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| = June 30 = | |||
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| == <strike>White-hat</strike> Gray-hat hacking == | |||
| == Where can I find a thesis of recently released Gemini 2.0? == | |||
| Suppose you've been ] -- is there any known technique by which you can unblock yourself against their will? ] (]) 09:17, 30 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| For , I find its ]. | |||
| :Unlike Misplaced Pages, twitter and most (all?) other social networks can block anyone for any reason or for no reason at all. Your question about block evasion is enough to get you kicked off of every major social network. Major websites generally have good enough security to stop you from doing what you want to do. Why not get your own web page where you can express any opinion you wish and where you can be the person doing the blocking? --] (]) 15:44, 30 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
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| :If you were "wrongfully blocked" and you expressed a "legitimate political view", then most services have a means to review and undo a block. The problem is that everyone who gets blocked assumes that they are wrongfully blocked. Further, everyone assumes that their political views are legitimate. ] (]) 18:35, 30 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| What about recently released ? ] (]) 21:53, 13 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::Well, in terms of political views, ] as per ] -- so, with very narrow exceptions (such as for incitement to terrorism), blocking a person for expressing these IS wrongful. ] (]) 20:55, 30 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::No it's not. You are getting two very distinct concepts mixed up, and this is actually quite a common misconception. "Freedom of Speech" does NOT mean anyone has an obligation to give you a platform for your views. No "social network" has any obligation whatsoever to "broadcast" your "legitimate political views", or give you a platform to do so, just as much as CNN has absolutely NO obligation to give you air time on TV. Removing your "legitimate views" from THEIR website and banning you from THEIR website is NOT the same thing as "blocking a person from expressing their views". You can express your views all you like, just not on someone elses' website. NO ONE owes you a platform to express your views, whether it be a publication, a radio, a website or anything else. ] (]) 22:41, 30 June 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::::In fact, even here on wikipedia we don't give you a platform to air your political views, whatever they are. There's some tolerance for limited expression of views, but the primary purpose of wikipedia is to build an encyclopaedia and if you're mainly here to air political views and you don't stop airing them when asked, you will likely be blocked even if your views are fairly innocous. Although our blocking isn't so effective, if you do re-appear and we notice, we will generally block you again. We don't care if you claim your "freedom of speech" or "first amendment" rights are violated, you're hardly the first but there's no freedom of speech or first amendment rights on wikipedia. (While "Time, place, and manner" restrictions are allowed for the government these must still be limited but for us just as with content ones it's up to us.) Basically as Guy Macon said, if you can't find a platform which welcomes your expression of views (although I actually find this hard to believe), you'll have to make your own website, perhaps even hosting it yourself if really needed. Your freedom of speech or first amendment rights do mean the US government most likely can't shut it down. ] (]) 00:14, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::::WRONG -- freedom of expression applies EVERYWHERE in the USA, and NOBODY can block these merely for their content! In other words, if you have a legitimate account on a network, they CANNOT pick and choose which views you're allowed to broadcast! And BTW, this is not about me personally (in fact, I am NOT currently blocked by anyone) -- this is about the systematic efforts by Twit and Farcebook to silence Trump supporters, anti-jihadists and right-wing activists generally (in particular, about the recent blatantly illegal block of ]'s account on Farcebook)! ] (]) 00:43, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Except no one including the courts agree with you.... ] (]) 00:46, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::::::They did in the case of Pamela Geller's ads on the MTA -- the judge said it's not just free speech, but "core political speech which deserves the ''highest level'' of protection" (his words, not mine)! ] (]) 00:51, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::::::::Except the ] is a public benefit corporation (i.e. a state government party) not a private company so rules surrounding "designated public forum"s or "limited public forum"s easily come into play . Interestingly Pamela Geller's own website says "foul language, as well as abusive, hateful, libelous and genocidal posts, will be deleted" even though only the last two are perhaps clearly allowed under the 1st amendment and her stuff gets in trouble precisely because people see them as violating the second and third. (Maybe these are required by Discus but she's free to use her own comment system.) ] (]) 01:25, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :? --] 21:55, 14 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::The IP's willingness to ] on Misplaced Pages is a bit concerning... ] ] 00:50, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::OK That's Gemini 2.0 release information. ] (]) 16:52, 15 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::If I'm soapboxing, I'm not the one to start doing so! ] (]) 00:51, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::You don't seem to be here to get a question answered, you seem to be here to argue. You were given an answer, and you don't like it. