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Excel question I'm trying to pull the date, that is included in the file's name, to put into a different cell in Excel in a different date format. For instance the file name is RandomCharacters20140724_Random.ext and the date in another box might be 07/25/2014. Is it possible to pull the file name's date to use as the date in the other cell? I don't know if what I am asking makes any sense. Like this isn't just for one entry, but would get dozens at a time.
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Jul 24, 2014 23:54
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To extract the date you'll need a cell withcode:code:TheLastManStanding fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Jul 25, 2014 |
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Jul 25, 2014 00:25
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SlayVus posted:Excel question code:It's millennium agnostic though. e. A1 being the cell where your filename is, obviously. e3. the underscore can be the only one in the path if that's included. I'll just leave all this here in the hope it helps you with a direction. Should you clarify more with an example of what exactly you're trying, we can tweak. Flipperwaldt fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Jul 25, 2014 |
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Jul 25, 2014 00:32
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Not to discourage the many various questions that get asked here, because this is my daily go to read for cool questions, and cool answers, but didn't there used to be a Excel Stupid questions thread? I tried to find it to help out the person who was working with that huge data set, but I could not find it.
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Jul 25, 2014 00:40
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pupdive posted:Not to discourage the many various questions that get asked here, because this is my daily go to read for cool questions, and cool answers, but didn't there used to be a Excel Stupid questions thread? I tried to find it to help out the person who was working with that huge data set, but I could not find it.
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Jul 25, 2014 00:48
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I actually just made this before you guys posted.code:
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Jul 25, 2014 00:49
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SlayVus posted:Takes the YearMonthDay format and turns it into M/D/Y. Though I am unsure if format needs to stay the same as in 00/00/0000 or if it is okay if the format is 0/0/0000 in the case of single digit months or days.
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Jul 25, 2014 00:54
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Flipperwaldt posted:e3. the underscore can be the only one in the path if that's included. I'll just leave all this here in the hope it helps you with a direction. Should you clarify more with an example of what exactly you're trying, we can tweak. Extra underscores don't seem to effect the outcome as long as first underscore is always after the file's name date. The files I looked at seemed to follow this pattern.
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Jul 25, 2014 00:59
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SlayVus posted:Extra underscores don't seem to effect the outcome as long as first underscore is always after the file's name date. The files I looked at seemed to follow this pattern. 
Flipperwaldt fucked around with this message at 01:10 on Jul 25, 2014 |
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Jul 25, 2014 01:08
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Just read an article about Mondo Kim/Kim's Video & Music and I was wondering: do they really have extremely hard to find titles that is difficult to find even on the age of the internet or their appeal was largely due to customers not having any other store to turn to back in the old days?
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Jul 25, 2014 04:08
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Disharmony posted:Just read an article about Mondo Kim/Kim's Video & Music and I was wondering: do they really have extremely hard to find titles that is difficult to find even on the age of the internet or their appeal was largely due to customers not having any other store to turn to back in the old days? According to a Wikipedia article I just read because you didn't link to whatever article you were reading, that video store opened in 1987 and broadband internet usage didn't surpass dial-up until 2004 so I would say yes, it was probably tough to find that kind of stuff on the internet.
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Jul 25, 2014 04:59
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My bad, I was aiming more for guys who actually went there so I didn't think a link would be necessary. That does seem like the obvious conclusion but one article did mention a film I have never heard of ("Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin") so I was curious if that sort of thing was common place there or if we're talking simply Eraserhead and not-so obscure titles.
