Shane_Warne

Is everyone familiar with this game? Just reply with the first word that comes to your mind when you think of the last word posted. You can't respond to the post with a comment, just the word that comes to your mind. It can only be a word or a …

OK -- You take the LAST word of the sentence and make a new sentence. EX: A man lived by the water. The Result: [b]Water[/b] the grass.

lets waste some web space by counting i will start us off 1

The game is as follows: You may change [I]up to two[/I] (2) letters in the given example by either: [LIST] [*]adding one\two letters [*]removing one\two letters [*]adding one letter, removing one letter[/LIST]Example: [LIST=1] [*]Ruin [*]Rain[/LIST]I will begin: [B]Flume[/B]

Hi all, Can you please tell me if there is a bash command in UNIX that is similar in functionality to XCOPY in Windows? XCOPY can copy who directory trees from a source folder to a destination folder, but from what I saw about the cp command in bash, it …

EDIT: Please note, as I write this, the post is now 6 years old and might have some outdated information. I'd personally recommend beginners start with "Learn C the hard way" by Zed and this book since I have heard good things about them. Reading the FAQ put together by …

This is an on going story, each post adds 3 words to continue the story (no more than three words). Try not to post two times in a row ;) ill start I like this...

ITs the vending machine yippie What you do: I'll start and I put somthing in ... [COLOR=SeaGreen]seaweed[/COLOR] so then the next person would post what the machine gives me and then he would put somthing in and[B] [COLOR=DarkRed]NO POSTING TWICE IN A ROW[/COLOR][/B]

ask a question that is answerable by yes/no, then the next poster will then ask another question. Are you sleepy right now?:?:

This or That? Choose which one and post a new choice. Speakers or headphones?

Post your tips for making life easier in C and C++. I'll start: [SIZE=3][B]Standard vector object initialization[/B][/SIZE] The biggest problem with the standard vector class is that one can't use an array initializer. This forces us to do something like this: [code] #include <iostream> #include <vector> using namespace std; int …

I was just having a look at the BBC new headlines today morning, when the talk about Yahoo and Microsoft potentially pairing up caught my eye. Obviously this was a step taken to curb the rise of Google in the web search market, and shares of Yahoo has gone up …

ok so awhile ago I was a "posting guru", now im "Nearly a Posting Virtuoso". whats next? and what are all the member ranks you can go through?

does anyone know where i can find a library for minimizing a function, given a set of parameters and contraints? (similar to Solver in Excel) i've searched around and found quantlib/solvers1d but am still at a lost of how to use it .. any help is appreciated, regards,

A very happy day of birth to all members having a birthday today :) gr8red,Anita,Tucker,tim,anderson,vtma71,v2c2sb5,wespyu,Glory2God,Kaditakitty,starsunited,Caesar Were AND odellcs HAPPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL!!

Hi, I am using windows , and I wanto know if there is any api that tells me if a directory exists in windows? Thanks , [I] Ishwar[/I]

Hi When I am doing installation Red Hat Linux Enterprises Edtion 4 in Compaq PIII, RAM 1GB, Hdd 20GB. After creating the partion one error message come, after formating the partion. Message :- not have enough disk space in you disk. Installation procedure stoped here. give me some tips for …

Hello all. :mrgreen: Hope to learn a lot of computer stuff from you all.