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Comment on How do you delete something of yourself that is on google? by Packie of Yahoo! Answers

Packie of Yahoo! Answers — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:13:23 +0000

You can’t delete it off of Google. You can only delete the video. This means if you posted it on http://www.youtube.com then you must delete it there.

NOTE: Sometimes when you search for it it is still there, but when it is clicked it will say either “This URL cannot be found” or “This video is no longer available”.

Comment on What is the best basketball game for wii? by pacman

pacman — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:05:19 +0000

NBA 09 is a fairly good one. use this link and read some reviews on the site.

Comment on What is a great computer that will be able to hold massive amounts of games? by saetern_khae

saetern_khae — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:04:17 +0000

I personnaly would build one if you think your up to it. Parts can be ordered off newegg.com

your question with computer holding alot of games is just the hard drive itself. just because your hard drive can hold the games doesn’t mean you’ll be able to play them cause of a weak video card and processor.

if you are looking to buy one prebuilt. there are tons of companies out there

digital storms online
cyber power
ibuypower
dell (xps series)
alienware
etc etc

Comment on What basic HARDWARE requirements do I need if I want to open a business online like a Tourist Info website? by Andrew S

Andrew S — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:03:16 +0000

There are far too many variables. Actually serving a simple web site is not too hardware intensive if traffic is at low to moderate levels. Many web sites get practically no traffic and can easily be served by a regular office PC that isn’t even dedicated to the task. Even a few thousand hits a day equates to well under one per second which is not going to appreciably load up a system.

Things start getting more demanding when you have active pages - created from database queries or whatever. Then you start getting into territory where a dedicated machine becomes more and more desirable. Even then it does not have to be particularly fancy, but measures that improve the reliability of your system (ECC memory, UPS, redundant disks and power supplies) may be needed to improve the availability of the system. Ultimately serving light to medium traffic web sites is not a computer-intensive task.

Things only get challenging when you are talking millions of hits per day. More important is your internet connectivity. You need good speed and a large amount of bandwidth available once you start getting non-trivial levels of traffic.

Comment on could you give me directions on baking a frozen apple pie? by Blue

Blue — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:59:50 +0000

Heating up boxed food isnt really rocket science, when in doubt go w/ 350 and cook it til its done . . . . its a freakin pie not raw chicken.

Comment on What was the last thing you bought at the Hardware Store.? by Twi§ted Ne§§

Twi§ted Ne§§ — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:58:29 +0000

Tape measure

Comment on How can you update the Linux kernel without an Internet connection? by linux_dude

linux_dude — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:39:12 +0000

there may be a way but I just get the newest OS and install fresh after backing up my goodies some say is far simpler

Comment on What wireless internet cards work right out of the box for the linux ubuntu operating system, i need to buy on by l d

l d — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:34:25 +0000

If you have a computer with a wireless card already installed, install Ubuntu, then after everything is set up and running properly, click on System, Administration, hardware drivers. If you can enable non-free drivers for your hardware (wireless modem AND video) do so and see if your search is over.

If not, http://www.google.com “wireless ubuntu 8.04 compatible” should get you the info you seek.

Comment on Where and How to I start on my Security Clearance in the Army? by quasar

quasar — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:33:57 +0000

if you dont know that how the hell did you get that far?? god help those under you if you can not do the research can you do the job you have???????? or do you rely on others to do your job

Comment on What would be a good free software development package for windows? by Ruan Caiman

Ruan Caiman — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:24:08 +0000

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Express Edition is a free download, and is what most Windows-specific developers use, and the built-in debugger is really nice (haven’t used many others, so I can’t compare)

http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/default.aspx

Check out the creators club -

http://creators.xna.com/en-US/

There are a lot of other tools, most free stuff is based on a cygwin + gcc install (cygwin is a unix-like command line for Windows), and MinGW is pretty popular for gcc amongst oss folks (minGW adds a layer that lets cygwin programs use Windows calls). The local Community College uses this setup along with a decent front-end for some of their classes.

Usually if I’m doing a short console program, I’ll just write it in a text editor (either Notepad++ or cygwin-based emacs) and compile it command line with cygwin’s gcc. If I’m doing something more complex, I’ll use Visual Studio.

http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html - mingw front-end that local CC uses.
http://www.mingw.org
http://www.cygwin.com - when you install, either do the “full” install, or a custom install and go in and enable all the development packages.

If you are looking at a specific project, check whether they use CMake - it can target either one pretty easily. If they aren’t using CMake, look for a .sln file in their source tree - that would mean they’re using Visual Studio.