Computer Science

My telephone co states I am getting thirty bhps at the house box but when I get the icon computer online connection speed it's, nineteen.2 or sixteen.2. Now they tell me its windows xp. what must I do to get the thirty bhps d/l online? My modem is 115000 something and I have 1ghz.384mb of ram and a Intel pentium 111. Paul

No, not the pharmacy. I've been trying to download a CVS file to test it out on my computer (phpBB 3 actually). However, all I get is a file that Windows has no idea what to do with, and I can't figure out my CVS client (TortoiseCVS). So can someone tell me how to take the file on my computer and set it up so I actually have the files for phpBB3 there? I'd like to test it. edit: hey, it made my title lowercase!

As I may have mentioned in the past, I'm a graduate student in computer science, working towards a PhD. Recently I've had a number of classes in which the professors required me to use different Java IDEs for various assignments. One prof loves NetBeans. Another prefers Forte. Another (oddly enough) likes Visual Studio. I'm curious what you guys like. I'm also curious what you guys think of the whole Java IDE situation. What's good and what's bad about it?

Anybody go the following email? Hi I am updating my address book and it would be very helpful if you could click on the link below and enter your contact details for me: http://www.bebo.com/fr2/8095227a149729858b108509190c189557875d20 I am using a service that keeps contact details current. Just update your own contact details and then the changes appear in selected friends' address books. When I update my contact details you will see them in your address book. Thank you for helping. Sarah its off so many people i think its a virus. yes?

I had a pile of old floppy disks that I hadn't used in a while. When I put them into my computer, I found that most of the data was either gone or corrupt. Does the data on a floppy disk always go bad after several years? Also, how long does the data on a hard disk last before disappearing or becoming corrupt? What about the data on a CD-R or a CD-RW?

I'm doing a project and I need some good video editing software. Any reccomendations? It should be free, or have a trial that I can use before I have to pay.

i was just curious, how many of you have floppy drives, in your recently built computers? The computer im using now, i build a few months ago, and i really didnt see the need for a floopy drive (and on the whole ive had no problems, i had to stick one in to reflash the Mobo Bios, but apart from that....) anhoo, yay or nay?

I installed Civilization 3 (basic) on my XP computer but when I run it it says "Frequency Out Of Range." Then gives some Frequency is: whatever, safe range (I think) whatever. It's the monitor telling me this. I messed around some in properties and changed a few things like colors, resolution, refresh rate, etc. This didnt fix civ, but under 32 colors, bzflag does not run. (fortunately I dont need to reboot when bzflag does this... F12. I have to reboot every test run on civilization. I've read some about this, and one fix is with drivers. I found *the* driver for it (CM1772PF) but it also asks for another file I cannot find: The file that gives a 404 is in…

I was just thinking about computer security (authentication section) for a while and after examining all the security measures used for authentication I find the following: Username and password Magnetic cards + passwords Username and password + voice recognition Username and password + voice rec. + fingerprint auth. Usern. & pass. + voice r. + fingerprint auth. + eye auth. and that's about it, as much as I could come up with... can't recall any more, so if there are any other forms please add them. i also thought of a possible new addition to the auth. security and that be the signature of the user. i'm not sure if this already exists or not but it ju…

I was reading of how many problems car companies are having with the software they put in their luxury cars (most makes, german , japanese). People can't start their car, etc. and it stays in service for a long time because of software bugs. The microprocessors they introduced to control alot of things in the modern luxury cars IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. Software is still designed like an art, it hasn't acquired all the real engineering precision of mechanics etc. Before putting software in cars, they should design it with top notch precision, and according to a very strict engineering process just like engines are made. This method of designing software must still come of …

Hey, I have a new computer problem I was hoping someone could help me out with. Whener I click on a folder on my desktop (My computer, My Documents, etc.) this error message pops up: As I result, I can't get to any folders through my desktop. Can someone explain why this is happening/ how I can fix it? Thank you so much!

