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I've always wanted a device one can carry around (here in the UK) say a distance of a few miles, and have it record at least specific points on the route. It would give you your displacement from a given point in three dimensions, when you pressed a button on it. The problem is I have a feeling these will be designed for companies that can, and do, invest a lot of time and money surveying ground, and would therefore be prohibitively expensive. It's only an interest of mine, so I could do with one on an absolute shoestring - and the spec's not too high I hope. Thanks. Grandiose ( me, talk, contribs) 14:54, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
I recently bought a 6 year old laptop, and the seller said that it hold charge only for a minute. He is indeed right, when the green light is on , indicating the battery is full, it retain charge only for a minute. Strange thing is, evne when plugged in, the green light turns to orange, meaning battery is not full and starts charging again. In other words, it somehow loses charge even when powered and the laptop is on use. It is a lithium ion battery and i read that freezing it could revive it, im thinking i can put it in the freezer in the coldest temperature for a day.
Do I have to wait till it dies or can i freeze it right away?. should it be completely drained before i freeze it?. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.99.136.3 ( talk) 15:29, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
On Windows, when you delete a html file it automatically deletes it's resource folder for css and images etc. How does Windows know to delete this, and is there away way to stop it? 82.43.88.151 ( talk) 15:40, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
Is there anywhere a list of all these damn dlls and what they do?-- 88.104.82.31 ( talk) 18:53, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
Alright guys, I have a Dell Latitude 620 laptop. And the graphics rendering is so slow it's hideous: even Hulu takes up my full processor (games are bad enough I can't play either). is there any way to upgrade one's graphics card on a laptop? Any recommendations? Oh and it looks like I do have a slot open on the left, which I assume is PCMIA or whatever it's called. Magog the Ogre ( talk) 18:59, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
Could the performance possibly any worse than what I have right now? Magog the Ogre ( talk) 20:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
I am in no way a "gamer", but it would sure be nice to be able to... play some games. Actually I'm using Ubuntu, so I can't run dxdiag. But I'll give you a dump of lspci, which displays all of my controllers:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01) 03:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ601/6912/711E0 CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller (rev 40) 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
I also don't have a clue if my drivers are up-to-date; normally Ubuntu's software center handles that automatically though. Magog the Ogre ( talk) 03:26, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks so much, your help is great appreciated. Magog the Ogre ( talk) 22:53, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
I recently created a new wiki page, Fariborz Maseeh. I'd like to include a photo of him. How do I do that? Kfmwork ( talk) 22:00, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
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I've always wanted a device one can carry around (here in the UK) say a distance of a few miles, and have it record at least specific points on the route. It would give you your displacement from a given point in three dimensions, when you pressed a button on it. The problem is I have a feeling these will be designed for companies that can, and do, invest a lot of time and money surveying ground, and would therefore be prohibitively expensive. It's only an interest of mine, so I could do with one on an absolute shoestring - and the spec's not too high I hope. Thanks. Grandiose ( me, talk, contribs) 14:54, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
I recently bought a 6 year old laptop, and the seller said that it hold charge only for a minute. He is indeed right, when the green light is on , indicating the battery is full, it retain charge only for a minute. Strange thing is, evne when plugged in, the green light turns to orange, meaning battery is not full and starts charging again. In other words, it somehow loses charge even when powered and the laptop is on use. It is a lithium ion battery and i read that freezing it could revive it, im thinking i can put it in the freezer in the coldest temperature for a day.
Do I have to wait till it dies or can i freeze it right away?. should it be completely drained before i freeze it?. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.99.136.3 ( talk) 15:29, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
On Windows, when you delete a html file it automatically deletes it's resource folder for css and images etc. How does Windows know to delete this, and is there away way to stop it? 82.43.88.151 ( talk) 15:40, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
Is there anywhere a list of all these damn dlls and what they do?-- 88.104.82.31 ( talk) 18:53, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
Alright guys, I have a Dell Latitude 620 laptop. And the graphics rendering is so slow it's hideous: even Hulu takes up my full processor (games are bad enough I can't play either). is there any way to upgrade one's graphics card on a laptop? Any recommendations? Oh and it looks like I do have a slot open on the left, which I assume is PCMIA or whatever it's called. Magog the Ogre ( talk) 18:59, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
Could the performance possibly any worse than what I have right now? Magog the Ogre ( talk) 20:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
I am in no way a "gamer", but it would sure be nice to be able to... play some games. Actually I'm using Ubuntu, so I can't run dxdiag. But I'll give you a dump of lspci, which displays all of my controllers:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01) 03:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ601/6912/711E0 CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller (rev 40) 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
I also don't have a clue if my drivers are up-to-date; normally Ubuntu's software center handles that automatically though. Magog the Ogre ( talk) 03:26, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks so much, your help is great appreciated. Magog the Ogre ( talk) 22:53, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
I recently created a new wiki page, Fariborz Maseeh. I'd like to include a photo of him. How do I do that? Kfmwork ( talk) 22:00, 6 August 2010 (UTC)