PC World Forums http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/ en Wed, 16 May 2012 21:58:04 GMT vBulletin 60 http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/images/misc/rss.png PC World Forums http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/ Where can I get a USB GSM module? http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124744-Where-can-I-get-a-USB-GSM-module&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 20:56:48 GMT Hello, I am thinking of getting a USB GSM module (one that can send and receive texts) for a future project. Does anyone know where I can get one at low cost? Preferably in New Zealand, but otherwise overseas. TIA Hello,

I am thinking of getting a USB GSM module (one that can send and receive texts) for a future project. Does anyone know where I can get one at low cost? Preferably in New Zealand, but otherwise overseas.

TIA ]]> PressF1 bot http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124744-Where-can-I-get-a-USB-GSM-module Computer just bluescreened http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124743-Computer-just-bluescreened&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 20:33:10 GMT As above. Here is the log. Any clues, anyone? Mini051712-01.dmp 17/05/2012 8:14:35 a.m. DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0x000000d1 0x00000008 0x00000002 0x00000000 0x902757c5 32-bit C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini051712-01.dmp 4 15 6002 131,072 LL :eek: As above. Here is the log. Any clues, anyone?

Mini051712-01.dmp 17/05/2012 8:14:35 a.m. DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0x000000d1 0x00000008 0x00000002 0x00000000 0x902757c5 32-bit C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini051712-01.dmp 4 15 6002 131,072


LL :eek: ]]> PressF1 lakewoodlady http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124743-Computer-just-bluescreened Tigers In Captivity In US http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124742-Tigers-In-Captivity-In-US&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 14:17:17 GMT Watching this on TV right now - got me thinking about the fact that there are more tigers in captivity in the US than there are in the whole world, in the wild.

There have been some instances when tigers - and lions and even 'ligers' (hybrid lion-tiger interbreeds) have gotten loose and the local authorities have shot them all.

Just nasty.

I'm in favor of seeing these animals - but I've got mixed emotions about having them in cages like this. Since chances seeing them in the wild is kinda off the plate for me - this is the only way I can get close enough to appreciate them.

I also feel that once I've seen a big cat - then I should not need to see them again and again - especially in 'petting zoos' and other out-of-the-norm situations. Besides, up close, they smell pretty bad - especially the sea lions.

I often went to The Bronx Zoo in New York and also to The Wild Animal Safari in Irvine, California (long ago out of business) and of course: the iconic - San Diego Zoo. All well 'n good, but each time it left me a little dismayed and internally upset at the unnatural settings and situations for the poor animals.

Here's some sort of site that to me looks a little self-serving in that it says things are OK - and yet::: http://www.prweb.com/releases/feline...web9411801.htm

At least they're not selling tiger skin handbags and leopard hide shoes.



In other news: Marilyn Monroe (Scene/pose from: Seven Year Itch) goes to Palm Springs::

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The giant statue of Marilyn Monroe that was in Chicago for about 10 months has a new home — Palm Springs, Calif.

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“I love Marilyn. I’m so glad she’s here,” Linda George of Palm Springs said as she walked over to get a closer look Monday at the newly installed, 26-feet-tall “Forever Marilyn” sculpture of the Hollywood legend.

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“I know my friends who live in Chicago have taken photos with her a bunch of times, and they thought she was a great attraction to the city. I’m sure she’ll be that for us, too.”
LINK::: http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/...ngs-calif.html

Huffington Post Article w/Pixs & Slide Show::: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1471893.html

Interesting that there are comments that the statue is tacky and in poor choice since one could (conceivably) look UP under her dress. Then there are comments that the 'other-sex' persons who frequent and live in 'Gender Non-Specific' Palm Springs and Cathedral City ("Cat City") won't bother looking 'under there' anyway.

This might not be the situation when the Dinah Shore Golf Tournament comes to town. :cool:

Yeah - it's a soft-news day.




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Actual image credit: Image: Capitol Records ]]> PC World Chat SurferJoe46 http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124741-Backwards-Abbey-Road Fat tax http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124740-Fat-tax&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 11:28:17 GMT http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/heal...-health-issues

Bring it on!
It's about time the fatties started paying for their healthcare.

edit: and how about a separate room in establishments where they can shovel in their burgers out of site of the smug pricks with their salads ... ]]> PC World Chat fred_fish http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124740-Fat-tax What to do with sour apples? http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124739-What-to-do-with-sour-apples&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 07:55:23 GMT My apple tree had a bumper crop, but the skin is incredibly sour so I am looking for ideas on what to do with them. I am not a great cook, so easy suggestions are best.

Some of them are stewing right now & will go great with porridge in the morning (if I can get out of bed early enough) ]]> PC World Chat Greven http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124739-What-to-do-with-sour-apples my hard drive is not working heeelllppp http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124738-my-hard-drive-is-not-working-heeelllppp&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 07:11:44 GMT please help my hard drive is not working but only sometimes. It works on any other computer but if you put any other hard drive into the computer it works please help please help my hard drive is not working but only sometimes. It works on any other computer but if you put any other hard drive into the computer it works please help ]]> PressF1 johnnygeek http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124738-my-hard-drive-is-not-working-heeelllppp Super Sensitive? http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124737-Super-Sensitive&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 06:24:16 GMT Someone I know is reluctant to get a wireless router because she says she can feel the electro-magnetic fields. She also says she can detect the fields around her burglar alarm sensors. Seems odd to me, but who knows? Anyone else come across this? Someone I know is reluctant to get a wireless router because she says she can feel the electro-magnetic fields. She also says she can detect the fields around her burglar alarm sensors. Seems odd to me, but who knows?

