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Is RAID 0 as risky as people say it is?
I'm just about to set up my hard drives with RAID 0. Is it really as risky as people say it is?
How do I hard code a movie with subtitles?
I have ripped my Kill Bill DVD's but the Japanese parts aren't subtitled in English... I found some subtitles online but the only ones which seem to work are the ones for the entire movie. I want to edit the srt file so that the only parts left are the ones where they actually speak Japanese. When …
iPhone sync with multiple iTunes
How can I syncronize my iPhone with 2 iTunes (one at work running on Windows, and another at home on a Mac). I just need to sync photos, music and apps with both. Calendar comes from Google.
How to restore a failed external hard drive from Time Machine?
My external hard drive has failed. It will no longer spin up and therefore is unmountable. Thankfully I had added it to my OSX Time Machine backups. So, since disks are cheap, I can just go buy a new, probably larger external drive and restore, right? But how do I tell Time Machine that this is a r…
How can I clear the scrollback buffer in konsole from bash?
I'm a heavy bash user and konsole is my preferred environment. I know I can use the keyboard command ctrl+shift+x to clear the scrollback buffer, but there's certain points in my scripts where I would like that to occur. How can I clear konsole's scrollback buffer using the command line, bash, or a…
How to delete some of the form data in Firefox
I want to delete some form data in Firefox. At there is option to delete all form data, but I do not want to do that. I expected that highlighting the entry I want deleted and pressing delete button would delete the it, but that does not work.
Now who's using my COM port?
I am trying to figure out who's locking my COM port. Tried to search but could not find a way to figure that out. I am using XP. Was wondering if 'Process Explorer' utility provides something for the same but could not find something helping. Is there a command that shows up all the applications ti…
Why does less tail mode stop working?
Using the command on linux in tail mode (F command or less -f) consistently stops working on certain machines and/or certain files. New changes simply stop showing up. I know I've fixed this before, long ago, but I don't recall what the solution was. Any ideas?
Ubuntu: is there a better file manager than Nautilus?
Is there a package readily available that can replace & enhance the functionality of Nautilus?
How do I run a command when opening cmd.exe with shortcut?
I'd like to change the encoding of the command prompt when being opened rather than typing the command at the start of my session each time. Below is the command I enter each time the command prompt starts now: How can I have this command run automatically when opening with the shortcut?
Any free application to redirect serial communication to TCP/IP?
Please can anyone suggest a free application which creates virtual serial ports and any traffic on that port is redirected to given TCP/IP address?
Multiple delete in Microsoft Outlook Web Access
How can I delete multiple or all inbox messages in the Microsoft Outlook Web Access 2003?
Programming productivity: How to hide cursor while typing
Whenever I click somewhere to type some code, by definition that's exactly where my mouse cursor is, which is obscuring what I'm trying to type. Often, if I forget to move the cursor away before starting to type, I'll find myself moving my hand from my keyboard back to my mouse just to move the cur…
Reviving a dead laptop battery
Is there any way to revive a dead laptop battery? I have a three year old Dell Latitude laptop that I've been using pretty intensively. After a year or so, the battery dropped dead - if I plug the laptop out it goes into hibernation in a matter of seconds. Probably this was because I kept working o…
Is there a way in Mac OS X to stop applications from stealing focus, especially between spaces?
I have certain applications set to open in certain spaces, but would like them to open in the background and not switch the space just so I can watch them open.
Runas Windows Explorer in Windows 7
I'm having a strange issue with Windows Explorer on Windows 7 Professional. When I try to open it up under different user credentials, I get the following error message: The results are the same whether I try it from the context menu or by using However, if I open up a Command Prompt (using runas.e…
Make favorites always visible in Windows Explorer
Vista introduced the favorites in the navigation pane of Windows Explorer. In Windows 7 I immediately noticed that the favorites don't have a separate pane at the top anymore. So to access the favorites (which I do a lot, I love that feature!) I always have to scroll to the top first which is quite…
After-the-fact remote nohup with tcsh
I have a tcsh instance in an xterm that is running a long-term (weeks?) process. The Xvnc server it's running under went out in the weeds; it's consuming 100% CPU and is unresponsive. (This is a known bug and I know that it's unrecoverable.) The long-term process is currently blocking on stdout. Is…
How to stream multiple files on demand in VLC?
Is there any way at all that I can set up VLC on a server PC in such a way that I can access a list of all my videos from another PC, and pick one to be streamed on demand? I've been pointed at this streaming guide (pdf), but it's pretty useless. For a start, most of the menus in those screenshots …
VIM and putty - mouse issues
i'm not very experienced in VIM. i'm using VIM with putty, and i often use mouse scroll and move text cursor with mouse. also sometimes i need to paste some code from windows clipboard, so i have to type ":set mouse=" to turn off mouse handling in VIM, paste the code with right mouse button and the…