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Hi. I have a few questions that I'm hoping someone can help with. I am mostly interested in the situation in the UK but any general info would be welcomed too. Assume complete ignorance on my part.
1. Do mobile phone "apps" that need to communicate with the outside world (e.g. weather forecast, news, social networking, etc.) all use the Internet, or do they also utilise the traditional phone network? Or is it now the case that there really isn't any difference?
2. Such "apps" appear to often provide functionality that on a PC would be accessed via a web browser, so that most people do not need to have dozens of small specialised pieces of software on their PCs with each one accessing a different service. Why is the mobile phone model different? Is it anything to do with the difficulty of implementing a general-purpose browser for such a small screen?
3. If a charge is made, then how are these services typically charged for? Are there mechanisms whereby access to a particular Internet service is automatically charged to one's phone bill, like when one makes a premium-rate phone call? Or are payments made separately using the same methods as one would use with PC-based access to such services?
TIA... 86.135.171.33 ( talk) 01:02, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Regarding the app model, perhaps it would make a bit more sense if you look through the other end of the pipe, i.e. at your PC from the point of view of the phone. What are the "apps" on your PC? A word processor, a few games, and this magical super-app called a web browser that can handle "whole bunches of stuff". 'zat help? DaHorsesMouth ( talk) 00:36, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
i've been doing a little experimenting on merging multiple similar frames into a video to make a better quality image, and i've seen something before on how to increase the resolution by averaging pixels or something like that, but i can't remember where it was. i've found various success with reducing noise and getting some more natural color off of dark video, but i'm just looking for any tips. i'm using gimp. thanks! 210.254.117.185 ( talk) 03:42, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
The article on cmd.exe calls it a command-line interpreter. The article on Terminal.app calls it a terminal emulator. Windows PowerShell's first sentence has a link to command-line interface and shell (computing). The inconsistency is confusing me. Is there no single united term for these things? Should all these articles be merged or reorganized in some way?
Hi, I was recently getting annoyed with my flatmate installing random programs he found on the Internet on the computer we both use for work and such. So, I made a new account that was an Admin, then proceeded to make the other accounts standard users. Then, I made the silly mistake of editing the Registry to make the other account invisible on the logon screen. Now, when a UAC dialogue pops up, I can't click "Yes", or enter an Admin Username or Password. This means I can't edit the registry to fix the original problem! Help!
Thanks, 110.175.208.144 ( talk) 13:48, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Preferably free... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.220.46.47 ( talk) 16:19, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
If a computer is behind a router, you need to enable "port forwarding" in order for other computers to connect to it via the internet, say for example remote desktop or running a home server. But I don't understand then how a computer behind a router without port forwarding enabled can browse the web. Does google and wikipedia servers not send data to the computer browsing them? 82.43.88.151 ( talk) 16:38, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Your computer | Your router | Wikipedia | ||
192.168.0.3 | → | 54.84.93.20, port 4895 | → | 208.80.152.2, port 80 |
Thanks :) 82.43.88.151 ( talk) 17:57, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
I have a 5.1 receiver attached to my computer. The receiver recognizes all 5.1 audio embedded in "video" containers: DVD, DVD-Audio, MKV, etc. However, I've had no luck with "DTS CDs" / WAV files with DTS embedded. I've reviewed plenty of instructions out there on the web to make it work in: foobar2000, Media Player Classic (ffdshow), WinAmp. Depending on my configuration tweaks, I get stereo, white noise, or the receiver goes into DTS mode (DTS 96/24 actually) but there is no sound. (Configuration tweaks include resampling to 48khz; SPDIF used/not used; program-specific extensions.) Assuming I can't play these CDs/files "as is", does anyone know of a way to convert the audio to another format (extract channels and put them into a different container)? What could possibly be so special about 5.1 audio files that they just won't work, while the system handles 5.1 audio in video container formats just fine? I find the quality of DVD-Audio exceptional, and it works on my system; I assume I would get a similar experience from "DTS in WAV". Any advice appreciated. Riggr Mortis ( talk) 18:19, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedians:
My ISP, Bell in Canada, will probably be one of the last ISPs on this planet to adopt IPv6, yet when I opened my bittorrent client today, I suddenly saw, beyond my wildest belief, two IPv6 addresses in my peer list. How is this possible???!!!
