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Solve : Stylish and Greasemonkey Scripts? |
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Answer» Anyone have any good Greasemonkey or Stylish SCRIPTS they would LIKE to share? |
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Solve : 'NO PARENT'? |
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Answer» Hi can anyone help? |
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Solve : Rough value of laptop?? |
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Answer» Quote from: Calum on SEPTEMBER 07, 2008, 11:17:31 AM Bah, it's really not worth anything then. OK. I'll GIVE you 5 bucks, and I'll even throw in this bag of sand. Your choice: This: or this: |
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Solve : Pop-up blockers? |
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Answer» Whats a good pop-up blocker by Ch standers. i just dont want to use some crappy thing that wont protect a system that I am about to sell. Aside from protect my network as well. Seems like I'm still getting evil maleware an such. Thought this would stop it too wont it?What browser? What exactly do you want to BLOCK?IE/ ............ I hate to have crap on the toolbar though an then it shrinks down the screen an cant see anything. What?So toolbars are caught by scanners. The thing is when I want to use a button I want to find it with out PROBLEMS. It shrinks down the page your viewing.The only toolbar I know that is classified as a virus, is the MyWebSearch toolbar.yahoo toolbar an stuff. My security see them.Quote from: squall_01 on September 07, 2008, 06:15:45 AM yahoo toolbar an stuff. My security see them.No, security no see them. Right click, uncheck the toolbar.yes it does an I dont have any installed. But when I run spybot an stuff it picks it up. |
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Solve : Toshiba 4005CDS Laptop? |
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Answer» I have a Toshiba 4005CDS laptop that was given to a charity auction. I do not have an instruction manual. I need to adjust the PICTURE on the MONITOR and cannot figure out how to do this. It is too bright. Anyone who can help, I would appreciate it.There should be something on the keyboard that looks LIKE a picture of the Sun. |
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Solve : Trouble with USB sockets and ......? |
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Answer» my computer has suddenly gone from its windows xp look to a windows 98 look, as the toolbars are now grey. And as soon as i noticed this, it STOPPED reading its USB sockets and the speakers stopped functioning. although, it still reads the MOUSE and keyboard. |
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Solve : recovery of call register , pls help...? |
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Answer» hi Your best bet is to go to your service provider place. Agreed. |
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Solve : Labtop recommendations? |
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Answer» Can anyone give me some Ideas on the best labtop for my son that's going to college. He also needs It for things he is doing In his CHURCH. Price range around $1000.00 or less?. Thanks.If you could give US more info on things he expects to be using it for, that would help. In college, will he use it mainly for Internet accesss, word processing, and email, or will he be using more demanding applications, perhaps something related to a SPECIFIC major in college? There's really a lot to choose from, even in the $500 - $750 price range, as you see here, from newegg.com, a U.S. seller. Here's what they have in the $750 - $1,000 range. After use, which leads to SPECS, the next consideration is brand. Multiple opinions from multiple people "I'll never buy from xyz again" "I love xyz." For what it's worth, my wife has had great experience with two HP laptops. EDIT: ...and my son has had great success with three DELLS and one Emachine. BTW, that thing is not for "lab" use, but to use it on your "lap".....LOL |
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Solve : Your oldest fave software?? |
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Answer» I STILL use Discover Space, an old DOS program; runs fine on XP but haven't tried it on Vista yet. A wonderful, simple program 'similar' to Stellarium but a lot LESS powerful, and a whole lot easier! And, of course, Office 97!Quote from: ChrisXPPro on September 04, 2008, 07:45:11 PM Quote from: patio on September 04, 2008, 07:21:49 PMRuns great in Windows compatibility mode up to XP....XTRee GOLD ! Haven't tried it in Vista yet. |
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Solve : Loud humming noise and very slow? |
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Answer» Hi all, Why would it only happen every so many days and not continuously?It probably depends on what programs you're using. As for opening the case, what is your computer brand, and model?Not sure, will have to CHECK when I go home from work today. I know it is a Lenovo, but not sure what that means. Oh, this is laptop, huh?No, it's a regular PC.Oh, OK. Please, post the model, when you got home Don't work too hard....heheheOkay, will do. Can hardly wait to get out of here. Was going to a baseball game (Scrappers) tonite, but now it is downpouring rain, so I doubt it will still be on. Good to have an unexpected "free" evening! Thanks for your help!You're welcome |
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Solve : Anti - static bags??? |
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Answer» I am going to buy some anti-static bags to put some spares in that i am going to have soon, but then i notice that some are 'conductive' and some are 'shielding' bags and i dont know what this means!! Can anyone tell me the best ones to buy for storing a few memory CARDS in and what the difference is between conductive and sheilding is? Thanks RDgggESD BagsQuote from: Saviour on September 01, 2008, 09:52:33 AM ESD Bags The title on that page TOOK me a while to read. I had to move back. Actually if you visit your local Computer REPAIR shop they'll probab;y GIVE you a TON of em for nothing... |
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Solve : need help with 8bpp png's ASAP? |
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Answer» HI.my name is ryan.I NEED a way to ether FIND a website to DOWNLOAD 8bpp png's or can someone tell me how to make them or convert my pictures to them.I need help ASAP.I am looking for to have ICONS as 8bpp png's or any kind of 8bpp png.If you're looking for an easy way to resize images and make them .png's, MsPaint does the job pretty WELL. |
