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i recently installed a friends hard disk as a slave to compliment my 80 gb.am on xp.anytime i try to access media file from the new hard disk i get an error messag "1072867d in module 'gen_ml.dll' read off adress 00000028" but it eventually plays the file.could it be a sharing violation or what? 2.is a serial bus type of connection faster than a parallell bus?i thot serial ought to be faster coz nowadays hard disks are usually using sata coz its faster that pata?but our teacher explained that parallel is faster coz there more chanells in pata so more workload passes through unlike sata where its one data character at a tyme thus taking more time, 3.i usually use the gpedit.msc route when my task manger is disabled but now when i type gpedit.msc>admin templates>win components...... i cant see the options to eneble my task manager and other stuff especially incase of a virus threat which disables my task manager or folder options? 4.incase i want to see my password from sam in my pc when is it located or from the registry? 5.i recently saw an ad on my local paper where a guy claims he can actually by pass a nokia security code in a minute.and he wont need any tools just type a sequence of buttons on the keypad.is it a hack or a hoax?is it legal or is it just a flaw in nokia phones? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.49.89.177 ( talk) 09:28, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
When doing the quest Dragon Slayer, after you defeat Melzar the Mad, what's the best way of killing the Lesser Demon? 124.181.26.71 ( talk) 09:51, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
i cannot play (*.dat) video format on the media player od ubuntu both TOTEM and also on VLC. I want to know how to play that format. Pl.instruct me on the steps how to make the format detected directly from the CD media.I have already installed the w32codecs and also the Mediubuntu to the very latest update, i have all the gstreams installed..but still all the media player fail to detect the *.dat format. please help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidbreina ( talk • contribs) 12:36, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
file whatever.dat
- this will guess at the file type. Another method is to look at the first few bytes of the file, known as the file's "magic number" or "type code". You can show this with the command
hd -n 32 whatever.dat
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h2g2bob (
talk) 19:04, 10 February 2008 (UTC)Don't VCDs use ISO 9660 filesystems? The .dat file should work fine if renamed to .mpg or if you open it in a program that can handle MPEG-1 files. -- Kjoon lee 17:36, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
From personal experience, I know that VLC plays .dat files on the hard disk as well as Video CDs on Windows XP. A question to the OP, did you try the Video CD on other computers? Could you try other Video CDs in the computer? Kushal t 03:10, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Given most windows phones have 2.6 inches, is iPhone a little big? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.124.67 ( talk) 13:40, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Hey I'm just wondering if anyone can help me out with connecting to a wireless router.
I'm in France and in our apartment we have a Neuf box. I can connect to the internet with the LAN cable but not wirelessly. The other 2 people in the flat can connect wirelessly with no problems. we have a network key, which i know, but it still wont connect with that. We phoned the Neuf company today and they couldnt suggest anything except that there may be a problem with the anti-virus software I use. I use the free edition of AVG and i uninstalled it and tried to connect, still without succes. At home in Ireland I can connect without problems and I connected successfully in a hotel in France last week. I can also connect sometimes to another unsecured wireless network in our apartment block, but that one is usually out of reach. Therefore I conclude that the problem is with my laptop, am I right? If anyone can help it would be gratefully appreciated!
