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How to pipe awk output (with periodic, continuous input) to output file?
I am trying to write a command that pipes the continuous output of a free command (run every second) to an awk command that parses a specific value (available free memory) and outputs this to a file with a timestamp. Here are my current attempts at the command: And alternatively, after a bit of Goo…
Can I use booleans (AND, OR) in Thunderbird's quick filter field?
Is there a way to use in Thunderbird's quick filter bar to use Boolean filters (like AND, OR, NOT)? I would like to be able to (for example) search on emails send by either OR . See below for an example, which obviously doesn't work. Note: I don't want to use the "search all messages" options (wonk…
I am hearing my screen
Today I installed sound card drivers of my motherboard (Asus P6T SE), and now I have started hearing the things that are happening on my screen. When I scroll, or change windows, basically cause a redraw on screen, I hear noises kind of resembles each action. And I am not on drugs. What causes this…
Multiply blending mode to PNG
I have a layer in Photoshop with multiply on, when I however save to web it loses the blending mode. How can I keep multiply or achieve the same effect in another way?
When you do "apt-get install" where are the .deb files stored?
I am trying to copy all of the packages I have installed on one Debian machine to another Debian machine without doing another and downloading all of the package all over again.
When I right click on an icon, why does it take 10 seconds for the menu bar to show?
I have a Windows 7 PC. When I right click on an icon, it takes 10 seconds for the menu bar to show. Here is what eventually appears: Why does it take so long? Or any ideas on a systematic way to troubleshoot?
iconv generating UTF-16 with BOM
Inspired by this question, can I use the command to generate UTF-16 output with a BOM and with specified endianness? The command converts text from one encoding to another. For example: generates a UTF-16 representation of . UTF-16 files often, but not always, start with a Byte Order Mark (BOM), wh…
VmWare: How do I mute the beep sound coming from the guest OS?
Even disabling the host beep service ( ) does not stop the guest OS from beeping on the host when clicking around a messageBox to change focus for example. Even adding headphones does not prevent the beep from happening. How do I mute it ?
How to comment a block of code in Emacs?
In Emacs, how to comment a block of text, i.e. how to indent a block of text rightward by whitespace characters and put a chosen character sequence, say , at the beginning of each line? Original Desired: I need a method that doesn't interfere with CUA mode. doesn't allow me to choose arbitrary char…
10 second delay for .local TLD in Mac OS X Lion
Our company network uses for all the servers on our local network. Whenever I access one of these servers on my Mac, I have a 10 second delay. I have found out that this delay is caused by DNS lookups, because apparently Lion resolves .local domains in the following order: check for IPv6 address ch…
Laptop touchpad response badly when on power supply?
I have HP pavilion 2200 series laptop with AMD processor, 1GB RAM, on board nvidia display card. It suddenly cause following problem: When the adapter is unplugged, the touchpad works correctly and smoothly. But as soon as it is connected, the cursor response badly but when i use external usb mouse…
How to exclude every process in Sysinternal's Process Monitor in the filter except for one process?
How to exclude every process in SysInternal's Process Monitor in the filter except for one process? Some kind of using a wildcard filter.
How can I close tabs to the left in Google Chrome?
Google Chrome has a button to "close tabs to the right" (right click on a tab), but not one for the left. Firstly, why is this? Secondly, how do I add a button to close tabs to the left? I've looked through the Google Chrome Support, and couldn't find anything useful.
Windows won't release lock on drive tray after burning a disc
I have two bluray drives of the same exact model and brand installed in my computer. I occasionally like to use either of them to burn CDs or DVDs using various software (Windows Media Player 12, Zune, ImgBurn, Windows DVD Maker, etc). It will get through the burning process and complete successful…
How can I get a property of an object in powershell without using parentheses?
I often find that I have to surround a command in parentheses and then use the property access operator (dot-syntax) to get the value of a property. This is rather annoying since I have to go back to the beginning of the line when I'd rather just keep typing where I am. It is especially annoying wh…
OSX: assign extension to content kind
Here I have a folder containing a bunch of *.mkv files (video, obviously) and *.srt files (subtitles, obviously). I want to keep them within one folder but I don’t want them to be mixed together. It looks like a good idea to visually arrange them into two separate groups. However, neither extension…
Adding more than 15 digits in Excel
I want to add more than 20 digits in an Excel cell. The current format of the cell is general, it converts the number to an exponential format. I tried with a number format and accounting, but when I enter more than 15 digits it gets converted to 0's. What are the recommended steps for stopping Exc…
Will microwaving a flash drive destroy the data on it?
After reading the answers on Permanently delete files from a flash drive, where the top rated answer was simply to pulverize it with a hammer, I wondered whether a microwave could be used to the same effect. I know microwaves induce currents in metallic objects, which act as antennae (Wikipedia), s…
Re-file outline tree into new org-mode file?
I'm just getting started with org-mode and imagine a workflow whereby I capture new tasks and notes in an org-mode "inbox" file. For tasks that grow into projects, I would imagine refiling them into a new org-mode file which is then added to my agenda. The org-mode manual describes refiling a tree …
OneNote local copy of web notebook?
Does OneNote 2010 maintain a local copy of a web notebook? If so, where? I'd like to ensure my notebooks get backed up