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I feel a little silly for asking this, but since the new layout change, I can't seem to find this option on the Instant Watch section of the Netflix site. It used to be a little check box on the upper right hand corner that said something like "Show already seen/rated videos" or whatever. On occasion, it still crops up, but never on the pages I need it to. :/ There are some videos I want to watch again, but can't remember the name, so this option was really great.

If this option is gone forever, is there a way to just turn off Netflix's ability to remove things I've already seen and rated from the list?

For this current exercise I am working on, I have a txt file of numbers list something like the following (more spaces added for the sake of clarity):

1 2 3 4 5

What I need to do is to first have Java read the numbers and put them in an array or in a list or something like that. Then, I want to be able to move the elements around. For example, I want all of the numbers after 2 to be moved to the front ( 3 4 5 1 2) and then all numbers in front of the 4 to be moved back just before the last number (4 5 1 3 2).

I already know how to make the information in the txt file usable for Java, but I don't know what I should use to actually implement my plans. I was thinking that I should use a linked list since I think it would make it easier to traverse back and forth through the numbers, but I don't actually know how to go about selecting a chunks of numbers and moving them around using a linked list. So, now I'm starting to think maybe a linked list isn't the way to go.

Am I approaching the problem all wrong? Should I have gone with an array instead? What sort of method could I use to be able to freely arrange elements like that? This program should be able to work with a txt file containing the numbers in any original order, btw. Any kind of help you can give me would be really appreciated. Thank you!

Basically, what I'm trying to do is write a program that will read a text file of test results, and send those results to a graphics window that has been separated into rectangles.The first rectangle in the row is supposed to have be labeled with the question identifier and the other rectangles are to visually show the degree of popularity of people's answers. The more popular a vote, the more intense that color is supposed to get visually.

To try and clear up any remaining confusion, please allow for me to give you an example. If the text file I gave to Java is the following:

---text file starts here---

Name: Jenny

HAPPY: 2

CAT_V_DOG: 1

---

Name: Franky R.

HAPPY: 2

CAT_V_DOG: 1

BOOKS: 2

---text file ends here---

The output of this should be a graphics window separated into 3 columns and 3 rows. The rectangles of the first column, would just have the labels "HAPPY", "CAT_V_DOG", and "BOOKS". Initially, only the questions would be labeled with the rest of the canvas being black, but after a set amount of delay in milliseconds (200), the canvas would get refreshed and the third rectangle on the first row (HAPPY) and the second rectangle on the second row (CAT_V_DOG) would get filled in with blue rectangles (RGB 0,0,25) and be labeled "Jenny". There has only been 1 vote for those options cast, so the colors are relatively dim.

After another same-length delay, the canvas would refresh and the next person's "results should be shown". Rectangles (0,2) and (1,1) would now be filled in a darker blue (RGB 0,0,50 because 2 people have "voted" for that same option), rectangle (2, 2) would be filled in a lighter blue (RGB 0,0,25 since he's the first vote for that question) and they would all now be labeled "Franky R" because he was the last person who's vote was tallied for that particular answer.

I already have a separate class that I'm not allowed to change that opens up a graphics window with the appropriate number of rectangles. This finished class also has methods that allow for me to write labels to the graphics, a custom delay method, and several methods that allow me to set colors into specific rectangles as long as I provide a coordinate pair or to test a particular square and get the color that it has been filled with.

I have already worked on this for quite some time and I'm feeling like I know what it is I want my program to do, but being a beginner, I don't quite know how to make Java understand. Thus far, I've been able to: create some code that can read through file and (using .split which I'm just learning about) list the test results (assuming I fed it the above file) as:

HAPPY, 2, 2

CAT_VS_DOG, 1, 1

BOOKS, 2

by printing out the Identifier + the comma-separated list of results.

I also learned how to parse comma-separated lists into different array elements. At first my results array had only, say "2,2" listed for results[0]. I realized this would be helpful if I were writing a file, but since I would want to send each element (+ the name of the person who cast that vote) to the canvas, I would have to split them up into their own parts of the array. After much confusion and frantic researching, I am now capable of doing such a thing. For example results[0] would be 2 and results [1] would be 2 as well.

