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| | Hi I want to run a chess tournament that uses Android tablets as the input for each player. These tablets will be placed on a table, where at the end of the table there will be a pc running Ubuntu. The tablets will communicate with eachother using Bluetooth. The tablets …  |
| | Why I want this, is because this is my passion project that I have been want to do this from a long time and I want to get my hands dirty with using the lowest programming language level. Like machine code (binary code). I don't mind if this project is …  |
 | After the latest MS update (22) My bluetooth quit functioning. The icon is there and it is available in settings. The problem is it will not pair with any external bluetooth devices. It will search but never connects with anything ie; keyboards, mice, earphones. Microsoft support could not fix it. … |
| | I've contacted Microsoft support, Asus support and sony headphone support. I have sony wh-1000xm4 Bluetooth headphones when paired with zenbook up6502z the left and right audio channels are reversed, when paired to any other device the audio is correct, only on the zenbook, tried reset, drivers, headphone firmware, and everything, …  |
| | So I got this laptop from a friend Awhile back have never been able to bypass the admin and recently found out she got it from her old collage but I have no way to contact them to get the collage name or password. Is the a way around this? |
| | In a system implementing paged segmentation, the size of logical address is 42-bit where aprocess can have maximum 128 segments and the page size is 512-bytes. Page table entry size is 4-Byte. Physical address space of the system is 128KB. Compute : i.Maximum number of pages per process ii.Size of … |
 | (short version of the story) I'm using Kubuntu in BIOS Legacy State as this was the only way I could see USB option in Boot Menu (F12). And it was the only way I could install Kubuntu from USB, from boot. I "burned" USB using OEM Windows 10 and told … |
| | guys please tell me with your expertise that which operating system(windows or ubuntu) gives a better interface for creating and executing child programs..# |
| | Hi guys, Vin here. I just like to ask if it is possible to dual boot two different operating system with different architecture(64 bit/32 bit)? My current os is windows 7 hp 64bit and I would like to dual boot it with windows xp 32 bit.... Here's my computer specs: …  |
| | For those interested in operating system development, this snippet tests status of A20. It is the line that allows memory beyond 1 meg to be addressed, otherwise it will just wrap around which some applications and versions of DOS depend on. My bootloader **MBR1_44** has switched system to protected (*32 … |
| | I am currently troubleshooting a utility that I have been working on. The main file of the utility is below. Please not that `flatten_dict` and `makerows` are seperate files and functions, respectively. My objectives are to: * Recursively traverse a directory - done * Find XML and text files only … |
 | Hi Has anyone of you having a problem opening firefox , google chrome and thunderbird since yesterday? coz almost all of our unit that is running in ubuntu and Zorin OS are experiencing the same bugs.. i already tried updating and upgrading the OS but still having the error and … |
 | [URL="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/poll/index.cfm?action=showresults&pid=3228421"]A new poll into Operating System popularity by a British computer magazine[/URL] has revealed that an incredible 37 percent of respondents are still using Windows XP. That's more than Windows 7 which managed to woo 30 percent of the folk taking part, and Vista could only garner a pretty poor … |
 | Hi. With `$u_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];` i can get the users information but i just want to echo the OS that users use, something like: Linux,Ubuntu How can i get this out from the $u_agent variable? |
| | hi guys i've written an bare OS and now im trying to go a little furthur and create a very simple GUI for it . but i have no idea how to create such a thing . my os is running in text_mode though i can change to some other …  |
| | Hi friends. With `datetime.datetime.now()` or `datetime.datetime.today()` i can get the current date (English calendar) for my program but what about if i want to get the current date (from Persian calendar) for my program; then what should i do? As my pc os date is set to English calendar so … |
 | A simple way to find out a Python module's location on your drive.  |
| | Hello. I'm using Linux OS, Python 2 and the last version of Kivy framework. Here i have 2 files that i have typed them exactly as what i watched on a kivy tutorial video. Fist file is "main.py": from kivy.app import App from kivy.uix.scatter import Scatter from kivy.uix.label import Label … |
| | Hey guys, so I'm creating this webapp that creates a QrCode based on informations given by the user, decodes QrCodes and creates a log. I would like some tips, like QrCodes, Image processing, Getting SubImages libraries and API's. I'm using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. This webapp will be able to … |
| | I know there are benchmarking programs that exist, but I've decided that as an exercise, I want to try and create some sort of simple benchmark program to test schedulers of my Raspberry Pi (CFQ, noop, deadline). I have been switching the schedulers and testing some linux commands using time … |
| | Hi, I have migrated OS from XP to win8.1. Earlier in my VB application, I was sending email thourgh my outlook object. set outapp = createObject("Outlook.application") but now I am getting error "ActiveX Compponent Can't create Object." as i have migrated my OS. is there any other change in code? … |
 | What do you mean by a critical section? A critical section is a piece of code of a process that accesses a shared resource that must not be accessed by more than 1 thread of execn. 1.a thread is smallest seq of programmed instrns and process is made of many …  |
 | i have two hard drive both have windows 7...is it possible to put it in 1 computer?please help  |
 | Hi everyones! I have explore and development on many programming languages as C++, python, perl, java(a little bit) and Assembly (a little bit),and web languages like html, javascript(a little bit) and PHP. Now I'm wanna create my own OS. My OS will have a simple boot file as starting up …  |
