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    Router Drops Downstream Speed to ~9mbps

    I just signed up with a new ISP that has pre-wired ethernet in my building. When I connect the cat5 directly from my computer to the wall jack, I get speeds of around 50mbps down/50 mbps up. However, when I connect my NetGear WNDR3400 in between, my downstream drops to ~9mbps, but upstream is...
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    Floyd's Cycle Finding Algorithm

    This might turn out to be a rather naive math question, please bear with me... I have a question regarding Floyd's Cycle Finding Algorithm, specifically the choice of the value at which to increment the hare pointer by. For those unfamiliar with the algorithm, you can find an explanation...
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    What's the Job Market Like Near SF?

    I just recently graduated with a Bachelor's in Computer Science and was wondering if it would be worth it to move near San Francisco to look for a job if there were more opportunities there. Otherwise I would stay here and be making a decent salary. Does anyone know what the job market is like...
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    Thinkpad owners

    Over the course of my experience with desktops, I've gotten very comfortable with 1280x1024. I've also noticed that I'm quite fond of the the higher widescreen resolutions on the dell notebooks. And since I'm considering purchasing a notebook, I just wanted to know if the 1024x768 resolution...
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    Anyone up for Chinese Chess?

    anyone?
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    Anyone have experience with Geek Squad?

    I'm wondering if I should start recommending Geek Squad for ppl that ask me to clean their computers from spyware/adware. Are they helpful? Are they actually capable of going into the registry and fixing things without screwing things up or will they just recommend you to format?
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    What would be the best way to do this?

    I have a program that's runnable from the linux command prompt. I put that program on a machine running apache. I want to make it so that when a user visits a webpage hosted by that server, they can run that program on the machine remotely. I'm thinking cgi, but is that the best solution...
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    Ipod users: Does anyone use Anapod?

    http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/
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    Anyone wanna proofread my PHP?

    Anyone wanna proofread my PHP script and school me in stuff like readability, whether or not its well written, formatting, industry practices, etc.?
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    How to add a local file to Internet Explorer Trusted Sites??

    How do I add a local file to Internet Explorer's trusted sites do I dont have that annoying active x prompt whenever I'm running my own page?
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    Cell phone lovers check this out

    http://www.desktopmobiles.com/about.html
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    How much does your girlfriend/wife spend on clothes per season?

    Computer does not count as a girlfriend or wife and add ons such as peripherals do not count as clothes.
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    Java/C#/C++/[insert language here] brackets

    Curious to see which one people prefer and why: 1. public method { ... } 2. public method { ... }
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    Multi-Core Processors

    Does anyone know where I can find good sources or well written articles about implementing multi-core processors? I know I could search for it but a few personal recommendations wouldn't hurt.
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    How are islands connected to the Internet?

    Do they run a physical trunk line under the ocean to the backbone?
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    Anyone know of a good national bank that offers free checking with no direct deposit or minimum balance?

    SunTrust currently offers that but I'm looking for a bank I can access while I'm traveling.
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    Java: How do I Create a Jar with Class Files?

    I have a few class objects that my program uses, but I dont have the source for them. Is it possible to create a Jar file with these? If so, how do I go about doing that? Edit: Nevermind I got it.
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    What to get someone starting college?

    My cousin's starting college at UT Austin and I don't know what to get him. I don't see him much since we live about 6 states away. I don't know if he'll be living on or off campus. I don't know if he's going to get a desktop or a laptop. I know there are lots of high schoolers here, what...
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    I'm looking for an accessory

    Question: Has anyone heard of an accessory that will let you keep a belt in place? Scenario: Some of my slacks' belt hooks are too far from the free end of my belt so that when my belt is buckled, the end is sticking out. I'm looking for something that will clip it or hold it in place...
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    Who makes the Mazda 6 engine?

