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rsync complaining about `missing trailing-"` in a Bash script
Trying to rsync files from one server to the other in a screen session. Instead of writing the long command every single time, I decided to put in a Bash script. However, when I run it, I get a error. Wondering what is going wrong in the script. The script echoes what it will do first and then exec…
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 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…
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 are character encodings related to fonts?
I mean, does a font have to support every character encoding? Or does a character encoding have to support every font? What do Unicode fonts mean? are they fonts that support only Unicode, and they dont support, say, windows-1252?
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…
VirtualBox - XP guest does not see multiple cores/multiple processors
Environment: Host OS: Win7 Pro 64bit Guest OS: WinXP 32bit VirtualBox version: 4.1.4r74291 Processor: Intel Core i7 2630QM with virtualization enabled The Problem: I need the guest system to use multiple cores. I have enabled the following options in VirtualBox: IO APIC (motherboard tab) PAE/NX (pr…
What mode do modern 64-bit Intel chip PCs run the boot sector in?
I know with older machines like 286s, the first 512 bytes loaded from the first sector of the boot drive to 0000:7C00 in memory were run in 16-bit real mode, but what about modern 64-bit architectures? Edit: I guess this is a wrong question upon thinking about it. The writer of the boot loader is t…
How to check Ubuntu crash log in last session?
My headless Ubuntu (11.10) crashed. When I plug in keyboard and monitor, I see an non-interactive cursor (no blink) on a black screen. SSh, telnet don't work from other machines. Ping works. I have restarted the machine. How could I check the log files of the last session, so I can know more about …
Why G Does Not Light Up In Network Cable Tester?
I have bought a network cable tester and in the manual it said that all lights from 1-8-G should light up in sequence. However I get only 8 without G, although the cable is in working condition. Here is a picture of the manual: Here is a video The product's model is NS-468. If you have the same pro…
How to copy layers and groups between open files in Photoshop?
To copy layers/groups of layer between open files in Photoshop, this is what I do: drag one open file tab so it become a small window, then I can drag drop my layer between the documents. I haven't been able to drag layers to tabs directly. This is cumbersome. Is there a faster way?
What are ports and protocols really?
I hear people talk about ports and protocols (in relation to computer networking), and they often provide analogies for them (for example: "a port is much like a shipping port, it sends and receives data like a shipping port sends and receives goods from other ports") and things like that. I unders…
F8 not showing "Advanced Boot Options" on a Windows 7 PC
Background I'm working on dis-infecting a Windows 7 PC where the user opened a ZIP email attachment. All the symptoms exactly match this description of the "Data Recovery" scareware, including these messages: Windows detected a hard disk problem A potential disk failure may coss loss of files, appl…
Where are the "inner workings" of Exposé in OSX?
I need to alter the action of "App Exposé" in Lion so that it behaves like the old Exposé in Snow Leopard that showed all apps at once. Does anyone know where I would find the files that control these actions? I assumed the Dock since the Exposé app in SL appears to be a shortcut, but I don't have …
How do I edit a PDF in Acrobat if it rather than LiveCycle
I want to edit the the fields of a PDF in Acrobat using which I know how to use. Unfortunately, a new form I want to edit seems to have been made in LiveCycle designer and so keeps trying to open it in LiveCycle. Is there a way to change this behavior and make that form editable in Acrobat Pro?
How can I view old status messages in Vim?
I have this feeling that if I knew the correct terminology here, I wouldn't need to ask this question and Google would suffice. Alas. Using http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2423, when I run the ':Gist' command, the plugin prints the link to the gist at the bottom of the terminal wind…
How can I revert back to the old Start menu in Windows 8 Preview?
I don't like the new Metro UI. Is there any way to get rid of the new Metro UI in Windows 8 Preview and go back to the old Aero UI with its' Start Menu?
Firefox extension to organise tab groups
In Firefox, I often have 80 or more tabs open in 25 or more tab groups. My tabs are nicely organised in the tab bar, but my tab groups are all over the place. I try to keep the organised, the same size, in rows and columns alphabetically but it takes up so much time... Does anyone know of an extens…
How do I get rid of a blank page after a table in Word?
After my table in Word (2010, but I think this happens with all versions of Word), it puts a new line which seems to be irremovable. My table lasts just long enough to fill a page, and this new line is forcing a new blank page. How can I prevent this? I don't want to bump out the margins on the pag…
Problem playing games using OpenVPN that use broadcast packets. Other games work, hosts can ping each other
I'm running an OpenVPN server in bridged mode and clients can successfully connect, see shared folder and play LAN games that let you enter the LAN IP address. However I'm unable to play games like Sacred Underworld I believe because it sends out broadcast packets. The game doesn't even show up in …