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Windows XP Service Pack 2

Size: 75.0 MB – 266 MB Get better protection against hackers, viruses, and worms with Windows XP Service Pack 2. Updating your computer with Service Pack 2 will ensure that you have the latest security updates and enhancements from Microsoft. After you have installed Service Pack 2, you will need to restart your computer. More…Continue Reading…

Adding a new user in Linux

SSH to the machine, switch to root, then: useradd -u uid -g group -m username (-u and -g are optional) then: passwd username to define the user password. done!

AP Calculus Question

A cubic polynomial function f is defined by: f(x)=4x^3+ax^2+bx+k where a, b, and k are constants. The function f has a local minimum at x=-1, and the graph of f has a point of inflection at x=-2. 1) Find the values of a and b 2) If the integral from 0 to 1 of f(x)dx…Continue Reading…

Lots of clicks with low earnings

On one of the GC ad channels, in the past 7 days, I have over 5,000 clicks reported but less than $4 earned. It works out to about $0.0006 per click! I think the earnings are correct, but the clicks count is way too high. On the other end of the scale, the footer ad…Continue Reading…

Spamming incident on GC

We had a little spamming incident yesterday and today. Someone posted meaningless jibberish on all forums, including an obscene image. It took some work to clean up, but I think I’m better having had the experience. For one thing, I’ve now installed (and used) a phpBB mod that allows me to delete all of a…Continue Reading…

Where does all my time go?

I need to organize my life.. let’s see. I spent about 2 hours (4-6) cleaning up the mess some people made on GC. I spent about 1 hour (6-7) eating dinner. 1 hour working on my forum hosting websites (7-8). One hour fixing comments on my blog (8-9) 1 hour (9-10) doing the Calc packet….Continue Reading…