Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/February 2012

= February 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 1


 * 1) unwanted clicks
 * 2) Scheduling with multiple deadlines
 * 3) Do all modern browsers support 8-bit PNGs?
 * 4) Intel Turbo Boost
 * 5) search.iminent.com
 * 6) TalkTalk / SKY in the UK
 * 7) Network diagram for a wiki

= February 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 2


 * 1) restriction to fiction in Google Books
 * 2) Alt code for ş
 * 3) Does quantum immortality imply NP⊆BQP?
 * 4) A program for calculating square units of area?
 * 5) What about ACTA?
 * 6) Javascript Array question
 * 7) DNS servers
 * 8) Generate range of hex numbers
 * 9) Is TAR safer than ZIP?

= February 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 3


 * 1) Infinite Loop with updates
 * 2) help to control TV with ipad2
 * 3) Jumbo frames in gigabit ethernet switches
 * 4) HTML + JS + CSS
 * 5) Private use Area (unicode)
 * 6) Can someone recommend a good text editor with on-the-fly spelling checking?
 * 7) tracing ip addresses?
 * 8) Replacing LEDs with normal diodes
 * 9) Restart after installation
 * 10) How to make a generator using HTML

= February 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 4


 * 1) Making a hard disk non-bootable
 * 2) CPU heating concern
 * 3) Why does images change?
 * 4) power of a Kobo (or other e-readers)

= February 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 5


 * 1) Chrome - "The following plug-in has crashed: Shockwave Flash"
 * 2) Used copy of Spore
 * 3) fast C/C++ coroutines?
 * 4) display old Mac bitmap fonts

= February 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 6


 * 1) Using MIT or BSD licensed software as a part of a closed-source program
 * 2) How can I close wiki-site?

= February 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 7


 * 1) Kindle questions
 * 2) AWB?
 * 3) in general is something like vmware secure?
 * 4) Why programs damage images?
 * 5) Cookies in Windows 7
 * 6) Different Divs
 * 7) Typewriter effect in Windows Live Movie Maker

= February 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 8


 * 1) Joint authoring a document
 * 2) computer project
 * 3) Greater resolutions in Virtual Box
 * 4) Google Documents Versioning
 * 5) Linux command: dir
 * 6) Server load estimate
 * 7) Cell-phones' OS

= February 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 9


 * 1) Help (compter reboots after 20-25 minutes)
 * 2) Trying to install GAP in Gimp
 * 3) Would this computer be ok for my purpose?
 * 4) Hits on webpages
 * 5) Grabbing frames of video
 * 6) Why does the keyboard not match what it produces?
 * 7) Simple question I hope
 * 8) Telling if a company is legit
 * 9) ActiveX in IE9 / Win 7
 * 10) How to remove screwdriver head from Milwaukee Shockwave socket set?
 * 11) Help with Regular Expression (Syntax Searching) Please?

= February 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 10


 * 1) USB 3 external hard drive
 * 2) Computers showing incorrect bit rate of songs question
 * 3) Slow computer
 * 4) Xbox 360s Hdd
 * 5) No need for extremely complicated passwords
 * 6) How to create a range of passwords that don't get confused or forgotten
 * 7) How can I tell if I have USB 3.0?
 * 8) TV brightness
 * 9) no isp

= February 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 11


 * 1) Status of the internet
 * 2) "Appearance" of the identity function
 * 3) Limited WiFi Access

= February 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 12


 * 1) Firefox and cookies (yet again)
 * 2) Parametric types and Generics
 * 3) A question about audio tone-changing...
 * 4) Client-side wiki software
 * 5) "AirPort"
 * 6) Types of 3d in games
 * 7) Search Engine Behaving Badly in Firefox 10.0.1

= February 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 13


 * 1) PDF question
 * 2) dynamic url shortener
 * 3) IT
 * 4) Viability of playing video games on a non-gaming PC
 * 5) Firefox as daemon
 * 6) Windows 7 screen saver deactivation
 * 7) Ping Response
 * 8) Convert text to key presses
 * 9) Regex help requested

= February 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 14


 * 1) Computer clock drift
 * 2) Can I somehow "repartition" and burn a Blu-ray disk (BD-RE) to behave like two or more DVDs?
 * 3) Exploit:JS/Blacole.BV
 * 4) JAR files confusion
 * 5) File sizes between OpenOffice and Microsoft Word
 * 6) USB 3.0 external hard drive

