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September 6
RAZR V3m
I recently switched to Verizon Wireless as my provider, and I got a RAZR V3m phone with the contract. I want to upload some songs to my phone via my pc, but none of my USB cables fit in the phone. The manual says I can put songs on my phone if they are in the wma format, so I assume if I convert them to it I will be able to use them as ringtones and have them on my phone, right? But, the manual doesn't specify how to connect it to the computer. Does the phone come with something to connect it to the computer, or do I have to purchase it seperately? Is wma the correct format to put it on the phone? I am feeling rather dull right now. --71.98.26.114 02:56, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
1) If your phone didnt come with a cable you'll have to buy one seperatly. You'll need 'mini-usb' cable. That means that the one side (the side that fits into your phone)is tiny and the other side is regular sized usb. My suggestion is when you go buy the cable take your phone with you because as far as I know, there are two types of mini usb. You have to find out what kind your phone supports.
2) I have just a plain RAZR V3 and mine plays Mp3s. So assuming that you already have mp3s, youll have no need to convert them. — and actually, I've never tried playing a WMA on mine so I cant comment but if the manual says it will play WMA's then it will play WMA's.
Hope that helps.. 165.165.189.28 04:57, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
yellow stuff on word
I let someone edit my word doc and they sent it back with all their yellow changes. That's fine and all, but how do I get rid of the yello!? Jasbutal 03:55, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- Yellow journalism ? But seriously, use Tools + Revisions to set whether revisions are shown at all. You can also use Tools + Options + Revisions tab to change how revisions are shown. StuRat 04:07, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- In my version of Word, it's called Track Changes, not Revisions. To get rid of the yellow (which highlights the changes made), you can set Word to either accept the changes, i.e. you say you're happy with them, or you can just view the document with the changes made, but not marked up. To do both these, you first of all need to open the Reviewing toolbar, which you do by going View, Toolbars, Reviewing. Then use the pull-down menu on the left of this toolbar to select Final, which shows the changes without marking them up. To accept the changes, click the little down arrow to the right of the icon with a tick in it, and then click Accept All Changes. --Richardrj talk email 15:54, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- Fair enough, I didn't realize they had changed it in later versions. My comments were for Word for Windows 95 version 7.0a. StuRat 00:31, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- You have a pre-Office msword? O_o ebay it man --Froth 23:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- No, it's part of the Office suite. But no dancing paper clips ! StuRat 05:24, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
BLUETOOTH argg!!!
For two weeks I've been trying to find bluetooth drivers for my ACER Aspire 1652wlmi laptop.
I've looked on acers website and cant find them. Ive tried many driver sites and cant find them. I've even logged onto acers ftp and downloaded *all* bluetooth drivers on the ftp but doesnt help. I've lost the driver CD that came with the laptop.
Please if somebody could point me out to a website with the drivers or knows who the manufacturer is of the bluetooth device in the laptop. You can have my first born child.
Thanks. Jason
- Please explain why drivers from Acer's ftp (*all* bluetooth drivers) don't work? Errors when installing? Not compatible? Is the bluetooth device listed as missing a driver? Tried to install the 1650 series drivers? feydey 23:05, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- After a few quick searches, I would have to conclude; That model does not appear to have any built in BlueTooth hardware. It does have built-in 802.11b/g, however these wireless specs are not compatible. If you require BlueTooth capabilty, you may want to look into some of the many USB BlueTooth radios that are available. Srice13 01:23, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Apple's Boot Camp
If I have Boot Camp on a Mac, and install Windows XP, can I acces files like music, presentations etc that they are created when using MAC OS X? I mean, what does partitioning the Hard Disk Drive actually mean? Is it like having one disk to use only with OS X and another only to use with XP and it is impossible to view the one while using the other system?
Thanks, Alexignatiou 16:00, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
I dont realy know what im talking about and i never even used apple mac os thingy before but if its any help, if you meen disc as in CD, you can use windows versions discs eg: windows 98, nt, me ect on any other windows version. I dont know about installing a version of windows bit of the CD but when i put in the windows 98 CD in my comp with windows XP it comes up with the files and things. Also if your wanting to install a new windows onto your comp then im pretty sure that it compleatly erases your hard drive and all info you have! This might be wrong but if its right then just put all the stuff you want onto discs and usb storage thingys, includeing this boot camp thing, oh no ive just realised what it probably is! Oh well forget most of what i said and I would doubt this is of any help to you and i would advise you to read the stuff below as it is probably by a intelligent person who knows what they are talking about.
- Alexignatiou, partitioning is the process of splitting a physical hard drive into different sections, which most operating systems detect as different devices. If you use boot camp, XP will not be able to read data on your OS X partition because the file system format is not supported. I would recommend you create a FAT32 format partition to keep your music files and other stuff on, since both OS X and XP can read/write to it.
- That I know of, there are two commercial programs which allow you to open paritions with the HFS+ filesystem (the one OS X uses) in Windows. They're MacOpener and MacDrive. Linux has open source drivers to do it, but none seem to exist for Windows. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 02:40, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Games
Hi, Im just wondering if you can get any of the Zelda games on anything but ninetendo platformes, partically playstaion!. I know that as it is a ninetendo game and Sony, which do playstation, are a rival company but you can get the Age of Empires game which is created by Microsoft, who i suppose will be rivals with Sony, on PS2 so i was just wondering. Well if you can't is there a way, without purchaseing any expensive stuff, to get the game onto a disc and making a ps2 compatible disc to work on playstation and/or pc???
Thankyou...--William dady 18:48, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- it seems that the answer is no. Jon513 19:05, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- The only way to play Zelda games on anything other than a Nintendo console is by using an emulator and ROM images. An emulator is a program which lets you run games for a particular platform on another (usually PC, but these days there are emulators for PS2, Xbox, mobile phones, etc. A few PS2 emulators can be found here:[1]). A ROM image is the data from a game's cartridge contained in one file, required to play the game with an emulator, and is technically illegal unless you own the original game. I'm not sure what your chances of getting a Zelda game to work on a PS2 though, but it's possible with some work. There's very little chance of getting N64 games working on a PS2 (there's no emulator, for one thing), and absolutely no chance of getting Wii or Gamecube games working. But NES and SNES games might work. Sum0 19:14, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- Using a copy of Phantasy Star Online, a Nintendo broadband adapter, and a router, you can dump the data of a GameCube disc. A reasonably powerful computer should be able to emulate things from the GC, PS2, XBOX generation fairly well. For the PS3, XBOX360, and Wii, you can give up on emulation as it'll be several generations before those can be emulated. I can't point you to a emulator/ROM download site since I don't know one, and it's kind of illegal. For future reference though, Alcohol 120% can backup PS2 and XBOX discs. It's not free, so you have to either pay or warez it (can't tell you how to do that, User:Kjoonlee would kill me).--Frenchman113 on wheels! 21:56, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- Sadly, I don't have a link to the Phantasy Star Online exploit, but Google should be able to find it for you.--Frenchman113 on wheels! 21:58, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- As far as I know, you can't emulate GC/PS2/XBOX games "fairly well". As far as I've seen, the PS2 is probably the one with the most emulator progress, and it still doesn't work well. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 02:33, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- There was a Zelda for Phillips CD-i (read about it here), but it was very strange and not very popular. - Rainwarrior 02:20, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- The last working emulator generation was super nintendo, after that the custom GPUs and poor platform-specific hackjob programming made it too awkward --Froth 23:33, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- It is possible to emulate A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda and The Adventures of Link on PS2. There are no official Zelda releases for a Sony console, and it's very unlikely there ever will be. (Note that you can emulate both Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask on PC, and the latter also on Xbox).
September 7
Visual Basic Compiler
i'm looking for a freeware VB6 compiler for Windows. One that's decent and not from Microsoft. --Russoc4 00:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
I don't think one exists for VB6, but you can try SharpDevelop. Google it. --Abnerian 02:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- There's KBasic, which has an ad-supported version, runs on Windows, Mac OS-X and Linux, and claims to be source-compatible with VB6.
- I can think of several more, but none seem to be free, run on Windows, and not come from Microsoft. If you drop one of those requirements, I can add at least one more to the list. I can't comment on whether any are decent, since I don't program in VB6. SharpDevelop appears to be an IDE, not a compiler.-gadfium 06:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- VB is interpreted, not compiled. ColourBurst 16:37, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Problem with Firefox
Hi!
I've recently noticed a problem with my Firefox. For some reason, whenever I bring up the windows explorer dialog box to save a file or (and this is how I noticed it) upload a file, the files are unsorted. I can't see any kind of sort the files are ordered under. I would REALLY like to get it back to a standard alphabetically ordered system. In case you don't get what I'm trying to say, here's a screenshot. Thank you very much for any help --Fir0002 08:32, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- Click on the icon to the far right and choose detailed view, a view which lists the names of the columns. Click on the Names column. Switch back to small icons or simple view. YMMV. --Kjoonlee 09:13, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately it doesn't work. I've actually just had a look in Photoshop and some other apps, and it has the same problem so it seems it's a more widespread problem. Interestingly, MS Word isn't affected. --Fir0002 10:30, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Multiple Monitors
Hi again!
