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by noxiousraccoon
Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:18 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Help with Unix
Replies: 11
Views: 4468

Re: Help with Unix

The built in echo command writes out any words that follow it on the same command line to standard output so it's output can be directed to a file.
by noxiousraccoon
Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:57 am
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Internet Filtering
Replies: 46
Views: 3989

Re: Internet Filtering

Benjamin Franklin wrote:Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
by noxiousraccoon
Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:32 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: College Class "Vista vs. Linux"
Replies: 20
Views: 6959

Re: College Class "Vista vs. Linux"

I didn't mean to imply that was only for Linux. Sorry, I should have been more specific.
by noxiousraccoon
Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:55 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: College Class "Vista vs. Linux"
Replies: 20
Views: 6959

Re: College Class "Vista vs. Linux"

There is no viruses or spyware, as of yet, for Linux (Doesn't mean it won't happen). Ubuntu has a built in firewall called netfilter and it must be configured with a program Firestarter. It turns away all incoming data at it's initial start (unless you change it of course) and allows all outgoing da...
by noxiousraccoon
Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:30 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: College Class "Vista vs. Linux"
Replies: 20
Views: 6959

Re: College Class "Vista vs. Linux"

Linux (Ubuntu) has no viruses to date and has an internal firewall that monitors all incoming traffic. No internet security required. If you know UNIX C Shell, Linux is very convenient because you can use the terminal and literally do everything from there. For example, in the terminal type : sudo a...
by noxiousraccoon
Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:22 pm
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Strategy talk
Replies: 48
Views: 11714

Re: Strategy talk

In 3v3, 1 person as the Professor, 1 person as the Arbiter, and 1 person as Forge Forge builds his base entirely of supply pads and sends them to the other players. Anders builds up reactors and makes an army of hawks and Arbiter starts creating Scarabs. Forge and Anders from the beginning get a few...
by noxiousraccoon
Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:23 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Sparrowhawk
Replies: 6
Views: 3890

Sparrowhawk

How do you get it? I've built multiple reactors but I never get the option in an air pad. Is it somewhere else?
by noxiousraccoon
Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:28 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: JavaFX
Replies: 0
Views: 796

JavaFX

Has anyone here worked with the JavaFX Platform?

http://www.javafx.com/learn/
http://www.javafx.com/samples/

Is it easy to learn, efficient, and has any of you actually used it on mobile devices or other computers?
by noxiousraccoon
Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:23 pm
Forum: Hardware & Software
Topic: Booting Ubuntu from External Hard Drive
Replies: 15
Views: 5404

Re: Booting Ubuntu from External Hard Drive

Will deleting the Partition, reallocate the memory to the initial partition? Also, will it reset the MBR?
by noxiousraccoon
Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:27 pm
Forum: Hardware & Software
Topic: Booting Ubuntu from External Hard Drive
Replies: 15
Views: 5404

Re: Booting Ubuntu from External Hard Drive

Well, I was considering both options. It seems harder to put windows on the external. Thus, Ubuntu seems to be the better option. Linux on the external and Windows on the internal. (Considering sometime in the future, after my purchases, e.g. virus protection, etc., expire, I think I will just compl...
by noxiousraccoon
Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:31 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Colleges!
Replies: 42
Views: 6788

Re: Colleges!

Finishing up my sophomore year at the University of Dallas. I am a math major but plans are to get my masters in computer science, then possibly off to become a biostatistician. I will probably graduate when some of you folks will be graduating for the first time.
by noxiousraccoon
Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:19 pm
Forum: Hardware & Software
Topic: Booting Ubuntu from External Hard Drive
Replies: 15
Views: 5404

Re: Booting Ubuntu from External Hard Drive

1. Yes, it does. I actually recently had to reset the MBR via a usb drive. Vista decided to overwrite the MBR. 2. http://www.simpletech.com/parts/spu35320.htm 3. Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit, Laptop: Intel t7100, 4g Ram 4. Why not both? So, based off of your suggestions, it should reinstall itself on the exte...
by noxiousraccoon
Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:10 am
Forum: Hardware & Software
Topic: Booting Ubuntu from External Hard Drive
Replies: 15
Views: 5404

Re: Booting Ubuntu from External Hard Drive

I haven't figured it out yet. Except, I am having trouble with the formatting of the hard drive. It doesn't want to work well switching between Windows and Linux.
by noxiousraccoon
Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:11 pm
Forum: Hardware & Software
Topic: Booting Ubuntu from External Hard Drive
Replies: 15
Views: 5404

Re: Booting Ubuntu from External Hard Drive

Interesting. I'm still working on it, hopefully I can get some good results. I would like to try multiple operating systems if possible on my hard drive. Mac, Solaris, Ubuntu Mint, Vista, Windows 7. Will be very cool.
by noxiousraccoon
Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:32 pm
Forum: Hardware & Software
Topic: Booting Ubuntu from External Hard Drive
Replies: 15
Views: 5404

Re: Booting Ubuntu from External Hard Drive

I believe my computer has a boot from usb, I will look later. I know, in discussion with friends, they have booted from a flash drive, so I'm almost 100% it can be done, though external hard drives might be more equipped. If so, I wouldn't know where to being on partitioning the external hard drive.
by noxiousraccoon
Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:30 am
Forum: Hardware & Software
Topic: Booting Ubuntu from External Hard Drive
Replies: 15
Views: 5404

Booting Ubuntu from External Hard Drive

Is it possible? Recently, I dual booted my laptop with Vista and Ubuntu. However, I have ran out of hard drive space dramatically. Since I already have an external hard drive, I feel no need to upgrade my hard drive already on the laptop. I would rather use Ubuntu at home, (which is where I use it t...
by noxiousraccoon
Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:48 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Math Help/Tutoring Thread
Replies: 56
Views: 3882

Well since the conversion of rads to degs is 180/pi you have to set up X(180/pi) = X and solve. Then again there's also that looping situation so you have to check against the time when the X in rads = 360n + X in degrees. That should give you the general solution. Ooh I like it. On the other one, ...
by noxiousraccoon
Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:10 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Math Help/Tutoring Thread
Replies: 56
Views: 3882

Just to keep you guys busy: Compute all first and second partial derivatives of the function: f(x,y) = arctan(x^2 - y^2 - 1)

Was a question on my recent test.
by noxiousraccoon
Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:16 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Law of Conservation of Mass
Replies: 89
Views: 5114

No, time is a dimension. Seconds are a measure of time. You wouldn't say that length is a measure of itself. You wouldn't say that length is a measure of itself because it isn't. Length, measures the distance between to given points. Now, I'm no physics expert, but if your willing, please explain h...
by noxiousraccoon
Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:57 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Law of Conservation of Mass
Replies: 89
Views: 5114

Your still alive? I hope so, or else this has been a real waste of time. Except time is only a measurement of itself. So really, I have done nothing in space. Except that space was created from nothing. So therefore I was created from nothing. If I am nothing, have I really wasted anything? How cou...