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Does anyone know how to run Mac OS X in a virtual machine with Ubuntu as its host? Most VM software available seems to have no support for Mac OS X. -- Belchman ( talk) 00:24, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
I currently bought a new router, only to find that when i try to access the internet from more than one computer, the internet for every computer gets disconnected (example I am on laptop 1, try to connect on laptop 2, both get disconnected from the internet) is there a way to stop this from happening? I am using a motorola modem and a linksys router, model number wrt110. If anoyone has any information that can help me stop my computers from interfering with eachother, I would greatly appreciate it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pianoman880 ( talk • contribs) 00:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
What does your IP assignment setup look like (LAN side)? Off the top of my head, I would try hard resetting your router by holding down the "reset" button for 15 seconds and trying stated scenario again. -- 74.79.174.192 ( talk) 02:20, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
My phone has a micro SD card in it, which it uses to store photos/etc. It came with an adapter, so I could plug the phone's SD card into the adapter (which would then fit into my computer's SD slot). Except it was in the goddamn washing machine. It wasn't in for very long, but there was detergent. No visible damage to the exterior of the card, no sudsing or anything like that. As soon as I got it out of the washer (halfway through the cycle) I rinsed the hell out of it with cold tap water. It's drying on my shelf. What's the deal? Z S 02:04, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
If it has a short in it because of contaminants (or some other horrible problem) and I plug it in, will it destroy my computer/microSD card/both? Z S 02:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
These adapters are cheap -- so cheap they are given away when you buy a new MicroSD card, that costs less than $10 these days. Consider whether it might be cheaper / safer to just replace the adapter. -- FOo ( talk) 06:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
I'm trying to derive all the possible combinations (not permutations because order doesn't matter) of an arbitrary number of elements. For example, if I have ABC then I want [A, B, C, AB, AC, BC, ABC]. I can generate the pairs, but how can I generate the second and third order combinations, let alone the n-th level combinations? The size of my input list will vary and I can't really predict its length ahead of time, so it has to be dynamically able to handle a list of any length.
My question is what program structure would be the usual, or what would work? I'm doing this in perl, but that shouldn't change the answer. Shadowjams ( talk) 03:05, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
My experience with MP3 players is that the headphone jack wears out first. I'm looking at buying a smart phone and using its MP3 functionality. Will a wireless stereo headset reduce or eliminate the wear and tear on the jack versus a corded one? Neon Merlin 08:44, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Is there a problem with the new version of Firefox (3.5.2)? Wikipedia is slower to respond and it's especially troublesome on TCM, where I'm having trouble getting movie info to load. Clarityfiend ( talk) 08:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
What are the pros and cons of the iPhone compared to the BlackBerry for a user who wants to jailbreak and unlock the phone and run alternative firmware? Neon Merlin 11:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Hey all,
Years ago I was a GIS guy and did a lot of image rectification. I now find myself needing to slightly tweak a few map scans that weren't quite aligned. Because the scans overlap, I could have them perfectly rectified in only a few minutes.
However, I haven't used ArcGIS in years and really don't want to fire it up & relearn it for such a simple project. I'm thinking there's gotta be a way to do this in Photoshop by now? I have CS4...
Thanks in advance. 213.146.164.143 ( talk) 12:08, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
I am currently using Audacity 1.33 (the beta version) and am trying to record more than 2 tracks at once. I have heard that on Apple Macs it is possible to set up some kind of software based ethereal mixer on the computer, and use this as an input for audacity - can this be done on vista? At all? I have also looked at adding a better sound card with more inputs, or a USB interface. I am using a laptop, and only have a small space (about 0.5cm x 5cm) for a sound card - can anyone tell me what this type is called? And can the 7.1 output soundcards be configured to record 5 or 6 tracks? Or are outputs strictly used for outputting? I ask because I have one line-in and two headphone jacks on my laptop, and if I could somehow (software?) configure the headphone jacks to act as line-ins, this would solve my problem - has anyone heard of anything like this?
