What is Support: Definition and 383 Discussions

Technical support (often shortened to tech support) refers to services that entities provide to users of technology products or services. In general, technical support provides help regarding specific problems with a product or service, rather than providing training, provision or customization of the product, or other support services. Most companies offer technical support for the services or products they sell, either included in the cost or for an additional fee. Technical support may be delivered by phone, e-mail, live support software, live chat or website, or other tools where users can log an incident. Larger organizations frequently have internal technical support available to their staff for computer-related problems. The Internet can also be a good source for freely available tech support, where experienced users help users find solutions to their problems. In addition, some fee-based service companies charge for premium technical support services.

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    Research Poll: Public Support for a Nuclear Powered Aeroplane

    Hi, My name is Dawson S and I'm a student from Australia. I'm currently completing a research project into the modern-day feasibility of a nuclear-powered aeroplane (as first suggested in the Cold War). I am to deliver this project in December at the Stockholm International Youth Science...
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    Measures with Compact Support in Complex Analysis: Finiteness Assumptions

    I was reading in a book, says \mu is a measure with compact support K in C, meaning \mu(U)=0 for U\cap K=0.. Is \mu(K) assumed to be finite in this case? It doesn't say in the book, but they make a statement which is true if that's so. Is there usually some assumption about measures being...
  3. Math Is Hard

    Complicated child support case

    http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_25898.aspx Seems unfair to the boy since this was statuatory rape.
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    Max Weight Support: Factors for Structural Support

    Given wooden materials and joints, I'm assigned to build trusses that is able to support the maximum load with least weight of the structure. What are the factors that contribute to the support of the structure ?
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    How do aeroplane wings support the forces and engines?

    I was just wondering how these amazing engineering feats support the loads on their wings? Specifically the larger passenger aeroplanes.. such as the 737 and 747. The wings must undergo an extreme number of forces of great magnitude.. how do they not snap off? How the they support their own...
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    Rwecommendations to support for second semester calculus?

    Hello everyone, I just finished my first semester of Calculus (first 5 Chapters of James Stewart's "Calculus" 6th edition text) and was able to get some insight from students who were taking Calculus II (the rest of the text). I finished with an A for Calc I, but heard Calc II is a whole...
  7. M

    Calculating Support Forces on Plank at the Airport

    Homework Statement QUESTION TWO: AT THE AIRPORT Some painters are working at the airport. They have a uniform plank resting on two supports. The plank is 4.0 m long. It has a mass of 22 kg. The two legs that support the plank are 0.50 m from either end. (a)The plank is in equilibrium...
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    Booting off a usb drive on a pc that does not support it

    I would like to boot off a usb drive on a pc that does not support it. Has anyone thought of booting off a cd and transferring the start-up to the usb drive?
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    Distributed computing, do you support?

    Just curious to know if you guys here support Distributed computing? like boinc. do you? and what particular project do you support.
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    Calculators Comparing the TI-89 & hp50g: Apps, Screen Resolution & Support

    Which is best? I have the TI-89 but I am curious about how it compares to the hp50g. Does the hp have ebook reader apps or note making apps. can the screen resolution be adjusted to increase the size of the character font etc. Does the hp have good 3rd party app support. the TI apps are...
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    News Most US doctors now support a national health plan

    No surprise to me, but in case there was still any doubt that the current for-profit situation in the US isn't working... http://www.pnhp.org/news/2008/march/most_doctors_support.php
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    Can statistics support irrational thinking?

    Here is the scenario. Picture three people standing at a playground watching the children play. The first is grouchy and sees all the busy activity as stressful noise. The second person is in a good mood and sees the child play as relaxing and fun. The third person is full of anxiety and sees...
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    News Jeremiah Wright: Why does Mr. Obama support him?

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    How Do You Calculate Support Forces for a Diving Board?

    Homework Statement Find the forces (Fa and Fb) need to support the diving board drawn below. Inlcude directions for each force. http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4923/physicsisgayea1.th.jpg Homework Equations Don't knowThe Attempt at a Solution Was absent when we went over this type of...
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    Determine the smallest diameter rope that can safely support

    An artist friend of yours needs help hanging a sculpture from the ceiling. For artistic reasons, she wants to use just two ropes. One will be from vertical, the other . She needs you to determine the smallest diameter rope that can safely support this expensive piece of art. On a visit to the...
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    Calculating Cantilever Pipe Weight Support

    Hello the forum; I am brand new here so I beg you indulgence. How do I calculate the amount of weight a pipe will support if used in a cantilever cituation?
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    Understanding Life Support Systems

    What exactly is life support? Is it somthing on the shuttle or in their suites? Is it just somthing to recreat the environment of Earth? Please can some one elaborate?
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    Calculating Mass to Support Car Weight on Hydraulic Lift

    Homework Statement A hydraulic lift has two connected pistons with cross-sectional areas 5 cm^2 and 550 cm^2. It is filled with oil of density 520 kg/m3. a) What mass must be placed on the small piston to support a car of mass 1500 kg at equal fluid levels? Homework Equations...
  19. Ivan Seeking

    News Positions & Agendas Supported in US - Get Informed

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    Will you support this? If not, why not?

