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I looked at some Acer laptops a while ago but I couldn't find a decent review without actually looking for one. Thanks, your review is very comprehensive.

I still think mine is the best on the internet >_> I could give you the source but it would be messy and crappy and I don't think you'd want it. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Note: I didn't just steal the source from a GameFAQs spinoff, I made it from scratch.

I've heard that some people are getting them already but mine haven't come in yet.

I thought I did. I want something that will return a random number in a certain range that can be any number in that range but will usually be in a smaller range. For example, using the numbers above (0-5 inclusive but most likely 1 or 2), ten numbers returned might be:2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 0, 1, 5, 2, 1Seven of those are 1 or 2, and the other three are other numbers in the 0-5 range.

My friends found this last year. They found a camera for some computer room at a college and there was a guy there who was printing something, so they found the college's IP range and pinged it a lot. The guy got mad because his computer was lagging and he looked up and saw that they were moving the camera around.

I'm making an RPG so I need to use a lot of random numbers. Right now I'm thinking about stat increases after level-ups. I want to write a method that does something like "return a random number from 0 to 4 inclusive, but make it most likely to be 1 or 2." Does anybody know how I could go about implementing something like that?

All you need is an Amazon account. Go to https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome and sign in (and put in address information if you haven't). Then you can start making money. You'll find lists of tasks ("HITs") which are basically things that computers can't do well but humans can, so they give you small amounts of money for each one (most are $0.02 - $0.10). A lot of HITs aren't worth the effort but occasionally there will be a huge number of them that take just a few seconds and minimal thought. For example, recently there were about 35,000 where you were given a picture of an article of clothing and asked to verify its color (I got 750 before they ran out). Once you've completed them they'll be verified and then you can choose to have the money put into an Amazon giftcard or directly into a bank account. I've only done enough to make about $15 U.S. but my friend made around $200 before. Update: Some of my HITs got rejected, but I've still made $10.74 so far:

There are three major things wrong with this (and several minor):1. Money2. History3. Online PetitionsOther people have mentioned how much money is being made so I won't go into that.Second, you really need to learn some history. Ever heard of prohibition? If so you should know how impossible it was to control it. If people want something bad enough, they'll get it any way possible. By completely banning cigarettes and other tobacco products you'll separate a lot of addicted people from what they really want. You'll cause riots and people will set up back alley stores. People will still want and get their tobacco no matter how illegal it is. Last, internet petitions are pointless. It's way too easy to fake millions of signatures so people won't pay attention no matter how legit it may seem. Also 1 million in real signatures wouldn't do anything because there are probably a lot more people than that who smoke a pack per day.

I think it would suck if they added much to it. It loads really quickly and any more features would slow that down. It's also pretty powerful already if you're patient and experienced; I made this solely using paint: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/. The only thing that I think it could use is alpha channel support. It's kind of annoying doing an image in paint then having to move it over to GIMP to add transparency. By the way, gradients are entirely possible if you've got time to spare >_>

I can't really tell what you're asking for, but if you mean something to convert md5 to plain text, it can't reasonably be done. There are md5 dictionaries which are basically huge databases of md5 codes and their text equivalents but they often take a long time to find the text and they don't have anywhere near every possible code. If you want to be able to access passwords in plain text then you'll have to store them in plain text.

