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When people post that they hang out at the smiley face, where is that? Thanks 72.84.30.159 02:30, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Do you mean they said "I'm hanging out @:)" ? If so, perhaps the at sign represents hair on the smiley face. StuRat 07:27, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I want to have one line of text with some text at the far left, some text at the center, some text at the far right. In the old days, I'd do this by making a table row with three columns and being done with it. But tables for layout are evil, I'm told, so I thought I'd try to do it with CSS-- thus far, I haven't stumbled upon the answer. What am I missing? -- Wouldbewebmaster 03:43, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Something like this? --
h2g2bob 03:53, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
<div id="main" style="text-align: center"> <div style="float: left"> LEFT </div> <div style="float: right"> RIGHT </div> CENTER <!-- make sure it all stays inside the main div --> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div>
You could use display: table
, display: table-row
, display: table-cell
, etc. While using tables for layout is evil, I believe using CSS table layout isn't (the main problem with HTML tables is mixing content with formatting; tables are formatting, so they should be done in CSS). --
cesarb 16:38, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
display: table
isn't IE6 friendly (and I wasn't sure it was IE7 friendly either)
You should use css classes to set up the columns, not inline stuff (unless you're on wikipedia... bleh)
I hacked this up real quick with a Real-time HTML editor. I didn't try it in IE but I can't think of anything here that wouldn't take care of it in IE. you may want to pad the middle column, but there may be problems of IE doubling the margin. I can't remember the fix. (positioniseverything.net is a good reference)
<style> .container{ _height: 1%; /*IE hack */ width:400px; } .container:after{ /* float container hack */ clear:both; content: "."; display: block; height: 0; clear: both; visibility: hidden; } .leftcolumn{ float:left; width:20%; text-align:right; } .middlecolumn{ float:left; width:40%; text-align:center; } .rightcolumn{ float:left; width:20%; text-align:left; } </style> <div class="container"> <div class="leftcolumn">This is a right aligned left colun</div> <div class="middlecolumn">This is a center aligned center column</div> <div class="rightcolumn">This is a left aligned right column</div> </div>
Root4( one) 22:46, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
How do you scan an image from TV show or movie? I'd like to scan a few fair use screenshots for some film/TB articles. Incidentally, I looked into the rationales needed and policies. Aaron Bowen 07:12, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I have Broad band internet connection & using WinXP...while browsing continously for about 15 minutes, the connection is cut off showing the message "Skein 0.0.3 error code 2..contact the administrator etc". I need to log out and then log in again to resume browsing. I have contacted the administrator but they say it is a problem with the system. The hardware engineers who have checked the system have also not been able to identify the problem. What does this error pertain to? I have checked the internet for Skein 0.0.3...all I am getting is details of baseball scores(?). Please help. rimenon—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.164.146.103 ( talk) 07:45, 22 April 2007 (UTC).
i think its a os.i also get this messege. it runs on my isp's computer
the logout i think happens because whatever software you are using for logging in(my isp has given me 24 online client") logs you out after a set time of inactivity . maybe you can set it using the "logging in" software or you could ask your admin to increase your inactivity timeout...
or if you log in using a web pageit is because your web browser does not have the ability to "keep-alive" a connection ... you can probably set it to keep alive ..
Does anyone here have a Joost account? Could I, please, receive an invitation? Thanks. -- Taraborn 12:27, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I have a scheme which uses (2 + m)n + 1 bits to store a Huffman tree (where n is the number of symbols, and m is the number of bits per unencoded symbol). Is there a more compact scheme? (I have the beginnings of a (1 + m)n + constant scheme, but I'm not sure if it's workable). -- User:Taejo| 대조 13:07, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm in the middle of trying to find a suitable upgrade for my parent's PC. They have a Dell 8250 ( http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8250/specs.htm#1084976) and we want to upgrade (ideally) RAM to 1gb, add a reasonably decent Nvidia graphics card, upgrade the processor and maybe add a second hard-drive. From looking at the spec i'm not sure what things I can add that are 'compatible' (the ram Is DRAM? Can't figure the max processor it can accept and it has AGP 4x/PCI so not sure which graphics card is best to upgrade to). Any help/points in the right direction welcomed. Sorry I know this isn't 'exactly' what reference desk is for. ny156uk 16:14, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I've got a single processor Intel P4 650 3.4GHz machine. Lately, I've noticed that it seems to think it's dual core... whilst system properties correctly identifies the processor, device manager lists the computer as "ACPI Multiprocessor PC" and under processors, lists the P4 twice. Task manager shows the two different graphs for my "two different" CPUs. The net result of this seems to be that single threaded processor intensive tasks (such as mencoder) are only ever given 50% of the available processing power. Right-clicking and choosing to "uninstall" one of the processors doesn't seem to work, so I'm hoping for some alternative suggestions... Thanks in advance └ UkPaolo/ talk┐ 16:44, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
What are the drawing/sketching applications available for UIQ 3? -- Masatran 19:18, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I just downloaded Ubuntu 7.04 for my Macbook Pro(wanted to try it out). I burned it to a CD and put it in the computer. I got past the Ubuntu loading screen, then said that it couldn't start my windowing system. It then gave me a terminal to type into. Parallels Desktop didn't even get this far. I'm re-downloading, but why is this happening? Old versions of Ubuntu worked fine, thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.195.124.101 ( talk) 19:23, 22 April 2007 (UTC).
