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Finding a needle in a haystack
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 4:41 pm
by RGV250
That might be easier.
A couple of days a go I was browsing the site, it was probably app developer and I saw a book recommended on something if you are a beginner. I think it would have been on databases or SQL or web server stuff and I think it was possibly a post from Chipfryer but could be wrong.
I left the page open and came back later only to find I had shut the PC down instead of sleep. I thought it would be in the history but nothing and have tried loads of search words but have drawn a blank.
Bob
Re: Finding a needle in a haystack
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:27 pm
by chipfryer27
Hi
Unlike a PC after shutting down, my RAM is usually saved, unless I've been drinking....
I believe we were talking about LAMP / WAMP installs and the MySQL & PHP coding. I most likely recommended "PHP & MySQL in Easy Steps" by Mike McGrath. If a novice, this book will take you from a blank PC to a working server running script.
If you already know and are using LAMP/WAMP then it may not be for you, as it is intended to get you up and running whilst introducing the relevant subjects rather than making you an expert, giving examples at each step.
I still refer to it.
As I'm heading to FyneFest for the weekend (Loch Fyne music/beer fest) and will be face down in a field (must remember to take a tent this time) my RAM will probably be reduced to "just enough to function" until my return.
Hope this helps.
Regards
PS
This is a link to the post in the "old" forum
https://www.matrixtsl.com/mmforums/view ... sy#p106882
Re: Finding a needle in a haystack
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:47 pm
by RGV250
Thats the one, thanks.
Enjoy your beers, if you subscribe to the buffalo theory you will come back smarter.
One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm.
Here's how it went:
"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first.
This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.
In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.
That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
Bob
Re: Finding a needle in a haystack
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:58 pm
by chipfryer27
Hi Bob
As I'd forgotten about that episode I'm clearly on route to a PhD or Nobel Prize
Regards