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I placed this at the Wikipedia:Help desk and Steve was so nice to refer me to this board which I wasn't aware of:
I need to scan in and send some papers in PDF format (ASAP), but I don't want to buy the quite expensive software since I never needed it before and I'm sure I won't need it again in the near future. I wrongly thought [wishful thinking] Adope Photoshop (which I have) would work to convert my files. Is there a simple way out of this? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks,-- The Magnificent Clean-keeper ( talk) 00:06, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
PS:"I already checked our articles about PDF's but couldn't find anything helpful for my case. The Magnificent Clean-keeper ( talk) 00:06, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
In LaTex, it appears that the default output for the command " is ”, the closing "smart quote" - whether or not the quote is an opening quote or closing quote. Is there a command to make it output “ instead? -- 72.197.202.36 ( talk) 03:07, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
HyperCam used to be able to record sound for me, but now, it can't. Why? How can I fix this? 121.220.109.214 ( talk) 09:40, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
So I've set up windows xp in virtualbox and got a simple webserver running on it. All works good from the VMs localhost, but how do I direct outside connections to the server running in virtualbox?
On social networking sites, why do many people claim they hate books? 121.220.109.214 ( talk) 10:44, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Is it possible to write a script that would automatically make a post on the internet, for example a blog or open forum? How would I write such a script? What language? Would .bat do? This is on a windows computer btw and I have zero previous programming knowledge —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.91.128 ( talk) 11:08, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
There seem to be two routes: 1) directly editing with a .flv editor, although the only free one I'm aware of so far is VideoThang, or 2) translate the .flv format into another format and edit that. Does anyone know what the best route would be to preserve the best picture quality, using what software? Edit: another FLV editor I've found is Avidemux (Have edited Flash Video article accordingly). Are there any more please? 78.147.241.234 ( talk) 11:21, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy -o outputfile.avi inputfile.flv
. This should open up more video editing programs (ones that understand .avi or .mpg wrappers, but not .flv); you might still run into a codec incompatibility (as FLVs can be encoded with a variety of codecs), however. --
Finlay McWalter
Talk 13:06, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Thanks. Are YouTube videos encoded in this way? I'm rather surprised that FLV is simply wrapped-up AVI - really? Are there any converters with a less intimidating GUI please? 89.240.217.9 ( talk) 19:39, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
According to Windows_7#E_editions there won't be internet explorer on some version - so how does one get any browser at all? 83.100.250.79 ( talk) 13:20, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Incidentally does anyone know if the 'browser' that can be obtained via windows help is IE independent - does anyone know what I'm talking about. 83.100.250.79 ( talk) 16:49, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Hot off the presses- Users get the choice at first boot after install 161.222.160.8 ( talk) 19:58, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
i have configured the DHCP in VMware, its assiging the IP but not assiging the defualt gateway but i have setted the gateway also..what could be the reaseon or any setting problem. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anand.khani ( talk • contribs) 13:29, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
I've been using Safari since it was released. One feature I like is the ability to save webpages to self-contained .webarchive files. I've been using Firefox 3.6 more and more. But when I go to save a webpage I can either save it as a bare HTML file, which strips off all the graphics. Or a "complete" webpage that saves the HTML page plus a folder of graphics -- which is kind of a hassle to deal with. Is there a way for Firefox to save a complete page in one file (and not use PDF)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.167.58.6 ( talk) 14:23, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
jar:file:///home/fin/foo.jar!/index.html
--
Finlay McWalter
Talk 14:48, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
This is what you're looking for 8I.24.07.715 ( talk) 15:15, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
I have very less knowledge on os,recent developments in hardware, softwares,..in general stuff related to IT and computers.Which is the best website that gives me all the updates??pl help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.193.139.41 ( talk) 16:09, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
What programming language would you suppose the Wii's operating system is written in? -- penubag ( talk) 18:39, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Minus everything else, how long do you suppose it took to make the OS? -- penubag ( talk) 08:12, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
What are the most active discussion forums on the web? -- Gary123 ( talk) 18:58, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
On my new blog, I'd like to perform some quality control on the AdSense ads. I'm particularly concerned with eliminating the following:
Are there any sites that can provide black lists or other tools to help do this with AdSense's Competitive Ad Filter? Neon Merlin 22:18, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Whenever Firefox 3.5 blocks a popup or asks you to save a password, the top bar slides down, moving the page with it.Same thing happens when you close a page. is there anyway to disable it? 24.6.46.177 ( talk) 22:49, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Hello! I haven't done very much with the java.awt package or anything with graphics other than Swing, and I have a question. I'm trying to paint (i.e. fill()) an Ellipse2D on a JLabel in a JLayeredPane (the JLabel is on the top Layer above everything else, so it's not covered up). These are the snippets of code that I have that I've used for this purpose:
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) myJLabel.getGraphics(); g2.setPaint(Color.WHITE); Ellipse2D.Float point = new Ellipse2D.Float(200, 200, 100, 100); g2.fill(point);
The fill() method is part of an actionListener, and when I run my program and trigger the action, I see a white ellipse for a very, very brief moment, and then it goes away (i.e. I see the layer below). I want the ellipse to remain there. What am I doing wrong? I have a felling it has something to do with the concurrency of Swing. (I'm running NetBeans, if that makes any difference.) Any help much appreciated. Thank you!-- el Aprel ( facta- facienda) 22:48, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Computing desk | ||
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Welcome to the Wikipedia Computing Reference Desk Archives |
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I placed this at the Wikipedia:Help desk and Steve was so nice to refer me to this board which I wasn't aware of:
I need to scan in and send some papers in PDF format (ASAP), but I don't want to buy the quite expensive software since I never needed it before and I'm sure I won't need it again in the near future. I wrongly thought [wishful thinking] Adope Photoshop (which I have) would work to convert my files. Is there a simple way out of this? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks,-- The Magnificent Clean-keeper ( talk) 00:06, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
PS:"I already checked our articles about PDF's but couldn't find anything helpful for my case. The Magnificent Clean-keeper ( talk) 00:06, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
In LaTex, it appears that the default output for the command " is ”, the closing "smart quote" - whether or not the quote is an opening quote or closing quote. Is there a command to make it output “ instead? -- 72.197.202.36 ( talk) 03:07, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
HyperCam used to be able to record sound for me, but now, it can't. Why? How can I fix this? 121.220.109.214 ( talk) 09:40, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
So I've set up windows xp in virtualbox and got a simple webserver running on it. All works good from the VMs localhost, but how do I direct outside connections to the server running in virtualbox?
