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= December 9 = |
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{{Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 October 21}} |
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== Windows Diagnostic Memory tool == |
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How long would you expect it to take to do 96GB RAM? I heard an hour per 8GB—sound reasonable? [[User talk:Serial Number 54129|<b style="color:#7a0427;">SerialNumber</b>]]''[[Special:Contributions/Serial_Number_54129|<b style="color:#17662c;">54129</b>]]'' 18:33, 9 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:That guy was a fucking idiot. Took less than two hours. [[User talk:Serial Number 54129|<b style="color:#7a0427;">SerialNumber</b>]]''[[Special:Contributions/Serial_Number_54129|<b style="color:#17662c;">54129</b>]]'' 11:09, 10 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::This conversation makes no sense. Care to elaborate, @[[User:Serial Number 54129|Serial Number 54129]]? <span style="font-family:monospace; font-weight: bold"> <span style="color:ForestGreen;font-size:15px"> [[W:EN:User:TheTechie|<span style="color:#803280">TheTechie@enwiki</span>]]</span> (<span style="color:#324c80">she/they</span> {{pipe}} [[User talk:TheTechie|<span style="color:rgb(90,50,128)">talk</span>]]) </span> 04:43, 13 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:::{{ping|TheTechie}} Serial Number 54129 asked how long it would take to run Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool on a pc with 96GB RAM. They heard it took an hour per 8GB, so that would be 12 hours for 96GB. Then they say that they tried it and that it took less than 2 hours. [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 15:39, 13 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::::Thanks {{u|Polygnotus}} . I admit I was somewhat brusque about my informant :) [[User:Serial Number 54129|<b style="color:#7a0427;">SerialNumber</b>]]''[[Special:Contributions/Serial_Number_54129|<b style="color:#17662c;">54129</b>]]''[[User talk:Serial_Number_54129|<sup><span style="color:#7a0427;">A New Face in Hell</span></sup>]] 16:49, 13 December 2024 (UTC) |
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= December 10 = |
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== Youtube videos switching in the middle to Chinese people doing ordinary things == |
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My employer (huge worldwide corporation) requires a number of passwords for various things. If I need a password reset, and depending on the system, it can take anywhere from 1 second to 2 hours for one to be reset. Why does this take as much as two hours though? Are these things likely being handled by cron jobs that just go through a queue every X minutes/hours? I would think that it would be fairly easy to have it done immediately. Info you can offer, appreciate it I would. <span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</span>|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 03:17, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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I see that others are encountering the same problem.[https://community.roku.com/t5/Channels-viewing/YouTube-Chinese-interference/td-p/958096/page/2] Has anybody come up with a fix yet? [[User:Clarityfiend|Clarityfiend]] ([[User talk:Clarityfiend|talk]]) 05:26, 10 December 2024 (UTC) |
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: Your question has a great deal of possible answers, as it depends on multiple factors. There is no standard convention on how password resets have to be handled, and there are literally millions of applications, each with a wide variety of options that can influence their behavior. A second factor is that the infrastructure of the company can cause this behavior. I can give you some global pointers as to why this should take so long, but i cannot give a definite answer. For that you might want to contact the companies IT department. |
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:To avoid videos with crocheting Chinese ladies and such – if that's not your thing – make sure the video is from the original channel and not some pirated and hacked video. The name of the channel (such as Eyewitness News ABC7NY, Jimmy Kimmel Live, ESPN MBL, ...) is given below the title of the video. Pirated videos come from an unfamiliar channel; other than that, everything looks the same as the legit video. --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 07:35, 10 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:# The first possibility is indeed as you suggested it - the password system might be handling these requests in batches to reduce server load. Its unusual (And in my opinion not practical) but it is not unheard off. |
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:# A second option is that there might be a master server tracking the passwords immediately, while slave servers only synchronize ever so often. |
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:# .... (100 more options found in custom software) |
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::Aaah, thanks. [[User:Clarityfiend|Clarityfiend]] ([[User talk:Clarityfiend|talk]]) 01:54, 11 December 2024 (UTC) |
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: Just to give you an example of what custom software might do, in college i once had the joy of using a password changing application made in-house by the IT department. Once you chanced the password it could take minutes to days before it changed, with no obvious indicator as to why it took so long. Eventually we learned that the piece of software did little more then sending a message to IT, requesting the change. Based upon personnel availability (Or their interest to actual do something menial) such a request could take ages. Its unlikely to be the reason for your situation, but it shows does show the amount of factors that can influence such a system. [[User:Excirial|<font color="191970">'''Excirial''']]</font><sup> ([[User talk:Excirial|<font color="FF8C00">Contact me</font>]],[[Special:Contributions/Excirial|<font color="FF8C00">Contribs</font>]])</sup> 08:42, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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= December 11 = |
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:If you're in a predominantly Microsoft environment, tools like Active Directory can be used to synchronize passwords across multiple environments like windows, outlook, vpn access, etc. This should happen quickly; it does in my corporate environment anyway. However if you have complex systems across multiple unix environments, and database applications to update, IT managers might have policies in place not to allow any automated changes to the environment during peak hours; so a password change on an oracle database might go on a queue and an overworked DBA might get it eventually. In your case the above poster might be right; there could be batches that run every two hours or so to replicate passwords and security updates to satellite servers. Glad help I could, master Yoda. [[User:Sandman30s|Sandman30s]] ([[User talk:Sandman30s|talk]]) 20:29, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== Quote marks will not appear until I type a second one == |
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== Question == |
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Hello all. I have a seemingly one-off, weird and annoying issue. I am using an HP laptop computer: |
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Hypothetically I have 5,000 pdf documents of around 500KB per file; if I compress them it reduces their size roughly by half. Would there be any difference in speed (both compression and extraction time) and overall saved space once compressed, between compressing them all together in one .zip file, or compressing them each individually so that they each get their own .zip file? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/82.44.55.2|82.44.55.2]] ([[User talk:82.44.55.2|talk]]) 12:19, 24 October 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home |
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:There is no difference between the compression used on the files depending on how many files go into the zip. Zip has overhead that will add to the file size, so compressing them into separate files will take more space than compressing them altogether. It depends what kind of data is in the PDFs, if its text or images or already compressed, but handing a 2 gb file wouldn't be so bad. Look at [[gzip]] and [[zip]] too. [[User:CynofGavuf|<font color="red">Cynof</font>]][[User talk:CynofGavuf|<font color="Yellow">G</font>]]<font color="Purple">avuf</font> 18:32, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:System Model HP Spectre x360 Convertible |
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:Version 10.0.19045 |
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:Build 19045 |
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Every time I type a quote mark on this computer (or an apostrophe using the same keyboard key without shifting) nothing happens. It is only when I invoke the character key a ''second time'' (in a row, without moving the cursor) that anything happens, which is that, only then, TWO quote marks appear. I then I have to delete one of them. Same thing for apostrophes, though I use quotes far more frequently. This happens anywhere I attempt to type the character, including when I placed this one " right now. Please note that the key is not gummed up or anything, it always works to place the two after I type the character the second time. Any ideas? |
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--[[Special:Contributions/68.129.153.226|68.129.153.226]] ([[User talk:68.129.153.226|talk]]) 17:23, 11 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:When did this start happening? Has it always been like this? If not, what changed? Be honest. [[User:MinorProphet|MinorProphet]] ([[User talk:MinorProphet|talk]]) 20:29, 11 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::My 13-year old Mac Mini has stopped working. (I have already purchased a new computer, arriving in about two weeks.) I thus borrowed this HP from my sister a week ago, whereupon I discovered this issue. I thus have no idea of the timeline of the problem.--[[Special:Contributions/68.129.153.226|68.129.153.226]] ([[User talk:68.129.153.226|talk]]) 21:07, 11 December 2024 (UTC) |
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: What happens if you type a single <TT>'</tt> or <TT>"</tt>, followed by some other character, like a letter? |
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: It sounds like you're in some strange mode which is attempting to interpret various multi-keystroke sequences. Those can be perfectly ordinary — for example, as you may know, on a Mac you can type Option-U to get a bare umlaut, which when you then type a letter like A or U combines with it to form Ä or Ü. But obviously these " and ' sequences you're encountering are bizarre and unwanted! (I've never heard of combining sequences starting with " or ', either.) |
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: My guess is that these sequences are defined for the convenience of typists in some language other than English. I would go to the relevant control panel — perhaps "Keyboard", although under Windows I'm not sure — and make sure you've got English specified as your language, with no funny extra options specified. —[[User:scs|scs]] ([[User talk:scs|talk]]) 22:10, 11 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::: Per the below, it sounds like you might well see different behavior depending on whether you type the " or ' followed by a vowel like A or U, versus a consonant like B or S. —[[User:scs|scs]] ([[User talk:scs|talk]]) 22:16, 12 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::Yes you're right. When you're on the international keyboard (or other non-English one) if you type a quote and then a vowel you get an umlaut. With this keyboard layout the first time you press a quote key it will not type it, and you have to press it twice to type a quote. |
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::On Windows 10, on the bottom right, to the left of the date and time, there is an area where you can click to change the keyboard layout. For the international keyboard it is "ENG INTL". If you click it you can change to the normal keyboard, "ENG" or "ENG US" or whatever you prefer. ―<span style="font-family:Poppins, Helvetica, Sans-serif;">[[User:Panamitsu|Panamitsu]]</span> [[User_talk:Panamitsu|(talk)]] 22:23, 11 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::See [[dead key]]. I suppose your system is configured to see ' and " as dead keys, producing no direct output, but combining with the next character you type to create a letter with [[acute accent]] or [[two dots (diacritic)|two dots]]. I haven't used Windows since XP days, but I suppose that if the following character doesn't accept those diacritics, the ' or " is inserted after all. Try switching to a different keyboard layout. [[User:PiusImpavidus|PiusImpavidus]] ([[User talk:PiusImpavidus|talk]]) 10:37, 12 December 2024 (UTC) |