Everything should work fine, I have Ubuntu Linux on mine. Looks awesome too! Except it doesn't have widescreen support as far as I know. Mαc Δαvιs ❖ 02:03, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
I am buying a new laptop soon, and think that I'll get myself a non-Mac notebook and then set up some sort of Linux/Ubuntu/Kubuntu OS. I know most of these don't support quite the range of software as does a Mac and not nearly as much as a PC, but I've had trouble finding specifics. For instance, GIMP aside, can I buy and install Adobe Photoshop on a Ubuntu computer? Linux? What about Itunes? Can I get most non-game Windows-friendly programs to install on Ubuntu or Linux or whatnot? How about the regular Microsoft Office package? Do I have to buy a special type of MS Office? Will it not work at all? Are the alternatives really up to snuff, and will regular (ie mac or windows) using computers be able to open files I've made in, say Spreadsheet or OpenOffice? Will fairly obscure Windows-friendly programs such as Xilisoft, MacDrive, Daemontools, RosettaStone, and other work on any Linux/Unix-based OS's? And, final question, I sometimes go to download freeware and am given the option of whether to download it for Macs, Windows, or Linux. Could I not install this freeware on a Ubuntu computer? I know that's a lot of separate questions, but I think it all boils down to whether if I use Ubuntu or Linux I wont be able to use all the programs I've come to know and love. Thanks for any help, 70.108.191.59 19:53, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I was about to delete a sentence of the FLOPS page , but, for fear of making an idiot (as I'm not too familar with hardware) of myself, I thought I'd ask here first.
According to that page, the CPU of a "common AMD A64 or Intel Pentium 4 general-purpose PC" (I'm guessing aroung 3Ghz), would have a FLOPS rating a ten. Which in turn leads to the conclusion that these processors perform over three calculations per clock cycle. This seems quite absurd to me, how is it possible for a CPU to perform three calculations in one cycle? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.42.242.45 ( talk) 20:04, 22 April 2007 (UTC).
I am trying to get my WiFi started for the DS and I need to access my routers settings but everytime I put in my routers IP address, the router settings page never shows!!! Please can someone help me out thank you alot
How did they create these engravings? How did they do it before computer graphics? -- Toytoy 21:05, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
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When people post that they hang out at the smiley face, where is that? Thanks 72.84.30.159 02:30, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Do you mean they said "I'm hanging out @:)" ? If so, perhaps the at sign represents hair on the smiley face. StuRat 07:27, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I want to have one line of text with some text at the far left, some text at the center, some text at the far right. In the old days, I'd do this by making a table row with three columns and being done with it. But tables for layout are evil, I'm told, so I thought I'd try to do it with CSS-- thus far, I haven't stumbled upon the answer. What am I missing? -- Wouldbewebmaster 03:43, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Something like this? --
h2g2bob 03:53, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
<div id="main" style="text-align: center"> <div style="float: left"> LEFT </div> <div style="float: right"> RIGHT </div> CENTER <!-- make sure it all stays inside the main div --> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div>
You could use display: table
, display: table-row
, display: table-cell
, etc. While using tables for layout is evil, I believe using CSS table layout isn't (the main problem with HTML tables is mixing content with formatting; tables are formatting, so they should be done in CSS). --
cesarb 16:38, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
display: table
isn't IE6 friendly (and I wasn't sure it was IE7 friendly either)
You should use css classes to set up the columns, not inline stuff (unless you're on wikipedia... bleh)
I hacked this up real quick with a Real-time HTML editor. I didn't try it in IE but I can't think of anything here that wouldn't take care of it in IE. you may want to pad the middle column, but there may be problems of IE doubling the margin. I can't remember the fix. (positioniseverything.net is a good reference)
<style> .container{ _height: 1%; /*IE hack */ width:400px; } .container:after{ /* float container hack */ clear:both; content: "."; display: block; height: 0; clear: both; visibility: hidden; } .leftcolumn{ float:left; width:20%; text-align:right; } .middlecolumn{ float:left; width:40%; text-align:center; } .rightcolumn{ float:left; width:20%; text-align:left; } </style> <div class="container"> <div class="leftcolumn">This is a right aligned left colun</div> <div class="middlecolumn">This is a center aligned center column</div> <div class="rightcolumn">This is a left aligned right column</div> </div>
Root4( one) 22:46, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
How do you scan an image from TV show or movie? I'd like to scan a few fair use screenshots for some film/TB articles. Incidentally, I looked into the rationales needed and policies. Aaron Bowen 07:12, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I have Broad band internet connection & using WinXP...while browsing continously for about 15 minutes, the connection is cut off showing the message "Skein 0.0.3 error code 2..contact the administrator etc". I need to log out and then log in again to resume browsing. I have contacted the administrator but they say it is a problem with the system. The hardware engineers who have checked the system have also not been able to identify the problem. What does this error pertain to? I have checked the internet for Skein 0.0.3...all I am getting is details of baseball scores(?). Please help. rimenon—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.164.146.103 ( talk) 07:45, 22 April 2007 (UTC).
i think its a os.i also get this messege. it runs on my isp's computer
the logout i think happens because whatever software you are using for logging in(my isp has given me 24 online client") logs you out after a set time of inactivity . maybe you can set it using the "logging in" software or you could ask your admin to increase your inactivity timeout...
or if you log in using a web pageit is because your web browser does not have the ability to "keep-alive" a connection ... you can probably set it to keep alive ..
