Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/March 2013

= March 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 1


 * 1) Who is scraping the whole web?
 * 2) UTF-8? What happens with the C0 byte?

= March 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 2


 * 1) Why is the internet full of references to "udf2" hashes?
 * 2) Massively long source files
 * 3) Why does Drupal come up when I try to access Wikifonia
 * 4) Windows PowerShell scripting help

= March 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 3


 * 1) Does a computer need separate RAM if it uses a SSD?
 * 2) 64GB SDHC Cards
 * 3) "Apple Works"
 * 4) Archive
 * 5) Household security
 * 6) Connection
 * 7) How can i check a large list of Radio buttons in 1 click?

= March 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 4


 * 1) Android data transfer
 * 2) How a musical transcriber would work
 * 3) 720p CVT-RB
 * 4) Keep downloading, but doesn't work

= March 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 5


 * 1) Backup and restore - mirror entire hard drive to external drive
 * 2) Dual protection?
 * 3) Hotmail only not work.
 * 4) Getting back into my zip files
 * 5) WIndows 8 dual monitors or extended monitor?
 * 6) Event Standard Syndication

= March 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 6


 * 1) Video codecs for future storage
 * 2) How to simultaneously copy the text of all the alternatives in a Combo box (drop-down menu) on a web page?
 * 3) openadserving.com malware
 * 4) Unix question

= March 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 7


 * 1) ? on string functions in Wikitable
 * 2) AVI file interrupted while recording
 * 3) why declaration of checked exception in method header?
 * 4) Closing programs in Windows 8
 * 5) Google analytics - what's my home page?

= March 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 8


 * 1) Example of a horizontally-sliding UI
 * 2) I'm looking for a free (or trial) database diagramming tool for SQL Server 2000
 * 3) What's the encoding of bytes?

= March 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 9


 * 1) Windows 8 Operating System
 * 2) Vacuum cleaner for keyboard/speaker grille
 * 3) Subscription feed layout on YouTube - how do I change it back?
 * 4) Registry keys
 * 5) IP addresses and 3G
 * 6) looking for a good editor
 * 7) Duster costs
 * 8) How do I block an account in Office/Outlook.com?

= March 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 10


 * 1) Are the source codes of old versions of Ruby relicensed under BSD License?
 * 2) Windows backup and recovery - follow up
 * 3) Big problem with FS2004
 * 4) what is difference between call stack and stack trace in java?
 * 5) Adding HTTP compression support to wget
 * 6) Can Universities access your school e-mail?

= March 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 11


 * 1) Locked down account, Mac OS X 10.5.8
 * 2) Substitution in Excel
 * 3) Led edge lit displays
 * 4) Unix: echo
 * 5) Computer thinks external HD is a CD drive

= March 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 12


 * 1) Del
 * 2) iPad bookmarking
 * 3) Windows Installer

= March 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 13


 * 1) Windows file access questions
 * 2) Update CSS filters
 * 3) isolation transformer
 * 4) Do all Windows OS employees theoretically start from nothing when hired w.r.t. code base knowledge?
 * 5) Copy pasting without html markup

= March 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 14


 * 1) Sign language annotation for sound files
 * 2) motion detection for computers
 * 3) casses
 * 4) Why can't you root iOS?
 * 5) Windows 7 Shutdown Strategy
 * 6) why should we pass object of the class implemented from runnable to constructor of thread class?
 * 7) Launching the wrong browser

= March 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 15


 * 1) Modelling software
 * 2) Difficulty signing posts
 * 3) Firefox redirecting despite two options set not to
 * 4) Taking a UK phone to NZ
 * 5) Are there ways to make my browser automatically redirect a page?
 * 6) Is it possible to record TV with the Elgato Game Capture HD device?
 * 7) Smartphone app notifications
 * 8) Displaying only a specific string in a NET VIEW

= March 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 16


 * 1) USB2 drive faster on USB3 port
 * 2) Algorithms  Hacking
 * 3) My speestream  is diconnecting alot, what can be the problem?

