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I asked a little while back but didn't get any answers, so I'll ask again: Are there any known alternatives to the standard Math package for MediaWiki distributions? My webhost apparently doesn't support PHP commands like passthru() and exec(), and I'm guessing those are needed in order to parse the Latex markup. So... are there any alternatives or workarounds so I can get some good-looking math working on my wiki? Thanks very much. 216.221.63.30 ( talk) 01:51, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
So, I created a facebook account a little while ago that I have done nothing with since then, but it seems it may now be useful, I am supposed to be working on my current university project with a bunch of people I have never met before, and one of them managed to find me on facebook and we exchanged a few messages. Only trouble is, now they want me to email them some stuff, but I don't know their email address. I have been led to believe it is possible to find such things on the site, hence why I was encouraged to get on there before, when something similar happened, but I cannot find where. So, how do I go about emailing some files to someone I know only from that site?
148.197.81.179 ( talk) 11:41, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
You should be able to find their email address in the info tab on their profile page. If you can't find it, send them an e-mail on facebook itself and ask for their email. Mr little irish 11:48, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Are mobile apps normally able to run on every main smartphone (BlackBerrys, Androids, iPhones, Windows Mobile)? Do Java or HTML5 (or other run-everywhere technology) make this possible? 88.9.214.197 ( talk) 17:17, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Does anyone know if it's possible to connect an Atari standard joystick to a modern PC? I have got E-UAE and VICE running on my Fedora 14 system, but it's a bit awkward to use the numeric keypad as a joystick. On E-UAE, the host PC's mouse works as the Amiga's mouse, and the Commodore 64 doesn't even use a mouse as standard. But I would feel better using an actual joystick. I already have one, I just can't use it at the moment, as modern PCs lack an Atari standard connector. Is such a thing possible? JIP | Talk 19:20, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
The wireless router in my house is located in the room with our two wired desktop computers, and unfortunately isn't near the center of the house. I've found several websites and videos that claim that folding aluminum foil into a parabolic shape and placing it behind the antennae can help reflect the signal and make it stronger in the rest of the house. Does this really cause a significant improvement in signal strength? Since the router is next to the wall, our encrypted WiFi signal isn't doing the neighbors any good, so if there is an easy mechanism to reflect the unusable area of the signal back centrally, that would be great for how our electronics are laid out. Buying a better set of antennae seems like the sure-fire way to solve the problem (or, of course, moving the router and maybe buying WiFi cards for the desktops), but it's not that important and I was hoping for a simple do-it-yourself solution, which is why the tin foil suggestion intrigued me. For reference, the router is a wireless Linksys of the WRT54 series with the proprietary firmware. Thanks!-- el Aprel ( facta- facienda) 22:46, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
It’s fairly simple to run wire (coax or ethernet) through the various outlet boxes of a house, if you’d like to relocate such a device (do disable the power at the breaker/fuse box first to avoid electrocution, however :p). You could also route a network connection from a single wired desktop to another over a USB cable… though a simple network switch box and a couple short cables shouldn't run you much, and would be (marginally) simpler to set up (via the OS). ¦ Reisio ( talk) 01:12, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
I've had good experiences with extending the range of a USB Wifi dongle a bit by using a Cantenna made from a simple Pringles tin. So you can always experiment to see if it improves the signal. SpeakFree (talk)( contribs) 15:52, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
I am trying to halt a thread in java. Since thredName.stop() is deprecated and considered dangerous, i looked to see how i should do this. All sources that i have found showing a safe way to stop a thread are saying you should have a boolean value that is toggled from outside of the thread, and the run method checks this value every now and then.
See: http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/java.lang/StopThread.html http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3194545/how-to-stop-a-java-thread-gracefully
Its all the same stuff....
public void run() { //do stuff if (done) return; //more stuff }
lots of variants, but they all have the same problem... the thing i want to do inside the run method is a blocking statement, so its impossible to terminate it if one of these statements runs forever. The only thing i can think of is to make the call non blocking, but this is done by threading and we are at the same problem i started with.
How the heck do i stop a thread that might be running a statement that is blocking???? Thanks for any input, and if it is needed that i show my specific example i will do so.
