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bash: source from URL
In addition to my own computer, I sometimes use an Ubuntu cluster at my school. Rather than manually keep my .bashrc's in sync, I would like to make the school cluster's .bashrc source my personal .bashrc from DropBox via a URL. However, when I naively try , I just get an error: . How can I can get…
How do I log all UNIX shell commands submitted by all users?
Is there an elegant way to log every command submitted in all shells on a machine? This is in the context of an infrequently-used Ubuntu server, of which I am the only human user. (There are several user accounts used by automated systems.) I would like this to be unobtrusive and low-overhead, so I…
How can I stop $RECYCLE.BIN from being created (or hide it) on network drives/folders?
I have a Windows 7 desktop which has 3 drive mappings to CIFS shares on a FreeBSD home server. There are also special folders (Desktop, etc) stored on the CIFS shares. Each of these (including the special folders for some reason) has its own Recycle Bin settings, which I've configured such that the…
Turn Windows 7 desktop into grayscale
Is there a universal way to turn Windows 7 Aero desktop, all windows, etc into grayscale? I had an option to do this in Intel video drivers on my old laptop, now I have NVIDIA and don't know how to replicate this effect. There might be a shader or filter that would cause Aero to render stuff into g…
Open link in the same tab for Firefox
Is it possible to enforce opening a link in the same tab with Firefox? There are some cases where I don't want an extra tab to be opened.
Whats a tag based file organizer?
I'm finishing professional school and over the years have acquired a pile of notes and articles that I'd like to hang onto. I'd like to add to them and create sort of an archive of article and files that may be useful down the road. I'd also like to organize this collection of files not only by sim…
Windows 7 hangs on black screen for a while after log in
I have observed the following. I get the welcome screen. I click on my user and get the "logging on" screen. After that all I get is a black screen with a mouse cursor. I can't even start Task Manager. No Ctrl + Alt + Del or Ctrl + Shift + Esc. It stays like this for about 10 minutes, then the desk…
Refreshing user's group membership in active directory without log-off/log-on
So, when user logs in to their workstation, they receive SIDs of groups they are members of, and this is used for the length of the session, until logging off. Is there a way to refresh membership SIDs information without actually having to log off and log on again? I've added myself to a group, bu…
Is it safe to store my passwords in an encrypted .7z/.zip by 7-zip?
Here is what I do: Type in all kinds of passwords in an excel file (.xlsx) Zip it with a password by 7-zip AES 256 length > 8 combination of A-Z a-z 0-9 symbols different from any other password Upload it to Dropbox or so. Is it safe enough, as I do not want to install any additional software speci…
How to do Maven install or deploy only, without re-package/re-test?
Sometimes I wanted to deploy, but I typed . Sometimes I want to deploy to another alternative repository (using ), immediately after the default deploy. So I really don't want to package and test them again, because they are just succeeded. The result jars are just there, in the directory. I hope I…
Tell emacs what mode to use in file header
Is there a built in way in emacs to to suggest what mode it should use? I have lots of properties files that doesn't have a file endings to guide emacs. Ideally I'd like to be able to put somthing like this in the file header
How to copy/paste properly in Mac OS X?
For some reason when I copy a file from one folder and paste to a target folder (highlighted) it pastes the file several levels up, instead of in the target folder. I then have search up or down for the file and drag it. How can I copy (Command-C), highlight a target folder, then paste (Command-V)?
removing startup item from com.apple.launchd
I installed a program a few months ago, it had a startup option that I did install. Later, I decided to remove the program, but it seems to have left the startup script or item even after I uninstalled it.... and its trying to start every few seconds. How can I remove this item? Here is it from the…
virtualbox snapshot size
I've started using Windows 7 under VirtualBox on an Ubuntu 10.10 host. I took about 6 snapshots over the course of setting up the VM from the Windows restore image that came with the computer. My installations were more or less limited to windows updates, antivirus, and the VB Guest Additions. I un…
Does Win7 support scheduling system image backups?
Is there a way to schedule/automate system image backups in Windows 7 Pro? Or do I have to do it manually every time?
IPv6 for home users
What is the best way to use IPv6 if you are a home user. I have a number of vista/ws2k8/w7 machines at home, but they are behind a NAT firewall which is not IPv6 compliant! How can they be attached to a public IPv6 network? For example, I want to be able to see the dancing kame (http://www.kame.net…
How to play a video with a different audio track?
I want to connect the output of my laptop to a projector and beam a movie on the wall. The movie has video and audio, but I would like to be able to play different audio tracks while the video is playing. Is this possible?
Windows 7: Close on middle-click of taskbar icon?
I'm used to middle-clicking tabs in Firefox, and finding myself instinctively middle-clicking taskbar icons, expecting it to close them, and annoyed when it opens a new instance instead. Is there something that can make this happen?
How does a hard drive retain information after being formatted?
Companies try to zero-fill their hard drives several times when they decommission them, why? Surely one pass of zero-fill would do the job exactly as they need. I understand the reasoning for the companies to do it but the need to run it several times. Could someone explain the process to help me w…
Can you toggle function keys on / off with a keyboard shortcut on OSX?
I know you can toggle this option on and off in the System Preferences screen for 'keyboard' but I'd like to know if I can do it via a shortcut as I do it all the time.