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Its seriously just reeding the file in, try:for(1..2){ my @lines; open(FILE, file1.txt); while(<FILE>) { push(@lines, $_); }}It doesn't have to be opening the same file again but I used that just to make it easier.

It does sound like you hard drive might be failing. If all you want to do is back up your files, you have a few options. I suggest start with the ideas qwijibow had. Knoppix is great for backing up files off of a bad hard drive, I have had to do it twice. Another option is BartPE, especially if you don't know Linux at all.

The file loads are in the same script and I have 2 gb of ram.

I completely agree with that statement. I think that rap is just a piece of the puzzle and the way that hip-hop adds in some awesome beats and lines completes the whole picture. I also think that mainstream rap/hip-hop aren't nearly as good as underground. I have found that in the underground stuff there is much less of the stereotypical topics. If you guys are interested in listning to some cool underground stuff, checkout Talib Kwali, Jedi Mind Tricks, or Dialated Peoples (just to name a few).

Awesome pics! I wish I could go to Barcelona. I actually like the second one the best but, I'm not a pro or anything.

For Anitvirus the best free one that I've seen is AVG. I have never seen any problems with it and it seems to catch most viruses. I would suggest you suck it up and pay the $30 or whatever for a decent virus scanner though. I usually is a world of difference.I am betting that your real problem however is spyware/adware. The best programs I have seen for this is Ad-aware and Spybot. I run all of these programs on a daily basis and the computers tend to run 100% better afterward.Good Luck

I did some searching before I signed up for my Live account and I never found anything about a hack on xbox live. You should just buck up and pay it, I think it is deffinilty worth it. Jeigh was right about the 3 month free trial when you get a new game. Another idea is if you aren't going to play that often its pretty easy to split the cost with a friend. If you dont care that much about rankings, you can put the account on a memory card and then play on two boxes.Ben

Another suggestion is IRC. I've been using it since the early days of the internet and its still working strong. It is a little bit complex to use but once you get the hang of it you won't be disappointed. For starters download mIRC (should be easy to find) and then do a search for irc tutorials. If you have any questions let me know.

Hey everyone, I just joined today. I was searching for a free webhost and this place looked pretty sweet. These forums have a lot of good information it looks like and I hope I can help out too. I am a senior in college studying computer science. I've been a computer technician for the last 6 years and right now I am an intern working for a semiconductor company. Hopefully some of my experience will help someone in need.Ben

I have been working on a strange problem I've been having. I am readinga series of large files (50 mb or so) in one at a time with: @lines = <FILE>;or (same behavior with each) while(<FILE>){ push(@lines, $_); }The first time I read a file it will read into the array in about 2seconds. The second time I try to read a file in (the same size) ittakes about 20 seconds. Everything is declared locally inside the loopso, everything is leaving scope. I am not sure why it is taking so muchlonger the second time. I need to read the entire file in because I am doing a series of operations on the lines that is not known at compile time.I have narrowed the problem down to a few different areas:1. It seems that if I read the file into a large scaler by $/ = undef,the file gets read faster. So, I assume the slow down is taking placeinside the spliting of the lines.2. If I try to append to one large array, rather then rewritting to adifferent array, the slow down does not occur. So it seems Perl has ahard time with the memory it already has but its fine with memory itjust took from the system?3. The problem does not seem to happen in Linux, but I'm workingWindows.Any suggestions for a workaround? Has anyone else seen this? Thanks inadvance.Ben