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With Ubuntu [A Fresh Install]

No, the old install didn’t crash !!!

i just was very anxious about the new Ubuntu release (Karmic Koala), so i installed the RC version

and as u know i hate to install a fresh install of any OS until the currently running one crashes, hangs and cries to let it die :D

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October 26, 2009 Posted by Jaqoup | Karmic, Problems | , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Quotes i won’t forget

here are some phrases i’ve heard from some people i’ve met, mainly in FCIS -my faculty-

“this is the learning curve in FCIS”

Mohamad Meshref…. (SDE Microsoft Redmond)

*that graph was somehow accurate -for me anyway-

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October 9, 2009 Posted by Jaqoup | Personal | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Strings, JavaScript & IE


if u r familiar with Javascript can u tell what will be the output of these lines ?

var src="abcd";
var dest="";
for (var i=0;i<4;i++)
{
          dest+=src[i];
}
alert(dest);

well, it’s obvious that this fragment will produce a message box holding the string “abcd” unless u r used to code Javascript for IE

in Firefox or Chrome it works like a charm

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May 24, 2009 Posted by Jaqoup | Problems, Programming | , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Hidden Options [2]

after  Hidden Options

here is the second post with the hidden options i’ve been collecting since then…

1-On Windows

    • Ctrl+C

    some times you need to copy the contents of a message box and the text is unselectable

    just press Ctrl+C when this message box is in focus and all it’s contents will be copied

    Thanx to Roaa “The Undocumented Feature”

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    April 5, 2009 Posted by Jaqoup | Experience | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments Yet