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: Have you tried a {{key|"|space}} sequence? I've seen such behavior of a keyboard in Windows when working in a language with diacritic letters. It simulates old typewriter - hit a diacritic symbol first, which gets printed with no carriage move, then hit a letter, which gets printed at the same place and then a carriage advances to a next position. Following this mode you hit a diacritic + space sequence to get a diacritic symbol alone. --[[User:CiaPan|CiaPan]] ([[User talk:CiaPan|talk]]) 15:38, 12 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:I imagine that the speed in decompressing one 2GB file vs. 500KB file is probably noticeable. In such a case it would be worth asking whether you are going to access the files individually or in groups (whether it is worth paying the time "cost" in unzipping them all at once, or whether one-at-a-time makes more sense), which is a use question, not a technical one. There are of course in-between solutions, e.g. zip them up in bundles of 300 or so. --[[Special:Contributions/98.217.71.237|98.217.71.237]] ([[User talk:98.217.71.237|talk]]) 18:48, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::Well, 68.129.153.226, we're all agog to know whether any of our suggestions have worked. Be honest. [[User:MinorProphet|MinorProphet]] ([[User talk:MinorProphet|talk]]) 17:35, 13 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::You CAN uncompress a single file from a (huge) archive though, so that may not be a problem. --[[User: Antilived|antilived]]<sup>[[User_talk:Antilived|T]] | [[Special:Contributions/Antilived|C]] | [[User:Antilived/Gallery|G]]</sup> 23:38, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:I am on Windows 10 on Dell laptop. I have experienced this behavior and I suspect it started after some OS update. |
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:But note that, when you wish to include anything in double/single quote, you must continue to type as usual. The double/single quote becomes visible only after you type '''any''' following character (not just single/double quote). |
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:You may be already aware of it, but I thought if you don't know, it will be less frustrating experience once you know how it works. [[User:Ranemanoj|manya]] ([[User talk:Ranemanoj|talk]]) 06:04, 16 December 2024 (UTC) |
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= December 13 = |
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:::I don't know the specifics of the ZIP format, but I guess theoretically you would be able to get higher compression when putting all the documents together - a lot more patterns for the compression algorithm to recognize. (Others will have to fill in on this). This might be more important if the pdfs are very similar. [[User:Jørgen|Jørgen]] ([[User talk:Jørgen|talk]]) 09:23, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== Where can I find a thesis of recently released Gemini 2.0? == |
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== Windows, 32 v 64 bit == |
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For [https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-gemini-next-generation-model-february-2024/ Gemini 1.5], I find its [[arxiv:2403.05530|thesis]]. |
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I've recently bought a new desktop which included a voucher for Windows 7. I've decided to buy it, seen as the reviews I've read seem quite positive. I hadn't really been aware about 32 & 64 bit versions of the os and am trying to decide which version to upgrade to. My system specs are as follow- |
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What about recently released [https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/google-gemini-ai-update-december-2024/ Gemini 2.0]? [[User:HarryOrange|HarryOrange]] ([[User talk:HarryOrange|talk]]) 21:53, 13 December 2024 (UTC) |
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Intel Core 2 Quad processor |
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:[https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/google-gemini-ai-update-december-2024/ Here]? --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 21:55, 14 December 2024 (UTC) |
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Geforce GT220, DirectX 10 (1024 MB video mem) |
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::OK That's Gemini 2.0 release information. [[User:HarryOrange|HarryOrange]] ([[User talk:HarryOrange|talk]]) 16:52, 15 December 2024 (UTC) |
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= December 15 = |
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4 GB DDR2 SDRAM |
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==Questions About New Laptop Computer== |
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I'm using 32 bit Vista and I use the PC for games, internet browsing & watching DVDs mainly. What would be the pros & cons of updating to 64 bit W7? |
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My old laptop computer developed problems with the power, so that it wouldn't start when connected to regular line current. It would start when connected to high-amperage current in an electronics store, but that wasn't useful, and it was time to replace it after five years. I now have some questions about problems with a new laptop computer. The new laptop computer is an HP running Windows 11. [[User:Robert McClenon|Robert McClenon]] ([[User talk:Robert McClenon|talk]]) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC) |
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===Cursor Jumping Randomly=== |
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Sometimes when I am typing in a Word document or editing Wikipedia in a source window, I discover that the cursor isn't where I think it should be. The cursor has jumped to somewhere else on the screen, apparently randomly. I have to do a Ctrl-Z to undo what I typed in the wrong place, and then move the cursor back to where I want it. If this is caused by line noise, how do I minimize the impact? How likely is that a new mouse would resolve the problem? Are there any settings that I should diddle with? |
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[[User:Robert McClenon|Robert McClenon]] ([[User talk:Robert McClenon|talk]]) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:First thing I would do is give the mouse and mousepad a good clean and disconnect and reconnect it. [[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|<sup>feed me</sup>]] 09:14, 15 December 2024 (UTC) |
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Thanks- [[User:Stanstaple|Stanstaple]] ([[User talk:Stanstaple|talk]]) 14:14, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:Possibly due to your hand brushing the trackpad while typing. If you have a mouse, you could experiment with disabling the trackpad: [https://www.technewstoday.com/how-to-disable-touchpad-on-hp-laptop/ how to disable touchpad on hp laptop]. Or even just try turning it off while typing. This erratic [[wikt:caret|caret]] jumping used to happen to me a lot, too, when my laptop was new, until I found the key to disable the trackpad. |
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:You need to find out if you have a 64-bit processor. While it is not impossible to install a 32-bit OS on a 64-bit processor, it generally isn't a good idea. And installing a 64-bit OS on a 32-bit processor is impossible. There is little practical difference between the 64-bit version and the 32-bit version; you should get whichever one matches your processor. [[User:J.delanoy|<font color="green">J'''.'''delanoy</font>]][[User Talk:J.delanoy|<sup><font color="red">gabs</font></sup>]][[Special:Contributions/J.delanoy|<font color="blue"><sub>adds</sub></font>]] 14:23, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:The term ''caret'' or ''insertion point'' is useful to exclude the mouse cursor (the pointer) from searches. [[User:Card_Zero|<span style=" background-color:#fffff0; border:1px #995; border-style:dotted solid solid dotted;"> Card Zero </span>]] [[User_talk:Card_Zero|(talk)]] 12:54, 15 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::My system is 64 bit capable according to ''Performance Information Tools'' in control panel, but came preinstalled with the 32 bit version of Vista. '''Would there be any reason to expect improved performance or compatibility issues if I upgraded to 64'''? [[User:Stanstaple|Stanstaple]] ([[User talk:Stanstaple|talk]]) 14:35, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::Thank you, [[User:Card Zero]]. I disabled the touchpad. For users who always use a mouse, the touchpad is a complication. [[User:Robert McClenon|Robert McClenon]] ([[User talk:Robert McClenon|talk]]) 19:06, 15 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:::I don't know personally, but according to [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions Microsoft], a 64-bit OS is better for a large amount of RAM, which makes sense, because a 32-bit architecture can only address 4,294,967,296 (<math>2^{32}</math>) bytes of RAM without using some sort of a special controller. [[User:J.delanoy|<font color="green">J'''.'''delanoy</font>]][[User Talk:J.delanoy|<sup><font color="red">gabs</font></sup>]][[Special:Contributions/J.delanoy|<font color="blue"><sub>adds</sub></font>]] 14:54, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:::I now have a possibly useless question. The documentation referred to an option that disables the touchpad when there is a mouse, but the only option that I found in the settings is the option that always disables the touchpad. I would like to specify that the touchpad is disabled when there is a mouse, and enable it if there is no mouse. This makes very little difference because I will always use a mouse. Is it possible that that option isn't available on my computer? This isn't important. [[User:Robert McClenon|Robert McClenon]] ([[User talk:Robert McClenon|talk]]) 02:38, 17 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::[[Intel Core 2]] is a range of 64-bit processors according to our article. --[[User:Tango|Tango]] ([[User talk:Tango|talk]]) 15:24, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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===Network File Sharing=== |
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:As stated above, 32 bit Windows can address 4 Gigs of ''memory''. However, some of that memory is what it uses for mapping other hardware, such as the graphics controller - it's system memory and not user. This means that, depending upon your system config, a Gig or so of your RAM won't be accessible to run applications in. So if you want to use all of your 4 Gig, you will have to go 64 bit. I'm running 64 bit Vista in 6 Gigs and am happy with the stability and performance. 64 bit apps (e.g. Adobe Lightroom) run very well with all that available memory. --[[User:Phil Holmes|Phil Holmes]] ([[User talk:Phil Holmes|talk]]) 15:29, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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With the old laptop, I had set up network file sharing, so that the laptop computer could view and edit files in shared folders on my desktop computer, a Dell, also running Windows 11, if they were both within range of my wireless router (and the desktop computer always is). The desktop computer could also access files in shared folders on the laptop, if the laptop was I have tried to set up network file sharing with the new laptop computer. I tried calling the technical support offered by the electronics chain that I bought the computers from, and I made seven calls to them, none of which worked, and I have concluded that their technical support people don't know what they are doing, and, worse, don't know the limits of their knowledge. Does anyone have advice on a book that will tell me how to set up network file sharing with Windows 11, that has neither too little nor too much information for a retired database engineer? |