= March 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 17


 * 1) power consmuption
 * 2) Moving a large number of files
 * 3) Book recommendation request
 * 4) How to tell if my graphics card supports OpenGL 2.1 and GLSL 120 ?
 * 5) iPod Touch - Moving a File to a Folder

= March 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 18


 * 1) Windows overhead time in creating and closing files
 * 2) Crucial.com equivalent that recommends graphics cards for my PC ?
 * 3) Hard drive failed?
 * 4) SAMSUNG T10 MP3 PLAYER

= March 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 19


 * 1) Pipe command-line output to Python instead of Perl
 * 2) How do I contact someone on Wikidoc
 * 3) IP Address
 * 4) Is it possible to create a n-body pertubation simulation app with the Blender (software)?
 * 5) Problems compiling
 * 6) Problems connecting to the Internet with new computer
 * 7) running two OSes in parallel

= March 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 20


 * 1) Networks project
 * 2) An assembly example that seemed to be doing something the long way
 * 3) Reduce background proccess priority/improve user experience in Windows XP
 * 4) Codecademy for IE8
 * 5) Possibility of Recovering a Canceled Wikipedia Edit
 * 6) Traceroute
 * 7) I have a question (about Wikidoc)

= March 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 21


 * 1) How much can Javascript and other types of scripts do?
 * 2) Mac Powerbook vs Laptop w/ Windows 7
 * 3) Is it time for a Nvidia Volta page?
 * 4) Windows 8 upgrade - can it be used for a clean install if you have original product key etc
 * 5) Cookies
 * 6) 'The sender of this message has asked to be notified when you read this message.
 * 7) Does Intel 4000 GPU support OpenCL 1.1?

= March 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 22


 * 1) NLP / computational linguistics
 * 2) HP Printer
 * 3) C.E.O. or executive management of Lionsea Software Ltd in Beijing China
 * 4) Remotely wake sleeping computer?
 * 5) TalkTalk (my ISP) interferring with my browser searches

= March 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 23


 * 1) noise jitter effects
 * 2) change  movie speed in vlc media player does not work
 * 3) Chrome
 * 4) RPC-1 firmware or RPC-2 firmware?

= March 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 24


 * 1) File system type (Linux) displayed differently by various programs
 * 2) ONCE AGAIN, Subscription feed layout on YouTube - how do I change it back?
 * 3) Cell phone vibrations ?
 * 4) printer margins

= March 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 25


 * 1) Safari Extensions
 * 2) Where does Ubuntu store my installation files?
 * 3) Bash comman history customization

= March 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 26


 * 1) Google on Bing?
 * 2) 1950s IBM printer
 * 3) Value of null
 * 4) Samsung devices, Android versions, predictive text
 * 5) Sound emulation in E-UAE
 * 6) ipad simulator poor sound quality
 * 7) UPS zip attachment fraud

= March 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 27


 * 1) email on Surface RT
 * 2) Vimeo hosted video, access denial
 * 3) "SUMMER STORM"
 * 4) computer specifications

= March 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 28


 * 1) Vorbis codec for VLAN
 * 2) palindrome in a palindrome ?
 * 3) Youtube - I can see but cannot hear
 * 4) What algorithm do browsers use to interpret HTML colors?
 * 5) How does bitcoin work?
 * 6) Windows 7 problems
 * 7) Medieval Toal War (original)

= March 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 29


 * 1) Software (preferably free or inexpensive) to remove someone from a personal video on my hard drive?
 * 2) Dictionary red line thing
 * 3) new website-forum
 * 4) Windows 7 Office activation
 * 5) Alternatives for Gmail

= March 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 30


 * 1) Creating printed or PDF version of Wikipedia pages using custom style sheet
 * 2) Using two workspaces in GNOME 3 and Cinnamon
 * 3) What does a slow hard drive do slowly?
 * 4) Smartphone
 * 5) Trouble with Blender
 * 6) Any Google+ experts around?

= March 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 31


 * 1) Basic word processor
 * 2) Router
 * 3) TurboTax Tune