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Solve : moving 10 GB over the internet?? |
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Answer» Is this possible? What do you mean by "locked"? I am guessing remote access? The way the sentance was phrased makes it sound that way to me.We can keep guessing sorry, Yes remote access. It all worked out though. Sent someone over there with a usb floppy drive. Thanks guys. Glad you got the file transfered. Site side note: This is a USB Flash Drive This is a Floppy. Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on July 04, 2008, 10:55:57 AM Glad you got the file transfered. ... and this is a USB floppy disk DRIVE. (What's a "site note"?) Sorry, side note. Yeah, that may be a USB Floppy drive but I wouldn't want to transfer 10GB via floppy disks.Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on July 04, 2008, 11:50:59 AM Sorry, side note. 10GB = 10240MB / 1.38MB = 7421 floppy disks... each floppy disk weighs, I'll guess, around 15 grams (might be more or less), 15 * 7421 = 111315 grams, or 111 kg. something tells me that a 4.0GB flash drive would both cost and weigh less then over 7 thousand floppy discs...7421 Floppy Disks....That will take a long time to copy to, load into truck, unload into home, and copy off. Actually it should be 14842 floppy disks, since we all know how reliable floppy disks can be |
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Solve : ESD location? |
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Answer» Hello, |
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Solve : Computer job. Possible to find??? |
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Answer» Hi! My NAME is KENNY and new to this forum and would like to know how many of you have computer JOB? Have anyone here work for IBM??? Re: Computer job. Possible to find??Are you looking for a job Hi! Yes i was looking for a job computer job because i went to Colleges and did NETWORKING Administrator and the school HELP me find a job but it was only help desk availiable but i need two languages. It was kinda hard for me to communicate two different languages. Right now I'm looking for job related in my field and I'm struggling to find. I don't know if anyone of you guy went to school and learn about computer, Networking, server 2003 and etc. I'm beginner and it kind hard to start off on computer job. That why I'm here to ask to see if anyone would help me a little bit. I don't live in the U.S even thou there alot about computer job related there. I'm living Canada and they barely job for me up here. Any help would be appreciated. Ken |
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Solve : Drive Problems? |
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Answer» I formated the 80 gb that I was having trouble with at another PC. Using maxblast 5, I took it out to the dell dimension 4100 an it says that it cant find ntldr press alt crtl delete to restart. I have the BIOS to boot from the cd drive but it dont load the disk info.What operating system did you put on the drive? ntldr is the "program"/script used to boot Win2K, and XP (I'm pretty sure.)I wasnt able too. 2k, mite have to format it on the pc I had used or something.Hello Squall. There are plenty of ways to troubleshoot a "NTLDR is missing" error message. I am listing two articles that will cover most of them. |
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Solve : Question About Printers and Printer Speeds? |
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Answer» I'm looking for a all in printer...and found at a real good price on sale...50 bucks. |
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Solve : inverted L shape on top of all windows?? |
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Answer» hello all, A shell "trace" is being displayed on all and any window i open in explorer (and in iexplorer as well)What do you mean by "and in iexplorer"? Where else beside IE?If you are using deep freeze this means the problem exists with the install that deep freeze is reverting back to on every restart. If it is not a graphical error it may be a registry error. I would advise using a registry cleaner to try to find the problem. If you do not have access to the admin for deep freeze, you need to present this problem to the person who has access to it.How are you using deep freeze? Can you thaw it and then make changes? I know that deep freeze can be horrible sometimes and just makes life difficult! What made you use it?it's not an inverted L, it's laterally reversed.Quote from: Dias de verano on July 05, 2008, 09:01:21 AM it's not an inverted L, it's laterally reversed. Well thank goodness you cleared that up for us personally I'd just call it a tooltip shadow... but where the heck is the tooltip!? |
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Solve : Twitter Junk Posts? |
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Answer» Not sure how but, someone had got in my twitter account an posted a bunch of junk about surverys an wanted to remove themQuote - Change Password immediately so that they cant post any more.And that should be the end of the problem unless your password is too easy to crack or a keylogger or packet sniffer is sending information back to a hacker. 99% of the time the problem is solved by following the above routine. 99% of the accounts out there get hacked when people do the following: - Use the same password or similar passwords among all things that they log into. ( For example if you registered with a website to play a free online game etc and their password database is not secured or they are a ROGUE identity, and they have your e-mail address you used during the registration confirmation process, and they too may have asked for mothers maiden name, pet names, friends names, places you grew up or went to school, favorite color, and all the other security setting options. Similar passwords being " YourPassword1 , YourPassword2 "), in whicha hacker could test "YourPassword3" with your e-Mail address against all sorts of other online accounts such as banks, stores, facebook, twitter, MYSPACE, and anywhere else they want to test it against to try to get in, and if its YourPassword3 for any of them, they are in! *Its always best Never to use Maiden Names for any security reset options online which can be used in the wrong hands to open loans out against your name etc whenever this can be avoided. *Also its best to use false birth dates