I suspect that I might be able to accomplish my goal using a for-loop (more probably a nested for loop) given the fact that in the past when I was trying to go from rectangle to rectangle on a canvas, a nested for-loop helped me to generate the x and y coordinates. However, this project feels like it'll be more difficult because the first column contains different kinds of elements than the rest and the loop would somehow have to keep track of how many votes for a particular answer have already been given. I would take this to mean that I'll be needing several loops. Another thought I've been having is if the loop could read the results for a particular question and check that answer's set rectangle. If there's nothing in that rectangle, fill it in dim, but if the rectangle is already, say (RGB 0, 0, 50), it could just add 25 to the blue so the color would be more intense. However, I don't really know how to go about doing this, or even if some of my ideas are all that advisable.

I would be so appreciative if a more experienced Java programmer wouldn't mind helping by giving me some advice on how to go forward. Any kind of help you're willing to give me (examples, explanations, links) would be really appreciated because I really want to learn more about how Java works!

Basically, I need to write a program that will read a file that contains the results to a survey and will list the results to the user at the end in a specified format. I have included the following to give you an idea of what I have to work with (these are just examples since the text files I'm working with have a ridiculous number of results).

--Text file starts here--

Date - Thu Sep 16

To: you@something.com

The results are listed below:

------------------------------------

Name: John

DOG_VS_CAT: 2

FLOWER: 1

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Date - Thu Sep 16

To: you@something.com

The results are listed below:

------------------------------------

Name: Sarah Miller

DOG_VS_CAT: 1

FLOWER: 2

CAR_VS_BIKE: 3

------------------------------------

Date - Thu Sep 16

To: you@something.com

The results are listed below:

------------------------------------

Name: Chris K.

DOG_VS_CAT: 2

FLOWER: 5

CAR_VS_BIKE: 0

BOOKS: 0

------------------------------------

--Text file ends here--

After the program is done running, it should print out the following:

DOG_VS_CAT, 2, 1, 1

FLOWER, 1, 2, 5

CAR_VS_BIKE, 3, 0

BOOKS, 0

Now, when I attempted to write the code on my own, I thought I would try using some kind of counting method so that it would list every (for example) 12th line and that would hold the 1st survey result. I got such a thing to work, but the only problem was (and I unfortunately realized this too late) was that not every surveyed person answered all of the questions. Some answered 10 questions, some answered 2 in no definable pattern. This meant that my counting method was useless as it would get the 1st response on some, a blank space on others and unrelated responses on the rest. Additionally, I am not allowed to alter the text file.

Taking what I learned from that result, I got to brain storming. I figure what I need to do is write some kind of code that will read through the text file, find the line that starts with the survey question identifier (FLOWER, BOOKS, etc.) and then run down the line until it hits the integer. It should keep a record of that integer and then continue to read through the file until it reaches the end of the file at which time it should produce the final output I have listed above.

I've tried searching online already for possible solutions, but being a very beginning programmer, I'm afraid that I'm not entirely sure what terminology I should be using in my searches or even if I'm on the right track.

Any amount of help you could give me would be great (hints, explanations and suggestions always preferred over just telling me the answer) ! There are just so many concepts that I'm just now learning about (Stacks, Arrays, Links, Nodes, etc.) that its a little overwhelming at the moment to know just when to use what in what situation.

These are a few homework problems that I'm having trouble understanding. Please don't just give me the answer. Even a little hint would be real awesome! I want to learn limits, its just sometimes I don't understand the question.

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i310/fearlololok... - I'm guessing that this function is continuous because there's always land to traverse?

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i310/fearlololok... - I don't really know how to phrase the answer. I'm thinking the first equation is incorrect because after simplifying, the answer is x=x and the second equation is right because limits make it possible to give x a value. But I'm probably wrong...

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i310/fearlololok... - I managed to draw the graph, but I don't know how to come up with values for a.

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i310/fearlololok... I don't really understand the underlying logic of the Intermediate Value Theorem.

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i310/fearlololok... - I just have no idea how to use the Lorentz contraction formula for find what I need.

Thank you so much if you could help me! I greatly appreciate any kinda assistance!

My cat ( about one and a half years old now) has started to just sleep for hours and shows very little interest in playing, drinking water or eating. I wasn't worried at first, thinking maybe she was just tiring herself out when she's outside playing (She's an indoor/outdoor cat), but now that she's not struggling when people pick her up, I'm getting a little worried. She's always been really picky with who she lets pick her up...but now she just looks depressed. Also, and I didn't notice this until just about an hour ago when I listened closely, she sounds like she's wheezing softly. My first instinct is to take her to the vet first thing in the morning, but does it sound like something that might go away on its own?

It is a sample sentence from my elementary school school kanji book. I think あに means brother here and 八つ means eight, but I have no idea what it could mean together. Thanks for the help!