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India Trip 2009 – Photos
Some photos from our recent stay in India. Will be sharing a few videos as well !
ID ten T error
I was having trouble with my computer. So I called Richard, the 11-year-old next door whose bedroom looks like Mission Control, and asked him to… Read More »ID ten T error
Tired of teaching how to think
Sir Ernest Rutherford, President of the Royal Academy, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, related the following story: “Some time ago I received… Read More »Tired of teaching how to think
How to manually uninstall Symantec Endpoint Protection client from Windows 2000, XP and 2003, 32-bit Editions
Much recently to my dismay, I figured out that I cannot remove Symantec’s Endpoint Protection from my own laptop without administrator password. I do not… Read More »How to manually uninstall Symantec Endpoint Protection client from Windows 2000, XP and 2003, 32-bit Editions
Wikimedia Downloads
Wikimedia Downloads The following kinds of downloads are available: Database backup dumps A complete copy of all Wikimedia wikis, in the form of wikitext source… Read More »Wikimedia Downloads
Solr replication
1)On solr.master: +Edit scripts.conf: solr_hostname=localhost solr_port=8983 rsyncd_port=18983 +Enable and start rsync: rsyncd-enable; rsyncd-start +Run snapshooter: snapshooter After running this, you should be able to see… Read More »Solr replication
vim Settings in the File You’re Editing
Vim scans the first and last few lines of the file for modelines, if the modeline option is on (which it is, by default). If… Read More »vim Settings in the File You’re Editing
Russian Peasant Multiplication
Start by writing the two numbers to be multiplied at the head of two columns. Then they repeatedly divide the number in the left column… Read More »Russian Peasant Multiplication