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    GPS does not use the internet. It uses signals from satellites to triangulate your position. You do need to be in a location where the signals can be detected however.
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    Send it back for replacement. The keyboard is probably fubar.
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    Other than the snail-slow 1GHz CPU, the specs are OK. Video display is more a function of the GPU (graphics processor) which on this device is probably running at 1GHz …
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    Replied To a Post in Calculate nth term in tetrabonacci sequence ( spin on fibonacci sequence)

    Write out the program in pseudo-code first and work it through using that logic. It will likely show you where your mistake is. Sorry, but I haven't written x86 assembler …
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    We don't do your homework for you. Make an honest effort, show us the code if you are having problems, and if it seems appropriate we will help you resolve …
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    Replied To a Post in Was wondering what type of Linux Distro ?

    There are any number of distros it could be. The wallpaper may give a clue, but I'm not familiar with it. In truth, unless the name/logo is visible on the …
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    fork() returns the child pid in the parent, and 0 in the child, unless there is an error in which case it returns -1 to the parent. Then you need …
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    Replied To a Post in execl() and pipes and fork

    1. fork - this returns the child PID to the parent, and 0 to the child, unless there is an error, in which case it returns -1 and errno is …
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    Since Game is an abstract class, you need to create a concrete class derived from it without the playOneGame method, and then instantiate it, and run that method, testing the …
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    Also, I'm not sure if the space in front of %d in the scanf() function will require that the user input a space before the number.
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    Do you mean the Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML)? First I've heard of it, but the best way to check out something like this is to do some prototyping …
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    It has great reviews and if I could get an invite I'd buy one in a nanosecond!
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    Replied To a Post in Future laptop configuration, reliability and endurance question.

    If it ain't broke, don't fix it. My Dell D630 (dual core 3GHz CPU, 4GB RAM, 500GB 7200 rpm HD, 1Gbps ethernet, bluetooth, wifi, HD display) is 8+ years old …
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    Replied To a Post in Comp wont bootbecause of Flash Update

    From the sounds of it, it seems to me that you may have a flash drive plugged into the USB port and the BIOS is set to boot from USB …
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    Replied To a Post in why this wont compile?

    > Change those ” to this ". > I don't know what they called :-D Good catch Sarkurd! He was using back-double-quotes instead of regular double quotes for the strings. …
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    Replied To a Post in Wifi only connecting to certain networks??

    Are you sure both access points are broadcasting their SSID's? That can be disabled so a network is invisible. He should be able to connect to the "invisible" network via …
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    Replied To a Post in why this wont compile?

    So, show your errors. Just saying it doesn't compile isn't helpful.
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    Replied To a Post in Upgrade? Not so much!

    Well, it has been a couple of years since this post. I have to say that folks at Daniweb did get their stuff together. It has been seriously improved, without …
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    Replied To a Post in Objective C - Collect Input, Check even or odd

    You need to scan into an integer value, not a string. Also, tell the user to enter a number instead of a string. IE: int main() { int num = …
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    > About A/V scanning, i don't have any thing like that on my pc. I disable anything that isn't usefull and keep a eye on what's running. I usually use …
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    Replied To a Post in nested for loop c++

    Same answer. It is your problem to figure out. Describe first here what you think you should do to solve your conundrum. Describe how you might do it, step by …
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    Replied To a Post in HDD not detected

    The fact that the OS doesn't detect the drive at all is not a good sign. Usually that means the drive controller has failed. TylerD75's suggestion about getting a USB …
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    Replied To a Post in Find square of a number with two threads using synchronization

    You need to run thread1 inside thread2 and create a mutex that thread1 will lock and set the data value, in the meantime, thread2 will wait on the mutex and …
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    Replied To a Post in nested for loop c++

    Until you post your code I can only say that we don't do your homework for you. You have the solution algorithm in the pseudo-code. Just apply the language to …
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    Replied To a Post in why this wont compile?

