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Learning assembly is easy

More than a year ago, in the fourth semester of my engineering studies I was formally introduced to the assembly level programming of the Intel 8086. However, to test my programs I got a special software package installed on my PC. The extra piece of software was justified as there was the need for an emulator - something that mimics the 8086 on anybody's computer. But the question remained ... when am I going to write an assembly program that I can directly run on my own processor and not on an emulator. Now, after a while and having rediscovered my interest for assembly I have finally figured out that it is extremely easy using gcc on my Linux terminal - Write the assembly code and save to a test file with the extension .s. Next on the terminal $ gcc test.s $ ./a.out Done !! Here is a wonderful tutorial http://linuxgazette.net/issue94/ramankutty.html

The Internet saves the day once again

The Internet at its best - A problem solved at one part of the world, often after days of effort by a select few individuals becomes available for the whole of the world to make use of. Definitely, the internet and its search engines exemplify the spirit of sharing.   Please follow the link below, which clearly illustrates how the internet forum facilitated the solution. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-excel/solved-excel-2010-word-2010-powerpoint-2010-paste/f293995c-c52c-458a-86d6-da41e81d507f   The problem is that of the "Paste options" button note being visible in Microsoft Office 2010 products and as it turns out the culprit is a browser plugin from Skype.