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean that you should complain. ] ] 00:54, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::My issue is with the implication that not all political views are legitimate -- not with the answer to my actual question! ] (]) 04:21, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::(EC) Except no one including the courts agrees with you.... I presume you know this since your talking about hacking rather than suing to enforce your supposed legal rights. And Trump who wants to reduce first amendment protections likes to talk about suing plus Pamela Geller wouldn't exactly have problems crowdfunding a courtcase. So there is ample opportunity to test this discredited legal theory (even ] doesn't rely on US federal constitutional protections. So the only logical conclusion is you are trolling.... ] (]) 00:46, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
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| ::::::::::::A word of advice: If you continue expressing your views, and confront everyone who doesn't agree with you or points out a mistake in your reasoning, you will most likely be blocked for being disruptive. ] ] 00:56, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| = December 15 = | |||
| ==Questions About New Laptop Computer== | |||
| = July 1 = | |||
| My old laptop computer developed problems with the power, so that it wouldn't start when connected to regular line current. It would start when connected to high-amperage current in an electronics store, but that wasn't useful, and it was time to replace it after five years. I now have some questions about problems with a new laptop computer. The new laptop computer is an HP running Windows 11. ] (]) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ===Cursor Jumping Randomly=== | |||
| Sometimes when I am typing in a Word document or editing Misplaced Pages in a source window, I discover that the cursor isn't where I think it should be. The cursor has jumped to somewhere else on the screen, apparently randomly. I have to do a Ctrl-Z to undo what I typed in the wrong place, and then move the cursor back to where I want it. If this is caused by line noise, how do I minimize the impact? How likely is that a new mouse would resolve the problem? Are there any settings that I should diddle with? | |||
| ] (]) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :First thing I would do is give the mouse and mousepad a good clean and disconnect and reconnect it. ]|] 09:14, 15 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == Why my laptop batterie does not work? == | |||
| :Possibly due to your hand brushing the trackpad while typing. If you have a mouse, you could experiment with disabling the trackpad: . Or even just try turning it off while typing. This erratic ] jumping used to happen to me a lot, too, when my laptop was new, until I found the key to disable the trackpad. | |||
| :The term ''caret'' or ''insertion point'' is useful to exclude the mouse cursor (the pointer) from searches. ] ] 12:54, 15 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thank you, ]. I disabled the touchpad. For users who always use a mouse, the touchpad is a complication. ] (]) 19:06, 15 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::I now have a possibly useless question. The documentation referred to an option that disables the touchpad when there is a mouse, but the only option that I found in the settings is the option that always disables the touchpad. I would like to specify that the touchpad is disabled when there is a mouse, and enable it if there is no mouse. This makes very little difference because I will always use a mouse. Is it possible that that option isn't available on my computer? This isn't important. ] (]) 02:38, 17 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Possibly true, your system vendor might not have put any software on there to do that automatically. The general rule with computers is, you can make it do what you want, it's just a question of how much effort is involved in that. To do stuff automatically when hardware is (dis)connected, you have to set up something that subscribes to ] events: Windows's thing for letting all interested parties know "hey some new device just showed up". Here's an answer for how to run a script when a device is connected: , if you really want to put in the effort. Alternatively if you just want something quicker and simpler but not automatic, you can install ] (quite useful program) and set a shortcut key on the keyboard to disable/enable touchpad. --] (]) 19:11, 26 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ===Network File Sharing=== | |||
| Hello,I have an HP Elite book and The battery does not work as usual I need to keep the charger connected to the PC or it will turn off | |||
| With the old laptop, I had set up network file sharing, so that the laptop computer could view and edit files in shared folders on my desktop computer, a Dell, also running Windows 11, if they were both within range of my wireless router (and the desktop computer always is). The desktop computer could also access files in shared folders on the laptop, if the laptop was I have tried to set up network file sharing with the new laptop computer. I tried calling the technical support offered by the electronics chain that I bought the computers from, and I made seven calls to them, none of which worked, and I have concluded that their technical support people don't know what they are doing, and, worse, don't know the limits of their knowledge. Does anyone have advice on a book that will tell me how to set up network file sharing with Windows 11, that has neither too little nor too much information for a retired database engineer? | |||
