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I'm a beginner C++ developer, I work on Windows Vista but I need to develop cross-platform application which compiler do you recommend for me?.. Are there free ones? thanks in advance Supersonic8 ( talk) 00:05, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I'm referring to internetcalls; the software where you pay money and can call some countries real cheap and others free. You can store phone numbers in this software so its just a matter of clicking the green phone once the desired phone number is on display. Once the green phone is clicked, the number on display is called; the other party will then respond. After thirty seconds, I want to disconnect the phone by clicking the red phone button (which is next to the green phone so you have to move your mouse). Then, within a short time, I again want to move my mouse to the green phone and call the number. Now the recipients are a real angry bunch so if there is no voice by the first call, the phone is kept engaged on their side. So if the green phone button is clicked again, you will get a engaged tone. Ensure that within 30 seconds of the call, you disconnect by moving the mouse to the red phone button and clicking it. Repeat this for the whole day. The recipients will eventually un-engage their phone (within an hour) so since you are continually calling them, they will eventually un-engage their phone and receive the call - they will then engage their phone again.
Now this is a lot of work - to spend the whole day calling again and again. Is it possible to design something, so the procedure just designed happens automatically? I'm just interested to know whether it is possible to get the computer to do this automatically. I mean, I could have some device which presses the mouse so that the green button is pressed and the call continues - but remember, I want to call and disconnect the phone within 30 seconds of the call (to minimise money loss). Therefore, the mouse would have to move to the red phone button and back but you've also got to keep the timing in mind - the mouse has to move back and forth every 30 seconds. Does anyone know of some intelligent method to achieve it (not that I want to do it, of course, but it is some strange idea that I thought off and wondered whether it could work). No human can be at the computer. Thanks for the help and great respect for anyone who can think of a practical way to achieve this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.161.138.117 ( talk) 05:07, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Is there any formula or facility to convert number in figures to number in words(ie. 112 should be converted to one hundred and twelve)in word or excel?. (There is a formula to convert normal numbers to roman numbers in excel.) thank you 124.43.42.154 ( talk) 06:59, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
There's a site here ( http://www.ozgrid.com/VBA/CurrencyToWords.htm) that shows you how through a bit of code, depends on how good you are at editing code but seems simple enough 194.221.133.226 ( talk) 08:33, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I am at college and behind a proxy that does not allow me to download executables, but my personal hard drive (we get one each to use) has a virus on it which Sophos (the colleges chosen virus protection) cannot remove. I would like to download Hijack This ( [3] ) and Spybot Search and Destroy ( [4] ) to figure out what is causing it, but as I previously mentioned I cannot download exe files. I can however run them just fine and have full admin rights on the OS. Could someone please help me by downloading these two programs, putting them in a zip file (I don't have winrar), renaming the zip file, and uploading them to somewhere like Mediafire. This would be much appreceated. Gunrun ( talk) 08:59, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
?random-stuff-goes-here
to the URL. As you know those are treated as parameters and are ignored by the web server (as far as I'm concerned). --
wj32
t/
c
09:45, 30 March 2009 (UTC)Much thanks Wj32. Worked like a charm although it didn't turn up anything out of the ordinary, which is worrying, as I'm almost certain I DO have a virus or something. Gunrun ( talk) 10:06, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
please help me with the block diagram and description of a monochrome TV transmitter and reciever —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.206.32.67 ( talk) 12:33, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
hi,
basically when I type an "I" on MS word 2007 on vista it doesn't go straight to a capital "I" when I press space. How do I fix it?
