Forum: Networking Hardware Configuration  Feb 13th, 2008 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 432 Radvd configuration
Hi. In my house we have an IPv6 capable router, for which the owner of has kindly given me the password for the settings page. It is a Linksys DD-WRT wireless device with Linux installed. When you... |
| Forum: Windows Vista Jan 24th, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 289 Mysterious connectivity issue
Hi. I was at work in my call centre today when a colleage asked me to have a look at a customer issue. We support BT broadband customers, but we're not BT (they just pay us to do it). So, this guy... |
| Forum: Posting Games Nov 17th, 2007 |
| Replies: 44 Views: 2,284 Guess this game
Hi people. The idea of this game is to make people guess the answers to rather obscure questions, like....
Which of these two has the larger data capacity?
(a) My CD collection
(b) The hard disk... |
| Forum: Windows Vista Nov 13th, 2007 |
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| Forum: Windows Vista Oct 20th, 2007 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 3,036 Re: Clock running slow
No, it's running at the out of the box speed. There is another sightly odd issue with it though. It's supposed to have 1 GB of RAM, but the BIOS shows it as having 894 MB (which is also 2 MB less... |
| Forum: Windows Vista Oct 20th, 2007 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 3,036 Re: Clock running slow
I'll give that idea about the BIOS a try. I've got a 9 year old computer which the battery is still fine on. |
| Forum: Windows Vista Oct 18th, 2007 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 3,036 Clock running slow
Hi. I've got this issue on my Vista laptop that's been there since I got the thing about six months ago. The system clock falls behind the actual time at a silly rate, which can be up to several... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge Oct 13th, 2007 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 457 New Radiohead album
Hi guys and girls. Has anyone else heard the new Radiohead album In Rainbows? The gimmick is, you can choose what yoy want to pay for it on their website.
Steven. |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Sep 25th, 2007 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 1,061 Re: Missing RAM
That's a good suggestion. Except that the machine has an off board ATI graphics card with 256 MB dedicated RAM. At least, that's what the specification says.
Steven. |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Sep 25th, 2007 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 1,061 Missing RAM
Hi. I've got a Packard Bell laptop that is specified as having 1 GB of RAM. However, looking in the Windows system information and the BIOS both show it as having 896 MB. Does anyone know how I... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge Sep 6th, 2007 |
| Replies: 14 Views: 853 Re: One database too far
It's more a case of where we'll draw the line. I'd just refuse to give a sample if it came to that. Same with identity cards or having to tell the government the moment I move house. In any case,... |
| Forum: Perl Aug 29th, 2007 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 703 Re: Your views on Perl
Hello. I started learning Perl some time in 2006 and found it very suitable for the development of a web based application. I was impressed by the way you can get so much done in just a few lines... |
| Forum: Windows Vista Aug 5th, 2007 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 575 Don't try ths at home
Hi people. Just thought I would warn about a little issue I had with my Vista system last night. I tried to install colinux (http://www.colinux.org) and the system crashed to a blue screen. When I... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jul 12th, 2007 |
| Replies: 55 Views: 3,132 Re: call centers!!!
Firstly, I work on a BT Business technical desk in Bristol. I must say Serunsun, there is nothing more satisfying than getting a residential customer come through to you and politely transfering... |
| Forum: C++ Jun 11th, 2007 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 807 |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jun 3rd, 2007 |
| Replies: 83 Views: 5,534 Re: Windows vs Mac
I think there is another option to consider here. Perhaps it would benefit some people to ditch the OS concept and run software on the "bare metal". You'd have to write the stuff first of course,... |
| Forum: Windows Vista Jun 3rd, 2007 |
| Replies: 194 Views: 305,269 Re: Vista Local Access Only Problem
I work for an ISP (BT Retail, business broadband) in the UK, on the help desk. We're getting a steadily increasing tricle of businesses calling us about Vista issues. However, I've not so far... |
| Forum: Windows Vista Jun 2nd, 2007 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 3,240 User permissions (and how to set them)....
Hi everyone. Could anyone tell me how I can enable non - admin users to run programs installed by the admin user? I installed Opera 9.1 as an admin, but I'm not sure how to allow other users to... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge May 10th, 2007 |
| Replies: 23 Views: 2,186 Re: Heroes or The Office?
May I take this opportunity to point out a few other treats from "over the pond" to our American members? OK, great....
