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Why do you need Java in order to download songs off of LimeWire now? It was never required before. What's up with that? Ericthebrainiac ( talk) 01:30, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I have some PDF files from a scan in good condition and I need to copy the text from the document onto a form. Copy-Paste doesn't work, but is there some software or web app that can look at the text in the pdf (or any other text scan) and generate plain text? Like text recognition software?-- penubag ( talk) 09:39, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I have an account at a web hosting service, and need a directory to be writable for the web server daemon (user www). My user account is myname, and I am a member of group myname. I would like to add user www to group myname, so that I can make a directory writable for user www without doing a chmod 666. Is that possible without having root access, and if so, how is it done? Thanks, -- NorwegianBlue talk 11:07, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
... www::80:www ... ausername::7761:ausername anothername::7762:anothername myname::7763:myname ...
myname::7763:myname,www
chgrp www dirname/
Does anyone know of a website like this one but free? Thanks! ╟─ Treasury Tag► contribs─╢ 11:33, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
What kind of programs do I need to convert pdf files to word files (or txt files)?? I do know that Adobe Acrobat Pro is one of such programs, but 500 bucks for just a program seems too much of a price to pay. And since I'll be needing to convert pdf files frequently from now on (pdf to word AND word to pdf), free trial programs aren't exactly ideal for me. So does anyone know of any FREE, easy to use softwares that converts pdf files??? (or if possible, a link where i can download the full version of adobe acrobat pro for free?) Johnnyboi7 ( talk) 14:16, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I've got an avi file (700MB) that I can watch on my pc no problem using VLC media player or whatever. How can I put this in a format where I can watch it on a standard DVD player? I know I could run it through Final Cut Pro or something and convert it then burn it through DVD Studio Pro, but that seems very long winded and would take ages. So is there a quick way to do it? My DVD player says DiVX on it, so can I just burn it to a DVD? Thanks. Popcorn II ( talk) 18:20, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
If you're going to be doing this a lot, I would recommend buying a DVD player with a USB port. That way you won't have to take the time to burn everything to DVD. Mine cost about £20. Mahahahaneapneap ( talk) 17:04, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
If foo yields a hit, you would expect foo -"blah blah blah" to also yield a hit. This search yields a hit, and this search does as well, as expected. However, this and this do not yield anything. Why? Thanks. -- VectorField ( talk) 18:43, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I have a program that works fine. When you press either the page up or page down buttons, it does its thing. I want it to work with one of those handheld presenter things that has a "forward" and "backward" button it. In PDF viewer and powerpoint, the device acts as a page up/page down keypress. So, I thought that since my program handled those key presses, all would be fine. However, it doesn't respond to the handheld presenter at all. I'm just looking for a starting point to figure out how to make my program respond to the presenter instead of only the keyboard. -- kainaw ™ 22:33, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
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Why do you need Java in order to download songs off of LimeWire now? It was never required before. What's up with that? Ericthebrainiac ( talk) 01:30, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I have some PDF files from a scan in good condition and I need to copy the text from the document onto a form. Copy-Paste doesn't work, but is there some software or web app that can look at the text in the pdf (or any other text scan) and generate plain text? Like text recognition software?-- penubag ( talk) 09:39, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I have an account at a web hosting service, and need a directory to be writable for the web server daemon (user www). My user account is myname, and I am a member of group myname. I would like to add user www to group myname, so that I can make a directory writable for user www without doing a chmod 666. Is that possible without having root access, and if so, how is it done? Thanks, -- NorwegianBlue talk 11:07, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
... www::80:www ... ausername::7761:ausername anothername::7762:anothername myname::7763:myname ...
myname::7763:myname,www
chgrp www dirname/
Does anyone know of a website like this one but free? Thanks! ╟─ Treasury Tag► contribs─╢ 11:33, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
What kind of programs do I need to convert pdf files to word files (or txt files)?? I do know that Adobe Acrobat Pro is one of such programs, but 500 bucks for just a program seems too much of a price to pay. And since I'll be needing to convert pdf files frequently from now on (pdf to word AND word to pdf), free trial programs aren't exactly ideal for me. So does anyone know of any FREE, easy to use softwares that converts pdf files??? (or if possible, a link where i can download the full version of adobe acrobat pro for free?) Johnnyboi7 ( talk) 14:16, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I've got an avi file (700MB) that I can watch on my pc no problem using VLC media player or whatever. How can I put this in a format where I can watch it on a standard DVD player? I know I could run it through Final Cut Pro or something and convert it then burn it through DVD Studio Pro, but that seems very long winded and would take ages. So is there a quick way to do it? My DVD player says DiVX on it, so can I just burn it to a DVD? Thanks. Popcorn II ( talk) 18:20, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
If you're going to be doing this a lot, I would recommend buying a DVD player with a USB port. That way you won't have to take the time to burn everything to DVD. Mine cost about £20. Mahahahaneapneap ( talk) 17:04, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
If foo yields a hit, you would expect foo -"blah blah blah" to also yield a hit. This search yields a hit, and this search does as well, as expected. However, this and this do not yield anything. Why? Thanks. -- VectorField ( talk) 18:43, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I have a program that works fine. When you press either the page up or page down buttons, it does its thing. I want it to work with one of those handheld presenter things that has a "forward" and "backward" button it. In PDF viewer and powerpoint, the device acts as a page up/page down keypress. So, I thought that since my program handled those key presses, all would be fine. However, it doesn't respond to the handheld presenter at all. I'm just looking for a starting point to figure out how to make my program respond to the presenter instead of only the keyboard. -- kainaw ™ 22:33, 3 May 2009 (UTC)