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- Travolta accuser hires Gloria Allred
- Court upholds Mississippi pardons
- Facebook IPO: Internet glee, skepticism
- Do voters want moderates out of D.C.?
- Now it's the jury's turn in Edwards trial
- Breyer's D.C. home hit by burglary
- Opinion: Dimon's $23M isn't the problem
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- China jails smuggler Lai for life
- Airport starts search for new MD
- Dementia patient 'had 106 carers'
- Quarter of buses have problems
- 'Escalator tore off my big toe'
- Sex offenders get police cautions
- VIDEO: Malawi babies who are fighting to grow
- VIDEO: UK prepares for Olympic flame arrival
- VIDEO: G8 leaders to meet at Camp David
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- 'Disco queen' Donna Summer dies at 63
- Facebook to go public in $104bn flotation
- Tunisia-uprising injured sew lips in protest
- DR Congo troops shell rebel bases
- UN chief blames al-Qaeda for Syria bombings
- China jails fugitive smuggler for life
- Mladic trial postponed over 'errors'
- Fitch downgrades Greece on euro exit fears
- New French cabinet takes pay cut
- Obama unveils 'new chapter' in Myanmar ties
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Hotel Room Problem
Three men decided to split the cost of a hotel room. The hotel manager gave them a price of $30. The men split the bill evenly, each paying $10, and went to their room. However, the hotel manager realized that … Continue reading
How To Redirect STDERR to STDOUT in Perl
Redirecting STDERR to STDOUT in Perl: open STDERR, ‘>&STDOUT’; Reassign raw file handles: *STDERR = *STDOUT; Redirect all output to a logfile: open(LOG,”>/tmp/foo.log”); *STDERR = *LOG; *STDOUT = *LOG; Example: #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; warn “regular error”; open STDERR, … Continue reading
How to Fix an Empty Bash Shell Prompt
If you bash shell prompt is empty when logging in, here’s how to fix it. Create a ~/.bashrc file: if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then . /etc/bashrc fi Create a ~/.bash_profile file: if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc … Continue reading
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Burning Rope Problem
You have two ropes that each burn for 1 hour end to end, but at varying rates. You have a lighter. You cannot cut the ropes (and doing so wouldn’t help, since they burn at unknown rates and you only … Continue reading
8 Bricks Problem
You have 8 bricks, but one of them is lighter than the rest.
You have a balance you can only use twice.
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Monty Hall Problem
There are 3 doors. There is a prize behind one door. You pick one at random. Then, a single wrong door is eliminated. Should you switch your answer to the other door?
How To Know If You Have a 64-bit Capable Processor
How to find out if you have a 64bit processor: uname # uname -p x86_64 You can also try: $ uname -m i686 i686 (or any garbage) = 32-bit x86_64 = 64-bit cpuinfo # cat /proc/cpuinfo flags : fpu vme … Continue reading
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How to Fix Ugly Sidebar in WordPress iNove Theme
The iNove theme gives your wordpress blog a Mac-ish look and feel. However, the sidebar has some ugly built-in widgets. Here’s how to remove them. In themes/inove/sidebar.php, remove everything between these lines: <!– sidebar north END –> … delete everything … Continue reading