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Windows XP: 4GB to 16GB RAM upgrade
I'm on a 32 bit OS Windows XP Home–will be upgrading to a 64 bit XP Pro–and I'm upgrading my RAM to 16GB. Should I see a difference? I typically compress a ton of files at one time. The 32 bit @ 4GB RAM is really 3.25GB RAM and when I'm compressing 20 files–which takes all 3GB–the system is almost …
Where does flash player save permanent files to, like game saves, or configurations?
I'd like to grab a copy of a save file I have for a flash game (to be fair, there's at least 20 hours of gaming in that save). I assume that different browsers and different operating systems do their own thing, but to know how different browser/OS combos do things would be useful extra information…
How to type smiley face ASCII☺?
How to type smiley face ASCII ☺ ? P.S I copy pasted ☺ from a site. ☺
How to make a redundant desktop system with daily snapshots? (Is btrfs ready for use?)
I want to configure a desktop system in which the home filesystem would be redundant (e.g. RAID-1), and would have weekly snapshots taken. I've already done this with ZFS, the snapshot system is wonderful, and with send/recv you can easily create backups on external media. Unfortunately, at that po…
32 bit or 64 bit OS on a 512 mb VPS?
I am planning to rent a VPS service with following basic specification: 512mb of RAM 1 CPU 20gb HDD (4gb of it is swap) Ubuntu 10.10 server I am able to choose between a 32 bit or 64 bit install of Ubuntu server as the operating system. My question is would it be better to chose a 32 bit operating …
How do I mount a .iso or .dmg image as a CD on a Mac so that it's recognised as a CD and not just a volume?
I have a knackered super-drive, and need to install software from a CD. However I do have backup images (as .dmg's) of all my install disks. Usually it all works fine, but with two particular installs it tells me to insert the CD into the drive. Is there anyway to fool the system into mounting the …
How to insert a date into an Excel spreadsheet?
I want to insert date and time into a cell of an Excel spreadsheet. and don't fit my needs. These functions insert dynamic date. But I want static: if I insert the date it won't change with time.
Fastest JPEG thumbnail generator for Linux
I'm looking for the fastest command-line image converter for Linux which can read a JPEG image, scale it down to at most 1366x768, and write a quality 50 JPEG image. Something like this, but much faster than ImageMagick: I've also tried this: So I'd like to have a program, preferably written in C, …
Why do I get "command not found" when the binary file exists?
Here's my problem. I have just compiled a linux build of in my VirtualBox VM. When I run it, I get: I did some research, and found it could permissions, missing libraries or different architecture. So I checked those: : : What's the problem here?
How many virtual processors or cores should I assign to my Guest OS?
I've just received an upgraded Host machine, and am looking to push some of those advances to my workstations Guest OS(s). In particular, I used to have a single processor, with 2 cores, so my Guest OS only had 1/1. Now, I've got a single processor with 8 cores, so I'm curious about what would be r…
How to disable file download popup in Internet Explorer?
I was able to disable popup in all popular browsers except Internet Explorer. This is the popup: I thought this would do it, but I still get the popup: Internet Explorer -> menu Tools -> Internet Options -> Security -> select zone (example: Internet) -> Security levels for this zone -> Custom level…
Making line charts so the line goes through all data points
I've got data based on over 50+ years for various products. Not all products have data for each year, so the line is not always shown from point to point - Excel bug or is there a work around? I've created a line and X-Y scatter charts to show the movement (quantity sold) of these products over the…
Vim completion - always suppress the newline after I select a suggestion with the Enter key
Sometimes, after I select a suggestion (from the completion pop-up that appears when pressing Ctrl-N) using the Enter key, Vim will insert a newline and the cursor will be moved to the following line. This doesn't always happen - it seems that Vim tries to be smart about it and will only move me to…
Windows UAC vs. Linux sudo
Is it correct to say that Windows UAC is conceptually the same as Linux sudo? Can you point out the differences between the two?
How to move bullet closer to text in Powerpoint
How can I move the bullet closer to the text in Powerpoint 2007? I want the gap to be half of what it is by default.
Are there any benchmarks showing difference between hardware virtualisation enabled/disabled?
I have a 13" sub-laptop/large-netbook, it has an AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335, and I chose this one because it supports hardware virtualisation. In the end, I hardly do any virtualisation on it, however, when I do... it is fast. To my shock, I went in to the BIOS and saw that virtualisation was disabled!…
How to monitor GPU load on Windows 7?
Possible Duplicate: How can I monitor video memory usage? Performance monitor can bring CPU, Mem, HD and Network usage. Where is the GPU load monitor?
Why does 'ping' returns 'request timed out' for some hosts?
For some hosts, it resolves their IP but why does it fails with request time out? I have also tried to increase the ping response time but still the same result.
How to display the line number in Vim?
I'm using the Vim text editor on a Windows-based machine. How can I show the line numbers? Provided that I'm not using it in the console?
Messed up keys in vim when running inside tmux
I have been playing with tmux and I'm loving it. However, there's an annoying issue when running vim inside it. Somehow the arrow keys get remapped, but only on certain times, like when firing up Command-T, if I try to scroll down the file list, the command is cancelled and I'm thrown into insert m…