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Command to get usage % per CPU/core?
Is there a command I can use from the Terminal on OS X to get the usage percentage per CPU/core in numerical format on my dual-core iMac? I'm going to need to grab this every 5/10 seconds so I'm looking for something "low-cost" - that isn't going to hit the CPU too hard. Maybe something like , but …
How do I tell Firefox to only keep persistent cookies from sites I want?
Is there a way to tell Firefox to only keep persistent cookies from sites I want? I don't mind "session cookies" from all sites, but persistent cookies, I only want from a handful of sites to "keep me logged in".
Is there any way to limit my Internet connection to a per program basis?
My Linux connection is REALLY free. I live in Brazil, so where I live I can only have 1 Mbit/s. Yes I know it's sad, but it's not the point. Everytime I'm updating my Ubuntu 9.04 or downloading something, it does eat all my bandwidth. Like, while update-manager is downloading the packages, I can se…
Terminal escape character for hexadecimal input
In my usual gnome-terminal I do a to start sending UDP packets to somewhere. I need to transmit the following 5 bytes, written in hexadecimal: "01 00 af 0f e1". Now how do I type a escape sequence into my terminal that causes it to send these exact 5 bytes to stdin of netcat? Update: Just to clarif…
Why is the Firefox tabs close button disappearing? How do I get them back?
I've downloaded the new firefox and have a close button on each tab until the number of tabs reaches a certain number. ie if I have Firefox maximised in one monitor, with 7 tabs open I have the close button on each tab, with 8 tabs open all the close buttons have gone on the inactive tabs if I have…
Syncing Tool Between 2 Folders
Possible Duplicates: Which is the best application to Sync two folders? Keeping folders synced between several machines What is a good tool to automatically sync two folders when changes are made to either one of them. I want to sync a folder in the Mozilla Tree (My Greasemonkey Scripts) with a fol…
How do you disable the Windows Vista startup sound?
The sound when vista starts up is starting to annoy me, also when I am going to a lecture I forget to turn the volume down and the sound attracts a lot of attention. Is there any way to turn it off?
Can the new MacBook / MacBook Pro Support Dual EXTERNAL Monitors
I'm a looking at getting a new MacBook or MacBook Pro, but what I'd like to do is have it drive 2 external Dell 24" monitors 1920x1200, and I want to close the lid on the laptop itself Can the MacBook or MacBook Pro do this? I'll be running Windows 2008/Vista if that makes a difference. Thanks
Setting multiple environment variables in a shell spawned via windows batch script
I have a batch file that spawns a shell with a modified path with the following command: I want to set additional environment variables for the spawned shell as well. Is there any way to do that?
Colors in ssh connection
I have a colorful bash terminal (e.g. ls and vim show colors when configured to do so). How can I have these colors when connecting to a remote server via ssh?
How come I can't enter my password in PuTTY?
I can connect to my host with PuTTY. But when the PuTTY terminal asks for my password, I am not able to enter any letters. I reinstalled putty.exe, but the results are the same. Can anyone help me please?
Free Usenet reader for Mac OS X
I know about Unison. Are there any decent free usenet readers for Mac OS X Leopard?
Installing Fedora: does it matter what I make the hostname?
I'm in the process of setting up a Fedora machine just for use on my in-house lan (not exposed to the internet.) This seems like a slightly stupid question, but I can't seem to find a definitive answer anywhere: does it matter what I make the hostname? The default is "localhost.localdomain" - shoul…
Video card killed my computer
I was in the middle of playing Insurgency, and I had just tried to switch servers when the entire game froze. No biggie, I thought. I'll just restart the game and go on my merry way. Of course, this didn't work out. I pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del a few times, but I couldn't get the Task Manager to show up,…
Blocking pop-up adverts in YouTube videos
I don't have a problem with unobtrusive adverts and why shouldn't websites try to make money from it's users? (someone's gotta pay for the servers!) But what I really find annoying are the adverts popping up in YouTube video's which I find distracting as hell. My question is this, how do I block th…
Do hard drives lie?
In the days of old, I remember getting drive errors, but it seems that modern drives never report errors, but instead make a best effort to return you something. I recently had a hard drive fail, rather badly, but while it was failing it never reported errors (or at least WinXP never surfaced those…
firefox search bar defaults to i'm feeling lucky?
In Firefox, I'd like the search bar to default to Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" search (thereby skipping the search results page). Anyone know how to do this?
How do I mark all items in the Start Menu as "not new"?
How do I mark all items in the Start Menu as "not new"? There are a half-dozen programs in my start menu (at least) that aren't really that new but it thinks they are because I "haven't used them yet". How can I fix this?
Disable trackpad when mouse is plugged in - Windows 7 Macbook Pro
I just installed Windows 7 64-bit on my Macbook Pro. I would like the trackpad to be disabled when I plug in a USB mouse. Is this possible?
How can I tell if my domain is on an email blacklist?
All of a sudden, emails I send to my wife's Gmail account are getting rejected as spam: Message rejected. Please visit http://www.google.com/mail/help/bulk_mail.html to review our Bulk Email Senders Guidelines. I am running Google Apps on my own personal domain. Nothing has changed about my email c…