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The video that I made of the "line people" waiting for the midnight showing of EpIII just made its way to slashdot... Let's see if TCH can keep up! http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/2...tid=133&tid=101 They can handle it, right?

Yeah, that was plan B. I thought it might be easier for content maintenance to keep them in the database. That way, when I delete a record, it deletes the whole thing... but doing it with files should work fine. I'm just lazy.

Aaak. Okay, any ideas for workarounds?

Yes, I know that the PHP max_upload_size is 2M by default. I was trying to change that. I don't know for certain that it's from mySQL; it's just a hunch, from what I know from mysql.com and php.net.

Yeah, I've tested it with smaller files and it works fine.

Okay, now I'm feeling really stupid. I've been stumped on this for weeks, and I'm just now figuring it all out... sigh. Okay, I decided to get rid of the MAX_FILE_SIZE field. Not needed. So, I come across another error: >Got a packet bigger than 'max_allowed_packet' From what I understood from PHP.net, this is a message generated by MySQL. Now what? How do I change this without having admin access?

Okay, update: I discovered that ha, yes, I can set that in .htaccess, and apparently I can't within a script. Duh. Okay. Got that working. Now, it says that my problem's with the MAX_FILE_SIZE in the HTML code. Here's what I have: ><input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="20M"><input type="file" name="media" id="media"> Hmm... what's wrong?

Okay, I'm having a major headache over this. I'm trying to insert MP3 files into a mySQL database, but I keep coming across an error of one kind or another. First it was a timeout, now it's filesize. I managed to use the ini_set command to successfully reset the max_execution_time var, but it's not working on the upload_max_filesize one. Here's the code... >$setmaxexectimeresult = ini_set(max_execution_time,600); $uploadsizeresult = ini_set(upload_max_filesize,20240); //20 megabytes and then later on... >echo "[" . $setmaxexectimeresult . "] [" . $uploadsizeresult . "]"; ...which returns... ><!--set result: [30] []--> What's the deal? In the second pair of brackets, it should have a "2M" or something like that, to show that it was successfully reset. Aaand, it doesn't. I'm probably just missing something stupid -- any idea what?

Okay, I'm trying to do this, and it's not working. Whenver I put that line in my .htaccess file, the whole file won't work. I'm assuming I just missed something and I'm doing it wrong. What am I possibly missing? Here's the content of my .htaccess file: -Ryan

I think the whole tracking scenario is inevitable. People will fuss about it for a while, but then they'll get used to it... and life moves on. On the end-times point: If it's not time, then God's not gonna let it happen. If it's time, it's gonna happen and there's nothing we can do about it.

If you're not looking for something with a whole lot of features, try a Kodak. I have a Kodak 6200 -- got it for $100. The pictures can get a little grainy in low light, but I like that it is point and shoot idiot-proof. I can give it to someone to take pictures for me, and I don't have to worry about them not taking right, or something. -Ryan

Even the low-end mac laptops are pretty nice. Most of them come with built-in 802.11b or g wireless, and all have 10/100BT ethernet. Of course, if you're doing a lot of graphics work, a mac would be a pretty obvious choice... Photoshop is practically built around the mac, and a mac is built for graphics and video. However, if most of your existing software is PC-only, that'd be a problem. Virtual PC is just not fast enough to make it worthwhile. But I use a Mac for everything -- it's so stable and easy to use that I don't ever have to worry about it. My parents' eMac, which is running OS 10.2, goes for weeks without having to be restarted. No joke. -Ryan

Yeah, monsoon is what I'm using now. Could TCH install a couple of those "slimmer" skins on our server? -Ryan

One of the things that's always irritated me about Cpanel is its unnecessary use of images and HTML code. It's a total waste of bandwith. Can I make a slimmer template to use with cpanel, perferably something text-based? It would be a huge help to me and my clients (most of which are on dialup). Is that possible? -Ryan

Great, thanks. I really don't think that it's a problem, but I want to keep his info handy should he become a real problem. Like I said, I suspect it's just some idiot trying to be funny. -Ryan