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The Bluray and HD-DVD versions of PowerDVD and WinDVD are both compatible with Windows XP SP2, providing a suitable (eg. HDCP) video card and monitor are used. Microsoft's arguments in favour of Protected Media Path and related technologies ( [1]) suggest that without it, users would be unable to play these new HD formats. But if XP can play them anyway, why do Vista users need PMP? - 84.69.45.120 02:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I have made this little script that gets song info from Last.fm and put it into an image as a mini-challenge. You can see it
here if you want. Now as it is running off my computer I want to use the output from
rhythmbox-clinet --print-playing
using the exec() function. But, as PHP is not running as myself, it will not return the song I'm currently listening. Is there any way around it other than making a bash script that's on the crontab and gets the song info and writes to a file, which php reads? Also does any media player under Linux uses MySQL to store things other than Amarok? SQL approach would be a much more elegant way to this problem. --
antilived
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G 06:21, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I use XFS as my main file system and (luckily) use JFS to store my data. An annoying/more-than-annoying feature of XFS is that it fills open files with zeros when the computer crashes (SGI says it's for security reasons). But yesterday, my computer crashed for no apparent reason and several files got blanked out including my Beryl plugins (yes, the actual plugins themselves), and some parts of dpkg. How can I turn off this feature without hacking the code? -- wj32 talk | contribs 07:05, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I started editing on Wikipedia in the spring of 2006. I had been using Wikipedia for reference for some time before that, but I had little awareness of the general usefulness of wikis as a tool for collaborative editing. The more I learned about Wikipedia, the more impressed I became. Then I read the Wiki article and was shocked to learn that wikis have been around since 1995, about when I learned some HTML and began editing Web pages the "traditional" way. I worked all that time at technology companies, participated heavily on Usenet, and thought I was somewhat technologically aware, and yet neither I nor any of the computer geeks I knew were doing anything with wikis. Now I feel like in some ways I squandered about a decade in which I sub-optimally used other tools such as e-mail to handle jobs that wikis handle much better. Apparently, it took the phenomenon of Wikipedia breaking the million-article mark and showing up in every other Google search to get my attention enough to let me figure out some of what wikis are useful for. So that raises the obvious question: what else am I missing? Right now, some computer nerd somewhere is probably writing the next great software concept that will change my life in ten years. What will that software be? I invite the Wikipedia Reference Desk editors to nominate their favorite candidates for the mind-blowing software that comes after wikis. -- Teratornis 08:36, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone know a good book about how to make "programs that interact with other programs" in MS Windows? That would include multiprocessing programming, API functions (SendMessage and so), getting useful handles and other tips and tricks. I couldn't find a suitable one. Thanks ;) -- Taraborn 09:21, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Edit: Visual C++ -- Taraborn 17:39, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I have numbers in B8 to B10. Now I want to multiply each cell by 20%. And I want each result to go in C8 to C10. How do I do that? -- Parker007 10:29, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I am trying to use a 1GB Flash Drive,It seemed to have loaded ok,When I tried to use it I got..."The ACE.EXE File is Linked to Missing export Kernel 32.DLL:Get VolumeNameForVolumeMountPointW." And..."F:\ACE\ACE.exe A device attached to the system is not functioning " How do I find the device that is not functioning,so I can figure out how to fix it?Is It the Missing export Kernel?If it is than how do I fix it? I don't want to buy some program if I don't have to.I'm not a "Wiz" on the computer but I'm trying.Any suggestions would be appreciated Thank You Strider2