on online REGISTRATIONS where they dont need to really know your birthday, but its a requirement of registration, "and where it is not illegal to post false information". (Coupons.com, Facebook, Myspace etc dont need to know your true birthday and you can post false information if you chose to do so. Registering for a loan online with a real bank, where it should really be conducted at a bank face to face with the teller or loan officer is an example where you cant lie unless you want to be given a $10,000 fine and posible jail time for giving false information ) *I personally use an alias birthday vs my real birthday so that if anyone did try to pretend to be me, they would have the birthday wrong and a greater than 1 in 365 chance of figuring it out because I also used the wrong year. - Strong passwords should always be used even though there is debate whether there is still a such thing as a strong password. ( Never use 123456, password, Password, names and words from dictionaries, curse words) Its best to use phrases or sentence portions that are not common to make it easy to remember for yourself and give a password cracker a password that isnt easy to brute force attack and crack. Example of a good one is find a book you like, and open a random page in the book, and look at a paragraph for something you liked about this book that would be easy for you to remember, but not common to be guessed. You then find the sentence such as " The sky was dark and the air was COOL." And you can do any number of things to this to make it a strong password, such as Tswdatawc87$ ( using the first letters of each word in that sentence, then 87 for year 2100-2013 and $ to add uncommon characters to the jumble.) * Also the more number/letter/upper&lower case/ special characters you can add to it, and the longer the length of the password the strongest the password will be. (( BUT TRY TO AVOID PASSWORDS WITH paired characters such as "ee EE 11 00 777 oo Booo 2011" etc, as for passwords with paired like characters are easier to crack. The algorithm works best with unalike neighboring characters to the left and right side of the character in comparison )) The strongest I could think of for "The sky was dark and the air was cool." as a 12 character password is " T5wd4taWcB7$ "( substituting the S for 5, a for 4, 8 for B, and making the second w to a W) But when you have a password like this, it may make you want to keep it written on a sheet of paper near your computer until memorized, and then if say someone who has access to your computer finds it and they want to logon as you, they are in...LOL Unless you are a direct target of a hacker or group of hackers they are going to move on to much easier targets even if you used a password similar to Tswdatawc87$ these are older post from october so I doubt they are still login but, I want rid of themContact Twitter...I had and I also figured out how to delete them |
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Solve : Enable JavaScript on phone motoral? |
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Answer» When I browse to certain SITES that use java script. It tells me that it's not enabled on my Phone. Motoral w418g how do I enable it. The Motorola W418g does NOT support Java applications.Not java. JavaScript Chances are...it doesn't do either. Have you CONTACTED your service PROVIDER ? ? Or read the Manual ? ?Yes. One sends me to the other though. Yes an doesn't say anything about itI've never seen nor heard of a phone (that's not a smartphone) that does Java OR JavaScript (though I may be wrong...) Chances are there's no JavaScript support whatsoever.Quote from: TechnoGeek on November 29, 2012, 12:34:02 PM I've never seen nor heard of a phone (that's not a smartphone) that does Java OR JavaScript (though I may be wrong...)Many older phone models do use Java to RUN their applications. My old Samsung Vice used it, my MOM's old Motorola Razer used it, and her very old phone supported it too... Whether or not it supports JavaScript is different, and would be up to the browser itself. Some phones use Opera Mini as their primary web browser, others use a small browser client that may or may not support it. The only way to be certain is to test it out. This handy website (which I found from googling "does my browser support JavaScript" without quotes) tells you when you click the test button. http://m.adspeed.com/Knowledges/262/Problems_Account/howto_test_browser_supports_JavaScript.html If the button pops up saying you've passed, you have JavaScript, otherwise you don't. |
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Solve : Can't log into facebook/YouTube. Using old profile?? |
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Answer» HI. New to this and using my phone so sorry for any errors. Logged into pc, and it didn't go to start up but instead asked me to select a profile to use. I chose 'profile 1' the only option.message said that this may mean profile may not be up to date. now i can't log into facebook or my YouTube channel /ACCOUNT on my pc. can still do both on my phone. ALSO AVG is telling me my system clock NEEDS fixing, but it is on the correct time. I've cleared history/cache/cookies etc, hard resets. Anyone able to provide a fix please? |
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Solve : HELP! light has turned off on monitor? |
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Answer» MORNING all, I hope someone can help, i had my pc on yesterday and decided to give the KEYBOARD a quick wipe obviously i have pressed something and the monitor light has gone off! it works, the green light is on, and if you turn it on and off the sreen pops up, otherwise you can see it very dimly, like the light has been turned down.... have tried the BRIGHTNESS buttons on the monitor, but i surely need to undo what i did on the keyboard... any ideas I THINK you should check the keyboard function keys which usually have icons or go for the USER manual online for the particular PC, if available. |
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Solve : Avi Rubin: All your devices can be hacked? |
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Answer» An INTERESTING TOPIC on TED, by Avi RUBIN, a computer science professor: All your DEVICES can be HACKED |
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Solve : slow youtube? |
