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10 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Stephen Hawking

Even if you don't keep a close eye on new developments in physics, you've probably heard of the renowned physicist Stephen Hawking. He's prided himself on making his complex physical concepts accessible to the public and writing the bestseller, "A Brief History of Time." And if you are a fan of Conan O'Brien, "The Simpsons" or "Star Trek," you might have seen him brandishing his cool wit during guest appearances on those shows. Even if you are familiar with his academic work, however, there are many interesting facts you might not know about Hawking, stretching from his time at school and gradual development of disability to his opinions on the future of the Many find it surprising, for instance, that, despite his influential body of work, Hawking hasn't yet been awarded the Nobel Prize. We'll talk about some of the remarkable distinctions he has received, however. Another interesting fact: Hawking was born on Jan. 8, 1942, which just happened to be the 300th But this has just been the warm-up. Next, we'll delve into some fascinating and unexpected facts about Hawking, including some things about his profoundly inspirational story.

10 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Stephen Hawking

Even if you don't keep a close eye on new developments in physics, you've probably heard of the renowned physicist Stephen Hawking. ...

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10 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Stephen Hawking

10 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Stephen Hawking

Even if you don't keep a close eye on new developments in physics, you've probably heard of the renowned physicist Stephen Hawking. ...

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How to remove an old OS from the boot menu

When I upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7, I had a second drive around and set it to dual boot. After a while, I decided that I wasn't ever going to go back to Windows XP, and so I deleted the windows directory on that drive. Unfortunately, now I can't remove Windows XP from the boot menu. I tried going into MSCONFIG to the boot tab, but it only lists windows 7. I don't know if it's still going off of the Windows XP Boot ini. edit: Before: C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /v Windows Boot Manager --------------------identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795} device partition=D: description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e} default {d703a693-0587-11df-9a8e-e8a34060eec6} resumeobject {d703a692-0587-11df-9a8e-e8a34060eec6} displayorder {466f5a88-0af2-4f76-9038-095b170dc21c} {d703a693-0587-11df-9a8e-e8a34060eec6} toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d} timeout 30 Windows Legacy OS Loader ------------------------identifier {466f5a88-0af2-4f76-9038-095b170dc21c} device partition=D: path \ntldr description Earlier Version of Windows Windows Boot Loader -------------------identifier {d703a693-0587-11df-9a8e-e8a34060eec6} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Windows 7 locale en-US inherit {6efb52bf-1766-41db-a6b3-0ee5eff72bd7} recoverysequence {d703a694-0587-11df-9a8e-e8a34060eec6} recoveryenabled Yes osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {d703a692-0587-11df-9a8e-e8a34060eec6} nx OptIn After: C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /delete {466f5a88-0af2-4f76-9038-095b170dc21c} /f The operation completed successfully. C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /v Windows Boot Manager --------------------identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795} device partition=D: description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e} default {d703a693-0587-11df-9a8e-e8a34060eec6} resumeobject {d703a692-0587-11df-9a8e-e8a34060eec6} displayorder {d703a693-0587-11df-9a8e-e8a34060eec6} toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d} timeout 30 Windows Boot Loader -------------------identifier {d703a693-0587-11df-9a8e-e8a34060eec6} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Windows 7 locale en-US inherit {6efb52bf-1766-41db-a6b3-0ee5eff72bd7} recoverysequence {d703a694-0587-11df-9a8e-e8a34060eec6} recoveryenabled Yes osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {d703a692-0587-11df-9a8e-e8a34060eec6} nx OptIn I'll have to wait until later to restart it and test it out though

How to remove an old OS from the boot menu

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How to remove an old OS from the boot menu

How to remove an old OS from the boot menu

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What’s the meaning of asl, brb, lol, wtf, pw, afa, atm, faq, tos.. etc – Collection of most used abbreviations

