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I need help buying a computer. I would like it to have Microsoft Vista, and be under $550. I would prefer a good computer, like a Dell. Please can you help me find a computer. Thanks! 68.193.147.179 01:08, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Compaq Presario V6000Z series or Compaq Presario V6000T series 68.193.147.179 01:29, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
What computer maker is the best? (ex: Dell, HP, Gateway, etc...) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.193.147.179 ( talk • contribs)
It would also help id you you told what you you would b using the computer for. schyler 02:03, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
And from the examples given (Dell, HP, GAteway), I can assume the user is looking for a Windows computer (sigh), and it wouldnt really matter. Each company you buy from will probably give you the same kind of options to customize your PC. schyler 02:09, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Yourself. Period. -- antilived T | C | G 11:17, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
An utterly misplaced closed cola can in a backpack with over $300 worth of electronics inside. IN A DESCENDING AIRPLANE. Sigh...no real damage was suffered to my poor, poor electronics, but some inconveniences showed up. The Game Boy Micro was hardest hit, with its skimpy faceplate offering no protection from the sticky liquid. Absolutely all buttons now stick, and I'm not entirely sure how to clean them. Sure, I got a toothbrush and scrubbed around with water, producing out-of-this-world recovery, but the stickiness returned in a few hours. How should I un-stick the buttons? There are also problems with the Nintendo DS Lite. It's reliable clamshell design spared it a lot of exposure, but the volume control switch can't get to an intermediate between "mute" and "full blast," and it's ridiculously difficult to push the power switch up. How should I go about all this unsticking business?-- the ninth bright shiner talk 02:00, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
@ 2007-02-02T03:31Z
How do I plot a limit cycle graph using gnuplot. I have a list of X,Y data points in a data file. 202.168.50.40 02:05, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
I turn on the computer. Everything is fine for about one minute, and then it freezes. I then have to restart it, and it usually freezes again after a minute. By the third time, it works fine. What could the problem be? It happens every single time. It seems to be that the computer has to "warm up" before it can start being usuable. What I did to try to fix the problem (but didn't work):
1)Scan for viruses using different programs. No, no viral problems.
2)Went into MsConfig and made it so that almost nothing loads at system startup
What in the world could my problem be? I'm going to have to format my drive and reinstall windows (or get vista) if I can't fix the problem. BTW, I've winXP.--
Codell [
Talk 03:21, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
I agree that this is not good. Similar things for me were eventually traced to a bad Computer power supply. If you are 'lucky', the bad part will freeze out in an obvious manner, and you can replace it. -- Zeizmic 13:12, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm comfortable taking my computer apart anytime, and I often do so. My computer expertise borders around intermediate-expert. What happens is it loads everything, and goes to the desktop and loads all the icons and programs, and then about one minute later, it freezes. I have to restart, and do it twice, and the third time it works. Okay, well I'll try moving around my cards and I'll try that boot program. I know about backing up, I've already formatted and de-partitioned an old 4GB hardrive which I use and keep around my computer incase I need it. -- Codell« T» 02:38, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi all. Let's say I have two computers at home, and both are running SSH servers. And they both connect to the internet via the same router. What happens when I try to ssh in from externally (from work for example), which of the two servers would it connect to? Is it possible to choose one or the other? - Akamad 06:18, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
This raises another question. What if I were to forward the ssh port (assuming both servers use the same port) on the router to both the computers. Then which would it connect to? Or would the router simply not allow that? - Akamad 14:31, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
what is the difference between a global variable and local variable?
imagine a file system which uses inodes to manage files on disk.each inode consists of a file name(4 bytes),user id(2 bytes),three timestamps(4 bytes each),protection bits(2 bytes),a reference count(2 bytes),a file type(2 bytes),and the file size(4 bytes).additionally,the inode contains 13 direct indices,1 index to a single indirect block,1 index to a double indirect block and one index to a triple indirect block.each of these indices is 4 bytes.the file system also stores the first 356 bytes of the each file in the inode
Is there a way to add a mirroed volume under Windoes XP to protect data nstead of using backup? -- Barringa 08:16, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone know why isn't there a simple Courier font in Word but there is in Excel? I have tried to search for the font file to install it in the Fonts directory, but couldn't find it. In Word there is only Courier New.