Thanks Emma —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.204.86.139 ( talk) 19:51, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Real amateur question here.... I'm primarily a Windows user, but I have Ubuntu installed on one computer. Do I need to get myself some sort of anti-virus software to run under Ubuntu? If so, can you recommend a package that will work for me? ike9898 ( talk) 15:56, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Like many wiki-addicts, I like to visit my watchlist... constantly. Compulsively. All the time. Using Mozilla Firefox, what's the easiest way to set up keyboard shortcut (or "hot key" or whatever it's called) that will automatically take me to my watchlist? Note that I do not want to make my watchlist my home page; I merely want to quickly navigate there from any other website, without using the mouse or multiple keyboard strokes.-- The Fat Man Who Never Came Back ( talk) 17:27, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
are video games like xbox, playstation and wii played in TV or computer? Why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.118.138 ( talk) 17:39, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
I heard MSN TV or web TV has 640*480 VGA resolution. Are all TVs manufactured have the same 640*480 resolution (excluding LCD/Plasma etc) irrespective of whether they are PAL or NTSC standard? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.118.138 ( talk) 17:48, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
According to Technology of television, Cathode ray tube televisions "do not have a fixed native resolution, they are capable of displaying sources with different resolutions at the best possible image quality." I imagine that 640*480 was chosen to optimize bandwidth requirements. Kushal t 12:49, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
NO, all televisions are not manufactured with the same 640*480 resolution if the article Technology of television is correct. Hope that helps, Kushal t 17:46, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello!
I have a bit of a basic problem with the java script I have; I was trying to use addOnloadHook( function() where I append text upon clicking on a certain tool bar button, and it did not work. I have tried to look at friendly's welcome script but it had too many parameters I did not need. I am novice at java script to say the least, and I would appreciate if someone could help me with this-perhaps providing the script needed if it was short :)- I know this should be simple enough, and I am quite sure that I have nothing wrong with the procedure (bypassing cache, importing scripts from their locations, monobook.js, etc.) so the problem must be with the script I wrote. Thanks!
P.S. I know I should perhaps I ask this on Village pump, but you guys are faster.... :)
Λua∫
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se (
Operibus anteire) 18:22, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
-- Ryan ( talk) 19:22, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
How can a parse a youtube page's html in serverside PHP to get a link to the video? Like the .flv file? Thanks.-- Ryan ( talk) 18:25, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
I have looked at the hard disk drive article on wiki and it talks about rpm's in harddrives however i am wondering in anyones opinion what would be the best RPM's for a harddrive. I am looking to buy a laptop that i really like however it only has 4200 RPM's-- logger ( talk) 22:27, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
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i recently installed a friends hard disk as a slave to compliment my 80 gb.am on xp.anytime i try to access media file from the new hard disk i get an error messag "1072867d in module 'gen_ml.dll' read off adress 00000028" but it eventually plays the file.could it be a sharing violation or what? 2.is a serial bus type of connection faster than a parallell bus?i thot serial ought to be faster coz nowadays hard disks are usually using sata coz its faster that pata?but our teacher explained that parallel is faster coz there more chanells in pata so more workload passes through unlike sata where its one data character at a tyme thus taking more time, 3.i usually use the gpedit.msc route when my task manger is disabled but now when i type gpedit.msc>admin templates>win components...... i cant see the options to eneble my task manager and other stuff especially incase of a virus threat which disables my task manager or folder options? 4.incase i want to see my password from sam in my pc when is it located or from the registry? 5.i recently saw an ad on my local paper where a guy claims he can actually by pass a nokia security code in a minute.and he wont need any tools just type a sequence of buttons on the keypad.is it a hack or a hoax?is it legal or is it just a flaw in nokia phones? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.49.89.177 ( talk) 09:28, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
When doing the quest Dragon Slayer, after you defeat Melzar the Mad, what's the best way of killing the Lesser Demon? 124.181.26.71 ( talk) 09:51, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
i cannot play (*.dat) video format on the media player od ubuntu both TOTEM and also on VLC. I want to know how to play that format. Pl.instruct me on the steps how to make the format detected directly from the CD media.I have already installed the w32codecs and also the Mediubuntu to the very latest update, i have all the gstreams installed..but still all the media player fail to detect the *.dat format. please help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidbreina ( talk • contribs) 12:36, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
file whatever.dat
- this will guess at the file type. Another method is to look at the first few bytes of the file, known as the file's "magic number" or "type code". You can show this with the command
hd -n 32 whatever.dat
. --
h2g2bob (
talk) 19:04, 10 February 2008 (UTC)Don't VCDs use ISO 9660 filesystems? The .dat file should work fine if renamed to .mpg or if you open it in a program that can handle MPEG-1 files. -- Kjoon lee 17:36, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
From personal experience, I know that VLC plays .dat files on the hard disk as well as Video CDs on Windows XP. A question to the OP, did you try the Video CD on other computers? Could you try other Video CDs in the computer? Kushal t 03:10, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Given most windows phones have 2.6 inches, is iPhone a little big? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.124.67 ( talk) 13:40, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Hey I'm just wondering if anyone can help me out with connecting to a wireless router.