I have trouble in understanding the difference between HTML, XHTML, and XML I think more possibly is because of my poor computer knowledge, so can any one explain the difference in detail in a plainer way??? thx Albert

In java, the order of pre/post increment operator comes first but why, for eg, int x = y++ the asignment operator executes first????, then y plus 1???? in my sense of logic, x should be y+1, not y according to the order of operator in java, y++ and ++y should be no difference, because they are the first in the order but actually, the JVM works not as what I expect, I think maybe the order of operator for java in my reference book is wrong, since x = y+1, that '+' should come before post increment operator in order as the result shows Can any one tell me how does the operator work in my particular case??? thx Albert Can any

On our home network we have calbe internet and three computers: A,B,C (not real names) the internet goes into computer A and then into the network. computer B and C get 1.75 meg out of a five meg line and computer A gets 2.5 meg is there a way to get 5 meg to all the computers on the network without buying a server. thanks for your help.

Can this be done? Just connect the two PCs via their modems? What could be done with this connection eg file transfer. Also if one of the PCs had a broadband connection via a 10/100 card could the other computer access the net? I lknow this wont work without special software on at least one of the PCs. Also is it possible for to PCs to communicate thru serial ports?

My computer had been on for about 7 hours... I opened up my computer, ie. opened up the case and left it running like that, after about 10 minutes: the heatsink on the processor had cooled from hot to room temperature the PSU (power supply unit) casing had cooled from hot to room temp the PSU fan was blowing out warm instead of hot air the heatsink on the north bridge/south bridge (dunno which one, whichever has a heatsink!) took about 1 hour to go from hot to a bit less hot, same with the graphics card heatsink and the RAM. Conclusion: Heatsinks are good, but you really need a fan to get the heat off a heatsink A fan makes a big difference as does a hea…

When I boot up my computer, a blue screen appeared. It tells me that my computer has dump of physical memory.What should I do?

For those of you who are familiar with Stirling Cycle engines, then skip this. Otherwise, go to http://travel.howstuffworks.com/stirling-engine.htm if you want to know how one works. Why aren't stirling engines used as heatsincs/fans in computers? They don't require any electric power, and they consume heat on their own. It seems like it'd be much more power and heat efficient than the systems being used now...

Hey guys, I'm an aspiring Game Designer and here's my question: I've heard that a Computer Science degree doesn't generally give you a big boost when applying for a job at a game company. Do you think that a degree in Digital Entertainment and Game Design would give me a big boost seeing as how it's much more specific to the Game Design scene? This is a pretty significant question I need answered before I spend 2 more years of my life and thousands of my dollars in a technology school going for the degree, thanks!

i was just bored so i tried figuring out a better way to make things apear invisible... i saw that one japaneese guy's thing and thought it was crap cuz u could see shadows n stuf and wanted to make my own way.. only problem: it would cost too much well ne ways heres the basic idea : you have a small camera with hundreds of surfaces (so reely its hundreds of small cameras) all on a semi-sphere that get sent to the parallell screen on the oposite side of the suit/vehical/ w/e and then it gets displayd that way. the screens would be a little biget than the camera and blend many camera signals together to form one picture.. so from no matter what angle you look at it y…

Ok, here's the scenario. I get this email that has a virus on it. I don't open it up, though, but now I'm trying to figure out whether my friend did it or not. Here are some of the key points. 1) The sender has her name on it, and so does the email address. 2) I never received any emails from her until 3 weeks ago, one day after I sent her something. In other words, she didn't know my email prior to my sending something to her. 3) The first virus email had a list of all her friends' emails, although the next two didn't. The first point makes it really suspicious. I can't imagine somebody without access to her email doing it.

I have created a script that registers a user, but instead of using a password it uses an image to verify the user. It creates a 100 pixel image and stores each pixel in a db. When the user attempts to login they must upload the image. The script then runs through to make sure all pixels match in the database. Please go to http://www.funnestgames.com/sci_i/register.php 1. Register 2. Download the image it prompts 3. CLick the login link after the image is downloaded 4. Login It is that easy and it will greatly help me work out kinks. I understand people are concerned about spam mail, so feel free to enter a fake email address. I that input option to …

I am looking for a good, free content management system for my website. It should be PHP and MySQL based (or something compatible, whatever) and very EASY TO USE. I could find my way around one, but I may not be the only person using it. It should be suitable for posting daily news and such.

In Java, char is an unsigned data type Does any one know what does "unsigned" mean in that sense??? thx Albert

After visiting the Unicode website, I realized that most of the characters aren't accepted by the general browser. Is there a reason for this?