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Need Linux for a C class

You might want to start with http://www.linux.com/feature/134670 You'll want to make sure you have the GNU tools package for the C compiler. Other than that any distro should have the shell(s) and editors you need.
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- Post #2
- Mar 1, 2009
- Forum: Operating Systems
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What the HELL am I doing wrong with my brakes?

Its either the slides (need to be greased with silicone-based grease) or possibly the grease within the caliper piston-boot has been contaminated. The caliper might need a "rebuild" (basically just clean, regrease, and seal), or the easy way is replace the caliper.
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- Post #15
- Jan 25, 2009
- Forum: The Garage
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Turbo tax deals for 2008

IMO, Costco usually has the best deal on turbotax without any rebates. $49.99 gets you federal, state, and e-file (I assume the e-file is just the federal and you'll have to pay a few dollars extra for state e-file as usual with Intuit). http://www.costco.com/Common/S...-Top_search&lang=en-US...
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- Post #2
- Jan 4, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Got a bad virus, how screwed am I?

If you have it enabled, try System Restore back to a good snapshot.
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- Post #13
- Jan 3, 2009
- Forum: Windows
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Looking to pre-order a car

Just wait and buy one off the lot when its available.
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- Post #13
- Dec 4, 2008
- Forum: The Garage
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Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 4GB OOS (2 x 2GB) for $29.99 AR ($50) - 2GB (2 x 1GB) - $7.99 AR ($35) FREE shipping - FRYS

I have two of the PC2-8500 Ballistix kits (so a total of 4 x 1GB sticks), bought about a year ago. I just had two of them fail recently. When I called Crucial for an RMA, they insisted on replacing all four since the voltage on the newer ones was dropped from 2.2 to 2.0 volts. On the surface the...
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- Post #5
- Oct 31, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Netgear SC101 Storage Center Network Attached LAN HDD Enclosure

IMO, this NAS is worthless. Bought one at Circuit City then learned about the Windows-only software, and other issues, and took it right back. No thanks.
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- Post #26
- Oct 26, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Changing my name in windows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310441
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- Post #2
- Oct 25, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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VMware or parallels?

I've only used Parallels, which is fine for the small amount of time I use it but most folks I work with prefer VMWare over Parallels.
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- Post #2
- Oct 25, 2008
- Forum: Windows
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What is the difference between these two choices of ram?

I don't think there is a difference, apart from the packaging. Go for the cheaper one -- free shipping too. Should be fine for your laptop, just double-check it can use 4GB. Some older Pro models could only use 3GB. Even then, I think you can use these sticks with no problem.
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- Post #2
- Oct 25, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Engine light, engine running lean

See if a long cardboard tube can help you isolate the sound (like from a tube of wrapping paper). Some hiss is normal, but yeah, with the light it probably means a vacuum hose fell off or cracked/disintegrated. You might also give a gentle tug to each small rubber hose and try to make sure both...
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- Post #2
- Oct 22, 2008
- Forum: The Garage
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8800GTS OC'ing

I didn't find too much benefit to overclocking my 8800GTS 512. Maybe a few frames here or there, depending on the game, but not enough to risk cooking the card. It already runs pretty hot as it is, and is plenty fast at stock speeds.
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- Post #13
- Oct 21, 2008
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Lightscribe

I tried Lightscribe but I have found a good 'ol Sharpie to be more effective and much faster.
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- Post #8
- Oct 8, 2008
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Anyone with a Q9550 E0 and a Gigabyte P35-DS3R rev 1.0?

Sometime last night or this morning Gigabyte updated their page. The Q9550 E0 is now listed as supported by a beta F13a BIOS. I hope it tests well and the F13 gets released soon. :) This is the first Gigabyte-brand motherboard I've owned and its been great so far. No problems at all, full of...
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- Post #4
- Sep 25, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Anyone with a Q9550 E0 and a Gigabyte P35-DS3R rev 1.0?

I think it should work, and the F12 BIOS states "Update CPU microcode (Support Intel Wolfdale/Yorkfield E0-stepping CPU)". The E8400/E8500/E8600 E0 steppings are all on the ok list. So it appears Yorkfield E0 should work, but I am waiting for either Gigabyte to officially add it to their CPU...
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- Post #3
- Sep 24, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Anyone with a Q9550 E0 and a Gigabyte P35-DS3R rev 1.0?

Just wondering if anyone with a Gigabyte P35-DS3R rev 1.0 has tried a Q9550 E0 stepping CPU? The board is verified with the C1 stepping on that chip, but no word yet on the US site about the E0 stepping. The European site shows it as "under testing"...
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- Sep 22, 2008
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Motherboards
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 $280

Showing sold out now. :(
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- Post #8
- Sep 15, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Is there a way to tell if a variable is uninitialized/has no value?

Yeah, get into the practice of always assigning values to pointers at declaration, including null. In C++ this is perfectly legal: char* foo = 0; // or null or NULL delete foo; // no problem No problem there, but leaving it undefined will most definitely crash: char* foo; delete foo...
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- Post #7
- Sep 9, 2008
- Forum: Programming
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Vista 64 loosing time

Your firewall is probably blocking the port(s) for updating time from the NIST server.
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- Post #14
- Aug 6, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Got my first speeding ticket. Suggestions?

