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Is there a way I can choose what individual files to download within a .torrent?
Is there a way to get the list of files under the files tab without the download starting? Sometimes I am after a single file within a torrent, however, to see the list, I need to start downloading. I then select the only file I want to download, but the other files which started to download and we…
How do I connect Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 with an Ethernet cable?
I'm looking for a way to directly connect my Windows 7 laptop and my headless Ubuntu 10.04 server. (Desktop edition is installed, for my own reasons.) I have a regular Ethernet cable. My problem is that I keep trying to use Windows Backup to a shared folder on Ubuntu, but the wifi connection keeps …
How do I mount a sparse disk image permanently?
On Mac OS X 10.6.7, when I mount a sparse disk image (either by double-clicking it or using from the command line), the image: Appears on my desktop Needs to be re-mounted every time I log in I'd like to set up the equivalent of an which will mount the image when the system boots, and make it perma…
How to remove the meta data of all files within a folder and it's sub folders?
When a right click a file and hit details, it shows me Date created, date modified, owner, and computer. I have a folder that I want to send to someone. Basically I want to remove the Date created, date modified, owner, and computer info (and other meta info) for all the files within that folder an…
How do I use a Private Sub in Excel?
I'm want to use the functions provided here. Usually a put VBA code in the Visual Basic Editor, I then close the editor and I run the code using "Run this Macro" on the Developer tab. But in this case, the function doesn't appear. Where do I need to put this code to run it?
"No more PTYs" when trying to start screen
When I try to start 'screen' or 'byobu', I get the following error message: I seem to have enough though: Some more info: If you need any more info please comment. This is on a low-end VPS, but it used to work just fine, until it stopped working. Everything else seems to be fine though.
What determines endianness?
I was wondering if endianness only depends on CPU? Does it depends on other hardware, such as memory, secondary storage device? Does it depends on OS? Why in Wikipedia, does it seem to be true?
IPP Printing from Windows 7 Ultimate
I have network IPP working on Ubuntu and Windows XP. On my Windows 7 instance, it refuses to acknowledge the remote server connection. Can anyone suggest how to configure this correctly? My install steps are: Add Printer Add a Local Printer Create a New Port and "Standard TCP/IP Port" Enter hostnam…
Is ext4 more expensive than ntfs?
I have just converted an NTFS partition to ext4, however the total space seems reduced from 421G to 415G. Where did the 6G go? And, the reserved space is grown to 199M in ext4, much larger compared to 78M in NTFS, why? The partition is mainly used for movies/musics, so most files are very large (>1…
How can I limit the number of IMAP emails Outlook 2010 syncs?
I'm helping a user with Outlook 2010. They have a large mailbox that they want to sync over IMAP, but we want to not sync the whole thing in order to keep Outlook performing well. A lot of email clients (especially those on smartphones) allow you to say "Only sync the past .... days" where you can …
How do I automatically split an audio file where a tone occurs?
I have an audio recording in which 1 kHz tones divide its segments. There are so many segments that it would take a while to use Audacity to manually split the file. Is there an automatic plug-in or program to do this?
Will jh3df6724@k2378jdfw.com bypass spam filters?
I'm very paranoid. Don't ask why because that's besides the point here. I want to create a domain with some random name, such as 723jr2d.com And then, when anyone asks for my email address, I want to generate a new random email forwarder for that person to use, such as kl2893dk@723jr2d.com I think …
How to get a perfect local copy of a web page?
No matter what browser I've tried (even Chrome), when saving a web page as local files, it's never quite exact. Lots of JavaScript & such seems to trip it up. I'm looking for some way to get a 100% perfect local copy of a web page. In other words, all CSS/images/JavaScripts should pull down as well…
How do I copy a large number of emails to an IMAP folder in Thunderbird?
I am migrating all my email to a new server. I have about 10 accounts in 10 different folders in Mozilla Thunderbird. I have been using pop3 in the past, but on the new server I want to use imap. I have created all the imap accounts on the new server and I want to copy over all the emails on their …
KVM image failed to start with virsh, permission denied
My host OS is Ubuntu Server 11.04 (natty) After following the instructions detailed by Ubuntu's help, I created one KVM image using The image file was created as The I can list it with virsh by sudo virsh -c qemu:///system "list --all" Buth when I call The error was thrown up: The user "myuser" had…
Is there a command line utility equivalent to wmctrl on Windows
I'm trying to write a remote window manager so that I can control my open windows via bluetooth using anyremote. There's wmctrl for Linux that manages windows from the command line. Is there similar tool in Microsoft Windows? I.e. A command line based window manager for Microsoft Windows. If there …
What is a "pipe" and how can it be "broken"?
I've gotten the "broken pipe" error from Xcode one time too many. I'm now curious to know exactly what a pipe is. What is the concept of a "pipe" and how can it be "broken"?
Robocopy unilog output is gibberish
I tried to get robocopy in Windows 7 to generate a Unicode log, since I have files with Unicode characters. The command I used: File the copy works and the onscreen output is correct, the log file itself just contains gibberish. This is regardless of whether I use the Command Prompt or the Powershe…
LAN speed differences between Cat5e and Cat6/6e cables?
From what I heard, cat5e ethernet cables are fully capable of supporting gigabit ethernet at full speed. However, I have also heard that gigabit speeds are not fully unlocked until you use cat6 or cat6e cables. Can someone explain that the differences are between these specifications, and under wha…
Linux bash shell copy previous lines (not history) with keyboard
Is it possible to use the keyboard in order to select some text in the terminal windows that is not in the currently edited line? (for example, in order to copy part of previous command output).