Does anyone here have a Joost account? Could I, please, receive an invitation? Thanks. -- Taraborn 12:27, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I have a scheme which uses (2 + m)n + 1 bits to store a Huffman tree (where n is the number of symbols, and m is the number of bits per unencoded symbol). Is there a more compact scheme? (I have the beginnings of a (1 + m)n + constant scheme, but I'm not sure if it's workable). -- User:Taejo| 대조 13:07, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm in the middle of trying to find a suitable upgrade for my parent's PC. They have a Dell 8250 ( http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8250/specs.htm#1084976) and we want to upgrade (ideally) RAM to 1gb, add a reasonably decent Nvidia graphics card, upgrade the processor and maybe add a second hard-drive. From looking at the spec i'm not sure what things I can add that are 'compatible' (the ram Is DRAM? Can't figure the max processor it can accept and it has AGP 4x/PCI so not sure which graphics card is best to upgrade to). Any help/points in the right direction welcomed. Sorry I know this isn't 'exactly' what reference desk is for. ny156uk 16:14, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I've got a single processor Intel P4 650 3.4GHz machine. Lately, I've noticed that it seems to think it's dual core... whilst system properties correctly identifies the processor, device manager lists the computer as "ACPI Multiprocessor PC" and under processors, lists the P4 twice. Task manager shows the two different graphs for my "two different" CPUs. The net result of this seems to be that single threaded processor intensive tasks (such as mencoder) are only ever given 50% of the available processing power. Right-clicking and choosing to "uninstall" one of the processors doesn't seem to work, so I'm hoping for some alternative suggestions... Thanks in advance └ UkPaolo/ talk┐ 16:44, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
What are the drawing/sketching applications available for UIQ 3? -- Masatran 19:18, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I just downloaded Ubuntu 7.04 for my Macbook Pro(wanted to try it out). I burned it to a CD and put it in the computer. I got past the Ubuntu loading screen, then said that it couldn't start my windowing system. It then gave me a terminal to type into. Parallels Desktop didn't even get this far. I'm re-downloading, but why is this happening? Old versions of Ubuntu worked fine, thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.195.124.101 ( talk) 19:23, 22 April 2007 (UTC).
Everything should work fine, I have Ubuntu Linux on mine. Looks awesome too! Except it doesn't have widescreen support as far as I know. Mαc Δαvιs ❖ 02:03, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
I am buying a new laptop soon, and think that I'll get myself a non-Mac notebook and then set up some sort of Linux/Ubuntu/Kubuntu OS. I know most of these don't support quite the range of software as does a Mac and not nearly as much as a PC, but I've had trouble finding specifics. For instance, GIMP aside, can I buy and install Adobe Photoshop on a Ubuntu computer? Linux? What about Itunes? Can I get most non-game Windows-friendly programs to install on Ubuntu or Linux or whatnot? How about the regular Microsoft Office package? Do I have to buy a special type of MS Office? Will it not work at all? Are the alternatives really up to snuff, and will regular (ie mac or windows) using computers be able to open files I've made in, say Spreadsheet or OpenOffice? Will fairly obscure Windows-friendly programs such as Xilisoft, MacDrive, Daemontools, RosettaStone, and other work on any Linux/Unix-based OS's? And, final question, I sometimes go to download freeware and am given the option of whether to download it for Macs, Windows, or Linux. Could I not install this freeware on a Ubuntu computer? I know that's a lot of separate questions, but I think it all boils down to whether if I use Ubuntu or Linux I wont be able to use all the programs I've come to know and love. Thanks for any help, 70.108.191.59 19:53, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I was about to delete a sentence of the FLOPS page , but, for fear of making an idiot (as I'm not too familar with hardware) of myself, I thought I'd ask here first.
According to that page, the CPU of a "common AMD A64 or Intel Pentium 4 general-purpose PC" (I'm guessing aroung 3Ghz), would have a FLOPS rating a ten. Which in turn leads to the conclusion that these processors perform over three calculations per clock cycle. This seems quite absurd to me, how is it possible for a CPU to perform three calculations in one cycle? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.42.242.45 ( talk) 20:04, 22 April 2007 (UTC).
I am trying to get my WiFi started for the DS and I need to access my routers settings but everytime I put in my routers IP address, the router settings page never shows!!! Please can someone help me out thank you alot
How did they create these engravings? How did they do it before computer graphics? -- Toytoy 21:05, 22 April 2007 (UTC)