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August 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 1

1. Google + Opt Out
2. Risk of sharing a wi-fi network
3. Does logging in through the secure server stop my workmates on the same network from also being logged in under my account?
4. dreamincode.net - compromised?

August 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 2

1. What does pvc does?
2. ASPNET Account password
3. Java in Xcode
4. ArcGIS
5. Android tablet
6. Create a website
7. Internet speeds
8. How to increase the contrast (color) of only the scroll bar "handle" in Windows7 ?

August 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 3

1. Is There a Free, Open-Source Program Similar to Visual Basic?
2. php myadmin
3. mounting with nounix, noserverino
4. Online shopping

August 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 4

1. which dac is the better one
2. IRC always timing out
3. What does it mean to open a file?
4. 3D Bluray Ripping
5. USB Flash Drive vs USB External Hard Drive
6. Case-sensitive searches?

August 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 5

1. laptop versus Ipad
2. How many bits?

August 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 6

1. upgrade android
2. Forcing a timeout with Google cdn
3. how can I submit a review on Rotten Tomatoes?
4. Virtualization of existing OS?
5. I would really like a new desktop sidebar
6. CS without programming
7. Video to GIF in Ubuntu

August 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 7

1. Cannot access internet on laptop
2. Standards for device-side of AC adapters
3. Videogames
4. Firefox tabs on Ubuntu
5. Wikipedia Featured Article RSS Feed (Google Reader)
6. Windows screen grab
7. Pretty print database

August 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 8

1. Guitar Controller USB Utility
2. Up and down arrows at bottom of scroll bar in Word
3. Internet reply
4. Space in file names
5. Drivers in linux
6. TV "brightness"
7. Changing processor name

August 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 9

1. PHP processing time per function
2. Why does mass-pinging an IRC channel produce the (near-)worst of humanity?
3. laptop switching off itself
4. What were the dates of connections for the ARPANET nodes?
5. Free web hosting in the Arab States
6. Max my pc speed on the internet.
7. Getting a programming job without academic credentials

August 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 10

1. Audio-only video on iPhone
2. Tweeting on a phone
3. HDMI to monitor
4. Hotmail Code
5. oldest website
6. Clothing android app?

August 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 11

1. WebDAV
2. What OS are computers running on LAN
3. Encrypted .dmg
4. Was my Gmail account hacked ?

August 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 12

1. Brother driver installation error message
2. Print screen and scroll lock key
3. Relay server?
4. learning python: for in loops
5. Inequality Involving Kolmogorov Complexity.
6. Is it possible to handle errors of file_get_contents in PHP?
7. proxie
8. Need help with infobox
9. kubuntu screen refresh problem

August 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 13

1. Force http (unsecure) connection.
2. Demonoid
3. Glade Interface Designer and Python with PyGTK~(or whatever)
4. Best way of passing text/html to JavaScript from php
5. How can I back up my mp3 collection to an external harddrive?
6. Problem with serialising time stamps to XML in C#

August 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 14

1. Audio file creation
2. Remote pinging
3. Will this RAM fit (and work) in this motherboard?
4. nVIdia Output Specification
5. Not enough room to copy onto a hard drive ... but there IS enough room.
6. traceroute
7. Help me find a FB app: Matches me to a list of users with the most mutual interests.

August 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 15

1. I am Naveen Ganesan
2. Regex and sed
3. zero indexing of arrays
4. Variables in wikipedia
5. Address bar search (email id)
6. Audio file on facebook
7. PHP, Replacing Arrays
8. Monitor problems
9. Help with Changing Youtube Email
10. How much would this storage server cost?
11. Why doesn't Firefox automatically update on Linux?
12. Google Drive
13. ZFS, heterogeneous storage media and heterogeneous access patterns

August 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 16

1. MediaWiki: get URL params
2. SATA III hard drive in a SATA II interface?
3. Plotting ping results on a graph
4. Windows task bar disappearing
5. loop 128 PNG files at 15 fps onto a 10 minute youtube video

