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I'm looking for layout diagrams / specifications for the following computer hardware standards. I've searched the internet using both Google and Yahoo!, and come up empty. Any help is most appreciated.
Thanks as always. Rocketshiporion ♫ 18:52, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
I have a bunch of stereo MP3s that I would like to convert to mono. What is the best way to do this without losing too much quality or reencoding in a higher bitrate (since the MP3s range from 128 to 320 kbps). I am looking for something that can batch process entire folders automatically. Thanks! 169.234.102.200 ( talk) 00:02, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
This program can. Select the files you want to convert in the source files tab, then under the Advanced options tab set mp3 channel mode to mono. You can also adjust quality and bitrate settings to whatever you want. The program has some strange sound effects which you'll probably want to disable via Tools -> Configuration -> Disable sound effects AvrillirvA ( talk) 00:25, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
For many months now I have had a Windows 7 computer that suffers from infrequent crashing. The typical uptime is perhaps 2 days at the worst case to around 15 days at the best case. In other words, the bad event (whatever it is) occurs infrequently, and thus is hard to diagnose. To make matters worse, it doesn't even do me the luxury of giving an error message. It either locks up with a blank screen (i.e. black screen requiring power cycling to restart), or it reboots unexpectedly. Rebooting is more common, though locking up and requiring power cycling is not uncommon. I've never observed a blue screen or other visible error message. Following a crash, reviewing the Windows error log shows each unexpected restart but has never provided any information about the precipitating event. The software is kept up-to-date and virus protection is installed.
The underlying pattern of behavior leads me to believe it is more likely to be a hardware problem of some sort rather than a software problem (mainly because it can completely lock the computer in a way that appears to skip all the normal software error trapping). However, I've run all the handy hardware self-diagnostics for RAM / hard drive / etc. without ever detecting any problems. In addition, I've never noticed any connection between computer load and crashes (as might be expected if it were connected with overheating, for example). I've seen it run at high load for days without any problem only to crash days latter while virtually idle. Frankly, I haven't seen anything that really gives me a clue about the specific underlying cause.
Right now I'm pretty much out of ideas. Does anyone have suggestions for how to approach a problem like this? Obviously I don't expect anyone to simply know what is wrong, but how would you track down the problem when it seems to elude both error reporting and hardware diagnostics? Dragons flight ( talk) 04:43, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
A facebook user has created a public-event facebook page for a social gathering at a house not belonging to the user, without the owner's consent. According to http://www.facebook.com/communitystandards, "If you see something on Facebook that you believe violates our terms, you can report it to us." The only way to do that, as far as I can see, is to click on "report event". After going through some menus, you click on "report to facebook". Then it says "Thanks For Your Report" before you've written anything!! There is no opportunity to write anything explaining the situation (that the house doesn't belong to the person organizing the event).
Is the statement that "you can report it to us" merely dishonesty? Is the assertion that it's dishonest the WHOLE story, with nothing more that can be said? I can't even imagine creating software that behaves that way with any motive other than to be amused by what one thereby does to one's victims.
Am I missing something? Michael Hardy ( talk) 06:33, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
i got this error while using TOR proxy and it does not allow me to log into any mail id: The proxy server is refusing connections Firefox is configured to use a proxy server that is refusing connections. Check the proxy settings to make sure that they are correct. Contact your network administrator to make sure the proxy server is working. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.76.71 ( talk) 07:01, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
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Welcome to the Wikipedia Computing Reference Desk Archives |
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Good Morning, Everyone!
I'm looking for layout diagrams / specifications for the following computer hardware standards. I've searched the internet using both Google and Yahoo!, and come up empty. Any help is most appreciated.
Thanks as always. Rocketshiporion ♫ 18:52, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
I have a bunch of stereo MP3s that I would like to convert to mono. What is the best way to do this without losing too much quality or reencoding in a higher bitrate (since the MP3s range from 128 to 320 kbps). I am looking for something that can batch process entire folders automatically. Thanks! 169.234.102.200 ( talk) 00:02, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
This program can. Select the files you want to convert in the source files tab, then under the Advanced options tab set mp3 channel mode to mono. You can also adjust quality and bitrate settings to whatever you want. The program has some strange sound effects which you'll probably want to disable via Tools -> Configuration -> Disable sound effects AvrillirvA ( talk) 00:25, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
For many months now I have had a Windows 7 computer that suffers from infrequent crashing. The typical uptime is perhaps 2 days at the worst case to around 15 days at the best case. In other words, the bad event (whatever it is) occurs infrequently, and thus is hard to diagnose. To make matters worse, it doesn't even do me the luxury of giving an error message. It either locks up with a blank screen (i.e. black screen requiring power cycling to restart), or it reboots unexpectedly. Rebooting is more common, though locking up and requiring power cycling is not uncommon. I've never observed a blue screen or other visible error message. Following a crash, reviewing the Windows error log shows each unexpected restart but has never provided any information about the precipitating event. The software is kept up-to-date and virus protection is installed.
The underlying pattern of behavior leads me to believe it is more likely to be a hardware problem of some sort rather than a software problem (mainly because it can completely lock the computer in a way that appears to skip all the normal software error trapping). However, I've run all the handy hardware self-diagnostics for RAM / hard drive / etc. without ever detecting any problems. In addition, I've never noticed any connection between computer load and crashes (as might be expected if it were connected with overheating, for example). I've seen it run at high load for days without any problem only to crash days latter while virtually idle. Frankly, I haven't seen anything that really gives me a clue about the specific underlying cause.
Right now I'm pretty much out of ideas. Does anyone have suggestions for how to approach a problem like this? Obviously I don't expect anyone to simply know what is wrong, but how would you track down the problem when it seems to elude both error reporting and hardware diagnostics? Dragons flight ( talk) 04:43, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
A facebook user has created a public-event facebook page for a social gathering at a house not belonging to the user, without the owner's consent. According to http://www.facebook.com/communitystandards, "If you see something on Facebook that you believe violates our terms, you can report it to us." The only way to do that, as far as I can see, is to click on "report event". After going through some menus, you click on "report to facebook". Then it says "Thanks For Your Report" before you've written anything!! There is no opportunity to write anything explaining the situation (that the house doesn't belong to the person organizing the event).
Is the statement that "you can report it to us" merely dishonesty? Is the assertion that it's dishonest the WHOLE story, with nothing more that can be said? I can't even imagine creating software that behaves that way with any motive other than to be amused by what one thereby does to one's victims.
Am I missing something? Michael Hardy ( talk) 06:33, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
i got this error while using TOR proxy and it does not allow me to log into any mail id: The proxy server is refusing connections Firefox is configured to use a proxy server that is refusing connections. Check the proxy settings to make sure that they are correct. Contact your network administrator to make sure the proxy server is working. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.76.71 ( talk) 07:01, 22 August 2011 (UTC)