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Does this compound word mean anything other than "desktop theme" for a Mac computer? 76.27.175.80 ( talk) 00:23, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Ever since the mandatory upgrade for Trillians AIM users a few days ago my AIM account has been connecting and disconnecting every 20-30 minutes for 5 minutes at a time. Ive updraged to the 2 newest versions of trillian and the problem persisted. I know it cant be an ISP Connection issue because I can continue to load pages and download files while the AIM account is disconnected. Does anyone know what could be causing this?
Thanks for the help.
-- 71.98.66.6 ( talk) 03:38, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Is there a software to display the words beginning or ending with the same spelling? E.g. 1). If I enter *cide (Wild card character), it should display all words ending with cide such as suicide, patricide, infanticide and so on. 2). If I enter *tw* , it should display all words contain tw such as twin, between, twice, twig, twine, two and so on. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.43.25.100 ( talk) 07:00, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
99.11.160.111 ( talk) 07:10, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Special programs exist for this. Try searching sourceforge Quadrupedaldiprotodont ( talk) 14:29, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
I'm looking for information or links on computer game development software that is easy to use/learn and preferably very affordable. Think chicken sandwich budget, rather than company account.I have used the "Construction Set" that Bethesda Softworksprovided with the " Elder Scrolls" package. I've had a look at an old version of Gamestudio. But I have no clue whether that would be a good thing to start with. I'm basically looking for something that doesn't require ages to learn or advanced languages like C++ but offers a way to design figures running around, doing tasks and having some kind of conversation/speech bubble abilites. It should work on standard platforms and not use oodles of resources. Both me and my teenage nephew would be using it. Ultimately I'm trying to develop a language teaching game, but this could just serve as a first stage in that project. (My last programming experience is Assembler, so I basically don't know diddly about what the new stuff does and can do.) Hope this question doesn't break any rules and someone can point me in the right direction of where to look and what to look for. 99.11.160.111 ( talk) 07:04, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
I got a job recently and am now still an apprentice. My company's recent project is a C++ one. Switching from Java to C++ is not a too difficult task because they resemble in many ways, and sometimes I even think Java is a subset of C++. But after 2 weeks, when I'm quite familiar with C++ syntax, my chief manager has a new, special (if it is another word for "terrible") task for me -- writing a test case. He always makes me full of surprises. 2 weeks ago he told me that the project is written in C++ and I have to study C++ from the beginning. And now my burden grows heavier with a "special" task, just 'cause none can do it (my company has no tester). I ask him how, he said "study it yourself".
I don't even know what in the world is a test case. I was trained to be a developer, not a tester. I wonder if there's any IT school that teaches students how to test software -- at least not mine. But up to now, I haven't contributed anything to my company's project. Beeing a newbie, I suppose I don't have much of a choice. I need a step-to-step guide 'bout the so-called test case. A six hundred page tutorial just like the C++ tutorial would be very nice, even if it will take me onother 2 week studying. Thanks in advanced. -- Livy the pixie ( talk) 09:56, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
I've seen people posting about weird search terms used to find their blog; but how do you find out what those search terms are? 165.91.175.24 ( talk) 10:07, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
php can do this Quadrupedaldiprotodont ( talk) 14:09, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
There's lots of code around to diff two files, by finding the shortest (or near shortest) sequence of insertions and deletions that turns the first file into the second. Trouble is this doesn't notice moves, i.e. I edit a wikipedia article by swapping the locations of two paragraphs. I haven't inserted or deleted anything, just moved stuff, but diff shows it as an insertion and a removal.
Are there good algorithms (and preferably existing libraries) that notice moves as moves? Thanks.
