Myth 1: Each time you start your car you waste more gasoline than if you let it idle. Wrong. Automotive engines do not operate efficiently … Idling mythsRead more
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Turtle Airships: Not Slow, But Hardshelled
Edward de Bono, the champion of lateral thinking is credited with saying “It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be … Turtle Airships: Not Slow, But HardshelledRead more
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To add a new menu in grub
edit /boot/grub/menu.lst add the following with correct partition. # for QNX Neutrino title QNX Neutrino root (hd0,3) savedefault makeactive chainloader +1 To get partition details … To add a new menu in grubRead more
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Carbon Dioxide Production Much Faster than Originally Anticipated
About all that carbon dioxide we’ve been spewing into the atmosphere – yeah, it’s worse than we thought. That seems to be the main take-away … Carbon Dioxide Production Much Faster than Originally AnticipatedRead more
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To reconfigure xserver
run this command # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-org or # Xorg -configure
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mount a partition
put this line in /etc/fstab FAT partition with read-write permission /dev/sda5 /media/d_drive vfat user,fmask=0111,dmask=0000 0 0 NTFS partition with read only permission run this command … mount a partitionRead more
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How to configure apt
cd to the folder where the deb files are kept. Run following cmds # dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -9c > Packages.gz edit /etc/apt/sources.list file … How to configure aptRead more
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How to change host name
To change host name in debian change in /etc/hostname
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IC Engine Automobile : 15% fuel-to-wheel efficiency
Today’s efficiency situation: FUEL 100% PUSHING THE PISTONS 35% OVERCOMING ENGINE FRICTION AND PUMPING THE AIR AND FUEL (typical US driving condition) 20% Are we … IC Engine Automobile : 15% fuel-to-wheel efficiencyRead more
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Backup/restore EvolutionMail
to backup mail: tar -cvzf evolution-backup.tar.gz .evolution .gconf/apps/evolution .gnome2_private/Evolution to restore mail: $tar xzf evolution-backup.tar.gz $gconftool-2 –unload evolution_setting.xml $gconftool-2 –load evolution_setting.xml