Any idea why the first parallel device from the ADSL line should be the ADSL modem for clear telephone connection,else a noise if a phone is connected before the ADSL modem??
Hi,I am a student and i have to give seminar on the topic from computer science field.i have chosen topic named 'Advanced video codec high defination'.and i want more information about it. i searched for this topic on the encyclopedia.but i want more information or any supported links on this subject.
Is there a CSS selector equivalent to
tr:first-child, tr:first-child + tr + tr, tr:first-child + tr + tr + tr + tr, ...
that will select alternate table rows? I know this can be done with IE's CSS expressions, but I'm looking for something standard and cross-platform. Neon Merlin 17:59, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
tr class="odd" tr class="evn" tr class="odd" tr class="evn"
if(($everyOther ^= TRUE) == TRUE) print 'odd'; else print 'even';
How do I use Ophcrack? Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.39.182.101 ( talk • contribs).
function addlilink(node, href, text, id, tooltip, accesskey) { //THIS function allows me to make new tabs, like the "edit this page" tab. I have no clue how it works, but everyone uses it. // the code below is mostly copied from addPortletLink() var link = document.createElement( "a" ); link.appendChild( document.createTextNode( text ) ); link.href = href; var item = document.createElement( "li" ); item.appendChild( link ); if ( id ) item.id = id; if ( accesskey ) { link.setAttribute( "accesskey", accesskey ); tooltip += " ["+accesskey+"]"; } if ( tooltip ) { link.setAttribute( "title", tooltip ); } updateTooltipAccessKeys( new Array( link ) ); node.appendChild( item ); return item; } // if(location.href.indexOf('User:TomasBat') != -1 && location.href.indexOf('action=edit') != -1 && location.href.indexOf('blank=1') != -1) { //This one is the blanker. If you are on a page that has, in the url, all three of those things, the first meaning your userspace, the second meaning it must be an edit page, and the third being added by function 3, below addOnloadHook(function() { var box = document.getElementById('wpTextbox1'); //this in the current data var txt = box.value; //this makes the actual data (the .vanlue) into a variable var newtext = '' //this makes a blank variable box.value = newtext; //this saves that variable to the box document.getElementById('wpSummary').value = 'blanking my sandbox'; //this sets your edit summary document.getElementById('wpMinoredit').checked = true; //this sets a minor edit document.getElementById('wpWatchthis').checked = true; //this sets watchlisting, remove this line if you like, it is not necessary document.getElementById('wpSave').click(); //this clicks save }); } if(location.href.indexOf('User:TomasBat') != -1 ) { //This is the tab itself. Now we are ANYWHERE in your userspace. addOnloadHook(function() { var tbs = document.getElementById('p-cactions').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; //no idea what this does, but the smart ones say it is good var editpage = "http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User:" + wgTitle + "&action=edit&blank=1" //this gets the proper link - the wiki page + the title of the page you are at + the edit + the flag that tells the second bit, above, to do its magic addlilink(tbs, editpage, "Blank", 'ca-blank', 'This will automatically blank this userpage'); //this calls the first script, top, and makes a cute tab for you }); }
-- TomasBat ( Talk)( Sign) 21:16, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
// Are you on a page in your user space? if (wgCanonicalNamespace == "User" && wgTitle.split("/")[0] == wgUserName) { // If so, add the "blank" tab: addOnloadHook(function() { var editURL = (wgServer + wgScriptPath + "/index.php?title=" + encodeURIComponent(wgPageName) + "&action=edit&blank=1"); addPortletLink("p-cactions", editURL, "Blank", "ca-blank", "This will automatically blank this userpage"); }); // Did you just click on the tab? if (location.href.indexOf("action=edit&blank=1") != -1) { // If so, blank the edit box and save: addOnloadHook(function() { document.getElementById("wpTextbox1").value = ""; // blank it! document.getElementById("wpSummary").value = "blanking my sandbox"; document.getElementById("wpMinoredit").checked = true; document.getElementById("wpWatchthis").checked = true; document.getElementById("wpSave").click(); }); } }
addPortletLink()
function is part of the standard
wikibits.js file, and is available on all MediaWiki pages. It does more or less what your addlilink()
function did. —
Ilmari Karonen (
talk) 15:53, 5 February 2007 (UTC)The next question in the critically acclaimed Windows Vista series by Orannis! So, I'm going to install Microsoft Office 2007 very soon, and I'm going to install Vista as well, but that won't be for another month. Will I be able to reinstall Office after I've upgraded to Vista?-- the ninth bright shiner talk 21:29, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
What is your opinion of the best OS?