Can anyone tell me how to change the names of things saved on my ipod, preferably without deleting them and putting them back on. Whenever I plug my ipod in Itunes opens, but it is empty and there doesn't seem to be any way of moving things into it, probably because my computer is rubbish. (Of course it is, it's a computer.) So everyhing on my ipod comes from a different computer, and therefore isn't on my computer anywhere. There doesn't seem to be any way into my ipod files through the computer. What do I do? 172.209.3.10 16:41, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I have tried searching my computer for the files on my ipod, but part of the3 way through the search is says internet explorer is broken and has to close, and then my computer stops working until I turn it off and back on again. My ipod is apparently in the F:, but this just has a few empty folders in. I have tried everything I can think of in itunes, and nothing does anything. It says I need to go on their website to download itunes7, but when I do it says Thank you for downloading itunes7, but it still isn't on my computer anywhere, and still says I need to download it. 172.209.3.10 16:41, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Mix Lord 02:02, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
That doesn't actually help much, as I don't know how to make them visible:(
Sorry, but I can't find any of these, can you give me a clue as to where they are? If it helps, I have windows XP (Even if it doesn't help, I still have it)
1) Go to your desktop 2) Plug your ipod in 3) Double click MY COMPUTER 4) Double click F:, or whatever the ipod's drive is 5) click , at the top of the screen, "tools", click "folder options", go to the "view" tab and check "show hidden files or folders". 6) Click OK. HOWEVER, with that said, by changing the file names the name on song the iPod is not going to change. The iPod reads its names from an XML file somewhere in its filesystem, and changing the name of the file (either through an ID3 tag changer or whatever) is not going to change the name on the iPod. Abidh786 19:51, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
I can't remember what the technical term is for rounding-off rountines that compounds and becomes large errors. Like, if we have a number that has to be multiplied a bunch of times and it is rounded off each time, making very small errors quite large. What is the term, and just as important, do we have an article on it? Oskar 16:24, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Does IE7 support text-decoration: blink; ? 86.41.130.243 16:40, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm aware that many of the improvements in computer speed come from improvements to the design of the processor.. I was wondering what increase in performance is due to increases in transistor response times? As a simple example if an old processor such as a Z80 or 6502 was made today using the same circuit diagram but with modern manufacturing methods and at a modern size eg 90 or 65nm, how 'fast' could it be made to go - what clock speed? 87.102.66.142 18:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
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@ 2007-02-14T01:26Z
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Hello! First of all, I just wanted to say that you people are doing great. Keep up the good work. Now my problem is that, i have a Kingsten 256MB USB. I bought it a year ago, it was working perfectly fine until last sunday. Now, da problem is that, it is getting connected to Windows, i mean tht when i plug it in, Windows does recognize and tells that the hardware has been installed and ready to use, but thts it. It does not open. its even shown in hardware list. When, i checked its properties, it said that device is working fine, but it deos not show any memory size. it just tells 0bytes and it should tell 256MB. i tried to format it, but tht was of not help and there was was some, it said tht the device cant be accessed. Now,please help me. OS is WinXp SP2, system is PIII.
Thanks alot !!!!!!!
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Darkest Hour 20:02, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I have a little roadblock trying to get cross-dependencies working in a python package where one submodule is trying to import from another. The docs seem a little unclear as to whether this is allowed or not. All the relevant directories have blank __init__.py files.
Assume the following package structure (just a rough sketch):
MyTest/ individual/ human.py class person: ... class employee(person): ... class athlete(person): ... animal.py ... group/ team.py class hockey_team: members = [athlete(),athlete(),athlete(),] class bball_team: members = [athlete(),athlete(),athlete(),] business.py class sales_dept: members = [employee(),employee(),] class hr_dept: members = [employee(),employee(),]
1) what is the "import" syntax used to incorporate 'athlete' and 'employee' into 'team' and 'business'? Inserting "import MyTest.individual.human.athlete as athlete" does not seem to work.
2) what is the equivalent __import__() syntax to do the above? [assuming you can't do
from foo __import__('bar')
]
3) when the package is called from a caller script in some arbitrary location, how do I ensure that the cross-dependency doesn't break due to file location of calling script or name conflicts from other modules used in the calling script?
The rest of the code works fine, the problem arises when trying to link the cross-dependencies. Any tips, pointers or tutorial links dealing with this much appreciated. NoClutter 20:24, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi!
