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whats a e-mail listserve — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kj650 ( talk • contribs)
Can someone explain how this works to me? When I learned networking in school (2003-04), we learned that packets were filtered out by NIC's on the hardware level, and as such it was impossible for software to sniff packets from other users unless one specifically purchased a NIC with built-in promiscuous mode, which our teachers told us was rare. However, everything I've been reading about this software makes it sound like this is not rare. Can someone explain this? Magog the Ogre ( talk) 04:00, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
How do you run the add on if you add it? 84.203.243.10 ( talk) 10:46, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
If a human and a computer were to play a game of Starcraft, with neither receiving any advantages or handicaps, who would win? How about in other video games, like Counterstrike, Rise of Nations, or Civilization 4? Is there any well-known real-time strategy game in which the AI has ultra-superhuman capabilities (i.e. it can easily beat the best human player)? -- 99.237.232.254 ( talk) 04:08, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Pretty much every website on the internet requires a username these days if you intend to participate. I have extreme difficulty in choosing username; I have few defining interests or hobbies to base a username on, I don't want to include any part of my real identity, I don't want to divulge my gender. I thought about just using random numbers or something, but almost every site requires a combination of letters and numbers, and some block random usernames as "confusing". Any suggestions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.37.143.221 ( talk) 11:07, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
something that's quite simple is: tke your initials, and stick a random number, or a number that actually means something to you, say for example you like seven, then you could square that and add that to your initials, eg. gyd49 or take a character you like and stick your birth year behind it 70.241.22.82 ( talk) 17:41, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Translate your real name into some other language and use that. Jean Aigle 22:04, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Anyone seeing chinese characters in their watchlists or contribution listings (on wikipedia), or is it just me? ok it's stopped now - but explain this (see right) I suppose I should ask what the character is too (chinese for 'you've been hacked' no doubt) ?!! Sf5xeplus ( talk) 13:14, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
For a club I'm a member of, I'd like to be able to set up an email address that will forward messages to a (small) specified list of recipients, with no, or minimal, action required by the recipients themselves. The purpose its to allow members of the group to send a message to all other members by emailing to a single address. We're currently using Yahoo Groups, but are finding that rather cumbersome to use, and we don't need all the facilities it provides. Can anyone recommend a suitable way of achieving this? (Preferably free, of course, or at least very cheap.) AndrewWTaylor ( talk) 15:23, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I was trying to run a program that didn't work on my Hewlett Packard laptop. Talking with someone on the net I was told that my ATi Mobility Radeon 4530 driver was outdated. I needed to upgrade in order to run the program, and i followed a link given to me to download it :
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
on this site I chose option 2, to let the site determine what upgrades i needed so I followed that and ended u pwith this site:
I downloaded the files and installed the program. But at the end of installation a message told me it was finished and that I already had these upgrades, and that i was now only upgrading atop upgrades I already had. So i figured ok, then it must be in order and I have the necessary upgrades. But, another program called "Driver Mender" which I also downloaded from the links i got to check the computer's system and let me easily upgrade my computer with the newest stuff tells me that I still have ATi Mobility Radeon 4530 and that it is in need of upgrade. And I don't understand why this is happening when i downloaded HP ATi Mobility Radeon HD 4530/4650 Driver upgrade from this link :
So i'm confused since everytime i try install it again it still says I already have the upgrades, but then the Driver mender says the opposite. Where on my computer can I go to check my system information, including of course what version of the ATi Radeon driver i have?
Any advice on what to do, or what sites to go to to get the latest upgrades? Free of course, like this one was.
As for the program I was supposed to run in the first place, nevermind that, because I'm not running that program now after all (Don't ask) but i still want my computer to be upgraded as good as possible when i have the chance.
