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Is there some sort of code I can enter into a web browser that will allow me to see a person's entire facebook wall at once instead of having to tediously click "Older posts" each time to reveal a small portion of the wall? Acceptable ( talk) 03:43, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
I am running Windows XP Media Center Edition version 2002 with service pack 2 (32-bit of course) and I am looking for a nice piece of software that would let me view very very large text files. I don't have a fixed size. The size ranges from MBs to GBs. The files are generated as part of an experiment I am running and I don't even need to edit them in anyway. I just want to be able to open them and view the simple text files without my computer crashing. I have notepad++ but I would like to know if there is something better out there. Preferably something that is free and small in size. Thanks! -Looking for Wisdom and Insight! ( talk) 04:40, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
The note for ConTEXT doesn't look so encouraging. I can tell you from experience that Vim plows straight through large files. ¦ Reisio ( talk) 09:46, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
My 3.0.x version still regularly updates itself (at the same time as whinging at me for not getting 3.6.x). It just became 3.0.19. Why are there still updates for 3.0.x? 213.122.19.48 ( talk) 04:56, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
On my USB drive I currently have a naughty little application contained in a single .exe file that passes virus scans by both Norton and Avira, yet upon launching it (it's a legit app that has been spiked) two trojans pop up in my temporary files directory and are promptly zapped by both Norton and Avira (I've tested this on two machines). My question to you good sirs is: what sort of devilish programming can produce an app that passes virus scans and then immediately creates trojans upon execution? I find this fascinating. 59.46.38.107 ( talk) 05:24, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
The security company that makes the antivirus has to be aware of that malware, virus or trojan before it can create something to combat it. It's kind of like a cat-and-mouse game between hackers and security companies - the hackers come up with a new virus, the security companies come up with a update that combats that. Then the hackers create something that bypasses that update, and so on. Chevymontecarlo. 10:37, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
I would say don't always rely on your AV to keep you safe. Even if it's kept updated and you scan your computer regularly, you need to have a bit of common sense as well to avoid any problems (i.e. avoid downloading stuff from dodgy websites or sites you don't know or trust). It may take a couple of months before a security company makes an update to its software to combat a new malware program. Chevymontecarlo. 10:45, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I want to know how is the super user in microsoft windows.And how to login.
Yes, if you're the only person that uses your computer, and you only have one account, that is the Administrator account. As to 'how to login', you would just click on your user icon when you first boot up, and then enter a password if one has been set. Chevymontecarlo. 10:35, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm thinking of donating some of my spare CPU time to a distributed computing project. Has anyone ever joined one of these projects or are they still part of it, if so what did you think of it? What projects can I join? What are your experiences with certain projects? Thanks. Chevymontecarlo. 10:33, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
BOINC, that was it! I remember now. I was listening to a Howstuffworks Techstuff podcast about that a while ago, and I couldn't remember the name of it. Thanks Chevymontecarlo. 13:31, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
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talk) 02:52, 6 April 2010 (UTC)Cool, thanks guys. I will copy this onto my talk page so I can research further without it getting archived. Chevymontecarlo. 19:12, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
In php, when there's a url like "test.php?mode=123" where or how is "?mode=123" defined in the php file? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.44.54.207 ( talk) 10:40, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Windows 7 is somehow able to detect whether it has a full internet connection available or not. My first thought was that it looks at the DHCP reply and, if finding no default gateway, will assume that it is in a local network without internet access. However, there seems to be a more sophisticated detection feature, as when I'm using a DSL router (which provides its own LAN IP as default gateway and DNS server addresses in its DHCP reply) that has its upstream connection unplugged or a restrictive firewall setting, I'm still getting the warning message that there is no internet connection available.
My router's logging capabilities are rather limited :-( and I'd like to get rid of that message so as to avoid unneccessary confusion among users (the system has limited internet access via a transparent proxy).
Does anyone know what Microsoft does to determine if there is an internet connection? Do they use ping, or a web request, or something completely different? And which IPs/DNS names are they trying to connect to? -- 78.43.60.58 ( talk) 14:09, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
I haven't done any network tracing in a while, so this was an interesting exercise. I fired up Wireshark and pulled my internet connection. I noted DNS queries to dns.msftncsi.com and figured this might be involved. A quick search reveals this TechNet article on Network Connectivity Status Indicator and Resulting Internet Communication in Windows Vista, which explains it in depth. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 14:20, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
If I'm editing a google doc (e.g. http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=blah_blah_blah), is there some modification I can make to the url (e.g. ...&download=pdf) that will cause the latest version to download as a pdf?
When I share documents with people, I include at the top a list of hyperlinks to all the available viewing options ("click here to edit me," "click here to view me as static html," "click here to request rights to edit me ..."). Thus, it would be nice to add a button, "click here to download me as pdf."
If this pdf thing can't be done, will someone who has a friend working at google tell that person to implement this feature? :)
Thanks, JD Caselaw ( talk) 18:35, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
What is the name for that symbol that appears if you are trying to copy and paste but there is already a blue area on the screen and you have already released your mouse button, and your mouse won't let you do it again?
When there is a cigarette inside the symbol it means "no smoking". Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:10, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Do you mean
No symbol?
