Thee John Galt

I'm looking at motherboards and I see after all of the memory port specs a set of numbers. For example, this one says "4×240pin DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066". I know what the 4/240pin and DDR mean, but what does 1866/1600/1333/1066 represent? It doesn't seem to be important, but I'm curious.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...

I'm writing a windows application in C# that will use a web service that I am also writing. Both of them will use the same classes which are being compiled to a separate DLL. As a result, I don't want to have to use Web Reference because it won't recreate the the classes for the client when I make a change until I force it to. By just referencing the classes directly, all changes will be instantly picked-up by the client. Is there an easy way to make a generic call to a webservice where I give it a URL, a method name, and any required parameters, have it serialize it where necessary, make the service call, and deserialize the return (perhaps using generic types)?

The engine of my car is being replaced (covered by the powertrain warranty, thank God). Once it's done, I am planning on selling or trading it in. When I calculate the value of the car, should I use the millage that was on the old engine, should it go by the new one, or should it be an average? When I advertise it, should I list both numbers?

I have a tables called `pics` and `favs`. `pics` has a column `pic_id`. 'favs` has columns `pic_id` and `user_id`. I want a SQL command that will give me all the entries in `pics` and join `favs` on `pic_id` but only join them if the `user_id` on the entry in `favs` matches a given user_id. In other words, the query should always give every row in `pics`

For example:

`pics`:

pic_id

1

2

3

4

5

`favs`

`pic_id`, `user_id`

1, 1

3, 2

5, 1

5, 2

Result for user_id=1 should be

`pic_id`, `user_id`

1, 1

2, null

3, null

4, null

5, 1

Result for user_id=2 should be

`pic_id`, `user_id`

1, null

2, null

3, 2

4, null

5, 2

I've tried:

SELECT * FROM pics LEFT OUTER JOIN favs ON pics.pic_id=favs.pic_id WHERE user_id IS NULL OR user_id=1;

But that does not work because it would leave out pic_id=3

The Chevy Volt's has a 16-kWh battery. Does this mean charging the battery from completely dead to completely full will only use 16 kWh of energy? So if I pay $0.12/kWh, the Volt would cost $1.92 to fully charge? If this is not the case, what does the 16-kWh actually mean?

Volt Battery Spec Here:

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/07/27/by-the-number...

I saw GM's commercial about repaying their government loan so I looked into it and there are some things I don't understand.

1. What's the difference between the TARP account they originally got the money from and the TARP escrow account they used to pay it off?

2. It's my (limited) understanding of escrow accounts that they are setup as payments conditional on each party involved fulfilling an agreement/requirement. What did GM do that allowed that account to be opened?

3. Was that escrow account setup specifically for GM, auto industries in general, or just for whoever (the government decides needs it)?

4. Does the money they got from the TARP escrow now also count as TARP debt?

Using "System Information for Windows Build 2009-07-28 Freeware", I found I have 2 sticks of the following memory (4 slots available):

Overall Memory Summary:

Maximum Capacity 4096 MBytes

Maximum Memory Module Size 1024 MBytes

Memory Slots 4

Error Correction None

DRAM Frequency 200.0 MHz

Memory Timings 3-3-3-8 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)

Each Stick Is:

Manufacturer MOSEL

Part Number V826664K24SCIW-D3

Serial Number 16090500

Capacity 512 MBytes

Memory Type DDR (PC3200)

Speed 200 MHz

Supported Frequencies 133 MHz, 166 MHz, 200 MHz

Memory Timings 2-2-2-6-0 at 133 MHz, at 2.5 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)

Memory Timings 2-3-3-7-0 at 166 MHz, at 2.5 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)

Memory Timings 3-3-3-8-0 at 200 MHz, at 2.5 volts (CL-RCD-RP-RAS-RC)

Data Width 64 bits

Manufacturing Date 2005, Week 19

EPP SPD Support No

XMP SPD Support No

I have 4 questions:

1. Since it's DDR 400, can I upgrade to DDR2? Is it compatible? Would it be any faster given my hardware? If it is, is there any limit on the speed I could use (could I get DDR2 667)?

2. Can I upgrade each stick to be 1GB (since I have 4 slots and it says my capacity is 4GB), or do they all need to be 512MB?

