goldenratiophi
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Crap.
So... what should I do? Just turn it off? And will I still be able to restart the Linux installation?
Just hit the restart button on your computer. If you don't have one, turn it off and turn it on. You should be able to restart the installation.
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...The Code Book by Simon Singh? It's a great book about code/cipher history and a good tutorial for different types of encryption/decription.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1714680,00.asp
Microsoft wants to claim the internet!
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Yay! They work again!
I never even noticed that they stopped working.
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The way I see it is that because of the Earth spinning, one should hit the ground nanoseconds before the other.
That's what I was thinking.
And also:
What direction was the wind blowing?
How hard?
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and this is why the probability of getting heads when you flip a coin doesn't always equal the probability of getting tails
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Install Firefox for them and replace the IE icon with a Firefox shortcut that has the IE icon on it, and configure Firefox to look + feel exactly like IE, and they won't notice the difference.
Good idea.
But then the'd see the "Mozilla Firefox" thing at the top.
But wait.... the Firesomething Extension can make it say "Microsoft Internet Explorer"! w00t!
PS: I installed firefox on her computer a while ago, but she just doesn't use it.
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AoPS uses LaTeXRender
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Let's say I want to say HELLO in 8-bit ASCII. That would be 0100100001000101010011000100110001001111. Now would I write that in base-10 as 310400273487 or 072069076076079 something else? I'm learning about RSA encryption and for some strange reason, everyone only encrypts one-character messages
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http://hohle.net/scrap_post.php?post=23&m=full
Here's an article comparing completely wiping a hard drive from windows and linux.
Noteworthy things:
a. On windows, no password is required to wipe your drive. Just walk up to it and type 'del /F /S /Q ' and your computer is dead. Linux is safer here
b. Linux completed total hard-drive destruction in 1 minute. Windows took 20. Linux wins again
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Decimals can be done in a base other than ten. For example consider 1/2 base 10. That is equal to 1/10 in base 2, or 0.1.
Very interesting. Also, it's interesting how on p. 11 of the Art of Problem Solving Volume 2, it tells how math really relates to music. Just one interesting paragraph:
Notes played together either "sound good" or they don't. This sounding good corresponds to the frequency of one tone being a nice multiple of another. Two tones an octave apart have frequencies differing by a factor of two, like middle C (256 Hz) and the next C up (512 Hz); two tones a major fifth apart have frequencies in the ratio 3/2, as C(256) and the next G up (384). On the other hand, tones with nasty frequency ratios (say 31/17) sound displeasing, in part because the ear hears not only the two frequencies, but an artificial beat frequency resulting from the times when the two vibrations are in sync. -
I can't even convince my mom to stop using IE. I'll send her this article. Pretty good
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I think d.amn small Linux is something else
Actually, that's what Darn Small Linux is really called. But, I just used darn.
PS: I like your avatar
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And I was very very very pleased with Knoppix.
Don't you mean DSL, Darn Small Linux? DSL is made by Knoppix, but Knoppix has regular linux distrobution.
About the signature:
I only copied one part - the GIMP part. I'm not sure where I got the quote, but it sounds like what a Microsoft salesman would say. Microsoft puts more effort into sales-pitch than they put into their actual products...
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Finally... Dnas is leaving that evil evil evil microsoft world... congrats! Be happy!
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RC1 seems to be significantly buggier than PR.
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Exactly!
I'm still using 1.0PR. I thought about upgrading to RC1, but I think I'm just going to wait for the big release on the 9th.
The release is on the ninth?! SHWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!
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Anyway you forgot to put an option for not having Firefox (honestly some people hehe)
Well, seeing the poll, they need to immediately rush out and get it!
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If you use Firefox, what version do you have? I just learned that 1.0 RC1 was out, so I just upgraded to that. And now most of my extensions don't work... grrrrrrrrr.....
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I really hate that thing. I'm really stressing out when I have that thing in my hands.
I know! I'm trying to do it without looking at the online solution. I can solve the first layer, but I've been spending days on the second layer and I CAN'T GET IT!!!!
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128MB seems good enough for me.
128MB
-6MB (actual formatted capacity less lol)
-88MB (linux)
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34MB for school files! Pretty good...
EDIT: Darn! (small linux
) It only works for windows and Linux! And I have a mac! Oh well. I'll just use my mom's Windows laptop -
I don't see a mirror at new york though.
Oh well. The Florida State server isn't too bad. 38kb/sec
better than the one at Purdue.
lol... it shouldn't be that slow...
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Oh those!
So that's what they're called.
Really annoying how the FAQ on the Knoppix site is dead. Oh well. archive.org works.
lol... there is a Knoppix mirror at Purdue University which is within walking distance from my house.
funny... despite the fact it's so close, it's downloading at a ridiculously slow speed. currently 10kb/sec and it's still getting slower.
I'm trying another server. It shouldn't take that long, should it?
I usually download stuff from New York, New York, and it usually downloads at a speed of about 300KB/sec
What version of Firefox do you have?
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Funny story:
At my 7th grade lunch table, there is someone who really loves Xbox games. He asked me "Guess what comes out tomarrow!" I replied "Firefox 1.0!" Everyone was confused
(the answer he wanted was Halo 2 btw)