= February 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 15


 * 1) XBOX 360 - Sign-in Problem
 * 2) VBA code for a form field in Microsoft Access
 * 3) need website monitoring software
 * 4) rsync's "non-regular files"
 * 5) Browser page load order

= February 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 16


 * 1) pc software
 * 2) How do I get my ISP to get me IPv6?
 * 3) Why doesn't Facebook have a 1-5 star rating system for apps anymore?
 * 4) app
 * 5) Moving School Emails
 * 6) Google advanced search
 * 7) blog quiz
 * 8) What is the photo representing a video and can you block it?
 * 9) Bash commands in Linux
 * 10) How to remove TI-Nspire CAS Student Software completely

= February 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 17


 * 1) Vector Spaces over Finite Vector Spaces
 * 2) Finding extensions

= February 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 18


 * 1) Find Upon Opening Word
 * 2) Relail DVRs
 * 3) Internet Explorer Popups on Toshiba Computer

= February 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 19


 * 1) Home mail server with multiple (external) POP3 accounts
 * 2) Multiple search queries on a web-page
 * 3) Computers predicting the economy
 * 4) Disabled wireless
 * 5) Desktop Shortcuts Disappear
 * 6) Downloading a flash function
 * 7) Creating machine code computer games in the 1980s
 * 8) floppy disk removal
 * 9) Wiring a Small Office with CAT6 Ethernet?
 * 10) Mystery Font
 * 11) Storing data in the 1980s or earlier?
 * 12) Halo Remake and 3D TV hack for 2 players on the same full screen?
 * 13) Charge Phone on Windows

= February 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 20


 * 1) Ubuntu on Windows
 * 2) Youtube playlists not working in Safari

= February 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 21


 * 1) Cloud storage service with password-based sharing
 * 2) Annoying menu on a website
 * 3) Picking a PIC
 * 4) Looking up very old websites
 * 5) learning html
 * 6) blocking unsolicited junk mail
 * 7) Missing email
 * 8) Inkjet ink cartridges
 * 9) 'Cutting' Patterns
 * 10) Alternative to Archive.org (The WayBackMachine)?

= February 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 22


 * 1) Does partitioning a disk erase data
 * 2) Exactly how did Wikipedia get so popular?
 * 3) this (switching HDMI cables)
 * 4) Annoying Windows behaviour
 * 5) Perl - getting the value of the ones place
 * 6) computer
 * 7) Google and privacy

= February 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 23


 * 1) Rigamarole
 * 2) How to express"a textbox is blank" in VB 2005?
 * 3) Computing x^y as exp(y*ln(x))
 * 4) Remove Wikipedia Search
 * 5) Wildcard character in Pywikipedia
 * 6) Microsoft equivalent to specify library path and static library to link with

= February 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 24


 * 1) organizational chart
 * 2) Notable Wikipedians who are regular contributors or administrators?
 * 3) Word - Libreoffice conversion

= February 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 25


 * 1) Shell script that prints a file tree to the screen
 * 2) flush disc cache in Windows 7
 * 3) Set to Terminal to run a custom command and now it closes every time
 * 4) Norton product differences
 * 5) Lustre is slow
 * 6) android phone as a radio scanner
 * 7) constitutional operating system
 * 8) Can DokuWiki indentation?
 * 9) buzzing power adapter

= February 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 26


 * 1) Need router
 * 2) Graphics card
 * 3) Circuit symbol for a solar panel
 * 4) Downloading MMS/SMS from Motorola phone

= February 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 27


 * 1) Formatting hard drives
 * 2) Size Of Wikipedia
 * 3) Getting URL of link

= February 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 28


 * 1) missed an email - how do I forward the whole email account in Gmail's new look?
 * 2) Icon maker
 * 3) 8 x 4 foot IR pass filter
 * 4) Effective way to quickly reverse geocode

= February 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 29


 * 1) MP3 player
 * 2) Can't hit enter after typing URL in Firefox
 * 3) PDF document not opening properly in PDF Complete
 * 4) Windows 7 and some Firefox issues
 * 5) Leap day issues?