I found some info about this function cwrite in c. It is supposed to have a huge output-rate. But I can't find any more info about it on the net. Damn google doesnt accept the "("- and ")"-marks. Any help, please? PureRumble 20:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
(Just looked up the article about ASCI Red) ...... Toto, that is a good point. That is a very very good point! Thanks for quick reps all of you! PureRumble 22:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC) I want my program to write a bunch of data out on standard output as fast as possible. Currently, I'm using an internal buffer of my own (chars array 100000*16 bytes), and I'm writing the data to standard output with write(). How can I do this even faster? Can reading be done any faster? I'm using read(). ThanksPureRumble 22:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I bought a new Dell PC last September and am very happy with it. I am not an expert IT user but now I am retired I enjoy digital photography with my family and I also enjoy generally browsing the Web with AOL 9 Broadband, especially Wikipedia. I use a Microsoft Office suite for typing correspondence and Excel for home finances etc. I send and receive loads of e-mails around the world to keep in touch with far flung family and friends - but apart from this minimalistic use, I do not play games or download music etc.
My question is, as a contented XP user, should I really consider upgrading to Vista at this time? I accept that if I don't accept before end March, the Free Upgrade will expire and I will have to pay for it at some future juncture when I will be more content that the glitches have been ironed out (if any). So if I do nothing now, for how long will XP still be viable?
Thanks. CasualWikiUser 20:58, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
How do I print out a page on [www.tigerwoods.com]? 68.193.147.179 20:59, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
::::: The Google Bot link does not work... Also, if I copy and paste, it only shows a portion of it in MS Word. And do you think if I get it printed at Staples they can fix the problem? 68.193.147.179 02:49, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Something I learned recently has left me puzzled. A 64 gigabyte USB flash drive costs about $4999.99 [4]. An 80 gigabyte iPod, which is only slightly larger and is able to store files (and do much more than a USB flash drive), only costs $349 [5]. Where does this price discrepancy come from?-- the ninth bright shiner talk 23:53, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
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The Bluray and HD-DVD versions of PowerDVD and WinDVD are both compatible with Windows XP SP2, providing a suitable (eg. HDCP) video card and monitor are used. Microsoft's arguments in favour of Protected Media Path and related technologies ( [1]) suggest that without it, users would be unable to play these new HD formats. But if XP can play them anyway, why do Vista users need PMP? - 84.69.45.120 02:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I have made this little script that gets song info from Last.fm and put it into an image as a mini-challenge. You can see it
here if you want. Now as it is running off my computer I want to use the output from
rhythmbox-clinet --print-playing
using the exec() function. But, as PHP is not running as myself, it will not return the song I'm currently listening. Is there any way around it other than making a bash script that's on the crontab and gets the song info and writes to a file, which php reads? Also does any media player under Linux uses MySQL to store things other than Amarok? SQL approach would be a much more elegant way to this problem. --
antilived
T |
C |
G 06:21, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I use XFS as my main file system and (luckily) use JFS to store my data. An annoying/more-than-annoying feature of XFS is that it fills open files with zeros when the computer crashes (SGI says it's for security reasons). But yesterday, my computer crashed for no apparent reason and several files got blanked out including my Beryl plugins (yes, the actual plugins themselves), and some parts of dpkg. How can I turn off this feature without hacking the code? -- wj32 talk | contribs 07:05, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I started editing on Wikipedia in the spring of 2006. I had been using Wikipedia for reference for some time before that, but I had little awareness of the general usefulness of wikis as a tool for collaborative editing. The more I learned about Wikipedia, the more impressed I became. Then I read the Wiki article and was shocked to learn that wikis have been around since 1995, about when I learned some HTML and began editing Web pages the "traditional" way. I worked all that time at technology companies, participated heavily on Usenet, and thought I was somewhat technologically aware, and yet neither I nor any of the computer geeks I knew were doing anything with wikis. Now I feel like in some ways I squandered about a decade in which I sub-optimally used other tools such as e-mail to handle jobs that wikis handle much better. Apparently, it took the phenomenon of Wikipedia breaking the million-article mark and showing up in every other Google search to get my attention enough to let me figure out some of what wikis are useful for. So that raises the obvious question: what else am I missing? Right now, some computer nerd somewhere is probably