thanks, -- 84.69.32.176 ( talk) 18:24, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I need some advice on setting up a remote desktop system. I have a computer at home which I would like to be able to control via the internet from another computer. I would like to be able to see and run programs just as I would if I were at home. How can I go about this? My home computer has a dynamic ip address, and the second computer from which I would be controlling the first does not have administrate rights, if that makes any difference. Thank you for your help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.88.87 ( talk) 19:20, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Through reading books I have learned the basics of C and C++ however there's only so much I can learn from books and I would therefore like to start looking at open source code to learn good programming practices etc. However another problem is finding an open source project which is isn't too complicated for me to understand at this point. So can anyone tell me about any relatively simple open source software I can look into? Thanks -- 212.120.248.41 ( talk) 19:45, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I was gifted with a dell pentium(?) running win98se. I did not receive any disks with it. I would like to set up a generic printer so that I can print to "FILE", but the machine keeps on asking me for the original disk. I can't "go to the printers manufacturers site to get an updated driver", because there is no manufacturer, and microsoft won't deign to support a legacy machine. The file I need is TTY.DRV, but I can't find it. the other files it asks for (dll and hlp files) would be nice, but I can ignore them. I've beeen looking all over the net for TTY.DRV, but I can;t find it. Any ideas? Phil_burnstein ( talk) 20:13, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello, is there anyone out there using these instruments with the alternative game in Europe, specifically the UK. I am aware that there is a patch about to do this, I have seen joystiq's handy chart, but I heard someone moaning that it was a US patch only. Is this true?
Merci FreeMorpheme ( talk) 20:21, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I've been trying to figure out the whole Cloud Computing business, but there's something I still can't get my head around. As I understand it, all you basically need in order to use services from "The Cloud" is a web browser. If that's the case, then you could use your browser to "emulate" just about anything the "Cloud" will let you, like a game console (e.g. OnLive.com). Does this mean that html is able to "emulate" anything, as long as you have the computing power of the Cloud (not to mention a ridiculously fast Internet connection)? How is this possible? Aren't there limits to what html (or a web browser) can or cannot do? Also, is it really completely independent of the device you're using your web browser on? Does that mean that I could use, say, extremely old computers to do what even cutting-edge computers can't, thanks to the Cloud? I'm sure my questions sound pretty silly to you, but that's basically my confusion. I hope to get answers I can understand... :P Thanks in advance, Kreachure ( talk) 23:09, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
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I'm a beginner C++ developer, I work on Windows Vista but I need to develop cross-platform application which compiler do you recommend for me?.. Are there free ones? thanks in advance Supersonic8 ( talk) 00:05, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I'm referring to internetcalls; the software where you pay money and can call some countries real cheap and others free. You can store phone numbers in this software so its just a matter of clicking the green phone once the desired phone number is on display. Once the green phone is clicked, the number on display is called; the other party will then respond. After thirty seconds, I want to disconnect the phone by clicking the red phone button (which is next to the green phone so you have to move your mouse). Then, within a short time, I again want to move my mouse to the green phone and call the number. Now the recipients are a real angry bunch so if there is no voice by the first call, the phone is kept engaged on their side. So if the green phone button is clicked again, you will get a engaged tone. Ensure that within 30 seconds of the call, you disconnect by moving the mouse to the red phone button and clicking it. Repeat this for the whole day. The recipients will eventually un-engage their phone (within an hour) so since you are continually calling them, they will eventually un-engage their phone and receive the call - they will then engage their phone again.
