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Destroy a hard drive without proper equipment
I need to make two hard drives unreadable. Unfortunately, I have some constraints which make this harder than usual (in particular, they rule out the answers to other questions): I don’t have a computer to mount the drives and erase them (weird, right?) I don’t have a strong magnet I don’t have the…
What is the keyboard shortcut for Keep Text Only in Outlook?
When I paste text into an email in Outlook, the following prompt hovers near the text: Based on the hint, instead of clicking on the button with the mouse, it looks like I should be able to press Ctrl+T. But if I do that, it indents the paragraph. So what key combination will keep the text only?
How do I create a folder name that starts with a dot in Windows 7?
I'm on a Windows 7 machine and need to create a new folder whose name starts with a dot. To be specific, I need to create the folder "C:\USERS\theusername\.ec2" because that is the default location that the AWS plugin for Eclipse likes to find certain configuration files. Windows 7 gives me an erro…
What is the general consensus on "Useless use of cat"?
When I pipe multiple unix commands such as grep, sed, tr etc. I tend to specify the input file that is being processed using cat. So something like . But recently after a couple of comments left on my answers indicating that this was a useless use of cat, I thought I would ask the question here. I …
How do I unset a specific vim command?
I tried to unset the above command this way: But only get: What's the right way to do this?
Why is SSH key authentication better than password authentication?
This isn't so much a technical question as it is conceptual. I understand the cryptography used in an SSH key is far stronger than a regular password, but I don't understand why it is considered more secure. Most tutorials I read suggest using SSH key authentication rather than password authenticat…
How to check if a Socks5 proxy works
Is there an easy way, preferably by using the Linux terminal, to check if a Socks5 proxy works?
When is a Windows User's Temp directory cleaned out?
When does Windows clear this directory? The only time it seems to is when running disk cleanup tool one is given the option..
Cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later
With several commands in Linux, I get the error: Does anybody know how to solve it? Also I don't get in my /etc/shadow directory.
Mouse wheel scrolls the page down then up, or up then down
On my Windows 7 system, and in all programs, when I scroll down with my mouse, it will scroll partway down then then scroll partway up. It is totally erratic and is driving me crazy. I do have a wireless keyboard/mouse, but I do not use the mouse, as it does not work: I have replaced it with a "wir…
How to take a screenshot of a window larger than the screen
I want to take a screen shot of a window that's larger than the screen size. If I zoom out of the window and I take the screenshot, I lose quality since zooming into the image will not work. A large monitor would help me with this but I don't have one. I'm using Jing, but it only allows me to take …
How to disable permission to read 'System Fonts' and 'Browser Plugin Details' in Chrome and Firefox
Going to http://panopticlick.eff.org/ I can see that that Firefox and Chrome expose more about 'System Fonts' and 'Browser Plugin Details' than I prefer. How can the permission of a web page to access these settings be disabled in Firefox and Chrome?
What scripting languages are useful in Windows?
What scripting languages are useful for Windows automation?
How to make Google Chrome search using google.com rather than google.com.hk?
I don't know how Google determines my location; it automatically switches to use . Both and are inaccessible to me in China, so I want to ensure I always use as the default search site. I've set the Google language to English, but it doesn't seem to work. I've also added a custom search rule in Chr…
How to delete the git reference `refs/original/refs/heads/master`?
What's this in the yellow round box? I've tried , but none succeeded. So how to delete it?
How to set file permissions so that new files inherit same permissions?
I have a folder in which new subfolders and files will be created automatically, by a script. I want to maintain the user and group permissions recursively for all new folders and files placed in the parent directory. I know this involves setting a sticky bit, but I can't seem to find a command tha…
Save window locations of applications
I am trying to find a way to have a button or key combination that, when pushed, would rearrange all the windows on the desktop to a pre-determined state. There are five programs that need to be arranged to fit in a certain way. I first thought of AutoHotkey, but honestly I have no idea how to appr…
How can I record macros for Autohotkey?
I used a macro recorder for AutoHotkey in the past, but now I can't seem to find it at all. How can I record macros for Autohotkey?
How do I enter a URL in Chrome's full-screen mode?
It would be really convenient to be able to quickly run a search or check my e-mail without having to escape full-screen mode. Is this possible in Chrome? Is there a key shortcut that would allow me to access the URL bar?
linux terminal undo rm 'somefile'
Possible Duplicate: undo Linux's rm? is it possible to undo a command in linux? and if so, how does one do that?