writing the next great software concept that will change my life in ten years. What will that software be? I invite the Wikipedia Reference Desk editors to nominate their favorite candidates for the mind-blowing software that comes after wikis. -- Teratornis 08:36, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone know a good book about how to make "programs that interact with other programs" in MS Windows? That would include multiprocessing programming, API functions (SendMessage and so), getting useful handles and other tips and tricks. I couldn't find a suitable one. Thanks ;) -- Taraborn 09:21, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Edit: Visual C++ -- Taraborn 17:39, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I have numbers in B8 to B10. Now I want to multiply each cell by 20%. And I want each result to go in C8 to C10. How do I do that? -- Parker007 10:29, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I am trying to use a 1GB Flash Drive,It seemed to have loaded ok,When I tried to use it I got..."The ACE.EXE File is Linked to Missing export Kernel 32.DLL:Get VolumeNameForVolumeMountPointW." And..."F:\ACE\ACE.exe A device attached to the system is not functioning " How do I find the device that is not functioning,so I can figure out how to fix it?Is It the Missing export Kernel?If it is than how do I fix it? I don't want to buy some program if I don't have to.I'm not a "Wiz" on the computer but I'm trying.Any suggestions would be appreciated Thank You Strider2
Can anyone tell me how to change the names of things saved on my ipod, preferably without deleting them and putting them back on. Whenever I plug my ipod in Itunes opens, but it is empty and there doesn't seem to be any way of moving things into it, probably because my computer is rubbish. (Of course it is, it's a computer.) So everyhing on my ipod comes from a different computer, and therefore isn't on my computer anywhere. There doesn't seem to be any way into my ipod files through the computer. What do I do? 172.209.3.10 16:41, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I have tried searching my computer for the files on my ipod, but part of the3 way through the search is says internet explorer is broken and has to close, and then my computer stops working until I turn it off and back on again. My ipod is apparently in the F:, but this just has a few empty folders in. I have tried everything I can think of in itunes, and nothing does anything. It says I need to go on their website to download itunes7, but when I do it says Thank you for downloading itunes7, but it still isn't on my computer anywhere, and still says I need to download it. 172.209.3.10 16:41, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Mix Lord 02:02, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
That doesn't actually help much, as I don't know how to make them visible:(
Sorry, but I can't find any of these, can you give me a clue as to where they are? If it helps, I have windows XP (Even if it doesn't help, I still have it)
1) Go to your desktop 2) Plug your ipod in 3) Double click MY COMPUTER 4) Double click F:, or whatever the ipod's drive is 5) click , at the top of the screen, "tools", click "folder options", go to the "view" tab and check "show hidden files or folders". 6) Click OK. HOWEVER, with that said, by changing the file names the name on song the iPod is not going to change. The iPod reads its names from an XML file somewhere in its filesystem, and changing the name of the file (either through an ID3 tag changer or whatever) is not going to change the name on the iPod. Abidh786 19:51, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
I can't remember what the technical term is for rounding-off rountines that compounds and becomes large errors. Like, if we have a number that has to be multiplied a bunch of times and it is rounded off each time, making very small errors quite large. What is the term, and just as important, do we have an article on it? Oskar 16:24, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Does IE7 support text-decoration: blink; ? 86.41.130.243 16:40, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm aware that many of the improvements in computer speed come from improvements to the design of the processor.. I was wondering what increase in performance is due to increases in transistor response times? As a simple example if an old processor such as a Z80 or 6502 was made today using the same circuit diagram but with modern manufacturing methods and at a modern size eg 90 or 65nm, how 'fast' could it be made to go - what clock speed? 87.102.66.142 18:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
@ 2007-02-14T01:15Z
@ 2007-02-14T01:26Z
@ 2007-02-14T15:14Z
Hello! First of all, I just wanted to say that you people are doing great. Keep up the good work. Now my problem is that, i have a Kingsten 256MB USB. I bought it a year ago, it was working perfectly fine until last sunday. Now, da problem is that, it is getting connected to Windows, i mean tht when i plug it in, Windows does recognize and tells that the hardware has been installed and ready to use, but thts it. It does not open. its even shown in hardware list. When, i checked its properties, it said that device is working fine, but it deos not show any memory size. it just tells 0bytes and it should tell 256MB. i tried to format it, but tht was of not help and there was was some, it said tht the device cant be accessed. Now,please help me. OS is WinXp SP2, system is PIII.
