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IT & Asking someone for help – up next on Booty Chopper!
Its all in the details. I can’t stress this enough. There is little to no point in saying to your geeky friend “My computer is fucked, can you fix it.” Aside from the unnecessary use of the word “fucked”, it leaves a great many things up to the Geek’s imagination and given that they spend 95%…
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ANOTHER Trojan?! on MAC?!
Another trojan for MAC has been seen in the wild. Like its sister “flashback” the SX/Sabpab-A / virus exploits vulnerabilities in Apple’s version of Java. Apple dev their own version of Java and, it would seem, are not as quick to patch the vulnerabilities. Kaspersky estimated that 670,000 Macs running OS X were infected with flashback…
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Apple Mac Virus – the Flashback Trojan and your face!
Ok kiddies, While I think you’re all tards for owning Apple products, I do care. So if you have a mac and you’re concerned about your apple mac having an STD, I’ve added a link below to NixCraft’s article on making sure your mac is as “secure” as you believe it to be. First you…
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Creating an Ubuntu Server with Webmin – Easy Peasy
Install Ubuntu Server: For detailed instructions on performing the base install, just head over to the ubuntu forums. They’re very informative, well presented, and easy to read. If you have any problems, comment below and I’ll see if I can be of any help. Once Ubuntu Server has been installed, login and do an apt-get…
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The Android app, Tabs, has been recommended for you
I’ve been using Tabs and I think you might like it. Check it out from your Android phone: http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.ultimateguitar.tabs
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Charity Engine & Boinc
[tab: About BOINC] As an uber Geek I have a TONNE of computers lying around, and currently have 5 always on, one of which being a webserver. The always on is the key in this scenario. My main PC and my Webserver are always on because they are doing something, the others because its handy. But during…
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Just found linux Terminal? Here’s some command basics.
First of your main filing area is found in /home/username/ This is where all files belonging to your account on that machine are stored. If you have a virtual hosting account (an account on a machine that serves webpages) your website is usually visible in the path /home/username/public_html This is where you would put your Word…
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Installed php but didnt add the -curl option? Here’s the quick fix.
So you have installed php have a development server running, and BAM! … a script has informed you that you require cURL support for it to run… dammit! You forgot to install cURL didnt you? Never mind, the fix is simple: 1.Install cURL sudo apt-get install php5-curl 2.Edit your php.ini. If you don’t know where…
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Rsync and error 23
rsync -a user@host:/dir/to/backup /local/backup/dir/ produces rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) Rsync is an awesome program for maintaining backups, it checks the source against the backup and only transfers the differences. In using it over ssh I came up against error 23 and could not work out why. I could only…