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    Replied To a Post in Recursion Tree Method

    Haven't read your text book I presume?
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    Replied To a Post in Which DS I should use?

    Sounds like a school exercise. How long have you been working on this?
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    Replied To a Post in What languages do you need to learn to be a software engineer?

    I have had a 30+ year career in software engineering, and I have programmed in at least 2 or 3 dozen different computer languages. Logic is logic, and that is …
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    Replied To a Post in Need To Upgrade My PC.But Now I am In The Problem

    These days, "upgrades" are not so much an option, and will cost more than replacing the system with a current model - planned obsolescence is the term I believe. Replacement …
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    Replied To a Post in plz tell me this answer

    Here is #3... std::cout << "*" << std::endl << "***" << std::endl << "*****" << std::endl << "*******" << std::endl << "*********" << std::endl << "*********" << std::endl << "*******" …
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    Replied To a Post in plz tell me this answer

    I like it Moschops! Keep it simple...
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    Replied To a Post in windows product key problem

    My new company (Adobe) also issued security-hardened Windows laptops, and since most of my work is in Linux (again), I am running CentOS in a VM there as well. My …
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    Replied To a Post in Display Rows continuously from start to bottom

    I have done massive amounts of log file processing in real time (millions of records per hour). Please be more clear on your objectives. What EXACTLY do you mean by …
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    Replied To a Post in Laptop power on No display

    A lot of laptops these days do not have a vga port, but either a DVI or HDMI port, though the principal remains the same. Unfortunately, not everyone in these …
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    Replied To a Post in New Sound Card, Random BlueScreens.

    What is the OS (and version) you are running? What is the make/model of the sound card? In any case, I'd send the card back and get one more main-stream. …
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    Replied To a Post in How much commenting in my code is appropriate?

    More complex == more comments. If you come back to the code in 6 months and wonder what the fark you were doing, then it wasn't commented well enough!
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    Replied To a Post in sorting string array

    Have you tried using qsort(). It was made for this, unless your professor wants you to implement your own sorting routine.
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    Show your code for index.php and at least one of the other files.
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    School work? Or otherwise? Why VB 6.0?
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    Replied To a Post in Help me solving VRP

    The link that NathanOliver provided has other links to open source code that deals with this. The VRP is a version of the travelling salesman problem. There are no "perfect" …
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    Replied To a Post in Help me solving VRP

    What is your study area, applied math?
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    Replied To a Post in asking question about c++

    The major problem that one must watch out for when using multiple inheritance is if more than one of the base classes are derived and one of their base classes …
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    Replied To a Post in Touch screen panel + USB controller - send generic (x,y) data to PC

    I just came across this article which may help: http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/799669-how-to-configure-a-touchscreen-on-linux/
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    Replied To a Post in Algorithm - cars crossing the bridge

    Sorry, but we don't do your homework for you. Make an honest attempt, and if we decide to we may help you see the "errors" of your ways! :-) Good …
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    Replied To a Post in All Linux start boot error..!

    The means to clear the BIOS flash memory varies from system to system. Some let you do that by removing the battery and holding down the power button for 10-30 …
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    Replied To a Post in strange internet problem

    What browser are you using? What operating system + version? Do you have personal firewall software running on the system?
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    Replied To a Post in which one is faster?

    Scalar expressions such as the first is more efficient as every time you do some math (especially division) in your code, it adds overhead. The only advantage here is if …
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    Gave Reputation to mike_2000_17 in Difference between thread-safe and reentrant?

    Well, as rubberman said, reentrancy is a more theoretical notion about formal analysis, but I would also add that in terms of multi-threading, reentrancy provides a very strong guarantee that …
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    Replied To a Post in success but error

    It may help to show your list structures as well. Also, this is very clumsy code and prone to logic errors. In addition, your lack of appropriate scoping (bracing) of …
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    Replied To a Post in All Linux start boot error..!

    Does this system have a UEFI BIOS. Considering it is a Core 2 Duo probably not. Sorry, but as I have indicated, I have never seen this before. Have you …
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    Replied To a Post in amd 14.12 update not working :\

    You are not providing enough information. How are you updating the system, via the standard Windows Update program? Via AMD GPU updates? What errors do you get?
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    Replied To a Post in All Linux start boot error..!