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Answer» I'm trying to figure out why usually but not always the Youtubes I watch are so slow resulting in constant buffering. And it could be that different Youtube videos may play FASTER. More than one cause I suppose. I have windows 7 and the computer is quite fast/capable if you look at the properties however it is 3 years old. I have Malware Bytes and AVG installed and I've tried disabling these without making any difference. My home network is password protected. It's 7am and the video I'm watching is very slow so wouldn't the bandwidth be okay? And as I write this the whole computer is slow to load pages etc. Maybe I should address this as just a slow computer? Other times though pages load just fine. Go to speedtest.net and run a speed test several times throughout the day. Record the time you ran the tests and the results (upload, download, and ping). Do this for a few days and SEE whether a pattern emerges, a pattern that shows variation in the speeds between different times of day. And, see whether you can correlate the speed test results with the issues you're having with onlne videos. |
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Solve : do antivirus companies make viruses so people buy their software?? |
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Answer» Quote from: STC on December 07, 2012, 04:55:37 AM So what about albines track STOPPING PLUGIN, talks BOUT how.companies track all our behavior ONLINE and store.it. in a database, YouTube itThat has absolutely nothing to do with the Original Post, and is not even analogous. |
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Solve : PS/2 keyboard interface? |
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Answer» Hi! The question is how data is configured. Your original question was: Quote from: rogerk8 on November 23, 2012, 06:08:43 PM I would just like to know what the PS/2-keyboard interface look like. Is it RS232 or? To which I've linked an article that shows a picture answering your question. You didn't ask anything about data in your initial question. PS/2 is not an RS-232 type. It replaced the RS-232 DB-9 type plugs for the purpose of a mouse, and the AT DIN-5 for the purpose of a keyboard. All of this is outlined in that article and other articles linked to it. Take the TIME to read everything. Use Google, research a bit. Do you have a specific question, problem, or issue you're trying to resolve? Please be more specific about what you need.Hi quaxo! Thank you for your reply. I will do as you suggest that is to do some research of my own. I have however done some but haven't got that much wiser. But I will do some more. You should know that this is not an immediate emergency. This is just a wish. I am designing a CPU using a CPLD. It seems like I might actually be able to make it work. But I am still unsure. Yet, there is some hope. And if I ever get it to work I might want to expand the input interface to incorporate an actual PS/2 keyboard. Right now I am just using two simple BCD-switches. But it would be nice if I could use a keyboard instead in that amazing possibility that my CPU will actually work. I have chosen PS/2 DUE to simplicity. Or so I thought... Finally, I thought that the whole point of a forum is to cut corners REGARDING research emforts... Best regards, Roger [year+ old attachment deleted by admin] |
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Solve : Automaticly generated code? |
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Answer» Hi! Modern High-Level languages seems to have predefined functions, procedures or macroes that actually are so flexible that they can fix almost anything you want.This makes no sense, whatsoever. Most High Level language functionality is not done via functions,procedures, or macros at a lower level, but compiled directly. For example, loops are done via Assembly Jumps. macros expand to other code. (By the way, Macros are HEAVILY used in any real assembly program beyond the trivial, so that argument easily applies to Assembly as well). Quote This means that they have lots of input and output parameters that are useful for arbitrary programming.Name ONE example of this. Just one. I assure you there isn't an example of this that applies. C functions that take many arguments, for example, printf(), uses varargs, which allow for any number of arguments. The low-level DESIGN results in no extra epilog or prolog code in the function itself. Quote In most cases just a fraction of these parameters are actually used. Again, citation needed. C++ overloads means that very seldom is even a single argument omitted or STUBBED out. Even for most typical case where the overloads each call into a function with more arguments, eg: Code: [Select]public int somefunction(int firstargument){ somefunction(firstargument,5);} public int somefunction(int firstargument,int secondargument){return firstargument ^ secondargument;} The result for calls to the first function will be a call to the second function with the given 5 as a parameter. However, even though the second parameter is "unused" it has absolutely no measurable impact on performance, even when done in tight loops. If you can provide a citation or proof that an extra parameter of this sort (or any number of extra parameters, below the ridiculous) has a perceptible performance impact, I'd LOVE to see it. Otherwise, it's just random musings. Additionally, if the two functions are flagged as inline, it's not atypical that the compiler will put the result inline where the function is called (eliminating any theoretical function call overhead, which itself can have a measurable impact if you are running 35 year old hardware). Quote This means that the compiler has to generate lots of machine code which never is used.No it doesn't. In fact the very purpose of functions is to generate less code. That is also why most compilers will not inline function calls above a certain size (and also why the inline directive in C and C++ is more a guideline to the compiler saying that it can be inlined, not that it should be inlined; depending on the compiler's analysis it might not inline it, because the result of inlining is always larger code (a la "generating more machine code") and it doesn't take long for any performance benefit to inlining to be LOST due to a larger amount of code being dealt with. Quote Which slows down the CPU due to the fact that it has to chew it all and not only the neccesary function.The only merit to your argument would be with prolog and Epilog code. Which can be confirmed via any number of code trace tools as taking very little processor time compared to everything else; even on a 8088 it was almost imperceptible. Anyway, to once again address your entire argument that Assembly is "Better" than other languages, it's not. Can a hand-tuned