Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/December 2010

= December 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 1


 * 1) Regular expression look arounds
 * 2) A painfully Simple, Perplexing CSS question
 * 3) hacking
 * 4) writing atom/rss feed to file?
 * 5) PC Problems with Wikipedia.
 * 6) Database Help
 * 7) AM/FM Radio receiver in iPhones?
 * 8) ISPs and MAC Addresses
 * 9) keyboard
 * 10) Re: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites;

= December 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 2


 * 1) Modal JDialog
 * 2) Ipod not detected
 * 3) Value of learning awk, grep and sed
 * 4) Computer cabling
 * 5) Powerpoint to PDF
 * 6) 8086 addressing modes
 * 7) what is an Ink Tank Sub-Cartridge
 * 8) POSIX regex to match a string not containing a given substring

= December 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 3


 * 1) Unix history
 * 2) My walkman mp3 freezes when i try to sync music?
 * 3) Google Voice UK?
 * 4) UK Postcode analysis software?
 * 5) zsync options
 * 6) IE7 certificate error question part 2
 * 7) Looking up former IP addresses
 * 8) Basic domain registering questions

= December 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 4


 * 1) Eight Nehalems in 2U: Electrical & Thermal Considerations
 * 2) Gulftown Xeon and Desktop Motherboard
 * 3) Embedded objects in HTML and changing their size
 * 4) Loss of Net Neutrality in US vs Internet Censorship in China
 * 5) Is wikileaks down?
 * 6) java object reference.

= December 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 5


 * 1) Answers.com
 * 2) Very messy, ambiguous naming
 * 3) Apostrophes in Inkscape
 * 4) Term for an easy computer to hack
 * 5) Scope of CSE subjects in the present world
 * 6) Excel graph... help?!
 * 7) Why isnt the browser the boss?
 * 8) how do I start a billion-dollar company with an unemployed bay area programmer?
 * 9) Java Out of Memory Error

= December 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 6


 * 1) Transferring files from PC to iMac
 * 2) Download
 * 3) Dell Studio 1555 Only sometimes start up now
 * 4) Number of characters in file path limit?
 * 5) installation of windows98 on  oracle vm virtual .box
 * 6) fifa 98
 * 7) Problems with sound card in Linux: no sound

= December 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 7


 * 1) Rexx versus Python
 * 2) Windows Mobile 6.5
 * 3) Use cases
 * 4) Is backing up gmail important?
 * 5) Nancy Drew games
 * 6) can a windows binary do anything in between when you click "allow administrative privileges" or is it not executed at all?
 * 7) Wikileaks insurance file encryption key length

= December 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 8


 * 1) php.ini
 * 2) Why is necroing forum threads a bad idea?
 * 3) Join a Facebook network: confirmation email
 * 4) Chrome notebook pilot program
 * 5) Assembly dereferencing using 's

= December 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 9


 * 1) Web designing software
 * 2) Free classic science fiction game?
 * 3) IT jobs in 2013
 * 4) Firefox remote functionality
 * 5) If all 13 root nameservers were simultaneously down
 * 6) Samsung TVs with DLNA are being fussy with h264 media
 * 7) Declarations and definitions
 * 8) Spyware/virus protection for mac

= December 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 10


 * 1) Strings
 * 2) Running WCII on a CF48
 * 3) torrent download
 * 4) usb ports
 * 5) Black screen
 * 6) Iterating through arrays
 * 7) Twitter
 * 8) Can setjmp(3) evaluate its argument more than once?
 * 9) How to allow firefox to access the web
 * 10) Quick to learn languages

= December 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 11


 * 1) printing with low ink "harmful"?
 * 2) App development and compatibility
 * 3) Network drive
 * 4) 4GB instead of 8GB RAM
 * 5) Excel formula capitalization idiocy
 * 6) can a 10 min. video be of 750 MB ?
 * 7) Problem with my wiki
 * 8) (JavaScript)(animation) How to display sequential images?
 * 9) Error Message?
 * 10) how do I get out of this rut?
 * 11) LaTeX question - Change the way cross references are displayed.
 * 12) Updating Quicktime Alernative; updating Quicktime Plugin in Firefox
 * 13) How much does an .is domain cost?
 * 14) best reader for pdf files

= December 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 12


 * 1) Owning my own wireless network, how can I see what the others are surfing?
 * 2) What should I use so that my programs can work with audio/video files?
 * 3) Display of leading zeroes in Excel
 * 4) SSH load balancing based on username?
 * 5) SD card refuses to work in cameras
 * 6) Merging or fusing two poor quality images
 * 7) Securing files on my hard drive

= December 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 13


 * 1) Freezes at 'Applying Computer Settings'
 * 2) Coloring in countries and states in google maps?
 * 3) Video card in portrait mode
 * 4) Using pen drive as computer memory
 * 5) Opera mobile
 * 6) php

= December 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 14


 * 1) "Web site interactor" sample code
 * 2) sound cards
 * 3) Changing keyboard shortcuts in Firefox
 * 4) Speed of my new Wi Fi
 * 5) Google-fu help
 * 6) Freezing computer
 * 7) Word 2003 line spacing
 * 8) Windows Remote Desktop crashes server on loss of connection

= December 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 15


 * 1) Firefox (v3.6.13) : How do I open a new tab right next to the currently active one?
 * 2) Printer Power On
 * 3) Browser problems
 * 4) bginfo
 * 5) difficulty in setting path
 * 6) Windows Live Messenger suddenly stopped working?
 * 7) Flash drives and SD drives
 * 8) Ping
 * 9) Laptop freezes occasionally:  What is going on?

