Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/January 2016

= January 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 1


 * 1) Database data types
 * 2) Setting Up Envy 4520
 * 3) Banking scam: Is it worth contacting the bank?

= January 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 2


 * 1) Windows 10 - I get a pretty beach scene and the date and time, but *can't actually log in* to my own computer.

= January 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 3


 * 1) Is there an app that allows you to photograph without showing the live view on your screen?
 * 2) Viewing Facebook pages

= January 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 4


 * 1) Game development
 * 2) Is this the end for my computer?

= January 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 5


 * 1) Is there any other way to get great news than search engines?

= January 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 6


 * 1) How many watchlist items are possible before it stops working?

= January 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 7


 * 1) Invasion of privacy: My cable television usage is somehow known through my internet connection
 * 2) Are collections only available on mobile?
 * 3) USB CD Re-writer
 * 4) MATLAB Tool

= January 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 8


 * 1) How to check Linux mailbox with Windows software
 * 2) Reporting digital piracy anonymously
 * 3) Sendmail required for mailx to work on Linux?

= January 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 9


 * 1) Two cable modems.
 * 2) What does this mean in C?
 * 3) AT&T to MIPS Translation
 * 4) Protect data
 * 5) 9 pin DE-9 PC video display port
 * 6) Ntuser.dat
 * 7) What are "Data serialization languages" like YAML ?

= January 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 10


 * 1) In theory, how can you be sure that a result is right?
 * 2) I want to download or make a special Text Tone for my iphone6
 * 3) browser language setting

= January 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 11


 * 1) Measuring CPU usage of a process

= January 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 12


 * 1) BFS MATLAB
 * 2) null-environment in R5RS Scheme
 * 3) Can the copyright holder of a software package prohibit it to be rented?

= January 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 13


 * 1) Windows 10 saving the message in the mail app to the PC app
 * 2) Using server hardware as gaming PC
 * 3) How do I get Mozilla Firefox to open to my home page as a default?
 * 4) can you send data through the electrical system?

= January 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 14


 * 1) GPS Vehicle Tracking
 * 2) Do you need the same knowledge or steps to compile and decompile (or to assemble and disassemble)
 * 3) Mobile Phone Blocking
 * 4) Notepad file size

= January 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 15


 * 1) Copyright and Snowden
 * 2) Online Money
 * 3) Nonprofit confidence trick

= January 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 16


 * 1) Software
 * 2) Pseudocode mod of a negative integer
 * 3) GIMP 2 and animated GIFs
 * 4) Futuristic font(s)

= January 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 17


 * 1) Difference between ? and * in cron

= January 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 18


 * 1) Travelling with a Google Chromecast
 * 2) Partial specialization on a member class of a class template
 * 3) NuGet question
 * 4) Does having a phone service reduce available ADSL bandwidth?

= January 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 19


 * 1) IPv6
 * 2) Intensive but short programming bootcamps
 * 3) Ripping DVD movies to ISO on one computer, converting them to MP4 on another
 * 4) In a microchip, what are the physical equivalent of a head, state register, tape or finite table
 * 5) How does a webmaster program a forum?
 * 6) SQL max function question

= January 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 20


 * 1) Representing bits in Magnetic Drum Digital Differential Analyzer
 * 2) Difference between
 * 3) How does a cracking program know when an encrypted string/file has been decrypted?

= January 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 21


 * 1) Complexity of Addition in Finite Automata
 * 2) Testing an HTML script before publishing online?
 * 3) Software for paperless governmental procedures

= January 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 22


 * 1) How can the Internet send messages so fast?
 * 2) Question about webcams with microphones

= January 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 23


 * 1) Certifying that picture is not older than a certain time
 * 2) Pseudocode: good enough for teaching, not good enough for programming

= January 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 24


 * 1) we couldn't save your file to pdf/docx this time

= January 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 25


 * 1) 4G Over 3G
 * 2) Unix command question
 * 3) Is GPU built into CPU wasted if graphics card is present?
 * 4) Handbrake not detecting video episode length correctly
 * 5) Understanding sandboxes

= January 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 26


 * 1) What are these function keys on my keyboard for?
 * 2) Confused About Diodes
 * 3) Saving a worksheet with filters applied
 * 4) Tooltips for editing wikipedia

= January 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 27


 * 1) SHA1 checksum for Firefox 44.0
 * 2) Windows Batch File Repair
 * 3) Finding where in my computer an open document is located

= January 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 28


 * 1) Mouse Cursor Jumping Around
 * 2) Laserjet printer
 * 3) How do you make a software to store huge quantities of information on your computer?
 * 4) Recursively finding duplicates in a sequence that contains an increasing subsequence followed by a decreasing subsequence

= January 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 29


 * 1) How to find out whole SEO website report?
 * 2) Can you know absolutely everything about html?