Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/April 2013

= April 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 1


 * 1) Skinning a cat
 * 2) How do I find my original spawning point on Minecraft PE v0.6.1?
 * 3) How can I reverse sinification
 * 4) How Find A Persons E-Mail Address
 * 5) Alexa statistics

= April 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 2


 * 1) How do I speed up the smooth scrolling? (in InternetExplorer 10, Windows7)
 * 2) Running Gnu/Linux on an Android phone

= April 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 3


 * 1) Which laptops have the best keyboards for fast typing?
 * 2) steps of writing a system proposal
 * 3) Inserting an image into an Excel-type spreadsheet
 * 4) HD TV channels
 * 5) Who manufactured the Osborne 1?
 * 6) Is it just me? (garbled text on web page)
 * 7) S.Ytimg.com
 * 8) Virtual box spawning X windows on host?

= April 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 4


 * 1) wireless pointing stick keyboard?
 * 2) "automated response might cause WWIII"
 * 3) Windoes 8 CHKDSK
 * 4) Partitioning a 3TB drive
 * 5) Win7 Laptop, Wrong Language

= April 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 5


 * 1) Working on many files in unix
 * 2) online shop stuff

= April 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 6


 * 1) Check HD for errors
 * 2) Antivirus companies creating viruses
 * 3) Problem with uninstalling Plustek USB scanner

= April 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 7


 * 1) Download
 * 2) HD tune results
 * 3) HTTP Cookie
 * 4) android ≠ / = android
 * 5) How old to learn Java?
 * 6) Linux Firefox download of .webm vs .flv

= April 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 8


 * 1) Firefox prevent accidental quit
 * 2) USB sound card
 * 3) [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 8#.5Bhttp:.2F.2Fwww.quickmeme.com.2Fmeme.2F3trcvm.2F_How_do_we_make_a_GIF.5D.3F|How do we make a GIF?]]
 * 4) Terminology for error-message reduction
 * 5) Firefox crashes more unexpectedly than before
 * 6) Firewalls in Linux
 * 7) Flashing "cursor" static
 * 8) The 'other' Google employees

= April 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 9


 * 1) Does mining for bitcoins count as a server?
 * 2) Word 2007 - Headers & Footers
 * 3) Router: current UK pronunciations?
 * 4) Compatibility of add-ons/extensions/plug-ins across browsers
 * 5) external HD SMART results
 * 6) Phone
 * 7) Windows v. Unix Copy
 * 8) Free software to upscale images in bulk?
 * 9) golden ax

= April 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 10


 * 1) External HD hot and not spinning down
 * 2) Why didn't Google's Street View service cover all streets in Kansas like they did in so many other states?
 * 3) Optical disc drive no longer reads DVDs of any kind but can still read CDs
 * 4) Virus causing password requirement?
 * 5) Downgrading Windows 7 from 64-bit to 32-bit
 * 6) Person of Interest (TV series)
 * 7) text files older than 10 minutes

= April 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 11


 * 1) Why do we have cell phone contracts ?
 * 2) Accidental deletions
 * 3) cripto
 * 4) whats the html tag to make a page unspidered?
 * 5) what does "mining for bitcoins" mean?
 * 6) Weird phenomenon on YouTube
 * 7) Best closed-back headphones
 * 8) I want to help people download OSS faster, what software should I torrent?

= April 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 12


 * 1) Does any programming language have a "control" class?
 * 2) Page Break Comlumns in Tables for Word 2007
 * 3) Firefox broken after reset plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types
 * 4) what are my options for fouling up a PC with a bunch of &#*($ in a "private" mode?
 * 5) only 1 USB port works on desktop
 * 6) Problem with Skype
 * 7) How Can You Do A Free Reverse E-mail
 * 8) Chess: computer against human + computer

= April 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 13


 * 1) can't copy WMA files
 * 2) Yahoo! loading problems
 * 3) How to download a video from YouTube?
 * 4) request to send me the email addresses
 * 5) How do I compare two LibreOffice Writer documents?
 * 6) True Manhattan distance ?
 * 7) Bitcoin
 * 8) Power indicator on my computer disappeared

