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I understand Wikipedia has List of people by name, but is there anywhere where I can download a list of male names as well as last names? I am making an online football name and because I am not EA, I don't have a complete list, so I want to generate random names. Ladies' football won't be available, sorry. :-/
The problem with List of people by name is that it doesn't actually list first names and last names. I thought of grabbing each name and using a regular expression to separate them, and I have software to remove duplicates and manage the files. But my regular expression coding sucks, so I'd rather find some lists online.
If the lists could be separated by nationality, that would be great, too.
x42bn6 Talk 03:54, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
I keep hearing these horrible rumours from people about my iPod nano, such as that it will break down after a million songs are played, or that it will explode if left in a certain degree of coldness. I have no way of knowing if these are true, or if my friends are simply attempting to scare me. Anyone have any input? Russian F 04:00, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
I just recently bought a new computer to replace my old, outdated one. There are quite a few extremely important files and a couple of small programs stored on the old hard drive that I really need to transfer onto my new computer. It's not really much, under 100 meg. The problem is my old computer doesn't even have a CD burner, so I can't do it that way. I suppose another option would be to upload it all to my Yahoo account, and then download it all to my new computer. But with my dial-up access that would probably take an eternity.
I know that "technically" I can remove the hard drive from the old computer and install it into the new one temporarily and then just transfer everything I want. I'm pretty sure I know how to do that, but my experience has been that every time I've ever tried to do something like that, though I may solve one problem, I inevitably create like seven new ones, so I've learned my lesson and I don't dare fiddle around like that.
I've gone to a few computer shops asking how this is usually done. I had expected it to be a pretty simple matter since it seems that almost everyone replaces their old obsolete computers with new ones every several years or so, and that they'd have a pretty simple answer. The really strange thing though is that at every shop I went to all they had was the same blank stare in their faces as if I was asking them for the answer to the meaning of life. It's really weird. I would have thought this type of thing is done all the time, whenever someone buys a new computer. Doesn't everyone do this when they get a new computer? Isn't this a pretty routine thing to do? It really doesn't make any sense to me.
Does anyone have any comments or suggestions about the whole thing? Thanks. Loomis 04:44, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks again, for all the comments and suggestions. I've actualy found a guy who'll do the whole thing for me for $30, so the problem's solved and now it's all just academic. But of course I'm still curious. One of you guys remarked that I have reservations about cracking open my new computer. I'm actually more concerned with my old one, as I'd like to keep it in working condition as a spare. The thing is that it seems that the newer the computer is, the more "idiot proof" it tends to be. I look inside my new computer and I see everything neatly arranged, whereas when I look into my old one, it's just a spaghetti-like mess of wires criss-crossing each other, some of them plugged into certain things, and some of them just hanging loose plugged into nothing. What happens is that whenever I try to rearrange the hardware in any way, some plug doing God-knows-what ends up getting unplugged, and of course I have no idea where it got unplugged from, and as a result the whole computer just stops functioning, and I end up having to bring it to a tech specialist who'll probably charge me more to fix it than the whole computer is worth. But now, as I said, they seem to be far more idiot-proof, so perhaps the next time around, when I buy another computer to replace this one, I won't feel so worried about messing around with the hardware installed inside the tower. Thanks again to everyone, you've been of great help. Loomis 02:19, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm trying to write a program for the quadratic formula, but it's not working properly:
I'm a Java programmer, so I know the concepts of programming. But not this particular programming language. So through trial and error, I have written this so far:
My first problem is that when I use example values when running the program (such as A=1, B=2, C=1, which is the polynomial x² + 2x + 1), it does two things.
First of all, it only returns one answer. Second, it returns -2.
So I have two problems, one is, I need to know how to make it display both roots. Second, I need to know how to make it display the correct roots. (-2 is obviously not a solution, since it evaluates to 1)
Help? It has stumped me. -- Ķĩřβȳ ♥ Ťįɱé Ø 08:11, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
*It appears that your parens don't divide -B by 2A. Fix that. fixed.
*There is sometimes only one root, when B² = 4AC. You can check for that in the program or just print out two identical answers. This is the case in your example. I want both to be printed out.
*The roots are sometimes complex or imaginary, when B² < 4AC. Check for that and either print an error or add code to give imaginary and complex solutions. My calculator is already set to a+bi form, so this is not a problem.
*The quadratic formula can't be used if A = 0. Check for that and solve by other methods, if true. There's no reason to do so, because I'm only going to be using this program myself, and the scope of the program should only be quadratic equations.