We have less time for things now a days and we use short and quick words to make our life easier. Its also a nice way to represent our gestures and emotions in a proper and meaningful way. With constantly growing of these short forms we have selected few which are most popular and most used on internet & mobiles. List of Abbreviations or Slang Words, We Use in day to day Life AFK – Away From Keyboard ASAP - As Soon As Possible ASL – Age/Sex/Location ATM – At The Moment A3 - Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace BBL - Be Back Later BBS – Be Back Soon BBQ - Barbecue BFN/B4N – Bye For Now BRB means – Be Right Back BRT – Be Right There BTW – By The Way B4N – Bye For Now Blog - Also known as web log or an online journal CU – See You CYA – See You CUZ - Because DND - Do not Disturb EOF - End Of File FAQ - Frequently asked questions FTL - For the loss FTW – For the win FYI - For your information GR8 – Great! GTG – Got to Go G9 – Genius GBTW – Get back to work GF - Great/good fight/girlfriend GFU - Good for you Gratz - Congratulations GM - Good Morning GN - Good Night HAND - Have A Nice Day HF - Have fun IC – I See ICQ – I Seek you ILU – I Love You [ad] IM - Instant Messenger J/K - Just kidding KISS - Keep it simple stupid LDR – Long Distance Relationship LMAO – Laugh My Ass Off LOL – Laughing Out Loud LTNS – Long Time No See L8R – Later M/F – Male or Female Msg - Message M8 - Mate NE1 – Anyone NP - No Problem OIC – Oh I See OS – Operating system OMG – Oh my God! PLZ – Please PPL - People RIP - Rest in Piece s2pid - stupid SD - Sweet Dreams SEC- second sk8 – skate Some1 - someone Spoz – suppose Sry – sorry SS – so sorry str8 - Straight SU – shut up SYS - see you soon SUP - What's Up SYL - See you later THX – Thank You TTYL - Talk To You Later TG – That's great TOS - Terms of service TC – Take Care U - You U4E – Yours For Eve WB - Welcome Back WTF - What the Fuck W8 – Wait… If you have any other Short forms that you use, you can share them with us in comments. And we will definitely add them to the post.

What’s the meaning of asl, brb, lol, wtf, pw, afa, atm, faq, tos.. etc – Collection of most used abbreviations

We have less time for things now a days and we use short and quick words to make our life easier. Its also a nice way to represent our gestu...

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What’s the meaning of asl, brb, lol, wtf, pw, afa, atm, faq, tos.. etc – Collection of most used abbreviations

What’s the meaning of asl, brb, lol, wtf, pw, afa, atm, faq, tos.. etc – Collection of most used abbreviations

We have less time for things now a days and we use short and quick words to make our life easier. Its also a nice way to represent our gestu...

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Windows 7: BCDEDIT - How to Use