| ] (]) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :@] Did you try ? <span style="font-family:monospace; font-weight: bold"> <span style="color:ForestGreen;font-size:15px"> ]</span> (<span style="color:#324c80">she/they</span> {{pipe}} ]) </span> 20:21, 16 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| Regards | |||
| ::] - Thank you. That describes the basics, and describes what I had done successfully with the previous laptop computer. I need either a much greater level of detail, or a troubleshooting guide, or something like that. That was helpful in that it doesn't point out anything that I am doing wrong. ] (]) 02:31, 17 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| Fathima <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 11:37, 1 July 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| :::Asking for clarification: you did all the steps in the section "How do I troubleshoot sharing files and folders" on that page, on the new laptop? After doing those steps, you still don't "see" your desktop in File Explorer on laptop? (Restart the laptop just in case.) ] (]) 04:24, 26 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :Check that all the computers are on the same network. See if all the IP addresses are different. See if the wifi has the network profile set to Private. See if file explorer shows it in Network, or \\newlaptopname . You may have to check file wall settings ] (]) 07:29, 26 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| = December 19 = | |||
| : I've removed the link to your business, as it doesn't help others answer your question, and sure looks like you're actually intending to advertise that business. -- ]'''··–·'''] 11:47, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ==Scanning all available streams== | |||
| Hello there. I'm have a question: How to scan all available online streams from a specified server and port given? For example, I've found a Wowza Streaming Engine server at 115.79.46.164 and port 1935. I want to know which website or software can help me to find all active streams on this server. Thanks for reading. ] (]) 14:22, 16 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :Unfortunately, rechargeable batteries will lose their capacity over time. This process is sped up if the battery is exposed to lots of heat, and sadly that is exactly what happens in laptops. I don't know what happened to your specific battery, but if you've noticed that the length of time you can use the battery on one charge has slowly gotten smaller, leading to this situation where you now can barely use it, odds are that what i am explaining is what happened. If this is the case, your best bet is to look around for a replacement. | |||
| :] |
: ] -- ]'''··–·'''] 17:02, 16 December 2024 (UTC) | ||
| :nmap is just going to let you toss packets to the server and inspect the packets that server decides to send you back in reply. Which is great for networking analysis, but we want to speak ] here and talk with the "streaming" software on the remote host. Does help at all? (You will need ] if not already installed.) Do take note, the party which owns the server could always have configured it to restrict the information it will give out to the public. --] (]) 19:32, 26 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| == .kp domains == | |||
| :It could also be that the charger is broken, if it runs directly off wall power, versus off the battery being charged by wall power. ] (]) 17:43, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| How many .kp domains are there? ] (]) 13:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::I think Stu means the internal circuitry controlling charging, since the ] external charger is clearly operating correctly if it reliably runs your laptop when connected. ] 11:21, 3 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :Did you see ]? ] (]) 19:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :https://www.northkoreatech.org/the-north-korean-website-list/ is a bit outdated but has more background info. ] (]) 19:20, 19 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::It's ok, bro. I can still view the outdated ones with the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive. Thanks, ] (]) 16:10, 20 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::Correct. ] (]) 15:25, 3 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| == Mathematica's pricing model == | |||
| = December 24 = | |||
| Mathematica has a license price for industry that costs thousands, and a home license for some hundred. What makes people pay x times more? Couldn't people just buy a home license and compete professionally against those honest people who paid thousands for their licenses? --] (]) 17:37, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| == Is this bug in the google search ? == | |||