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[[User:Robert McClenon|Robert McClenon]] ([[User talk:Robert McClenon|talk]]) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:@[[User:Robert McClenon|Robert McClenon]] Did you try [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/file-sharing-over-a-network-in-windows-b58704b2-f53a-4b82-7bc1-80f9994725bf this]? <span style="font-family:monospace; font-weight: bold"> <span style="color:ForestGreen;font-size:15px"> [[W:EN:User:TheTechie|<span style="color:#803280">TheTechie@enwiki</span>]]</span> (<span style="color:#324c80">she/they</span> {{pipe}} [[User talk:TheTechie|<span style="color:rgb(90,50,128)">talk</span>]]) </span> 20:21, 16 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::I have a similar choice- 32 or 64 bit Windows 7. My problem is with my production laser printer— the company that made it got bought out and 64 bit drivers were never released. If I could ever find a generic Postscript 64-bit driver, I could hack one, but I could never find it for Vista or XP 64. ---'''''— [[User:Gadget850|<span style="color:gray">Gadget850 (Ed)</span>]]<span style="color:darkblue"> '''''</span><sup>[[User talk:Gadget850|''talk'']]</sup> 17:31, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::[[User:TheTechie]] - Thank you. That describes the basics, and describes what I had done successfully with the previous laptop computer. I need either a much greater level of detail, or a troubleshooting guide, or something like that. That was helpful in that it doesn't point out anything that I am doing wrong. [[User:Robert McClenon|Robert McClenon]] ([[User talk:Robert McClenon|talk]]) 02:31, 17 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:::Do you know if I'd have any trouble running games on 64? I know I'd have to run a custom install to upgrade to 64 rather than 32 and that it would involve having to reinstall any programs I've loaded. I've downloaded some games from Steam and I haven't looked into the implications of reinstalling these. Are there advantages to compensate for the extra hassle of a custom install? Would the system run faster or more stably? If I'm repeating myself, it's just to clarify what it is that I want to know. (I'm not much of a techie) Thanks again btw [[User:Stanstaple|Stanstaple]] ([[User talk:Stanstaple|talk]]) 19:54, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::::There is no trouble running games in win7-64. 32 bit games install into a "Program Files (x86)" folder and so far all have been running perfectly well. I had the same dilemma BTW; first I installed 32-bit and then decided I'd rather have my OS see the extra RAM after finding out about the compatibility with 32-bit. The only drawback is that it won't run any of your old 8/16 bit DOS programs any more. There is always dual-boot to XP for any driver issues (I haven't had any driver issues yet) or if you have loads of RAM you can always use vmware or something to run a virtual machine (XP). I would say stick with 64 bit so that you can make use of future software without having to reinstall win7 again. [[User:Sandman30s|Sandman30s]] ([[User talk:Sandman30s|talk]]) 20:14, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:::::From my experience the older DOS based games don't run *that* well under Windows anyway, so you're best off just running them under [[DOSBox]] (which works just fine in Windows 7 64-bit, in fact all the DOS based Steam games actually come with a DOSBox wrapper). [[User:ZX81|<span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana;color:#800040;filter:Shadow(color=#000000,strength=1);height:15px;">ZX81</span>]] [[User talk:ZX81|<span style="font-size:11px;font-family:verdana;"><sup>talk</sup></span>]] 20:25, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::::::Just to be clear, I'm not talking about ''old'' games (though, if I could find a copy of Frontier Elite I'd love to have another go). I was concerned that modern games were configured for 32 and would be upset by *2. So far my interpretation of what youse are saying is that switching won't mess things up irrevocably, but are there advantages to overcome the bother? Put another way- why should I opt for 64 bit W7 as opposed to 32 bit? <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Stanstaple|Stanstaple]] ([[User talk:Stanstaple|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Stanstaple|contribs]]) 20:39, 24 October 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:::::::Like it says above multiple times, so you can use more RAM (you have 4Gb at the moment of which you can only really use ~3.25Gb maximum) and for future proofing without the hassle of a reinstall as well as the speed/performance/stability benefits from running a 64-bit operating system. Modern games will run just fine, I have a massive list of games with Steam myself and they ran fine on Vista x64 and I've been running Windows 7 x64 since the August release without a problem. The only thing you really need to be concerned with is driver support for your peripherals so just check you can get a 64-bit Vista driver (since Windows 7 can use those). [[User:ZX81|<span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana;color:#800040;filter:Shadow(color=#000000,strength=1);height:15px;">ZX81</span>]] [[User talk:ZX81|<span style="font-size:11px;font-family:verdana;"><sup>talk</sup></span>]] 20:51, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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= December 19 = |
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::::::::Thanks for the specific response. I've read that I'll be able to use more of the RAM- what I don't know is what difference this will make to my experience of using my computer. No one has said that i'd experience any performance improvements (speed, performance, stability) by going 64. I'm not worried about drivers 'cause I only have the very basics connected. My concern is that I've a 5GB limit on downloads per month- I don't want to have to pay /mb rates for games I've already bought (ie to redownload on steam). What's the upside? [[User:Stanstaple|Stanstaple]] ([[User talk:Stanstaple|talk]]) 21:23, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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==Scanning all available streams== |
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:::::::::I don't understand why you believe you'll have to redownload games. You won't. Beyond being able to fully use 4GB RAM (or more) large <s>bit</s>address aware 32 bit apps can use 4GB themselves whereas they're limited to 2GB with x32 versions of Windows (with 2GB for the kernel, although this can be adjusted). So can 64 bit apps and of course the Windows kernel. In some circumstances it will definitely offer an improvement, particularly in games which are starting to benefit from more then 2GB of RAM (also other things but you didn't describe anything else likely to majorly benefit). Having said that your graphics card is likely to be a major bottleneck for gaming. (Actually if your primary interest is gaming, internet browsing and DVDs, it would have made a lot more sense to go for a dual core and a better graphics card but that's too late now.) Also 64 bit apps may be faster then their 32 bit counterparts (this isn't guaranteed) although are still many apps that lack 64 bit versions (but it's starting to get to the stage where a lot of the important stuff where it may actually make a difference do have 64 bit versions). I can say from using Windows x64 since 2005 (XP, then Vista now Windows 7) that beyond driver issues and the lack of certain apps which need drivers or a very high integration in the early days (e.g. CD mounting tools, disk utilities, virus scanners, firewalls and Acrobat) as well as the occasional 16bit Windows app, I haven't had any real issues using x64. Obviously there's the need for DOSBox as well but that's starting to get to be a necessity with x32 Windows anyway. P.S. How you differentiate 'speed' and 'performance'? P.P.S. Bare in mind drivers can include stufflike mobile phones, printers, scanners, cameras whether or not they are normally connected P.P.P.S. My final opinion is you will find the benefits from Windows 7 x64 significant in the long run, and more then make up for any occasional problem you may have. The benefits of allowing the OS and apps to use more then 2GB and to use the entire 4GB as opposed to whatever is available now is something you're likely to notice. BTW I don't believe you'll even be using 3.25GB currently. Since you have Vista x32 this should be easy to check but I suspect you'll find 3GB will be available at most, probably even less given that you have a 1GB graphics card. [[User:Nil Einne|Nil Einne]] ([[User talk:Nil Einne|talk]]) 21:24, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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Hello there. I'm have a question: How to scan all available online streams from a specified server and port given? For example, I've found a Wowza Streaming Engine server at 115.79.46.164 and port 1935. I want to know which website or software can help me to find all active streams on this server. Thanks for reading. [[User:Ccv2020|Ccv2020]] ([[User talk:Ccv2020|talk]]) 14:22, 16 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::::::::::Just to second what [[User:Nil Einne|Nil Einne]] above said, you'll only need to redownload them if you wipe them. Move them to a different drive/external disk or something that won't get wiped and then after reinstalling just download+install the Steam client (~1Mb) to the same location on the disk as it was previously (I don't think the exact location is a requirement, but I do it anyway), then close Steam, delete the new directory and move the original Steam directory back in place. After restarting Steam you may need to do a client update again, but Steam will take care of that itself. It's worked everytime for me for about 15+ reinstalls over the past few years :) [[User:ZX81|<span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana;color:#800040;filter:Shadow(color=#000000,strength=1);height:15px;">ZX81</span>]] [[User talk:ZX81|<span style="font-size:11px;font-family:verdana;"><sup>talk</sup></span>]] 21:34, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:::::::::::I'll lay it straight- I didn't think it was easy to backup programs to disk anymore. If you custom install (which you have to if going from 32 to 64), then all previously installed programs are wiped. All I could find was how to make file backups. I assumed, from reading the ms website, that i'd need the original disk to reload apps. Since I don't know how steam works, I thought I might have problems redownloading games I already bought. [[User:Stanstaple|Stanstaple]] ([[User talk:Stanstaple|talk]]) 21:51, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::::::::::::I've actually been using a method similar to that described by ZX81 for a long while as well (2002/3 maybe?). Instead of reinstalling I just run the Steam client perhaps deleting the "ClientRegistry.blob" file first. Obviously this doesn't create the links etc. With Vista and Windows 7 and UAC it's now often necessary to run in admin first time around as well to install the service (surprisingly it doesn't seem to request admin mode which I would have thought a smart thing to do). I've used this to move between computers and even for multiple installs and different accounts (obviously if you are moving to a friends computer and you don't trust that friend you should take more care) and when reinstalling. However there's actually a backup option in the Steam client as well now although this may not keep stuff like the save games and settings. Look under the file menu... This does require the game to be fully updated etc and obviously doesn't help you if you already installed a new OS or whatever [[User:Nil Einne|Nil Einne]] ([[User talk:Nil Einne|talk]]) 22:10, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:::::::::::::ZX81's method doesn't always back up save games anyway (some games store it in My Documents, others in other random places), so it's always best to make sure before you wipe it all out. --[[User: Antilived|antilived]]<sup>[[User_talk:Antilived|T]] | [[Special:Contributions/Antilived|C]] | [[User:Antilived/Gallery|G]]</sup> 23:35, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::::::::::::::Yes sorry, you're right. Whilst Steam itself is fairly self-contained, the Savegames will sometimes put themselves in My Documents or even your User Profile's Application Data/AppData folders. I completely forgot because I always have a copy of both before installing, but yeh if you want your Savegames, make sure you have all these too! [[User:ZX81|<span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana;color:#800040;filter:Shadow(color=#000000,strength=1);height:15px;">ZX81</span>]] [[User talk:ZX81|<span style="font-size:11px;font-family:verdana;"><sup>talk</sup></span>]] 23:55, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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Thanks for the responses- I'll read over your answers and if something doesn't gel, I'll get back. Cheers- [[User:Stanstaple|Stanstaple]] ([[User talk:Stanstaple|talk]]) 20:06, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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: [[nmap]] -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''··–·'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 17:02, 16 December 2024 (UTC) |
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==Tuned voltage amplifier== |
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what are the effects of the rectence, capacitance,resistance, in the tuned voltage amplifier , Discuss its results<ref>Schilling Taub:Electronic Circuits, discrete and Integrated</ref> <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/91.142.61.182|91.142.61.182]] ([[User talk:91.142.61.182|talk]]) 15:44, 24 October 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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== .kp domains == |
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:At least ''try'' and hide the fact that you are asking us to do your homework for you... "Discuss its results"? Really... --[[User:Tango|Tango]] ([[User talk:Tango|talk]]) 18:43, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::Is there an article on [[tuned voltage amplifier]] or [[voltage tuned amplifier]]? Perhaps you could write one when you find the answers. You don't mean [[Voltage controlled oscillator]] do you? [[User:Graeme Bartlett|Graeme Bartlett]] ([[User talk:Graeme Bartlett|talk]]) 22:31, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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How many .kp domains are there? [[User:Gnu779|Gnu779]] ([[User talk:Gnu779|talk]]) 13:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC) |
