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    Replied To a Post in How to make Archived static Libraries (.a file)

    Also, there are gcc options such as -static to generate static libraries with GCC which will be passed to AR appropriately. That may be simpler for you.
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    Also, remember there are two MySQL api's for PHP. One is the mysql api (deprecated and no longer supported), and the newer mysqli api which is the currently supported one. …
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    Replied To a Post in HP 8460p with screen that goes purple zigzags.

    I'm having a similar problem with my Dell D630 (old system) laptop due to age issues with the display card and system board/bus. I was able to reduce the problem …
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    The main question is whether or not there is a tool chain for you to compile code for this DSP. I am not familiar with it so I can't recommend …
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    Replied To a Post in Question about Division in Java

    BTW, when he retired, Bruce was VP of engineering at SBC global (now AT&T).
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    Floating point math on digital chips is notoriously difficult, and you need to throw away the last bits at the least. My good friend and college buddy Bruce Ravenel designed …
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    If you are rounding up then your results should be 2.90, 3.50, and 0.80. IE, the first term is incorrect. There are standard algorithms for this which you can probably …
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    Every major distribution has a section of documentation called How-Tos or FAQs. They also have user forums which are great for getting questions answered like you will have. Then there …
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    You can move your photos, videos, audio tracks etc. to the SD card, and as mentioned, some apps can be moved to the card as well. Some will not allowed …
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    Replied To a Post in How to insert data to multiple entity in same time

    So, what exactly is your problem? Have you considered writing a stored procedure in the database that can take the relevant data and do those inserts within the scope of …
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    Are you using PHP on the server? If so, then you can load the data in the server, build the web page into a string variable, and then display it …
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    Oracle was developed for Unix systems which use a backslash as an escape character. Try either a forward slash, or a double back-slash. I haven't run Oracle on Windows systems …
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    Replied To a Post in error in parsing text files Java

    A syntax error has nothing to do with the data. If the println() function on line 128 is failing, then you did something wrong in the code before that line. …
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    It depends. If the embedded system is not real-time constrained, then any such can use cloud resources for database, heavy duty application processing, etc. If they are real-time constrained, then …
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    Also, if you don't get errors, a copy of your output would be helpful. You say at the bottom of your code that you assume you have a problem in …
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    Assuming you store the salted password in the database, why not use that to zip the files? If the user wants to access that data, then since they have been …
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    You can build Java apps via Make, assuming you instruct the Makefile to use the javac compiler and not C/C++, but these days Ant is most commonly used to build …
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    C++ is great for enterprise-class large-scale systems, but you need a good foundation in object-oriented design and software development. Personally, I don't think the language you start with is that …
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    Knowing more fully what you are trying to acccomplish would be useful.
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    1. Do a full cold shutdown - no sleep and no hibernate. 2. Restart the computer. 3. Get some compressed air and blow the dust out of the drive. 4. …
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    Replied To a Post in HOW DO I MAKE A FACE RECORGNITION PROGRAM

    @ddanbe - I took a course in neural network programming at MIT some years ago. The class instructor was a very bright young US Air Force Captain who used neural …
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    Replied To a Post in Which languages are used when developing softwares like word processing

    Open Office uses a lot of Java, as does Libre Office, but they also use C++. In the mid-1980's I was director of engineering for a company that wrote a …
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    Replied To a Post in Java interview exercise. Question regarding, 'packaging and communication'.

    For the communication of code design issues, and the wheres and whyfores of your code, do some research into javadocs. There are patterns of commenting code so that the javadoc …
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    Replied To a Post in HOW DO I MAKE A FACE RECORGNITION PROGRAM

    Anyway, you might find this interesting: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/12/run_but_cant_hide_scientists_brew_blurbusting_face_recognition/
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    Regular expressions like this can be more difficult to specify than doing something simple and obvious. IE, iterate over the string character by character and the first non-whitespace character has …
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    Replied To a Post in HOW DO I MAKE A FACE RECORGNITION PROGRAM

    Or you just go out and purchase a pre-canned solution - probably not cheap either for anything that works reasonably well.
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    Facial recognition is an extremely complex superset of pattern recognition. Even experts who have been working on and researching this field for decades are just now coming up with reasonable …
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    Replied To a Post in PSU not powering up with peripherals connected - WHY NOT???