Any clever computer minds out there? :) Krikkert7 ( talk) 18:14, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Yes i know, the nvidia page only helped me determine what upgrades I needed, and i didn't download anything from that site but found my way to the other link i showed and downloaded from there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Krikkert7 ( talk • contribs) 01:29, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
I came across a footer.php file that looks like it is encrypted as it just contains random letters and digits, base64_decode is the only part that makes any sense so I assume encryption was used on it. Is there any way to decode this page. Mo ainm ~Talk 19:51, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I wrote a few days ago for advice about my computer ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Computing#Unallocated_space). However, I have a bigger problem starting yesterday. Basically, this computer (Dell Alienware) connects fine to the port in the wall but my computer (Asus n61jv-x2) does not. To confound the problem, the wireless router stopped working* the same time as the ASUS did and I have been scratching my head since. Both systems are running Windows 7 and as far as I know, the same wired networking hardware (Atheros AR8132 on the Alienware and AR8131 on the Asus) too. I am at a loss to what to do. Any ideas please? I don't know how much IT can help as the port is clearly functional (right?). Thank you! You guys are my hero. Kushal ( talk) 20:16, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
*To clarify, we were both using the wireless router Netgear WGR614v7 but now that it is not working, I have the Alienware hooked up to the wall. The router seems to be pretty much alive but the logo i on the router stays a blinking yellow. Resetting the router did not help. Kushal ( talk) 20:20, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
As you say. The guy actually told me that this was not a solution but just a workaround and I would need to get it fixed. I would hate to have to reinstall all applications one at a time. :/ Kushal ( talk) 19:44, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I have a Macbook Pro that is now about four and a half years old. I'm not sure what state it should be in by this stage but it seems to have slowed down remarkably in the last few weeks, since giving it a lot more use after a few months of respite. I've never done anything to 'clean up' my hard drive or anything technical like that, I've just used it normally over the years but I've not put so much on it to warrant it taking up to ten minutes to load a web page and constantly tell me programs are not responding. Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do to speed it up? 128.232.247.49 ( talk) 21:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Disk defragmenting might be useful for this... 70.241.22.82 ( talk) 16:35, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
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whats a e-mail listserve — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kj650 ( talk • contribs)
Can someone explain how this works to me? When I learned networking in school (2003-04), we learned that packets were filtered out by NIC's on the hardware level, and as such it was impossible for software to sniff packets from other users unless one specifically purchased a NIC with built-in promiscuous mode, which our teachers told us was rare. However, everything I've been reading about this software makes it sound like this is not rare. Can someone explain this? Magog the Ogre ( talk) 04:00, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
How do you run the add on if you add it? 84.203.243.10 ( talk) 10:46, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
If a human and a computer were to play a game of Starcraft, with neither receiving any advantages or handicaps, who would win? How about in other video games, like Counterstrike, Rise of Nations, or Civilization 4? Is there any well-known real-time strategy game in which the AI has ultra-superhuman capabilities (i.e. it can easily beat the best human player)? -- 99.237.232.254 ( talk) 04:08, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Pretty much every website on the internet requires a username these days if you intend to participate. I have extreme difficulty in choosing username; I have few defining interests or hobbies to base a username on, I don't want to include any part of my real identity, I don't want to divulge my gender. I thought about just using random numbers or something, but almost every site requires a combination of letters and numbers, and some block random usernames as "confusing". Any suggestions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.37.143.221 ( talk) 11:07, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
something that's quite simple is: tke your initials, and stick a random number, or a number that actually means something to you, say for example you like seven, then you could square that and add that to your initials, eg. gyd49 or take a character you like and stick your birth year behind it 70.241.22.82 ( talk) 17:41, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Translate your real name into some other language and use that. Jean Aigle 22:04, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Anyone seeing chinese characters in their watchlists or contribution listings (on wikipedia), or is it just me? ok it's stopped now - but explain this (see right) I suppose I should ask what the character is too (chinese for 'you've been hacked' no doubt) ?!! Sf5xeplus ( talk) 13:14, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
