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Undefined Functions in Object-Oriented PHP

// March 29th, 2009 // No Comments » // Tech

Just had a big “duh” moment.
Have you ever had a PHP method (a function inside a class, in case you’re new to the whole OOP thing) cause a “Fatal Error: Call to undefined function ‘whatever’…” even though you are 100% sure that the method has been defined?
You’re missing the $this-> before your call to the [...]

Bandwidth Caps

// February 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Tech

Here’s an idea, how about all of these ISPs use one bandwidth cap formula:
x * 60 * 60 * 24 * 30, where x would be the speed of the internet connection.
There’s no point in selling someone 30mb/sec cable internet access if they can still only download as much data as I can on my [...]

Apparently Bill Gates Still Wants to Give You Money

// November 19th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Misc

The “Bill Gates wants to give you $10,000,000″ email scam still isn’t dead. How many years has it been? I just got this spam email today:
Microsoft Corporations:
Customer Service
Wrights Lane,
Kensington London W85SP,
England UNITED KINGDOM
FILE REF: HL/5564/06/07/MICS
BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU
OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.
It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise
but please find time to [...]

So You Want to Spam My Forum, Do You?

// October 18th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Tech

I administer a Harry Potter discussion forum that’s been mainly inactive since the seventh HP book came out. I subscribe to the forum feed, so I know if any new posts arrive. Follow?
Today, a new post was added by a previously unregistered user. It read:
Hello boys and girls ;-)
Somebody can give me url to the [...]

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