See an attorney specializing in traffic cases a.s.a.p.
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- Post #5
- Aug 5, 2008
- Forum: The Garage
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Gigabyte

My first and only Gigabyte board is my current P35-DS3R, one of their "Ultra Durable2" motherboards. Its been great! No problems at all, easy to set up. Looking at the Gigabyte board, I see all of the "Ultra Durable" motherboards use Intel chipsets. Interesting...
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- Post #7
- Aug 1, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Should I replace my old tires?

10+ years old? And worn edges? Yeah, I'd probably replace 'em. Or, if you don't mind a flat, just drive until one blows... and then replace 'em. :) (of course drive slow so you don't lose control of the car!!!)
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- Post #7
- Aug 1, 2008
- Forum: The Garage
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xp 32 or xp 64 for gaming

XP 32-bit or Vista 64-bit. XP 64-bit is not well supported since the driver model changed with Vista, and Vista 32-bit does not have the same kernel protections available as in the 64-bit version.
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- Post #6
- Jul 29, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Can anyone help me figure out this cryptic error?

You need to change your callback function prototype to either typedef int (WINAPI *MouseCallback)(const Position &); or typedef int (__cdecl *MouseCallback)(const Position &);
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- Post #4
- Jul 16, 2008
- Forum: Programming
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Best C++ GUI based IDE for linux?

Eclipse? Anjuta? http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/ http://anjuta.sourceforge.net/
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- Post #2
- Jul 15, 2008
- Forum: Programming
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Costco $60 off a set of tires again

Actually, we did go back to Costco, twice. Finally gave up and went to the dealer. They explained how they had not mounted the tires properly and no amount of balancing would make them "perfect". Fortunately the dealer has that great [Hunter?] balancing machine which told them to remount the...
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- Post #20
- Jun 9, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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C/C++ unreferenced formal parameter

C++ way is to not name the parameter, e.g. (long, long, long) C way is a little more clear where you can void the parameter or, in windows, used the UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER() macro: long myFunction(long a, long b, long) { void(a) // portable C way of specifying a parameter is...
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- Post #5
- Jun 6, 2008
- Forum: Programming
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Costco $60 off a set of tires again

My experience -- we got a new set of Michelins from Costco about a year ago. Tires are fine, but the installers didn't know what they were doing. Any savings we had were lost by having to get the tires remounted and load-balanced at the dealer. Now they are nice and smooth.
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- Post #16
- Jun 6, 2008
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Shgould I oprepare for more MFC disappointment?

The TEXT() macro is simply used for static strings to add the 'L' if UNICODE is defined, nothing if it is not. So you could say LPCTSTR fileName = TEXT("loadThis.txt"); CFile file; file.Open(pszFileName, CFile::modeRead); and it will compile as either UNICODE or MBCS.
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- Post #9
- May 29, 2008
- Forum: Programming
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Recommendations for a new mower

I've got some old piece of junk, but it just keeps going. When it dies I am getting a Toro, probably with electric start :)
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- Post #4
- May 29, 2008
- Forum: The Garage
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WTF Wal-Mart

A lot of people that go to Wal-Mart are *very* price conscience, usually because they have to be. So it sounds like "basic" oil change really means just an oil change. I wouldn't worry about the filter. It should be fine for a couple of changes unless your engine is either brand new, or maybe...
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- Post #6
- May 28, 2008
- Forum: The Garage
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Retrieving WinXP CD-Key

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986 "A registry hive is a group of keys, subkeys, and values in the registry that has a set of supporting files that contain backups of its data. The supporting files for all hives except HKEY_CURRENT_USER are in the %SystemRoot%\System32\Config folder ..."...
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- Post #7
- May 21, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Retrieving WinXP CD-Key

Interesting, a location and some source code to retrieve the key from HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId http://www.planet-source-code....gWId=1&txtCodeId=57164
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- Post #5
- May 21, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Retrieving WinXP CD-Key

So reading around a bit, the cd-key is stored in the registry, no doubt encrypted in some way.
- programmer
- Post #4
- May 21, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Retrieving WinXP CD-Key

Ah, sorry, re-read your message and see you can see the data but can't actually boot that drive. hmmm... not sure about that one.
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- Post #3
- May 21, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Retrieving WinXP CD-Key

Download and run the Jellybean keyfinder http://www.mjbforum.com/files/keyfinder.v1.41.zip It will tell you the XP CD-Key
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- Post #2
- May 21, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Debian and Ubuntu (and derivitives) have serious OpenSSL flaw

Phew! I've got Ubuntu 6.06 on a server too. Glad I am not affected. :)
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- Post #9
- May 15, 2008
- Forum: Open Source
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Windows 2000 Professional-How is it?

According to the wiki page, "All Windows 2000 support including security updates will be terminated on July 13, 2010." So you'll keep getting critical updates for included components until then, but no new components are being backported to 2000 (e.g. IE 7, etc.). See...
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- Post #9
- May 11, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Break in period?

Yeah, but that is the M3 ;) From Pat Goss, "... Break-in is typically a thousand miles. And even during break-in you could take a 600 mile trip, the only thing to be concerned with is to vary the speed every 10-15 minutes and avoid full throttle acceleration and hard braking.
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- Post #10
- May 8, 2008
- Forum: The Garage
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Quiet SATA DVD burner

Thanks, but it appears that model may now be discontinued. A friend at work was talking up his Pioneer DVD-Writer as very quiet (he uses it in a HTPC) and never has problems burning to any media (including DL).
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- Post #12
- May 7, 2008
- Forum: Peripherals & Components

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