I've got another question, namely is there a free alternative to Ultramon? I want something that can easily disable the secondary monitor (without needing to got through display options) and send folders/applications to the secondary monitor. Thanks, --Fir0002 08:48, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Subversion
I discovered on Wikipedia something called Subversion the other day, and I would like to experiment a little bit with the software. What's a good front end GUI for it, suitable for running on Windows XP? And for that matter, Unix? --HappyCamper 12:42, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- Mabye you knew it already, but you don't really need a GUI. I never used one, command line works very fine for me. That said, I think there are GUIs out there, but I don't know much about them. In any case, SVN is a really neat thing! —Bromskloss 13:07, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- Nice to hear SVN is good. Command line works well for me, but I'm also working in a group where others are less adept at using the command line. I guess, they like all the visual stuff. --HappyCamper 16:23, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- Have you looked at Subversion – GUI front-ends/clients? —Bromskloss 22:04, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- Yup. I've installed maybe half of them, but I hope I don't have to install all of them to find which is the best. --HappyCamper 22:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- I've found TortoiseSVN to be a nice explorer integrated app for Windows. --Silvaran 22:02, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
audio drivers and directsound
I can't seem to get any audio out of my computer. I have the latest version of DirectX installed, but my computer does not have a dedicated sound card. From what I'm seeing in the encyclopedia a sound card is essential but a friend of mine that knows computers tells me that my computer should still have basic audio without a card. If this is true then I should only need drivers to get it working, but then I have no idea how to find out exactly what driver I need. If this isn't true then I suppose I just need a card. Just in case, in my Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices menu it says that I have no audio device, but I do have audio codecs, legacy audio drivers, media control devices, legacy video capture devices, and video codecs. So the question is, what do I need to do to get my audio going? -- Bigwitt
- Many modern motherboards do include a basic sound chip, however not all of them do. If yours does not, then you need a sound card. Without knowing the specifics of your computer, it's hard to be more precise. --LarryMac 13:45, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm guessing that if it did include a sound chip it would be working already. Crap. Thank you. -- Bigwitt
- If there are sound connectors on the back (mini-jack connections), particularly a green one, then your PC has a sound chip (whether it's on a card or, as Larry says, as a built in part of the chipset). If it doesn't, your PC will probably still have a little speaker (through which it beeps when the system starts up, long before windows or any drivers have loaded). In olden times (windows 98 et al) you could pick up the "pc speaker driver", which was an elementary sound driver that allowed general sound (not just beeps) to be played through that speaker. But that speaker is invariably the cheapest that it's possible to get (it's often just a piezoelectric transducer, someones soldered directly to the motherboard); so the sound quality was so bad it generally made Edith Piaf sound like a bad-tempered Dalek. From what I can tell they no longer make a driver for this for XP, but it's no great loss. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 16:39, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- There's a reason playing sound (other than simple beeps or pure tones) via the PC speaker is not usually done, and it's not the horrible quality. The PC speaker hardware can be used in two ways: either via the PIT, which generates a square wave with a specified frequency (used for "pure" tones), or via a single bit output, which can be used only by bit banging. The only way to play an arbitrary waveform on the PC speaker is the second one, which consumes a lot of CPU, usually requires a high-frequency timer, and glitches if something else is using up its timeslice — all that for a very low quality sound. It's much easier to just require the user to buy a cheap sound card. --cesarb 16:58, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- Hmm, that's fascinating - you should add it (the bit-banging part in particular) into PC speaker (which mentions the modulation, but rather skirts the issue of there being no hardware to make timing the modulation a pleasant experience). Horrible thought of the day: with a decent DAC card and a fast CPU, I wonder if you could do bit banged video now. Yuck :) -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 17:15, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- It's all already there, except about the PIT (which I just added), and in more detail than I gave above. It doesn't mention bit-banging by that name, but other than that it says the same thing. --cesarb 17:49, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- im just a little bit confused... if you dont know if you have an audio card or not, just what have you plugged your speakers into? Modesty84 18:02, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
monitoring software
hey. I am the administrator of my network at home. i have a feeling some people on my network are doing the "wrong thing" on the internet. I was wondering if anyone knows any free, easy to use software that i can use to monitor there screens from my computer. Also they cannot know i am monitoring them thanks for your help
- You might want to try an implementation of VNC. I'm not certain about how "stealthy" it can be however. --LarryMac 13:43, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- At least with RealVNC the little white VNC icon at the bottom changes to black when someone is connected via VNC. I don't think there's a property to disable that feature, to make it hard to use as a spy tool. Original poster: beware that in some jurisdictions, particularly in Europe, observing someone's work in this manner without their knowledge can be illegal (even if you own the computer and employ the person). -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 16:45, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- install a keylogger and theny ou can see everythign they type Modesty84 17:58, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Weird unix file permissions
Some files on my linux box show up with file permission lines (in ls -al) that look like this:
-rwxrwx---+ 1 dave admin 12345 etc...
What does that plus symbol mean? Moreover how does one manipulate it - it's not something I've set or unset with chmod. Middenface 16:16, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- It means an access control list is set for that file. Use getfacl and setfacl to manipulate the list. If you didn't set one (you'd remember) then either some program is doing it, or maybe the file was touched by Samba, which tries to map NTFS's byzantine permissions scheme onto unix using ACLs if they're available. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 16:42, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) The plus sign means the file has a POSIX ACL. Use
getfaclto see it orsetfaclto modify it. --cesarb 16:45, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
September 8
AOL IM
A couple of quick questions about AOL Instant Messenger, google did not return the answers I was searching for, and of course aol's faqs didn't help. I'm using Trillian over the Aim protocol. 1. Is there a way to know who's buddy list your account is on? 2. If you remove a person from your buddy list, is there a way for that person to know? 3. If you are on somebody's buddy list, but they are not on your's, can they still know your status (i.e. 'brb', 'offline', etc)? Thanks in advance. 70.16.141.217 02:22, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- 1. no
2. not usually, but if someone has an away message up, and you message them, they by default will ahve a "blah has sent you a message. display it?" dialogue, and not send their away message back to you. so you would know you are not on someones buddly list if you message them and dont get their away message. but if you disable that dialogue (its not even there in trillian i dont think) theres no way. short answer: no 3. yes Modesty84 02:56, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- 1. No 2. No 3. Depends on your settings. You have the option of either allowing those not on your buddy list to see your away messages and profile, or only allowing those on your buddy list to see such things. Do you know how to change the settings on AIM? —EdGl 18:22, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Ook
I hope this is the right forum for this question; if it's not, I'm sorry, and would appreciate a pointer to the right place!
At the end of March this year there was a Vote for Deletion for the article on the Ook programming language. I voted to keep, and the decision, I thought, was "no consensus to delete, so keep". Stupidly, I thought that was the end of it, so I didn't keep watching the page. Now I need the article and it's gone. Has there been another VfD while I wasn't paying attention? Any information on what's going on would be much appreciated. Thank you. WMMartin 06:19, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- Looking at the deletion log there was this AfD. Ook! was one of the four or five of those languages I'd had heard of... Weregerbil 07:57, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Yes there were a large number of AFDs on esoteric programming languages recently, one of which was on Ook! Personally I don't think it should have been deleted, and will probably take it to Deletion review. Meanwhile I posted the content of the article at User:The wub/Ook! for you to look at if you need it. the wub "?!" 11:38, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
VNCviewer
Hi, I use real VNC to monitor computers on my local network. Its only problem is it makes it obvious to the person that am monitoring that i am monitoring them......is there any way i can make it annonymus...... example.. get rid of it from the all programs section and in the taskbar... and make it run a server whenever they log on etc...
If not does anyone know of a better software i can use that doesent require me to install anything on the computer i am monitoring???????
Thankyou
- It would probably be possible, if not in the program than with an external app, to hide the software. To remove it from all programs, just delete it. There's probably an option in the program to disable to tray icon. To frustrate tech-savvy users, run it as a service with firedaemon so it doesn't show up in processes (you can set services to start on startup). And no it's not possible to monitor an external computer without installing something on it ... you can monitor its network traffic (which can tell you a lot about whats running) if you control the network server but as for direct client "spying" you'll have to find an unpatched hole somewhere in windows.. it's been done --Froth 22:42, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
origional poster: what program can i use to monitor network traffic??
Downloading Music
Ok - bottom line...is it legal to download mp3s from sites such as Ares or Kaza? Am I breaking any laws? If so which ones? Is it legal (or different) in Canada vs the U.S.? I had heard that the U.S. had such laws on record and that Canada did not. I am being transferred to Colorado for 2-3 years and would like to understand the ramifications (if any) of such a practice.