Thanks,
174.88.240.39 ( talk) 21:09, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Can people in IRC channels see my ip address? Can channel ops see it? 82.43.88.151 ( talk) 21:36, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Simple question that Google hasn't really been able to help me with. Ctrl + F is generally the shortcut for opening the "Find" dialog in a text editor (Notepad, Notepad++, and Word, among others). This makes sense, since "Find" has an 'f' in it. However, Ctrl + H is generally the shortcut for opening the "Replace" dialog and this does not make sense; "Replace" doesn't have an 'h' in it. So why Ctrl + H? Irish Souffle ( talk) 21:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
I have a Wii which was thoroughly bricked via lightning strike. I'm not too concerned about the console itself - there's plenty of Wiis (Wii-i?) to go around. I'm more concerned about the disc it currently contains, namely a copy of the limited-edition North American Metroid Prime Trilogy. I think the console's out of warranty thanks to sheer time. Google suggests a number of unsavory solutions, ranging from pulling it out with a paperclip to moving the internal clasps with a pair of tweezers to disassembling the entire console, all of which are spectacularly likely to scratch up the disc. Anyone have a better idea? « Aaron Rotenberg « Talk « 22:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
I had been using Windows XP for a long time and now just upgraded to Windows Vista. In XP, one of my favorite features was Active Desktop which allowed me to put any web content as background on my desktop. I understand that it is not available in Vista anymore. My question is, is there anyway to make it work on Vista? Any settings, tweaks, or neat little programs which will let me use an HTML page as my background? I used to make cool java applets and then put them up as my background (much better than boring old static pictures). Just to be specific, I am using Windows Vista Ultimate and I need something that will display Java as well as allow me to interact with it. Thanks! -Looking for Wisdom and Insight! ( talk) 23:53, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
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Hi. I have a few questions that I'm hoping someone can help with. I am mostly interested in the situation in the UK but any general info would be welcomed too. Assume complete ignorance on my part.
1. Do mobile phone "apps" that need to communicate with the outside world (e.g. weather forecast, news, social networking, etc.) all use the Internet, or do they also utilise the traditional phone network? Or is it now the case that there really isn't any difference?
2. Such "apps" appear to often provide functionality that on a PC would be accessed via a web browser, so that most people do not need to have dozens of small specialised pieces of software on their PCs with each one accessing a different service. Why is the mobile phone model different? Is it anything to do with the difficulty of implementing a general-purpose browser for such a small screen?
3. If a charge is made, then how are these services typically charged for? Are there mechanisms whereby access to a particular Internet service is automatically charged to one's phone bill, like when one makes a premium-rate phone call? Or are payments made separately using the same methods as one would use with PC-based access to such services?
TIA... 86.135.171.33 ( talk) 01:02, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Regarding the app model, perhaps it would make a bit more sense if you look through the other end of the pipe, i.e. at your PC from the point of view of the phone. What are the "apps" on your PC? A word processor, a few games, and this magical super-app called a web browser that can handle "whole bunches of stuff". 'zat help? DaHorsesMouth ( talk) 00:36, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
i've been doing a little experimenting on merging multiple similar frames into a video to make a better quality image, and i've seen something before on how to increase the resolution by averaging pixels or something like that, but i can't remember where it was. i've found various success with reducing noise and getting some more natural color off of dark video, but i'm just looking for any tips. i'm using gimp. thanks! 210.254.117.185 ( talk) 03:42, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
The article on cmd.exe calls it a command-line interpreter. The article on Terminal.app calls it a terminal emulator. Windows PowerShell's first sentence has a link to command-line interface and shell (computing). The inconsistency is confusing me. Is there no single united term for these things? Should all these articles be merged or reorganized in some way?