| :Is the home license version identical ? Typically home software versions can't be used on as many workstations and/or have limited functionality. ] (]) 17:41, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| I searched for the keywords: "Israel Folau" "Margaret Court" "David Tyree", then Google shows me . Is this bug?] (]) 22:35, 24 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| : is the breakdown between the two versions and is an FAQ about the differences. Looking at the differences, I suppose there's not much keeping a business from buying the home edition so long as they register it to an individual and pay with a non-corporate credit card or the like. ]<sub>(])</sub> 18:46, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :If I do the same search, this question shows up (twice, due to how the refdesk is organized) plus a link to Stuff. So, it doesn't seem to be a bug. I tried the same format search with much more famous people and got hundreds of links. ] (]) 13:20, 25 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::Remember that Google has numerous servers that can respond to your search, and they do not necessarily all behave the same. --] (]) 22:17, 27 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :Yes, until they find out and sue you. The answer is the same as the answer to the general question: "Couldn't people just do illegal activity X and compete professionally against those honest people who obeyed the law?" --] (]) 19:06, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| = December 28 = | |||
| ::I wonder if the home edition marks the output somehow, but cannot image how. | |||
| ::The part of having to find you and sue you makes the pricing model kind of awkward. They created an enticing loophole. I suppose they did the math and the scheme turns profitable to them though. After all they have Mathematica.--] (]) 12:19, 2 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::We have an article on ], explaining how businesses verify that they are complying with license requirements. In many cases, such an audit is mandatorily enforced by external authorities like governments or representatives of the business financiers and investors. In other words, it is difficult to cheat - at least, on a large scale. ] (]) 14:18, 2 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| == File disambiguators (1): Explorer/W11 == | |||
| :::If I were to use the home edition to design something that I then sell on Shapeways, it's not obvious how they could detect my transgression through "marked output". (But I haven't bought it, because that's my most likely use.) —] (]) 01:01, 3 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| Óla! So Explorer adds (''n'') to a file with a duplicate name to an existing one. Do you have suggestions how to easily identify and delete them? The search option doesn't recognize parentheses, so a search would merely identify files with that number in the title. The reason for asking is that if a folder has a large number of duplicates that should be deleted, it would be easier to sort/select/delete rather than ctrl+click individually. Thank you! ] (]) 16:31, 28 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :https://www.alldup.de/alldup_help/alldup.php and then set it to compare 100% of the content. ] (]) 17:16, 28 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::Thank you ], that's great, and freeware too. It looks like it might take some getting used to! Cheers, ] (]) 18:13, 28 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
| = December 29 = | |||
| :The real problem with Mathematica is not that you have to pay $2745 for a work tool but that you can ONLY install it on one machine even though only one person is using it. So you cannot install it on one machine at work and one laptop at home even if you are the only person using it. It is a per machine licence and not a per user licence which kinda sucks. ] (]) 23:14, 2 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::Additionally, software licenses frequently come with "support" so that a professional license probably includes better support and more of it. Part of what made M$ so successful is their software support model which most enterprise companies in the world, including the one I work for, are willing to pay a premium to take part in. ] (]) 04:10, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| == WinRAR == | |||
| I’m wishing to use ''WinRAR''. I know how to ''Add to __________'' and ''Extract Files…'', ''Extract Here'', ''Extract to __________'', by 'right clicking' the ''mouse''. What I’d like to know, when you ''drag n drop'' 'files and or folders' out of the ''WinRAR'' 'folder window', it saves the content(s) to another location first as it opens up a 'processing window', that’s if it’s a large volume - from what I recall... | |||
| # Where does it open up and saves first? – <small>Definitely somewhere in the “User Folder” from what I recall.</small> | |||
| # Can I delete the stuff from point (1) – reason for asking, as I recall, sometimes I cancel some big files and or folders, due to it taking a long time to complete... | |||
| Can someone help me please? -- ] (]) 18:32, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :These files are saved in the temp folder, usually accessible on Windows by typing <code>%temp%</code> into a file explorer window. The exact location is <code>C:\Users\<your name>\AppData\Local\Temp</code> on Windows 7. These files are safe to delete, though some may be locked by running processes and can be deleted after a restart. (more info: ) ]<sub>(])</sub> 18:39, 1 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::Okay thanks.{{=)}} -- ] (]) 11:36, 2 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
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| What do you guys suggest I do? E.g., save files and folders in a WinRAR folder, drag n drop whatever I wish to use, to another folder whenever I wish to use it, then drag n drop it back into the WinRAR folder... - Is this even a good method/way to keep files appropriately/in small measuers...? -- ] (]) 11:36, 2 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :Probably not. It depends what you actually want to achieve. Disk (and other storage) space is generally cheap (to most people), and zipping things up to save room smacks of desperation. A 3Tb hard drive is around $100; few users have files that will fill that. Another cheap sorage option is writing to blu-ray disks, which can store 25Gb for around $1 each - lots of PCs already have a BD-writer; if not, those can be bought for about $50. Or maybe you have DVD-R, which store 4.7Gb. | |||
