ThePentiumGuy

I doubt you'd find that useful ;).

This is really annoying. I don't think the source code works on my 9.0a anymore.... it used to work. This is really, really annoying.

My turn to rant. I mostly skimmed over these posts, so feel free to skim this one over too, becuase it would only be fair. OOP is the new wave of the future. Trust me, once you learn how OOP operates, you can basically program in any OOP lanaguage you want. For example, the fact that I know VB.NET makes my Java course so much easier, whereas other people in my class are sitting there typing String HelloWorld = New HelloWorld(String "Hello world") - semicolon left out intentionally. It's a large shift from a procedural language like VB6, whose behind the scenes methods cover things up and make the language easier. Trust me - I came from vb6, and I knew the pain of switching to .NET. I used to be in the exact same position as you, ranting about .NET. Now I realize I said that "I loved .NET when I first got it" (or something along those lines) - but it took me some time to really appreciate the language. I felt a little quirky using it. What bothered me almost instantly was the fact that a lot of code was generated for you. I immediately got confused upon opening "Windows Form Designer Generated Code." And also the other thing that bothered me was that each event had 'strange' arguments (lol, things like "ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e as System.KeyEventArgs). And it took a long time to figure out how to show a new form. Now, once I got into actually coding and making applications with this - I found it great. I recently opened up VB6 (after about 2 years!) and found that it was kind of weird I guess. Learning an OOP language really reforms you (and could spoil you if you switch back to a procedural language). In VB.NET you could say something like form1.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyles.None. I don't exactly remember how to do this in vb6... but I think (don't quote me on this), it was something like form1.FormBorderSTyle = BorderStyles_None (again, I haven't done vb6 in a few years). Dim c as Color = Color.Blue... .NET keeps it simple. Now, about the whole Microsoft sucks when it comes to documentation rant. I think it's safe to say that there's a general consensus that agrees with this. They do document some things well, true, but other things they tend to leave blank or keep it (very) vague. Very true. Gone are the days where you program large modules, nowadays everything is divided into several classes. Edit: Your comment about the pricing, heh, sorry - that's what monopolies do (ex: Google bumped my pagerank down becuase I didn't have google ads on my site (they did this to a lot of people - now it's no longer first when you search, it's backed up by a ProgrammersHeaven link which links to my site)). Been there, done that (well...almost). I wholeheartedly agree with the 'slopiness and arrogance' part. And you are right though - there's no excuse for that. And it's quite annoying when they change some source code for the next version, and then they switch it back for the version after that (see DirectX). They can really let you down. It sucks in the beginning (trust me, I know where you're coming from). Microsoft can drive you nuts sometimes. Keep an open mind. My advice: Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. (Clint Eastwood, Heartbreak Ridge) -The Pentium Guy

Don't want your position kicked out by some other idiot? Then write unmaintanable code! -The Pentium Guy

Helped a lot. Thanks. I got some primative client-server action going on ("Open forum chat" - it's all just StreamReader/StreamWriter and it works locally (I don't have internet on my computer so I can't test remote chat)). Thanks, -TPG

How about the other way around? String ("127.0.0.1") -> Long.

This has been pissing me off since 3 days ago.... why does .NET bithc when you do: Dim EndPoint as new IPEndPoint("127.0.0.1", portnumber) It says cannot convert String to Long :), and understandably so. Now howabout a workaround on this dillemma :p. -The Pentium Guy

Yeah man - this will be in a tutorial on my site (see sig). But I'm mainly doing it for myself, to get a feel for it. Beleive it or not - the networking (the "Chat" part) is easier than I thought. I looked at some source code and it doesn't seem to be that bad.

Thanks, I'll look into the 'other stuff' after I do the chat program - for now I got my goal set on one thing and I'll follow through. -TPG

Thank you very much. Time to get started. -TPG

I found it helpful, but only to realize that the instructions are too risky I should say. I'm installing apache. Thanks anyways :). -TPG

Taking out the stock heatsink was a *****! I thought I would damage the CPU by applying pressure on the bracket things, but it turns out a ****LOAD of pressure is needed and I seriously thought my CPU would break or my mobo would snap. I took off the stupid stock **** and put some Coolermaster stuff. Btw the only dusty part of my case was the CPU, and a couple wires... that's pretty much it. It turns out that I won't be needing the Zalman 7700 AlCu.... :Whistles: or maybe I will ;), and the coolermaster **** is hard to apply -TPG Edit: These forum filters are very strict (almost too strict) Makes me sound mad or something. Oh yeah btw, my temp reduced to 102 F....and it was just because of dust.

Custom server? Can anyone offer some insight as to what that is basically? I have a linux server downstairs so would that be suitable?

Did you check the SDK Samples? (OK fine that's not that simple).

I'd suggest learning C++, because once you do VB.NET, it's hard to step down to a lower-level language such as C++. I know this first hand and ... that's my advice to you. -TPG

Less about what? God's creation or drag-and-drop.