For a club I'm a member of, I'd like to be able to set up an email address that will forward messages to a (small) specified list of recipients, with no, or minimal, action required by the recipients themselves. The purpose its to allow members of the group to send a message to all other members by emailing to a single address. We're currently using Yahoo Groups, but are finding that rather cumbersome to use, and we don't need all the facilities it provides. Can anyone recommend a suitable way of achieving this? (Preferably free, of course, or at least very cheap.) AndrewWTaylor ( talk) 15:23, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I was trying to run a program that didn't work on my Hewlett Packard laptop. Talking with someone on the net I was told that my ATi Mobility Radeon 4530 driver was outdated. I needed to upgrade in order to run the program, and i followed a link given to me to download it :
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
on this site I chose option 2, to let the site determine what upgrades i needed so I followed that and ended u pwith this site:
I downloaded the files and installed the program. But at the end of installation a message told me it was finished and that I already had these upgrades, and that i was now only upgrading atop upgrades I already had. So i figured ok, then it must be in order and I have the necessary upgrades. But, another program called "Driver Mender" which I also downloaded from the links i got to check the computer's system and let me easily upgrade my computer with the newest stuff tells me that I still have ATi Mobility Radeon 4530 and that it is in need of upgrade. And I don't understand why this is happening when i downloaded HP ATi Mobility Radeon HD 4530/4650 Driver upgrade from this link :
So i'm confused since everytime i try install it again it still says I already have the upgrades, but then the Driver mender says the opposite. Where on my computer can I go to check my system information, including of course what version of the ATi Radeon driver i have?
Any advice on what to do, or what sites to go to to get the latest upgrades? Free of course, like this one was.
As for the program I was supposed to run in the first place, nevermind that, because I'm not running that program now after all (Don't ask) but i still want my computer to be upgraded as good as possible when i have the chance.
Any clever computer minds out there? :) Krikkert7 ( talk) 18:14, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Yes i know, the nvidia page only helped me determine what upgrades I needed, and i didn't download anything from that site but found my way to the other link i showed and downloaded from there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Krikkert7 ( talk • contribs) 01:29, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
I came across a footer.php file that looks like it is encrypted as it just contains random letters and digits, base64_decode is the only part that makes any sense so I assume encryption was used on it. Is there any way to decode this page. Mo ainm ~Talk 19:51, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I wrote a few days ago for advice about my computer ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Computing#Unallocated_space). However, I have a bigger problem starting yesterday. Basically, this computer (Dell Alienware) connects fine to the port in the wall but my computer (Asus n61jv-x2) does not. To confound the problem, the wireless router stopped working* the same time as the ASUS did and I have been scratching my head since. Both systems are running Windows 7 and as far as I know, the same wired networking hardware (Atheros AR8132 on the Alienware and AR8131 on the Asus) too. I am at a loss to what to do. Any ideas please? I don't know how much IT can help as the port is clearly functional (right?). Thank you! You guys are my hero. Kushal ( talk) 20:16, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
*To clarify, we were both using the wireless router Netgear WGR614v7 but now that it is not working, I have the Alienware hooked up to the wall. The router seems to be pretty much alive but the logo i on the router stays a blinking yellow. Resetting the router did not help. Kushal ( talk) 20:20, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
As you say. The guy actually told me that this was not a solution but just a workaround and I would need to get it fixed. I would hate to have to reinstall all applications one at a time. :/ Kushal ( talk) 19:44, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I have a Macbook Pro that is now about four and a half years old. I'm not sure what state it should be in by this stage but it seems to have slowed down remarkably in the last few weeks, since giving it a lot more use after a few months of respite. I've never done anything to 'clean up' my hard drive or anything technical like that, I've just used it normally over the years but I've not put so much on it to warrant it taking up to ten minutes to load a web page and constantly tell me programs are not responding. Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do to speed it up? 128.232.247.49 ( talk) 21:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Disk defragmenting might be useful for this... 70.241.22.82 ( talk) 16:35, 3 November 2010 (UTC)