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Can anyone help please... I bought a name-a-star gift for my partner at Christmas and wondered if there was any way to be able to locate it with the co-ordinates sent with the certificate... He is...
When the program is recompiled with optimisation (the –O3 compiler switch) the programmer discovers that the sumLoop () function runs faster and that the execution time of a sum = sum + increment;...
If it is true that light from stars has taken millions of years to reach us, than how do we know that these stars are still in existence? Which raises a further question that the Universe may now no...
Two core ideas in operating systems are multiprogramming and
timesharing/ multitasking. What does each of these ideas entail? What
is the main motivation behind their introduction?
(4 marks)...
What are the different methods of passing system call parameters to
the operating system? What are their respective advantages and
disadvantages?...
I doubt if anyone can give a definite answer, but why do scientists think it was the start of the universe? could it be the aftermath of an enormous exploding star that they are seeing? I realise that...
Hi All, I have just been told that medication will stop working if you are on a flight of more than 2 hours. The person who told me is convinced, but I cannot find anything to back it up. Has anyone...
I'm a bit worried about my alcohol intake as yesterday i i downed a whole litre of bacardi and was told that constant drinking like that weakens your heart? How?
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I was reading about some antihistamine I've been taking, and it's interesting to read, but I was curious to know "how" they know all that stuff about receptors in the brain... I just don't understand...
the wind whistle. It's whistling and howling here at the mo.At night it can be quite creepy!
Mention Fred Hoyle's 'Chances of a tornado in a junkyard producing a 747' analogy, to the creation of the universe, the knee-jerk reaction (at least on AB in R&S) is to quote 'Hoyle's Fallacy', which...
I noticed these on the home of a Stormont Cabinet Minister near where I live. I'd guess they're for secure communication. In these days of mobile phones are they really necessary?
Is it possible for an adjacent microwave oven to deplete domestic 'AA' batteries?
is that the comet above and slightly to the left of the moon.
Dave....
I'm not in love with anyone. Like, in romantic way. But I do have at least some people to treasure and admire nearby and even from distance. If I do something to treasure my past memories and...
Clearly two of the biggest brains that have ever blessed physics with their attention, Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen, haven't made errors in their calculations of space-time and the theoretical...
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/ma gazine- 2180284 3 http:// www.jim base.co m/new-c omet/ [i]...a second comet - comet ISON - is set to pass between the Earth and Sun in the autumn, and astronomers expect that it...
It is known that black absorbs heat and white reflects it so why do indiginous peoples of equatorial countries have very dark skins. conversely, other populations have lighter and lighter skins the...
Having a bad day wrong category chosen senior moment
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