3. Is the pin count important (I assume it is) and is there a way to know what pin count since it isn't listed in the information?

4. Is there anything else I need to look for to make sure it's compatible and as fast as possible?

They only show the swarm around Fluery when time expired. Does anybody know if there's a video out there showing how the bench(es) reacted to Fluery's save and time running out?

A carnival game has 5 bags with black balls and red balls. The probability of getting a black ball in each is:

bag 1 - 70%

bag 2 - 35%

bag 3 - 30%

bag 4 - 40%

bag 5 - 60%

Getting 3 black in 3 picks wins large prize, 3 black in 4 picks wins medium and 3 black in 5 picks wins small. What is the probability of winning each size prize?

I haven't been able to find anything other than his return to today's game was questionable (which obviously didn't happen). Have they said anything else about it anywhere?

We're going to be moving next week and I know moving into a new home is stressful for a cat (ours is about 4 years old). The move isn't far (the apartment is about 15 minutes from our current house), so we're going to slowly move all our stuff over during the next week. Would it be a good idea to bring the cat with us when we go over and bring him back when we leave until we're fully moved in so he can get acclimated to the new apartment?

Another reason I'd like to do this is that we have a dog (9 months old) that likes to jump on the cat when he sees him. He's really playful and has never tried to bite the cat (or any other animals or people) so we're not sure if he's playing or if he's defending his territory (the dog won't go into the basement which is where the cat is half the time (and we block off the bedroom where he is most of the rest of the time) so it seems like they're being territorial but we're not sure). We’re teaching him that he can’t do that to the cat, and he’s learning but still does it quite often. So, I would like to take the cat over early so he can get his scent on the apartment and establish himself there (there is less room there so they are going to have to share space). Would this help them live together or would the back and forth trip be too much for the cat?

I have an open OleDBConnection and I do an INSERT command on it. The database isn't written to disc right away though, it takes 4-6 seconds before the database is updated. When I run the query and do a Close() followed directly by Open(), it takes less than 50 ms. How can I force it to write without doing the close and open each time.

I'm able to see my friends list and I did a private chat with one of my friends, but I can't join their party and I can't start the game because it says "You are not connected to Xbox LIVE. You must be connected to Xbox LIVE to start the game." Anybody know how to fix this?

I need to read a full line of text in C that can have spaces in it. The line ends when the user hits enter. It also has to wait for the user to enter the input. I tried gets but that doesn't wait for input. What can I use?

I know about System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send(string), but I need more than one key to be down at once. How can I send something like 'a' key down, 'b' key down, 'a' key up, 'b' key up? The window I want to send the event to will be the active window (so it can work like sendkey).

The economy is going to get a lot worse before it gets better no matter who is in office. So McCain is screwed if he wins because dems will say it was a continuation of Bush failed policies and that's why the economy is so bad. Obama won't be able to run on hope and change in 4 years, so will he continue running against Bush? And will the reps run on change saying it's Obama's fault the economy is worse (plus the mostly liberal senate/house)?

I have a class called Device with a pure virtual method called get_key. There are two classes that extend this class and implement the get_key method. Then I have a function that receives two Device pointers that call get_key. How can I make sure that the passed pointers are a subclass of Device so that it doesn't try to call the pure virtual method?

I'm trying to edit my lmhost.sam file but I'm getting an access denied error (with wordpad). The file is not read only, I unchecked the read only for the etc folder, and went all the way back to the Windows folder, unchecked the read only and did apply to all sub folders. Even after all of that, I still get an access denied error. Any ideas why or how to get around it?

"Cocaine's a [heck] of a drug" - Rick James. This stuff really messes you up. Why does McCain bring up his (mostly irrelevant) associations so much and ignore this? A friend of mine told me he did cocaine and I didn't believe him because I never heard anything about this and thought it would be somewhere in main stream media if it were true (and not just another "he's a Muslim" kind of story).

This is a serious question. I'm not voting for either of these morons.

And why isn't Obama's name in the spell check yet? Come on yahoo, get with the program.

I have a struct called myblock and I am given a long int for the memory address. I do (something like):

long address;

...

struct myblock block1 = (struct myblock *)address;

I need to make sure that block1 actually points to a myblock instance. static_cast, etc, are not options.