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Sunday, 26 June 2005
Windows XP and 2000 are by default configured for Ethernet network usage rather than high-speed internet connections, which have a much larger latency when transmitting packets of data.
If you’re a Windows XP or 2000 user there is a registry tweak you can apply to improve the throughput.
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Monday, 20 June 2005
Provided the web server software for a domain is configured correctly, a web site can be accessed without entering the “www”. Try our own site, for instance.
So, why is it that the clumsy sounding “double-you double-you double-you” largely persists? A lot of companies and organisations are slowly eliminating it from their communication but it’s usage is still way too prolific in most forms of media advertising.
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Tuesday, 14 June 2005
For those of you lucky enough to have Linux shell access here’s a quick tip for backing up and restoring your MySQL database:
Backup:
mysqldump -u username -p --opt databasename | gzip -9 > dumpfilename.sql.gz
Restore:
gunzip dumpfilename.sql.gz
mysql -u username -p databasename < dumpfilename.sql
Where "databasename" is the name of your MySQL database, "dumpfilename" is the name of the backup/restore file and "username" is your MySQL username.
Thursday, 9 June 2005
The password generator from the Winguides Network allows you to create random passwords that are highly secure and extremely difficult to crack or guess due to an optional combination of lower and upper case letters, numbers and punctuation symbols.
Monday, 6 June 2005
Hungarian notation is a naming convention in computer programming, in which the name of an object indicates its type and intended use. According to Charles Simonyi, the inventor of Hungarian notation and senior programmer (at the time) at Microsoft, it was invented so:
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