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    For the teachers in EPA: https://www.facebook.com/NowThisNews/videos/1204926329597489/
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    Anyway, Marilyn and her daughters are tall (over 6') blond valkeries. They have been there since the 1970's - I was engaged to M before I met my wife. I …
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    Re. EPA - not as bad as it was back 20-30 years ago when I lived there full time. Still, it's reputation lives on! Myself, never had a problem. It …
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    Replied To a Post in lumia 540 network connectivity problem , after switching off the static ip

    Assuming your system still sees the SSID of the WiFi accesspoint, then you will need to change your network (WiFi) configuration to use DHCP to get a network address from …
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    What tinstaafl said. Compilers turn all variable names into symbols anyway. So using X vs. Games doesn't make any difference to the size or performance of your code, but it …
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    Well, we don't call it Comcrap for nothing! :-) Good speed though, but I hate their data caps and such. Let us know how it works out for you. I …
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    Never have had TWC. Verizon I had in the Boston Area about 10-12 years ago. I was one of their first FIOS subscribers. Here in Chicago we use AT&T, but …
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    I assume your boys have some of their own $$? If they need more RAM, let them buy it. However, for the CPU, go as high as you can afford. …
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    Replied To a Post in shrink the log file size which is currently in use

    As I have said to others, use logrotate. See the man page for logrotate and logrotate.conf usage. That will let you do exactly what you want.
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    Re floating point elements. I think you are correct, but just like integers, you may need multiple buckets such as [0,1], [2,3], etc to cover the range of elements. I …
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    I don't suppose there is a "neither up nor down vote" option for comments like mine? :-)
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    @JameCherrill - sorry, I woud not have down-voted your post if I was able to figure out a way to comment without doing that. Apologies. If you could advise me …
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    Read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_sort
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    Gave Reputation to JamesCherrill in log file archivaly utility

    You could simply: Close the log file Re-name it to a unique archive log file name Open a new log file (same name as previous file before it was renamed)
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    Look into the logrotate command and options. This is how we do it in enterprise systems. After the log file is rotated, you can copy it to backup media, to …
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    Replied To a Post in Tower(network) and sim is not showing in Samsung on7

    The main problem, from the engineering perspective regarding the S7 battery problem, was that they wanted a really long runtime between charges on the battery, so they designed it to …
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    >gcc -pthread filename.c is also enough.
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    Replied To a Post in Tower(network) and sim is not showing in Samsung on7

    Samsung S7? They have bricked all of those phones because of the danger of the batteries exploding.
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    Replied To a Post in Using one pen drive for both Ubuntu and Windows 8

    To continue: these same issues are relevant to SSDs (solid-state discs). They are really fast, but they should ONLY be used for read-mostly operations, such as operating system boot, system …
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    What rproffitt said. In addition, FYI, pen/thumb drives (and sd cards) have a limited number of write cycles for each sector (512+ bytes). As that number is approached, the write …
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    Ask Microsoft? If they are going to send you a text message with a code to verify your account, it could take awhile. I have seen such things take up …
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    Replied To a Post in php show pictures from ip camera using xampp and access from internet

    Have you forwarded port 5566 for the IP camera address (192.168.4.44)?
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    Replied To a Post in Server / Core Dump error?

    Well, nobody here is going to analyze 5000+ lines of binary dump code. The first post indicating that a signal 11 (segfault) caused this problem is helpful. It means that …
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    Replied To a Post in How to get access to the routers on my network

    How are they connected. Also, are they routers, switches, or WiFi access points? If they are all routers, what are their base addresses?
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    And yes, we had images of the employees stored in the database so they were displayed on the terminal when they clocked in/out and security could verify there were the …
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    Gave Reputation to JamesCherrill in Java is Strictly Pass by Value!

    This thread is tagged Java, so let's assume that is the context. `HashMap` in Java is a class in the standard API and it's definitive documentation is [here](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/HashMap.html) It's one …
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    I had to write barcode scanning and decoding software back in the mid-1980's so our customers could use barcode scanners to log in/out workers from the plant (a major steel …
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    Replied To a Post in Dynamic Arrays: Need help

    This is when I drop back to C and use realloc() - much easier and sets errno appropriately if you run out of heap (returning NULL for the result of …
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    Replied To a Post in Java is Strictly Pass by Value!

    Just to confuse you (bumfuzzle you) a bit, there are also multi-maps... Maps with duplicate keys for one or more values. Here is the cplusplus.com page on them: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/map/multimap/ Myself, …
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    You'll do ok Kasis if you remember that you can find most of your answers on the Internet. Post here when you are totally bumfuzzled (confused). We will be happy …
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    Replied To a Post in How to record from cassette recorder to computer using Audacity on Linux

    Well, all things considered, it seems that there is progress going on here. Keep us informed about your overall progress it@61... BTW, can't you just use a more user-friendly handle? …
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    Replied To a Post in Java is Strictly Pass by Value!

    Under the covers, all Java objects are references. When you assign one variable to another, the reference is copied, not the object's data. At that point, both variables hold a …
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    Replied To a Post in How to record from cassette recorder to computer using Audacity on Linux

    Sorry. No luck so far. I'll try again later. And I am using Mint 18. Didn't try the Jack audio though. Have a bad cold right now so that's as …
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    Replied To a Post in How to record from cassette recorder to computer using Audacity on Linux

    Great question! I would think that the output to your speakers should work ok. Have you tried? Ok. I'm going to try my microphone as an input device like are …
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    Replied To a Post in Java is Strictly Pass by Value!

    Ok. You have a question? Tell us something we don't already know...
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    I think ClamAV/ClamWin have such api's. The key thing is that you need a signature for the virus you are scanning for. All A/V tools such as Clam have large …
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    Also, please provide as much code as you can.
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    Replied To a Post in Adding a while loop to my rock paper scissors code?

    Please show your altered code with the while() loop. One issue with your original code (which is what I assume you are showing here) is that it is infinitely recursive …
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    > I am having trouble actually comprehending the syntax, for some reason I also have trouble applying what we are learning in our text book to the problems that we …
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    One of the ways that I've found useful, is doing programming challenges online(HackerRank,Project Euler,CodeWars, etc.). Any challenge that requires concepts that you're not familiar with you can learn about them …
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    > Can you please phrase the set of instructions in C++ compatible to my PC performance. They don't exist. Realtime is a kernel issue, not a compiler or CPU one. …
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    Replied To a Post in Gnuplot not giving the right yrange

    I think that the failing yrange set [*:*] is failing because you are trying to set the yrange to infinity which gnuplot cannot handle. I'm not a gnuplot expert, so …
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    The "nice" thing about "standards" is that there are so many! GAH!
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    Replied To a Post in How to connect sql server on codeblocks using C

    Each SQL database has its own connection api's and protocols, and they all have a connection api for the C language. You need to refer to the specific database documentation …
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    Replied To a Post in need help trying to create a loop to calculate asset depreciation

    Please show your code performing this computation, and then we can possibly help you. We don't do your homework for you.
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    Replied To a Post in Recursion in C++

    You will find some useful stuff in http://www.cplusplus.com/ If you plug "recursion" into their search bar you get a lot of articles that cover the subject.
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    Jim, you really need to turn off or block your webcam before you start playing around! LOL!
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    I assume you tried other RSS feeds to be sure it wasn't a configuration issue?
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    Gave Reputation to Dani in Phone Support Scamming

    I've gotten these calls too and also find them entertaining and let them walk me through the process, up to the part where they connect, of course. Then I just …
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    RTFM? The C Builder documentation should cover what you need to do for a new installation.

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