- seriously dude..... even if it is illigal WHO CARES
- Why worry? If you like a band, don't buy the CD. Just steal the music. That's what keeps them in the studio writing more music. --Kainaw (talk) 14:43, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- Yes it's technically illegal. No you won't ever get caught- especially if you're not uploading like 500GB a day or something --Froth 22:48, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- Most songs on Ares or Kazza (although I highly recommend using neither, because of malware), are there illegally. Copyright laws are in place so as to encourage artists to create. Immoral? Possibly. — [Mac Davis] (talk) (Desk|Help me improve)
- It's illegal, but "everyone does it." --Proficient 04:26, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Mac davis, what do you reccomend using then?... limewire... torrents?
a product like wikipedia
Does anyone know if there are software products like wikipedia that you can put information on line and then search for key topics? Thank you. egd
- Are you talking about software encyclopedias like Microsoft Encarta or are you talking about knowledge bases? Or maybe you're talking about wikis? ColourBurst 20:09, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- Click on the "Powered by WikiMedia" icon at the bottom of the page. WikiMedia is free. You can make your own Wiki. Personally, I wrote my own webpad to store information online. --Kainaw (talk) 20:23, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Reducing PCI-E video card shared mem usage to nothing
I have an Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard with a PCI-E Sapphire ATI Radeon X300SE with 64MB onboard VRAM. On the video card's box it says "256MB HyperMemory", which means it grabs it from system memory. This is a server machine, so I'd like to have that memory back. I run Ubuntu Dapper (Server) 6.06 and the reported memory in Linux is about 256MB less than it should be (I have 4G of RAM). Even the BIOS reports two numbers for RAM, 4G installed, and 3.8G (or so) "available". Is there any way I can reclaim this memory through jumpers/BIOS settings/software (without taking out the video card, just in case), since this is going to be a mostly headless machine? --Silvaran 21:28, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- You're probably going to have to go through your card drivers - I think windows integrates this seamlessly for some vendors, but ubuntu won't. I've never had an shared memory graphics card. It could be messy - just unplug the card and leave it in the box "just in case". I think you can also configure it through the BIOS, especially if it's an on-mobo card (which yours isn't but you never know). Could save you a few cents in power too --Froth 22:51, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- OK I'll give it a shot. I'm not a hardware guy. Software I can do. :) I'll take the video card out and boot. Thanks for the tip. --Silvaran 23:47, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
This is rather strange. I took the video card out completely, but the amount of RAM hasn't changed:
MemTotal: 3866852 kB
Any ideas? --Silvaran 17:16, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- AW: A BIOS update did the trick (0202 to 0307). All 4 gigs are now available. Of course, it broke the APIC under Linux (noapic) and generally caused other frustrations, but everything's running fine now. Had nothing to do with the video card. --Silvaran 21:56, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Compressing a filesystem?
I've heard bad things about compressed filesystems back in the days of DOS and Windows 3.1 (DriveSpace and that sort of thing), but are they really that bad nowadays? I would like to compress my file system (or portions of it) to give myself more space. --Zemylat 21:45, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- Disk space is so cheap these days that compressing seems like a questionable choice to me, since additional CPU time is incurred during both compression and decompression. StuRat 21:48, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- Don't use some $20 shareware solution.. if you do go for compression (and you're on windows) just play it safe and use ntfs compression (right click a folder > properties > advanced > Compress contents to save disk space) --Froth 22:55, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- StuRat is right, compression is outdated nowadays with the advent of cheap hard drive storage. The danger is an increased risk of loss of data in cases of corruption. ColourBurst 00:49, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- There are places in the world where a new HD represents a week's honest work, so there is still plenty place for "old" machines and small HDs. Zemyla, the old rules for "safe" compression are as follows: 1. Don't compress the boot drive. 2. Compress data, not programs. 3. Backup. 4. Check / maintain HD function regularly. 5. Expect a mild reduction in data read and write, i.e. it won't affect internet or while you are working in Open Office. If you have only the one HD, then using file compression as opposed to disk compression is the way to go. The "badness" of compression was, afaik, never confirmed by reliable statistics, so we may be talking urban legendary "everyone knows" here. There are file compression utilities that are transparent, or integrate with your OS shell, and these may the most convenient to use. Think of it this way: if file compression is that bad, why is the internet in the time of broadband still so ZIPpy? I cannot give 1st hand advice on easy programs, but friends have reported good results with 7-zip and Quickzip - there are probably other usable freeware programs that you can find. --Seejyb 14:14, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- The reason for the badness of disk compression is the cascade effect it has on errors. A single bit flip in a uncompressed file will affect only that single bit; a single bit flip in a compressed file can make the rest of the file (or sometimes the whole file) unreadable (or, in case of disk compression, several files, depending on how it is implemented. And recall that DOS had no memory protection; a bug on any program you were running could corrupt the in-memory structures of the disk compression code, leading to loss of the whole compressed volume. --cesarb 15:04, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Chemical, Molecular, and DNA Computers
Are chemical computers and molecular computers the same thing? If not, then what's the difference between them? Are all molecular computers DNA computers? If not, then apart from DNA computers, what other types of molecular computers are there (or will there be)?
(I've read the articles on them but I still don't understand.)
September 9
what is the biggest country in the western hemisphere
what country has the largest area of land in the western hemisphere?
- Depends on what "western hemisphere" means (west has no meaning in the context of a sphere rotating on its north/south axis.) If you mean the Western world as in the geopolitical sense of the term, it also has several meanings. What do you mean, and why does this question sound like homework? For that matter, what is this question doing in the computing section? ColourBurst 00:47, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- By western hemisphere I think you are talking about the countries west of the prime meridian. The biggest country would be Canada.--Taida 01:27, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- ColourBurst, "western hemisphere" means what Taida said. Always. And this is clearly a computer problem. — [Mac Davis] (talk) (Desk|Help me improve)
- why did you ven ask this under computers/i.t
- how else do you add up all the number?! you may want to see List of countries and outlying territories by total area. Jon513 12:18, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
"Net" Commands
Does anyone know the windows dos command to list all the computers on a network with their ip addresses? I remember doing it once before, but have no idea how I did it. Thanks --Russoc4 02:39, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- netstat — [Mac Davis] (talk) (Desk|Help me improve)
- There are different answers:
- Impossible. Secure computers will not advertise themselves to your computer.
- Ping a suitable address range or do port scanning. Again, secure computers will refuse to answer, and scanning may give your a visit from your "friendly" network administrator.
- Packet sniffing. Only detects hosts that send or receive packets to your network segment.
- "netstat -an". Shows computers that have (or recently had) open ports to your computer.
- "arp -a". Same as above except different.
- "net view" (or something like that). Lists Windows Workgroup hosts. Google for windows net command for help. I'm guessing this is what you mean.
- There are probably lots of other ways. But there is no complete "list all computers near me" command. And that's good for security reasons. Weregerbil 09:19, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- Nmap is a popular and capable scanning tool, which has lots of great (and entirely legitimate) uses - checking if machines are on, if they have unexpected IP ports open, if someone has intruduced an unauthorised device into your network, or figuring out the address of that weird old device you found in the cupboard and plugged in). Of course it has plenty of illegitimate uses too ("It's a poor atom blaster that doesn't point both ways"), and as Mac notes above, if you run it on a network without the network admin's permission (being what Cheswick & Bellovin call a "volunteer system administrator") you're liable to run into problems that vary between getting yelled at and doing some jailtime. Middenface 10:19, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'm on a university network. My friend has already gotten a temporary ban from the network for port scanning computers and I got one from using bittorrent. I've also gotten 5 bandwidth usage warnings, and signle-handedly crashed the student webpage server. With that said, is Wireshark sufficient enough to find who's online, yet non-intrusive? It's kinda hard to use.--Russoc4 13:50, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- Wireshark might help - it depends what you want to do. These days pretty much every ethernet network is a star-wired cat5 (or better) topology - gone are the days when it was a loop of co-ax with crufty BNC connectors. The etherswitch will be set up so that ordinary ethernet packets are only sent on the particular wire that the station is on (the switch remembers). But some traffic is broadcast, which means it'll go to everyone. Machines without static IPs send requests (now DHCP, formerly BOOTP, and before that RARP) hoping there's someone around with a server that can assign them an address. In the case of windows machines (or at least windows servers) there's more broadcast traffic - servers (that's anything that provides a networked volume or shared printer) broadcast ("advertise") that service. I don't remember if windows clients also advertise. Other protocols (UPnP, JINI, JXTA) also do broadcast or multicast discovery. And of course you'll see all the other little monsters who're also running port scans and "network cartography". So turning on Wireshark won't see general traffic going from one machine to another (you can't see what other people are websurfing, or read their emails) but you'll see the broadcast traffic. If you're just trying to figure out what's turned on or off, that might be enough. But beware - Wireshark will put your ethernet adapter into promiscuous mode (unless you tell it not to), and this can (subtly) be detected - see http://www.oxid.it/ca_um/topics/promiscuous-mode_scanner.htm and http://www.securityfriday.com/promiscuous_detection_01.pdf. I've heard that some Cisco switches have support for this kind of checking (but I honestly don't know if that's true). Middenface 14:26, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- You can also try arpwatch, which will, given enough time, build a database of all the active IP addresses on your network, even if it's switched. --cesarb 14:45, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'm on a university network. My friend has already gotten a temporary ban from the network for port scanning computers and I got one from using bittorrent. I've also gotten 5 bandwidth usage warnings, and signle-handedly crashed the student webpage server. With that said, is Wireshark sufficient enough to find who's online, yet non-intrusive? It's kinda hard to use.--Russoc4 13:50, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Changing Start......
Hii..