172.162.110.233 ( talk) 23:55, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Im not sure i get how the thread should check it, but i have tried thread.interrupt() to no avail.... here is my code:
172.162.110.233 ( talk) 01:26, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
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I asked a little while back but didn't get any answers, so I'll ask again: Are there any known alternatives to the standard Math package for MediaWiki distributions? My webhost apparently doesn't support PHP commands like passthru() and exec(), and I'm guessing those are needed in order to parse the Latex markup. So... are there any alternatives or workarounds so I can get some good-looking math working on my wiki? Thanks very much. 216.221.63.30 ( talk) 01:51, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
So, I created a facebook account a little while ago that I have done nothing with since then, but it seems it may now be useful, I am supposed to be working on my current university project with a bunch of people I have never met before, and one of them managed to find me on facebook and we exchanged a few messages. Only trouble is, now they want me to email them some stuff, but I don't know their email address. I have been led to believe it is possible to find such things on the site, hence why I was encouraged to get on there before, when something similar happened, but I cannot find where. So, how do I go about emailing some files to someone I know only from that site?
148.197.81.179 ( talk) 11:41, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
You should be able to find their email address in the info tab on their profile page. If you can't find it, send them an e-mail on facebook itself and ask for their email. Mr little irish 11:48, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Are mobile apps normally able to run on every main smartphone (BlackBerrys, Androids, iPhones, Windows Mobile)? Do Java or HTML5 (or other run-everywhere technology) make this possible? 88.9.214.197 ( talk) 17:17, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Does anyone know if it's possible to connect an Atari standard joystick to a modern PC? I have got E-UAE and VICE running on my Fedora 14 system, but it's a bit awkward to use the numeric keypad as a joystick. On E-UAE, the host PC's mouse works as the Amiga's mouse, and the Commodore 64 doesn't even use a mouse as standard. But I would feel better using an actual joystick. I already have one, I just can't use it at the moment, as modern PCs lack an Atari standard connector. Is such a thing possible? JIP | Talk 19:20, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
The wireless router in my house is located in the room with our two wired desktop computers, and unfortunately isn't near the center of the house. I've found several websites and videos that claim that folding aluminum foil into a parabolic shape and placing it behind the antennae can help reflect the signal and make it stronger in the rest of the house. Does this really cause a significant improvement in signal strength? Since the router is next to the wall, our encrypted WiFi signal isn't doing the neighbors any good, so if there is an easy mechanism to reflect the unusable area of the signal back centrally, that would be great for how our electronics are laid out. Buying a better set of antennae seems like the sure-fire way to solve the problem (or, of course, moving the router and maybe buying WiFi cards for the desktops), but it's not that important and I was hoping for a simple do-it-yourself solution, which is why the tin foil suggestion intrigued me. For reference, the router is a wireless Linksys of the WRT54 series with the proprietary firmware. Thanks!-- el Aprel ( facta- facienda) 22:46, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
It’s fairly simple to run wire (coax or ethernet) through the various outlet boxes of a house, if you’d like to relocate such a device (do disable the power at the breaker/fuse box first to avoid electrocution, however :p). You could also route a network connection from a single wired desktop to another over a USB cable… though a simple network switch box and a couple short cables shouldn't run you much, and would be (marginally) simpler to set up (via the OS). ¦ Reisio ( talk) 01:12, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
I've had good experiences with extending the range of a USB Wifi dongle a bit by using a Cantenna made from a simple Pringles tin. So you can always experiment to see if it improves the signal. SpeakFree (talk)( contribs) 15:52, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
I am trying to halt a thread in java. Since thredName.stop() is deprecated and considered dangerous, i looked to see how i should do this. All sources that i have found showing a safe way to stop a thread are saying you should have a boolean value that is toggled from outside of the thread, and the run method checks this value every now and then.
See: http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/java.lang/StopThread.html http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3194545/how-to-stop-a-java-thread-gracefully
Its all the same stuff....
public void run() { //do stuff if (done) return; //more stuff }
lots of variants, but they all have the same problem... the thing i want to do inside the run method is a blocking statement, so its impossible to terminate it if one of these statements runs forever. The only thing i can think of is to make the call non blocking, but this is done by threading and we are at the same problem i started with.
How the heck do i stop a thread that might be running a statement that is blocking???? Thanks for any input, and if it is needed that i show my specific example i will do so.
172.162.110.233 ( talk) 23:55, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
Im not sure i get how the thread should check it, but i have tried thread.interrupt() to no avail.... here is my code:
172.162.110.233 ( talk) 01:26, 10 January 2012 (UTC)