| | i am having a bsnl wll phone model no ct800p with a usb port for connecting the same with my computer operating with windows 7 and while i am trying to connect it for internet it shows the driver not installed and the device manager doesnt shows the modem. How … |
 | CESG, the UK government's arm that assesses operating systems and software security, has published its findings for ‘End User Device’ operating systems. The most secure of the lot? Ubuntu 12.04. For the full article see [here](http://www.zdnet.com/uks-security-branch-says-ubuntu-most-secure-end-user-os-7000025312/)  |
| | Hey all, I have the following code that is working fine; basically it finds all files on my desktop and then prints the specific ones that I am looking of. I save all files to my desktop and the files contain the clients name so I figure once a week … |
| | Microsoft knows it has to do something in order to claw back some kind of market position, not now but five years into the future. The culture of computing is changing amongst the young and hip consumer, and it's moving away from the Microsoft Windows-centric vision of the past. While …  |
 | Is there any way to start an application with python and count how much time does it take to completely load, any idea if I can do it with os.syste, or subprocess.Popen ? |
| | Hello, I've got a question about a project in my operating systems class. The task was to create a program that lets the user choose a variety of cpu scheduling algorithms and simulates them with random data or data from a file. I've already done it for first come first … |
| | I am trying to load the help on each method into a QTextEdit in PyQt4 how can I have this variable hold help on a method, example: `data = os.system('python -c "import sys; help(sys.path)"')` but data value contains `0` |
 | Hi All, THis is just a basic question about Wine. How many use it on Linux and how many are happy with it? I've seen mixed reviews about Wine on the internets so I thought I would ask the only tech community that matters. I just installed it because I … |
| | Anyone creating an OS with Python (Tkinter)?  |
| | **NOTE** This code won't work at the application level. It directly addresses memory at 0xB8000 which will result in a segfault at the application level. This code must be part of an OS or an application in a not-so-secure operating system like DOS, where applications can directly address any part … |
| | Yesterday while browsing the web, I stumbled upon a blog where the author had written a post regarding what a computer scientist should know, in that list he had given links for further reading. One of these links was to a website [nand2tetris](http://nand2tetris.org/) where the goal is supposedly to build … |
| | After windows xp microsof launched windows vista and it got failure. Then win 7 got succeed and between some controversals they launcehed win 8. So i would like to know abot win 8 feed back.  |
 | The EE Times [URL="http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=CK0UKKNE0NKJCQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=213402554"]reported[/URL] earlier this week that the Dell E4200 and E4300 laptops are running both Linux and Windows on the same machine. Why both you ask? The Linux OS provides a quick boot for checking email and other "light" computing duties while the Windows side allows "heavier duty" … |
 | Come on then guys, one of the gratest wars of technology and IT - whats the best operating system and why? |
| | If you thought, or indeed hoped, that the Google Chrome OS would be a thoroughly modern marvel running web apps only then you are about to be disappointed. It would appear that even the brave new future of the OS cannot escape from the legacy of Windows. According to a …  |
| | which one is better? |
| | I am having trouble having redirection working with the ability to hit enter and remain in the same shell. My problem is if user types: ./a.out < foo.txt (where foo.txt contains a command like date) I want to execute that command and exit the shell.However,if the user compiles the code …  |
| | According to IT security outfit Kaspersky, which has just [published details](http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792255/Kaspersky_Security_Bulletin_2012_The_overall_statistics_for_2012) of the information security landscape as it was shaped during 2012, 99% of all mobile malware threats now target Android devices. With 6300 new mobile malware samples discovered every month on average across 2012, Android has become the focus …  |
| | Hi, I have recently finished building my own computer and am wondering what operating system to get. I was thinking about getting Linux mint 14 because it's free and I like the layout. Ive also heard that there are very few viruses as well. The only thing is that I …  |
 | We are planning to develop a small embedded product, which will be touch-screen and loaded with few applications which we will develop. Those applications will be contacting a database through wi-fi, and displaying data, and also update the database sometimes. The available flash or ROM memory will be limited, around …  |
| | This is my motherboard: K8NGM2 Series MS-7207(v1.X) Micro-ATX Mainboard i have: 1.4 GB of ram and 80 GB of HDD. and i want to know if i can install windows vista in it. can someone help me with this? something to upgrade? |
| | I'm trying to install XP-Pro on a IBM T42 and when it gets to the point where it wants to restart, it just stops there. From that point I just get a blank screen. |
 | Hey everyone, So i've been doing some reasearch and I can't seem to find the answer to my problem anywhere. It could also be that I don't really understand the articles I find in google but I figured I'd ask here since everyone is always so helpful. So for a … |
 | How to configure dual boot OS(win7 and ubuntu 12.10)?  |
| | Hello, Somenone that know osclass script, can hel me to customization search bar. I try to edit inc.search.php but I don't know how can I obtain this result: [Click Here](http://i50.tinypic.com/3537gwi.png) In this search bar tou can see 3 menus: What, Where (with city) and Category. Thanks to all  |
| | Hello ! I m an engg. final year student and have been preparing for my final project. I have selected a topic to develop a web OS (Online Desktop) using HTML,JS,PHP. I require ur suggation whether my topic is good.Help me with some suggation and any tutorial or source code … |
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