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    Should I switch to Linux for my computer needs?

    Never used a bibliography manager, so can't tell you what to use for Linux. But there's a link to the Wine + Endnote page http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=3894&iTestingId=7892
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    Undergrad MIT OpenCourseWare Linear Algebra

    yeah I ended up doing the Physics one instead :P
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    Should I switch to Linux for my computer needs?

    Haha, I have much experience in this. for ethernet, its just plug and go, for wireless, depending on which distro, wireless adapter, etc, it can be just plug and go Linux has the right tools to all programming languages, even most windows language. OpenOffice a few years ago sucked, I agree...
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    Can Electric Eels Power Our Christmas Trees?

    Stupid idea, you have to feed the eel and keep the tank clean, which costs more than 0.8kW of electricity that isn't even constant.
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    Engineer Room-Specific Central Air Heating?

    Sounds like US talk :P
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    Really simple ideal gas question.

    fyi, always use the units, even when bringing in a constant equation like that. In first year my chem prof use to take marks off for not including the unit conversions. This way you know that when the units cross out, its done correctly (units wise)
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    High School Estimating a tower's height using shadows

    Not the mention trying the measure the shadow! The instrumental error involved :P
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    Graduate Solve 25 Horse Riddle: Find 3 Fastest in Minimal Races

    This depends on two factors: 1. If comparing is basically seeing the final results then (Bob came first, Jill came second: I am thinking more along the lines of 11, since you need to see the comparisons to three of the horses with the rest of the pack, so the first run, 25, then the same 3...
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    Is a Joint Honours Degree in Physics and Math Better for Job Opportunities?

    Applied Mathematics would get better job opportunities, that's just Engineering in disguise. But if you like physics as well, get a minor in it along with applied math. I myself am an Engineer, and I was about to take just a Math undergrad, but since my university had applied math, and a...
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    Undergrad Origin of the Moon: Did Luck Play a Role?

    I was just thinking that myself. I think the idea is a little far fetched myself. I assume a body of mass that large to get stuck in the gravitation pull of the Earth would have to have a small velocity. So the only logical explanation (as of now) is that it came off the Earth in a big chuck.
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    Undergrad Are Black Holes Cold? - Ask an Astrophysicist

    This is an application of the first law of thermodynamics, energy in is energy out. The black hole doesn't 'suck' in heat the same as it 'sucks' in matter.
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    High School Can Dividing by Zero Unlock Secrets of the Universe?

    0/100000000000000 = 0, 0/0.00000000000000001 = 0
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    Why is chunking important in developing a photographic memory?

    its usually a gift, or something you get from lots of certain types experience, which takes years, nothing you can really learn to be beneficial for exams in the near future :) find different ways of studying, the ones that have been working for you.
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    Write/Read Char Count to/from File

    this is sudo code, not completely sure but most of it should work, provided you include the right libraries #include <file.h> ? maybe file f = fopen ("text.txt", w); //opens for write for(int i = 1; i <=10; ++i;) fprintf(f,"a"); //prints a 10 times f.close; file f = fopen("text.txt", r)...
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    How Can I Solve These Optics Practice Test Problems?

    What school do you go to, that paper and font, its exactly the same, is there some standard I don't know about?