I'm in France and in our apartment we have a Neuf box. I can connect to the internet with the LAN cable but not wirelessly. The other 2 people in the flat can connect wirelessly with no problems. we have a network key, which i know, but it still wont connect with that. We phoned the Neuf company today and they couldnt suggest anything except that there may be a problem with the anti-virus software I use. I use the free edition of AVG and i uninstalled it and tried to connect, still without succes. At home in Ireland I can connect without problems and I connected successfully in a hotel in France last week. I can also connect sometimes to another unsecured wireless network in our apartment block, but that one is usually out of reach. Therefore I conclude that the problem is with my laptop, am I right? If anyone can help it would be gratefully appreciated!
Thanks Emma —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.204.86.139 ( talk) 19:51, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Real amateur question here.... I'm primarily a Windows user, but I have Ubuntu installed on one computer. Do I need to get myself some sort of anti-virus software to run under Ubuntu? If so, can you recommend a package that will work for me? ike9898 ( talk) 15:56, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Like many wiki-addicts, I like to visit my watchlist... constantly. Compulsively. All the time. Using Mozilla Firefox, what's the easiest way to set up keyboard shortcut (or "hot key" or whatever it's called) that will automatically take me to my watchlist? Note that I do not want to make my watchlist my home page; I merely want to quickly navigate there from any other website, without using the mouse or multiple keyboard strokes.-- The Fat Man Who Never Came Back ( talk) 17:27, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
are video games like xbox, playstation and wii played in TV or computer? Why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.118.138 ( talk) 17:39, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
I heard MSN TV or web TV has 640*480 VGA resolution. Are all TVs manufactured have the same 640*480 resolution (excluding LCD/Plasma etc) irrespective of whether they are PAL or NTSC standard? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.118.138 ( talk) 17:48, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
According to Technology of television, Cathode ray tube televisions "do not have a fixed native resolution, they are capable of displaying sources with different resolutions at the best possible image quality." I imagine that 640*480 was chosen to optimize bandwidth requirements. Kushal t 12:49, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
NO, all televisions are not manufactured with the same 640*480 resolution if the article Technology of television is correct. Hope that helps, Kushal t 17:46, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello!
I have a bit of a basic problem with the java script I have; I was trying to use addOnloadHook( function() where I append text upon clicking on a certain tool bar button, and it did not work. I have tried to look at friendly's welcome script but it had too many parameters I did not need. I am novice at java script to say the least, and I would appreciate if someone could help me with this-perhaps providing the script needed if it was short :)- I know this should be simple enough, and I am quite sure that I have nothing wrong with the procedure (bypassing cache, importing scripts from their locations, monobook.js, etc.) so the problem must be with the script I wrote. Thanks!
P.S. I know I should perhaps I ask this on Village pump, but you guys are faster.... :)
Λua∫
Wi
se (
Operibus anteire) 18:22, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
-- Ryan ( talk) 19:22, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
How can a parse a youtube page's html in serverside PHP to get a link to the video? Like the .flv file? Thanks.-- Ryan ( talk) 18:25, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
I have looked at the hard disk drive article on wiki and it talks about rpm's in harddrives however i am wondering in anyones opinion what would be the best RPM's for a harddrive. I am looking to buy a laptop that i really like however it only has 4200 RPM's-- logger ( talk) 22:27, 10 February 2008 (UTC)