QB Express Article Requests
- Seb McClouth
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Is anyone still interested in Qbinux? I know I haven't written an article for the last issue cause I didn't know ppl were still interested. In case you have forgotten or don't know what Qbinux is, you can find it almost everything about it on http://qbinux.tk
If you're still interested let me know.
If you're still interested let me know.
QBinux is a Linux distribution with the aim of integrating the work of the vast community of free software developers at Pete's QBASIC Site in order to create a modern, performant, safe and easy to use system for system administrators and desktop users.
Your request would be nice. There are many of these already on the web of various qualities. To write a truly good batch file tutorial is a very tedious task involving extensive testing of the examples included. It would be similar to writing a tutorial on QB programming as an extension of the QB manual.Nathan1993 wrote:OK, I have a request: a batch file tutorial, and very deep in that.
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On this piece of $h17 computer, it doesn't work unless you input http://WWW.mcclouth.tk (WWW uppercase for emphasis). But that's probably because a. This computer is a MAC 9.2 and b. The school has too many locks on it, so I still can't see it because it is hosted on freewebs. So, I can't be any help for your project for the next 3 hours
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- The Awakened
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I second that.Torahteen wrote:I still would like someone to make a tutorial on network programing using winsock.
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Actually man, right now I'm reading a Winsock tutorial that uses C++. Here's the link:
http://www.hal-pc.org/~johnnie2/winsock.html
And if you don't have any experience with C++, check out my tutorials in the QB Express.
Try Googling "Winsock Tutorial" for more tuts.
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pay-per-view?
Sorry to slightly derail the thread:
I wrote the winsock tutorial linked above, and am considering taking it into a sort of pay-per-view mode; that is, visitors would pay a fee for each access to the tutorial.
The fee would be very small---perhaps $1 / access, with some constraints on what an "access" actually is.
What do you think? Do you consider the tutorial a great enough resource to pay $1 / access?
Again, my apologies for derailing the thread; feel free to PM me with any responses rather than posting.
I wrote the winsock tutorial linked above, and am considering taking it into a sort of pay-per-view mode; that is, visitors would pay a fee for each access to the tutorial.
The fee would be very small---perhaps $1 / access, with some constraints on what an "access" actually is.
What do you think? Do you consider the tutorial a great enough resource to pay $1 / access?
Again, my apologies for derailing the thread; feel free to PM me with any responses rather than posting.
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what if you live in a country where you don't pay with dollars but with ? for example?
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QBinux is a Linux distribution with the aim of integrating the work of the vast community of free software developers at Pete's QBASIC Site in order to create a modern, performant, safe and easy to use system for system administrators and desktop users.
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The system would use a third-party payment service like Paypal. Therefore the tutorial could accept any currency supported by the third-party service, with the currency conversion done automatically.
However the value of the amount per access would remain the same across all currencies; the equivalent of USD $1, etc.
Thank you for the response. *bows*
However the value of the amount per access would remain the same across all currencies; the equivalent of USD $1, etc.
Thank you for the response. *bows*
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Thank you for raising some interesting points.
Tis true the tutorial receives the majority of everyday traffic via Google searches, so I suppose this visitor segment won't take kindly to an access fee.
However, with the fee so small and (theoretically) the system so straightforward, I'd think a few would be willing to take a chance and spend a USD dollar-equivalent on what may be a quality tutorial.
I suppose this is what I'm gauging now; what a visitor's willingness would be to pay a small fee for access to a probably-quality tutorial. Already you guys are helping me to do this, so thanks again.
As for the visitor segment without access to Paypal, moving to pay-per-view would unfortunately be a loss on both sides (no income for me, no knowledge for you).
Tis true the tutorial receives the majority of everyday traffic via Google searches, so I suppose this visitor segment won't take kindly to an access fee.
However, with the fee so small and (theoretically) the system so straightforward, I'd think a few would be willing to take a chance and spend a USD dollar-equivalent on what may be a quality tutorial.
I suppose this is what I'm gauging now; what a visitor's willingness would be to pay a small fee for access to a probably-quality tutorial. Already you guys are helping me to do this, so thanks again.
As for the visitor segment without access to Paypal, moving to pay-per-view would unfortunately be a loss on both sides (no income for me, no knowledge for you).
I personally think the majority of people would pass over it. Nobody's gonna read a tutorial where they have to pay for it and not know what their getting. Granted, it is a small amount of money. However, some people just don't have Paypal, and again, a lot of people would see it as an unnecessary waste of time to have to pay. If it was a book, with a lot of content, I could see it working, as long as you had a sample passage.
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many insights in your post, thanks.
So, the not knowing what they're getting problem could be solved with a sample passage, and the unnecessary waste of time problem could be solved by very clearly outlining the steps needed to access (and streamlining the system!).
So, the not knowing what they're getting problem could be solved with a sample passage, and the unnecessary waste of time problem could be solved by very clearly outlining the steps needed to access (and streamlining the system!).
I for one would look elsewhere for free tutorials, there is almost always free tutorials on just about everything out there if you look hard enough. I think a lot of ppl would agree with me too. However if there was a lot of content say like that of an entire book, then I could see paying a small fee to view it, but would prolly still pass it up.
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I understand; thanks.