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How Unix'y is Mac OS X?
From my limited knowledge: The Unix OS coder assumes the user knows what they're doing, etc. versus the Apple's you can only do it the way you are allowed to do it, etc. Compared to other variations of Unix, what are Mac OS X's limitations, but also does it improve the user experience? To try and c…
Windows program to remove titlebar, frame, etc from a window?
I like playing computer games in windowed mode, as opposed to full screen. I don't like staring at the title bar, frame, and other UI junk. I also don't like seeing other stuff on my desktop around the window. Is there a simple Windows program that will strip the UI chrome off of an arbitrary windo…
Apple Mail doesn't apply rules unless I choose "Apply Rules" manually
I'm using Apple Mail with IMAP account. I have several filtering rules defined. The problem is that Mail doesn't apply them automatically to incoming email. Even spam isn't filtered automatically. For all incoming email, every time, I have to select e-mails and select "Apply Rules", and then rules …
How do you disable a secondary display on a Mac?
I have a plasma TV attached to my Mac Pro. I use it maybe once a week, to watch movies. Rest of the time it just stays connected to my Mac. The problem is that Spaces in bird eye’s view always displays a box for the plasma, which makes my main display’s box too small. Is there a way to disable the …
Best way to *confidently* search files and contents in Windows without using an indexing service?
Back in Windows XP I knew that doing a file search and checking "Search file contents" (or whatever it was) I would get my results if I waited patiently. In Vista, I felt I had absolutely no confidence that what I had typed had been thoroughly searched for, even with all the "Search non-indexed loc…
Enable system beep in Ubuntu
I have tried to get the system beep working, but with no success. I used and the application. I have tried entering at the command line, and made sure pcspkr is not listed on the modprobe blacklist. I also enabled from the Gnome Desktop: System → Sound → System Beep → Enable audible beep, from a Te…
Make Vim display a line at the edge of the set textwidth
Most of the text editors and IDEs that I use these days have a feature where they can display a line at a certain character length in the text buffer. It's useful when you want to keep lines in a file under a certain length. Is there any way to get Vim to do this, preferably using the already defin…
Why does my Mac go "whoosh" sporadically during the day?
Occasionally my MacBook Pro makes the "whoosh" sound. It is the same one you you hear when dragging an icon off the dock and it goes "poof". I never notice anything different. What is it doing?
Can the output of one command be piped to two other commands?
How can I pipe the output of one command to the input of two other commands simultaneously?
How can I keep folders synchronized between several machines over my home network?
Like many people I take quite a few photos, and also like quite a few people I don't back up as frequently as I should. What I'd like to be able to do is automatically synchronize my "to be backed up" folder to some of the other machines that live on my home network. I need something that: Doesn't …
Palindrome passwords disallowed—why?
I tried to change a Linux password to "sitonapotatopanotis" and got this error: Why does this rule exist?
Where is the POST tab in Chrome Developer Tools Network?
I’ve recently started using Chrome for development because I’m sick of Firefox’s huge memory footprint. Everything’s going remarkably well, but I just tried to view some posted data in Developer Tools, but I can’t seem to find it. I’m confused; I’m sure this used to exist in a tab, in the Network p…
Disable prompt to convert videos copied to media device
I have a Samsung Galaxy S II, which when connected to my Windows 7 computer acts as a "Portable Media Player" Whenever I try to copy a video onto the device, it prompts if I want to convert it, like so: This gets quite annoying in the long run, so I'd like to disable it. Is there a way to disable t…
make tail wait for a file to exist
would fail immediately when somefile.log does not exist. How do I make tail indefinitely wait for that file to be created (which will happen in a few moments)? Update: using , I see: because does't exist yet (it will be created in a few moments). when was created, and was touched, tail didn't pick …
Delete registry key or value via a CMD script?
How do I edit an already-in-production script file, in order to have the script delete a certain registry key in the Windows registry? Firstly, is this even possible, and secondly (if that's not possible), could I create a file and execute that file from with the file? From within the script, it is…
Changing the size of the audio volume increment of the "volume up" / "volume down" keys
Same as this question but for Windows: How can I adjust by how much the sound volume changes every time I press the volume change keys? I'm on a Windows 7 laptop. It has "volume up" and "volume down" keys on the keyboard. Pressing them changes the volume by a tiny amount. Is there a setting or regi…
How do you make a symbolic link with a relative path using mklink?
This web page implies that it is possible to make symbolic links with relative paths using . I have tried all sorts of ways to make relative symbolic links, but I always end up with an absolute path. How is it done?
Is my hard drive failing?
I'm beginning to worry about my ~3yr old WD Green drive. In the last few days i've noticed that my media player is acting weird, it won't move to the next track after a song has finished and also won't play new songs when I double click. So, I downloaded the "smartmontools" package and used "sudo s…
How to awake Emacs GUI after pressing Ctrl+z
I'm using Emacs GUI in Gnome. After pressing Ctrl+z, the Emacs window is minimized. However, if I bring the window to the front, it doesn't respond to any key press or mouse event. I searched the web and only found how to bring it back from the command line. How do I reactivate Emacs when using it …
Why do HDDs mostly have the same speed as 5400, 7200, 10000 RPM?
Why do hard disk drives mostly have the same speed? They are mostly 5400, 7200, 10000 RPM. Why not 6000 or 8000? Is there any reason or benefit for having those speeds?