<div dir="ltr"><div align="center">How to Use the BCDEDIT Command Line Tool</div> <div class=""> <div class=""> <img alt="information" border="0" height="20" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/images/infosmall1.png" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="information" width="20">   Information</div> <div class="">This will show you how to use BCDEDIT in the command prompt and avoid the need of third party applications like EasyBCD.</div> </div><div class=""> <div class=""> <img alt="Note" border="0" class="" height="16" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/images/notesmall1.png" title="Note" width="20">   Note</div> <div class="">Bcdedit is a really powerful tool that Windows Vista and Windows 7 uses to manage the boot loader entries. BCDEDIT needs a boot loader file to boot your system. A boot loader is a file that contains necessary information that instruct the system how to boot/start an operating system.<ul><li>Windows 7 and Vista bootloader file is \bootmgr</li><li>Windows XP bootloader file is \ntldr</li> </ul>BCDEDIT can support other bootloaders too, like grub for linux. You just have to place the bootloader file on the root of the boot manager partition. e.g. \grldr and you have a grub boot loader enabled. Bcdedit edits a file called bcd , which is located in Windows 7's hidden partition under \boot\bcd. In Vista, its located under C:\boot\bcd. </div> </div><div class=""> <div class=""> <img alt="warning" border="0" height="20" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/images/warnsmall.png" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="warning" width="20">   Warning</div> <div class="">You must be logged on in an administrator account to be able to do this tutorial.</div> </div> To Use bcdedit:<blockquote> 1. Open an <a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/783-elevated-command-prompt.html?ltr=E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">elevated command prompt</a>. 2. Type bcdedit and press enter. NOTE: By typing just bcdedit you just list your boot entries. Example:<blockquote><a href="http://www.kcs.gr/bcdedit2.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.kcs.gr/bcdedit2.jpg" style="max-width: 651px; max-height: 700px;"></a> </blockquote> A boot entry consists of 4 main elements:<blockquote>1. Identifier The identifier is how the system has named the boot entry. 2. Device The device is the drive or virtual image that the system will use to boot the boot entry. 3. Path The path is the location on the device where the bootloader file is found. 4. Description The description is the friendly name we give to our boot entry, e.g. "Windows 7" </blockquote>You see next to the identifiers their UUIDs in {}. The UUID is the unique codename that the system gives to each boot entry and cannot be changed. The standard identifier UUIDs are explained below:<blockquote>{bootmgr} = the boot manager {current} = the OS you selected to boot at startup. {default} = the default OS selected to boot the PC. {ntldr} = Windows Legacy OS Loader (for windows xp) </blockquote>there are others like {memdiag} or {ramdisk} but they can't be of much use right now. <div class=""> <div class=""> <img alt="warning" border="0" height="20" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/images/warnsmall.png" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="warning" width="20">   Warning</div> <div class="">IMPORTANT: make a backup of your bcd file first. To do that, type: bcdedit /export C:\SAVEDBCD This will create a file c:\savebcd which is your boot entry backup. If you mess up, you can always undo changes by: bcdedit /import c:\savedbcd </div> </div> Now to see how we can control the above entries, here are some examples:<blockquote>bcdedit /set {current} description "My edited Windows Boot Entry" NOTE: This changes the title of the boot menu entry "{current}". bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=E: NOTE: This tells bcd that Windows XP partition is drive E: bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr NOTE: This tells bcd that the ntldr file which is the winxp bootloader is on root folder "\" (of drive e: as stated above) bcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} /addfirst NOTE: This places Windows XP as the first OS on the menu list. bcdedit /default {ntldr} NOTE: This places Windows XP as the default OS to boot first with. bcdedit /displayorder {33342343-3424-2342342342-2344} /addlast NOTE: This tells bcd that the boot entry with UUID 3334... should be the last entry on the menu. </blockquote>You can copy your existing VISTA or Windows 7 boot entry to another identical. Then you can change settings on the new entry to experiment. You will always have the first entry available, so it's safe to play with.<blockquote>bcdedit /copy {current} /d "New Windows 7 boot entry I just copied!" this will give you a line: NOTE: The entry was successfully copied to {4c21825f-e04b-11dd-b760-00195b61617a}. The {4c21825f-e04b-11dd-b760-00195b61617a} is the UUID of the new entry that the system just created. Yours will be different than mine! This is its identifier and you should use this to address that entry. Example: bcdedit /set {4c21825f-e04b-11dd-b760-00195b61617a} numpoc 2 NOTE: This adds the 2 CPU Core support during boot, like you do in msconfig. bcdedit /deletevalue {4c21825f-e04b-11dd-b760-00195b61617a} numproc NOTE: This deletes the numproc parameter from entry {4c21825f....} bcdedit /delete {4c21825f-e04b-11dd-b760-00195b61617a} NOTE: This deletes the boot entry {4c21825f....} completely. In order to delete an {ntldr} entry, you must use the /f switch to force deletion: bcdedit /delete {ntldr} /f </blockquote>You can always type just bcdedit to see your current settings. What else can I do with BCDEDIT? You can use BCDEDIT to alter any boot parameter , like you would in msconfig, only more. BCDEDIT works from booting with installation dvd too, so it can be handy for recovery purposes.<blockquote>bcdedit /timeout 5 NOTE: This sets the wait-to-select-OS menu timeout at startup to 5 seconds . You will notice that I didn't give a UUID above. If you omit the UUID, it applies automatically to the relavant UUID. So: bcdedit /timeout 5 is identical to bcdedit /set {bootmgr} timeout 5 </blockquote>Some more advanced examples:<blockquote>bcdedit /set {current} detecthal yes bcdedit /set {current} detecthal no NOTE: The above commands sets the detecthal to yes or no for entry {current} </blockquote>To create a new boot entry to load Windows XP from a partition on your disk: NOTE: The example below uses F: as the Windows XP partition. Replace with your xp drive letter.<blockquote>bcdedit /create {ntldr} /d "Windows XP" bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=F: bcdedit /set {ntldr} path \ntldr bcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} /addlast </blockquote><div class=""> <div class=""> <img alt="Note" border="0" class="" height="16" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/images/notesmall1.png" title="Note" width="20">   Note</div> <div class="">Final note: BCDEDIT works from installation boot dvd too. If you mess up with a setting and you cannot boot, just boot from DVD and enter Repair Computer, then go to command prompt and there you go. You can play again with bcdedit to restore your system back.</div> </div></blockquote></div>

