Recent content by JaakRandmets

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    Traveling faster then the speed of light?

    yup, for velocities close to c you can't use simple addition of lengths of velocity vectors, you need to use: u' = (u + v)/(1 + (u*v)/c^2) so if you have train moving 0.9c and you throw something off the train in the direction of movement that also has relative speed of 0.9c (in the train...
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    Flash disk

    I think that read/write limitation is not entirely avoidable by using cache, different data is still being used often (booting up os, dling something to disk or reading some larger file, poor windows guys need to defrag, etc. etc.), cache can help to speed stuff up, but not to lengthen storage...
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    Putting Linux on my computer for the first time

    i suggest to install debian :) current sarge is quite easy to install, and you can actually learn some linux using it, not like with suse, where you even dont have to use console (you dont have to in debian, but its much more easier this way). You can install most of distros next to...
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    Microsoft says FireFox is not a threat

    and again I must say... "Opinions are like @ssholes, everybody has one",. It often comes down to personal taste, and it's very hard to convince people that <something_a> is better than <something_b> Although, in my opinion, FireFox > * > IE
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    PS2 Arcade style flight sims, and OpenGL v DirectX

    I can only reccomend you ogl, only thing dx has better than opengl is 2D rendering speed ogl takes up much less memory its easier to port game once its built it opengl opengl is faster and easier to code, dx is quite a cryptic
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    WHat kind of Computer bill gates has?

    I *was* going to say that... :laugh:
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    Microsoft aims at Google

    imho... IE became more popular than netscape mainly because it was shiped with windows, and there really is TONS of computer users who don't even know what browser is and are unknown of any alternatives. This is unlikely to happen with google / msn search, because... google simply is so...
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    NO IE connection after removing Earthlink accel

    scan for adware/viruses/etc. and then install firefox
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    Which messenger program to use?

    i personaly use gaim, its quite good (tho' i really havent tryed voice and webcam video out... check google if gaim supports them)
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    your software preferences

    browser: firebird chat: gaim as msn clone, IRSSI for my ircing needs audio: xmms and winamp2 emulated if i code avs antivirus: - ftp: ftp video: mplayer, vlc (vlc plays partialy dled stuff better) shell: bash desktop: GNOME
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    php: how should I go about sending info to a script and then using the result from it within another script?

    okay, you have 2 files: script A and script B A.php: <?php require_once("B.php"); //inclues file B.php to A.php, note you get function fubar from the second file $someval = 1; //assignes 1 to val echo fubar($someval); //1 as input to function and echos out value retured by fubar() ?>...
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    Why doesn't this JavaScript work right in Firefox?

    I think first you should (*cough*must*cough*) make your html code valid and then worry about why this or that doesn't work with x browser. i havan't coded javascript myself but I can say there is something wrong with you'r form: you have <input> but no form tag where (i assume) calories...
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    "Error loading Operating System" oh hell,

    ops [edit] could be hdd issue? tryed to scan it? what HDD you got? [edit2] http://www.computing.net/os2/wwwboard/forum/1437.html i hope this helps
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    Antivirus

    Im using AVG free edition, many say its not exactly the best antivirus out there, but it have never failed me :)