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Main article: Google Street View privacy concerns
As mentioned not long ago on this page, Google will pixelate out a picture of your house on Street View if you so request. I wonder whether for celebrities they might do more than that. In some internet forum a somewhat naive and silly girl asserted that a certain celebrity lives at a certain address. Despite her seeming airheadedness about some things, she was so specific about some other things that I looked at Google Maps and found out that (1) the address exists; (2) it is pixelated out; (3) if you enter existing addresses of other houses on that street into google (not google maps), information appears; (4) if you enter addresses on that street that don't exist, no information appears; (5) for that address, no information appears, although it does exist. Could item (5) on this list have resulted from Google making the information unavailable as part of their privacy practices? Michael Hardy ( talk) 00:13, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi, my friend was in this video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TABqnaQPhns&has_verified=1) , and I wanted to download it for them and give it to them as an embarassing birthday present, as this was filmed a couple of years ago. Is there anyway I can download it? I can't find it as a torrent, and I can't download the video normally of youtube as the video doesn't load like normal videos, but it just streams that particular moment. I can't really describe it as I don't know much about computers. I've tried recording as screen capture, but the quality's not the same. Any help is appreciated. Thanks for reading. 86.161.91.54 ( talk) 00:38, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
No. This isn't like a normal YouTube video, so KeepVid, and other solutions, don't work. 86.161.91.54 ( talk) 23:12, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
None of the usual tools I'd use to download from youtube seem to work on it. I've had problems like this myself on some videos. Youtube does something to the rtmp:// stream to disrupt downloading of videos which are licensed for viewing with adverts from tv show networks. I know of no simple solution, but I've had some success with this program in the past. It's complicated, a bit unstable and might crash your computer, so make sure to save any of your work before trying it. 82.43.90.27 ( talk) 23:30, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
I have used free trial version of a software "accurate shut down" .I have uninstalled it but a message box appear whenever i restart my computer ,which is about trial version is over.I have to close it by clicking cross sign on thye box,some time it held my computer.how can i fix it so that it does not appear after every restart. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.152.68.6 ( talk) 04:00, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
Excel accommodates rounding and truncation with its number formats. E.g., the format code #,##0, causes 12345999 to be displayed as 12,346
Is there a format code that will cause 12345999 to display as 12,346,000 ? (As 12,345,000 would also do.)
Thank you, Wanderer57 ( talk) 04:47, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
=round(a1,-3)
where a1 is the cell with the number. You'll then have to change the formatting to add the commas. This will of course mean you will have one cell with the full amount, and a second with the rounded. -
Akamad (
talk) 06:14, 19 August 2011 (UTC)I would like to install Firesheep on my computer. Now before you run and call your nearest FBI agent: I am doing this for educational purposes and to test out how safe it is to run my Android (2.3.3) phone on a public wireless connection. My guess is "pretty damned unsafe."
Anyway, I have three questions:
git
infrastructure for that matter. (I notice nothing important requires root access, but having access to my browser information is pretty unsafe IMHO) PS. I have tried it in VirtualBox WinXP, which doesn't work, presumably because it doesn't have low-level access to my wireless card. PPS. If it isn't safe, would it be safe to downgrade to FF 3 and run the original on my Windows partition?Magog the Ogre ( talk) 05:40, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
Additional information needed That is a very good macro-analysis of the situation, but I'd like to hear from a few other people. Doesn't anyone else have something to offer?
Magog the Ogre (
talk) 04:56, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
Just as it's possible to have two documents open on the desktop in Word, is it possible to have 2 Powerpoints open? I don't mean actually have two slideshows running, I mean two windows with the editing stages? I have one here in Japanese, and an English translation of the Japanese one. The English translation is only 1/3 done, because I did the first 30 slides by just overwriting the Japanese (and saving as a new .ppt), and since then, 60 extra slides have been added to the original. This means I have to copypaste my work from the 30-slide version of the translation into a new copy of the 90 page version, and continue on from there. Before I do that, though, I have to make sure the original 30 pages have not changed (they have, in some places), meaning I have to compare. However, when I open one, the other closes. Is there any way to have two of them open at once so I can compare the two (or even three) versions? -- KägeTorä - (影虎) ( TALK) 08:42, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
Good Day, fellow RefDeskers!
I have a 16Gb Fibre Channel Disk Array connected to a 16Gb Fibre Channel SAN Switch, and several blade servers connected to a 10Gb Ethernet LAN Switch. I'm seeking to connect an 16Gb Fibre Channel SAN Switch to the 10Gb Ethernet LAN Switch, in order to have the blade servers access LUNs on the FC disk-array over FCoE. I'm aware that I'll need some kind of 16GFC-to-10GbE bridging device to sit between the LAN and SAN switches, but I'm not exactly sure what it is that's needed - so any pointers would be very helpful. The two switches are the Brocade 6510 16GFC Switch and the Supermicro SBM-XEM-X10SM 10GbE Switch.
