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A few months ago, I purchased a new HP netbook (running Windows 7 starter). Over the past month and a half, it has been getting slower and slower to load programs and webpages. I suspect that there are some programs running in the background (and, yes, I have done some downloads of programs). I have tried to find an answer in the archives but have not had any luck. So, my question is: how do I determine what, if any, programs are running in the background and how do I get rid of the ones I don't want/need? 99.250.103.117 ( talk) 00:04, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks StuRat. I have checked the defrag and it is not necessary. I checked the task manager and took a screen shot. I have no idea how to paste it to this message. There are quite a few things there and I am a very poor typer. Is it possible 9or wise?) to attach the screen shot here as a jepg?
99.250.103.117 (
talk) 00:59, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm new to wget, and I'm trying to download a specific directory from a website and everything it links to that is below it in the hierarchy. The closest I've found to the right options is "wget -r -np -p -k". But when a link on one of the pages points to a directory name instead of the corresponding index.html file, wget doesn't download that index.html file. (Using "wget -r -np -p -k --default-page=index.html" doesn't make a difference, which isn't surprising because the man page implies it should be assuming index.html anyway). I tried "wget -r -L -p -k", which does download the index.html files, but instead of naming them index.html, it gives them filenames equivalent to the name of the directory they're in. Then it doesn't download the resource files for that page, presumably because there's no directory to put them in (i.e., instead of /example/, I have /example, which is a text file containing the contents of what was originally /example/index.html). Also, of course, the -L option isn't really what I want because sometimes the web developer uses absolute references even when linking within the hierarchy. Any tips? (I'm interested more in understanding what's going on than in actually solving the problem. Also, apologies if this has been asked already; there have been quite a few wget questions asked here and I may have missed something relevant.) Thanks! -- Allen ( talk) 00:36, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
/abc
(which suggests a file) and /abc/
(which suggests a directory).abc
and no file called abc
. If you send a request to the server for /abc
, many servers will redirect you to /abc/
. However, some servers may return the same response as it would for /abc/
with no redirection.*/abc
, and the server doesn't redirect to /abc/
, then wget has no clue it's a directory, and will save the file as /abc
instead of /abc/index.html
.wget --spider
as a quick way to confirm if there's redirection. For example, try:wget --spider http://www.google.com/services
301 Moved Permanently then 200 OKwget --spider http://www.google.com/services/
200 OKwget --spider http://superuser.com/questions
200 OKwget --spider http://superuser.com/questions/
200 OK/abc
and /abc/
the same way is if the pages are dynamically created from a database (like Superuser's questions page above). If the server's documents are stored in a normal file system, the redirection from /abc
to /abc/
is important for relative links to work properly. --
Bavi H (
talk) 02:02, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
/example
, so I suppose wget can't tell that it's a directory, as you said. But when I use the --spider
option, I get the 301 Moved Permanently thing as with your google example, along with the 200 OK code after it redirects. But the thing that still confuses me is, if wget --spider
can figure out that /example
is a redirect to /example/
, then why doesn't it just do the same thing when it's actually downloading, and therefore recognize it as a directory containing an index.html file? --
Allen (
talk) 01:14, 28 June 2012 (UTC)abc
is redirected to abc/
, wget will save abc/index.html
. But if abc
is redirected to xyz
, wget will save xyz
. (And if there's no redirection, wget will save abc
.)wget --spider http://example.com/example
show redirection to Location: http://example.com/example/
?wget http://example.com/example
to download the example page only. See if there's a redirection and what file name is saved./example
file? It might contain an error message from the server. If wget is downloading as quickly as possible, the server may not like that and might return a dummy result (and no redirection). You can use the --limit-rate
and/or --wait
options to slow wget down.--spider
option sends a HEAD request which just asks the server for header information and not the actual file, so perhaps the server neglects to check the user-agent in that case.) You can try downloading one file using something like wget --user-agent=anonymous http://example.com/example
to test if the server responds differently based on the user-agent. But please consider if the website has reasons for preventing wget downloads before changing or removing the user-agent in a recursive download.Is there any downloadable program avaliable that is capable of changing any instance of one word into another word whenever i surf the web, for example if i am browsing through random wikipedia pages the program automatically replaces any instance of the word "robin" and replaces it with the word "bird"? 72.235.221.120 ( talk) 01:23, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Do you REALLY need patent licenses to implement GSM and W-CDMA and UMTS, as well as other telecommunication standards? 117.5.15.50 ( talk) 03:28, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
My question is, are GSM, W-CDMA and UMTS free of patent protections? 117.5.15.50 ( talk) 04:41, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
See, this is the gaming laptop I'd like to get. However, as you can see towards the bottom, it is rather overpriced.
