Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2012 April 16#Changing images in a page

Principle says that works line audio, films and ebooks can always be copied somehow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by XPPaul (talk • contribs) 00:48, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

: You might be looking for the Analog hole. RudolfRed (talk) 01:14, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

::We also have an article on serialization and serializability, which have several related meanings in computer science and software engineering. For example, in Java an object must implement the Serializable interface to satisfy your requirement; some objects intentionally are not serializable, which means that no valid Java program can manipulate that object as a stream of bytes. (So, to construct an algorithm, analog-hole or otherwise, that is capable of copying such an object, you would need to use something other than a Java program). Compare to a serializable object (or document), for which a simple trivial function can directly copy the byte representation; this is defined to be an exact copy for an object implementing the interface.

::Databases use serialization to manage concurrency; this is particularly important if the data is being modified by many processes. So, to generalize the principle, you must account for transactions on changing serializeable data, as well as on constant objects. Nimur (talk) 14:18, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm creating a single HTML document ("ComboBKMK.html") with multiple iFrames, containing multiple separate HTML documents with links within. However, when I click a link in any iFrame, it opens in that specific iFrame instead of "in" ComboBKMK.html like any other non-iFrame'd link would. Is there any way to get it to use the ComboBKMK.html instead when clicking the links? -- Tohler (talk) 00:54, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

:Figured it out; what needs to be done is add (target="_parent") to each individual link. In my case a simple find and replace of (">) to (" target="_parent">) worked. -- Tohler (talk) 07:14, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I have here a couple of cables with a USB Mini B connector on one end, perhaps a meter of wire, and two male 3.5mm TRS connectors on the other end. The TRS connector housing is colored pastel pink and green and labeled "MIC" and "SPK", respectively. What makes this truly bizarre is I have two of them and don't recall any application for them. Any idea what they're for? -- ke4roh (talk) 01:00, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

:My guess would be a headset (audio) which accepts a USB mini B connector. The other ends would plug into the computer. StuRat (talk) 01:02, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

::[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=usb+3.5mm+adaptor&oq=usb+3.5mm+adaptor Just a simple plug-and-play 3.5mm adaptor]. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 22:10, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

:::We know what it is, just need to know what it might have been used for. StuRat (talk) 23:11, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

:The coloring is pretty indicative it's meant to be used with a computer, if that helps any. ¦ Reisio (talk) 01:58, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, haven't done much tomfoolery with my system, but all of a sudden I end up getting crashes on Max upon starting it up. Even if I uninstall Max 2011, clean up registry entries, and downgrade to 2010, the error still shows up. The [http://pastebin.com/uVHfRetW crash dump] seems to have some references to the .NET Common Language Runtime, assemblies and other such stuff. As much as I would like to reinstall Windows I'm afraid I'm not that arsed enough due to the amount of work I had to do just to reconfigure things. Can anyone help me figure this thing out? Blake Gripling (talk) 06:56, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

:Have you tried starting from scratch? Can you give us an idea as to what you are trying to do? Mrlittleirish 14:21, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

:I suspect that the bug isn't in 3D Studio Max, but only manifested there first. Perhaps it was the first chunk of code to try to access the .NET routine which is now bad. How did it go bad ? Perhaps a single bit error on the disk on which it is stored ? Unfortunately, if this is the case, you may need to do a disk scan first, which will cordon off the bad sector(s), then reload the O/S. However, once sector's start going bad on a disk, the problem tends to spread. So, if bad sectors are found, you might want to get a new disk for the O/S. The old disk could still be used, but for less critical things, like storing music, pics, or movies. A single bit error may not even be noticed there. StuRat (talk) 15:18, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

::Windows did scan the drives before, but so far there weren't any bad sectors detected, only unlinked or orphaned files. Blake Gripling (talk) 23:30, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm having difficulty finding a guide or in fact any substantial information on the subject. I know that people have done it, and I also know it can't be *that* terribly hard or expensive to do. Could anyone give me some pointers?--Newbiepedian (Hailing Frequencies) 12:06, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

:It can be done with free software. Simply set up a BIND server, and do not configure it to resolve to any commercial internet service provider or other root DNS server... consult, e.g., the [http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/cur/9.9/doc/arm/Bv9ARM.ch01.html#id2567559 BIND Administrator Reference Manual] for information on setting up the server in various roles, including as a root server. Direct your clients to use your server as their DNS server: configure any clients, including individual host PCs, routers, gateways, and DHCP servers, to point at your nameserver, as appropriate for your network configuration. Nimur (talk) 14:05, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Is there any limitation or thing to consider when using the