Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/December 2013

= December 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 1


 * 1) Setting up a website
 * 2) Firefox settings
 * 3) Laptop touchpad location

= December 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 2


 * 1) Can TrueCrypt volumes be identified?
 * 2) Website Pages
 * 3) JPG to PNG conversion

= December 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 3


 * 1) Mobo Hunt
 * 2) Reals in Jython

= December 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 4


 * 1) Date and Time in 'Pages'
 * 2) Best Practices for Converting Text Data Field to Numeric
 * 3) What size flash drive to make disc image?
 * 4) Open-ended game classification

= December 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 5


 * 1) p2p
 * 2) Good Game development software
 * 3) Audacity's file size .aup

= December 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 6


 * 1) Computers without CD drives?
 * 2) declare a dynamic array of characters n of size 100 [in C]
 * 3) Creating decks in a game of War in Java
 * 4) "Old timey" audio filter
 * 5) PC Power supply unit problem.
 * 6) can any programming languages brute-force code?
 * 7) What is a complete definition of the Digital World? (the one we live and experience through our computers and devices)
 * 8) Internet Explorer 11
 * 9) Intel retail package

= December 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 7


 * 1) Can a website know what folder did I save its content to or upload contents from?
 * 2) Gmail tab in Safari is stuck at 27 email notifications
 * 3) Red lens on the back of laptop harddisk
 * 4) Google search not showing wikipedia
 * 5) Can I prohibit some program's access to certain directories?
 * 6) Equipment identification
 * 7) Choosing the web construction software.
 * 8) PDFs in IE10, Windows 8

= December 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 8


 * 1) Accessing or downloading the database of  of location of places, cities in Wikipedia.
 * 2) Sunken shipments of computers
 * 3) wytec dragon12 assembly language
 * 4) ADSL->SDSL questions
 * 5) Windows 7 dual-boot hibernate to switch OS
 * 6) Blogging Names
 * 7) What is Linux logging by default?
 * 8) Setting up a website - Cloud Computing
 * 9) Turning the Windows features On and Off

= December 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 9


 * 1) Links opening in new tabs
 * 2) Gizmodo web pages not displaying properly
 * 3) Private domain registration
 * 4) UAE questions

= December 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 10


 * 1) How to set Scroll wheel focus for newly opened folders in Windows 7 ?
 * 2) What is the best laptop you can get for under $450?
 * 3) Citing a source
 * 4) Windows ActiveX API DATE format
 * 5) Valid URL with three dots in path ( /.../ )
 * 6) What is my file called?

= December 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 11


 * 1) stack/heap in Java
 * 2) building binary search tree from a bunch of numbers
 * 3) Writing out contents of ADF files
 * 4) Floppy disk deterioration

= December 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 12


 * 1) MP3 file compression.
 * 2) Some sort of big apple ....
 * 3) Neither my HP laptop nor Olympus digital camera can read the thousands of images in my SD card anymore. Help me see them again, please?
 * 4) Identifying best Big-O
 * 5) Get thee behind me, SATA!

= December 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 13


 * 1) Network printer not recognized under Windows XP but comes up no problem under Vista and Win 8. How can I fix it?
 * 2) Sound
 * 3) dictionary (english to english) with pronunciation

= December 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 14


 * 1) Jython programming
 * 2) Stuck on a Java problem
 * 3) Annoying Google Chrome Message.

= December 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 15


 * 1) getting os x mountain lion to run in vmware on windows
 * 2) Phone model

= December 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 16


 * 1) Wikipedia page decline

= December 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 17


 * 1) How to delete Null Zeros in XML file?
 * 2) Facebook
 * 3) Does anyone still use HTTP 1.0 anymore?
 * 4) Memory Screenshow/Image states.
 * 5) Steve Wilson on YouTube
 * 6) Recovering a replaced file

= December 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 18


 * 1) Why do people still say "w w w dot" when naming websites aloud?
 * 2) The Ali G multiplication problem?
 * 3) FORTRAN Compiler
 * 4) Request assistance from a C++ programmer
 * 5) Facebook linked to Gmail, maybe? [moved from "Miscellaneous"]

= December 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 19


 * 1) iPhone 5 won't display attachment icon in message bodies
 * 2) A faster way to edit an OsCommerce website?
 * 3) Cannot watch videos on YouTube
 * 4) What going on with Google News?
 * 5) How to archive this PDF of a journal article?
 * 6) gps
 * 7) Cut, copy, paste, delete, select all not working in ie + back/forward buttons
 * 8) Offline pages in firefox & ie
 * 9) Guessing game

= December 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 20


 * 1) How to determine which remaining paragraphs of Avicenna was written by Jagged 85?
 * 2) Any way to tile an image you're linking to in the link?
 * 3) iPod Updates
 * 4) Are algorithms universal?
 * 5) Prolonging life of electronics

= December 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 21


 * 1) iMovie
 * 2) Is there a free Android App that can do this?

= December 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 22


 * 1) Bing Weather
 * 2) Restore friend's computer from my disk image

= December 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 23


 * 1) Transcontinental Internet lines
 * 2) Windows 8.1 app

= December 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 24


 * 1) If I have a local .xsession file in OpenBSD, my machine boots me back to the login screen

= December 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 25


 * 1) Possible malware?
 * 2) Screensaver Problems
 * 3) DVD-R Error

= December 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 26


 * 1) If there's only one cursor, what's the other thing?
 * 2) MS Office partial load on start
 * 3) I want to Have My Own Bot

= December 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 27


 * 1) Gfortran download with a disastrous result
 * 2) Google Search iOS app is a browser, no? Apple terms say apps can't reproduce core iOS functions (like Safari, no?)
 * 3) What is the price of youtube trueview instream?
 * 4) Microsoft virtual PC and linux

= December 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 28


 * 1) Why isn't "United States" is not on the list for Countries on YouTube on account settings?
 * 2) Type punning and CPU microarchitecture
 * 3) Are photos from here copyrighted?
 * 4) How to edit a BCD file?
 * 5) Refresh rate on power consumption.
 * 6) Unicode characters in Firefox

= December 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 29


 * 1) How can a compromised BIOS compromise the security of a computer?
 * 2) What Is New in Windows Server 2012
 * 3) Flickr fees vs free Flickr
 * 4) How to print the escape character in UNIX?

= December 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 30


 * 1) Gfortran download (2nd attempt)
 * 2) Android -- setting status bar notification priority or grouping them

= December 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 31


 * 1) Linux sound routing