A question about how to ask a question

Hi list, My question is about... how to best ask a question! That is because I have the feeling I am not asking it in the best possible way. I have a problem with my sound setup. I tried many different things, to no avail, so I thought I would ask ...

Message posted on the March 9th, 2013 - 3:00 PM ET

Pearl.com Hosts Free “Ask Santa” Website for Children to Ask Santa Anything About the Holidays

In the Christmas spirit, Pearl will donate one dollar to JDRF for every question asked.

Press published on the December 3rd, 2012 - 10:21 AM ET

Windows Store: Microsoft provides details about app prices

Microsoft has provided details about how money will work in the Windows Store, providing users with a few advantages compared to Apple and Google’s app stores.

News published on the July 23rd, 2012 - 10:50 AM ET

Venture Outsource Spring Survey of Decision Makers in Electronics Supply Chain Reveals Some Optimism for Second Half of 2011 though Concerns about Japan Crisis Linger

Opinions from the electronics supply chain on economic outlook; employment, inventory levels, business volumes, pricing and profits. Respondents with only a view in the decision-making process tended to have more optimistic ...

Press published on the June 5th, 2011 - 7:07 PM ET

Americans Knowledgeable about Occupy Wall Street Protests With Limited Optimism about Potential Effect on U.S. Policy

Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS) surveyed 1,003 Americans between October 26 and 30th to better understand attitudes and knowledge about the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York and other cities. The study ...

Press published on the November 3rd, 2011 - 12:46 PM ET

Avira Asks About Online Reputation: Are You Confident or Naïve?

Avira Security Web Survey Finds 40% Confident That No Damaging Information About Them Exists, While 36% Have No Clue.

Press published on the July 5th, 2011 - 5:50 AM ET

PBS KIDS Launches THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT Math Games

Cross-platform Game Experience THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT: MATH SAFARI Makes Math Fun and Approachable at Home, in the Classroom, or on the Go.

Press published on the September 18th, 2012 - 7:00 AM ET

Survey Says…Autobytel Launches Car Polls Where Consumers Voice Real Time Opinions about a Variety of Automotive Topics

Millions of Autobytel.com consumers can share up-to-the-minute thoughts on makes and models, vehicle segments, manufacturers, auto shows and more.

Press published on the May 9th, 2013 - 9:17 AM ET

Two question about kernel global function declaration and directory layout

hi, everyone, I'm a big fan of the kernel, I was always being attracted by its clean and intelligent design. I'm new to the mailing list and this is my first post. I want to ask two basic question about kernel which bother me a lot, I've googled a ...

Message posted on the September 3rd, 2012 - 11:40 AM ET

Question about update-initramfs

Hi, I have a question about update-initramfs and the bug #619354 [1] The bug report includes: -8< The README.Debian file can now tell users to use: update-initramfs -u -k all to update the initramfs for all their kernels instead of ...

Message posted on the January 19th, 2013 - 1:50 PM ET

Question about the regulator driver

Hello, I have a question about the regulator driver design. There is a mfd device including charger and regulator functions. For supporting DCDC(or BUCK) and LDO functions, the regulator driver is used. (like setting voltage, current limit and so ...

Message posted on the April 5th, 2012 - 8:40 PM ET

Question about umount and sync

Question about umount and sync In the long ago past you could type 'sync' 3 times to make sure a disk was umounted.. Then later I used umount, and it returned when all data was written. But I notice on my new 16GB USB sticks that the busy light ...

Message posted on the June 29th, 2012 - 12:44 PM ET

pci: question about the life cycle of pci_dev and its parent pci_bus

Hi, I have a question about the life cycle of pci_dev and its parent pci_bus. In pci_destroy_dev(), we remove the pci_dev from the bus_list, so pci_dev is isolated from its parent pci_bus, and their life cycle are independent too. But it seems that ...

Message posted on the August 23rd, 2012 - 1:30 AM ET

Question about the fallocate system call

Hi, I just have a simple question about fallocate. I want to test the punch hole function of fallocate(). So I wrote such a simple program: yosemite:/mnt # cat test.c #include <fcntl.h> #include <errno.h> #include <stdio.h> ...

Message posted on the July 26th, 2012 - 10:40 AM ET