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= December 13 = |
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{{Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 23}} |
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== Where can I find a thesis of recently released Gemini 2.0? == |
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{{Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 24}} |
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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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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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= August 26 = |
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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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== Counter Strike Global Off. == |
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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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I am having major lag spikes in the game Counter Strike Global Off., does anyone know how to fix the game (IT IS THE GAME NOT MY INTERNET). <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/76.16.47.115|76.16.47.115]] ([[User talk:76.16.47.115|talk]]) 02:57, 26 August 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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==Questions About New Laptop Computer== |
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:Have you tried a reboot ? [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 04:43, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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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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== Samsung Series 5 17.3 inch laptop == |
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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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: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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::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 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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::::Possibly true, your system vendor might not have put any software on there to do that automatically. The general rule with computers is, you can make it do what you want, it's just a question of how much effort is involved in that. To do stuff automatically when hardware is (dis)connected, you have to set up something that subscribes to [[Windows Management Instrumentation|WMI]] events: Windows's thing for letting all interested parties know "hey some new device just showed up". Here's an answer for how to run a script when a device is connected: [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21805166/start-powershell-script-when-usb-drive-is-inserted], if you really want to put in the effort. Alternatively if you just want something quicker and simpler but not automatic, you can install [[AutoHotkey]] (quite useful program) and set a shortcut key on the keyboard to disable/enable touchpad. --[[User:Slowking Man|Slowking Man]] ([[User talk:Slowking Man|talk]]) 19:11, 26 December 2024 (UTC) |
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===Network File Sharing=== |
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Anyone here have [http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/samsung-samsung-17-3-intel-i7-3610qm-laptop-np550p7c-t02ca-silver-np550p7c-t02ca/10208036.aspx this particular model] laptop? I need to know if I'm the only one experiencing problems with the touchpad not being sensitive enough so I can know whether to return & exchange it for another one of the same model or get a different one altogether. [[Special:Contributions/70.52.79.25|70.52.79.25]] ([[User talk:70.52.79.25|talk]]) 08:55, 26 August 2012 (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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== Fast output of plots in MATLAB == |
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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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:::Asking for clarification: you did all the steps in the section "How do I troubleshoot sharing files and folders" on that page, on the new laptop? After doing those steps, you still don't "see" your desktop in File Explorer on laptop? (Restart the laptop just in case.) [[User:Slowking Man|Slowking Man]] ([[User talk:Slowking Man|talk]]) 04:24, 26 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:Check that all the computers are on the same network. See if all the IP addresses are different. See if the wifi has the network profile set to Private. See if file explorer shows it in Network, or \\newlaptopname . You may have to check file wall settings [[User:Graeme Bartlett|Graeme Bartlett]] ([[User talk:Graeme Bartlett|talk]]) 07:29, 26 December 2024 (UTC) |
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= December 19 = |
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Hi, |
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==Scanning all available streams== |
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Does anyone know of a quick way to save a MATLAB plot (to png) without actually having to call up a figure? I need to process a large number of frames (1000s) to make up an animation and at the moment I'm creating a figure and then using print(gcf,...) but this is pretty slow... Thanks, --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] 11:26, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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:Per the documentation, specify the [http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/figure_props.html figure property] <tt>'Visible', off</tt>. Also, consider re-using the same figure handle, when appropriate, instead of creating a new figure. You can update the figure contents without creating a new figure. [[User:Nimur|Nimur]] ([[User talk:Nimur|talk]]) 17:28, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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::Thanks for that - I did try updating the figure contents each time, but MATLAB was complaining with: |