http://originpc.com/shop/pc/configurePrd.asp?idproduct=647 <-- That is where I made my customizations. Go ahead, give it a try if you wish.
To start off, I know I can swap out hard drives. I'd rather choose the cheapest option and later trade off those drives for the cheapest 512GB SSDs I can find.
I don't wish to spend more than $3,000 on my new device (anywhere between 14" and 15.9.")
So besides the hard drives, what else is swappable? I know laptop components aren't as easily swappable as desktops, but I know some components are.
I want to have the most powerful mobile gaming machine out there (that'll still do academic and other essential work) but I want the best deals on them too. -- 70.179.170.114 ( talk) 04:31, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Suppose I'm a robot stuck inside an unknown maze, and can see only a radius r around me. My goal is to fully explore the maze while minimizing the total distance (or time) traveled. Are there any standard algorithms for doing this? I know that adapting graph searches like depth-first search will work, but that seems terribly time-inefficient. -- 140.180.5.169 ( talk) 05:38, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
+ - - + | | | | R | | | | + - - - +
Is there an API for use in Java and/or .NET that can interpret tz database binary files? - Letsbefiends ( talk) 11:13, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
I want to save this page as an HTML file, and edit the source code so that I can use it to type Deseret letters. However, when I save the page and open the HTML file, the keyboard does not work at all. Why is this? Inter change able 18:13, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
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A few months ago, I purchased a new HP netbook (running Windows 7 starter). Over the past month and a half, it has been getting slower and slower to load programs and webpages. I suspect that there are some programs running in the background (and, yes, I have done some downloads of programs). I have tried to find an answer in the archives but have not had any luck. So, my question is: how do I determine what, if any, programs are running in the background and how do I get rid of the ones I don't want/need? 99.250.103.117 ( talk) 00:04, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks StuRat. I have checked the defrag and it is not necessary. I checked the task manager and took a screen shot. I have no idea how to paste it to this message. There are quite a few things there and I am a very poor typer. Is it possible 9or wise?) to attach the screen shot here as a jepg?
99.250.103.117 (
talk) 00:59, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm new to wget, and I'm trying to download a specific directory from a website and everything it links to that is below it in the hierarchy. The closest I've found to the right options is "wget -r -np -p -k". But when a link on one of the pages points to a directory name instead of the corresponding index.html file, wget doesn't download that index.html file. (Using "wget -r -np -p -k --default-page=index.html" doesn't make a difference, which isn't surprising because the man page implies it should be assuming index.html anyway). I tried "wget -r -L -p -k", which does download the index.html files, but instead of naming them index.html, it gives them filenames equivalent to the name of the directory they're in. Then it doesn't download the resource files for that page, presumably because there's no directory to put them in (i.e., instead of /example/, I have /example, which is a text file containing the contents of what was originally /example/index.html). Also, of course, the -L option isn't really what I want because sometimes the web developer uses absolute references even when linking within the hierarchy. Any tips? (I'm interested more in understanding what's going on than in actually solving the problem. Also, apologies if this has been asked already; there have been quite a few wget questions asked here and I may have missed something relevant.) Thanks! -- Allen ( talk) 00:36, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
/abc
(which suggests a file) and /abc/
(which suggests a directory).abc
and no file called abc
. If you send a request to the server for /abc
, many servers will redirect you to /abc/
. However, some servers may return the same response as it would for /abc/
with no redirection.*/abc
, and the server doesn't redirect to /abc/
, then wget has no clue it's a directory, and will save the file as /abc
instead of /abc/index.html
.wget --spider
as a quick way to confirm if there's redirection. For example, try:wget --spider http://www.google.com/services
