gay guy... ugh!), well that's me... Today I had an aptitude test at Rolls Royce PLC in Derby, applying for a Fuel Cells Technician's position (I'm assuming it's in nuclear fuels... hee hee...), or a Mechanical Laboratory Technician's position, involving testing fuels... amidst other things like metallurgical analysis... So anyways, there's my life story... lol

I want to know two things...
1) Me and my dad want to share the bog-standard 576kb/sec BT ADSL. I want to have a permanent 24/7 Freelancer server for BETA testing the Rebirth MOD, and, if successful, a final Rebirth server... but my dad doesn't want his PC switched on all the time, and we want it wireless, so we're considering using...
A) A 200MHz bog-standard PC as a server

A wireless broadband router
So what do you techies reckon?

2) I want to learn PHP or ASP.net web scripting, so what would be the best program to use as a starter, and what books should I get to work from, or should I consider night school/college?

Tue May 04, 2004 2:57 pm by Tawakalna

sod the American Adventure, tis cr*p anyway. Go to rolls-Royce, yoth, for total techie respect. T'riffic pension scheme, quality firm, all sorts of interesting stuff to learn and do, if my boy ever gets such an opportunity I'd make him go at gunpoint if i had to!

sorry, rambling.

1/ A. well what actual work is this server going to do? is it just storage, no progs running? what o/s were you planning to use? are there any server-side apps that would need more than 200mhz cpu? what about backups and stuff like that?

1/ B. you know the answer before you start. more trouble than it's worth, you need stability and rebiality for server purposes not flash gimmicks.

2/ Ask the webheads, i don't know sh*t about that stuff

Edited by - Tawakalna on 5/4/2004 4:14:08 PM

Tue May 04, 2004 6:13 pm by Esquilax

Hey, Cardy. I was wondering where you were.

Tue May 04, 2004 7:03 pm by Alpha-Leader

Watch your email you have alot of viruses pouring out of it

Wed May 05, 2004 12:26 am by mustang

How mant concurrent connections are you expecting on that server? 200Mhz will probably be enough, but if your mod becomes very popular you may inbox full of people complaining about the speed and reliability of the free service your providing. Might be an idea to limit them.

I'm with Taw on the router though, hardwire that sucker. I won't trust wireless for a long time yet.

Wed May 05, 2004 1:13 am by Arania

im with taw and mustie on the router, Wireless, at the moment, is only goot for mobile laptops, hardwire the system with a good ol' CAT-5 cable though the walls.
Also, depending on the server O/S, server usage and demand, it might be an idea to up the CPU to 500MHz or get a dual system and leave the secondary port open until you find out how much CPU power the FLServer will need eg:
CPU port 1: 200MHz for data handling(local) and O/S functions
CPU port 2: FL server CPU

if the server demand dosent get too high, just leave port two empty, but if you get resource problems, use the secondary port and use that for FL server.

Hope that helps

Arania

Most people that complain about sexism are more sexist than the people they complain about.

n00bs these days, so angry, so full of caps.

Wed May 05, 2004 1:43 am by gromit

welcome back cardy...! So you're working at the great bastion of ilkeston eh?! lol. good stuff. Do they still charge you per ride, or are you forced to buy a day ticket nowadays? (it was never worth buying a full day ticket previously because they only had 2 half-decent rides, not including the go kart track that is

)

OT: Sorry, can't help ya

Wed May 05, 2004 3:54 am by Tawakalna

Water-flume's the best thing at American Adventure. Can you get me some free tickets, Cardy? I can get to AA in under an hour, 'tis only down the A50

Wed May 05, 2004 5:45 am by Orillion.

Im a 'webhead', and i can learn you PHP. Contact me on the secure channel. You know wich. It's called Orillmails

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Wed May 05, 2004 7:10 am by freighter fighter

sounds like a virus

Wed May 05, 2004 8:36 am by pSYCHO

Cardi, did you mean to send me an email with a random program attatched?

Although I think it could have been someone else (won't mention names)

Wed May 05, 2004 9:26 am by Alpha-Leader

Me too i got another virus from you and it was soemthing about an .ini editer that wasnt one and it caused tons of IE windows to popup to gay sites

Wed May 05, 2004 10:03 am by Orillion.

@ff: Orillmails is a viru... my viru... my email

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Wed May 05, 2004 10:23 am by Alpha-Leader

What?

Wed May 05, 2004 12:19 pm by Orillion.

It's a joke...

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