*I would call the variables X1 and X2, not X and Y, that's confusing. I don't know how to do that. The closest I can get is Y1 and Y2.
And I still need to know how to print out both roots and not just one of them. Thanks for your help though. -- Ķĩřβȳ ♥ Ťįɱé Ø 09:31, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
:Disp X :Disp Y
Uh why did you erase my response, KSmrq? .... Annyway, read my response at that link, and also to address the concerns above (almost everyone is steering you wrong): You cannot arbitrarily name variables, you must use A-Z or Theta. Y1, Y2, etc are used to define functions that can be graphed or manipulated with the graphing functions. You don't need to worry about advanced algorithm concerns: at the very most, check if the descriminant is negative and print an error rather than having it print a cryptic answer in terms of i. To do this, do something like (I'll assume you're reasonably programming-intelligent):
:If (abs(D)=D) :Then :Disp "NEGATIVE","DISCRIMINANT" :Stop :End
Just put this somewhere before you take the square root of D. Good luck, and like a said, post on my talk page for help -- froth T C 20:33, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
:Prompt A,B,C :(-B+√(B²-4AC))/2A→X :(-B-√(B²-4AC))/2A→Y :Disp X,Y
:Prompt A,B,C :Disp (-B+√(B²-4AC))/2A :Disp (-B-√(B²-4AC))/2A
:Prompt A,B,C :√(B²-4AC) :Disp (-B+Ans)/2A,(-B-Ans))/2A
How come Firefox has suddenly decided to display web pages ( Wikipedia, BBC) incorrectly, as in it's only showing the bare bones. Is it not recognising css for some reason? How can I fix it? I have redownloaded Firefox but it still doesn't work properly.
IE is working fine. — Dunc| ☺ 10:33, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
firefox -ProfileManager
to open the profile manager)? Usually firefox problems are tied to the profile, which isn't overwritten when you reinstall it. You can also try the
safe mode (firefox -safe-mode
). --
cesarb 14:11, 23 September 2006 (UTC)When it is working what is happening inside the processor?
Have you tried reading Wikipedia's CPU article? -- Ukdan999 12:47, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Since functions are in global scope, would it be a bad thing to do something like:
string getABC() { return "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"; }
instead of just puttng a string declaration outside of a function?
-- froth T C 18:15, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Is it possible to normalise mp3s without a further loss in quality?
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I understand Wikipedia has List of people by name, but is there anywhere where I can download a list of male names as well as last names? I am making an online football name and because I am not EA, I don't have a complete list, so I want to generate random names. Ladies' football won't be available, sorry. :-/
The problem with List of people by name is that it doesn't actually list first names and last names. I thought of grabbing each name and using a regular expression to separate them, and I have software to remove duplicates and manage the files. But my regular expression coding sucks, so I'd rather find some lists online.
If the lists could be separated by nationality, that would be great, too.
x42bn6 Talk 03:54, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
I keep hearing these horrible rumours from people about my iPod nano, such as that it will break down after a million songs are played, or that it will explode if left in a certain degree of coldness. I have no way of knowing if these are true, or if my friends are simply attempting to scare me. Anyone have any input? Russian F 04:00, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
I just recently bought a new computer to replace my old, outdated one. There are quite a few extremely important files and a couple of small programs stored on the old hard drive that I really need to transfer onto my new computer. It's not really much, under 100 meg. The problem is my old computer doesn't even have a CD burner, so I can't do it that way. I suppose another option would be to upload it all to my Yahoo account, and then download it all to my new computer. But with my dial-up access that would probably take an eternity.
I know that "technically" I can remove the hard drive from the old computer and install it into the new one temporarily and then just transfer everything I want. I'm pretty sure I know how to do that, but my experience has been that every time I've ever tried to do something like that, though I may solve one problem, I inevitably create like seven new ones, so I've learned my lesson and I don't dare fiddle around like that.
I've gone to a few computer shops asking how this is usually done. I had expected it to be a pretty simple matter since it seems that almost everyone replaces their old obsolete computers with new ones every several years or so, and that they'd have a pretty simple answer. The really strange thing though is that at every shop I went to all they had was the same blank stare in their faces as if I was asking them for the answer to the meaning of life. It's really weird. I would have thought this type of thing is done all the time, whenever someone buys a new computer. Doesn't everyone do this when they get a new computer? Isn't this a pretty routine thing to do? It really doesn't make any sense to me.