    Sounds like a short circuit on the mobo to me. Some of those are hard to find if you aren't an experienced computer tech or electrical engineer.
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    Replied To a Post in lost my data when i restarted my pc

    Have you run chkdisk on these disks/partitions?
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    Replied To a Post in How to add spaces between numbers ?

    What rproffitt said. At the least, we need to see the code where you format and output your data.
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    Replied To a Post in Hello quick question about a hangman game in C++

    So, what is your problem?
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    Replied To a Post in Where to go after 1 year Computer Science having learnt basic Java and OOD?

    Don't just start by writing code. Yes, that is important, but more important is analysis, design, and systems modeling. Know what you want to do, in detail (analysis). Model it …
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    You need to redo lines 59-65 - the input is only taken once. It then becomes an endless loop unless you input 2 in the first place.
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    Read Niklaus Wirth's seminal CS text "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs". It has had an honored place on my bookshelf for many years.
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    Replied To a Post in How to read Hash from a text and compare it

    You don't indicate what hash algorithm(s) you are using. Most generate hash values as hexadecimal strings which you should be able to compare. I'm sure VB.net supports md5 as well …
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    One suggestion is that you always put the numeric value on the left side of the expression. That way, if you accidentally use '=' instead of '==', the compiler will …
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    You aren't providing enough information. Please post both pages here in their entirety.
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    What does the IDE log file tell you? Your post doesn't have enough information to help you.
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    1. What OS and version are you using? 2. What programming language do you want to use? 3. How is the modem attached to the computer? Is it a serial …
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    Replied To a Post in C++ help on pointers in structures

    We don't do your homework for you. You need to analyze the problem and provided code and then decide upon an approach. Until you do, and make the code enhancements …
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    Replied To a Post in What is the best free PDF Editor for Mac to edit PDF files easily on Mac?

    As long as the PDF is not locked, there are a number of free editors. Try a Google search to find one that suits you. You can also do a …
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    Replied To a Post in Is Smalltalk ready to make a comeback?

    Like James, I also did a considerable amount of Smalltalk development in the early 1990's. We were in the process of deciding whether to use ST or C++ for the …
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    BTW, what version of PHP are you using for this project? And did you install as a package, or build it from source?
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    Replied To a Post in Slow API response

    Also, a lot of web sites use multiple servers behind a "load balancer", most of which such as F5 devices, are round-robin and it is entirely possible for one request …
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    Replied To a Post in Binary string to base 36

    Have you tried to convert the hex string to bin (hex2bin()) and then to base-36? Or the binary string to base-36. In any case, it must be a pretty big …
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    Replied To a Post in Need some help with using one function multiple times with different return

    Ok. Show work! At least the function 'probsPerSet' has an argument signature that you can mutate to get different return types, such as: `void probsPerSet(int& result);` - your initial function. …
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    Replied To a Post in How does a server computer works?

    This is standard stuff. The main things are these: security, accessibility, security, security, security... :-) IE, don't try to do this if you are inexperienced in setting up internet network …
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    Replied To a Post in program for checking prime number in c++

    Not a good approach. Set up a Sieve of Aristhostenes array (I usually hard code a 10K array) for initial lookup - remembering that a%2 == 0 indicates the number …
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    Replied To a Post in Need some help with c++ functions (a lot of functions of combination)

    What AssertNull isn't saying (directly) is that you are breaking the KISS principal. :-)
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    I think you are also missing a terminating brace for the server `while (1)` loop. You are also missing a return value in server main. Even though the server never …

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