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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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:::Warning: Color Data is not set for Interpolated shading |
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:::> In C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2009b\toolbox\matlab\graphics\hardcopy.p>hardcopy at 21 |
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::: In graphics\private\render at 143 |
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::: In print at 277 |
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::: In shifting_fft_plots at 102 |
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::: In shifting_psdd_full_field at 94 |
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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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::(each frame is a pcolor plot and I want the shading set to interpolated -> and if I set shading to interp outside the loop it doesn't carry through...) |
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:nmap is just going to let you toss packets to the server and inspect the packets that server decides to send you back in reply. Which is great for networking analysis, but we want to speak [[application layer]] here and talk with the "streaming" software on the remote host. Does [https://www.wowza.com/docs/application-management-query-examples#get-a-list-of-applications4] help at all? (You will need [[curl (software)|curl]] if not already installed.) Do take note, the party which owns the server could always have configured it to restrict the information it will give out to the public. --[[User:Slowking Man|Slowking Man]] ([[User talk:Slowking Man|talk]]) 19:32, 26 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::It works despite the warning so I think I'll just ignore it ;) --[[User:Fir0002|Fir0002]] 06:02, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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:::That warning means you did not specify [http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/patch_props.html#FaceVertexCData color data for the patch using the FaceVertexCData property]. Default colors are being used. [[User:Nimur|Nimur]] ([[User talk:Nimur|talk]]) 18:14, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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== .kp domains == |
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== Location based reminders in Android == |
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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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I need to accept a location from the user, compare it with the current location (using GPS) and give an alarm to the user if it matches. I'm new to android, but I do know that I need to use LocationManager and AlarmServices. Can someone please give me an outline of how to go about it and especially how to integrate alarms into GPS. I'll be most grateful for any help provided. Thank you very much. :) [[User:Zebec|<font face="Broadway" color="#32CD32">Z</font>]][[User talk:Zebec|<font face="Broadway" color="#228B22">e</font><font face="Broadway" color="#008000">b</font><font face="Broadway" color="#2E8B57">e</font>]][[Special:contributions/Zebec|<font face="Broadway" color="#006400">c</font>]] 15:26, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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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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: As I understand it, you can do this with just the LocationManager's [http://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/LocationManager.html#addProximityAlert%28double,%20double,%20float,%20long,%20android.app.PendingIntent%29 addProximityAlert] call, to which you provide the coordinates of interest and a necessary fudge radius, and it calls you back when the phone is near that place. A simple example of someone writing what you're looking for is [http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2011/01/android-proximity-alerts-tutorial.html here]. I don't see why, just to do that, you'd need AlarmManager as well - LocationManager already polls the GPS for you. Note that AlarmManager isn't for user notifications (it's a poor name choice - it should be called ScheduledCallbackManager or something). Notifying the user something has happened is done with Alerts, Toasts, and Notifications ([http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/android/android-sdk-alert/ tutorial]). -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 15:58, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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::This sounds like something you could use [http://tasker.dinglisch.net/ Tasker] for. - [[User:Cucumber Mike|Cucumber Mike]] ([[User talk:Cucumber Mike|talk]]) 19:13, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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= December 24 = |
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== Does Playbook's security swipe really work? == |
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== Is this bug in the google search ? == |
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Dear Wikipedians: |
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I searched for the keywords: "Israel Folau" "Margaret Court" "David Tyree", then Google shows me [https://i.imgur.com/6mbOI8x.jpeg blank]. Is this bug?[[User:HarryOrange|HarryOrange]] ([[User talk:HarryOrange|talk]]) 22:35, 24 December 2024 (UTC) |
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I have just performed a security swipe on my Playbook using its "security swipe" feature under the security section of its settings pages. However, the length of time between when I tapped "security wipe" button and when I got the new splash screen asking me to set up my "new" playbook is such that I do not believe my playbook has had the time to go through all the bytes in its 16 GB of permanent memory and reset each one of them to 0x00. I am wondering if any of you could help enlighten me to the true nature of Playbook's security wipe, whether it really does its job, and what else I can do to make sure all my data on my Playbook is fully erased and could not be recovered, even with forensic computer data retrieval expertise, in case Playbook's in-built security wipe does not do the full job. |
