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    Replied To a Post in C# send sms with multiple gsm modems

    Small world. In a time not long ago I had to update firmware over serial ports so the design was in 2 parts. 1. A master app to spawn the …
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    Replied To a Post in Why Is My New Laptop So Slow And CPU So High?

    @josh I think you are waiting for the one answer that cures it all. I see others have pitched in with it's time to start running it down. This isn't …
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    Replied To a Post in Why Is My New Laptop So Slow And CPU So High?

    There are priors about CPU skyrocketing over the HDD and of course that secure search. I get the feeling you are hoping for someone to tell you "That's it" and …
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    Began Watching firefox downloads failing

    I use firefox from Linux and Firefox keeps dropping my downloads, I don't know if this issue is specific to the Linux version or not. Is anyone else having this …
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    Replied To a Post in firefox downloads failing

    Mozilla has documents on the setting. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/992338 looks OK. Many file servers drop your connection if you ask for too many. So it's not a Linux or Firefox thing.
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    Replied To a Post in Why Is My New Laptop So Slow And CPU So High?

    So you have Secure Search. https://malwaretips.com/blogs/avg-secure-search-virus-removal/ and other sites are unkind about that. That said many want more security at any cost. Here I use WOT (Web Of Trust) without …
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    I want to assign a single KEY in Keyboard to enable/Disable function. Initally, the button should be disable. when I press the button1 it should get enable and when I …
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    Replied To a Post in C#_WPF: How I can assign enable/disable function by using KEY in keyboard?

    @m You just described your app's behavior. In psuedo code it's something like this. The handler for the W keydown event would change some flag your event or loop that …
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    Began Watching MY INTEX PS/2 KEYBOARD HAVE UNRESPONSIVE KEYS

    Hello, just wanna try my luck if you can help me, i got my new ps/2 keyboard just a week ago ill cut right to the chase, so this week …
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    Replied To a Post in MY INTEX PS/2 KEYBOARD HAVE UNRESPONSIVE KEYS

    Is this the famous? [2 USD](https://www.google.com/#q=127+rps+to+dollars) keyboard? My thought is you need to take it as a lesson about cheap things and try another keyboard.
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    @jay. All cables I've used over the years have the laptop at one end and the printer at the other end. That's how things are today. I would be guessing …
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    Replied To a Post in no wireless print/copy/scan

    @jay. Connecting printers via USB was the way for over a decade. Prior to that was decade+ of parallel and serial cables. WiFi is pretty new and I find folk …
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    Began Watching no wireless print/copy/scan

    Asus notebook, Linksys router, Canon do everything wirerless printer and Time Warner DSL modem; initially Win7 but recent upgrade to Win10. Evrything works except the printer (in both Win7 and …
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    Replied To a Post in no wireless print/copy/scan

    How about the old (?) USB cable connection?
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    I installed VB6 on my new windows 10 computer and it installed fine. My compiled program works fine. However, in the IDE mode it does not 'recognize' the on error …
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    Just one. Is VB6's SP6 installed?
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    Gave Reputation to joshl_1995 in Why Is My New Laptop So Slow And CPU So High?

    If you look at the picture I posted at the start it should say all the details needed and I think it's a Toshiba hard drive.
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    Replied To a Post in Why Is My New Laptop So Slow And CPU So High?

    @josh. That 1TB wouldn't be a Seagate? Over the last few months, too many stories. Speccy lets you generate a report of what's in the machine.
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    Began Watching Convert C++ to Javascript

    #include <iostream> using std::cin; using std::cout; using std::endl; using std::ios; #include <iomanip> using std::fixed; using std::setw; using std::setprecision; using std::showpoint; int main() { const int PEOPLE = 5; const int …
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    Replied To a Post in Convert C++ to Javascript

    Is cheating allowed? Such as Emscripten? It's been around for years like https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/04/porting-me-my-shadow-to-the-web-c-to-javascriptcanvas-via-emscripten/
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    Trevor, share what you've done so far. Also, it seems that the result of random numbers will be random results so is this some odd homework?
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    Gave Reputation to Reverend Jim in Random Facts

    US police seized $4.5 billion in cash and property through civil forfeiture in 2014. In the same period $3.9 billion worth of property was stolen in burglaries. Under civil forfeiture, …
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    Began Watching Index was outside the bounds of the Array exception

    This is my code. I am learning this through the microsoft C# for absolute beginners book. I am on chapter 8 on the final soccer program and have no errors. …
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    Replied To a Post in Index was outside the bounds of the Array exception