| :There are some reasons why people zip up files - conveniently packaging lots of stuff into one single file, and such. But the question really is, why do you want to zip things in the first place? <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 14:15, 2 July 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| ::Agreed. In my experience, files get put into RAR and ZIP archives to make them easier to upload/download, either across the net or onto some kind of storage medium. The amount of compression on stuff like JPGs and most video files is quite small anyway as they're essentially pre-compressed. In fact, I've sometimes found that zipping actually ''increases'' the total files size. ] (]) 17:37, 2 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::Okay. Now I know why I should use it for... Thank you both. Regards. {{=)}} -- ] (]) 18:28, 2 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| = July 2 = | |||
| == Windows Media Player == | |||
| I possess ''wmploc.dll'' file. How do I activate it? - Step by step guide sought please. -- ] (]) 19:03, 2 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :See ]. It is not possible for you to activate a .dll file, because as the article says, "It is not possible to directly execute a DLL, since it requires an EXE for the operating system to load it through an entry point..." ] (]) 21:12, 2 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :Did you download it from one of those web sites that offers free downloads of DLL files, in the hope of using it to solve some problem? If so, what was the original problem? Don't ever use those sites. -- ] (]) 23:53, 2 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::Okay, thanks guys. {{=)}} -- ] (]) 04:59, 3 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::<small> is where I downloaded from. Let me know how to achieve this software, along with the ''desktop'' and its ''icons'' please, if possible. Regards. -- ] (]) 04:59, 3 July 2016 (UTC)</small> | |||
| ::: When I tried downloading the file from that site, it displayed the message "copy file in Windows/system 32 and replace it!" at the bottom of the browser, so that (i.e. copy the file wmploc.dll to C:\windows\system32, replacing the version that is currently there) is presumably what you need to do. However, be aware that a DLL is essentially executable code, so (as BenRG warns) there is a risk of viruses or other malware if you do this. ] (]) 11:02, 3 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::: Windows Media Player should run the dll automatically if you replaced the old dll that it formerly used. ] 11:13, 3 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Can't copy and replace it. My PC is being mean as usual. {{):}} -- ] (]) 18:19, 3 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Are you logged on with administrator privileges? ] 09:30, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::I’m the administrator, well, it’s what I believe. After the first re-installation, I only created a ''Login'' account, that’s all. -- ] (]) 18:33, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::::The file contains no executable code, so it is probably safe. | |||
| :::::My 64-bit Windows 7 installation contains 14 versions of this file in WinSxS. Also two versions are linked in System32 and SysWOW64. I don't know which version wmplayer actually uses. You could try replacing the version in SysWOW64 or, if you're running 32-bit Windows, System32. Drag the original file to your desktop or something before you replace it, so that you can drag it back if the replacement doesn't work. | |||
| :::::Windows Media Player shouldn't be running when you replace the file. | |||
| :::::"My PC is being mean as usual" is useless. You need to say what is going wrong (what error message) if you want anyone to be able to help you. -- ] (]) 04:53, 5 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Its one of those certain things, can not be fixed... <small>I tried what you stated, it didn't work...</small> -- ] (]) 06:51, 5 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| Thanks all. -- ] (]) 06:51, 5 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| = July 3 = | |||
| ==Copy and Replace== | |||
| What does the entitled ‘’feature’’ do? | |||
| a) Copy’s/adds whatever that is not there - reason for asking because I recall something in ''Win XP'' that does this. | |||
| b) Deletes the old file and replaces it with the new one | |||
| ] (]) 18:35, 3 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :If you try to copy or move a file to a place where there is already a file of that name, you will be warned and asked whether you want to replace the existing file. If you choose to do so, the existing file is not deleted but is simply overwritten. There is no need to delete data before writing the new data - the process of overwriting erases every trace of what already existed. Your question was a bit unclear but I think that was what you were driving at. ] (]) 19:59, 3 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::Just to clarify, I'm assuming ''bite'' size will remain the same for the ''file'' and the ''location'' ''volume'' you are overwriting on, right? It won't add extra because its being ''overwritten''...? <small>Are you aware of the ''index''ing issue?</small> -- ] (]) 18:35, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| == Managing photos on iPhone and ipad == | |||