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:If I do the same search, this question shows up (twice, due to how the refdesk is organized) plus a link to Stuff. So, it doesn't seem to be a bug. I tried the same format search with much more famous people and got hundreds of links. [[User:Matt Deres|Matt Deres]] ([[User talk:Matt Deres|talk]]) 13:20, 25 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::Remember that Google has numerous servers that can respond to your search, and they do not necessarily all behave the same. --[[Special:Contributions/142.112.149.206|142.112.149.206]] ([[User talk:142.112.149.206|talk]]) 22:17, 27 December 2024 (UTC) |
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Thanks a million, |
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= December 28 = |
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[[Special:Contributions/76.68.41.45|76.68.41.45]] ([[User talk:76.68.41.45|talk]]) 15:41, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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: If I understand you correctly, you have a [[BlackBerry PlayBook]] tablet with 16Gb of on-board NAND flash memory, and you're using the security wipe feature to erase the portion of that which stores user files and data (that also stores the Blackberry OS and built-in applications). One thing to note about flash memory is that it isn't erased by writing bytes to it (it's not like a hard disk) - the memory is organised into larger blocks, which are erased by issuing a block-erase command (which simultaneously wipes all the bytes in that block). To know how long that will take, and to know whether the specific flash part found in the Playbook can concurrently erase blocks, we'd need to figure out what flash part it has, so I can read the datasheet. If anyone can find a good high-res image of a deconstructed Playbook, so we can read the part numbers, that would help a lot. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 16:16, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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: Hmm, I'm quite encouraged. The part is a [http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/blackberry-playbook-teardown/6220365?seq=75 Sandisk SDIN 5C2-16G] device. I found the product information sheet for that [http://octopart.com/sdin5c2-16g-sandisk-18496748 here]. Talking about the "secure erase" command, the datasheet says "This new command meets high security application requirements (e,g, those used by military and government customers) that once data has been erased, it can no longer be retrieved from the device." As RIM sells a lot into US Government circles, I think they and SanDisk really will be standing behind that claim. But I can't find a programming/timing manual for that part, which would tell me how long the erase should take. Preliminarily, it sounds like they do take properly secure erasure seriously. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 16:29, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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: That sheet does say the erasure is done in "erase groups", and has a place where the size of a group is specified (up to multiples of 8 GB, it seems). I still can't find a real timing diagram, but that too suggests the erasure would be done in one or a handful of operations (depending on how they lay out their use of the flash memory), which you would expect to be a second or two. But an important caveat: this shows Blackberry ''can'' do this; it doesn't show they ''do'', and there's little way to find out what they do (bar doing real forensics yourself). -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 16:44, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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<small>I read the question as "Playboy's security swipe" and wondered that there's now such a convenient feature available... [[User:JIP|<font color="#CC0000">J</font><font color="#00CC00">I</font><font color="#0000CC">P</font>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 18:16, 26 August 2012 (UTC)</small> |
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:Erasure of a filesystem of any size could be done in a split second, if the filesystem was encrypted and the system simply forgets the encryption key. I recall iOS doing such a thing when told to perform a secure wipe, but apparently the playbook doesn't encrypt its entire filesystem<ref>http://btsc.webapps.blackberry.com/btsc/viewdocument.do;jsessionid=127F6F6E352B86C1347BBE8A350072A5?externalId=KB27707&sliceId=1&cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&noCount=true&ViewedDocsListHelper=com.kanisa.apps.common.BaseViewedDocsListHelperImpl</ref> [[User:Unilynx|Unilynx]] ([[User talk:Unilynx|talk]]) 19:20, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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== Question about mounting hard disks on Fedora 17 == |
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After I had upgraded to Fedora 17, I found that when I first booted it up, everything worked, but when I shut the computer down and booted it up again, Fedora went to emergency mode before I could even log in, asking me for the root password, and when I gave it, dropped me to a text-only shell. In panic that I had broken the system, I reinstalled Fedora 17 and everything worked, but after I rebooted, the same problem appeared again. |
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I decided to google "Fedora emergency mode" and found the cause of the problem. I have additional Lacie external hard drives that I use for back-up, but I keep them powered down when they're not in use. I have written entries for them in <code>/etc/fstab</code> so that I can manually mount and unmount them with a single command. Now what was happening was that on boot-up, Fedora found these entries in <code>/etc/fstab</code> and tried to mount them, but failed because the disks were powered off. This caused Fedora to think "Oh no! Mounting file systems has failed! Let's stop right here and inform the user that something has gone horribly wrong!", which I took as a corrupted system. |
