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Broken MAC

(account deleted) 23 Sep 2017 16:25

So, yesterday at school, I was working on my website during FLEX, and something happened. The mac crashed and shut off. I would not turn back on. And, since I was so dumb not to save, I lost my updates.
My teacher, Mr. Porter is FURIOUS at me! Even I did not break it, everyone says I did.
What do I do? My grade is failing and end of term is coming up! I can't afford an F if I want to get my dream job!
What do I do?! {:(|

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Hewwo, my name is Achak Claw. I was formerly BioHazard.

Re: Broken MAC

Battlesquid 23 Sep 2017 17:10

Maybe your computer is dead? Recharge and see if it works. Also preform a power cylce: press and hold the power button for 10 seconds then power the computer again. If not, open the collapsible below.

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1. Is it your Mac? If not, then you shouldn't worry about it, school computers are almost always glitchy (for example, the Dell given to me by the school occasionally has sticky mouse clicking even though I am not dragging anything, and lags sometimes). Contact your schools IT to fix it.
2. If it is yours, then not really sure what to do…my suggestion is to get a Windows computer.
3. How does a website have to do with schoolwork? Unless you have computer programming (which would most likely teach something like Java or C and not HTML, let alone template-based HTML).

But hey, every school is different so I won't judge.

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Trenly 23 Sep 2017 17:43

Mac? Windows? Both of those crash easily and have bugs in the coding. I reccomend getting yoursef a nice stable operating system like linux

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Myles_Zadok 23 Sep 2017 18:31

From what I've heard linux doesn't have the same kind of support in terms of applications that Windows and Mac OSes do. When I used a Chromebook, the Android OS was really great, but the applications it supported were few (some that worked on android phones worked on the Chromebook, however). If I'm going to have a computer, it had better support the applications I need to use. I'm not sure I could trust a linux OS to do that.

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Trenly 23 Sep 2017 18:47

Linux has an application package available called "Wine" that allows you to run windows programs.

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Battlesquid 23 Sep 2017 18:59

Linux is pretty good, but I believe it isn't known as much as Windows and Mac (therefore I suggested Windows). It looks really cool, but I have yet to get my own computer and get Linux on it.

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(account deleted) 23 Sep 2017 23:28

It's not my MAC. It the Alpine School District's. I don't have thousands of dollars on me!
If it was mine, I would not mention Mr. Porter on this.
Oh, I am so screwed. I am grounded for life!
And it is not ran from batteries, it's Plug in-outlet type of mac.
Visit this link, and you will see what type of MAC the district uses:
Apple Imac
$1300 dollars, I'm going throw up once my mom and dad find out… :(

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Hewwo, my name is Achak Claw. I was formerly BioHazard.

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Re: Broken MAC

Battlesquid 24 Sep 2017 01:11

Well, if it just crashed, that's not your fault. Crashes and bugs happen all the time to computers, that's why you have IT support. Had this been physical damage to the computer (broken off a part of it, for example), then it would be your fault, however, the problem seems to be in the hardware or software. Contact your school's IT and they'll be able to help.

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(account deleted) 24 Sep 2017 02:46

It turns out, it is now bricked..
I have to replace it, since I have used it.

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Hewwo, my name is Achak Claw. I was formerly BioHazard.

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jonbush 24 Sep 2017 03:21

It is highly unlikely that you could have done anything to permanently damage the computer simply by using. Unless you threw it on the floor, or dumped conductive fluids into it, it is also very unlikely that the school district would make you pay for the cost of the computer. The computer is probably covered under a warranty from the manufacturer, so if there is a hardware fault Apple should pay for it.

Your school district's IT department should be able to easily re-image the computer to fix any damage that may have occurred to system files.

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Battlesquid 24 Sep 2017 03:24

Well that doesn't make sense. All you need to do (according to my research) is replace the iMac's hard drive. If the hardware isn't damaged (which you have seemed to confirm), installing a new hard drive should fix it (Source).

School's will never make you pay for their stuff unless you had a clear intent to break the computer. As long as you weren't trying to modify software within the computer, or you didn't throw the computer/damage it, no blame is put on you.

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(account deleted) 24 Sep 2017 16:37

ok, wheew. Looks like I don't have to pay it. But now, since he has to get a new computer, I may have to deal with angry students because lots of them used the computer I was using.

