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What should I do cuz my dumbass kid threw my laptop with all my important info down a really long stairway and it had smoke coming from it when I picked it up crying PLZ HELP!!!!
Question has been moved to Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous#nostradamus.27s_best_and_worst_predictions.3F. StuRat ( talk) 03:46, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello. I've been redundantly archiving a lot of files I have on CDs to a hard drive with Windows Vista and Cygwin. I run a script in Cygwin that copies all the files on a CD to a folder on the hard drive, generates md5sums for the CD and hard-drive copies, and compares the two. I have noticed that after I've copied the files, the CD drive stops spinning while the Cds' checksums are being calculated. I've also noticed that I can navigate the entire CD drive in Windows Explorer and open any file without the CD drive spinning up after the copy. I'm concerned that Vista is playing a trick and is sending me to the hard-drive copy instead of the actual files on the CD. Is this how Vista works, and if so, how can I force it to reread the files on the CD instead of using the copy? Thanks for any advice.-- el Aprel ( facta- facienda) 05:12, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
/J
option, which bypasses the caching system. Surprisingly, robocopy doesn't seem to support this option. Other possibilities: if the CD tray is motorized then you could open and close it programmatically with
nircmd. That should flush the cache for the CD, but the hard drive md5sums will still come from cache. Or you could use dd
to make ISO files instead of copying individual files; I think the raw disk reads will be uncached. Or you could copy all the discs, then verify them all in a second pass. --
BenRG (
talk) 08:47, 3 August 2011 (UTC)md5sum
on it and it finished right after it spun up, so it must have recognized the CD and went to the cache. Any other ideas?--
el Aprel (
facta-
facienda) 22:50, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Does anyone know if there is an app for the Android 3G that works just like the Voice Memo Recorder on the iPhone? Saudade7 06:09, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to create a macro (using VBA) which will create a new word document, and then fill in parts of it determined by the input. I can already get it to create a new document based on a template when I click a button on a form, I just need to know how to add the content.
For example, my form may have 4 checkboxes - A, B, C and D. For each of these is selected, a certain row is added to a table when the new document is created.
The form also has text boxes, I wish to have the data in the text boxes added to a second table when the document is created (for example, there may be a text box for start date, one for end date, and one for cost - which are then tabulated.
Does anyone have any advice or know of where I could learn how to do this?
Thanks! 203.20.167.2 ( talk) 06:33, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi again folks, I'm writing a C++ program where objects delete themselves. I don't then use any more member data, but the member function (ie. class method) remains open and manipulates other stuff, namely, its own return value, which is declared inside the function. I've checked in a toy program, and it definitely works ok, but is it considered bad design? I can adapt it to get the calling object to do the deletion, but I'll avoid changing things unless there is some good reason to do so. I've checked the link I was given earlier, [1], and I'm not strictly breaking any of the rules, so long as the local variable declared within the member function remains on the stack, and can be treated like any normal local variable in any function. I'm guessing that's how it works, but I'm not really sure. Thanks in advance, It's been emotional ( talk) 10:12, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
this
is the same as any other pointer: you can't use it after deleting the object it points to. Any mention of a member of the current class gets an implicit this->
in front, so that's forbidden, but mentions of local variables don't get this->
, so they're okay.delete
at all. If you do use delete
then you should be sure you know who is responsible for deleting any object that needs deletion. I think it's fine for the object to be responsible for its own deletion if that makes sense in context. --
BenRG (
talk) 23:42, 3 August 2011 (UTC)Much appreciated. I wish the rest of my life was as reliable as the ref desk, but that's another story I won't trouble you with :), It's been emotional ( talk) 01:09, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
what is the name of the city having lettres of the word adrazbufama.Is their any software which can do this — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.187.37.243 ( talk) 13:56, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
dictionaryListAnagrams
function in AlgoSim, but there was no match. The dictionary used is a two years old version of the English Wiktionary. It seems like it is not a very common toponym. --
Andreas Rejbrand (
talk) 16:57, 3 August 2011 (UTC)Hello, I'm looking for a large SSD (250GB+) for a notebook. I'm browsing Newegg, but I'm not sure how to distinguish between SSDs meant for a desktop and those meant for a notebook. Can someone point me in the right direction and help me narrow it down to notebooks only? -- 143.85.199.241 ( talk) 16:25, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
If I only know the IP of someone (like, for example, in the case of torrents), how can I contact him? 193.153.125.105 ( talk) 20:40, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello. macosx 10.6.8. Does time machine on default settings back up my SVN tree which is in /var/svn? I can't see it when I enter time machine. Is it there but hidden somehow (if so, how do I see it) or is there some configuration that I need to set (if so, where is it?) Robinh ( talk) 21:45, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi guys-my PC has started doing odd things-if i click on an icon on the desktop to run a program,instead of doing it automatically,it asks me what program I want to open it with(even if it doesn't need one to).If I choose one and start to run it,it gets in a loop of 'Do you want to run this software?-Which program do you want to use to run it?'.It means I can't load up things like Messenger except in my Hotmail or Yahoo. How can I restore it so it goes back to running automatically? Thanks Lemon martini ( talk) 22:13, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
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What should I do cuz my dumbass kid threw my laptop with all my important info down a really long stairway and it had smoke coming from it when I picked it up crying PLZ HELP!!!!
