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mysterious open firmware problem 8 34 (6/28/2005 3:22:00 AM) comp.sys.mac.system [ I've crossposted to comp.sys.mac.system and comp.sys.mac.hardware because, well, firmware is both system and hardware, right? ] Hi everyone, I have a weird Open Firmware problem and was wondering if anyo... Logan

super-dumb question 4 125 (2/23/2005 7:20:28 PM) comp.unix.solaris OK, so over at http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/ds/zfs.jsp , there is the following statement: With the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS), Sun introduces its next-generation file storage solution, Solaris ... Logan

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int comparison always returns true? 7 36 (6/8/2008 9:56:28 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer I can't figure this out - new to java, but code appears to be ok. I'm looking for a string within lines of text returned from a system command. I get all the output back - no problem. But when I try to do so... thomasjbs54 (6)

Platform independant scripts? 2 37 (6/13/2008 8:35:13 AM) comp.unix.programmer I use Ubuntu 7.10 and often write scripts for various tasks. But I need to make these scripts run on the platforms, linux, windows and mac. Is there some language where I can write script that will work on al... asd28 (36)

double pointers 9 26 (6/19/2008 11:00:56 AM) comp.programming Hi,what is the advantage of using the double pointers? I got many c programs using the double pointers. But I can't understand it well. But I can do those programs without using double ptrs. I want to knw more ... vavasgroups (2)

How long does read(2) wait before an EAGAIN is thrown? 40 31 (6/19/2008 2:02:17 PM) comp.unix.programmer For example, I send a greeting message to smtp-server, and expect to read an SMTP ``250'' response. How long time does read() wait before a slow 250 arrives, if this runs on non-blocking i/o? // greeting sb... lovecreatesbeauty (723)

software to form 'fair' groups? 27 28 (6/22/2008 9:23:55 AM) comp.programming I wonder if any of you know of software (freeware preferably) that could assist teachers to group students fairly such that every group is reasonably diverse, i.e. of a mix of gender, race, and academic achieve... btegap (2)

text digitization 7 18 (6/22/2008 11:21:52 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer i am trying to digitize a text file into tiff image.the algorithm is as follows, There is a 8x16, 256 character font table with 16 columns and 256 rows .each row of table represents a character(like 0...32,A,a ... jimgardener (91)

best language for text string search 27 25 (6/4/2008 4:36:02 PM) comp.programming Hi I'm wanting to create a program that will search a text file for a specific string (and count the number of occurances). I will want to have a loop so that I can change the string in question. Example te... tomguest (17)

Heuristc to distinguish text and code 26 26 (6/7/2008 4:28:54 PM) comp.programming Dear Experts, I'm trying to implement a function that can tell whether a paragraph is text or code. For example, think of formatting messages posted to this and similar newsgroups, or "wiki language" proces... spam_from_usenet08 (20)

Will the Expect suit to me? ( maybe NOT a wrong post ) 2 31 (6/8/2008 3:55:51 PM) comp.unix.programmer Is this a right group to ask question about Expect programming? I search the Usenet and have not found a group something like comp.....expect. And, my qeustion is below. I am writing a Linux program which wi... narkewoody (247)

Iterating across a TreeMap.... 5 22 (6/8/2008 9:27:15 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer I'd like to iterate over a TreeMap and print out the key and value for each entry, with each entry printout being on the same line. Anyone know how to do that? ... c.willi (24)