    Here is what I have noticed from my experience. There is an unbelievably massive problem in the world. Blindness. Read this, what I think is part of the life experience of the unskilled: People who suffer from blindness are relegated to the superfluous. They struggle to really learn...
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    Verifying Calculating Force on Elevator Support Cable

    Pretty sure I got it right just going to ask you guys to make sure. Homework Statement An elevator with a mass of 1.10e3 accelerates upward at 0.45 m/s squared. What is the force acting on the elevator's support cable? Homework Equations F=ma The Attempt at a Solution The 9.8...
  22. J

    Philosophy homework - need to support predefined future

    hey To a lot of us it sounds evident that the future is predefined, that we know the future will only be one way, even through we cannot really predict how it would be (infinitely long equations, ect, an infinity of variables). Ok, its logic , but i need to find clear arguments to support that...
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    What Should You Consider When Solving Beam Support Problems?

    Here is a beam support problem that I need help with! Thanks!
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    Find Force at Point A & B to Support Rod

    A bar 10 ft long carries a weight of 20 lbs, 6 ft from the end. What force must be applied at each end to support the rod. P1 6 | 4 P2 |____________________________________| B...
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    How to get Masters financial support?

    Is it possible to get a masters fellowship? If I don't get into a PhD program I plan on applying to 2 or 3 financial mathematics masters programs, some of them run up to $40,000-$50,000 for the duration of the program. If there is no way to get a masters fellowship, is there anyway to find a...
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    Calculating Required Torque with Support Arm

    Homework Statement Just looking for a general response - calculating required torque when there is a supoprt arm like in the attached doc. If there was no arm ... it's just F*d, but I guess the arm supports some of that force, so less torque is required? Homework Equations The...
  27. Cyrus

    News Vote Republican: Support Senator Ron Paul!

    Vote Republican! I am paying attention to Senator Ron Paul and I *LOVE* this guy. Everyone should go out and vote for him and get rid of the hacks like Giuliani . I hate Giuliani ...
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    Physic: Help with solving roller support

    Can someone help explain the idea behind solving this roller support question. I have the answer, couldn't figure how to solve it. I would greatly appreciate the detail explanation...:rolleyes:
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    Which alternative fuels do you support?

    There's solar, wind, fusion, fission, plant oil biofuels, biomass burning, hydroelectricity, tide & wave power, and more. There is much talk of fuels alternative to the old fossil fuels, which do you think are superior?
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    Negative support reaction? (Statics)

    Sorry for not using the template, but this question I have is not very complicated (or I hope so). I was creating a couple of problems with beams (Statics) and I came up with one where one of the support reactions has a negative value. The beam has 2 supports, one of them restricts all possible...
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    LaTeX No Latex Support in Blog Entries?

    I just wrote my first blog entry (just a short test) but it seems that Latex does not work. I simply get a message it is generating but no result is ever given. Is Latex not supported in blog entries? :cry: MJ Oh, never mind I just saw that there is already a topic open on this issue...
  32. RadiationX

    Pin Connection with one support reaction?

    Please click on the image to make it bigger. http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/5413/pinconnectiontw4.th.jpg At pin connnection G shouldn't there be two support reactions just like the pin connection at A? If the solution in the diagram is correct why is it correct?
  33. RadiationX

    Statics Help: How to Find Support Reactions for Structural Problems

    Please click on the image to make it larger. http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2355/staticsqn5.th.jpg I understand the problem here, what I don't see is how to find the support reactions. Since at each joint we have more than two unknowns I have to find the support reactions. I have the...
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    Tension in support cable. Help

    Tension in support cable. Help! A wrecking ball (weight = 4500 N) is supported by a boom, which may be assumed to be uniform and has a weight of 3610 N. As the drawing shows, a support cable runs from the top of the boom to the tractor. The angle between the support cable and the horizontal is...
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    Design a tree support system for windstorms

