Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/October 2011

= October 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 1


 * 1) Vulnerabilities in find and workarounds
 * 2) Torrents - are these just pure leechers?
 * 3) Looking for spam
 * 4) Turning off Search Indexer
 * 5) Learning PHP
 * 6) making a film
 * 7) How to view .TIF (.tif) files?
 * 8) Backing up/cloning a failing hard drive

= October 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 2


 * 1) Telnet port numbers
 * 2) YPbPr Problem

= October 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 3


 * 1) How do I make Windows MediaPlayer12 the default player again
 * 2) How to link two combo boxes (access 2007)?
 * 3) In-browser PDF display
 * 4) Odd Problem with Cell in Excel 2007
 * 5) RSS for Reference desk?
 * 6) Windows script
 * 7) XP TO ME

= October 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 4


 * 1) Output smartphone to monitor
 * 2) Regenerative Keyboarding
 * 3) Kinetically-regenerative phones
 * 4) BlackBerry not updating Facebook
 * 5) Signal boost for samsung intensity
 * 6) WiFi USB 5dbi

= October 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 5


 * 1) What could cause a download to 'shrink' in size?
 * 2) If an A.I.'s objective is to improve itself, couldn't that speed up and spiral out of control?
 * 3) Are there any reputable, free RAM "scrubbers" out there?
 * 4) Dod Compliant wiping

= October 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 6


 * 1) Browser keeps imploding
 * 2) No sound in laptop
 * 3) word finder
 * 4) 9 phone-only apps, but only 30 MB of space left? Nonsense!
 * 5) Tool Bar Blacked Out
 * 6) From checksum to DVD
 * 7) using ms access
 * 8) Steve Jobs
 * 9) Difficulty accessing google

= October 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 7


 * 1) If I have an infected XP Pro x32 with the heur zero day threat and want to dual boot it with either an XP Pro x64 or a windows 7 x64, will the virus pass over.
 * 2) In Firefox my Adobe Reader buttons (above the pdf-file in view) don't work!?
 * 3) Help identifying TV.
 * 4) Deleted account
 * 5) work done in increasing the length of wire by a hanging mass (m)
 * 6) Making a film
 * 7) Playing a mini-CD on my MAC superdrive
 * 8) Traffic and number of servers
 * 9) Hash gathering website - Why

= October 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 8


 * 1) Perl gurus read on ...
 * 2) Web site listing US cities for travelers to avoid
 * 3) objective of using spam mail detection technology

= October 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 9


 * 1) USC-2 and 7-Bit length differences in SMSs
 * 2) O'Reilly books
 * 3) Detecting Printers
 * 4) about html
 * 5) HTML
 * 6) Make a text box in OpenOffice.org Impress that maintains its vertical size
 * 7) Default Search Engine in Chrome

= October 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 10


 * 1) NFT device and online electronic receipts with item list
 * 2) Files won't attach to email
 * 3) ask.com
 * 4) Windows Movie Maker
 * 5) nVidia Graphics Card on Amazon.com - 2¼ Times as many CUDA cores at a Third of the Price?
 * 6) Combine many html files into one complete version

= October 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 11


 * 1) ipod touch to iphone adapter
 * 2) Is it a violation when using marks over vowels in the English alphabet?
 * 3) is there a limit on useful drives in raids?
 * 4) Is there an API to LockUpCPU?
 * 5) Quantum annealing

= October 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 12


 * 1) A printer server with 2 network interfaces
 * 2) Kindle
 * 3) Two ASP.NET web applications differing only by certificates
 * 4) What is this ad on Annie's Mailbox?

= October 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 13


 * 1) Good web script for displaying a gallery like a book
 * 2) Looking for machine learning forums
 * 3) Archiving a Facebook page to a disk or drive?
 * 4) Retrieving Password in Thunderbird 6

= October 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 14


 * 1) Font stylistic alternatives/sets in Word?
 * 2) is interpreted code
 * 3) Making a Word footnote do triple duty
 * 4) desktop and date rather than default sub sub sub subfiling

= October 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 15


 * 1) Assemble all these .PNGs into a single vertical image file
 * 2) Question About 6502 Processor Hardware Detail

= October 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 16


 * 1) Wikipedia Tours by DailyLit
 * 2) Ubuntu ftp server problem
 * 3) Does gmail ever ask about your birthday before you're allowed to log in?
 * 4) Portable browser for linux
 * 5) x86 and x64 virtualization efficiency
 * 6) Ready boost by using USB Flash drive
 * 7) typeface identification

= October 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 17


 * 1) PS Home vs XBox Live
 * 2) Mac keyboard problem
 * 3) Deleting corrupt wiki page
 * 4) VPN troubleshooting
 * 5) how do i set cookie exception in firefox
 * 6) best data card (price+speed)
 * 7) Unix time
 * 8) database
 * 9) How To Calculate Total Computing speed of a computer
 * 10) Firefox zoom
 * 11) Any way of formatting SDHC card to work in SD card reader?
 * 12) Are there any Facebook App games that teach us Hindi and how to use the stock market?