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== In python, os.system() has different results from just entering into Command Prompt == |
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:Did you see [[.kp#Existing_and_externally_accessible_domain_list]]? [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 19:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:https://www.northkoreatech.org/the-north-korean-website-list/ is a bit outdated but has more background info. [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 19:20, 19 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::It's ok, bro. I can still view the outdated ones with the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive. Thanks, [[User:Gnu779|Gnu779]] ([[User talk:Gnu779|talk]]) 16:10, 20 December 2024 (UTC) |
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First off, I'm on a windows XP version Version 5.1.2600, and have python version 2.6.2. Here's the command I'm trying to execute in the command prompt: |
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= December 23 = |
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<blockquote> |
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"C:\Program Files\Vim\vim72\vim" "C:\Documents and Settings\...etc" |
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Where ...etc is a whole bunch of sub directories leading to a file. When I paste this command directly into the command prompt, it works exactly as intended. However, for some reason, when I try to execute the exact same command within a python program, using os.system(), I get this error: |
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<blockquote> |
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'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,<br> |
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operable program or batch file. |
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I know this is not a mix-up on my part with the quote characters or the backslashes in writing the python strings; I've made sure I'm doing both of those correctly. Anyone have any clue why this is happening, and how I can fix it? That would be much appreciated. --[[Special:Contributions/129.116.47.61|129.116.47.61]] ([[User talk:129.116.47.61|talk]]) 16:22, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:I should probably also mention that other commands don't seem have this problem. For example, when I execute "C:\Program Files\Vim\vim72\vim" on its own, it works in both cases. --[[Special:Contributions/129.116.47.61|129.116.47.61]] ([[User talk:129.116.47.61|talk]]) 16:25, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::I don't have windows to test if http://bugs.python.org/issue1524 is still relevant, but you might want to use the [http://docs.python.org/library/subprocess.html subprocess module] anyway. Note that you should pass -- as the first argument to vim if you need to make sure a filename doesn't get interpreted as an option (vim +quit vs vim -- +quit). --[[Special:Contributions/194.197.235.240|194.197.235.240]] ([[User talk:194.197.235.240|talk]]) 17:26, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:::Thanks! That worked perfectly. --[[Special:Contributions/129.116.47.61|129.116.47.61]] ([[User talk:129.116.47.61|talk]]) 18:05, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== immune attack == |
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I have download an eductional game immune attack from net .I have played it but not yet completed it. Each time i have to play it from the beginning, its save option does not work ,how can I save this game and play net part of the game. <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:True path finder|True path finder]] ([[User talk:True path finder|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/True path finder|contribs]]) 17:09, 24 October 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:What save option? According to [http://fas.org/immuneattack/support/faq] |
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::How do I save the game? |
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::Currently your game cannot be saved, however a user can jump to any game level or in-game cinematic by going to the main menu > instructor menu > and entering the password: abc |
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:[[User:Nil Einne|Nil Einne]] ([[User talk:Nil Einne|talk]]) 22:14, 24 October 2009 (UTC) |
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= October 25 = |
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== uncensor == |
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i have a photo which is in jpg and the face has been blacked out or censored by a black mark. is there a way i can remove the black mark to see the face. Which software should i use? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/196.201.218.217|196.201.218.217]] ([[User talk:196.201.218.217|talk]]) 22:37, 24 October 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:No. <strike>JPG does have layers</strike> JPG does ''not'' have layers. So, it is not possible for the the blackout to be on one layer and the rest of the image be on a different layer. Therefore, the actual pixels containing the original face have been permanently changed to now represent black. -- [[User:Kainaw|<font color='#ff0000'>k</font><font color='#cc0033'>a</font><font color='#990066'>i</font><font color='#660099'>n</font><font color='#3300cc'>a</font><font color='#0000ff'>w</font>]][[User talk:Kainaw|™]] 00:34, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::(I think you mean, does ''not'' have layers.) The only way out is that sometimes JPEGs are saved with "preview" thumbnails (lower res) that can be of previous versions. There are accounts of photos being "uncensored" in this fashion. I'm somewhat fuzzy myself in how this happened but I can recall it happening a few times in internet lore; perhaps someone else can explain how to extract preview metadata from jpegs, if it is possible. --[[User:Mr.98|Mr.98]] ([[User talk:Mr.98|talk]]) 02:35, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:::For the record though, there ''have'' been attacks on mosaic patterns but that usually involves a source image that is highly predictable. (I'm just talking about the image here, not what could be stored in meta data) For example, people using mosaic filters to blank out check routing numbers. Because those numbers are predictable, it would be plausible to reverse that process. In a way, a mosaic, or any kind of blur, is a hash process. If the hash output maintains the entropy then it is theoretically possible to find the original image. Most won't, but they might maintain enough that you could "brute force" a lot of original source images, and then run the process on them, and compare the output. If they matched then you might have a source image resembling the original. |
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:::There are some obfuscations that are easy to crack. For instance the swirl obfuscation is easy to reverse. But mosaic loses some information, although the blurring effect itself is an average of the area it blurs, which means that it will have ''some'' relationship to the original. Its threshold will determine the entropy that's preserved, and the reversibility. |
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:::But even if all of these methods are theoretically reversible, they are probably not practically so. The swirl one is the most obvious, but a total blur, or a large mosaic should obscure most of a photograph (but maybe not something predictable like text). If you want to do it right use a black box. [[User:Shadowjams|Shadowjams]] ([[User talk:Shadowjams|talk]]) 08:14, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== NetBeans with BlueJ == |
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I've been trying to add the BlueJ plugin to NetBeans but even though the plugin is installed nothing ever shows up in BlueJ view, even when I've opened a project in BlueJ. Anyone know how to fix it? |
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Thanks: 02:00, 25 October 2009 (UTC) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/66.133.196.152|66.133.196.152]] ([[User talk:66.133.196.152|talk]]) </span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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== Expandability of integrated graphics == |
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My computer has 64MB integrated graphics, taken out of the RAM (1024MB physical RAM, 980MB available). Would it be possible to devote 128MB of the RAM to graphics, leaving me with 916MB RAM? Thanks, [[Special:Contributions/110.175.208.144|110.175.208.144]] ([[User talk:110.175.208.144|talk]]) 06:46, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:Possibly. You'd need to go into your [[BIOS]] as that's where the option will be if your computer supports it (varies by motherboard whether you can change the RAM used or not). If there's no option then I'm afraid it's not possible. [[User:ZX81|<span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana;color:#800040;filter:Shadow(color=#000000,strength=1);height:15px;">ZX81</span>]] [[User talk:ZX81|<span style="font-size:11px;font-family:verdana;"><sup>talk</sup></span>]] 07:15, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:(ec):"It depends". Enter the [[BIOS]] when your PC starts up (typically by hitting DEL, F2 or F10 repeatedly as the PC starts, watch the screen closely for a clue). Typically there will be a setting which adjust how much memory is allocated to the graphics card. Different BIOSes will have it under different settings as well as call it many different names (on my desktop PC's [[Award BIOS]] it's called a rather cryptic "frame buffer" under the "advanced settings" menu). Let us know what brand of BIOS or model of [[motherboard]] you have and we can be more specific. Note that onboard graphics have an upper limit on how much RAM they can be allocated, yours might happen to be 64MB anyway. [[User Talk:Zunaid|Zunaid]] 07:40, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::My BIOS is an "Award Software International, Inc. F6A, 6/10/2005 v2.3", and under "Display" it says "SiS 661FX" if that is useful to you. Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/110.175.208.144|110.175.208.144]] ([[User talk:110.175.208.144|talk]]) 07:35, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:Okay. I assume you know how to get into your BIOS when your PC boots up. Have a look around your various menus for "frame buffer size", this is the setting you want to adjust. This setting will most likely be under the "advanced settings" menu (if your Award BIOS looks like mine, the advanced settings will be the second option on the main BIOS screen, just under the basic settings). If you don't find this or something similarly-named then please list your BIOS menu settings here. As a last resort you can go through [http://www.techarp.com/freebog.aspx The Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide] which lists every BIOS setting in the known universe. You can cross-check your BIOS menu items against this list until you find one which adjusts the memory allocated to your onboard graphics. [[User Talk:Zunaid|Zunaid]] 08:49, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::Umm, the problem seems to be that the BIOS post lasts for a fraction of a second, and I can't see anything in there about which button to press... seeing as our BIOS brands are the same, which button do you press to go into the BIOS? Thanks! [[Special:Contributions/110.175.208.144|110.175.208.144]] ([[User talk:110.175.208.144|talk]]) 11:20, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:I press DEL. I'm note sure if that is BIOS specific or motherboard specific. Some other options I've seen include F1, F2, F8 or F10. Just bash away repeatedly at them as the PC starts up. (Note that some PC's would allocate one of these keys to [[network boot]] your PC instead of loading up the BIOS.) Alternatively some PCs require you to HOLD IN the CTRL key while booting. You can also try hitting the PAUSE key, which will pause the startup process enabling you to read the screen. If you don't come right with any of these try Googling your motherboard model number with some keywords such as "BIOS" etc., or try to find and download motherboard manual to find out. Incidentally, once you are in the BIOS there might be a setting that adjusts how long the "Press DEL to enter Setup..." prompt appears for. Adjust it to something human-friendly like 5 seconds. Also if your PC displays a huge Intel splash screen at startup instead of showing you what the BIOS is busy doing, you can disable that also in the BIOS somewhere. (You can also dismiss this screen instantaneously by pressing the ESC key.) [[User Talk:Zunaid|Zunaid]] 14:22, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== Capitalizing conventions in programming languages? == |