| This ought to be really straightforward but I'm completely stuck and reading forum posts, I don't think I'm the only one. I have an iPhone 5 and an iPad. The phone storage is full. I have photos on there that I want to keep. The iPad has spare storage capacity. How do I get the photos onto the iPad and make sure they are stored there, so that I can then delete them from the phone? I have Bluetooth and airdrop enabled on both. The iPad doesn't appear in the phone's AirDrop for some reason. Would particularly appreciate advice from someone who also has an iPhone and iPad and does this regularly. ] (]) 19:19, 3 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :I'm guessing you do not sync your 2 devices to the same itunes? It would be pretty easy to sync your photos into itunes and then out onto your ipad. That's how I do it. 04:05, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| ::Also, the most basic troubleshooting, do you have wifi AND Bluetooth enabled on both devices? I believe airdrop relies on both so if you don't have Bluetooth enabled on both devices, airdrop won't work. ] (]) 05:53, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :::OP here again. Thanks for advice. I can get the photos over to the IPad. If I then delete them on the phone they will still be on the iPad? I had a bad experience but I think it was with photo stream. ] (]) 21:00, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| = July 4 = | |||
| == Unix program head == | |||
| Head is a unix program that shows the first n lines of a text file. But I want is to ignore the first 5 lines of a text file and show all the other lines in the text file. I cannot make head and tail to work the way I want (pun intended). Please help. ] (]) 00:21, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :<code>] -n +6 foo.txt</code> --] ] 00:38, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| == Bot program == | |||
| Hello if anyone wanna help me then please write a program for me to make a bot. ]<sup>] 02:45, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :People have already written numerous automation ] for ] that can be used to make bots if you have a bit of programming knowledge. Look at ]. There are also ]. And nothing personal, but the Reference Desk is intended for non-Misplaced Pages-related questions. If you have additional questions, you'll probably get more attention at the ] or ]. See also ]. --] (]) 05:18, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| == 30-day buffering on a CAPTCHA == | |||
| Trying to submit a question to https://answers.usgs.gov, I made a mistake with the CAPTCHA, and the system told me ''here was a problem with your form submission. Please wait 2592000 seconds and try again'' 86,400 seconds equals a day; 2,592,000 is a full thirty days. If we ignore unintentional typos and matters unknowable to outsiders (internal politics, webmaster's desire to reduce contact emails, etc.), why would anyone require you to wait a full month between CAPTCHA failures? Also, what's the term I'm looking for, the term that denotes the waiting period imposed between attempts to solve a CAPTCHA or a password? Finally, the text of my question appears below; it's basically for my own sake (so I can re-attempt to contact them in the future), so you can ignore it. | |||
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| : "rate limiting" -- ]'''··–·'''] 12:50, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| : I can't think of any good reason. Rate limiting (on an IP or login-cookie) basis goes ''some'' way to limiting brute force attempts by bots (e.g. ones with a low but non-zero probability of solving the CAPTCHA scheme) - but these can always delete cookies and shift IP addresses - but that only makes sense with timeouts of the order of a few seconds. I think the software has been misconfigured. -- ]'''··–·'''] 13:20, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| == ] problem == | |||
| I gave ] a spin but the interface icons are too small for me, to the point of making the whole program unusable. Is this a bug in KiCad? Or did I misconfigure it somehow? Or is this sort of minimalist look just fashionable in the ] industry? ] (]) 13:58, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
| :That screenshot resolution is very high. If you didn't upscale it for some reason, and it doesn't look upscaled, you should bear in mind if you're using a 4K 24" inch monitor or something that support for such high PPI monitors can be quite variable. To me, the screeshot looks like it would be fine, if used on a more normal PPI monitor viewed from normal viewing distances (both of which are unlikely but the point stands). Notably, cross-platform APIs may have poor support if they were mostly designed for one platform and just do the same thing on other platforms and no one even bothered to deal with PPI issues. I don't know what OS you're using but since you shouldn't need pixel level accuracy for KiCad you may be able to find someway to fix it albeit with an uglier looking program. ] (]) 16:01, 4 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
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| == Google Analytics == | |||
| I have a Google Analytics account for an organization whose web site I maintain, but I don't know how it was installed. Now I would like to add the capability to another site. Searching the web, I can't find out how to do it. When I get into it from my dashboard, it shows the existing site but there is no indication of how I could add another. What can I do? Thanks, --] (]) 14:51, 5 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
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December 13
Where can I find a thesis of recently released Gemini 2.0?
