Chitchat.

According to WSJ: “The pay-TV industry lost about 400,000 subscribers in the second quarter, the latest sign that cord-cutting may be under way.” Maybe? it is underway. But what worries me is that people are not really cutting the cord completely. They are just replacing it with another cable via the internet.  What is really gained?

Must of connected an lm35de wrong it smoked real bad.

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You might already have access to the program you need:

$sudo apt-cache search progname | grep detailof progname

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Extract animated gif

convert p5.gif preggo%05d.jpg

Create animated gif

$ convert preggo%05d.jpg p6.gif

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Ubuntu’s own server seem to have dropped the ball on security. Apparently, Apple servers did so also.

Why get an rf modulator, when you can use an old vcr.

Dear vendors: if you have to give an email address to get an item, it is NOT FREE.

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Now might be a good time to look at using chkrootkit and rkshunter.

$ sudo apt-get install rkshunter chkrootkit

$ sudo rkunter –update

$ sudo rkhunter -c

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Quick way to find something on the network. (Replace 192.168.1.0 with your networks broadcast address)

$ ping -c 2 -b 192.168.1.0
WARNING: pinging broadcast address
PING 192.168.1.0 (192.168.1.0) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.637 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.490 ms

— 192.168.1.0 ping statistics —
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.490/0.563/0.637/0.077 ms
$ sudo arp -a
thegateway (192.168.1.1) at 00:00:00:00:00:00 [ether] on eth0

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Untested.

sudo apt-get install @kde-desktop (or whatever the desktop you want)

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 Looking at the ssh article in linux user, probably will play with that.

Made an awesome drink with blueberries, banana, ice and a little water.

Storms do not obey traffic signs. Get out early if you can.

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With everyone leaving cable tv and starting to use Over the air television, There are a multitiude of homemade antennas. Some that I have looked at are listed at: http://www.instructables.com/id/Antennas-TV-Wifi-and-etc/ . The latest antenna is a takeoff on the old rabbit ears. It is made of plastic straws taped together and then covered with foil.

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Edit your gnome mine scores.

$ vim  ~/.local/share/gnome-mines/history

Edit your  Mahjong scores.

$ vim ~/.local/share/gnome-mahjongg/history

Note: nano or your favorite text editor can be substitued for vim.

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