Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/April 2013

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= April 1 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 1

1. Skinning a cat
2. How do I find my original spawning point on Minecraft PE v0.6.1?
3. How can I reverse sinification
4. How Find A Persons E-Mail Address
5. Alexa statistics

= April 2 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 2

1. How do I speed up the smooth scrolling? (in InternetExplorer 10, Windows7)
2. Running Gnu/Linux on an Android phone

= April 3 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 3

1. Which laptops have the best keyboards for fast typing?
2. steps of writing a system proposal
3. Inserting an image into an Excel-type spreadsheet
4. HD TV channels
5. Who manufactured the Osborne 1?
6. Is it just me? (garbled text on web page)
7. S.Ytimg.com
8. Virtual box spawning X windows on host?

= April 4 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 4

1. wireless pointing stick keyboard?
2. "automated response might cause WWIII"
3. Windoes 8 CHKDSK
4. Partitioning a 3TB drive
5. Win7 Laptop, Wrong Language

= April 5 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 5

1. Working on many files in unix
2. online shop stuff

= April 6 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 6

1. Check HD for errors
2. Antivirus companies creating viruses
3. Problem with uninstalling Plustek USB scanner

= April 7 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 7

1. Download
2. HD tune results
3. HTTP Cookie
4. android ≠ / = android
5. How old to learn Java?
6. Linux Firefox download of .webm vs .flv

= April 8 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 8

1. Firefox prevent accidental quit
2. USB sound card
3. [http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3trcvm/ How do we make a GIF]?
4. Terminology for error-message reduction
5. Firefox crashes more unexpectedly than before
6. Firewalls in Linux
7. Flashing "cursor" static
8. The 'other' Google employees

= April 9 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 9

1. Does mining for bitcoins count as a server?
2. Word 2007 - Headers & Footers
3. Router: current UK pronunciations?
4. Compatibility of add-ons/extensions/plug-ins across browsers
5. external HD SMART results
6. Phone
7. Windows v. Unix Copy
8. Free software to upscale images in bulk?
9. golden ax

= April 10 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 10

1. External HD hot and not spinning down
2. Why didn't Google's Street View service cover all streets in Kansas like they did in so many other states?
3. Optical disc drive no longer reads DVDs of any kind but can still read CDs
4. Virus causing password requirement?
5. Downgrading Windows 7 from 64-bit to 32-bit
6. Person of Interest (TV series)
7. text files older than 10 minutes

= April 11 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 11

1. Why do we have cell phone contracts ?
2. Accidental deletions
3. cripto
4. whats the html tag to make a page unspidered?
5. what does "mining for bitcoins" mean?
6. Weird phenomenon on YouTube
7. Best closed-back headphones
8. I want to help people download OSS faster, what software should I torrent?

= April 12 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 12

1. Does any programming language have a "control" class?
2. Page Break Comlumns in Tables for Word 2007
3. Firefox broken after reset plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types
4. what are my options for fouling up a PC with a bunch of &#*($$ in a "private" mode?
5. only 1 USB port works on desktop
6. Problem with Skype
7. How Can You Do A Free Reverse E-mail
8. Chess: computer against human + computer

= April 13 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 13

1. can't copy WMA files
2. Yahoo! loading problems
3. How to download a video from YouTube?
4. request to send me the email addresses
5. How do I compare two LibreOffice Writer documents?
6. True Manhattan distance ?
7. Bitcoin
8. Power indicator on my computer disappeared

= April 14 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 14

1. bar codes
2. Why is malware combined with useful downloads?
3. bootstrapping/changing ip address
4. emacs descent into wordprocessorhood
5. TELESONIC DVD PLAYER TL-2000
6. wikEd Bug Report Submission Help

= April 15 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 15

1. message notification
2. What causes viewDidLayoutSubviews to fire?
3. Regular expression help
4. Registration
5. Transferring a large file to an external drive
6. advertisement filtering
7. Google Chrome - is there away to stop websites overriding keyboard shortcuts
8. Most resilient data compression?

= April 16 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 16

1. WikiCreole to HTML converter

= April 17 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 17

1. Arduino clock coding
2. For installing Microsoft Security Essentials' latest update, what IS error 0x8004FF80?
3. Help with Blender and backgrounds
4. Find Raspberry Pi on network

= April 18 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 18

1. STEAM Game install problems
2. DOS operating system
3. address manipulation in assembly language
4. Unix command to output specific text
5. InterruptedException in java
6. 3D glasses for Blu Ray
7. how elevators talk

= April 19 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 19

1. captchas
2. Terminology question
3. relation between interrupt status and sleep method in java

= April 20 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 20

1. Cloud storage
2. BCD to decimal
3. Cyborg-vs-stronger-computer chess

= April 21 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 21

1. need a java book
2. string inversion
3. Odin and Naval network. what are they?
4. Software to record my voice?
5. International characters
6. SQL: Replay Trace with Extended Events?
7. Blowing on Video Game cartridges
8. Shift key behaving as a quotation mark key

= April 22 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 22

1. Pentax sensor cleaning and battery
2. FORTRAN read statement
3. Help with Mozilla Thunderbird
4. Difference between two LCD panels
5. programming using qbasic
6. How do I get rid of this political spam in my e-mail inbox?
7. silly computer science question
8. Academic research document papers contains mistakes

= April 23 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 23

1. Smartphones: resistive or capacitive touchscreen
2. Windows 7 default file filters
3. "The Cloud"

= April 24 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 24

1. Trojan Autorun.inf
2. What is Wikipedia's current domain name registrar?
3. Google ads
4. Microsoft Word Help
5. Bowling and Blu Ray

= April 25 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 25

1. Downloading woes...(I need a good, free paint program but Internet Explorer won't let me!)
2. Can the CSS of a transcluded template be overridden?

= April 26 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 26

1. Buying a used SSD -- pros/cons?
2. Quantum computers disprove Church-Turing thesis.
3. Choosing 'favorites' in Imgur
4. A Wikipedia-like clickable "contents" section in Wordpress
5. Old form of email address
6. Flat pocket computer
7. Differences in Pasting Methods?

= April 27 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 27

1. PS problem
2. Wikipedia pages missing in IE9 browsing history
3. Do they have to develop a Firefox OS device?
4. Google Chrome font problem
5. synchronized block in java

= April 28 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 28

1. Antivirus Program
2. MS Word; do not skip to new page for new paragraph
3. Antivirus products
4. more blender help?

= April 29 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 29

1. wifi problems
2. Max CD-RW size
3. Group website
4. Nintendo DS/3DS Connectivity
5. strong and weak entity sets

= April 30 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 April 30

1. Dual opamps
2. GameCube/Wii regional lockout
3. Kill javascript running in Firefox
4. Updating SSD firmware