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(...) I've solved it myself now, so no worries! ;-) Fredrik (23 years ago, 23-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: DVD players (Was: Re: From a mailing list)
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(...) I replaced more than a few, I guess, but I certainly didn't try to replace everything. Although I guess I should, for those things I really like, as I haven't watched a single one of my pre-recorded VHS tapes since I bought my DVD player (...) (23 years ago, 23-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Arg, I can't remember how to solve an equation like this: a = b sin (x) - cos (x), where x is in the first quadrant, and a and b are known factors. Can anybody help me, please? That would have been great! Fredrik (23 years ago, 23-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: DVD players (Was: Re: From a mailing list)
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(...) Yes, I got a chance to play with a DVD version of The Matrix at a friend's house on a really really big TV with Dolby surround. Pretty amazing.... (...) We would have to decide WHICH room/VCR gets it though... Family room, where the kids watch (...) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It just did...and I had to turn the monitor off and back on for the image to come back. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I was wondering if any of you could give me some advice on the odd behavior of my monitor (Compaq 700T Trinitron)... A few months ago, right after the warranty expired, my monitor started randomly blinking off and back on about once every couple (...) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) If it's really important, and you have access to it, I would recommend going the Acrobat route...then you have zero cross-platform issues with the forms, and can build your database from there. You will need the full Acrobat package, of (...) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I've been volunteered to build a website for a conference that is being held on my college campus. The website will have a registration page so that the attendees will be able to register online. Sounds easy, right. The space I have to host the site (...) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Problem with Brickbay?
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In my opinion, more of the blame should be directed at Microsoft for their lack of planning and security. I am just amazed at the amount of viri spreading lately, and NOT 1 has affected me using RedHat Linux. Given the resources Microsoft has, there (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Now that we have a range of pictures...some thoughts...
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(...) Hmmmph. Beaten by a VIC-20. My Apple ][+ had 16K, 10K of which was ROM. But then I had my TI-59 calculator with magnetic card reader and a whopping 960 (floating point) bytes!! Nyak, nyak!! Like to see *you* write a micro-chess (5x5) game on (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: English question
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(...) It means A/B. ---...--- TWS Garrison tgarriso@math.purdue.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I have a question about the English language. If I say "the ratio of A to B," does this mean (in mathematical notation) A/B or B/A? Or something completely different? Fredrik (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) (URL) have been a couple bumps along the way getting stuff up, but the support is very fast (I usually get an email reply within 24 or fewer hours). You get a ton of stuff for what you pay too. (Subdomains, MySQL, PHP, etc...) And if you need (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | New Bill expands the DMCA
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I just read this article on Wired.com, about a new bill to expand the DMCA: (URL) will force manufacturers to place copy protection on all electronic devices that deal with digital media. In addition, this supercedes Fair Use, and sounds to me like (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) $9.95 a month with unlimited transfers, dedicated ip, telnet access etc. One shell email account is provided with five mailboxes. It seems they are offering RealAudio server setup for free as well. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) ... (...) I'm giving (URL) a go at the moment, I have only just signed up for it, so I can't give you a big thumbs up yet, but it seems reasonable. Another one I have found that looks good is (URL) again I can't really tell you what they are (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hey Y'all: This is off topic, but may be of interest to those looking for web hosting for their MASSIVE lego sites... A friend of mine, a celtic folk harpist, is looking for a service to host her website which I will be helping her design and (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Nbd. (...) [snip] (...) Just to be completely clear - I should have written "VBA Macro". Which is within Excel. But this approach would be harder than using [h]lookup. (...) Umm, I don't know about this one. Other than making sure you've got (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Thanks Steve (...) Trying to keep it simple and within one package. (...) thought about- didn't want to go there (...) neat idea! (...) again- I'm trying to stay within excel. It's wierd- I've encountered so many people in the sciences who haven't (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Christopher Tracey writes: [snip description of problem] (...) Here are some options: 1. Use MS-Access instead. 2. Brute force it, using a formula with a nasty set of nested =if() functions, like (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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