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Google Chrome 6, content retrieval broken?
I just updated to Google Chrome 6, and the web is falling apart around me.
Our internal web-based support system just gives me:
This webpage is not available.
The webpage at <url> might be …
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.bashrc file adds a couple of tens of spaces to the prompt
I got myself a .bashrc file off the net. I checked it beforehand, didn't detect anything bad about it.
One thing that's odd about it, is that several spaces are added to the terminal command line.
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How to start up my computer (wake on LAN) from command line?
I would like to SSH to my home computer (Mac Snow Leopard) but I don't always know if it's on. I have enabled wake on LAN. Is there a way to wake my computer (or check if it's awake) from the command …
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Is there a good tool to look into a dll library so far?
Which tool would you recommend?
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How to rejuvenate an old computer?
I just got a new laptop. However, I realize that my old one (top of the line when I got it three years old), is probably still useful for tasks less stressful then what I was using it for (*).
Now, …
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WinXP: Expand a wallpaper without affecting its aspect ratio
Is it possible to set an image as a wallpaper in 'expanded' mode but without distording its aspect ratio?
For example:
Let's say your screen resolution is 1024x768, and as a wallpaper you set an …
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Wireless router for mac, pc, linux and learning
I have a macbook pro, some old windows laptops, some of which I plan to put linux on, mostly to play around with. I'd like to get a wireless router to use with all of these and maybe also to try …
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Taskbar Icon in Windows 7
It seems as if the icon when I attempt to pin the icon to the taskbar is the default icon rather than the chrome icon. Is there any way to fix this?
Thanks in advance!
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Why Windows 7 spends hours resynching software RAID1?
Hi,
I'm using software RAID1 with Windows 7.
If the PC is shut down improperly (like power cable unplugged for example), Windows starts resynching the drives once booted.
For a 500 GB disk, this …
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how to get poedit to work with php?
Hi there, i have followed the instructions in http://www.bunchacode.com/programming/internationalization-and-localization-in-cakephp/
but i keep getting this error
xgettext: language `php' unknown
i …
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Windows 7 thinks i am on batteries. Power Settings incorrect
Right now my batteries are not in my laptop. I can physically see there are none. Its plugged in and i arrived to my comp to see it sleeping. I also notice the display was dim like it would be on …
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problem using git and cvs
I'm trying to use Git at work on Windows using msysgit (though cygwin) but we are stuck with a central cvs repository. So what i have done is made my cvs working folder a git repository as well. So …
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Keyboard shortcut to open bookmark manager in Chrome 6?
Ctrl+Shift+B doesn't work for my anymore. I'm using Windows 7.
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1answer
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IE8 can't open any secure (https://) sites
This is weird. I can't even access paypal.com, it simply says "Internet explorer cannot display this webpage", as if it couldn't locate it. Yet, I get to it just fine in chrome.
I have even gone to …
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How can I store credit card information securely on my computer?
I want to store my credit card details on my Mac, but I know the security risks involved with just leaving it in a text file.
Is there an app for OS X that is able to encrypt data like this? I am …