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April 23, 2004

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Who's (and what's) new An award, another Page Editor and more TAs Featured experts Three who are worth listening to Your questions and solutions COBOLdinosaur and mplungjan found great stuff Nata's Corner: Strange Sounds And we're not talking expletives... Inside the numbers ameba's list of newly-certified Experts Tip for New Members	One of the least-known new features at Experts Exchange is our new Link Exchange. Our Link Exchange program is beneficial to both sites in a couple ways: 1. The number of resources available to users on both sites will increase 2. Site relevance is increased within all major search engines when a site provides links to and from quality resources If you would like to swap links with EE, just fill out the form at the Link Exchange page.

Who's (and What's) New at Experts Exchange

PC World lists EE: PC World has named Experts Exchange as one of the Web's "Top 100 Sites You Didn't Know You Couldn't Live Without" in its current edition. Read the article on EE here.

New Page Editors: The Page Editors are part of the Experts Exchange team that can help you find the solution to your problem. Our newest addition: ramrom, who will cover the Python topic area.

New topic areas: You asked for them, and now you have them: Lotus Notes/Domino - Video Conferencing - Voice Over IP - C++ Builder - Lotus/Domino Administration - PostgreSQL - ASP.NET - VB.NET - C++.NET. We'll be appointing Page Editors for those topic areas in the next few days; if you're interested in the program, send mail to Netminder.


Our questions, articles and featured experts were provided by Page Editors From COBOLdinosaur and mplungjan, who themselves are worthy of note. mplungjan is a true oldtimer at EE, having joined in April, 1998. With over 1,000,000 points in the Javascript TA alone, he is also unfailingly generous with his time and energy. COBOLdinosaur, AKA Cd&, is a classic EE member. He joined in May, 2000, looking for answers -- and never left. He recently went over the 1,000,000 point level himself, joining an elite group, and has never wavered in his addic... er... devotion to EE.

Your questions and solutions		Featured Experts
Still open: Displaying intermediate page/image while processing request by jsp code Cd&: The kind of things we get now as developers struggle trying to deploy GUI client server apps to the web with a browser interface. I end up moving a lot of them to other TAs because the problems are in the way the underlying app works. There is a big trend to this kind of conversion and the Web Dev TA is right in the middle of it, with some of the best multi-skilled experts anywhere. Points: 100 04/16/2004 03:45AM PDT Can you help? Self.opener and innerHTML mplungjan: This is one of those questions in which everyone adds a little something to the solution. Date: 08/29/2003 06:13PM PDT View the solution Still open: XML Parsing mplungjan: We run across this kind of question all the time, it seems. VBScript and javascript are similar, but they're not the same, so knowing how to make the right one work can make all the difference in the world. Points: 250 04/18/2004 02:21PM PDT Can you help? Artistic side of web site development Cd7: Good collaboration, a great comment by webwoman (I think that should have got the points) and a link to a site where the use of CSS is absolutely beautiful. It is the kind of Q I love because it gets the experts involved in teaching, not just posting possible solutions. Points: 250 Date: 03/09/2004 09:50AM PST View the solution 8 Tips for Designing a Great Website This article appeared a few days ago in Site Pro News. While the site is pretty heavily commercialized, and some of the articles are a little self-serving for their authors, they also come up with a view nice things every so often. Date: 03/24/2004 04:43PM PST Read the entire article		pepsichris Cd& on pepsichris:"The lastest newbie to break through in Web Dev by getting his first Cert on the site in the Web Dev TA. Chris will work out fine. He does get it." Coming from an old curmudgeon like Cd&, high praise indeed. Login Name: pepsichris Registration Date: April 24, 2003 Expert Points: 101072 Certificates: Master, Web Development devic mplungjan on devic:"devic knows his material. He also posts his 'Link of the Day' -- sometimes amusing, usually entertaining, and always informative." Login Name: devic Registration Date: August 26, 2003 Expert Points: 537793 Certificates: Sage, Javascript DigitalXtreme DX, as he's fondly known, joined Experts Exchange in August, 2000, and quickly established himself as one of EE's more eclectic members, and became a Mod in November, 2002. After a brief hiatus for university work and members of the opposite sex, he returned as a Moderator a month ago with a special project in mind: he is heading up the daunting task of cleaning up the Previously Asked Questions -- the PAQ -- with the idea of retaining their indivuduality and sense of community, and at the same time making them cleaner and more valuable to those members who use the search system. We're glad to have him back.



