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How reliable is Unison? Did it ever ruin your data?
I am interested in facts, when using unison ( http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ ) ruined your data? I want to find out about its reliability.
How do I automatically synchronize Google Docs with Dropbox?
I would like to be able to edit one of my Google Docs on another computer, save it online (not download it to that computer and upload it to Dropbox), and then be able to go back to my home computer and have the file already synced to my computer. How do I automatically synchronize Google Docs with…
Does Chrome use a different DNS server from Firefox and IE which use the OS default?
Is the common set up for Chrome that it will use a different DNS server, while Firefox and IE will use the OS networking default? My Chrome (including one on virtual PC) will sometimes show "Resolving host" and wait there for 20, 30 seconds, while Firefox and IE won't. (so after 20, 30 seconds with…
Super key to pause, mute mic, and mute speakers in windows
EDIT:Just rephrasing the question: Does anyone know how to mute the mic using autohotkey? Here's why I need it: Whenever someone walks in my office I have to pause the media player. Sometimes, when I'm watching a video, I also have to mute the headphone speakers. And if I'm on a skype call I have t…
Prevent iTunes from starting when iPhone/iPod/iPad is plugged in on Windows
Is there any way to prevent iTunes from starting under XP when an iPhone is plugged in? Using iTunes v 9. Usually I just want to charge my phone and don't want iTunes to start. Note: Exact dup of this question - except this is for v9 on Windows. The answer in the related question doesn't work for m…
How do I disable DVD auto eject in Windows 7?
I just discovered an incredibly annoying "feature" of Windows 7 tonight. If you click on your optical drive in Explorer, and there is no disc in the drive, Windows 7 is kind enough to open the tray for you. I'm finding it hard to contain my rage over this idiotic design decision. WTF? According to …
Why does a SATA hard drive have jumpers?
Back in the days of PATA hard drives, a person used jumpers on the drive to indicate whether the drive was the master or the slave of the channel, or to let the cable select which drive was which. SATA drives are one-per-channel, one-per-cable, etc. What are the jumpers for on SATA hard drives?
How to prevent Mac OS X creating .DS_Store files on non Mac (HFS) Volumes?
Is there a way to prevent Mac OS X creating .DS_Store and other hidden meta-files on foreign volumes like NTFS and FAT? I share an NTFS partition with data like Thunderird & Firefox's profiles and apache's DocumentRoot, between Mac OS X and Windows, which is very handy. I don't mind if Mac OS X is …
How does USB device recognition work?
I'm curious how USB device recognition works in Windows. I imagine it's something like this: When you plug in a device, it tells Windows "here's my device ID to tell you what I am" Windows looks to see if any drivers have been installed that match that device ID. The driver probably tells Windows w…
How to sniff for wireless MAC addresses in area - My laptop got stolen
A few days ago my apartment got broken in, and they took all the electronics, including my $1500 laptop. We are pretty sure it's an inside job (as in someone from the same building), so I believe that the stuff is in someones apartment. Is there any tool that tells you what wireless adapters are ac…
What's the difference between /etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc? Which one should I use?
When should I use each of the two .bashrc files to set my aliases, prompt, etc?
Disable closing Google's Chrome browser after closing last tab
I'm used to this way from firefox, and it is incredebly annoying. Is there a way to disable that behaviour in Chrome as well (when one tab is open, and you click C-w, it will close the browser as well) ?
Powerpoint: animation to build a table, one row at a time
I've got a slide in PowerPoint 2007 containing a table with several rows. I'd like to build this slide one row at a time (so that the audience doesn't see each row until I'm ready to talk about it). I haven't been able to figure out how to do this... whenever I try to create any kind of animation, …
Why can't change the default program to open an extension in Windows 7?
I mistakenly assign Office Outlook to open my .eml files in Windows 7. But, as Outlook do not open such files, I downloaded Live Mail, but now I can not assign it to open this kind of file by default. I've tried running Explorer as Administrator, not to avail.
How to disable media sharing in Windows Media Player 12
I have disabled the service for the player but why is it enabled in the first place and how do I get rid of it? (Do not want to play media sharing at work)
What are "." and ".." in a directory?
Based on the question: How to make using command prompt less painful, what are the and entries in the most voted answer? I see it when I do a command but it isn't visible to the user in the form of a file. In case you dont know what I mean here's an example:
Mount VirtualBox VDI disk
I have a virtual Windows 7 computer using VirtualBox on a Linux host. How can I mount this virtual pc's harddisk (VDI file) in Linux? It's a dynamic file, meaning that it only takes up as much space as is actually used.
Can I transfer a Windows 7 license to another computer?
Possible Duplicate: When reinstalling Windows 7, does the language, version, architecture (64-bit or 32-bit) or source (OEM, retail, or MSDN) matter? I was thinking of buying Windows 7 Ultimate to be installed on an old computer. In due time, I will be giving this old computer away. The question is…
What do the different colours of the SATA ports on my motherboard mean?
I've bought a new hard drive for my system, and my motherboard (an ASUS M2A VM HDMI) appears to have two black and two red SATA ports, with the existing hard drive and DVD drive plugged into the red ones. I'm having a fair bit of difficulty in getting a clear answer from the internet what, if anyth…
Sorting human readable file sizes
How can I sort a list using a human-readable file-size sort, numerical sort that takes size identifier (G,M,K) into account? Can I sort " " output for example? Problem: Consider the problem of listing files/folders and sorting them by their size. You can achieve that by running: This lists the file…