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Jul 25, 2014 06:07
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Disharmony posted:My bad, I was aiming more for guys who actually went there so I didn't think a link would be necessary. That does seem like the obvious conclusion but one article did mention a film I have never heard of ("Blood Sword of the 99th Virgin") so I was curious if that sort of thing was common place there or if we're talking simply Eraserhead and not-so obscure titles. Back in the 80s and into the 90s, there was a whole scene of shady companies churning out VHS copies of various films originally shown in previous decades and then as time went on tons of low-no budget original movies. Sounds like Mondo Kim was a store that happened to have good lines on how to get a hold of random weirdness. You might want to check this page out for an explanation and illustration that the kind of tapes a store like that would be all over: http://www.critcononline.com/video_companies_cover_art.htm
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Jul 25, 2014 06:28
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There is an absolute shitload of never been digitized, and never will be digitized, content out there in the world (and I am not just talking VHS/LaserDisk porn). Not that this is a direct comparison because books are not videos/music, but consider this: quote:Of the roughly 40 million books in US libraries, for example, an estimated 32 million are in copyright. Of these, some 27 million are out of print. So unless the library you are at has the book, you are not going to see it. And that goes even more for movies which are often entangled copyright wise with the music licensed for VHS release, but not for DVD release. Or the many thousands of works which exist and are decaying on film and will not be digitized before the film stock is no longer salvageable, because copyright is stupid. In terms of music, even many popular hits are never going to be available: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/07/23/songs_that_time_forgot_the_most_and_least_obscure_hits_in_two_charts.html
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Jul 25, 2014 06:35
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Inter-library loans do exist, though. It's pretty easy to go to your local library and if they don't have the book you're looking for they can call around to other libraries and usually manage to get a copy on loan.
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Jul 25, 2014 06:40
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So I wonder: are attachments still down or is it just me? Because I keep seeing people posting attachments even though they're broken images that don't actually show anything. For example...  When I right-click that little broken image and open it in a new tab, I just get directed to the "no attachment found" page. It's pretty weird to see people keep posting broken attachments and acting like there's nothing wrong with them.
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Jul 25, 2014 06:44
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Doctor Bishop posted:So I wonder: are attachments still down or is it just me? Because I keep seeing people posting attachments even though they're broken images that don't actually show anything. I'm seeing it too. I thought I was the only one. 
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Jul 25, 2014 06:47
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Captain Novolin posted:Inter-library loans do exist, though. It's pretty easy to go to your local library and if they don't have the book you're looking for they can call around to other libraries and usually manage to get a copy on loan. In the extended version of that quote, the point is made that while the books are known to exist, their location is often not known, or in a private library (like most educational libraries) that do not participate in lending systems. So out of print, in copyright, no physical copy to be found or accessed. It really does help argue that as copyright gains, public discourse loses. Copyright issues about out of print items (Books, VHS tapes, unissued music, cinema trapped on film), are one of those real world examples so ridiculous that if one were to make up that situation to argue some philosophical point, no one would listen because it would be assumed to be too ridiculous an example.
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Jul 25, 2014 08:15
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Are tennis players limited to one racquet, or could they have one in each hand?
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Jul 25, 2014 09:09
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Crankit posted:Are tennis players limited to one racquet, or could they have one in each hand? My god, I really hope they can
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Jul 25, 2014 10:19
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Crankit posted:Are tennis players limited to one racquet, or could they have one in each hand? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/sports/tennis/24rackets.html?_r=0 quote:About a year ago, Mueller asked Richard Kaufman, the director of officials for professional tennis at the United States Tennis Association, about playing with two rackets. Although skeptical, Kaufman checked into the legality of it and determined that it was not within the rules. Then he asked around to see if anyone in the U.S.T.A. was interested in the game.
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Jul 25, 2014 10:53
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Crankit posted:Are tennis players limited to one racquet, or could they have one in each hand? According to International Tennis Federation rules, players aren't allowed to use more than one racket at a time. (http://www.itftennis.com/officiating/rulebooks/rules-of-tennis.aspx It's at the bottom of page 4.) thrakkorzog fucked around with this message at 11:15 on Jul 25, 2014 |
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Jul 25, 2014 11:07
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I really wonder what happened to cause them to make that rule. Please tell me there's some video of a 1950s Wimbledon match where a dude struts out, dual wielding tennis rackets, and roars or something.
