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Learning PHP
by kmastin-PzQIwG9Jn9VAFePFGvp55w＠public.gmane.org 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

> Does anyone know of a good course to learn PHP from absolutely nothing? > Before anyone tells me to RTFM, I would like to learn from someone else > and ask questions :) I grabbed a book by Larry Ullman for this. PHP and MySQL for dynamic websites. It takes you through the basics, enough that you can actually start deciphering what's going on in the code and to start writing some of your own and having a semblance of an idea of what's going on. St Christophers House looks interesting too... it might be worth dropping by to see if there's room for another body. -- Keith Mastin BeechTree Information Technology Services Inc. Toronto, Canada (416)696 6070 -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Learning PHP
by kcozens-qazKcTl6WRFWk0Htik3J/w＠public.gmane.org 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

At 04:57 AM 08/20/2003 -0700, Visda wrote: >Pardon my ignorance, but what does RTFM stand for? Someone already commented on the more typical version of RTFM. For more polite circles the letters stand for "Read The Fine Manual". :-) -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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hp deskjet 692c
by blanco-S8qYAnHmZTt34ZA5RureAJ4VBq8PJc8F＠public.gmane.org 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Chris Aitken wrote: > I'm having trouble printing to my hp deskjet 692c. > You might try # cat > /dev/lp1 Hello world. <ctrl-l> <ctrl-d> Cycle through lp1, lp2, lp3 etcetera to find your printer device. Then make sure your device is connected in software: # printtool to the lpd daemon. -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Learning PHP
by andzy-bYF1QM81rroS+FvcfC7Uqw＠public.gmane.org 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 02:32:09 -0400, "Sidney Shapiro" <sidney-3Kd7Tu4o6f/sBN0MCq728g at public.gmane.org> said: > Does anyone know of a good course to learn PHP from absolutely nothing? > Before anyone tells me to RTFM, I would like to learn from someone else > and ask questions :) > > Thanks, > > Sid There's a group of people meeting to learn PHP Thursday nights at 6pm down at St. Christopher House at Ossington & Dundas. I'm sure you'd be welcome to drop in and ask questions there. St. Chris has a computer program at that locaation that is working towards developing a Linux/Open Source learning centre - they currently have five or six computers that will be available for a linux conversion in a couple of weeks so anyone interested in participating might want to pay them a visit and talk to the coordinator Randall. Here's their web page: http://www.bangthedrum.net I've got current versions of Libranet and Xandros that I could contribute to this. ------------------- Andrew Malcolmson -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Learning PHP
by hughreilly1-PkbjNfxxIARBDgjK7y7TUQ＠public.gmane.org 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

>The best thing to deal with abbreviations is google. >You enter ??<the abbreviation> stands?? and that??s it. >in this case you can read: >RTFM stands for Read the f*****g Manual That's news to me. I thought it meant Real Time Feasibility Management... -Hugh > >Bye! > >--- Visda Vokhshoori <visdav-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: > > Pardon my ignorance, but what does RTFM stand for? > > > > TIA, > > Visda > > > > --- Sidney Shapiro <sidney-3Kd7Tu4o6f/sBN0MCq728g at public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > Does anyone know of a good course to learn PHP > > from > > > absolutely nothing? > > > Before anyone tells me to RTFM, I would like to > > > learn from someone else > > > and ask questions :) > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com >-- >The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org >TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns >How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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6.2 vs. 7.3
by lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys＠public.gmane.org 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 09:47:32PM -0400, Chris Aitken wrote: > I have an acer p166 (64 MB RAM, awe32 sound card, trio s3 virge video > card) which my daughter has been using for WordPerfect 8, MSN (gaim), > music CDs and Internet. It had RH 7.3 and ran a little slow. I upgraded > it to 8.0 to see just how slow it would run - and, ya, it was *too* > slow. I think the hardware is better suited to RH 6.2. That went on > easily and everything seems a little faster. However, I can see I'll > have to a lot of mucking around - no gaim, so I'll have to find > something else that will run MSN, it liked my sound card but then > announced that I'll have to compile sound support into the kernel, > printing already gave me a little trouble. Problem is is that this is > not a test/learning machine - this is my daughter's machine. I don't > want to tell her she has to be off it for days and days while I learn > about makefile, compiling the kernel (for the first time), etc. So, my > question is: Is Rh 6.2 going to so much faster on this machine that's > it's going to be worth my daughter being without a computer for a month > while I try to get it to do what 7.3 will do right out of the box? > > Please, spare the other hundreds of people on the list, the "Gee, Chris, > I know the answer to your problem - it's called Windows - embrace the > Beaast." comments - or at least send it offline - thanks. The simple solution is, you don't want to run wordperfect or anything like it, and not really much of X either on just 64MB ram. If you could get a hold of more ram to get 128MB total it would run much much better. Used ram shouldn't be too hard to find unless it uses weird ram. Should be under $50 to upgrade it I imagine. Lennart Sorensen -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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hp deskjet 692c
by aitken-BwLjziHGQLusTnJN9+BGXg＠public.gmane.org 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

I'm having trouble printing to my hp deskjet 692c. I chose 'local printer'. RH 7.3 has that exact model listed in printtool (printcof-gui). The sub-listed driver I choose is 'cdj550'. Any kind of print test I do returns, 'There was an error trying to print the test page'. I did a hardware printer test - came out fine. Cable is secure in printer and parallel port. Any ideas? Chris -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Learning PHP
by forolinux-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w＠public.gmane.org 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

The best thing to deal with abbreviations is google. You enter ??<the abbreviation> stands?? and that??s it. in this case you can read: RTFM stands for Read the f*****g Manual Bye! --- Visda Vokhshoori <visdav-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: > Pardon my ignorance, but what does RTFM stand for? > > TIA, > Visda > > --- Sidney Shapiro <sidney-3Kd7Tu4o6f/sBN0MCq728g at public.gmane.org> wrote: > > Does anyone know of a good course to learn PHP > from > > absolutely nothing? > > Before anyone tells me to RTFM, I would like to > > learn from someone else > > and ask questions :) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Learning PHP
by visdav-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w＠public.gmane.org 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

Pardon my ignorance, but what does RTFM stand for? TIA, Visda --- Sidney Shapiro <sidney-3Kd7Tu4o6f/sBN0MCq728g at public.gmane.org> wrote: > Does anyone know of a good course to learn PHP from > absolutely nothing? > Before anyone tells me to RTFM, I would like to > learn from someone else > and ask questions :) > > Thanks, > > Sid > > -- > The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: > http://tlug.ss.org > TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text > below 80 columns > How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Learning PHP
by sidney-3Kd7Tu4o6f/sBN0MCq728g＠public.gmane.org 19 Aug '03

19 Aug '03

Does anyone know of a good course to learn PHP from absolutely nothing? Before anyone tells me to RTFM, I would like to learn from someone else and ask questions :) Thanks, Sid -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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