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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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    News Haakon Lie with unexpected support for Pape

    As everybody knows, Oslo's local Labour Party is in uproar, because Tom Pape decided to vote against the party line and thereby secured that the new US embassy will be built in the Huseby area in Oslo (as the Americans themselves have wanted). Pape, who has been called disloyal and...
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    News Did a California Church Lose Tax-Exempt Status for an Antiwar Sermon in 2004?

    Full Story http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-allsaints7nov07,0,6769876.story?coll=la-home-headlines I found this amusing since Bush OWES his re-election to the INTERVENTION OF CHURCHES.
  3. M

    How to find the Tension in a support cable?

    A wrecking ball (weight = 5910 N) is supported by a boom, which may be assumed to be uniform and has a weight of 2820 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 32°, and the angle between the...
  4. S

    News Smurf's Views on State Welfare Support

    As long as we have a state, yes. The state can not be 'phased out' it must be overthrown. So until we do that it mine as well be taking care of people. P.S. And the more inefficient it is (if you believe that) the quicker the state will be overthrown. :biggrin...
  5. Gokul43201

    News Support India's Civilian Nuclear Program ?

    Do you support the United States' policy to help India's civilian nuclear energy program ? Why, or why not ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4362884.stm
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    News Is a Standing Army Necessary for a Peaceful Future?

    I read this article and pretty much agree 100% with its synopsis. What do you guys think about this? The Troops Don’t Defend Our Freedoms by Jacob G. Hornberger How often do we hear the claim that American troops “defend our freedoms”? The claim is made often by U.S. officials and is echoed...
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    Old AGP Slot Support a 2x/4x Video Card?

    I'm building a DVR system out of some older componets i have laying around my house. I'm going to be needing a new video card but everything worthy of puting money into is either AGP 2x/4x or AGP 4x/8x. My question iwould an older MoBo with the "old" AGP slots be able to support an AGP 2x/4x...
  8. S

    News Changing Views on Iraq War: From Support to Opposition?

    I previously have supported Bush on the Iraq War. But if this happens http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007112 and Iraq becomes a theocracy as it seems likely, I think I will have to join the anti-war camp. This would mean that we didn't fight for principles of...
  9. H

    Calculating Force of Beam on Support at A

    A man of mass mm = 95 kg decides to paint his house. To do this, he builds a platform using a uniform beam with a mass of mb = 100 kg and a length of L = 7 meters. The beam is supported by two sawhorses, as shown in the diagram above. If the man stands over the support at point B, calculate...
  10. P

    Solving a Problem: Find Mass of Box, Given Two Wire Support Beam Data

    I really could use help on this one! I got this one wrong on the last test, it was driving me crazy. Spent almost half the time trying to figure it out. Two wires support a beam of length L=16. A box hangs from a wire which is connected a distance of 12 m from the left edge of the beam. The...
  11. honestrosewater

    Would you support a new writing system for English?

    This could include changes to the alphabet, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, etc. - any rule for writing. But only writing; Everything would still be spoken the same way. So for instance, if you wanted to spell 'told' as 'telled', it would still be pronounced as 'told'. What would you...
  12. russ_watters

    News Just How Many Muslims Support Terrosism

    A few weeks ago, I and a few others were called "racist" for expressing our perception that a disturbingly significant fraction of Muslims support terrorism and the related perception that very little open criticism of terrorism or terrorist groups goes on in Muslim countries. I freely...
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    Find the normal force by each support

    Basically, you have a rod kept horizontally on three supports. It's in equilibrium. The positions of the supports and the mass and length of the rod are given. Find the normal force by each support. The problem looks particularly simple. But notice that you have a shortage of an equation. You...
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    Find Force at Support Point of Diving Board

    A diving board of length L = 3.00 m is supported at a point a distance 1.00 m from the end, and a diver weighing 490 N stands at the free end. The diving board is of uniform cross section and weighs 295 N. Find the force at the support point. ** Now I know net torque = 0 Suppose F1 is the...
  15. hitssquad

    News Please support our troops in Iraq

    http://www.ogrish.com/archives/dog_shooting_in_iraq_for_fun_Mar_16_2005.html -- March 16, 2005 Dog Shooting in Iraq for "Fun" NOTE: Ogrish.com opposes behavior such as that below. We have provided the US military and animal organisation PETA details regarding the sender of this...
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    News This almost makes me want to support Bush

    "We have declared a bitter war against the principle of democracy and all those who seek to enact it," a speaker identified as Zarqawi said in an audio tape on the Internet. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=721&e=1&u=/nm/20050123/wl_nm/iraq_dc Does anyone here support...
  17. M

    Salt Levels: Why High Molarity Can't Support Marine Life

    Bodies with high molarity of salt (salt levels) cannot sustain marine life? but why? please help. thanks!
  18. R

    Support Physics Forums - Visit Ramollari's Site!

