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(...) r = sqrt[(A^2/8D + D/2 - B^2/8D)^2 + B^2/4] where: A = chord 1 length B = chord 2 length D = perpindicular distance between A and B or you could search on cyclic quadrilateral and solve for r using that mess, simplifying for the quadrilateral (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I am just guessing, but don't 4 points uniquely (over) determine a circle, because any 3 noncollinear points actually uniquely determine a circle? If you can calculate the radius from any 3 non collinearpoints you can do it from this info as (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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The way I show my gratitude when I receive informational help from people is by shamelessly exploiting their knowledge again, so here goes: If I know the lengths of two chords of a circle, both of which are smaller than the diameter and which are (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Fixed it - fan had stopped working and it was an alarm on the mainboard. That also explains why it was hot to touch after just 30 minutes :( Dan (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I have a laptop that starts making a continuous tone when it's turned on. I have tried removing all PCMCIA cards and it doesn't help. Sometimes the tone has little variations in it - sounds a bit like a modem, but there's no modem built-in to the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Only if the other species attacks by trying to bite the enemy's eyeballs. (Yes I know that you saw it coming. I know you did. HA!) LFB (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Just like the look of these, thought I'd share the story! (URL) by this excerpt: They are designed to "herd" with their kind and battle with other species by, as Tilden himself put it, "stomping on the other one's head." Is this guy related to (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That's cool too, but Dan's "DIR > FILE" suggestion worked, since I had to monkey around with the information. I played with the output file and came up with what was needed. Thanks all the same! Dave! (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) pretty close, it should be: dir >LPT1 This might not work over a networked printer, but you could always redirect the dir to a text file and print it from there. As in: dir >c:\foo.txt -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hmm. You're laughing, but I think that'll do just what I need. Thanks! Dave! (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) but I (...) heh, 'fraid I won't be much help here - I don't use NT, if I can avoid it... maybe, something like dir > :PRN dir > PRN: (maybe LPT instead of PRN?) or, dir > file and open the file in notepad and print it :) *grin* Dan (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Can someone (probably Dan Boger, since he always comes to my rescue on computer questions!) tell me how to print a directory listing? I'm using Windows NT at work; at home I'd use ACDSee to pull the directory info, but I don't have that option here. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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As part of my masters research I need to collect images of the leaves of the plant that I study for later image analysis. Typically this is done through a destructive harvest of the tissue and the image is captured using a flatbed scanner. My (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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This is VERY cool! Has a web site you loved gone belly up? Loose track of a page with important info? Return to a site to see that special something, only to find that the site has updated and that special something no longer exists? I found this (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Pop-Up Stopper (was: Re: Photos of my MOCs)
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(...) I tried it, it seems to work well for me. Ironically, the outfit seems to be quite active in privacy issues and has some good resources for research into the topic if one is so inclined. (23 years ago, 21-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Or, use Mozilla, and put this in your prefs.js file: user_pref("dom.disab...ing_load", true); Disables almost all automatic popups, yet allow legit ones through. (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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About a year ago I had exaclty the same problem with a Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 720 (supposedly one of the best brands). The lil' bugger started to do the blinky after you'd left it on for a few minutes. Until one day I tried to turn it on and it (...) (23 years ago, 19-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It also nukes his intended popups. Like his instruction pages... Sigh... Dean (23 years ago, 19-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Try this if they bother you: "Pop-Up Stopper" (URL) have not tried it, but I am told it works. It is free. Scott A (fut : lugnet.off-topic.geek) (23 years ago, 19-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Dan: (...) LDGLite still seg-faults on Linux/Alpha. I have been playing with LDGLite and Xvfb on a Linux/IA32 system this weekend. I suppose that the source of the segmentation fault is a mismatch in the size of C integers and pointers on the Alpha (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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