Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/January 2016

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January 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 1

1. Database data types
2. Setting Up Envy 4520
3. Banking scam: Is it worth contacting the bank?

January 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 2

1. Windows 10 - I get a pretty beach scene and the date and time, but *can't actually log in* to my own computer.

January 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 3

1. Is there an app that allows you to photograph without showing the live view on your screen?
2. Viewing Facebook pages

January 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 4

1. Game development
2. Is this the end for my computer?

January 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 5

1. Is there any other way to get great news than search engines?

January 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 6

1. How many watchlist items are possible before it stops working?

January 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 7

1. Invasion of privacy: My cable television usage is somehow known through my internet connection
2. Are collections only available on mobile?
3. USB CD Re-writer
4. MATLAB Tool

January 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 8

1. How to check Linux mailbox with Windows software
2. Reporting digital piracy anonymously
3. Sendmail required for mailx to work on Linux?

January 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 9

1. Two cable modems.
2. What does this mean in C?
3. AT&T to MIPS Translation
4. Protect data
5. 9 pin DE-9 PC video display port
6. Ntuser.dat
7. What are "Data serialization languages" like YAML ?

January 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 10

1. In theory, how can you be sure that a result is right?
2. I want to download or make a special Text Tone for my iphone6
3. browser language setting

January 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 11

1. Measuring CPU usage of a process

January 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 12

1. BFS MATLAB
2. null-environment in R5RS Scheme
3. Can the copyright holder of a software package prohibit it to be rented?

January 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 13

1. Windows 10 saving the message in the mail app to the PC app
2. Using server hardware as gaming PC
3. How do I get Mozilla Firefox to open to my home page as a default?
4. can you send data through the electrical system?

January 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 14

1. GPS Vehicle Tracking
2. Do you need the same knowledge or steps to compile and decompile (or to assemble and disassemble)
3. Mobile Phone Blocking
4. Notepad file size

January 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 15

1. Copyright and Snowden
2. Online Money
3. Nonprofit confidence trick

January 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 16

1. Software
2. Pseudocode mod of a negative integer
3. GIMP 2 and animated GIFs
4. Futuristic font(s)

January 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 17

1. Difference between ? and * in cron

January 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 18

1. Travelling with a Google Chromecast
2. Partial specialization on a member class of a class template
3. NuGet question
4. Does having a phone service reduce available ADSL bandwidth?

January 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 19

1. IPv6
2. Intensive but short programming bootcamps
3. Ripping DVD movies to ISO on one computer, converting them to MP4 on another
4. In a microchip, what are the physical equivalent of a head, state register, tape or finite table
5. How does a webmaster program a forum?
6. SQL max function question

January 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 20

1. Representing bits in Magnetic Drum Digital Differential Analyzer
2. Difference between
3. How does a cracking program know when an encrypted string/file has been decrypted?

January 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 21

1. Complexity of Addition in Finite Automata
2. Testing an HTML script before publishing online?
3. Software for paperless governmental procedures

January 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 22

1. How can the Internet send messages so fast?
2. Question about webcams with microphones

January 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 23

1. Certifying that picture is not older than a certain time
2. Pseudocode: good enough for teaching, not good enough for programming

January 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 24

1. we couldn't save your file to pdf/docx this time

January 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 25

1. 4G Over 3G
2. Unix command question
3. Is GPU built into CPU wasted if graphics card is present?
4. Handbrake not detecting video episode length correctly
5. Understanding sandboxes

January 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 26

1. What are these function keys on my keyboard for?
2. Confused About Diodes
3. Saving a worksheet with filters applied
4. Tooltips for editing wikipedia

January 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 27

1. SHA1 checksum for Firefox 44.0
2. Windows Batch File Repair
3. Finding where in my computer an open document is located

January 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 28

1. Mouse Cursor Jumping Around
2. Laserjet printer
3. How do you make a software to store huge quantities of information on your computer?
4. Recursively finding duplicates in a sequence that contains an increasing subsequence followed by a decreasing subsequence

January 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 January 29

1. How to find out whole SEO website report?
2. Can you know absolutely everything about html?