For a long time I used a BufferedImage/Graphics(2D) to double buffer my programs but someone recently pointed out something to me that is much more efficient: JFrames can automatically create buffers. The way that I used to use was like this: private BufferedImage image;private Graphics buffer;public NameOfJPanel() { image = new BufferedImage(WIDTH, HEIGHT, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB); buffer = image.getGraphics(); ...}public void paintComponent(Graphics g) { g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);}private class Time implements ActionListener { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { ... repaint(); }}It uses the methods paintComponent and repaint and two objects to double buffer the panel. The other way is just about as easy and much faster:private static BufferStrategy bs = null;public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame f = new JFrame("Title"); ... while(bs == null) { f.createBufferStrategy(2); //number of buffers, 2 is almost always enough bs = f.getBufferStrategy(); }}//don't need to do anything in the JPanel constructorprivate class Time implements ActionListener { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { if(bs == null) //I put this in because you make the panel before the buffer return; Graphics g = bs.getDrawGraphics(); ... bs.show(); g.dispose(); }}I made a test program for each type of buffering that had a square bouncing around the screen. After one minute the BufferedImage version was at 379 fps and the BufferStrategy version was at 476 fps. The BufferStrategy also eliminated a weird thing where, when using the BufferedImage, you have to account for the title bar and edges of the frame when you set its size. I've attached both versions of the test (they're in text files because of upload restrictions). At the bottom left the numbers are (top to bottom) number of frames since the program was run, the number of seconds since the program was run, the number of frames per second. Edit: I didn't realize that you don't actually need a JPanel to do to use this buffer method (though having one doesn't hurt). You can just have the main class extend JFrame and do everything in the constructor:public class ClassName extends JFrame { public static void main(String[] args) { new ClassName(); } public ClassName() { //set size, location, defaultcloseoperation, visible while(getBufferStrategy() == null) createBufferStrategy(2); //other stuff like add timer } private class Time implements ActionListener { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { Graphics g = getBufferStrategy().getDrawGraphics(); //other stuff getBufferStrategy().show(); g.dispose(); } }}

It seems to me like you'd have a bunch of people joining or trying to join who wouldn't really qualify. That or you'd define "webmaster," because right now everyone with a Geocities page can be considered one, and 9 year-olds who just discovered the internet wouldn't really have any idea what unions do. However if you put some restriction on it, like minimum website traffic or minimum amount of real experience, it might work. I don't really know much about unions, though, but I think joining one requires being able to sign a contract and to do that you must be at least 18 years-old (at least in the U.S.). That would disqualify a lot of talented teenagers, and in the developing technology industry they're quite important. It seems like it would be too complicated, at least in the short-term.

But on topic, it was pretty mean of your friend to go out with her if he knew that you liked her, but it would also be really mean for you to go out with her right after your friend broke up with her. It's kind of an unwritten rule thing.

I've only got five more days, but the last doesn't really count since it's basically just a free two hours. Three of the other four days are half-days because of finals and I've only got two final exams so the rest are pretty much pointless, too.How many of you are done with this school year by now? I know my county gets out really late compared to some.

I recently installed CentOS 4.2 on an old computer of mine and then I realized that I needed a few more packages than I selected during installation. I need some of the Developer Tools packages (mainly gcc for compiling stuff). Is it possible to use the install CDs to get the packages now or do I have to reinstall? It's not connected to the internet so I can't get them there, and I've tried using yum but that seems to want the net, too. Edit: Added OS to description for clarification

Most of those are pointless and/or well-known but I found the clipboard one pretty cool.

What do you mean "professional games"? What published game isn't professional? And how would your being a "HARDCORE gamer" make you unable to enjoy something fun? You don't need only to play first-person shooters to be a gamer.

It's begun to fee the same for me, too. I still need to figure out how to get my linux box to work as a server, though.

It always amazes me how old the news here is. The name "Wii" was announced in April, and the console itself was announced at E3 in 2005.

I have one of the Dietel & Dietel books, those are pretty good and it was about at my learning pace. Java does need a compiler and a runtime environment. The latter comes from Sun (http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/). There are lots of compilers but my favorite is JGrasp (http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/), which was, interestingly, made in Java.

Seems to me like Google is gettig ready for a full-fledged attack on Microsoft. Next do we get slideshows? Word processor? Media player? Browser? This should prove interesting.

I agree, we shouldn't have a new image format, especially if it's better than all of the existing ones. We also shouldn't continue to make newer, better programs and newer, better operating systems, and newer, better computers. Everything is fine how it is.

Unfortunately for you, one of the things about the human mind is that it desires more what it can't get. If you make it obvious that you don't like her then she'll want you more. I advise waiting it out or making it painfully obvious that you have a girlfriend - it may make her want you more but it should deter her, too.And if you think it's "hurting your rep" then you may want to rearrange your priorities.

That's why they're also being charged with assisting breach of copy-right law. It's wrong on the part of the police to take servers that didn't host the torrents, and TPB will probably get a slightly less harsh sentence/less chance of being convicted/some form of compensation for that.

I can't answer your robot question but I can tell you that most people who know what javascript is and how to turn it off won't turn it on just for your site. I recommend that you have a non-javascript version if you want to keep potential visitors.