On social networking sites, why do many people claim they hate books? 121.220.109.214 ( talk) 10:44, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Is it possible to write a script that would automatically make a post on the internet, for example a blog or open forum? How would I write such a script? What language? Would .bat do? This is on a windows computer btw and I have zero previous programming knowledge —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.91.128 ( talk) 11:08, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
There seem to be two routes: 1) directly editing with a .flv editor, although the only free one I'm aware of so far is VideoThang, or 2) translate the .flv format into another format and edit that. Does anyone know what the best route would be to preserve the best picture quality, using what software? Edit: another FLV editor I've found is Avidemux (Have edited Flash Video article accordingly). Are there any more please? 78.147.241.234 ( talk) 11:21, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy -o outputfile.avi inputfile.flv
. This should open up more video editing programs (ones that understand .avi or .mpg wrappers, but not .flv); you might still run into a codec incompatibility (as FLVs can be encoded with a variety of codecs), however. --
Finlay McWalter
Talk 13:06, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Thanks. Are YouTube videos encoded in this way? I'm rather surprised that FLV is simply wrapped-up AVI - really? Are there any converters with a less intimidating GUI please? 89.240.217.9 ( talk) 19:39, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
According to Windows_7#E_editions there won't be internet explorer on some version - so how does one get any browser at all? 83.100.250.79 ( talk) 13:20, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Incidentally does anyone know if the 'browser' that can be obtained via windows help is IE independent - does anyone know what I'm talking about. 83.100.250.79 ( talk) 16:49, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Hot off the presses- Users get the choice at first boot after install 161.222.160.8 ( talk) 19:58, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
i have configured the DHCP in VMware, its assiging the IP but not assiging the defualt gateway but i have setted the gateway also..what could be the reaseon or any setting problem. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anand.khani ( talk • contribs) 13:29, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
I've been using Safari since it was released. One feature I like is the ability to save webpages to self-contained .webarchive files. I've been using Firefox 3.6 more and more. But when I go to save a webpage I can either save it as a bare HTML file, which strips off all the graphics. Or a "complete" webpage that saves the HTML page plus a folder of graphics -- which is kind of a hassle to deal with. Is there a way for Firefox to save a complete page in one file (and not use PDF)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.167.58.6 ( talk) 14:23, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
jar:file:///home/fin/foo.jar!/index.html
--
Finlay McWalter
Talk 14:48, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
This is what you're looking for 8I.24.07.715 ( talk) 15:15, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
I have very less knowledge on os,recent developments in hardware, softwares,..in general stuff related to IT and computers.Which is the best website that gives me all the updates??pl help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.193.139.41 ( talk) 16:09, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
What programming language would you suppose the Wii's operating system is written in? -- penubag ( talk) 18:39, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Minus everything else, how long do you suppose it took to make the OS? -- penubag ( talk) 08:12, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
What are the most active discussion forums on the web? -- Gary123 ( talk) 18:58, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
On my new blog, I'd like to perform some quality control on the AdSense ads. I'm particularly concerned with eliminating the following:
Are there any sites that can provide black lists or other tools to help do this with AdSense's Competitive Ad Filter? Neon Merlin 22:18, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Whenever Firefox 3.5 blocks a popup or asks you to save a password, the top bar slides down, moving the page with it.Same thing happens when you close a page. is there anyway to disable it? 24.6.46.177 ( talk) 22:49, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Hello! I haven't done very much with the java.awt package or anything with graphics other than Swing, and I have a question. I'm trying to paint (i.e. fill()) an Ellipse2D on a JLabel in a JLayeredPane (the JLabel is on the top Layer above everything else, so it's not covered up). These are the snippets of code that I have that I've used for this purpose:
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) myJLabel.getGraphics(); g2.setPaint(Color.WHITE); Ellipse2D.Float point = new Ellipse2D.Float(200, 200, 100, 100); g2.fill(point);
The fill() method is part of an actionListener, and when I run my program and trigger the action, I see a white ellipse for a very, very brief moment, and then it goes away (i.e. I see the layer below). I want the ellipse to remain there. What am I doing wrong? I have a felling it has something to do with the concurrency of Swing. (I'm running NetBeans, if that makes any difference.) Any help much appreciated. Thank you!-- el Aprel ( facta- facienda) 22:48, 23 July 2009 (UTC)