Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/December 2013

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December 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 1

1. Setting up a website
2. Firefox settings
3. Laptop touchpad location

December 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 2

1. Can TrueCrypt volumes be identified?
2. Website Pages
3. JPG to PNG conversion

December 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 3

1. Mobo Hunt
2. Reals in Jython

December 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 4

1. Date and Time in 'Pages'
2. Best Practices for Converting Text Data Field to Numeric
3. What size flash drive to make disc image?
4. Open-ended game classification

December 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 5

1. p2p
2. Good Game development software
3. Audacity's file size .aup

December 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 6

1. Computers without CD drives?
2. declare a dynamic array of characters n of size 100 [in C]
3. Creating decks in a game of War in Java
4. "Old timey" audio filter
5. PC Power supply unit problem.
6. can any programming languages brute-force code?
7. What is a complete definition of the Digital World? (the one we live and experience through our computers and devices)
8. Internet Explorer 11
9. Intel retail package

December 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 7

1. Can a website know what folder did I save its content to or upload contents from?
2. Gmail tab in Safari is stuck at 27 email notifications
3. Red lens on the back of laptop harddisk
4. Google search not showing wikipedia
5. Can I prohibit some program's access to certain directories?
6. Equipment identification
7. Choosing the web construction software.
8. PDFs in IE10, Windows 8

December 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 8

1. Accessing or downloading the database of of location of places, cities in Wikipedia.
2. Sunken shipments of computers
3. wytec dragon12 assembly language
4. ADSL->SDSL questions
5. Windows 7 dual-boot hibernate to switch OS
6. Blogging Names
7. What is Linux logging by default?
8. Setting up a website - Cloud Computing
9. Turning the Windows features On and Off

December 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 9

1. Links opening in new tabs
2. Gizmodo web pages not displaying properly
3. Private domain registration
4. UAE questions

December 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 10

1. How to set Scroll wheel focus for newly opened folders in Windows 7 ?
2. What is the best laptop you can get for under $450?
3. Citing a source
4. Windows ActiveX API DATE format
5. Valid URL with three dots in path ( /.../ )
6. What is my file called?

December 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 11

1. stack/heap in Java
2. building binary search tree from a bunch of numbers
3. Writing out contents of ADF files
4. Floppy disk deterioration

December 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 12

1. MP3 file compression.
2. Some sort of big apple ....
3. Neither my HP laptop nor Olympus digital camera can read the thousands of images in my SD card anymore. Help me see them again, please?
4. Identifying best Big-O
5. Get thee behind me, SATA!

December 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 13

1. Network printer not recognized under Windows XP but comes up no problem under Vista and Win 8. How can I fix it?
2. Sound
3. dictionary (english to english) with pronunciation

December 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 14

1. Jython programming
2. Stuck on a Java problem
3. Annoying Google Chrome Message.

December 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 15

1. getting os x mountain lion to run in vmware on windows
2. Phone model

December 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 16

1. Wikipedia page decline

December 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 17

1. How to delete Null Zeros in XML file?
2. Facebook
3. Does anyone still use HTTP 1.0 anymore?
4. Memory Screenshow/Image states.
5. Steve Wilson on YouTube
6. Recovering a replaced file

December 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 18

1. Why do people still say "w w w dot" when naming websites aloud?
2. The Ali G multiplication problem?
3. FORTRAN Compiler
4. Request assistance from a C++ programmer
5. Facebook linked to Gmail, maybe? [moved from "Miscellaneous"]

December 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 19

1. iPhone 5 won't display attachment icon in message bodies
2. A faster way to edit an OsCommerce website?
3. Cannot watch videos on YouTube
4. What going on with Google News?
5. How to archive this PDF of a journal article?
6. gps
7. Cut, copy, paste, delete, select all not working in ie + back/forward buttons
8. Offline pages in firefox & ie
9. Guessing game

December 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 20

1. How to determine which remaining paragraphs of Avicenna was written by Jagged 85?
2. Any way to tile an image you're linking to in the link?
3. iPod Updates
4. Are algorithms universal?
5. Prolonging life of electronics

December 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 21

1. iMovie
2. Is there a free Android App that can do this?

December 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 22

1. Bing Weather
2. Restore friend's computer from my disk image

December 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 23

1. Transcontinental Internet lines
2. Windows 8.1 app

December 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 24

1. If I have a local .xsession file in OpenBSD, my machine boots me back to the login screen

December 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 25

1. Possible malware?
2. Screensaver Problems
3. DVD-R Error

December 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 26

1. If there's only one cursor, what's the other thing?
2. MS Office partial load on start
3. I want to Have My Own Bot

December 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 27

1. Gfortran download with a disastrous result
2. Google Search iOS app is a browser, no? Apple terms say apps can't reproduce core iOS functions (like Safari, no?)
3. What is the price of youtube trueview instream?
4. Microsoft virtual PC and linux

December 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 28

1. Why isn't "United States" is not on the list for Countries on YouTube on account settings?
2. Type punning and CPU microarchitecture
3. Are photos from here copyrighted?
4. How to edit a BCD file?
5. Refresh rate on power consumption.
6. Unicode characters in Firefox

December 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 29

1. How can a compromised BIOS compromise the security of a computer?
2. What Is New in Windows Server 2012
3. Flickr fees vs free Flickr
4. How to print the escape character in UNIX?

December 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 30

1. Gfortran download (2nd attempt)
2. Android -- setting status bar notification priority or grouping them

December 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 December 31

1. Linux sound routing