75.57.241.73 ( talk) 11:08, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Layman question alert: Is it just me or are the more popular TLDs such as .com .net etc favouritised by search machines such as google and the like. I askbecause more often than not .com pages are shown first in the results. Would this be the case even if say a .biz or .tt site´s content matched my search criteria more exactly. If so is there a list of precedent for TLDs? I hope you get what I´m trying to put across... Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.195.24.181 ( talk) 11:55, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
I got a "Linksys EW5HUB 5-port ethernet workgroup hub" a few days ago. It has 5 ethernet ports on the back, and a 6th ethernet port which is labeled "uplink". Is the uplink port for connecting the internet from my cable modem too? 82.44.55.25 ( talk) 14:38, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Who has a Windows 98 or 2000 operating system computer with Korean fonts from the time period?
http://www.ntsb.gov/events/KAL801/bios_kor.htm and other NTSB pages need Korean, but computers with modern Korean fonts installed cannot see them. Are there older fonts that need to be installed? How could someone view the documents? A check on http://web.archive.org/*/http://www.ntsb.gov/events/KAL801/bios_kor.htm shows that the page probably always looked like this. WhisperToMe ( talk) 20:01, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Here's a
Python 3.x script to do the conversion. Save the broken HTML files to your hard drive and either drag-and-drop them into the script or run it from the command line. The fixed files will be in the same directory with ".FIXED.html" appended to the end. The script will work with Python 2.x if you replace html.entities
by htmlentitydefs
and delete .encode('ascii')
and .encode('latin-1')
. --
BenRG (
talk) 04:50, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
import sys
from html.entities import *
for filename in sys.argv1:]:
with open(filename, 'rb') as f: text = f.read()
for name, val in entitydefs.items():
if '\xA0' <= val <= '\xFF':
text = text.replace(('&%s;' % name).encode('ascii'), val.encode('latin-1'))
with open(filename + '.FIXED.html', 'wb') as f: f.write(text)
Where should I look if I want to buy a tv tuner for my Windows 7 desktop? I intend to watch terrestrial analogue broadcasts and would like to have a remote control. I've tried google, but got lost in the descriptions and lack of reviews. Shouldn't this kind of thing be pretty cheep? I live in Ireland, if that's relevant. Thanks- is mise, Stanstaple ( talk) 21:41, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
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Does this compound word mean anything other than "desktop theme" for a Mac computer? 76.27.175.80 ( talk) 00:23, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Ever since the mandatory upgrade for Trillians AIM users a few days ago my AIM account has been connecting and disconnecting every 20-30 minutes for 5 minutes at a time. Ive updraged to the 2 newest versions of trillian and the problem persisted. I know it cant be an ISP Connection issue because I can continue to load pages and download files while the AIM account is disconnected. Does anyone know what could be causing this?
Thanks for the help.
-- 71.98.66.6 ( talk) 03:38, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Is there a software to display the words beginning or ending with the same spelling? E.g. 1). If I enter *cide (Wild card character), it should display all words ending with cide such as suicide, patricide, infanticide and so on. 2). If I enter *tw* , it should display all words contain tw such as twin, between, twice, twig, twine, two and so on. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.43.25.100 ( talk) 07:00, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
99.11.160.111 ( talk) 07:10, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Special programs exist for this. Try searching sourceforge Quadrupedaldiprotodont ( talk) 14:29, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
I'm looking for information or links on computer game development software that is easy to use/learn and preferably very affordable. Think chicken sandwich budget, rather than company account.I have used the "Construction Set" that Bethesda Softworksprovided with the " Elder Scrolls" package. I've had a look at an old version of Gamestudio. But I have no clue whether that would be a good thing to start with. I'm basically looking for something that doesn't require ages to learn or advanced languages like C++ but offers a way to design figures running around, doing tasks and having some kind of conversation/speech bubble abilites. It should work on standard platforms and not use oodles of resources. Both me and my teenage nephew would be using it. Ultimately I'm trying to develop a language teaching game, but this could just serve as a first stage in that project. (My last programming experience is Assembler, so I basically don't know diddly about what the new stuff does and can do.) Hope this question doesn't break any rules and someone can point me in the right direction of where to look and what to look for. 99.11.160.111 ( talk) 07:04, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
I got a job recently and am now still an apprentice. My company's recent project is a C++ one. Switching from Java to C++ is not a too difficult task because they resemble in many ways, and sometimes I even think Java is a subset of C++. But after 2 weeks, when I'm quite familiar with C++ syntax, my chief manager has a new, special (if it is another word for "terrible") task for me -- writing a test case. He always makes me full of surprises. 2 weeks ago he told me that the project is written in C++ and I have to study C++ from the beginning. And now my burden grows heavier with a "special" task, just 'cause none can do it (my company has no tester). I ask him how, he said "study it yourself".
