Screen Definition and 212 Threads

When i am booting Knoppix 2.78 from a CD,It gives the error :Invalid screen mode 0 ff77 80x60 1 ff45 80x45 etc Enter correct mode number or scan When I enter 0(or ff77) or any other value,it continues upto showing the wallpaper and then crashes. Thanks in advance

I think I've had some pretty good posts in here, and I won't be the easiest person to forget, so I'd like my screen name retired if I ever die.

Studies of black hole physics by people like Hawking and Bekenstein suggests that our perceptual universe, which is perceived to have three spatial dimensions, might instead be "written" on a two-dimensional surface, analogously to a computer generated holographic projection. The everyday...

Have you ever tried this out before ? I intended to do so, I tried to install the software that will be able to do the job, I clicked on it, and it asked me to choose the colors, backgound images I like but then i thought again that if i accepted to do that, would that be ok ?, i mean will I...

My current monitor is giving me headaches so I've decided to buy myself a 17" TFT Monitor. I'm not interested in built-in speakers. What make/models does everyone recommend, and can anyone give me some links to decent sites with good deals? These prices seem pretty keen...

I was just curious as to whether any of you use the same screen names on other sites. For example, I'm tribdog here and my email is tribdog@msn and there are about 640 other web pages that I had to register for and every time I am tribdog. Luckily it appears that I am the only one. (Nobody say...

Plate with slits, on rollers, a la Feynman In one of Feynan's lectures, he describes a thought experiment about trying to 'beat' the uncertainty principle. Without going into all the details, this version of the two-slit experiment has the diffracting plate mounted on rollers. The text and the...

Hi I'm going to write an essay on this, but I need sources of information - especially on the physics of how these work! I've googled, but I can't find much information. Could someone please point me to a good source(s) of information. Thank you.

Who runs this on their PC/workstation? Any others like it in use among the members of PF? Just curious.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/09/15/videoscreen.air.reut/index.html

DO NOT TRY THIS EXCEPT ON A JUNK TV OR MONITOR If you hold a strong permanent magnet up to a T.V. screen while it is on, the magnetic field does some really intriguing warping of the image. When you take the magnet away the image goes back to normal except that the color is now patchy and in-...

What do you guys think? This is the year for sequels... X-men2, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Terminator 3, Matrix: Reloaded. Wat do you guys think of the above mentioned screen movies?