    You are missing a couple of curly braces. Try this instead: #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main () { int num1 = 5, num2 = 10; if (num1 < …
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    Replied To a Post in embedded linux trying to launch application in SSH shell

    You left off the command name which is "ls", as in `ls -l ./HelloWorld`
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    Replied To a Post in New Dev/Game PC Advice

    Get more RAM if your laptop can handle it. Also, how are the VM's in VirtualBox configured with regard to number of cores, amount of RAM, etc? I would suspect …
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    Replied To a Post in Controlling all the slaves from Master

    Download the free version of the Cloudera Hadoop management tool. It will nicely do all that cruft for you.
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    You need to either be online, or you need to call a phone number that should be provided in the Windows packaging.
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    I assume you are running Windows? There is the GNU MingW compiler, available here: http://mingw.org/
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    Replied To a Post in halmacpi.dll

    You might want to run the full disk check utility (requires rebooting) to see if there are bad sectors on the disk. If the DLL is stored on a bad …
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    Have you tried running the recovery disk/partition?
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    Replied To a Post in embedded linux trying to launch application in SSH shell

    Ok. The command "ls -l ./HelloWorld" should output the file name, ownership, and permissions. If it isn't there, you should get the error message "ls: cannot access ./HelloWorld: No such …
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    Replied To a Post in why receiving "double free or corruption "

    I think that Moschops means something like this: int* func1( size_t cnt ) { int* pA = (int*) malloc( cnt * sizeof(int)); for (int i = 0; i < cnt; …
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    Replied To a Post in embedded linux trying to launch application in SSH shell

    Executing code from ssh is not a problem. There are several possible problems. One is that your shell may not be in the directory you think. Another is that the …
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    Replied To a Post in Android app install to storage

    Didn't you ask this question already? I already answered the question in your previous post. Please don't double post... :-( And you posted it as mnewsome.
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    Sorry, but we don't do your homework for you. Please make an effort, post your code here, and we may help you sort out your problems if it seems appropriate.
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    Replied To a Post in why receiving "double free or corruption "

    This is bad: *A = (int*) malloc( 2 * sizeof(int)); for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++){ (*A)[ i ] = i; } You allocated room for two …
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    When multiple applications try to send/receive data at the same time over the same network link/connection, the network driver will mostly queue them in FIFO (First In, First Out) order. …
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    Replied To a Post in Browser opens itself, then keeps opening itself over and over

    Install and try Firefox (Mozilla) to see if the same thing happens. If not, then you might uninstall Chrome. Yeah, a PITA for sure, but if something has installed a …
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    Replied To a Post in no display but PC is running fine

    If it shows the BIOS POST (power-on self-test) screen but nothing after that, then the default vga gear in the video card is working ok, but likely the high-resolution stuff …
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    Replied To a Post in S-Box in DES cipher

    This may help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-box That said, the logical bit-wise operations are intended to mask specific bits to generate the index to the sbox for lookup. The value 0x20 == (binary) …
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    Replied To a Post in hardware and software

    Hardware: has mass. If you drop it on your foot, it hurts. Software: bits have no mass. If you drop it on your foot, you won't know it.
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    Replied To a Post in HELP PLEASE Monitor not showing pic after Cleaning Coputer with Spray Air

    It is better to use a vacuum to clean the inside of a computer. Blowing compressed air to clean it can blow dirt and detritus into connections causing this sort …
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    Replied To a Post in Which is best operating system windows vs ios Apple ?

    iOS and OSX only run on Apple hardware. You will have to replace your laptop. Another solution is to install Linux on the laptop if you cannot afford the new …
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    Replied To a Post in Warning: Linux security bashed by 22 year old remote code execution bug

    Yes. Most distributions have already released the patches required to fix this. Now, people just have to update their systems to incorporate the fixes. This will be simpler than installing …
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    Replied To a Post in Apps on Android SD

    Go to the Manage Apps page. Applications that can be installed on the SD card will indicate that when you click on them. Many cannot, but many can, including things …
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    Replied To a Post in What would be easier making GUI for Linux or creating website GUI?

    I wrote a simple desktop interface many years ago (about 1985) using the curses api. That wasn't simple to do, but worked rather well (it became part of a commercial …
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    The camera should only be enabled remotely if the student has reported the device as lost or stolen. To do so otherwise is an egregious violation of their right to …
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    Write out the algorithm first in pseudo-code. If words can only contain alpha characters (no numbers, special characters, etc), then incorporate that into the pseudo-code, skipping past the next white-space …

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