@ 2007-02-02T22:13Z
I asked a questiion a week ago about an applet in Java where I can get a character to move around the screen. Now I got wonderful answers to the question I asked, but now I need more help. I was given a few links and I checked those over, but I'm not sure what needs to stay in my applet and what I need to get rid of. Like I said I would do, I asked my teacher about it, but from what I can gather, she is just a math teacher that went to some kind of week long class how to program in Java so she can "teach" computer science and she would really probably be more comfortable teaching a calculus class. All I need is what lines I need to write to get keyboard input in a Java applet. Not where it will type it, but where it recognizes what keys you're pressing. Thank you for any help. schyler 22:50, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Okay. So where do I write it? Do I have to import anything? How about having to write it each time? Sample code, maybe? schyler 02:00, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
class myClass { public static void main(String args[]) { throws java.io.IOException { char ch; ch = (char) System.in.read(); System.out.println(ch); } } }
-- Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント ( talk) 02:30, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Yah... I know how to do keyboard input in applications. My way is a little different though. I need to know how do do keyboard input in applets. There is this site that shows some smaple keyboard input, but I dont know which lines to keep and which not need for my applet. schyler 03:21, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
import java.applet.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; public class Keyboard1 extends Applet implements KeyListener { public void init() { addKeyListener( this ); } public void keyPressed( KeyEvent e ) { } public void keyReleased( KeyEvent e ) { } public void keyTyped( KeyEvent e ) { char c = e.getKeyChar(); if ( c != KeyEvent.CHAR_UNDEFINED ) { s = s + c; repaint(); e.consume(); } }
I think... I didn't get to write many applets for class, and I haven't bothered to for myself. -- Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント ( talk) 06:36, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
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Welcome to the Wikipedia Computing Reference Desk Archives |
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I need help buying a computer. I would like it to have Microsoft Vista, and be under $550. I would prefer a good computer, like a Dell. Please can you help me find a computer. Thanks! 68.193.147.179 01:08, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Compaq Presario V6000Z series or Compaq Presario V6000T series 68.193.147.179 01:29, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
What computer maker is the best? (ex: Dell, HP, Gateway, etc...) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.193.147.179 ( talk • contribs)
It would also help id you you told what you you would b using the computer for. schyler 02:03, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
And from the examples given (Dell, HP, GAteway), I can assume the user is looking for a Windows computer (sigh), and it wouldnt really matter. Each company you buy from will probably give you the same kind of options to customize your PC. schyler 02:09, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Yourself. Period. -- antilived T | C | G 11:17, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
An utterly misplaced closed cola can in a backpack with over $300 worth of electronics inside. IN A DESCENDING AIRPLANE. Sigh...no real damage was suffered to my poor, poor electronics, but some inconveniences showed up. The Game Boy Micro was hardest hit, with its skimpy faceplate offering no protection from the sticky liquid. Absolutely all buttons now stick, and I'm not entirely sure how to clean them. Sure, I got a toothbrush and scrubbed around with water, producing out-of-this-world recovery, but the stickiness returned in a few hours. How should I un-stick the buttons? There are also problems with the Nintendo DS Lite. It's reliable clamshell design spared it a lot of exposure, but the volume control switch can't get to an intermediate between "mute" and "full blast," and it's ridiculously difficult to push the power switch up. How should I go about all this unsticking business?-- the ninth bright shiner talk 02:00, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
@ 2007-02-02T03:31Z
How do I plot a limit cycle graph using gnuplot. I have a list of X,Y data points in a data file. 202.168.50.40 02:05, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
I turn on the computer. Everything is fine for about one minute, and then it freezes. I then have to restart it, and it usually freezes again after a minute. By the third time, it works fine. What could the problem be? It happens every single time. It seems to be that the computer has to "warm up" before it can start being usuable. What I did to try to fix the problem (but didn't work):
1)Scan for viruses using different programs. No, no viral problems.