Assembly program run faster than an equivalent program written in another language? Yes. Yes it can. But that comes with costs. First, often the performance difference is barely measurable. Second, the actual extensibility and maintainability of the program- even a well commented one, drops to abysmal levels. The number of bugs skyrockets, not because of assembly itself being used, but simply because, by using assembly, the amount of that code skyrockets, resulting in more bugs. More code being written means more bugs, no matter how careful a program is or how skilled they are. Additionally, Transformation inefficiencies- (Which is the term for what you are talking about) Have been practically eliminated; Fact is that the idea of writing software is to get people to use it, and a piece of software that exists is going to sell a lot better than one that does not. We can wax philosophical about how "everything will be better using Assembly" but the thing is it doesn't work that way. Developing will be a gigantic pain in the *censored*, there will be absolutely no modularity to the design outside that provided by your assembler, which often uses macros that are completely vendor specific to the assembler itself, so you'll be dependent on a single vendor for your Assembler... UNLESS you write your own- and that's further development costs on top of that. So what do we end up with? Let's go with a large software product, like a Word Processor. Assembly brings- if written properly- speed improvements. 1. Word processors spend most of their time idle, and waiting for user input. You can't exactly idle for user input faster. 2. The Assembly doesn't magically make things faster. Even relatively advanced Assembly programmers don't match a good compiler, especially on modern instruction sets. The only time Assembly really works is as a low-level optimization for something that has already had it's performance squeezed. For example, Michael Abrash focusses primarily on Assembly optimizations in "Graphics Programming Black Book". One such discussion revolves around how his expertise was applied to optimize the Hidden Surface removal algorithms in Quake. The original algorithms first got improved; I believe there wer eseveral chapters of completely language-agnostic discussion about the correct choice of algorithm and why he/they decided to go with, say, Edge surface caching. The desired memory and CPU minimum for the game (a 486 with 8MB of RAM) were a roadblock to C at the time. C Compilers were alright, but you could still save a considerable amount of processing time and Memory when you did Assembly instead- but only when you did it properly. Another point is that the entire Quake source was not Assembly. Only time critical portions. Some other parts were temporarily converted to Assembly, but the performance gains weren't worth the loss in maintainability, (and sometimes there weren't any performance gains at all). The only parts that were CHANGED to use Assembly were the parts they were sure could benefit from some hand-tuned Assembly. Additionally, it was necessary- if the game ran appreciably well in a 486 with 8MB of RAM in C, iD would have never bothered to use Assembly for some of the segments of the game. Because it would have been nothing more than a waste of memory. All Programs can be made faster, but there is no point making a program that is fast enough faster, because that extra speed is meaningless. Today, those optimizations, which took John Carmack and Michael Abrash Several Months to work out and get implemented, do nothing for the game today. They were vital at the time in order to meet the goal (run on certain Processors and Memory requirements), but do nothing for it today. In fact, some programs that were optimized in Assembly run provably slower than a Higher Level language would, simply because the Assembly is static- The Quake Hidden Surface Removal did not magically use new instructions that were released in later processors when they were available. Compilers, however, can turn the same code into Machine instructions that take advantage of those instructions as necessary. Just-in-time compiled languages like Java and .NET languages add to this even further; you can run them on a variety of platforms, and ahve massive advantages; for example, a C# program can run in native x64 mode on 64-bit processors, and take advantage of any available instructions. It will use SSE, MMX, and other extended instructions if they are available. The advantage here is that the same source code compiles to all sorts of different machine instructions, optimized for various architectures as needed. With Assembly, you would spend months optimizing for a very specific processor and memory requirements, and sometimes those optimizations are wasted as your assumptions or testing of instruction cycles suddenly proves false on a later processor. This is exactly the reason why so many programs that were written in the 80s and early 90's using Assembly are absolutely useless today. It's not because Operating Systems and Processors have advanced as much as it is that the code was written with the assumption that both those things would stay static. |
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Solve : Buying quality sound headphones!? |
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Answer» Hello bros! |
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Solve : Need a laptop? |
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Answer» I'm heading off to university next year, so I need to buy a laptop for school. I'm looking for something that follows this:
I know you guys always get threads like these with little-to-no information, so I tried to provide as much as possible. Any help is appreciated. When I was in college and laptops were in the thousands of dollars I bought a Factory Refurb Toshiba Portege Pentium 3 600Mhz Laptop from Tiger Direct for $399.99 which was about 2 years old and like $1099 new. I had a minor problem with the acupointer drifting on it and they overnighted me a replacement in a box with lots of grey foam with INSTRUCTIONS on how to RETURN it without it costing me a cent with prepaid return label. The 2nd laptop I still have today 12 years later, although I rarely use it in favor of faster more modern laptops. If you have difficulties finding a new Core i5 Laptop that is within your budget, you can always check into Factory Certified Refurbs. My Toshiba that I got came with a 1 year warranty at the time and the accupointer acted up just slightly 9 months later. I placed phone call with Tiger Direct who then gave me