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Looking for some computer questions
2006-03-08, 2:23 PM #1
As odd as it may sound, I was kind of wondering if any of you here who know a good amount of computers might be willing to just ask some questions for me (preferably that you know the answer too) so I can check up on my knowledge, and see what kinds of things I need to learn more about.

I definitely don't claim to know everything, but I am fairly confident that I know a good number of things.

Really, the questions wouldn't have to be for me, they could just be questions for anyone to answer, so anyone can answer any question (kind of like a public quiz, where anyone can ask and answer.)

Though it would be nice if people put the answers in spoiler tags when trying to guess the answer.

It could be a good thread for everyone to get involved in, and it'd be a good way to test people's knowledge as well.

Any takers?
2006-03-08, 2:24 PM #2
Whats the difference between a monitor and a TV?
2006-03-08, 2:50 PM #3
[QUOTE=Mr. Stafford]Whats the difference between a monitor and a TV?[/QUOTE]

Resolution.
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2006-03-08, 4:04 PM #4
What happens when you hold a large magnet 1 inch from your hard drive? Describe! :)
2006-03-08, 4:08 PM #5
What does a stick of CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) taste like?
2006-03-08, 4:10 PM #6
Butter.

What does IRQ stand for?
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2006-03-08, 4:12 PM #7
interrupt request line


what the difference bettween a byte and bit
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2006-03-08, 4:26 PM #8
A bit is only one "1" or one "0" in the total overall set of 8 1s and 0s that make up the a byte.
2006-03-08, 4:38 PM #9
How do u disable a PXE at school without accessing the bios?
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2006-03-08, 7:37 PM #10
Originally posted by Delphian:
What happens when you hold a large magnet 1 inch from your hard drive? Describe! :)

Most likely nothing, actually. It takes a very large magnetic force to flip bytes on a platter, and chances are an average "large magnet" won't cut it.
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2006-03-08, 7:39 PM #11
Why hasn't my OEM Dell power supply died yet? :o
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2006-03-08, 7:42 PM #12
How does a hard drive read/write arm work? I.e. what makes it move? NO WIKIPEDIA.
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2006-03-08, 7:48 PM #13
(Thinks about the "Get Perpendicular" song)

Name three places programs can manifest themselves in order to start on boot.

Hint: the one I'm specifically looking for you can get to through the "run" prompt
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2006-03-08, 7:50 PM #14
Originally posted by happydud:
(Thinks about the "Get Perpendicular" song)

Name three places programs can manifest themselves in order to start on boot.

Hint: the one I'm specifically looking for you can get to through the "run" prompt



Programs -> Startup
Windows Registry
Autoexec.bat? I dunno. :(
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2006-03-08, 7:56 PM #15
Right, right, and innovative, but wrong. There's a thing you can run and see and then check and uncheck anything that starts up on boot.
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2006-03-08, 8:00 PM #16
Originally posted by happydud:
Right, right, and innovative, but wrong. There's a thing you can run and see and then check and uncheck anything that starts up on boot.

msconfig
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2006-03-08, 8:54 PM #17
...the entries of which are stored in the registry.
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2006-03-08, 10:21 PM #18
Originally posted by happydud:
Right, right, and innovative, but wrong. There's a thing you can run and see and then check and uncheck anything that starts up on boot.


Scheduled tasks? Or services? I don't know.
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2006-03-09, 12:39 AM #19
[QUOTE=Mr. Stafford]Whats the difference between a monitor and a TV?[/QUOTE]

Originally posted by KnightRider2000:
Resolution.


I would say the fact monitors rarely contain TV tuners is a fact even more fundamental.
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2006-03-09, 7:11 AM #20
And the fixed refresh rate of 60hz.
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2006-03-09, 8:21 AM #21
Originally posted by Sol:
And the fixed refresh rate of 60hz.


What's that?
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2006-03-09, 9:28 AM #22
How does RAM physically store data?

(I don't know the answer to this one. I'm just curious)
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2006-03-09, 9:33 AM #23
Originally posted by KnightRider2000:
Resolution.


so i can get TV on my monitor if i use a bog standard arial?
2006-03-09, 9:41 AM #24
What would make a DVD rom stop reading reigion 1 dvds when all avalible settings say that the device is set to reigion 1?
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2006-03-09, 9:49 AM #25
A KNIFE
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2006-03-09, 10:37 AM #26
Originally posted by SMOCK!:
How does RAM physically store data?

(I don't know the answer to this one. I'm just curious)


Basically, millions of transistors and capacitors are put together to form a RAM chip.

Each capacitor will either hold a charge, or maintain no charge. Each capacitor is bascially one bit (of the total 8) that make up one byte. If the capacitor holds a charge, it's the same as if you were looking at a 1 in the binary form of a byte, and if there's no charge, it'd be the same as a 0.

So basically, 00000001 = 7 capacitors that hold no charge, and 1 capacitor that holds a charge.
2006-03-09, 10:38 AM #27
Originally posted by djwguitarman:
What would make a DVD rom stop reading reigion 1 dvds when all avalible settings say that the device is set to reigion 1?


Have you tried using different software?
2006-03-09, 8:25 PM #28
Zloc got mine.

@Emon: Yeah, but I'd prefer using msconfig to editing my registry. Both are options though.
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2006-03-09, 8:52 PM #29
What does "yacc" stand for?
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2006-03-10, 2:11 AM #30
Yet Another Compiler Compiler.
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2006-03-10, 2:46 AM #31
I should have guessed it was capacitors.

What does the BIOS do?
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2006-03-10, 2:49 AM #32
Basic Input/Output System.
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2006-03-10, 2:50 AM #33
What's "42" in binary?
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2006-03-10, 3:01 AM #34
00101010
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2006-03-10, 5:20 AM #35
On a Unix system, what would this do?

[root@unix]:
gawk;
who | grep -i girl | talk;
date;
cd ~;
wine;
touch;
unzip;
touch;
strip;
gasp;
finger;
gasp;
mount;
fsck;
more;
yes;
gasp;
umount;
make clean;
make mrproper;
sleep;
:D
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2006-03-11, 10:44 AM #36
It returns the error: Unknown variable: 'girl'
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2006-03-11, 11:00 AM #37
ric_olie ftw
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2006-03-11, 11:22 AM #38
Taken from a real life conversation with a Security Forces member:

"Hey, you know about computers right... Does computers has lots of gigs...? No, wait. Does computers need lots of gigs?"
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2006-03-11, 11:57 AM #39
Originally posted by FCTuner04:
Have you tried using different software?

Yes. I've tried every DVD player software that I have.
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2006-03-11, 12:03 PM #40
What is the internet for?

Answer :

The internet is really really great. For porn.
I got a fast connection, so I don't have to wait! For porn.
There's always some new site! For porn.
I browse all day and night! For porn.
Its like I'm surfing at the sppeedd offf ligghtt! For porn.

The internet is for porn! The internet is for porn!
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