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Firefox or Chrome - how to force a specific encoding for a page
I am accessing an intranet site built by amateurs, that was constructed to be "best viewed by IE" (arghhh!). The site is in portuguese. All accented letters are jammed and do not appear as they should. As I create sites myself, I know that the best way to build a site in portuguese and other latin …
Keyboard combination to signal end of standard in to Windows Console
Is there a keyboard combination I can use to signal to the Windows Console that Standard Input has finished? I'm trying to use a command line app that can accept input from the stdin which may be just typing at the console but when I type at the console I can't work out how to tell the app that I'v…
Tools to (privately) annotate/markup a website for maintenance
I've been tasked with updating a website. Rather than proofreading and updating each page (one at a time), I want to make a single pass over the entire website, marking graphics/images/videos that need to be rewritten, removed, or updated. I thought about taking screenshots, marking those up, and p…
Can I convert an image from CMYK to RGB in Mac OS X?
Is there a way to convert a JPEG from CMYK to RGB, using Preview or any other tool built into Mac OS X? I see I can go to Tools | Assign Profile… and select from a long list of options, including Generic CMYK Profile, but there's no RGB option.
Run a batch command for every file in a directory
I have a Java program working with this syntax: I have to run this program for 1600 files in a directory. How can I run this command for every file automatically? Is there a DOS batch command? Or another way?
Dead USB flash drive
So a friend has come to me with a problem. They have a dead USB thumb drive which no longer responds when plugged into a machine. I've tried it in a Mac and it doesn't even respond, at least on a Windows XP machine it sees that it is there but can't show it in explorer, just that whatever is plugge…
How can I change my BIOS splashscreen?
How can I change my BIOS splashscreen? I have an AMD Athlon64 PC with Windows 7. I have a MS-7367 motherboard. My BIOS = American Megatrends, Inc. v3.0. (date: 06/06/2007) (got the info from CPU-Z)
Tell GNU screen where to save the sessions?
My GNU screen stores its sessions in the directory. That means that after a reboot, all sessions are lost: How can I tell it to store them in a specific directory in my home directory, where they won't be lost so easily?
Word count excluding specific Styles?
I was wondering if there's a way to get a word count that excludes text with a specific Style in a Microsoft Word 2007 document? I've seen this related question, but I've got blocks of source code scattered throughout which would mean I'd have to go through each of my documents a section at a time.…
Too much power for 1-2 power outlets in my room?
I live in the USA, I am curious about plugging in too many computer items into 1 to 2 power plugin outlets. Most power outlets have 2 plugins, some have 4 and more though. Many people will plug in a power strib/bar into 1 of these outlets so that they can plugin even more items. So if I have 2 plug…
How can I re-program/flash a backup of the bios?
I have some computers that have a particular bios setting that keeps everything running smoothly. The setting is not the default setting for the motherboard. So, when the CMOS battery dies, the setting is erased and causes the user problems. How can I backup the bios and settings I have now, and fl…
Why should the size of the swap partition be double of the RAM size?
Why is it recommended that the swap partition size be double that of the RAM size? Specifically, why would I need to store data stored in the RAM twice??
How to focus view(Navigator or Explorer) by keyboard in Eclipse
I'm in edit space of Eclipse (in some java class) So, how to focus(to switch) view(Navigator or Explorer) by keyboard?
Parental control or outbound firewall?
Based on the Age distribution of Stack Overflow users some of you might also have kids in the ages when certain images can be very disturbing. An age when they cannot yet decide by themselves what might be very bad for them and what is ok. Actually according to that graph some of the users here are…
How can I create a cron job that runs a task every three weeks?
I have a task that needs to be performed on my project schedule (3 weeks). I'm able to set up cron to do this every week, or (for example) on the 3rd week of every month - but can't find a way to do this every three weeks. I could hack the script to create temporary files (or similar) so it could w…
Does a router know not to hand out static IP addresses to other devices?
I set a computer on my network to use a Static IP address Shutdown the computer so its not on and not connected to the network Question: How does my router know not to hand out that IP address to another device (using DHCP) that accesses the network? All instructions that I see for understanding st…
DNS lookup fails but nslookup works
I have DNS lookup problems on my internal network. I'm using an internal DNS server with the IP 192.168.1.254. If I use nslookup everything works like it should: My problem is that no other program seems to be able to lookup the DNS name: hawk:~ user$ ping publicwebserver.domain.local ping: cannot …
Batch OCR for many PDF files (not already OCRed)?
I use Google Desktop Search (I am on Vista) and not all my PDF files are recognized in my archive folder. It is normal as "PDF files that contain scanned images" are not indexed ( http://desktop.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=90651 ) So I would like to OCR many of my PDF files that a…
Are Noise-Canceling headphones effective?
I work in a pretty noisy environment, lots of noise near me like the TV and people yelling and talking in really loud voices. It makes it really hard to concentrate and since I can't really move my PC to another part of the house I was thinking of getting a decent pair of noise-canceling headphones…
How can I remove duplicate files across separate directory trees?
I have two directories: and . Some of the files in are duplicates of those in . Some merely have the same name, and a few may even have identical content but different names. I'm not interested in the subdirectory path to the files, so only an unqualified filename needs to be considered in the matc…