Toshiba's contact info and I was then able to RMA it and get a replacement. Here is a Core i5 ASUS that matches your specs: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7371365&CatId=4936 Warranty on this is 3 months parts/labor. Maybe there are other brands out there with longer warranties or an extended warranty option. ASUS offers 3 months on refurbs and other brands might have longer warranties. As far as battery life goes for a Core i5 laptop, your probably looking at a maximum battery life of 3 to 4 hrs, and possibly lesser if running intensive programs even with power management set in the BIOS and OS to be conservative. If you could get by with a small netbook, you could get up to 9 hrs of use per charge such as my Toshiba Netbook 205B with Atom Dual-core CPU. But my netbook has a 10.1" screen, 3 USB ports, no optical drive unless I connect one to USB port as an external, and it originally came with a 160GB SATA hard drive and I upgraded to a OCZ 90GB SSD SATA hard drive to get faster performance and run on less power, but at 70GB less storage. I am thinking that if you have 2 classes that require this laptop to be in use for like an hour each you will probably be fine, but any more than that without docking your laptop to an outlet to power and recharge at the same time, it will die on you in the 3rd or 4th hour of use. A friend of mine bought an extra battery for his Pentium 4 laptop way back in college so he could swap batteries and be back up and running another 2 hrs. I realize that this thread is GETTING a little long in the tooth but if the O/P has YET to commit to a purchase a couple of points to consider. 1.Have a chat with the course directors and ask for input as to what needs to be emphasized in the purchase that would be optimum for the courses that you shall be taking. 2.Investigate if the University has an assistance program that allows students to purchase computers at reduced prices.Some do. truenorthAlso, use the laptop before you buy it. Make sure you like the KEYBOARD, touchpad, and display. |
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Solve : Can someone tell what this is? Decoding greatly appreciated? |
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Answer» MSCF w� , I —u ñ0O] courtney.acs 7£i~[ €[€€� B ? ?ü¥õk…/ZÂZ¤+´ÖPXç]A¡-)A$„h´U„Zk+Ñ Well duh Im just as confused as I was prior to posting. I suppose this site is just for you Pros. It looks like some kind of binary file that you have opened in a text editor like Notepad. Why you have done this we don't know. The file is not in any kind of secret code. Since you have not told us where you got it, or why you need to have it "decoded" or indeed why you started the thread in the first place, it is unlikely that you will get any kind of useful information. Quote from: sheluvsmm5 on December 11, 2012, 05:56:38 AM Well duh Im just as confused as I was prior to posting. I suppose this site is just for you Pros.You came here asking for help and we're doing our best to provide that help. No need to be rude. If the answers given are STILL confusing you need only say so and explain what it is you'd like us to tell you. Thank you.Quote from: sheluvsmm5 on December 11, 2012, 05:56:38 AM Well duh Im just as confused as I was prior to posting. I suppose this site is just for you Pros. You asked what it was. I answered. From what you gave it appears to be a Microsoft Character file, and that, as a result, it's not "encoded" in any particular way. That's all I can tell you. You provided no background on what it is, where you got it, or why you need to figure out what it is. If you need explanations, ask for them, please. This is not the first time the OP has posted a great long streak of stuff with a "what is this?" question. Put simply, acs files are "character" files used by Windows Search and MS Office when showing a Search or Office Assistant. From left to right, Mover, Merlin, Courtney and Earl. Each one has an .acs file which contains the binary data necessary to SHOW and animate the character. If you show binary data in a text editor you see stuff that looks like "secret code" but it is not hiding anything. There is no message or hidden stuff. They are normally stored in the C:\WINDOWS\srchasst\chars folder, and there are REGISTRY keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Search Assistant. I think the dog is called Rover in some locales He's been called many names...but i believe you're correct.Quote from: patio on December 11, 2012, 08:15:26 PM He's been called many names... Something like Clippy. Though most are not appropriate to repeat here I imagine. |
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Solve : How do I send DirecTV DVR movies to my PC to record ?? |
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Answer» I have a DirecTV DVR and I want to send the movies I've recorded on it to my computer to store or save or record to DVD so I can watch them later. How can I do this? |
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Solve : Recommendations for book for learning SAS? |
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Answer» Does anyone have a RECOMMENDATION for a book for someone who wants to LEARN SAS (the statistics/reporting package)? This PERSON is knowledgeable about statistics and has experience with the R programming language, but knows absolutely nothing about SAS. |
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Solve : Happy Birthday Lectrocrew...? |
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Answer» Hope you have a GREAT ONE... |
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Solve : Rest Boot Password? |
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Answer» I bought this unit for a friend Compaq Presario CQ57-339WM thing is that she set the boot password. HOWEVER, she doesnt recall what it is, is there a way to clear it?If it's a LAPTOP/netbook which it appears to be your only option is to take it to a Compaq Service CENTER to have it reset... If it's a laptop/netbook which it appears to be your only option is to take it to a Compaq Service Center to have it reset... yes, that is what I got her. Nothing else she can do?No...There isn't anything I can send her to clear it. This is kind of my girl friends laptop I got herYour question has been answered. Thread locked. |
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Solve : Android Repair? |
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Answer» Don't know where it's appropriate to post a phone repair question here, but it seems like it wouldn't be far out of the wheelhouse of folks that post here frequently.
