Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/December 2015

= December 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 1


 * 1) Setting write protection for only part of an SD card
 * 2) Where is the Linux clipboard?

= December 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 2


 * 1) Neural Nets, FOL, and Set Theory
 * 2) IPv4 and IPv6
 * 3) Does Excel (or its accomplices) change files if you just open them without saving?
 * 4) Share my Location
 * 5) How much of the accessible information is already indexed?
 * 6) Firefox vs. Evercookie

= December 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 3


 * 1) Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming, is there a planned successor?
 * 2) Google book page images

= December 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 4


 * 1) Software tool for a paywall
 * 2) MATLAB multicore CPU usage
 * 3) A way to use document templates in MS Word?
 * 4) How does a person "own" a web site name (domain name)?
 * 5) Active Directory
 * 6) The latest Firefox version changes attachment download functions

= December 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 5


 * 1) Are those 4k TVs or ultra hd TVs any good?

= December 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 6


 * 1) Programmers, please see a semantic debate here
 * 2) Carte blanche cookie consent

= December 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 7


 * 1) .HTaccess-Drupal question
 * 2) Which programming languages allow trailing commas?
 * 3) Varying PDF file sizes
 * 4) Computer battery
 * 5) OCR-A characters intended use

= December 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 9


 * 1) android 5 standby low battery notifier
 * 2) Auto-copy the content of a sub-document into the master-document? (MS Office)
 * 3) Is Google's D-Wave 2X Quantum Computer, as it is called, really a quantum computer with qubits inside?
 * 4) What user-experience do non-Linux, non-Windows, non-Mac OSs have?
 * 5) December 31, 4700
 * 6) Are certificates installed in Firefox safe?

= December 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 11


 * 1) what am i doing wrong? (java newby)
 * 2) What to do with a link like this?
 * 3) Do internal components need drivers?
 * 4) Doing arithmetic in Java with numbers received from another object

= December 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 12


 * 1) How do I add a printer?
 * 2) Confused about sed syntax

= December 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 13


 * 1) How to close current page in HTML/Javascript (on all platforms) ?
 * 2) Javascript clue?

= December 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 14


 * 1) What is the cost of pirated software for the users?
 * 2) Image help
 * 3) Freegate not working
 * 4) Writing smartphone applications in various languages

= December 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 15


 * 1) Windows cannot install important updates
 * 2) Devices in and out
 * 3) Problem in running a OBB file
 * 4) Video upscaling question

= December 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 16


 * 1) Representation of numbers in binary
 * 2) Google Chrome on iOS
 * 3) Could an anti-virus and similar malware tools lead to less security?

= December 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 17


 * 1) PayPal problem
 * 2) Reading e-books on Linux
 * 3) Errors: Relative, mixed or absolute cell reference in spreadsheets
 * 4) How to deal with wired.meraki.com

= December 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 18


 * 1) Windows 10 drivers
 * 2) Can't see my 5GHz network
 * 3) One wireless adapter, two networks
 * 4) Dual boot?

= December 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 19


 * 1) Word font change
 * 2) Making Ubuntu-Firefox interface to be more Windows-Firefox like?
 * 3) Linux
 * 4) traceroute
 * 5) How to stop Twitter sending me messages on my iPhone?
 * 6) Games for learning leadership skills
 * 7) "syntaxicity"

= December 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 20


 * 1) Finger print open source software
 * 2) Open source AI
 * 3) Are less people using laptops due to smartphones?

= December 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 21


 * 1) Battery charging issue

= December 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 22


 * 1) Excel help
 * 2) Spreadsheet article might need attention
 * 3) Adding two numbers in Java, without declaring variables in advance
 * 4) LinkedIn question
 * 5) Problems are fewer but I'm not updating Windows Defender

= December 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 23


 * 1) Main differences between Git For Windows and Acquia Dev Tool?
 * 2) Undo changes in dropbox
 * 3) Familiar With Microsoft Word ?? Need a bit of assistance with "Sort ascending," or making it possible to read my Tables in chronological order.
 * 4) Firefox needs 500 MB, to show me a 100 KB file
 * 5) DNS success without answer

= December 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 24


 * 1) Difference between generations in microprocessor

= December 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 25


 * 1) SAnta

= December 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 26


 * 1) Quadratic Programming
 * 2) Syncing problems with bookmarks in Chrome
 * 3) Is installing latest chipset driver updates BIOS?

= December 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 27


 * 1) Tablet usefulness?
 * 2) SATA2 vs SATA3? Hardwaresoftware issue?

= December 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 28


 * 1) Djvu files processing
 * 2) IP addresses
 * 3) Web Cambo Delenda Est!
 * 4) Is there any place I can find an example of Kraay sort algorithm code?
 * 5) Good resource comparing programming languages

= December 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 29


 * 1) Question about our SQL tutorial
 * 2) Factorization
 * 3) Ugly characters in an edit summary
 * 4) Bill Gates
 * 5) Windows Defender updates--the sequel

= December 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 30


 * 1) There are robots that pass through lines of vines and cut out the bunches of grapes and put them in a small container.

= December 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 31


 * 1) Why is Li-Fi faster than Wi-Fi?
 * 2) Centre point of the monitor screen