1. Phoenix Nights: It's difficult to make Oldham famous, but Peter Kay... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge May 4th, 2007 |
| Replies: 1,440 Views: 80,828 Re: Collins: Why this scientist believes in God
Hi everyone. My apologies if this has already been said but....having come to this thread late I'm too lazy to read all 52 pages. I have read enough to get the gist of it, honest :) . So, what you... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge May 3rd, 2007 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 600 Re: Science question
In fact, what you just said makes them seem pretty related. State changes in materials usually do occur as a result in temperature change and it is usually a progressive transition that can occur... |
| Forum: Perl May 3rd, 2007 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 2,216 Re: How Do I Retrieve an webpage
You could use the wget Unix utility in combination with Perl to do this. Even if you don't have a Windows port of it you could use this: http://pages.interlog.com/~tcharron/wgetwin.html. Just call... |
| Forum: Posting Games May 3rd, 2007 |
| Replies: 151 Views: 12,072 Re: Physics Game
Hi Josh. In fact, I didn't even state the question right. 400 nm is of course 4 * 10 -7 m. Evsn so, the answer is still far smaller, being 600 nm (6 * 10 -7 m). The resolution is given by laser... |
| Forum: Posting Games Apr 29th, 2007 |
| Replies: 151 Views: 12,072 Re: Physics Game
The strength of a classical gravitational field is measured in N kg ^ -1 (Newtons per kilogram). On the surface of the earth this is measured to be about 9.8 N kg ^ -1. Apologies if this has... |
| Forum: Web Developers' Lounge Apr 6th, 2007 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 991 Re: Problems with Dynamic websites.
If the IP addresses of the sites are dynamic (which sounds a bit freaky :!: ) but their names stay the same, you could use URL referer blocking. This will only work if people are reaching your site... |
| Forum: Web Developers' Lounge Apr 4th, 2007 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 1,224 Re: I would like to migrate (my website)
Having considered the situation further, I have decided it will be better for me to find a work around within the workings of my site, rather than going through the hassle of changing providers. It... |
| Forum: Web Developers' Lounge Apr 1st, 2007 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 1,224 I would like to migrate (my website)
Hello everyone. I informed Google of my forum website URL via the standard method recently. Within about five days, it started finding search terms inside my forum when given "Mushy-pea [search... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 18th, 2007 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 2,017 Re: PerlBB
Just a quick update about how the forum is going:
1. The website has "gone multiple", with a Haskell forum being added today.
2. A Major Site Update (MSU) is currently in progress. When it's... |
| Forum: *nix Hardware Configuration Mar 18th, 2007 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 1,939 Ralink rt2500 card: no device name found
Hello everyone. I'm trying to install a Ralink tech. wireless PCI network card on netBSD 3.1. I've looked at a netBSD online manual page and it says there is a driver for this chipset in the... |
| Forum: Perl Mar 14th, 2007 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 4,054 Re: What are .pm files from .pl files
To expand on what masijade said (which is correct): .pm files are library files. This means they contain subroutines that many programs may find useful. They can be used in a program as... |
| Forum: *nix Software Mar 9th, 2007 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 1,132 Re: NetBSD questions
I followed your advice and it worked joe :p . Because I had no web browser on the comp. I was doing this on I had to look up the location of the dependencies (in NetBSD pkgsrc online) in an internet... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 8th, 2007 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 518 Then the universe collapsed in on itself....
Hello everyone. We were introduced to a nifty little tool in my job today (I'm in broadband tech support). It's called Go To Assist and it lets you "share" a customers desktop to help solve their... |
| Forum: *nix Software Mar 5th, 2007 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 1,132 NetBSD questions
Hello everyone. I recently "migrated" my 8 year old computer from Windows 98 to NetBSD 3.1. The installation went fine and the machine is able to connect to the internet through a local router :) .... |
| Forum: Perl Feb 27th, 2007 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 9,584 |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Feb 27th, 2007 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 650 Re: Computer overhaul: problem
Hi. The problem has been solved now. I reset the CMOS and un - bent the pins on the keyboard cable (which I can only assume I damaged myself a few days ago). The ethernet card got installed easily... |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Feb 26th, 2007 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 650 |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Feb 26th, 2007 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 650 Computer overhaul: problem
Hello everyone. I added an ethernet adapter card to a computer of mine yesterday and the keyboard stopped working. I've checked the connection and it's fine. The keyboard appears to be disabled at... |
| Forum: Perl Feb 23rd, 2007 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 6,463 Re: How to skip a line !
Say your data is in a variable called $page. You can use the split function to split on the first line break only and then only apply your data processing code to the text that appears after that.... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 21st, 2007 |
| Replies: 18 Views: 1,708 Re: Job Hunting?
If you think that's bad Davey; prepare to cringe;) . In my work today we were asked to take part in a game about questioning (related to questioning customers). The object was for each team to pick... |
| Forum: Perl Feb 20th, 2007 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 3,373 Re: Text file formatting by perl
Hi Avik. What you require is a program that replaces each instance of \n with \n\n. This could easily be done in Perl, but is so simple it would be neater to use sed. Seeing as you said a Unix... |
