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Can I limit the times of day during which Folding@Home can access the Internet, while allowing it to run an already downloaded work unit anytime? Neon Merlin 00:22, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Why do IP adresses change almost every single day and then stay for about a month, then change again? (Yes, I know I am very inquisitive) Teak the Kiwi 03:05, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Could someone please direct me to a program (hopefully free) that displays the proxy settings on a computer. Thank you 195.194.74.154 08:37, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I was wondering about making magnetic stripe cards for my business, and I found what looked to be a good deal. I found what looks to be one for really really cheap, but I'm finding it referred to as a reader only and a reader/writer in different places. The part number is ST1044UB. I've found it referred to as "Cherry ST-1044U, Smart Card Reader/Writer with USB interface." and "Cherry ST-1044U Magnetic Stripe Credit Card Reader" on the same page! Can anyone tell me if this writes cards or not? Also, if not, can anyone suggest a writer in the $100-ish range? Thanks! Koriar 08:39, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
What program do I use so that I can right click on a file and select the MD5SUM option and get the MD5SUM? It has to be in the context menu - no drawn out "wizard" nonsense or commandline whatnot. Thanks :) -- Seans Potato Business 14:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Md5summer Type=Application Exec=bash -c 'md5sum $@; read' $@ Terminal=true Name[en]=Md5summer
What's the deal with the $RANDOM function (is it a function? Not sure what it is) in bash? Does it have a memory? I mean if I do "echo $RANDOM" twice in a row, will the result of the first affect the result of the second? Just curious. Thanks. -- 130.88.52.54 19:24, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
sub TIESCALAR { bless [] } sub FETCH { rand } tie $my_random, "main"; print $my_random; # really calls FETCH() print $my_random; print $my_random;
A long time ago, Microsoft decided to stop supplying OEM discs in a bid to combat piracy (don't really see how that should work). I had to pay an extra £70 to Time Computers Ltd (rip off, I know) for a "Restore Disc". On the second use, it failed to work and I was left with an inoperable computer. A friend got me a copied disc but when I tried my key, it wouldn't work. This is perhaps because it was a Pro CD whereas it ought to have been Home? Can I use any old pirated XP Home CD with my key or will it need to have come from Time Computers? I don't feel that what I'm doing is very illegal since the key has been paid for. I gave up with contacting Microsoft when they cut me off about 20 minutes or so into my call. -- Seans Potato Business 19:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
We have a Belkin router for our PC and we think its crap, how do we uninstall it? -- Hadz Talk 19:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
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Can I limit the times of day during which Folding@Home can access the Internet, while allowing it to run an already downloaded work unit anytime? Neon Merlin 00:22, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Why do IP adresses change almost every single day and then stay for about a month, then change again? (Yes, I know I am very inquisitive) Teak the Kiwi 03:05, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Could someone please direct me to a program (hopefully free) that displays the proxy settings on a computer. Thank you 195.194.74.154 08:37, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I was wondering about making magnetic stripe cards for my business, and I found what looked to be a good deal. I found what looks to be one for really really cheap, but I'm finding it referred to as a reader only and a reader/writer in different places. The part number is ST1044UB. I've found it referred to as "Cherry ST-1044U, Smart Card Reader/Writer with USB interface." and "Cherry ST-1044U Magnetic Stripe Credit Card Reader" on the same page! Can anyone tell me if this writes cards or not? Also, if not, can anyone suggest a writer in the $100-ish range? Thanks! Koriar 08:39, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
What program do I use so that I can right click on a file and select the MD5SUM option and get the MD5SUM? It has to be in the context menu - no drawn out "wizard" nonsense or commandline whatnot. Thanks :) -- Seans Potato Business 14:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Md5summer Type=Application Exec=bash -c 'md5sum $@; read' $@ Terminal=true Name[en]=Md5summer
What's the deal with the $RANDOM function (is it a function? Not sure what it is) in bash? Does it have a memory? I mean if I do "echo $RANDOM" twice in a row, will the result of the first affect the result of the second? Just curious. Thanks. -- 130.88.52.54 19:24, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
sub TIESCALAR { bless [] } sub FETCH { rand } tie $my_random, "main"; print $my_random; # really calls FETCH() print $my_random; print $my_random;
A long time ago, Microsoft decided to stop supplying OEM discs in a bid to combat piracy (don't really see how that should work). I had to pay an extra £70 to Time Computers Ltd (rip off, I know) for a "Restore Disc". On the second use, it failed to work and I was left with an inoperable computer. A friend got me a copied disc but when I tried my key, it wouldn't work. This is perhaps because it was a Pro CD whereas it ought to have been Home? Can I use any old pirated XP Home CD with my key or will it need to have come from Time Computers? I don't feel that what I'm doing is very illegal since the key has been paid for. I gave up with contacting Microsoft when they cut me off about 20 minutes or so into my call. -- Seans Potato Business 19:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
We have a Belkin router for our PC and we think its crap, how do we uninstall it? -- Hadz Talk 19:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)