ThanksI'd remove the bezel again and use a light and magnifier to inspect the actual lens...it could be as small as a cat hair to do that....You know, I thought that. Because it does look a BIT debris-like, not really scratch-like. Trouble is - no pets in the house, so it would have to be a human hair...? OK, so maybe it's not hair but something hair-like. When I had the bezel out, I played a bit with the camera itself (well, the lens and the piece of plastic it's mounted in; there's a power/data ribbon that comes out) to see how it's attached (by a power/data ribbon, as it turns out); when I did, I didn't see anything. Now, that's with the naked eye - not with any type of magnifier. I hit it (not literally) with a little bit of compressed air; all of this was before I took the pic I posted. But I will hunt down some kind of magnifier - and check it out in morning light. Thanks for the tip. I'm presuming it's not software, or it would also appear on images from the front-facing camera. (ETA: I just decided to try zooming the camera, and as it zooms, the "scratch" and "Shadow" images do move offscreen and appear (it's very subtle) to GET wider.)It appears that your "scratch?" & "shadow" are not consecutive or reflective of each other. The scratch is random whereas the shadow is a straight/er line. Seems to me that they are independent of each other. A small knock might have dislodged the camera's alignment and is causing a distortion of the lens. As to actually changing the camera, perhaps you could search youtube for some actually removal techniques. Here's a magnifier "Jewelry Loupe" I recently purchased, it was very cheap about $8.00 Australian posted free. I've found it very handy. It might be useful to view the insides. on EbayGood advice Imno...i have an antique one ... Use it often... |
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Solve : MSI Laptop No Display? |
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Answer» Laptop shuts off during reformat, Laptop shuts off during reformat, Reformat of what (main hard drive, flash drive, etc.)? How did you perform the reformat or what tool did you use to reformat? Did you just reformat or did you install an operating system during or after the process?Unfortunately ones ability (in this case yours) to be able to alter any software components WITHOUT ACCESS to a viewable screen is well nigh impossible. Can you enter safe mode and get a screen display? Do you have any O/S discs for the computer (O/S disc or recovery disc)?truenorth other says that the damage is on the VIDEO CHIPSET , they say that i need to reheat the video chipset using a hot air machine... it is the right way?! if not ..what Quote from: glad on December 20, 2012, 04:22:58 AM other says that the damage is on the VIDEO CHIPSET , they say that i need to reheat the video chipset using a hot air machine... it is the right way?! if not ..what Who advised this ? ?in other forum Well i for one wont back up that advice...you can try whats suggested in my 1ST Post...and connect an external monitor to see if it does the same thing.Quote I tryied connecting the laptop to a LCD monitor via VGA but i have the same result as above.Press Fn + F2. |
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Solve : outlook tripple message? |
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Answer» I'm not FAMILIARLY with outlook. I had someone at work come an ask me why they GET all there messages in double or triple. Are they USING Outlook on an Exchange server or as a stand-along email client? If the latter, do they do POP3 mail or IMAP? Do the double or triple messages happen in a consistent pattern? Do they use any other computer for email? Just using outlook. Think it maybe pop 3. Every time he goes too check his mail from what he told me he MAY use the one at home but, I won't know today probablyYou don't have the computer in front of you and you can't answer any questions about the problem intelligently. Thread locked. |
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Solve : adsl and router? |
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Answer» Okay, I am completely new at this whole internet thing, I was thinking of getting me uncapped internet from afrihost but in order for me to get it they said I need an adsl line and router, I have no idea what that is ...can someone explain to me what it is and whats the cheapest way to go when getting the adsl line and router? Here is a link to get you started. Okay, I am completely new at this whole internet thing ...So, you've NEVER searched for information by using a search engine/service such as Google.com, Yahoo.com, Bing.com, etc.? Searching on a phrase such as what is adslwill yield plenty of information on the subject. Anyway, here's a good reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADSL Quote from: kyleo on December 15, 2010, 07:35:36 AM I was thinking of getting me uncapped internet from afrihost but in order for me to get it they said I need an adsl line and router... can someone explain to me ... the cheapest way to go when getting the adsl line and router?Well, afrihost should be able to answer those questions for you. After all, they are the service provider. I presume you live/work WITHIN their geographic area of service. But, afrihost should be able to confirm that for you. I'd call them back and simply ask whether their ADSL service is available in your area. A router is a device which allows using one incoming Internet line to be used by multiple computers. I am talking about small ROUTERS used in home or small business environments. Where only one computer will be used on an ADSL line, a router is usually optional. A modem, on the other hand, is a required device. Here, in Ohio, my ADSL service provider provided the modem I'm using. I bought a router since I have multiple computers using my Internet line. The router is connected to the modem and computers and my network-capable printer are connected to the router. Quote from: kyleo on December 15, 2010, 07:35:36 AM an adsl line This is a phone line into your house, suitable for broadband. Your phone company can tell you if it is suitable. Quote and router This is a box you plug all your computers into, or you can get wireless ones, and then plug the box into your broadband device (a "modem") so they can all share the service. They cost about 50 US dollars upwards; I don't know what that is in Rand. Why don't you just call 011 612 7200 and ask the guys at Afrihost? I'm sure they'd LOVE to help you so they can get your business. THis is the best way to get your questions answered. Quote I dont plan on being ripped off by a provider. by the way,be less arrogant and more helpful I think it's best he sees no other replies for Help...Thanx alot,I did my homework aswell and it will be set up as soon as I get home. Thank you |