Sorry for asking so many questions - any help is appreciated! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.241.117.47 ( talk) 12:16, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Is there a Google tool for searching my own media - including word documents, PDFs, and all? I'd also like to add tags to videos and pictures to make them searchable. Basically, I want Google limited to my computer, but I want to customize the code to optimize it specifically for my needs. -- kainaw ™ 18:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
I'm trying to install iTunes 8 on XP, but I can't get it to work. At the end of the iTunes + QuickTime install, it said "The installation of QuickTime did not complete successfully. iTunes requires QuickTime" and "The installer encountered errors before iTunes could be configured." When I tried to use Apple's standalone QuickTime 7 installer, it said "The installer encountered errors before the requested operations for QuickTime could be completed." Then I removed QuickTime from the computer with Windows Install Clean Up and tried the whole thing again. I finally got iTunes and QuickTime to install successfully, but when I try to open iTunes, it says "Some of your QuickTime software is out of date. You can fix this by updating to the latest version." I keep going back to the QuickTime 7 download and clicking on "repair", and it tells me that it's installed successfully, but iTunes keeps telling me that QuickTime doesn't work. What do I need to do? -- Lazar Taxon ( talk) 21:23, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi everyone, Does anybody know anything about windows task scheduler? I have set the task scheduler to start a program at a specific time but I would like this program to close itself at a different time. I can not work out how to set the task manager to close programs, does anyone know much about task scheduler? or can recommend a completely different free task scheduler of a different sort. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.90.149.102 ( talk) 23:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
taskkill /im notepad.exe
I use a Mac. Sometimes as I'm writing here, I find that the Option key has stopped working, at least in this here editing panel. (Typically I notice it when I'm trying to make the dash in my signature.) And then a little while later it may come back, as it did a little while ago. Do y'all know an obvious reason for this phenomenon? — Tamfang ( talk) 23:47, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
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< August 9 | << Jul | August | Sep >> | August 11 > |
Welcome to the Wikipedia Computing Reference Desk Archives |
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The page you are currently viewing is an archive page. While you can leave answers for any questions shown below, please ask new questions on one of the current reference desk pages. |
Does anyone know how to run Mac OS X in a virtual machine with Ubuntu as its host? Most VM software available seems to have no support for Mac OS X. -- Belchman ( talk) 00:24, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
I currently bought a new router, only to find that when i try to access the internet from more than one computer, the internet for every computer gets disconnected (example I am on laptop 1, try to connect on laptop 2, both get disconnected from the internet) is there a way to stop this from happening? I am using a motorola modem and a linksys router, model number wrt110. If anoyone has any information that can help me stop my computers from interfering with eachother, I would greatly appreciate it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pianoman880 ( talk • contribs) 00:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
What does your IP assignment setup look like (LAN side)? Off the top of my head, I would try hard resetting your router by holding down the "reset" button for 15 seconds and trying stated scenario again. -- 74.79.174.192 ( talk) 02:20, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
My phone has a micro SD card in it, which it uses to store photos/etc. It came with an adapter, so I could plug the phone's SD card into the adapter (which would then fit into my computer's SD slot). Except it was in the goddamn washing machine. It wasn't in for very long, but there was detergent. No visible damage to the exterior of the card, no sudsing or anything like that. As soon as I got it out of the washer (halfway through the cycle) I rinsed the hell out of it with cold tap water. It's drying on my shelf. What's the deal? Z S 02:04, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
If it has a short in it because of contaminants (or some other horrible problem) and I plug it in, will it destroy my computer/microSD card/both? Z S 02:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
These adapters are cheap -- so cheap they are given away when you buy a new MicroSD card, that costs less than $10 these days. Consider whether it might be cheaper / safer to just replace the adapter. -- FOo ( talk) 06:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
I'm trying to derive all the possible combinations (not permutations because order doesn't matter) of an arbitrary number of elements. For example, if I have ABC then I want [A, B, C, AB, AC, BC, ABC]. I can generate the pairs, but how can I generate the second and third order combinations, let alone the n-th level combinations? The size of my input list will vary and I can't really predict its length ahead of time, so it has to be dynamically able to handle a list of any length.