    I have a project, i don't know if someone has done it, but i just can't conceptualized the whole system..i am to design a tree support system for windstorms, does someone has an idea on how it supposed to look like...im thinking of putting an anchor, like guyed wired on it.. i was thnking that...
  36. K

    Calculating Force at Left Point of Support on Bridge

    Homework Statement A bridge of length 60 m and mass 51800 kg is supported at each end. A truck of mass 45000 kg is located 26 m from the left end. Homework Equations What is the force on the bridge at the left point of support? The Attempt at a Solution I know your supposed to...
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    Torque excerted on the support by a mass

    A 125-g mass is placed on one pan of a balance, at a point 25 cm from the support of the balance. What is the magnitude of the torque about the support exerted by the mass? 125kg*9.81m/s^2*.25m = 306.56 N*m why is this wrong?
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    Help Needed: Determine Bending Moment at 0.600m from Roller Support

    hey every1... I'm really really stuck on this problem and unless i get it and a few others right I am going to fail my engineering statics course :( Any help would be apreciated so much... The Question that goes with that diagram I've attatched is: Determine the bending moment at a...
  39. W

    Is Distance an Abstract Concept? A Debate on the Definition of Length

    Me and my teacher have been debating about the concept of distance. While he says that the length of a curve is something that is something that is not abstract, I say that this is false. Distance only applies to lines, the definition of a length of a curve is mearly the limit of the sums of...
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    PHP How to create a online multiplayer games with mysql support using php ?

    I want to create a online multiplayer games with php but I don't know how to let the members know their opponents' move realtime ? Please help me !Thanks
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    Prove Existence of Borel Measure with Compact Set as Support in R

    Let m be a measure on the space X. I'm told that if m(X)=1, K is a compact subset of X with m(K)=1, and K has the property that any proper compact subsets of K have measure strictly less than 1, then K is called the support of m. Then I'm asked to show that every compact subset of R is the...
  42. Curious3141

    100% genuine tech support chat session with Linksys

    >[00:00:00] Hi, my name is Ma Rowena (11827). How may I help you? >[00:01:03] Jim: Okay, I'm not too sure how to explain this situation... to put it lightly, melted cheese is all over my router. >[00:01:17] Ma Rowena (11827): Okay. >[00:01:38] Jim: Now, It seemed to function quite well until...
  43. wolram

    Which if any chatity do you support

    Which if any chatity do you support, i have made up my mind to support just one, but which one, they all seem so needy, i do not want to throw my money into a bottomless pit, which one has the minimum (overheads) and payed staff ? does the most good .
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    News What's Your View on Republicans vs Democrats?

    Difference between republicans and democrats? Just wanted to know what's your ideas are... Do not say I am a democrat or a republican because your country is democrat or republic. This is a open forum and no one is going to arrest you for saying anything here. Also tell me what comes...
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    Can 2x4 Studs Adequately Support a 3000lb Aquarium?

    Please HELP! Can 2x4 studs support this weight? Hi All, New to the Forum and have a question. I want to put an aquarium (220Gallon) on a loft in the third floor Condo I will be purchasing. My guess of the total weight of the tank is close to 3000lbs filled. The Tank is 72"Length x 24" Deep x...
  46. wolram

    News Why Support the EU: Benefits & Advantages of Free Trade

    What does the, eu provide, what are its advantages, would it be better to have a free trade policy?
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    PC virus support from an MS employee

    I can help if anyone has problems with computer viruses. I once worked at a Microsoft Call center for this sort of thing.
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    Determine Wall Thickness for 1,000 in. Aluminum Tube to Support 10-kip Load

    An aluminum tube with an outside diameter of 1,000 in. will be used to support a 10-kip load. If the axial stress in the member must be limited to 30 ksi T or C, determine the wall thickness required for the tube. I used tau=shearing stress/area therefore 30(pie times 1-d)=10 but that is not...
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    Reason why the chair can support me

    A physicist said that the reason why the chair is able to hold my weight is because of Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle. His reasoning was that when the atoms of my body are in contact with that of the chair, the electrons in the my body push against the electrons in the chair. Thereby forcing...
  50. T

    Which is Better for Gaming: Xbox 360 or PC?

    Alright I am having an argumetn about teh xb0x 360 vs my computer who is better for gamming and more powerful my comp ADAPTER: Universal AC-DC Adapter BATTERY: Li-Ion Battery Pack 14.8V x 4400mAH 4 hours Runtime CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M Processor 760 @ 2.0GHz 533FSB 2MB Cache ~...
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