Now this is a lot of work - to spend the whole day calling again and again. Is it possible to design something, so the procedure just designed happens automatically? I'm just interested to know whether it is possible to get the computer to do this automatically. I mean, I could have some device which presses the mouse so that the green button is pressed and the call continues - but remember, I want to call and disconnect the phone within 30 seconds of the call (to minimise money loss). Therefore, the mouse would have to move to the red phone button and back but you've also got to keep the timing in mind - the mouse has to move back and forth every 30 seconds. Does anyone know of some intelligent method to achieve it (not that I want to do it, of course, but it is some strange idea that I thought off and wondered whether it could work). No human can be at the computer. Thanks for the help and great respect for anyone who can think of a practical way to achieve this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.161.138.117 ( talk) 05:07, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Is there any formula or facility to convert number in figures to number in words(ie. 112 should be converted to one hundred and twelve)in word or excel?. (There is a formula to convert normal numbers to roman numbers in excel.) thank you 124.43.42.154 ( talk) 06:59, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
There's a site here ( http://www.ozgrid.com/VBA/CurrencyToWords.htm) that shows you how through a bit of code, depends on how good you are at editing code but seems simple enough 194.221.133.226 ( talk) 08:33, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I am at college and behind a proxy that does not allow me to download executables, but my personal hard drive (we get one each to use) has a virus on it which Sophos (the colleges chosen virus protection) cannot remove. I would like to download Hijack This ( [3] ) and Spybot Search and Destroy ( [4] ) to figure out what is causing it, but as I previously mentioned I cannot download exe files. I can however run them just fine and have full admin rights on the OS. Could someone please help me by downloading these two programs, putting them in a zip file (I don't have winrar), renaming the zip file, and uploading them to somewhere like Mediafire. This would be much appreceated. Gunrun ( talk) 08:59, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
?random-stuff-goes-here
to the URL. As you know those are treated as parameters and are ignored by the web server (as far as I'm concerned). --
wj32
t/
c
09:45, 30 March 2009 (UTC)Much thanks Wj32. Worked like a charm although it didn't turn up anything out of the ordinary, which is worrying, as I'm almost certain I DO have a virus or something. Gunrun ( talk) 10:06, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
please help me with the block diagram and description of a monochrome TV transmitter and reciever —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.206.32.67 ( talk) 12:33, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
hi,
basically when I type an "I" on MS word 2007 on vista it doesn't go straight to a capital "I" when I press space. How do I fix it?
thanks, -- 84.69.32.176 ( talk) 18:24, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I need some advice on setting up a remote desktop system. I have a computer at home which I would like to be able to control via the internet from another computer. I would like to be able to see and run programs just as I would if I were at home. How can I go about this? My home computer has a dynamic ip address, and the second computer from which I would be controlling the first does not have administrate rights, if that makes any difference. Thank you for your help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.88.87 ( talk) 19:20, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Through reading books I have learned the basics of C and C++ however there's only so much I can learn from books and I would therefore like to start looking at open source code to learn good programming practices etc. However another problem is finding an open source project which is isn't too complicated for me to understand at this point. So can anyone tell me about any relatively simple open source software I can look into? Thanks -- 212.120.248.41 ( talk) 19:45, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I was gifted with a dell pentium(?) running win98se. I did not receive any disks with it. I would like to set up a generic printer so that I can print to "FILE", but the machine keeps on asking me for the original disk. I can't "go to the printers manufacturers site to get an updated driver", because there is no manufacturer, and microsoft won't deign to support a legacy machine. The file I need is TTY.DRV, but I can't find it. the other files it asks for (dll and hlp files) would be nice, but I can ignore them. I've beeen looking all over the net for TTY.DRV, but I can;t find it. Any ideas? Phil_burnstein ( talk) 20:13, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello, is there anyone out there using these instruments with the alternative game in Europe, specifically the UK. I am aware that there is a patch about to do this, I have seen joystiq's handy chart, but I heard someone moaning that it was a US patch only. Is this true?
Merci FreeMorpheme ( talk) 20:21, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I've been trying to figure out the whole Cloud Computing business, but there's something I still can't get my head around. As I understand it, all you basically need in order to use services from "The Cloud" is a web browser. If that's the case, then you could use your browser to "emulate" just about anything the "Cloud" will let you, like a game console (e.g. OnLive.com). Does this mean that html is able to "emulate" anything, as long as you have the computing power of the Cloud (not to mention a ridiculously fast Internet connection)? How is this possible? Aren't there limits to what html (or a web browser) can or cannot do? Also, is it really completely independent of the device you're using your web browser on? Does that mean that I could use, say, extremely old computers to do what even cutting-edge computers can't, thanks to the Cloud? I'm sure my questions sound pretty silly to you, but that's basically my confusion. I hope to get answers I can understand... :P Thanks in advance, Kreachure ( talk) 23:09, 30 March 2009 (UTC)