Binary Expressions

This is a powerful poem and one I felt that should be shared.

I tried to track down the author of this poem but I was unable to determine who the author was. However there is some claim a little girl wrote this poem. If anyone can prove the author or further history please contact me.

Source: Mary had a little lamb

Mary had a little lamb,
His fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
The Lamb was sure to go.

He followed her to school each day,
T’wasn’t even in the rule.
It made the children laugh and play,
To have a Lamb at school.

And then the rules all changed one day,
Illegal it became;
To bring the Lamb of God to school,
Or even speak His Name!

Every day got worse and worse,
And days turned into years.
Instead of hearing children laugh,
We heard gun shots and tears.

What must we do to stop the crime,
That’s in our schools today?
Let’s let the Lamb come back to school,
And teach our kids to pray!

Background Knowledge

When trying to print an entire Microsoft Excel workbook to a PDF using Adobe PDF or PDF Creator multiple PDFs are created for each worksheet instead of a single PDF file. This is caused by Excel itself on how the worksheets are setup due to one or all of the following settings, print quality, print area and page orientation for each worksheet.

Applies to:

• Microsoft Excel 2007
• Microsoft Excel 2003
• Microsoft Excel 2002
• Microsoft Excel 2000

Solution

1. Set “Print Area” for each sheet under “Page Layout/Page Setup”.
2. Set the “page orientation” under “Page Layout/Page Setup” to portrait or landscape for each sheet as necessary.
3. Right click on a worksheet tab at the bottom of the screen and click on “Select All Sheets”.
4. Now under Page Layout/Page Setup set the paper size and print quality for all sheets.

Source: novaPDF Knowledge Base: Printing an entire Excel workbook to a single PDF file
Source: doPDF Forum: Trouble with Multiple Pdfs with one workbook

Sonic840 has created a massive poster illustrating computer hardware. It’s available for free download under creative commons license or purchase for print.

• Current version: 1.7
• Resolution: 4320px by 6120px
• File Size: 24 megabytes

Source: DeviantArt – Sonic840

Keyboard Shortcut

Press Windows Key+Pause/Break key for the “System Properties”.

Command Prompt

1. Go to the Windows Start Menu and click on “Run” or press Windows key+R.
2. Type in the input field without quotes “winver”.

From the “Apple” menu click on “About this Mac”.

Microsoft Windows

1. Got to the Windows Start Menu and click on “Run” or press Windows Key+R.
2. In the input field type without quotes “cmd” and click on the “Ok” button. If your are running Microsoft Windows ‘95/’98/ME replace “cmd” with “command”.
3. Now at the command prompt type without quotes “ipconfig /flushdns” and the press the “Enter” key. You will then receive a success message.
4. Close command prompt by typing without quotes “exit” or clicking on the “x” at the top right of the window.

Mac OS X

1. Open the “Terminal”.
2. Type in the “Terminal” without quotes “dscacheutil -flushcache” and press “Enter”. If you are running Mac OS X older then 10.5 you must type without quotes “lookup -flushcache”.

Background Knowledge

When opening an application one may desire to have the application maximized or minimized. The solutions listed below are the most reliable means to achieve this for all Microsoft Windows versions.

Solution #1 – Shortcut

Create a New Shortcut

1. Right mouse click on an empty area of the desktop.
2. Left mouse click on “New” -> “Shortcut”.
3. Left mouse click on the “Browse…” button and select a desired application.
4. Once you have selected your desired application, left mouse click on the “OK” button.
5. Left mouse click on the “Next” button.
6. Type in the desired name of the shortcut and left mouse click on the “Finish” button.
7. Continue on to the “Edit Existing Shortcut” instructions below.

Edit Existing Shortcut

1. Right mouse click on a shortcut and left mouse click on “Properties”.
2. Left mouse click on “Shortcut” tab.
3. Under “Run”, select desired window setting, “Normal window”, “Maximized” or ” Minimized”.
4. Left mouse click on the “OK” button.

Note: If you do not have the “Run” property on the shortcut, then follow the “Create a New Shortcut” instructions.

Solution #2 – Command Line

Maximize

1. At the command line type without double quotes, “start /max c:\Windows\notepad.exe”. Replace “c:\Windows\notepad.exe” with desired application.

Minimized

1. At the command line type without double quotes, “start /min c:\Windows\notepad.exe”. Replace “c:\Windows\notepad.exe” with desired application.

Background Knowledge

Your Nintendo Wii will no longer power on. You may also notice the light on the power button maybe lit and then turn off when pressed.

Solution #1

1. Unplug the Wii power adapter from the back of the Wii and from the outlet/source.
2. The Wii power adapter must be unplugged at both ends for 2 minutes, no less.
3. At this stage it’s best to unplug/remove all accessories including controllers, memory cards, game discs, and cables.
4. Ensure all cables/wiring all not damaged in an shape or form. If indeed there is a cable/wire that is, replace it. Also ensure your power outlet/source is operational.

5. After 2 minutes have passed, plug the power adapter back into the back of the Wii and power outlet/source.

   If the power light comes on, plug the sensor bar into the back of the Wii and press the power button to turn the system on to see if it still works. Repeat this process for each accessory. If you discover one or more accessory causes the system to not be functional have the accessory replaced or repaired.

Solution #2

If by now you have not been able to power on your Nintendo Wii system please consult the link below or contact Nintendo’s customer service.

Source: Nintendo Customer Service – Wii Power Problems

The following links load a flash file that will report what version is installed for Adobe Flash and Adobe Shockwave.

Source: Version test for Adobe Flash Player

Source: Test Adobe Shockwave & Flash Players

1. Go to Profiles
2. Click on Advanced
3. Highlight Active profile
4. Click on Menu and select Edit
5. SMS Text/Phone/MMS etc.
6. Select Tone
7. Ring Tone: Change as desired
8. Volume: High/Medium/Low
9. Click back button
10. Select Save

I oddly just realized now that Mozilla Firefox is not handling client-side image maps correctly as it should with a DTD of XHTML 1.1 Strict in text/html. I will not go into test cases unless one finds it necessary as everything has been laid out in the two links below. However, why has this not been resolved or is there a proper solution to this matter? I have not been able to find a answers and oddly this issue has been brought up back in 2001. One would think enough time has past.

Any explanation, comments, or help would be greatly appreciated.

Source: Image map handling
Source: Bug 109445 – Referencing a client-side image map declared with id attribute doesn’t work in text/html (usemap)

Background Knowledge

I’m running PHP v5.2.9-2 with SQL Server 2005 Express on Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2.

Error Message

Warning: mssql_query() [function.mssql-query]: message: Unicode data in a Unicode-only collation or ntext data cannot be sent to clients using DB-Library (such as ISQL) or ODBC version 3.7 or earlier. (severity 16)

Solution

Specify the database columns within your database query (select filed1, field2 from foo). Avoid doing queries with the wildcard (*), select * from foo.

Source: PHP Manual on MSSQL_Query()