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Many computers, 1 set of headphones. What are the options?
Like many other super users I have many computers both at home and in the office. They are connected together with a KVM. What options exist to combine the audio from many systems so I only need a single set of speakers or headphones. I want to be able to hear sounds from all the computers at the s…
Should I put my MacBook Pro to sleep, or shut it down every day?
So. I have this Mac Book Pro 3.06 GHz. Coming from Windows Laptops I'm use to ALWAYS as ritual no matter what, shutdown the operating system. I have this feeling of not doing so affects the performance in the long run. My friend who have used Mac for about 10 yrs or so jut put down the lid and just…
"GENERAL FAILURE" when pinging to 127.0.0.1
My network adapter are enabled and I'm getting "GENERAL FAILURE" even when i ping to 127.0.0.1 This problem shows up after an unsuccessful installation of some firewall. I removed it and I still have the same problem.
How to convert a 16:9 movie to a 4:3 letterbox version?
Suppose you have a 16:9 aspect ratio wide-format movie file and you want to make a version ideal for playing on a 4:3 device. Since you don't want to clip any of the image or distort the picture, so you want to make a letterbox version. That is, you want a 4:3 movie with black bars at the top and b…
How can I transfer music from my iPhone to my computer?
I'd like to transfer the (non-DRM) music I have on my iPhone to my computer. Which application can I use to do that? I found several shareware applications but they didn't really work.
Converting gzip files to bzip2 efficiently
I have a bunch of gzip files that I have to convert to bzip2 every now and then. Currently, I'm using a shell script that simply 'gunzip's each file and then 'bzip2's it. Though this works, it takes a lot of time to complete. Is it possible to make this process more efficient? I'm ready to take a d…
Recommended offline on-demand virus scanners
I have never run full anti-virus on my Windows XP systems. Instead I use various anti-malware tools to manually perform scans every few weeks. This approach, combined with Windows updates and general care about what web-sites I visit and what files I download has kept me 99% free of problems. The r…
Meeting request in Thunderbird
I will receive meeting.ics (VCS/ICS calendar attachment) from my manager , previously I had some add-on in Thunderbird which was working fine . After some updates the meetings.ics file become as attachment , its not automatically added to calender? What is the issue ? How can this be resolved? Edit…
Intranet video-streaming
What's a good option for home-video-streaming? For example, somebody may use a laptop webcam to stream their baby's crib allowing them to monitor it from the main home PC. In this case, I wouldn't want to do it across the wire with Skype, but instead keep it on my local network. What options exist …
Retrieve emails from other IMAP accounts in Gmail *automatically*
I'd like to retrieve emails from other IMAP accounts (they can not be accessed via POP) automatically in Gmail. I know you can manually copy from one IMAP account to another and there are even IMAP copy scripts around but all this is not really what I'm looking for. I was more thinking of some kind…
Mass renaming, *nix version
I was looking for a way to rename a huge number of similarly-named files, much like this one (a Windows-related question) except that I'm using *nix (Ubuntu and FreeBSD, separately). Just to sum up, while using the shell (Bash, CSH, etc.) how do I mass-rename a number of files such that, for exampl…
Why is my mic so quiet in Ubuntu?
I have a Dell Inspiron 1520. Under Ubuntu 9.04, my mic is extremely quiet. Under Windows the mic is a good volume. I have crawled through alsa-mixer and all the sound options I can find in Ubuntu, but I can't get the volume above a whisper level. Any ideas? Update: If I right click on a Volume Cont…
Enabling extensions in Chrome on a Mac?
I already know how to enable extensions in Chrome on Windows (by adding the --enable-extensions command line parameter). My question is how to do this on a Mac? Are Chrome extensions even supported at this point on the Mac? If so, how can I go about adding this command-line parameter, without havin…
Can I build a laptop from scratch?
I've been looking at this as the same approach as building a desktop computer from scratch but I've never really come across the core things. Can I buy a laptop "case"? Can I buy a motherboard/PSU to fit that case? Can I choose a CPU fan? What are my battery options? Obviously taking into considera…
How does the CPU write infomation to ram?
My question is, how does the CPU write data to ram? From what I understand, modern CPU's use different levels of cache to speed up ram access. The RAM gets a command for information and then sends a burst of data to the CPU which stores the required data (and a bunch of extra data that was close to…
Auto-hide taskbar in Chrome
I use the auto-hide taskbar feature and I have problems with Google Chrome when it is maximized: the taskbar will not pop up at mouse hover over the taskbar position (really annoying). I know that Google admits it is a bug and it hasn't been fixed yet, and probably it will never be fixed. My questi…
RAM, Processor, L2Cache, Etc. - What gives you the most "Bang for your buck"?
I am not a hardware person when it comes to computers so when I buy a new one I just pick the one with the biggest numbers, but I know I am most likely wasting money. If you're going to purchase a new computer, what should you max out? Are things like the L2Cache (whatever that is) really important…
Copy full file path in Windows XP
I've often the need to copy the full file path of a file or directory from the file explorer in Windows - is there any easy way of doing this ?
Disable or lock zoom in Notepad++
Is it possible to disable or lock the zoom feature in Notepad++? I'm doing a lot of copying and pasting, and the zoom level keeps changing on me. It's driving me nuts!
How do I know if my linux kernel is running in 32bit or 64bit?
When I do a cat in /proc/cpuinfo it shows a line with clflushsize : 64 Does this mean my kernel is running in 64 bits?