Thanks as always. Rocketshiporion ♫ 13:37, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
I've got some audio tracks from a PS2 game copied to my hard drive, and I was wondering if there was a program out there that can play these tracks... and if possible convert them to .wav or .mp3 157.157.39.8 ( talk) 23:29, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
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Main article: Google Street View privacy concerns
As mentioned not long ago on this page, Google will pixelate out a picture of your house on Street View if you so request. I wonder whether for celebrities they might do more than that. In some internet forum a somewhat naive and silly girl asserted that a certain celebrity lives at a certain address. Despite her seeming airheadedness about some things, she was so specific about some other things that I looked at Google Maps and found out that (1) the address exists; (2) it is pixelated out; (3) if you enter existing addresses of other houses on that street into google (not google maps), information appears; (4) if you enter addresses on that street that don't exist, no information appears; (5) for that address, no information appears, although it does exist. Could item (5) on this list have resulted from Google making the information unavailable as part of their privacy practices? Michael Hardy ( talk) 00:13, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi, my friend was in this video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TABqnaQPhns&has_verified=1) , and I wanted to download it for them and give it to them as an embarassing birthday present, as this was filmed a couple of years ago. Is there anyway I can download it? I can't find it as a torrent, and I can't download the video normally of youtube as the video doesn't load like normal videos, but it just streams that particular moment. I can't really describe it as I don't know much about computers. I've tried recording as screen capture, but the quality's not the same. Any help is appreciated. Thanks for reading. 86.161.91.54 ( talk) 00:38, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
No. This isn't like a normal YouTube video, so KeepVid, and other solutions, don't work. 86.161.91.54 ( talk) 23:12, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
None of the usual tools I'd use to download from youtube seem to work on it. I've had problems like this myself on some videos. Youtube does something to the rtmp:// stream to disrupt downloading of videos which are licensed for viewing with adverts from tv show networks. I know of no simple solution, but I've had some success with this program in the past. It's complicated, a bit unstable and might crash your computer, so make sure to save any of your work before trying it. 82.43.90.27 ( talk) 23:30, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
I have used free trial version of a software "accurate shut down" .I have uninstalled it but a message box appear whenever i restart my computer ,which is about trial version is over.I have to close it by clicking cross sign on thye box,some time it held my computer.how can i fix it so that it does not appear after every restart. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.152.68.6 ( talk) 04:00, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
Excel accommodates rounding and truncation with its number formats. E.g., the format code #,##0, causes 12345999 to be displayed as 12,346
Is there a format code that will cause 12345999 to display as 12,346,000 ? (As 12,345,000 would also do.)
Thank you, Wanderer57 ( talk) 04:47, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
=round(a1,-3)
where a1 is the cell with the number. You'll then have to change the formatting to add the commas. This will of course mean you will have one cell with the full amount, and a second with the rounded. -
Akamad (
talk) 06:14, 19 August 2011 (UTC)I would like to install Firesheep on my computer. Now before you run and call your nearest FBI agent: I am doing this for educational purposes and to test out how safe it is to run my Android (2.3.3) phone on a public wireless connection. My guess is "pretty damned unsafe."
Anyway, I have three questions:
git
infrastructure for that matter. (I notice nothing important requires root access, but having access to my browser information is pretty unsafe IMHO) PS. I have tried it in VirtualBox WinXP, which doesn't work, presumably because it doesn't have low-level access to my wireless card. PPS. If it isn't safe, would it be safe to downgrade to FF 3 and run the original on my Windows partition?Magog the Ogre ( talk) 05:40, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
Additional information needed That is a very good macro-analysis of the situation, but I'd like to hear from a few other people. Doesn't anyone else have something to offer?
Magog the Ogre (
talk) 04:56, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
Just as it's possible to have two documents open on the desktop in Word, is it possible to have 2 Powerpoints open? I don't mean actually have two slideshows running, I mean two windows with the editing stages? I have one here in Japanese, and an English translation of the Japanese one. The English translation is only 1/3 done, because I did the first 30 slides by just overwriting the Japanese (and saving as a new .ppt), and since then, 60 extra slides have been added to the original. This means I have to copypaste my work from the 30-slide version of the translation into a new copy of the 90 page version, and continue on from there. Before I do that, though, I have to make sure the original 30 pages have not changed (they have, in some places), meaning I have to compare. However, when I open one, the other closes. Is there any way to have two of them open at once so I can compare the two (or even three) versions? -- KägeTorä - (影虎) ( TALK) 08:42, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
Good Day, fellow RefDeskers!
I have a 16Gb Fibre Channel Disk Array connected to a 16Gb Fibre Channel SAN Switch, and several blade servers connected to a 10Gb Ethernet LAN Switch. I'm seeking to connect an 16Gb Fibre Channel SAN Switch to the 10Gb Ethernet LAN Switch, in order to have the blade servers access LUNs on the FC disk-array over FCoE. I'm aware that I'll need some kind of 16GFC-to-10GbE bridging device to sit between the LAN and SAN switches, but I'm not exactly sure what it is that's needed - so any pointers would be very helpful. The two switches are the Brocade 6510 16GFC Switch and the Supermicro SBM-XEM-X10SM 10GbE Switch.
Thanks as always. Rocketshiporion ♫ 13:37, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
I've got some audio tracks from a PS2 game copied to my hard drive, and I was wondering if there was a program out there that can play these tracks... and if possible convert them to .wav or .mp3 157.157.39.8 ( talk) 23:29, 19 August 2011 (UTC)