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In programming, you capitalize the general (like a class name) and lowercase the specific (like an object name). Where did this convention originate from? Maybe [[SmallTalk]]? |
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It seems to be the opposite of human languages, where common nouns are lowercase and proper names are capitalized.--[[User:Sonjaaa|Sonjaaa]] ([[User talk:Sonjaaa|talk]]) 10:09, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:I doubt you'll ever be able to do more than track the usage of these conventions. Emphasizing text in different ways is nothing new, and has been applied often without explanation throughout history, for reasons both logical and not. Didn't a lot of older computer terminals only support uppercase text? Might be a place to start. ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] ([[User talk:Reisio|talk]]) 11:36, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:I want to note that "human languages" is a bit of a generalization—German capitalizes common nouns as well as proper names, for example. [[Capitalization]] reveals quite a lot of richness of possibility with "human languages". --[[User:Mr.98|Mr.98]] ([[User talk:Mr.98|talk]]) 14:52, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:There's a discussion at [[CamelCase#Computer programming]], but I can't vouch for its accuracy. -- [[User:BenRG|BenRG]] ([[User talk:BenRG|talk]]) 18:59, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::I think it more or less comes about from the C language convention of uppercase for #define's constants and lowercase for variables and functions. Using camelcase instead of inserting underscores between words of a longer variable became more common as experience showed that it was at least as readable - and less typing. But when C++ came along and the names of structures and classes become more prevalent throughout the code, a third convention was needed. Starting the name with a capital letter seemed like the most natural way to distinguish them. However, where I work now, both variables and classes are camelcased with a leading capital letter. I don't know what to deduce from that! [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 20:53, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== 32-bit apps on 64-bit operating systems == |
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I must admit to having a considerable amount of confusion as to how it is that: |
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#a 64-bit processor can run a 32-bit operating system (thus proving the back portability of the processor to 32-bit) yet |
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#a 64-bit operating system is unable to run 32-bit applications without a special program (e.g., [[alien (software)|Alien]]). |
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I believe I have run 32-bit apps on 64-bit [[OSX]] for the [[PowerPC]] (I might be wrong?): when I've compiled programs in [[XCode]], and it seemed to include 32-bit code for both the PowerPC and the x86 architectures, both in the same executable. Why can't Windows and/or Linux do the same thing? [[User:Magog the Ogre|Magog the Ogre]] ([[User talk:Magog the Ogre|talk]]) 13:29, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:The 64-bit Windowses are fully capable of running 32-bit applications. See [[WoW64]]. <tt>[[User:Decltype|decltype]]</tt> ([[User talk:Decltype|talk]]) 13:54, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:So is, basically, a 64-bit Linux - as long as 32-bit compatibility support is compiled into the kernel and needed libraries are installed in 32-bit versions. I use a 64-bit [[Gentoo Linux]] and I can easily install a 32-bit Firefox, for example. --[[User:Dapete|<small>da</small><strong>pete</strong>]] 14:58, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::So what you're saying is that [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] is blah in terms of cross-platform support? [[User:Magog the Ogre|Magog the Ogre]] ([[User talk:Magog the Ogre|talk]]) 17:11, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:::A good linux program will run on arm, powerpc, alpha, x86 and more with the same source code. Usually you wouldn't want the overhead of running a 32-bit program on amd64, you'd rather compile it for 64-bit. --[[Special:Contributions/194.197.235.240|194.197.235.240]] ([[User talk:194.197.235.240|talk]]) 18:19, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:I'm not sure how 'alien' is used to run 32 bit applications on a 64 bit OS. It's a tool for converting packages between different packaging systems. For an x86_64 system (the 64 bit Intel chips, sometimes called EM64t), you can 32 bit programs just fine, however, these programs might be linked against other 32 bit libraries that you'd have to install before it worked. This isn't the OS's fault really, just the way the dynamic library loader works. -- [[User:Jsbillings|<span style="color:green">JSBillings</span>]] 18:50, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:I was using a 32bit Firefox binary on my 64bit SuSE Linux box for ages without problems (because some of the plugins I wanted to use weren't available in 64 bit yet). It's certainly possible under Linux - and if you choose the right options when you install the OS, it's really painless. Since most programs are available in source code form - and I'm pretty sure the vast majority of Linux developers shifted to 64 bit years ago - you really shouldn't have problems getting 64 bit versions of pretty much everything these days. The slow rate of adoption of 64 bit software in the Windows world is horrifying though. [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 20:46, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== Server Processor for a Desktop Computer == |
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Hi! I'd like to have a fast computer, but I don't want to run games on it. I'm neither doing demanding graphics or video processing. What I'm doing is developing web applications with the [[Eclipse IDE]] where source code validation, compiling, deploying, and initialization of the application server are taking painfully long on my 1.5 GHz Core 2 Duo system, though it seems to have sufficient RAM. Are server processors like the [[Opteron]] and [[Xeon]] CPUs a good choice for such a situation? Or will a [[Core i7]] bring equal or better improvement? TIA --[[Special:Contributions/95.223.207.169|95.223.207.169]] ([[User talk:95.223.207.169|talk]]) 17:06, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:Your computer should be good enough for such tasks. How much is this 'sufficient RAM' exactly? Is the application server local (on your PC)? [[User:Sandman30s|Sandman30s]] ([[User talk:Sandman30s|talk]]) 20:50, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::Thank you for your response, Sandman30s! I'm running Tomcat on the Same machine. I've 3 GB RAM, of which there is usually more than 1 GB free. --[[Special:Contributions/95.223.207.169|95.223.207.169]] ([[User talk:95.223.207.169|talk]]) 21:28, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:::Yes that should be good enough to run any sort of IDE. I presume that you don't have a million lines of source code or something prohibitive. There's possibly something wrong with your setup, or Eclipse could be experiencing some kind of memory leak on compile. Impossible to say without more information, log files, timing, etc. Have you checked on the Eclipse forums? Did you try a different java IDE to see if there's any improvement? Did the entire process ever run fast then slow down upon adding a framework? How long does it take to compile? Then timing to deploy? Timing for app server startup? Does the code run fast after all of this? Etc. [[User:Sandman30s|Sandman30s]] ([[User talk:Sandman30s|talk]]) 15:08, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== How to view a .ram movie using unintrusive software? == |
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The movie linked to from this http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/09/0923_020923_egypt.html page (near the headline) is a .ram file that my WinXp computer does not play automatically, although it appears that MediaPlayer will play it if I download MediaPlayer. I seem to remember that MediaPlayer is rather intrusive and takes over your computer to a certain extent. Is there any other way to play it? The .ram file is only a few bytes so I presume it links to something else. I already have GomPlayer, VLC and QuickTimeAlternative installed. Thanks [[Special:Contributions/89.243.197.90|89.243.197.90]] ([[User talk:89.243.197.90|talk]]) 18:06, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:.ram indicates a [[Real Audio]] movie. There's a [[Real Alternative]] program that should play it. --[[User:LarryMac|<font color="#3EA99F">LarryMac</font>]][[User talk:LarryMac|<font color="#3EABBF"><small> | Talk</small></font>]] 19:51, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== I want to revert to my old identiy - Is it possible? == |
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1) About 6 years ago I had a gmail address similar to the one I already have. But I'd like to get back to the same address except I have forgotten the pass word. I did try some likely pass words but I just couldent access it. I was unable to maintain my account because I did not have a computer for some time. |
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2) It is almost the same problem with regard to my skype address. I did not have access to a computer for about 3 years and have forgotten the pass word. I'd be happier & prefer to have my old addresses with a new pass word as I feel it is more like me. |
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Please help. |
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Thanking you, |
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DT |
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:This wasn't the case with email, but I've had accounts removed after I didn't use them for a certain period of time. The way to check this is to try to start a new account with the old address. If the accounts still exist, and you have absolutely no way of attaining the password, there's really no good way to get them back, short of hacking. Try the "forgot password" option, and see what they come up with. Good luck, <font color="009900"><b>Falconus</b></font><sup>[[User:Falconus|<font color="000000"><b>p</b></font>]] [[User talk:Falconus|<font color="000000"><b>t</b></font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Falconus|<font color="000000"><b>c</b></font>]]</sup> 18:50, 25 October 2009 (UTC) |
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Thank you Falconus. I did try your tip several times over the months but failed. Only after that I decided to seek help from Viki! I dont know how to Hack!!! |
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DT |
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:Most sites have a password reset link. This will either send a password to an alternate email (in the case of skype I believe) or it will ask you a security question to recover your password. If you haven't tried this yet, it's another good thing to try. As a note for the future: I find a good practice for passwords is to write them down and store them in a secure place (such as a safe where I keep other sensitive documents). I'm sure someone will disagree with me, but it has made me more confident in making more secure passwords so it can't be that bad for security :) [[Special:Contributions/206.131.39.6|206.131.39.6]] ([[User talk:206.131.39.6|talk]]) 17:08, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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= October 26 = |
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== FrontPage == |
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Is FrontPage (Extensions server side) compatible with Office FrontPage 2003 client? [[Special:Contributions/71.100.9.185|71.100.9.185]] ([[User talk:71.100.9.185|talk]]) 17:31, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:FrontPage 2003 prefers to publish using [[Windows SharePoint Services]], but it can publish to a server running the 2002 [[FrontPage Server Extensions]], but you won't necessarily be able to use all the built in features of FrontPage 2003. [[User:ZX81|<span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana;color:#800040;filter:Shadow(color=#000000,strength=1);height:15px;">ZX81</span>]] [[User talk:ZX81|<span style="font-size:11px;font-family:verdana;"><sup>talk</sup></span>]] 01:00, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== C Programming Question == |
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<source lang="c"> |
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#include<stdio.h> |
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void main() |
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{ |
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char s[]={'c','h','e','t','a'}; |
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char t[]={'k','u','m','a','r'}; |
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printf("%s",t); |
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printf("%s",s); |
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return(); |
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} |