Anyone else come across this? ]]> PC World Chat Tony http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124737-Super-Sensitive True or False ???? http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124736-True-or-False&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 04:56:34 GMT I read somewhere on the internet , dont know where , that the higher the screen resolution , the lower the peformance you will get from a web browser (any) . I dont know if this sounds weird , but thats what i thought to ask you people out there , who know more... I read somewhere on the internet , dont know where , that the higher the screen resolution , the lower the peformance you will get from a web browser (any) . I dont know if this sounds weird , but thats what i thought to ask you people out there , who know more about PC. ]]> PressF1 Nhashon http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124736-True-or-False Office 365 http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124735-Office-365&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 04:20:59 GMT Office 365 - will it work in leap year? Case of bad marketing by Microsoft? Office 365 - will it work in leap year?

Case of bad marketing by Microsoft? ]]> PressF1 stingray68 http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124735-Office-365 Multi Threading in java http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124734-Multi-Threading-in-java&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 00:32:47 GMT Hi i have assignment where i have to create a sequential program and the a parallel program and compare the times,

I am having a bit of trouble with the parallel program and I Know you have to use a Fork/Join but just
can't seem to implement

This is my sequential program http://pastebin.com/AyB58fpr

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks ]]> PressF1 cookiemonstr http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124734-Multi-Threading-in-java Wireless problem and channels http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124733-Wireless-problem-and-channels&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 23:08:21 GMT My wife has a fairly old Toshiba laptop which keeps losing visibility of our home wireless router (sorry at work and cant remember the model but it is a Telecom one), she can still see all the neighbors and all the other wireless devices in the house have no issue. All it takes to fix the problem... My wife has a fairly old Toshiba laptop which keeps losing visibility of our home wireless router (sorry at work and cant remember the model but it is a Telecom one), she can still see all the neighbors and all the other wireless devices in the house have no issue. All it takes to fix the problem is to go into the router and change the channel, save, and get out (Auto doesn't work). Suddenly the connection is visible for a day or a few days then lost again and the process is repeated.

Anyone have any idea why this might happen or what the solution might be? ]]> PressF1 Erger http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124733-Wireless-problem-and-channels Ouch... Facebook http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124732-Ouch...-Facebook&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:19 GMT http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/05/general-motors-pulls-annual-10-million-worth-of-ads-from-facebook/ Bad time for this to happen? :punk Ken http://arstechnica.com/business/2012...from-facebook/

Bad time for this to happen? :punk

Ken ]]> PC World Chat kenj http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124732-Ouch...-Facebook <![CDATA[Keyboard has changed the shift 2 function @ to "]]> http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124731-Keyboard-has-changed-the-shift-2-function-to-quot&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 22:50:40 GMT When i want to enter the shift 2 to insert @ character it puts a " character instead. I have not changed keyboard myself and have tested another keyboard and it is the same. Hiow do I reset keyboard? ]]> PressF1 Advocar http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124731-Keyboard-has-changed-the-shift-2-function-to-quot Lose $ To Match The Time You Lost w/The Same Company http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124730-Lose-To-Match-The-Time-You-Lost-w-The-Same-Company&goto=newpost Tue, 15 May 2012 22:19:53 GMT I ain't getting into this fracas::::

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• As Facebook prepares for what could be a record-setting IPO this week, a new poll finds that half of Americans think the world’s largest social network — which says it has more than 900 million users worldwide — is a fad.

NOTE: ME TOO!

The Associated Press-CNBC survey, conducted earlier this month in a phone poll of 1,004 U.S. adults, comes as many news articles in the run-up to Facebook’s initial public offering show strong interest in owning a piece of the Menlo Park company.

High demand for its shares also prompted the company to say it will raise its opening stock price to $34 to $38 from its previous estimate of $28 to $35 a share. In one article by the Wall Street Journal, among those who were looking to buy shares were a student investment club whose members all use Facebook, and a father who wanted to use his daughter’s college money.

There is no shortage of articles telling small investors how they can get in on the action, including by buying single shares — look, Ma, I got a certificate! — or shares in another fund.

Besides the ravenous investor appetite for its shares, Facebook also has helped change business, politics and activism, among other things, as Peter Delevett of the Mercury News wrote over the weekend.

Despite concerns about things such as its continued growth in this increasingly mobile world, and its sometimes-troubling privacy practices, the company is a “fad” that has gone on for eight years.

Come IPO time, it will likely buy itself a few more years.
I hope not.



...THEN it's demise will come. :D ]]> PC World Chat SurferJoe46 http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?124730-Lose-To-Match-The-Time-You-Lost-w-The-Same-Company