Something new you learnt this week...

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   WryLiltposted 13 years ago

   Alright, here you can post something you learnt that you didn't know before this week (either relevant to hubpages or in general.)
   
   I'll start:
   
   I learnt how to use FTP to upload content to my website!

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      Mark Bronzeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I have just learnt that I do not even know what FTP means!

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         Kangaroo_Jaseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         File Transfer Protocol.

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      cookibuqposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I now second that...

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   Pcunixposted 13 years ago

   I'm too old to learn anything.
   
   No, that's not true.  But I can't think of anything that would make any sense to post because the stuff I'm apt to learn now is so incredibly geeky your eyes would glaze over.

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      WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I like geeky

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         Pcunixposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         OK.  I learned some more details about Ajax. I think those things could be useful in one of the iPad apps I have in mind.

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            couturepopcafeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            It's also good for cleaning the tub.

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   Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

   I learned that entering a Wal-Mart store for the first time ever (boycotted for political reasons for years) did not immediately strike me deaf, dumb, blind or dead.
   AND they have amazing prices on groceries.
   Bad economy may have to trump principles in my household, at least temporarily.

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      Pcunixposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      We try to avoid them, but it is hard.
      
      We don't ever tell our youngest daughter though.  She'd have our hides

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         couturepopcafeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Principles or Wal-Marts?

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      Mark Bronzeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I learnt what FTP means! Thank you all.

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         wildernessposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         That's two of us, Mark!  I learned that from Kangaroo and to write in small paragraphs from Pcunix.  A veritable school, today!

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            Kangaroo_Jaseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            OK OK Please sit up straight at the back there !!!!!!!!
            
            lol

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   Pcunixposted 13 years ago

   Well, now that you all know what FTP is, you should learn that today's Linux/BSD systems (which run most websites) can use scp and or sftp instead. 
   
   Also, many will allow you command line access with ssh.
   
   Rather than FTP or sftp, I use rsync to copy my web page files up and down.  This in turn usually  uses ssh underneath, but offers the advantage of only copying whatever has changed and needs to be copied, saving a great deal of time.

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      WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I hate being such an in between geek.
      
      I'm geeky enough to have real world people look at me in confusion but words like you just wrote hurt my BRAIN!
      
      Give me ten years and I might make sense of that jumble!

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         Kangaroo_Jaseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Allow me to 'ungeekify' this a small amount to parley more into laymens terms.
         
         # Wholesale upload of files to a website - use FTP
         
         # Update ONLY those files you have changed locally and reflect that on a website - use RSYNC

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            WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            That's better. It's bad when I have to google every word in a sentence.

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   mcrawford76posted 13 years ago

   I learned that Pittsburgh uses a private towing company that is 5 miles outside the city and charges a minimum $200 + fine for any tow. So be careful how you park when downtown Pittsburgh.

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   Lisa HWposted 13 years ago

   I haven't learned anything this week yet, but  Tuesday hasn't really started yet (whether or not the wee hours on the clock say it has).  Maybe by Friday or Saturday I will have learned something new.   

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   mcrawford76posted 13 years ago

   I also learned that a lot of the "off brand" items in grocery stores are made in the USA, have the exact same ingrediants and cost less than the "name brand" items that are almost always made in other countries.

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   Toby Hansenposted 13 years ago

   I learned that I had another sibling between myself and my brother.

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   couturepopcafeposted 13 years ago

   I learned that when making illustrations on a presentation board or portfolio, they should be proportionately larger than the rest of the items on the page because they are the focal point of the prospective sale.

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