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Is there any way to write the entries to <code>/etc/fstab</code> telling the computer that the drives should '''not''' be mounted on boot-up, they'll be mounted when I say so? [[User:JIP|<font color="#CC0000">J</font><font color="#00CC00">I</font><font color="#0000CC">P</font>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 18:29, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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::Stop reinstalling. :p ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] ([[User talk:Reisio|talk]]) 20:11, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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: Use the <tt>noauto</tt> option in fstab (see <tt>man fstab</tt>). Make sure to mount by UUID and not by device, as rearranging your usb devices (or just plugging in a little flash drive) can cause Linux to assign disks to different devices, messing up your mount scheme. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 18:44, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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::Thanks, that worked. I wrote the same entries into <code>/etc/fstab</code> but this time with the option <code>noauto</code>, and the system was able to boot up normally. [[User:JIP|<font color="#CC0000">J</font><font color="#00CC00">I</font><font color="#0000CC">P</font>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 19:16, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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: I can't speak for Fedora, but on Ubuntu I don't use fstab to mount usb disks. Instead I let udev and Nautilus automatically mount them (as described [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB here]). That way they end up at /media/<partitionlabel>, where <partitionlabel> can be set (if you're smart, uniquely) as described [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RenameUSBDrive here]. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 19:08, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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== Move from hotmail to Outlook == |
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What is the end game plan for @live.co.uk email accounts now that Outlook is being rolled out to replace Hotmail? Will they still exists or will they be migrated to Outlook or what? Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/92.6.144.109|92.6.144.109]] ([[User talk:92.6.144.109|talk]]) 18:58, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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: Your email address stays the same (still @live or @hotmail or whatever) and you still log in the same way you did before, with the same password. The only difference is the site you end up at is branded Outlook and has the Outlook interface. So it's a pretty seamless transition, really. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 19:04, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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== Transfer entire Linux system to a new hard drive? == |
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I just bought a new 2 terabyte hard drive, which I'd like to transfer my entire existing Fedora 17 Linux system to. The current system is on two physical drives with a total of 4 partitions (plus a swap partition), about 800 gigabytes in total. This is becoming too small for me. How can I transfer my entire Linux system to the new hard drive? I could just plug it in, partition it with GPartEd and format all the partitions, and copy all the files across, but how do I get the disk labels right in <code>/etc/fstab</code> on the new disk, and how do I create a bootloader? Would it be easier to simply do a full install of Fedora 17 on the new drive, and then copy all my old files across, either from the original drives or the back-ups I've been creating on my external Lacie hard disks? Can I just back-up the entire root (<code>/<code>) partition to the Lacie drive and restore it to the new disk, but with keeping <code>/etc/fstab</code> intact? It's the exact same version of the operating system, so that shouldn't pose a problem. [[User:JIP|<font color="#CC0000">J</font><font color="#00CC00">I</font><font color="#0000CC">P</font>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 19:58, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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: Taking a simpler case, say I had a single drive /dev/sda (from which my system booted) and I bought a bigger drive to which I wanted to copy everything, and boot from that. Say I plugged it in and it became /dev/sdb. I'd boot from a livecd, then I'd |
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sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb |
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: Be '''''very''''' sure of the ordering: <tt>if</tt> is the input, <tt>of</tt> is the output; if you get it wrong, you copy blankness over your good disk - there's no going back from that. That'll grind for a few hours, and at the end of it the start of /dev/sdb will be a bit-for-bit copy of the old disk. Once that's done you can remove the old disk, and the big new one will become the new sda. The system should then boot identically from that, as if it was the old disk. Then I'd boot to a livecd again and use gparted to resize the partitions to take up the space. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 20:08, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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::I'm aware of what <code>dd</code> does, but I don't think this will help me, because my old system consists of two physical drives. These appear on Linux as <code>/dev/sda</code> and <code>/dev/sdb</code>. I don't think it's possible to use <code>dd</code> to transfer both of them to the same new drive. [[User:JIP|<font color="#CC0000">J</font><font color="#00CC00">I</font><font color="#0000CC">P</font>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 20:15, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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::: Weeelll: Once you've copied the first lot, use gparted to make two new partitions (of the appropriate size) on the 2TB disk. Then dd the contents of the old partitions (say /dev/sdc1, /dev/sdc2) to their counterparts on the 2TB disk (say /dev/sda4, /dev/sda5). I ''think'' that'll work, but I've not done anything like that for a while. If it doesn't, well, you should have rsynced :) -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 20:25, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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:::: If you do this, I think you'd need to change the UUIDs and partition labels of the newly created partitions to match the old ones, so the partition table is coherent. