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    First laptop purchase for engineering/software development/small business

    Hey, I am finding myself in need of a notebook. I've never owned one before as everywhere I go has had a desktop handy, but now I'm finding it more common to work in laboratory environments and otherwise away from home. This is what I need: * Reasonably powerful CPU - I use everything...
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    Comments on a simple research question... go figure.

    If I have any critique, it's that the question seems pretty broad to answer. It might be better to phrase the question such that it could be answered with a yes/no type response with a stated CI. For example, "Do humans today have the technology to begin extraterrestrial colonization inside the...
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    Question about inverse laplace transform

    I'm only somewhat versed in this (a couple comm systems/dsp style 4000/8000 level EE classes), but AFAIK the whole thing about residues is they are an easy way to calculate analytic (holomorphic) functions and they make finding the contour integral easier, when the analytic function has...
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    Question about inverse laplace transform

    ?? Plain as day - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauchy_residue_theorem Heh. ;) It doesn't seem that tricky, residue theorem just gives you a simple, predictable expression to sum residues if you know certain things about your curve (e.g. that it is rectifiable). Where is the disconnect for...
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    How to delete W7 RC1 files after W7 install?

    Okay, so my current computer is running Windows 7 Professional (x64), installed to my C drive. Previously, I had it set up so that WinXP Pro was installed on C, and then I had installed the Windows 7 RC1 on a separate drive, drive E. This was set up as a dual boot. I'm sure I made a mistake...
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    Planning storage config for new build - advice

    Well, it must be a tough question! So far, I think this is what I've got - * Performance/Applications drive - 1x OCZ RevoDrive 120Gb * OS/system drive - 1x Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb * HDD Raid - 4x WD Digital Caviar Blue 640Gb OR Seagate Barricuda 12 1TB * SATA Controller - Mobo w/...
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    Planning storage config for new build - advice

    In about May or June I will be building a new PC around SNB. I want to totally revamp my very aged storage config, which consists of 3 HDDs, two of which are over 4 years old. I may retain one of the drives which is a ST3640323AS (Seagate 640Gb) for data backup if I can find a good 5.25...
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    Best <$200 "holdover" GPU?

    Well, I went for the Galaxy 460 GTX, based on the price factor and because I feel that for my limited display resolution anything more powerful is probably overkill. Also I doubt I will have time to play anything more this semester than Mass Effect 2 and that game performs substantially better...
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    STEAM sale: What did you got?

    So far: BioShock 2 DeathSpank Super Meat Boy The Witcher: Enhanced Edition The Polynomial Mass Effect Mass Effect 2 (Digital Deluxe Edition) Star Wars: KOTOR Serious Sam HD 1 & 2 Fallout: New Vegas The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom
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    Best <$200 "holdover" GPU?

    I currently have a 9600GT which is really starting to feel inadequate for some of the new games I've acquired over christmas (woohoo!). I want to upgrade, but here's the deal. I will be building a ground-up new PC around June as a college graduation present (from me, to me). That will be a...
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    Software for custom startup profile

    Hmm, not exactly. This was more like something where you want a specific startup profile for one application, you would define it and associate it with that application, then you could initialize the profile from within this application and it would restart windows with the settings, and...
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    Software for custom startup profile

    I am looking for a piece of software which I had previously had installed on a different computer. Basically, the program allowed one to create a startup profile that would only launch certain windows services and programs. You could run it from a regular windows startup, and it would...