Linus' House of IT: 15 cents please

[little man]

dear linus

all that help you gave me to help turn the mousepad off on the new netbook? yeah, that i couldn't seem to manage to make work? turns out there is a function button on the keyboard that turns it off. *headsmack*

thanks for you patience and your help.


wil

[Linus]

Originally Posted by little man

dear linus

all that help you gave me to help turn the mousepad off on the new netbook? yeah, that i couldn't seem to manage to make work? turns out there is a function button on the keyboard that turns it off. *headsmack*

thanks for you patience and your help.


wil

LOL.. sometimes it's bleedin' obvious. Glad you found it finally.

[WingsOnFire]

Ok, possibly a stupid question here... I got a Verizon Mifi router that connects upto 5 computers wirelessly. Damon's pc doesnt have a built in wireless system but his desktop has a Linksys 4rt54g5(or S not sure) that is plugged into his computer in the antenna slot. Its a black plastic antenna looking thing (dont ya just love my ability to describe it? scratches my head).

There is no router just the antenna. I am assuming he needs the router as well right? Or is just the antenna piece possibly all he needs? He can not detect the wireless Verizon Mifi router and everything I see online has a router with it. So I am thinking he needs the router itself as well. Hes had it for years so not sure if he is missing part of it.

Thanks in advance!

Becca

[Linus]

Ya. Rumor is Mifi and Linksys don't like each other. Try getting a Belkin or other manufacturer (e.g., Netgear?) and see if that works better.

[Medusa]

Bubba - Do you know of a quick and dirty way to see if a file was encrypted using ASCII or binary. No encryption key available and its a ghost file that nobody seems to be able to open.

Tried my decryption process and it bombed on first record import.

[Linus]

Try opening it with Notepad or use vi. Copy the file first (to ensure the original is kept safe), change the copy's extension to .txt and use a plain text editor (not word or other more robust ones) to open it. Either at the top or bottom, it should indicate the encryption type.

[Medusa]

Originally Posted by Linus

Try opening it with Notepad or use vi. Copy the file first (to ensure the original is kept safe), change the copy's extension to .txt and use a plain text editor (not word or other more robust ones) to open it. Either at the top or bottom, it should indicate the encryption type.

I finally figured it out but Im filing this trick away for later

The original file was encrypted with ASCII then ZIPPED with another file and then encrypted AGAIN with binary.

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Medusa

I finally figured it out but Im filing this trick away for later

The original file was encrypted with ASCII then ZIPPED with another file and then encrypted AGAIN with binary.

LOL.. making it extra secure, I'm sure.

[MrSunshine]

Hey Linus,

I thought there was an arcade thread but I couldn't find it. Anyway, could we get more games any time soon?

Thanks

[Linus]

Hrmm.. Right here: http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/foru...read.php?t=453

And I've been swamped at work (60-80 hours per week for the last few weeks). This week (after Wednesday) should slow down enough that I should be able to add a few before heading to Canada for the holidays.

I have a decent to-do list for the site and that is one of the things "to do".

[JustJo]

*depositing my 15 cents*

Hi Linus

Is there a way to post a pic or video in a thread that is simply on my own computer, rather than YouTube, etc.?

Thanks!

[amiyesiam]

Originally Posted by Linus

If I wanted to post the following YouTube: h.ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM

I would just take the part after the = sign and put it between the YouTube tags like so (without the space):

[youtube]teMlv3ripSM[/ youtube]

Let me know if that helps.

Dear Linus
I had to click on share (under the video) and take the part after the = sign from there.
we won't discuss how long it took me to figure this out

[Chancie]

Originally Posted by JustJo

*depositing my 15 cents*

Hi Linus

Is there a way to post a pic or video in a thread that is simply on my own computer, rather than YouTube, etc.?

Thanks!

You can save the image to a photobucket account, which is what I do when I want to post a selection of purses or a picture of Pete. I think it's supposed to work with videos but I ended up just starting a youtube account, though I forgot my user name and password.

[Linus]

Originally Posted by JustJo

*depositing my 15 cents*

Hi Linus

Is there a way to post a pic or video in a thread that is simply on my own computer, rather than YouTube, etc.?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Chancie

You can save the image to a photobucket account, which is what I do when I want to post a selection of purses or a picture of Pete. I think it's supposed to work with videos but I ended up just starting a youtube account, though I forgot my user name and password.

Correct. We do not support uploading of files directly to the forums. You have a gallery for that or you can use one of the many sites like Flickr, YouTube et al.

[blush]

Hi, Linus,
I know you've posted how to post a youtube, but the videos I've tried have about a bazillion = signs. I don't know when to start copying and pasting.

Also, do you copy it after the = sign until the end? Or the next equal sign?

Here's my example:

"480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vV0KmOYfomM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vV0KmOYfomM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

What do I copy here?

THANK YOU! I have a need to clog up BF bandwidth with useless songs.

[Linus]

Originally Posted by blush

Hi, Linus,
I know you've posted how to post a youtube, but the videos I've tried have about a bazillion = signs. I don't know when to start copying and pasting.

Also, do you copy it after the = sign until the end? Or the next equal sign?

Here's my example:

"480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vV0KmOYfomM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vV0KmOYfomM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

What do I copy here?

THANK YOU! I have a need to clog up BF bandwidth with useless songs.

In this case you need just the vV0KmOYfomM

[Gemme]

Okay. I haz questions.

I have multiple emails. In this particular instance, email A and email B. Email A has NEVER been linked to this site. That is strictly what email B is for. Yes, BFP has its own special email addy with me.

Now, when I logged into email A today, there's links to BFP and some of the threads here, but instead of saying Butch Femme Planet on the left like my emails in email B do, it lists the poster's Facebook name.

I think I was added to a FB group by someone here without my permission, but I'll deal with that later. That might explain one of the threads that is coming up, but another one is not linked to FB at all.

I don't understand why there's bleeding from one email to the next or why people's names are coming up instead of BFP, especially since I'm not in a group that is linked to both places. I especially don't like the idea of MY name coming up when I post in that particular thread, which I will eventually do, since it's a regular thread for me.

I'm not sure if I'm explaining it clear enough, but I know you'll let me know if we're on the same page.

Thanks in advance!

[Strappie]

Holy crap the site is loading very slow... Everything else is loading fine but here... Is Medusa playing again.. *grin*

[Medusa]

Gemme - The emails you are receiving are replies to a Facebook group which was created by a member here. The Facebook group features a topic that we have here and when people reply to that, it is sending a response to your inbox.
I was also added to that group.


I was doing some testing in the back end that shouldnt have caused any slowness but we might need to reboot the server.

[Strappie]

Originally Posted by Medusa

Gemme - The emails you are receiving are replies to a Facebook group which was created by a member here. The Facebook group features a topic that we have here and when people reply to that, it is sending a response to your inbox.
I was also added to that group.


I was doing some testing in the back end that shouldnt have caused any slowness but we might need to reboot the server.

The Big Bootie didn't help on my end...