My question is what program structure would be the usual, or what would work? I'm doing this in perl, but that shouldn't change the answer. Shadowjams ( talk) 03:05, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
My experience with MP3 players is that the headphone jack wears out first. I'm looking at buying a smart phone and using its MP3 functionality. Will a wireless stereo headset reduce or eliminate the wear and tear on the jack versus a corded one? Neon Merlin 08:44, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Is there a problem with the new version of Firefox (3.5.2)? Wikipedia is slower to respond and it's especially troublesome on TCM, where I'm having trouble getting movie info to load. Clarityfiend ( talk) 08:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
What are the pros and cons of the iPhone compared to the BlackBerry for a user who wants to jailbreak and unlock the phone and run alternative firmware? Neon Merlin 11:39, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Hey all,
Years ago I was a GIS guy and did a lot of image rectification. I now find myself needing to slightly tweak a few map scans that weren't quite aligned. Because the scans overlap, I could have them perfectly rectified in only a few minutes.
However, I haven't used ArcGIS in years and really don't want to fire it up & relearn it for such a simple project. I'm thinking there's gotta be a way to do this in Photoshop by now? I have CS4...
Thanks in advance. 213.146.164.143 ( talk) 12:08, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
I am currently using Audacity 1.33 (the beta version) and am trying to record more than 2 tracks at once. I have heard that on Apple Macs it is possible to set up some kind of software based ethereal mixer on the computer, and use this as an input for audacity - can this be done on vista? At all? I have also looked at adding a better sound card with more inputs, or a USB interface. I am using a laptop, and only have a small space (about 0.5cm x 5cm) for a sound card - can anyone tell me what this type is called? And can the 7.1 output soundcards be configured to record 5 or 6 tracks? Or are outputs strictly used for outputting? I ask because I have one line-in and two headphone jacks on my laptop, and if I could somehow (software?) configure the headphone jacks to act as line-ins, this would solve my problem - has anyone heard of anything like this?
Sorry for asking so many questions - any help is appreciated! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.241.117.47 ( talk) 12:16, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Is there a Google tool for searching my own media - including word documents, PDFs, and all? I'd also like to add tags to videos and pictures to make them searchable. Basically, I want Google limited to my computer, but I want to customize the code to optimize it specifically for my needs. -- kainaw ™ 18:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
I'm trying to install iTunes 8 on XP, but I can't get it to work. At the end of the iTunes + QuickTime install, it said "The installation of QuickTime did not complete successfully. iTunes requires QuickTime" and "The installer encountered errors before iTunes could be configured." When I tried to use Apple's standalone QuickTime 7 installer, it said "The installer encountered errors before the requested operations for QuickTime could be completed." Then I removed QuickTime from the computer with Windows Install Clean Up and tried the whole thing again. I finally got iTunes and QuickTime to install successfully, but when I try to open iTunes, it says "Some of your QuickTime software is out of date. You can fix this by updating to the latest version." I keep going back to the QuickTime 7 download and clicking on "repair", and it tells me that it's installed successfully, but iTunes keeps telling me that QuickTime doesn't work. What do I need to do? -- Lazar Taxon ( talk) 21:23, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi everyone, Does anybody know anything about windows task scheduler? I have set the task scheduler to start a program at a specific time but I would like this program to close itself at a different time. I can not work out how to set the task manager to close programs, does anyone know much about task scheduler? or can recommend a completely different free task scheduler of a different sort. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.90.149.102 ( talk) 23:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
taskkill /im notepad.exe
I use a Mac. Sometimes as I'm writing here, I find that the Option key has stopped working, at least in this here editing panel. (Typically I notice it when I'm trying to make the dash in my signature.) And then a little while later it may come back, as it did a little while ago. Do y'all know an obvious reason for this phenomenon? — Tamfang ( talk) 23:47, 10 August 2009 (UTC)