There is way to change the Start on the taskbar. By changing Start I mean the text on the Start button so that it displays my name or something else. Anyone know how to do it? And also is there a way to display text at the spot where the clock usually is in the taskbar? Thanks a lot. Jayant,17 Years, India • contribs 05:54, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- Sounds like you really should try the freely downloadable TClock Light software, which includes the ability to change the Start button text and alter the clock display. For the button text alone, on Windows XP you can use these instructions, and on other systems these may work. However, the manual adjustments are for experts only; you can seriously damage your system if you make a mistake. See also the "Start menu" article. --KSmrqT 07:09, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for that. BTW, I have Windows Xp. Thanks again. Jayant,17 Years, India • contribs 07:18, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- TechTV did a spot on this a couple years back - I changed the text on my mother's laptop to say "stan". She still hasn't noticed.. it looks almost identical to what it did before, except for the very top of the t is missing (because it's not a t :p) --Froth 17:10, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Joomla
Would it be possible to use Joomla on a Freewebs webpage?
If so, any help would be appreciated.68.39.175.57 16:08, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
You will not be able to run Joomla on a freewebs page...However you may like to try other free web hosters that support PHP4..such as Awardspace. i have done this before and can help you if you need. Ronaldh 13:29, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Mac
My MacBook is to come in in the next week or so. I've been using Windows all my life, so everythin i've ever done on a computer is Windows/Microsoft based (except iTunes and Quicktime). How can I get all my stuff I have saved on my Dell Optiplex on to my new Mac (not ALL the stuff, but important document, etc.). I have a 1G flash disk, but this seems like it may take a long time to treansfer everything, and I don't know how I would even be able to open them on a Mac since it's Microsoft Word, etc. documents. If I got Microsoft Office for Mac, would I be able to open my old Word documents? Thanks for any suggestions. On a somewaht seperate note: I have been using Firefox on my PC for some time now. My question is, should I use Firefox on my new Mac or just use Safari. schyler 17:19, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- I don't know for sure about opening things, though I'd assume Office for Mac should open "Office for Windows" files, it would seem to pointless to create two copies of Office which are unable to communicate. As for transfering files the best way would be to do it over a network. If you don't have your Dell connected to a LAN or WLAN, then the cheapest option is to use a Ethernet crossover cable. I recently did this with a new computer and paid only about £5 for the cable and got a fast transfer rate. --Kiltman67 19:28, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Well you never know with Microsoft products if one will work with the other. We do have a network in my home, but how can I transfer it? schyler 19:36, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- It depends on the version of Windows but on XP (Since that's what I have in front of me) it's probably easiest to move everything you want to transfer into the Shared Documents folder. Unfotunately I don't have enough experience with the Mac OS to tell you how to access the Shared Documents folder so someone else will need to finish the instructions. --Kiltman67 20:57, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- Moving your stuff - You haven't said how much stuff you want to move, but it is obviously more than 1 gigabyte (haha), so I recommend borrowing a friend's external harddrive and copying all your files onto there, then copying them from the external harddrive to your new MacBook. I don't think I could figure out how to do the Ethernet cross-over.
- Switching over: To open your word documents, you can either use Office, Pages (from iWork) ($40 if you don't "steal" it), or OpenOffice (free).
- Firefox/Safari: Personally, when I got Firefox, I thought it was the best thing in the world. Nothing could beat it. I tried Safari—wow, it was better. Safari does not have the near-total custumizability, although, it is twice as fast as Internet Explorer in HTML rendering, supports tabbed browsing, RSS feed browsing are completely and seamlessly integrated, and there are plenty of extensions to get. My favorite are AcidSearch and Safari Stand—invalueable. Be back later with more. Congratulations on the new lapotop! I'm getting a new iMac before Christmas. :D— [Mac Davis] (talk) (Desk|Help me improve)
Thank you. Wow, Open Office is amazing. I never knew that existed. So Safari it is. No biggie there. Again, thank you for your help. schyler 21:38, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- For compatability, I suggest a few plugins. Flip4Mac, PDF Plugin (On my computer integrated Adobe viewer didn't work), Word Plugin, AcidSearch, and Safari Stand. Download whatever it is that you need at [2]. — [Mac Davis] (talk) (Desk|Help me improve)
- seriously dude bad choice with the mac..... the only thing i like about them is the handle on some of the desktop screens........so i can use it as a BOAT ANCRE!!!!!!
- Show, don't say, is one of Wikipedia's guidelines. Macs haven't come with handles for 7 years. — [Mac Davis] (talk) (Desk|Help me improve)
Windows XP Automatic Login
I have Windows XP, and I want to skip the welcome screen and automatically log in to my username. I searched online for how to do this, and I clicked Start, Run..., and then typed "control userpasswords2", clicked OK, and unchecked the box that says "Users must enter a username and password...". However, next time I turned on the computer, it tried to log me in, but a dialog box came up sayting "The system could not log you on. Make sure your username and ___domain are correct. then type your password again...". When I clicked OK, then it logged me on. I didn't have to click my username, but if I have to click OK every time, then that defeats the purpose; it's the same as having to click my username. So, I reverted (wikipedia pun intended) back to my original settings. What can I do (besides deleting the other accounts on my computer) that will allow me to automatically log in? —EdGl 18:16, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
I take it you read this page. If you didn't read all of it, it says at the bottom "You will be requested for the username and password of the account you wish to automatically logon as for following reboots of your system." schyler 19:02, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- I did that before, but I did it again just to make sure, with the same result. My guess is that the password was set up with my username. This is possible, since I did not set up my own account. If my hunch is correct, is there a way to find out what my password is? —EdGl 19:55, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
ImageMagick C code
Could someone explain what the #define region in this code is doing? What's with the slashes? Why not make it a seperate function? I understand everything else though. BrokenSegue 18:32, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
- The slashes escape the newlines that follow them - only by using slashes in this manner can one define a multiline macro. I guess they use a #define so the code is inlined because they want address or __LINE__ information reported to be for the ___location that refers to the macro - otherwise you'd get exceptions that appear to come from a function called "exception", which wouldn't be very helpful. Middenface 18:37, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
September 10
Screen recording
What *free* program can I use to make a video recording of my screen? Preferably one that I can select parts of the screen, and one that outputs standard formats such as mpg, mov, avi, or wmv. — [Mac Davis] (talk) (Desk|Help me improve)
- CamStudio might meet your needs. 1001001 04:20, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- try using fraps
Making stop-action digital movies
This is related to the previous question...
If I have a series of still digital images, what free (or at least cheap) software can I use to make them into a movie ? These could be computer generated images, stop-action photography, etc. I might eventually like to add an audio track, but that wouldn't be the first step. It would also be nice if there was a way to morph between consecutive images, to add more frames and make a less jumpy movie. It would also be nice if it could accept all images in a directory, in alphabetical order, and make them into a movie, as opposed to me having to individually specify the name and order of each pic (there could be thousands, so this could be very time consuming). StuRat 05:13, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- There's a good rundown of stop-motion animation software here. --Canley 03:37, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, but can anyone give me a specific recommendation ? Also, that site seems to focus mainly on hardware, while I only need software to combine existing still pics. StuRat 05:37, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- If you were looking for software to make animated .gifs, unfreez may be of interest to you. If not, I recommend trying to use Virtual Dub or some other video editing program. - Ridge Racer 19:19, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, those look good ! StuRat 05:12, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Linux
Why has Linux become so successful compared to other Unix OS's? --Russoc4 04:47, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Because of the Benevolent Dictator for Life... 1001001 05:06, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- when did linux become successful? 12:10, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Compared to the other flavors of Unix, Linux is FAR more prevalent. See Linux adoption for more details. 1001001 17:21, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- I said successful compared to other Unix's, Mr. Noname. Thanks for not answering my question ref desk, assuming you really want me to look for "liunx adoption". Otherwise, I'll assume you meant "Linux adoption" and thank you for the link. ;) --Russoc4 18:41, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- A few of the obvious main reasons are that Linux is open source, (generally) free, and is frequently updated (especially when you consider all of the different distrobutions as a whole). freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ 02:41, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Getting started on Linux
I have an old computer that I've successfully installed Slackware Linux onto. What I've run into now is my biggest question, Now what? I'd like to learn how to use it and such but I've never run anything that was a command line interface and I'm rather lost as to where to start actually learning anything. Any ideas? I have the book that Slackware puts out and I have the horse head book (Linux in a Nutshell) and Learning the bash shell from O'Reilly. I just really kind of need a big arrow that points at a page and says "Start here!" I don't mind being over my head as long as I know where I'm going... ya know? Dismas|(talk) 09:32, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Well, you could start with a game or two of nethack :) --Robert Merkel 02:56, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- It's really weird that you would suggest that since I was just reading that very article while you posted the above comment. I wasn't going through computer related articles intentionally either. I went from kraken > kraken in popular culture > nethack > Klein bottle > then to check my watchlist where I saw you had responded to my question.Dismas|(talk) 03:09, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- My recommendation: start by Googling (for instance, "Linux for beginners" or "Getting started Linux"). A quick 30-second browse showed me a number of articles that should help you get started. And always feel free to post more specific questions here or at one of the countless Linux help forums around the 'net... Good luck, and may the penguin be with you! :) — QuantumEleven 08:44, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
graphics card sharing system ramm
I have a Nvidia Geforce Go 7300 with 512mb videoram
I want to know if any of this is being shared off the system ram... and if so how much... is thre a way to do this??
