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    Unjust Account Disabling: My Experience with Evo as a Moderator

    would it be a crime if i showed the guy how to get around detection by you guys and come on with a new user name?
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    Is My Ethernet Cable Draining Laptop Battery?

    most computers today use standby modes and electronic power switches these draw some current and there could other standby modes in the computer especially in laptops
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    Why is Tossing a Toaster into a Bath Dangerous?

    espear: and trips the circuit breaker ------------------------------ at 50ma the person could die circuit breakers trip at 10A or more too late to save a life
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    Why is Tossing a Toaster into a Bath Dangerous?

    any low resistance path to Earth ground from mains live can kill, this is what happens when you drop a live toaster into water --------------------------- My guess is that the current shorts out the toaster and trips the circuit breaker --------------------------- there is also the path to...
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    What can be done with old computer equipment?

    franznietzsche i would. twelve times 200 mhz gives me an extra 2.4 ghz. Very useful because it would give me a dedicated system for my work. Unfortunately, straving student, i don't have $600, and i doubt I'm going to be able to convince the uni to cover it...
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    What can be done with old computer equipment?

    franznietzsche Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cow Poly Posts: 653 Read my Journal Quote: Originally Posted by philocrazy Linux/Unix is just networking windows is more than that is the biggest network on the planet and is simpler to use and a whole lot more...
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    Troubleshooting Phone-Induced Clicks in Speakers

    the audio amplifier picking up an RF with modulation digital or analogue will only amplifier the audio frequency component, thus the signal could be coming from anywhere in the phone, i thing it is RF that causes this inteference or a beat of RF frequencies with audio frequency modulation if...
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    Least Physics Required: Choosing the Right Engineering Program for You

    when you speak in general, least or most stand for nothing
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    Least Physics Required: Choosing the Right Engineering Program for You

    all three require physics, least is incorrect
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    What can be done with old computer equipment?

    Linux/Unix is just networking windows is more than that is the biggest network on the planet and is simpler to use and a whole lot more ------------------------------ Why in the world would you want to learn Windows networking? I mean what is there to it? Active Directory, files shares...
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    Difference between Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering?

    computer engineering should have at least part of electrical engineering in it especially digital electronics, electrical engineering is a wide spectrum subject covering many technologies in general it forms the basis for more specialised work for most professionals for example...
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    What can be done with old computer equipment?

    the best experiment you could make with them is setup w95 LAN and when you realize that there are new faster machines and have learned a bit win networking give them away for free to a friend to get a similar experience or a friend in electronics who might like to salvage componetry from them
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    What is the Hard Problem of Consciousness & Why is It Difficult?

    loseyourname Do you believe that absolutely everything can be expressed scientifically? -Hedwig Born to Albert Einstein Yes, it would be possible, but it would make no sense. It would be description without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave...
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    Why don't people understand metric prefixes?

    JoshHolloway Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 0 Read my Journal Why don't people understand metric prefixes? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You know, like Mega, Gigga, Kilo and the other common ones. Why don't people understand what...
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    Is Education Too Focused on Math and Science?

    The_Professional Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Here There and Everywhere Posts: 401 Read my Journal Quote: Originally Posted by Moonbear Have I rambled and ranted long enough? I guess so. A very educated and insightful one. Well-written and concise. Cheers...
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