    Is it manufactured by Mazda themselves or does it come from another company?
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    On Logging dynamic IP's

    Is there a way to log a dynamic IP to a txt file everytime the computer renews? I was thinking a windows script, maybe?
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    Linux Driver Issue

    I have a driver written specifically for a unique piece of hardware. This driver was written for redhat 8. But now I'm trying to install it on redhat 9, but it won't work. I don't know how to write linux drivers. Is this an impossible scenario? Or can I find another distro that might be...
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    How do I get apache to exlude php.txt files?

    Anyone know how to get apache to leave php.txt files alone and just have them be plain viewable instead of executed?
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    Windows XP Professional Admin Passsword

    I installed XP for my girlfriend awhile ago and had tweakXP set to auto login. Now I dont remember the password, is there a way to recover/overwrite this?
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    Quick Question on Upgrading

    System in question: 1000mhz/133mhz Tbird IWILL KK266Plus Mobo 2x256MB pc133 Kingston Value Ram ATI Radeon 9200 1x40gig 7200rpm Maxtor hd WinXP Pro SP 2 I just want apps to be able to start faster and run smoother on it. It's not used for gaming much but does run sims 2. The limit...
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    Online Literature for Windows Application Programming?

    I'm just starting programming applications for win32 and was wondering if anyone here knows of any good places to start. I'm looking for any documents that have good information on windows forms, APIs (besides MSDN), and maybe a couple of sample codes.
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    Quick Math Question

    What's the formula to find the prime factorials of "n!" ?
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    Line Graph Program for Windows?

    I'm looking for a win32 program that will plot simple line graphs.
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    Prim95 Error; Won't run past 5 minutes.

    I have a Barton 2500+ that's OC'd to 3200+ on a N7FS-2, and I'm running a small FFT torture test only. I have had this system for almost a year, and although I haven't suffered from any crashes or freezes, I can't seem to get past 5 minutes in Prime95 without it halting on an error. The CPU...
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    On PHP and HTML Forms...

    I am writing a drop down menu in php, and I want to pass the updated selected option as a variable into another function in blah.php. But I haven't found a way to get it to work yet. Does anyone see anything wrong?
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    Linux: apachectl - Command not found

    I can see both httpd and apachectl right there in the directory with my own two eyes. But it keeps giving me a "command not found" message when I try to run it. I've tried ./apachectl and /usr/local/apache2/apachectl and I get the same thing. It used to work before. I'm not sure what...
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    Help on installing linux libraries

    First, I did ./configure somephpversion, and it told me that libxml2 is not 2.5.0 or greater. So I downloaded and gunzipped libxml, tarred it, did ./configure and it said: checking for libxml-2.0 >= 2.6.1 glibmm-2.4 >= 2.4.0... Requested 'libxml-2.0 >= 2.6.1' but version of libXML is...
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    What's the best way to install php on apache 1.3 on linux?

    What's the best way to go about installing php on apache while keeping cgi functionality?
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    Need some advice on a solution

    I'm working on a web app for a professor. I have some cgi files written in C from a couple of years ago, and I need to write a script that parses those cgi files and then take in some input from the user and post the variables back to those cgi files. I originally wanted to stay with cgi and...
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    How to locate apache folder on linux?

    I know that apache 1.3 is running on the server, but I can't find it anywhere including the usr/local directory. Does anyone know where it might be?
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    Noob stuck with Perl/CGI

    I have blahblah.cgi in the cgi-bin directory. The chmod is set to 755. The perl command line is correct. perl -wc blahblah.cgi reports syntax OK It's a simple scipt with the following code: Any one know how to make the server error 500 go away?
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    I need a Front-End/Back-End Language Suggestion

    What language (Javascript, perl + cgi, etc.) will be best for the purpose of scanning a directory on the server for all *.xxx files for certain variables, then returning the variables onto a webpage in a form that will allow the user to fill in values for the variables?
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    Small Java Problem

    Whenever I try to compile the attached code, it gives me: test2.java:45: non-static method getValue() cannot be referenced from a static context numberz.setValue(numberz.getValue() + x); ^ test2.java:45: non-static method...