= October 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 18


 * 1) External link rot detection
 * 2) Security risks from AI, neural interfaces etc.
 * 3) Keeping Windows 7 updated without installing Service Pack1 ?
 * 4) Zensar or CSC...........
 * 5) 850 Mhz processor for Android 2.3
 * 6) Too many fonts?

= October 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 19


 * 1) High Memory Usage by IE
 * 2) What is a Reasonable Contention Ratio from My ISP?
 * 3) Google's storage
 * 4) Internet troubles on gf's computer
 * 5) Why you have to waggle in sports games

= October 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 20


 * 1) SPACE BAR
 * 2) Doing something a second time in java
 * 3) SLI
 * 4) Internets
 * 5) Sending SMS for free
 * 6) Microsoft Office 2010 Product Key
 * 7) Permissions on a moved NTFS hard disk
 * 8) Wikipedia atom
 * 9) "True" automatic line breaks
 * 10) Command to start applications in Linux

= October 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 21


 * 1) Tyical pronunciation of RAR
 * 2) Display preferences for downloads
 * 3) building
 * 4) gaming
 * 5) mysql multiple update
 * 6) making a C++ template more specific
 * 7) A portion of the article about Arab Spring does not print properly

= October 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 22


 * 1) Identifying an unknown piece of hardware
 * 2) Worldbuilding (political) software & method?
 * 3) e2fsck and alternate superblock
 * 4) Why can't Chatroulette blur out the naughty bits like many TV shows to?
 * 5) Access to tumblr.com
 * 6) How do I change IPs under Cox Communications?
 * 7) Can't connect ipad to computer via wireless
 * 8) A pool of soda on the keyboard
 * 9) What's the cheapest/lowest spec Mac I can buy which will run Creative Suite 5.5?

= October 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 23


 * 1) Name of a space racing game
 * 2) Read an Amiga FFS hard disk on Linux?
 * 3) Getting in the Great Firewall of China
 * 4) help

= October 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 24


 * 1) # of Different Instructions for Gemini Guidance Computer - dbainspace.com
 * 2) Name of early 90s "virtual reality" computer game with unconventional packaging?
 * 3) virtual fix disk running low
 * 4) order a pc online
 * 5) MapsGL inquiry
 * 6) Advice on books
 * 7) webcam
 * 8) Mobile Display Technology Standards

= October 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 25


 * 1) What voice-changing Android apps let me alter voices to specific, desired specifications?
 * 2) Sothink DHTML menus
 * 3) UPC-A Barcode Check Digit when Calculated result is 10.
 * 4) RAM address lines and data lines
 * 5) Standby consumption of Virgin Media V+ box
 * 6) "Format'  missing from menu
 * 7) Printing calculator
 * 8) Reading QR codes manually

= October 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 26


 * 1) Digital camera market: all-in one with excellent macro and remote shutter triggers
 * 2) Who defines partition types and GUIDs?
 * 3) Computers and lightning
 * 4) Day-by-day financial program
 * 5) Android Market
 * 6) PSU for multi-monitor setup
 * 7) 120 bang for the buck
 * 8) how do i set cookie exception in firefox
 * 9) jt open toolkit
 * 10) Amiga emulation
 * 11) comverting FROM ePub?

= October 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 27


 * 1) Force a section to wrap in HTML
 * 2) mass uploading to internet
 * 3) What is the backwards E?
 * 4) processors
 * 5) 7zip
 * 6) motherboard
 * 7) iPhone playlists revert

= October 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 28


 * 1) 32 bit verses ?
 * 2) Running Android on a Windows Mobile smartphone
 * 3) Compiling code on a smartphone
 * 4) Folder renames by itself

= October 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 29


 * 1) Caller ID history
 * 2) Parameter passing
 * 3) Question about a line in fstab (Linux)
 * 4) Merge conflict frequency
 * 5) Asking for ID and "justificatif de domicile" for buying in the internet
 * 6) Is this a trustworthy site?
 * 7) kill

= October 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 30


 * 1) template talk archive not fully displaying
 * 2) Demonic possession of keyboard
 * 3) Ubuntu Dual-Boot Hangs Before Login Screen
 * 4) C Structures
 * 5) Batch processing in Photoshop Elements 6
 * 6) Navigating without only with keyboard

= October 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 October 31


 * 1) Video out of sync with audio during streaming video
 * 2) Page file
 * 3) Split cell in table
 * 4) Molex cable connector