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</source> |
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/*How the character is stored in stack and how this work in stack please specify '\0' also |
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please send me detail. <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:R.K.Rahu|R.K.Rahu]] ([[User talk:R.K.Rahu|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/R.K.Rahu|contribs]]) 18:12, 26 October 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:You want me to specify the null? Ok. Null. |
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:Seriously, it looks like you are trying to learn how to use [[c string]]s. -- [[User:Kainaw|<font color='#ff0000'>k</font><font color='#cc0033'>a</font><font color='#990066'>i</font><font color='#660099'>n</font><font color='#3300cc'>a</font><font color='#0000ff'>w</font>]][[User talk:Kainaw|™]] 19:26, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:I couldn't make head or tail out of your question. But anyway, your program won't even compile. <code>return</code> is a keyword, not a function, so what you have is actually not a call to "<code>return()</code>", but instead <code>return</code> returning "<code>()</code>", which is illegal C syntax. Fixing that, your program causes undefined behaviour, because you are calling <code>printf()</code> to print strings that aren't null-terminated. This causes <code>printf()</code> to happily tread past the end of your char arrays, searching for a null terminator, and it is looking for it in memory you don't own, thereby causing undefined behaviour. (Technically <code>void main()</code> is undefined behaviour too, but it works under most modern compilers. The missing null terminators, OTOH, are a very serious bug and will almost certainly crash your program.) The <code>""</code> version of writing char arrays is a better idea. I'll leave it up to you to figure out why, on the chance this is homework. [[User:JIP|<font color="#CC0000">J</font><font color="#00CC00">I</font><font color="#0000CC">P</font>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 20:12, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:The problem here is that all strings in C and C++ need to be terminated with a zero byte (a 'null', a '\0' character). If you had declared your strings as: |
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char s[]="cheta" ; |
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char t[]="kumar" ; |
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...then the compiler would have supplied the null bytes automatically - but because you set the two arrays character-by-character, it doesn't do that...so doing it your way, but adding a zero byte by hand gives you: |
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char s[]={'c','h','e','t','a', 0 }; |
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char t[]={'k','u','m','a','r', 0 }; |
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...it's easier to do it the way I did it though - less chance of you forgetting the zero on the end - less typing - more legible! |
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And yeah - "return" isn't a function - you don't need the brackets. Just '''''return;''''' would have done just fine. |
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:[[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 03:11, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::It appears that the instructor for this student is expecting the student to use '\0' for the null character, not just 0. Often, students are required to use specific terms to demonstrate that they know what they are doing. '\0' is clearly a character. 0 is a number. We know that they are the same. A learning student may be still in the "how the hell can something be a character and a number at the same time!?!?!?" phase. -- [[User:Kainaw|<font color='#ff0000'>k</font><font color='#cc0033'>a</font><font color='#990066'>i</font><font color='#660099'>n</font><font color='#3300cc'>a</font><font color='#0000ff'>w</font>]][[User talk:Kainaw|™]] 03:52, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== Code for evaluating coefficients == |
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I need to evaluate the coefficients of a polynomial expressed in factor form: f(x)= (x+A)(x+B)(x+C)...(x+Z). Here, A, B,..Z will be contained in an array P[] and the number of factors will be variable. Is there any libraries available to do this ? [[Special:Contributions/218.248.80.114|218.248.80.114]] ([[User talk:218.248.80.114|talk]]) 19:07, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:This is a common [[for loop]] homework problem. Use a for loop to iterate through the array. -- [[User:Kainaw|<font color='#ff0000'>k</font><font color='#cc0033'>a</font><font color='#990066'>i</font><font color='#660099'>n</font><font color='#3300cc'>a</font><font color='#0000ff'>w</font>]][[User talk:Kainaw|™]] 19:29, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:Well, I dont think that finding the coefficient of nth power of x in f(x) will be possible by 'a' [[for loop]]..And this isn't a homework. Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/218.248.80.114|218.248.80.114]] ([[User talk:218.248.80.114|talk]]) 19:53, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:: if you ''have'' f(x)= (x+A)(x+B)(x+C)...(x+Z) and you want to multiply out those factors so it's in the form f(x)=3x<sup>3</sup> -9x<sup>2</sup> +4x -6 and then report 3,-9,4,and -6 as coefficients, then that is indeed mostly a for loop. If you want to go the other way then [[polynomial factorization]] is the place to look. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] • [[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 20:24, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== Color scheme on a mac is inverted == |
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My school has a mac, dont know what type, but the color scheme is inverted, how do you undo it? <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Accdude92|Accdude92]] ([[User talk:Accdude92|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Accdude92|contribs]]) 19:18, 26 October 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:Probably with [http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html Command-Option-Control-8]. --[[User:Tardis|Tardis]] ([[User talk:Tardis|talk]]) 19:27, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== 3D Buildings in Google Earth == |
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hi, when i download a 3D building into google earth from the google 3D warehouse, save it etc, when i come back to it after a day or two closing down the computer it just goes gray and the rendering will not come back not matter what i do, refreshing, restarting google earth etc. Anyone know how to solve the problem? (Vista, latest g. earth) |
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thanks, --[[User:Abc26324|Abc26324]] ([[User talk:Abc26324|talk]]) 19:50, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== Chinese spam == |
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For the past few months, practically all the spam I've been getting is in the form of a fabricated online newsletter, with all the links pointing to some Chinese site (the domain name is always in the form www.something.cn). Is there any way I can set Evolution on Fedora Linux up to apply an automatic filter so that if the message contents contain the string ".cn", the message is automatically marked as junk mail? [[User:JIP|<font color="#CC0000">J</font><font color="#00CC00">I</font><font color="#0000CC">P</font>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 20:01, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== How to fine-tune Google? == |
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This is a problem specifically related to the use of Google (UK) as a research tool for investigating places (especially villages) in England. If the name of a location, no matter how small, is supplied as the search term Google returns hundreds of pages that seem to be dynamically generated, each of which is a directory or advertising page of some type, such as florists, hairdressers, letting agencies, hotels, even when there are none at all at the location. It is often quite a trawl to find any results that are useful (to me). Is there any way at all of excluding these, or can you recommend a different search engine? [[User:Jan1nad|<span style="color:#009d43;font-weight:bold">''Jan<span style="font-size:80%;">1</span>naD''</span>]] <sup>(''[[User talk:Jan1nad|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Jan1nad|contrib]]'')</sup> 22:08, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:I presume you are looking for websites created locally by local people. I have the same problem constantly, that there are so many commercial link-strewn web pages that claim to be community sites but are not. My strategy using Search Engines would be to specify a domain name that corresponds to the name you are looking for (in Google you enter " Walberton site:walberton.* ") on the basis that a local community webmaster will have registered a relevant domain name ( like http://saltdean.info or http://badsey.net ). Of course, some of the time you will be swamped with other meanings of the place name. Another strategy would be to go to the web site of the relevant District Council and look for a page of links to parish council sites or local community bodies. Or do the same with the local newspaper. [[User:Sussexonian|Sussexonian]] ([[User talk:Sussexonian|talk]]) 10:01, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== hack a CD R-W drive? == |
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Isn't there any possible way to read a CD and copy every bit and burn it as is onto another CD? This would bypass any copyprotect code and copy any CD format because it's copying the CD bit for bit. This probably breaks a few laws but it seems so simple to do. Any utilities out there? --[[User:penubag|'''<span style="background:#00CCFF;color:#0066FF;font-size:84%"> penubag </span>''']] ([[User talk:penubag|talk]]) 23:19, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:I'm afraid it's not quite that simple. A lot of the time the "copy protection" is actually a physical media "defect" or a non-compliant CD format and copying all the data won't copy the actual errors with the CD itself. There's more information in this in our article [[CD/DVD_copy_protection]]. [[User:ZX81|<span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana;color:#800040;filter:Shadow(color=#000000,strength=1);height:15px;">ZX81</span>]] [[User talk:ZX81|<span style="font-size:11px;font-family:verdana;"><sup>talk</sup></span>]] 00:50, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::Or you can make an image of the original and burn it onto another CD as an image file. That way all the "defects" are preserved (with appropriate software), but it'd require a virtual drive mounting software. --[[User: Antilived|antilived]]<sup>[[User_talk:Antilived|T]] | [[Special:Contributions/Antilived|C]] | [[User:Antilived/Gallery|G]]</sup> 04:31, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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Just use something like [[UltraISO]]. Make a [[disk image]] from the CD, then burn it onto the new blank disk? <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:.isika|.isika]] ([[User talk:.isika|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/.isika|contribs]]) 11:04, 27 October 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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== Ubuntu Live CD On USB == |
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Is it possible to get a 'live CD' of Ubuntu (or other Linux) and run it from a USB without installing anything on my computer (Vista). The reason I don't want to install anything is because I don't want to partition my disk, only to find that I can't connect to the internet via wifi because Ubuntu (may) not recognize my wireless card. Therefore, what I am looking for is something that can be bootable from a USB and not take up any space on my PC (except perhaps for files saved - if that is at all possible). I have a 5GB USB stick. --[[User:KageTora|KageTora - SPQW - (影虎)]] ([[User talk:KageTora|talk]]) 23:26, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:You can certainly do that from within Ubuntu (USB Startup Disk Creator) if you have access to a machine with Ubuntu installed. Otherwise [[UNetbootin]] seems to be able to do what you want in Windows. --[[User: Antilived|antilived]]<sup>[[User_talk:Antilived|T]] | [[Special:Contributions/Antilived|C]] | [[User:Antilived/Gallery|G]]</sup> 04:29, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== (kinda urgent!) Geocities pages still up..? == |