    It looks like your array is 5 in size. So you can put 0 to 4 in the reference and 5 is too much. Fix or cheat? Create a six …
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    Gave Reputation to IconiCxPimp in Index was outside the bounds of the Array exception

    line 109 (still quite new to all of this code)
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    Began Watching need help with a counter

    i have a code for counting a ones digit in a random number generated 0-100,000,000 and has to display the count 0-9 and how many times they occur.
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    Replied To a Post in need help with a counter

    Since it's random, how is the answer different from say your count 0-9 that adds up to 100,000,001 having a random set of numbers? There is no correct answer so …
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    Gave Reputation to JamesCherrill in Birthday Paradox

    With exactly 365 possibilities, why not keep it really simple and use an array int[] noOfPeopleWithThisBirthday = new int[365]; loop number of tries noOfPeopleWithThisBirthday[random.nextInt(365)]++ now check array for number of …
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    Began Watching game of craps

    1.if sum is 7 or 11 its a win. 2.if sum is 2,3or 12 it a lose 3.if sum is 4,5,6,8,9,10 it becomes your point 4.to win you continue to …
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    OK, let's start with craps.c at http://www.cs.bu.edu/courses/Old/cs113/F97/roberts-source/PAC/03-Libraries-and-Interfaces/craps.c What line of code needs explaining?
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    OK here is the situation, I have a 2003 Exchange server that has taken a dump. The raid 5 is intact (I was able to see the partitions an data …
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    Here's what I'm seeing. Spammers love your question as they spam about their recovery and coverter kits. Ignore and if you can, downvote them. It's a blight on the forums …
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    Began Watching Outlook express 6 issue

    My inbox is completely erased after last night's windows update restart. I tried to reimport the inbox.dbx file but keep getting "no messages can be found" error. tried to copy …
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    Replied To a Post in Outlook express 6 issue

    Here's a thing. Outlook Express didn't come with Windows 7. You may have found a way to run it, but you are out on a limb in some tree in …
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    Began Watching Birthday Paradox

    I am trying to use a hash set to do a Monte Carlo analysis of the Birthday Paradox. Here is my pseudo code: Set number of collisions to zero Loop …
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    Replied To a Post in Birthday Paradox

    Quick answer. On line 30 I see integer division so try 100000.0 Also, print out your variables so you can see what's up.
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    Began Watching Ncurses and C++

    Hello! I’m trying to write a small program to make a sort of animation using ncurses. I have an external file, a header file, and a main file so far. …
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    Replied To a Post in Ncurses and C++

    > Can you not change to color only, you must write a string or character again? From memory, you must write the string again. So a quick look may be …
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    All done and working.
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    Replied To a Post in Expanding my networks Ethernet ports

    That's why I didn't use the router's Ethernet ports for other devices. The internet link is rarely enough to cause any concern about your "data will travel" over a single …
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    Began Watching Expanding my networks Ethernet ports

    Hi All, I currently have a a netgear R6300 as my router on my network, which has 4 Gigbit ethernet ports. I am moving a lot of my devices over …
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    Replied To a Post in Expanding my networks Ethernet ports

    To avoid that, run only one gigabit link from the router to your new gigabit switched hub and place all your wired gear on the new switched hub. As to …
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    Began Watching Disable email content forwarding ?

    How to disable forwarding credential contents from email.? ie. if a mail send to a user from my website, don't allow the user to forward the credential contents to another …
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    Replied To a Post in Disable email content forwarding ?

    Email so far doesn't allow you to control what you send me. So for now, you know not to send what you don't want shared to the world.
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    Began Watching epub editor

    i had an idea to create an epub editor that I can use on android or on desktop using java. can someone tell me where would be a good place …
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    Replied To a Post in epub editor

    Here's a thing. epub is a zip so unzip, edit and zip. http://support.redjumper.net/hc/en-us/articles/201908311-How-to-manually-edit-an-ePub-file
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    Began Watching NoSQL or RDBMS

    Which one is the best RDBMS or NoSQL and Why ?
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    Replied To a Post in NoSQL or RDBMS

    That's too big a question. My choice of the database varies with my application. If on a web then I go with the usual SQL or what's included with the …
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    Began Watching How to prints ascii art in c++?

    Hi, i want to print game over screen for my snake game in c++. my screen size is 24*80, i dont want to change it. i try to print somethink …
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    Replied To a Post in How to prints ascii art in c++?

    My guess is the font isn't fixed width. I don't have much of your code or device to work with (in fact none) but the most common gaffe is the …

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