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How to make Google Chrome honor my Windows DPI setting?
Google Chrome doesn't seem to respect my DPI setting in Windows. I run at 150 DPI, but Chrome ignores that, meaning that images and text are teeeeeeny tiny. I hit: Ctrl + + Ctrl + + to zoom in. Unfortunately every new tab, or new window, defaults to the 100% teeny tiny zoom level. Update: It's also…
Does installing larger RAM means consuming more energy?
Since every bit of a dynamic memory module needs to be refreshed to keep it's data, does that mean that if I install a module with more capacity than the current one on my laptop, more energy will be consumed? And how big will the difference in energy consumption be?
How to change a symlink in OS X?
How do I change where a symlink points to, without deleting and creating a new one (with )? When I tried doing that to Java's "Current" symlink, Java wouldn't even work (from the command line, at least, said 'Segmentation Fault') but it was back to normal when I restored the old "Current" symlink w…
Can my ISP monitor me?
I'm an atheist visiting a islamic republic where the punishmnent for apostacy may be high. Is it possible for an ISP to see the websites I might browse or what kind of blasphemous conversations I might have with others over MSN/Yahoo, etc. (which may be related to the forementioned activities). Is …
Do disabled Firefox extensions make Firefox slower?
Do disabled Firefox extensions make Firefox slower? I know that extensions make browsing slower, but what about extensions that are disabled and not in use?
How can I edit Unicode text in Notepad++?
Sometimes I edit English text that includes Unicode characters. For some reason, on my PC, Notepad++ converts Unicode characters to ???'s thereby corrupting the text and losing all that data. I'm looking for a way to edit such text, while preserving Unicode characters. I'm using Consolas as my Font…
crontab to wake osx from sleep
I have a crontab which will launch a certain program early in the morning (after I have gone to sleep) and close it again later in the morning (before I wake up). But my iMac will not execute the crontab script while it is asleep. I see there is some preferences to wake the machine up and make it s…
Querying a CSV file
Does anyone know of a simple tool that will open up a CSV file and let you do basic, SQLesque queries on it? Like a graphical tool of sorts, one that is easy to use. I know I could write a small script to do an import of the CSV into a SQLite database, but since I imagine someone else thought of th…
Booting Linux off USB pendrives
Booting a Linux system off USB pendrives is one of my favorite things. On a laptop we have the following advantages, The hard disk drive can be shutdown and that reduces power consumption (hdparm) The system heats less and the fans are triggered less frequently The system can take more shocks (a bu…
How To Remove A Broken Program From the Programs and Features List In Windows 7?
On a Windows 7 64-bit desktop, there is a program on the Programs and Features list (Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features) that refused to uninstall. The error obtained is: I suspect filer were deleted or corrupted. The big problem is that the program refused to install itsel…
Viewing table of contents in Word while editing
I am editing a long Word document and would like to keep the table of contents in view so that I can stay oriented as I work on the main part of the document. Is there a way to do this, perhaps with a vertical split view with the table of contents on the left and the main text on right?
Making the active window in vim more obvious
My workspace is normally one very big xterm with vim, split into six or more buffers. It would be really helpful if it were more obvious which one was the active buffer. Right now I'm using the presence of line numbers for this: but this means that when I change buffers my code jumps left or right,…
Does RAID1 increase performance with Linux mdadm?
I have a cheap 2-bay NAS with a 2TB HDD. To be robust against disk failure, I'm thinking of buying a second 2TB HDD and putting it in RAID1 with Linux mdadm. The file system is ext4. Will this increase or decrease the performance of the NAS? What about just read or write performance? There seem to …
CPU-Z says my PC3-10600 1333MHz RAM is actually PC3-10700 667MHz. Do I have 1333 or 667 MHz RAM?
CPU-Z says this: I am supposed to have PC3-10600 1333MHz. What am I not understanding? Or, is my RAM only half of what the label and seller claims it to be?
Can I set up a RAID 5 with a bunch of drives of different sizes?
I currently have 3 1TB drives, a couple 500GB ones and some 750GB ones. Can I put them all in a RAID 5 configuration or do they need to be of same size?
ECC registered vs ECC unbuffered
I would like to build a storage server (based on GNU/Linux or FreeBSD) which will be on all the time. To prevent data corruption (which is unlikely to happen as I never had such a problem, but better be safe than sorry) I would like to use ECC RAM. Although not as good as EDD (?) (which is way more…
Login with SSH user that has no password set
I have a user without a password set (i.e. ). I would not like to use public keys on this setup. Is there a way to SSH login to such a user?
Virtual Machine (VirtualBox) -- How to access files from the hosting machine?
I have a PC with Windows 7 Ultimate (A) running on it. From within that OS I have VirtualBox running another Windows 7 instance (B). Is there any way for the Windows 7 (B) to access files from Windows 7 (A)? Ideally I'd like to be able to access them without having to copy them into the VM instance…
How are \n and \r handled differently on Linux and Windows?
I think moves the needle down, and moves the needle to the beginning of a line (left align)? I'm not sure, though. So, if I'm wrong please correct me.... Anyway, I was told that Windows and Linux handle and differently. I would like to know how they handle them differently and some places where it'…
Combine tail -f with grep?
Hi I wanna keep looking at a log file, but I also don't wanna see irrelevant stuff, I'm only interested in anything with "foobar" in it. So if I was tailing the file I would do Now that I'm adding the -f option, is there a way to somehow only show the stuff that I want? using grep or other techniqu…