And here i thought there were people who actually liked Rails? lol

OK, i see you are doing python and PHP else i was gonna comment on how OS constrained you are with Visual Basic n C#.

I actually love the .Net languages coz those were the first i learnt.

Hi everyone, so i have,two projects and id like to know how you guys would approach it, or if any of you have done anything similar before.

1.) A platform for displaying ads, preferably .swf and .mp4, the program window should be such that it occupies the screens
area like a task bar (not so much, about four times the task bar), in that reduces the space available for view in other programs, it should basically have an "In your face"
kinda thing going on. The program ads running should be able to edited remotely, that is if the program is installed on a client server with the
internet as the only connection.
My approach:
Use java, for obvious OS reasons, have the program access a MySql program hosted somewhere, for the swf or mp4 clips stored as binary
then have the program store it in a local java DB to be displayed through out the day,(12 hours)and assuming the minimum
length of the ad is 1 min, so th the maximum ads would be 720.
Iv looked at vlcj library to play the mp4 files, but any way this is my approach.
the second project is,
have ads display on a client computer via wi-fi hotspot, i havent looked much into this one, as i am not sure what the lecturer thought of when he came up with this one,
So a client comes into a Hotel, access the open hotspot and immediatley ads start to run on his desktop.(Abit confusing this one) but thats how i got it,

Personally I hate ads,

So whats your approach?

its some what like a sport management game. now suppose it has about 1000 teams. how do i get the match engine to simulate all the matches at the same time, probably 500 matches

its an interesting idea i must say. personally i had planned to endeavor in such a project. basically a knowledge base of some what. i am familiar with php,javascript,asp.net,html,abit of python and desigin mostly logos. in software development i am good in VB,c#,abit of java and c++,though my main area of knowlegde is A.I.. so i guess you could sign me up. il be more than glad to help out to the best of my abilities. though i must say i might not be available all the time as i am also under going my computer science studies, i work too and play rugby at a local club.
H.B.

As i said it is just for fun. so there really isnt a right way or wrong way to do this. nobody is going to test me for this. anyway my point of approach was actually the opposite, 1 is the lowest skill point while 10 might be the highest. so we go for a player say cristiano ronaldo,
speed 10
handling 10
attack 10. you get the average of this which is 10 then 10 is a perfect set, you get it into percentage which is 100% so it would now be 10=100%.. then you get a random number between 1 and 100 and if the random number <= player skill percentage then he scores a goal. anyway thats just my view. again i say i dont need tutorials or lectures in this just other peoples views. but thanks chap i appreciate it certainly you have given me more facts that should take into account.