Windows 7: BCDEDIT - How to Use

How to Use the BCDEDIT Command Line Tool Information This will show you how to use BCDEDIT in the command prompt and avoid the nee...

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Windows 7: BCDEDIT - How to Use

Windows 7: BCDEDIT - How to Use

How to Use the BCDEDIT Command Line Tool Information This will show you how to use BCDEDIT in the command prompt and avoid the nee...

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Windows 7: Dual Boot - Change OS Name in Windows Boot Manager

<div dir="ltr"><div align="center">How to Change the OS Name in Windows Boot Manager</div> <div class=""> <div class=""> <img alt="information" border="0" height="20" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/images/infosmall1.png" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="information" width="20">   Information</div> <div class="">When you multi boot, this will show you how to change the name of a operating system listed in the Windows Boot Manager to what you want to change the name to instead. You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do the steps in this tutorial. </div> </div><div class=""> <div class=""> <img alt="Tip" border="0" height="16" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/images/tipsmall.png" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="Tip" width="20">   Tip</div> <div class="">It can be real useful to rename a operating system if you have more than one OS listed with the same name, or you would like to have a better description (ex: 32-bit, 64-bit, build number), etc..)</div> </div> EXAMPLE: Windows Boot Manager NOTE: This is an example of the default Windows 7 name (left) renamed to Windows 7 (build 7000) (right) instead. You can rename the OS to any name that you like though.<blockquote> <a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/5659d1236755312-dual-boot-change-os-name-windows-boot-manager-boot_manager.jpg" id="attachment5659" rel="Lightbox_46702"><img alt="Dual Boot - Change OS Name in Windows Boot Manager-boot_manager.jpg" border="0" class="" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/5659d1379262803t-dual-boot-change-os-name-windows-boot-manager-boot_manager.jpg" style="margin: 2px;" title="Dual Boot - Change OS Name in Windows Boot Manager-boot_manager.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/5660d1236755312-dual-boot-change-os-name-windows-boot-manager-boot_manager-2.jpg" id="attachment5660" rel="Lightbox_46702"><img alt="Dual Boot - Change OS Name in Windows Boot Manager-boot_manager-2.jpg" border="0" class="" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/5660d1379262803t-dual-boot-change-os-name-windows-boot-manager-boot_manager-2.jpg" style="margin: 2px;" title="Dual Boot - Change OS Name in Windows Boot Manager-boot_manager-2.jpg"></a> </blockquote> <div style="font-size:large;font-weight:bold"> <div style="font-size:24px"><img height="20px" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/IMAGES/OPTl.PNG"> OPTION ONE <img height="20px" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/IMAGES/OPTR.PNG"></div> Using the bcdedit Command </div><blockquote>1. Open a <a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/783-elevated-command-prompt.html" target="_blank">elevated command prompt</a> or a <a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/682-command-prompt-startup.html" target="_blank">command prompt at boot</a>. NOTE: If you have a RAID setup or a PCI-E SSD as your boot drive and want to open a command prompt at boot, then you may need to use the Load <a href="http://goo.gl/AMwBBs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drivers</a> option in the <a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/668-system-recovery-options.html" target="_blank">System Recovery Options</a> screen to load it's drivers first before Windows will see the boot drive to be able to use the bcdedit command on it. 2. In the elevated command prompt, type bcdedit and press enter. (see screenshot below) NOTE: This will let you see what the description (name) and identifier of the operating system(s) listed in Windows Boot Manager are under the Windows Boot Loader section(s). For example, Windows 7 (description) as {current} (identifier). <blockquote> <img