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Is putting the swapfile & temp folder to ramdisk a good idea in Windows 7 64 bit with lots of RAM?
I want my Windows to run as fast as possible. If I have 12GB RAM in Windows 7 64bit, quad core CPU, and all apps fit in memory, will the swap file ever be used for anything? The question is about if it's a good idea to put the swap file in a RAM disk. Would a RAM disk help in any way or will Window…
What happens to running processes when I lose a remote connection to a *nix box?
I occasionally lose my remote SSH connection to my VPS. I use for long-running processes, but am wondering what happens to the processes I had running aside from those run within a session if I lose the connection to the box. When I re-establish a connection to the box, what happened to the bash an…
Is there a media/music player program that has a "biased" shuffle?
I know in iTunes and a few other apps you can get playlists for just "highly rated" songs, but that's not quite what I want. I want to hear the lower-rated stuff, too. If I didn't like the song at some level it wouldn't be in my library in the first place, and so even a one-star song is worth the o…
What font does Google Chrome address bar use?
What font does Google Chrome address bar use? If it matters, here are the specifications of what I am using:
How to read Unix usage
I did some searching, but I cannot find documentation on how Unix usage works. I know something (mostly through trial and error) but, for example, how do I know that means that you can include more than one option? That is, Where is some documentation on what the usage syntax is?
How to keep program running after SSH disconnection?
Possible Duplicates: Keep a program running after closing a console, after the program has started How can I use ssh to run a command on a remote Unix machine and exit before the command completes? Hi! I want to run program from my notebook by SSH-connection to remote server. The problem is I am go…
Excel chart on one column of date/times
I have a list of date/timestamps, and I would like to plot these to a chart in Excel. What I'm looking for is a chart that shows "events per hour" or something similar. Can this be done easily if I just have one column of data (the list of timestamps)? I'm using excel 2007 and looking at two data s…
How do you explain what the BIOS is to non-Super User?
In a particularly nerdy Facebook status update I mentioned that I had flashed my BIOS. One of my friends asked what the BIOS is. My question is: How do you explain what the BIOS is and does to a layperson? (Hint: "The BIOS is the basic input/output system" is not going to be accepted as the answer.…
Command line tool to format C++ code on Ubuntu
Is there any command line tool which can be used to beautify C++ file on Ubuntu? If yes, can you please suggest one?
Is it possible to do a wget dry-run?
I know you can download webpages recursively using , but is it possible to do a dry-run? So that you could sort of do a test-run to see how much would be downloaded if you actually did it? Thinking about pages that have a lot of links to media files like for example images, audio or movie files.
Compiling the Linux kernel, how much size is needed?
I have downloaded the newest most stable Linux kernel, 2.6.33.2. I thought I would test this using VirtualBox. So I create a dynamically sized harddisk of 4 GB. And installed CentOS 5.3 with just the minimum packages. I setup the with just the default settings. After that I ran and got the followin…
"net use /delete" question
I want to delete a network connection. When I type net use I get this: The syntax for deleting a network map is if I want to delete one specific connection, or if I want to delete all connections. How can I delete the connection which, as you can see, is not linked to any logical letter?
How can I verify that my SSD is performing as it should?
I've got a brand new 256GB SSD (Crucial CT256M225) which should have stellar performance. However, on my (also brand new) Dell Studio 1557 with Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, it's only giving a performance index of 5.9. I realise the performance index should be taken with a bit of a pinch of salt, …
Can I setup a software RAID in Windows 7 using Virtual Hard Disks?
Well, the title of my question pretty much sums it up, but let me elaborate. The main idea of what I want to do is as follows: 1) I have two separate hard disks, with nearly equal performance. I use them as "basic" discs (contrast to "windows dynamic disks"), and intend to keep them that way for nu…
Is there a way to determine which service (in svchost.exe) does an outgoing connection?
I'm redoing my firewall configuration with more restrictive policies and I would like to determine the provenance (and/or destination) of some outgoing connections. I have an issue because they come from svchost.exe and go to web content/application delivery providers - or similar: So is it possibl…
How can I change the binding order of network adapters in Windows 7?
The end goal here is that I am trying to install an Oracle 10g server on my Windows 7 x64 dev box. I use DHCP, and the Oracle installer is throwing up this warning: I have installed the loopback adapter, but I am not sure how to make it the primary network adapter. I see this Microsoft KB article o…
How can I determine the sector size on an external hard drive?
Hard drives are transitioning from 512 byte to 4096 byte sector sizes, and it looks like Windows XP won't support these newer drives without additional software (such as WDalign from Western Digital) My question is: how does this affect external hard drives? I'll be buying a 1TB USB external drive,…
How to disable iSight auto adjustments?
The built-in iSight cam on my MacBook machine keeps re-adjusting the lighting (and focus I think). I need to manually set those, but I found nothing of any use in System Preferences or System Profiler. Any way to access the settings? Any magic terminal commands that allows access to the camera Anyo…
Keeping websites from knowing where I live
This questions is related to issues and practicality, not security. I live in Brazil and, apparently, every single website I visit knows about it. Usually that's okay. But there are quite a few sites that don't make use of that information adequately. For instance: Bing keeps thinking that Brazilia…
Does it actually matter whether you have open applications when installing new software?
It seems the norm these days is for installers/setup programs to request that you close all open applications before initiating the install process for a piece of new software. I used to obediently follow these directions without fail, even though it could sometimes be frustrating having to close o…