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    Starting a Share Focused Investment Club

    Hi, I have been trading/investing in Forex/JSE Stocks/ETF's/unit trusts/ etc. for a number of years on a personal basis. Along with 9 others, we are starting an Investment Club in Cape Town, looking at investing on the JSE, and later expanding to foreign markets. We are currently...
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    Numberplate Recognition Technology in SA

    So, a lot of gated communities, complexes, parking garages, government etc. are making use of licence plate recognition technologies, requiring decent cameras and software. So I get that the government probably wasted millions on this, but locally, what are some good low cost options? I am...
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    I want to move away from Afrihost - help me choose a new package

    Hi, Given Afrihost's terrible performance over the last few months, I am looking to move as soon as possible. I am not really buying into (what I deem to be) empty promises again (unless somebody from Afrihost can convince me otherwise). My household currently uses 170 to 200GB per month...
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    New 2 x Monitor Purchase

    I am looking to upgrade my monitor setup of a 3/4 year old 1080p 24" Samsung Monitor. I want to replace it with two screens of the same model so they can sit nicely side by side. After using my Samsung S4 smartphone (441ppi) and my new laptop which has a resolution of 1920x1080p on a 15.6"...
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    Help with Household 2 Router Setup

    Hi, I have two routers: A Netgear DGND3700 (N600 Wireless Router). This is the primary router that connects to the ADSL line and works fine over wire and WiFi. D-Link DSL-2750U (N300 Wireless Router). The main router can't connect through the whole house so I would like to use the second...
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    Network Connectivity Problem - Both Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 8

    Hi, I am having problems with Network Connectivity on my Desktop PC. The PC is about 6 weeks old. I had no problems with networking for the first month or so, and then suddenly networking became non-existent or intermittent. Here are the desktop specs: Gigabyte B85M-DH3 Motherboard Intel...
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    Delphi to become standard for NSC Education

    I'm not sure if many of you have read this yet, but the Department of Basic Education is planning to standardise Delphi as the programming Language for use from 2015. All of the online courses and university classes are moving towards Java, PHP, Python, C# etc. I have not come across one...
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    Desktop PC Purchase Advice

    Hi All, I am looking at building a new Desktop PC. I apologise for not using the PC build thread. I felt that this post was of a substantial enough nature not to add it to page 43 of the PC build thread, and its outcomes may be useful to those in the market for a new Desktop. A bit of info...
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    Local Tracking Number from International Tracking Number (DealExtreme)

    Hi, I placed an order from DealExtreme, and my package has left Hong Kong, indicated by "Departure from outward office of exchange" - 2013/07/29 11:45 I have ordered from DealExtreme 3 times before, and every time I have either got a postal slip to fetch the goods from CapeMail or...
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    Apple MacBook RAM Upgrade

    Hi, My 13" Late 2011 MacBook Pro is always running low on RAM. I am looking to upgrade to 2 x 4 GB DDR3 SO-DIMM 1333MHz from the 2 x 2GB Apple DDR3 SO-DIM 1333 MHz chips currently installed. This thread (http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/305913-Ram-for-Macbook-Pro) exists, however it...
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    Advice on Programming Strategy for Scraper

    Hi, I am looking to write a internet scraper, and have considered the following languages: Python C++ Java The scraper will need to: - Retrieve HTML code from a page - Select a link, name and description from a section of the page - Ask for user confirmation (non gui - maybe gui...
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    HTPC Screen Resolution Issues

    Hi, I have the following setup: - Ubuntu 12.04 (rolled back to Gnome) - HP ProLiant Microserver (2GB Ram, 2 x 250GB HDD) - Gigabyte Nvidia GT610 When installing the graphics card, the screen showed a strange purple image, and would boot no further. I took out all cables, plugged them in again...
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    Permission Denied in SSH (Mac -> Ubuntu)

    Hi, I am having issues doing a standard ssh login from my MacBook Pro into my Ubuntu 12.04 microserver. In the terminal I typed: ssh 192.168.0.69 -l HPServer [email protected]'s password: Lets say HPServers password is 123 for example. I enter that. I just get this error...
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    MyBB Users Pref - Linux Torrent Application with WebUI

    Hi, I have been playing around with UTorrent Server, Deluge, and Transmission BitTorrent clients on Ubuntu 12.04. All of which have WebUI's (I need this). UTorrent Server works fine, but will not allow me to change the directory settings. I tried changing the .conf file, as well as...
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    CAT5E in Cape Town (2013)

    Hi Guys, I'm looking for a 25 metre CAT5E cable (pref. white or gray), which can either be pre-assembled or sold by the metre (if sold by the meter the retailer must sell the ends also). I have looked at this thread...
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