many thanks
pulo 10:13, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not completely sure, but I'd be willing to wager that your card will use its videoRAM before using the system mrmory. Usually the issue is with integrated graphics controllers, which ALWAYS use system memory. Wooty 02:15, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Correct - unless your video card is in a laptop and specifies that it uses shared memory, it will use its own separate memory (the 512 MB). Once it runs out, it won't use system memory, it simply won't render any more - as far as I know, there is no way for a video card to use system memory once its own memory is full. Hope this helps! — QuantumEleven 08:37, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
origional poster: sory to confuse you but i used incorect termonaligy in my first post It is in a laptop... Toshiba Satellite p100.. what im asking is.... it says it has 512mb graphics ram... in for example system information:
Name NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_01D7&SUBSYS_FF311179&REV_A1\4&31B7BFB9&0&0008 Adapter Type GeForce Go 7300, NVIDIA compatible Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 Adapter RAM 512.00 MB (536,870,912 bytes) Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll Driver Version 6.14.10.8320 INF File oem15.inf (nv4 section)
how can i find out if the 512mb spevefied her is shated or videorampulo 10:52, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Hey...:p A quick look on the nVidia website shows that it does not produce 512MB GeForce Go 7300s...So I guess not. Another way to check is to look at the nVidia drivers and control centre to see if it is using "Turbocache" a nVidia term used to describe when the GPU utilises the system RAM. Ronaldh 13:27, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
shattered screen
stupid question i know buttt....... does anyone know of a link where i can get a realistic picture of a shattered screen that when looked at...it looks like my screen is shattered/broken thanks
- Hmmm, didn't have much luck finding any high-quality shots (most of them, of course, are low-res digicam pics). Would you settle for a BSOD? freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ 02:38, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- [3] is that what you mean? [4] is a wallpaper that gives you the effect. ~ct.e 23:01, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
![[3]](http://www.squakmt.com/Cracked.Screen.jpg){kind=link}
![[4]](http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E1863918477/Media/CrackedScreen1440x900.jpg){kind=link}
HalfLife2 not working with bootcamp
Hello!
I have just bought a macmini (1.66 Intel Core Duo, 512 RAM) and i have installed a bootcamped WindowsXP on it.
I've installed a few games in the windows partition which work fine (Halo, EveOnline) but for some reason HalfLife2 deathmatch isn't working.
It starts, plays the valve intro fine and gets to the loading screen. As soon as the actual menu options load however the screen goes black. If i move the mouse to where the menu would be i can still hear the rollover sound effects, and clicking one of these menu options makes the 'option selected' clicking noise, so i assume they are there, i just can't see them.
So does anybody have any idea as to why everything works fine up until the point the menu is loaded?
- This sounds like a DirectX problem, try running dxdiag.exe (Start-> Run). In addition, you may want to check to see if your hardware has the correct drivers. This is *not* a problem with bootcamp, as bootcamp is merely an automated Windows installer.--Frenchman113 on wheels! 15:18, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Wow, nice computer man! Are you going to get Halo 2 when it comes out on Vista? — [Mac Davis] (talk) (Desk|Help me improve)
- If HL2 isn't working on your computer, it's probably not your fault, or your computer's fault. Steam was made with many bugs and glitches, and a study among gamers (Done by G4) once said that Half Life 2 and Steam actually run on less than 70% of computers for no apparent reason. ~ Porphyric Hemophiliac § 20:36, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Fuel cell batterys
Ive heard rumors about laptops having a fuel cell battery... lasting 23 days before refuling.... is this true or just a rumore???????pulo 11:17, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
- Sounds like something that is false at current. Keep in mind that is over 550 hours of run time. — [Mac Davis] (talk) (Desk|Help me improve)
- Depends on how big the fuel cell's fuel supply is. Even assuming the most efficient fuel, pure hydrogen, in the fuel cell, you'd probably need at least 600 grams of it to run a laptop for that long, and a hydrogen tank that holds that much would be too bulky and heavy to be practical.
- The only thing that would come close to the kind of performance you're seeking is some kind of nuclear battery, but I wouldn't count on seeing those in a civilian notebook computer any time soon. --Robert Merkel 05:56, 11 September 2006 (UT
Origional poster: if they ever did come out with fule cell batterys how long would they last for? pulo 10:50, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- It obviously depends on how big the tank is. A chemist could do you a much more precise calculation, but as I understand it the theoretical energy available from the fuel cell reaction is basically the same as if you burned the material (the initial materials and the end product are the same). It's then a question of how much energy is in the specific fuel in question, and how efficiently the fuel cell converts the available energy into electricity. Judging by our fuel cell article, a typical fuel cell might get roughly 50% efficiency. The energy available from hydrogen is listed in heat of combustion. So, from that, you can figure out how much energy you can get out of a quantity of hydrogen - the unit used is joules.
- Then, you need to figure out how much energy you need to run a laptop for the desired length of time. A bit of googling turned up these numbers for laptop power usage. Watts, the power consumption figure, is actually joules per second. So, if you play around with the numbers, you can figure out how much hydrogen you need to run a laptop for the specified period of time.
- One other point of interest is comparing the energy density of batteries with that of hydrogen fuel. Lithium ion batteries have an energy density (by mass) roughly 200 times less than hydrogen. What keeps batteries in the game is that a fuel cell needs a bulky tank to hold the hydrogen, and the mass of the fuel cell itself.
- In terms of practical fuel cell designs for laptops , thus far the mass of equipment needed for the fuel cell and the tank has been so bulky as to be as big as battery that could run a laptop for a very long time. here's an example of what the manufacturers are working on. --Robert Merkel
Optimal Settings for YouTube videos?
What would be the optimal settings for a video being uploaded to YouTube? I recently uploaded a video in H.264 format at 448 x 336 and it looked very nice. To be quite frank though, it looks like (expletive) on YouTube. Can someone give me some recommendations for settings that will maintain a decent picture after being uploaded to YouTube?
Thanks!
- Good question, I am going to be uploading videos on YouTube (H.264 or mov), and I want to know how! — [Mac Davis] (talk) (Desk|Help me improve)
September 11
Visual Basic 6, INet control, and firewalls
Hi,
I have created a program on Visual Basic 6 that uses an INet control, both to load the source code from webpages, and to upload pages to a server. Although the program works fine with all firewalls disabled, a number of firewalls (including the Windows Firewall) block key functions of the program, but only partially. For example, Norton stops the control loading all of the source code, cutting it off part way through, and a number of firewalls stop the INet control making uploads to the server, in one case allowing the program to delete the file it was supposed to be overwriting, but then not allowing it to replace the file with the new one. While the program works with all firewalls disabled, this is obviously not a very workable solution. I have tried adding the program to the allow lists of the firewalls etc., but this does not solve the problem. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks. TomPhil 00:07, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
African Adventure
Can you install the African Adventure and the Endangered Species expansion packs for Zoo Tycoon 2 and get the features of both? 71.30.197.252 00:41, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Computer Freeze
I have a modem attached to my computer, and I use dail-up internet. Therefore, my telephones and my computer are connected to the same telephone line that goes through my house. The problem is, that, whenever someone calls, and the computer is turned on (but not connected to the internet) the computer freezes. It immediatly freezes when someone calls. What am I to do to solve this problem? My modem is a ESS ES56H-PI Data Fax Modem.--Codell [ Talk ▪ Contrib. ] 01:41, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
You probably have the "Wake up on Modem" settings enabled on your BIOS, or modem driver. This can sometimes cause this problem. To access the BIOS and check, you will need to hit a key just when you turn on your computer (when it POSTS)...this key is usually the Delete, F1, F12 or Esc key. Once in the BIOS, look for the "Wake up on Modem" setting and diable it...also disable "Wake up on LAN" if you are not using that as well. If the problem lays in the driver and you are using Windows, go to Device Manager (Press Win-key + Pause/Break; then click on the Hardware tab) and find your modem, and look at the propeties of it. It may have additional configuration options, you will need to find the right one. Ronaldh 13:19, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Internal Speaker
Is there any way that I can set my internal PC speaker to be my default computer speaker for anything? By internal PC speaker, I mean that speaker that clicks and beeps while the computer is starting up.--Codell [ Talk ▪ Contrib. ] 02:54, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- I can remember some utilities back in the MS-DOS days that could handle playing a bunch of standard formats (like .WAV and possibly .midi) through the PC speaker (one of the utilities had a name something like WEPLANE, meaning WE PLAy NEthing) though I've never heard of such a utility for newer Windows systems. freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ 03:29, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Some on-board sound chips use the PC speaker when no external speakers are connected (e.g. the Fujitsu Siemens computers at my workplace and my Sun Ultra 5). I remember my good old Pro AudioSpectrum 16 could also do that (you had to connect the PC speaker to the card), but I doubt any modern sound cards can. —da Pete (ばか) 08:19, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- I think it would much to do with the motherboard as well as the soundcard, and using the PC speaker as an alternative sound output is a feature not typical to modern components - you'll have your work cut out for little gain here I'm afraid. 62.232.224.36 09:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Here's your answer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q138857/
- It's even still supported by Microsoft! freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ 10:16, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
how to develope a non english site
Hi, I would like to develop a web site in Hindi [Indian language]. i would like to use dynamic fonts. so that the visitor are not bothered to download and install the fonts. any help will be appreciated. reply to - (read the notice above about not including your email address!)