And yes, my website is a project for my class, and can be completed in two ways:
:The website can be programed in scratch with Javascript and html

:The site can be started from a template from wikidot, google, weebly, etc.

But, i'ts sort of not done. At least Mr. Corry let the Deadline extended to October 4th.
Would any of you guys like to help me fix any flwas? Helping is allowed in the project.

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Hewwo, my name is Achak Claw. I was formerly BioHazard.

Re: Project

Graic 24 Sep 2017 17:01

What are you using, HTML, or Weebly/Google Sites/etc?

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Battlesquid 24 Sep 2017 21:26

Graic: He's using Wikidot itself, as you can see here.

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Bio_Hazard1282(2) does not match any existing user name:

1. Your about section says otherwise about the purpose of your said project.
2. By helping, I think your teacher meant help from your peers, not people discussing on a website forum. He may as well have told Tim Berners-Lee to help you.

However, I may be wrong as well, so I won't make any accusations.

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Trenly 24 Sep 2017 22:06

Not gonna lie, HTML is a way better way to make a website than using wikidot. HTML is fully customizable with Javascript, CSS, PHP, SQL, and other languages where as wikidot is limited to what wikidot allows.

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Myles_Zadok 24 Sep 2017 22:12

Wikidot is pretty much only good for those who don't know how to code as well as simple wikis (thought that last part was probably obvious).

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Battlesquid 24 Sep 2017 22:34

Don't forget the free hosting perk (the trade-off being that you don't get a custom domain). That's my main cause for not having a site that is totally my own.

When I am able to pay for my domain by myself (which might be when I reach college), I do want to create my own site from scratch :P

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Timothy Foster 24 Sep 2017 23:13

If you want to learn how to make a website from scratch, you can actually do it for free assuming you do not care about a domain name for now. In fact, you can build a website without publishing it on the web. The Create React App can get you started on making your very own React website with just four commands (assuming you have Node JS and npm installed).

For hosting, there are providers like Heroku which offer free space for people experimenting or learning. Hooking that up isn't always the simplest thing in the world, though.

If you are curious about web development, I definitely recommend poking around. I'm sure you'll have lots of fun in the process (:

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Timothy Foster - @tfAuroratide
Auroratide.com - Go here if you're nerdy like me

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Graic 25 Sep 2017 22:28

There is also GitHub pages, if you don't mind the .GitHub.io.

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Timothy Foster 24 Sep 2017 22:57

Having maximal customization is not always best since a lot of the programming involved is esoteric to the majority of people wanting websites. If all you need is a regular website and you haven't made a website before, then services like Wordpress or Squarespace or what-have-you are pretty good for getting something decent up on the web in a jiffy. As an illustration, if what I want is a wiki site, I can stand up a good wiki using an online service in a day, and it will probably have all the features I want. It would take months to stand up the same thing in raw PHP and SQL.

Of course, if the goal is to learn HTLM, PHP, and those languages, then making a website from scratch using those is an excellent way to learn. Nowadays for people going into serious web development I recommend looking into either React/Node or Angular. That might be because I don't like PHP though :P

Wikidot actually isn't that good for people who do not know coding because it requires coding to use it. Wikidot is good for people familiar with HTML and CSS who want effectively total control over the site's structure and styling for free. Wikidot is flexible enough to allow some pretty advanced things, but it breaks down as soon as you need javascript. If I'm going to be truthful though, Wikidot's actual weakness is its lack of growth. Not having seen a major update since 2012, it is really hard to recommend it as a tool of choice in the ever-evolving web.

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Timothy Foster - @tfAuroratide
Auroratide.com - Go here if you're nerdy like me

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Battlesquid 25 Sep 2017 01:04

I would love having complete control over a site, even if it would take a long time to create. Like you said, some people will have their cause of making the website to learn HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, etc, and that is my main target while doing web development related things. Thanks for providing those links :)

If an update were to take place, I would suggest that we start at improving the overall security of Wikidot. 2FA would be a great start (to improve account security), then we could go from there (IP information for website administrators could be a possibility). However, like you said, the rate of activity on Wikidot seems to have declined; its peak was probably around 2011-2013. Overall, I think the main issue is security and being scared of what people can do. This is where we would have to add more security measures to handle spam/abusive users. There's also the problem of people wanting to create a website quickly and easily, which Wikidot lacks as well. Web building applications (let's take Wix for an example) are more popular because they look great, and can easily be made to look great (at little to no charge). Wikidot takes website creation in a programming approach, which allows a lot of customization, yet scares away the majority of people because it doesn't look like it is an easy approach. I personally like it because of easy, yet powerful customization it gives; I know where to change the CSS of my site, or what module to use to list members of a site, without having to modify x, y, and z folders (the drawback though is that I still don't have complete control, so this is a debatable topic). That brings me to another suggestion: add support for WYSIWYG website building (while keeping the programming oriented side of the platform as an option). I think this would attract more people to build their website on the Wikidot platform. Later if they're interested, they can get more knowledgeable with the programming side of Wikidot, and have even more control of their website. Both the programming and non-programming people will be happy.