301 Moved Permanently then 200 OKwget --spider http://www.google.com/services/
200 OKwget --spider http://superuser.com/questions
200 OKwget --spider http://superuser.com/questions/
200 OK/abc
and /abc/
the same way is if the pages are dynamically created from a database (like Superuser's questions page above). If the server's documents are stored in a normal file system, the redirection from /abc
to /abc/
is important for relative links to work properly. --
Bavi H (
talk) 02:02, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
/example
, so I suppose wget can't tell that it's a directory, as you said. But when I use the --spider
option, I get the 301 Moved Permanently thing as with your google example, along with the 200 OK code after it redirects. But the thing that still confuses me is, if wget --spider
can figure out that /example
is a redirect to /example/
, then why doesn't it just do the same thing when it's actually downloading, and therefore recognize it as a directory containing an index.html file? --
Allen (
talk) 01:14, 28 June 2012 (UTC)abc
is redirected to abc/
, wget will save abc/index.html
. But if abc
is redirected to xyz
, wget will save xyz
. (And if there's no redirection, wget will save abc
.)wget --spider http://example.com/example
show redirection to Location: http://example.com/example/
?wget http://example.com/example
to download the example page only. See if there's a redirection and what file name is saved./example
file? It might contain an error message from the server. If wget is downloading as quickly as possible, the server may not like that and might return a dummy result (and no redirection). You can use the --limit-rate
and/or --wait
options to slow wget down.--spider
option sends a HEAD request which just asks the server for header information and not the actual file, so perhaps the server neglects to check the user-agent in that case.) You can try downloading one file using something like wget --user-agent=anonymous http://example.com/example
to test if the server responds differently based on the user-agent. But please consider if the website has reasons for preventing wget downloads before changing or removing the user-agent in a recursive download.Is there any downloadable program avaliable that is capable of changing any instance of one word into another word whenever i surf the web, for example if i am browsing through random wikipedia pages the program automatically replaces any instance of the word "robin" and replaces it with the word "bird"? 72.235.221.120 ( talk) 01:23, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Do you REALLY need patent licenses to implement GSM and W-CDMA and UMTS, as well as other telecommunication standards? 117.5.15.50 ( talk) 03:28, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
My question is, are GSM, W-CDMA and UMTS free of patent protections? 117.5.15.50 ( talk) 04:41, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
See, this is the gaming laptop I'd like to get. However, as you can see towards the bottom, it is rather overpriced.
http://originpc.com/shop/pc/configurePrd.asp?idproduct=647 <-- That is where I made my customizations. Go ahead, give it a try if you wish.
To start off, I know I can swap out hard drives. I'd rather choose the cheapest option and later trade off those drives for the cheapest 512GB SSDs I can find.
I don't wish to spend more than $3,000 on my new device (anywhere between 14" and 15.9.")
So besides the hard drives, what else is swappable? I know laptop components aren't as easily swappable as desktops, but I know some components are.
I want to have the most powerful mobile gaming machine out there (that'll still do academic and other essential work) but I want the best deals on them too. -- 70.179.170.114 ( talk) 04:31, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Suppose I'm a robot stuck inside an unknown maze, and can see only a radius r around me. My goal is to fully explore the maze while minimizing the total distance (or time) traveled. Are there any standard algorithms for doing this? I know that adapting graph searches like depth-first search will work, but that seems terribly time-inefficient. -- 140.180.5.169 ( talk) 05:38, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
+ - - + | | | | R | | | | + - - - +
Is there an API for use in Java and/or .NET that can interpret tz database binary files? - Letsbefiends ( talk) 11:13, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
I want to save this page as an HTML file, and edit the source code so that I can use it to type Deseret letters. However, when I save the page and open the HTML file, the keyboard does not work at all. Why is this? Inter change able 18:13, 26 June 2012 (UTC)