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 20:39, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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: But you've got two disks, each with two partitions. You can certainly copy individual partitions to specific places using dd, but you need to use dd's offset parameter, and (while I have done it) I'd not recommend someone unfamiliar with dd and raw disk addressing do that (again because it's a sledgehammer). If the partitions on old_disk2 are just regular files (music, videos, etc.) I'd personally want to end up with just the existing (resized) partitions on the 2TB disk, and I'd copy (rsync) the regular files to ordinary folders there. But then I personally dislike partitioning more than is absolutely necessary, so others may advise you on keeping the partitions and copying them with something I'm ignorant of. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 20:15, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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::What I usually do is use <code>[[rsync]] -av /mnt/old/ /mnt/new/</code> (which can be resumed [by running the same command again] if interrupted) to copy the data from a [[SystemRescueCD|liveOS]]. You can fix <code>/etc/fstab</code> with the information from <code>blkid</code> run as root (using UUID or LABEL values instead of /dev/foo is a good idea), and fix GRUB with <code>grub-install /dev/sdX</code> (where X is the 2TB device name letter). You might also want to reorder the drives (by cable connections) to have your 2TB be the first device before reinstalling GRUB, if you haven't already. If you were changing more than just the hard disk (migrating the system to an entirely different computer, for example), you might also need to alter your kernel/modules for proper driver support. ¦ [[User:Reisio|Reisio]] ([[User talk:Reisio|talk]]) 20:23, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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== rsync --delete question == |
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I've been using [[rsync]] to create back-ups of my system to my external Lacie hard disks. The man page tells me that <code>rsync --delete</code> will delete all files and directories on the destination that are not found on the source. But I found out that it only works for the top level of the source and destination directories. Any files and folders in subfolders of the destination that are not found in the respective subfolders of the source are left untouched. How can I make the <code>--delete</code> option work recursively? [[User:JIP|<font color="#CC0000">J</font><font color="#00CC00">I</font><font color="#0000CC">P</font>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 20:03, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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: You'll need to tell us all the options you're passing to rsync. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 20:09, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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::<code>rsync -rv --delete . /lacie</code> (where <code>/lacie</code> is the mount point of my external hard drive). [[User:JIP|<font color="#CC0000">J</font><font color="#00CC00">I</font><font color="#0000CC">P</font>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 20:15, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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: For a backup I do <tt>rsync -av --delete</tt> which works fine, and certainly deletes files as I'd expect. <tt>-a</tt> implies a bunch of useful flags (copies perms, owner and group, etc.). You've not got FAT32 or NTFS on the Lacie, have you? -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 20:29, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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::<code>rsync -av --delete</code> seems to work fine. But after I have done it once, I want subsequent calls to skip files that are already present on the destination and haven't been changed on the source. Otherwise it is going to take me hours each time, with all my about one hundred thousand digital photographs stored on both my internal hard disk and the Lacie disks. And no, the Lacie disks are not FAT32 or NTFS, they're ext3. [[User:JIP|<font color="#CC0000">J</font><font color="#00CC00">I</font><font color="#0000CC">P</font>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 18:06, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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:::Yes, -a does that. It reads all the directories, stats all the files, compares timestamps, and does the obvious things. [[Special:Contributions/69.228.170.132|69.228.170.132]] ([[User talk:69.228.170.132|talk]]) 18:10, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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== Java Book == |
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I've just finished learning the beginnings of Java with "Java How to Program" by Deitel and Deitel. Can anyone suggest a suitable second book to advance my studies? Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/92.6.144.109|92.6.144.109]] ([[User talk:92.6.144.109|talk]]) 20:27, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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: ''Effective Java'' by [[Joshua Bloch]]. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] |
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== HTTP space between headers and body.. == |