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Jul 25, 2014 13:32
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Disharmony posted:Just read an article about Mondo Kim/Kim's Video & Music and I was wondering: do they really have extremely hard to find titles that is difficult to find even on the age of the internet or their appeal was largely due to customers not having any other store to turn to back in the old days? They are surely comparing it to going to Blockbuster and places like that. I used to go to a video store that was far away to rent old movies. As an example, say you were a fan of Humphrey Bogart. Blockbuster might've had 10 of his movies, the place I went to might've had 20, but right now I could probably find like 60 or 70 of his movies online. It's probably similar with his place. He might've had a few things you couldn't find online today but not many. And if you mean this NYTimes article, just looking at the picture of the store, I can't see him having much of anything considering how small the place is. Schweinhund fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Jul 25, 2014 |
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Jul 25, 2014 13:56
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why the hell does my laptop make these sounds after playing audio? badly recorded laptop sound its a poo poo recording but it sounds like an old commodore loading a game, kinda. It does this after every session of audio that has used the laptop speakers (toshiba satellite p850 which has harman kardon speakers) whether it be streamed or local, and it does it only when the program playing the audio has closed - that is, it doesn't do it while paused. Help me. Somebody. Help me.
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Jul 25, 2014 16:24
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stickyfngrdboy posted:why the hell does my laptop make these sounds after playing audio? You laptop has been bottled by the souls of the damned. Update your firewall and call an exorcist.
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Jul 25, 2014 16:29
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stickyfngrdboy posted:why the hell does my laptop make these sounds after playing audio? I can't listen to that because i am at work but is there possibly a sound that the audio program plays when it closes? Maybe open the program but don't play anything and then close it.
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Jul 25, 2014 16:39
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Trastion posted:I can't listen to that because i am at work but is there possibly a sound that the audio program plays when it closes? Maybe open the program but don't play anything and then close it. Well it happens when I close any program playing audio - VLC, Chrome, WMP, Firefox, anything. If I pause the program, so there's no audio playing, then close it, I still get the sound. Even if there's no sound playing and I close chrome, say at the end credits to something, the sound (which has the effect of nails on blackboard) returns.
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Jul 25, 2014 16:47
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stickyfngrdboy posted:Well it happens when I close any program playing audio - VLC, Chrome, WMP, Firefox, anything. If I pause the program, so there's no audio playing, then close it, I still get the sound. Even if there's no sound playing and I close chrome, say at the end credits to something, the sound (which has the effect of nails on blackboard) returns. This might be stupid obvious, but do you have a windows sound scheme set up? Control Panel > Sounds > Sounds Tab. (Steps for Win 7, but pretty close for previous versions) Is it possible that you have a sound effect turned on for the 'close program' option?
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Jul 25, 2014 17:06
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CzarChasm posted:This might be stupid obvious, but do you have a windows sound scheme set up? If I had to guess, someone's playing a prank on you and did something like this.
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Jul 25, 2014 17:34
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CzarChasm posted:This might be stupid obvious, but do you have a windows sound scheme set up? No, there are no system sounds enabled at all. Even if so, would it not make the sound every time I closed the browsers? I mean if there's no audio tabs open they both close fine with no sound. Also, if I let it, the sound just goes on and on and on forever, and is not looped. Edit: I should point out, in case it isn't clear, that the sound never appears if headphones are connected. It only happens when the speakers have been used. stickyfngrdboy fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Jul 25, 2014 |
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Jul 25, 2014 18:14
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Hey, to what extent are food deserts made up? I'm reasonably sure that like 95% of the people who bring them up are full of poo poo but also I live in an actual proper first world country and it's easy to forget how hosed up America is in general.
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Jul 25, 2014 18:55
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ChairMaster posted:Hey, to what extent are food deserts made up? I'm reasonably sure that like 95% of the people who bring them up are full of poo poo but also I live in an actual proper first world country and it's easy to forget how hosed up America is in general. How are you "reasonably sure" about that?