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Nata's Corner: Strange Sounds

My mother-in-law called me the other day to ask me what that "clicking sound" coming from the back of her computer was. She said it wasn't coming from her hard drive -- but she wondered what it might be.

There are two fans, and usually the clicking sound is a sign that one of them is about to give up the ghost. One of the fans is in your power supply -- it will probably keep on cliking until the power supply stops ticking, at which point you replace it and move on (don't even think about fixing it). I've seen power supplies click for months, or even years, but it can get annoying. On the other hand, if it's your CPU fan, your problem can become a lot more serious a lot more quickly.

If you hear a strange clicking, shut down your computer, and wait until it has completely cooled down. Then take the cover off, turn the computer on, and see if you can figure out which fan is making all the racket. If it's the little one on your CPU, shut the computer down and go visit your local computer store NOW, because if you fry your CPU, you'll be visiting them later and spending a lot more money.

And don't think for a minute that running your computer with the cover off will take the place of the fan. The case is designed to pull air through in a given pattern, and without it, the air flow won't be correct, and you can overheat your mother board (or something else) pretty quickly.

Inside the numbers

ameba has spent a lot of time at Experts Exchange, and during his tenure has come up with all kinds of interesting and useful ways of looking at the site. His latest project is a list of all of the Certified Experts, which he updates daily at his site. We'll be publishing the list of new certificates awarded every issue; what follows is those earned from April 3 through April 16. Thanks for your great work, ameba!


Expert	Certified	in Topic Area	Expert	Certified	in Topic Area	Expert	Certified	in Topic Area
zzzzzooc Sethi BrianGEFF719 JDettman rockiroads Mourdekai jjafferr sybe deighc Slimshaneey mouatts brgivens Lee_Nover devic lil_puffball bobbit31 LucF mmarinov farsight dfiala13 chensu Sys_Prog khkremer sunray_2003	Guru Guru Master Sage Guru Master Master Wizard Guru Master Master Master Guru Sage Guru Master Guru Wizard Guru Master Wizard Master Master Wizard	Visual Basic Visual Basic Visual Basic MS Access MS Access MS Access MS Access ASP ASP ASP ASP ASP Delphi JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript Windows 2000 .NET .NET .NET C++ C++ C++ Windows XP	LucF timothyfryer sunray_2003 sunray_2003 stefri kfalandays catchmeifuwant mdmackillop Kidego OneHump ErikKvK Yog jkr DanRollins AlexFM HemanthaKumar qwaletee Arunkumar zvonko Zvonko ghassan99 p_partha jerrith CRAK	Guru Master Master Wizard Guru Master Master Master Sage Guru Master Master Sage Guru Master Sage Wizard Guru Master Master Master Master Master Master	Windows XP Windows XP Windows 98 Outlook Outlook Outlook Oracle Excel Exchange Exchange Exchange ColdFusion Win Prog. Win Prog. Win Prog. Lotus Notes/Domino Lotus Notes/Domino Lotus Notes/Domino Lotus Notes/Domino Lotus Notes/Domino Lotus Notes/Domino Lotus Notes/Domino Lotus Notes/Domino Lotus Notes/Domino	sjef_bosman Bozzie4 madheeswar snocross scottrma dfiala13 eternal_21 pseudocyber Arthur_Wood Kavar mlmcc peter57r arbert jadedata PeteLong kabaam LucF JOrzech shivsa What90 Netman66 ozo kronostm sunray_2003	Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Guru Master Master Master Master Master Master Master Guru Master Master Master Master Master Master	Lotus Notes/Domino Lotus Notes/Domino Lotus Notes/Domino Lotus Notes/Domino Lotus Notes/Domino C# C# Networking VB DB Programming Programming Crystal Reports Databases Databases Microsoft Network Microsoft Network Desktops Word Solaris Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 Math & Science Handhelds/Wireless Email

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