Question has been moved to Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous#nostradamus.27s_best_and_worst_predictions.3F. StuRat ( talk) 03:46, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello. I've been redundantly archiving a lot of files I have on CDs to a hard drive with Windows Vista and Cygwin. I run a script in Cygwin that copies all the files on a CD to a folder on the hard drive, generates md5sums for the CD and hard-drive copies, and compares the two. I have noticed that after I've copied the files, the CD drive stops spinning while the Cds' checksums are being calculated. I've also noticed that I can navigate the entire CD drive in Windows Explorer and open any file without the CD drive spinning up after the copy. I'm concerned that Vista is playing a trick and is sending me to the hard-drive copy instead of the actual files on the CD. Is this how Vista works, and if so, how can I force it to reread the files on the CD instead of using the copy? Thanks for any advice.-- el Aprel ( facta- facienda) 05:12, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
/J
option, which bypasses the caching system. Surprisingly, robocopy doesn't seem to support this option. Other possibilities: if the CD tray is motorized then you could open and close it programmatically with
nircmd. That should flush the cache for the CD, but the hard drive md5sums will still come from cache. Or you could use dd
to make ISO files instead of copying individual files; I think the raw disk reads will be uncached. Or you could copy all the discs, then verify them all in a second pass. --
BenRG (
talk) 08:47, 3 August 2011 (UTC)md5sum
on it and it finished right after it spun up, so it must have recognized the CD and went to the cache. Any other ideas?--
el Aprel (
facta-
facienda) 22:50, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
Does anyone know if there is an app for the Android 3G that works just like the Voice Memo Recorder on the iPhone? Saudade7 06:09, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to create a macro (using VBA) which will create a new word document, and then fill in parts of it determined by the input. I can already get it to create a new document based on a template when I click a button on a form, I just need to know how to add the content.
For example, my form may have 4 checkboxes - A, B, C and D. For each of these is selected, a certain row is added to a table when the new document is created.
The form also has text boxes, I wish to have the data in the text boxes added to a second table when the document is created (for example, there may be a text box for start date, one for end date, and one for cost - which are then tabulated.
Does anyone have any advice or know of where I could learn how to do this?
Thanks! 203.20.167.2 ( talk) 06:33, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi again folks, I'm writing a C++ program where objects delete themselves. I don't then use any more member data, but the member function (ie. class method) remains open and manipulates other stuff, namely, its own return value, which is declared inside the function. I've checked in a toy program, and it definitely works ok, but is it considered bad design? I can adapt it to get the calling object to do the deletion, but I'll avoid changing things unless there is some good reason to do so. I've checked the link I was given earlier, [1], and I'm not strictly breaking any of the rules, so long as the local variable declared within the member function remains on the stack, and can be treated like any normal local variable in any function. I'm guessing that's how it works, but I'm not really sure. Thanks in advance, It's been emotional ( talk) 10:12, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
this
is the same as any other pointer: you can't use it after deleting the object it points to. Any mention of a member of the current class gets an implicit this->
in front, so that's forbidden, but mentions of local variables don't get this->
, so they're okay.delete
at all. If you do use delete
then you should be sure you know who is responsible for deleting any object that needs deletion. I think it's fine for the object to be responsible for its own deletion if that makes sense in context. --
BenRG (
talk) 23:42, 3 August 2011 (UTC)Much appreciated. I wish the rest of my life was as reliable as the ref desk, but that's another story I won't trouble you with :), It's been emotional ( talk) 01:09, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
what is the name of the city having lettres of the word adrazbufama.Is their any software which can do this — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.187.37.243 ( talk) 13:56, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
dictionaryListAnagrams
function in AlgoSim, but there was no match. The dictionary used is a two years old version of the English Wiktionary. It seems like it is not a very common toponym. --
Andreas Rejbrand (
talk) 16:57, 3 August 2011 (UTC)Hello, I'm looking for a large SSD (250GB+) for a notebook. I'm browsing Newegg, but I'm not sure how to distinguish between SSDs meant for a desktop and those meant for a notebook. Can someone point me in the right direction and help me narrow it down to notebooks only? -- 143.85.199.241 ( talk) 16:25, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
If I only know the IP of someone (like, for example, in the case of torrents), how can I contact him? 193.153.125.105 ( talk) 20:40, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello. macosx 10.6.8. Does time machine on default settings back up my SVN tree which is in /var/svn? I can't see it when I enter time machine. Is it there but hidden somehow (if so, how do I see it) or is there some configuration that I need to set (if so, where is it?) Robinh ( talk) 21:45, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi guys-my PC has started doing odd things-if i click on an icon on the desktop to run a program,instead of doing it automatically,it asks me what program I want to open it with(even if it doesn't need one to).If I choose one and start to run it,it gets in a loop of 'Do you want to run this software?-Which program do you want to use to run it?'.It means I can't load up things like Messenger except in my Hotmail or Yahoo. How can I restore it so it goes back to running automatically? Thanks Lemon martini ( talk) 22:13, 3 August 2011 (UTC)