Why So Scared http://www.whysoscared.com A blog about; Programming, Music and Random Stuff Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:43:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Macports Livecheck.type I was trying to install libxml2 on OSX 10.6.3 using mac ports. sudo port install libxml2 Macports died with an error Error: Unable to open port: invalid command name "livecheck.type" livecheck.type seems to be a new command in Macports 1.8.0. Upgrading to Macports 1.8.0 solves the problem. To upgrade use sudo port selfupdate Dont forget you'll need ... http://www.whysoscared.com/macports-livecheck-type/ Speed Download 5 – RapidShare Settings This is an handy tip if you are having problems getting Speed Download 5 for Macintosh OS X to remember your RapidShare username/password. Within the preferences window of Speed Download 5 select Passwords and delete all current entries for rapidshare.com. Make a new entry with the following settings and hit ... http://www.whysoscared.com/speed-download-5-rapidshare-settings/ Java Greatest Common Divisor – Method 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 public class cis229wk3 { static long gcd(long m, long n) { if (n==0) return m; else return gcd(n, m % n); } public static void main(String [] args) { System.out.println(gcd(4,8)); // program returns a 4 } } http://www.whysoscared.com/java-greatest-common-divisor-method/ Java Reverse – Method 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 import java.util.ArrayList; import java.lang.*; public class reverse { public static void main (String []args) { ArrayList a= new ArrayList(); ... http://www.whysoscared.com/java-reverse-method/ select_tag / select input into my database rails In my posts form the input to the model can only be Dog or Cat, I've constructed the following code and assumed it would work, however the information input into the select_tag box was never going into my database. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 <% form_for(@post) do |f| %> <%= f.label :title %><br ... http://www.whysoscared.com/select_tag-select-input-into-my-database-rails/ Vodaphone UK MMS Contract Settings APN: wap.vodafone.co.uk Username: wap Password: wap MMSC: http://mms.vodafone.co.uk/servlets/mms/ MMS Proxy: 212.183.137.012 (note the leading zero in the last octet) MMS Max Message Size: (blank) MMS UA Prof URL: (blank) http://www.whysoscared.com/vodaphone-uk-mms-contract-settings/ Java Code – Shuffle A Pack Of Cards 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.util.Random; import javax.swing.*; public class shuffle { public shuffle(){ window.setSize(1100,550); window.setLayout(new FlowLayout()); JLabel cards[] = new JLabel[52]; int number = 0; int [] ranarray = new int[52]; boolean used[] = new boolean[52] ; ... http://www.whysoscared.com/java-code-shuffle-a-pack-of-cards/ Java Code – TicTac import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.util.Random; import javax.swing.*; public class TicTac implements ActionListener { public TicTac(){ window.setSize(150,150); window.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,3)); // display the buttons, smaller code with loop for(int i=0; i<=8; i++){ buttons[i] = new JButton(); ... http://www.whysoscared.com/java-code-tictac/ Java Code – How Old Are You? import java.util.Calendar; import java.io.*; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; public class Age{ public static void main(String args[]) { String year = JOptionPane.showInputDialog ("Please Enter Your Year of Birth:"); String ... http://www.whysoscared.com/java-code-how-old-are-you/ Parse MusicBrainz XML with jQuery For a project I'm working on to help people make posts over at http://www.warez-dnb.com/ i've been looking into parsing MusicBrainz, I thought id make a quick post to discuss the challenges and solutions I've come up with so far. <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $.ajax({ type: "GET", url: "http://www.warez-dnb.com/test/getid.php?name=Caspa", dataType: "xml", success: function(xml) ... http://www.whysoscared.com/parse-musicbrainz-jquery/