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Can anyone recommend a beginner-friendly book on computers?
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Find out how far away the server is from just Pinging it?
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Calculators A proper calculator for Christmas
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Would a US-Purchased iPhone Work Overseas?
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How does a virtual private network work (basics)
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Why Did Police Raid a 9-Year-Old's Winnie the Pooh Laptop?
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Does Moore's Law Impact the Durability and Sustainability of Electronic Devices?
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Can I modify my keyboard driver to output a specific string of keypresses?
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How to recover lost folder in the flash drive ( USB stick)?
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More than 2GB of VRAM for 1080p gaming?
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How GPS receivers work (simple and advanced explanations of trilateration)
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Max Value Finder: Little Man Program
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Photographing a light source: why does it not make whole image equally bright?
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IT Job Ads: Emphasizing Teamwork, Enthusiasm & More
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Will computers make mathematicians obsolete?
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(?) on fixing bootmgr is compressed
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Setting browser to check for changes to a page?
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Is there an application that fully divides desktop sessions on Windows?
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Printer low on ink, what to do?
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Should I wait for Haswell to rebuild my PC?
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Recommend the fastest memory for this motherboard
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Windows live search gone or renamed?
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Evolving Prime Number Algorithms: Can Computers Duplicate Human Programming?
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Are National Security Agencies Hiding Cryptography Advancements?
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What is the quickest way to format and copy a quote in a programming language?
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Optimizing File Downloads: Understanding VPN Connections for Faster Access
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Troubleshooting Shared Folder Access Between Mac and Windows
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How Can I Reset the Root Password on My Mac without Reinstalling xCode?
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Are my laptop specs too low to watch youtube videos?
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Middleware Explained: Get Help Understanding It
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Online study and draw/explain program?
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Calculators TI-89 Titanium or TI-Nspire CX CAS?
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How to Troubleshoot High CPU Usage and Script Problems in Firefox?
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How can I make my form fields required?
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Displaying Mathematics in Google Drive?
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Why would more RAM of same type/speed not work?
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Guy runs over his own engine after it explodes
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Why is my ASUS laptop blocking internet access on different WIFI networks?
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New Gaming Build: CPU i7-3770K, MSI Z77, G Skill, MSI GTX 680, Corsair HX850
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Is Math the Main Challenge in Computer Science for Late Starters?
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Unable to share the website links on facebook
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UNBELIEVABLE Grand Theft Auto 5 physics engine
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How Did Vacuum Tubes Revolutionize Early Computers?
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Parallel Computing Project on Kickstarter (computer for $99)
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IPS vs E-link, what's best for eyes?
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Different bandwidth for different devices
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Calculators Scrolling down on text programs (Ti-89)
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PC game that uses more than four CPU threads?
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Can I Set a Fixed Password for TeamViewer Remote Reboot?
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New iMac Models Revealed - Thinner Design Now Available at Apple Store!
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I think I have virus in my computer, .
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How to get rid of the tool bar in Firefox?
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What does it mean to partition a Maxtor external hard drive and how do I do it?
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What is the best laptop to buy a physics major?
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Security of computer data and passwords
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Running old carmageddon on windows 7 64-bit?
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Can a Computer Survive in Outer Space Without Overheating?
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X79 vs Z77: Which Offers Better Performance?
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Calculators Help Identifying this old calculator EACA P-1104A
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Calculators TI-89 won't graph whole function?
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Autocorrelation function in Excel
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Upcoming 8-Core Processors: Release Date, Compatibility, and Performance
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DX12 Details: What to Expect from the Next Generation of DirectX
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Connect 2 Wireless Routers w/ Charter?
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Shared partition for music? (Windows/Linux)
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What is the name of the desk lamp system in the attached image?
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Would a single GTX 680 outperform two older ATI cards?
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Quantum Cryptography: Topic Suggestions
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How to CREATE a green triangle in EXCEL
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How feasible is this Halloween idea?
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Subtraction using 2's complement addition question
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Calculators Plotting modulus functions in TI-89 Titanium
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Do you share a cellphone plan with your girl/boyfriend?
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Calculators Why is the HP 15C so expensive?
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Why do we need markup languages?
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AVG 2013 Issues: Have You Experienced Problems?
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Would You Share Inventions to World?
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Resetting Yahoo Spam Control for Better Email Filtering
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Calculators Calculate Phasors with TI CX CAS & TI 89: A Comparison
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The Benefit of Distant Accounting Servers - DIAMETER Accounting
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What is the Best Power Supply for Upgrading Graphics Cards?
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If you had $1000 to build a generator
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Calculators Is the TI Nspire CX CAS Worth Upgrading to for Electrical Engineering?
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ARM tool to view register usage
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Transfering whole applications from one hard drive to another
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Calculators Setting changed on my Ti-89 Titanium
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Calculators Something wrong with my TI-89 Titanium
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Warning about possible science journal scam
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Why would Tesla want free enrgy for everyone?
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How to elliminate spam attacks?
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Cygwin can't receive UDP packet using recvfrom
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Should I Avoid Using Internet Explorer in Europe Due to a Potential Leak?
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1,000,000,000,000 Frames/Second Photography
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Can I Establish a Wireless Connection on Scientific Linux 6.3?
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XThink Mathjournal - Physics and Math Software
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Why doesn't my new RAM work with my ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO motherboard?
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Where I can find information on the Wireless Networking abilities of my laptop
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Calculators Why does the TI-84 give strange answers for sin of multiples of 2-pi?
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Calculators TI-83/84 Plus - Storing polynomial functions
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Calculators Calculator Syntax/Operating system
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