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    New Egg Banner intrusion

    Several of us who are having problems already have Flash installed, and are able to enjoy Flash content on other pages. When I see this kind of behavior, it's usually because the web server is sending the wrong Content-Type for a file. Mozilla, Firefox, and other primarily *NIX browsers use...
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    Just for fun, what was your first PC?

    The "Lorraine" (Amiga prototype) was built by a company called Hi-Toro, later renamed Amiga. After showing off their advanced "game machine", Amiga was approached by Atari, who supplied them with some capital in hopes of a profitable future together. The deal never materialized, and Commodore...
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    Fry's Electronics in Downers Grove, IL

    I work about a block away, and this is torture.
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    How do you deal with project partners without style?

    No freds, but I've seen quite a few Carls and a "Timmy" where I work.
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    Opinions on Dell Inspiron 1150?

    What a coincidence! :) I just picked up a refurb 1100 at Dell Outlet myself and I love it. It weighs about the same as my old HP Pavilion n3410, so the weight isn't much of an issue. Some people say the 1100 is slow, but it seems damn fast to me. Maybe it's just because I disabled &...
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    An idea of mine, will it work?

    It wont be as easy as an X-Box controller because they are actually USB joysticks with a different connector. The Playstation uses a custom serial protocol. But, as others have pointed out, converters can be purchased.
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    Metal Gear Box (hdd enclosure) LMAO

    It's short for "optical isolator". Basically, it "copies" a signal from one circuit to another. The circuits can have different voltages, and one can even have a surge -- it doesn't matter (within reason), because the connection is purely optical. There isn't an electrical connection between...
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    diff between CMOS and BIOS?

    Ok, I guess that shows how long it's been since I've had to reset my CMOS settings *blush* You guys are right, the battery is probably just there for the RTC chip these days.
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    diff between CMOS and BIOS?

    Listen up, sonny, and I'll tell you all about the good old days. You kids don't know how good you've got it...oh, to heck with it. It's wasn't that long ago... CMOS is an abbreviation for Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor, a technology used to make computer chips that was popular in...
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    SATA then IDE?

    SATA is essentially a serial version of ATA. That is, bits are sent one after the other on one or some small number of wires in a cable, rather than as entire 16-bit words over 16 wires. Sending 16 bits at once may sound faster, but you run into all sorts of interference & crosstalk issues...
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    Whats the diff between retail and academic

    There's usually no difference in the programs themselves, but the academic versions usually have stricter licenses preventing you from (legally) using the software for non-academic purposes.
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    REALLY old computer

    Or CP/M86... Or the ELKS Linux kernel... Or Minix...
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    C file reading

    If every line is the same length, you could probably use fseek() to get to a particular byte in the file.
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    REALLY old computer

    There's a "Lunix" operating system for the Commodore 64. Could that be what you're thinking of?
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    colobot PC programming game.

    It looks kinda cool -- much like a glorified version of that C-Robots game I used to love. That said, I can't recommend games like that as a way of learning a programming language. They're a fun way to use the language, and to become comfortable with the syntax. But, they rarely make use of...
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