And what is the application of SQL? From a little research, it seems that it's for business analytics purposes.

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Myles_Zadok 25 Sep 2017 01:35

In order to be an actuary (a profession I once considered), you have to know SQL (among a ton of other things). I have no idea what SQL does for web design (I think it is a server-side language, though).

Also, what is WYSIWYG?

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Battlesquid 25 Sep 2017 01:44

Whelp, that's not a job I'm interested in. Business isn't my thing :P

WYSIWYG stands for What You See Is What You Get. Think about a drag and drop editor, where you can drag text boxes and shapes onto a canvas, and that'll be your webpage.

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Trenly 25 Sep 2017 02:11

SQL stands for Structured Query Language. It is the way a website interfaces with a database. Any time a user or webpage interacts with a database, SQL is used. One easy example is a webstore such as amazon. When you type a search in the searchbar, the PHP of the page creates a request. This request is formatted as SQL and sent to the database. The database interprets this SQL request and returns the selected data. SQL allows you to specify the format of how you want to retrieve the data. Of course these databases can have hundreds of thousands of entries, which makes SQL very important to sort and organize the data

Examples, Assume the table is named Products

Product	Category	Price	Index
Scissors	Office Supplies	12.99	1
Coffee Mug	Household	8.13	2
Tape	Office Supplies	1.99	3
Lamp	Household	14.49	4
Sheet Steel	Materials	7.24	5

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Query: SELECT Product, Price FROM Products; ORDER BY Price

Product	Price
Tape	1.99
Sheet Steel	7.24
Coffee Mug	8.13
Scissors	12.99
Lamp	14.49

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Query: SELECT * FROM Products WHERE Category='Household'

Product	Category	Price	Index
Coffee Mug	Household	8.13	2
Lamp	Household	14.49	4

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Query: SELECT Product, Price FROM Products WHERE Category='Office Supplies'; ORDER BY Price DESC

Product	Price
Scissors	12.99
Tape	1.99

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This is why sites like amazon have a "Sort by" selector where you can select "Price: High to Low", "Price: Low to High", "A-Z", "Relevance", etc

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Re: Broken MAC

Battlesquid 25 Sep 2017 02:14

Well then, I've underestimated the power of SQL. I researched, and it also seems to be a leading programming language to know in the workforce.

Maybe I'll learn it someday, but not now :P

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Trenly 25 Sep 2017 02:26

It is very useful in my field, Industrial Engineering, as I have to sometimes do Data Analysis. Many times I have to get the data from the database myself, meaning I have to know what I want to pull and how I want it formatted. Keep in mind that these databases can be huge. One I have worked with contained production data for a machine, and the machine sent data to the database every minute. It was my job to find where this machine could be made more efficient. I started by querying the database, "INSERT INTO MachineAnalysys2017_s1000 SELECT * FROM Production_Data WHERE Machine='S1000' WHERE Date BETWEEN 05012017 AND 06012017; ORDER BY Date,Time". That put all the data I needed from that one machine into a new database sorted by date and time. Then I made a graph of the average 24 hour cycle, then I sorted the database by which product number was being made, then I made graphs of production speed based on product number, and a ton of other analysys based on different data in the database.

Thats also an example of how a database could have hundereds of thousands of entries, since each machine in that facility sent data to that database once every minute of every day

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AbduBasheer 25 Sep 2017 03:17

I can agree with you Trenly, but don't you think that R is better than SQL in Data analysis? Due to R is a software environment for statistical computing and graphics that is supported by the statisticians and data miners for developing statistical software and data analysis. So what's better, SQL or R?

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Trenly 25 Sep 2017 03:21

All depends on what type of data analysis you are doing, and what tools you are provided by the company. I have only worked for employers who wanted me to use SQL, so I have no experience with R