Hi, I was recently getting annoyed with my flatmate installing random programs he found on the Internet on the computer we both use for work and such. So, I made a new account that was an Admin, then proceeded to make the other accounts standard users. Then, I made the silly mistake of editing the Registry to make the other account invisible on the logon screen. Now, when a UAC dialogue pops up, I can't click "Yes", or enter an Admin Username or Password. This means I can't edit the registry to fix the original problem! Help!
Thanks, 110.175.208.144 ( talk) 13:48, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Preferably free... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.220.46.47 ( talk) 16:19, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
If a computer is behind a router, you need to enable "port forwarding" in order for other computers to connect to it via the internet, say for example remote desktop or running a home server. But I don't understand then how a computer behind a router without port forwarding enabled can browse the web. Does google and wikipedia servers not send data to the computer browsing them? 82.43.88.151 ( talk) 16:38, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Your computer | Your router | Wikipedia | ||
192.168.0.3 | → | 54.84.93.20, port 4895 | → | 208.80.152.2, port 80 |
Thanks :) 82.43.88.151 ( talk) 17:57, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
I have a 5.1 receiver attached to my computer. The receiver recognizes all 5.1 audio embedded in "video" containers: DVD, DVD-Audio, MKV, etc. However, I've had no luck with "DTS CDs" / WAV files with DTS embedded. I've reviewed plenty of instructions out there on the web to make it work in: foobar2000, Media Player Classic (ffdshow), WinAmp. Depending on my configuration tweaks, I get stereo, white noise, or the receiver goes into DTS mode (DTS 96/24 actually) but there is no sound. (Configuration tweaks include resampling to 48khz; SPDIF used/not used; program-specific extensions.) Assuming I can't play these CDs/files "as is", does anyone know of a way to convert the audio to another format (extract channels and put them into a different container)? What could possibly be so special about 5.1 audio files that they just won't work, while the system handles 5.1 audio in video container formats just fine? I find the quality of DVD-Audio exceptional, and it works on my system; I assume I would get a similar experience from "DTS in WAV". Any advice appreciated. Riggr Mortis ( talk) 18:19, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedians:
My ISP, Bell in Canada, will probably be one of the last ISPs on this planet to adopt IPv6, yet when I opened my bittorrent client today, I suddenly saw, beyond my wildest belief, two IPv6 addresses in my peer list. How is this possible???!!!
Thanks,
174.88.240.39 ( talk) 21:09, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Can people in IRC channels see my ip address? Can channel ops see it? 82.43.88.151 ( talk) 21:36, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Simple question that Google hasn't really been able to help me with. Ctrl + F is generally the shortcut for opening the "Find" dialog in a text editor (Notepad, Notepad++, and Word, among others). This makes sense, since "Find" has an 'f' in it. However, Ctrl + H is generally the shortcut for opening the "Replace" dialog and this does not make sense; "Replace" doesn't have an 'h' in it. So why Ctrl + H? Irish Souffle ( talk) 21:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
I have a Wii which was thoroughly bricked via lightning strike. I'm not too concerned about the console itself - there's plenty of Wiis (Wii-i?) to go around. I'm more concerned about the disc it currently contains, namely a copy of the limited-edition North American Metroid Prime Trilogy. I think the console's out of warranty thanks to sheer time. Google suggests a number of unsavory solutions, ranging from pulling it out with a paperclip to moving the internal clasps with a pair of tweezers to disassembling the entire console, all of which are spectacularly likely to scratch up the disc. Anyone have a better idea? « Aaron Rotenberg « Talk « 22:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
I had been using Windows XP for a long time and now just upgraded to Windows Vista. In XP, one of my favorite features was Active Desktop which allowed me to put any web content as background on my desktop. I understand that it is not available in Vista anymore. My question is, is there anyway to make it work on Vista? Any settings, tweaks, or neat little programs which will let me use an HTML page as my background? I used to make cool java applets and then put them up as my background (much better than boring old static pictures). Just to be specific, I am using Windows Vista Ultimate and I need something that will display Java as well as allow me to interact with it. Thanks! -Looking for Wisdom and Insight! ( talk) 23:53, 9 August 2010 (UTC)