I have the APIDock search engines on my Firefox search bar, They just added Rails 2.2.2

You can get them here:

http://apidock.com/ruby/search
http://apidock.com/rails/search
http://apidock.com/rspec/search

I haven’t done a ton of testing with Windows Search but the goal is to rival Google Desktop application that allows you to easily search directories and files on your computer. I have installed and tested each of these on my laptop and quickly uninstalled each. Currently my laptop has 2GB of RAM and a 1.2GHz processor and at this point just not enough power to handle either application. I have yet to try it on one of my desktops with a more powerful processor and more RAM however I still don’t think it would be worth the processing and memory cost. After uninstalling Windows Search my Outlook and Internet Explorer applications were immediately much faster.

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I am sad to say that currently there is not a legit way to turn off Auto Complete on the iPod Touch. Many people might recommend to Jailbreak the Touch so you can modify anything including the auto complete functionality. In my opinion Jailbreaking your iPod Touch should only be done if you have way above average technical skills so this would rule out most people.

There are a lot of people who claim all you need to do is SSH or FTP to your Touch or iPhone and you can modify a file and turn off auto complete. You can only SSH or FTP to your phone if it is jailbroken. Again I would not recommend doing this unless you either have a spare Touch/iPhone or your technical ability is above average.

Not to worry it looks like Apple will be releasing software version 2.2 for the iPhone and Touch that will provide an on/off toggle for auto complete. This will be a welcome configuration for me as I prefer to spell check once I am done typing the email, text message, etc. There are many other cool features in the new software being released by Apple however the most important to me will be the ability to turn off Auto Complete.

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I created this site as a way for people to post errors, get responses, and learn in general. I have been a sysadmin in some sort of capacity for going on 10 years now and am just getting around to tackling being a programmer. Currently I have some shell scripting experience but overall I am just not a programmer. I doubt this will get many responses right away since the site is so new but I wanted feedback on what peoples opinion on the path someone should take to become a programmer. I am mad at myself for not jumping into this earlier but better late than never. I have decided to learn using Ruby and technically Ruby on Rails.
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Good sites comparing Ruby on Rails with other frameworks

Java to Rails:

Evaluation: moving from Java to Ruby on Rails for the CenterNet rewrite

PHP to Rails:

outside.in » outside.in switches to Rails

To be continuted….