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    Replied To a Post in How to load an image on turbo c using graphics?

    AD is absolutely right Za3mi. You need a newer compiler. You can install the MingW version of the GNU C/C++ compilers for free - it is open source, on most …
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    The question does not seem to preclude the use of a human processor so how about #include <string> #include <iostream> int main() { std::string text; std::string reversed; std::cout << "Please …
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    I've been making a good living in this domain for over 30 years, and have had the opportunity to do some important work, such as work on the US Navy's …
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    Naming conventions... :-) I would suggest that you use something other than Int for your AP class to avoid this sort of confusion, such as APInt, or AnInt, etc. Depending …
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    Sorry, but we don't do your homework for you. Show us what you have tried and we can help you find the errors of your ways, and means. Remember, for …
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    Minor issue AD. You are starting at the terminating null byte and then ending at the head of the string. Better this I think: for(int i = len-1, j = …
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    My work laptop has a 2 core i7. My personal home workstation (now 6 years old) has dual quad-core E5450 3GHz Penryn processors - out of date now, but still …
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    Read the documentation for the router. You may be able to reset it to factory settings by pressing a recessed button for some period of time, then you can get …
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    Is it worth the investment? It depends. The Intel "recommended" price for any of them is about $1100 USD. The Xeon E5-2650 has 8 cores and 16 threads (with hyperthreading …
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    Is your WiFi secured? If secured with WEP, change the security to WPA and select a strong passphrase. If not secure, change it to WPA and select a strong passphrase. …
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    What Mike2k said. Template functions are what you can call "generic programming". You develop an algorithm that works for multiple types, and then code it as a template. Instead of …
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    There are two approaches to this sort of problem (I'm not going to get into details how to do it). One is an iterative computational process - slow when numbers …
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    Replied To a Post in [In General] How are OSes made?

    If you want to know exactly how to create an operating system from scratch, there are a number of texts out there to help teach you, such as Andrew Tanenbaum's …
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    You need a function main(). Here are the valid signatures for main(): int main(void); int main( int argc, const char** argv); int main( int argc, const char* argv[]); Note that …
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    Classes are used to model physical or conceptual entities. An example of physical entities may be the class Animal - an abstract base class. Derived from that are classes such …
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    Swap space is used as virtual memory. IE, if your system and applications need more memory than you physically have, then the swapper will move the least-recently used memory blocks …
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    @decepticon Your observations are true enough, but I was trying to point out that newline characters in the output stream aren't enough to flush the output. Your approach is also …
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    Please show what code you actually wrote. This line is wrong (my bad): `vector<TYPE>* list = new vector<TYPE>;` It should be `vector<TYPE>* list = new vector<TYPE>();` Sorry about that! :-) …
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    Your question is not clear. What precisely are you trying to do?
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    Replied To a Post in Need Help with Dev c++

    As indicated by deceptikon, with the leading double quote, it is legimate C++, but not GOOD C++ code. The newline tokens will not flush the output stream. Instead of the …
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    Good post Mike2K! Got an up-vote from me for that... :-) We run Linux servers for our production systems, exclusively, mostly CentOS 6.x - we have thousands of physical servers …
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    Please be more clear. You want a program to use for training programmers? Or something else?
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    Replied To a Post in How to install Centos 6.4 by pendrive with windows dual booting ?

    Honestly, I do not recommend dual-booting operating systems. I have found it to be prone to serious problems. Myself, I use a virtual machine manager, such as VirtualBox, to create …
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    Not quite right JorgeM, I think! (Caveate Emptor). I think the poster is referring to an internet domain, such as xyzzy.com. He has registered his domain (xyzzy.com) and wants it …
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    NP. Hope my information was helpful to you. Personally, I'd love to say we (Nokia - soon to be Microsoft) had a proxy browser for the iPhone, but it would …
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    There is also enterprise linux, such as Suse (mentioned by Mike2k) as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its clones, CentOS, Scientific Linux, and Oracle Linux. RHEL and Oracle …
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    Replied To a Post in How to delete file with SYSTEM permission

    Personally, I think they should rename it as "Not-so-safe Mode"! :-) That is a good way to fubar your system... Hopefully you verified that this is not a file critical …
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    FYI, I manage a couple of AWS accounts that incur expenses in excess of $10,000 USD per month, each. This (out-going data costs) is something I have to report to …
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    Your Windows partition should still be ok, but the boot loader is fubar. You need to boot into the recovery image and then restore the Windows boot image: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/32523/how-to-manually-repair-windows-7-boot-loader-problems/ The …
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    You can install the OS on a RAID, but I generally don't recommend that unless it is a mirrored (RAID-1) configuration (for redundancy to protect from a single disc failure). …
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    First, install the the 2GB DDR2-800 in the A2 slot (assuming the current one is in the A1 slot). See if that works. If so, then, install the 1GB SIMM …
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    Your posts are not particularly enlightening (so to speak). I assume you are having difficulties starting your computer. Have you tried holding down the power button for at least a …
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    I think Reverend Jim gets the punnage award for the week! So, what punnagement would be appropriate for that? :-)
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    It the OP manages to do this it would be the very definition of a cache cow.
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    Replied To a Post in Vector is different for every class instance!

    @AD & tinstaafl :-) Goes to show - any three good programmers will generally come up with 3 valid approaches to any programming problem! :-)
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    Too much code, and not enough information. What is the "drive" function supposed to do, for example? What do you mean by a "recursive" quick sort? Do you mean a …
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    > I found out the way C++ passes arrays around (via a pointer) makes finding the end of the array impossible! That's true, but you can keep track of how …
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    This NOT good! This is better: class car { . . . public: car(double mpg = 0.0, double capacity = 0.0); . . . }; Car::Car(double mpg, double capacity): mpg(mpg), …
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    Replied To a Post in How to change an original class member variable?

    Yes, it is an instance variable, and only affects the instance you set it in. Make it a class static variable, and that should do what you want.
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    Do note that I don't try to solve all of your problems in one post. However, I do try to get you to see where some of your *fundamental* problems …
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    Well, here is one problem (starting at line 140): vector<TYPE> convertToVector(Node<TYPE> *Ptr) { Node<TYPE> *currPtr = headPtr; while (currPtr != NULL) { int i = 0; vector<TYPE> list(count); list[i] = …
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    You do the work. We help you fix it. Don't ask us to do your homework for you - that is cheating! :-(
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    Rik, if you want to run FreeDOS, run it in a virtual machine. It thinks it owns the hardware, so DO NOT try to run it directly on your computer. …
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    Better! I might change "Informs Availability" to "Answers Query", though that is a nit-pick... :-) So, just do a review to be sure that you have covered all the points …
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    Overall, I think you did pretty well on the interview questions, though you are correct that #9 could have been handled better, such as mentioning that GC in Java has …
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    "Never mind - God I why do I always figures this crap out right after I post?" Probably because we all figure out our errors right after we ask someone …
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    What James said. In addition, there are abundant sources of documentation on how to implement b+ trees on the web, and in printed books. Try some Googling on your own! …
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    @ Ancient Dragon I would suggest that the students vector be a static member of the Student class, although your suggestion is also valid. However, having it a static member …
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    One of the easiest cyphers is a simple xor substitution of the source text with letters from the passphrase. You iterate through the source and the passphrase (password) and xor …
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    Replied To a Post in Converting numbers to words in C++ using SWITCH Statements!!

    @ Red Goose Your comment "You're doing the calculations before you're getting the number, and since num will be 0 at that point, tens digit and ones digit will always …

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