2)Went into MsConfig and made it so that almost nothing loads at system startup
What in the world could my problem be? I'm going to have to format my drive and reinstall windows (or get vista) if I can't fix the problem. BTW, I've winXP.--
Codell [
Talk 03:21, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
I agree that this is not good. Similar things for me were eventually traced to a bad Computer power supply. If you are 'lucky', the bad part will freeze out in an obvious manner, and you can replace it. -- Zeizmic 13:12, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm comfortable taking my computer apart anytime, and I often do so. My computer expertise borders around intermediate-expert. What happens is it loads everything, and goes to the desktop and loads all the icons and programs, and then about one minute later, it freezes. I have to restart, and do it twice, and the third time it works. Okay, well I'll try moving around my cards and I'll try that boot program. I know about backing up, I've already formatted and de-partitioned an old 4GB hardrive which I use and keep around my computer incase I need it. -- Codell« T» 02:38, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi all. Let's say I have two computers at home, and both are running SSH servers. And they both connect to the internet via the same router. What happens when I try to ssh in from externally (from work for example), which of the two servers would it connect to? Is it possible to choose one or the other? - Akamad 06:18, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
This raises another question. What if I were to forward the ssh port (assuming both servers use the same port) on the router to both the computers. Then which would it connect to? Or would the router simply not allow that? - Akamad 14:31, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
what is the difference between a global variable and local variable?
imagine a file system which uses inodes to manage files on disk.each inode consists of a file name(4 bytes),user id(2 bytes),three timestamps(4 bytes each),protection bits(2 bytes),a reference count(2 bytes),a file type(2 bytes),and the file size(4 bytes).additionally,the inode contains 13 direct indices,1 index to a single indirect block,1 index to a double indirect block and one index to a triple indirect block.each of these indices is 4 bytes.the file system also stores the first 356 bytes of the each file in the inode
Is there a way to add a mirroed volume under Windoes XP to protect data nstead of using backup? -- Barringa 08:16, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone know why isn't there a simple Courier font in Word but there is in Excel? I have tried to search for the font file to install it in the Fonts directory, but couldn't find it. In Word there is only Courier New.
Any idea why the first parallel device from the ADSL line should be the ADSL modem for clear telephone connection,else a noise if a phone is connected before the ADSL modem??
Hi,I am a student and i have to give seminar on the topic from computer science field.i have chosen topic named 'Advanced video codec high defination'.and i want more information about it. i searched for this topic on the encyclopedia.but i want more information or any supported links on this subject.
Is there a CSS selector equivalent to
tr:first-child, tr:first-child + tr + tr, tr:first-child + tr + tr + tr + tr, ...
that will select alternate table rows? I know this can be done with IE's CSS expressions, but I'm looking for something standard and cross-platform. Neon Merlin 17:59, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
tr class="odd" tr class="evn" tr class="odd" tr class="evn"
if(($everyOther ^= TRUE) == TRUE) print 'odd'; else print 'even';
How do I use Ophcrack? Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.39.182.101 ( talk • contribs).
