marg

Yep..

Mike Lee is definitely our beloved likemee (of great acclaim and wondrous drawings).. check out http://michaellee731.web.officelive.com/thinkdraw.aspx

.. and I couldn't say whether Rachel Lee was his sister or not .. but partner/wife would seem more likely to me..

..Gideon's name doesn't appear on Think Draw (any more ?), but check out Websudoku and Jigsawdoku.. copyright him and Rachel.. and 'gidgreen', 'rachel', 'chuckles', 'likemee' and 'cooldeb' are the first TD artists available now..

.. and I really do think that the Think Draw Forum was designed for pleas like yours, polenta .. and .. I honestly believe that if people restricted their comments in that Forum to comments addressed to Rachel, we might get a bit better response..

..and I KNOW it's hard, and I've gnawed off part of my leg/arm/mouse in trying to refrain from commenting in that Forum unnecessarily.. but it can be done..

Baldur

Certainly Rachel follows Radio Baldur, after all doesn't everyone?

Baldur

I imagine Radio Baldur I part of dinner conversations all over the US, Canada, UK, Uruguay and Israel, Possibly Germany and South Africa too.

marg

hmm.. Baldur.. let me get this clear..

1) is 'Radio Baldur I' a typo for 'Radio Baldur is' ? or..

2) are you preparing 'Radio Baldur II' - for the more genteel, middle-aged, comfortable class TDer ?

Baldur

ooops, I didn't go back and read that after typing it
The correction would be
- I + is

Login

You forgot to mention the transmission being received in Outer Mongolia!

Shanley

Wow, looks like I've started something here. Yes, Polenta, I'm pretty sure about the location of the site (used more than one tool and they all returned the same location) and as it already have been mentioned, the EST used on TD is more proof of that. I can think of any reason somebody would go through the effort of getting an IP located at the other end of the world, well...except for bragging that he/she can.
I hope my post hasn't been too...intrusive for our hosts. (After all, we're only curious about our favorite site, no harm meant .)

Shanley

have-ve+s= has (been mentioned)

Qsilv

Websites are often served from more than one area as protection against the main server getting damaged and/or dealing with bursts of heavy traffic

...you might want to glance through a brief article on "mirroring"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_(computing)

More to the point, the physical box that's acting as a server can be in one place while the people controlling it can be anywhere else on the planet.

Gotta love the internet! ;>

polenta

Shanley and Qsilv seem to know a lot about computer science. I am a simple operator. I wonder what course or courses you should take in order to know that much. How do you you know the IP? And what is IP?
Are you engineers?

Baldur

IP is short for Internet Provider, that is about all of my knowledge on the subject

sheftali52

Er, ah, I believe IP stands for Internet Protocol, only because I've heard that term used by my geek friends. Googling IP helps, too.

Baldur

(lol, well I never!)
That proves I know nothing at all about computers, my Luddite roots are showing

sheftali52

Sorry Baldur--I did not mean to be correcting, when I am no expert. Please forgive me.

polenta

Here you may go to the university and become a systems analyst, engineer, programmer, etc but of course this takes hundreds of years and is a profession.
When it comes to courses, they teach Windows, Corel Draw and others.... but I wonder what course to take to know all these little secrets.
Do people in other countries use Windows or Linux?
What do you think about netbooks? They look so small.... like a toy but I don't know if they are good.

polenta

I googled it. Internet Protocol.
Where do you learn about all this?
Only at the university?

Shanley

Actually, IP refers to Internet Protocol (address) in this case. It's a unique address for each network device, that allows it to be identified. And Qsilv is right, a server can be accessed from anywhere in the world, one can only get the IP adrees of the machine hosting it, but cannot be sure who put it there. There are a lot of papers on the Internet on networking, Polenta. Our friend Google, is by far the best reference one can get on learning anything. Your guess is however right, I am an engineer, although my field is automatic control, not computers, but well you can't make it through this faculty without picking some serious background on computers. There are also some good courses on networking initiated by Cisco, where you can learn a lot and get a recognized certificate on this subject.
Here are some starting points on how Internet works and IP addresses:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/internet-infrastructure.htm
http://www.comptechdoc.org/independent/networking/guide/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address Have fun!

sheftali52

polenta, I cannot recommend any particular one, but in the bookstores I go to, there seem to be some books that might help. I have read articles in magazines, searched the Internet, talked to my friends, and also engaged sales people in computer stores. People who know a lot about computers always seem glad to pass on their vast array of knowledge.

As for netbooks, they do seem kinda cool. Some folks would not like them because a netbook does not have a CD/DVD drive (though an external CD/DVD drive is often available). Most geeks I've talked to seem to think the other drawback to a netbook is that the processor speed is not that great. For a casual user like me, who used to travel a lot, a netbook would've been great as a tool to surf the net and do e-mail. I am waiting for netbooks to drop in price, which I believe they will, and get more features before I consider buying one.

Shanley

Sorry, I didn't get to see this last posts, had just finished reading Baldur's comment on IP. The term you should aim at is 'networking', Polenta. Administrating networks has become a profession. It is very difficult for someone with little experience with computers to understand how this works and not to mention that very few of us can actually 'play' with a router and test all that theory. In Cisco courses they let you do that so you may be able to set up a computer network. Tried that, gotta say I did not enjoy it, though. I'd rather stick to programming PLCs lol.

polenta

Thanks everybody.
You see I had the hunch someone was an engineer and Shanley is.
I agree that when someone wants to know whatever, if he insists and it persistent, he will learn about it. I just wanted to know if there was a short course with the basics to a lay person like me.
My experience tells me that when you know nothing about a topic, it is difficult to study in articles or books etc.
When you already know quite a lot, IT'S VERY EASY to learn by yourself without any outside help.
If I wanted to get a notebook(not a netbook), what are the characteristics you would recommend?
I suppose in US , notebooks must be much cheaper and I've heard ALL NOTEBOOKS are good or have good quality. How much could it cost?