Theresa Knott |
token threats 21:12, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
If I download videos using YouTube converter (or whatever the equivalent of that is), and I want to re-upload it to another video site, will I need some special re-encoding software to upload the video in the same quality that I downloaded it as? If so, can anyone recommend the best software for this? 24.189.90.68 ( talk) 21:22, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
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Is there some sort of code I can enter into a web browser that will allow me to see a person's entire facebook wall at once instead of having to tediously click "Older posts" each time to reveal a small portion of the wall? Acceptable ( talk) 03:43, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
I am running Windows XP Media Center Edition version 2002 with service pack 2 (32-bit of course) and I am looking for a nice piece of software that would let me view very very large text files. I don't have a fixed size. The size ranges from MBs to GBs. The files are generated as part of an experiment I am running and I don't even need to edit them in anyway. I just want to be able to open them and view the simple text files without my computer crashing. I have notepad++ but I would like to know if there is something better out there. Preferably something that is free and small in size. Thanks! -Looking for Wisdom and Insight! ( talk) 04:40, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
The note for ConTEXT doesn't look so encouraging. I can tell you from experience that Vim plows straight through large files. ¦ Reisio ( talk) 09:46, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
My 3.0.x version still regularly updates itself (at the same time as whinging at me for not getting 3.6.x). It just became 3.0.19. Why are there still updates for 3.0.x? 213.122.19.48 ( talk) 04:56, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
On my USB drive I currently have a naughty little application contained in a single .exe file that passes virus scans by both Norton and Avira, yet upon launching it (it's a legit app that has been spiked) two trojans pop up in my temporary files directory and are promptly zapped by both Norton and Avira (I've tested this on two machines). My question to you good sirs is: what sort of devilish programming can produce an app that passes virus scans and then immediately creates trojans upon execution? I find this fascinating. 59.46.38.107 ( talk) 05:24, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
The security company that makes the antivirus has to be aware of that malware, virus or trojan before it can create something to combat it. It's kind of like a cat-and-mouse game between hackers and security companies - the hackers come up with a new virus, the security companies come up with a update that combats that. Then the hackers create something that bypasses that update, and so on. Chevymontecarlo. 10:37, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
I would say don't always rely on your AV to keep you safe. Even if it's kept updated and you scan your computer regularly, you need to have a bit of common sense as well to avoid any problems (i.e. avoid downloading stuff from dodgy websites or sites you don't know or trust). It may take a couple of months before a security company makes an update to its software to combat a new malware program. Chevymontecarlo. 10:45, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I want to know how is the super user in microsoft windows.And how to login.
Yes, if you're the only person that uses your computer, and you only have one account, that is the Administrator account. As to 'how to login', you would just click on your user icon when you first boot up, and then enter a password if one has been set. Chevymontecarlo. 10:35, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
I'm thinking of donating some of my spare CPU time to a distributed computing project. Has anyone ever joined one of these projects or are they still part of it, if so what did you think of it? What projects can I join? What are your experiences with certain projects? Thanks. Chevymontecarlo. 10:33, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
BOINC, that was it! I remember now. I was listening to a Howstuffworks Techstuff podcast about that a while ago, and I couldn't remember the name of it. Thanks Chevymontecarlo. 13:31, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
decltype
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talk) 02:52, 6 April 2010 (UTC)Cool, thanks guys. I will copy this onto my talk page so I can research further without it getting archived. Chevymontecarlo. 19:12, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
In php, when there's a url like "test.php?mode=123" where or how is "?mode=123" defined in the php file? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.44.54.207 ( talk) 10:40, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Windows 7 is somehow able to detect whether it has a full internet connection available or not. My first thought was that it looks at the DHCP reply and, if finding no default gateway, will assume that it is in a local network without internet access. However, there seems to be a more sophisticated detection feature, as when I'm using a DSL router (which provides its own LAN IP as default gateway and DNS server addresses in its DHCP reply) that has its upstream connection unplugged or a restrictive firewall setting, I'm still getting the warning message that there is no internet connection available.
My router's logging capabilities are rather limited :-( and I'd like to get rid of that message so as to avoid unneccessary confusion among users (the system has limited internet access via a transparent proxy).
Does anyone know what Microsoft does to determine if there is an internet connection? Do they use ping, or a web request, or something completely different? And which IPs/DNS names are they trying to connect to? -- 78.43.60.58 ( talk) 14:09, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
I haven't done any network tracing in a while, so this was an interesting exercise. I fired up Wireshark and pulled my internet connection. I noted DNS queries to dns.msftncsi.com and figured this might be involved. A quick search reveals this TechNet article on Network Connectivity Status Indicator and Resulting Internet Communication in Windows Vista, which explains it in depth. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 14:20, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
If I'm editing a google doc (e.g. http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=blah_blah_blah), is there some modification I can make to the url (e.g. ...&download=pdf) that will cause the latest version to download as a pdf?
When I share documents with people, I include at the top a list of hyperlinks to all the available viewing options ("click here to edit me," "click here to view me as static html," "click here to request rights to edit me ..."). Thus, it would be nice to add a button, "click here to download me as pdf."
If this pdf thing can't be done, will someone who has a friend working at google tell that person to implement this feature? :)
Thanks, JD Caselaw ( talk) 18:35, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
What is the name for that symbol that appears if you are trying to copy and paste but there is already a blue area on the screen and you have already released your mouse button, and your mouse won't let you do it again?
When there is a cigarette inside the symbol it means "no smoking". Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:10, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Do you mean
No symbol?
Theresa Knott |
token threats 21:12, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
If I download videos using YouTube converter (or whatever the equivalent of that is), and I want to re-upload it to another video site, will I need some special re-encoding software to upload the video in the same quality that I downloaded it as? If so, can anyone recommend the best software for this? 24.189.90.68 ( talk) 21:22, 1 April 2010 (UTC)