I don't even know what in the world is a test case. I was trained to be a developer, not a tester. I wonder if there's any IT school that teaches students how to test software -- at least not mine. But up to now, I haven't contributed anything to my company's project. Beeing a newbie, I suppose I don't have much of a choice. I need a step-to-step guide 'bout the so-called test case. A six hundred page tutorial just like the C++ tutorial would be very nice, even if it will take me onother 2 week studying. Thanks in advanced. -- Livy the pixie ( talk) 09:56, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
I've seen people posting about weird search terms used to find their blog; but how do you find out what those search terms are? 165.91.175.24 ( talk) 10:07, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
php can do this Quadrupedaldiprotodont ( talk) 14:09, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
There's lots of code around to diff two files, by finding the shortest (or near shortest) sequence of insertions and deletions that turns the first file into the second. Trouble is this doesn't notice moves, i.e. I edit a wikipedia article by swapping the locations of two paragraphs. I haven't inserted or deleted anything, just moved stuff, but diff shows it as an insertion and a removal.
Are there good algorithms (and preferably existing libraries) that notice moves as moves? Thanks.
75.57.241.73 ( talk) 11:08, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Layman question alert: Is it just me or are the more popular TLDs such as .com .net etc favouritised by search machines such as google and the like. I askbecause more often than not .com pages are shown first in the results. Would this be the case even if say a .biz or .tt site´s content matched my search criteria more exactly. If so is there a list of precedent for TLDs? I hope you get what I´m trying to put across... Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.195.24.181 ( talk) 11:55, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
I got a "Linksys EW5HUB 5-port ethernet workgroup hub" a few days ago. It has 5 ethernet ports on the back, and a 6th ethernet port which is labeled "uplink". Is the uplink port for connecting the internet from my cable modem too? 82.44.55.25 ( talk) 14:38, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Who has a Windows 98 or 2000 operating system computer with Korean fonts from the time period?
http://www.ntsb.gov/events/KAL801/bios_kor.htm and other NTSB pages need Korean, but computers with modern Korean fonts installed cannot see them. Are there older fonts that need to be installed? How could someone view the documents? A check on http://web.archive.org/*/http://www.ntsb.gov/events/KAL801/bios_kor.htm shows that the page probably always looked like this. WhisperToMe ( talk) 20:01, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Here's a
Python 3.x script to do the conversion. Save the broken HTML files to your hard drive and either drag-and-drop them into the script or run it from the command line. The fixed files will be in the same directory with ".FIXED.html" appended to the end. The script will work with Python 2.x if you replace html.entities
by htmlentitydefs
and delete .encode('ascii')
and .encode('latin-1')
. --
BenRG (
talk) 04:50, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
import sys
from html.entities import *
for filename in sys.argv1:]:
with open(filename, 'rb') as f: text = f.read()
for name, val in entitydefs.items():
if '\xA0' <= val <= '\xFF':
text = text.replace(('&%s;' % name).encode('ascii'), val.encode('latin-1'))
with open(filename + '.FIXED.html', 'wb') as f: f.write(text)
Where should I look if I want to buy a tv tuner for my Windows 7 desktop? I intend to watch terrestrial analogue broadcasts and would like to have a remote control. I've tried google, but got lost in the descriptions and lack of reviews. Shouldn't this kind of thing be pretty cheep? I live in Ireland, if that's relevant. Thanks- is mise, Stanstaple ( talk) 21:41, 8 September 2010 (UTC)