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Jul 25, 2014 19:09
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ChairMaster posted:Hey, to what extent are food deserts made up? I'm reasonably sure that like 95% of the people who bring them up are full of poo poo but also I live in an actual proper first world country and it's easy to forget how hosed up America is in general. Why would you say they are full of poo poo? The term is vague and not well defined, but the general idea that some areas of habitation have poor access to food, or the food on offer is too expensive/of poor quality, is not controversial in the slightest. The concept applies globally, not solely to to America. Here's a boring anecdote for you: my grandmother lives in a relatively well off area, but since she has a lot of trouble walking, the only shop within reasonable distance is a newsagents with a tiny selection. Since supermarkets have forced all the smaller local shops to close, she has to rely on a mobility scooter to actually get to one 2 miles away - the scooter being something we bought her and feasibly not in the price range of every old lady everywhere.
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Jul 25, 2014 19:16
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They aren't made up. They aren't exclusive to America. Whether the people you talk to are full of poo poo I can't say, but food deserts are a real thing, and while I know this is the stupid/small questions megathread, but that has to be one of the easiest things to google ever, "food desert" even has its own Wikipedia article if you want to find out more. Or search google scholar, you'll find dozens of scholarly articles on the topic: First four articles discuss food deserts in the US, the UK, and Canada.
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Jul 25, 2014 19:16
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stickyfngrdboy posted:No, there are no system sounds enabled at all. Even if so, would it not make the sound every time I closed the browsers? I mean if there's no audio tabs open they both close fine with no sound. Also, if I let it, the sound just goes on and on and on forever, and is not looped. And check your warranty, probably.
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Jul 25, 2014 19:29
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ChairMaster posted:Hey, to what extent are food deserts made up? I'm reasonably sure that like 95% of the people who bring them up are full of poo poo but also I live in an actual proper first world country and it's easy to forget how hosed up America is in general. I've never heard the term of food deserts before, but every time my in-laws from rural Illinois visit me in San Francisco (or previously southern CA), they are blown away with how many food buying options we have within walking distance, most of which is high quality, fresh produce. They complain about having to drive to the nearest town (~30 minutes) for a rinky dink quicky-mart type store, or an hour to a Super Wal-Mart, where they have the luxury of overpaying for week old, brownish lettuce and cannot even get certain types of fruits and vegetables year-round. Having travelled quite a bit across the US, as well as 3-4 other countries, it seems to me more of an urban/sub-urban vs. rural issue and less of a lol America problem. Probably the climate of the rural area is another large factor. Places like California (and my experiences in Italy), which have more balanced temperate climates are easier to maintain quality food year round consistently. Places like the midwest of the US are frozen hellscapes from Nov-Feb and boiling hell on earth from Jun-Aug, so I can sort of understand why they have trouble finding affordable and cheap produce in December.
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Jul 25, 2014 19:29
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Food deserts and food desserts represent the plights of the hungriest and fullest of people.
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Jul 25, 2014 19:30
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Flipperwaldt posted:My gut says hardware problem, but try re-installing audio drivers anyway? Try whatever Microsoft gives you through Windows update or those from the manufacturer (Realtek or something). Yeah I'm thinking hardware problem as well and I've done all the necessary drivers, it's just such a weird problem that I've never encountered before. The thing has a tendency to overheat while gaming or making choons but I don't know how that could make the speakers squeal.
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Jul 25, 2014 19:32
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Crankit posted:Are tennis players limited to one racquet, or could they have one in each hand? PLease ask more questions like this! Here's my question: When exploring when humans are though to have developed speech, (a question which, apropos of absolutely nothing, was not so long ago banned from serious discussion quote:This shortage of empirical evidence has led many scholars to regard the entire topic as unsuitable for serious study. In 1866, the Linguistic Society of Paris banned any existing or future debates on the subject, a prohibition which remained influential across much of the western world until late in the twentieth century and chasing the rabbit hole of linked articles, I come across a number of references to kya and ka in dating. Is 50-60 kya=50-60 ka= 50,000-60,000 years ago 50,000 years BC?
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Jul 25, 2014 19:50
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