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Solve : Must-have "stuff" for Notebook and Desktop PC? |
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Answer» In other words my QUESTION is: What must every notebook and desktop PC should have (e.g.maintain PC health)? Basically "stuff" could be anything such as hardware or software. Please answer for notebook PC because I'm more interested in that. A lot of people like to pick up a cooling pad, external monitor, external keyboard and mouse, speakers. There are a lot of choices for hardware.May you recommend me some models or brands?That depends on what your expectations of the laptop are, and what your budget is.Oh ya more suggestion are welcome for both desktop or notebook pc Quote from: Quantos on December 25, 2012, 06:33:09 AM That depends on what your expectations of the laptop are, and what your budget is.Expectations: For multimedia purposes like when I go to SOMEONE's HOUSE and want to watch a movie there. Budget: Prefer if each hardware in affordable range meaning each hardware (or anything else) is below $100. |
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Solve : problem with pc starting? |
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Answer» hi, i instaled new windows on my PC and he i keep restarting on when shows safe mode window i pressed and safe mode and safe mode with networking normally START ALWAYS restart. i instaled windows on different pc cz on my pc when starts windows setup he is restarting... i did bios default nothing i DONT know what to do... peoankple please help me. |
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Solve : Lost video file? |
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Answer» Dear Forum |
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Solve : How does the computer connect to the Internet? |
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Answer» Hello, |
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Solve : this post may get removed or locked? |
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Answer» i would like to know is there any WAY to send SPAM back to where it came from Use this http://spampoison.net/ thanks kpac i'll try that outPlease tell us the result Thank youQuote from: moro on December 12, 2010, 08:06:05 AM Please tell us the result its installed but it will be few days before i see resultshi kapc , i installed that last night but still getting spam i always delete them , is the purpose of the prog; to send it back to them but not to stop it , harryNever return that Spam where it came from! If you do, the Spammer knows that you are there and alive, so you get more. Check if your Service Provider has a Spam filter (Safest), if not , search for Spam filters on the Internet. Be careful, as some of these may be a Virus or Spammer as well. the spam filter is akismet and is supplied by wordpress so its doing its job well enoughIt seems that the link is a technique used to make a fake e-mail messages to Spammer , fill its database with MANY of the titles fabricated In this case, cause him inconvenience, as well as for programs that used to send messages, but this would not work to prevent him from sending you again!!ok thank you |
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Solve : Planes(2013)? |
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Answer» Does any one knows any website that PROVIDES free streaming Planes 2013 without any sign up, site survey, download any software etc. |
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Solve : Sd card on windows 8? |
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Answer» Hi, can I play a slide show from my SD CARD on windows 8, so FAR I can only view one picture at a TIME . JuneIt's ok , all sorted , I had to change my default settings to use windows photo viewer, the windows start screen photo app was TAKING over and only allowing me to view one photo at a time. JuneGlad to hear you MANAGED to get it resolved, might be useful to anyone else with the same issue so thanks for posting the solution |
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Solve : Fixing graphing calculators? |
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Answer» Does anyone have any advice on how to FIX a TI-83 or 84 calculator? I've REPLACED the batteries, but it won't turn on. Also, I've got a few on which the keys or a couple keys don't work. HELP!! I need to USE these in my classroom. |
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Solve : Recycle Bin missing??? |
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Answer» I no longer have a Recycle Bin icon. I just accidentally deleted a picture and would like to retrieve it from the Recycle Bin. How can I find it?? I have Windows Vista. Any help would be appreciated. FYI, I already tried the Search on the Windows START button with no luck RIGHT click on the DESKTOP, click Personalize, then CHANGE desktop icons and tick the Recycle Bin. |
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Solve : History on Information Security position? |
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Answer» I am looking for information on when the Information Security role BECAME an actual position within companies. I am doing a presentation on Information Security to a group of professionals and have the history of what drove the need for DATA security but want to also include when jobs for Information Security first appeared in the JOB market. I believe it was SOMETIME in the 1990's in the BUSINESS world. |
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Solve : Craigslist Pictures? |
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Answer» When I go to Craigslist and open a section to look at posts, all the pictures in that section open up. It's hard to READ the ads with all the pictures in the WAY, plus the amount of posts on the page is a lot smaller. I've tried clicking on the button on CL that says text only, but it won't hold. Keeps jumping BACK to the button that says "Open all pictures". I've tried CL forums and Help section, but to no avail. Any suggestions? Thanks.Could you post a URL to give us a better example of what you're looking at? |
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Solve : Windows Live Update? |
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Answer» trying to play dead riseing 2 CO op but, my windows live is out of date. I tried updateing it through the game an its not able to. Where can I just download it seperately an run the update?From the MS website...First you complain that when you download MOVIE maker you get Windows Live components with it and now you want to know where to get Windows Live? I'm increasing your warning level for wasting our time and this thread is LOCKED. The next warning will RESULT in loss of posting PRIVILEGES. |
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