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TuxDave

TuxDave

Lifer
Oct 8, 2002
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Originally posted by: sleepmachine
Originally posted by: htmlmasterdave
Originally posted by: TuxDave
Originally posted by: htmlmasterdave
Originally posted by: TuxDave
Originally posted by: hatim
seems like 30 ppl here suck at maths ;)
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Dammit... I just realized that after I clicked it. That limit is undefined.
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It's not really undefined. 1/0 is undefined and has no answer. That limit approaches infinity ;)
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Not really. The limit will have different solutions depending on which direction it approaches zero (from the negative side or the positive side). Since you didn't specify which direction, that limit of approaching zero is undefined.
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A limit exists if it exists from both sides. Since it exists on the postive side of zero and negative it also exists.
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The limit must exist from both sides AND both must approach the same limit for the limit to exist. Otherwise, the limit does not exist.

The lim from the left exists. The lim from the right exists. But the limit at 0 does not.
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DING DING DING!
 
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upsciLLion

Diamond Member
Feb 21, 2001
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It's kind of nice because there's this hot girl that works in Academic Advising who gets a lot of it and always asks me to come up and remove it for her.
 
KLin

KLin

Lifer
Feb 29, 2000
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Originally posted by: upsciLLion
It's kind of nice because there's this hot girl that works in Academic Advising who gets a lot of it and always asks me to come up and remove it for her.
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sounds like she's got nothing better to do than surf the 'net all day ;)
 
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kuk

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Jul 20, 2000
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Why was the icon for this thread replaced by the word 'Rating'??
 
Cerb

Cerb

Elite Member
Aug 26, 2000
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Yes.
Slows PC: check
Reduces usefulness of PC: check.
Can get on Win2k/XP PCs with Guest Accounts: check.
Can keep a PC from logging on when removed: check.
Can keep a PC from getting in the internet when removed: check.
Can keep 9x machines from booting when removed: check.
Can use browser bugs to install themselves (illegal): check.
Waste tech's (me) time and energy running the same anti-spyware programs over and over: check.
Talk about themselves (FI, Claria copr) as though their 'clients' are willing participants, rather than people wondering WTF is wrong with their PC: big check. So I can get paid for fixing it...it isn't enjoyable, though, or even slightly intellectually engaging.
 
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dman

Diamond Member
Nov 2, 1999
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Originally posted by: htmlmasterdave
I'm going to pick the last option.... I think it's probably one of the worst/annoying things that can happen to your machine, for a lot of people it's destroying the internet for them.
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Personally I hate it, but, it makes for good side business. Eventually SW companies will make it more difficult and users will get smarter. SP2 is a step in the right direction.
 
Chaotic42

Chaotic42

Lifer
Jun 15, 2001
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The limit as x approches 0 of (1/x) does not exist.
Do you mean "The limit as x approaches 0+ of (1/x)"?

Edit: Points are undefined, limits either exist or they don't.
 
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htmlmasterdave

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Jul 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
The limit as x approches 0 of (1/x) does not exist.
Do you mean "The limit as x approaches 0+ of (1/x)"?

Edit: Points are undefined, limits either exist or they don't.
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sigh, lol, sure, x approaches 0+, now everyone can be happy ;)

 
Chaotic42

Chaotic42

Lifer
Jun 15, 2001
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Originally posted by: htmlmasterdave
sigh, lol, sure, x approaches 0+, now everyone can be happy ;)
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I've been doing this everyday for the last two weeks. It's getting to me.

That and oxidation numbers. Stupid NO3 (-1).

 
StageLeft

StageLeft

No Lifer
Sep 29, 2000
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Last option. I installed ad aware this morning and was thinking exactly about how much I hate spyware and I was going to make a thread about it. I detest spyware as much as if somebody came in my car and stole my CDs. To me it's something more than an annoyance. It's like a violation and an intrusion on my life and privacy. I feel informationally raped knowing that it's on my comp, even though I have nothing to hide. I would like to see some spyware makers end up in the gutters poor, dejected, and alcoholic, losing everything of import in their lives.
 
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imported_hscorpio

Golden Member
Sep 1, 2004
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Originally posted by: Ladiesnhan
I hate it soo much. Especially when friends ask me to fix their computer because it's slow at surfing the internet and I scan it and Spybot reports over 300 different adware on the machine.
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I just scanned my gf's family pc yesterday with adaware and removed 1011 objects :Q. I couldn't believe it. Her family of 4 all use the pc and they all have administrator accounts. No firewall, no antivirus whatsoever.

Worst part is her dad took the pc somewhere to have it "fixed" twice, yet it still had all this spyware. I offered to help but he didn't want me to install any programs that would mess it up more :roll:. So I did a covert adaware/spybot install for my gf's sake.

 
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sharkeeper

Lifer
Jan 13, 2001
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The worst offenders are the ones that latch on to the TCP/IP files. None of the programs can remove them and you will still get ads even when running in safe mode with network support!

You have to clobber the TCP/IP sockets and re-installl them to get rid of those buggers.

CWShredder is also gone belly up if you can believe that. :|

It all leads to the source of the problem in the first place. PEBKAC. People need to be informed and use a browser and/or settings that won't allow surreptitious installation of malware.

They have already gotten around the popup blocker in MSIE/SP2. Ridiculous.

I vote 6.02x10^23 if such an option was available.

Cheers!
 
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ProviaFan

Lifer
Mar 17, 2001
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It's no problem on my systems, since I keep them clean and don't install stuff (or use stuff, like IE) that would load spyware. However, I still ****ing hate it because I have to clean it off friends' and relatives' computers with all too much frequency. :|
 
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vexingv

Golden Member
Aug 8, 2002
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i've had to do system restores twice this week to get rid of crap i dont even know how i got on...
and i run spybot every night and adaware once a week!

i'm getting fed up that i like using my mac laptop b/c of the lack of spyware on that platform
 
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