Oh, I take that back, it was not a stored-program computer but then neither, apparently, was ENIAC. They both apparently used wires and switches.

That was the first AMERICAN computer, but the English claim to have an earlier WWII stored-program computer that was a code breaker and therefore "secret". It was called "Colossus" and has been...

Ya, it is a serious investment in time. PPC is easier because it is "mostly Windows" and you can use wizzards and samples to get most of the way to where you want to go.

Which phone OS are you targeting? Symbian? PPC? Palm? Something else? If you are just going to use a 'plain old phone' you will have to see what kinds of development kits you can get for them;...

And is DNA just the storage module for a biologic computer? Let's see, what cells do I need over HERE? Well, consult my handy dandy DNA strand.... SKIN!

Later in 1941, after an unfortunately-placed resistor supplied the incorrect voltage to a circuit, the first 'bug' was invented.

By January, 2005 the number of bugs in shipping software exceeds...

There are several real-time, DOS-like operating systems available, such as RTOS:
http://www.smxinfo.com/index.html

These support modern disks and such, perhaps they could be a solution. ...

Yeah, that's a real bummer. Sorry!

Ah HAH! So you have ancient hardware boards that don't buffer up signals, which is why you need real-time response in a PC to read those signals from your hardware board.

How about investing in a...

Ah, I see, one of those old timing issues. Well, your local public school probably has hideously old computers that they would love to unload on you, especially if you bought them a brand new one to...

I'm referring to options inside Outlook Express, not in the LDAP server....

DOS still runs fine on the fastest, most modern PC's. Why not stick with what works, but with new hardware?

Don't forget that a free copy of DOS is in every Windows system (well, it was easy...

Did you try the 'accounts...' menu choice, and the 'Directory Services' tab? You can 'ADD' a new LDAP server there, and then OE will look up addresses there.

You could run an LDAP server on a machine and have any number of Outlook Express copies connected to that server; under the "Accounts"/"Directory Services" are a list of LDAP servers and you can add...

I asked google "How does a computer work?" and here's one of it's first answers...

http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/collection/tech.php?taid=&id=2345795&lid=1

Hee hee - brilliant! It's like decoding a menu at a fancy resteraunt....

"Braised finely ground young beef nestled inside a freshly baked bun, with tender greens and roma tomatoes..."

"A...

Only because VC comes with a bunch of samples, including, I think, a tray sample. But it probably uses MFC, so for that you'd need VC.

Imagine something like:

. . .
set Suit = random value 1..4
set Card = random value 1..13 // ace, 2..10, j, q, k
set input-suit to 0
while Suit != input-suit
ask for suit as input-suit

So you'd have at least four basic parts; a form you fill out to enter an appointment or thing to remind you of, a list of things pending, a background task that just watches the clock, and then the...

For Onauc:

There are a few different ways to simply change the language of the keywords. One method is to take a running C compiler and tinker with the parser; where the bnf says 'WHILE' you...

There are various tools that can turn a BNF description of your language into state tables or code; you might check out YACC, but there are others (see Google). Another approach is to build your own...

So you searched and found Backus Naur Form. And maybe you saw some examples like (this is from Oberon):

number = integer | real.
integer = digit {digit} | digit {hexDigit} "H" .
real = ...

How would YOU do it? Seems like its something like:

1) sort the processes into priority order
2) give them each min(8ms,execution time left) of time (and lowering their remaining time by that...

You mean, like how do you write a compiler?

Well, there are many good books and such on the topic; Google can be very helpful there. But generally the hardest part is to define the language in a...

I'm sorry, but I can't resist:

"I like a woman who's into LaTeX"

:-)

There are a few different encoding schemes in play now, RGB is one, CMYK is another; different file encodings use different schemes.

Most OS's use either straight RGB when you tell it how to light...

You are asking questions that are hard for us to answer for you because "it depends" a lot on what your true goals are. You have stated a bunch of kinds of add-ins and products, but there are entire...

Huh, so you want to learn how to code
- an operating system like linux
- FTP servers and their ilk
- compression algorithms
- browser extensions
- email clients
- email servers (pop? exchange?...

I tried Google "weighted graph traversal algorithm" and it gave a bunch of interesting links, such as this one:

http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~alison/ds98/node64.html

Heck give it a try and see! I haven't done this in a LONG time, so I may not have 100% of the steps down.

The MS File Explorer program and others like it, when coming across a file with an extension, look in the registry in a specifc location to see what program is associated with that file's extension....

Yes, I agree with TKS in that the dissertation could be less about how to use existing technologies, but more about exploration of new/improved technologies with code to prove/disprove/measure.
...

d. How quickly can you get someone else to do your assignment?

:-)

Did you have a question, or are we just supposed to admire the kinds of quizes your teacher gives?

Creating the association means that anytime someone double-clicks on a file with 'your' extension, your program will be launched and your WinMain will get the file name so you can open the file and...

Like all things, you start with an idea for what to do. My suggestion would be that you then work out specific details for the various pieces; sort of like a 'storyboard' for a movie.

Where you...

How about analyzing the risks to homeowners when wireless networks are ubiquitous (sp?) and folks like your mother depend on them every day. What are the risks? how do you educate customers?

If...

if the set of tv stations you receive is {2,4,5,7,9,13}, what's the probability that ALL of those stations are showing a commercial at any given time?

(hint: 9 is a pbs station, so they're doing a...

Just remember the difference between math and CS. Math is pure and beautiful. CS wishes it were.

Math takes pure concepts and tries to capture their beauty in symbols. If we fail, the concepts...

ya, me neither. If there are 4 billion people you need to support 4 billion addresses or one 32-bit integer (convienient!)

So, if the chars are A-Z and 0-9 you have a base-36 numbering system to...

Not in Notepad, no. In a hex editor, maybe with a ton of patience. But an exe generally has a header record and sections with headers before them and the like. Try using DUMPBIN on a small exe and...