Create a new text file.
Name it “implode.bat”.
Open it in a text editor.
Type the following:
DEL "%~f0"
Save the file and close your text editor.
Locate the file in your browser.
Double click on it.
Haha! Now you’ll have to start again. Sucker.
More news from Chimpcom.
Not long ago I added the reddwarf command which displayed the name of a random episode, to help you pick on to watch.
I briefly considered creating a complex algorithm to take into account which episodes you’d already seen. I could also implement ratings – per-user and cloud-sourced average – and weight the probabilities based on that.
I may well do that but not quite yet.
In the meantime I’ve generalised the command and given it a new name: choose. “Why?” you ask, “what does that achieve?” Well…
Now, if I type “choose reddwarf” (the series’ name must be one word at the moment…I’m working on that) you will get a random episode name, along with some extra info.
But the bonus is you can now type “choose 24″ or “choose bigbangtheory” or “choose fastshow” or any one of over 6000 other TV shows.
Of course, even though it’s not case-sensitive and there is some fuzziness to the searching, the names aren’t going to be quite how you type them on your first go. To make this a bit more straight-forward I’ve added the shows command.
For a full list of shows type “shows”. To search for a show name, type e.g. “shows dwarf” to find the Red Dwarf. Only one search word is currently allowed.
Handy hint: if you only get one result when you use the shows command, you can use your search term with the choose command. E.g. “shows dwarf” finds only Red Dwarf. Therefore “choose dwarf” would pick an episode of Red Dwarf. However “choose red” would pick a random episode from the first show that matches the word “red” – whatever that is – which probably isn’t what you want.
Listings are provided by epguides.com/.
Next on the list is tab-completion. Watch this space.
Syntax UnitAbbr$( unit_name ) unit_name is a string representing a standard MapInfo Professional unit name (for example, “km”). Return Value String expression, representing an abbreviated unit name (for example, “km”)
So you put in “km” and you get back “km”. How did I survive without this function?!
[Ok, so I think it's supposed to be for converting the English version of a unit to another language. They could have used a better example though.]
One three-panel comic. How far can I take the puns. In script for for no very good reason.
INT. ROOM – NIGHT
TONY lies on the sofa flipping a coin and trying to catch it on his nose. FRANK enters with a harassed expression.
FRANK
Dave’s been knifed!
TONY leaps up, throws the coin through the window and kicks the cat at the fridge.
TONY
Knifed?! That’s forking terrible!
FRANK stares in disbelief.
TONY
[looking concerned]
What, too spoon?
FRANK shakes his head as if to say “what the fuck is wrong with you”.
FRANK
What the fuck is wrong with you?
TONY
Well, what happened? Did they mug him?
FRANK strides away, and launches into the story]
FRANK
Yeah, they just… Wait.
He stops and turns around. TONY’s grinning like a cunt.
FRANK
That was another pun, wasn’t it.
TONY’s smile instantly disappears and he looks concerned.
TONY
No, I just…
[He tails off and sighs in exasperation]
Look, did you call the cups?
FRANK
[starting to lose it]
I’m serious! They almost got me, too!
TONY
Well, were you mugged? You know I always told him you you should just wok away.
FRANK
Do you want me to fucking punch you?
TONY
That’s a whisk I’m willing to take.
FRANK
He’s dead, Tony!
TONY
Oh. Shit! Well…I guess I’ll mark the day on my colander.
FRANK
For fuck’s sake, man-
TONY
Sorry, I’m just…
[he searches for the word]
…bowled over, you know. It’s not a pretty pitcher.
FRANK
Fuck you.
[He storms out]
TONY
Ladle.
I thought that the idea of PDF – standing, as it does, for Portable Document Format and with portable in this context basically meaning that it should be the same under a variety of circumstances – would look the same whenever it is viewed. This is not the case.
I have also recently learned that as well as the original PDF format there are five subsets:
PDF/X – PDF for exchange
PDF/A – PDF for archive
PDF/E – PDF for engineering
PDF/VT – PDF for exchange of variable data and transactional (VT) printing
PDF/UA – PDF for universal access.
There’s also the non-standard PDF/H – PDF for healthcare – which presumably nurses you back to sanity after you’ve been dealing with PDF files.