Thanks alot !!!!!!!
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Darkest Hour 20:02, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I have a little roadblock trying to get cross-dependencies working in a python package where one submodule is trying to import from another. The docs seem a little unclear as to whether this is allowed or not. All the relevant directories have blank __init__.py files.
Assume the following package structure (just a rough sketch):
MyTest/ individual/ human.py class person: ... class employee(person): ... class athlete(person): ... animal.py ... group/ team.py class hockey_team: members = [athlete(),athlete(),athlete(),] class bball_team: members = [athlete(),athlete(),athlete(),] business.py class sales_dept: members = [employee(),employee(),] class hr_dept: members = [employee(),employee(),]
1) what is the "import" syntax used to incorporate 'athlete' and 'employee' into 'team' and 'business'? Inserting "import MyTest.individual.human.athlete as athlete" does not seem to work.
2) what is the equivalent __import__() syntax to do the above? [assuming you can't do
from foo __import__('bar')
]
3) when the package is called from a caller script in some arbitrary location, how do I ensure that the cross-dependency doesn't break due to file location of calling script or name conflicts from other modules used in the calling script?
The rest of the code works fine, the problem arises when trying to link the cross-dependencies. Any tips, pointers or tutorial links dealing with this much appreciated. NoClutter 20:24, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi!
I found some info about this function cwrite in c. It is supposed to have a huge output-rate. But I can't find any more info about it on the net. Damn google doesnt accept the "("- and ")"-marks. Any help, please? PureRumble 20:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
(Just looked up the article about ASCI Red) ...... Toto, that is a good point. That is a very very good point! Thanks for quick reps all of you! PureRumble 22:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC) I want my program to write a bunch of data out on standard output as fast as possible. Currently, I'm using an internal buffer of my own (chars array 100000*16 bytes), and I'm writing the data to standard output with write(). How can I do this even faster? Can reading be done any faster? I'm using read(). ThanksPureRumble 22:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I bought a new Dell PC last September and am very happy with it. I am not an expert IT user but now I am retired I enjoy digital photography with my family and I also enjoy generally browsing the Web with AOL 9 Broadband, especially Wikipedia. I use a Microsoft Office suite for typing correspondence and Excel for home finances etc. I send and receive loads of e-mails around the world to keep in touch with far flung family and friends - but apart from this minimalistic use, I do not play games or download music etc.
My question is, as a contented XP user, should I really consider upgrading to Vista at this time? I accept that if I don't accept before end March, the Free Upgrade will expire and I will have to pay for it at some future juncture when I will be more content that the glitches have been ironed out (if any). So if I do nothing now, for how long will XP still be viable?
Thanks. CasualWikiUser 20:58, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
How do I print out a page on [www.tigerwoods.com]? 68.193.147.179 20:59, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
::::: The Google Bot link does not work... Also, if I copy and paste, it only shows a portion of it in MS Word. And do you think if I get it printed at Staples they can fix the problem? 68.193.147.179 02:49, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Something I learned recently has left me puzzled. A 64 gigabyte USB flash drive costs about $4999.99 [4]. An 80 gigabyte iPod, which is only slightly larger and is able to store files (and do much more than a USB flash drive), only costs $349 [5]. Where does this price discrepancy come from?-- the ninth bright shiner talk 23:53, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
@ 2007-02-14T06:57Z
@ 2007-02-15T18:14Z