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    movedata() function

    tfinch2: apologies I believed the first site I read, my mistake, have now seen that it is a standard command in string.h Reading the manual again, I says that the 4Kb of memory on the board is Dual Port Ram, and when it is plugged into an IBM-PC a portion of the DCX's memory appears in the...
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    movedata() function

    hello, I'm (attempting) to write a driver for a motion control board for use in player/stage robot server. player stage site I have written most of the driver but cannot work out how to address the motion control card (which is fairly major!). I have a programme which works in windows...
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    C++ serial help

    Hello, I'mdoing a master in mechanical and mechatronic engineering, for my project I am creating/designing the motion control system for a mobile autonomous robot. I have inherited an old robot with a vey old motion control card, I have worked out how to programme the card from the examples...
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    Webber grills

    my mate brought a weber charcoal bbq the other week, i abusd him for spending quite so much, tho now have used it for a week (he's gone home from uni and left it with me (damn nice bloke)) i love it got a chimney for lighting the coal using just paper, its so quic and simple!
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    the agp bus

    i have found that by slightly under clocking my laptop i get better battery life, now i know that the agp/pci bus (mines a dothan on 855 chipset) cannot be pushed too high by overclocking the fsb, is the same true for underclocking? just wondering before i push it too far! cheers
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    damn business law, finance and quality is jus boring

    hell yeah i agree, i'm a second year mech eng in newcastle uk, and i need 60% this year to get on the masters and i think i've been royally screwed by my business and law module, it just seems so pointless!
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    3 phase induction motor and synchronous one!

    got a book! so no worries, quite easy as it turns out
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    3 phase induction motor and synchronous one!

    well no, very good point mind! not enough time now either!! i have seen a quote which i strongly believe in which says ' buying textbooks is an insult to the wine industry' i use it as my motto, never mind, its going to be over by this time tomorrow, off to my mates house now.
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    3 phase induction motor and synchronous one!

    I have a horrible feeling this is in the wrong place but I'll give it a go anyway: I've got an exam coming all too soon on 3 phase motors, and one of the questions is draw the phasor diagram for synchronous and also draw circuits for induction motors that are simplified using Thevenin's...
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    using ms outlook with owa

    hi my university (newcastle uk) use Outlook web access running off MS exchange server 2003, i have outlook on my laptop, can i get outlook to download the messages from the 'website'outlook to my outlook easily?! would i have to be connected to the vpn? or (for when i'm in my student house the...
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    self cleaning ovens.. what do we do to make it clean?

    as part of my degree (mech eng) w got to go around an eectrolux oven factory (oh yes the joy!!!) anyway they make self cleaners and they have a cycle where it runs at a very high temperature to basically burn the holly smeg out of the dirt on the walls of the oven so it falls off, i guess...
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    Laptop Brands

    the samsung laptop i had (X10) was great and all the other ones i have seen would appear to be good too! tho sadly it wasnt immune to alcohol!! rip laptop
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    Ladies and Gents it is time for the ultimate game

    could sound french due to the fact that it comes from the french word 'colonel' and was deemed to be such a great word that it was promptly stolen by us english for our language!
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    Newcastle Brown Ale

    i live in newcastle, and hence have newcastle brown ale actually on tap, brilliant!! have to say that mc ewans 80'/ (thats shilling ) is a much better pint! cheers