Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/March 2013

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= March 1 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 1

1. Who is scraping the whole web?
2. UTF-8? What happens with the C0 byte?

= March 2 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 2

1. Why is the internet full of references to "udf2" hashes?
2. Massively long source files
3. Why does Drupal come up when I try to access Wikifonia
4. Windows PowerShell scripting help

= March 3 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 3

1. Does a computer need separate RAM if it uses a SSD?
2. 64GB SDHC Cards
3. "Apple Works"
4. Archive
5. Household security
6. Connection
7. How can i check a large list of Radio buttons in 1 click?

= March 4 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 4

1. Android data transfer
2. How a musical transcriber would work
3. 720p CVT-RB
4. Keep downloading, but doesn't work

= March 5 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 5

1. Backup and restore - mirror entire hard drive to external drive
2. Dual protection?
3. Hotmail only not work.
4. Getting back into my zip files
5. WIndows 8 dual monitors or extended monitor?
6. Event Standard Syndication

= March 6 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 6

1. Video codecs for future storage
2. How to simultaneously copy the text of all the alternatives in a Combo box (drop-down menu) on a web page?
3. openadserving.com malware
4. Unix question

= March 7 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 7

1. ? on string functions in Wikitable
2. AVI file interrupted while recording
3. why declaration of checked exception in method header?
4. Closing programs in Windows 8
5. Google analytics - what's my home page?

= March 8 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 8

1. Example of a horizontally-sliding UI
2. I'm looking for a free (or trial) database diagramming tool for SQL Server 2000
3. What's the encoding of bytes?

= March 9 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 9

1. Windows 8 Operating System
2. Vacuum cleaner for keyboard/speaker grille
3. Subscription feed layout on YouTube - how do I change it back?
4. Registry keys
5. IP addresses and 3G
6. looking for a good editor
7. Duster costs
8. How do I block an account in Office/Outlook.com?

= March 10 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 10

1. Are the source codes of old versions of Ruby relicensed under BSD License?
2. Windows backup and recovery - follow up
3. Big problem with FS2004
4. what is difference between call stack and stack trace in java?
5. Adding HTTP compression support to wget
6. Can Universities access your school e-mail?

= March 11 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 11

1. Locked down account, Mac OS X 10.5.8
2. Substitution in Excel
3. Led edge lit displays
4. Unix: echo
5. Computer thinks external HD is a CD drive

= March 12 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 12

1. Del
2. iPad bookmarking
3. Windows Installer

= March 13 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 13

1. Windows file access questions
2. Update CSS filters
3. isolation transformer
4. Do all Windows OS employees theoretically start from nothing when hired w.r.t. code base knowledge?
5. Copy pasting without html markup

= March 14 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 14

1. Sign language annotation for sound files
2. motion detection for computers
3. casses
4. Why can't you root iOS?
5. Windows 7 Shutdown Strategy
6. why should we pass object of the class implemented from runnable to constructor of thread class?
7. Launching the wrong browser

= March 15 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 15

1. Modelling software
2. Difficulty signing posts
3. Firefox redirecting despite two options set not to
4. Taking a UK phone to NZ
5. Are there ways to make my browser automatically redirect a page?
6. Is it possible to record TV with the Elgato Game Capture HD device?
7. Smartphone app notifications
8. Displaying only a specific string in a NET VIEW

= March 16 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 16

1. USB2 drive faster on USB3 port
2. Algorithms Hacking
3. My speestream is diconnecting alot, what can be the problem?

= March 17 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 17

1. power consmuption
2. Moving a large number of files
3. Book recommendation request
4. How to tell if my graphics card supports OpenGL 2.1 and GLSL 120 ?
5. iPod Touch - Moving a File to a Folder

= March 18 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 18

1. Windows overhead time in creating and closing files
2. Crucial.com equivalent that recommends graphics cards for my PC ?
3. Hard drive failed?
4. SAMSUNG T10 MP3 PLAYER

= March 19 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 19

1. Pipe command-line output to Python instead of Perl
2. How do I contact someone on Wikidoc
3. IP Address
4. Is it possible to create a n-body pertubation simulation app with the Blender (software)?
5. Problems compiling
6. Problems connecting to the Internet with new computer
7. running two OSes in parallel

= March 20 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 20

1. Networks project
2. An assembly example that seemed to be doing something the long way
3. Reduce background proccess priority/improve user experience in Windows XP
4. Codecademy for IE8
5. Possibility of Recovering a Canceled Wikipedia Edit
6. Traceroute
7. I have a question (about Wikidoc)

= March 21 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 21

1. How much can Javascript and other types of scripts do?
2. Mac Powerbook vs Laptop w/ Windows 7
3. Is it time for a Nvidia Volta page?
4. Windows 8 upgrade - can it be used for a clean install if you have original product key etc
5. Cookies
6. 'The sender of this message has asked to be notified when you read this message.
7. Does Intel 4000 GPU support OpenCL 1.1?

= March 22 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 22

1. NLP / computational linguistics
2. HP Printer
3. C.E.O. or executive management of Lionsea Software Ltd in Beijing China
4. Remotely wake sleeping computer?
5. TalkTalk (my ISP) interferring with my browser searches

= March 23 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 23

1. noise jitter effects
2. change movie speed in vlc media player does not work
3. Chrome
4. RPC-1 firmware or RPC-2 firmware?

= March 24 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 24

1. File system type (Linux) displayed differently by various programs
2. ONCE AGAIN, Subscription feed layout on YouTube - how do I change it back?
3. Cell phone vibrations ?
4. printer margins

= March 25 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 25

1. Safari Extensions
2. Where does Ubuntu store my installation files?
3. Bash comman history customization

= March 26 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 26

1. Google on Bing?
2. 1950s IBM printer
3. Value of null
4. Samsung devices, Android versions, predictive text
5. Sound emulation in E-UAE
6. ipad simulator poor sound quality
7. UPS zip attachment fraud

= March 27 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 27

1. email on Surface RT
2. Vimeo hosted video, access denial
3. "SUMMER STORM"
4. computer specifications

= March 28 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 28

1. Vorbis codec for VLAN
2. palindrome in a palindrome ?
3. Youtube - I can see but cannot hear
4. What algorithm do browsers use to interpret HTML colors?
5. How does bitcoin work?
6. Windows 7 problems
7. Medieval Toal War (original)

= March 29 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 29

1. Software (preferably free or inexpensive) to remove someone from a personal video on my hard drive?
2. Dictionary red line thing
3. new website-forum
4. Windows 7 Office activation
5. Alternatives for Gmail

= March 30 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 30

1. Creating printed or PDF version of Wikipedia pages using custom style sheet
2. Using two workspaces in GNOME 3 and Cinnamon
3. What does a slow hard drive do slowly?
4. Smartphone
5. Trouble with Blender
6. Any Google+ experts around?

= March 31 =

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 March 31

1. Basic word processor
2. Router
3. TurboTax Tune