User contributions for 72.92.76.52

9 February 2012

• 21:4921:49, 9 February 2012 diff hist +685 Talk:Panhard rod →Possibly useful image: new section

5 February 2012

• 05:2805:28, 5 February 2012 diff hist +70 Product activation Clarified what a "product key" is. Uninformed readers might think it is a physical object, like a house key.

4 February 2012

• 06:1406:14, 4 February 2012 diff hist +47 Do Not Track →How it works: clarified "not required"
• 06:1206:12, 4 February 2012 diff hist +497 Do Not Track →How it works: honor system; comparison to robots exclusion standard
• 06:0306:03, 4 February 2012 diff hist +20 Do Not Track →How it works: fixed quantity ambiguity about headers: part of the original text implied that a header was a singular thing, i.e. one optional header per request

2 February 2012

• 05:1905:19, 2 February 2012 diff hist +3 INT 13H →Overview: Correction to my last edit--I the CHS disk hardware interface design actually dates back to the PC/XT, the first system in the IBM PC line for which IBM offered a hard disk (which was included as standard).
• 05:1205:12, 2 February 2012 diff hist +9 INT 13H →Overview: citation needed on who originated the INT 13h Extensions. I have frequently found them referred to as the "IBM/Microsoft Int 13 Extensions", including in Phoenix's El Torito spec., but I cannot find a doc from IBM or MS to verify.
• 05:0905:09, 2 February 2012 diff hist +3 INT 13H →Overview: Changed 'x86' to 'IBM AT'; "x86 disk hardware" is literal nonsense; x86 is a CPU family, and CPUs don't have disk hardware; the disk hardware was originally part of the IBM PC/AT design.

14 January 2012

• 17:3117:31, 14 January 2012 diff hist +10 ACID →Durability failure
• 14:0014:00, 14 January 2012 diff hist +334 Access Database Engine →Locking: clarification and copy editing
• 10:4710:47, 14 January 2012 diff hist −20 Microsoft Access →Uses: removed incorrect wikilink. (Note that "Access" is capitalized.)

4 January 2012

• 09:0209:02, 4 January 2012 diff hist +22 The O'Reilly Factor →Regular guests: updated Glenn Beck

24 December 2011

• 08:4808:48, 24 December 2011 diff hist +677 Kenwood Corporation →TrueX Optical Drives: correction and clarification about "copy protected CDs" (which aren't technically Compact Discs)
• 08:2308:23, 24 December 2011 diff hist +100 Kenwood Corporation →History: improved correctness and accuracy of the explanation of the origins of the Kenwood name, from the cited article
• 08:0208:02, 24 December 2011 diff hist +301 Kenwood Corporation →History: better link for Investor's Business Daily reference

14 December 2011

• 00:2900:29, 14 December 2011 diff hist −6 Robert Kearns →Intermittent wipers: copy edit
• 00:0100:01, 14 December 2011 diff hist +13 Relaxation oscillator →Alternative implementation with 555 timer

12 November 2011

• 11:0411:04, 12 November 2011 diff hist +8 Fluorescent lamp →Health and safety issues: "usually considered" by who?

5 November 2011

• 05:5605:56, 5 November 2011 diff hist +103 Trapezoid →Architecture: made explicit the particular relation of the architectural temr to the geometric term

2 November 2011

• 05:5505:55, 2 November 2011 diff hist +2 Hop-up (airsoft) →Magnus Effect: fixed wiki link

26 September 2011

• 18:4518:45, 26 September 2011 diff hist +1 Music tracker →History: correction (WP says the Fairlight CMI was designed in 1979, but didn't start selling until 1980. Its general period of popularity was the first half of the 1980s.)

23 September 2011

• 10:5010:50, 23 September 2011 diff hist +136 Cathode-ray tube →Color CRTs: "delta-gun"
• 10:4710:47, 23 September 2011 diff hist +5,081 Cathode-ray tube →Convergence in color CRTs: rewrite
• 09:0209:02, 23 September 2011 diff hist +3,063 Cathode-ray tube →Degaussing: Added lots of explanation and details
• 08:1508:15, 23 September 2011 diff hist +557 Cathode-ray tube added CRT memory (Williams tube) and, briefly, some of the reason for the weight.
• 08:0308:03, 23 September 2011 diff hist +163 Triode →Invention: clarification
• 07:3207:32, 23 September 2011 diff hist −6 Merlin (bird) →Ecology: NPOV (predator-prey; no "victim"); grammar
• 06:3306:33, 23 September 2011 diff hist −5 Audion →Patents and disputes: grammar
• 05:0705:07, 23 September 2011 diff hist +5 Regeneration (biology) →Heart: clarification

22 September 2011

• 11:2411:24, 22 September 2011 diff hist +2 Red pill and blue pill →Other uses: software doesn't believe anything, really. It just executes. At least, today's software. (And let's hope...)

11 September 2011

• 10:2310:23, 11 September 2011 diff hist +74 EPROM →Details: added a few brief details about window-covering labels on EPROMs
• 09:3009:30, 11 September 2011 diff hist −2 Turtle Beach Corporation →History: copy edit

8 September 2011

• 12:2212:22, 8 September 2011 diff hist +55 MPU-401 →Modes: clarification of "efficient" (what we're talking about is cost efficiency)
• 10:2410:24, 8 September 2011 diff hist +28 Super Harvard Architecture Single-Chip Computer →Architecture: copy edit
• 10:1510:15, 8 September 2011 diff hist +165 Digital signal processor →Modern DSPs: broadness of FPGA capability
• 10:1010:10, 8 September 2011 diff hist +2 Digital signal processor →Modern DSPs: copy edit (of my own addition)
• 10:0810:08, 8 September 2011 diff hist +204 Digital signal processor →Modern DSPs: explained why and when one would trade off more expensive hardware for ease of programming (with floating point)
• 10:0410:04, 8 September 2011 diff hist +203 Digital signal processor →Modern DSPs: clarified: gave some examples where floating point is not/is required

4 September 2011

• 06:0006:00, 4 September 2011 diff hist +131 Micro Channel architecture →Why MCA was not widely adopted: a 2nd distinction between AT bus & ISA. The significance is that, some cards meeting all AT bus standards (by violating none of the few there were) will not meet the ISA standard (which is narrower).
• 05:5305:53, 4 September 2011 diff hist +138 Micro Channel architecture →Why MCA was not widely adopted: clarification: IBM itself did participate in the ISA market competing with MCA, even within the PS/2 line itself.
• 05:5005:50, 4 September 2011 diff hist +587 Micro Channel architecture →Data transmission features: clarification of ISA configuration, with better NPOV
• 05:3605:36, 4 September 2011 diff hist +112 Micro Channel architecture →Overview of the technology issues of that time: minor rewrite/overall edit of section

2 September 2011

• 02:5002:50, 2 September 2011 diff hist +63 Intel 8237 →IBM PC use: clarifications and copy editing