Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/November 2012

= November 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 1


 * 1) Weather gadget replacement for W8
 * 2) Is it possible to shift code points of characters in a Unicode string by a certain number?
 * 3) Android screencast issue for Android 4.0.3 ver
 * 4) DSL filter
 * 5) Disable broken internal keyboard?

= November 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 2


 * 1) Facebook Privacy
 * 2) Source code to create a site like The Pirate Bay
 * 3) Browser memory and Wikipedia's saved edit summary
 * 4) Hello (Seo is best for girls ?)
 * 5) Optional return values in C++

= November 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 3


 * 1) radio system
 * 2) Compatibility of MSN and Yahoo Messenger
 * 3) Voice type/range analyzer
 * 4) 100 * 1.14 = 113.99999999999999 in Python 3
 * 5) Win8 problem
 * 6) Comma and dot in programming
 * 7) Question about LinkedIn

= November 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 4


 * 1) Slideshow/DVD
 * 2) Photo browser supporting GPS tags?
 * 3) Encoded message
 * 4) Origin of markup symbols for /italics/, _underline_, and *bold*
 * 5) Security question
 * 6) cURL
 * 7) Help with HTML forms

= November 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 5


 * 1) current form
 * 2) There's An App For That
 * 3) Printing text files in Excel to be read by C/C++

= November 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 6


 * 1) HTTP at work
 * 2) Microsoft and Apple's cross licensing agreement
 * 3) Why can't '3G' tablets make phone calls?
 * 4) Does Technerd.com rank well enough to be included in Wikipedia?
 * 5) What CUSTOMIZABLE gaming-laptops have conversion-to-tablet capabilities?
 * 6) Bus speed and performance.
 * 7) Adding download of a complete web page to a folder in Google drive (Google docs)
 * 8) Layers in GNU Image Manipulation Program

= November 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 7


 * 1) TO SAVE BLOG PAGES AS PDF
 * 2) Is it possible to be completely anonymous on the Internet?
 * 3) Question about SSD
 * 4) Reference manuals

= November 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 8


 * 1) Isolating Windows installations
 * 2) Mooched?
 * 3) Help getting Jquery on my computer
 * 4) windows 98
 * 5) Microsoft Word wrap

= November 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 9


 * 1) SD Card doesn't read as having memory on my laptop
 * 2) Privacy when using a work issued laptop
 * 3) Oracle 11g for Mac

= November 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 10


 * 1) A php "Baz"
 * 2) Chinese keyboard
 * 3) TRANSFERING MY ENTIRE Itunes LIBRARY FROM STATIONARY PC OVER TO MY LAPTOP
 * 4) Image clean-up

= November 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 11


 * 1) Pywikipediabot
 * 2) Blocking pages
 * 3) Looking for small computer monitor in UK

= November 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 12


 * 1) how to tweak an entire color pallete at once?
 * 2) wifi problem
 * 3) SMD mounting
 * 4) Flashing arbitrary code to firmware chips on modern PCs

= November 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 13


 * 1) Keyboard alphabets
 * 2) Open source, but not for all?
 * 3) Visual basic for MS Access
 * 4) Portions of videos

= November 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 14


 * 1) Changes in emacs to a C file are ignored when tested in the terminal
 * 2) Would a killer whale in the clouds have saved Romney?
 * 3) randomly changing fractal wallpaper

= November 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 15


 * 1) Trespassing by "Registry Mechanic"
 * 2) Use computer monitor for TV
 * 3) laptop hard disk swap
 * 4) Find a text editor that can highlight MediaWiki syntax.
 * 5) Bluetooth peripherals in OSX
 * 6) Help with upgrading PC.
 * 7) Win XP SP3 won't boot
 * 8) One physical, two logical printers?

= November 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 16


 * 1) Activity Monitor downloaded on an old Windows XP ?
 * 2) Clipboard/prntsc logger?
 * 3) Mail

= November 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 17


 * 1) An inexpensive video game gameplay capture device?
 * 2) Which is better? Windows 8 or Ubuntu 12.10?
 * 3) Refresh rates of 59 and 60 Hz
 * 4) ATX start up
 * 5) What is more "expensive" in Java, memory operations or arithmetic operations?
 * 6) overflow of box in html
 * 7) Mouse repeatedly click when button is held down?

= November 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 18


 * 1) Gadgets in 8
 * 2) Idle computer power
 * 3) Web design

= November 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 19


 * 1) Why do uploads slow down downloads
 * 2) raspberry pi stuff
 * 3) a .pdf for an intel board
 * 4) HELP... C code keeps asking for an identifier
 * 5) What happened to Framing (World Wide Web)

= November 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 20


 * 1) Multi-core processor
 * 2) Quickly open list of links as tabs in Firefox
 * 3) Clipboard
 * 4) set top box
 * 5) Multiple threads
 * 6) Can I Still Update Win95?
 * 7) maps of the world

= November 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 21


 * 1) C++ constructors
 * 2) 32-bit or 64 ?
 * 3) Converting a CTRL key into a FN key
 * 4) XKCD
 * 5) Efficiency of bit serial CPUs for massively parallel High Performance Computing and graphic processing.
 * 6) Partitioning hard disk in Windows 7
 * 7) How did the team making Eclipse (which itself is mostly written in Java) for Windows make it an exe?

= November 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 22


 * 1) Mysterious Folders
 * 2) Alternative to Google Documents?
 * 3) why is there no link between CAP theorem and Quorum?
 * 4) Scam or just desperate?
 * 5) Computer not automatically booting from the hard drive
 * 6) Saving modified SmartArt in PPT 2010

= November 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 23


 * 1) sentence syntax program
 * 2) Java J2EE can a program check whether a user would be able to access a URL?
 * 3) Any webmail services that do not show real names?
 * 4) Brute force Ingress invitation code?
 * 5) Sharing bookmarks ?

= November 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 24


 * 1) Windows 8 fast startup feature
 * 2) MSIE 8 on XP
 * 3) Weird C++ linking problem at work
 * 4) sentence syntax program (Continuation(
 * 5) Lenovo ThinkCentre's eSATA port

= November 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 25


 * 1) What is the current standard for form descriptions?
 * 2) 2.0 Megapixel cell phone camera ?
 * 3) reverse the direction of the mouse?
 * 4) Skype 6.0 broken on windows 7

= November 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 26


 * 1) Disk space discrepancy
 * 2) What a POS article
 * 3) Missing app on Android phone

= November 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 27


 * 1) thread synchronization-1
 * 2) Specific Website blocking for predetermined time
 * 3) C recognizes sqrt except for once
 * 4) pari/gp or possibly bash problem
 * 5) i Have 2 Vids which play in my Pc in Mono sounding

= November 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 28


 * 1) c puzzle
 * 2) math word problem
 * 3) Browser fingerprint
 * 4) Unexpected JDWP error: 21
 * 5) Regulations on feature set in software comparison articles
 * 6) What's the easiest way to create a local server with proxypass on Windows?

= November 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 29


 * 1) What type of port would have a number like PPA04-07?
 * 2) Odd domain name practice
 * 3) synchronization block vs synchronization method in java

= November 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 30


 * 1) blender modelling
 * 2) URL of a single element on a web page
 * 3) Handling game state in VB
 * 4) Wireless icon origin, name, etc?
 * 5) po files and plural forms