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It's good for a start, well done. I'd just suggest making it more intelligent and functional.

What version of MySQL are you using? A quick fix would be to find every occurrence in the file: TYPE=MyISAM and replace it with: ENGINE=MyISAM

Link: http://w3fools.com/ What do you guys think of this? I know it's been up for a long time, but not a lot of people know about this yet so I thought I'd post it.

Google, is the biggest advertiser, so you should have the best results on that. I'd try Facebook Ad's as well if you are looking for game advertisement. FB Ads are solid, not too expensive, easy to use, has a massive audience and is a lot more definitive.

I wouldn't define "plugin-less" as a framework, as it has none. Then again, most people use frameworks in conjunction with HTML/JS, such as jQuery/MooTools/Dojo

The method used by the OP is just fine, not perfect, but fine. Just inform MCCodes of this, and if confronted, show them records that the old domain was yours.

I agree. You don't enable any (admin) account edits on a demo or a have an 'live' installation file, MCCodes. It's very prone to malicious intent, and unethical at that.

I've heard a rumor that products sold(even by third-parties) were logged by Sony. In theory, when the hackers got into the system, they also took everyones credit card information. Sony is facing a massive lawsuit because of this as well. On the "fixing" side: Sony really has only one option, and that is to remove all keys and issue new ones. White-listing as you said, a_bertrand, isn't effective enough and will have the same flaws as that has been discovered. This whole thing makes me think of the movie "Gamers". Humanz rule. :P

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That. Top or Bottom?

Apple. Blues or Jazz?

As a_bertrand & sniko said, it's used to format strings. PHP is a language that's variables are very... vague in definition. That means, you don't have to define your variables before use, and all variables carry a mixed type(unless otherwise defined). It's not like say C per instance, where you have to define the variables before use and with a type. To sum it up, sprintf() isn't as needed in PHP as in another like C*, so using these type of functions are almost pointless: it just makes you code prettier in my opinion. * - In C(stdio.h), the function name is actually printf().

I'd suggest being more specific with your search, or you might just lure people you wouldn't want. NDA requirements, max amount you're willing to pay, programming experience required(detailed list), timezone/location, additional software used and estimated time to completion - are all things you could include.

Answer is, and always will be 1. Sums between () comes first, then multiplication, then division. x = 6 / 2 (1 + 2) x = 6 / (2.3) x = 6 / (6) x = 1

Thanks for providing the link, Jeff. It will really help a lot of people further their maths. I'm just concerned that some of the youngsters(well, younger than me) will find these things a bit hard. It always gets me when a programmer says they're not good with math, I just don't get that, and I'd hate to see their scripts. :\

Thanks a_bertrand. Any ideas for more references?

This is my first revision of "Mathematics: a programmers best friend". Mathematics is the basic foundation for everything in life, so it does go without saying that in order to excel in life you need to know maths. A programming language, is just that: equations, put in a different format. Take for instance linear programming, making graphs would be much more difficult if you don't know how to do it. Throughout time, some of the greatest accomplishments were done with the use of math. Pythagoras is a one of them, the ancient Egyptians, and more modern: Einstein and Isaac Newton. All of these people made life easier for us all, by creating formulas for doing things easier and more efficiently. That is just what programming is: making life simpler. Imagine if no one ever figured out how to program, we'd still be using our feet to walk across continents with our little stone tablet we scratched something on with another rock. But instead, we've created cars, machinery and... the Internet. A few mathematical(or arithmetic) operators to know about, are: + - Addition. - - Subtraction. * - Multiplication. / - Divition. % - Modus. ^ or pow(x) - to the power of. Here are a few reference equations that will make your life easier when programming. (please excuse me if I'm getting this wrong, I'm only translating for Afr.) Simple interest: A = P(1 + i.n) $interest = ($amount * (1 + (($interest_percent/100) * $intervals));   Compound interest: A = P(1 + i)^n $interest = $amount * ((1 + ($interest_percent / 100)) ^ $intervals);   Annuities (basic): Fv = x[(1 + i)^n - 1] / i $total = ($amount * (((1 + ($interest_percent / 100)) ^ $intervals) - 1)) / $intervals;   Those are just rent-orientated, which one could probably use for calculating financial components within a game. I will add some more as I come to think of it.