Most of the time you won’t need to know or care about the above but sometimes you’ll be in a position – as I was last Thursday – when you send your document to the printers and they come back to you saying that the fonts need to be embedded. Which is odd when the only font being used is Arial.
The trick – at least in my case – is to force your PDF exporter to use PDF/X or PDF/A. because /A and /X are designed for exchange and archiving respectively they require fonts to be embedded. This is usually a case of checking a box in your export/print dialogue. Mine is in a section called “Standards” with the label “PDF/A-1b (Acrobat 5.0 Compatible)”. Yours may be slightly different, but just look for PDF/A, PDF/X or ISO Standard.
So you split your Microsoft Access database into front-end and back-end. Then someone went and moved your back-end database, or renamed the folder. Bastards.
Well, not really. If you set up your database right this shouldn’t matter. Or at least it should prompt you for the new location.
So you open up your front end database. Open up your list of tables and right-click on one and open the “Linked table manager”.
What you should have done to start with is select the “always prompt for a new location” checkbox before you start using the database. Check it now. Also click “select all” and then ok. Access will then prompt you to find your back end database. Which you will do and everything will be alright again. Until next time.
Here’s a bunch of code exploring the difference between Public, Private and Protected methods and members in classes in PHP.
<?php
// Don't expect this code to run. It's designed to fail.
class Original {
protected $base_extend = 'base class';
public $public_var = 'public variable';
public $private_var = 'private variable';
public $protected_var = 'protected variable ';
public function publicMethod() {
echo 'publicMethod() called from '.$this->base_extend.'.<br>';
// From here - inside the base class - we can call see all the
// methods and members.
$this->privateMethod(); // All
$this->protectedMethod(); // of
echo $this->public_var . '<br>'; // these
echo $this->private_var . '<br>'; // will
echo $this->protected_var . '<br>'; // work
}
private function privateMethod() {
echo 'Private method called from '.$this->base_extend.'.<br>';
}
protected function protectedMethod() {
echo 'Protected method called from '.$this->base_extend.'.<br>';
}
}
class Extend extends Original {
protected $base_extend = 'extended class';
public function publicMethod2() {
echo 'publicMethod2() called from.'.$this->base_extend.'<br>';
$this->privateMethod(); // Fatal error
$this->protectedMethod(); // Works
echo $this->public_var . '<br>'; // Works
echo $this->private_var . '<br>'; // Works
echo $this->protected_var . '<br>'; // Works
}
/**
* If we wanted to we could re-define the private method
* and variable inside the extended class. This way we
* would be able to see them from within the extended class.
* As it is, we can only see them from within the base class.
*
* private $private_var = 'private';
*
* private function privateMethod() {
* echo 'privateMethod called from extend.<br>';
* }
*
*/
}
$base = new Original();
$base->publicMethod(); // Works
$base->privateMethod(); // Fatal error
$base->protectedMethod(); // Fatal error
$ext = new extend();
$ext->publicMethod(); // Works
$ext->publicMethod2(); // Works
$ext->privateMethod(); // Fatal error
$ext->protectedMethod(); // Fatal error
So, to sum up:
Public methods:
CAN be seen from anywhere, from inside and outside the class. Used for things that should be available to anyone using the class as a “black box”. Anything public should probably be mentioned in the documentation. E.g. $object->doSomethingUseful();
Protected methods:
CANNOT be seen from outside the class. CAN be seen from inside the class and CAN be seen from inside extensions of the class where it was defined. Should be used for things that should not be obvious to “black box” users but are available in extensions of the class where they are defined. E.g. $this->getSomeVariable();
Private methods:
CAN only be seen from inside the class. CANNOT be seen from outside the class and CANNOT be seen from extensions of the class it is defined in. Used for things that should not be messed with – i.e. the hidden inner workings of your base class. You might not even want to mention these in your documentation. E.g. $this->tediousComplexHiddenLogic()
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A philosophical one:
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I’ve copied one file, entered three lines in a terminal and written six lines of code and I’m already getting output. I’m liking this!
Edit: I’m doing this in Python so this is a joy compared to the day it took me to make Python and MySQL speak to each other.
My Half Life 2 / Left 4 Dead map “Halls of Resistance” is on the first page of Google image search results for “nelson house bristol”. And more if you search for “nelson house halls of residence”. Hah!
Come to Bristol! We’re on fire! And there are headcrabs!