- You have to assume, at the very least, that people browsing your website have Hindi support installed on their computer. There should be one or more Hindi fonts that are considered "standard" with Hindi versions of Windows, and if there is a handful, you can basically switch between all of them without worrying about incorrectly displaying text on most browsers. Someone else will have to help you if you must include less popular or non-standard Hindi fonts on your page; it is possible to display them "dynamically", but it's a rather involved proccess. freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ 10:22, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Simple OOT stuff
I've never been that good at programming in good object oriented form, and I've got a very simple question for someone who's more used to organizing class inheritances than I am (basically not at all).
I'll use Tetris as an example. There is a Piece class which inherits from Origin (all pieces have the same origin coordinates) and uses the Block class for each of x blocks in the piece. A lot of the specifications for this implementation of Tetris are loaded from a file when the program is first run, e.g. number of blocks per piece and the configuration of the blocks in each of those pieces.
Piece contains a few functions, like createPiece(int type) and movePiece(Coord xy), and an array of Blocks. When createPiece() is run (essentially initialization of an instance of Piece), the Block array is initialized according to the configuration of blocks for type that was specified in the file that was loaded (and parsed) when the program was first run.
Now, if my problem isn't evident, I'm not sure how to handle the config. settings here; I don't know where they fit in. Should they be global variables for the program (is that the most reasonable solution)? Or should they be inherited, included in some other way that I haven't thought of? Or should the configuration settings be passed as a parameter every time they are needed? Thanks in advance for any help. freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ 04:35, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
class Piece inherits Origin ()
Block [cfg.blockLimit()] blockArray;
createPiece (int type)
blockArray = cfg.stdBlockPos (type)
end createPiece
end class Piece
Here's some pseudocode where I've used a global class (or structure) to store the configuration settings. freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ 04:46, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- It seems to me you're doing things in a rather odd way, which might be why things don't quite make sense to you. Firstly - if you're creating a new Piece object, have a constructor (that's what they're for), not a general createPiece method. Secondly your inheritance heirarchy is weird - in general class inheritance is thought to mean an "is a" relationship (not a "has a"). So if you made a subclass of piece that was LshapedPiece then that's a sensible subclass, as LshapedPiece is-a Piece. But Piece isn't an Origin (it doesn't make sense in English, so it doesn't make sense in code). Rather the origin is a parameter that's passed to the constructor. The Piece's current ___location, its orientation, its colour, and the configuration of its blocks should all be stored in instance member variables (like you have the block array now). In this case I'd question whether there's enough separate info in a block to justify it being its own class instance - it derives most if not all of the info you need to draw it or decide if it's collided from Piece, so making a separate Block class might just be overkill. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 11:18, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for the response! I made Piece a subclass of Origin only because some of the literature I used for reference a while ago made a point of creating all shapes as subclasses of points, because a) they are both bound essentially to a single x,y coord, b) they will use the same methods for translation, etc., c) the shapes simply add to the point's methods, which it claims classifies a shape as a "kind-of" point at the class level, and "is-a" point when they're actually initiated as objects. It was general OOT literature mind you, and not an actual programming guide in any real language, so it might be a little weak on the practical side, though it's all I've had to work with, so I have no way of knowing! (yet.)
- As for Block... well it's obviously not written in the pseudocode, but I imagine it would have methods like "drawBlock()" and "setBlockColor()", and inherit the DrawableObject class or something like that. Do you think it makes more sense to include these methods too in the Piece class description? I'll admit that I was trying to make this as OO as possible, for no real reason except that's what I expect people would expect me to do, it being implemented in an OO language! But if that's not a good idea, then maybe I'm more confused than I thought I was D :!
- I still have no idea what I should do with all the variables I pulled from the config file : (. freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ 12:24, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- As to config files whch turn into global data, you probably want a single object (e.g. of class Game) which stores that stuff. So things like score, high score, and preferences that came from the config file would be in there. You can just declare a class Game and remember to only make one instance of it (or make it non-instanciable, and just keep everything in class-member variables) or you can use the Singleton pattern which makes sure there's only one instance of that class. The secret is class-member variables and class-member functions (denoted in the Java and C# implementations on that page with static), which means that they apply to the class and not to a specific instance of the class. Or, if you're using an OO language which isn't as pure as Java, you can just declare a global variable ("pure OO" languages are strict - they don't allow anything to exist outside a class or object). -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 13:37, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- OK, thanks a lot! freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ 13:54, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- As to config files whch turn into global data, you probably want a single object (e.g. of class Game) which stores that stuff. So things like score, high score, and preferences that came from the config file would be in there. You can just declare a class Game and remember to only make one instance of it (or make it non-instanciable, and just keep everything in class-member variables) or you can use the Singleton pattern which makes sure there's only one instance of that class. The secret is class-member variables and class-member functions (denoted in the Java and C# implementations on that page with static), which means that they apply to the class and not to a specific instance of the class. Or, if you're using an OO language which isn't as pure as Java, you can just declare a global variable ("pure OO" languages are strict - they don't allow anything to exist outside a class or object). -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 13:37, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
lilypond code problems
Can someone please tell me whats wrong with the code below? Thanks!
\version "2.9.17"
\header {
title = "Honor Guard March"
instrument = "Trombone"
composer = "R.M. GEISLER"
}
\relative c {
}
{ \clef bass\time 2/4\ bes4\accent\ f g8 f8 ees4\accent c'8 bes8 }
Log:
# -*-compilation-*-
Changing working directory to `C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/My Documents/lilypond'
Processing `C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/My Documents/lilypond/honor guard march for trombone11.ly'
Parsing...
C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/My Documents/lilypond/honor guard march for trombone11.ly:9:21: error: syntax error, unexpected "\\C[haracter]"
{ \clef bass\time 2/4
\ bes4\accent\ f g8 f8 ees4\accent c'8 bes8 }
C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/My Documents/lilypond/honor guard march for trombone11.ly:9:34: error: syntax error, unexpected "\\C[haracter]"
{ \clef bass\time 2/4\ bes4\accent
\ f g8 f8 ees4\accent c'8 bes8 }
C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/My Documents/lilypond/honor guard march for trombone11.ly:9:0: error: errors found, ignoring music expression
{ \clef bass\time 2/4\ bes4\accent\ f g8 f8 ees4\accent c'8 bes8 }
--hello, i'm a member | talk to me! 05:46, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Are those backslashes after 2/4 and accent supposed to be there? Remove them, and it compiles and displays just fine. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 14:51, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
real VNC
Hi
On the VNC Server there is an annoying little white icon that is displayed down in the taskbar that turns black when soneone is connected to the server.... is thre any way at all i can remove this.... i did the best i could by hiding it so that it would only display if you expand the taskbar (clicking the arrow) yet after a day or two it just came back... ive been told by numerous people that there should be an option in the server properties that removes this icon but i have checked.... there is no option to remove it..... im guessing because this is the main way that that the server is suutdown (right clicking the icon in the taskbar) .... this is not a problem for me though because i hae set a registry string in the run key that makes the server run on startup.... the server is never closed.....if i want it to be closed all i do is delete the key.... anyone have any ideas at all????????? much apreciatedpulo 10:49, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- I haven't used it for a while, but the trick is to enable it as a windows service (you are using windows, correct?). Go to the start meny, find the RealVNC folder, and there should be an option that says something like "Register RealVNC as a service" or something. Oskar 22:25, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Help with AutoWikiBrowser
I am having trouble using AWB. After having set up my procedure, when I press "Start the process", I keep getting the error message "You are not enabled to use this." It then opens a window to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage, on which I am clearly listed as a registered/enabled user. It is not a problem with my .NET framework either, as I just downloaded the most current version. Can anyone help me? --Ginkgo100 talk · e@ 20:22, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
equation, picture, math symbols not accessible
Pervasive problem, in many but not all articles, eg. article General Relativity no figures or equations are visible. Some technical articles, as well as some of Wikipedia's, print and display distorted tangles of lines (like #, but distorted) for symbols inconsistently, so tangle for "nabla" might take different forms on different lines. Example is lower case "sigmas" on line "Greek" in box below this entry box look like mosquitos. I'm using RH-9 and Mozilla. Default browser settings. I'm computer newby. Thanks- dave ----20:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)~~
- That is indeed somewhat strange - what operating system (Mac, Windows...) are you using? And, pardon my ignorance, what is RH-9?
- So if I understand correctly, the greek text in the box below the edit window (characters like α, μ, π and ω) don't display correctly. That would indicate that you have a problem with your installed fonts - do you have a unicode font (like Arial Unicode MS) installed on your computer? (if you're running Windows, go to Start Menu -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Fonts) — QuantumEleven 08:11, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Just for general information, "RH-9" is Red Hat Linux version 9. --Tardis 14:58, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- try going to my preferences --> Math --> Always render PNG. see it that fixes it. Jon513 12:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Will a bluetooth mobile phone appear on the mac os x desktop as a drive?