For Gemini 1.5, I find its thesis.
What about recently released Gemini 2.0? HarryOrange (talk) 21:53, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- Here? --Lambiam 21:55, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
- OK That's Gemini 2.0 release information. HarryOrange (talk) 16:52, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
December 15
Questions About New Laptop Computer
My old laptop computer developed problems with the power, so that it wouldn't start when connected to regular line current. It would start when connected to high-amperage current in an electronics store, but that wasn't useful, and it was time to replace it after five years. I now have some questions about problems with a new laptop computer. The new laptop computer is an HP running Windows 11. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
Cursor Jumping Randomly
Sometimes when I am typing in a Word document or editing Misplaced Pages in a source window, I discover that the cursor isn't where I think it should be. The cursor has jumped to somewhere else on the screen, apparently randomly. I have to do a Ctrl-Z to undo what I typed in the wrong place, and then move the cursor back to where I want it. If this is caused by line noise, how do I minimize the impact? How likely is that a new mouse would resolve the problem? Are there any settings that I should diddle with? Robert McClenon (talk) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
- First thing I would do is give the mouse and mousepad a good clean and disconnect and reconnect it. Shantavira| 09:14, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
- Possibly due to your hand brushing the trackpad while typing. If you have a mouse, you could experiment with disabling the trackpad: how to disable touchpad on hp laptop. Or even just try turning it off while typing. This erratic caret jumping used to happen to me a lot, too, when my laptop was new, until I found the key to disable the trackpad.
- The term caret or insertion point is useful to exclude the mouse cursor (the pointer) from searches. Card Zero (talk) 12:54, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, User:Card Zero. I disabled the touchpad. For users who always use a mouse, the touchpad is a complication. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:06, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
- I now have a possibly useless question. The documentation referred to an option that disables the touchpad when there is a mouse, but the only option that I found in the settings is the option that always disables the touchpad. I would like to specify that the touchpad is disabled when there is a mouse, and enable it if there is no mouse. This makes very little difference because I will always use a mouse. Is it possible that that option isn't available on my computer? This isn't important. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:38, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
- Possibly true, your system vendor might not have put any software on there to do that automatically. The general rule with computers is, you can make it do what you want, it's just a question of how much effort is involved in that. To do stuff automatically when hardware is (dis)connected, you have to set up something that subscribes to WMI events: Windows's thing for letting all interested parties know "hey some new device just showed up". Here's an answer for how to run a script when a device is connected: , if you really want to put in the effort. Alternatively if you just want something quicker and simpler but not automatic, you can install AutoHotkey (quite useful program) and set a shortcut key on the keyboard to disable/enable touchpad. --Slowking Man (talk) 19:11, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
- I now have a possibly useless question. The documentation referred to an option that disables the touchpad when there is a mouse, but the only option that I found in the settings is the option that always disables the touchpad. I would like to specify that the touchpad is disabled when there is a mouse, and enable it if there is no mouse. This makes very little difference because I will always use a mouse. Is it possible that that option isn't available on my computer? This isn't important. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:38, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, User:Card Zero. I disabled the touchpad. For users who always use a mouse, the touchpad is a complication. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:06, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
Network File Sharing
With the old laptop, I had set up network file sharing, so that the laptop computer could view and edit files in shared folders on my desktop computer, a Dell, also running Windows 11, if they were both within range of my wireless router (and the desktop computer always is). The desktop computer could also access files in shared folders on the laptop, if the laptop was I have tried to set up network file sharing with the new laptop computer. I tried calling the technical support offered by the electronics chain that I bought the computers from, and I made seven calls to them, none of which worked, and I have concluded that their technical support people don't know what they are doing, and, worse, don't know the limits of their knowledge. Does anyone have advice on a book that will tell me how to set up network file sharing with Windows 11, that has neither too little nor too much information for a retired database engineer? Robert McClenon (talk) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon Did you try this? TheTechie@enwiki (she/they | talk) 20:21, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