    What is the make, model, BIOS version, and processor type of the computer you are trying to install on? Also, how did you burn the CD/DVD/USB drives? As I said, …
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    Replied To a Post in i need help from u guys....

    C and C++ programming are not easy to learn well - it takes time, study, and practice.
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    Replied To a Post in All Linux start boot error..!

    What distributions are you trying to install? These make no sense to me! I believe you have a bogus distribution. Have you tried Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Mint, et al?
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    Replied To a Post in What IDE do you use for C++ development?

    I like a good multi-window, multi-tab, language-sensitive editor such as nedit and make. I find that an IDE just slows me down.
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    Replied To a Post in Finding command line width in Linux

    You can use the command "stty -a" and parse out the number of columns. Example, in my command-line window stty -a shows this: speed 38400 baud; rows 50; columns 132; …
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    Replied To a Post in Difference between Data Hiding, Abstraction & Encapsulation?

    The use of abstraction is that you can create an abstract base class with all the functions you need for derived concrete classes of that type, so that you only …
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    Replied To a Post in How to use TWO objects and use of *this pointer with operator over loading

    Just because code works doesn't mean it is well written! I used to teach advanced C++ programming classes to our engineers from all over the world and covered these issues …
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    Replied To a Post in Difference between thread-safe and reentrant?

    They are totally different animals! Thread-safe means that multiple threads in one executable image can run the same functions without interfering with each other. Re-entrant means that you can have …
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    Replied To a Post in Is Ruby A Good Language to Start With?

    You might want to check out Python as well.
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    Replied To a Post in How to use TWO objects and use of *this pointer with operator over loading

    There are a number of issues with your post, starting with initializing member variables inside the body of the constructor instead of in the initializer list. Try, try again!
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    Replied To a Post in How to write RGB information in VGA

    FWIW, the 320x240 is standard vga dimensions and the x3 is the pixel depth. IE 320x240 is the x/y size, and 3 is the number of bits at each location …
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    Replied To a Post in Opendir in C

    NP. Sometimes reading the manual helps... :-) In any case, it was a sensible question for a newbie. Sometimes what is obvious to us "old-timers" isn't so to newer programmers.
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    Replied To a Post in Opendir in C

    The "./" means "use the current directory where your application is running". The dot is the current directory. If it was "../" it would point to the directory above where …
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    Replied To a Post in Do you use Blu-Ray on your PC?

    Again, I ask you to NOT purchase ANY BR device or disc! Sony doesn't diserve a penny of our hard-earned $$!
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    Replied To a Post in Any plugin for QuickTime to play Blu-ray?

    BR discs can be played on DVD drives, if not in as high a resolution (720p is maximum for DVDs). DO NOT purchase BR drives or discs! They are seriously …
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    Replied To a Post in How to write RGB information in VGA

    Class/homework? Sorry. That is why you are in school, to learn how to do this stuff. If you are clueless and have no documentation how to do this, go see …
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    Replied To a Post in Dell Laptop

    What do you mean by "it now usually opens when ever it wants to open"?
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    Replied To a Post in passing parameter using url

    Parameters encoded in the URL are called GET variables. These are easily accessible in your PHP code. There are also POST variables that are not in the URL, hence hidden …
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    Replied To a Post in passing floats and reference in C

    @HiHe I'm not downvoting you for your response, but specifying a particular IDE (even if you really like it) is not conducive to fixing the problem. Standard compiler and makefile …
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    Replied To a Post in C or C++

    C++11 adds a lot of cruft to the older versions of C++ that will leave newbies' brains in a fog. In any case, C++ works with C code just fine. …
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    Replied To a Post in sorting linked list alphabitecally

    If C, then use quicksort. If C++, then std::sort works, but quicksort is also good, and efficient.
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    Replied To a Post in What is the inverse of XOR?

    XOR'g with what? A key? If you used a key to XOR your data, then using the same key in the same order to XOR the encrypted data should result …
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    Replied To a Post in Remove 'End of Report' Line and format UNIX text

    This is a procedural problem. Think about how you would solve the conundrum. There are a couple of options: 1. Before appending a file to the data set, forward to …
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    Gave Reputation to Suzie999 in Difference between Data Hiding, Abstraction & Encapsulation?

    What is the basic meanings of them?

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