I am going to be buying a bluetooth phone that will probably be compatible with isync and i'd like to know if when the phone is paired up with my mac, will the phone appear as a drive on the mac desktop? thanks! 70.80.66.195 20:59, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Coloured pixels in black text
On my computer, under Windows XP, Mozilla Firefox renders anti-aliased black-on-white text using orange, purple, red, blue and beige pixels. What purpose does this serve? When I first noticed it, I thought it was an artifact of my screen (an LCD runnning its native resolution of 1280x1024), but I was able to see it very clearly in a magnified screen shot, part of which is shown at right. If it helps any, the left side of a stroke seems to have a warm cast while the right has a cold cast. NeonMerlin 21:47, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- See subpixel rendering and ClearType. Basically, it increases readability. You can turn it off in your monitor settings (appearance tab -> advanced I believe). Cheers! Oskar 22:19, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- Ahh, sorry, not "Advanced", but "Appearance tab" -> "Effects". Oskar 22:22, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- The different colors make it easier to read; it is smoother. Try making something you scan in monochrome—it looks like poo poo. — [Mac Davis] (talk) (Desk|Help me improve)
- Very technical term there, Mac :). —Daniel (‽) 19:29, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
amaroK not playing
er yay, another linux newbie question. amaroK isn't playing my mp3s. I know I have sound, because the startup and shutdown sounds play. What am I doing wrong? And why isn't the screen changing resolution when I move the slider and click Apply? ~ct.e 22:55, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
- and it now doesn't connect to the network! might be a dhcp problem, not sure. ~ct.e 00:08, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
September 12
Dual core VS single core
I judge processor speed stricly by clock speed. that means, i dont consider an AMD 3500+ to be "equivalent" to a 3.5 GHz, but rather 2.something whatever its clock spead is. Similarly, i dont care if a processor is single core, dual core, or even quad core. id rather have a high-end Pentium 4 3.6 or 3.8 GHz than a Core 2 Duo 2.16 or 2.33 GHz. am i wrong?. 00:39, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- It depends on what you're doing. Different architectures have different advantages in different situations. What sort of application are you looking for? High performance gaming? Scientific computing? - Rainwarrior 02:21, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, you're wrong. See Instructions Per Cycle to get some insight into why. As rainwarrior says, it varies according to the task. In general, though, the performance differences between AMD and Intel chips at a given price point is not that large; if it was, word would get out and the sluggard would be forced to drop their prices. See also benchmark for more insight into the difficulties of comparing the performance of computer systems. --Robert Merkel 02:40, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Indeed. Look at benchmarks first. Many would say you are wrong. --Proficient 06:33, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'm afraid processors are about more than just clock speed - for instance, the amount and type of cache makes quite a difference too. Different manufacturers build their processors differently, so an Intel clocked at 3GHz is not equivalent to an AMD clocked at 3GHz. Your best bet, as has been said before, is to check out benchmark test results for the applications or tasks you're likely to be using/doing (yes, this is important, as some architectures perform better in certain situations than others). You can get them in many PC magazines, or on sites like Tom's Hardware. — QuantumEleven 08:04, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Yep, definetely. Although the clock speed may seem to be an easy indication on how fast a CPU performs, there are many, many other factors that need to be counted in. Without getting too complex, it is important to know that processors from Intel and AMD differ greatly in architecture, and you may have noticed that the new Core 2 Duos from Intel have had a dramatic drop in clock speed from its older generation Pentium 4s (using the 'Netburst' architecure')...yet perform so much better. This can be attributed to many different things, such as the L1 and L2 caches, FSB, number of cores, as well as the pipeline of the processor and how it arranges instructions to be processed. Additionally, it is important to realise that depending on the tasks you perform on the computer, you will get highly different results. As mentioned by QuantumEleven, it is a good idea to check out various sites and magazines to see how a selected processor performs compared to others. Ronaldh 11:50, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Latex help
Hi. I am writing up a document using latex, right now, everytime I start a new section it starts off on a new page, I was wondering if there was some way to change that so the new section would continue on the same page as the last. I'm using the "article" document class. Thanks. - Akamad 02:37, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- What command are you using to start the sections?
\sectionshouldn't start a new page in that class, but I'd believe that\part(if it's even defined inarticle) and/or\chaptermight. To actually change the commands would probably require an unpleasantly large host of\renewcommandcalls. --Tardis 15:15, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- I just figured out what the problem was. I had each of my sections in seperate files and was using the
\includecommand to put them into my main one. So it was actually the\includethat was putting them on new pages and not the\section. I changed it to\inputand it works fine. Thanks anyway, Tardis. - 08:34, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- I just figured out what the problem was. I had each of my sections in seperate files and was using the
Free Unzip Program ?
I had a trial version of a Zip/Unzip program, but is there one that's just permanently free with full functionality ? StuRat 05:15, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- FilZip is powerful and completely free.
- Is Stuffit only demo/trial for Windows? On Mac it is fully functional. Actually Mac OS X has its own zip/unziping integrated. :P — [Mac Davis] (talk) (Desk|Help me improve)
- Windows 98 here. StuRat 07:11, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- infoZIP, the granddaddy of all free ZIP implementations. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 07:48, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- 7-Zip supports ZIP (as well as lots of other compression formats) and is free. — QuantumEleven 07:58, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Use Winrar. It's permantely free with full functionality.--Taida 22:34, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Since when? Take a look at WinRAR's website, you can download a trial version but are asked to pay for it if you want to continue using it. — QuantumEleven 08:44, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- The key word is 'asked' - it gives you a popup every time you start it, that's it. Still works fine. Tyrhinis 12:05, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Phishing
I know it's a bad idea to transmit one's credit card details by email, but what about sending one's bank details (account number and sort code) by email? Is this a bad idea? What is the nature and magnitude of the risk involved? --Richardrj talk email 06:21, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- That's probably even worse. They can likely drain your entire account and you may not be able to get it back. StuRat 07:09, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
I would be even more concerned about possible identity theft.
- I think that is messier though—meaner and often reported in the news, but messier and more difficult. The best way is to drain. — [Mac Davis] (talk) (Desk|Help me improve)
Credit card security
I occasionally see online vendors without secure websites suggesting that the buyer transmit their credit card details by email, but splitting the number into two emails. Is there any point to this? Surely, if a hacker can intercept one email, he can intercept two, and simply put them together. --Richardrj talk email 06:25, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- It might defeat some automatic filtering software that looks for credit card info in a single email, but doesn't know how to combine two emails to get the info. StuRat 07:08, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Shrug, transmitting insecure email is a crappy way to do it anyway. Even a basic public-key cryptography scheme would have defeated an interception. And with software that automates it, it's not exactly hard to do. I wouldn't trust an online vendor that asks you to transmit emails in the clear. ColourBurst 14:07, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- What it comes down to is that you are interested in purchasing something from a vendor who doesn't want the electronic trail of credit card processing related to his/her website. Why? What is he/she hiding? If the business is shady enough that credit card processing has to be hidden, why trust that you will receive whatever it is you are interested in purchasing? --Kainaw (talk) 14:24, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- OK, here is the page I was talking about [5]. It's not a shady business at all, it's a perfectly respected and above-board operation. They say that they are working to launch secure credit card processing, so the suggestion of splitting the card number into two emails is just a temporary workaround. --Richardrj talk email 14:36, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- They accept PayPal. PayPal accepts credit cards securely online. What's the problem? Perhaps they should pay attention next time they are logged into PayPal. It has a rather cheap online "store" for small businesses. --Kainaw (talk) 14:39, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Sure, but maybe they are trying to cater for people who (for whatever reason, and I admit I can't think of one) might not want to use Paypal. --Richardrj talk email 14:43, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- They accept PayPal. PayPal accepts credit cards securely online. What's the problem? Perhaps they should pay attention next time they are logged into PayPal. It has a rather cheap online "store" for small businesses. --Kainaw (talk) 14:39, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- I know one. I have a senile bastard of a father-in-law. He went to EBay and bid on two items and won. They required payment by PayPal. He went there and saw the login/create an account screen. He did not see that he could submit payment with just a credit card. He didn't want to create an account, so he got mad and refused to pay for the items he bought on EBay. Then, he rebid on another item, which required payment by PayPal. He won it, and refused to pay for it. Finally, he was suspended by EBay for non-payment. Now, he refuses to use EBay or PayPal because he says they are all crooks. --Kainaw (talk) 14:46, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- There is a case against Paypal; read this. It's illiterately written but the point made is a good one, I think. --Richardrj talk email 14:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- How can you tell? I'm not even sure what the point is. (Kainaw's father-in-law seems to be a fairly average online shopper, in terms of sophistication.) --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 19:23, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- There is a case against Paypal; read this. It's illiterately written but the point made is a good one, I think. --Richardrj talk email 14:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- I know one. I have a senile bastard of a father-in-law. He went to EBay and bid on two items and won. They required payment by PayPal. He went there and saw the login/create an account screen. He did not see that he could submit payment with just a credit card. He didn't want to create an account, so he got mad and refused to pay for the items he bought on EBay. Then, he rebid on another item, which required payment by PayPal. He won it, and refused to pay for it. Finally, he was suspended by EBay for non-payment. Now, he refuses to use EBay or PayPal because he says they are all crooks. --Kainaw (talk) 14:46, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Is this recently-created article about a notable or a not notable neologism? --Dweller 12:32, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- This is the sort of word that is only ever used by mlm companies themselves; just like many other members of the corporate-speak language, especially in the computing biz, no real human uses it. Sourced information could be added to the Multi-level marketing article, though, on how the internet has changed the mlm industry, with maybe a sidenote about the term net mlm (right now this gets only a paragraph though it's probably the best thing ever to happen to mlm). Also, mlm should have a redirect to the article above. Fastfinge
"before" object property and the "Take" and "Give" actions in Inform 6
I've been making an "interactive fiction" game using Inform 6, and I have an animate object that has a before property overriding the Take action, basically along the lines of:
before [;
Take:
move self to Player;
print_ret "You got the object! Good for you.";
];
So that the user can pick up the animate object instead of getting the "I don't suppose [animate object] would like that" message. However, the problem I've encountered is that if the object is on the ground or in a container, and the user types something like "give object to Bill", the interpreter first calls the Take action on that object (so that it's in the player object), then performs the Give action. However, with the Take action for that object in its before property, if the user tries to give the object when they aren't carrying it, they get the object using the before Take routine, but then the Give action is never called as it would be with any normal object. The only way the Give action will proceed correctly if the player isn't holding the object before trying to Give it to something is if I use print "You got ... you."; instead of print_ret. However, then the message for an animate object, "I don't suppose ..." comes up when the player is simply taking the object normally (i.e. "take object"), which I don't want. I've checked all the Inform FAQs I can find, looked through the library files (oddly enough, it doesn't look like the Give action ever calls the take action or is even set up to deal with cases where the player doesn't have the object), and tried using the after property, but I've been unable to figure this out. If anyone has an ideas or has been able to fix this problem in a game they did, I'd greatly appreciate the assistance. Thanks!
