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Are kernel mode and userland in operating systems linked to hardware-based protection rings like the "supervisor mode" found in Intel CPUs or are they conceptually separate? Do they depend on protection rings in the processor? Can there be any levels inbetween them? — Melab±1 ☎ 01:54, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
I'm looking for a new router for my home. Since I use bittorrent a lot, the number of total connections the router can handle is important to me. Which of the following is most important in determining how many connections a router can handle?
1. Memory
2. Number of CPU cores
3. CPU speed
My other car is a cadr ( talk) 07:24, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
On phones, tablets, and desktops? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gacelisnothing ( talk • contribs) 08:01, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
When I connect to a VPN using OpenVPN, it will create a virtual network interface under the Network Connections panel. So I end up with two network adapters, the real one and the virtual one. But how does the browser know which one to use? I didn't change any settings in the browser, and yet it's smart enough to use only the freshly created network interface and abandon the new one. Is this code in the browser itself or it is built-in in Windows or does OpenVPN do this? Is there some notion of a "primary interface" on Windows when you have multiple network interfaces?
Also, are all old TCP connection killed when this happens? Or does the existing TCP connections continue to use the old adapter while newly created TCP connections use the new adapter?
I noticed that not all program use the virtual interface. In qBittorrent, for example, there's advanced option to select the network interface, with the default choice being "Any Interface". Does this mean that qBittorrent will ignore any new interfaces as long as the existing one is still working? My other car is a cadr ( talk) 08:02, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
Can it be done? The only formatting I can find for footer text is for fonts.
MS Office 365
Hayttom ( talk) 11:55, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
How IPs such as dynamic ones can still change amid IPv4 address exhaustion? Is it just because there are still few remaining addresses that dynamic IPs temporarily usurp and exchange in turns or they now change in a IPv6 format? Brandmeister talk 18:29, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
Using current Firefox and NoScript, when I go to [4] the article keeps reloading itself once a second endlessly. In order to read it, it's necessary to hit the "stop" button. While obviously they are the ones who have to fix this because it costs them the real money, I am curious whether there is some computer philosophy that explains whether the bug here is at "my end" or "theirs"? Wnt ( talk) 19:38, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
How do you enable/disable this particular feature in Microsoft Word 2013? This happens when I type certain characters: usually, the number "1"; or perhaps the single letter "a" or "A"; or perhaps a single asterisk (*); etc. When I type such a character, the software "thinks" that I want to start a bulleted list. Hence, the software actually starts to create a bulleted list (with the "1" or "a" or "A" or "asterisk" as the first bullet, and with appropriate indentations, etc.). How do I make this stop? Usually, I just want to type the number "1" or the letter "A" on its own, having no desire to create a bulleted list. With this "automatic" feature, it becomes a big pain in the neck. I have to "undo" what the program is starting to make look like a list. Then, when I type the number "1" or "A" again, it simply starts the bullet-list process, all over again. Very annoying. Very frustrating. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 20:41, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
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Are kernel mode and userland in operating systems linked to hardware-based protection rings like the "supervisor mode" found in Intel CPUs or are they conceptually separate? Do they depend on protection rings in the processor? Can there be any levels inbetween them? — Melab±1 ☎ 01:54, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
I'm looking for a new router for my home. Since I use bittorrent a lot, the number of total connections the router can handle is important to me. Which of the following is most important in determining how many connections a router can handle?
1. Memory
2. Number of CPU cores
3. CPU speed
My other car is a cadr ( talk) 07:24, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
On phones, tablets, and desktops? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gacelisnothing ( talk • contribs) 08:01, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
When I connect to a VPN using OpenVPN, it will create a virtual network interface under the Network Connections panel. So I end up with two network adapters, the real one and the virtual one. But how does the browser know which one to use? I didn't change any settings in the browser, and yet it's smart enough to use only the freshly created network interface and abandon the new one. Is this code in the browser itself or it is built-in in Windows or does OpenVPN do this? Is there some notion of a "primary interface" on Windows when you have multiple network interfaces?
Also, are all old TCP connection killed when this happens? Or does the existing TCP connections continue to use the old adapter while newly created TCP connections use the new adapter?
I noticed that not all program use the virtual interface. In qBittorrent, for example, there's advanced option to select the network interface, with the default choice being "Any Interface". Does this mean that qBittorrent will ignore any new interfaces as long as the existing one is still working? My other car is a cadr ( talk) 08:02, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
Can it be done? The only formatting I can find for footer text is for fonts.
MS Office 365
Hayttom ( talk) 11:55, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
How IPs such as dynamic ones can still change amid IPv4 address exhaustion? Is it just because there are still few remaining addresses that dynamic IPs temporarily usurp and exchange in turns or they now change in a IPv6 format? Brandmeister talk 18:29, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
Using current Firefox and NoScript, when I go to [4] the article keeps reloading itself once a second endlessly. In order to read it, it's necessary to hit the "stop" button. While obviously they are the ones who have to fix this because it costs them the real money, I am curious whether there is some computer philosophy that explains whether the bug here is at "my end" or "theirs"? Wnt ( talk) 19:38, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
How do you enable/disable this particular feature in Microsoft Word 2013? This happens when I type certain characters: usually, the number "1"; or perhaps the single letter "a" or "A"; or perhaps a single asterisk (*); etc. When I type such a character, the software "thinks" that I want to start a bulleted list. Hence, the software actually starts to create a bulleted list (with the "1" or "a" or "A" or "asterisk" as the first bullet, and with appropriate indentations, etc.). How do I make this stop? Usually, I just want to type the number "1" or the letter "A" on its own, having no desire to create a bulleted list. With this "automatic" feature, it becomes a big pain in the neck. I have to "undo" what the program is starting to make look like a list. Then, when I type the number "1" or "A" again, it simply starts the bullet-list process, all over again. Very annoying. Very frustrating. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 20:41, 29 August 2015 (UTC)