10. There are standards, PEAR being one of them. 11. PHP 5 still did not include full OOP implementation, it was lacking. Throughout PHP 5.x a little bit more was added. this is the latest. 13. No it wasn't, it was originally created to be "hacky" and perform Perl-like(administration) tasks. 19. 5.3.2 20. Just to clear the debut on this. Deeper server-side tasks are not PHP, as it is lot the fastest and most powerful of languages.

I wish people would stop ranting on about things that has been ranted upon before. Just pick one and vote which one "you" like the best. PHP, C and JS chosen. All of these are what I would use in my daily life, PHP for writing a server-side project, JS for client-side. C for quick bits and bobs everywhere, automating admin tasks, etc.

Github only provides a class, that connects to the different APIs through curl. Which, if you are using a secure configuration, won't work anyways. There are fork methods, and even through sockets. Most people(like me) create their own "SDK" anyways. Facebook's very own documentation states that FBML is "in the process of being deprecated". I don't use their plugins, but I'm quite sure they switched to the Javascript SDK already. Also, you should know Facebook isn't very well documented on their SDK's or connection methods(authentication, etc.). It takes a lot of time actually figuring out what exactly what is, returns and does.

For 2D and 3D there are frameworks to use such as DirectX and OpenGL. You will have to recreate each build for every OS though. Visual Studio, when compiled, uses the microsoft framework..(forgot what it's called)... 3 which serves as cross Windows platform compatibility. The simple answer is yes, and no. Yes for windows, no for others.

Mine is still for sale, but only V3.

I must be honest, but I really don't like giving out my sources of knowledge( you can ask around, really) but here is "the best" PHP-SDK tutorial for Facebook. http://www.takwing.idv.hk/tech/fb_dev/ And FYI, FBML is being deprecated. How many times do I have to say this? Don't give outdated information to people. Either learn something properly, and keep up to date with it, or don't do it at all. Simple.

Depends on what you want them to work. 3D game development, C++ or C# would be best. App' dev', depends on the system. C++ and C# for Windows, C for linux and Objective-C for Mac.

In order, with some explanations: Visual C++ More known as C++ (plus plus), it's an high-level object orientated programming langauge mostly used for "Windows" desktop applications and games. It's older brother, C, is almost exactly the same but does not offer object orientation and mostly used on Linux/*nix systems. Another sibling is Objective-C, mainly used for programming on Macintosh. Visual Basic.NET and Visual Basic Visual basic is an old langauge, but surprinsingly still very much in use. Visual basic is an drag 'n drop IDE, and the syntax is quite simple, although some people find it harder because it does not resemble any other programming language's syntax but is rather much more like Pascal(Delphi). .NET is an addon type, with web functionality and more used and with much more support. ASP.NET Many debates with PHP, even though PHP "is" still more popular. It normally goes hand-and-hand with C#(sharp) to make it function better and more flexable. I'm not an expert with ASP, but I do know it is Microsoft's version of a web-programming langue. PERL It's the old predecessor of PHP, and a fun fact: PHP 1 and 2 was made with Perl. In the old days it was Linux's native scripting language, and mainly used for maintenance tasks and drawing up graphs on the spot. Use this with caution though, it is rather easy to learn among the others, but it is kind-of dying out at the moment. Ruby Rails Excellent language, really. But you usually don't see it being used on it's own though. Offers many of the same features others do, but more scripting style to it. I'm also not an expert on it, so sorry I cannot give info on it. UML The only thing I know is that it is a modeling language, used for object-orientated system programming. Sorry. As I don't use or see it regularly, I wouldn't suggest you learn it for a startup language. XML Also a modeling language as above, but more popular, and much more support for it. Learn it, no second thing about it. You WILL use it, and it WILL help you.