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How to Design a Quiet PC

By chco | Yesterday, 09:35 PM
If you're bothered by the loud noises your PC makes this excerpt from Building the Perfect PC, Third Edition gives you some options to make it quieter. Or you may decide to build your own PC and ...

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how to run autocad in linux

Asked by situn13 | 08 January 2011 - 04:39 AM

Answered by bellaelice | Today, 06:15 PM
I think linux will become the main current becuse is very strong~~~~~ full answer >

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If I purchase en ebook, do I get upgrades to subsequent editions?

Asked by swolter | 08 January 2011 - 08:44 AM

Answered by bellaelice | Today, 06:07 PM
yes I think so ,so you can do with it!!! full answer >

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5 Things You Might Not Know about jQuery

By davidflanagan | 05 January 2011 - 09:31 PM
jQuery is a very powerful library, but some of its powerful features are obscure, and unless you've read the jQuery source code, or my new book jQuery Pocket Reference, you may not know about them...

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[Ruby on Rails] How does one render html from another web server to a Ruby on Rails app?

Asked by Minimal Samples | 03 February 2010 - 08:45 AM

Answered by chipashby | Jan 07 2011 01:03 PM
Are you still looking for an answer for this? If yes.. 1) Do you want to display the schedule for all users? OR 2) Do you want to display the schedule for each specific user on their own individual ... full answer >

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Looking for replacement for CouchDB that has REST / JSON API and good query support

Asked by markfink | 03 August 2010 - 10:33 PM

Answered by eedeebee | Jan 07 2011 10:57 AM
I'm actively working with Ryan Grimm on a JSON REST API with excellent query support on top of MarkLogic, a high performance document database. If you're interested in beta-testing, drop us a... full answer >

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Where is the Companion CD(s) for Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Step by Step

Asked by lusongwu168 | 06 January 2011 - 12:04 PM

Answered by arjonesiii | Jan 07 2011 05:30 AM
You can download the sample code for this book by following these steps: 1. Go to http://oreilly.com/c.../9780735621299/ 2. Click the link to "Download Example Code" under the cover image o... full answer >

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When You Can Protect Your Mobile App IP with Trade Secrets

By chco | 07 January 2011 - 03:00 AM
The following excerpt from Protecting Your Mobile App IP: The Mini Missing Manual gives some insight into what exactly trade secrets are and how they impact your development.Trade secrets include any ...

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unexpected python if behaviour

Asked by doonm | 03 January 2011 - 07:27 PM

Answered by paulbarry | Jan 04 2011 03:12 AM
You need to break down your code - bit by bit - to see what's going on, and your use of parens is changing the meaning of this code. When Python see parens, it evaluates that code first, so: (&#... full answer >

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Hacking: The Art of Exploitation - CD for ebook?

Asked by eulerme | 30 December 2010 - 06:08 AM

Answered by Tai Hake | Jan 04 2011 11:45 AM
Hello! You can find the Live CD information at the No Starch Press site, here: http://nostarch.com/hackingCD.htm Hope that helps! Cheers, Tai Hake Customer Service Rep, O'Reilly Media full answer >

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Creating a contact form - ASP.NET (C#)

By ?ngel Manuel Garc?a Carmona | 03 January 2011 - 07:13 AM
There, i'm going to explain how to create a contact form in an ASP.NET website, in this case, written in C#. First, you must insert some textboxes which will be the characters to fill (email, nam...

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Exercises download file Action Script 3

Asked by moe_nyc | 04 January 2010 - 06:02 PM

Answered by LSC-Media&Tech | Jan 03 2011 05:16 AM
Actually, these are the files for the First Edition. Many are the same but it does not include all of the examples. If you download these, be sure to read the eratta from the first edtion from the aut... full answer >

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Google Labs Tools For Web Developers

By nathanator11 | 30 December 2010 - 04:19 PM
Google Labs has lots of great tools. Below are the ones that could be useful to Web developers. Note: This list does not include Graduated services (those that are now a part of mainstream Google); it...

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How to change __MyCompanyName__ in xCode to something more meaningful

By Doron Katz | 17 July 2010 - 09:03 PM
A quick tip. For those of you using xCode to develop, you may have noticed at the creation of your template in the comment header - // // LoginViewController.h / Created by name on 18/07/10. // ...

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using terminal in ubuntu linux 10.10 for C programming

Asked by Hazique Quazi | 20 November 2010 - 05:52 AM

Answered by mikeHg | Dec 31 2010 04:28 PM
I personally don't know how to do c/++ programming in the terminal itself, but you can program with the gedit text editor (just remember to specify the file as .c/pp). As for Code::Blocks not com... full answer >

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Diskpart for Bootable USB

Asked by WesEG | 28 December 2010 - 10:58 AM

Answered by nathanator11 | Dec 31 2010 10:23 AM
Not sure if this matters, but you're following advice for Win7 on a WinXP machine? It seems possible that what you're trying to do just isn't possible with XP. full answer >

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Previous Safari Online user id/password

Asked by the_hammer | 30 December 2010 - 05:58 PM

Answered by nathanator11 | Dec 30 2010 06:18 PM
And, FYI, it is partly owned by O'Reilly. Wikipedia entry here. full answer >

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Google Labs Tools For Software Developers

By nathanator11 | 30 December 2010 - 04:06 PM
Google Labs has lots of great tools. Below are the ones that could be useful to software developers. Note: This list does not include Graduated services (those that are now a part of mainstream Google...

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How to use an iPhone to keep in touch with friends and relatives overseas for free

By Doron Katz | 27 December 2010 - 08:54 PM
Okay, there have been a few articles im sure of how to use your iPhone or iPod Touch to communicate with people overseas. There is skype and a few other tools, but what I am going to talk about is Vib...

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How to Connect to Data With Flex4

By chco | 04 October 2010 - 11:21 AM
The following is an excerpt from Getting Started with Flex 4 that shows you how to retrieve data from a database and display it in your DataGrid. This portion shows you how to create a data service th...

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