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June 15

Downloading PlanetMath full database

How can I download the PlanetMath's complete database of articles? Or does they provide an API to retrieve content automatically? Czech is Cyrillized (talk) 04:58, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It seems the first step is to learn about the "Planetary" software, which is the content management system that is used on PlanetMath. They extensively document the data format, which includes XML, LaTeX, plain-text, and other data. Nimur (talk) 06:07, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like a html site, wget or httrack should work 77.101.52.130 (talk) 10:45, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

why doesn't jakd have an upload/send file button in chat on my phone?

almost everyone else says they have an arrow button in chat that allows them to either upload and attach an image or sends a link to them automatically but for some reason i ain't there on my phone why is thus? Is there a patch or fix? I'm using an LG optimis elite Android on virgin mobile (didn't work with my LG optimus on metro PCS either? ! Whatsup? How can i contract JAKD about it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.212.70.237 (talk) 10:23, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

adding net 30 credit payment terms to my client's website

How do I add net 30 payment terms to my client's website? Are there any e-commerce vendors that support this?

24.240.74.46 (talk) 13:49, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Heatpipes on VGA heatsinks

My understanding of "heatpipes" in heatsinks is that the water inside them evaporates and moves to the fins, condenses and moves by gravity to heat source. This can happen on a CPU with the correct orientation. How is it supposed to happen on a graphics card? The pipes are upside down! Is it just for aesthetics? 92.19.68.88 (talk) 20:10, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See Heat pipe. The fluid may not be water, and there may be a wick or similar material to draw the coolant back to the heat source. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:30, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In the (now seemingly defunct) BTX (form factor) the graphics adapter was the "right" way up - there was a unified air cooling path for the cpu and gpu, and the gpu was facing upward in a tower build. -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 22:21, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Laptop Lid

Is there any way to prevent the laptop from shutting down/ going into hibernate/standby mode when I shut the lid all the way? I use Windows 7. Thanks in advance 117.194.224.96 (talk) 21:36, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

[Moved from WP:RD/M] Tevildo (talk) 21:42, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's in the "Power options" dialog - [1] -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 21:46, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some laptops shut down on closing the lid because the lid incorporates a magnet in the lid . Try it. Wave a magnet across the keyboard (when open) and see if it shuts down.--Aspro (talk) 22:00, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not wanting to rely on my technological knowledge alone. Just got my big fridge magnet off the fridge and waved it over this MacBook keyboard (which I'm writing on) . It shut down!--Aspro (talk) 22:10, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just a word of caution; you really shouldn't be waving high-powered magnets around computer components - it can cause some damage! --Yellow1996 (talk) 23:59, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Aspro, the OP has a Windows machine and not a Mac. They may, and often do, function differently. Dismas|^(talk) 00:10, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Real quick way to find setting (under Win.7 Home Premium).

Type "lid" in Start Button search box, "Change what closing the lid does" should appear at top of list,
Click on that (or just hit ↵ Enter) and you should be taken straight to a window "Define power buttons and turn on password protection" with four 'buttons'.
Click the 'drop down' list button under "On battery" or "Plugged in". It should have "Do nothing" as a the first selection.
Select "Do nothing"
Click on the Save changes 'button' and your laptop should stay on when you close the lid.

Pretty much what Finlay McWalters' link says, just a bit quicker! 220 of ^Borg 02:41, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]