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    ATOT lurkers unite!

    I didn't even sign up for the first several years I read the forums... I think I started visiting in 2001. *Sigh* mistakes, mistakes.
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    Kobe is japanese for GOD

    I thought it was Hawaiian for fish.
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    Vista Junctions and Java Folder Recursion

    For a program I'm writing in Java (1.4), I need to be able to traverse a file system hierarchy. The typical way to do this is to start at a root, use listFiles(), and for each file in the returned array that returns true on isDirectory() recurse. Unfortunately, while this works great in *nix and...
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    Antec Neopower

    I have the Enermax Liberty, been running it for about a year now. It's quiet while running, and I haven't had any problems with it (then again, I'm not running anything really taxing; a few hard drives and optical drives and an old ATI x800, so I don't know if more draw would cause it to...
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    Looking for a Computer Architecture book...

    That link is Patterson and Hennessey. This is Hennesssey and Patterson, a much, much bigger tome. Not recommended for beginners. ;-) Edit: As a side note, I recommend Patt's book as a pretty good intro; it uses a made-up processor, but gets the basics down for you -- starting from the...
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    C - Printing bool true and not 1

    My two cents: Mod is an extremely expensive operation, and unnecessary in this case. Use "(num & 1)" for true when odd, or negate for even. =D
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    Algorithm questions. See if you can get these!

    Base of logs doesn't matter... Edit: Sorry, mjia beat me to it...
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    WTF is WWYBYWB?

    SPIDER!!! LOL ROFL!!! :P
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    i need a angry song

    Slipknot - Wait and Bleed. Korn - Inja. I'm not sure if these are actually angry songs; they sound angry. They could be talking about puppies and cinnamon, though. Edit: Gaa... Ricemarine beat me to the Slipknot one.
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    Linux GUI

    Fluxbox.
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    Physics jokes

    Not really physics per se, but since physics uses calculus, I figured it's appropriate. These are both (adapted) from bash.org as well (entry 265529). Calc pickup lines: Hey baby, I wish I were your derivative, because then I'd be touching all your curves. Hey baby, I wish I were your...
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    Anyone here know basic C++?

    Double, at least with the compiler I'm using. Wrap sizeof() around the expression, you'll see you get 8 bytes as your answer (sizeof(float) is 4). Curious, though; you're the first person I've *ever* seen use a C++ style cast instead of the old C casts (just placing the desired cast in...
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    In linux, is there any way to set the window behaviour of certain buttons?

    Depends on your window manager, and even then it can vary based on what theme you're using. Some themes in KDE and Gnome allow for this, for instance; I'd say just root around through various configs to see if you can't find anything. If you're lucky, there'll be a nice GUI for it; if not, be...
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    spooky ai

    Interesting thought you have there: the first true AI would be a worm or virus. Would the original human programmer even be necessary? Do viruses have security holes? If so, there are enough floating around out there that they could randomly interact; one virus attaches itself to another, then...
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    What are Pixel Shaders/Vertex Shaders?

    Wikipedia states what a "shader" is very nicely: "a program used to determine the final surface properties of an object or image." To elaborate on this, vertex shaders are custom-written programs that affect how vertices (where lines of polygons meet) are aligned and lighted in 3D-space (they...