function addlilink(node, href, text, id, tooltip, accesskey) { //THIS function allows me to make new tabs, like the "edit this page" tab. I have no clue how it works, but everyone uses it. // the code below is mostly copied from addPortletLink() var link = document.createElement( "a" ); link.appendChild( document.createTextNode( text ) ); link.href = href; var item = document.createElement( "li" ); item.appendChild( link ); if ( id ) item.id = id; if ( accesskey ) { link.setAttribute( "accesskey", accesskey ); tooltip += " ["+accesskey+"]"; } if ( tooltip ) { link.setAttribute( "title", tooltip ); } updateTooltipAccessKeys( new Array( link ) ); node.appendChild( item ); return item; } // if(location.href.indexOf('User:TomasBat') != -1 && location.href.indexOf('action=edit') != -1 && location.href.indexOf('blank=1') != -1) { //This one is the blanker. If you are on a page that has, in the url, all three of those things, the first meaning your userspace, the second meaning it must be an edit page, and the third being added by function 3, below addOnloadHook(function() { var box = document.getElementById('wpTextbox1'); //this in the current data var txt = box.value; //this makes the actual data (the .vanlue) into a variable var newtext = '' //this makes a blank variable box.value = newtext; //this saves that variable to the box document.getElementById('wpSummary').value = 'blanking my sandbox'; //this sets your edit summary document.getElementById('wpMinoredit').checked = true; //this sets a minor edit document.getElementById('wpWatchthis').checked = true; //this sets watchlisting, remove this line if you like, it is not necessary document.getElementById('wpSave').click(); //this clicks save }); } if(location.href.indexOf('User:TomasBat') != -1 ) { //This is the tab itself. Now we are ANYWHERE in your userspace. addOnloadHook(function() { var tbs = document.getElementById('p-cactions').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; //no idea what this does, but the smart ones say it is good var editpage = "http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User:" + wgTitle + "&action=edit&blank=1" //this gets the proper link - the wiki page + the title of the page you are at + the edit + the flag that tells the second bit, above, to do its magic addlilink(tbs, editpage, "Blank", 'ca-blank', 'This will automatically blank this userpage'); //this calls the first script, top, and makes a cute tab for you }); }
-- TomasBat ( Talk)( Sign) 21:16, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
// Are you on a page in your user space? if (wgCanonicalNamespace == "User" && wgTitle.split("/")[0] == wgUserName) { // If so, add the "blank" tab: addOnloadHook(function() { var editURL = (wgServer + wgScriptPath + "/index.php?title=" + encodeURIComponent(wgPageName) + "&action=edit&blank=1"); addPortletLink("p-cactions", editURL, "Blank", "ca-blank", "This will automatically blank this userpage"); }); // Did you just click on the tab? if (location.href.indexOf("action=edit&blank=1") != -1) { // If so, blank the edit box and save: addOnloadHook(function() { document.getElementById("wpTextbox1").value = ""; // blank it! document.getElementById("wpSummary").value = "blanking my sandbox"; document.getElementById("wpMinoredit").checked = true; document.getElementById("wpWatchthis").checked = true; document.getElementById("wpSave").click(); }); } }
addPortletLink()
function is part of the standard
wikibits.js file, and is available on all MediaWiki pages. It does more or less what your addlilink()
function did. —
Ilmari Karonen (
talk) 15:53, 5 February 2007 (UTC)The next question in the critically acclaimed Windows Vista series by Orannis! So, I'm going to install Microsoft Office 2007 very soon, and I'm going to install Vista as well, but that won't be for another month. Will I be able to reinstall Office after I've upgraded to Vista?-- the ninth bright shiner talk 21:29, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
What is your opinion of the best OS?
@ 2007-02-02T22:13Z
I asked a questiion a week ago about an applet in Java where I can get a character to move around the screen. Now I got wonderful answers to the question I asked, but now I need more help. I was given a few links and I checked those over, but I'm not sure what needs to stay in my applet and what I need to get rid of. Like I said I would do, I asked my teacher about it, but from what I can gather, she is just a math teacher that went to some kind of week long class how to program in Java so she can "teach" computer science and she would really probably be more comfortable teaching a calculus class. All I need is what lines I need to write to get keyboard input in a Java applet. Not where it will type it, but where it recognizes what keys you're pressing. Thank you for any help. schyler 22:50, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Okay. So where do I write it? Do I have to import anything? How about having to write it each time? Sample code, maybe? schyler 02:00, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
class myClass { public static void main(String args[]) { throws java.io.IOException { char ch; ch = (char) System.in.read(); System.out.println(ch); } } }
-- Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント ( talk) 02:30, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Yah... I know how to do keyboard input in applications. My way is a little different though. I need to know how do do keyboard input in applets. There is this site that shows some smaple keyboard input, but I dont know which lines to keep and which not need for my applet. schyler 03:21, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
import java.applet.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; public class Keyboard1 extends Applet implements KeyListener { public void init() { addKeyListener( this ); } public void keyPressed( KeyEvent e ) { } public void keyReleased( KeyEvent e ) { } public void keyTyped( KeyEvent e ) { char c = e.getKeyChar(); if ( c != KeyEvent.CHAR_UNDEFINED ) { s = s + c; repaint(); e.consume(); } }
I think... I didn't get to write many applets for class, and I haven't bothered to for myself. -- Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント ( talk) 06:36, 3 February 2007 (UTC)