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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 disable sleep mode via CMD?
With only the command prompt, is it possible to disable sleep mode when closing the lid of a laptop?
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…
How to change IP address using script on Windows?
I need fixed IP in three wireless networks I log in frequently. It is a pain to set those IP and gateway everytime I change networks. I am willing to write a script to change my IP and gateway between those 3 fixed IPs and a choice to make it get IP automatically (when I´m in another network). A pl…
Windows 7 access denied to executables.. by what?
Ever since I started using Windows 7 this problem has been bothering me. From time to time I see similar questions popping up on misc forums, but never did I see an answer. Here are two scenarios that nearly always reproduce it: The explorer way With explorer, navigate to a directory containing at …
Auto hide Notepad++ console dialog?
I use Notepad++ for development and the NPPExec plugin to execute the code. To execute, I press Ctrl-F6 to Execute the program. This invokes the console dialog to show the output of the compiler. What I find annoying is that there is no way to toggle the console dialog off. There is an option ( Ctr…
Nginx: Serve static files out of a given directory - one level too deep
I'm pretty new to nginx configs. I'm having some difficulty with a pretty basic problem. I'd like to host some static files at /doc (index.html, some images, etc). The files are located in a directory called /sites/mysite/proj/doc/. The problem is, that with the nginx config below, nginx tries to l…
Can't access folders mounted by sshfs after sleep (or when connection lost)
Often, when I mount a filesystem via ssh: and the machine hibernates (closing the Laptop lid) if I wake up the machine I can't access the mounted folder. Furthermore, if I try to in the parent folder, the terminal freeze. The same also happens when the connection is somehow lost. If try to unmount …
Leave xterm open after task is complete
I have an automated test that I run with the command: At the end of the test-run, it prints out a summary of the results and some statistics to stdout. I'd like to have the xterm remain open and visible so I can check the results. (if its inactive, that's fine, so long as I can see it) I know I cou…
How can I prevent sudden audio peaks while gaming?
While playing intense first-person-shooter games often a grenade goes off near my head. The problem, is that I want to maintain my longer hearing while still hear the guy who sneaks up behind me. Is there software I could use to deafen loud blasts and amplify quiet footsteps? Edit: I think I'm look…
How can I change the order of extended displays?
I have a laptop with external monitor, with option: "Extend these displays". I have my laptop on the left, physically. Therefore I would like to drag windows from big monitor to the left. However, in "Multiple display settings" my laptop screen appears on the right side. How can I change the order …
Using TrueCrypt (software encryption) with an SSD
I use full drive encryption (FDE) w/ TrueCrypt on my laptop. I have a 2nd gen I7 with AES instruction support, so honestly I can't even notice a speed change on the system with it on. My question, is for those who know about SSD's a lot. I previously (early 2011) read articles about how software en…
What's a good way to install "build essentials" (all common useful commands) on a blank EC2 Linux server?
I want to get some "build essentials" (like gcc, make, etc.) on an empty micro Linux box. Seems inefficient to spend my time trying to try installing one thing, then realize I need gcc, then realize I need make, then realize I need something else. What's a good way to do this?
show menu bar in Chrome for sites that hide it
Some site open in a new window that does not have menu bar. Is there a way to overwrite this in Chrome? I want to have access to the full menu and the tab.
How can I dismiss the floating "Auto Fill options" button in Excel 2010?
Reproduce the issue Go to Excel and type fill in the first 2 rows of a column Select both rows of the column Drag down the anchor of the selection (bottom right) 1 row down Now you will see this: My Question How can I dismiss this button? I've tried Escape and moving to another cell but no go. Only…
Force style usage in Microsoft Word
Background Develop a consistent, professional-quality corporate template using Microsoft Word. Problem People use their own fonts, change styles, and generally make a mess of standardization. This makes it time consuming to change the appearance of all documents to a specific standard. Question In …
SSD: NTFS vs EXT4
Always when I read about SSD usage under Linux, the advice is to disable journalling in Ext4 (or use Ext2), since it's too bad for your SSD. But in all articles about SSD tweaks for Windows, I never see any mentions that you should disable NTFS journalling, or that you should stick to FAT32. I know…
How do you get Eclipse's built-in diff tool to ignore differences in whitespace?
I'm working on a large codebase that's been touched by many hands. As I work through bugs, I've been converting the source to be more readable which involves a lot of minor changes in indentation depth. Unfortunately this makes all the changes that pertain to a bugfix completely hidden in the mess …
How to make TortoiseHg pull certain branch only?
I have cloned the default branch of a big repository and now I wish to pull from the server using the TortoiseHg client. However, TortoiseHg proposes to pull from all the branches. Is it possible to instruct it to pull from the current branch only? So far I have seen suggestions to: Setup a hook on…