Does anyone have any comments or suggestions about the whole thing? Thanks. Loomis 04:44, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks again, for all the comments and suggestions. I've actualy found a guy who'll do the whole thing for me for $30, so the problem's solved and now it's all just academic. But of course I'm still curious. One of you guys remarked that I have reservations about cracking open my new computer. I'm actually more concerned with my old one, as I'd like to keep it in working condition as a spare. The thing is that it seems that the newer the computer is, the more "idiot proof" it tends to be. I look inside my new computer and I see everything neatly arranged, whereas when I look into my old one, it's just a spaghetti-like mess of wires criss-crossing each other, some of them plugged into certain things, and some of them just hanging loose plugged into nothing. What happens is that whenever I try to rearrange the hardware in any way, some plug doing God-knows-what ends up getting unplugged, and of course I have no idea where it got unplugged from, and as a result the whole computer just stops functioning, and I end up having to bring it to a tech specialist who'll probably charge me more to fix it than the whole computer is worth. But now, as I said, they seem to be far more idiot-proof, so perhaps the next time around, when I buy another computer to replace this one, I won't feel so worried about messing around with the hardware installed inside the tower. Thanks again to everyone, you've been of great help. Loomis 02:19, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm trying to write a program for the quadratic formula, but it's not working properly:
I'm a Java programmer, so I know the concepts of programming. But not this particular programming language. So through trial and error, I have written this so far:
My first problem is that when I use example values when running the program (such as A=1, B=2, C=1, which is the polynomial x² + 2x + 1), it does two things.
First of all, it only returns one answer. Second, it returns -2.
So I have two problems, one is, I need to know how to make it display both roots. Second, I need to know how to make it display the correct roots. (-2 is obviously not a solution, since it evaluates to 1)
Help? It has stumped me. -- Ķĩřβȳ ♥ Ťįɱé Ø 08:11, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
*It appears that your parens don't divide -B by 2A. Fix that. fixed.
*There is sometimes only one root, when B² = 4AC. You can check for that in the program or just print out two identical answers. This is the case in your example. I want both to be printed out.
*The roots are sometimes complex or imaginary, when B² < 4AC. Check for that and either print an error or add code to give imaginary and complex solutions. My calculator is already set to a+bi form, so this is not a problem.
*The quadratic formula can't be used if A = 0. Check for that and solve by other methods, if true. There's no reason to do so, because I'm only going to be using this program myself, and the scope of the program should only be quadratic equations.
*I would call the variables X1 and X2, not X and Y, that's confusing. I don't know how to do that. The closest I can get is Y1 and Y2.
And I still need to know how to print out both roots and not just one of them. Thanks for your help though. -- Ķĩřβȳ ♥ Ťįɱé Ø 09:31, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
:Disp X :Disp Y
Uh why did you erase my response, KSmrq? .... Annyway, read my response at that link, and also to address the concerns above (almost everyone is steering you wrong): You cannot arbitrarily name variables, you must use A-Z or Theta. Y1, Y2, etc are used to define functions that can be graphed or manipulated with the graphing functions. You don't need to worry about advanced algorithm concerns: at the very most, check if the descriminant is negative and print an error rather than having it print a cryptic answer in terms of i. To do this, do something like (I'll assume you're reasonably programming-intelligent):
:If (abs(D)=D) :Then :Disp "NEGATIVE","DISCRIMINANT" :Stop :End
Just put this somewhere before you take the square root of D. Good luck, and like a said, post on my talk page for help -- froth T C 20:33, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
:Prompt A,B,C :(-B+√(B²-4AC))/2A→X :(-B-√(B²-4AC))/2A→Y :Disp X,Y
:Prompt A,B,C :Disp (-B+√(B²-4AC))/2A :Disp (-B-√(B²-4AC))/2A
:Prompt A,B,C :√(B²-4AC) :Disp (-B+Ans)/2A,(-B-Ans))/2A
How come Firefox has suddenly decided to display web pages ( Wikipedia, BBC) incorrectly, as in it's only showing the bare bones. Is it not recognising css for some reason? How can I fix it? I have redownloaded Firefox but it still doesn't work properly.
IE is working fine. — Dunc| ☺ 10:33, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
firefox -ProfileManager
to open the profile manager)? Usually firefox problems are tied to the profile, which isn't overwritten when you reinstall it. You can also try the
safe mode (firefox -safe-mode
). --
cesarb 14:11, 23 September 2006 (UTC)When it is working what is happening inside the processor?
Have you tried reading Wikipedia's CPU article? -- Ukdan999 12:47, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Since functions are in global scope, would it be a bad thing to do something like:
string getABC() { return "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"; }
instead of just puttng a string declaration outside of a function?
-- froth T C 18:15, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Is it possible to normalise mp3s without a further loss in quality?