what do you actually buy when buying domain names
I've come up with an odd question. What do I actually buy, when I buy a domain name. I mean, domain names are just human readable IP addresses and the IP addresses must be provided by the buyer. Do I pay for storing a domain name and IP address on a DNS server? If so, why isn't everybody in this bus...
Run Firefox multiple times from different locations
I want to open 10 instances of Firefox (or another browser if not possible) with different proxies in each one of them. I have downloaded "Firefox Portable" and installed in a two different locations, but I can't open them up at the same time - I have used the command -no-remote-, but it doesn't wor...
virt-manager + kvm mouse movement on windows 10 guest
I installed a Windows 10 OS on a virtual machine created using virt-manager on Ubuntu 16.04 desktop host. I installed the relevant guest drivers, including all virtio drivers and spice guest tools. Everything works OK, including the display driver and mouse integration, except for very sluggish mous...
Jpeg File Zipping does not compress at all
i'm trying to compress some jpeg photos, the total dimension is around 150MB, but when i try to zip it using the maximum compressing rate, i keep getting something around 150MB. I tried with Winrar and 7Zip,with some different methods of compression, but with no results. Let's block ads! (Why?)
Laptop can get internet from other wifi, but not our home
So my sister got a new laptop, and it has been having trouble getting onto the inte et. So, it is getting an IP via the router's DHCP, and says it has inte et co ection. But, when i try and ping the router, it is getting timeouts, and then every maybe 12 or so pings, it will get a reply, but in 500-...
Best location for an international website
It seems Google takes the server IP as an important SEO factor. I'm wondering where should I host a website if I want to create an inte ational website. Pla ing to get a VPS with ideally a unique IP address. Should I go for the UK, USA ? Does CloudFlare takes an important role here? Let's block ads!...
Numbering cells in excel with relation to another cell
I have data of many rows with few blank rows/text rows in between. position of blank rows differ every time. I want to give one number (say 1) to all the rows before blank rows, next number (say 2) all the rows after after those blank rows upto next blank rows and so on. Number of blank rows and num...
regexp search and replace for bash variables
A number of my bash scripts need tidying up before sending them round. One of the thing I would like to do is to use curly braces for all variable names. So everywhere it says $PWD should be changed into ${PWD} et cetera. As a test I use the code PATH=${PWD} PATH_PATH=$PATH PATH_PATH_PATH=$PATH_PATH...
How to update ddrescue Macport version?
I'm ru ing ddrescue version 1.20, but the latest version is 1.21. I used MacPorts to install ddrescue, and according to their ports page only 1.20 is available to download and install through the MacPorts Project. What I would like to know is, could I somehow update the ddrescue version to 1.21 via ...
GateOne ssl error raspberry pi
I am ru ing GateOne on a raspberry Pi and it starts and run perfectly but when I try to co ect to the server on ipadress:3333 (I changed the port to 3333 I get the error [W 160510 09:24:27 iostream:1276] SSL Error on 12 ('192.168.1.89', 62001): [SSL: HTTP_REQUEST] http request (_ssl.c:581) and in my...
Enable the Volumne OSD in Windows 10
So I have a Windows 10 device that recently lost the ability to display the Volume OSD thing when pressing the volume keys, and (contrary to what others seem to want) I want it back. This is apparently also affecting the Currently Playing music thing that's supposed to show up next to the volume sli...
Extracting ddrescue image file pass 1
I am trying to recover data from a failing usb hard disk using ddrescue. I ran ddrescue for about 4 days at the end of which it completed pass 1. Sometime after it began with pass 2, I interrupted the process to give the laptop and hard disks a break as they were getting heated up. When I restarted ...
R9 390 8GB: 4 monitors slow, 3 monitors fast
If I have a few office applications open, everything seems just fine with (4) 1440x2560 monitors ru ing off my single R9 390. If I use Photoshop, even constraining Photoshop to a single monitor, or if I have an excessive amount of office applications open, my computer runs almost as if I would expec...
Text formatting: Tab stops and center?
I'd like to center a text using the middle tab stop. My scale is in mm and I ca ot find the "right" position in order to place my text precisely in the middle. On the picture, the top one is formatted with the tab stop and the bottom one with the "center" align text (ca ot be used for setting center...
To Reviving Your Skin, Major Secrets
Dermagen IQ If you're affected by other such symptoms of aging skin, age-spots, as well as wrinkles and buying a superior antiaging skincare process, what I am pla ing to claim will soon be very helpful for you personally. So, halt anything you are currently performing right now and make sure you ex...
Rexburn It doesn't seem possible, or extremely not probable
Rexbu It doesn't seem possible, or extremely not probable, that a typical user will muscle each mo ing amount of 12 in 3 weeks. This claim seems for you to become a bit exaggerated. However, the program does apparently deliver involving rapid increase in the muscle area. That resources and methords ...
Auslogics Boostspeed 8 review
Do any professional IT technicians have an opinion of Auslogics Boostspeed 8? http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/boost-speed/ It was advertised on speedtest.net It is displaying as Severe some System Stability problems that I don't experience. It is also displaying as High Speed Loss under Compute...