- hi,
- This isn't a particularly good place for extremely spacific language questions; inform is a somewhat rare language, as is interactive fiction a somewhat rare art-form. I think your best bet is to take your question to the usenet group rec.arts.int-fiction. Last I checked google groups carries this group, so you shouldn't need a usenet server. Sorry I can't be of more help, but I'm a tads user, myself. Fastfinge
- It's been a while since I worked with Inform, but a quick review of the library reference suggests that you might be able to handle the entire action before it's broken down into Take and Give. The
lifehook on the recipient seems like a good place, or perhaps trapping Give on the animate carryable. But it might be necessary to override the library's implementation of Give (I'm sure you can find it somewhere!) if none of these traps would run before the Take trap you already have. It's too bad that thebeforeroutine isn't trivalent: "process this normally" (currentlyfalse), "this action has already failed" (currentlytrue), or "this action has succeeded" (currently not available). Does this help at all? --128.165.123.18 18:32, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Sort of. I've already looked into the library extensively, and the verb definition for Give seems to have nothing to handle the case of the user trying to give an object they don't have to another (animate) object- there's only cases along the lines of held 'to' creature, creature held, etc (I actually went as far as to take the routine for Take out of the verb code library the normal verb library calls, but it doesn't seem to have anything to handle itself being called by Give). Your suggestion of getting into the life routines of the recipient objects might work, but I'd really rather have it handled by the one object with the actual before property for Take itself. Still, I appreciate the suggestions, and I might just check out the rec.arts groups FastFinge suggested. I'm rather surprised that Inform doesn't seem to have something to handle this type of situation, as it seems like something that could potentially crop up quite a bit.
- Quick update: I checked the rec.arts.int-fiction group and found a workable solution (there's a variable action_to_be that identifies the next action, if there is one). Thanks for the help, everyone!
how do i simulate the vc++ program that i had created for dc motor control?
i had created a program in vc++.this program is used to control the speed as well as direction of dc motor(12v) .Now i want to simulate the program for realization.... how to simulate it?..is there any software to simulate it? refer complete details of program ...etc in "http://www.multyremotes.com/DC-motor-control-in-VC++.htm"
- I'm afraid I don't understand the question -- define "simulate the program for realization". If you want to run the program, but have precise control over how fast it runs and what it runs, and be able to see its internal state, you're talking about running the program under a debugger; VC++ has one integrated that probably does everything you want in that regard. If you're talking about simulating the operation of the motor, you probably want to write a separate program that reads and interprets the output of the existing program to check its validity. Does that help? --Tardis 15:27, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Elementary Wikitable query
I'm sorry to ask you really clever guys such a basic question, but I know next to nothing about HTML. I have just made (what I consider to be) a nice wikitable here:
I nicked it from various other tables of opinion polls for other elections. The problem is that Scotland has two votes (local constituency, plus regional), and thus two parameters are measured in (most of the) polls. How do I break the column for each party into "1st vote" and "2nd vote"?
(If I am asking this at completely the wrong page, please say!) Thanks. --Mais oui! 18:37, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Hmm, try putting "colspan=2" as a parameter in front of the column headers, and replacing semicolons with double pipes where appropriate. The first row would then look like the below table. Hyenaste (tell) 18:52, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
| Poll | Dates | Lab | SNP | Con | LD | Grn | SSP | oth | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Times/YouGov | 5-7 Sept 2006 |
30% | 27% | 29% | 29% | 14% | 14% | 18% | 15% | - | - | - | - | 10% | 15% |
- Thanks. But I'm afraid that that doesn't seem to work: if I apply that then the table seems to progressively "squash up" towards the right hand side. Also, I was kind of hoping that we might be able to do a little sub-split in the header which said "1st vote" and "2nd vote". Any ideas?
- Sorry: I was wrong - it does work! Many thanks! But I wonder if you can tell me how to put a wee split in the header to put in the "1st", "2nd" clarification? --Mais oui! 19:15, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- I've made that change, but you may adjust it if you wish. Hyenaste (tell) 19:19, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks. --Mais oui! 19:24, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
new itunes
with iTunes 7.0 out now i have heard that if you have an acount one one computer then install iTunes on a different one but then sign in to the account off the first computer; and then you plug your iPod into your new computer that it wont reset your iPod. is this true?
- I don't think it use to reset your iPod. I believe that is true (your question). — [Mac Davis] (talk) (Desk|Help me improve)
- it never usto reset the ipod... even with the old itunes.... it always prompted you asking if you wanted to copy the music from the new computer to your ipod.... you just simply clicked nopulo 13:22, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
ALi PCI to USB Open Host Controller issue
I recently bought and plugged in a PCI USB2 hub with a total of about seven ports. However, Windows XP says it had a problem during installation, USB devices I plug into it receive power but not data, and Device Manager lists "Ali PCI to USB Open Host Controller" three times, with a Code 10 (This device cannot start) error on each. I've tried uninstalling it and re-running Add Hardware, in which case the same error occurs; I've tried unplugging it and plugging it back in; and I've tried, in desperation, the Help Troubleshooter. As a second question, has anyone ever been helped by one of those troubleshooters?
Any Ideas? Any help would be very greatly appreciated. 84.66.1.88 21:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- My guess is the card is defective. If your card is still under warantee, I would reccommend returning it and getting a new one. I purchased a generic ALi PCI USB2 card and it failed(giving the problems you mentioned) about 1/2 year after installing it. After wasting time trying to fix(doing much what you have done) it, I went out and purchased a Belkin PCI USB2 card.
- As for Windows Help Troubleshooters, I would say they are useful for people unknowledged about computers. They are the text equivalent of what I believe is usually called, "level one tech support", in customer tech support. In other words, they are common solutions to common user problems. Mitaphane talk 21:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
html: want the code, not the link
I'm looking for the HTML equivalent of Wikipedia's "nowiki" tags. In other words, I want to type the "<a href=..." business of making a link to another page, without actually making a clickable link. (It will be used on a non-wiki site) The goal is that people can look at the code, cut and paste it, and have the link work then. (Too garbled? Or do you see what I mean?) Joyous! | Talk 23:29, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- PRE takes care of formatting, but beyond that you need to turn <, >, and & into their equivalent html entities (lest they be interpreted as html). So really there's no equivalent. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:40, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Use < in place of <, and > in place of >. --Serie 23:41, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Here's an example of HTML source:
Visit scenic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</a>.
- and here's the way it appears on a page:
- Visit scenic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</a>.
- Try your cut and paste; satisfaction guaranteed (or your money back). --KSmrqT 10:56, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- Here's an example of HTML source:
Thanks to all! Joyous! | Talk 11:08, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
September 13
Clisp library
Hi, I just downloaded clisp and am wondering how I can read the syntax (and possibly the actual function bodies) of the built in LISP functions.
Windows XP how to get back the entrypted files when the owner user is deleted?
Hi, I had some files that were owned by a user. I made the folder private and chose to entrypt. However I moved these files to a different folder and then deleted the XP user. Now I am unable to open these files as they are encrypted. Even though I created the user with the same name, I am unable to uncheck the option of entrypt in the properties of these files. I get a message "Access is denied." How can I fix this issue? regards,
- You can't, that's one of the caveats of the Windows encryption system. The key is irrevocably tied to the User ID. See the relevant portion of the EFS article for more. — Lomn | Talk 14:52, 13 September 2006 (UTC)