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November 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 1

1. Weather gadget replacement for W8
2. Is it possible to shift code points of characters in a Unicode string by a certain number?
3. Android screencast issue for Android 4.0.3 ver
4. DSL filter
5. Disable broken internal keyboard?

November 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 2

1. Facebook Privacy
2. Source code to create a site like The Pirate Bay
3. Browser memory and Wikipedia's saved edit summary
4. Hello (Seo is best for girls ?)
5. Optional return values in C++

November 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 3

1. radio system
2. Compatibility of MSN and Yahoo Messenger
3. Voice type/range analyzer
4. 100 * 1.14 = 113.99999999999999 in Python 3
5. Win8 problem
6. Comma and dot in programming
7. Question about LinkedIn

November 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 4

1. Slideshow/DVD
2. Photo browser supporting GPS tags?
3. Encoded message
4. Origin of markup symbols for /italics/, _underline_, and *bold*
5. Security question
6. cURL
7. Help with HTML forms

November 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 5

1. current form
2. There's An App For That
3. Printing text files in Excel to be read by C/C++

November 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 6

1. HTTP at work
2. Microsoft and Apple's cross licensing agreement
3. Why can't '3G' tablets make phone calls?
4. Does Technerd.com rank well enough to be included in Wikipedia?
5. What CUSTOMIZABLE gaming-laptops have conversion-to-tablet capabilities?
6. Bus speed and performance.
7. Adding download of a complete web page to a folder in Google drive (Google docs)
8. Layers in GNU Image Manipulation Program

November 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 7

1. TO SAVE BLOG PAGES AS PDF
2. Is it possible to be completely anonymous on the Internet?
3. Question about SSD
4. Reference manuals

November 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 8

1. Isolating Windows installations
2. Mooched?
3. Help getting Jquery on my computer
4. windows 98
5. Microsoft Word wrap

November 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 9

1. SD Card doesn't read as having memory on my laptop
2. Privacy when using a work issued laptop
3. Oracle 11g for Mac

November 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 10

1. A php "Baz"
2. Chinese keyboard
3. TRANSFERING MY ENTIRE Itunes LIBRARY FROM STATIONARY PC OVER TO MY LAPTOP
4. Image clean-up

November 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 11

1. Pywikipediabot
2. Blocking pages
3. Looking for small computer monitor in UK

November 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 12

1. how to tweak an entire color pallete at once?
2. wifi problem
3. SMD mounting
4. Flashing arbitrary code to firmware chips on modern PCs

November 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 13

1. Keyboard alphabets
2. Open source, but not for all?
3. Visual basic for MS Access
4. Portions of videos

November 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 14

1. Changes in emacs to a C file are ignored when tested in the terminal
2. Would a killer whale in the clouds have saved Romney?
3. randomly changing fractal wallpaper

November 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 15

1. Trespassing by "Registry Mechanic"
2. Use computer monitor for TV
3. laptop hard disk swap
4. Find a text editor that can highlight MediaWiki syntax.
5. Bluetooth peripherals in OSX
6. Help with upgrading PC.
7. Win XP SP3 won't boot
8. One physical, two logical printers?

November 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 16

1. Activity Monitor downloaded on an old Windows XP ?
2. Clipboard/prntsc logger?
3. Mail

November 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 17

1. An inexpensive video game gameplay capture device?
2. Which is better? Windows 8 or Ubuntu 12.10?
3. Refresh rates of 59 and 60 Hz
4. ATX start up
5. What is more "expensive" in Java, memory operations or arithmetic operations?
6. overflow of box in html
7. Mouse repeatedly click when button is held down?

November 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 18

1. Gadgets in 8
2. Idle computer power
3. Web design

November 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 19

1. Why do uploads slow down downloads
2. raspberry pi stuff
3. a .pdf for an intel board
4. HELP... C code keeps asking for an identifier
5. What happened to Framing (World Wide Web)

November 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 20

1. Multi-core processor
2. Quickly open list of links as tabs in Firefox
3. Clipboard
4. set top box
5. Multiple threads
6. Can I Still Update Win95?
7. maps of the world

November 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 21

1. C++ constructors
2. 32-bit or 64 ?
3. Converting a CTRL key into a FN key
4. XKCD
5. Efficiency of bit serial CPUs for massively parallel High Performance Computing and graphic processing.
6. Partitioning hard disk in Windows 7
7. How did the team making Eclipse (which itself is mostly written in Java) for Windows make it an exe?

November 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 22

1. Mysterious Folders
2. Alternative to Google Documents?
3. why is there no link between CAP theorem and Quorum?
4. Scam or just desperate?
5. Computer not automatically booting from the hard drive
6. Saving modified SmartArt in PPT 2010

November 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 23

1. sentence syntax program
2. Java J2EE can a program check whether a user would be able to access a URL?
3. Any webmail services that do not show real names?
4. Brute force Ingress invitation code?
5. Sharing bookmarks ?

November 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 24

1. Windows 8 fast startup feature
2. MSIE 8 on XP
3. Weird C++ linking problem at work
4. sentence syntax program (Continuation(
5. Lenovo ThinkCentre's eSATA port

November 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 25

1. What is the current standard for form descriptions?
2. 2.0 Megapixel cell phone camera ?
3. reverse the direction of the mouse?
4. Skype 6.0 broken on windows 7

November 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 26

1. Disk space discrepancy
2. What a POS article
3. Missing app on Android phone

November 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 27

1. thread synchronization-1
2. Specific Website blocking for predetermined time
3. C recognizes sqrt except for once
4. pari/gp or possibly bash problem
5. i Have 2 Vids which play in my Pc in Mono sounding

November 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 28

1. c puzzle
2. math word problem
3. Browser fingerprint
4. Unexpected JDWP error: 21
5. Regulations on feature set in software comparison articles
6. What's the easiest way to create a local server with proxypass on Windows?

November 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 29

1. What type of port would have a number like PPA04-07?
2. Odd domain name practice
3. synchronization block vs synchronization method in java

November 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 November 30

1. blender modelling
2. URL of a single element on a web page
3. Handling game state in VB
4. Wireless icon origin, name, etc?
5. po files and plural forms