alt="Name: Step1.jpg Views: 30643 Size: 217.0 KB" border="0" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/5661d1236755312-dual-boot-change-os-name-windows-boot-manager-step1.jpg" style="margin: 2px;" title="Name: Step1.jpg Views: 30643 Size: 217.0 KB"> </blockquote>3. In the elevated command prompt, type the command below for a listed OS that you want to change the name of, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)<blockquote>bcdedit /set {identifier} Description "name you want" For example: If I wanted to change the name from Windows 7 (description) as {current} (identifier) to Windows 7 (build 7000), I would type this below and press Enter. bcdedit /set {current} Description "Windows 7 (build 7000)" </blockquote><blockquote><img alt="Name: Step2.jpg Views: 24585 Size: 224.2 KB" border="0" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/5662d1236755312-dual-boot-change-os-name-windows-boot-manager-step2.jpg" style="margin: 2px;" title="Name: Step2.jpg Views: 24585 Size: 224.2 KB"> </blockquote>4. In the elevated command prompt, type bcdedit and press enter. (see screenshot below) NOTE: This will let you see and verify the new name of the {current} operating system.<blockquote> <img alt="Name: Step3.jpg Views: 16999 Size: 226.1 KB" border="0" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/5663d1236755312-dual-boot-change-os-name-windows-boot-manager-step3.jpg" style="margin: 2px;" title="Name: Step3.jpg Views: 16999 Size: 226.1 KB"> </blockquote>5. Close the elevated command prompt. 6. When you restart the computer next, you will see the new name listed for the operating system in the Windows Boot Manager screen. (see example screenshots at the top of the tutorial) </blockquote> <div style="font-size:large;font-weight:bold"> <div style="font-size:24px"><img height="20px" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/IMAGES/OPTl.PNG"> OPTION TWO <img height="20px" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/IMAGES/OPTR.PNG"></div> Using the Free "EasyBCD" Program </div><blockquote>1. Download and install the latest free version of the <a href="http://neosmart.net/download.php?id=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EasyBCD</a> program, then run it. NOTE: The free version download is at the bottom under "Download free for limited, non-commercial use". Registration is not required to download. 2. Click on the Edit Boot Menu button, select the OS (ex: Windows 7) that you want to rename, and click on the Rename button. (see screenshot below)<blockquote> <img alt="Name: EasyBCD-1.jpg Views: 11963 Size: 88.3 KB" border="0" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/172807d1314686470-dual-boot-change-os-name-windows-boot-manager-easybcd-1.jpg" style="margin: 2px;" title="Name: EasyBCD-1.jpg Views: 11963 Size: 88.3 KB"> </blockquote>3. Type in the new name (ex: Windows 7 Ultimate) and press Enter. (see screenshots below)<blockquote> <img alt="Name: EasyBCD-2.jpg Views: 10722 Size: 86.6 KB" border="0" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/172808d1314686470-dual-boot-change-os-name-windows-boot-manager-easybcd-2.jpg" style="margin: 2px;" title="Name: EasyBCD-2.jpg Views: 10722 Size: 86.6 KB"> <img alt="Name: EasyBCD-3.jpg Views: 10615 Size: 84.9 KB" border="0" src="http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/tutorials/172809d1314686470-dual-boot-change-os-name-windows-boot-manager-easybcd-3.jpg" style="margin: 2px;" title="Name: EasyBCD-3.jpg Views: 10615 Size: 84.9 KB"> </blockquote>4. When finished, close EasyBCD.</blockquote></div>

Windows 7: Dual Boot - Change OS Name in Windows Boot Manager

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10 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Stephen Hawking

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How to remove an old OS from the boot menu

How to remove an old OS from the boot menu

What’s the meaning of asl, brb, lol, wtf, pw, afa, atm, faq, tos.. etc – Collection of most used abbreviations

What’s the meaning of asl, brb, lol, wtf, pw, afa, atm, faq, tos.. etc – Collection of most used abbreviations

Windows 7: BCDEDIT - How to Use

Windows 7: BCDEDIT - How to Use

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