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    Laptop/Tablet Suggestions

    I need to get a Laptop / Tablet for general all-round use. Here are the requirements : 1. Linux Compatible 2. Ultralight ~1-2kg 3. Solid State Hard Drive Otherwise, decent specs ought to do it. I looked at the Dell XT, and liked almost everything about it, but it seems that it has...
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    The Programming Contests, Challenges and Online Judge Thread.

    Since we have quite a few knowledgeable programmers and more than a few budding programmers, I thought it'd be useful if we had a thread on programming challenges and the like. In general, Contests are usually played out between participants in realtime.Challenges are mostly formats where...
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    Grub error 17

    On my new computer I decided to try out kubuntu, and I've done up my partitioning as follows : sda1 : /boot : 128MB (ext3) sda2 : / : 75GB (reiserfs) sda5 : /home 75GB (reiserfs) sda6 : swap : 1GB Installation went fine, and I told it to put GRUB on my second hard disk, the first one...
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    Help needed with P5B Deluxe.

    I just bought my new rig, and I'm having problems off the bat with my motherboard. The two things I need help with right now are these : 1. I get a "Detect drives done, no any drive found" error. (Look here to see exactly what I mean : *www.andytaro.com/images/load1.jpg). I have no idea...
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    Shopping Spree for new rig -- Please Advise

    It's finally time for me to ask my fellow forum members for advice on buying a new computer from scratch. Let me make things as clear as I can. My budget is about 95k, and I'll be using the rig for a fair bit of movies and music, a decent (but not too much) bit of gaming, but mainly for...
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    Student arrested for "suspected terrorist activity".

    |SOURCE| How many people who can design an fps map on their school, and have the guts to carry out a terrorist operation as such, would do it...with a hammer?
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    Windows Vista Prices Leaked

    |SOURCE| Windows XP Prices also listed for comparison. All prices are in Canadian Dollars, unfortunately. You have to do the conversions yourself I'm afraid.
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    A question about ls.

    Is there any way to make the ls command display directories first, then the files? I tried the ls -X switch, and while this puts the directories first, it groups the rest of the fiels by extension, something I don't really want. I want the firectories to be in alphabetical order, followed by the...
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    Microsoft To Offer Free Vista Upgrade

    Microsoft is trying to recover ground after having delayed Vista so much. I feel a bit mad though, at the kind of subversion companies do, to up sales, especially this line : It's contemptible, really.
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    Java Trouble

    I decided to try out the Java tutorials at the Sun Microsystems Website, But I ran into some problems. See if you can help me out. I've already installed the latest JDK, 6b2. I followed the instructions here : *java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/getStarted/cupojava/unix.html , and...
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    Motorola unleashes RIZR, and sleek, light, affordable F3

    |SOURCE| Motorola unleashed the latest in their ultra sleek and low end phone series. Called the Motofone F3, it's priced at $50, which should come to about 2250-2500 Rupees. It's very light on features, but it does what a phone's supposed to do. My only gripe is that it's B&W. It also...
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    Cordless Keyboard to go with G7

    I'm thinking of getting the Logitech G7 Mouse for my new computer, but I'm at a loss as to which keyboard to get with it. Cordless is almost a necessity, ergonomic (wave) layout is preferable, as that's what I'm used to using. My main hurdle is that most cordless keyboards come as a set with the...
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    Google Talk stirring up a storm

    Google Talk, the new chat client released by Google is already making waves. It appears to be quite a bit faster than any of the already available chat clients, although lacking in functionality. As google Talk is still in testing, we can expect more to come.
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