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Hi. If any [[Geocities]] pages are still viewable, does it mean that they're from Geocities Plus users, or is there still some time left until all normal Geocities pages are wiped out? I want to know if I have to warn some people ASAP or not... --[[User:Kreachure|Kreachure]] ([[User talk:Kreachure|talk]]) 23:40, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:I'm sorry, but you're too late. Yes, the only pages that are left are Plus users, all "free" users were deactivated nearly 24 hours ago now. I appreciate it doesn't help you, but they did actually announce this back in April ([http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/geocities_closure_signals_end_of_an_era.php example of a site that reported on it]) [[User:ZX81|<span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana;color:#800040;filter:Shadow(color=#000000,strength=1);height:15px;">ZX81</span>]] [[User talk:ZX81|<span style="font-size:11px;font-family:verdana;"><sup>talk</sup></span>]] 00:45, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:Although it's too late to warn people, it looks like some free GeoCities websites are still available, though likely not for long. It's still the evening of October 26 where I am, and both my and my sister's free GeoCities websites are still available as of right now. --[[User:Bavi H|Bavi H]] ([[User talk:Bavi H|talk]]) 01:48, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::(My and my sister's websites are free Yahoo GeoCities websites with URLs of the form www.geocities.com/yahoo_id, not legacy GeoCities websites with neighborhood URLs, in case anyone is tracking GeoCities's demise and cares to distinguish between the two.) --[[User:Bavi H|Bavi H]] ([[User talk:Bavi H|talk]]) 02:03, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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Thanks. [[User:Kreachure|Kreachure]] ([[User talk:Kreachure|talk]]) 02:37, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:Don't forget to try the [[Internet Archive]], and also search engines' cached versions of Geocities pages. -=# [[User:AmosWolfe|Amos E Wolfe]] <sup>[[User talk:AmosWolfe|talk]]</sup> #=- 09:30, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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= October 27 = |
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== Computer shutting off == |
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I have a brand new PC. Twice over the last two weeks, the power has shut off unexpectedly. I'm going to take it in because it's still under warranty, but I'd like get an idea of what may be happening so I don't sound like a ''complete'' doofus when I'm explaining the problem. I'll just be surfing the net or whatever and the main power shuts off: hard-drive stops spinning, fans stop, LED on the power button shuts off, etc. However, the little green LED where the ethernet plugs in is still on, as is one of the other little LEDs inside the tower. I'm barely an amateur when it comes to PC hardware, but my guess is that there's something wrong with the power supply and that some, but not all, of the power cords that feed the various devices are getting cut off. Turning off the switch at the back/unplugging and replugging the external power cord seem to fix the situation and 'puter is back up and running again in a few minutes. Sound familiar? Anything else I should note before placing the call? [[User:Matt Deres|Matt Deres]] ([[User talk:Matt Deres|talk]]) 00:00, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:At a guess it's overheating as I'd expect it to turn off like you described, although if the computer is only 2 weeks old then it seems extremely unlikely that it's blocked with dust. The easiest way to verify this is to run it with the side of the case, although if it only happens once every two weeks then that's really quite hard to test. I'd at least make sure you report it as a problem even if you don't want to fix it right now so they at least have a record you told them of it. [[User:ZX81|<span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana;color:#800040;filter:Shadow(color=#000000,strength=1);height:15px;">ZX81</span>]] [[User talk:ZX81|<span style="font-size:11px;font-family:verdana;"><sup>talk</sup></span>]] 00:47, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== Memory timing on XFX 750i SLI == |
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Hello there, I want to have appropriate memory timing on this mobo. I am using Transcend DDR2 4GB (2*2 GB) 800MHz (1.8V). In [[CPU-Z]] software, under "Memory"" and "SPD" I found the following information and memory timing: |
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Module size: 2048 MBytes<br /> |
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Max Bandwidth: PC2-6400 (400MHz)<br /> |
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Part number:JM800QLU-2G<br /> |
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Serial number:007FCOC<br /> |
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Timings table: |
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*DRAM Frequency: 400 MHz |
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*CAS#Latency:6.0 |
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*RAS#toCAS#:6 |
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*RAS#Precharge:6 |
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*tRAS:18 |
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*tRC:24 |
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*Command Rate: 2T |
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As I am having numerous random freezing with this board (XFX 750i SLI). I read same problems in other boards where people solved them by changing ram timing on their board. |
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I want to give last try on it. In BIOS, DRAM Frequency everything is auto. Should I change memory timing there (based on above mentioned timing table)? Thanks in advance--[[Special:Contributions/119.30.36.37|119.30.36.37]] ([[User talk:119.30.36.37|talk]]) 00:57, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:That is already quite conservative (normal RAM run at 5-5-5-24, good RAM can run at 4-4-4-16 or even lower). You should run a [[memtest86|memtest]] to see if the problem is actually in your memory. --[[User: Antilived|antilived]]<sup>[[User_talk:Antilived|T]] | [[Special:Contributions/Antilived|C]] | [[User:Antilived/Gallery|G]]</sup> 11:44, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== programming languages == |
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Hello, I'm a total noob who is just starting to learn html and css. What other programming languages are best for me to take a foothold on? Thank you. --[[Special:Contributions/198.163.150.5|198.163.150.5]] ([[User talk:198.163.150.5|talk]]) 03:11, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:html and css aren't really programming languages. I would recommend you learn C as most other languages can be easily picked up once you are good at C. |
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:I suggest you start with JavaScript. If you are learning HTML and CSS, you are likely interested in web design. Therefore, you need to know JavaScript. From there, I assume you will get into dynamic pages. What you learn is based on what your webserver supports. If it has PHP on the backend, you need to learn PHP. If it has ASP on the backend, you need to learn ASP. You might have a choice. On my webserver, I can use PHP, Ruby, Perl, or compile C/C++ modules. -- [[User:Kainaw|<font color='#ff0000'>k</font><font color='#cc0033'>a</font><font color='#990066'>i</font><font color='#660099'>n</font><font color='#3300cc'>a</font><font color='#0000ff'>w</font>]][[User talk:Kainaw|™]] 04:11, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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::I agree with Kainaw. I've developed many web sites and JavaScript has helped me very much. So, after you're done learning HTML and CSS, learn JavaScript. It's really a blast to learn. Then, <u>learn Photoshop</u>. I can't emphasize that enough. You need to learn Photoshop if you want to make web sites. That's where web developers and designers spend most of their time, because the best sites have lots of pictures. Then learn PHP or ASP.NET (but not regular ASP, as it's not as good as ASP.NET). Some people use JavaScript with CSS for their visual effects (like fading in and out, rollovers, etc.), but I use Flash. It's faster than JavaScript and looks better. But, it's another thing you'd have to learn and you "have to" pay for the IDE to develop it.--[[User:Drknkn|Drknkn]] ([[User talk:Drknkn|talk]]) 07:27, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:::Instead of "Photoshop" you should say "graphic design", because that's where the real skill lies. But, I don't see how is this relevant to a budding ''programmer''. [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] (and [[Ruby on Rails]]) are also good choices to dabble with. --[[User: Antilived|antilived]]<sup>[[User_talk:Antilived|T]] | [[Special:Contributions/Antilived|C]] | [[User:Antilived/Gallery|G]]</sup> 11:50, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== C Malloc pointer == |
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i want to know how can i use malloc when i return a structure pointer in a function in c programming language <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/61.2.48.30|61.2.48.30]] ([[User talk:61.2.48.30|talk]]) 06:21, 27 October 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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== ffshrine == |
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I need to go onto gh.ffshrine.org, but for the past few days, I have been unable to because of a donation message. How can I bypass that message? [[User:Jc iindyysgvxc|<em style="font-family:Courier New;color:red">jc</em>]] [[User talk:Jc iindyysgvxc|<em style="font-family:Courier New;color:green">iindyysgvxc</em>]] ([[Special:Contributions/Jc iindyysgvxc|my contributions]]) 07:41, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== Troubleshooting: scratches on CD/DVD media == |
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I have a disc for software which will not function properly. Obvious software issues have been ruled out, so I'm trying to nail down hardware issues. There are some light scratches on the disk, and I'm wondering if one of these happens to be stopping the computer from reading some critical piece of data. The computer recognizes the disk and I can copy the contents of the volume without errors. |
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Does this rule out damage to the disk as the cause of the software not running? [[User:Somedumbyankee|SDY]] ([[User talk:Somedumbyankee|talk]]) 08:51, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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: I would expect that if you can read all the files on the disk, then the software ought to be able to when running, also. However it is possible that the disk has some form of [[copy protection]] that complicates the issue. (Although with copy-protection I would expect the reverse, ie the software runs but you can't copy the files manually.) [[User:Mitch Ames|Mitch Ames]] ([[User talk:Mitch Ames|talk]]) 10:03, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:: There are known compatibility issues between Vista and this software (imagine that!) but I'm following some instructions on how to avoid them. Help desk time, I guess. [[User:Somedumbyankee|SDY]] ([[User talk:Somedumbyankee|talk]]) 10:10, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== Font identification... == |
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Hi! Can anyone identify the font (I think it's just one font) in these posters/book covers for me? [http://www.officialtheatretickets.co.uk/images/show0046.jpg ''THE AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL''] / ''[http://eubookshop.com/images/books/35c784661a.jpg THE EUROPEAN UNION]'' / [http://library.stou.ac.th/odi/collectiondev/images/Politics/July47_Sep47/Cov_000093402.jpg ''POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY''] / [http://library.stou.ac.th/odi/collectiondev/images/Politics/July47_Sep47/Cov_000093401.jpg ''IDEOLOGY''] |
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Thanks! <font color="#A20846">╟─[[User:TreasuryTag|Treasury]][[User talk:TreasuryTag|Tag]]►[[Special:Contributions/TreasuryTag|<span style="cursor:help;">presiding officer</span>]]─╢</font> 10:55, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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: The <s>two</s> three OXFORD pubs look to be in [[Lithos]]; something like [http://www.linotype.com/8569/lithosregular-font.html Lithos Regular] -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] • [[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 11:09, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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:: And the bottom line of the Lion King is probably [http://www.linotype.com/8571/lithosblack-font.html Lithos Black]; the text "THE LION KING" isn't (notice how the shape of the N is so different) - it may have been manually produced by the graphic artist. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] • [[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 11:18, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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== Line printer computer font? == |
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December 9
[edit]Windows Diagnostic Memory tool