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How do I know where the headers end and where the content begins if I'm parsing raw http? [[Special:Contributions/190.158.212.204|190.158.212.204]] ([[User talk:190.158.212.204|talk]]) 21:15, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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: Formally, two consecutive <CR><LF> pairs. Informally, you might occasionally see clients that only send the <LF>s. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 22:29, 26 August 2012 (UTC) |
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= August 27 = |
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== Difficulty finding page related to "Order of Operations" in Mathematics. == |
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"Order of Operations" is such a simple process, we all learn it in grade school. I needed to use the term in an email, and it took me over one-half hour to find it! |
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Everything that was being returbed by your search engine were articles at the college level and beyond. |
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Maybe you need a "Kidapedia"? <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Drexpert007|Drexpert007]] ([[User talk:Drexpert007|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Drexpert007|contribs]]) 00:32, 27 August 2012 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:Have you tried the Simple English Wikipedia? [[:simple:Order of operations]] -- <span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</span>|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 00:42, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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:The article is [[Order of operations]]. Wikipedia normally does not capitalize words other than the first word in article titles, unless the words are proper names or the like. See [[WP:TITLEFORMAT]]. [[Special:Contributions/69.228.170.132|69.228.170.132]] ([[User talk:69.228.170.132|talk]]) 18:03, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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== how long does it take to overwrite hard drive using system recovery disc == |
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Let me clarify a few details: |
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:- I've had the computer for a couple of weeks |
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:- I haven't done much with it other than log in to email and forum accounts via web browsing. |
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:- The hard drive is 1 TB in size (854GB in free space actually available). I plan on returning it Monday, so I just need to know if this will take a long time (as in hours on end) or if it's a brief and reasonable time (as in under an hour) [[Special:Contributions/70.52.79.25|70.52.79.25]] ([[User talk:70.52.79.25|talk]]) 08:15, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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::To clarify: Do you want to overwrite every bit on the disk to blank it out, including the empty portion ? I assume you want to do this for security reasons, before returning it ? Technically, you shouldn't need to blank out any any unallocated sectors, although you would need to blank out the empty portion of allocated partitions, as it may have had data in them which was "deleted", which just means the index entry is removed, and the data is left in place. |
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::To answer, we would need to know the hard disk model number, so we can find it's write speed. [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 09:34, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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:::Don't know the model number, but I know the read and write speed is 5400rpm. --[[Special:Contributions/70.52.79.25|70.52.79.25]] ([[User talk:70.52.79.25|talk]]) 15:21, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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:It will take several hours at least to overwrite the whole disk surface. Overwriting only used portions would take less than an hour, but that won't necessarily overwrite all personal information, and I doubt the recovery disk has it as an option anyway. If it's a Windows machine and you want to minimize downtime, you can install [[TrueCrypt]] and set it to encrypt the system drive. This takes hours but the system is usable during that time. Then erasing the drive is instantaneous: just forget the passphrase. -- [[User:BenRG|BenRG]] ([[User talk:BenRG|talk]]) 16:45, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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:If it's a recent SATA drive it likely supports a "secure erase" operation (we could use an article about that). You should use that in preference to a software program if you can do so conveniently, but either way, yes, wiping a 1TB disk is likely to take a few hours. A rough guess for an internal SATA might be 100MB/sec which is 10000 seconds or around 3 hours. If it's a USB2 disk it will be more like 20MB/sec, or about 15 hours. In principle maybe you could get away with wiping just part of the drive, but if you had anything sensitive on the drive it's safer to wipe everything. [[Special:Contributions/69.228.170.132|69.228.170.132]] ([[User talk:69.228.170.132|talk]]) 18:08, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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== Django simple button + field + saving == |
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I know python and a little bit about django (at least, enough about urls.py and views.py to copy and paste a working example.) I'd like to have a simple function: |
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Button, when pressed, it processed the text obtained from a text field and does two thing: shows it on screen and saves it to a file (append to text file or SQLite, whatever is easier). How can I do that? [[User:Comploose|Comploose]] ([[User talk:Comploose|talk]]) 17:27, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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: I don't know enough Django to do it justice, but I can give a trivial example in [http://bottlepy.org Bottle], which should at least give you the conceptual idea of what to do. |
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<source lang="python"> |
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#!/usr/bin/python |
