Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/October 2015

= October 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 1


 * 1) Fast[er] file extracter
 * 2) Why hasn't flash memory become cheap enough to give away?
 * 3) Where are the files of a tool in Linux
 * 4) I broke the Assume Good Faith option for myself
 * 5) I see no result for "Geo-IP", why?

= October 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 2


 * 1) What makes ssh time out?
 * 2) Mass rename / format files

= October 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 3


 * 1) OGG recorder
 * 2) Wikipedia tense
 * 3) Bookmarklet to insert preset text into browser text box
 * 4) Dell Latitude E5450
 * 5) Google line chart variable Y max value

= October 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 4


 * 1) system font del Capitán
 * 2) Grover's Algorithm
 * 3) Trace route
 * 4) Finding Unitary transformation
 * 5) Searching for terms and specifics on FB groups
 * 6) Semi-transparent window in legacy RHEL/CentOS?
 * 7) nul device that remembers

= October 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 5


 * 1) Apple vs Microsoft
 * 2) Politics of character encoding

= October 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 6


 * 1) Terms for abuse of OO?
 * 2) Installing Linux without ever touching Windows
 * 3) Images not displaying in MS Word

= October 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 7


 * 1) Keep track of changes on local file (one user)
 * 2) Unitary Transformation
 * 3) Unitary Transformation (in the last time, I guess)
 * 4) How to make layers translucent in GIMP?
 * 5) HI there, I have on my macbook 2000 contacts on my iphone also, and I would like to know,

= October 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 8


 * 1) Wikipedians who edit Wikidata
 * 2) How common is following the moon for data centers?

= October 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 9


 * 1) whatsapp on iphone

= October 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 10


 * 1) Shockwave Flash
 * 2) almost duplicate file detector
 * 3) Does the US government use any computer made abroad?

= October 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 11


 * 1) PDFs in browsing history
 * 2) Elementary bash script help needed
 * 3) Why are some file names invalid?
 * 4) Calculate complexity of a text (for reading or learning)
 * 5) Why don't Apple laptops have ferrite beads?

= October 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 12


 * 1) How to install Lollipop Custom ROM in Lenovo A6000..?
 * 2) Google notifications not working

= October 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 13


 * 1) Funny noise
 * 2) viewing a file pulled from github

= October 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 14


 * 1) Filesystems that can store subdirectories merged into parent?

= October 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 15


 * 1) Why block ssh?
 * 2) which partition editor recognize exfat filesystem
 * 3) software that will input strings and output one string at random
 * 4) what is the highest available build (software+setting+tweak) for compressing black and white images
 * 5) SQL problem: row not found either with IN or with NOT IN

= October 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 16


 * 1) MS Outlook question
 * 2) how to calculate number of ipv6 addresses in a range
 * 3) which windows registry entries define which font to be used for a particular plane of unicode
 * 4) Javascript date object
 * 5) Book reader

= October 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 17


 * 1) Control F "find" not working in Google Chrome
 * 2) wi-fi accelerator
 * 3) Skype And Line Breaks

= October 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 18


 * 1) Unitary transformation
 * 2) Laptop hard drive passes CHKDSK and all SeaTools tests except long generic

= October 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 19


 * 1) x86 Real Mode huge pointer normalization code
 * 2) Significance of polarizer in LCD displays
 * 3) Is there any Source-to-source compiler that compiles Javascript to Java?
 * 4) Problems with mp3 USB player
 * 5) Password-based access
 * 6) Computer printer comms

= October 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 20


 * 1) iterating over a square matrix, one square frame at a time
 * 2) Hadamrd Gate
 * 3) Sound Recorder (Windows)

= October 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 21


 * 1) Unitary Transformation
 * 2) Setting up a local git repo
 * 3) Lawrence wikipedia article destroyed and hacked
 * 4) I have a question about getting a new computer

= October 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 23


 * 1) what are the current impediments in creating one font containing every character in unicode
 * 2) How common do programs need Reflection (computer programming)?
 * 3) Is it possible to make a Raspberry Pi function as a USB device rather than a host?

= October 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 24


 * 1) How do websites tell whether a user is a bot or human?
 * 2) what is datarate in bytes for analog crt tv recieving via coaxial cable?
 * 3) Installing Windows 95 From CD

= October 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 25


 * 1) Linux Question: Running Commands at Startup...The Right Way
 * 2) Google circles

= October 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 26


 * 1) Parse wikipedia pages
 * 2) STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78D2524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) windows xp setup from cd
 * 3) Intersection algorithm question
 * 4) 1.2GHz  dual-core or 1.2GHz quad-core?
 * 5) IP address change and ISP

= October 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 27


 * 1) Return Type of Assignment Operator
 * 2) How Excel deals with numbers and does calculations
 * 3) sequential readwrite speed in 90-100 MB/S range, why windows copypaste util and teracopy not utilize speed

= October 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 28


 * 1) Best 3D environment for some geometry displays
 * 2) How do I get a Blue Screen to stay on screen?

= October 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 29


 * 1) Microprocessors modes in non-x86 architectures
 * 2) Responsive Email Columns for Beginners
 * 3) Wifi shows MAC Adress. What is this?
 * 4) What is a good computer program to handle simple bookkeeping and accounting (invoices) for a small business?

= October 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 30


 * 1) Dell rear panel USB
 * 2) Not Windows 10
 * 3) xdebug eclipse and centos
 * 4) my talk page

= October 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 October 31


 * 1) parallel copying software that is NOT robocopy nor richcopy
 * 2) browser without any security feeatures
 * 3) Windows 7 system failing to completely boot up
 * 4) Global Candy Cup Halloween Game and Google search issues