Guys lol. HUSKY Easy Air To Go 1.75 Gal, 135 PSI Mobile Compressor With Deflation Kit :P. Wow. I'm getting AS5 (Hmm the 5 looks like an S) anyways. I hate noise. Absolutely. Ok fine a little is ok, but I'd rather not have Vantec/Delta fans (my friend has 6 of these, they're 60 db's each... his comp can be heard from the other room). That's why I'm ordering a Zalman heatsink (CNPS7700-AlCu) - very quiet, 120mm fans, and keeps it cool. Hey about fan placement: I have no place to put the front intake fan, I only have the side fan which I use as the intake and my CPU fan blows down. In the back I have the PSU as well as 2 additional fans (exhaust) - I read up that putting an exhaust and an intake in the back is redundant (the air that you suck in gets blown out) - this is from AMD System builder's guide (even though I don't have AMD). Coldfusion: Actually, earlier I just used my computer as a room heater. As a matter of fact, if my room got too hot I'd open up the door and the floor would get warm, and everyother room on the same floor would get warm. But in my house we don't go crazy with the AC heat, so it's hot in the summer and cold in the winter (well, warn in the summer and warm in the winter, but not like FREEZING cold in the summer and BURNING hot in the winter), so the ambient temperature isn't the problem. Watercooling - I would have done that of course, but one look at the price tag made me go *ouch*. Dan, my computer isn't located anywhere near a heater vent, but it's kind of close to the desk, but I keep about 1/2 foot of room from the left side of my case to my desk so that my intake fan can suck up air. Thermal grease - again I'm ordering some AS5, time to scratch off that stupid thermal pad. I'm buying the air duster tomorow (some cheapass staples thing), and using a temporary 'Coolermaster high performance Thermal Interface compound' while my AS5/7700 AlCu ships. -TPG -The Pentium Guy

Yeah but then where would the username/pword database be? I'd have to store it somewhere - on a server basically. Also how else would the messages be sent to the 'server' adn back to the user? The registration page to create a username/pword will be made using ASP.NET.. -TPG

Heh. I'm there when you need me. Yeah Microsoft isn't going to support VB6 anymore. They've moved on to "newer" stuff, but hey - the new .NET (2005) was built to accomodate vb6 users and get them .netting. It's a big step up to .net fom a COM based language such as vb6. You should see DirectX, from putting things in the wrong namespace (for only the vb.net version) to using abbreviations that aren't seen in directX for C#.NET (Ex: using D3DX instead of Direct3DX - I made a big rant about it on the DirectX forum earlier). Well they're a monopoly, prices go up, quality goes down, and until some company can give them serious competition, I don't think they'll improve. But that's just me. Microsoft is great, but they're bad when it comes to maintanence (well maybe not for windows, but for .NET certainly) ... and maintenence is the most costly portion of the Software Development Life Cycle. Why not program in C++? -The Pentium Guy

Just be sure to tell us what version of .NET you have, that might help a bit, and what version of 9.0c you have (They just released a new 9.0c called the 'december update'). -TPG

Oh my god. Hey maybe you damaged it becuase of static.

Really? That just never occured to me. I'll have to look into this, if it isn't too pricey. -TPG

Oh man, am I in a big soup tonight. My CPU temps have been gradually increasing from the summer I got it. It started to idle in the low 90's (32 Celcius) <-- in the summer, and towards christmas time it started to idle at around 130 (154C), so I declocked it to 2.5 ghz.... mid january: 140 (60C), declocked to 2.0. It was going way too slow (2.0 ghz...get real). BUT NOW: 165F (73C) My fans are all at 5000+ RPM (which makes it very loud), my case temp is in the low 90's ... so I figured it had to be a problem with the CPU When I got there it gave me a 'Critical temperature' issue, it went to 170F (76C), mouse movements stopd responding and it shut off! I don't want to shut it on (yet). I'm certain the problem is with the Heatsink, the Fan, or dust buildup. I'm getting a new heatsink/fan (Zalman CNPS7700-AlCu) as well as some Arctic Silver 5, it took me 2 months to convince my dad that my temps were rising (he woudln't beleive me until after it did this). My question is, how do I remove the dust? Im using an antistatic wristband, but what do you recommend me to use to get rid of the dust? Obviously a featherduster will damage the CPU (static). Vacuums cleaners will cauise an unbeleivably HUGE buildup of static (trust me, when my mom vacuumed my monitor becuase it was "dusty"... that's when I knew).... So how would I remove the dust, from the CPU Core, since I'm getting rid of the heatsink anyways. See the problem is, I have a thermal pad and it basically "Waxed" the dust together and the thermal resistance begun to wear off I guess. I'm going to a LAN party next saturday and I need your advice. -The Pentium Guy

Are you serious? Damn. I could have spent even more money on parts instead of the +$100 on XP Home, possibly an upgrade to 3.5ghz. Oh well. Well I'm 99.9% sure that this is the case with Office, beucase my friend had this problem. There's too much stuff on my hard drive to back up, too many programs..etc. I'll format later, but for now I'll stick with Apache.

Do you have vs.net 2002? Try the following: If that doesn't work, when you go to add your references, go do it manually (Browse...). They should be in: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Managed DirectX\<Latest Version> -The Pentium Guy