= April 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 14


 * 1) bar codes
 * 2) Why is malware combined with useful downloads?
 * 3) bootstrapping/changing ip address
 * 4) emacs descent into wordprocessorhood
 * 5) TELESONIC DVD PLAYER TL-2000
 * 6) wikEd Bug Report Submission Help

= April 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 15


 * 1) message notification
 * 2) What causes viewDidLayoutSubviews to fire?
 * 3) Regular expression help
 * 4) Registration
 * 5) Transferring a large file to an external drive
 * 6) advertisement filtering
 * 7) Google Chrome - is there away to stop websites overriding keyboard shortcuts
 * 8) Most resilient data compression?

= April 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 16


 * 1) WikiCreole to HTML converter

= April 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 17


 * 1) Arduino clock coding
 * 2) For installing Microsoft Security Essentials' latest update, what IS error 0x8004FF80?
 * 3) Help with Blender and backgrounds
 * 4) Find Raspberry Pi on network

= April 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 18


 * 1) STEAM Game install problems
 * 2) DOS operating system
 * 3) address manipulation in assembly language
 * 4) Unix command to output specific text
 * 5) InterruptedException in java
 * 6) 3D glasses for Blu Ray
 * 7) how elevators talk

= April 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 19


 * 1) captchas
 * 2) Terminology question
 * 3) relation between interrupt status and sleep method in java

= April 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 20


 * 1) Cloud storage
 * 2) BCD to decimal
 * 3) Cyborg-vs-stronger-computer chess

= April 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 21


 * 1) need a java book
 * 2) string inversion
 * 3) Odin and Naval network. what are they?
 * 4) Software to record my voice?
 * 5) International characters
 * 6) SQL: Replay Trace with Extended Events?
 * 7) Blowing on Video Game cartridges
 * 8) Shift key behaving as a quotation mark key

= April 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 22


 * 1) Pentax sensor cleaning and battery
 * 2) FORTRAN read statement
 * 3) Help with Mozilla Thunderbird
 * 4) Difference between two LCD panels
 * 5) programming using qbasic
 * 6) How do I get rid of this political spam in my e-mail inbox?
 * 7) silly computer science question
 * 8) Academic research document papers contains mistakes

= April 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 23


 * 1) Smartphones: resistive or capacitive touchscreen
 * 2) Windows 7 default file filters
 * 3) "The Cloud"

= April 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 24


 * 1) Trojan Autorun.inf
 * 2) What is Wikipedia's current domain name registrar?
 * 3) Google ads
 * 4) Microsoft Word Help
 * 5) Bowling and Blu Ray

= April 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 25


 * 1) Downloading woes...(I need a good, free paint program but Internet Explorer won't let me!)
 * 2) Can the CSS of a transcluded template be overridden?

= April 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 26


 * 1) Buying a used SSD -- pros/cons?
 * 2) Quantum computers disprove Church-Turing thesis.
 * 3) Choosing 'favorites' in Imgur
 * 4) A Wikipedia-like clickable "contents" section in Wordpress
 * 5) Old form of email address
 * 6) Flat pocket computer
 * 7) Differences in Pasting Methods?

= April 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 27


 * 1) PS problem
 * 2) Wikipedia pages missing in IE9 browsing history
 * 3) Do they have to develop a Firefox OS device?
 * 4) Google Chrome font problem
 * 5) synchronized block in java

= April 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 28


 * 1) Antivirus Program
 * 2) MS Word; do not skip to new page for new paragraph
 * 3) Antivirus products
 * 4) more blender help?

= April 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 29


 * 1) wifi problems
 * 2) Max CD-RW size
 * 3) Group website
 * 4) Nintendo DS/3DS Connectivity
 * 5) strong and weak entity sets

= April 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 30


 * 1) Dual opamps
 * 2) GameCube/Wii regional lockout
 * 3) Kill javascript running in Firefox
 * 4) Updating SSD firmware