[edit]How long would you expect it to take to do 96GB RAM? I heard an hour per 8GB—sound reasonable? SerialNumber54129 18:33, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
- That guy was a fucking idiot. Took less than two hours. SerialNumber54129 11:09, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
- This conversation makes no sense. Care to elaborate, @Serial Number 54129? TheTechie@enwiki (she/they | talk) 04:43, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- @TheTechie: Serial Number 54129 asked how long it would take to run Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool on a pc with 96GB RAM. They heard it took an hour per 8GB, so that would be 12 hours for 96GB. Then they say that they tried it and that it took less than 2 hours. Polygnotus (talk) 15:39, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks Polygnotus . I admit I was somewhat brusque about my informant :) SerialNumber54129A New Face in Hell 16:49, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- @TheTechie: Serial Number 54129 asked how long it would take to run Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool on a pc with 96GB RAM. They heard it took an hour per 8GB, so that would be 12 hours for 96GB. Then they say that they tried it and that it took less than 2 hours. Polygnotus (talk) 15:39, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- This conversation makes no sense. Care to elaborate, @Serial Number 54129? TheTechie@enwiki (she/they | talk) 04:43, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
December 10
[edit]Youtube videos switching in the middle to Chinese people doing ordinary things
[edit]I see that others are encountering the same problem.[1] Has anybody come up with a fix yet? Clarityfiend (talk) 05:26, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
- To avoid videos with crocheting Chinese ladies and such – if that's not your thing – make sure the video is from the original channel and not some pirated and hacked video. The name of the channel (such as Eyewitness News ABC7NY, Jimmy Kimmel Live, ESPN MBL, ...) is given below the title of the video. Pirated videos come from an unfamiliar channel; other than that, everything looks the same as the legit video. --Lambiam 07:35, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
- Aaah, thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:54, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
December 11
[edit]Quote marks will not appear until I type a second one
[edit]Hello all. I have a seemingly one-off, weird and annoying issue. I am using an HP laptop computer:
- OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home
- System Model HP Spectre x360 Convertible
- Version 10.0.19045
- Build 19045
Every time I type a quote mark on this computer (or an apostrophe using the same keyboard key without shifting) nothing happens. It is only when I invoke the character key a second time (in a row, without moving the cursor) that anything happens, which is that, only then, TWO quote marks appear. I then I have to delete one of them. Same thing for apostrophes, though I use quotes far more frequently. This happens anywhere I attempt to type the character, including when I placed this one " right now. Please note that the key is not gummed up or anything, it always works to place the two after I type the character the second time. Any ideas? --68.129.153.226 (talk) 17:23, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
- When did this start happening? Has it always been like this? If not, what changed? Be honest. MinorProphet (talk) 20:29, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
- My 13-year old Mac Mini has stopped working. (I have already purchased a new computer, arriving in about two weeks.) I thus borrowed this HP from my sister a week ago, whereupon I discovered this issue. I thus have no idea of the timeline of the problem.--68.129.153.226 (talk) 21:07, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
- What happens if you type a single ' or ", followed by some other character, like a letter?
- It sounds like you're in some strange mode which is attempting to interpret various multi-keystroke sequences. Those can be perfectly ordinary — for example, as you may know, on a Mac you can type Option-U to get a bare umlaut, which when you then type a letter like A or U combines with it to form Ä or Ü. But obviously these " and ' sequences you're encountering are bizarre and unwanted! (I've never heard of combining sequences starting with " or ', either.)
- My guess is that these sequences are defined for the convenience of typists in some language other than English. I would go to the relevant control panel — perhaps "Keyboard", although under Windows I'm not sure — and make sure you've got English specified as your language, with no funny extra options specified. —scs (talk) 22:10, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
- Per the below, it sounds like you might well see different behavior depending on whether you type the " or ' followed by a vowel like A or U, versus a consonant like B or S. —scs (talk) 22:16, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
- Yes you're right. When you're on the international keyboard (or other non-English one) if you type a quote and then a vowel you get an umlaut. With this keyboard layout the first time you press a quote key it will not type it, and you have to press it twice to type a quote.
- On Windows 10, on the bottom right, to the left of the date and time, there is an area where you can click to change the keyboard layout. For the international keyboard it is "ENG INTL". If you click it you can change to the normal keyboard, "ENG" or "ENG US" or whatever you prefer. ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:23, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
- See dead key. I suppose your system is configured to see ' and " as dead keys, producing no direct output, but combining with the next character you type to create a letter with acute accent or two dots. I haven't used Windows since XP days, but I suppose that if the following character doesn't accept those diacritics, the ' or " is inserted after all. Try switching to a different keyboard layout. PiusImpavidus (talk) 10:37, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
- Have you tried a "+space sequence? I've seen such behavior of a keyboard in Windows when working in a language with diacritic letters. It simulates old typewriter - hit a diacritic symbol first, which gets printed with no carriage move, then hit a letter, which gets printed at the same place and then a carriage advances to a next position. Following this mode you hit a diacritic + space sequence to get a diacritic symbol alone. --CiaPan (talk) 15:38, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
- Well, 68.129.153.226, we're all agog to know whether any of our suggestions have worked. Be honest. MinorProphet (talk) 17:35, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- I am on Windows 10 on Dell laptop. I have experienced this behavior and I suspect it started after some OS update.
- But note that, when you wish to include anything in double/single quote, you must continue to type as usual. The double/single quote becomes visible only after you type any following character (not just single/double quote).
- You may be already aware of it, but I thought if you don't know, it will be less frustrating experience once you know how it works. manya (talk) 06:04, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
December 13
[edit]Where can I find a thesis of recently released Gemini 2.0?
[edit]For Gemini 1.5, I find its thesis.
What about recently released Gemini 2.0? HarryOrange (talk) 21:53, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- Here? --Lambiam 21:55, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
- OK That's Gemini 2.0 release information. HarryOrange (talk) 16:52, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
December 15
[edit]Questions About New Laptop Computer
[edit]My old laptop computer developed problems with the power, so that it wouldn't start when connected to regular line current. It would start when connected to high-amperage current in an electronics store, but that wasn't useful, and it was time to replace it after five years. I now have some questions about problems with a new laptop computer. The new laptop computer is an HP running Windows 11. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
Cursor Jumping Randomly
[edit]Sometimes when I am typing in a Word document or editing Wikipedia in a source window, I discover that the cursor isn't where I think it should be. The cursor has jumped to somewhere else on the screen, apparently randomly. I have to do a Ctrl-Z to undo what I typed in the wrong place, and then move the cursor back to where I want it. If this is caused by line noise, how do I minimize the impact? How likely is that a new mouse would resolve the problem? Are there any settings that I should diddle with? Robert McClenon (talk) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
- First thing I would do is give the mouse and mousepad a good clean and disconnect and reconnect it. Shantavira|feed me 09:14, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
- Possibly due to your hand brushing the trackpad while typing. If you have a mouse, you could experiment with disabling the trackpad: how to disable touchpad on hp laptop. Or even just try turning it off while typing. This erratic caret jumping used to happen to me a lot, too, when my laptop was new, until I found the key to disable the trackpad.
- The term caret or insertion point is useful to exclude the mouse cursor (the pointer) from searches. Card Zero (talk) 12:54, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, User:Card Zero. I disabled the touchpad. For users who always use a mouse, the touchpad is a complication. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:06, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
- I now have a possibly useless question. The documentation referred to an option that disables the touchpad when there is a mouse, but the only option that I found in the settings is the option that always disables the touchpad. I would like to specify that the touchpad is disabled when there is a mouse, and enable it if there is no mouse. This makes very little difference because I will always use a mouse. Is it possible that that option isn't available on my computer? This isn't important. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:38, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, User:Card Zero. I disabled the touchpad. For users who always use a mouse, the touchpad is a complication. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:06, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
Network File Sharing
[edit]With the old laptop, I had set up network file sharing, so that the laptop computer could view and edit files in shared folders on my desktop computer, a Dell, also running Windows 11, if they were both within range of my wireless router (and the desktop computer always is). The desktop computer could also access files in shared folders on the laptop, if the laptop was I have tried to set up network file sharing with the new laptop computer. I tried calling the technical support offered by the electronics chain that I bought the computers from, and I made seven calls to them, none of which worked, and I have concluded that their technical support people don't know what they are doing, and, worse, don't know the limits of their knowledge. Does anyone have advice on a book that will tell me how to set up network file sharing with Windows 11, that has neither too little nor too much information for a retired database engineer? Robert McClenon (talk) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon Did you try this? TheTechie@enwiki (she/they | talk) 20:21, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
- User:TheTechie - Thank you. That describes the basics, and describes what I had done successfully with the previous laptop computer. I need either a much greater level of detail, or a troubleshooting guide, or something like that. That was helpful in that it doesn't point out anything that I am doing wrong. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:31, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
December 19
[edit]Scanning all available streams
[edit]Hello there. I'm have a question: How to scan all available online streams from a specified server and port given? For example, I've found a Wowza Streaming Engine server at 115.79.46.164 and port 1935. I want to know which website or software can help me to find all active streams on this server. Thanks for reading. Ccv2020 (talk) 14:22, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
.kp domains
[edit]How many .kp domains are there? Gnu779 (talk) 13:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- Did you see .kp#Existing_and_externally_accessible_domain_list? Polygnotus (talk) 19:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- https://www.northkoreatech.org/the-north-korean-website-list/ is a bit outdated but has more background info. Polygnotus (talk) 19:20, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- It's ok, bro. I can still view the outdated ones with the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive. Thanks, Gnu779 (talk) 16:10, 20 December 2024 (UTC)