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import os.path |
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from bottle import get, post, request, run, Bottle |
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NAMEFILE = 'names.txt' |
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app = Bottle() |
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def generate_page(msg=None): |
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if msg: |
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html = '<div style="color:red;">'+msg+'</div>' |
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else: |
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html = "" |
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if os.path.exists(NAMEFILE): |
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f = open(NAMEFILE,'r') |
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for name in f.readlines(): |
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html += name.strip() + '<br>' |
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f.close() |
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return html + '''<form method="POST" action="/"> |
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<input name="name" type="text"> |
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<input type="submit" value="add name"> |
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</form>''' |
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@app.route('/') |
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def page(): |
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return generate_page() |
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@app.post('/') |
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def page_submit(): |
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name = request.forms.get('name') |
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if len(name)>0: |
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if os.path.exists(NAMEFILE): |
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f = open(NAMEFILE,'a') |
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else: |
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f = open(NAMEFILE,'w') |
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f.write(name+'\n') |
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f.close() |
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return generate_page('added:'+name) |
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else: |
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return generate_page() |
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run(app, host='localhost', port=8080) |
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</source> |
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: That's pretty minimal, and ''not'' an example of good practice, but hopefully it's instructive nevertheless. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 19:43, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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:Ooooh. Thanks for the answer. I thought that could be done in kind of three lines of code, but no, I'll have to invest more time to get it. [[User:Comploose|Comploose]] ([[User talk:Comploose|talk]]) 22:23, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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== Has anyone got The Ur-Quan Masters to work? == |
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Has anyone ever got ''[[Star Control II#The Ur-Quan Masters|The Ur-Quan Masters]]'' to actually work on a Linux system? I installed the game on my fresh Fedora 17 system, eager to play it, because I played the original ''[[Star Control]]'' intensively on my old [[Amiga 500]], but the sequel never appeared on the Amiga. <code>uqm --version</code> reports I have version 0.7.0. When I start it, I get as far as the main menu, and when I select "New game", I get a screen saying "IGL - Interstellar Frungy League presents", after which the program crashes. Is there a working version available anywhere? [[User:JIP|<font color="#CC0000">J</font><font color="#00CC00">I</font><font color="#0000CC">P</font>]] | [[User talk:JIP|Talk]] 18:54, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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== Facebook question == |
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What is the max size of a file you can attach to a personal message on facebook? <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:KobiNew|KobiNew]] ([[User talk:KobiNew|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/KobiNew|contribs]]) 19:37, 27 August 2012 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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= August 28 = |
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== Options request by firefox. == |
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Currently this is giving me problems, when I try submit stuff, (From an usefull userscript for a page), these servers are 'silly' and can't reply correctly to an OPTIONS request, I don't have any control over the servers, but I really want to fix this problem... |
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Is there anyway.. to disable options request, or to enable Cross-Domain Ajax just for one domain in firefox? , or at least allow cross domain request globally? Thanks.. [[Special:Contributions/190.158.212.204|190.158.212.204]] ([[User talk:190.158.212.204|talk]]) 00:19, 28 August 2012 (UTC) |
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Also.. is there any way to add user quota in a page from google chrome? It can be user side fix. I'm getting QUOTA_EXCEEDED_ERR: DOM Exception 22. [[Special:Contributions/190.158.212.204|190.158.212.204]] ([[User talk:190.158.212.204|talk]]) 00:35, 28 August 2012 (UTC) |
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== Is a GPU Required in a Computer? == |