- User:TheTechie - Thank you. That describes the basics, and describes what I had done successfully with the previous laptop computer. I need either a much greater level of detail, or a troubleshooting guide, or something like that. That was helpful in that it doesn't point out anything that I am doing wrong. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:31, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
- Asking for clarification: you did all the steps in the section "How do I troubleshoot sharing files and folders" on that page, on the new laptop? After doing those steps, you still don't "see" your desktop in File Explorer on laptop? (Restart the laptop just in case.) Slowking Man (talk) 04:24, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
- User:TheTechie - Thank you. That describes the basics, and describes what I had done successfully with the previous laptop computer. I need either a much greater level of detail, or a troubleshooting guide, or something like that. That was helpful in that it doesn't point out anything that I am doing wrong. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:31, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
- Check that all the computers are on the same network. See if all the IP addresses are different. See if the wifi has the network profile set to Private. See if file explorer shows it in Network, or \\newlaptopname . You may have to check file wall settings Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:29, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
December 19
Scanning all available streams
Hello there. I'm have a question: How to scan all available online streams from a specified server and port given? For example, I've found a Wowza Streaming Engine server at 115.79.46.164 and port 1935. I want to know which website or software can help me to find all active streams on this server. Thanks for reading. Ccv2020 (talk) 14:22, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
- nmap -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 17:02, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
- nmap is just going to let you toss packets to the server and inspect the packets that server decides to send you back in reply. Which is great for networking analysis, but we want to speak application layer here and talk with the "streaming" software on the remote host. Does help at all? (You will need curl if not already installed.) Do take note, the party which owns the server could always have configured it to restrict the information it will give out to the public. --Slowking Man (talk) 19:32, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
.kp domains
How many .kp domains are there? Gnu779 (talk) 13:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- Did you see .kp#Existing_and_externally_accessible_domain_list? Polygnotus (talk) 19:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- https://www.northkoreatech.org/the-north-korean-website-list/ is a bit outdated but has more background info. Polygnotus (talk) 19:20, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- It's ok, bro. I can still view the outdated ones with the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive. Thanks, Gnu779 (talk) 16:10, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
December 24
Is this bug in the google search ?
I searched for the keywords: "Israel Folau" "Margaret Court" "David Tyree", then Google shows me blank. Is this bug?HarryOrange (talk) 22:35, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
- If I do the same search, this question shows up (twice, due to how the refdesk is organized) plus a link to Stuff. So, it doesn't seem to be a bug. I tried the same format search with much more famous people and got hundreds of links. Matt Deres (talk) 13:20, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
- Remember that Google has numerous servers that can respond to your search, and they do not necessarily all behave the same. --142.112.149.206 (talk) 22:17, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
December 28
File disambiguators (1): Explorer/W11
Óla! So Explorer adds (n) to a file with a duplicate name to an existing one. Do you have suggestions how to easily identify and delete them? The search option doesn't recognize parentheses, so a search would merely identify files with that number in the title. The reason for asking is that if a folder has a large number of duplicates that should be deleted, it would be easier to sort/select/delete rather than ctrl+click individually. Thank you! 2.28.124.91 (talk) 16:31, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- https://www.alldup.de/alldup_help/alldup.php and then set it to compare 100% of the content. Polygnotus (talk) 17:16, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you Polygnotus, that's great, and freeware too. It looks like it might take some getting used to! Cheers, 2.28.124.91 (talk) 18:13, 28 December 2024 (UTC)