    Hi, here's a nice ad in my website for Physics Forums. Who else has a nice link to PF from his/her own web site? http://www.freewebs.com/ramollari/index.htm
  19. S

    News What Alternative kind of Government do you Support?

    In this thread everyone get's to express what kind of alternative Government you think we should have? Rules are: No arguing for Democracy No arguing for Republic No arguing for Fascism No arguing for Communism Why: Because we've tried those before, (except maybe communism according...
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    News Why does the US support Israel?

    Why the US supports Israel I am not positionning myself on whether it should or not, or whether it is enough or too much, since I have met, and followed the points of view of people from Israel, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, and have managed to get along with each of these persons. I try to keep...
  21. S

    What height beam do I need to support a weight? Howto calc horiz load?

    I'm going to build a swingset/gym in my 4yr old's bedroom so during the winter he can satisfy his climbing needs without climbing on me :smile: How can I calculate the height (or thickness) of the beam I will need to use to support his weight, and perhaps the weight of a couple of his...
  22. D

    Calculating Buoyancy: Determining Ice Area to Support 3000lb Car

    I'm sure that if I can figure one of these out, then I will be able to understand how to compute all this buoyancy stuff. Anyways, here is is: What is the smallest area of a chunk of ice that is 1ft thick that will just support a 3000lb car.
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    APU University Student Seeks Support for Analogue Electronics Exam Preparation

    Hi all! I'm a student in APU University, Cambridge, England. One of my modules is Analogue Electronics, Exams are a few weeks away and i wanted to get an idea of how well I've grasped some of the concepts. We have been given a sheet to work through but have no one to mark it as all lectures...
  24. Chi Meson

    Experimental support for SR & GR

    I would like to create (with everyone's help) a list of experiments etc that support SR and GR. These should be reproducable experiments, or profound predictions that have been upheld, as well as objects/systems that use SR/GR calculations on an everyday basis. I would predict that such a...
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    News Ignorance and Political Support

    http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=514681 Democrats would benefit from a huge media campaign that focused only on correcting common misconceptions.
  26. Ivan Seeking

    Experts Call on Senate for Support for Near-Earth Object Search

    http://space.com/news/neo_hearing_040408.html
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    News Clarke's Allegations Against Bush Admin: Confirmation and New Evidence

    In the Tuesday, March 30 2004 NY Times, Paul Krugman writes “… an opinion piece in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz about the killing of Sheik Ahmed Yassan said “This isn’t America; the government did not invent intelligence material nor exaggerate the description of the threat to justify their...
  28. T

    Funny Computer Tech Support Stories: Learn & Laugh

    Linky: http://www.clasbey.com/Jokes/computer_use.htm
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    Lensed quasar observations support dark matter models

    SDSS observations, supported by Subaru and Keck, confirmed that a massive cluster of galaxies is the gravitational lens for a quadruple-quasar image, the widest pair being separated by >14" (arc seconds). In addition, "[d]iscovering one such wide gravitational lens out of over 30,000 SDSS...
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    News Are yellow ribbons truly supporting our troops?

    around my neighborhood, people have jumped on the bandwagon and started tying yellow ribbons around just about everything they could. i know this is meant to show they support the troops overseas, but how exactly does tying a ribbon around a tree help a soldier who's being shot at? I'm starting...
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    Has Linux Kernel Module Support Improved in Recent Years?

    [SOLVED] Linux kernel module support How is it these days? IMO this is one of major areas where Linux used to lag behind Windows. Loading/unloading modules during runtime was not always reliable and sort of a pain... has it been improved in the last year or two?
  32. Dissident Dan

    News What does it mean to Support our troops

    What does it mean to "Support our troops" Lately, people have been saying "support our troops" all over the place. It seems to be the biggest buzz word, but does it have any concrete meaning? Is it hoping for their safety? Is it supporting what they are doing? Is it respecting their...
  33. Kerrie

    News Support our troops for america

    Support our troops for america... Yay! i am the first to post in this forum...and i want to start it out right and clean ( is that possible when the word politics is concerned? )... anyway, i hear a lot of people bad mouthing the american president about the possibility of war, here in...
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