August 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 17

1. is the human brain a Turing Machine?
2. Concurrency
3. .gif files do not animate on my browser
4. Ubuntu 12.04 1) Delete Icons from taskbar and 2) Minimize all open windows
5. is the linux is an flatform independent or not?
6. who is the best seo company chairman in india?
7. New folders in Windows
8. Market research, solar power, battery to USB
9. Adobe_Flash#Alternatives is rather incomplete. What alternatives are there?
10. Scared straight for kids on the Internet
11. Norton Security Suite
12. Inadvertent reinstallation of Windows XP
13. OSX 10.4/5/6 - Override "interactive" login and switch to textbox, username/password domain-enabled login
14. stripping a video of red and green, keeping blue channel only

August 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 18

1. Cantenna
2. Network components
3. Django + jQuery
4. fights on a sim

August 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 19

1. where am I getting the glyphs?
2. Illegal copies online
3. Drawpad
4. UK shops- camera charger
5. surely there is a more pythonic way to do this generation of pandigital numbers?
6. Blogging and social networking

August 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 20

1. The Ubuntu interface along with Kubuntu and toggle back and forth without rebooting?
2. Looking for an architectural model for a typical home Wi-Fi router
3. Convert OST to PST File
4. Microsoft vs. Netscape
5. canon 650d, Magic Lantern
6. What, specifically, is wrong with this PDF file?
7. Glitching/skipping CD

August 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 21

1. Tandy Color Computer Emulators & .ccc files
2. commandline arguements in c
3. Where do Web Fonts live in the latest Firefox
4. Google Spreadsheet question
5. All my locally stored e-mail is gone in Evolution after upgrading to Fedora 17
6. Further problems with Fedora 17
7. Install VICE and E-UAE on Fedora 17?
8. Printing ink usage
9. Dots and slashes in internet addresses
10. Tibetan characters in Firefox under linux

August 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 22

1. IPsec server question
2. All Audio out of sync
3. FTP Desktop Shortcut
4. Java Question
5. UTF confusion
6. HTML page break control
7. GIMP 2.8 questions
8. Old PC game from the '90s
9. Xine question
10. Varicode ambiguity
11. Question about incorrect song size information

August 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 23

1. Getting/ripping songs from a java web game.
2. Emacs basics

August 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 24

1. Use Android 802.11x EAP settings on Windows
2. web based 2D CAD
3. Moving parts
4. Displaying bitmaps
5. Simple javascript
6. Learning programming languages.
7. Learning a computer language just for the sake of it

August 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 25

1. Revision control for OS
2. MSIL on Wine
3. S.M.A.R.T. Warning message
4. Programming for mobile/embedded devices
5. Legality of redistributing software available for free download

August 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 26

1. Counter Strike Global Off.
2. Samsung Series 5 17.3 inch laptop
3. Fast output of plots in MATLAB
4. Location based reminders in Android
5. Does Playbook's security swipe really work?
6. Question about mounting hard disks on Fedora 17
7. Move from hotmail to Outlook
8. Transfer entire Linux system to a new hard drive?
9. rsync --delete question
10. Java Book
11. HTTP space between headers and body..

August 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 27

1. Difficulty finding page related to "Order of Operations" in Mathematics.
2. how long does it take to overwrite hard drive using system recovery disc
3. Django simple button + field + saving
4. Has anyone got The Ur-Quan Masters to work?
5. Facebook question

August 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 28

1. Options request by firefox.
2. Is a GPU Required in a Computer?
3. Play Ogg Theora and Vorbis files directly on iPad
4. DNS not working, but only for browsers
5. Googling vs. typing URLs
6. Google Image Search slows computer down on Fedora 17
7. A better window list applet for Cinnamon?

August 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 29

1. Determining PDF page size programatically
2. Integration of Intel Fortran 11.1 compiler with the Visual Studio 2008
3. Idea to transfer entire Fedora 17 Linux system to new 2 terabyte hard disk
4. whois
5. Hard disk storage in the future
6. IE8 new version opening PDFs in Acrobat
7. Operating systems

August 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 30

1. Smart TV software updates
2. Popups
3. iOS's Safari cannot upload files
4. Is a hard disk drive a type of RAM?
5. Google Doesn't Work

August 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 August 31

1. Encoding in Command Prompt
2. Java Question
3. Unix Command Syntax
4. Automatic Update Failing
5. Removing "Live Security Platform" malware
6. can a microsite be under a different person's control?