= December 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 16


 * 1) Resolution of still images on HD television
 * 2) Jesus christ... a one megabyte shortcut?
 * 3) Change from 'Libraries' to 'My computer'
 * 4) Youtube login sessions
 * 5) wget
 * 6) SECURITY TO FOLDERS
 * 7) Noisy fan
 * 8) How to tell if an image has been enlarged or not?
 * 9) How can i make games
 * 10) jpg -> video
 * 11) Is Facebook down?

= December 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 17


 * 1) Updating a Firefox extension to work with newer versions of the browser
 * 2) ⛬
 * 3) OpenGl compatible with windows Xp
 * 4) How to build serial strings without MS-Excel-like softwares
 * 5) Red google results
 * 6) How much RAM is that?
 * 7) ram
 * 8) What is a crumb?

= December 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 18


 * 1) Installing programs on my new Mac
 * 2) English Malayalam dictionary software
 * 3) I need someone to neaten (code) my user page...
 * 4) Computer in stand-by mode
 * 5) Mac alternatives to Quicktime?
 * 6) Problem Losing Stored Usernames

= December 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 19


 * 1) Torrent use
 * 2) World of Warcraft
 * 3) Connecting a laptop to the Internet through UMTS

= December 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 20


 * 1) Converting color images to grayscale
 * 2) Google spreadsheet help
 * 3) i-Pad Bonfire
 * 4) usb hidden files
 * 5) OS
 * 6) visual studio for windows ce
 * 7) How to show/hide status bar automatically in IE8
 * 8) Remote access via Skype
 * 9) iPhone
 * 10) html
 * 11) Mobile phone standards
 * 12) ASP.NET question: Pressing Enter on a text field vs. clicking on a button
 * 13) What is QuiBids's secret about their penny auctions on high-ticket items?

= December 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 21


 * 1) Good forums
 * 2) .net methods corresponding to old win32 api
 * 3) Wifi type N or type G?
 * 4) script
 * 5) Memories of an old computer game

= December 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 22


 * 1) FCC's new Internet traffic rules: What does that mean for us?
 * 2) Apple Apps that are removed from the AppStore
 * 3) Tables in HTML and wiki text
 * 4) Why so many different computer languages?
 * 5) Operation of redirects on other websites
 * 6) Usb drive in the mail
 * 7) VLC
 * 8) Pictures Gone
 * 9) Analyzing patterns in general
 * 10) Apple products
 * 11) Usage statistics

= December 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 23


 * 1) file headers(?) / embedding a file into an image
 * 2) Laptop Graphics vs Cost
 * 3) What are these: ಠ_ಠ
 * 4) Are BSD & MIT licenses copyleft?
 * 5) Hard Drive
 * 6) Automated queries

= December 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 24


 * 1) Asymmetric and symmetric ciphers
 * 2) Inkjet printers
 * 3) Publishing summer research project in machine learning
 * 4) html (query string)
 * 5) Learning C++
 * 6) Updating Android OS
 * 7) EEE PC hostname

= December 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 25


 * 1) RAM
 * 2) Popular articles
 * 3) "Stretch histogram" command in Irfanview
 * 4) Qualitative description of Gamma correction for digital photos

= December 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 26


 * 1) What 90s video game had Mayan ruins exploration?
 * 2) How to remove design skins ...
 * 3) Other domain name suffixes
 * 4) How to use Class SMTPClient to send emails to my gmail account
 * 5) CD-ROM audio connectors
 * 6) Saving pages in Firefox
 * 7) help please :)

= December 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 27


 * 1) RFID tags
 * 2) IE C API
 * 3) Copying several large files to pendrive without errors
 * 4) PRINTER SETTINGS
 * 5) Multiple cookie files for local "web" pages
 * 6) Windows: third-party media players do not load

= December 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 28


 * 1) How to cause coaxial cable interference?
 * 2) ole
 * 3) Best lossless compression for lots of similar photos?
 * 4) Facebook
 * 5) SE search vs flight search
 * 6) Domain name and server space advice please
 * 7) HP Laptop Recovery
 * 8) Which one should I buy...?
 * 9) Null caps lock

= December 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 29


 * 1) Installing stuff in Linux
 * 2) ebooks on Nokia 5300 classic mobile
 * 3) Deleting
 * 4) Wifi access
 * 5) URL is not available; why does this happen?
 * 6) Native Dalvik on a PC?
 * 7) #!

= December 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 30


 * 1) running a c++ program
 * 2) Machine Review
 * 3) Wikipedia coding help
 * 4) Wii games for old people
 * 5) (JavaScript) Creating an alias for an object
 * 6) CONNECTING MOTHER BOARD
 * 7) Partitioning drive in HP laptop running Windows 7 Home Basic
 * 8) Mac's magic mouse: swiping sideways changes the page
 * 9) TTF to TGA
 * 10) Files
 * 11) How to stop my laptop downloading

= December 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2010 December 31


 * 1) What is XBee?
 * 2) The metals that make up a CPU
 * 3) Why are cell phones so expensive?
 * 4) video download toolbar for opera 11
 * 5) Mediawiki one click (or two click) add text editing
 * 6) Article title shows wrong spelling
 * 7) Website Accessibility Question
 * 8) Best search engines