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eliminate MacBook CapsLock delay
On my MacPro there is one issue (and guys from Apple think this is feature...) that annoys me very much: there is a time delay between CapsLock switching. I used to do that fast. If I go to preferences and reassign caps lock to any other button and then back it works OK then, so it is not a hardwar…
How to create a footer with a chapter name and page number?
I'd like a footer that has not only page number, but also the chapter title (heading 1) depending on what chapter the page is in. How do I add the chapter info to the footer?
What's the maximum actual bit rate of an 802.11g connection?
Using a wired connection, I get a 38 Mbit/s download speed. When I switch to wireless one (Linksys WRT54GL router with Tomato firmware), the speed drops to 23 Mbit/s even if the distance between the router and the computer is 2 or 3 meters. Is that a maximum effective bit rate I can expect from an …
Make the table listing show entire fields
I'd like to know if a way exists to make PHPMyAdmin show entire fields in the table browsing tab. Right now I have a TEXT field and I can never read the entries in their entirety. How can I do that?
Find an unknown static IP + subnet mask of device?
I have a device set with a static IP and subnet mask. I do not know the IP or subnet mask. How can I find the devices IP and subnet mask? It is a piece of hardware, not a PC. It will not take an IP from DHCP. I have also tried directly plugging in a LAN cable from my PC to the device with Wireshark…
Is it possible to SCP from a remote to local whilst logged into the remote and without knowing the local's IP address?
I regularly find myself wanting to copy a file from remote terminal session to my local machine. Usually I log out of the remote session and call an scp transfer from local to copy the file from remote to local. But this feels a little long winded. I would like to transfer the file whilst logged in…
How much speedup does a hyper thread give? (in theory)
I'm wondering what the theoretical speedup is from hyper threaded CPUs. Assuming 100% parallelization, and 0 communication - two CPUs would give a speedup of 2. What about hyper threaded CPU?
How to get Windows Command prompt to display time?
I would like my command prompt (not powershell, just command prompt) to show the time, something like this: Is there a way to do this? Basically, I leave things running from the prompt, and it would be nice to see what time I executed various commands.
What are the differences between 2.5" and 3.5" hard disks?
What does the 2.5"/3.5" value indicate? The thickness? I want one of my friends to buy 1TB hard disk for me. I know I want a 1TB capacity and 7200rpm, but don't know how to choose between 2.5" and 3.5"; I am worried that the 3.5" drive may be physically too big. Also, aside from the measurements, a…
Make bash's tab-completion case-insensitive
Possible Duplicate: Case insensitive tab completion in Bash Is there any way to make the tab-completion in bash case-insensitive? For instance, if I have a file called and try to tab-complete it by typing followed by Tab it will not work. I would have to tab-complete it by typing (note the capital …
Almost half of disk space unaccounted for on Windows 7 computer
I'm trying to determine what's eating almost half of disk on my Windows 7 Lenovo laptop but haven't been able to determine what. I read some of the answers on this site but none of the causes seems to be the cause of my problem. What I've done so far: Checked Windows' System Restore points but only…
How to trim/cut clips with VLC
I am running VLC 1.1.5 64-bit on Mac OS X 10.6.6. On the web I found instructions saying I should click on Video->Advanced Controls in the menu bar to reveal options that let me trim and cut video clips. However, there is no such option in my copy of VLC. What I want to do is cut a ~2 minute portio…
How to extract a tar file (.tgz) in windows?
How to extract a tar file (.tgz) in windows? Is this possible, or do I have to get into a linux environment and extract it?
How can I split a PDF's pages down the middle?
Does anyone know of a good way to split a pdf's pages down the middle into two new pages? To be clear, I'm not trying to split out already existing pages from a pdf; I am trying to create two new pages from an existing single page.
Setting mouse sensitivity per device in Windows 7?
Is there any way (built-in or 3rd party application) to set per-device mouse sensitivity settings in Windows 7? Two mice behave differently and constantly need to switch sensitivities when switching between which mouse is in use.
Can VLC remember movie position?
Sometimes you kill a movie player before the movie ends, and when you reopen the movie on a later stage, instead of starting from the beginning, you want things to continue from where you left. Can VLC do the same?
Browser with its own hosts file?
I have a number of staging and test servers that I need to constantly modify my hosts file to access (they depend on the domain name, so I have to change the hosts file to get them to work). I find this annoying. I'd like to setup a portable browser of some kind for each kind of site I want to work…
How to run a VirtualBox VM from command line?
I want to know how to start a VirtualBox Virtual Machine (VM) from the command line (using Windows 7) as well as shut it down with the operating system. What is an easy way to achieve this?
Where is the wallpaper folder in Windows 7?
Where is the wallpaper folder in Windows 7?
Photoshop How to save selection to PNG
I have a largish PSD file with a couple of hundred layers, that I would like to extract selected areas from into PNG files. Areas can consist of a couple of layers. Being new to Photoshop, I have been using the following workaround. Duplicate needed layers into a new scratch PSD file of same size, …