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    Undergrad Running a Car on Hydrogen Made from Water

    What are the problems associated with bacteria as a means to produce hydrogen and oxygen for our energy needs?
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    Re-ORC'ing *text* (not scanned) PDFs

    The link to the other thread had the different methods of doing print screen on the various OS's. That would solve the copy issue holding down the "shift" key and press "print screen" that will capture the windows of Acrobat with the current page. Using the built in "MS Paint" under...
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    Why Does Windows XP SP3 Installation Fail with Access Denied?

    Yes it is always wise to reboot after an update as some of the updating does not complete until after a reboot due to certain system files being locked. The reboot clears the file lock allowing other updates to complete. Running the script is safe mode is not a bad idea. However I do not believe...
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    Why Does Windows XP SP3 Installation Fail with Access Denied?

    Those are good programs. McAfee may have several services to turn off. If all else fails contact Super Grover for some wabba wabba. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKRAR4qedeA&eurl
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    Why Does Windows XP SP3 Installation Fail with Access Denied?

    What anti-virus and anti-spyware program are you using? Here is what I would try next: - Update your anti-virus & anti-spyware software and do a complete scan in normal mode and then again in safe mode looking for evil-ware. (this is just a sanity check for evil doers) - Clear your temp files...
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    Solve "Unable to Copy Pics" Problem Quickly

    If you have viewed the page the image should be in your temp files folders. Here is how to find it. http://compnetworking.about.com/od/windowsnetworking/ht/findtempfiles.htm Then sort by internet address and copy and paste the image to your new destination. I hope that helps.
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    Speech Recognition: Learn Digital Signal Processing

    As an FYI Dragon Natural Speaking is favored by the Doc and Attorneys I support. It is a big resource hog so a beefy PC is recommended. http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/ I use Mac Speech on the OS X as well. It is impressive. It is built upon Dragon's engine. http://www.macspeech.com/...
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    Why Does Windows XP SP3 Installation Fail with Access Denied?

    Doc: Check out this KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949377 I hope that helps!
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    Re-ORC'ing *text* (not scanned) PDFs

    Which operating system are you using? XP, Vista, OS X or Linux variation? There are a few help tips and work around here on this thread: https://www.physicsforums.com/archive/index.php/t-225791.html
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    Undergrad Solution: Solve a Water Pressure Dilemma

    Also note that salt water is heavier than fresh water. If you decide to use salt water plan your construction for that: Roughly, salt water weighs 64 lbs/cu. ft., as opposed to fresh water, which is about 62.2 lbs/cu. ft. There are 7.4805 gallons in a cubic foot. So a gallon of salt water...
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    Leaning towards artificial intelligence?

    It is not the number of computer that makes them "smart", it is the software that drives them. Here is a link to the open source project that links computers together like you want. Now all you need is the AI software to go with it. :P http://www.open-mpi.org/
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    MP3 Video Files Freeze Up In Windows Movie Maker

    Try updating your video drivers and any Window updates. Then clear all your temp files.
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    Can a Downgraded Video Driver Solve the Blue Screen of Death Error?

    Try updating your video card graphic drivers. Also apply all the latest OS updates and any updates for the game. See respective vendors for updates.
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    Which drive is experiencing SMART failure?

    The simplest way is to disconnect one drive at a time from the ribbon cable. If the error goes away you know that it must be the last drive you disconnected. Reconnect that drive to confirm that it is and then you can replace it.
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    Re-ORC'ing *text* (not scanned) PDFs

    Here is a thread on the Latex site that might help: http://www.latex-community.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1124