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When a computer displays a graphic on the screen, does it have to use a GPU? Can the CPU communicate directly with a monitor? I am aware some modern CPUs have GPU circuitry built in, but for the sake of simplicity, please assume I am referring to CPUs manufactured before 2010. If they always use the GPU, how much do they rely on it for simple tasks like composing e-mails and browsing web sites? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/50.95.200.141|50.95.200.141]] ([[User talk:50.95.200.141|talk]]) 05:16, 28 August 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:At the very least, you need a [[PHY (chip)|PHY]] that operates a standard display protocol - like VGA or HDMI. Usually, there's a little hardware to control the PHY, and a video [[frame buffer]]. Without that hardware, you can't get a signal to a monitor. One could ''call'' that hardware a GPU, but in modern terminology, a GPU also usually supports certain specific mathematical operations: [[Transform, clipping, and lighting|"T&L"]], often providing hardware support to a standard API like OpenGL. Those features are't ''required'' to put pixels on a screen; but this hardware is so commonplace that modern operating systems make use of it even during normal use, like displaying windows, editing text, and browsing the web. [[User:Nimur|Nimur]] ([[User talk:Nimur|talk]]) 05:32, 28 August 2012 (UTC) |
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Thanks for the reply. So, I assume, then, that disabling the GPU on most modern systems would render the monitor nonoperational, because the PHY chip and the framebuffer are build into the GPU? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/50.95.200.141|50.95.200.141]] ([[User talk:50.95.200.141|talk]]) 06:41, 28 August 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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<small>A computer can well do without graphics circuitry of its own, it can have, say, a [[RS-232|serial]] [[Computer terminal|terminal]] attached to it. Early computers worked this way which I think is responsible for the rise of editors like [[vi]], as you can't easily draw [[edit.com|windows, menus and stuff]] over a 300 baud line. [[User:Уга-уга12|Уга-уга12]] ([[User talk:Уга-уга12|talk]]) 11:49, 28 August 2012 (UTC) |
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</small> |
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== Play [[Ogg Theora]] and [[Ogg Vorbis|Vorbis]] files directly on iPad == |
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Is there any app or extension which can play [[OGG]] files directly (without conversion) on iPad <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Write English in Cyrillic|Write English in Cyrillic]] ([[User talk:Write English in Cyrillic|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Write English in Cyrillic|contribs]]) 06:03, 28 August 2012 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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[[User:Write English in Cyrillic|Write English in Cyrillic]] ([[User talk:Write English in Cyrillic|talk]]) 06:03, 28 August 2012 (UTC) |
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: You can use [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html VLC] on a [[iOS jailbreaking|jailbroken]] iPad, but it is [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-01/10/vlc-player-pulled no longer available] from the Apple App Store. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''ჷ'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 11:23, 28 August 2012 (UTC) |
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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)
- Possibly true, your system vendor might not have put any software on there to do that automatically. The general rule with computers is, you can make it do what you want, it's just a question of how much effort is involved in that. To do stuff automatically when hardware is (dis)connected, you have to set up something that subscribes to WMI events: Windows's thing for letting all interested parties know "hey some new device just showed up". Here's an answer for how to run a script when a device is connected: [1], if you really want to put in the effort. Alternatively if you just want something quicker and simpler but not automatic, you can install AutoHotkey (quite useful program) and set a shortcut key on the keyboard to disable/enable touchpad. --Slowking Man (talk) 19:11, 26 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)
- Asking for clarification: you did all the steps in the section "How do I troubleshoot sharing files and folders" on that page, on the new laptop? After doing those steps, you still don't "see" your desktop in File Explorer on laptop? (Restart the laptop just in case.) Slowking Man (talk) 04:24, 26 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)
- Check that all the computers are on the same network. See if all the IP addresses are different. See if the wifi has the network profile set to Private. See if file explorer shows it in Network, or \\newlaptopname . You may have to check file wall settings Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:29, 26 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)
- nmap -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 17:02, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
- nmap is just going to let you toss packets to the server and inspect the packets that server decides to send you back in reply. Which is great for networking analysis, but we want to speak application layer here and talk with the "streaming" software on the remote host. Does [2] help at all? (You will need curl if not already installed.) Do take note, the party which owns the server could always have configured it to restrict the information it will give out to the public. --Slowking Man (talk) 19:32, 26 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)
December 24
[edit]Is this bug in the google search ?
[edit]I searched for the keywords: "Israel Folau" "Margaret Court" "David Tyree", then Google shows me blank. Is this bug?HarryOrange (talk) 22:35, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
- If I do the same search, this question shows up (twice, due to how the refdesk is organized) plus a link to Stuff. So, it doesn't seem to be a bug. I tried the same format search with much more famous people and got hundreds of links. Matt Deres (talk) 13:20, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
- Remember that Google has numerous servers that can respond to your search, and they do not necessarily all behave the same. --142.112.149.206 (talk) 22:17, 27 December 2024 (UTC)